1. If you want to have your cinnamon rolls ready to eat by the first session (which is now at NOON for me, are you jealous?), then you should probably not volunteer to help with the preschool rummage sale from 7:45 am until 11:00 am. No, you will not miss any of conference, but you will…
Shortly before we moved from Utah to Michigan, TLC Book Tours contacted me about reviewing The Curse of the Good Girl by Rachel Simmons. My first inclination was to say, “No, thank you. Too much on my plate right now.” But then I read the book’s description and, as a mother of girls, I thought…
Remember how I went on an Alaskan Cruise in June? Yeah, me neither. So I guess it’s a good thing I took so many photos. Actually, I was just moving a bunch of my photo files off of my hard drive and I realized I hadn’t posted these pictures on my blog. And since the…
We went to Stake Conference in Green Bay this weekend. And, because Green Bay is a 4 hour drive from my house, making our jaunt to Stake Conference a mere eight hours of total driving time, that makes me just exactly like the pioneers. To be honest, I had a pretty bad attitude about the…
A back-to-school feast and family theme is a great way to kick off the school year for your kids. This tradition is something they look forward to every year and helps them to be excited to go back to school. This year I wanted to do something to make going back to school super special….
A few months ago I was listening to NPR while driving, as I often do, and I heard something that I have been mulling over ever since. It was on All Things Considered, and they were talking about an artist whose name I have now forgotten. The artist had said that something that truly annoyed…
Our second port was Sitka, Alaska. If you’ve seen The Proposal, this is where it was set. They made a town in Maine look like Sitka, so it wasn’t actually filmed there. They did a pretty darn good job, too—amazing what the movie people can do. I loved Sitka. I thought it was one of…
The ship arrived in Glacier Bay around lunchtime on Tuesday and slowly made its way around the five different glaciers located there. I wish I could remember their names, but they were all magnificent! Especially the last two. We were extremely lucky to have such a clear day there. Apparently, it’s usually foggy, but we…
Let me preface all cruise-talk by telling you that my husband has always been completely against cruises. Whenever I would mention that I thought it would be a fun thing to do, he would shoot it down. If any of our friends ever went on a cruise, he would tell me how stupid a vacation…
For Mother’s Day this year, my mom gave me a book that is just what I needed right now. It is called Walking into a Hug: 52 weeks to a Home That’s More Embracing by Janene Ustach. It’s a workbook of sorts, and I really like it so far. I decided that I am going…
Every month, one of my most popular Google search terms is something along the lines of “What a woman should carry in her purse” or “What should I keep in my purse?” or “What items should a lady have in her purse?” They always land on an old (since deleted) post, which is all about…
I have seen “Monster’s, Inc” 1,492 times. Give or take a few hundred. Seems this movie is always the favorite when my kids are around age 2. My oldest daughter called it “corporated” and watched it multiple times a day when I was dying on the couch pregnant with my second daughter. My second daughter…