tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62010501241995108312024-03-06T01:04:46.979-07:00extraORDINARY MomBritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-31364086681794717672013-02-09T01:27:00.002-07:002013-02-09T01:30:32.236-07:00Wow... I often think about my blog and think how I really should blog more than I do...and then I move on to something else. A month goes by and that same post is sitting on the front page of my blog.Yeah, I really need to change that :) Maybe I should just set a goal to post once a week. Yeah, that might be a good start, lets hope I can stick to it!<br />
Life lately, has been well.......stressful. I was thinking today, "I am so sick of being stressed!" Then as I thought about it I realized that I don't need to be so stressed out all the time; I don't have to worry about every little thing so much and get upset if things aren't perfect; I don't need to get upset at my kids for just acting their age. My husband recently told me a great quote out not worrying, but I can't remember what it was or who said it. As I was searching the internet to possibly find it, I came across a quote from <a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/presidents/controllers/potcController.jsp?leader=15&topic=facts" target="_blank">President Gordon B. Hinckley</a> "Life is to be enjoyed, not endured." Wow, a phenomenal quote that I really need to embed in my mind. All too often I go throughout my day just thinking that I just need to make it until bedtime; I just have to survive a few more hours. While there are some days where those thoughts are very valid (because well, sometimes having a 3 year old and 7 month old can just be tough!), I really should be enjoying my days. I should be enjoying my children, taking in each and every moment with them, because I will never have those moments again. I need to remember how sweet and innocent they are now (because I'm sure as teenagers they won't be so innocent anymore).<br />
Children truly are a gift from God. Having my kids in my home, in my opinion, is just like having a little piece of heaven here on earth. Each and every night before I go to bed I check on each of my kids, make sure they are all tucked in and warm, tell them I love them, and kiss them goodnight--sometimes I even do this multiple times :) I can't go to bed until I've done it. Tonight as I checked on my boy I just looked at him and thought about how wonderful he is--how cute he is, how funny he is, and what spunk he has! He truly is one of the most funny kids I know! As I gazed down at my baby girl I couldn't help but smile at her beauty and think of her great personality--how she is almost always smiling, loves to laugh and play with her brother, and just loves to be apart of anything and everything, she can't stand to be away from a good party (hmmm, wonder where she gets that from??).<br />
I am such a blessed woman to have been entrusted to raise these sweet spirits. I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father and<a href="http://mormon.org/plan-of-happiness" target="_blank"> his plan for us</a>. I'm thankful to have such a sweet, loving, patient and supportive husband. Despite all my short comings, I know that if I try my absolute hardest to be the best mother I can be, and pray for help and encouragement anytime I need it <a href="http://mormon.org/jesus-christ" target="_blank">Jesus Christ</a> will bridge that gap and my children will receive and learn everything they need to in this life. His <a href="http://www.lds.org/topics/atonement-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng" target="_blank">atonement</a> for ALL of us is such a great blessing and privilege.<br />
When I started this blog post, this wasn't the direction I had planned for it, but it's amazing sometimes what can happen when you just start to write.Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-64176947048935874002013-01-17T17:16:00.005-07:002013-01-17T17:16:46.585-07:00Blog Hop!<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ea7070; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Welcome to the monthly Share the Love blog hop. Here are the Rules: </span></span><div>
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Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-89173328601496966242013-01-15T21:55:00.002-07:002013-01-15T21:55:34.808-07:00InstagramRecently there was an uproar as to Instagram's privacy policy. Many people read the updated privacy policy and mis-interpreted what was written. Because of the vague wording many people thought that Instagram now had ownership of your photos as soon as you posted them and had the power to sell them as they pleased. This was completely false, as explained on snopes.com. For those of you that aren't familiar with <a href="http://www.snopes.com/" target="_blank">snopes</a> it is the go to site for finding the truth behind any rumor or false information. It is legit!<br />
Well today Instagram released it's updated <a href="http://bit.ly/10y812b" target="_blank">privacy policy and terms</a> of use and no where in it does it state that they have ownership of your photos. For all of you who were worried and even deleted your account, you have nothing to worry about. It's amazing what a little rumor can do......<br />
To follow me on Instagram, <a href="http://instagram.com/heckabritty/" target="_blank">click here</a>! Happy hashtags :)<br />
<br />Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-7285302532552767452013-01-10T20:20:00.001-07:002013-01-11T10:55:23.828-07:00Traveling and ForgetfulnessFor my hubby's birthday we decided to take a weekend trip to Salt Lake City. For Christmas my parents gave us a gift card to use at either The Little America hotel or The Grand America. Through Priceline's 'name your own price' we got a great deal at The Little America, so that's where we're staying tonight then tomorrow the Grand!! Staying at a nice hotel really makes it feel like a vacation. <br />
Anyway, my reason for this post is to tell you about our crazy adventure getting to our hotel. First of all the drive to Salt Lake was long because the roads were so bad. That was an adventure in and of itself!! <br />
We made an appointment today to get a remote start installed in our van (thank you hubby!). It takes 3 hours so we thought we'd take trax (transit train) to our hotel. The guy installing the remote start gave us a ride to the station, and then the "fun" began. <br />
It was super cold, windy, and snowy!! As we were buying our ticket our train came, so we missed it. About 10 minutes later another train came but we realized we had our car keys so we couldn't leave. We waited for the guy to come back and pick them up. He got there right as our train was coming again. I ran and gave him the keys and literally ran to get on the train--which we missed again!! We FINALLY got on our train after waiting out in the freezing cold for over 30 minutes!! Oh, and while we were waiting at the train station (with all the sketchy looking people) a random, kind of strange guy gave William a bracelet he had made. Yeah, that might "accidentally" disappear before we get home. When we got off the train it was only about 1 block to our hotel, but walking against the wind in 3-4 inches of snow, it seemed more like 10 blocks. <br />
So here we are freezing, completely soaked, snow all over us, and we walk inside this super nice hotel with our snow covered stroller. It was quite the sight :) The staff were so nice though, and even got towels and cleaned off our stroller for us. <br />
After all this craziness Kirk graciously went out in the cold again to get us dinner, and he will have to face the cold again when our car is finished. Now that's what I call an amazing husband!!<br />
Hopefully the rest of our weekend will be a little less eventful. Happy weekend everyone! What are your fun plans for the weekend??<br />
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Today (well, now yesterday) my handsome hubby turned 28! I am so thankful and so blessed to have him in my life. He has completely changed me for the better and helps me each day to have a positive outlook on life. I don't think I could love anyone on this earth more. He is such a fun, funny, handsome, sweet, caring, man. I seriously do not know what I would do without him in my life. Each and every day he serves me and does anything he can to help me out with whatever I need, even if I don't ask. He has provided me with 2 wonderful children who truly are the light and joy in my life. I'm so thankful for the kind of man he is and the great example he is everyday to our children. I hope our children always realize how important their Dad is. I'm thankful that he is a worthy Priesthood holder and that he values that important role.<br />
One of his many great qualities is that he is such a hard worker. I am so thankful for him always giving 200% for our family and providing for us in every way possible. More recently I am thankful that he has a great job that has provided me the opportunity to stay home and raise our children. Though at times it is a tough job, it truly is the best job and I couldn't be happier with it. <br />
Kirk is more thank just my husband. He is my best friend, my sweetheart, my everything. He is the one I love to hang out with, relax with, laugh with, and I wouldn't have it any other way.<br />
Happy Birthday to my Honey.....and here's to many many more!!!Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-41506396561135496722013-01-06T18:17:00.001-07:002013-01-06T18:17:35.152-07:00Chocolate mint cookiesThese are some of the most delicious cookies ever!!! If you are a fan of anything mint you will love them!<br />
The original recipe calls for mint chocolate chips, but I couldn't find any at the store so I bought Andes baking chips instead. They taste just as good. <br />
Here is what you will need to make these yummy cookies:<br />
•1- 10 oz. pkg. (1 ½ c.) mint chocolate chips or Andes baking chips<br />
•1 ¼ c. flour<br />
•½ t. baking soda<br />
•¼ t. salt<br />
•1/3 c.(5 T.) butter (softened)<br />
•½ c. granulated sugar<br />
•¼ c. brown sugar<br />
•1 egg<br />
•½ t. vanilla<br />
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Directions:<br />
•Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.<br />
•Melt half of the chocolate chips (3/4 c.), set aside.<br />
•Cream together the butter, sugars and vanilla. <br />
•Add the melted chocolate then the dry ingredients. <br />
•Stir in remaining chocolate chips. <br />
•Drop onto cookie sheet by spoonfuls. •Bake in 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes. Enjoy!<br />
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Shout out to my Mom for the great recipe. Growing up my mom always baked the most amazing stuff. I loved when I would come home from school and walk inside the house and it was filled with the delicious aroma of these cookies. They have always been a favorite and I love that I can recreate those same memories in my children.<br />
Happy Baking!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This was me tonight.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Though I'm a little ashamed to share this, I really just feel it needs to be discussed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As a stay at home mom to a 3 year boy and 6 month old girl I have a lot going on in my day to day life. Some may look at being a stay at home mom as an excuse to be lazy and not work. For those of you who have ever been a stay at home mom you know it is far from that. Though there are days where I am lazy, being a stay at home mom truly is work. It is harder than any other job I've ever had...and I've had a lot of jobs. It is the best job, but it is no walk in the park.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, my purpose in writing this post is that I need advice. I've been a mother now for almost 4 years. I should know what I'm doing right? Wrong! Some days are great and I feel in total control and know what I'm doing. Other days I feel clueless. Just when I think I've found a good way of parenting or disciplining life throws me a curve ball and that plan doesn't work anymore. I guess it's my Heavenly Father's way of helping me continually grow. Some days though I wouldn't mind having it easy and not "growing" :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You hear people all the time saying that their children teach them patience. You'll never know how much they teach you that until you have children of your own. Sometimes I am amazed at how well I can hold it together when my loving 3 year old boy is yelling, throwing a fit, not listening, etc. Then there are times when I feel I have no control over the situation and I have no idea what to do. The easy thing is to give in, yell, make threats, but those are most definitely not the answer and will more than likely make the situation worse--believe me, I know. I just don't know sometimes how to keep my stress level low in these types of situations. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated and encouraged. What are your coping mechanisms?</span><br />
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<br />Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-43000345727769647512013-01-02T01:03:00.000-07:002013-01-02T01:03:15.330-07:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In the past I've never really made serious new years resolutions, but this year I've got a lot of resolutions in mind that I fully intend on keeping. One of my resolutions is that each month I'm going to choose at least one thing that I want to try or work on for at least a month long. My goal with this is to try new things and really challenge myself. </div>
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This month I am going to not eat anything after 8pm, and I will clean up the dishes after each meal and not go to bed with a dirty kitchen.</div>
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My purpose for not eating after 8pm is that 95% of the time when I eat late it is junk and then I'm just sick the next day from eating so late. My hope is that I can lose a few extra pounds, or at least not gain any more weight. Hopefully I'll continue this resolution much longer than just a month.</div>
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Ever feel like your kitchen looks like this?</div>
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I'm pretty sure my kitchen does look like this every day of the week, which is why I've made the resolution to not go to bed with a dirty kitchen. So far I'm not doing good with this one..and it's only the first day. haha! To my defense though, I've had a very sick little baby so its been hard trying to get everything done, but......you know what the best part about the end of the day is??--you get a fresh start the next day. So here's to a better tomorrow!Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-77418875467648076612012-11-29T22:57:00.001-07:002012-11-29T22:57:37.060-07:00Y and ZWell, my last thankful post. Forgot to post quite a few days, but at least I finished before December!<br />
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Yogurt. I'm so thankful to have yogurt! Such a yummy healthy snack. I've recently really gotten into Greek yogurt. My favorite is Yoplait honey vanilla Greek yogurt. Add a little granola to it and you've got on great snack!!!<br />
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Zoo. So thankful that there are zoos that I can take my kids to and teach them all about animals they otherwise would never get to see in real life. Such a fun experience for young kids! Sure wish we had a zoo close to us.Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-88453778937845429252012-11-25T12:17:00.001-07:002012-11-25T12:17:45.599-07:00XXtraordinary mom blog. That doesn't really start with x, but the only other word I could think of was xylophone.<br />
I'm so thankful for this blog. It has been such a great outlet for me to get all my thoughts out. Thankful to all of you for reading :)Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-58587065853204195262012-11-23T22:39:00.001-07:002012-11-23T22:39:23.004-07:00WWahlen.<br />
I'm SO thankful to be a Wahlen. So thankful for the wonderful family I married into. So thankful I get to be a part of this great clan where you really have a lot to live up to I'd you want to wear the Wahlen name. Such a great family!!Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-19648179905869990602012-11-23T22:36:00.001-07:002012-11-23T22:36:36.842-07:00VVariety.<br />
I'm thankful for the variety we have in our world. Thankful that there are so many different people out there. What would our world be like of we were all the same? Boring I tell you, Boring!<br />
I'm thankful that a lot of people out there are not afraid to be different and express who they are. Hopefully we can all learn to be a little more accepting of those who choose to bring variety to our world.Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-8322351269910935172012-11-23T22:32:00.001-07:002012-11-23T22:32:21.982-07:00UUniversities.<br />
I'm thankful that there are so many universities for us to attend to gain knowledge. Thankful for all the teachers and the many other people that make that education possible. Now if only we could make that education guarantee us a job!Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-2777331738961959822012-11-23T22:29:00.001-07:002012-11-23T22:29:16.433-07:00TThanksgiving.<br />
I am thankful for Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for this holiday that makes me really sit back and look at all I have and realize everything I have to be thankful for. Not to mention all the great food there is to eat :)Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-46247361058417772002012-11-23T22:26:00.001-07:002012-11-23T22:26:40.928-07:00SShoes.<br />
So thankful that I have shoes to protect my feet and keep them warm. I know there are many people out there who are not as lucky as me to have shoes. I've often complained that I don't have enough shoes or comfy shoes, but I need to be thankful for what I do have and stop complaining. <br />
Another thing that makes me so thankful for shoes is that no matter what my waist size is, no matter if I gain weight or not my shoe size will never change and I can always have cute shoes to make me happy :)Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-48709663847170441302012-11-23T22:23:00.001-07:002012-11-23T22:23:06.091-07:00RRain.<br />
I am thankful for rain and all the moisture it brings. I never truly realized the importance of rain until I married my husband who grew up on a farm. <br />
I also have a lot of fun memories in the rain growing up. Almost every time it rained we'd have toothpick races. It was the best! :)Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-48658029238696647472012-11-23T22:14:00.001-07:002012-11-23T22:14:37.019-07:00QHmmm...Q is a hard one. Ok, got it...Quotes!<br />
Lately on Facebook a lot of quotes have been going around. I'm thankful for all the inspirational quotes I read on a daily basis. It's amazing how reading one good quote and instantly change the outlook of your day. Since Quote is my thankful Q word, I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes.<br />
"A study of the doctrines of the Gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior."<br />
-Boyd K. Packer<br />
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Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-59656846674262210892012-11-23T21:54:00.001-07:002012-11-23T21:54:28.725-07:00PProduce. <br />
I am so thankful for the produce at the grocery store. I'm so thankful that it is so readily available. What a blessing to have such healthy fresh food pretty much anywhere we go. Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-58091198842842492752012-11-15T21:21:00.000-07:002012-11-15T21:21:59.546-07:00OOil.<br />
Yes, I am thankful for oil. Mainly the oil fields. If it weren't for the oil fields my husband would be unemployed and I'm not sure where we'd be or what we'd be doing. Even though Kirk has been working in the oil fields for almost a year now I am no where near an expert at knowing what exactly goes on there, but he is good at what he does and it provides us a steady income so I'm happy! :) Way to go Kirk!!!Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-80888333456842363342012-11-14T21:09:00.002-07:002012-11-14T21:09:40.310-07:00NNutella.<br />
I've been very sentimental with most of my thankful posts so I thought I'd switch it up today :)<br />
I'm so very thankful for nutella. It is soooooo delicious!!! If you haven't tried it you are totally missing out. I recently discovered nutella with pretzels. Can you say yum?! Peanut butter and nutella sandwiches are amazing...like having a reese's cup for lunch :) I do love nutella but because I am trying NOT to aid my food addiction I do not have any in my cupboard and don't plan on buying it for a while. I will just have to savor the memories I have. :)Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-10447546090402510122012-11-13T08:35:00.001-07:002012-11-13T08:39:14.650-07:00MMom and medicine.<br />
I am SO thankful for my Mom. She is such a great woman. She has always been there for me and lent me her love and support even when I was not making the best choices. Through all the trials in my life her love for me has never changed. I'm thankful that she taught me the principles of the <a href="http://www.lds.org/" target="_blank">Gospel of Jesus Christ</a> and that she lives them herself. I loved that she always let me be her little side kick growing up. I remember lots of times being in the kitchen "helping" with dinner (or just watching her make dinner), and I loved every time I got to go to the grocery store or run any other errands with her. I still enjoy that :) I'm thankful she taught me how to be a good mother and wife--she really taught through example. I'm grateful she is one of my best friends and that I can call her with anything. She has definitely been a shoulder for me to cry on sometimes and I'm thankful for that and that she always gives me advice to get me back on my feet. I know I've put her and my dad through a lot, but I'm so glad they never stopped loving me and welcomed me with open arms as soon as I was ready to turn my life around. I'm thankful for all their prayers in my behalf. Love you Mom (and Dad!) :)<br />
I'm also thankful that I am blessed to be a Mom myself. Thankful for the two wonderful children I have. They are such a blessing in our family and have completely changed me for the better. I look forward to all the other wonderful children that will come join our family :)<br />
I'm incredibly thankful for modern medicine. Without it, I think William would have been an only child, haha. But in all seriousness if it weren't for modern medicine and all the technology we have William and I probably wouldn't have survived his birth. Though I try not to use medicine too much, it is such an incredible blessing.Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-11513928938484769952012-11-12T23:29:00.002-07:002012-11-12T23:52:18.843-07:00LLights and Love. <br />
I'm so thankful to live in these modern times where we are blessed with great luxuries such as lights. Especially thankful for them now as there are many back east without power :(<br />
I am so thankful for love. So thankful that I have someone to love, thankful that someone loves me back :) thankful for the indescribable love I have for my children. Where would we be with out love? It's such a beautiful thing...though not always an easy thing. Here is great quote about love from one of my favorite movies, Dan In Real Life: "Love is not a feeling. It's an ability"-Marty<br />
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Kenton and Kiersten my older brother and sister.<br />
I was going to write about it yesterday but then got carried away writing all about Kirk :) and totally forgot!<br />
I'm thankful for Kenton. He is such a great big brother and I really look up to him. He has always been a great friend to me and such a good example of how we all should live our life. When I was about 16 or 17 and he was still living at home we would stay up late a lot of nights just talking and he would give me lots of great advice about dating. I even remember when I was going to a dance in junior high he taught me how to slow dance with guys. When he showed me that I hold their hand and put my hand on their shoulder I looked at him and said, "Uh, that's not how everyone else dances. Everyone else kind of hugs each other." He said, "No. You do not to the bear hug. If a guy asks you to dance, you put out your hand." Not sure if I followed his advice or not, but I'm thankful that he was always looking out for me. He was definitely one of those over protective brothers-but in a good way :)<br />
I'm SO thankful for my sister Kiersten. She truly is one of my best friends. She is quite a few years older than me so when I was young we weren't super close, but always got a long great!(at least that I can remember). It wasn't until she was in college that we really became great friends. We shared a room when she would come home every summer and even though sometimes I'm sure I drover her crazy, I'm glad we had that time together. I'll never forget all the times we drove the blue honda civic (making sure to bring water along in case it over heated) around town shopping and listening to the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack. I'd always ask Kiersten to take me shopping and tell her that I'd buy her krispy kreme if she did. Worked every time :) Shopping with Kiersten was good for me because she really taught me how to bargain shop. When I was in college I use to call her EVERY Sunday, but now we talk sometimes almost every day. I love that I can call her with no purpose other than to chat. She is such a great sister and friend!Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-59655252310735142822012-11-11T15:55:00.004-07:002012-11-11T16:00:29.321-07:00Giving Thanks<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few years ago my sister started doing thankful posts on her blog for the month of November. She would do a letter of the alphabet for each day up until Thanksgiving (or the 26th). I've decided to take on that tradition as well, though I can't always think of just one thing per day. She also has her kids answer and they write it on a "feather" for their thankful turkey. Maybe I'll do that next year.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alan is my oldest brother. He is such an awesome guy! Growing up we weren't really close since there is a 10 year gap between us, but now that we're older 10 years doesn't seem like such a big gap. I remember after his mission, before he got married we would watch all the Kings games together. It was so fun and I loved that even though I was his little sister he made me feel like his friend. He is my only sibling that lives semi-close to me so I get to see him more often which I love! Him and his wife are always so willing to let me come over and hang out with them if I'm in town. He is such a great Uncle to my kids and William loves going to his house. A few months back him and his wife so generously offered to watch William overnight so that Kirk and I could have a night away before the baby came. That was one of the nicest things, and they even took him to the zoo! I love how laid back Alan is, how easy he is to get a long with, and his sense of humor. He always keeps me laughing. So thankful also that Alan was very smart in choosing a wife, because if you know Marisa you know he hit the jackpot. Love you both!!</span></span></span></h2>
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and helped fix our little golf cart while he was here on vacation visiting us. My Dad is such a great person to be around and visit with.<br />
Another great Dad in my life is my father-in-law. Thinking about it both my Dad and father-in-law have a lot in common. They are both very willing to help us anytime and call us often just to chat and keep in touch-I love that about both of them! My father-in-law is always full of great advice for us and I love that!<br />
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<br />E-<br />Eggs. I am thankful for eggs because William LOVES them! I was just thinking about all the great things I make with eggs, and without them I would be missing out on a lot of great food!<br />So...which came first, the chicken or the egg??<br />F-<br />Freedom and faith. So thankful to live in this free country. Thankful to all those who have and continue to fight for those freedoms.<br />I'm also so thankful for our Heavenly Father's plan and that he gives us our agency and the freedom to make our own decisions. Though I may not always make the best choices, I'm thankful that He lets me make those choices so I can learn from them.<br />I'm so thankful for my faith in my Heavenly Father and his plan for us. I'm thankful for <a href="http://www.mormon.org/" target="_blank">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints</a> that has taught me what faith is. Without it I would be a very lonely and sad person.<br />G-<br />Gym. I'm thankful that I have a gym that I can go work out at. Going to the gym is definitely therapy for me. I'm thankful that the gym here has a child care center included in my membership so I can still workout even when Kirk is at work. I really need to take advantage of my gym membership more, but I am thankful that when I choose to go it's there--such a stress reliever!!<br />H-<br /><span class="userContent">Henrie (my maiden name for those who don't know). I'm thankful to be a Henrie. Though I'm a Wahlen now, I'll still always be a Henrie :) thankful for my Henrie family; they are so fun to be around and ALWAYS keep me laughing!! I sure wish they lived a little closer so I could see them more often. I love how willing each of my Henrie Aunt and Uncles are so supportive of me and my family.</span><span class="userContent"> Thankful for my Grandma Henrie and her love for her family. I love getting emails from her and she has made some beautiful quilts for me and my kids. She is such a strong woman and a great example to me :)</span><span class="userContentSecondary fcg" style="color: grey;"> </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Jana. I am so thankful for my sister Jana. I have so many fun memories with her. Growing up we did almost everything together. We had a lot of the same friends, same hobbies, same music interests, etc. We really were so much alike which also caused us to fight..a lot; but now that we're all grown up she really is one of my best friends. I love that I can tell her something is "Bomb-Diggity" and she gets it, hahaha! I remember doing so many fun things with her like...showing eachother the gifts we got each other on Christmas Eve, going to Wishing Well all the time to get Spice Girl suckers and gum, singing and dancing to the Spice Girls (blasting it as loud as we could in our living room), sneaking out of our beds to watch Home Improvement, playing school, sleepovers after she moved out into her own apt, and all those nights of folding papers together while watching Toy Story.<---Jana somehow would ALWAYS get me to help her fold papers for her paper route, but then she would always fall asleep during the movie and I'd end up folding most of them. Then she'd beg me and beg me to help her deliver, and for some reason I always said yes! So I always ended up being the one holding all the papers. Yeah, not quite sure how that happened, lol. She is so fun to hang out with; just wish she lived closer so we could hang out more! She really has been there for me through a lot of tough times in my life. She is such a great mother, sister, and friend, and has THE cutest (besides Annabelle of course :)) little girl. If you know my sister Jana, consider yourself lucky :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Kirk. I am SO thankful for Kirk! He is such a great husband, and a perfect match for me. He supports me through my trials and helps me to become better every day. I am so thankful for his example to me. I'm thankful for him being a great Father to our children. I love the way he plays with them every chance he gets and is always such a great example to them. I'm also thankful that Kirk knows when I've had a rough day and is so willing to just jump in and cook dinner, help out with the kids, or whatever I need.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things haven't always been easy for us, but I'm so thankful for all the fun times we've had and will continue to have like......</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">-Seeing Phantom of the Opera in Vegas on our honeymoon...not to mention the Walgreens adventure we had there as well<---yeah, not one of my favorite memories, lol.</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">-Driving up into the South Hills almost every week when we lived in Twin Falls</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">-Eating our first breakfast in our apt using our suitcases as a table and our camping chairs to sit on (the only furniture we had at the time)</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">-bringing him homemade chocolate chip cookies to work</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">-working (almost) along side him at Sportsmans Warehouse</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">-That </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">moment we KNEW we should start our family</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">-Our time spent together at the Hospital when William was born. None of our family was there until about 3 hours after he was born, such a great experience to know that "We did it!" all on our own.</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Stay tuned for more!!!</span></span>Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-53473778985888505262012-11-10T00:24:00.002-07:002012-11-10T00:26:43.658-07:00Life's Lemons<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life has given me lemons, but I have definitely not been making lemonade (at least not by my understanding of this phrase). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure that I want to share all of this, but I'm hoping that sharing my thoughts and feelings with you will help me. I usually write in my journal, but when I'm feeling down those journal entries just tend to fuel the fire and are just down right depressing. Anyway.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a problem. I have an addiction. In all seriousness, I am addicted to food, specifically sweets. I know some of you may read this and think "me too!" or "it's okay, everyone loves food" but for me it is not okay. Yes it is an addiction, no it is not just a love of food. When I'm depressed, upset, sad, etc, I eat and eat and eat. If there are sweets around I devour them until they are gone. I can't just have one cookie, I have to eat them all or eat until I am sick. It's gotten to the point where I am eating in secret because I don't want my husband to know I eat as much as I do. I'm embarrassed, I'm ashamed. Most importantly though, I don't want this to be how my kids remember me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I'm an emotional eater and I get in this terrible cycle where (as I mentioned above) I eat when I'm upset, then that makes me more depressed, which makes me want to eat more--and I do, EVERY TIME! Today for example I was doing great all day. I even went for a 2 mile run and did a TON of ab exercises and pushups. Later in the day I got upset and started eating sweets and pretty much any kind of food in the house that sounded just a tiny bit appetizing. The candy I was eating wasn't even really that good but just having it made me "feel better." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm getting really upset because I literally hate every aspect of my body right now. I only weigh 12 lbs less than when my daughter was born and my stomach is bigger than it's ever been. Most people I talk to just say, "It's okay, you just had a baby, give it some time, you'll lose it in no time" well that's what I thought too after having my son, and 2 1/2 years later when I got pregnant with baby #2 I still hadn't lost all the baby weight. I know everyone is just trying to be nice and help me feel better but I'm sick of it! I don't need any excuses. I give myself enough excuses every single minute of every day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really am at a loss of what to do. I know I shouldn't eat as much as I do, but I just don't know how to say no! A lot of people just say to not buy the sweets and junk so you won't eat it, but if I don't have it in the house then I'll just go buy it. It's a serious disease. I just wish I hated food and never had the desire to eat, then maybe I'd be a lot healthier, skinnier, and happier. I know looks aren't everything, but they sure are something, and what's in the mirror now is NOT what I want to see! I'm not being hard on myself, I'm just finally being honest with myself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My purpose in writing this is not to try and get sympathy or for you to give me compliments or help me rationalize my behavior. My purpose was to get my thoughts out and hopefully get some feedback of tips or ideas on what I can do to beat my addiction. I love all the feedback I usually get from my blog posts, but PLEASE if you are just going to comment and say, "Don't be so hard on yourself" "You look great", etc. no offense, but I'd rather not hear it; at least not today. I need HELP, not sympathy.</span> Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201050124199510831.post-35697153178980181152012-06-18T18:51:00.002-06:002012-06-18T19:30:13.324-06:00Patience<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
Patience. Such a hard thing to have sometimes. My patience is currently being tested as I wait for our baby girl to arrive. Really, I should be more patient and not complaining, but it's just a little hard. I'll be 38 weeks tomorrow and since my first came 9 days early I keep expecting this one to come early as well.</div>
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Some of you may know this, but I'm having the baby up in Idaho because we don't have any insurance yet in Utah. I'm staying with my in-laws until baby girl comes, so at least I have a place to stay while I wait. So grateful for family! My husband's work was slow this past weekend so he came up here for 4 days. Since I have been getting some contractions we tried anything and everything we could to get labor going, but no success...well, at least not with labor. A week ago the Dr was concerned that the baby might be breech. Today when I was checked we found that she has dropped and is not breech so that was wonderful news!! The only downer at the appointment was that I'm still not dilated. That being said, my husband left to go back home (6 hours away). I wouldn't have been so sad about not being dilated today, but I'm just SO worried that if I suddenly go into labor like I did with my first, I'm afraid my husband won't make it in time. With my son I was checked on a Monday and was not dilated or effaced at all, then 4 days later my water broke! 8 hours after my water broke my son was here. So, you can see where there might be some concern. </div>
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Anyway, just needed to vent my frustrations a little. I guess I will just have to try and have faith in the Lord's timing and wait...</div>Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09978579977558675393noreply@blogger.com1