Raising Blessings

Tomorrow we will be going up to British Columbia to visit my family and we will be having our baby blessed this Sunday. Some churches have Christenings or Dedications, the LDS chuch has a priesthood holder give the baby a name and blessing which my husband will be performing. We were going to have the [...]

Both times when I was pregnant and after the babies were born we started getting a ton of offers for pregnancy and baby products such as parenting magazines, life insurance for kids, and samples and coupons from companies like gerber and huggies. A lot of times they will come with information pamplets titled something like [...]

Hot Tubs are often thought of as being a great way to relax and easing pains. However they can pose a great danger to pregnant women as a body temperature of over 101 degrees F can harm the unborn baby. If you want to relax in hot tubs while pregnant just be sure to turn the [...]

Alka-Seltzer can do more than relieve your heartburn and headaches they can also clean your jewelry! Just put your jewelry in a glass of fizzing Alka- Seltzer for a couple of minutes. When you take the jewelry out it will be clean and shining! You can also place your jewelry in a container of club [...]

One thing that my friends and I like to discuss is where we can find the best deals on products that we need. If I find a great deal I don’t just want to keep it to myself I want to let other people know about them as well. I also find that the people I [...]

I decided that I would start trying to potty train my 16 month old after she is able to stay dry for more than 2 hours. However last night she went into a corner and started straining to go number 2 so my husband took her diaper off and put her on the toilet and [...]

Everyone who has had a really small splinter or one that is really deep knows how painful and annoying it is to get it out as tweezers don’t work very well for these kinds of splinters. My first aid teacher at BYU-I gave this tip – use adhesive tape, leave it on for a few [...]

I am so excited that my husband graduates this december. He hopes to start grad school next September and is in the process of applying for grad school and studying for the GRE which he takes at the end of this month. I am happy that he doing this now so that he will hopefully be accepted to a school [...]