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.

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.)

Chad and I have been married 13 years … today! Cue sappy, self-indulgent post about how much I adore my husband: Years ago, one mom told me what she told her son: “I want you to watch Chad Erickson. Do what he does. That is the kind of guy I want you to be when you grow up.”

Look who is turning 8! …. in May. So why am I writing about Crew’s 8th birthday this early? Because when you are a Mormon, 8 is the age when we are generally baptized.   We believe children know right from wrong and can make their own choices at this age. …

I am a debriefer. One definition of debrief is “to carefully review upon completion” so a debriefer is a person who carefully reviews upon completion. I debrief after parties, talks, vacations, activities, lessons, holidays, events, etc. — anything that I was in charge of. I basically analyze what I did well and where I could improve. I like to pat myself on the back but then give myself room to grow.

I was reading the Book of Mormon one morning and came across this scripture in Alma, Chapter 2:12-13. “Therefore the people of the Nephites [good guys] were aware of the intent of the Amlicites [bad guys], and therefore they did prepare to meet them;”