Holidays & Traditions
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A BOOK OF MORMON CHRISTMAS
This last year for the month of December we thought we would do something totally different for our “non-commercialized” Christmas. Non-commercialized for us means, no tree, forced gifts, hung stockings, and cheesy parties.…
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PREPARING FOR THE FEAST OF DEDICATION
Another year of candle lighting, fried bread, and 8 nights of singing has come to an end! Oh, how we love Hanukkah! This truly has become our all-time family favorite feast! We look…
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HOW WE REPLACED SANTA WITH JESUS CHRIST
Stores and radio stations have already begun to prepare us for this Christmas season, bringing out their decorations and playing Christmas music much earlier than the day after Thanksgiving which was once the…
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JUST CALL ME A HALLOWEEN “SCROOGE”
Year after year my children, husband, and I would grab a bag of candy of everyone’s choice, then after a warm bowl of chili, we would retire to the basement, turn off the…
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WE HAVE FOUGHT HIM BEFORE— DECLARING WAR ON HALLOWEEN
Spending Shekinah with people in song and prayer has been a tradition for us on October 31st for the last few years. This is a night we shine our lights as Christians really…
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REMEMBERING THE MARTYRDOM
Order the table cloths— check Find centerpieces for the tables—check Weed the yard— check Locate easels for paintings—check This last week was the anniversary of the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum, and we…
