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10 Fun LDS General Conference Activities and Printables for Kids #LDSconf

Lolli — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 15:34:27 +0000

I look forward to my church’s General Conference each October and April, and last April’s conference packet round-up was so popular that I’ve been eager to make a new round up of new discoveries for my LDS readers. But of course, I’ve been so busy the last few weeks with my press trip to LA that I haven’t had a chance to put my thoughts together until just now. Since most of these activities simply require a printer and paper or items found around your house, I figured it wasn’t too late to share.

Here’s a little about LDS General Conference:

Two weekends a year (the first Saturday and Sunday of April and October) the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meets as a world-wide “virtual” congregation to listen to our leaders. General Conference weekend is one of my favorite weekends of the whole year. It’s when I fill my bucket, renew my commitment, and listen to a prophet’s voice speaking to me – because it really does feel like the messages are for me. Anyone and everyone is invited to watch. It’s broadcast throughout the world – find it here. You can also follow along on twitter with hashtag #LDSconf for inspiring messages and quotes.

Watching Conference with kids can be a little more of a challenge, as it’s hard to get them to sit still for 4 2-hour sessions, so I’ve always loved finding activities to not only keep them quiet so I can listen, but to help them also concentrate and listen and learn something from Conference.

10 Fun Activities and Printables for Kids to do During General Conference:

Here are just a few more activities that I found for this Conference (see last April’s round-up of activities HERE):

Bonus: LDS.org always has an excellent Conference Packet for kids, as well as their year-long page of activities, games, coloring pages, printables, videos, and more.

Nauvoo, Illinois, and Carthage Jail #PSF

Lolli — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:19:47 +0000

I’ve been slowly working through my family’s cross-country road trip and all of the stops we made between Maryland and Utah. After visiting Kirtland, Ohio, we drove eat toward Nauvoo, Illinois, for another LDS Church History stop.

Nauvoo was home to early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from late 1839 until about 1846, when the Saints moved farther west. Carthage, a nearby town, was the location of the county seat and the jail where Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed.

We could have spent days and days exploring all there is to do in Nauvoo, but we had to fit it in to one afternoon and evening. Some of the highlights of our visit: the renovated Nauvoo temple (the original was destroyed in the mid 1800s and rebuilt between 2000 and 2002; the Nauvoo Pageant (which occurs every summer and is wonderful!); Carthage Jail (a short drive from Nauvoo and totally worth the drive); and the Blacksmith shop in Historic Nauvoo (you can get free “Prairie Diamonds” – rings made out of horse shoe nails from the blacksmith).

What have you been up to lately? Been on any exciting adventures?

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The LDS Store $50 Giveaway

Lolli — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:23:40 +0000

This post and giveaway are brought to you by The LDS Store. All thoughts and choices for featured items are my own. Note: This giveaway is perfect for people of ANY faith!

The LDS Store is an online store started by two friends who have known each other since grade school. I love their story (and this totally reminds me of my childhood best friend, Elizabeth, and me): “Even in our early years of adolescence running our lemonade stand and door to door book sales we knew we wanted to start a business together.” How many of us dreamed of one day starting a business with her best friend (I think that dream almost always included living next door with backyards that connected, being married to two guys that were friends and coordinating the times that we had kids so we could be pregnant together and then raise new best friends…).

Ok, I’m getting carried away here.

Recently, I was introduced to Andrea. Andrea Smith is a co-owner of The LDS Store and CTR Rings for Less. She is also a stay at home mom to an amazing 2 year old and a new baby boy on the way. And, of course, I can’t help but jump at the chance to support another mom-owned-business (not to mention that she’s LDS like me!).

A little about The LDS Store:

In their words: “Truth is we aren’t a lot different than many of the great LDS store out there. However, we as a team are dedicated to providing you with the best prices and customer support you will find anywhere. You can contact us through our live chat or email and we will respond right away to any questions you might have. We also work directly with the manufacturers of every one of the products we sell. Therefore we can pass our direct savings onto you and ensure the fastest shipping times possible.”

Pair that with free shipping on all orders over $25 and I’m sold.

This week, I had a chance to do a little window shopping at The LDS Store and made a little collection of some of my favorite items, most of which are not LDS-specific. Aren’t they amazing? Not only do they have great products, but the prices are great (trust me, I’ve bought the SAME CTR pop-out ring pictured below for two of my daughters at other locations before and payed way more.

I particularly love this Owl necklace with a wonderful message: “Oh, be wise; what can I say more?”

A few of the products featured above:

$50 Giftcard Giveaway to The LDS Store

One winner will receive a $50 giftcard to use on anything at The LDS Store. Not LDS? No worries! There is plenty of generic merchandise that anyone would love! This giveaway will run through February 6 at midnight and a winner will be chosen at random after that time and notified via email. Good luck!

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