I recently had the joy of having my sister and her adorable little boys over to visit. It was so much fun to see them and play with them. While on their visit, Sam, almost a year old, loved to explore the house. This was a new place for him, and he felt it was his duty to explore every inch of it. It wasn't long before he found the spring door stoppers. I remember playing with these as a kid, so I was delighted to watch my nephew learn how to poke it to make sounds. At one point, my little b...
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Today, I want to talk about something that is not generally thought of when it comes to strengthening families. I want to talk about celebrating each other. I know that when I accomplish something important in my life, it makes it that much better if those I love are equally excited about my accomplishments with me. Celebrating someone else makes them feel special and cared about. Soon after my husband and I were first married, it was his birthday. The night before, I secretly decorated our ...
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Hello! I'm back with part two of my Family Foundations project! Today, I want to talk about doing things as a family. This is a great way to strengthen family ties and stay a happy and together family. In my family, we enjoy going out and doing silly things. All of us like laughing together, and we all have our own unique sense of humor. Doing things as a family is great to learn more about each other, and interact with each other. To me, this has become even more important as the years pass...
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So for this week, I'm going to share some things that I think are important when it comes to families. This is an assignment for my Family Foundations class, but I think this project will be beneficial to my blog as well as to my class.
So today, I want to talk about expressing love for your spouse. I have been married for half a year, now. And my husband and I are starting to wonder if we will ever get out of our honeymoon phase. We are always happy to see each other, to hold each other's h...
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          Yeah, this title is odd, but they're both true!
     FIrst up, eggs.Aren't they cute?! I hard boiled my eggs, and realized I was faced with a problem: All my roomate's and my eggs looked the same. How would we tell them apart? I didn't want to break open and egg to eat and have it be raw! So I got out my colored pencils and drew these adorable little faces on them! This was good because people who opened the refrigerator would usually say, "Awwww!" and their day would be brightened. ...
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    Hey, everyone!
I just decided that since I've had a pretty interesting past as far as blogs go, I might as well share an experience or two of my life while I lived in Jerusalem, Israel! I lived there twice, each time for a year. My father was one of the professors chosen to teach BYU students in a study abroad program in Jerusalem, so our family got to tag along! I was there for my second grade year, (7-8 years old) and for my junior year of high school. (16-17 years old). Just have to say...
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    Hey guys! Sorry it's been a while! I've been really busy with school and work and slacking off! It takes time to do these things! Haha! Part of this slacking off included taking time out of a Sunday afternoon to visit my neighbor Mary. She's pretty much the cutest human ever. I have been an avid crochet-er since a very young age, but my knowledge of such things are limited. I visited Mary and had her teach me how to make this!
    Sorry the picture is on sideways. I can't get it to turn ar...
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    Hello, everyone! I decided to take a minute and talk a little about my life! Specifically, my job working at the David O. McKay Library. It's a really great place to work. The job assignments are fairly simple and routine, my coworkers are awesome, and my boss is the nicest boss I ever had!
    I started working here a couple years ago, somewhere around August of 2010. I've moved up the ladder a little, learned a lot, and made a lot of friends. Some of the most useful skills to have while ...
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    Not too much going on lately, but I feel it is important to write in my blog. I guess it's hard-wired into English Majors to write often. I just can't keep away from a computer or pen and paper for very long. Is anyone else like that? I've also found that I hate pencils. I guess it's because I'm left handed. My hand drags over what I've just written and the lead gets smudged over the paper and my hand and wrist! My friends call it silver hand disease. That's why I always either type or us...
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