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11/12/25 Tree of Life Mama’s Picture Book of the Week: A Thanksgiving Wish by Michael Rosen

Thanksgiving is two weeks from tomorrow! Can you believe it? Seems like yesterday it was summer. If you want some delightful Thanksgiving picture books, go here to get a list. For today I’m focusing on the one above. It’s A … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Picture Books for 2025

Let’s talk about Thanksgiving picture books! I love all of these! Thanksgiving in the Woods tells the true story of a family who hosts Thanksgiving in the woods every year near their home in upstate New York, with candles, bonfires, … Continue reading

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Recap of My Second Trip to Maine: Sister/Cousin Time and Harvest Festival/Halloween

I haven’t done a “things that made me smile” post in so long! For a brief time, I was good at posting every month the pretty, happy, funny, real and smart things that happened in the previous month. January was … Continue reading

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Recap of Halloween/Heroween/All Saints’ Day/Day of the Dead, Ghostly Visitors, Baptisms for Our Dead and More!

After I arrived home from my trip to Maine last week, the eve of Halloween, I kind of wanted to host my own Heroween/Halloween on Friday, and then do an All Saints’ Day/ Day of the Dead Celebration on Saturday, … Continue reading

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She Went From Liberal Epsicopalian Priest to LDS Farm Wife and Homeschooling Mom: Meredith’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ

I watched this interview yesterday and thoroughly loved it! It’s about Meredith. As a child, she had a feminist mom who raised her to be independent. thinking that marriage and motherhood were not needed as a woman. She was intensely … Continue reading

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The Queen of Butter Came to Utah! I Got to Meet Sally Fallon Morrell in SLC Last Week!

Hey, it’s Thursday! Instead of doing a #thriftythursday post about thrift store finds, like I’ve often done on Thursdays lately, I’m doing a #thrivingthursday post. I got to go to the annual Weston A. Price Foundation Conference last week in … Continue reading

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When God Seems Hidden: He Can Be in the Mess of the Ashes

Wow what an amazing last week I had! I got to attend the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. I have so much to share about it! The food, the people, the weather, the … Continue reading

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Thrifting Thursday: Easy, Inexpensive Home Decorating for Fall

It finally feels like fall, y’all, instead of hotumn, LOL. Above and below are some photos I took on my walk today. So beautiful! I feel like I’m Anne of Green Gables with her statement, “I’m so glad I live … Continue reading

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Fun Facts for October General Conference 2025

It’s time to play Fun Facts October 2025 General Conference! If you don’t know what that is, that is the semi-annual conference for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a time when we get … Continue reading

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Fun Friday: Turn Homeschooling Into Funschooling

Last summer I read this amazing book by a homeschooling mom, Sarah Janisse Brown. It’s the book below. Her story is amazing! I’ll have to do a review of it another time, it’s too much to cover here. If you … Continue reading

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