Reading is a foundation for learning As I have watched my 5 children, now ages 6-19, go through school, I see that reading is the foundation for learning. If a child doesn’t read fluently and comprehend what they’ve read, they will struggle all their…
We just had the amazing opportunity to be part of the solemn assembly where we sustained the new prophet of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson. The feeling was very special as I…
Today I’m joining the March Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen!…
Whoopee Valentine: My mom made a comment the other day, at a baby shower no less, that our family conversations always seem to turn to pruts (said prōōts). Do you know what a prut is? Prut is the Danish word for…
In October I said I would make a list of great Christmas movies to countdown till Christmas. I loved it when television stations would play a movie each night the month of December till Christmas when I was young, and…