tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71693585155740559132024-03-05T12:11:33.246-08:00The Erickson FamilyWe may not have it all together, but together we have it all!Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.comBlogger508125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-80847970835473849202014-03-09T21:21:00.000-07:002014-03-15T13:23:54.312-07:00Taste the Rainbow...Savor the BlessingsShortly after we moved into the Willows Ward; I was called to be the Young Women's Personal Progress Leader and Girls Camp Director. Part of Personal Progress is planning New Beginnings. I have never planned anything like this on my own before and so I went forward with trepidation, but I found out how much fun it is!!<br />
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I chose "Taste the Rainbow...Savor the Blessings" as the theme and there were so many fun ideas out there to go along with it!<br />
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I was supposed to have surgery in mid February and so I started planning at the end of January so I could have everything set and ready for the March 9th date. <br />
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I started with these save the date cards and </div>
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handed them out at church on Jan. 26</div>
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Then I started working on the cake ball ice cream cones that I saw online and knew it would take time to do. I wanted to have them all finished before my surgery and cake balls freeze well!</div>
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After I started that; I put together these little goodie bags to give </div>
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each of the Young Women after the New Beginnings program.</div>
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And here is the invitation</div>
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Once I figured out that I wasn't going to have the surgery after all, I wasn't so panicked and started slowly working on everything else....like the program! </div>
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We decided to do a value themed fashion show. 8 young women volunteered to represent each value and wore a solid colored dress that matched their chosen value color. They were given a simple script that went something like this:</div>
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"Hi, my name is ____ and I chose the value [Faith]. The color that represents [Faith] is [white]. I have tasted of this value and savored the blessings by ______." </div>
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They were asked to share a personal experience about that value. I wish I had thought to snap a couple pictures during the presentation. The girls all looked so cute and they did an amazing job!! </div>
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The whole program went off better than I could have possibly planned it. I am sincerely so pleased with everyone that participated and so grateful to the parents that took the time to come and support their young women and this incredible personal progress program!</div>
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I made 6 different white cupcake mixes and colored them with food coloring paste.</div>
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I mixed each standard size cupcake with about a Tbls of cream cheese frosting (I cheated and used the Betty Crocker brand)</div>
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Then I froze all the cake balls overnight. </div>
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Next I sliced one of each colored balls into 6 slices and mix and matched the slices to get one of each color into the ball. I rolled them between my hands to get a ball shape and froze them again overnight.</div>
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I dipped the top of a sugar cone into melted Wilton's White Candy Melts and immediately held a frozen rainbow cake ball to the dipped cone and held it for about 30 seconds to let the candy melts harden a bit. Then I placed them onto wax paper lined cookie sheets and put them back into the freezer.</div>
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I dipped each cake ball cone into the melted Wilton's White Candy Melts and immediately sprinkled with the rainbow colored candy sprinkles and used a red hot for the "cherry".</div>
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These were such a huge hit and from what I hear they tasted pretty good, too! I'm sad I couldn't sample them.. :(</div>
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Dipped Chocolate and Vanilla Oreos with a rice paper rainbow on top </div>
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White candy melts and Fruity Pebbles Pretzel Rods </div>
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Our fabulous YW President made these tissue ball poms for me! </div>
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So we moms got together and decided that it would be fun to do something with all 6 of them together rather than 6 individual parties. We got them a limo and took them to the strip to see and do all kinds of fun and crazy stuff!
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Cups filled with chocolates and a gift card to Golden Spoon</div>
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Jenn has a connection to the owners of The Sugar Factory and they agreed to reserve us a special section on this extremely busy Saturday. We were so grateful, but the generosity didn't stop there.. The waiter came and told us that they wanted give us TWO King Kong Sundaes ($49.95 value EACH). We were so surprised and decided that one would be plenty. (We didn't want to waste and they didn't even finish the one.) </div>
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When I asked for my check for the burger; the waiter said "Oh. No, everything has been taken care of for you." !!! Seriously..what?! We had ordered a bunch of extra stuff just to be nice and paying customers and it was all on their tab anyway!! LOL Oops..if we had known we wouldn't have ordered so much extra or anything else for that matter... (The total bill would have come to about $160. YIKES!) So surprised and overwhelmed at the generosity. </div>
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My friend, Monica, got us 5 free tickets to see David Copperfield at the MGM Hotel on the strip. Since the show didn't start until 9:30 pm; I didn't want to take the younger kids. So Mariah, Brinlee and I invited Brinlee's friend, Sam and her mom, my friend Traci Giesea. We also met up with several families from our ward. So fun!!<br />
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Can I just say AMAZING! The girls were totally mind blown. It was such a fantastic show and the best part....I got to go up on stage and dance with David, help with an illusion AND he kissed my hand!! David is so charismatic and made me feel like he had known me for years. Seriously unforgettable..<br />
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I so so wish we could have take photos and especially video during the show. They said they have people specifically watching and if you took photos they would come and make you delete them and you would be asked to leave immediately. I wish I had video of me on stage...I want to watch it over again!!<br />
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Mariah and I</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425172697061320628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-91600594311610091762014-02-05T20:34:00.000-08:002014-03-14T12:40:35.934-07:00Mariah turns 14It's true and I can't believe it... She is my right hand gal and is mostly always willing to step in and help out. She is a dream teenager and isn't at all what I expected the nightmarish teen years to be. I love her to pieces and am so grateful she is mine!<br />
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Package from Grandma E on her mission</div>
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in Hawaii!</div>
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She loved it despite the fail! :)</div>
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Mariah is the little speck on the ledge way back there</div>
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Our CamelBak's were the best money spent</div>
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Climbing</div>
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That view tho</div>
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(I had broken my middle toe in Dec.)</div>
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Evan and Grant exhausted</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425172697061320628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-70735653279478905902013-05-21T12:55:00.000-07:002013-05-21T12:55:53.356-07:00Give me a break!!<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">When Mariah and Brinlee were
little;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">I used to take them <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Segoe Script', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">EveryWhere</span></b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">I did not let their nap
times or feeding schedules <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">keep me from taking the
world (and/or the mall) by storm.</span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><br />
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Even when Asia the whirlwind came along; <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">I would still take them <b><i>everywhere</i></b>
that I needed to go; e</span></span><span style="background-color: #660000; color: white; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">ven </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">though it was slightly </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">overwhelming,</span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"> at first, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">to have more kids than hands
to hold onto them.</span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><br />
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I had never been able to understand <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">those moms who wouldn't take
their kids anywhere; <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">especially if it interfered
with naptime <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">(heaven forbid)!</span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><br /><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Even when Tatum joined our </span></span><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 20pt;">c</span></b><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">i</span></b><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 14pt;">r</span></b><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Broadway Copyist Text Ext'; font-size: 8pt;">c</span></b><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 28pt;">u</span></b><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Broadway Copyist Text Ext'; font-size: 20pt;">s</span></b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">; <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">I forged ahead with my
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">Pearlridge Mall and the
Waikele Outlets <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">(our 2 favorite places to
wander at!) and they knew <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">those malls like the backs
of their hands!</span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><br />
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Once Roxelle stepped onto the scene; <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">the 3 oldest were in school
and <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">I was back down to having
only 2 in tow again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">And they were <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Pristina; font-size: 18pt;">SO</span></b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"> easy <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">to take along! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">I even took them with me to
the elementary school <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">several times a week to
volunteer and all the teachers <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">and staff knew us as well as
the regular students!!</span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><br />
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Then Grant came. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">Poor little boy gets the
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">Almost from birth he had
debilitating skin rashes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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him places with a raging skin problem. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">He required so much care and
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">Then at 6 mos, we found out
he is allergic to peanuts and eggs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">I was terrified of him
sitting in a cart where <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">some other kid could have
been eating a <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: white;">peanut butter sandwich <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: white;">or peanut butter cookies <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: white;">or even a Snickers bar. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">So I chose to leave him
home.</span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><br />
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">His birth was simultaneous to Will accepting <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">his current position in the
ICU doing the night shift. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">This has afforded me the
opportunity to <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">be able to leave Grant home.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">I knew I could put him down
for a nap <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">with the baby monitor in by
Will and have a good 90-120 minutes <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">at the store before he would
wake up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">Will has always been so </span><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'French Script MT'; font-size: 28pt;">fantastic</span></b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">about stepping up and
letting me have time to run errands by myself;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">even when he may have worked
3-5 nights in a row (sometimes 6!!)</span><span style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><br />
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I have spent the last 2+ years </span></span><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Broadway Copyist Text Ext'; font-size: 16pt;">loving</span></b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">being able run errands<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; font-size: 16pt;">without</span></b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; font-size: 16pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">a diaper bag, snacks, toys
and blankies in tow. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="color: white;">I will not feel
guilty <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">for enjoying even an hour at
the grocery store <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">or a couple of hours at the
mall by myself or with a friend. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">If this is what it takes to
save my sanity <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">so that I can be </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 12pt;">present</span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"> for my <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="color: white;">6 children</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">when I am at home; <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="color: white;">then so be it! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="color: white;">Give me a break. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #660000; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="color: white;">Literally.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">I need it and I deserve it!!</span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425172697061320628noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-4603006135710020572012-09-14T16:23:00.003-07:002012-09-14T17:23:17.658-07:00First Lookers<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Our Realtor called last night to say that after almost 3 weeks someone FINALLY wants to look at our house!! I went into severe cleaning mode, but the kids were NOT having it. They had other ideas of slacking off and making new messes on top of the existing ones.. GRR!</span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">This morning I blew off my workout at the gym because I knew I had so much to do, plus get the kids ready for school. Will worked last night and decided to stay for one of their lame monthly meetings this morning, so I didn't have any help coming for who knows how long! I asked the girls repeatedly, in kindly tones I might add, to please please please help me<span style="font-size: 100%; ">. Still they refused.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Asia was supposed to have rinsed the dishes and loaded the dishwas<span style="font-size: 100%; ">her last night as part of her kitchen chore and she had not done it. I asked her more than once to please take care of it this morning. She came to start doing 2 minutes after they were already supposed to be out the door. Double GRR!!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I drive Mariah to school behind every slow driver and get stopped at every last stop light, going and coming. I get back home to see that the kitchen is still a mess, someone had smashed banana into the carpet, the bonus room had every type of toy you can imagine and garbage paper scraps strewn across the floor, plus the clean and ironed clothes I had asked them to hang up LAST NIGHT were crumpled in a pile, the downstairs toilet was clogged, and the dog had thrown up on the carpet (she has NEVER done that before...why did her first time HAVE to be this morning?!!) Triple GRRRR!!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">It's 9:15. The lookers are coming at 10. I shoved all the dirty dishes into the dishwasher in hap-hazard piles. When no more would fit, I put the rest into the oven. (Seriously.) I ran (literally) around the downstairs with the vacuum. Sprinted around the bonus room, screaming at Roxelle to help or get out of the way. Flushed the downstairs toilet every time I went past; praying it would flush down (I don't do plungers in addition to NEVER cleaning the toilet!). All the while sweating my brains out! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">At 9:47, the ironing board was still out. Asia had graciously left her pile of cleaned and ironed clothes on the couch, the vacuum needed to be put away and Roxelle had made new crumb mess on the kitchen counter. And Will was STILL not home. I shooed Roxelle and Grant out the backdoor to the neighbors so I could finish and make some nice finishing touches....</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlCNyrWZoRfpvK7GnLIPrrQlUMQk6So4A9pDeXdWqqdPVxcRO7ymbA9I5urenOs6GxQP3cqM7oBlOXdUjlV38d3gJdVfVX7Pfo_MX9nDx0mNDh7OHAmZbPZWS9vKqDWBV-kKYqClYjqqb/s320/IMG_4701.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5788182710211974978" style="text-align: center;float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I know, cheesy!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">At 9:58 I was done and out the back door. The plan was to hang out with my neighbor, Elena, in their backyard to let Roxelle play with Angela and Grant could wander around.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">I didn't hear the lookers pull up, but around 1o:06, I asked where Roxelle and Angela went. I assumed they went inside. I went around the front of the house to see them in the driveway with their dollies and beyond that I see the lookers and their Realtor leaving. I thought to myself "that's weird...they weren't here very long.."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">I went inside and they didn't even touch the cookies! :( Bad sign. They must not have liked the house. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Long story, short. My Realtor calls me an hour ago to say that the buyers Realtor followed up with her to say they didn't even go in the house because "The homeowners 2 little girls answered the door and said their parents weren't home. We contemplated calling the police." WHAT?!!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Turns out that sometime between 9:47 and 9:58, Roxelle and Angela had come into the house unbeknownst to me and were in there when I sneaked out the back. As I was asking Elena where they were, they were coming out of my house to Elena's driveway, which is where I found them. SERIOUSLY WANT TO STRANGLE SOMEBODY!! I feel like I'm living in the Twilight Zone these past few weeks.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425172697061320628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-20107017655313824572012-09-14T16:18:00.002-07:002012-09-14T16:18:46.339-07:00testing from new email addressI need to find out if this new email address is linked with our family blog account. Sorry for the inconvenience!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425172697061320628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-52951529196576736232011-06-04T15:01:00.000-07:002011-06-04T15:06:09.859-07:00Oh brother.Conversation between Tatum (4) and I while Grant was in the bath.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tatum: Can you get him out so I can dump the water from his tub?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me: Just a sec, I need to wash his bum and penis.</div><div style="text-align: center;">T: It's called a weenie, mom.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me: Oh really? Who told you that?</div><div style="text-align: center;">T: Hannah.<span class="Apple-style-span" > (her cousin, 3)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Me: Hmmm. Why was she talking about weenies?</div><div style="text-align: center;">T: Because Colby has one. <span class="Apple-style-span" >(Hannah's brother, 1)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Me: Oh. Well, where was Colby? </div><div style="text-align: center;">T: Taking a nap at Grandma's house. We were upstairs in Grandma's bathroom.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me: .......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yikes.</div>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-52965048866464510682011-06-03T09:38:00.000-07:002011-06-03T10:45:07.349-07:00From BABY girl to BIG girl :(((<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJcMhcu0dqfbQ8Rvf9soMt9_5Q4KCNseQSeutJiD63QPJ7bHZXWZrJy3t6FOUfpyCqNdw15B3MtUfb8QxJq1wYjuEU9jO2je2VkOSkZqjsx85bGJwKgE4ZMScjzf9cOOlV6brdKTSYjA/s320/DSC_0383.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614037182373621922" /> ------>>>>>>>><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPA-wtwB7HKxx16b2huvFq5HQXaVgWJTcNv6yWaIxKzmmjUrMlZSnMfkEsta82XXI4b9aUenGgf2G8uj7sbTdzwMELgrbqQ1nzK3ytB7-RPm8ZisXVW3D4A2RevRNmO-_qqGxDZpfK60/s320/DSC_0409.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614040003656431794" /> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My baby girl is growing up! :((( She is my only girl that doesn't have her ears pierced. I have never let any of their hair get this long before the first trim. I don't want her to grow up! But, since I haven't invented that time stopping machine, I guess I will have to let her.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <p style="text-align: center;"> <b><big><big><big> Before </big></big></big></b><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8cBMBffkeAHdyHTALnzoyltBPyYgmnB1g23U7NrZy7_2jt8usaG8KH-SB7ZkNDJgqd9clsOOnDZ_7V3Axp3o0Ig9snWvX0boL84xQmkF3ym8GMG-b7FLquXd8Gg99-OtVoWHfU7l1UA/s320/DSC_0381.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614036877186551234" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2WbDKvdJ_US_49JjaTU27FH2njtXuYxOUKgYPNCchbzYtwLAeSGGb5i-m9AZNBUQUWjHSFAjBMpH-mVUEfhZuBHnGlIE1lB8DMouFZf8pBYBHZ-Osfg8GHClmQs293C8ZdQ83azadLE/s320/DSC_0388.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614037615993589858" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyMA0y9QrWb3h0e3lE_PCRBczR3y5-VNX2fKt2PVOtt9gFlaoROiNEmHOrdQKfqTBw3VPxj5Q5J8j0YY3ysdjr3veWZvnYfq_XajiyLi8zRJg_7w-D_eVGwZFVkOQY5b1jhkz1U7-4kQ/s320/DSC_0385.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614037611543496738" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzzI3VYCw6ryHIDH8Hf1srUvf7yaQZouLVTzaOrhnQ4S_sPUByEYtXvXrdUo-arMbPUP_V9peStO834jm6Tf-YBG5q7Ku7uQTvOazOzUNzrmYadJm9d_1-W6DPgKfy1Ay9ziuquFfHA0/s320/DSC_0384.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614037604584713058" /></div><br /><p></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <b><big><big><big> During </big></big></big></b><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HCAiXGARsYzSDRku495r8Ie5tBVDq1pz4YB8-RbW3CYsomoEp9qJc7ntrdyYMNB4sfwc2WePDuzjxgkFDvpgWPPYK0NnL_3ksX-QOhZ4jMUlBxYhq0RlChJtLWL9anmu10pW7FfKISI/s320/DSC_0389.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614038431005073970" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjk5_AMLRPHO41LcoQ8xjlOqUEYdEcvhOKBi5CGNaFIYZdiuhJ135741-eq2p_hyphenhyphenlm2T1cJpJtRNbfHzpUe48Nnv8kGLF4slXgSHb2XPJ9GFkJ0toodSr6AxVsGMoWoVoRNr7BGcmch90/s1600/DSC_0400.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjk5_AMLRPHO41LcoQ8xjlOqUEYdEcvhOKBi5CGNaFIYZdiuhJ135741-eq2p_hyphenhyphenlm2T1cJpJtRNbfHzpUe48Nnv8kGLF4slXgSHb2XPJ9GFkJ0toodSr6AxVsGMoWoVoRNr7BGcmch90/s320/DSC_0400.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614038446129022962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TloTGm4HlFU-3PUa8ryTIOcgLFGro6766i_zLniaBwO82_CQ2Bto-NhLE1w_NJRiX1hTim-NtaQ_pyeBycJAdUD9p3E88K3GvQJiyJ9EwNo2afRGDUNN0RWIXCbU2k-20PwqNJ2umS0/s1600/DSC_0397.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TloTGm4HlFU-3PUa8ryTIOcgLFGro6766i_zLniaBwO82_CQ2Bto-NhLE1w_NJRiX1hTim-NtaQ_pyeBycJAdUD9p3E88K3GvQJiyJ9EwNo2afRGDUNN0RWIXCbU2k-20PwqNJ2umS0/s320/DSC_0397.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614038438642088466" /></a><br /><br /><p> <b><big><big><big> After </big></big></big></b><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlOlIgvjKYggyKfV4kf7DqWsxjG7C_99RbtzTn4vEN1FXhr6ZblUJe1xcj-lQjs7xKnyYV49cXM5-z-UmVq0MAozn0QiHVzqzkWBu82Ppe2L6fu_vso-0Q7Rxr6EEHrY-DbzrXU05AgU/s320/DSC_0401.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614038852240308450" /><br />She was a little freaked out by holding her hair at first.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXedRfU31-z5ULZzhopTEDSSLpJWFUCb5GCTGDHyaErLQavdVZ1ObR78Lf7Fof7hWeypt9WrGrJv-6xC7PPWj4TUcVhghA8Y8dfQ1Bx8LO8R7u6RsNe2u5EvwzaL6V7RfqBbVMO-qAYFQ/s320/DSC_0404.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614038864740643698" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcIgnntm6JwhcvUMSw-A_D7EapIAWKSvA1U7KI-SRxegR3OBM8DpfIFNc92RSpTLQ2CtwjqhUcH40J_ErXyW6Ks18_K_qHFcFpjltCSfJOUvUHu1zhYcXX6nHdpiwe8C8IdpzFTggdrQ/s320/DSC_0403.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614038855513966498" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my gosh, she looks so much like Megan!! <p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div> <p style="text-align: center;"> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LQOLOSuNH_o?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LQOLOSuNH_o?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-43160610082476872832011-06-02T14:43:00.000-07:002011-06-02T15:34:57.202-07:00Oils<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >A few weeks ago Will, Grant and I flew to Kansas City, MO to see my brother, Ross, graduate from medical school (KCUMB). </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > It was so much fun to go and see family. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >My sister, Megan lives in St. George, KS (near Manhattan, KS). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >They are only about 2 hours apart from each other. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Chelsea, Hannah, Colby, my parents and us all flew out there on the same flight and Paula flew out at the same time from Vegas. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >We flew into Kansas City, MO and then drove to Megans in a rental and Ross and Lindsay's other car.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >We got to stay with Megan for 2 nights in her house and explore her cute little town. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >My favorite part was going to the Friendship House and getting their home made breads and cinnamon rolls! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > If it weren't for the scary tornado's that would be a really great place to live!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >We headed back to Kansas City where we met up with Jay, Mike and Jackie at Ross and Lindsay's. Dad, Mom, Mike, Jackie, Megan, Adalyn, Ellie, Claire, Paula, Will, Grant and I shared 2 hotel rooms (yeah, it was a little crazy). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Jay, Chelsea, Hannah and Colby stayed with Ross, Lindsay, Braden and Cashel at their little apartment. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > It was such a blast to hang out with everyone. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > There is always a lot of laughing involved! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >It sure does make it nice that all of can easily laugh at ourselves. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >It makes the teasing a lot more fun!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Ross's graduation was on Saturday morning and was such a great commencement ceremony! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I am very proud of Ross (and Lindsay, too) for making it through this difficult time of schooling.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >On Sunday, we visited Liberty Jail visitor's center and went to Independence, Mo. Liberty Jail was very moving. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > Independence was also very interesting!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >On Monday, we went to Far West, MO and Adam-ondi-Ahman. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Those were both very spiritual experiences. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Will and I both really want to go back again and spend a little more time. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >At around 4 am on the Saturday morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Grant fussed and so I fed him and went back </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >to sleep, when we got up to get ready for the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >graduation, he would not nurse at all. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > He hadn't been feeling well since we flew out. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >In fact, he had projectile vomited all over </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Will the morning we flew out (around 4 am) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and then again on the plane. He had a fever too, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >poor guy. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >He didn't nurse that day for hours. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > I don't think he ever fully nursed that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >day or the next day. I was so engorged </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >on Saturday night that I had to hand </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >express, since I didn't take my pump. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > That was not fun. I did that several times </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >on Sunday and a couple times Monday. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > He just did not want to nurse. He did </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >eat some baby food throughout the day and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >would snack on cheerios, but that's it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >By the time we flew out on Monday night, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I was so uncomfortable and one spot </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >was starting to burn on the right side.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >As soon as we got home around 10 pm, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I pumped a full 16 ounces! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > But the burning only intensified.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The next morning my skin was red and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >hot to the touch and swollen in that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >spot. Grant was still not wanting to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >consistently nurse, so I pumped each </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >time I tried feeding him. He didn't really </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >want to take a bottle either.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >That day, I rubbed 1 drop of my doTerra 100% CPTG Melaleuca oil on the red spot. A website I looked at recommended Melaleuca for Mastitis. I really did not want to have to go to the dr and get an antibiotic, but it did not look promising. That night, I rubbed it again with 1 drop. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I was planning to do it again on Wednesday morning, but when I woke up, the redness was almost completely gone and so was the swelling. It was still a little tender, but not as bad as it had been. I decided not to use the oil and see what happened. By that night, it was completely back to normal in looks and only minutely tender in that spot AND Grant nursed for a complete session!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >By Thursday, my skin was completely healed and no pain at all!!! I am so totally convinced. I love my doTerra oils!</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > (If you want to learn more, visit my <a href="http://www.mydoterra.com/kristyerickson/">doTerra</a> store page. If you want to buy some oil at wholesale prices, let me know!)</span></p></div></div>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-7741295297391386172011-05-04T19:49:00.001-07:002011-05-04T20:14:28.798-07:00JA BiztownOn Monday, Will and I volunteered to help out with the 5th Grade JA Biztown field trip. It is SO cool! The kids prepare for weeks ahead of time learning how to keep a check book and interviewing for the job they want, etc. They even hold elections for the town mayor and for the news anchor. Mariah ran for news anchor of BZTV against 10 of her classmates and was the campaign manager for her friend that ran for mayor. Neither of them were elected, but they had so much fun making signs and things! Mariah ended up scoring her 2nd choice job as camera operator at BZTV! <br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmj3ucjO7GXypy9BqrC5RwfjW4H-XkijIqyG6FE2z4g5H9s06PUbI5ChGVqq3jAmlgLE87mVcdCcKFrDM6hkTMHIX11Zz9kF-o-BxkBlcfL6ysXgS0kDGZGt_TQukZDFl14xizLgBoCxs/s1600/DSC_0022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603060055933236914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmj3ucjO7GXypy9BqrC5RwfjW4H-XkijIqyG6FE2z4g5H9s06PUbI5ChGVqq3jAmlgLE87mVcdCcKFrDM6hkTMHIX11Zz9kF-o-BxkBlcfL6ysXgS0kDGZGt_TQukZDFl14xizLgBoCxs/s320/DSC_0022.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6QPjTFWsdjv1vkOSVpRy-HD-NWdh1_5wRWH3yG8I6j-u7GKdgEH6LgyeRfBewqxUP_rN_oGXJ5wDXByEpfeOP1ya7-wlK8r7czvCRzdxmzVOt8LttErsPAG_pnqNjWR_FesmPzP1Pbk/s1600/DSC_0025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603060060929021986" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6QPjTFWsdjv1vkOSVpRy-HD-NWdh1_5wRWH3yG8I6j-u7GKdgEH6LgyeRfBewqxUP_rN_oGXJ5wDXByEpfeOP1ya7-wlK8r7czvCRzdxmzVOt8LttErsPAG_pnqNjWR_FesmPzP1Pbk/s320/DSC_0025.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br />The town consists of 19 businesses that are sponsored by businesses in the area. I oversaw the Best Buy in town and Will oversaw Intel. Each of the kids had to open their Key Bank checking and savings accounts and manage their own money.<br /><div>Each student had their own job. Each business had a CEO and CFO and they had responsibilities all laid out for them. The kids earned a salary and got paid twice during the day. They were given 2 break periods where they could use their JA bucks to purchase items from the stores in town. There was also a little cafe that they could purchase a cup of soda or popcorn/chips all run by the students! </div><br /><div>Best Buy sold small electronic things like light wands, calculators and light up jewelry. The kids could buy things to take home from NW Sports store, like a full size basketball, soccer ball, etc. They also had water bottles and things. There was also an Animal Shelter where you could adopt a "pet" that you got to keep. (Stuffed, of course.) Mariah bought a virtual pet from Best Buy and then bought a soda on each break.</div><br /><div>It was such a fun day and all the kids seemed to really enjoy themselves. During Mariah's first break, we were eating (the lunches we brought with us) at the cafe and this boy comes to the counter and orders his soda and then turns toward us and says "This is SO COOL! Kinda like a birthday party....only 500 times BETTER!!!"<br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDU0Q81WTHKveLgwCZnwPHgacDsNR55zMQUdhpvG8MLbJC_bYyReyUWO5vJp0a1CEocaP8O-8eAnNvB47U4nnaWSgkG2qpgPDCgKP6b8xOpUSvazIYtmWcVJH4x8TDg5kzDfyBNypV4jY/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603059723222888850" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDU0Q81WTHKveLgwCZnwPHgacDsNR55zMQUdhpvG8MLbJC_bYyReyUWO5vJp0a1CEocaP8O-8eAnNvB47U4nnaWSgkG2qpgPDCgKP6b8xOpUSvazIYtmWcVJH4x8TDg5kzDfyBNypV4jY/s320/DSC_0019.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWojxXy6Ptaq5oBpm164M-rz83wFSrpFlGbQP-IJ0FSiZk54h7xWF-ONWf9agIMwfhzsem_Z5jrHnQ5I-Pw65eZ7HAmxZwGbJMoOz6-ZABvFJrozpVhQe_vA2u1kdtLNX0IBXfLH3uGE/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603060064584594130" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWojxXy6Ptaq5oBpm164M-rz83wFSrpFlGbQP-IJ0FSiZk54h7xWF-ONWf9agIMwfhzsem_Z5jrHnQ5I-Pw65eZ7HAmxZwGbJMoOz6-ZABvFJrozpVhQe_vA2u1kdtLNX0IBXfLH3uGE/s320/DSC_0026.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHYkt2R1uryuRvhMZmPwer4Wx8OgChD4KgsN6cAlRAmYWknOiaojhn7uVN4KrHJ7gGNeF69AxavpTzTQQecKwG8Yvecbz8tduStFesMcvjAqza4MdY4uQUuHFAiHLvB64LP1lGHre5WU/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603058790199567490" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHYkt2R1uryuRvhMZmPwer4Wx8OgChD4KgsN6cAlRAmYWknOiaojhn7uVN4KrHJ7gGNeF69AxavpTzTQQecKwG8Yvecbz8tduStFesMcvjAqza4MdY4uQUuHFAiHLvB64LP1lGHre5WU/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Mariah's 5th Grade class with her teacher, Miss Cuddy. Mariah and BF's Svetlana and then Alex<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603059418793099362" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtDERRq8f-rPMO2j4KeWYTwgqFhJCMiqTh19I0YMSBnHSTyKpzXTIIS4WZLU-ty7OLYLFuziFV839d3Oo4Lckf_VzpOXx00i1zzgErlwDkftlLbNuMlbV1tgh8OjHxu9kqLhsfnQoAKA/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" border="0" /><br />The mayor giving a speech at the opening town meeting</p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-76493603577098847642011-05-04T19:33:00.000-07:002011-05-04T19:48:29.475-07:00Young Women in Action<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLxRvyv91QrHl-rR_H_tnj2hyphenhyphen4VajDxRSL9ovdbXDkLeMAMxkSfZIz7Nccxv7QwiLMuK9dEmLhu9vbpUwHzYdCf79WWzClBkYafg56GXLFOvAAG538ca6vULajZZ9cIsa3uxCqxmvFzc/s1600/DSC_0289.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603056929188255570" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLxRvyv91QrHl-rR_H_tnj2hyphenhyphen4VajDxRSL9ovdbXDkLeMAMxkSfZIz7Nccxv7QwiLMuK9dEmLhu9vbpUwHzYdCf79WWzClBkYafg56GXLFOvAAG538ca6vULajZZ9cIsa3uxCqxmvFzc/s320/DSC_0289.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p align="center">A few months ago, Mariah's school started up the annual YW in Action club. They are about "empowering young women to realize their full potential in all aspects of life".</p><br /><p align="center">Today they got to take an after school field trip to a local cosmetology school where they each got their hair styled by a student. Then the school gave each girl a "swag bag". It had lots of free stuff in there to encourage personal hygiene, etc. I was really surprised and so grateful for those that took the time to put all of this together. These 5th graders need some encouragement!<br /></p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-31793663342016121272011-05-03T22:57:00.001-07:002011-05-03T22:58:46.602-07:00ok, just one teaser<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIUKaT8DuVpPJDV1fzdae53Ox9wVC_b9Juv-OEUZUq7950s6wFcm9R3heGNwKf2SvXmQve34eiD_y2cn8AK_hwGEbfA4h0QY_pWoW7MiVa-x3OkLD5SPEi8HkmMfDHlXFDTpN1ILgaIQ/s1600/Grant+Birth+Announcement+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602736209393125618" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIUKaT8DuVpPJDV1fzdae53Ox9wVC_b9Juv-OEUZUq7950s6wFcm9R3heGNwKf2SvXmQve34eiD_y2cn8AK_hwGEbfA4h0QY_pWoW7MiVa-x3OkLD5SPEi8HkmMfDHlXFDTpN1ILgaIQ/s320/Grant+Birth+Announcement+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p align="center">Maybe I'll get it sent out one of these years!</p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-20453237204252052272011-05-03T22:48:00.000-07:002011-05-03T22:54:21.102-07:00To blog or not to blog....I went through a really weird time during my pregnancy with Grant. I don't know how to explain it without writing a novel, but I have been feeling much more like myself over the last month or so and have been getting the itch to blog again. <br /><br />With my type A personality, I have the urge to go back and play catch up, but I have convinced the inner me to let it go and start from today and go forward. I am not making any promises, but here goes.... (ok, maybe tomorrow. It's late and I'm tired. LOL!)Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-55029419343542260152010-08-16T10:00:00.000-07:002010-08-16T10:28:47.395-07:00RoxelleRoxelle has the most unique sounding "baby voice". She is actually kind of low register monotone most of the time. And she RARELY shows any emotion or influx in her voice when she speaks. She is very straight forward. Her words get mixed up, but she says things so pointedly and looks right at you like you should know exactly what she's talking about.<br />We just have the following "conversation":<br /><br />(all the kids are outside) Roxelle saunters in the back door (in her pigeon-toed stride), by herself, without shoes, with Brinlee's pink and black plaid painters hat on, backwards. Snot crusted up and down her face. She says something unintelligible, but I take the fact that she came in by herself to mean that she needs to go potty.<br /><br />I was listening to voicemail on speakerphone and she asks:<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"Who dat?" </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">me: "..." </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">R: "MOM. Who dat?" </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">me: "a message"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">R: "Oh... I go aaside (outside)"</span></div><div align="center">And she goes to the door, so I follow.</div><div align="center">She starts to walk out the garage without shoes.</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">me: "Hey, you need shoes."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">R: "O-goss." (Oh gosh)</span></div><div align="center">I put on her shoes.</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">me: "Where's Brinlee?"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">R: "Oh. Bimbee up-ee da hill." </span></div><div align="center">She says as she saunters (deliberately swinging one arm faster than the other) out of the garage. </div><div align="center">Me watching amused.</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">R: "See-ya mom"</span></div><div align="center">I follow her quietly to see where she's going because I don't hear the other kids. She saunters (arm still going) to the end of the driveway before she realizes that I'm several feet behind her. She turns around and says:</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"What, mom?"</span></div><div align="center">I laugh and call to Brinlee. She is, indeed, at the "top of the hill". I tell her to watch Roxelle and so Brinlee calls her to come. </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">R: "Comeen, Bimb."</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><p>These are the times when I wish I could download the video/sound memory in my head so I can replay it over and over again. Only a baby girl with 4 older sisters could have that much deliberate attitude!!</p></div>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-29099062987321944492010-07-26T20:31:00.000-07:002010-07-26T21:07:02.122-07:00Baptism By Fire...About a month ago, I was released as the Young Women's Laurel Advisor. This also meant that I would not be attending Girls Camp this summer as had been planned.<br /><p>Today, the girls met at the church from all over the stake to have their personal items loaded into a U-Haul to be taken to camp. Several groups of girls were following the U-Haul to camp in a bus, one day early, in order to complete a 6 mile hike. <p>They were traveling north and near Castle Rock, WA, when Brother Crebar (the U-Haul driver) "smelled something funny". Then he lost his brakes as smoke started coming into the cab at his feet. He tried to get safely to the shoulder, but then flames started shooting into the cab at his feet. He opened the door and stood on the side rail trying to steer while standing outside the cab, but then lost the ability to steer. The truck headed toward the cement median and he bailed out onto some grass and watched the truck as it continued on, until scraping along the median to a stop. He is so lucky to not be hurt more, let alone be alive. <p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HWyG178EQ18QdYzV-pzFwfyZD1Rr7_NMXTzpf8O3LA2jTlBfjCGZH7mpUaw2a-sw5BDEsctJe07H20rWXQ4e91LJAdKiFywV9_mCkPkzt1YaiKdNWPuQKptkjvidK3t43Qq89Gcjma0/s1600/imagejpeg952.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498427744046325906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HWyG178EQ18QdYzV-pzFwfyZD1Rr7_NMXTzpf8O3LA2jTlBfjCGZH7mpUaw2a-sw5BDEsctJe07H20rWXQ4e91LJAdKiFywV9_mCkPkzt1YaiKdNWPuQKptkjvidK3t43Qq89Gcjma0/s320/imagejpeg952.jpg" /></a></p><p align="left"><br />The firefighters had to put out the flames with the flame retardant powder, since there is so much oil involved in a vehicle fire. I am told that a lot of stuff was thrown into a garbage trailer on scene and deemed completely unsalvageable. <p>While I was at the church, girls were allowed onto the parking lot 15 at a time to watch an adult, wearing gloves, go through their chemical covered belongings to decide what can be professionally cleaned and what is garbage. Some girls couldn't find any of their stuff, meaning it had been trashed on scene. <p>Scriptures, journals and pictures were the most treasured things lost. Everything else was mostly toiletries, etc. The stake presidency said to throw away EVERYTHING that goes in the mouth or on the skin. This leaves a lot of girls without prescription medications, retainers, and other imperative items. <p>The other big loss was all the food. One whole weeks' worth of food for the entire stake was lost. Thankfully, whomever picked up the U-Haul this morning felt impressed to purchase the additional insurance package and every last damaged/lost item WILL be replaced. <p>The girls are set to leave again in the morning at 9:30. I am praying that this will be a great testimony building experience. That this will teach them to show the adversary that all cannot be lost when faith comes into play. He is playing on these Young Women's emotions right now and my hope is that they will all persevere. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOKgygnQjdN_hn77R7lDUKgfmQCFP5bxLKEx6FdJjReaa8qGrYiVU6ZRGJ9VokMj0CnQCn0WE_SAKM64b33GEp_c-cNEIHduFUq518WeZdjXEtxX8Hhxidvcf6XJihQC4SJP5sbeyOwE/s1600/IMG00868-20100726-1655.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498427760766616898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOKgygnQjdN_hn77R7lDUKgfmQCFP5bxLKEx6FdJjReaa8qGrYiVU6ZRGJ9VokMj0CnQCn0WE_SAKM64b33GEp_c-cNEIHduFUq518WeZdjXEtxX8Hhxidvcf6XJihQC4SJP5sbeyOwE/s320/IMG00868-20100726-1655.jpg" /></a> </p><p align="center">When I initially arrived, I expected things to "look" much worse. And I expected a horrible smell. Things didn't "look" or smell bad, but everything that was anywhere inside the van had to be completely sprayed with the retardant and should not be touched by bare hands. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTqQp5RyadGxOBaFlF8bF5aah-FB6YeXTXtsWVabLiMfhgBRM6C8WVwxFLpJnMi3rNxCHspWhR8Eq38i3cc8NDqET9K3H-VmLm509xboCwMgrk_Amk7dkuRPmJTmRYOiPrtEibkNnO0c/s1600/IMG00867-20100726-1654.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498427752722056978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTqQp5RyadGxOBaFlF8bF5aah-FB6YeXTXtsWVabLiMfhgBRM6C8WVwxFLpJnMi3rNxCHspWhR8Eq38i3cc8NDqET9K3H-VmLm509xboCwMgrk_Amk7dkuRPmJTmRYOiPrtEibkNnO0c/s320/IMG00867-20100726-1654.jpg" /></a> </p><p align="center">Some items that had to be thrown away were brand new and never been used; including sleeping bags, cots, blankets, etc. It was really sad to see water logged sets of scriptures and journals be thrown away. <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoX4eKSaRul4vf4N_n376Ag0lYhj-3rvnk2ydCA_fj8XsveikeQ6gmvZIGsMA0XQXlFYqJ4iTxhJStSqwOyk7pXmXHCyOS6qFsnbJvWjpaM0CRSP-wudeyMlLSzcrem3l8K8mgtxapOic/s1600/IMG00871-20100726-1656.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498427767091702082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoX4eKSaRul4vf4N_n376Ag0lYhj-3rvnk2ydCA_fj8XsveikeQ6gmvZIGsMA0XQXlFYqJ4iTxhJStSqwOyk7pXmXHCyOS6qFsnbJvWjpaM0CRSP-wudeyMlLSzcrem3l8K8mgtxapOic/s320/IMG00871-20100726-1656.jpg" /></a> </p><p align="center">Several of the girls were very disturbed by seeing the head of "Annie" (the CPR dummy) all charred to bits...</p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-63173561397690017542010-07-25T22:09:00.001-07:002010-07-25T22:18:03.766-07:00BIG troubleI know I'm in trouble when I still have 10 weeks to go and none of my maternity clothes will fit... :(<br /><br />For the last few Sundays, I've had to try on several different dresses to find one to fit. I don't "feel" bigger than my other pregnancies, but I feel different. I've actually gained less poundage thus far than the other 5 pregnancies, but I guess I am carrying this one differently and everything is SO tight around my tummy.<br /><br />These were taken last Sunday. That was the last time I could squeeze myself into one of my favorite maternity dresses. I got this dress when I was pregnant with Asia in summer of 2004 for Ross and Lindsay's wedding. It's such a comfortable dress (when it fits right, LOL!).<br /><br />I'm getting kind of sad that this is my last one. At times, I am so miserable and uncomfortable that I KNOW I never want to be pregnant again. Still...it's hard to let go.<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXPEeC4OrE9rzhe-dvPL8kR0CjMBZtSjiIk3x-J0tpMxXZ4ykZ3gYH_NzfCb3sPGCC553CYaSjD3MX5HtXTN9hbL7Z1TkxrHF4dOMwTBB3or80H6tQP52gYOcDy6sjqGFvp7Ub4dvmtY/s1600/DSC03830.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498079390640065074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXPEeC4OrE9rzhe-dvPL8kR0CjMBZtSjiIk3x-J0tpMxXZ4ykZ3gYH_NzfCb3sPGCC553CYaSjD3MX5HtXTN9hbL7Z1TkxrHF4dOMwTBB3or80H6tQP52gYOcDy6sjqGFvp7Ub4dvmtY/s320/DSC03830.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUp0pi_Vh6t5O8Z6AQIxBGxnfJEGK3eFwZgfQn0XLuVHcqOf-VnaJlp5mo5ZDjIPnXndtRcptg6SWzfu_UGfoLaj-pYaIDhT65cxs3T-hYSKaXY1QUKAfveN-cviih-Ocgcc1-nsdytGI/s1600/DSC03829.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498079378132946386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUp0pi_Vh6t5O8Z6AQIxBGxnfJEGK3eFwZgfQn0XLuVHcqOf-VnaJlp5mo5ZDjIPnXndtRcptg6SWzfu_UGfoLaj-pYaIDhT65cxs3T-hYSKaXY1QUKAfveN-cviih-Ocgcc1-nsdytGI/s320/DSC03829.JPG" /></a></p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-37703914711480935422010-07-24T22:34:00.000-07:002010-07-25T22:06:43.870-07:00SeasideThe girls have been begging us to take them back to Seaside, OR since we went over this past spring break (I know, I haven't posted about that, yet, but I'm trying to get caught up..PROMISE! I will get the pics uploaded to the journaling SOON).<br />Anyway, I looked at the weather and saw that it was supposed to be nice, so we went! First, we rented one of those Surrey bike things for an hour. We had wanted to do it last time, but ran out of time.<br /><br />Too bad they don't offer 1/2 hour rentals because we only last 35 minutes!! LOL! Those 5 kids, plus ourselves, were HEAVY to pedal around! It was so much fun, though, and we all had a blast!<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhttFEyRbOjKqgYkSWv0yJTYfnKhpras7GiQbPT9HhHo3KDzNR2YLJP68pDuWioCv9-PP5OQct53v-yH4tP5kvmA-mjt5tBwcA1D1N_d4_jv3p_SdDhaFrtJwzGk8UJE85zQ1u9_gNBE/s1600/IMG00849-20100724-1309.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069717076833010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhttFEyRbOjKqgYkSWv0yJTYfnKhpras7GiQbPT9HhHo3KDzNR2YLJP68pDuWioCv9-PP5OQct53v-yH4tP5kvmA-mjt5tBwcA1D1N_d4_jv3p_SdDhaFrtJwzGk8UJE85zQ1u9_gNBE/s320/IMG00849-20100724-1309.jpg" /></a><br />The Whole Fam Damily!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZII2pWcs9IN1Bn-u_eRbR8ZtKkz3ojj4Qre5pQ4zUwY9NjnGRcT221u0Lu7aHcEcEGiWXEPtYgp4VXllQj0VzJ31GD0IHdTB0CtRcYpV1HnJ-GzzuqDn1Dc8Nht8cUgNb-5xKjMS7SM/s1600/IMG00852-20100724-1310.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069741035255970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZII2pWcs9IN1Bn-u_eRbR8ZtKkz3ojj4Qre5pQ4zUwY9NjnGRcT221u0Lu7aHcEcEGiWXEPtYgp4VXllQj0VzJ31GD0IHdTB0CtRcYpV1HnJ-GzzuqDn1Dc8Nht8cUgNb-5xKjMS7SM/s320/IMG00852-20100724-1310.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBfk15yhvvCpc9pikLPLjDABC61UZva1O5LMetbJvmydUb2hmvtH-092_5PPQYR1gVC5NO7OaVkspaPDuP3pXGILwretpG0R_SFIZehqvVZgg7zXBguxaDH_Cx_gVa-zkA8HhvCJLP4o/s1600/IMG00851-20100724-1309.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069735621950962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBfk15yhvvCpc9pikLPLjDABC61UZva1O5LMetbJvmydUb2hmvtH-092_5PPQYR1gVC5NO7OaVkspaPDuP3pXGILwretpG0R_SFIZehqvVZgg7zXBguxaDH_Cx_gVa-zkA8HhvCJLP4o/s320/IMG00851-20100724-1309.jpg" /></a> </p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Bwhz-LQwxYSK8T2wKGRdrS_Ndgj_KFk39XkRDUEFQnfvPiBxEY_88_hRdm2cQ46lQnar2lqYdUOM7usSzILLaOPeU3q8QWH90DGR7-JVKSohyl2nZ_iNOXH2fjnsB2YO-LwGgf-97Jk/s1600/IMG00853-20100724-1314.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069750625409666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Bwhz-LQwxYSK8T2wKGRdrS_Ndgj_KFk39XkRDUEFQnfvPiBxEY_88_hRdm2cQ46lQnar2lqYdUOM7usSzILLaOPeU3q8QWH90DGR7-JVKSohyl2nZ_iNOXH2fjnsB2YO-LwGgf-97Jk/s320/IMG00853-20100724-1314.jpg" /></a><br />At a stop light<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWaovd7o4k7EWf8-w6QctdXx119YcHw0dVtH2WWvaZEhTax4M_IntljXmm8mfSnDtRb7SZriBYJVmcBwlAfGN1B1O0_U-iMYsunrxxkUYnLdHfyldd5xM8nx7-C2x0SRnLE-ZIysJg0Q/s1600/IMG00850-20100724-1309.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQdQS9eJfB3qzjrb7UQHxoJvkb2NthrgjD8M_gGu2UTfDpO0Zc3OicCmQxWnT9Dx4hlVXqmdQCEGZX8bquGLcUVtzJkGWZhHv86Z3THStWwyRqzxYWuDcAFuKxLigCHyE2X7fPCpmqvc/s1600/IMG00854-20100724-1314.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069927399095490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQdQS9eJfB3qzjrb7UQHxoJvkb2NthrgjD8M_gGu2UTfDpO0Zc3OicCmQxWnT9Dx4hlVXqmdQCEGZX8bquGLcUVtzJkGWZhHv86Z3THStWwyRqzxYWuDcAFuKxLigCHyE2X7fPCpmqvc/s320/IMG00854-20100724-1314.jpg" /></a><br />On the Move!</p><br /><br /><p align="left">We stopped for a Pronto Pup and ate on the ride. After Will and I were completely DEAD, we returned the bike and headed to Carousel Mall to look around. The girls drooled over all the cool toys in the shops. Then we got a couple of Elephant Ears at the corner shop. (SOOO SO GOOD!)</p><br /><br /><p align="left">After we finished that, the sun had finally burned all the clouds off and it was warm enough to hit the sand.</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPluHU4UxwGPzGH6U7PXLkAQjgV-qi-RsP4vhCeGLmH9hBKi780G_ah8fLCHRam_dEa302KVjV2rc0KQJXSi03VEIbWeppy_qq2NHjX5ESLvQmFz37YI1S_INGiKkKspDdPwfXFYLSlnU/s1600/IMG00859-20100724-1550.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069957611733186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPluHU4UxwGPzGH6U7PXLkAQjgV-qi-RsP4vhCeGLmH9hBKi780G_ah8fLCHRam_dEa302KVjV2rc0KQJXSi03VEIbWeppy_qq2NHjX5ESLvQmFz37YI1S_INGiKkKspDdPwfXFYLSlnU/s320/IMG00859-20100724-1550.jpg" /></a> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M3uohcjJaO6VZ6yvWgBT0dRVD0tdjUP5wn2Cepd1Y4dRzNydWdMjg5j1Q7AvAZtTNQYDqPbwfaJQVpMmlV5RaXZpCgCpaBcLA0MX4MsR3DYDnRfRWGSqFY5jFTQXbSyTq6z4e2_yAj4/s1600/IMG00858-20100724-1549.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069948787380834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M3uohcjJaO6VZ6yvWgBT0dRVD0tdjUP5wn2Cepd1Y4dRzNydWdMjg5j1Q7AvAZtTNQYDqPbwfaJQVpMmlV5RaXZpCgCpaBcLA0MX4MsR3DYDnRfRWGSqFY5jFTQXbSyTq6z4e2_yAj4/s320/IMG00858-20100724-1549.jpg" /></a></p><p></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8gYntrABtK9Q3UydJhgrZ1YrQ3P6PmRjUf5Z4NjAVTU65WtRWWm4SdVOet7gHsS4v161kbK4qHGdMC9PlsewpIjx8zoxgiYMaCSs2r4JIczivP6jStzh2s_WAKdmI0VnQ86vHAqXPNE/s1600/IMG00857-20100724-1549.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069941392865250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8gYntrABtK9Q3UydJhgrZ1YrQ3P6PmRjUf5Z4NjAVTU65WtRWWm4SdVOet7gHsS4v161kbK4qHGdMC9PlsewpIjx8zoxgiYMaCSs2r4JIczivP6jStzh2s_WAKdmI0VnQ86vHAqXPNE/s320/IMG00857-20100724-1549.jpg" /></a></p><p></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErePjC1xxhp4AwUzYX0PNXmzojGTRkuAtnU-HPf05HVF3j8J_rJXVLCw2xSJFfS9-zvbxX8f9ICXh6Avq4FGBJe_YHtsI8I2HeTISxvDGTse6vahrJqSTEJiMeNDiMRjKTuzUZq24UDM/s1600/IMG00856-20100724-1549.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498069931683583250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErePjC1xxhp4AwUzYX0PNXmzojGTRkuAtnU-HPf05HVF3j8J_rJXVLCw2xSJFfS9-zvbxX8f9ICXh6Avq4FGBJe_YHtsI8I2HeTISxvDGTse6vahrJqSTEJiMeNDiMRjKTuzUZq24UDM/s320/IMG00856-20100724-1549.jpg" /></a></p><p></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbugfqbT3otKGM4PBZzreqKiGvKDPJgjWapJi4FxacivQq2Je0eS-i1EAuE7TY-Kja6OWZ6NozICl-TW8nw-b225TicrB6XzvqqaOtEpqLzi_UA0GhKWu9SwTex8tQYi0nfv3Oc20KNA/s1600/IMG00861-20100724-1550.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498070352854989970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbugfqbT3otKGM4PBZzreqKiGvKDPJgjWapJi4FxacivQq2Je0eS-i1EAuE7TY-Kja6OWZ6NozICl-TW8nw-b225TicrB6XzvqqaOtEpqLzi_UA0GhKWu9SwTex8tQYi0nfv3Oc20KNA/s320/IMG00861-20100724-1550.jpg" /></a></p><p align="left">After they dipped their toes in the water and I beached myself like a whale on the sand (that bike ride about killed me!), we cleaned up and went to The Candyman Store. It's turning into a tradition to hit that shop on the way out of town. We all got our fill on "samples" of salt water taffy and picked our assortment's and then stopped in the attached ice cream shoppe. I got my favorite!! 2 scoops; 1 pumpkin and 1 "haupia" (coconut). MMMMM!</p><p align="left">They didn't have any non-dairy options for poor Roxelle, but she tried... She stood below the glass counter case shouting "I. WAN. CHOCKET!!!" at the guy taking our order. She wasn't crying or mad, but was insisting that he get her chocolate ice cream. POOR THING! That KILLS me when she has to sit and watch us eat something she can't have. I packed cookies and candy treats for her to have in situations like this and she was satisfied with a Dum Dum sucker.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGPTjln-tDNduC_3FCcRsFlplrAUvxLcSGAb7fw-nVkdVy55FRaRP0hnHH8y-15DGmYneGjNvzgzEIo2Piq2T8sIQFOJC0Fzn6z7PFpvVeVHGtHXEjc1kIRkfIGFZIwCejE4b7pnlDbk/s1600/IMG00862-20100724-1700.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498070364718831138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGPTjln-tDNduC_3FCcRsFlplrAUvxLcSGAb7fw-nVkdVy55FRaRP0hnHH8y-15DGmYneGjNvzgzEIo2Piq2T8sIQFOJC0Fzn6z7PFpvVeVHGtHXEjc1kIRkfIGFZIwCejE4b7pnlDbk/s320/IMG00862-20100724-1700.jpg" /></a></p><p align="left">We stopped in Rainier at Grandma E's coming and going. It's a great 1/2 way pit stop for potty breaks. We had invited her to come along since we have 8 seats in our "new" van, but she is on doctor's orders to stay in because of a bad kidney infection.</p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-45446059845496909012010-07-12T20:01:00.000-07:002010-07-12T20:12:57.658-07:00First Day of School?<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLNjtVSCs1arJAy2DZnzeqhtXvGECLRxsafxHdROWM0ItmW0xm-OHQ5M1bULucV-R1Y5vXmIVEiU9_nD3A-HxDxwxBK5xsLmgLr18yGJzX7xUeFcxOSfjGIC6wzN-_oE3f_GVGztaISs/s1600/DSC03807.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493223229642137298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLNjtVSCs1arJAy2DZnzeqhtXvGECLRxsafxHdROWM0ItmW0xm-OHQ5M1bULucV-R1Y5vXmIVEiU9_nD3A-HxDxwxBK5xsLmgLr18yGJzX7xUeFcxOSfjGIC6wzN-_oE3f_GVGztaISs/s320/DSC03807.JPG" /></a></p>Mariah had her first day of "Summer School" today. She was so nervous last night that she kept saying her tummy hurt and that she didn't want to go. She was so afraid that she wouldn't know anyone and that it would be boring. We tried to tell her that she would know lots of people and that it wouldn't be boring, that they would play fun games and stuff.<br /><br />It's a 3 week program that runs 4 days a week (M-Th) from 9:15 to 1:30. It's free and they provide both breakfast and lunch.<br /><br />As I dropped her off, we saw lots of familiar faces and I think that helped ease her nerves.<br /><br />When I picked her up, she couldn't stop talking about all the fun stuff they did. She said that her good friend, Kimberly, from her 4th grade class was also in her summer class. After being home for a couple hours, she announced that she was "SO bored" and couldn't wait to go to school tomorrow! LOLErickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-62807997612932120482010-07-06T15:27:00.000-07:002010-07-06T16:00:52.808-07:00Lake MerwinThe girls popped their fireworks on Sat. night. They had so much fun and are still talking about the very first one we lit. We had decided to do them in the back yard since the sun was still up and very hot in front. They had gotten this bumble bee one and we thought it would spin and crawl on the porch. After Will lit it, we all back up and were staring at it until it suddenly took off into the sky about 2x higher than the house and come down in the neighbors yard. We all busted up! We decided to move back out front.<br /><br />Sunday, we had a very fulfilling and spiritual sabbath. Our testimony meeting was the best one in a VERY long time. And, the girls were all VERY good. It's been a while since we had an uneventful 1st hour, especially when I'm alone (Will had to work). Roxelle even went to nursery without crying! I kinda felt like I was in the twilight zone...<br /><br />On our way home from church at noon, I talked to Will and he said he was about to leave work, that they let him go early!!! I was so stoked! Especially since I was dreading packing up and driving fpr an hour to the lake by myself.<br /><br />We spent the night up at Lake Merwin with Will's family. It was a crazy good time. We were a tiny bit ill-prepared, but it was a total trial run. The girls LOVED it up there! We were trying to stay again last night, but Will had to work today and wasn't able to switch shifts with anyone. We were going to stay through FHE and dinner, but after I took a nap yesterday, I started "spotting". I wasn't having contractions and the baby was moving periodically, but I didn't want to chance it, so we packed up early and came home. Grandma E said she's keep Mariah and Brinlee for one more night and bring them home today.<br /><br />I called the Dr. on our way home, since we don't get cell service up there, and she said to get home, take a warm bath, lay down and drink a lot of water. She said if I started contracting or the spotting didn't stop to go into the labor/deliver at Southwest. After I showered, I realized that I had gotten a small tear and that was what was bleeding, not from the pregnancy. I was so relieved! Will and Bryan had given me a very nice blessing before leaving and I knew everything would be fine!<br /><br />As we were leaving, I realized that I hadn't taken a single picture. Luckily, Brinlee had taken her little digital camera up there and here are the only 4 shots we got.<br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-ocs_wybjiDz1yCb3H-MD5u_JCDKIGKW7l6sT-rEpQ3cGn_Vf86Qb-WVGYeOj2T2Xn9jDQPZC3EojCJD3HnbdeukHRL4hPoPpQmA4jOZSrMb3g3gBU-OzYbmT6Wkl4sYLr2okWU9AOY/s1600/PICT0005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490929482183898706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-ocs_wybjiDz1yCb3H-MD5u_JCDKIGKW7l6sT-rEpQ3cGn_Vf86Qb-WVGYeOj2T2Xn9jDQPZC3EojCJD3HnbdeukHRL4hPoPpQmA4jOZSrMb3g3gBU-OzYbmT6Wkl4sYLr2okWU9AOY/s320/PICT0005.JPG" /></a><br />Brinlee and the view of the lake from the porch </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJcCabax_9Qaq3X4LpbC7BuXD3ulMy7dXq9kit86ccjm5_35v7svu3kM8D4XzpMCYecvhSKQyJsOIfu7NvtOnOwNsG-Jslp_Se8kTm12P-Xja1KchMo7D0HIZOzFyOmFcYmrGXVOVmxU/s1600/PICT0003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490929470531068226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJcCabax_9Qaq3X4LpbC7BuXD3ulMy7dXq9kit86ccjm5_35v7svu3kM8D4XzpMCYecvhSKQyJsOIfu7NvtOnOwNsG-Jslp_Se8kTm12P-Xja1KchMo7D0HIZOzFyOmFcYmrGXVOVmxU/s320/PICT0003.JPG" /></a><br />Another picture from the porch </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ShAR3hSjKmSLODh2sKLizKHaqRHg_6RhzWeEySaRpKiQbtUWhJYQJ1sudMrT6uEqzdi6avw5J9CMv6WamJdp9M-IwG9QhiIFZqQ-uagZfFGwqsAnG-uDknssPvbNR_xvX-Sb5v-ZD7s/s1600/PICT0006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490929490592519090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ShAR3hSjKmSLODh2sKLizKHaqRHg_6RhzWeEySaRpKiQbtUWhJYQJ1sudMrT6uEqzdi6avw5J9CMv6WamJdp9M-IwG9QhiIFZqQ-uagZfFGwqsAnG-uDknssPvbNR_xvX-Sb5v-ZD7s/s320/PICT0006.JPG" /></a><br />Daddy inside the RV</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyok_b-CuZOZL7woDcYiKIA51KokEWm7OHWRmuFUhqfj4RZtq8036YBaMBohKFdlaXrR5kDM_jar2jrKX6vbXsLRI_d2W6UmBjAXzYexDcCygAsgc4uOT9sWOgph5L08ARnvZj2aJpXk8/s1600/PICT0007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490929501810496178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyok_b-CuZOZL7woDcYiKIA51KokEWm7OHWRmuFUhqfj4RZtq8036YBaMBohKFdlaXrR5kDM_jar2jrKX6vbXsLRI_d2W6UmBjAXzYexDcCygAsgc4uOT9sWOgph5L08ARnvZj2aJpXk8/s320/PICT0007.JPG" /></a><br />Tatum in the RV<br /></p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-47924744910690429912010-06-26T20:41:00.000-07:002010-06-26T21:05:49.157-07:00JournalingThe girls finally finished school this week on the 22nd. It feels like the summer is 1/2 gone already with them getting out so late! In other ways (weather-wise) it feels like summer has just begun. It's been SO rainy here for the past couple of months, we were <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BzdbCLmcmGg6mBPsJ4HHWsy8Yr3MJnGRNKTEBeumuaPCIgAH24vzQcbJj0ydLVzgEATNxeUkjQxonQB0DaiweyBUx3wDjsgotISyBD3c5E7Ev6si4kGDz6_lxBDpmUoyXPaefWpONXY/s1600/IMG00799-20100626-1523.jpg"></a>worried that the sun would NEVER show up again.<br /><br />Today is our 12th wedding anniversary.<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5m21QPhN1yUfuLBXYIEdt2XjrzhHzMrNSE4Kb8AUNVzq5M6lrLqaJBuzpS1NmqcQ3I6a8yPydhkUKc-80DVb1aqW2dRngEK4kxWe-YJmaQUsSQ0Y7vX87wzAl4H2-5bGwmtITyJV7TQ0/s1600/IMG00806-20100626-2000.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487297031945144034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5m21QPhN1yUfuLBXYIEdt2XjrzhHzMrNSE4Kb8AUNVzq5M6lrLqaJBuzpS1NmqcQ3I6a8yPydhkUKc-80DVb1aqW2dRngEK4kxWe-YJmaQUsSQ0Y7vX87wzAl4H2-5bGwmtITyJV7TQ0/s320/IMG00806-20100626-2000.jpg" /></a><br />June 26, 1998</p>We didn't have any plans because, until a couple of weeks ago, I was heavily involved in the 2010 Youth Dance Festival (A Firm Foundation). We went today with Will's family to watch the 2:00 performance. I can't imagine how anyone can logisitically coordinate nearly 2,000 12-18 year olds?! They pulled it off and had a complete BLAST! Sister Cook from the General Young Women's Presidency came and also a member of the Quorum of the Seventy, whose name I can't remember right now, but I'll try to find out.<br /><br /><div align="left">For the very last number; ALL the youth came out onto the field to sing "How Firm A Foundation" and for the last verse, all the full-time missionaries (about 120) came marching out in 2 lines, holding white flags to join in. It was AMAZING! By far my favorite part of the whole thing!! </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yNcMSMj88NYa-OMe06sQn7DAGLoUc_sHkIjjHaGP5vcor2r0TQPE1i-QaE5BPzLudu37uwsSe7DRmb4TBoabRfqZ_r5qdEbDwqE6YhcBfbp_0BFhwXCi4Pgeect_6rpi6VMk6BaUTTM/s1600/IMG00800-20100626-1527.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487296763540971522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yNcMSMj88NYa-OMe06sQn7DAGLoUc_sHkIjjHaGP5vcor2r0TQPE1i-QaE5BPzLudu37uwsSe7DRmb4TBoabRfqZ_r5qdEbDwqE6YhcBfbp_0BFhwXCi4Pgeect_6rpi6VMk6BaUTTM/s320/IMG00800-20100626-1527.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOErozbZ8QTD32t0gZOCOmh-GpmCA6heOQbOW_rZj3HMH-l4zQEuhichAfxmpirBRVoacaWGFYo5cxruACxLpQmRQhfcDdGJymeiKoiOkhYGuoKfpuZye7gIWH__QTXSrR1HKjm2o85GI/s1600/IMG00799-20100626-1527.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487296755236836210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOErozbZ8QTD32t0gZOCOmh-GpmCA6heOQbOW_rZj3HMH-l4zQEuhichAfxmpirBRVoacaWGFYo5cxruACxLpQmRQhfcDdGJymeiKoiOkhYGuoKfpuZye7gIWH__QTXSrR1HKjm2o85GI/s320/IMG00799-20100626-1527.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The missionaries are on either side of the group with the white flags.</span></p><p align="left">Afterwards, Mary Lou took all of us to Wendy's for lunch/dinner. It's been a long day and I'm exhausted, but it was all worth it! </p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-877963184215717462010-06-19T11:00:00.000-07:002010-06-19T11:35:36.328-07:00Future RoomiesWith the incoming family member appeasing the Erickson Family Corp. EOE group, we have to make some rearrangements to the home office.<br /><br />A couple of months ago the girls asked where the new baby brother will sleep and I told them; "In the nursery." Then where will Roxelle sleep? In the bonus room...and then I happened to suggest that possibly Asia could move in with Brinlee to make it even and we experienced a total meltdown. I don't blame Brinlee. She's had her own room for 2 years now and she and Asia are not always the best of pals. So I said we'd think about the arrangements later and that the bonus room is big enough for 3.<br /><br />Over the last several weeks, I've been thinking about it and it's silly to put 3 kids in one room while the other 2 have their own. Mariah's bedroom and closet are barely big enough for her and her stuff now. It would be crazy to try and put another person in there, even with bunkbeds to save space. So, I decided that it would have to be Asia to move, but decided to not break the news just yet. I wanted to try and make it special, so I budgeted a little money to find some cute furniture (possibly from Craigslist as my budget was itty bitty). Long story short, I was lucky enough to find these darling "bedroom in a box" sets for almost exactly the amount of my budget!<br /><br />I decided to go ahead and set everything up now, but not have Asia move in until just before school starts. I don't have a twin bed to put in there yet anyway and this will help Brinlee ease into the idea of sharing a room.<br /><br />Now I'm trying to decide on which comforter to use out of the 2 I found. I could have gotten the exact same thing that Brinlee has, but the furniture is already SO matchy-matchy, that I wanted to mix it up a little.<br /><br />Between the 2 on the floor, which one do YOU like the best? (I realize they are wild from the get-go, but they LOVE it and says it's "very Taylor Swift". LOL!!)<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qOQCBPfnMXRmhM1PBbtNziYNpdJn2mxq6NSlxIL2LSJWu02eVva9f66tPiFLGwZeGkZ-7a_-_hSU17omTANZZ6nsJ2mOHANUr_HF8XA_kLIF-jcXR-MbGaqnjg4se9z5U_5NfViAMxM/s1600/DSC03749.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484552049846761842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qOQCBPfnMXRmhM1PBbtNziYNpdJn2mxq6NSlxIL2LSJWu02eVva9f66tPiFLGwZeGkZ-7a_-_hSU17omTANZZ6nsJ2mOHANUr_HF8XA_kLIF-jcXR-MbGaqnjg4se9z5U_5NfViAMxM/s320/DSC03749.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEe8MR3tcLb-pwKM2n_o_Ffab4e84oqW-ocCsB1qLz_OEkWJbBgIrn2Wx6Nq2Zr5-_wacuBGxttc8oMbdqb0_0jDywAF8g2EYp8gyKob9yeVmfrluTYLEI0A6UOQuWptWVlThl3jWaIJc/s1600/DSC03750.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484552060010666226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEe8MR3tcLb-pwKM2n_o_Ffab4e84oqW-ocCsB1qLz_OEkWJbBgIrn2Wx6Nq2Zr5-_wacuBGxttc8oMbdqb0_0jDywAF8g2EYp8gyKob9yeVmfrluTYLEI0A6UOQuWptWVlThl3jWaIJc/s320/DSC03750.JPG" /></a> </p><div align="center">Here are pictures and a video clip of Brinlee's initial reaction(s).<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U7o6KQH6No4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U7o6KQH6No4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Brinlee was.....a little shocked (maybe disappointed, too), but after the camera stopped, we had a little heart to heart about her concerns with having a roommate. She cried for a few minutes and then after we talked I told her to look her in new drawers and that was the end of the tears. Then we called Asia up for them to look at the new comforters. I think it will all turn out ok in the end.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663366;">The "before" pictures</span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSho_LxL9fbEzjIDKMzvz5nqG3ekZ_65FM38fO03SLN4GOGCmeHkJO_0ZTrhZxEu3-W729HxwRhLw2HvNXdHvZvhXWdMPJxcslIDLQdUjeZ9C339z-Fhppgov9-_0JesCMMbwFy-qO60k/s1600/DSC03742.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484550450182613394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSho_LxL9fbEzjIDKMzvz5nqG3ekZ_65FM38fO03SLN4GOGCmeHkJO_0ZTrhZxEu3-W729HxwRhLw2HvNXdHvZvhXWdMPJxcslIDLQdUjeZ9C339z-Fhppgov9-_0JesCMMbwFy-qO60k/s320/DSC03742.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRNZuFYTPtwHzFo44Ax6HFMjuJFksO4QJkn4iDorJmmsGd20SfT7SsZpMqDoXiVnTd4uIz9wKNCa2tmCarKBLMUIx4Ind83j_hh-Eckd4aryfymDpOpCqp5mCVckES_9HLSMwjkYAspo/s1600/DSC03741.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqcdJoK_pWlikgOXUo6U-5mG54hhWfDlMHnhcwabQ94vQ95UU-LJrYlotuUpPBgzX9qVSnMwEUDJqsUw_U5BTnvPBrE-Ly4-Cf_AWktpNyxDSH7m5REiL-C02qRGmTH6et1r5HjIt17U/s1600/DSC03743.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484550434892889538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqcdJoK_pWlikgOXUo6U-5mG54hhWfDlMHnhcwabQ94vQ95UU-LJrYlotuUpPBgzX9qVSnMwEUDJqsUw_U5BTnvPBrE-Ly4-Cf_AWktpNyxDSH7m5REiL-C02qRGmTH6et1r5HjIt17U/s320/DSC03743.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0EYTkxVOarO2gMYKS3S4Y4OejWvZi8yONtke28TWPzpdTcgaNHbb03TLc42TXtjcx2m7ER9t_7KI4JRYe7-tj8waJNnqLkAiGu0-J9hmZP4iKUpCTPrVZ9FeeJmD8YgybYVT92Tv3X0/s1600/DSC03744.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484550436580918498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0EYTkxVOarO2gMYKS3S4Y4OejWvZi8yONtke28TWPzpdTcgaNHbb03TLc42TXtjcx2m7ER9t_7KI4JRYe7-tj8waJNnqLkAiGu0-J9hmZP4iKUpCTPrVZ9FeeJmD8YgybYVT92Tv3X0/s320/DSC03744.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmOfgNyBblbqw9DvEyeNHOt0snO-LLGybgdUqyqNSkEohVYKI6Wz9c8fAkA_v89ayzQFS08MilemgheOlz68ecN2X6SkRDnJWiO7hLQ3ECL69sNRQhvPQYt9sCa3kEu51VEdMySUeqjM/s1600/DSC03747.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484550444405284946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmOfgNyBblbqw9DvEyeNHOt0snO-LLGybgdUqyqNSkEohVYKI6Wz9c8fAkA_v89ayzQFS08MilemgheOlz68ecN2X6SkRDnJWiO7hLQ3ECL69sNRQhvPQYt9sCa3kEu51VEdMySUeqjM/s320/DSC03747.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="left">p.s. You'll get the full "after" pictures once Asia gets all moved in ;)<br /></p></div>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-63393443433227122212010-06-15T14:50:00.000-07:002010-06-15T15:02:38.087-07:00BMS Update<p>Back when I was pregnant with Roxelle in 2008, I was having such severe "hot mouth" that I wanted to cut my own tongue out. I finally did some heavy researching (after living with "hot mouth" for about 10 years) and discovered that I have a "real condition" called Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS).</p><p>It's starting to flare up pretty bad again, so I did some more searching to see if there has been any more research on it and if there are any new treatments. I found this video and article to be pretty clever and will try a couple of the suggestions. </p><p>I've never known anyone else that has BMS, but if you have it or know someone that does; please pass along the info!</p><p></p><p align="center"><object id="howcastplayer" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="425" height="273"><param name="_cx" value="11244"><param name="_cy" value="7223"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=236944"><param name="Src" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=236944"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value="LT"><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="Scale" value="NoScale"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=236944" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">Burning mouth syndrome<br />Overview</span><br /><br />Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a complex, vexing condition in which a burning pain occurs on your tongue or lips, or over widespread areas involving your whole mouth, without any obvious reason.<br /><br />The disorder has long been associated with a variety of other conditions — including menopause, psychological problems, nutritional deficiencies, and disorders of the mouth, such as oral thrush and dry mouth (xerostomia). More recently, some researchers have suggested dysfunctional or damaged nerves as a possible cause. But the exact cause of burning mouth syndrome is often difficult to pin down, and pain may continue for months or years.<br /><br />Treatment is highly individualized and depends on your particular symptoms and on the underlying cause or causes, if they can be identified. Most people with burning mouth syndrome can decrease their symptoms through tailored treatment plans.<br /><br />Other names sometimes used for burning mouth syndrome include scalded mouth syndrome, burning tongue syndrome, burning lips syndrome, glossodynia and stomatodynia.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Signs and symptoms </span><br /><br />Burning mouth syndrome affects up to 4 percent of U.S. adults — women seven times as often as men. It generally occurs in middle-aged or older adults. But it may occur in younger people as well.<br /><br />The main symptom of burning mouth syndrome is a burning sensation in your tongue, lips, gums, palate or throat. People with the syndrome may describe the sensation in the affected areas as hot or scalded, as if they had been burned with a hot liquid.<br /><br />Other symptoms may include:<br /><br />Dry mouth<br />Sore mouth<br />A tingling or numb sensation in the mouth or on the tip of the tongue<br />A bitter or metallic taste<br /><br />Some people with burning mouth syndrome don't wake up with mouth pain, but find that the pain intensifies during the day and into the evening. Some awake with a constant daily pain, while others feel pain on and off throughout the day.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Causes</span></p><p align="center">The possible causes of burning mouth syndrome are many and complex. Each of the following possible causes applies to only a small portion of all people who complain of a burning mouth. More than one-third of people have multiple causes. Identifying all of the causes is important so that your doctor can develop a treatment plan tailored for you. Possible causes include:<br /><br />Dry mouth (xerostomia). This condition can be related to use of certain medications, including tricyclic antidepressants, central nervous system depressants, lithium, diuretics and medications used to treat high blood pressure. It can also occur with aging or Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease that causes dry mouth and eyes.<br /><br />Other oral conditions. Oral yeast infection (thrush) is a common cause of a burning mouth that may also occur with other causes, such as diabetes, denture use and certain medications. Geographic tongue, a condition that causes a dry mouth and a sore, patchy tongue, also may be associated with burning mouth syndrome.<br /><br />Psychological factors. Emotional disorders, particularly depression but also anxiety and fear of cancer, are often associated with burning mouth syndrome. Although such problems can cause a burning mouth, they may also result from it.<br /><br />Nutritional deficiencies. Being deficient in nutrients, such as iron, zinc, folate (vitamin B-9), thiamin (vitamin B-1), riboflavin (vitamin B-2), pyridoxine (vitamin B-6) and cobalamin (vitamin B-12), may affect your oral tissues and cause a burning mouth. These deficiencies can also lead to vitamin deficiency anemia.<br /><br />Irritating dentures. Dentures may place stress on some of the muscles and tissues of your mouth. The materials used in dentures also may irritate the tissues in your mouth.<br /><br />Nerve disturbance or damage (neuropathy). Damage to nerves that control taste and pain in the tongue may also result in a burning mouth.<br /><br />Allergies. The mouth burning may be due to allergies or reactions to foods, food flavorings, other food additives, fragrances, dyes or other substances.<br /><br />Reflux of stomach acid (gastroesophageal reflux disease). The sour- or bitter-tasting fluid that enters your mouth from your upper gastrointestinal tract may cause irritation and pain.<br /><br />Certain medications. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, used to treat high blood pressure, may cause side effects that include a burning mouth.<br /><br />Oral habits. These include often-unconscious activities such as tongue-thrusting and teeth-clenching (bruxism), which can irritate your mouth.<br /><br />Endocrine disorders such as diabetes and underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). Your oral tissues may react to high blood sugar levels that occur with diabetes.<br /><br />Hormonal imbalances, such as those associated with menopause. Burning mouth syndrome occurs most commonly among postmenopausal women, although it affects many other people as well. Changes in hormones may affect the composition of your saliva.<br /><br />Excessive irritation. Irritation of the oral tissues may result from excessive brushing of your tongue, overuse of mouthwashes or consuming too many acidic drinks.<br /><br />Often, more than one cause is present. Despite careful evaluation, doctors are sometimes unable to find the cause of burning mouth symptoms. </p><p align="left">Dry mouth<br />Sjogren's syndrome<br />Oral thrush<br />Geographic tongue<br />Depression<br />Vitamin deficiency anemia<br />Heartburn/GERD<br />Bruxism<br />Diabetes<br />Hypothyroidism<br />Menopause<br /><br />When to seek medical advice </p><p align="left">If you have persistent pain or soreness in your tongue, lips, gums or other areas of your mouth, see your doctor. Your doctor can search for the possible cause or causes to guide treatment.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Screening and diagnosis</span><br /><br />Your doctor will review your medical history, examine your mouth and ask you to describe your symptoms, your oral habits and your oral care routine. In addition, he or she will likely perform a general medical examination, looking for signs of any associated conditions.<br /><br />As part of the diagnostic process, you may undergo some of the following tests: </p><p align="center">Complete blood cell count (CBC). This common blood test provides a count of each type of blood cell in a given volume of your blood. The CBC measures the amount of hemoglobin, the percentage of blood that's composed of red blood cells (hematocrit), the number and kinds of white blood cells, and the number of platelets. This blood test may reveal a wide variety of conditions, including infections and anemia, which can indicate nutritional deficiencies.<br /><br />Other blood tests. Because nutritional deficiencies are one cause of a burning mouth, your doctor may collect blood samples to check blood levels of iron, zinc, folate (vitamin B-9), thiamin (vitamin B-1), riboflavin (vitamin B-2), pyridoxine (vitamin B-6) and cobalamin (vitamin B-12). Also, because diabetes may cause a burning mouth, your doctor may check your fasting blood sugar level.<br /><br />Allergy tests. Your doctor may suggest allergy testing to see if you may be allergic to certain foods, additives or even substances in dentures.<br /><br />Oral swab culture or biopsy. If your doctor suspects oral thrush, he or she may take a small tissue sample (biopsy) or an oral swab culture to be examined in the laboratory.<br /><br />Because burning mouth syndrome is associated with such a wide variety of other medical conditions, your doctor may refer you to a specialist for screening and diagnosis and possibly treatment. Your health care team may include a dermatologist, dentist, psychiatrist, psychologist or a doctor who specializes in ear, nose and throat problems (otorhinolaryngologist).</p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;">Treatment<br /></span><br />Treatment triggers improvement in symptoms for many people with burning mouth syndrome. But the type of treatment depends on the underlying cause. </p><p align="center">Dry mouth (xerostomia). Treating the cause of your dry mouth — Sjogren's syndrome, use of medications or some other cause — may relieve burning mouth symptoms. Drinking more fluids or taking a medication that promotes flow of saliva may help.<br /><br />Other oral conditions. If the cause is oral thrush, treatment is with oral antifungal medications such as nystatin (Mycostatin) or fluconazole (Diflucan). If you wear dentures, your dentures may also need to be treated.<br /><br />Psychological factors. For a burning mouth that may be caused by or associated with psychological factors such as anxiety and depression, your doctor may recommend tricyclic antidepressants or benzodiazepines, or psychiatric therapy, or both together.<br /><br />Nutritional deficiencies. You may be able to correct nutritional deficiencies by taking supplements of B vitamins and minerals such as zinc and iron.<br /><br />Irritating dentures. Your dentist may be able to adjust your dentures so they are less irritating to your mouth. If your dentures contain substances that irritate your oral tissues, you may need different dentures. You may also improve symptoms by practicing good denture care, such as removing dentures at night and cleaning them properly.<br /><br />Nerve disturbance or damage (neuropathy). Your doctor may suggest medications that affect your nervous system and control pain, including benzodiazepines such as clonazepam (Klonopin), tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline or nortriptyline (Pamelor, Aventyl), or anticonvulsants such as gabapentin (Neurontin). For pain relief, your doctor may also suggest rinsing your mouth with water and capsaicin — the active ingredient in hot peppers, which may also be called capsicum.<br /><br />Allergies. Avoiding foods that contain allergens that may irritate the tissues of your mouth may help.<br /><br />Certain medications. If a medication you're taking is causing a burning mouth, using a substitute medication, if possible, may help.<br /><br />Oral habits. Tongue-thrusting and teeth-clenching (bruxism) can be helped with mouth guards, medications and relaxation techniques.<br /><br />Endocrine disorders. If a burning mouth is associated with conditions such as diabetes or hypothyroidism, treating those conditions may improve your symptoms.<br /><br />If doctors can't identify the cause of your symptoms, they may still recommend trying oral thrush medications, B vitamins or antidepressants. These medications have proved effective in treating burning mouth syndrome. </p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Coping skills</span><br /><br />Burning mouth syndrome can be painful and frustrating. The good news is that it's a treatable condition. Although it may take time, you can usually improve your symptoms by working with a team of health professionals to find a treatment plan that's right for you.<br /><br />In the short term, you may gain some relief by avoiding irritating substances, such as alcohol-based mouthwashes, cinnamon or mint products, and cigarette smoke. Chewing on ice chips or sugar-free gum also may help. So can keeping your dentures out all night and brushing your teeth with baking soda instead of toothpaste. Ask your doctor for other tips to manage your pain and discomfort. </p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">©1998-2005 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only. "Mayo," "Mayo Clinic," "MayoClinic.com," "Mayo Clinic Health Information," "Reliable information for a healthier life" and the triple-shield Mayo logo are trademarks of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. </span></p>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169358515574055913.post-74489508383495314832010-06-15T12:03:00.001-07:002010-06-26T21:07:24.740-07:00Released<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cccccc;">I was released as the Laurel Advisor to the Young Women in church on Sunday.</span> </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">I sort of had "that" feeling that it was coming, but I thought it'd be after the big Dance Festival</span><span style="color:#000099;"> </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000099;">that is coming in</span> </span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">a couple of weeks or closer to my due date.</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">I've been very reluctant to say out loud that my gut is telling me that I'll be in Primary next.</span> </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">I've only been in Primary one time since getting married and was only there for 1 year before</span> </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">going back to YW.</span> </span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;">I still wouldn't even say my "guess" out loud, but after they anounced my</span> </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong>release in sacrament meeting on Sunday, Brinlee says to me;</strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#663366;"><span style="color:#993399;"> "I guess that means you're gonna be in Primary with me now, huh?"</span> </span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc00;">ZOINKS!</span> </strong></span></div>Erickson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531797683419763422noreply@blogger.com0