My bloggy friend, Francesca, sent me this Holiday Meme. I’ve been sitting on it for a few days, waiting for a day when I didn’t have anything else to say. When did I get so talkative? This was a lot of fun to read, and even more fun to answer. You are welcome and encouraged…
I’m a sugar-aholic! (Secret family recipes included!!)
Making candy is messy business! My sister spent the day with me in the kitchen making all kinds of holiday candies and goodies for us to EAT (I mean GIVE AWAY!). I really need to give plates away fast or else I will EAT until my teeth fall out (that’s a line from Andrea!) and…
The Christmas party!
When I was released as the Primary President (the one in charge of ALL the children’s Sunday classes and weekday activities) at church last month, I was immediately put into the Activities Committee. My initial reaction to the new assignment was, well, not exactly great. But, you know what? It hasn’t been half bad. Last…
Check out this BOKEH!
Don’t know what bokeh is? Don’t worry, neither did I….until I did a little research. As most of you know, I am a self-taught photographer. I love to take pictures, but up to this past year, I knew next to nothing about the technical aspects of photography. I had a semi-fancy camera but kept it…
Our Nativity Collection
There’s nothing like letting 5 kids loose on 4 bins packed with exciting things they haven’t seen for a full year. Add to that thousands of messy pine needles all over the carpet (I swear they are ALL over the house!) and all of the poorly-placed ornaments that ended up on the ground over night…
The quest for the perfect tree
We bundled up last night after dinner, packed everyone in the van and drove to our favorite neighborhood Christmas tree lot: I’m not joking. It’s our tradition. We get our tree here every year. PB is a fresh-tree stickler. One year, some friends invited us to go tree shopping with them to a quaint little…
I made it!
I forgot until I read my friend, Safire’s blog post that today is the last day of November. My month of Nablopomo and the daily blog posts has come to an end. Except that blogging daily has become such a welcome habit that I am not ready to stop. I am planning on sticking with…
20 Essential Ideas to Help Create a Better Family — Part 4 of 4
5 Ideas to Help you Teach Correct Principles Here is the last installment in my notes from Randall Wright’s class at Education Week this August. For the first three days, click 1, 2, and 3. President David O McKay said, “No greater responsibility can rest upon any man, than to be a teacher of God’s…
Happy Thanksgiving!
The 24 lb turkey is in the oven, stuffed and seasoned. PB commented that it was the biggest turkey he’s ever lifted. He was worried that the oven rack would be able to handle it (can you see the rack sagging a little?!). It’s already making the house smell heavenly. When I was stuffing it,…
What’s on your Holiday playlist?
I turned on the radio today on the way to the bank and the library and the grocery store, and I heard one of my favorite radio Christmas songs (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan). Love that song! So I started thinking…what are YOUR favorite Christmas songs? Here is…