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Review of Mary Poppins Returns

Posted on January 11, 2019 by treeoflifemama

We saw Mary Poppins Returns last night as a family, with my mother-in-law who came to visit from out of town, treating us to it. Grandma, all 5 kids at home (ages 20 to 9), my husband and I watched … Continue reading →

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Vision Boards: Why and How

Posted on January 4, 2019 by treeoflifemama

Happy New Year! What do you want to create in 2019? I listened to this talk by Tim Thomas, called “Living an Extraordinary Life Through the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” over here,  through my BYUI Devotional podcast feed. It’s from BYUI’s … Continue reading →

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The Miracle of Homeopathy, and Finally Kicking the Cold and Flu

Posted on January 2, 2019 by treeoflifemama

We had a merry Christmas dimmed by illness striking our home. Most of us got some form of a cold or flu right after Christmas. My trusty essential oils just weren’t helping me get over the tail end of my … Continue reading →

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Tuttle Twins Book Sale!

Posted on January 2, 2019 by treeoflifemama

Have you all heard of the Tuttle Twins books? They are great for teaching kids, and adults for that matter, principles of liberty in an easy to digest format. Connor Boyack, the author, takes a classic idea about liberty and … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Joseph Smith!

Posted on December 23, 2018 by treeoflifemama

Happy Birthday to Joseph Smith! Today is the prophet’s birthday! He was born on December 23, 1805. I bear testimony that he was God’s chosen servant to restore the pure gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth. I have been … Continue reading →

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How to Have a Connected Family Christmas and Connected Family Time Anytime of Year

Posted on December 20, 2018 by treeoflifemama

  I’m sharing this idea from my friend Kim Davis, with her permission, about a new family Christmas tradition that is super low stress and inexpensive: When our daughter received her mission call and was assigned to report at the … Continue reading →

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Another New Christmas Classic: the Man Who Invented Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2018 by treeoflifemama

I heard about this movie a year ago from Andrew Pudewa during the online Winter Retreat for IEW. IEW stands for Institute for Excellence in Writing, which is a  company of resources to teach kids how to write. Andrew mentioned … Continue reading →

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New Christmas Movie Classic: Shoelaces for Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2018 by treeoflifemama

  You know the part in the song of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” that goes, “…and Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again”? I’m seeing more and more that as our society … Continue reading →

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A Little-known Christmas Classic, Perfect for the Postmodern World

Posted on December 20, 2018 by treeoflifemama

    We’ve had a lot of excitement here with winding down our fall semester of homeschool and getting ready for Christmas, after recovering from our Thanksgiving vacation in Utah. We had an “end of semester recital” so to speak, … Continue reading →

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A Utah Thanksgiving 2018

Posted on December 2, 2018 by treeoflifemama

Happy days after Thanksgiving everyone and an early Merry Christmas to you! We had a grand Thanksgiving holiday week in Utah with snow at my parents’ cabin in the mountains. The kids got to go sledding. Not once, but twice! … Continue reading →

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