Mom

I realize that it is a few days late, but I would still like to make a tribute to my great Mom. I don't think I could ever fully show how wonderful this mother of mine is, but if you know her...then I don't have to say much because you already know (as much as I do) how extremely talented and amazing this woman is.

I have never met a woman who can take on so much and accomplish everything she sets out for with such perfection.

• If she is ever asked to plan an event, it is executed above and beyond expectations. Ward parties when we were younger seemed more like a trip into a new world.


• When mothers put together an activity for their kids to do each week during the summer, she did an activity EVERY day to make sure we were enjoying every moment.


• Birthday parties done by Mom were the BEST! She would plan everything around a theme of your choice, made whatever dessert that happened to be your favorite, and she came up with new and creative activities/games for each one.


• I will never forget the many vacations and camping trips that mom would plan for the family. She found ways for even the ride in the ol' suburban to be enjoyable...which can be very challenging with 3 crazy boys and one whiny girl.


• I don't think I can count the many special trips into Brigham mom would make to pick me up after a practice or from a friends house.


• Every saturday was filled with soccer games between Nate and I, but there are very few games that I recall her missing...if she did, she made sure we knew she wished she could have been there.


• She never pressured us into doing anything. She was so good at helping us develop talents in our own specific areas of interest. Whenever we came up with a new hobby, she was supportive from the start.


• I will forever be grateful for the confidence my mom built in each of us kids. She was always so positive and made sure we knew we were important and loved.


• She is so fun to talk to. I would come home from being with friends or dates and mom was always willing to stay up/or wake back up and listen to how my night was. Even if she could care less, she sure fooled me.


• Most of all, I am amazed at the relationship she has kept with each of her children. I love and respect that woman more than I can describe. Even though we have disageements once and awhile, she will always be my very best friend.

So Mom...I hope you know how much I love you! If you ever feel frustrated or down, please remember that to me (and MANY others) you are absolutely incredible. I hope I can grow up and handle motherhood as well as you have. You amaze me:)

Here are just a few pics from Mother's Day: The M-Day's breakfast, the Mother herself, and some "flowers" picked for Mom from the neighbor kids:) Dad did get mom a beautiful boquet of roses too-good job Dad!

-Inspired-

If you know me very well, you know that I am not what most would call "domestic". I would sure like to learn and gain these skills, but so far I haven't been very successful. Well as I was shopping the other day, I came across some of the greatest fabric I've ever seen. I sat for a good ten minutes staring at it until I finally decided that I woud attempt at making myself a little satchell. I've always heard how easy it is, and why not make one with fabric that I love right? While my mother insisted that I spend $2.99 on a pattern, I decided to save that $2.99 and go off of inspiration...which I did. I must admit, I am quite pleased with the end product! There are plenty of flaws, but it has more character thanks to my lack of skills. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to finally have a little bit of free time to actually have a creative/inspired moment like this!

I have been 21 years of age for 12 days now and I couldn't go another day without making a little tribute to my wonderful roommates and friends! This birthday was very wonderful and surprising! I was treated to a pedicure, I had messages and flowers sent througout the day, the hygiene gals treated me with singing and homemade ho-ho's, I enjoyed a delightful coconut cake (or should I call it heaven?) and I had a surprise party thrown for me-which I was NOT expecting at all! It was fabulous. Thank you, THANK YOU, thank you to my great friends and family for the unforgettable 21st birthday!
My Obama birthday card :)

Go Green

Considering that today is Earth Day, I can't help myself but blog about this wonderful concept of "Going Green". Some may say that it takes too much effort, but to me, it is a way that we can respect this wonderful place we have been given and give back a little bit of the beauty for others to enjoy.

In honor of Earth Day (and the fact my car is being tempermental), I decided to walk with my Go Green bag to my favorite grocery store, Harmon's. I'm all about going to local grocery store's-they not only treat you so much better, but their products are so much better in quality!

So as I have been enjoying the sun and my day off of school, I decided to write just a few things we can do to "Go Green"....they are all simple, but if everyone were to pick up on them, we would be saving so much more!

1st: As I have shown in my picture above, get reusable bags for your groceries. So much paper and plastic are wasted everyday from customers throwing away their bags.

2nd: Stop buying bottled water. Buy yourself a reusable plastic, or even better an aluminum, water bottle and fill it with water from the tap. If you don't like the tap water-purchase a water filter that can attach to your tap and you will be eliminating all of the container waste that comes when we all go through 5+ water bottles a week.

3rd: Use household items to make your own cleaners for around the house. This reduces the amount of toxins in your home and the number of containers that you buy and throw away.
-Drain Cleaner: 1/4 c. baking soda followed by 1/2 c. vinegar. Close drain until it stops fizzing and rinse with boiling water.
-Glass Cleaner: mixture of half white vinegar and half water.
-Mold/Mildew Cleaner: lemon juice or white vinegar and salt.

4th: Buy food from locally grown farmers. It not only tastes better, but this will keep our local farmers in business.

I won't keep going on, but these are just some VERY simple things that will help our environment...hopefully we can all do a little better at recycling/reusing what we have and respect this beautiful place we call home. Everyone doing one thing will make a difference!

GO GREEN!