Finding The Good
Ten years ago, I walked into a church building in Arkansas not knowing a single person and feeling very alone. We had uprooted our little family for the sixth time, and I felt very unsure of myself knowing every friend I had was now 1,452 miles away. Within a few seconds, a woman 30 years my senior sat down next… 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 of Latter-day Saints puts on every year to help people look a little more outside of themselves and find simple ways to do Christ-like service… 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 found this on Pinterest. I don’t know the original online source, but it looks like it’s a article from Parents magazine from 2008. I think it’s a pretty good reminder. Sometimes we forget to see things from the perspective of our little ones (no matter what age they are). So just a good reminder.
Sweet Tween got a jaw expander today. It’s an annoying metal thing in her mouth. In 3 weeks (just in time for her birthday) she’ll get her braces and wear both together for a year or more. She’s sputtering like Daffy Duck now and finding food hard to chew. She informed me that her LIFE IS OVER. Little does she… Read More
SUMMER SOLUTION #3 MOTHER & CHILD TEA PARTY LUNCH I’m re-posting this fun idea because it’s an awesome Summer Solution for little ones. So easy too. Baby Girl adores tea parties. She’s super girly and has loved them since she was itty-bitty. Since she’s my 3rd child, I sometimes struggle with finding ways to spend time with her. I end… Read More
Let me tell you why we need each other through this little story: My Park Days Story Before I moved to the West this past summer, I had lived in the South for 10 years. I lived in the land of humidity, southern accents, hills carpeted with trees, grits, and people sweet as honey. One day, when Sweet Tween was… Read More
This is something that has worked really well with our children so far. It’s a DIY Mama and Me Book. A little book to talk back and forth with your child. It’s the easiest way I have found to connect with my children during busy times. You’ll find the COMPLETE TUTORIAL HERE I wish I could take credit for this idea…. Read More
So how did you do on the TELL THEM Challenge? If you missed it, there’s still time to do it and read about it {HERE}. Were you able to remember to tell your kidlets the positive things you think about them? Did you tell them anything specific that you loved about them? I found that some of my children… Read More
I recently found out that a little boy in Baby Girl’s kindergarten class has a serious brain tumor. As far as I understand it is in his brain stem too. When I asked my doctor husband what that meant, he replied, “It’s very bad. If its in the brain stem it’s very dangerous.” He was having constant, severe headaches, leg… Read More
Baby Girl lied to me yesterday. Okay, it was more like a fib (it seems to harsh to say that a sweet 5 year old is a liar). We were having scrambled eggs for breakfast, something Baby Girl detests. She’ll plug her nose and say, “Ewww! They stink!”. But I make her at least eat some eggs, because I… Read More
Do you ever just look at your children and think, “Wow, I have awesome kids. I am so lucky?” Do you ever just stay up late and pillow talk with your spouse about how glad you are that you have your children and not someone else’s? Do you ever just smile at your children because you are so proud of… Read More