Author Archives: hillshum

These classes look so good. Come and increase your knowledge so you can preserve your freedoms. If possible please come 15 minutes early. We would like an opportunity to say “Hi” and get re-acquainted. We want to start exactly at … Continue reading →

We’ve had some funny and sacred things happen in our family lately. The sacred was that my son Valor got to be ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood on Sunday. Our grandparents and cousin came for the blessed event. Valor, of … Continue reading →

In my homeschooling community (the TJED World) many have talked about “the hero generation.” That phrase comes from the book, The Fourth Turning. The book’s authors show that history, at least Western history, goes through cycles. Each cycle, or saeculum, … Continue reading →

Last week I celebrated my 20th anniversary of my graduation from BYU with my bachelor’s degree. This is a photo of my brother and me on commencement day. We got to graduate the same day, both from the college of … Continue reading →

If you live in Utah, I urge you to study what Common Core is all about and sign the petition here, http://utahnnsagainstcommoncore.com to repeal it. This is about maintaining local control of education. Bureaucrats in Washington do not know what is best … Continue reading →

This is my lovely sister and her darling baby who went from fussing to smiling as soon as she saw the camera! The Easter grass I planned to use by sprouting my spelt kernels failed, so I just pulled tall … Continue reading →

If you are an exclusively breastfeeding mom, it may irk you a little when you read parenting and new baby magazines that feature ads for bottles and artificial baby milk, and subtle hints that your milk is not enough, you … Continue reading →

Over a week ago I got to thinking, “Hey, I was going to go down to Cedar City to observe my son’s class at George Wythe College…whatever happened to that dream I had in August when I sent him off? … Continue reading →

April 19th marks the anniversary of the battle of Lexington which started the American Revolution. For our homeschooling today, we listened to these mp3 files today to learn about the American Revolution. They are available from librivox.org and also here … Continue reading →

Last Saturday LEMI featured Nicholeen Peck on their monthly conference call. I enjoyed her presentation. She applied parenting to mentoring youth groups. Some of you may  not know about Nicholeen. Nicholeen is a mother of four and author of the … Continue reading →