~by Julie
We have a family tradition that started because I needed one day of the week to be a no-brainer when I was planning menus. One day a couple years ago, I decided that Fridays would be pizza nights at our house. We like to make pizza together, and since not all of our kids [...]
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This video explores how love and faith can help the both individuals who may suffer through health difficulties, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, and help their families as they adapt to the changes that can come in the later years of life.
In the video, you will see scenes of elderly people in care centers who are [...]
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“True greatness…always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.” -Howard W. Hunter
A “house of order,” isn’t that what we all want and hope for? It is a righteous desire of mine but am continually challenged to find more effective and creative ways to keep order in [...]
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~by Janelle
Saturday is a special day at our house. My kids call it “the day Dad stays home from work to play” day.
We try to get out every Saturday for a family activity.
Sometimes we go hiking. These pictures were taken while hiking in Yosemite, CA last summer.
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by Julie Pettit
My husband and I love to have fun and we enjoy spending time together. Over the last few months we were having a hard time getting out of the house, so we started instituting “home dates”. We have found that we can really stick with our goal of having a weekly date night [...]
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~by Julie Pettit
When my littlest one turned eight months old, she found a new tool to help herself drift off to sleep. As I rocked her in my arms, she would sing-hum an almost meditative “om.” Often it started as an “ahhhh” that lasted for a few seconds before she ended with a louder, punching [...]
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By: Janelle
My daughter, Elizabeth, is seven years old and is learning to write paragraphs at school. Lately, I have found her practicing writing paragraphs at home and she presented two to my husband that I thought were really sweet. I scanned in the originals, but will provide a translation for you below.
My DAD
I like my [...]
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~by Kimberly VanderHorst
My newborn was born starving-hungry. Holding her slight weight against us in the hospital, we could feel the wiggling of her tummy and hear the deep rumbling bubbly sounds of her cavernous innards. While she’s a champion nurser she just can’t get enough into her stomach before she falls asleep and as a [...]
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A Family That Hikes Together, Stays Together!
~by Cheryl
Our family loves the outdoors. One of our favorite things to do is hike! My husband and I started hiking while we were dating, and we’ve continued to do so throughout the last 11 years.
Hiking is a wonderful family activity because it combines exercise, beauty, photography, discovery, conversation, [...]
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~by Michelle
One of the things I love about being a mom is teaching my children from and about the scriptures. We have done some sort of daily scripture study as a family for years now. Of course, there have been frustrations and times when it felt like it wasn’t working. But it has been [...]
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