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#52Stories: Fun Easy Family Game You Can Play in Zoom to Celebrate a Wedding Anniversary/Family Birthday

Posted on August 22, 2026 by treeoflifemama

I recently celebrated my wedding anniversary! Yay!!! 35 years! See the times I’ve blogged about past years’ celebrations here and here. I call our anniversary our family’s birthday. To celebrate it, one of things I love to do is a … Continue reading →

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Job and the Amazing Truths We Learn From His Story

Posted on August 16, 2026 by treeoflifemama

It’s been so enlightening for me to listen/watch this video by Jared Halverson about Job’s story. The images in this post are from the video. If you want a full understanding of Job then please watch/listen and learn with the … Continue reading →

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Wise Traditions for Baby’s First Foods with Kate Pope

Posted on August 14, 2026 by treeoflifemama

This interview with Kate Pope about baby’s first foods is very enlightening. Mainstream culture pushes rice cereal, bananas, squash, and other pureed fruits and veggies as the best foods for babies. What could be better? Listen to this interview with … Continue reading →

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How We Had a Multi-Day Family Reunion on the Cheap and You Can Too + Recap of Our 2026 Family Reunion!

Posted on August 11, 2026 by treeoflifemama

My husband and I just had a family reunion for our descendants just this last month of July. As grandparents and near empty nesters, we are at the point where it’s needed. We only have 1/7 of our children left … Continue reading →

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8/07/26 Tree of Life Mama’s Game of the Week: Carcassonne

Posted on August 7, 2026 by treeoflifemama

I am in love with this game! I bought it over two years ago for gameschooling, but it took us until now to play it as a family. I played it three times in a row recently as part of … Continue reading →

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Tree of Life Mama’s Missionary Moment for 2026 #4: a Jewish Woman Finds the Restored Gospel Through the Book of Mormon in Philadelphia

Posted on August 3, 2026 by treeoflifemama

July is over, but I feel like sharing more missionary moments, after the ones I shared here, here, and here. These are stories of people learning of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by missionaries of … Continue reading →

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Is the Nemenhah Record True?

Posted on August 2, 2026 by treeoflifemama

What is the Nemenhah record? It is a document that some people believe to be scripture. They believe it to be a parallel record of the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ. In other words, it covers the … Continue reading →

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Tree of Life Mama’s Thrift Haul July 2026

Posted on August 1, 2026 by treeoflifemama

It’s August! Time to recap my thrifting hauls from July 2026. Here are the treasures I was blessed by God to find last month at thrift stores. It was Thriftmas in July! I get a bit chatty as I describe … Continue reading →

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Missionary Moment for July 2026 #3: They Were Looking for the True Church in Oregon

Posted on July 27, 2026 by treeoflifemama

Wow, July continues to be a missionary-themed month for me. I announced over here that I want to share missionary stories here on the blog for July. Yesterday in church I got to hear three prospective missionaries speak and one … Continue reading →

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Celebrate NFP Awareness Week in 2026

Posted on July 21, 2026 by treeoflifemama

We just celebrated my fourth child’s birthday. He’s 25! This time we had the party up the canyon and celebrated with his girlfriend, who also has a mid-July birthday. So we celebrated both birthdays! What’s memorable about my son’s birthday … Continue reading →

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