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LDS Man Takes Troubled Youth Mentoring to the Next Level

Deseret News - By all rights, Gary Kehl should be kicked back by now enjoying the view. He’s 68 years old; he’s a managing partner of a successful Utah-based medical products company that does business around the world; he and his wife, Nancy, have raised their nine children, six of them adopted, plus another 23 foster kids they took in over the years. You may have heard of two of their sons who have played in the National Football League — Ed, from 1999 through 2002, and Bryan, currently a linebacker for the Washington Redskins — and a daughter, Nicole, who just completed a...

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Family Activity Christmas Calendar

LDS Media Talk - A member created this 25-day family activity Christmas calendar. It will help you and your family draw closer together and understand more the true meaning of Christmas. (Get calendar PDF at full story.) ...

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All I Really Need To Know About Mothering I Learned From My Cat

The Exponent - While I raised my children I remember watching myself over-expend energy. I was aware of what I was doing: helping and working, sharing and caring for everyone who needed me. However, it seemed there was never enough time in the day to provide for myself what I routinely (and for the most part happily) provided for others. At work I was a skilled and compassionate nurse. At church I invested heart and soul as a primary teacher, den mother, young women’s leaderr, choir member, whatever I was called to do. At home I was a deeply devoted and exhausted mom to...

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Once Upon a Time, I Didn't Like My Husband

Mormon Mommy Blogs - Once upon a time and happily ever after sound wonderful don't they? Thoughts of Fairy tales, love, happiness, eternities, and families fill our hearts and minds. But between Once upon a time and Happily ever after, there is the in between. Sandwiched right there in the middle, the in between, isn't always glamorous and is sometimes down right tough. Once upon a time, I didn't like my husband. I know what you are thinking...how dare she say that! What kind of wife....Well, it's true! And he will admit now that he was downright crabby, short tempered and unbearable. In return I...

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SPONSORED: LDS Woman Starts Modest Fashion Trend

Fancy Slips - FancySlips is a family business inspired by necessity. Each design is named after special women in Patricia’s life: her daughters, her mother, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, nieces, and other women who inspire her. Patricia began sewing in her 7th grade home economics class. She learned that she enjoyed sewing at a young age. As she began to sew bigger projects, bridesmaid dresses and special dresses for events and dances, her love for sewing grew and she quickly realized the financial benefits as well.  After meeting her sweetheart, David, Patricia decided to hone her sewing skills once again by designing as well as...

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Roof, Tower for Provo City Center Temple (+ photos)

Deseret News - It's lunch hour on a late-November afternoon, and business is brisk at Rocco's Tacos and Wing Wagon in a little nook of downtown Provo. Diners at outdoor tables are talking and laughing, enjoying the weak-but-welcome fall sunlight and the warm food in their plastic trays. Every so often one of them looks across the street to check on the latest signs of obvious progress at the Provo City Center Temple as construction workers in hard hats and yellow vests — just like the men at one of Rocco's tables — add to the first pieces of the roof and to the...

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Temple Square Lights Highlight Spirit of the Season

Deseret News - Scores of families converged on the Gallivan Center and Temple Square Friday to watch the holiday lights illuminate downtown Salt Lake City. For some families, the celebration was put into perspective by children fighting serious health issues. To watch Benjamin McKenna, 15, maneuver around the Gallivan Center ice rink, you might never guess that he had a kidney transplant just seven months ago. Born with spina bifida — a permanently disabling birth defect — the Copper Hills High School sophomore was truly excited to race on the ice in his wheelchair “like a dog on linoleum.” ...

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Angel Moroni Statue Sculptor Passes Away

Deseret News - Karl Quilter, a Salt Lake City-based sculptor whose work tops most of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint temples, passed away Wednesday at the age of 84. Quilter's rendering of the Angel Moroni tops more than 100 LDS temples, according to the Church's website. He also crafted many of the oxen featured in the temple baptismal fonts as well as the nativities seen at many temples during the Christmas season. ...

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Making Christmas Count: An Advent Calendar

Sarah Ashworth, of <a href="http://www.makingchristmascount.com/p/blog-page.html" target="blank">Making Christmas Count</a> - One of my fondest memories of childhood Christmases was my mother's home-made advent. It was a green felt tree hot-glued onto a burlap background. The tree was covered with numbered, white, felt ornament-pockets containing a Christmas story and a mini-candy cane. After we read the story -- and ate the candy -- we turned the ornament over to display a related picture on the tree. I don't remember any of the stories, but I loved watching the tree fill up with pictures as I anticipated Christmas day. The anticipation! My mother passed away years ago and I lost track of her...

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Everyday Gourmet Recipe: Asparagus Chicken Cordon Bleu

Everyday Gourmet - This is the perfect main course for a special-occasion dinner. Easy to prepare, delicious, and pretty, this dish is one we often turn to when we want something extraordinary. It’s easy to double, and why not? The leftovers are just as amazing the next day! Yield: 2 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Bake Time: 20-25 minutes Ingredients 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard ¼ teaspoon onion salt 10 asparagus spears, trimmed 2 slices thin deli ham 2 slice Havarti cheese Fresh ground pepper, to taste 3 tablespoons butter-flavored crackers, crushed (Keebler Club Crackers®, Ritz®, etc.) Almond slivers, for...