31 days of Halloween

Halloween TREE!

This is such a cute idea we did out of Necessity.  As a young couple in a small apartment with NO storage, we needed to come up with creative ways to "store things"!  We decided to have a HOLIDAY tree and keep the Christmas tree up all year.  We decorated it for every Holiday and even for special occasions like our Anniversary and Birthdays.  To do the Halloween tree we used Halloween tinsel and for the ornaments we used Halloween treat cups.  (I got mine at the Dollar tree I think there is 6-8 in a pack)  We topped our tree with a witch my daughter made at school, and decorated under the tree with pumpkins!  We now live in a house with plenty of storage but still do the Holiday tree.  It is one of our favorite family traditions!

Finances Pack

Finally another pack for our planner. This is the Bill tracker and keeper pages.  Print and add them to the family home evening pack.  After all the pages of our planner are up I will post how to assemble it!

Here is the link

Bill tracker

A little behind

Sorry for getting a little "behind".  I O U: 6 halloween ideas, 1 family planner page, and whole lot more!  Stay with me I promise to not disapoint!

31 days of Halloween

October is my Favorite month of the whole year.  I love the cool air and the changing colors.  I love walking through the leaves and hear the sound they make as I kick along.  I'm also a Halloween baby.  I think Halloween is the most fun!  I will be posting a craft, game or other idea every day this month for the holiday! I hope it is as much fun for you as it is for me.

Our first day of Halloween is going to be really simple.

I found these really cute ghost shaped tins at Dollar tree.

I made a cake mix and poured it into my tins.

Baking it as directed on the box.

When the cakes were done we pulled them out and let them cool.

Next we frosted them with White frosting Yummmm!

Then used decorating gel to make the eyes and mouth.

These are the ones my daughter made.

Conference Bingo

Here is a Conference Bingo game!  My kids love to play bingo during conference.  I find that it keeps them listening for those special word, even if they don't understand what is being said. 

 As for my older kids it has helped them to remain focused on the talk and not let their minds wonder. 

My husband and I "play" so that we can check to make sure they marked the right boxes and to help the younger kids! 

(It has also helped to keep my husband awake.  He suffers from the Priesthood nods!)

 We change cards every session just to keep things fair.  I am so looking forward to Conference this weekend.

Here is the link

Conference Bingo

Thought of the day

Preparing Your Personal ARK

As General Conference approaches I find myself looking back at past talks and evaluating myself.  "Did I follow that council, or did I let another 6 months go by saying along the way "I will do it another day"?

The council we hear so often, but that seems to be so hard to follow is Food Storage and Emergency Preparedness.

How big a task this all seems.  But I assure you that it is easier than you think.

I was one of those that sat around saying "I will do it another day", and "I don't have enough money".  I was WRONG!

I didn't do it another day, and if you have Faith and follow the council it all somehow seems to work out.

Take small steps.  Line upon line.  You will be amazed.

It is up to us to Prepare our own ARK.  We can not sit by relying on our neighbors to save us when the "rain" comes.  If ye are prepared ye shall not fear.

This weekend is conference!  It comes every six months!  We need to rotate our water every six months.  What better time than now.  Conference can be your reminder.  So if you have your water storage

 DON'T FORGET TO ROTATE!

If you don't START NOW.

Here are some links to get you started. 

FEMA water storage

Provident Living water storage

National Terror Alert water storage

Just a side note...I have several EMPTY plastic juice bottles (the 64 oz containers) I have intended to fill for a year now.  My promise to myself, my family and you is that...I WILL FILL THEM THIS WEEKEND!