Floral Printable Quotes I’ve been preparing a lesson about the talk The Beauty of Holiness by Carol McConkie, with snippets from Tomorrow the Lord Will Do Wonders among You by Jeffrey R. Holland. My favorite notion is that we can become closer to God simply by trying. We don’t have to be some spiritual giant, religious professor, or the Pope. We,…
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Rainbow Sandwich with Beet Hummus If you’ve seen my Green Veggie Sandwich, you know how much I love all veggie sandwiches. While I love that recipe, it does use goat cheese (which is delicious!) but I’ve been looking to cut back on dairy. I wanted to make up a dairy free veggie sandwich that was just as good. When I…
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Printable Chore Chart Every summer I go between waves of excitement about no schedule with my kids – they get to have fun, be a little more free, and not running from one thing to the next – and waves of anxiety keeping them active during the summer. I love having them home! But it’s also more pressure to create…
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Dairy Free Coconut Raspberry Smoothie One of my favorite ways to eat a “treat” with no sugar or processed foods is a smoothie. They are especially great on a hot day and my kids love them too! I love this Dairy Free Coconut Raspberry Smoothie because of the layers in it! I love getting a burst of fresh raspberry flavor…
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Considering about one out of every 5 things I bake is a variation of chocolate chip cookies, it’s safe to say it’s one of my favorite treats. But with kids it’s hard to bake anything that requires dropping cookies onto multiple pans, baking in batches and ensuring nothing gets burned, transferring cookies to cool, etc. This…
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Simple Girl’s Room Updates It’s been so fun re-doing our daughter’s room with some simple girl’s room updates… when we moved into the house, her room was hot pink – a bubble gum explosion (see below)! She of course loved the color but we worked hard to talk her down to something more neutral. A simple a pretty, dusty, muted…
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Top Pot Blueberry Cake Donuts While I’m not a huge fan of random seemingly made-up holidays, I can get on board with #nationaldonutday … A couple years ago a good friend sent me the Top Pot cookbook for my birthday. What a gift! It makes you salivate just turning the pages. Trust me. These Top Pot Blueberry Cake Donuts were…
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Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels A couple years ago we got a big container of dark chocolate sea salt caramels for Christmas (these are the ones we got – they’re amazing if you’d rather not make any and grab some online). Once they were gone, we kept craving them. And once we realized how easy these were to make, it…
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Weekly Printable – Leave Others Happier This week’s weekly printable is a quote from Mother Teresa included in all our 2017 Plum Street Planners. It’s one of my favorite quotes. “Let no know ever come to you without leaving happier.” I recently read about a woman who has been feeling down lately and treated poorly by those around her. Many…
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