12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! The Celestial Room

Day 6: Today, we shared the segment about "The Celestial Room" in the temple (start at 6:00). You can find the video here.  We talked about how the Celestial Room is a place of meditation and prayer.  It is a very peaceful and beautiful room.  After the video, we talked about how to pray by […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! The Baptistry

Day 4: We were out and about most of today and I wasn't sure if we would get a chance to teach the kids about the temple.  Our two youngest children had fallen asleep before we got home.  We tucked the little ones into bed and had a lesson with the two oldest.  Our lesson […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! Inside the Temple

Day 3:  Today was another fun night.  Who said you could only have Family Home Evening once a week?  I love it that we have been getting together as a family every night and teaching them about the temple and then doing an activity.  Tonight we watched this great video about the different rooms in […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! A History of Temples

Day 2: Today, we talked about the History of Temples.  Here's a great article starting with Moses and talking about 23 other temples around the world.  We started early today by building The Tabernacle that Moses was instructed to build.  It was a portable temple that would travel with the Israelites as they wondered in […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun!

If you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and you live in Arizona, then you probably know all about what happens on January 18th.  The Gilbert Temple will have it's Open House starting that day until the middle of February.  What's a temple Open House?  Well, the temple will […]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 12 “Christlike Attributes”

Merry Christmas!  It has finally arrived.  I want the world to know how much I am eternally grateful for Jesus Christ’s birth.  For His perfect example of love, kindness, gentleness, meekness, patience, service, humility and so much more.  As I have studied the scriptures and tried to follow His example, I have felt closer to […]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 11 “Birthday Calendar”

In celebration of the Savior’s birth tomorrow morning, I thought it would be fun to remember all of our other loved ones that have passed on.  If you know anything about me, you know that I love to work and learn about my Family History.  As we begin to home school in January, I want […]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 10 “Ice Cream Scoops”

Here’s another throw back from my childhood.  When I was young, my teacher at church had made ice cream scoops to help us memorize the “Articles of Faith.”  When Joseph Smith, who was the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1800s, (today also just happens to be his birthday) […]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 9 “Letter to Jesus”

At church I teach the 4 year old kids.  I love to teach children and see how excited they get when they learn something new or can share with you what they know.  On Sunday, the lesson was on the Birth of Jesus Christ.  I talked about the Savior’s birth found in Luke II.  I […]

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