From Nani's Notes: "Nothing gives you a better day on Halloween than a good hair day. Make sure you use a lot of 'scare-spray.'" The fear factor of Halloween was not normally my forte. Ghouls, goblins, bats, black cats and bloody scary stuff never appealed to me. When I was about 12 years-old, I broke […]
Read More »What if we were all infected with a disease that was so contagious that just sitting in the same room would infect anyone that entered? How could it be cured? What steps would we take to keep ourselves from those infected by the disease and protect not only ourselves but also our family from contracting […]
Read More »Tonight "The Piano Guys" did a live Face to Face event with the youth throughout the world on top of the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. As I listened to these four men share their personal and professional experiences, I was touched by their testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Christ. At the end […]
Read More »Since the movie "Frozen" melted our hearts, little girls have been dressing up like Queen Elsa and singing full-throated versions of its theme song, "Let It Go." It can be very freeing to let go of things. Sometimes we even have to let go of toxic people who pull us down and seek to inhibit […]
Read More »Today a message came into my inbox that told of someone who had a house guest. Although the saying goes that "fish and company stink after three days," the house guest had stayed for several weeks. The host was chagrined that his guest had not showered the entire time. Finally, the pungency of the predicament […]
Read More »If you didn’t know already, we have created a kid’s YouTube channel. This week for Come Follow Me we taught the kids about how to “Search the Scriptures” why scriptures are important. This is a great way to kick off your 90 Day Book of Mormon reading challenge! Here is a generic Book of Mormon […]
Read More »This was a great weekend listening to General Conference. I hope some of you were able to use some of our ideas that were posted here on Brightly Street. You can always start preparing for next Conference by visiting here. I am sure I will be adding more ideas for next Conference weekend so make […]
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Food is an important part of General Conference at our house. For one of the meals, we throw a pizza party. Everyone in the family gets to make their own homemade pizza. Before Conference starts, I get my bread maker out and add the ingredients for our pizza dough. It takes about an hour in […]
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I love fall time where the leaves change colors, the weather cools and the leaves eventually fall to the ground. Jumping and crunching the fallen leaves is always fun unless you live in Arizona and well fall doesn’t really happen here. It is pretty brown year round. At least it does start too cool down […]
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Just a few more days until General Conference. My 6 year old daughter asked me today, “How many more days until Conference?” I said just a few more days, it will be this Saturday. She said, “Yes! I love General Conference!” Music to my ears. It is great that the kids get so excited about […]
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