“. . . the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives. When the focus of our lives is on God’s plan of salvation . . . and Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening—or not happening—in our lives. Joy comes from and because of Him. He is the source of all joy⁠“

— Pres. Russell M. Nelson

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  • A Blessing a Day . . . for 30 days

    Back in the beginning of November, Emily Kate inspired me to think of things I was grateful for each day.  I took up the challenge, and have been keeping track of them in my sidebar.  It was amazing the things… Continue reading

  • Thoughts . . .

    I often write posts in my head as I am doing things during the day.  It is almost a way for me to process all that is happening in my crazy life.  This past week I have had so many… Continue reading

  • Dancing With the Stars

    Tonight, instead of being sensible and going to bed at 9pm like I knew I should, I stayed up to watch my favorite show, Dancing With the Stars.  It is so hard to find wonderful and clean television now a… Continue reading

  • Happy Thanksgiving!!

    The kitchen is clean (for the most part), the food put away, and Thanksgiving is almost over.  It was a great day, wonderful, in fact, but it all started yesterday with  . . . BAKING DAY!  I always spend the… Continue reading

  • Thanksgiving Feast and other Weekend Adventures

    On Friday Kevin was able to take the day off, and it worked out perfectly.  First, he was able to help me get things ready for the carpet cleaners to come, but most important, he got to come with me… Continue reading

  • Daddy . . . We love you!

     Yesterday we were able to go have a special Thanksgiving lunch with Kevin for his last day at WLC.  Lily had been counting down the days, as were the rest of us.  So, once again we braved the drive and… Continue reading

  • It’s Autumntime . . .

    That Primary song has been running through my head all week, because it finally feels like autumn in Savannah.  Things are good, and here are some of the high, low and in between points of our week: Like I said… Continue reading

  • The Daring Book for Girls

    **This is my first book review for Mother Talk, and I am really excited about it, partly because I love what they are doing on their blog, but also because I was so excited to get to review this book… Continue reading

  • Partied Out – The Many Adventures of Halloween Week

    First of all, I hope you all had a fabulous Halloween.  Ours was good, but I definitely have to disagree with Lily's statement that  "trick-or-treating is always better without husbands."  (She was trying to console me at the time, which… Continue reading

  • Our Disney Adventure

    DAY 1: Monday morning we were on the road by 8am, and after a few stops along the way (including one at Costco), we got to Disney World.  Lily was so excited to get her first view of the main… Continue reading