One day I was walking passed my daughters bedroom when, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed my daughter’s 3 year old friend emptying the last of a HUGE 100oz refill bottle of bubbles onto the carpet.  She had climbed the closet shelves to the top and got down the bottle, so that [...]

2008 has been a very noisy year!  Our family spends a lot of time playing, singing, and performing music.  Music is quickly becoming our family’s main pass time.  Spencer and Quinton even went all the way to Nashville this year to compete in the International Barbershop Competition and to Colorado Springs to compete in a [...]

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I’ve just bookmarked your site here - I’ll be back! I enjoy so much your simple/profound in-sites. 
You used the word simple.  I believe in simple.  Every truth is simple.  If my life at home feels too complex, then I know I am doing something wrong.  A usable family government system gives me simplicity. 
Simple doesn’t [...]

In the post below I discussed teaching our children gratitude.  I forgot to mention one thing we do which teaches gratefulness the most; thank you notes. 
Thank you notes are almost a thing of the past.  This is sad and possibly selfish.  Nothing replaces the warmth and love the feeling of a hand written note or [...]

Samuel Smiles said, “Worst of all are the grumblers and growlers at fortune–who find that whatever is, is wrong,” or not enough.
Quiet a few years ago, we had a Christmas day that changed all the Christmas days to come.  We had a nice large Christmas with lots of presents for the children.  The children opened [...]

Today I was reading my scriptures and came across the word captive.  I pondered on this word for some time. 
Captivecomes from the Latin word “Captivus”, which means to seize or to take. 
Not surprisingly, captivatealso comes from the Latin word “Captivus”, with the same meaning. 
My thoughts turned to Christmas and family.  There are so many things [...]

I recently read a book called the Christmas Sweater.  In this book, the main character (a teenager) makes a lot of mistakes.  Glen Beck, the author, tells what the teenager was thinking and how he really wanted to change, but felt it would show weakness to admit he was wrong, or that he needed help [...]

 Before the United States of America even existed, there were these colonies of many different people from different lands.  One of these colonies was called New Amsterdam.  The Dutch people settled this colony.  They were a happy people who enjoyed life.  The king of the Netherlands left the New Amsterdam colony to govern itself, and [...]