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Swimming Lessons

PUBLISHED: May 11, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

My children are naturally afraid.  It may come from their mom's every 5th word being "careful" when they're toddlers... maybe. :)  Either way they Continue Reading

Running your School Carnival: Games

PUBLISHED: May 7, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

We used to have a school carnival filled with bouncers. It felt generic, and like almost every birthday party already has bouncers.  I missed the Continue Reading

Sufficient for the Day

PUBLISHED: May 2, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I read/wrote something somewhere about worrying about the future or what's down the road.They came back with this goodie from Matthew 6:3434 Take Continue Reading

Runing your school carnival can be a daunting task. Here's what I learned in the 3 years I ran our school's.

Running Your School Carnival

PUBLISHED: April 30, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I moved to Arizona in 2011, pretty desperate for some friends.  I went to all the PTO meetings (PTO is like PTA, just not part of the PTA -- they have Continue Reading

Miracles come in Pink Packages

PUBLISHED: April 29, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Princess P turns 5 tomorrow.Five. people.I'm officially no longer a young mother.I can't tell you how lucky I am to have my sweet little P.  I'm Continue Reading

MomHacker Link Up

PUBLISHED: April 26, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

None of us are growing full grown adults in one day -- this is a process, and one that we're always tweeking to make a little easier for all of Continue Reading

#BecauseofHim

PUBLISHED: April 20, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

It hasn't been my favorite week to belong to my church.  Look down there, it says "I'm a Mormon" and it ends with "It makes me Happy" -- and if I was Continue Reading

T-Shirt filing aids in Purging

PUBLISHED: April 11, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I just did my spring clean of my shirt drawer. You might remember in this post I talked about how I file my t-shirts.  I still live in the exact Continue Reading

My Story: Elizabeth Smart

PUBLISHED: April 9, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

We read this book for book club.  It was my month to host, and I, frankly, don't read a lot but this was something that really interested me.  I was Continue Reading

Creating Your Square Foot Garden Plan

PUBLISHED: April 4, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I had a lop-sided "square" foot garden, am I am a perpendicular lines kind of a gal. The sidewalk curved around and I fre-handed it to scale on Continue Reading

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