Thom and Tresta Neil

​Thom and Tresta Neil are happy parents of eight wonderful children.  We met while working at a nursing home in Provo, Utah. Thom is from New Hampshire and served a LDS mission in Italy. Tresta is from New Mexico and served a LDS mission in the Netherlands. Thom waited for Tresta as she served and were married shortly after her return.  After they had their first four children, in 4 1/2 years, Thom brought up his desire to homeschool. Tresta thought he was mad!  After much persuading she decided to try it and has never looked back!  Together they are the owners of Keystone Education and the directors of the LDS Homeschool Conference in Utah. They are sought after presenters. They both have a unique resumes: Thom delivered half a dozen sets of twins as a teenager and Tresta sat on a cactus.

Experience is NOT
​the Best Teacher

If experience was the best teacher then we’d all be getting better as we get older and not many people do not get wiser as they get older. Why aren’t they better after the experience? It is because they don't reflect on their experiences.
When we reflect about our experiences, about the person we met or the things we learned that reflections teaches us more than experience itself.


​The Opening of Day

What is the first thing you do in the morning? Do you give 10% of your time to the Lord each day? Many families choose to have a morning devotional to open their day. This presentation shares the history, rethinking and currently way the Neil family has their morning devotionals. 

Others do for Morning Devotional

We asked the question in our groups. The response was amazing. There were so many great ideas and fun ways to teach and learn together. We couldn't just keep them to ourselves so we have chosen to share them with you.  Come and hear what others do for their morning devotional it may inspire you to add something to yours or it could show you that you are right on track with what you already doing. 

The Doctrine of Marriage

Marriage between and man and woman is a sacred doctrine in God's plan. The Family, a Proclamation to the World explains it very clearly. Thom and Tresta discuss this doctrine and others associated with it. Including the roles of man and women at the beginning and end of the plan of happiness. 
Handout included.

The Hierarchy of Marriage

Would you agree that there are different leveling degrees of your marriage relationship? there are marriages that are only surface and then there are deep abiding relationships. Some are barely hanging on or only stay together for the children and those that are strengthened with each child. In this presentation you can see where you are, the level and depth of your marriage. Knowing where you are and how to grow from there is the way to a stronger marriage relationship


​Why Teach Principles?

You hear all the time the importance of teaching principles and you hear a few different ways of how to teach them. But do you know the reason why? or what a principle is? Come and learn how principle are the most important way to teach. Also, learn the difference between principles, concepts and procedures. 

5 Ways to Up Level Your Happiness

How would you rate your happiness? What if you could raise that rate two points in 10 minutes a day? These simple things can increase your level of happiness. Come learn how these simple ideas seem basic, but they carry a powerful punch in up leveling your happiness. 

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