Paper Garland

This is the easiest Christmas craft I think I've ever made and it's so cute I want to keep making them in different color schemes! I wish I could take credit for it's cuteness, but we did it for Super Saturday in my ward and I thought the Better Wives Club members would benefit from it.

What you need:

• Coordinating paper (I used 7 different patterns)
• Scissors, Cricut, OR Circle Punch (size 1 1/2 inch)
• Sewing Machine
• Cups or bowls to keep paper patterns separate (optional)

(I have a Cricut which made this project a LOT easier, but it is possible to hand cut all the circles or use a circle punch.)

Step 1: Cut out all the circles. My garland is 145 circles long, but since my paper wasn't double sided I used 2 circles each. The only ones that didn't need 2 circles were the solid cardstock colors. There are roughly 252 circles used for this garland. BUT... if you find double sided paper then you won't have to double up your circles. OR you can just leave the back sides white and not worry about putting a pattern on both sides. You can also use more solid colors than I did and that will save you some cutting. (My garland has a solid blue, a solid silver, and 5 patterns to match my tree.)

Step 2: Establish a pattern. Or don't. It's up to you if you just want to grab your circles and sew or create order in all the mayhem. Either way it'll be cute!

Step 3: Start sewing! Just feed them through one circle at a time. It's okay if there are spaces, but try not to overlap them to ensure your garland has give in it and can freely wrap around your Christmas tree.

Step #4: String it on your tree and enjoy!

Told ya it was easy! I made mine this morning before decorating my tree. And now I want to make two more to string along my windows.

Club Meeting #4

We will be holding our club meetings the first part of every month; not that it really matters because you don't need to be in attendance! What's the purpose of a club meeting you ask? Our meetings are a chance for you to tell us what you would like to see from this blog. Open up and share your opinions. We hold these meetings so your voices can be heard! It's also a way for us to bring our focus back to the center and talk about what we've learned, what we've tried and applied, and most importantly, how we've strengthened our marriage! After all, we call ourselves the Better Wives Club, therefore we should do things that make us better wives today than we were yesterday!

Leave Your Comments:

~Did you try any of the recipes or crafts?
     -Which ones?
     -How did they turn out?
     -Are they something you'll do again?

~Did you do something this month to strengthen your marriage?
     -Any tips?
     -Did he notice?

~What's something you and your spouse do together that you really love?

~Any ideas for the rest of us of something we can try to strengthen our own marriages?

PS. Don't forget to click "join this site" on the left side of the screen under the heading "club members" to show that you're a member of the club. We currently have 7 members, but I know there are more who follow. Invite your friends. The more comments we get the better our discussions will be!

PS #2. We're in search of a Vice President for the Club. Lacey's having another baby and has a lot on her plate right now. She's unable to contribute as much as she'd like so we're looking for someone who would like to help get discussions going and add to what this blog has to offer. I nominate all of our club members to "run" for the position. Email me if you're interested at daddez_girl@hotmail.com.

Christmas Traditions

What traditions do you have at Christmas time? While traditions with extended family are great, I want to have traditions with just my husband and kid(s). Nick and I have bounced around some ideas, but most of them are still a few years away before we can do them. I'll share them in the comments!

PS. I'm not very Blogger savvy, but I discovered that if ever there's a post on someone's blog that I want to get the comments to I can have them sent to my email and not have to keep going back to that blog to find them. If ever you want to read up on other's ideas and suggestions for our club topics all you have to do is click "email follow-up comments to..." and then every time someone leaves a comment to a post it will be sent to your email. It's pretty much awesome! Then you can keep contributing to the discussions as if we were all sitting in the same room having the conversation in person during a club meeting! Yay for cyber clubs!

Quality Time

What's something you and your husband do as a couple to spend time together? Read books? Go on walks? Play boardgames? Put together puzzles? I'm looking to add some new ideas to my list so give me all you've got!

Thank You Challenge

It's a little late and short notice since we're already 2 days into the month, but here's a fun challenge to show your husband you appreciate him. We all know November is the month for giving thanks. Your challenge is to give your husband a thank you note everyday this month. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate. Make it as simple as you want. I'm doing mine on post-it notes and sticking one to the steering wheel of his car everyday so when he leaves for school in the morning he'll see it. On weekends I think I'll put it on the bathroom mirror or the lid of the toilet (he definitely won't miss it there)! Have fun with this challenge and be creative with why you're thankful for your husband. Point out the obvious, but also thank him for more personal things and even silly things! After all, you have 30 (or 28 if you don't make up for the two days we've missed) different things to be thankful for.

Here's a tip: I suggest writing all of them out at the same time so you don't have any repeats.

Homemade Turtles

These are so easy a turtle could make them! :)

What you need:

 Rolos, Pecan halves, and square shaped Pretzels.

First preheat the oven. It doesn't matter how hot really. When I turn mine on it automatically sets to 350* so I just went with that.

 I recommend buying the Rolos that come in tubes (found by the registers). If you buy them in a big bag the way I did you have to unwrap each one. The tubes aren't individually wrapped.

 Lay out your Pretzels on a cookie sheet. I put Aluminum Foil down first because the chocolate melts through to the pan so it just makes for easier clean up.

 Place a Rolo on each Pretzel. Then put them in the oven for a minute or two. They only need to be in there long enough to soften the Rolo.

 While they're in the oven, pull out the unbroken pecans from the bag. It's easier to already have them separated so you can quickly place them while the chocolate is still soft.

Once you take the pan out of the oven, place a pecan on each Rolo and push it down to flatten the chocolate. Let the chocolate harden back up and they're ready to serve. Like I said, so easy a turtle could do it!

If you're unsure if your chocolate is soft enough test it by pushing a pecan down on one while they're still in the oven. If it pushes down with ease then they're ready to go.

Club Meeting #3

We will be holding our club meetings the first part of every month; not that it really matters because you don't need to be in attendance! What's the purpose of a club meeting you ask? Our meetings are a chance for you to tell us what you would like to see from this blog. Open up and share your opinions. We hold these meetings so your voices can be heard! It's also a way for us to bring our focus back to the center and talk about what we've learned, what we've tried and applied, and most importantly, how we've strengthened our marriage! After all, we call ourselves the Better Wives Club, therefore we should do things that make us better wives today than we were yesterday!

Leave Your Comments:

~Did you try any of the recipes or crafts?
     -Which ones?
     -How did they turn out?
     -Are they something you'll do again?

~Did you do something this month to strengthen your marriage?
     -Any tips?
     -Did he notice?

~What's something you and your spouse do together that you really love?

~Any ideas for the rest of us of something we can try to strengthen our own marriages?

Halloween Dinner Success

Here are the pictures from the dinner I said I wanted to do for Halloween. For just my husband and me I'd say it was pretty cute!

Brains and Bones

Blood

Dirt and Worms

For those that have never made dirt and worms before it's SO easy. Here's what you need:

 Oreos, some sort of rectangular shaped cookie (optional), gummy worms, pudding (I recommend instant), and an icing tube (optional).

 I broke the Oreos into fourths before chopping them so it would go a little faster.

 Then I crushed them to make the dirt.

 While the pudding was setting up in the fridge I made the headstones.

The finished product. I did a layer of Oreos on bottom, filled the cup with pudding, a layer of Oreos on top, a gummy worm chillin' in the dirt, and a headstone. Super easy and SO yummy. Some friends got together for a Halloween party for our little ones so this was the treat I took. I think they turned out cute!

You can also stir the Oreos into the pudding instead of layering it like I did.

PS. If you don't use the headstone then these are cute any time of year. Earth Day would be a good one! Or use the headstone and have them on Memorial Day. Okay... maybe that'd be weird.

How did you celebrate Halloween? Did you do something fun for dinner?

Haunted Halloween Dinner

I'm excited for Halloween and thought I would share my dinner idea with you in case you want to do it too. I don't have any pictures since I haven't done the dinner yet, but I'll share them next week after Halloween.

We're going to have brains (to feed our inner zombie), bones (to feed our inner warewolf) and blood (to feed our inner vampire) for dinner.

Brains: Spaghetti
Bones: Breadsticks
Blood: Red punch

Then for dessert we're going to have dirt and worms from the grave site where the body was dug up!

Dessert: Chocolate Pudding with Oreo cookie crumbs and gummy worms

I wanted to surprise my husband, but I was too excited to keep it a secret so I told him and he thinks it's pretty clever. I think it'll make for a fun little dinner date!

Are you planning a fun meal for Halloween? Please tell us so we can do it too!

When Cooking Loses it's Appeal

I'm in a cooking funk. I feel like I make the same things on repeat every week. Part of the problem is because I hate following recipes. I'd just rather already know how to do it! My go-to meals seem to be:

• Chicken Enchiladas
• Beef Enchiladas
• Chick Chimies (Recipe to come!)
• Beef Stew
• Chicken and Rice
• Pot Roast
• Tacos (chicken or beef)
• and I'm sure a few others that aren't coming to mind

Help me out of my funk. What are some meals you make often because they're easy and you don't need to follow a recipe? If you have a recipe you want to share we'd love to feature it as a post!

Kids Bake 'Em Cookies

I love this recipe because it only has 7 ingredients and not one of them is an egg which means it's safe to eat uncooked!!! Plus, according to the title, they're easy for kids to make. It's a win-win!

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup honey
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 cup)

Yield about 2 dozen

• Preheat oven to 300*F.
• In a small bowl combine flour, soda, and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, blend butter, sugar, and honey with an electric mixer at a medium speed. Beat until light and soft, then scrape sides of bowl.
• Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips, and blend at low speed just until combined. Do not over mix.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet, 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately transfer cookies with a spatula to a cool, flat surface.



After it's all blended together I like to stir in the chocolate chips with a spoon so they don't get mixed up in the beaters.



I set a bunch on wax paper and stuck them in the freezer. Don't mind my crooked lines!



Once they were frozen I put a dozen in each bag so they're easy to bake later.




Tada!

 The recipe doesn't make a ton so I always double it. I like to make extra to keep in the freezer.

Baking Tip: If my butter is too soft when I mix them up I stick the dough in the fridge to let it set back up before baking them. I've learned the softer the butter, the flatter the cookies. This is just from my experience. I don't know if there's any truth behind it. Maybe some of you Bakers out there might know more about it.

Give Praise or Compliments

I'm studying Human Development in school and I thought this little reading was worth sharing. I especially found the bit about potty training interesting. I love what I'm studying because it's helping me become a better mom so I thought I'd pass along these helpful tips. Don't be surprised if you see more blurbs like this from time to time. Unless of course you don't like them. Let me know if you find them helpful or worth while!

Everyone responds to genuine praise. "When others reassure us that we are appreciated, worthwhile, liked, capable, and accomplished, our self-esteem increases. When we make mistakes however, we may feel guilty about not having lived up to our own or others' expectations. Dwelling on our mistakes can make us feel like failures; the resulting lowered self-image can foster tension and confusion and such behaviors are clumsiness, aggression, and withdrawal. Dwelling on children's accomplishments, no matter how small, and giving them recognition and approval affirms their worthiness and potential. It helps them develop serenity in their attitude toward living up to parents' expectations for them. Children who are constantly criticized begin feeling that they may as well give up trying, that they have no hope of achieving success and praise". Empty praise should be avoided, as it is not helpful. Cherry suggests the following considerations when giving praise:

• Praise should be sincere. Don't say how beautiful something is if you hate it. Rather pick our a part that you can comment on sincerely like, "those colors go well together."
• Don't be gushy with your praise. Keep it simple like, "I am proud of how well you performed your piano piece
• Keep praise meaningful by not overusing it. If praise is repeated too often it may lose its value. "Concentrate on new behavior that shows steps in growth, development, or learning".
• "Praise should not be confused with flattery. Praise should be something you give to someone; flattery is something you use to trick or coax something out of someone".
• Praising effort not necessarily innate abilities gives children encouragement for future attempts. For example, rather than saying how smarty your child is tell them how well they did sticking to a task and figuring it out.
• "Praise should be given for what children do. 'It was very helpful to me that you behaved so nicely in the market' is preferable to 'you've been my best boy today'". We often make these "best boy" comments without thinking about them. I had a friend who would tell her child, "good girl" whenever she used her potty when she was potty training. What message do you think this could send when she had accidents? Also, attributing her entire self-worth (whether she is "good" or not) to potty training cannot be helpful to her overall development of self.

Some children are hard to praise. Often parents and teachers interactions with these children are focused on the child's negative behavior and much of their time is spent in conflict. You should not resort to empty praise in these situations rather, praise and attend to positive bits of behavior. "Be sure you give praise when they do even the slightest things in a positive manner so that you can accustom them to the idea that your expectations are positive and within their reach".

Show Your Appreciation - Revised

It's important to me to tell my husband I appreciate the things he does for me. I want him to know I notice the little things he does because there's a part of me that likes to think he'll keep doing it! And there are certain things that I expect my husband to do, like open the door for me or put the babe in the car when we're going somewhere and it's easy to overlook those things and not say thank you.

In order to make sure he knows I appreciate him I try to say thank you in different ways and not always just verbally which can sometimes seem meaningless. Recently I sent him an email telling him how much I appreciated something that he did for me and that what he did really made me feel like he cared about me. I mean, obviously he cares about me, but it's nice to be reminded sometimes. The reason I emailed him was because he had a conversation with me that I really appreciated and I wanted him to know that I was grateful he brought the topic up. I didn't want it to go unnoticed that what he did meant a lot to me and I felt an email would have been more heartfelt than a simple thank you.

Not everyone is on the texting bandwagon, but it's a great form of communication for the two of us. It allows us to talk while he's at work or school and carry conversation we wouldn't otherwise have if our only option was to talk on the phone or wait until we're in the same room. I tend to say thank you in texts often!

Occasionally I've given him a card, but it's not something I think he truly appreciates, so I don't do it often.

The biggest one and probably the easiest one for me is to thank him through prayer. When we pray together he can know I'm truly appreciative of him through the things that I say. I want him to know that I'm thankful he's a student and provides for our family, that he holds the priesthood and has a testimony, and that I think he's an amazing dad and I love watching him play with our child. Prayer is an easy way for me to let my husband know I appreciate the things he does for me and my family.

Revision:
It's been brought to my attention that I should clarify what I mean by this post. My husband and I say thank you plenty and for most everything. These are just things I do to go above and beyond verbally thanking him so that he knows it means more to me than just in the moment that it happens. For example when he takes the initiative to clean the kitchen because he sees that I'm having a hard time catching back up, I thank him right then, but I also try to bring it up again later by saying something like, "It's such a relief that the kitchen is clean so I can focus on something else, thank you so much for doing that" so that he knows it really did mean a lot to me. And I can thank him for things other than acts of service, like being a worthy priesthood holder. I hope that clears things up and nobody thinks that we use these other options as our only way of saying thank you! :)

What are ways you show your appreciation to your husband?

Planning Ahead

When I was newly married, I often felt like I fell in the category of Horrible Housewife. You know, the kind that can never seem to keep up with the housework, and have dinner on the table by the time the husband comes home. In fact, I'm pretty sure I can count on one hand how many times I made a home cooked meal in that first year, which I find surprising seeing as how I love to cook. Why, you ask did I not cook? Answer: My husband thought It would be cheaper to eat out every night, so we did, except for family dinners with the In-laws on Sunday. It has taken almost 3 years, but I think I have finally proven that it is cheaper to eat at home versus eating fast food every night. (not to mention sooo much better for my waist line!) Being a stay-at-home-mom I feel it's part of my job to have dinner ready at night. Here's how I do it.

I make a weekly list, every day Monday-Sunday I write down what I plan to make for dinner that week. Sometimes I get brave and make a list for two weeks! Here is this week's list: (We can only eat chicken, my husband has a nasty case of gout and most meats (red, and most white, and fish) cause him to have an out break. Therefore I apologize in advance that most of my recipes will be gout friendly.)

Monday- Cream Cheese Chicken and Noodles
Tuesday- Chicken Fajitas
Wednesday- Taco Salad
Thursday- Chicken and Broccoli over Rice
Friday - Date Night (but just in case we can't find a sitter, Hawaiian Haystacks)
Saturday - Roasted Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and a Veggie
Sunday- Baked Chicken Chimis

See, I really wasn't kidding about my whole week being mainly chicken recipes. You learn to love it. But my reason for sharing this is because it helps so much to be organized and have a list when you go grocery shopping. I am famous for shopping when I'm hungry and filling my cart with junk, and not enough items for dinner. Planning ahead also cuts my spending by almost half. By making this list I can check my pantry and know what I have already and what I need. Instead of showing up at the grocery store and realizing I can't remember if I have this or not! It is completely worth it. Dont believe me, try it for a week... I dare you! Happy Planning!

For those that already do this, what are some things that you've found work really well for you or are different from what I've talked about?

Mini Golf Date

This wasn't actually a date, but it's a good date idea. The nice thing about miniature golf is it's fairly inexpensive. Cherry Hill charges $6 a person for 18 holes. Not too shabby!

Even the kidlets got to come! If you don't want to get a babysitter, bring them along. The babe slept the whole time and the pup watched with hopes he would get a turn.

And for good measure...YUM!!!

Club Meeting #2

We will be holding our club meetings the first part of every month; not that it really matters because you don't need to be in attendance! What's the purpose of a club meeting you ask? Our meetings are a chance for you to tell us what you would like to see from this blog. Open up and share your opinions. We hold these meetings so your voices can be heard! It's also a way for us to bring our focus back to the center and talk about what we've learned, what we've tried and applied, and most importantly, how we've strengthened our marriage! After all, we call ourselves the Better Wives Club, therefore we should do things that make us better wives today than we were yesterday!

Leave Your Comments:

~Did you try any of the recipes or crafts?
     -Which ones?
     -How did they turn out?
     -Are they something you'll do again?

~Did you do something this month to strengthen your marriage?
     -Any tips?
     -Did he notice?

~How did the weekly health challenges work for you?

~What's something you and your spouse do together that you really love?

~Any ideas for the rest of us of something we can try to strengthen our own marriages?

Halloween Decor

I stole this fun idea from my older sister. (Hers looked a lot better.)

This project cost me all of $11 and I bought every single piece that you see to make the display. All but one item came from the local dollar store.

1 Black Plastic Table Cloth: $1 (Or you could use a black garbage bag if you have one, just hide the draw strings)
1 Spider webbing: $1 (and I only used half of it to do everything on the lighting fixture and what covers the centerpiece.
1 Large Spider: $1
3 Skull cups: $1 each
3 Red Candles: 3 for $1
2 Bags of Flat Marbles: $1 each (The dollar store didn't have them in black or clear so I just bought what they had and spray painted them black. I checked the local craft store and they were $1.50 a bag so if you don't want to go to the hassle of spray painting it'll cost you an extra dollar. Or if you don't have spray paint it'll save you about $2)
1 Bag Plastic Confetti Spiders: $0.99 at Hobby Lobby

The Plastic Confetti Spiders were my favorite part of putting this together. At first I was strategically placing them, but then I started chucking them like Ninja throwing stars and they would stick right in the web. It was kind of fun!

More time with the husband!

Do you ever feel like you don't get enough time with your husband? I know I do! Between his work schedule and our son, I feel like we never get enough quality time! For us one thing that has made a huge difference is his lunch hour. I know what your thinking... really his lunch break, its only an hour how could it make that big of a difference? We'll my friends, allow me to enlighten you!

Everyday, my husband calls me when he's on his way home for lunch. We talk on the phone clear up until he pulls in the driveway. Then he'll walk in the door and give me a hug and a kiss, and usually say something mushy. Then I'll make him a sandwich on homemade bread (my contribution to being a stay-at-home-mom) and we'll spend that hour together, talking, catching up on shows we missed. etc. The point is we spend it together. Usually the baby is napping and it is a complete hour of just us! It is pure bliss. It breaks up the day so I don't feel like he's gone for 8 hours, and gives me a chance for some adult conversation! This simple hour spent together has made such a difference to us, and has become one of my favorite times of the day! I wouldn't trade it for anything! If it's an option for you then I challenge you to try it! It works for us. Just think of how fun it would be to get an extra hour with your hunny!

Weekly Health Challenge #1

October3-9, 2011
 
Thin-spiration.

Hang a picture where you'll see it often of someone that inspires you to be the body shape that you want.

Here's my thin-spiration!

This is my sister. She's had 2 children and still looks amazing. She's my reminder that it's possible to still look good after having a baby!

Yummy Salsa!

I don't know about you, but I personally have an addiction to homemade salsa. I absolutely love it! I'm always seeking out salsa recipes. This recipe gets an 8 on my 1-10 flavor scale! (10 being unbelievably good!) I think an 8 is completely blog worthy, don't you? The original recipe calls for canned tomatoes, so its simple and easy, however I have a garden over run with tomatoes so I decided to improvise and use those instead. 

~What you'll need

• 1 (14oz) can whole tomatoes
• 2 Jalapeno peppers with seeds
• 2 Serrano Peppers with seeds
• 2 Yellow Peppers
• 1 (28oz) Can of Petite diced tomatoes
• 1 (28oz) Can of Crushed Tomatoes
• 1 Onion
• 1 Bundle of Cilantro
• 1 bottle/can of green chili
• Lime juice
• Salt
• Garlic powder

Alright lets begin! To start we'll make the motion potion. Here's what you'll need:

(Motion Potion)

In a blender drain 1 (14oz.) can whole tomatoes. Use juice only

2 Jalapeno peppers with seeds

2 Serrano peppers with seeds

2 Yellow peppers

Be sure to cut the stems off the peppers.
Blend and set aside.

(*DISCLAIMER* Please excuse my untidy kitchen. We had friends coming for dinner and I was in a massive rush. But I wanted to share this recipe. So Viola! I sacrificed my dignity by showing you my untidy kitchen!)

 Now once you've poured the motion potion into a bowl or measuring cup (so it's easier to pour later) you can get started with these steps!

Blend together

1 (28oz) can of Petite Diced Tomatoes

1 (28oz) can Crushed Tomatoes

1 Onion, diced

1 bundle of Cilantro (excluding the stems, and roughly chopped)

1 bottle/can Green Chili

Most likely it wont all fit in your blender. I know it didn't all fit in mine. I did it in sections, and poured all of it into a big bowl and mixed it with a spoon. You're almost done! Now just add lime juice, salt, and garlic powder to taste! As well as some motion potion. When I made this, I could smell right away that the motion potion was hot. Those peppers had an extra spicy kick! So I started with adding about half of the motion potion, but that's my preference because I like spicy salsa. It's easier to be safe than sorry. Just add a little at a time and taste until you get your desired spice! This recipe makes a lot of salsa. And by a lot, I mean enough to feed an army. (Okay maybe not that much... but close) When I make it I plan my weekly meal list to include a lot of salsa. 

If you are using garden tomatoes like I did here's what you need to know. First I probably used close to 50 Roma tomatoes. I diced them, and boiled 3 1/2 cups at a full boil for a minute. Then I drained them and pureed them in the blender. You'll need 3 1/2 cups of pureed tomatoes. I also picked as many skins out as I could. They don't blend very well and you end up with huge chunks of skin. You'll also need 3 1/2 cups of diced tomatoes. I diced those and then put them in a cake pan and broiled them on high until they started to char. That should replace the two 28 oz tomato cans. You'll still need 1 (14oz) can for the motion potion.

 This is the end result. It isn't chunky salsa; I'm still working on figuring that out with this recipe. (*Warning* Picture taken after everyone had eaten!)

After i finished dicing the tomatoes

Diced tomatoes ready to boil.

 This is what they look like boiled. (Don't forget to drain them!)

Enjoy Megan's Salsa! It'll leave your taste buds craving for more! 

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Club Meeting #1

For our first Club Meeting we just want to say welcome. We hope you enjoy what we have to say and we would love for some feedback. Let us know what you're interested in learning or reading about! We look forward to hearing from you and creating a bond through being better wives! Please take the time to introduce yourself. Include your hobbies, interests, family size, how long you've been married, schooling, career, and whatever else you think could help us in running our club.

Club Meeting #3

We will be holding our club meetings the first part of every month; not that it really matters because you don't need to be in attendance! What's the purpose of a club meeting you ask? Our meetings are a chance for you to tell us what you would like to see from this blog. Open up and share your opinions. We hold these meetings so your voices can be heard! It's also a way for us to bring our focus back to the center and talk about what we've learned, what we've tried and applied, and most importantly, how we've strengthened our marriage! After all, we call ourselves the Better Wives Club, therefore we should do things that make us better wives today than we were yesterday!

Leave Your Comments:

~Did you try any of the recipes or crafts?
     -Which ones?
     -How did they turn out?
     -Are they something you'll do again?

~Did you do something this month to strengthen your marriage?
     -Any tips?
     -Did he notice?

~What's something you and your spouse do together that you really love?

~Any ideas for the rest of us of something we can try to strengthen our own marriages?

Also, if anyone would like to do a guest post let us know. Anything that applies to being a better wife and mother is what we're looking for. We need to get more discussions going!