The Book of Martha

Grandma, Bill, Chelsea, and Ryan during an earlier visit this month. My mother came home two day ago. She has been either in the hospital o...

Janna on zip line A brief report about Janna in Okinawa. She's having a great time. Can't wait to get more details about her fun va...

It's Pioneer Day and I wanted to express my thanks to the pioneers of old and of today. In both cases, I so admire and am inspired by t...

Before we begin our week we try to go through our calendar and discuss as a family our schedules. For example, who has to go where and when,...

We ventured to LAX yesterday to get Janna started on a two-week vacation visiting her brother, Rick and family in Okinawa . She happily, b...

You may have thought I dropped off the face of the planet, or maybe I'm just feeling that way. I have been extraordinarily busy. Busy wi...

She made it through the first round . Janet, (my niece, Mark & JoLinda's daughter) submitted a rendition of the " Star-Spangled...

Each summer I try, and I mean try, to structure my kids in what I call "Pioneer School". I orchestrate activities, chores, play d...

We hit the jackpot this week! Tommy made up for all his skimpy emails with a letter, a tape, and a digital photo card filled with over 500 p...

I've noticed in a number of classes that there are older children within a classroom grade level because they are learning English. A fe...

Last Friday, most of the children were gone by the time I dropped off my key and picked up my time sheet in the office. When I stepped outsi...

I have a friend, Teri Woolley , who shared this story with me. She was having one of those, not so good mother day's. You know, the kind...

I got my happy Mother's Day phone call from Elder Blair at our arranged time of 6 a.m. on Sunday. We had 40 minutes of asking questions,...

GRATEFUL FOR STANDARDS Janna has a friend, a foreign exchange student from Belgium. He grades the papers in her French class. The other day ...