You know how you’re supposed to take your car in every so many miles to get a lube, oil, filter done and have your car checked? Cars last a lot longer when they are regularly maintained … and so do marriages. Today I want to share Carrie Wrigley‘s ideas for marriage maintenance. For those of […]
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President’s Day and Happy Wives Club
Okay! For those in the U.S.A., Happy President’s Day! You can scan the FHEasy lesson on “Independence Day” if you want to talk about George Washington and the birth of the nation. You can also scan the “Martin Luther King Day” lesson if you want to connect Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and equality of races. You […]
Falling in Love with Your Family Again a...
*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 […]
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 […]