Courage

Hey everyone! I just watched this today and I loved it. It's about courage and faith, and it was just very touching.



I hope you're having a great Sunday. :)

LDS General Conference

This is going on today! Check it out here; it's awesome!

Earthly Father, Heavenly Father

I saw this video for the first time today. I love it. This is Jason, through and through. He's the best father, and I am so lucky to have him as my husband. I am also so lucky to know about our Heavenly Father, who loves us all individually and provides for our needs as well.

If you have a moment, watch this! You'll like it!

Free Butterfly Quiet Book Template

Well, I did it. I made another one.

Do you remember when I mentioned here that I had been working on a project? Probably not, since it was just a little side reference and I never mentioned it again. Well, I was making another quiet book!

Two, actually. My niece Emily was turning one and so I made one for her birthday, and a copy of the same book for Ellie. 

I made a Butterfly themed book, called the Butterfly Book. And you can get the free template here!

I was inspired by the quiet books at Shaer Talents and One Lovely Life. The book is four pages long (not including the front and back covers). It has a caterpillar page, a flower page (with little butterflies on ribbons), a big butterfly with flappy wings page, and a leaf pocket page (full of colorful shapes to decorate the butterfly's wings with).

Here's the caterpillar page and the flower page with tiny butterflies:

The caterpillar on the caterpillar page has removable body pieces, attached with velcro. It also has a peekaboo little caterpillar hidden in the cocoon. 

Here's the flower page:

The flowers are attached by their yellow pollen-y part in the middle. Since the petals aren't sewn down on the edges, they kind of pop up and are ruffly. Ellie really likes playing with them.

This page also has two little butterflies attached to the page by ribbon. They can "fly" to each flower and land on them.

Here's the butterfly dress-up page. It's got a big butterfly to decorate, and a big leaf pocket to hold all of the different, colorful wing shapes:

The butterfly is attached just by its body (with the edges of the wings sewn underneath the body) so that the wings are free to flap up and down.

And here's the back:

Ellie loves playing with it. Her favorite page is definitely the first one; she loves taking the velcro caterpillar off the page and carrying the pieces around.

Since there was such a big demand for a template the last time I made a quiet book, I made sure to make one this time around! To download the free Butterfly Quiet Book Template, click here or on the pictures below:

Happy quiet book making! If you have any questions at all, feel free to ask. :)

Mormon Temples vs. Chapels

One of my goals for my Happiness Project this year is to go to the temple at least once a month. I've had a couple people ask me what the difference between a chapel (or "church," as we usually refer to them) and a temple is. Well, this explains it really well!

A Christ-Centered Faith

I just discovered all these cool infographics on the LDS Newsroom site today. They have nine different graphs on there, and I thought I'd share one a week with you here on the blog. They're pretty cool, and have a lot of neat stats.

This one explains who we, "the Mormons," are. "Mormon" is just a nickname for members of our church; our real, full church name is "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." Each part of that long title has a meaning. "The Church of Jesus Christ" means just that: it is the church of Jesus Christ organized upon the earth. "Saint" simply means member of the church, and "latter-day" means the present day instead of the church when it was established 2,000 years ago. So, that's why we're The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Here are some cool stats about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Enjoy!

Savior of the World

Hi everyone!

I've been meaning to share this with you for months. I'm really excited about it, and if you can make it I'd love for you to come.

Next month I will be in an amazing musical production that my church is putting on, called Savior of the World. It's all about Jesus Christ, his birth and resurrection. The play is really incredible to watch - I saw it when my church put it on four years ago, and it gave me chills the whole time. It is awesome.

We're doing it again this year. We've been practicing since October. I'm in the "angel choir," and the music is absolutely beautiful.

The play will run from March 20 - March 30, right before Easter. It would be a wonderful Easter activity to go to.

We're in Southern California, in Orange County, in Anaheim, and the play will be at 441 South Fairmont Boulevard, Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 (Here's a map!). If you're in the area and would like to come, I would love it if you did! Here is the production's official website, where you can get tickets:  http://www.anaheimsotw.com/.

Please check it out, and let me know if you're interested in coming!

(All images from our church's official website or from the production four years ago.)

Savior of the World Website