Why I LOVED the 80's...

Since Daddy Andrew and Miss Evie are out helping his sister Emily install new shower doors, I have been enjoying this Saturday morning all to myself.  Well, that and time with you tube...one of my guilty pleasures.  I came across a few videos that brought back SO many memories from my childhood, I thought I would share. 

A CLASSIC! 


When my friends found out that I was Mormon, they would all laugh and say, "you mean your church puts out those cheesy tv commercials?"  Being a kid of the 80's, I was forever defined by "those commercials" and I must say, they made me who I am today!





I remember spending HOURS in the family room trying to recreate this commercial.  Singing and dancing my little heart out!  I thought it was SO cool!


I came across this newer one..pretty awesome!

By small and simple things...

Those who reside in the Mormon community know this scripture very well. Moses 1:39, The Lord said, "My work and my glory [is] to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." 

Elder Russell M. Nelson shed some new light on that famed scriputre for me.  He said, "So His devoted daughter-disciple may truly say, My work and my glory is to help my loved ones reach that heavenly goal."
Amazing!, I had never thought of it that way. It sounds so much simplier!
 
He goes on to say, "To help another human being reach one's celestial potential is part of the divine mission of woman. As mother, teacher, or nurturing saint, she molds living clay to the shape of her hopes. In partnership with God, her divine mission is to help spirits live and souls be lifted. This is the measure of her creation. It is ennobling, edifying, and exalting" ("Woman—Of Infinite Worth," Ensign, Nov. 1989, 22).

I love that!  My divine mission is to help spirits LIVE and souls be lifted!  I can do that!
Hooray for small and simple things!

Let them eat cake!

My husband is known for making really good cakes!  From a mermaid to Lightning McQueen,...even a few wedding cakes...he is quite the talented baker.  We were aaked to make the cake for our good friends' baby shower.  It's her 3rd baby, another GIRL!  The ladies in charge of the shower wanted a cake that represented all 3 kiddos.  We decided to have the bottom layer represent Sydney (the oldest girl) the middle layer, in honor of the boy, Brody and the top layer for Baby Ellle, the sweet cherry on top!  I decided that I was going to learn how to make my own fondant (which was actually fairly easy!) http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm   

The cake turned out really cute, but it did not survive the ride over the mountain and through the winding uphill roads to the event!  I was SO bummed that the middle layer collapsed and fell over, taking the top layer with it!  I felt horrible bringing it into the baby shower.  Allie, the mom-to-be, was SO sweet.  She actually started laughing and said, "It's perfect!  Brody is the destructor, always taking everything down with him!  You did this on purpose, huh?!"  It made me smile, but I still felt really bad.  The good thing, the cake was DELISH, as always! 

I also made an INDESTRUCTIBLE diaper cake for Allie.  It turned out super-cute!

Lots of lessons learned this time around.  Next time will be better.

5...4...3...2...1...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

2010

We spent the evening together with family; enjoying quality time with loved ones, eating yummy food and playing games!  A great and relaxing way to ring in the new year!

Audrey and Uncle Andrew

Auntie Becca and Audrey

Daddy and his Evers

Funny Faces!  Like mother, like daughter!

 

Daddy's "Old Man" face!

The puzzle Emily and I started and FINISHED before the new year!

One tired Wooga!  She stayed awake to watch the ball drop, then she dropped!