Most recently published article: 4-H winter clinic

Here is a link to my most recently published article:

Livestock clinic helps kids with projects

The article is on page 3. The link will only be active until next Friday when it will be replaced by the newest edition of Intermountain Farm and Ranch.

This article was a lot of fun to write. I enjoyed hanging out and talking with all the farm kids and learning about ultrasound for carcass traits and how they do 4-H projects. It was great!

A Sunday citation

One of the things that bothers me about how society teaches children to be educated and accomplished is that we kind of teach them to focus on themselves. Their attainments become all about them. So when I read this quote from Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, I had to share it:

"One of the best things a young man or a young woman can have in view, in trying to be great, is to have others great also; and not mind spending a little time to improve others. The best way to improve ourselves is to exercise ourselves in doing good to others. Keep this in mind constantly." (Chap. 22, pg. 261)

The power of the mind: something to teach our kids

I really like Dr. Ben Carson, partly because he demonstrates how people can rely on God and and their own gumption to get them anywhere. My mom shared an awesome youtube video with me that I think could be inspirational to kids. It shows that, even as a child, you can use the power of your mind to help other people and to improve your own life.

Music for teaching

I think that songs from the Primary Children's Songbook are some of the best ways to teach children. You can teach a child almost anything about their world or the gospel with a primary song. When I tell people that, sometimes I get a look like, "Yeah, yeah. That's nice."

Well, I'm going to prove it here by sharing a few really fun primary songs. I'll bet you hadn't thought much about the lessons in these songs since you were a kid if you even remember them at all!

I will follow God's plan (about the plan of salvation and our purpose on earth)
My hands (parts of the body)
Every star is different (how differences are good and help us serve our purpose on earth)
Healthy, wealthy and wise (healthy sleep habits)
We are different (how to embrace differences)
Hum your favorite hymn (self-discipline)
Friends are fun (how to be a good friend)
Because God loves me (ways to see that God loves us)

You can learn any important life's lesson from the Primary Children's Songbook. I dare you to try and see if you can't. :)

30 day song challenge: Day 29 ... almost there!!

This is the very first (or one of the very first) songs my mom taught me to sing when I was tiny. I have started singing it to Little Pink Girl in the mornings. It is such a fun song!

30 day song challenge: Day 7

Ok! Day 7 of our song challenge. This has been really fun so far. It has taken me down memory lane and brought back lots of things I hadn't thought of in a long time.

A song that reminds of an event? Scripture Power!!! I loved that song as a kid!

Every year, Primary, the LDS organization that I belonged to as a child, had a program in the fall. We would perform the program for sacrament meeting. We sang songs, gave little recitations and had fun.

The last couple of years I was in Primary we sang "Scripture Power." It was so much fun! Every time we sang that phrase, we lifted our scriptures on the air. It's something I'll never forget. Click on the link below to hear it.

Scripture Power music playlist