For the month of December, I want to give you some ways to celebrate the Christmas season. Too many times Christmas comes and goes and I don’t feel like I’ve even had time to enjoy and celebrate it. Filling December with fun festive holiday traditions will make Christmastime a season to remember for your family. … Read more
My son and I discovered by accident what wonderful shakers/ noise makers those little packages of scrapbooking embellishments make. The little metal pieces, especially brads and eyelets, make different noises depending on the size and shape, and little hands love to shake and make noise! If you don’t want your child shaking your embellishments, take … Read more
Christmas is coming up quick, and I don’t know about you, but I have no idea what I’m going to get my husband and son. Especially my son. I would never have thought that buying a few Christmas gifts for an 18 month old would be that hard, but… I just don’t know! One thing … Read more
Coloring is always fun, even for my 18-month old. I printed off our Halloween coloring page from this website, and there are lots of other great websites out there that offer coloring pages for all holidays and events. Here are two others I found: Coloring.ws ColoringPages.net The important thing with all these kid’s craft and … Read more
Boyd, Joel, my sister, and I went to the Fall Festival in Mona, Utah last weekend and had a really great time. I wasn’t thinking we would stay that long because I didn’t think there would be too much for Joel to do, but I was pleasantly surprised and we stayed almost the whole time … Read more
I have been sick sick sick for the last week and my creativity is about as clogged as my nose. So I’ve found some really great things other people have done for Halloween and want to share their ideas with you. Plastic bag ghost from Etcetera Jeri Halloween ornaments, decorated candles, and more from Mommies … Read more
I found some great ideas for Halloween games on this About.com page and thought I’d share them with you! Halloween is not until Friday, so you still have plenty of nights to play these games with your family. We haven’t had a chance to do them yet, but they’re on the agenda for this week. … Read more
We have a monthly family party to celebrate all the birthdays that month. They’re always great fun with lots of good food and games. For our October/Halloween party, we played some old fashioned games that were really fun. The first gave was bobbing for apples, which is an old standard. If you haven’t done that … Read more
Our family party this month was a ride on the Sundance ski lift up Provo Canyon in Utah. It was a beautiful drive, and riding up and up and up on the ski lift gave us an amazing view of the surrounding valleys and mountains. If you live anywhere near Utah County, this is a … Read more
I spent last weekend with a bunch of 12-18 year old kids for a church activity that we call Youth Conference. The theme was “Mission: Possible” and we spent two days giving the kids opportunities to serve other people. My group took a tour of Catholic Community Services, an organization that provides treatment and emergency … Read more