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2024 Picture Book Advent: The Sparkle Box, to Inspire a Simple New Family Tradition!

Posted on December 4, 2024 by treeoflifemama

The picture book I’m sharing today can inspire a new Christmas family tradition. I hope it does! It is by Jill Hardie and illustrated by Christine Kornacki. This book tells the story of a boy named Sam. He notices a … Continue reading →

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A Little Fall and Thanksgiving Humor

Posted on November 23, 2024 by treeoflifemama

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged faith, family, holderness Family Thanksgiving, jesus, music, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving humor | Leave a comment

Dice Tower’s 12 Days of Christmas Family Games

Posted on November 20, 2024 by treeoflifemama

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 →

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A Family Reunion Because of a Misdelivered Catalog!

Posted on November 18, 2024 by treeoflifemama

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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Tree of Life Mama’s 2024 Favorite Thanksgiving Movies

Posted on November 12, 2024 by treeoflifemama

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 →

Posted in movies, Uncategorized | 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 | Leave a comment

Things that Made Me Smile in October 2024: Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real, Kind and/or Smart!

Posted on November 7, 2024 by treeoflifemama

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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Best Deduction Board Games

Posted on September 27, 2024 by treeoflifemama

Deduction games are some of my favorites! I’m sooo excited that the Dice Tower, my favorite YouTube channel about board games, came out with this fun video (scroll down to see it). The video features three of the DT peeps, … Continue reading →

Posted in board games, Uncategorized | Tagged best games for game night, board games, Chris Yi, Codenames, deduction games, Dice Tower, family, games, gameschooling, gaming, reviews, Secret Hitler, social deduction games, Tom Vasel, Zee Garcia | Leave a comment

July 2024 Things That Made Me Smile

Posted on July 31, 2024 by treeoflifemama

I hope to start a blogging tradition for myself where I share about random things that made me smile that month, on the last day of the month or beginning of the new month, regarding the previous month. So that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blackberries, books, family, gardening, homeschool, homeschooling, rodeo, Shauna, things that make me smile, thrifting | Leave a comment

Three Lessons Board Games Teach Us That School Doesn’t

Posted on February 24, 2024 by treeoflifemama

I love using board games for schooling. I use them at home with my own children and at my homeschool co-op, as shown above. In that photo I am using Concept Kids: Animals. That’s one of my favorite games to … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Family Board Games from Board Game Dad

Posted on February 20, 2024 by treeoflifemama

Here are the top 10 family board game recommended by Board Game Dad, aka Ben Nockles, from a new-to-me website I love for board gamers called perfectboardgame.com. Watch the video below and get ready for some fun! I’m only familiar … Continue reading →

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