Kristal Coles

I don't often share my trials, troubles, or worries online.  I already tend to lean on the "what-if" side of things and if I w...

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What a great weekend we've had listening to General Conference! Usually we buy tons of candy and print a few packets and Conference Bing...

Happy Three Kings Day!  The children found their gifts under the tree this morning, each with a scripture and note. For GOLD they received R...

...Kings Day?  We do! It's not traditionally celebrated by Latter-day Saints, at least not in the United States, but our family observes...

Please vote for me for Visitors Choice Award! For the first time the museum has opened up voting online. Now you can still vote, even if y...

Sam turned twelve Tuesday which means Chris was able to ordain him to the Aaronic Priesthood , the office of Deacon, today at church.  ...

In related news . . . "The sweep of Latter-day Saint artwork is large, and it has been advanced through these exhibits, held every...

I know you probably can't read the text in the image so I've quoted it below.  That seems fair, though, since I couldn't see...

The kids' Three Kings' Day gifts under the tree. We always keep our tree up until Three King's Day (January 6th).  Some ...

You may have noticed that I dropped from the blogosphere late last summer.  It is no coincidence that that is when I was called to be our w...

(pronounced Guh Dyo Min-cher; Irish Gaelic ) “The family relationships we have here on this earth are important, but they are much more i...

Last month Chris and the boys headed out with the other men and boys from our stake for the annual Father and Sons Campout.  This happens e...

Our Primary class filled their CTR jar mid-April so we were able to have our ice cream party on the 24th! After everyone arrived we ha...

General Conference is a time for: a.) catching up on loads and loads of laundry {might as well keep your hands busy during the 8+ hours ...

Yesterday, I taught my Primary class a lesson on the Gift of the Holy Ghost using the following object lesson I came up with while driving...

Yesterday Chris and I played a duet during Sacrament meeting.  We played an arrangement he put together of Where Can I Turn for Peace ( Hym...

+ + + + = “We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant t...

In our Primary (children’s Sunday school) I teach the 5 year olds, one of whom has autism. But five year olds in general have a hard time ...

. . . when it's 108* outside and you've just run 19 miles? Take a nice cool mud bath , of course! 29 August 2009 at the Stake Mu...