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Some Songs and Poetry for Thanksgiving
I’ve shared some favorite Thanksgiving-themed picture books here, and movies over here. Now let’s talk about songs and poetry! If you want to cultivate a family where song, the spoken word and IRL conversation triumph over screens for entertainment, perhaps … Continue reading
A Little Fall and Thanksgiving Humor
I don’t know about you, but some heavy things have been weighing me down lately, even though this is also a season of rejoicing and gratitude. I’ll be sharing about those things soon after I process how to express it … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, family, holderness Family Thanksgiving, jesus, music, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving humor
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11/21/24 Tree of Life Mama’s Book of the Week for Moms: Autumn from the Heart of the Home by Susan Branch
I want to get into the habit of reviewing a book a week that’s just for moms. I’ve done that off and on, OK mostly “off,” over the past few years. I really want to be more consistent because I … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn cookbook, fall, fall recipes, food, recipe, recipes, susan branch
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Dice Tower’s 12 Days of Christmas Family Games
If you think of the following when I say “family board game”: Monopoly, Life, Clue and Sorry, have I got a treat for you! Family board games have gotten so much better!!! No longer do we have to suffer through … Continue reading
A Family Reunion Because of a Misdelivered Catalog!
I just love watching BYUTV’s Relative Race! We watch it almost every Sunday night. Last night was Episode 9 of Season 14. A woman named Precious got to meet her birth mom for the first time! Oh the feels!!! The … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashley of Team Black, byutv, family, family reunions, gratitude, holiday, holiday gatherings, holidays, inspiring story about finding lost relatives, Layton and Kyle Team Black, mail order catalog, relative race, Relative Race Season 14, story of finding long lost relatives, thanksgiving
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Dice Tower’s 12 Days of Christmas Party Games for 2024!
The best thing I love about the upcoming cold weather of winter (besides wearing sweaters and drinking hot cocoa) is that it’s a great excuse to gather indoors to play board games with family and friends. I drove home today … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Games of Christmas, board games, card-games, Dice Tower, games, party games, review, reviews
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Tree of Life Mama’s 2024 Favorite Thanksgiving Movies
Here are some fun things to watch this Thanksgiving season. It’s finally feeling colder here so it feels more natural to curl up inside in front of the electronic hearth for some entertainment. First, I’m featuring family movies. The one … Continue reading
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Tagged A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, A Family Thanksgiving, An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, family, family Thanksgiving movies, Funny Thing About Love, holidays, Jim Henson, Love at the Parade, Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, monumental, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving movies, The Thanksgiving House, Turkey Hollow movie
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Things that Made Me Smile in October 2024: Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real, Kind and/or Smart!
It’s time for another monthly recap of things that made me smile! The following things in this post aren’t ALL the things that made me smile for October 2024, but a fair sampling. In the spirit of one of my … Continue reading
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Tagged books, BYU chemistry magic show, card games, chemistry magic show, Ezra Taft Benson, fall, family, Gayle Ruzicka, Halloween, Harriet Beecher Stowe, hiking, Jennifer Flanders, Jeopardy!, La Leche League, lavender, Mormon authors, October, Phil Lyman, President Ezra Taft Benson, the book of mormon, thrifting, wild edibles
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Thou Shalt Not Vote for Trump? Well, Apply the Same Standards to Harris!! What’s a Latter-day Saint to Do When Two Immoral People are Running for President? (As if that’s anything new LOL!)
I know many of my readers have probably already voted. So, disregard this if you have. I prefer to vote “in person, the day of.” The less time the ballot is in the drop box/ballot box, the less risk for … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Connor Boyack, Connor Boyack Sunday Musings, donald trump, Joel Skousen, news, politics, the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Thoughtful Faith YouTube Channel, trump, Trump vs. Harris LDS voter guide, Utah conservative voter guide 2024, Utah election 2024, Utah politics, We the People Utah YouTube Channel
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Dallas Jenkins’ BYU Speech
I had the privilege of attending this BYU Forum this morning with Dallas Jenkins as the featured speaker. He is the producer of the The Chosen. If you don’t know about The Chosen, you are missing out! It’s basically a … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, dallas jenkins, faith, God, jesus, Jesus Christ, the chosen
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Tree of Life Mothering 