One of the 10,000 things I love about fall is apples. And with apples usually comes caramel apples, right? Today we have an awesome little twist on the normal caramel apple. Instead of dipping a whole apple in caramel and then proceeding to attempt to bite into it (which usually proves difficult) we bring to you the Caramel…
Glow-in-the-Dark Capture The Flag
As the evenings are getting cooler, it’s the perfect time for a heart-thumping, sweat-dripping night game of CAPTURE THE FLAG. Glow stick-style. Here’s how to play:
Trick-or-Treating for the Food Bank
So here’s the thing. I’m 23 (24 next week!). Which means I was in Young Womens a short 6 years ago. Which also means that when I help the girls plan activities, often times the ideas I have are of activities I did myself and enjoyed not so long ago. Trick-or-Treating for the Food Bank…
How to Host a Witches Tea Party
Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love getting together with the girls for lunch or something delicious? My creative friend Jean LOVES Halloween and used this photo of Welsh women to inspire her “WITCHES TEA PARTY!” Here’s what she did…
Pretty Painted Pumpkins
Last year, us girls got together for some chatting, chewing (good food is a must!) and pumpkin painting. None of us are super-crafters or particularly artistically inclined-but these are so easy you don’t have to be. So if you, like us, are kind of over the whole slimy and seedy process of carving pumpkins, you’ll…
5-Step Dance Dos
Just a couple of weeks before my Senior year of high school was about to start, our Denver home sold and Kellie and I were in the car a couple of days later to make it to tennis and volleyball tryouts in Utah. There were lots of surprises in that whole transition-but one of my…
DIY Personalized Notebooks
I think I’ve already said it too many times in the last week or so, but I’m completely jazzed that Fall is on its way. I couldn’t be happier about it not being 95 degrees outside and I heartily look forward to it getting cooler. And cooler. And school-er. (Okay, baby is teething and…
10 Secrets to Back-to-School Success
After a week in first grade my son announced that he had the WORST lunches of his entire class. Surprised, I asked him why. “I have brown bread sandwiches, and they all have white!” While we’re not giving out sandwich tips today, we are sharing some great ideas for parents. I asked two amazing, well-respected…