Posted in Becca, Random Acts of Kindness on Apr 13th, 2009 4 Comments »
There was a knock on the door last night. Chris snuck downstairs to see if anyone was at the door. He looked through the window of the door and saw – NO ONE. This morning when Chris left for work, there was a bag waiting just outside the door. I opened it and this is [...]
Posted in Emma, Family, Random Acts of Kindness on Jan 7th, 2009 3 Comments »
Whenever we do any acts of service, we always involve our children. We’ve always taught them that by serving those around us, we are really serving our Savior as we help Him serve our brothers and sisters. I know this principle has been ingrained but sometimes you wonder if they are really ‘getting’ it. This [...]
Posted in Random Acts of Kindness on Aug 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
Today is ‘Nie Nie Day‘. I first read about this tragedy on Design Mom and have been keeping updated as I feel so connected for some reason. Design Mom has stepped up and is hosting a silent auction today to go towards the Nie Nie Recovery Fund. I visited earlier this morning and bid on [...]
Posted in Random Acts of Kindness on Apr 13th, 2008 3 Comments »
Yes, this is my third post about my nephew’s pencil drive (see here and here), but I just wanted everyone to SEE the difference they made in some of the Iraqi children’s lives. My sister posted pictures, which are very touching. Click here to go to her blog.
Posted in Family, Random Acts of Kindness on Mar 7th, 2008 2 Comments »
I know many of you participated in my nephew’s pencil drive so I wanted to post a follow-up so you can see what a difference you made! Thank you to everyone who participated! The count is in; 5,225 pencils, 213 sharpeners, 191 erasers, 14 grips, and 4 rulers. Gavin couldn’t have asked for a better [...]
Posted in Family, Random Acts of Kindness on Feb 1st, 2008 7 Comments »
I talked to my sister, Helen, today – has been awhile so it was so nice! She told me of a cool project she and her kids are doing and I wanted to let everyone know so if you are interested in doing this with your kids, you can get involved! It’s so easy but [...]
Posted in Kids, Random Acts of Kindness on Dec 7th, 2007 5 Comments »
This is our first week out of school since we’re off for the month of December. I feel so rejuvenated being able to actually get things done. I mean, I have cleaned my house this week!!! I got Christmas presents boxed up and sent and a ton of other errands that have just been waiting [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday, Random Acts of Kindness on Oct 8th, 2007 3 Comments »
We had fun doing this a number of years ago but somehow the tradition we started slipped away. This year I was motivated to start it up again after Kristi’s post. So for Family Home Evening this week we made up 3 plates of goodies and went ‘spooking.’ Basically we left a note on their [...]
Posted in Random Acts of Kindness on Sep 19th, 2007 4 Comments »
A few months ago I posted here about how the kids and I found a great service outlet in making blankets for Project Linus. We had such a good time making blankets and taking them to their drop-off point. Today I ran across another great service outlet that is even easier!! Color A Smile asks [...]
Posted in Family, Random Acts of Kindness on Aug 4th, 2007 4 Comments »
Yesterday was a fun Friday of giving for us. We finally took our blankets for Project Linus to their drop-off point. It was one of those anti-climatic events but it was nice to hand them over so they can be put to good use. Then we went over to Wal-Mart to pick up a few [...]