A new month – means a new Service Challenge! Together, we have sent gifts to children in need, made Blessing Bags for the less fortunate, donated 116 blankets to newborn babies, done random acts of kindness for strangers, raised $10,000 for Pediatric Cancer Research… and now it is time to serve OUR FRIENDS! I was probably […] Read more…
Hey, Y’all! My name is Kristin Ogden I Live in West Valley, Utah and I’m super excited to share this with you! I spend most of my time baking, singing, crafting, serving, reading, and trying to be the best version of myself I can be. Working two jobs and taking classes at the local college, I try to […] Read more…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! {You know you sang that!} 😉 It is truly the most magical time of year! Just this week we have been hanging our stockings, jamming out to Christmas music, sipping hot chocolate and of course doing one of our most favorite holiday traditions… decorating our tree! When […] Read more…
Ringing the New Year in as a wife and mom can be a bit of an adjustment. No more clubs or parties {unless you get a babysitter} and no more banging pots and pans when the clock strikes midnight because you will be too afraid to awake the sleeping baby! So, as a mom with […] Read more…
DEAL OF THE DAY: Get 15% OFF your purchase of The Gift Giver by using the code: THEBESTDAY at check-out! I LOVE this time of year! It is my absolute favorite! I love the feeling of love and charity. The reminders of our blessings and what is most important in our lives. I love celebrating our […] Read more…
We asked 10 children between the ages of 3 and 11 what their favorite holiday was and guess what our results were? 9 out of 10 of them had the same answer… Christmas. Is it the happiness in the air this time of year? Is it the spirit of giving? Is it the curling up by […] Read more…
SO excited to celebrate one of my most favorite holidays this weekend, Easter! I love all of the fun traditions and of course celebrating our Savior! I absolutely loved growing up and celebrating this special day with my family! I remember every Easter Sunday we watched the movie Easter Dream, we would get a new […] Read more…
Growing up I LOVED Lucky Charms. I remember going down the cereal isle while grocery shopping with my mom and that would be my favorite choice. I also remember every morning pouring the cereal out and trying to get the most marshmallows as possible. I always wondered why they didn’t put more of those yummy […] Read more…
Happy Valentine’s Day to ALL of you!! I just LOVE each and every one of you for supporting me and following this journey of motherhood. I hope each of you are having a wonderful day! It is interesting to see how much Valentine’s Day has changed for me in the past 26 years. AGES 1-5: […] Read more…
I love that February is a month that we really have the opportunity to tell our families how much we truly love them. I think throughout the year we get busy going and doing, that we don’t pause very often to tell each person how we feel. This past year, I have learned to NEVER […] Read more…
What an exciting year this has been for me and my family. A time of changing, learning, growing and celebrating. Over the past few months, I have been thinking about Laila’s first birthday party. I knew I wanted it to be a celebration of HER! She has been such a BIG blessing in our lives, […] Read more…
Tyson and I were talking about how different New Years Eve will be this year. We have a baby that will be asleep by 7:30pm – so what in the world are we going to do?! It is time to get creative and start brainstorming. Just because we are parents, doesn’t mean we can’t have […] Read more…
Christmas Eve is a day that I look forward to ALL year long! There are so many fun traditions and there is absolutely NOWHERE else I would rather be, than with my family! As you are planning your events for that special evening, I thought I would help you out a bit with a list […] Read more…
I have been thinking a lot about Christmas and what a fun time of year it has been! I can’t believe it is only a week away now. It is crazy to think that Laila’s first Christmas is going to come and go so quickly. This year she is still too little to understand what […] Read more…
I love that my husband and I both grew up in families that created fun traditions and now we have our own little family that we get to start our OWN traditions with! I love that we can take a few things from his family, a few from my family, a few of our own […] Read more…
What a BUSY time of year! There are SO many fun things to do and see! I am glad that I made my Christmas Bucket List this year to stay organized! It has been fun checking things off as my little family has done these Christmas festivities! Have you been able to check anything off […] Read more…
Today is SUCH a special day for me! Exactly five years ago, I woke up the most excited girl in the world! It was my wedding day! I was marrying the boy of my dreams! Tyson and I met in 2002 at Green Valley High School in Mr. Jarvinen’s 6th Period Biology Class. He was […] Read more…
Happy Thanksgiving!! I have SO much to be thankful for and absolutely LOVE that we have a whole day dedicated to think about all of our blessings! I have come up with 100 THINGS THAT I AM THANKFUL FOR. It is amazing…once I sat down and really thought about it, I couldn’t stop writing! I […] Read more…
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