Monthly Archives: June 2016

This year to celebrate Independence Day I am priming up for it by reading a little bit from these two books every day for our homeschool devotional. Some years when it’s summer I have skipped doing devotional, but this year, … Continue reading →

Do you realize that you can find information about your ancestors in Google books? I’ve found quite a bit of information for filling out my family tree this way. From the video above, with Lisa Louise Cooke, of lisalouisecooke.com, I … Continue reading →

On other blogs you might see bloggers talk about toy, clothing, gadget or makeup “hauls.” Not on this blog. The only hauls I am going to feature on here will be about books! I loooove books! On my trip to … Continue reading →

The winners of the Eternal Warriors Healthy Eating class are…(drumroll please) Linda Hansen for the newbies and Stephanie for the returning students. I will be emailing you the details about the class on Monday, June 27th. For those of you … Continue reading →

This book is about a remarkable family. Kip and Mona Lisa Harding, the authors, are the parents of ten children. They homeschool and have figured out how to get their children into college by age 12. This is another book … Continue reading →

I have been reading a series of blog posts from a friend, Heather Farrell, co-author of the book below. She wrote them last year and I am finally posting about them. They are well worth reading! No matter your stage … Continue reading →

As part of our vacation in Utah, I took the kids to see their grandpa’s office at BYU. We got to see him in his natural habitat, surrounded by books, papers, and his computer. All that was missing was ice … Continue reading →

I  heard about this beautiful novel about family love in a BYU speech. It’s called Pillars of the House by Charlotte Yonge. If I am going to spend my time reading fiction, I want it to be entertaining as well … Continue reading →

We’ve been bonding with cousins this past week at Grandma’s house! It was fun to see my sister read some books to our nieces who were here from Maine.  How are you all coming with your summer reading? I found … Continue reading →

My wonderful friend Becky Edwards of Veggie Gals fame is offering a class this summer. I highly recommend it! Do you ever feel like you’re drowning in clutter, chaos, and overwhelm? Believe me, I’ve felt that way.  Let a professional organizer, emotional … Continue reading →