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Is Not This the Fast That I Have Chosen? Family Home Evening Lesson
I'm joining up with some fantastic bloggers to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Family Home Evening program. We all prepared FHE lessons based on talks from the latest General Conference. I chose...
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What I'm Into: April 2015 Edition
Read and ReadingI loved You Learn By Living by Eleanor Roosevelt (click through and grab a couple free quote printables)You can tell it's a good book when every other page has a sticky note...
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Art Journaling with Kids: Abstract Tissue Paper Creations
I am delighted to share my love of art with my children as we make artistic exploration a priority in our homeschool. Please join me each Friday as I post the latest addition to our art journals. I...
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18/52
A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2015.Elijah: First hike in which he did much of the walking on his own. Throwing rocks in the water (and sometimes putting them in his mouth) was...
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Hot Air Balloon Embroidery Pattern
I'm a little bit in love with the latest addition to my Etsy shop. This sweet embroidery pattern took me hours longer to finish than I anticipated. I unpicked the basket several times before I found...
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Project Life: Why I Converted to Digital
I recently converted to the digital version of Project Life. I enjoy scrapbooking, but it's not something I want to spend a ton of time doing, and going digital has been a way for me to drastically...
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Quick Tip: DIY Yogurt Pucks
This probably came about due to my many years of loyal service as a Hogi Yogi employee in high school and college, but I think having a premeasured and frozen puck of yogurt handy for our morning...
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I Hope This Isn't the Best Day of Your Life
My little sister was married about three weeks ago (isn't she lovely?). That takes all five Kindlespire sisters officially off the market. As I was helping hang decorations and prepare the...
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2015 LDS Primary Theme Copywork (free printable packet}
Remember last year when I released the 2014 LDS Primary Theme copywork packet? Remember how I said that I would definitely release the 2015 version earlier in the year? And then I started it and was...
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Quick Lit: May 2015
I found myself in a non-fiction mood more often than not this month and that shows in the books I'll be reviewing. Do you ever find yourself craving a certain genre?We Bought a ZooThis non-fiction...
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20/52
A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2015.First of all, a belated 19/52 because we were out of town last week with some dear friends. Ethan has been in need of a haircut for weeks....
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Homeschool Morning Time: Our homeschool morning routine
One thing I've learned during the past 5 years of homeschooling is that the perfect routine is a moving target. It seems like we need to reevaluate and reorganize our school routines every few months...
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Book of Mormon Study Journal for Kids (Volume 2)
Today is a big day! I'm rolling out Volume Two of my Book of Mormon Study Guide!(Read about Vol 1 here). This printable study journal is designed to help your kids (and you!) dive into an in-depth...
View ArticleAnnouncing the A Lively Hope Newsletter!
I am excited to finally be checking an item off that's been on my list for ages. Announcing the A Lively Hope newsletter! Sign up below to have news from the blog and shop delivered straight to your...
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Costa Rica
Jason traveled to Costa Rica for a short business trip last week. He had enough skymiles for a ticket for yours truly as well, so I joined him. We try to get away for a few days together every year....
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What I'm Into: May 2015
Read and ReadingMore about what I've been reading lately here.ListeningStill adoring podcasts over here. Lately Jason and I have been listening to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. He listens to it more...
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Simple Summer Front Porch Decorations
I'm kinda in love with my new front porch decor. It was a really simple project, but it makes me happy every time I see it. I love the added interest the bright flowers bring to our otherwise neutral...
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A Peek Into My Sketchbook: Costa Rica Travel Edition
On our recent Costa Rica trip, I took along a sketchbook (naturally) and because of that these pages are somewhat adventure-themed. I drew the "Oh darling, let's be adventurer's" page on our flight....
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23/52
A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015.This boy lives for sports of all kinds. He can't even take the time to change out of his church clothes before he's off to burn off some...
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