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Recently published articles and projects

This is my recently published intellectual property. While trying to determine why nurturing the body and soul are important themes in my work, I heard an Arbinger Institute speaker describe a pyramid of influence in professional and personal relationships. The foundation of each included strengthening relationships before launching corrective measures; which in my mind means nurturing and building by nourishing and delighting the senses. My work has a two-fold mission; we can also promote tolerance and respect by encouraging cultural diversity and awareness and one of the most pleasant times to do this is at holidays.

Many of the news sites are listed by both their title and online address – I’ll make it uniform soon, I apologize and hope it is not too confusing. I have contributed to content by other authors, here is a partial list of websites:

American Airlines Magazine, AZCentral.com, BYU SiriusXM Radio 143, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Meal,The Deseret News, The Long Island Pulse, eHow.com, FamilyShare.com, The Guardian (U.K.), KSL.com, McClatchy News Service, Schurz News Service, Mint.com/blog, Natural Awakenings magazine, nobullying.com (Ireland), Yahoo.com and others.

      17 March 2016

 These 2 simple things help ensure your relationship will last – 23 Feb 2016

FamilyShare, Bedford Times-Mail, NewsOK, Herald Times online, Statesboro Herald, Petoskey News, Daily American, Herald-Mail Media ((Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia), Aberdeen News, Our Town Johnstown, Central Kentucky News, Statesboro Herald, Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Indonesia Post, The Washington Times, Bryan County News, Family How, Coastal Courier, assorted blogs


  • Brighten winter mornings — and your family’s mood — with a tasty blueberry smoothie – 20 Jan 2016
Deseret News Web
  • Shortbread cookies are delectable treat; presentation is key to great gifts – 22 Dec 2015
Deseret News Web (Utah), Santa Clarita Valley Signal (California), NewsOK (Oklahoma), Statesboro Herald (Georgia), Our Town Johnstown (Pennsylvania), Coastal Courier (Georgia), Bryan County News (Georgia), Central Kentucky News, Great Bend Tribune (Kansas), Daily American – Schurz (Pennsylvania), Herald Times online (Indiana), Reporter Times (Indiana), Petoskey News (Michigan), Aberdeen News (South Dakota), Bedford Times Mail (Indiana)

  • The History of Four Christmas Food Traditions – 22 Dec 2015



 Deseret News, NewsOK,  Reporter Times, dailyamerican.com, centralkynews.com,  petoskeynews.com, ourtownjohnstown.com, heraldtimesonline.com, wn.com, travelagents.com, kardashiantoday.com (???), chronicle independent.com (South Carolina), gbtribune.com

  • 5 ideas for creative, economical homemade Christmas gifts – 15 Dec 2015

Deseret News Web,The Signal (Spanish Channel), ourtownjohnstown.com, travelagents.com, dailyamerican.com, NewsOK, aberdeennews.com, heraldtimesonline, centralkynews, petoskeynews.com, particlenews.com, heraldmailmedia.com 

  • Spice up your holiday gift-giving with Krisp Kringle – 08 Dec 2015
Deseret News Web, aberdeennews.com, heraldmailmedia.com, signalscv.com, signalscv.com, heraldtimesonline.com, newsok.com, ourtownjohnstown.com, petowskeynews.com, dailyamerican.com, bryancountynews.com, gbtribune.com, coastalcourier.com, centralkynews.com, HighBeam Research 

  • Using fall flavors of caramel, apples and cranberry – 03 Nov 2015

Deseret News Web, NewsOK, aberdeennews.com, travelagents.com, The News Journal Search – Nigeria edition, heraldtimesonline.com, gbtribune.com, bryancountynews.com, Imperial Valley Press online (California) statesboroherald.com, signalscv.com, dailyamerican.com


  • Upcycle Halloween candy into mouth-watering desserts – 27 Oct 2015
NewsOK (syndication),Bloomington Herald Times Online, Our Town Johnstown, Deseret News, SCVS, Imperial Valley Press online, travelagents.com, Chronicle Independent, Coastal Courier, GB Tribune, Bryan County News, Central Kentucky News, Aberdeen News.com, petoskeynews.com, reportertimes.com, signalscv.com, dailyamerican.com, heraldmailmedia.com, Upcycling Gazette (Italian)
  • Felice Halloween: Handmade pizza and Italian treats for your Halloween festivities – 20 Oct 2015


 Deseret News Web, DNS (English channel www), DNS (Spanish Channel),NewsOK (syndication),The Signal (Spanish Channel), DNS (Portuguese Channel,  IVPress online, Herald Times online, TMnews (Indiana), World News EIN, Our Town Johnstown.com, Newsfeed Daily

  • Ideas for a delightful late-summer picnic – 25 Aug 2015
Deseret News Web, site.co.uk (United Kingdom)
  • Butterscotch nests with personalized eggs are delightful Easter treats – 31 Mar 2015

Deseret News Web,NewsOK (syndication),DNS (English channel 2), SCV Signal, dailyamerican.com, aberdeenpress.com, ivpressonline.com, heraldtimesonline.com, ourtownjohnstown.com, coastalcourier.com

  • Festive foods for St. Patrick’s Day – 10 Mar 2015 


 Deseret News, NewsOK (syndication), Bloomington Herald Times Online, Reporter Times, Bedford Times-Mail, Hagerstown Herald Mail Media, Petoskey News, Aberdeen News, Our Town Johnstown, SCV Signal, Coastal Courier, Statesboro Herald, Bryan County News, Deseret News Service (syndication)


  • A Greek-style pizza pie for Pi Day – 10 Mar 2015
Deseret News, NewsOK (syndication), Bloomington Herald Times Online, Reporter Times,  Bedford Times-Mail, Aberdeen News, Herald Mail Media, SCV Signal, IV Press online, Statesboro Herald, Coastal Courier
  • A dish to help celebrate Chinese New Year – 17 Feb 2015 


 Deseret News, NewsOK (syndication), Bedford Times-Mail, Coastal Courier, Bryan County News, Statesboro Herald, Daily American
Additional articles are available upon request.

































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Make your own leprechaun cottage


LEPRECHAUN COTTAGE

This country cottage is just the right size for a leprechaun’s hiding place for gold coins (chocolate-covered from See’s candy). Make it with your family or crafting group for a fun project.

You will need:
A medium-size unfinished wooden birdhouse ($4.99 @ Michael’s craft store)
White gesso or tempera paint
Burnt umber acrylic paint
Light green acrylic paint
Large and small paintbrushes
A handful of large and small pebbles
Dry green moss
Twigs
A hot glue gun and glue sticks or thick craft glue
Shamrock or decoration if desired

  • Whitewash the birdhouse with 3 – 4 coats of gesso, allow to dry between each coat. 
  • Paint the door and base green and the eaves and doorknobs brown.
  • Hot glue small pebbles around the door and larger ones around base of the house, filling in with the tiniest ones.
  • Glue the twigs along the front and back of the roof edges and over the window. Glue moss to the roof and tops of the pebbles.
  • Add an ornament if desired. Hide a few gold foil-covered coins inside the cottage.

LEPRECHAUN GARDEN
Decorate your St. Patrick’s Day dinner table with a leprechaun garden crudités that does double-duty as an appetizer and a centerpiece. 

It’s easy to create; just set the leprechaun cottage on a tray or in a shallow basket. Trim off the stem ends of a four-pack of washed mini lettuce heads or a bunch of kale and place in a bowl of water to rinse and refresh like you do with a bouquet of cut fresh flowers After you shake off excess water and drain upside down for a few minutes, place around the cottage for the garden base.. Prepare small vegetables as directed and place them in the lettuce heads in rows or bunches. Serve with your favorite garden or ranch dip, tinted green, in a hollowed bell pepper.
TINY VEGETABLES
Bite-size potatoes; wash, lightly coat with canola or olive oil and bake for about 30 minutes at 425 degrees, or until soft. (I bought these at Sprouts in Salt Lake City)
Blanch the following vegetables for the leprechaun garden. Boil 3-4 quarts of water in a large pot. Add vegetables, blanch for the recommended time, remove with a slotted spoon then immerse in cold water, drain on towels until you assemble the crudités.
Asparagus: wash and break off stem ends, boil for 3 – 5 minutes, cool, cut in half
Broccoli: wash and cut into individual branches, blanch for 3 minutes
Brussels sprouts: remove outer leaves, wash and boil for 8 minutes
Snow peas, trim off ends and remove strings, blanch for 30 seconds
  • Wash and cut the following vegetables into bite-size servings:
Mini carrots, mushrooms, cucumbers, celery, bell pepper

IRISH SODA BREAD
This is a mild-tasting bread that is delicious with butter and jam.
3 ½ C all-purpose flour + extra for rolling out the dough
2 TBSP sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 C buttermilk
¾ C cream
½ C dried cranberries or raisins (optional)
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil, lightly butter and set aside. Sift together flour, sugar, salt and baking soda. Make a crater in the center, add buttermilk and cream. Using your fingers or a large fork, stir the dough until it just holds together. Flour the work surface and gently mold the dough into a 6 inch round loaf. Dust the bread with flour and cut a cross into the top, place on the baking pan. Bake for 42 – 45 minutes until hollow-sounding when tapped. Remove from pan, serve immediately with butter and strawberry or blueberry jam.


Be sure to join Kim Power Stilson and me for a magical 

St. Patrick’s Day program

 on BYU SiriusXM Radio 143 

Thursday, March 17th @ 3 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Mountain. 

or listen online: 

https://byuradio.org/


Erin go braugh!
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The Luck o’ the Irish

I am particularly thankful for the verdant green that accompanies St. Patrick’s Day as winter drones on. 


Although the legends of leprechauns and mischief abound, the truth is that the Irish once saved civilization. When he established the Christian church in Ireland, St. Patrick probably did not guess that the monks who so carefully and laboriously hand- lettered the illuminated Holy Bible would also preserve the history of civilization. These faithful monks recreated the scrolls and codex records of mankind and were all that remained when invading hordes destroyed the originals. Read more in Thomas Cahill’s How the Irish Saved Civilization.

Another fascinating tradition from the Irish is that of Tara, the burial place of the High Kings and Queens of the Emerald Isle. Legends say that a beautiful Israeli Princess named Tamar Tephi was brought to Ireland by her grandfather (or great-grandfather) the Prophet Jeremiah as Israel was about to fall to the Babylonians. Her sister married into the royal house of Spain and Tamar married High King Eochoaidh who was a descendant of Ephraim. It is said the Jeremiah and Tamar brought sacred Israeli artifacts to Ireland, including the stone pillow upon which Jacob rested at Bethel. These artifacts were said to be interred with the deceased royalty at Tara.
Except for the “Stone of Scone” also called the “Stone of Destiny” which is now in the castle at Edinburg after centuries of placement in the coronation throne of Britain.


Here’s a tip to keep your little people out of mischief; give each a handful of shamrock stickers a few days before St. Patrick’s Day. Tell them the leprechauns need a little help and that they can do secret good deeds for each other and leave a shamrock to mark the spot. On St. Patrick’s Day have them collect all of the shamocks and put them on the table around the  table centerpiece to celebrate the kindness. 


In the next post I will share the recipe for our favorite baked mustard-glazed corned beef.

Make sure to tune in to Kim Power Stilson’s BYU SiriusXM Radio 143 for a wee bit ‘o blarney and Irish fun  – I’ll post the date soon. 


Here’s a story about St. Patrick – did you know his color was blue?

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ONLY LOVE

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Image by Julia Usher CookieConnection.com

 

 
Rilke wrote in his Letters to a Young Poet, 


“…only love can touch and hold them and be fair to them…”


Mothers, and fathers may wonder if our efforts to provide meaning and enrichment to our children has value or merit. The hours and the resources we spend to give them experiences that demonstrate our love, is it all worth it? There are those who will not or cannot sacrifice for their family, what does a lack of enrichment mean to a child? I read an article by a mother who doesn’t “do” leprechauns or elves or Valentine boxes. It is a sad thing to be child in that environment. 

I believe that every act of kindness and love is counted in heaven and in the heart and that it helps build a defense against the cruelty of an indifferent and competitive world.

A person’s value is not counted like the dollars in a bank account, nor is it related to worldly wealth, in his letters Rilke writes:

“For the creative artist there is no poverty—nothing is insignificant or unimportant. Even if you were in a prison whose walls would shut out from your senses the sounds of the outer world, would you not then still have your childhood, this precious wealth, this treasure house of memories? Direct your attention to that. Attempt to resurrect these sunken sensations of a distant past. You will gain assuredness. Your aloneness will expand and will become your home, greeting you like the quiet dawn. Outer tumult will pass it by from afar.”

Criticism fails to “touch a work of art.”

So go ahead and bake those heart-shaped sugar cookies and read one more bedtime story. You are filling the treasury of your child’s soul and building a defense against the “outer tumult (that) will pass from afar.”

 

I hope you caught Kim Power Stilson’s and my tips for Valentine’s Day on her broadcast on BYU SiriusXM Radio 143.  Here’s the show from Friday, February 12:

 

Happy Valentine’s Day

A link to last year’s survey of favorite romantic movies
 

http://www.pammcmurtry.com/search?q=romantic+movies

Here’s a cute Valentine for your littles. Sew a tic tac toe game on a scrap of felt, use buttons for Os and small squares of felt with Xs sewn or drawn with a permanent marker.  Glue a small heart in the center square. 

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How to “do” LOVE

Baby, its still cold outside, but our Valentine’s Day show will warm your heart! Tune in Friday, February 12th at 3 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Mountain to the Kim Power Stilson show on BYU SiriusXM Radio 143 to hear ways to make your relationships last and a few hot Valentine’s Day tips. See you then! Listen online at https://byuradio.org/

Thank you to my friend Melissa Jolley for sharing this life-changing article:  http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/happily-ever-after/372573/

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Bullying and Hate Crimes Among Women

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                                                   Photo by WiseGeek.comhttp://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-choose-ballet-shoes.htm
Bullying is a pervasive problem worldwide. From unkindness in families to mass-killings in terror attacks, the power and rage of the adversary have been unleashed on humanity. “…And in those days Satan had great dominion among men, and raged in their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed; and a man’s hand was against his own brother, in administering death, because of secret works, seeking for power.” Pearl of Great Price; Moses 6:15.

In men bullying usually takes the form of physical abuse, but among women and girls it is more likely to be psychological.

We need to be so careful in our interactions that we are not purposefully or inadvertently bullying, injuring or demeaning others by our words and actions. You may find this article is helpful in identifying behaviors that are classified by the author as “girl-on-girl crimes,” it seems that sticks and stones may break your bones but that words may indeed hurt you. Take a few minutes to read this and assess your personal safety and that of those you love.

http://balletshoesandbobbypins.com/girl-on-girl-crime

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Happy New Year from Maison McMurtry!

 
WELCOME ENDER CHADDOCK!

On January 8th we greeted our newest family member, grandchild #13, Ender Chaddock, son of Andrew and Annie Chaddock. Ender arrived large and in charge after 9 years of hoping and a long labor @ 10 lbs. 5 oz. (poor Momma). Everyone is happy and healing; he had better be a good son. I am 9 for 9 on bio-grandbabies being born by C-section. Ewww.

If you have the pleasure of welcoming a new arrival, I found these videos to be helpful:

The Secret Language of Babies
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/162200024057617207/


How to Calm a Crying Baby in 5 Seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK4O9N3DjJM

The holidays were multi-tiered at McMurtry Manor.


 We were completing a flooring project, welcoming Tim home after his LDS mission which saw him assigned to serve the people of Alabama for 2 years and happily greeting a dozen or so family and friends that came to celebrate with us. Plus it was Christmas. And we needed a trip to California to enjoy the company of the family members who couldn’t make it to Utah, also 2 years ago we promised Tim, when he returned, a trip to the beach he loves.



Now you may have guessed that I love to overdo it at the holidays. So here we are in January and I am promising temperance in my approach to 2016. Like my diet, we’ll see how long that lasts.

Welcome home Tim and good luck in your freshman year at the University of Utah, of course part of his heart is still in Alabama – ROLL TIDE!!!


Tim wearing the hat his brother Bill gave him for Christmas.
BTW It was his first day as a freshman at the University of Utah, how ironic. 


The red decorations were originally purposed to celebrate Tim’s attending the University of Utah but were conveniently still in place to congratulate the Crimson Tide on their national championship. 
ROLL TIDE!!!

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A Mermade’s Tale Fin-al Chapter THE MERMADES SWING TO THE SOUNDS OF THE SEA MONKEES AND ENJOY SUMMER FUN AT CORAL’S PARTY

This is the fin-al chapter in A Mermade’s Tale. Even though it is snowy and cold right now as I tell you this story; this adventure takes place just as summer is beginning for Shell and Pearl.


Chapter Eight
THE MERMADES SWING TO THE SOUNDS OF THE SEA MONKEES
AND ENJOY SUMMER FUN AT CORAL’S PARTY
            Pearl had discovered radio waves. While Shell and her siblings were listening to “You Were There” adventure records, Pearl was rocking and rolling to the Water Beatles and Sea Monkees. She was almost an entire year older than Shell and had more sophisticated taste. Shell had heard rock music on the radio in the mer-tor car once or twice, but she did not know the names of the bands and songs like Pearl did. Pearl loved to jam and she had a king conch-sized crush on one of the singers; she had a picture of him and talked about him. A lot. His Name was Davy Jones, like the locker, and he had a cute British accent. I do not know if Mr. Jones knew that Pearl was one of his biggest sea fans, but she certainly was. The Sea Monkees were from the City of Angelfish and because Pearl was also born in that city, she had city taste, even though her mom was a country girl with a garden.
            When Shell, Foam and Pearl got together to color, instead of La Mer, they were listening to the Sea Monkees sing “Baydream Believer” and “The Last Train to Sharksville.” Secretly, Shell preferred the songs of the Floating Stones and she didn’t like the Water Beatles much, but Pearl really liked them and listening to their music made her so happy that instead of whining, Shell hummed along with the radio too.  The Water Beatles had hit songs that summer too;  “I Saw Her Swimming There,” “Hard Wave’s Night,” and “My Shell.” Pearl had flipped for wavy rock and roll. Shell and Foam liked the Beach Guys, they had surfing songs and really knew a lot about the shore culture. They sang “Be True to Your School of Fish,” “California Gills” and “Bobbing Ann.” Any radio wave station you tuned to would likely be playing the music of these popular bands, they had a lot of sea fans.
            Pearl, Foam and Shell were spending more time at the beach. Suddenly it was important to be tan, which takes a little while if you are underwater, but if you work at it, you can achieve a tan tone. The “cool” mermades at school had tanned tails and blond streaks in their hair. Shell didn’t understand why it was important to look like the surfers they saw above the waves, but that was the style. The girls started parting their hair in the middle and wearing puka shell necklaces from Hawaii. The boys were saying things like “dude,” and “totally, ” but for the most parts, the mergirls still considered them urchins who just wanted to show off their mussels. It was a funny summer. And It was an important time in the little mermade’s world. They were starting to spend more time away from their homes with their friends. They were trying to be exactly alike. They wore the same style clothes, the same hairstyles and listened to the same music. Shell didn’t know how important having good friends would be (and friends that were good.)
            Just down the lane from Foam, another new merfamily moved into a new sand castle. Cairn and Volute Gillson and their two daughters Coral and Netty. Coral had exquisite manners and a good imagination, Shell liked her immediately. Coral was a serious student who wrote fun and creative stories. She was polite on the playground and the teachers liked her too. Coral had attended fin-ishing school and knew the proper way to enter a tide pool, eat with good manners and behave in public, she also knew a few words of Merman.  She was never too loud and didn’t make fun of others. Coral was a good influence. Netty and Sandy became friends and a lot of fun together too.
            Foam invited Shell, Pearl and Coral to ride seahorses one afternoon. The coral where Bubble stayed had seahorses to rent and trails to ride on. It was Shell’s first time riding a seahorse out of the coral. She was nervous, but she didn’t want to seem like a sea chicken in front of her friends. The girls and their seahorses started off swimming slowly, then Foam “giddiyupped” Bubbles and Bubbles took off swimming faster. Pearl was right behind her, then Coral. Shell gulped and held on tight as her seahorse followed the others. They swam through tall sea grasses and past the kelp forest. Shell was having so much fun, she forgot to be afraid. The girls and their mounts swam like the wind – they could have easily sea starred in a western movie! It was a day they would always remember and treasure.
            One time Coral and her family asked her friends over to make shrimp pizza. Shell was in heaven. She invited Coral to her sand castle to play with bobbing dolls. Coral asked if Nettie could come too.  So Sandy, Nettie, Coral and Shell all had a bobbing dolls tea party together.
Coral’s birthday was exactly the opposite of Shell’s; she was born in the summer and was six months older. At the end of the school year Coral invited the mermades in her class to her sandcastle for a birthday party. Shell loved to go to her friend’s house and was excited to attend her party. Vol was kind to all the mermade children and made them feel welcome (and she was a good cook.) A few days after school was out for summer, it was time for Corals’ party and a chance for the classmates to get together again.
            Shell tried to think of something Coral would like for her birthday. Shell’s birthday was right after Christmas so all of her gifts came at once and they were usually winter presents. Coral was having a summer party and would get fun summer things. Shell was almost jealous of her friend. But Coral was so warm and friendly, like her summer birthday, that Shell couldn’t have bad feelings about her good fortune. Shell made her a pretty necklace out of, you guessed it, shells. She wrapped it carefully, made a card and took them to Corals’ party. Pearl had picked a bouquet of beautiful ocean flowers from her garden for Coral, she wrapped them with a pretty ribbon. Foam had made her a model seahorse in her favorite color.
            Shell was excited to see Pearl, Foam, Coral, Reef, the other two Shells and friends from school. Coral’s sandcastle was decorated with glittering sea stars, kelp garlands and floating bubbles. It all looked magical, just perfect for a mermade party. The girls played games like “Truth or Mer” and “Never.” “Never” was a favorite with the mergirls. They sat in a circle on the sand and each received a bag with twelve pieces of candy. The first said “I never…(held hands with a merboy, swam in the Atlantic, touched an octopus…) If a mermade had done that thing she ate one piece of candy. The mermade that ate all her candy first won!
            Coral and her friends played another fun game. Since they were all turning into rock music fans, they made a deck of cards with words from songs like, “wave,” “love” and “hand.” They divided into two teams. One player would flip over a card, and each team took turns singing songs with that word in the lyrics. If one of the teams couldn’t think of a song after 30 seconds, they lost the turn and the other team got a point. Ten points won the game. Listening to a lot of music paid off.
            Vol served a pretty seacake with fancy sugar shells and icicles and the mermades sang happy birthday to Coral. They watched with excitement as she opened her gifts. She received two record albums, games, clothes and sea star clips for her hair. She loved the necklace that Shell had made for her, the bouquet from Pearl and Foam’s seahorse. One of the neighbors that had a tide pool invited the mermades to come over for a twilight swim. They raced down the street and dove into the tide pool. With the Beach Guys, Sea Monkees and Water Beatles’ music playing, the merfriends dove and swam with the glittering sea stars into the night.
Here are the directions for making a pearl and shell necklace like the one Shell made for Coral’s birthday.


You will need:
a string of pearl beads from a bead or craft store
a shell with a hole in it
a jewelry clasp
a small metal ring to attach the shell
super glue

Pearls are one of the birthstones for June and are fun to use for a birthday gift for that month. If the birthday is another month, you might choose beads like that month’s birthstone.

1. Ask your parent to help you attach the necklace clasp to the string of pearls using superglue.

2. When the glue is dry, use needle nose piers to open the small metal ring and attach the shell to the center of the string of pearls.

3. Wrap in a jewelry box with a pretty bow – happy birthday friend!
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Welcome Home Elder McMurtry!

We sent a boy out to do the Lord’s work and are getting a consecrated man back; it is a very good investment. For 2 years he has studied the scriptures, served the people of northern Alabama and invited them to come unto Christ and be baptized. 

Thank you to President and Sister Hanks and all of the good people who serve in the Alabama Birmingham Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for looking after our son. 


We are grateful and excited to get our Tim back in time for Christmas! 

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Handmade gifts = LOVE

Treat your loved ones to gifts from the heart and hearth this Christmas; like these elf mugs containing cocoa mix and favorite treats or a rice-filled neck warmer to fight the winter cold. 


The instructions for these and other creative and fun gifts are in the Deseret News http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865643761/5-ideas-for-creative-economical-homemade-Christmas-gifts.html?pg=all

Read about Heather and Paul’s beach reception after they were married in the LDS San Diego temple last December (it featured a cut-it-yourself FUDGE bar – yes!)

Heather, Paul, Elle, Noah and Ashlyn

Elle and I were so excited!

http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Halloween-Handbook-Artisan-ebook/dp/B009PA8ON6/?keywords=pam+mcmurtry&qid=1374845872&ref=sr_1_1&ie=UTF8&sr=8-1

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-harvest-and-halloween-handbook-pam-mcmurtry/1116031757?ean=2940148379744