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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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I was talking to one of my sisters yesterday about Valentine’s Day and how some of our old roommates and single friends dislike it.  They sequestered themselves miserably at home and called the holiday things like “Singles [...]

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Happy Chinese New Year!

I’m always looking for a reason to celebrate, and today I noticed that Google has a special Chinese New Year logo up!  Thanks, Google, for keeping me abreast of the holidays as they arrive. 
I’m going to wear red today in honor of the occasion, and I think I may make Chinese food for dinner (or [...]

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I've been on a lot of road trips, with and without kids, and there are some things everyone need to know about how to make one successful.  There are also some things I do that some people would hate.  Here are some of my ideas on the subject (some of it applies to flying or [...]

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Christmas in Phoenix

We just decided we're going to Phoenix for Christmas! (Thanks Mom and Dad!)  I am soooo excited!  We're going to drive out there, so it'll be a long trip, but we generally have great road trips so it shouldn't be too bad.  So, this year I don't have the responsibility of creating a Christmas celebration at [...]

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Thanksgiving Trip to Dallas

I've been in Dallas, Texas, for the last few days on our Thanksgiving vacation.  Our friends, Ashley and Justin, invited us to stay with them and celebrate Thanksgiving with them this year and we happily took them up on their offer.  My sister Phoebe and her husband John live nearby and were invited to join [...]

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Christmas Traditions Part 1

I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but I like to have a long Christmas season, and I've already talked about Thanksgiving a lot.  Plus, we're going to someone else's house for Thanksgiving this year, where it looks like for the first time ever Christmas is going to be at our house.  That means we [...]

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It's time again for one of my very favorite holiday traditions: reading A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  I read it at least once every year, sometimes more than once, and I can hardly think of anything else that brings the holiday spirit into my life and mood more, except perhaps less prosey and more [...]

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Thanksgiving FHE Ideas

I'm thinking about practically free things we can do on Monday for Family Home Evening that have to do with Thanksgiving since that holiday is next week, though I can hardly believe it's so soon. 
I wrote a seperate post here with a list of appropriate LDS music I could use and which are my [...]

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Songs for Thanksgiving

Here are some ideas for songs that would be appropriate to sing at a Thanksgiving gathering or for a Thanksgiving FHE.  My favorites are Count Your Blessings, Prayer of Thanksgiving, For Health and Strength, and I Thank Thee Dear Father.
LDS Hymns (listen to the music, get sheet music, and read the lyrics here: http://www.lds.org/cm/display/0,17631,4650-1,00.html):

All Creatures [...]

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Trunk or Treat Last Night

We went to our ward trunk-or-treat and chili cookoff last night for Halloween and it was great fun.  We entered a pot of my 15 minute chili and didn't win, but I thought it tasted good for having made it last minute.  There were about 15 pots of chili and I was surprised at the [...]

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