Finding The Good
Christmas is a time for crafting, especially crafts for kids. But if you’re like me and the holidays are a little crazy, then you need an easy Christmas craft to keep your sanity. Well, I’ve got a darling easy Christmas craft for your kids to make. It’s a simple Christmas tree craft that can be loved by all ages (even… Read More
Merry Christmas my blissful friends! I hope this holiday season is treating you well so far. As you know my site is loaded with ideas for the #LightTheWorld initiative that The Church of Jesus Christ puts on every year to help people look a little more outside of themselves and find simple ways to do Christ-like service in their communities,… Read More
Hi! I hope you are excited as I was to learn about these simple, but fun musical pipes. When Jay at musicalpipes.com asked me to try out their pipe chimes and share my review I was pretty excited to try them out. I have seen these musical chimes used at church, family gatherings, and music classes for kids and I… Read More
Happy Holidays my blissful friends! Time for some Christmas cheer, specifically ELF cheer! I’m so excited to give you these Free Christmas Elf printables for you to use with your elf that sits on a shelf, or your kindness elves, or just for fun. These can be fun for school, holiday parties, or just a fun boredom buster for the… Read More
Parents, this article is a must-read. Give me five minutes to tell you why. When I first started blogging 5 years ago, the internet was a place that I felt was still very dangerous for kids. As a parent I did not see enough information being taught to children and teens about the dangers of technology. I began writing articles… Read More
Today I am sharing something pretty personal. The full story is over at Deseret News today and is sponsored by BonCom because they are trying to bring awareness to the issue of teenage anxiety. I hope that this helps someone out there. There was a period of about eight years in my life that I constantly experienced pain in my… Read More
I’m finally doing something that I’ve been meaning to do for a long time . . . a brain dump of all the music teaching ideas I used when I was a music leader for Primary children at my ward for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I taught music to about 100 kids religious music every week… Read More
I don’t know why but I have been craving candy bars lately. It’s probably because I’ve been trying to cut out the chocolate in my daily diet . . . like a good girl . . . buuut when I saw that Snickers Bars were on sale at my local store, I ended up buying 4 or 5 . …. Read More
Hi blissful friends! I hope you are enjoying September and finding something positive in each day. I have another free printable for you. This time it’s all about butterflies. Why butterflies, you may ask? Well, I’m a leader over some the youth in our church. Currently I am in charge of what we call the Miamaids which are the 14… Read More
I call it The Neverland Syndrome. It’s a condition I suffer from on every child’s birthday, every big milestone, and at every goodbye. I don’t want things to change. I don’t want my children to grow up. Why can’t we just stay the same forever and always? I remember when my Sweet Tween just… Read More
Hey folks. You know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted a party idea. I think it’s because my kidlets are getting older and they don’t care for themed parties in their teens. We mostly end up with backyard parties and pizza parties these days–which don’t get me wrong, those are fun too. But when my Baby Girl asked for a… Read More
Are you in a lunch rut? Stuck with the same old lunch everyday? I am. I get so sick of trying to think of new ideas for lunch. We’ll here’s my latest favorite that we’ve started having lately. It’s an easy as pie Turkey Apple Bacon Wrap. What I love about this is that there are so many options to… Read More