INTRODUCTION I'm excited about this new blog series! Reading is another favorite thing of mine and I love it when I can share that love with my family and/or friends. Each month, I'll choose a book to read, then I'll plan out a fun night for my family/friends, and then share that night with all of you! I hope that you will be able to use the ideas to have a great night with your book clubs! Each month will include: a book review with questions themed dinner or treat ideas themed activity ideas some new products, inspired by the book So this blog series will be on the 4th Saturdays of each month - starting in January! I hope you will join me in this new adventure filled with books and fun! What do you think? Join me in January for the book: ... [Read More]
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Monday Magic | Kid, You’ll Move Mountains Initiative
Every Christmas season, I like to find a service project that my family can participate in. Usually, its something small and crafty-oriented. But this year, I have something else in mind. My nephew, William has been in the N.I.C.U. for over 2 months (we are hoping he gets to come home before Thanksgiving) and during my daily visits with him, I have been reading Dr. Seuss books to him. The book, "Oh, the Places You'll Go" has been especially poignant, as Will has had a bit of a hard time, but he's a fighter. As we edge closer, to healing and getting him home, I have thought about this book many times and what an inspiration it is and I have came up with an idea that I just love. I have decided to purchase the book and get all the doctors and nurses that have worked with William to sign ... [Read More]
Family History TuesdayZ | Reading
Journal prompt: Do you enjoy reading? How many books do you usually read in a year? Do you have a favorite genre and/or series? My Journaling: I absolutely adore reading. There is nothing like stepping outside of your own life and immersing yourself into another world through books. I have loved reading for as long as I can remember and I am happy that I have handed the love of books down to my daughter. And thanks to the wonderful invention of the audiobook, I feel like I have been getting through so many more books and I love that. I would have to say that I read at least 20 books a year - I would love for it be more than that, but life prevents me from more. Before I was married, my favorite genre would have to be LDS Fiction (especially the romantic ones). At that time, that was ... [Read More]
Life 2012 | So Interesting!
My daughter loves to read. That should come as no surprise to my family since her parents are both read-a-holics. I have really enjoyed seeing Beth come into her love of books. She has her favorites - she's really into the Rainbow Magic Fairy books and the Magic Treehouse books right now. But she also loves when a new issue of the Friend comes and she basically reads it from cover to cover. But there is something that she doesn't enjoy reading as much - Baggie Books. Her school has a reading program where they achieve different levels of reading by bringing books (in ziploc bags) home to read to their families. She gets a new book every weekday to bring home and read. These are small readers that get harder/longer as they level up. Actually Beth is on the higher achievement now and ... [Read More]
Life 2012 | Dr. Seuss Day
I have been seeing all sorts of fun ideas to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday (which was on Friday, March 2nd). I would see it, pin it, bookmark them, and then say "oh well, maybe next year." But on Thursday night (March 1st), I realized that if I didn't do anything, I would regret it. My kids love it when I make a big deal about things. I've been pretty lax this year with this kind of thing. I have just been in a funk and I've not really been that much fun to be around. So Thursday night, I said, "Okay, I'm going to just do this and make this fun for the kids." So last minute, I came up with a plan, got a few groceries on Friday afternoon and I made it happen. And I'm so glad I did, because I think these are the moments that my kids are going to remember. It wasn't that hard to plan a ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 52
Monday, December 20, 2010 Joey came home in the middle of the day with an amazing surprise! He received one of his company's employee awards this year! And what did he receive - AN IPAD! And not just any iPad - the best one that they have out right now. WOW! He was so excited and I'm just so proud of him. He totally deserves it. It is so fun to see him enjoying it! Tuesday, December 21, 2010 It snowed again - and it was the best snowman-making snow - so of course we had to get out in it today! It's fun having the kids home during the day. We made our Frosty and made snow angels and had a snowball fight and just had so much fun. Unfortunately, it got warmer later in the day, and some of the snow melted away, along with our Frosty. I was so glad we didn't delay in getting out there ... [Read More]
Family History TuesdayZ | Books and Movies
Journal Prompt: Write about what you like to read. Write about your favorite kinds of movies to see. Each Tuesday, I am going to be offering prompts or ideas. If you don't write in your journal regularly - I am going to encourage you to write just ONCE A WEEK and answer the question/idea that I give on Tuesdays. These ideas hopefully will spark a memory and you will be able to capture that in what you write/record so that it can be left for your children/grandchildren/family/friends. Give as much detail as you can when answering. Will you do this for me? Will you do this for your families? You can write it down in a journal, you can type it up on a computer or journaling software, you can take a recorder and talk, you can videotape your answers, you can even scrap a page with ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 9
Monday, February 22, 2010 I spent all early afternoon getting Beth registered for Kindergarten. I still can't believe she is going to Kindergarten next year. Because Foothill Elementary isn't our area school (since JJ was placed there for his special class) - I had to get signatures from our area school so it just took awhile. Tuesday, February 23, 2010 It was JJ's first Blue and Gold Dinner for Scouts and this marked the Scouts' 100th Birthday so it was pretty special. JJ helped me make a fun cake that we entered into the cake contest and he got the Most Festive Cake Award. They got to play games and have a pizza dinner and we got to watch a wonderful Indian hoop dancer! A fun night! Wednesday, February 24, 2010 I have come to really love Freecycle.org. I have gotten rid of a few ... [Read More]
Project 365 | Week 15
Monday, April 6, 2009 Beth is such a character! Her sense of humor mirrors her daddy's and Joey gets such a kick out of that. She says the funniest things all the time and I need to capture more of these little fun moments. Joey has never really eaten breakfast - even as a child. As he's gotten older, it has actually gotten to the point where if he eats too soon after waking up, it makes him nauseous. This morning, Beth was sitting at the kid's table eating a bowl of cereal, while Joey sat nearby working on his laptop. "Daddy," Beth said, "you forgot to eat some breakfast." "I didn't forget, pumpernickel. Daddy just doesn't eat breakfast." "Why not?" she asked. "Well, I've just never been very good at it." "It's EASY, Daddy - you just do like this!" Beth explained, moving the ... [Read More]
Project 365 | Week 14
Monday, March 30, 2009 The worst part about a vacation is that you come back and have to do all the laundry, unpack, and try and catch up from all the time you missed. We are all SO tired today. I think it is going to take a couple of weeks to recover. I got a start on the laundry and working on getting all my photos organized and unpacking. I'm just too tired to get it all done right now. JJ was excited to go back to school today and tell his teacher all the fun stuff he has been doing, but he came home pretty tired and onery. Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Beth's turn to be all excited about going back to school. She wore her new Cinderella shirt and got to share her new Princess dolls for Show-and-Tell. We are still trying to recover. I'm slowly getting unpacked. I had to license our ... [Read More]
