More fun than galoshes in the rain.
A favorite phrase from the scriptures for me has always been: Spark of Freedom. It seems to me equivalent to a mustard seed of faith. Just a bit – a spark. That is all that needs to be there to start with – and so much can come from that. A desire = a spark. At this […]
[Continue reading...]Jacob: I love that Brendan is so inventive and creative. Katey: Us too! (Her and Hailey) Hailey: Yeah, we’re going to be doctors! (inventive and creative? I guess that could work for a doctor. 😉 ) Katey: When I grow up I’m going to be a doctor like Autumn. We have band-aids. We’re ready. Faith: […]
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Birthday time for me is a time of reflection (well, and a little celebration) :). It’s perfect that my birthday falls half-way through the year. I like to take a few moments to see how my beginning of the year goals are going. While visiting the Church Art Museum last year this quilt spoke to […]
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Hippo Birdy to JessicaSprague.com!! So many ways to celebrate this week: So much goodness – it’s a beautiful thing. Click here or on the above image for additional details on what’s happening. My two favorite celebrations? The free class taught by Jessica all week long and the speed scrap hosted by Mandi at 7 am on Thursday. We’ll […]
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Piccadilly chips (or lovingly called piccadillies around these parts) are a local delicacy. Kinda like a mix between tator tots and fries – these beauties are bite-sized fried mashed potatoes. They are sold at the small fast food restaurants in the area and are made at a manufacturing plant about 20 miles from where we […]
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This morning the older ones got up early (6 am) with Jim Bob and set up approximately 14,000 chairs on the temple lawn (with lots of help from others 😉 ). A huge undertaking – and always well attended. The task was done in about 1 hour 15 minutes. {last year’s audience one night; photo […]
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Sunbeam lesson on Sunday was “I Have Feelings“. Funny thing about those little ones – they wanted to know which face they each were. They also helped me rename some of the feelings from the suggestions in the lesson. Angry? nope, that’s mad. Surprised is close to frightened. And I thought it was so cute […]
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This week will be filled with new posts about Pageant- I promise. I have a whole list. Brendan helping with the scenery set-up, a tour of the costume building, words from the opening fireside and a few food posts mixed in as well. One unexpected story this year is a small feature in the Pageant […]
[Continue reading...]Brendan: I think you are very thoughtful. You had some pretty good ideas for the Spy movie we are going to make. Andrew: There are some gadgets we don’t know how to make yet though. Jacob: I think Andrew is funny and humorous. Joshua: Creative. Imaginative and creative. Daddy: He’s a drawer too. On this […]
[Continue reading...]Favorite teaching moment from the sunbeams last week: I finished talking about noses and smelling and went on to tasting. I asked “what are our mouths for?” And sweet little Jacob F. said “Smiling!” 🙂 Here are the things we tasted as part of the lesson. They loved them all. Yes, all. Mixed in the […]
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