Monthly Archives: September 2012

Honoring Our Covenants

The Visiting Teaching message for October, Honoring Our Covenants, talks about how we honor our covenants when we serve as visiting teachers, and also how we can help the sisters we visit keep their covenants. I’m using a clothespin to … Continue reading

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Family Proclamation Placemats

I’m guest-posting today over at Jocelyn’s blog, “We Talk of Christ, We Rejoice in Christ” for her annual Family Proclamation Celebration. Click over to see the Family Proclamation Placemats I made – they are a fun way to review the … Continue reading

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What’s Cooking this Week

This week we started out easy – with spaghetti and tacos. My five-year old has informed me that we need to have spaghetti every week – so that will be going into our rotation more frequently! Monday: Spaghetti Tuesday: Tacos … Continue reading

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Nutrition and the Word of Wisdom

Here is my handout out for YW manual 1 lesson 38: Nutrition and the Word of Wisdom. I am using a coloring page by Melonheadz on one side, and a paragraph from For the Strength of Youth on the other. … Continue reading

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YW Olympics

We are having a Young Women Olympics this week – which follows our lesson about caring for pur physical bodies nicely. I made these trophy cupcake stands from some old tractor pull trophies our local engraving shop was getting rid … Continue reading

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What’s Cooking This Week

This week we had a couple of my favorite slow cooker meals. I like taking my slow cooker out to the garage and plugging it in, so those strong onion/garlic smells don’t permeate every corner of my house as it … Continue reading

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Caring for our Physical Bodies

Here is a handout and lesson idea for YW manual 1, lesson 37: Caring for Our Physical Bodies. For the handout I printed out this quote from President Hinckley on white cardstock, then stamped a flower image on it. The … Continue reading

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What’s Cooking This Week

School starts for us tomorrow. I have a daughter going into high school, and another starting kindergarten. It’s a big year for us, and we are looking forward to it. After a summer of sandwiches and pancakes for dinner, my … Continue reading

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Arise and Shine YWIE

It’s that time of year to start thinking about Young Women in Excellence. Our program will be held the last week of November, and we wanted to give our girls plenty of time to think about the project or experience … Continue reading

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