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{Lifestyle} Ultimate Guide: Modest Swimsuits 2012
Mormon Life says: Swimsuit season: there's no need to dread it anymore because cute and modest swimsuits not only exist – they seem to be everywhere! Check out this season's offerings.
Only two years ago I felt stymied in my attempts to find a modest swimsuit for a family cruise – they all looked like they were meant for someone 40 years my senior or someone who really wanted to...
{Food Dish} Favorite Summer Dessert
Mormon Life says: When I think of summer, I think of this refreshing dessert.
There’s something about this recipe that just whispers to me across the sands of time. From summers spent eating it on the patio at my grandma’s house to stealing an extra piece after our Fourth of...
{Lifestyle} Summer Activities for Kids
Are your kids bored? Here are a few fun summer activities for the family. One perk of being one of the younger children in my family is that I have nine darling nieces and nephews. All nine of them, under the age of 10, and their parents will be at my house next weekend for a family reunion....
Balancing motherhood in summer
Recently, we took our high school graduate to Hawaii for his senior trip and my speaking assignment at Brigham Young University. When I asked my son what his favorite experience was out of an entire week of amazing activities, his reply was, “When you and dad were getting tumbled all over the...
Summer Travel Series: Independence and Liberty, Missouri
Early Latter-day Saints experienced some of the darkest days of the Church in Independence and Liberty, Missouri. For a brief period, though, Missouri’s frontier also proved to be where some of the happiest times occurred for members of the fledgling Church. Independence and Liberty are now...
100 things to do this summer
We don’t do summer camps around here. The beauty of summer is letting go of the school year's strict schedule. However, it’s always good to have a summer road map to help you survive those hot August days. Here are some fun, (nearly free) ideas to kickstart the heat with your kids: 1. Put...
Summer Reading List for Kids
Mormon Life says: Check out this awesome book list both you and your kids will enjoy reading and discussing.
Summer is coming! Here’s a list of great kids’ reads to keep the kids busy, beginning with picture books. There are a lot of great and newly published picture books, but I look for inventive,...
{Lifestyle} Sunscreen, Please!
Question: When did tan skin become the “in” thing? Can you pin a date or time period on it? Chinese women do everything they can to cover their skin when walking outside; most American women do everything they can to uncover their skin while in the sun. True, I think most of us will agree when I...
{Lifestyle} Ultimate Guide: Swimsuits Part II
We had so much success with our first swimsuit guide (click here), that I thought, “Why not post more?!” Now again, I realize that one person’s idea of “modest” may not be another’s, and that swimsuits are subjective to body type, but here are a few more swimsuits that I think can generally be...
Summer Reading List for Adults & Young Adults
(For our Summer Reading List for Kids, click here.)Band of Sisters by Annette Lyon; 2010 Whitney Award winner. When the war on terror calls their husbands to duty, five LDS women are left behind to fight battles of their own: Kim, newlywed and pregnant, frightened of what the future might bring....
{Lifestyle} Ultimate Guide: Swimsuits
Oh, swimsuit season, how I love to loathe you. That’s because I can never find a modest swimsuit that doesn’t look like it’s from the 90s or the women’s Olympic dive team. But ladies, we have reason to be happy: the one piece is making a comeback! The retro-style look is back, and that means so...
Summer Fun (on a low budget!)
Doesn’t it feel good when the sun is out?! (Hopefully it is for you, WHEREVER you are!) Well, you don’t need your wallets or days of “time off” from work to escape the daily grind and enjoy the summertime sun. You don’t need to travel to an exotic island or climb a mountain peak to have a relaxing...
Top 10 Water Safety Rules for Kids
Mormon Life says: You can find some great general guidance for water safety at LDS Living's article "Water Know-how." For more specific rules on maintaining safety, check out this Top 10 list.
Stay away from open water in your neighborhood, including ditches, lakes, and drains.Never enter a backyard pool or hot tub without an adult's permission.Don't roughhouse, run, or push around a...
Water Know-how
Mormon Life says: Time to hit the beach or pool. You have the beach towels, the sunscreen, and the cooler. But do you have a water safety plan?
According to Kids Health, nearly one thousand kids drown each year in the United States, and most of those deaths occur while children are under the supervision of a parent or caregiver. Keep your...
Summer Fun for the Children; And the Parents Too!
My children have started a fun new game this Summer thanks to a very creative friend. They play “camping.” Their friend found lots of old odds and ends around the house and garage and loaded them into his wagon and brought them over to play. The children loved it so much, they play it every...
