Author Archives: hillshum

We had soooo much fun this past weekend at my youth conference. It was one of those magical times that brings so much happiness.     I loved having friends there to help me and seeing so many youth learning … Continue reading →

  We made it back from St. George OK on Saturday night and are now back to real life. It was such a great break to be off my personal conveyor belt of driving someone somewhere everyday for Shakespeare play … Continue reading →

Whew, we left Davis County bright and early at 5 AM on Tuesday. Except it wasn’t so bright. It was dark and raining and then it turned to snow. We picked up some of my son’s Williamsburg Academy classmates on … Continue reading →

  I can’t sleep. This is crazy. I am driving 10 people early next morning to St. George and I can’t sleep! I will be driving our 12 seater van pulling a trailer. We were wondering how we could fit … Continue reading →

  Last night my oldest son and my husband took a long drive to Hobble Creek Canyon to meet some of my husband’s rich cousins to celebrate some of their kids’ graduations from BYU. My mother-in-law, the social butterfly that … Continue reading →

(Credit for Image Above, Jesus Praying in Gethsemane (Christ in Gethsemane), by Harry Anderson: churchofjesuschrist.org) I found this great talk (have you noticed that it’s mostly Latter-day Saints who use the term “talk”?) by Cleon Skousen, about Easter. I think … Continue reading →

Even though I consider myself a TJEd fan, I have always had a hard time with the key of “inspire, not require.” (see http://tjed.org/about-tjed/7-keys/) If you have kids that never fulfill academic requirements but only produce when they feel inspired, … Continue reading →

  After my blog post yesterday, I realized something! I could just call my aunt up like once a week, with today’s technology of conference calling, and have her tell one of her stories. It would be recorded through freeconference … Continue reading →

I highly anticipated last Saturday night. For weeks, the night was going to be the night of our Commonwealth School’s Spring Parents’ Meeting. If you don’t know what a Commonwealth School is, go get the book about it here and … Continue reading →