Today is my mom’s birthday.  And my mom’s birthday is inextricably linked with Christmas trees.  See growing up we always had a live tree, and it seems like we would put up our tree on or around my mom’s birthday every year.  I thought my mom’s Christmas trees were beautiful….

Yes, you read the title right. It is not the 12 Days of Christmas, but the 12 Days of Priesthood. Keep reading to see great ways to celebrate and honor a 12 year old boy receiving the Priesthood.

Who needs Pinterest when you have my mom? She is always full of great ideas and always has been.  I appreciate that she wants things to be festive, but she also has a practical side. One of my favorite ideas from her is her green Christmas wrap.   And I don’t…

I am worried I am going to have some disappointed kids Christmas morning. 3 of the 4 want an iPod Touch of their own and the other one wants some dolls that I am not comfortable with. I won’t let Santa bring their gift requests and I won’t buy them, so not one of my kids is getting what they asked for this Christmas.

My sister is just coming off a pregnancy in her late 30s and I am approaching 40. It was time to face it. We weren’t getting any younger and our current make-up routine just wasn’t going to cut it anymore for our aging, tired skin. I accepted that it was time to say good-bye to my Costco moisturizer . (There is something wrong about buying your make-up and meat at the same place anyway.)

I walked into Elle’s room one night to snuggle with her and tuck her into bed.  I found her crying under the covers. When I asked what was wrong, she said she was stressed and that she had too much to do.  She went into this long list of things…