I live in the mountains of Utah. Yes, I am also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I love hot pink, XC skiing, running, hot chocolate, yoga, romance novels,traveling for fun, volunteering and, of course, origami. I am a woman, a mom, a wife and a daughter of God. I believe that everything tastes better with a little bacon or a little chocolate but not both.
Birthday Adventures for teens (or tweens)…..My daughter turned 18 this past spring. And while this made me feel old I wanted her to have a very wonderful birthday, since it’s the last one she will likely be home with us to celebrate. I naturally asked what she wanted to do for her birthday. Her response […]
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I would rather fold an easy origami lily than listen to another person tell me how awesome it is to work in the yard in the spring and summer. Whenever the early spring hits, I have to endure hearing people tell me how excited they are to go get out in the yard and plant
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Reviewing the Pioneer Woman Come and Get it, taught me more about the universality of the human condition than any of our other cookbooks. Its choice, its recipes and our club members response to it made me realize that no matter the person, sometimes it all comes down to, “the human condition is the same
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4 Graduation Money Gift Ideas using Dollar Bill Origami 1. A Graduation Cap This is by far my favorite money gift idea for a high school graduate. A mortar board cap (that’s what it is called you know). If you want you can roll a bill up like a scroll and have it be a
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I obsess on soup in the fall and winter months. So I naturally jumped in joy with our club selection for the Soup Club Cookbook. To see all the cookbooks we have reviewed check out my pinterst board about it. This book is built on a premise of women who share soup with one another
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Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo befriends his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and meets the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a
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Sometimes you are inspired to make things by trying a new cookbook. My cook book club’s selection recently was The Soup Club Cookbook. The premise of this cookbook is pretty convivial. A group of New York women deliver soup to one another in a means of supporting, helping and sharing dinner duties. The book has
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I now have teenagers, one about to leave for college. I can honestly hand out parenting advice with the wisdom of hindsight. At least, I feel I have hindsight for the elementary years. My current advice is about how kids don’t need very many toys. In fact, I am going to theorize that there are
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I am going to be honest here, I knew Black Panther was coming out and I placed it in a category with Ant Man. Probably an OK superhero movie, but I was only going to see it if my kids initiated the event. Unlike Avenger’s coming out in 2018 and Star Wars films, I didn’t need
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It’s finally out! That amazing movie about daughters and lost fathers and spectural guides. A Wrinkle in Time. It’s different from the book, but seriously that is ok. While the best prep for seeing it is having your kids read the book, I thought a little Wrinkle in Time kid activities would be a nice
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