Movie Night Reward

So tonight is supposed to be our Movie Night reward. But David and Rachel are not feeling well, so we might have to move it to next week.

The deal was we had to read scriptures as a family EVERY day for a month. This included vacations, weekends, no exceptions. And we finally did it!!!

We read in the car on trips, we had to be super dilligent. Our stake is really pushing scripture reading and prayer and family home evening. We were doing it most of the time, so we thought we could step it up a notch.

I am so proud of my kids for their reminders and for Winslow who made sure every day of vacation we had scriptures.

So the idea is we have a family movie (at home...we're on a budget remember) pop popcorn, have pizza (totinos! :)) and enjoy together.

A lot has been going on in our lives so daily scripture reading has been a real blessing. We made charts off Sugardoodle.net and Rachel begs me to read her scriptures at night.

We've promised our kids if they read or have read to them the whole book of Mormon we will take them out to a fancy resturaunt.

What ideas do you have on promoting scripture reading?

Christmas Magic

I love enjoying Christmas. We've pulled out our favorite Christmas books, we're making snowflakes and pepermint bark. Here are a few of our favorites, some classics and some new ones!


     

what do you like to read at Christmas time?

The Tree

Christmas is My Favorite Time of the year. It really is. I love to listen to Christmas songs, and sing Christmas songs, and be jolly. But Christmas always brings with it a dose of anxiety for me. My cozy house, sometimes seems overly cozy with all the extra decorations and a big tree in the house. So this year I gave into Winslow and we put the Christmas tree on the front porch. It looks fabulous and really it's a much better idea than trying to cram it in the house. We had fun picking our tree this year. We went the day after Thanksgiving and picked out a tree of the mountain. LOVE IT!

Baptism

I can hardly believe Abby is 8! She got to get her ears pierced for her birthday. She was so excited, but not ready for how ouchy it was. She was especially excited to get baptized. She has been reading my favorite book. The Book of Mormon. And she has been studying the gospel. Her Baptism was wonderful. She looked so beautiful to me. The spirit was so strong and we were surronded by lots of family and friends.

I have to admit, there is nothing more special than watching my husband baptize and confirm our children. I cried.

I am trully blessed!~

Christmas Card

Okay, so here is our Christmas card. Merry Christmas. Let the Holidays BEGIN!!!

Play

This Veteran's Day it was so nice to have my children home. They played and played and played. Between school, homework, and chores my kids have not had a lot of time for play. So it was so nice to watch them be imaginative. My camera was hidden so I didn't get to take pictures. But the girls had all the Barbie's out in the bathroom having a grand time. Jacob and David played ball and hauled wood. The girls colored, and sewed Barbie clothes. I loved it!

Digital Scrapbook

So this is my first digital scrap book page.

I haven't "scraped" in probably 3 years. I just don't have a good place to have all my stuff out and to be able to leave it and come back. So I decided to try digital scrapbooking. It has definitely been a work in progress. I started out with a free program that made me NUTS! Then our resident Computer Genius Wes! told me about GIMP! MUCH better. I really like being able to "scrap book" for FREE!