Love Is…

…the Most Powerful Force in the World

“The eternal truth that our Heavenly Father loves all his children is an immensely powerful idea. It is especially powerful when children can visualize it through the love and sacrifice of their earthly parents. Love is the most powerful force in the world.”

Dallin H. Oaks

Cranberry Smoothie

I’m not a huge fan of really seedy berries, so I made mine with cranberries, peaches and strawberries. It was great. Lynnette says she likes to make them every few weeks or so to keep everyone healthy.

One dang fine–

Cranberry Smoothie

Ingredients

1 c apple juice
1/2 c vanilla yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c frozen berries (ie 1/2 c cranberries, 1/2 c raspberries, 1/2 c blueberries)

Mix in blender

Cranberry Smoothie
 
Ingredients
  • 1 c apple juice
  • ½ c vanilla yogurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1½ c frozen berries (ie ½ c cranberries, ½ c raspberries, ½ c blueberries)
Instructions
  1. Mix in blender till fruit is chopped and smooth.

 

 

One’s Own Family

“Perhaps most significant of all classrooms is the classroom of the home. It is in the home that we form our attitudes, our deeply held beliefs. It is in the home that hope is fostered or destroyed. Our homes are the laboratories of our lives. What we do there determines the course of our lives when we leave home. Dr. Stuart E. Rosenberg wrote in his book The Road to Confidence, ‘Despite all new inventions and modern designs, fads and fetishes, no one has yet invented, or will ever invent, a satisfying substitute for one’s own family.’ “

President Thomas S. Monson

“Precious Children–A Gift from God,” Ensign, Nov. 1991, 68

 

Tissue Paper Crowns

You will need a sheet of tissue paper–any color, a pair of scissors and a glue stick.

Fold the tissue over on itself until it is about 3-4 inches wide. Cut a point shape about 3 inches up.

Unfold it and glue the two ends together with a glue stick.

Ta-Da!

Happy Birthday April

On Friday we celebrated my sweet April’s birthday.

April, a beautiful wife to Jacob…

an incredible mother to Lily and Beckham…

a loving sister to Lyndi, Jillian, Dane and Rhen, and an inspiring daughter…to me.

April, who–among a million other wonderful things–creates all the background that is beautiful on this blog.

We love you, Honey.

Thanks for being ours…

Happy Birthday.