*This post is written for people who are unfamiliar with the ideas of family home evening and scripture study and are wondering what the model in FHEasy is and how they can apply it to their families. Family Home Evening and Scripture Study: A Model for Nurturing Families on a day-to-day, week-to-week Basis About a […]
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Year: 2017
Quick, Whole-Food Chocolate Dessert
In honor of Valentine’s Day and our month on love and marriage, today I’m sharing a fabulous, quick, healthy dessert: Bliss Balls! I thought they’d be appropriate since we’d all love more bliss in our relationships, right? I also want to get you thinking about how the 4 Ts could apply to other key relationships […]
4 Steps to Great Relationships
Any time I go to BYU Education Week, it is always one of the highlights of my year. Last summer I packed up my kids and arranged babysitting so I could attend a few classes. There are so many options that I have to choose my classes prayerfully. I was fortunate to find a wonderful […]
Want to Improve Your Marriage?
This week on February 2, my husband and I will celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. February is a busy month for us. Our anniversary starts it off. Then we have my brother-in-law’s birthday, Valentine’s Day, my mom’s birthday. Then my husband’s birthday finishes the month off. So, there’s lots of love and relationship stuff going […]
Best To-Do List Format I’ve Found
Last week, I shared the basic process of organizing and goal-setting from First Things First and mentioned my one-sheet week-at-a-glance way of keeping things straight. I combined ideas from Getting Things Done with my own and came up with a to-do list format that really works for me. It includes six columns: 2-minute, Short-term, Longer-term, Calendar, […]
5 Ways to Get Veggies Into Your Kids
Happy New Year! I’m right in the middle of Sarah Klein’s 30-Day Health Challenge and, knowing that improving health is a common focus this time of year, I decided to share 5 easy ways that I personally get more veggies into my family on a regular basis. First, though, let me make one thing clear. […]
How to Put First Things First
Book Review: First Things First by Stephen R. Covey Time management. Think about the concept. How does it make you feel? Confined or free? Stuck or supported? Rebellious or relaxed? Stressed or self-confident? We each have beliefs about time and time management. Some of us like to be very organized and planned and that creates […]
Quick Dinner Recipe!
Happy Martin Luther King Day for all you who live in the U.S. In case you missed it, last week’s post includes seven quotes from Mr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for you to share with your families during FHE or along with your daily family scripture study. Quick Dinner Recipe I asked a friend what […]
Centering Your Life on the Savior
Book Review: The Divine Center You know that President Benson quote “Men and women who turn their lives over to God find that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can”? Have you ever wondered how to do that on a day-to-day basis? I recently finished reading a book that […]
7 Quotes by Martin Luther King
In honor of Martin Luther King Day next Monday, I’ve collected seven quotes for you to share during family home evening, or, if you prefer, you can read one quote per day as you follow along with the scriptures for Martin Luther King Day in FHEasy. I’m giving them out a week early to remind […]