Activities
Neighborhood Day Camp
Not quite sure if you want to send your kids off to camp this year? Show your kids how much fun you can be and organize your own simple day camp. Rotate: Personal day camps work best if you can collaborate with a few other parents and rotate the days. This way, you get to have a few days of...
Day Away: Family Fun in Ogden
Day trip destinations around Utah for you and your family to enjoy. This northern Utah city went from being nothing more than a small picket enclosure in 1845 to one of the best places for family fun in the Beehive State. Places to See Treehouse Children's Museum 347 22nd St.,...
Around the Block: Barnes and Noble
Everyday places good for filling a few hours. When looking for family entertainment, checking out your local Barnes and Noble may not be the first thing you think of. But in fact, most locations hold storytelling and children's events weekly. The following Utah locations all have weekly events:...
Weekend Dining: Pizzeria Seven Twelve
Good eats around the Hive. The owners of Pizzeria Seven Twelve, Colton Soelberg and Joseph McRae, were once the executive chef and pastry chef respectively at The Tree Room in Sundance. But ever since the two friends decided to open a pizzeria together in 2007, they never looked back. As the...
Around the Block: Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City
Everyday places good for filling a few hours. With all the beautiful weather we've been enjoying lately, try visiting the Tracy Aviary, a Utah treasure for the past 70 years. This is a great family outing year-round; the facility features over 400 birds and 135 species, many of which are rare or...
Family Etiquette Dinner
Many people bemoan the state of manners these days, saying that etiquette is a lost art. But it doesn’t have to be! Plan a nice, sit-down dinner for your family and make sure everyone participates in the preparation; include rolls, salad, appetizers, a main course, and dessert. Set the table with...
Early Spring Activities
The weather is getting nicer and the days are getting longer—it's time to get outdoors again and enjoy all that nature has to offer. Try some of these activities for a day of good, old-fashioned spring time fun. Go fly a kite! March winds make this activity perfect. Find a kite that is...
Day Away: Soldier Hollow Cross-Country Ski Resort
Day trip destinations around Utah for you and your family to enjoy. Phone: 435.654.2002 Web site: www.soldierhollow.com Enjoy the last little bit of winter while you still can! Just above Midway in the Wasatch Mountain State Park lies Soldier Hollow, the perfect destination for a snowy day...
Around the Block: Ice Fishing at Fish Lake
Everyday places good for filling a few hours. Fishing is available all year at Fish Lake, home to large splake, rainbow, and lake trout, as well as the occasional big brown, and early March is the best time for ice fishing—the temperatures are warmer, but the ice is still present. So, if you're...
My Great Idea: The Money Jar
With just an old glass jar and extra pocket change, our family was able to change our spending habits and save up for a much-needed computer monitor. At first I blamed my eyesight when images on our computer monitor seemed fuzzy. However, when my kids and husband complained about the blurriness, I...
Scripture Study Outside the Box
How do we make family scripture study work in our daily lives? Reading at the dinner table or first thing in the morning have always been the standby suggestions, but new ideas can only help. *Sweet is the Word* The English family uses "Scripture Sweets" to encourage their children's...
Keeping Winter Lively
With winter chill comes a tendency to stay inside . . . and a tendency to be inactive. But adults are supposed to get thirty consecutive minutes of movement a day, and kids are supposed to get sixty. To keep your family moving during the winter months, here are a few fun ideas for weekend...
Sing Your Way to Gospel Scholarship
Good music, during the holidays and all throughout the year, is a wonderful way to brighten our homes and invite the Spirit. So, to help make that happen, here are six simple ways to make gospel music a part of your home and to help teach your children gospel principles. *1. Sing to your...
Tasty Traditions
Baked in Europe since the eleventh century, gingerbread is one of the most traditional of holiday foods. Prepared in a variety of ways throughout history, it has almost always been cut into shapes and decorated for special occasions. Germany has the longest history of flat, shaped gingerbreads,...
Community Christmas Events
The following events include mainly nativity exhibits and concerts sponsored by local wards and stakes. Look for one near you! *The Sights and Sounds of Christmas* Now-December 23: San Diego Temple, CA Nightly concerts held on the temple grounds at 7 p.m. *Dallas/Fort Worth Area Nativity...
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