News with Naylors

Morning Meeting - Tell the story of Zacharias & Elizabeth (Luke 1:5-25, 57-66). We talked about what we can learn from the story and how it relates to us - even when things seem hard, Heavenly Father helps us. Sometimes we need to wait for answers to our prayers, but they come. We talked about why we pray (gratitude, comfort, help) and I reminded my children of times their/our prayers have been answered. As we read from the scriptures, I drew stick figures on a piece of paper as a visual, with help ;) FAMILY NIGHT: 1) Review the story of Zacharias and Elizabeth from this morning. Have the kids tell dad about the story. 2)   Prayer Train - I felt like we needed to review the order of prayer, mostly for my three year old. We talked about each train and then played the Gratitude Prayer Game... 3) Gratitude Prayer Game with M&Ms - I showed my boys this M&M Gratitude Prayer Game  (create an account and download for free!) and we tal...

Morning Meeting - Read (or summarize) the lineage of Jesus found in Matthew 1:2-16. Afterward, I showed my boys a printed picture of our family tree (I found mine on familysearch.org) and we talked about the chart and our ancestors. FAMILY HOME EVENING: 1) Family Tree. Have the kids teach dad about our morning meeting. Then, explain that we're going to learn a few stories about our ancestors. 2) Tell Stories of our Ancestors: If you're on familysearch.org you can click on an ancestor and sometimes their picture or a brief history is available. I remember hearing the first story from my mom. I told two stories from my side and my husband told two stories from his side. We talked about our ancestors and we talked about what we can learn from them. John Duke: He lived at the time of the prophet, Joseph Smith. He and his family were forced to leave Nauvoo and suffered greatly across the plains. One night in particular everyone, including John Duke, were starving f...

These are the most AMAZING orange rolls. My mom taught me how to make these on a recent Utah visit and I could eat the entire pan by myself. She often makes these for wedding or baby showers and everyone loves them! Rating: 10/10 Ingredients: 2 packages dry yeast 1/4 cup warm water 3 eggs, well beaten 4 1/2 cups flour 1 cup warm water 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup sugar 2 teaspoons salt 2/3 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar Rind of 2 oranges, grated Directions: 1) Soften yeast in 1/4 cup warm water. Let stand 10 minutes. Combine dissolved yeast, eggs, 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 cup warm water, shortening, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Beat until smooth. Add remaining flour to make a soft dough. Cover. Let rise until double in bulk (about one hour). Punch down and refrigerate overnight. 2) Three hours before baking, divide the dough in half and roll each half into a 1/2 inch thick rectangle. Mix together butter, sugar and orange rind. Spread mixture over the...

As my husband and I discussed the best way to add "Come Follow Me" to our young family, we decided to focus on two stories or lessons each week. We plan to teach one on Thursday evening and the other on Sunday evening. These two nights are our new, official family nights. I currently have three boys - ages five, three and two months. My focus is to make these lessons a lot of fun, very hands on and include a lot of object lessons.  Before I begin, I'd like to mention that each morning while the boys eat breakfast we talk about one scripture story. We call it our "morning meeting" and it's quick - only ten minutes or so. There are so many great children's Book of Mormon or Bible story books that we enjoy reading together. We talk about the story and what we can learn from it. I'm trying to help my boys apply these stories into their lives, even at a young age. Since the new "Come Follow Me" manual was released, we decided to dedicate Th...

This is another recipe my mother in law taught me to make this past week! We had so much fun in the kitchen! She makes this French Onion Soup every year on Christmas Eve. Ingredients: 2 cubes of butter 4 large onions, sliced into 1/4 inch strips 64 oz beef broth 16 oz chicken broth 4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons sugar Directions: 1) Add butter and onions into a large dutch oven over medium heat. Stir the onions until they are light brown and caramelized (this takes 15-20 minutes). Do not let the onions burn! 2) Stir in the broth, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and sugar. 3) When you're ready to serve, pour the soup into an oven safe bowl. Place two or three small slices of sourdough bagette (or four like I did in the picture above - I have a bread problem) on top of the soup followed by a mixture of grated parmesan and grated swiss cheese.  Place under broiler to slightly brown the ch...

Every Christmas morning, my mother in law makes this. She visited last week and this is another meal we made together. Ingredients (Hollandaise Sauce): 5 tablespoons lemon juice (from real lemons) 3 tablespoons water 3 whole eggs 1/2 cup butter 1/2 teaspoon salt Directions (Hollandaise Sauce): 1) Whisk lemon juice, water and eggs together in a until pale yellow. Set aside. 2) Melt butter in a sauce pan. Once melted, turn the heat to low. SLOWLY add in the lemon mixture while whisking vigorously (you don't want the eggs to cook).  3) Continue to whisk until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and add salt.  To make Eggs Benedict: Layer a toasted sour dough english muffin, slice of ham, poached egg and hollandaise sauce. Sprinkle pepper on top. 

My mother in law came to visit last week and we had the best time making recipes together! This is the most amazing, soft French Bread. We served it with lasagna and veggies. Ingredients: 2 packages dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water 2 cups hot water 3 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 5 tablespoons vegetable oil 6 cups flour 1 egg white sesame seeds Directions: 1) Dissolve years in 1/2 cup warm water. Let stand 10 minutes. 2) In a large bowl (Kitchen Aid), combine 2 cups hot water, sugar, salt, oil and half the flour. Beat well. Stir in dissolved yeast. Stir in remaining flour. Mix well. 3) Leaving a spoon in batter, allow to rest again for 10 minutes. Stir vigorously. Allow to rest agin for 10 minutes. Stir vigorously. Repeat 3 more times. 4) Turn out dough onto floured board. Knead once or twice until lightly coated with flour. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 9x12 inch rectangle. Starting at the long edge, roll loosely as for jelly roll. Seal edge. ...

I can't help myself. Preschool activities call to me and even though I'm 31 weeks pregnant, I thought I could still manage to squeeze in a few small group preschool classes before the baby arrives. Two of my best friends in Oregon sent their darling girls to join me and my two boys (ages 4 & 3). We have a sun room on our main floor that I added a few things to make it feel a little more "preschool-y". Here's a list of where I printed/bought them and a few pictures: Printable Letter Train  (Kid Sparkz) - I printed and laminated these cards and they just happened to fit perfectly below our shelves. Colored Circles - We use these every day for circle time. Each student has their own color. I love the idea of writing their names on tape and putting the tape on the circle. A great name recognition activity every day that doesn't take up any extra time.  Weather Board  (Classroom Freebies) and Daily Schedule  (Lovely Commotion) - I thought this was so...