How to get kids involved in General Conference and help them get something out of it, is an incredibly important task for most church members. We want our kids to gain something from the wonderful experience but sometimes we struggle to know how. Hopefully our trial and errors over the past decade can help you and your family gain something more from conference weekend. For those of you who are … [Read more...]
Reading Nook Update
I'm a sucker for a good reading spot. I have a passion and love for reading so of course I always have that in mind when I think about how I want to decorate my houses. Every single house we have ever lived in (which has been a lot since we moved a lot with the military) I have made sure we had a place to put our bookshelves and a reading chair. I move the furniture around a lot and decided that … [Read more...]
3 Strikes: The road to teach children obedience through love
We have tried so many different discipline "techniques" in our house and sometimes I feel like those techniques stress ME out more than help ease the burden that the specific situation is causing. Every child is different and therefore every family is different, so many techniques that work for one family won't always work for another. I want to be able to teach children obedience … [Read more...]
Home Tour
Ive had a couple of friends ask for a tour of my home, so here it is. I am not a great photographer either so excuse my lack of talent. We live in a military house that does not allow us to paint on the walls or change out any of the features of the home. I honestly cried when they told us we could not paint. I literally already had all the paint colors picked out. I can't wait to own a house … [Read more...]
How to make a plastic bag container
Our new house has ZERO storage and when I say ZERO I mean like we could possibly head into the negative here soon. (I may or may not have to store some stuff at a friends house, anyone up for the task?)We have had to get creative with where we store things. Lots of back of the door hanging shelves and additional shelves added into the closest. I will show you pictures of all of that when … [Read more...]
