Holidays & Traditions
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“ECHOING AND PROCLAIMING HIS WORDS” -WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH CHRISTMAS!
Years ago when we decided to clean up the way we worshipped and celebrated holidays we first began by throwing out Christmas. Yep, we threw it out the door, literally. Why did we…
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DO I HAVE FAITH LIKE ABRAHAM? THE RETURN OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE
What a journey it has been to learn the real gospel of Jesus Christ, and the closer I get, the more beautiful it is! As you know 10 years ago our family collapsed.…
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A THANKSGIVING COLORING BOOK
One of our favorite traditions for Thanksgiving is printing this coloring book to read the story and color. It tells the story of the Pilgrims and the Puritans, and other righteous Founders of…
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PREPARING THE HEARTS OF OUR FAMILY
PREPARING THE HEARTS OF OUR FAMILY For Thanksgiving, we like to prepare our family’s hearts for the season — using movies and media to help turn us towards the covenant ‘fathers and mothers’…
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TO KNOW OUR FATHERS IS TO SEAL OUR HEARTS
With my oldest turning eight next year, if ready, she’ll be making sacred baptismal covenants—-covenants have really been something I’ve put a lot of thought into lately. As a parent and mother, part…
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A NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ACCORDING TO WILFORD WOODRUFF
The Book of Mormon readathon had just come to an end and I was thinking, “okay, now what?” There has to be something for New Year’s Day equivalent to what we just experienced…