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Knit The Sky Blanket
    I fell in love with this sky scarf project by the amazing Lea Redmond when I first came across it years ago. The basic idea is that you knit a stripe on a scarf every day based on the weather. I...
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Tibetan Prayer Flags DIY Craft for Kids
For the past few weeks, at the request of my 11 year old daughter, we've been studying world religions in our homeschool. Â While we were reading about Buddhism, we became smitten with Tibetan Prayer...
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Free Valentine's Day Coloring Page
I drew this image as part of my year of hand lettering challenge (follow along on Instagram to see what I'm up to!) and knew immediately that I needed to share it here with you. Â It's such a fun design...
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My First Month Bullet Journaling
If you've been reading here for any length of time, you know about my obsession with lists and goals. I've used many different planners over the years: everything from a blank notebook that I stamped...
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What I've Been Reading February 2016
Essentialism by Greg McKewonLove. Concrete, easy-to-follow examples for how to intentionally simplify your life. Â Fascinating case studies about the power of focusing on a limited number of "things",...
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Using Succulents to Brighten the Mid-Winter Dreariness
Around this time of year my fingers start itching to be in the garden soil. Â I've had a long enough break since the busy fall season of harvesting, canning, freezing and slaving in the kitchen for...
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Simple Crochet Hot Pads Pattern
Our kitchen hot pads have been in a pretty sorry state lately. Â It seemed as though we were just as likely to get burned through them as not (which pretty much defeats the purpose, right?) plus they...
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Free Print: I Will Be Your Light in the Wilderness
"And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and I will prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall be...
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A Day in the Life: Our Homeschool Day with an 11, 7 and 2 year old
As any homeschooling Mama can attest, our days are never exactly the same, but we do have rhythms and routines that help our days to run as smoothly as possible. Â Please know that while I list things...
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Currently
  planning spring gardens and daily trips to the park (ours is currently under 8 inches of snow... but that's much less than there used to be.readingA Little Life and totally absorbed by the story....
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Family History Bingo Free File Download
I am participating in the #MyForeverFamily Challenge with 14 other awesome bloggers during the month leading up to Easter. Â The challenge is all about diving into Family History and celebrating...
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Meaningful Easter Books to Read With Your Children
While it's fun to celebrate baby animals and the arrival of springtime at this time of year, our family has tried very hard to keep the focus of Easter on the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ....
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Big Things for the Hillman Family
I'm looking back through photos of the day I first became a Mama because something pretty huge is happening in our family. We are expecting a baby! Not a delivered-to-our-door baby or an...
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What I've Been Reading: March 2016
The past month has been full of really good reading for me. Â Aside from one book I thought I loved that I ended up casting aside (400 pages in!), I really enjoyed each of the books I finished. Â Here's...
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Six Printable Kits to Help You Center Easter on Christ
Easter is quickly approaching this year, and with that in mind I am happy to join with Sugardoodle and Mormon.org to share the inspiring new Hallelujah video. As part of the celebration, I get to...
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Free Easter Study Journal with Intricate Coloring Pages
Using the Names of Christ advent added so much to our celebration of Christmas last year that I was inspired to create something similar for Easter. I am delighted to be able to share that with you...
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He is Risen Coloring Page (free download!)
I am delighted to share a new coloring page with you today. Â Just in time for Easter, the inspiration from this page comes from the beautiful story of Christ's resurrection in Matthew 28. The two Marys...
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Uplifting Books for Moms
At a recent gathering after the funeral of a beloved family friend, and with blotchy, tear-stained faces, some of my sisters, our parents and I had a long conversation about books. Â We each pulled out...
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Painting in my Scriptures
I've recently fallen in love with painting in my scriptures. Â I find such strength as I read and study the scriptures each morning and adding art to that practice makes it all the more meaningful to...
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Our Spring Morning Time Basket
Morning Time is the backbone of our homeschool day. Â The kids and I gather around the breakfast table (I've usually eaten beforehand) and accomplish the majority of our formal schooling time first...
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