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June's Cooking Show! June always wants to cook and has been begging me to film her cooking. I had a million excuses, but I decided that June didn't care that she was in her jammies. She didn't care that the kitchen had bad lighting. She didn't even care what she made. She just wanted to have her mom film a video of her cooking in the kitchen (like she loves to do with me). So, with my IPhone in hand and all those excuses that I created I threw them out the window and decided to STEP UP and be the mom she wants and needs. We made the first video in 2017 and she loved it so much. We got busy and made more excuses. June didn't give up though. She wanted to do another video. So, on a school night I wanted to make banana bread and decided that we are already making it, so I might as well let June make it and film it. June loves to cook and watching her video's. I love her so much and I want her to do the things that she loves to do, so, I will continue to not ma...

Dear New Year,   It's been a crazy couple months. We spent Thanksgiving and Christmas with family and it was so fun and it went by way too fast. Needless to say I was busy. Very busy. I am determined to write more this year. As a family we look over a couple different quotes that we can use as a family theme for the year. So far we have done this for three years. This years theme is:     I am so happy we choose this theme. We always have many goals every year and this quote by Elder Holland will help to bring us through those goals. One of my many goals is that I finish the projects that I start. I really love to start projects, but finishing them is usually my downfall. I have many projects that are almost done, well those are about to be finished. Yes they are.(sometime this year)  I hope that the day that I face our Father in Heaven that I can say that I used my talents and used them well. It's not enough  to just have those talents, ...

Dear Giver, Give said the little stream Give, oh give Give, oh give Give said the little stream As it hurried down the hill I'm small I know but wherever I go The grass grows greener still   Singing, singing all the day Give away, oh give away Singing, singing all the day Give, oh give away   This is my sons favorite song, I sing it every night to my sweet little guy. I love the lyrics, and how simple they are. I love to give! Giving gifts, giving time, giving talents, giving of myself. For Halloween I like to have my kids make treats for their classmates. Miss June is in preschool, and Miss Cheryl is in first grade, so it is still really fun to get them involved in gift giving. But I hope that the older get they will want give still.       I love this time of year, that we get to remind ourselves that giving to others is so important. Our Family quote this year is:         Giving a gift is a ...

Dear worry, I have been overwhelmed lately. Taking on everything and anything is kind of my specialty. My sweet husband reminded me that I don't need to stress, worry and freak out about everything that I can't do or don't do perfect. Mr. C is my rock! He told me something that was very profound. He said that the church is like a hospital. We are all sick and need to go to get better. Some people think they don't need to get better or they think that they are cured. The thing is, we will never be cured from our ailments. We always need treatment for the problems that we have. And as I thought about that, I realized that I will never be great and everything. And I am not sure why I think I could be. I can do some things really good and that I should let the rest of the other stuff go. The trails that we have in this life, aren't something that we have to face alone. Now to switch gears, Miss June had her dance recital this week. She was so excited! Right before i...

Dear Confidence, When I was young, I was very shy. I lacked self confidence. But as a grew I started to do things that I thought helped me gain confidence. I started sticking up for myself and that turned into being angry and mad at everyone around me. Now there were a lot of factors involved with me being angry. My parents divorced when I was 9, and they both remarried. I lived mainly with my Dad and Step mom. But not only was I upset at my parents, (and most kids are) I had ADD. The ADD that I had was hard to diagnose, especially because I am a girl. I didn't understand it until I was 30. And that is another topic for another day. We all have special circumstances that play a role in how our self confidence is. Gaining confidence was key for me. I didn't gain confidence by sticking up for myself. As a understood myself more and learned the most important thing that everyone should know, then and only then could I be confident enough to be happy with who I am. That vitally ...

Dear day 1, After careful consideration I have decided to blog again. I want to document my family and the experiences we go through. As I was watching the annual General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (This is the church that I belong to.) A scripture struck me within my very soul. "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and  glorify your Father which is in heaven." Matthew 5: 16. I realized at that moment that I have been hiding myself in my own life and in my house and not sharing myself and my talents with others. I have always been the person to not ask for help, because of course I am a strong women and I can do it on my own. Saying I am a private person is an understatement. So here it is! My intention is to keep weekly journal of my life, through my eyes. Thanks for reading and enjoying my awesomeness! Sincerely, Erin

Today's Family: The Eternal Role of Mothers click on link to read the article http://www.lds.org/study/prophets-speak-today/unto-all-the-world/the-eternal-role-of-mothers?lang=eng I love this paragraph about mothers. "Among the most important roles of a mother is the call to nurture, Elder Ballard says. “A mother’s nurturing love arouses in children, from their earliest days on earth, an awakening of the memories of love and goodness they experienced in their pre-mortal existence,” he declares. “Because our mothers love us, we learn, or more accurately remember, that God also loves us.”" "Mommy, I love you!", Cheryl says as she wakes me up at 6:30 in the morning. "I love you too, honey", I say, as I hug her tight and never want to let her go. I will take those moments any chance I get, whether it's 6:30 in the morning or in the middle of the night while I am sick and holding my sick child. I have never felt that I truly found my...

We have been playing outside a lot lately and pulling weeds. Nathan took over most of the dreadful weeds while I  keep the girls busy, busy and busy. I think we are almost done with the weeds so we can enjoy our backyard now. Thanks honey for all the hard work. I love the spring and heat...just not the allergies that come with it. And I love that the girls get to run around outside. XOXO-Erin

Okay I am going to Brag about myself right now (which I rarely do). I finally made edible homemade bread! Yep, that's right it only took 7 or so years of me saying that I could never make bread, rolls or any dough that had any thing to do with yeast. Yeast, I was so afraid of it. I have no idea why. My homemade bread isn't only edible, it is darn right delicious. I have been on a bread making tangent...making it every week. I don't even need a recipe anymore. I have made Honey whole wheat, and white...Nathan loves the white bread so I make more of that. I also can make pizza dough and breadsticks. Now we have pizza every friday. So funny where I used to be and now I feel like I can make anything...almost. XOXO-Erin

Here is a video of Easter morning too. June was so sleepy.  Easter gets funner and funner the older the girls get. The Easter bunny came with some Easter baskets and we even decorated eggs this year. I am usually not that into it, but this year I even made the girls matching Easter dresses. And the girls looked adorable. I didn't get a lot of pictures because we rushed out the door for church, and when we got home they were so tired. And Cheryl didn't want her dress on any more. So, I am deffiantly going to take some more pics of there pretty dresses. XOXO-Erin

In December I had surgery on my nose. I had a deviated septum. And the Doctor said it was so bad that he didn't know how I could breath out of it. And that I would benefit from not only getting the inside fixed, but the outside too. If I just fixed the inside then I might have to get that surgery re-done in a few years, so I decided to get both done. Now that I was getting the outside done, I wanted to get the bump removed. So, on December 22st(The day after Nathans birthday) I had surgery on my nose. The night before my parents, and brother and his family came to help take care of the girls and spend Christmas together. Nathan took me in and while I was in surgery he went to get my prescription and hit a poll in the parking lot with the car. So, funny,  I had to share. So, I went home to recover and was completely out of it. I went later to watch Christmas video's and didn't remember just about everything, let alone even filming it all. About a week after, m...

ABC and 123! I told Cheryl that she could open some of her presents as soon as Daddy came home. So, she opened a couple first thing in the morning. Thank you all who got Cheryl a gift or card. We had corn dogs and fry's for lunch, one of Cheryl's favorite things to eat and yummy cake, that I did not make this year. And I have to say it was super easy. After that she opened her presents. She was so cute, asking Daddy to help her rip the paper off. I also made her a shirt and skirt. She was so exhausted that she took a nap right after and she wanted to sleep with all her presents in her bed. Luckily it snowed the night before and Cheryl loves the snow, so we went outside to play in the snow after her nap. It was such a fun day. I can't believe we have a 3 year old! Cheryl is now 3 years old, as of January 5th, 2012. Cheryl is a beautiful, smart, fun, and lovable little girl. She always knows how to put a smile on my face. She will climb onto my lap a...