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Kim at Home: a Change to Homeschool

The last year and a half has brought major changes to my family's life. I would venture to guess that we all went through some changes in 2020 (and beyond). For me, it's left a lasting impact for good. Homeschooling was never in my plan, and yet, that's where we ended up. And I'm so grateful for it! Yes, you heard me right, something amazing and wonderful happened . . . a huge life pivot ... Read More about Kim at Home: a Change to Homeschool

A General Conference Packet for Mom

I love a good General Conference packet for the kids. But what about a printable packet for all the moms? Something that will help us to record our spiritual impressions and the counsel that we receive and then, here's the kicker, to actually ACT on it . . . to move ahead in the next 6 months so that when conference rolls around again, we'll feel good looking back on how we spent the time.I was ... Read More about A General Conference Packet for Mom

Teaching Gratitude with a Thankful Chair

Teaching gratitude to our kids is something that we always seem to be working on. November is, of course, a great time to focus on being thankful but really, it is a topic that can be addressed at any time of the year. We watched a great video for our home church lesson this past week but it could be shown to kids at any time that you want to do a little mini lesson on gratitude. I like to ... Read More about Teaching Gratitude with a Thankful Chair

Books We Love: How Big is Your Brave

Ruth Soukup sent me a copy of her new book, How Big is Your Brave, to read to my kids and tell you all about it. This was a good lesson-teaching book and the kids, even my older ones, sat and listened to what looked like a "little kid" picture book. The characters are cute animals and the illustrations in the book are great. The story revolves around a bunny who is scared to go to space ... Read More about Books We Love: How Big is Your Brave

Problem: Kids Leaving the Lights On

Problem solving makes me happy! If there's a problem, I want to find a solution rather than sitting and being frustrated, angry, or miserable because of it. And so it goes with our first problem of the summer. Problem: the kids leaving the lights on . . . ALL THE TIME! It only took me a couple days of feeling like I was always hollering for lights to be turned off or walking down the ... Read More about Problem: Kids Leaving the Lights On