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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE!!!
Love, Mike
They have all put $100 each into a pot for the "biggest loser" to receive at the end of the competition. I don't know about you, but $900 sounds like a pretty darn good prize to me! They will be having weekly weigh-ins and everything! If you want to lose weight, this is the way to do it! It was so much fun and I was so impressed with their motivation and desire to make healthy lifestyle changes. If interested, you can follow their journey here. Good luck girls!
2. If money, time and babysitting were no object, where would you go and with who? I have always dreamed of going to Egypt and riding a camel around the pyramids. I've always been fascinated by Egyptian history. I'd go with my amazing husband, of course. He makes everything fun!
3. When was the last time you cried? Last Sunday as I listened to Mike give Bryson his sweet blessing. I could feel, what I'm sure is just a glimpse, of the amazing love Heavenly Father has for little Bryson and for each of us. Bryson is such a little miracle and he will always know how special he is and how loved he is because he was adopted.
6. Five things you were doing 1 year ago: 1- graduating from BYU (BS in dietetics), 2-working full-time as a teacher at the MTC and loving every minute of it! 3-madly getting our adoption paperwork completed, 4- serving in the Primary, 5- hoping to become a mother soon.
7. Seven of your favorite hobbies: 1-Going to the gym (I love Gold Gym's killer Power Pump class!) and/or jogging the Provo River Parkway trail. 2-Designing floor plans. 3-Studying the Gospel. 4-Playing the piano. 5-Playing volleyball. 6- Reading self-improvement, fitness and nutrition books. 7- Quilting.
9. Five places you've been: 1-Ecuador (to pick my brother up from his mission), 2-Honduras (to do humanitarian work), 3-Hawaii (we went on a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands), 4-Ohio (we flew out there to get Bryson--we also both served missions there), 5- Mexico (we went to Mazatlan for our Honeymoon and Cancun for a company paid vacation)
10. Five Favorite Memories: 1- seeing my mom sitting on the porch waiting for me to come home from school each day when I was little, 2- everything about high school (madrigals, seminary council, dating, volleyball, dances, sports, etc), 3- the lives I saw changed on my mission, 4- sitting alone in our motel room with Bryson on my lap right after adopting him. I just sat and stared at him with tears streaming down my face because I felt SO MUCH love for him and felt so blessed to have him, 5- kneeling across the altar from Mike on our wedding day and again a few weeks ago when we were sealed to Bryson.
Fall is by far my favorite season! I just can't get enough of it! Jogging the Provo River Parkway trail is so beautiful this time of year! There is no better motivation to get out and exercise than to know that amazingly colorful leaves & scenery and the smell of the crisp fall air await you! I could honestly spend all day out there if I had the time to. Lace up your running shoes and get out there before the leaves disappear!
Bryson LOVES his new jogging stroller! I kind of like it too! :) Thanks Camden!
At Bridal Veil Falls.
My sister and I were blessed with an amazing group of friends right in the very ward we grew up in. Even though in high school we each found other groups of friends to hang out with, we still did a lot together and remained close. When we were younger, the guys (7 of them) and girls (5 of us) always had some type of a prank war going on. We also loved to play neighborhood games like "stuck in the mud" and "jail breaker" every weekend night. We even developed crushes (which were always very dramatic) on each other--two of which resulted in marriage! Last night we had a really fun get together with some of the group and laughed ourselves sick! I love these guys and will always be grateful for their never-ending friendship.
I love getting together with old friends. These girls were in my ward growing up and we became the best of friends. Last night we got together and visited one of our old Young Women leaders, who made such an impact in each of our lives.
Then we went out to eat and laughed until we were blue in the face! I love that no matter how long it's been since we were together it always feels like old times again. Thanks girls for a fun night out!
Her husband, Casey, is also a convert to the church. He was baptized by DeEsta Gailey, a high school friend of mine who also served in the Ohio Cleveland Mission. It was so nice to get to know him and learn about his incredible conversion story.
Today someone said something to me that I honestly hear at least once a week. What I hear is: “You look SO familiar to me…don't I know you from somewhere?” It always comes from complete strangers or from people I’ve just met for the very first time. It happens so frequently that when I’m approached with that question I just shake my head in amazement and laugh. It’s honestly something I hear so often that I had to add a post about it! What is it that people find so “familiar” about me? Are there really that many “Erin” look-a-likes wandering around for this to be happening as much as it does? It’s so strange.
Every weekday morning around 7:00am, Bryson and I jog a five to seven mile segment of the Provo River Trail. It's a 15 mile trail that runs right along the Provo River from Utah Lake up through Provo Canyon.
Bryson loves the sound of the river and it soothes him right to sleep. Mommy enjoys the crisp fresh morning air and the amazing scenery. This morning we hit the top of the trail and took these pictures to share.
This last picture was taken during our jog a few days ago at the bottom end of the trail out by Utah Lake.
