Beyoutifulhomemaker

"Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God"                                                     D&C 88:119 When I was growing up I remember my dad always saying..."a place for everything and everything in it's place." It used to bug me as a kid but now I understand how awesome it is to have my place in order.  It only took me almost four years after being married and living on my own to have my home completely set up. In each place I have I usually have a dumping room. In the place I'm in now we have 3 bedrooms and I used on of the bedrooms (aka our home office) as a dumping ground for everything I didn't know what to do with. It did not make me happy and we couldn't use our office as ...

I want to share something simple I've been doing that has made a huge difference in my life! I learned a technique a while back to help me stay in charge of my thoughts, emotions and actions. I feel more able to change and become a better mom, wife and all around person. I feel less reactive to challenges that happen around me and more able to overcome them. Almost every morning and evening...I'm practicing and sometimes forget...I say declarations.  A declaration is a positive "I am'" power statement. I know it sound a little weird to say positive I am statements about yourself, but what i have realized is that growing up there were declarations all around me. I was taught from a young age that I am a child of God. Knowing all my life that I have a loving Heavenly Father has given me great power all throughout my life and a knowledge of my identity. It has directed me in the way I think and act. That is the power that a declarations...

There is something about homemade canned peaches that makes me happy. I love the cute mason jars and the color of the peaches. They just look like little bottles of sunshine and they taste amazing! My grandma and grandpa Fowers came to visit us this week and they brought yummy peaches from their tree. My grandma also gave me a jar lifter. She asked me if I had a tall pot to process the peaches in because the water has to cover the jar and I said no, but that I could go look at the DI some time and get one. She asked how close the DI was and when I told her it was just down the street she said "let's go!" We found a tall pot for $5.00 and she bought it for me. She told me the peaches needed to get done the next day, so I got to work! I am so grateful she brought me the peaches because canning is a skill I want to learn, but I needed some help to get started. Thanks grandma! I have canned peaches with my mom before but this was my first time doing it by myself....wel...