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100 Clean Family Movies ~ Perfect for Family Movie Night!

One of our favorite things to do Sunday evening is have ‘Family Movie Night’ and watch a clean family movie.  It’s a fun little tradition, that comes complete with popcorn and those cheap, chewy, box-mix brownies.  Yum!  In the past, we’ve watched plenty of total duds.  Movies that literally stunk, or movies we THOUGHT we…

feeling peace family lesson

Feeling More At Peace In This Troubled World ~ Family Lesson

I had so many fun ideas bouncing around in my head about what to post for an exciting Christmas Family Home Evening. But, every time I started to write about something festive and fun, I felt prompted instead to talk about finding peace. One of the most beautiful messages of the Savior’s birth is that he came to this world to be the Prince of Peace.

Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas for Toddlers

Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas for Toddlers

My house has caught the Halloween fever, and yesterday I found my kids pulling out all the Halloween decorations, eager to put them up. The costume catalogs are taking over my daily mail (I don’t mind), and pumpkin porch decorations are popping up all over the neighborhood. If you’ve read my blog, Darling Darleen, you’d know I like to put a personal twist on my kids’ Halloween with homemade costumes. With four kids, I do my best to get creative and make their costumes thrifty and adorably “home” made. But being honest too, they are getting older and do have an opinion in their costumes, what it is and how it looks (boo-hoo, no more family-themed homemade Halloween costumes).

Our ‘Bullied at Elementary School’ Story (& How We Handled It)

Our ‘Bullied at Elementary School’ Story (& How We Handled It)

It seems that every woman has something that tugs on their heart strings, and can instantly bring them to tears. For me, it’s sad children. I just want to hug and love them all! I can’t stand knowing that there are many, many children who go through their life being treated so unkindly, whether at…