Never Give Up!

It's been a very long winter here. The snow came early and then didn't leave until the end of April. As the temperatures began to ri...

I just finished reading a book for one of my book clubs. It was set in Virginia right before the civil war. The main character (narrator) wa...

This week's scripture study has focused a lot on receiving revelation. That is also something that our prophet has been pleading with us...

  " Pour out your heart to your Heavenly Father. Turn to Him for answers and for comfort. Pray in the name of Jesus Christ about your c...

I took the time this morning to watch some of BYU Women's Conference . As I was listening to Sister Bingham talk about gathering Israe...

Here is my scripture thought this week from studying.  This part in Acts kept reminding me of a talk I thought I had heard somewhere, but ...

There are a lot of things I can do in the gospel that build my faith. Steps that make sense and are kind of easy to fulfill. Reading sc...

I was reading, Luke 1:37 in my gospel study this morning, "With God, nothing shall be impossible" So, I asked myself the questio...

See the title up there? I read that in the recipe I made last night. It's a common instruction when making meat with a bit of sauce....

We have had a very mild winter this year. But the temperature does not always tell the full story. I walked into church this morning wi...

Some time back before Christmas I decided to give up social media. I recently had given up sugar.  Not because it's "bad",...

I've written a lot about running hills. Running Hills (part 1) Running Hills (part 2) Running Hills (part 3) But, not recently. ...

I loved being able to go to the Women's Broadcast tonight with two of my daughters. Even better was when we got home and started compa...

Since the first of the year, I have been following along a reading program for the Book of Mormon. It gives reading assignments each day, ...

Tetris. Solitaire. Candy Crush. Temple Run. Dots. Sudoku. Computer games. ( Not just for computers anymore.) I can't have them on my...

These are my thankful posts that I did on Facebook. I'm re-posting it here on my blog to help me remember. November 1 at 9:15pm · I...

What is it about the wind that bothers me? I used to love the wind.  Well, at least listening to it blow outside.  That was probably w...

I had this new thought as I was teaching about Zion in Sunday School yesterday. In the scriptures, Zion is referred to as "the pure i...

Working out to "30 Day Shred" only a few months after having a baby is completely different than working out to the same video 4 y...

My girls just finished their high school musical production.   It was so fun to watch them participate in something so great, even if...