Author: Pamela Layton McMurtry

I’ve written a harvest and Halloween book that I think you will really enjoy and am working hard to get it to market and into your hands. It is filled with recipes, unique decorations, party ideas, costumes and all kinds of treats (no tricks.) A publisher said that I need to build a platform of fans. Would you take a minute and sign up as a follower? Almost 11,000 people have visited this website; just click the tabs on the right of this page and follow the instructions. Please invite your friends and family to sign up also. I’ll add more Halloween ideas on this blog so you can plan your happiest Halloween ever! I thank you with all my heart. Pam

Most of the Pioneer children walked for sixteen weeks alongside their parents and covered wagons. Although many were very young, their help was needed with life-sustaining work on the trail and after they arrived in the valley.

You can recreate some of the Pioneer children’s activities and chores with this scavenger hunt. Here are cards that show the different activities; place items that represent the chores in different locations. Have the children find the items, they might enjoy performing some of the chores and activities.

Pioneer children played with beanbags! They also had a form of

baseball they played with a ball made of string and a board for a bat.

As they crossed the plains, Pioneer children sometimes found scattered Indian beads. They also sometimes saw pictographs on rocks. You can create a faux animal skin with brown paper and have children write messages using the visual language of the Indians.

Ellyza and I found this Fairy House all ready for Halloween!

One of her mom’s old dolls was in the living room getting ready for a party.

There were pumpkins in the kitchen .

Even the bathroom was decorated for fairies.

I’m sure the fairies will have so much fun at the Halloween party!

Freedom isn’t free.

“A hero is someone who does what needs to be done, when it needs

to be done, regardless of the consequences.”

Thank you Heroes.

 Happy Mother’s Day to my pretty Momma!

She was a bridesmaid in her friend’s wedding and she looks so very happy.

Next Wednesday I’m helping host a Spring Social
for the girls and women in our congregation.
We’ll share childhood photos and stories and get to know
one another better. After nibbling on cookies and cupcakes and
 sipping strawberry water we’ll hear a talented young lady sing
 “Thank Heaven For Little Girls.”
 It should be a lot of fun!

Please remember to say a prayer for our soldiers. Many of them have served in several wars and are just plain tired, many are injured and many never did get to come home. For standing between us and danger you have our gratitude.Thank you our brave and true heroes. And thank you to their spouses and families. We love you.

I’m just finishing my watercolor and drawing classes at the University of Utah. My teachers Diana Gardiner and Susan Beck have been amazing. This painting was made from a photograph I took at the Garden Park LDS Church meetinghouse in Salt Lake City. A beautiful little stream flows through the property which used to be a mansion and was later given to the Church. I’ve hosted several Halloween carnivals for children at church and thought it would be a good setting for a book about creating Halloween fun  I set a pumpkin on an old brick wall and took the picture.  The photo will be the cover for my Halloween book that is almost ready to go out.