by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 21, 2011 | for Fun
If you know me, you know I'm a huge BYU fan. My dad was a math professor at BYU from 1968 to forever and was the Honorary Alumni award recipient in 2005. My mom graduated from BYU and worked at Continuing Education when I was in high school. My brother got his...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 20, 2011 | for Fun
With Christmas quickly approaching, I wanted to point you to some fun, family things you can do this month that I've written about in the past. Enjoy! Christmas Eve Nativity Pageant Yes, we'll be doing this again on Christmas Eve. Although we're considering a...
by Angie Gardner | Dec 19, 2011 | for Fun
Years ago when our children were very young, my husband and I made a family decision to not allow sleepovers or slumber parties. There wasn't a particular incident that spurred this decision…only that neither of us could remember anything particularly uplifting about...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 16, 2011 | for Fun, for Love
When our daughter married last April, we made the invitations ourselves. As a graphic artist, Jessica knew what she wanted. She designed the invitations, I bought the linen and printed them. They were beautiful and the bride and groom were pleased with the results,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 9, 2011 | for Fun, for Mind
I married a geek. Or is it a nerd? I can never remember. One of them is supposed to be cool and the other one not so much. My husband is definitely on the cool end of science genius. My dad also has a scientific PhD. And my brother-in-law. My sister, a master's...
by Tracy Polyak | Dec 4, 2011 | for Fun, for Good
I recently introduced Grasshopper, age 6, to a favorite Christmas video from my childhood, A Charlie Brown Christmas. In that video, a depressed Charlie Brown is given the assignment to obtain and decorate a Christmas tree for the children's Christmas play. But the...
