Author Archives: hillshum

How to make egg-free, grain-free gingersnaps: 1. Get a hankering for ginger cookies because you have been on a strict grain-free, sugar-free, limited carb diet diet for a long time. You can’t even eat any sweets for Christmas. Not even … Continue reading →

Remember my project from last Saturday, to make risers for my spice cabinet out of cardboard for my new kitchen? I finished the project, and here are the before and after pics. The above picture shows how it was before. … Continue reading →

RootsTech 2016 is coming up! What is RootsTech? RootsTech is an annual conference hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It showcases the latest in research techniques, technology for family history research. It’s this Thursday, Friday, and … Continue reading →

If you haven’t watched this yet, you are missing out! President and Sister Nelson spoke at a worldwide devotional to the youth, about being millennials. Wow, it was so fabulous! My wonderfully talented and amazing girlfriend Becky Edwards has blogged … Continue reading →

Ever since I moved I have had a lot of depressing thoughts about life, even through Christmas. And feelings of hopelessness. I think the Enemy has been attacking me to get me to fail at my mission of being a … Continue reading →

Hooray! I was just about to order some risers for my spice cabinet in my new kitchen, after my husband complained that he couldn’t find “anything” when fixing Sunday dinner. The spices were all on the same level so it … Continue reading →

I am determined to read one chapter book aloud to my kids for each month of the new year. In addition to reading the Book of Mormon in our daily family scripture reading and my personal reading for Gospel Doctrine, … Continue reading →

So I found all these resources about Biblical/Zion/Hebrew-based dating and courtship. Of course there are the Duggars videos, so if you haven’t watched those scroll to the end of this post and watch those. But the Duggars aren’t the only … Continue reading →

We had a super enlightening time discussing Zion-based dating and courtship last Wednesday. It was so good I have decided to continue the discussion. We are going to have part 2 next month on Thursday Feb. 18th 7 to 9 … Continue reading →

Are you new to homeschooling and don’t know where to start? Or are have you been doing it for a while but want to breathe some fresh life and ideas into what you are sharing with your children? Do you … Continue reading →