Laura's Strengthening Marriage Blog

Thanks for making “And They Were Not Ashamed–Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment” the #1 bestselling Marriage and Parenting book at DeseretBook.com.

It’s a perfect Valentine’s gift for this season of love and romance!

Great Gift Ideas for Him!

It isn’t everyday that you find great, fun, and respectful gifts that enhance the intimate relationship of marriage.

Love2Romance.com is one of those great places to find ideas and motivation to strengthen the intimate connection between husband and wife.

Loving Wives Club
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You’ll love the Love2Romance “Loving Wives Club!” The “Loving Wives Club” makes it easy for you to keep your husband more emotionally connected to you! They provide monthly digital romance prompts sent via email to help you inject fun and playfulness into your relationship.

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Well, there is good news and bad news about our Christmas decorations. The good news is that we truly outdid ourselves this year. Read the rest of this entry »

I have to share one of the favorite things I learned from attending The Women’s Information Network (The WIN) Launch event last weekend. Paula Fellingham, Founder and CEO of The WIN and host of the WIN show “The Joy Show” shared eight ways to be happy! Here they are: Read the rest of this entry »

Some time ago the author of the upcoming book Famous Family Nights asked me to write a little bit about Family Home Evenings (FHE)  in our home to be featured in a book with other “famous” LDS personalities. (I think she’s stretching the “famous” thing just a bit! : ) Famous Family Nights is now available on our Strengthening Marriage Online Store.  I’m sure it will provide many ideas and insights into making family nights even more enjoyable and valuable for the whole family. But most of all I think it will relieve everyone to see that FHE can be a challenge sometimes for anyone! Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to our “Open Forum 2″ discussion page! Due to the growing size of our first Open Forum page we have created a new section to post your questions and comments. Some of the last few discussion posts from the Open Forum 1 have been moved to this new Open Forum 2 page. Please reply to this Open Forum 2 post below for any new discussion questions/posts.

Click here to review previous discussions on Open Forum 1 (posts from Aug 14, 2007 – Jun 29, 2009).

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I just have to tell you about these very cool marriage shirts! What a fabulous idea! (I might just have to copy the idea someday.)

How cool would it be for men and women to promote marriage, and proudly confess their love and devotion for their spouse! Definitely check these out! Read the rest of this entry »

Fireproof the movie is now out on DVD (as of January 27, 2009). This is a movie that no couple should miss! After going to see the movie with my husband, I wanted my kids to see it too. It was pretty funny to see all the couples in the movie theater and then me there with my three kids. They loved it though. My daughter even said it beat out High School Musical 3 (HSM3) as her favorite movie. (I’ll admit my kids may be a bit warped though having to live with a marriage maniac!) Read the rest of this entry »