I am always looking for new Valentine’s Day decorations and tend to be a little disappointed at the things I find. Maybe I am looking in all the wrong places, but I feel that there is hardly any Valentine’s Day decor out there. And what I do find, is almost always made of felt. This […]
command pinEvery year I resolve to be more organized in every aspect of my life… and every year I try. Then another year comes along and I do it all over again. It’s not that I don’t accomplish things, I DO! It’s just that with 7 people in my home, gathering 7 people worth of
As a Spanish speaking missionary in California, having Salsa Verde at the majority of my meals became the norm. I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time with people from Mexico. We had it with eggs, beans, burritos, carne asada, you name it, we ate this delicious sauce on it. Nearing the end
I went to Ricks College in Rexburg Idaho back in the day. The school is now BYU Idaho, (wow that probably dates me pretty bad). As much as I hate the cold, I loved my time in Rexburg. I studied Professional Preschool Education and spent a lot of time at the lab and would walk
The Christmas season is such a magical time of year. There are so many things that go into making the magic for me – twinkle lights, children, snow, special holiday treats, family gatherings, traditions, and the fact that people in general open their hearts to one another just a little bit more than usual. That
Alfajores are cookies that are made in several South American countries, each country altering the ingredients just a bit. I did a lot of research and looked at a couple cookbooks my husbands family sent me from Chile and Ecuador and made some changes that made these cookies what they are – delicious! Lightly sweet,
As I mentioned in my previous post HERE, my sweet friend and her family have been helping and donating to Hearts Knit Together, a non-profit who supplies beautiful welcome kits to the 16 battered women shelters across Utah, for a couple years. It initially started when Fran started having some health problems and became basically home
How would you feel to have to flee your home in the middle of the night, your personal belongings, sweet mementos, essentially your life, for your own safety and the safety of your children, and literally only have the clothes on your back? Well this happens far more often than you think. I always knew
I have loved the real deal, honest to goodness, 6 sided snowflakes since I can remember. When I was a kid I would take the bus downtown to Z.C.M.I. and one day I found a book about how to fold and cut real six sided snowflakes and I had to get it, none of those
Dieter F. Uchtdorf said in one of his talks, “In family relationships love is really spelled T-I-M-E.” I believe this is true. So here are some fun Christmas ornaments you can make with your children and spend time together as you get ready for Christmas. I have 5 children from the age of 3 up
