A new Chef in town

 For Christmas Miss.K received a little kit that you bake a cake and then you decorate it. We finally had time to make it last night. She already has an Easy Bake oven, but this one teaches you how to decorate cakes and is "way cooler"...her words :)

It came with a few cake mixes, you just add water. Then pour the batter in that little green thing, and put it in the microwave for 30 seconds. How easy is that...no waiting 10 minutes while it gets cooked by a small light bulb. It also came with a mix to make fondant frosting. 

Super easy, super cute. And when you see an Easy Bake Oven at the DI...it was ours, because I will never use that thing again. Miss. K had so much fun. 

Just her size!

There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza.

This week in Relief Society we had an amazing lady come and teach us about getting organized.( Click HERE http://annban10.blogspot.com/ to see her blog)

It was amazing, fantastic, motivating, informative, and a little over whelming. I love to PRETEND I am organized, but really it is my sister Jennifer who is the organizer in our family. I just shove things in places so most people can't see it :) I usually  am OK with that. But after this fun night of ways to get organized I became energized and ready to De-junk my house. 

So what happened? I started in the kitchen and began to go through things. That's when the song of Dear Liza started to hit home...I found something that went in the bathroom. I went to put it away and saw 2 things that went in the girls room. I took those to the girls room and saw the garbage needed to be dumped. I did that then figured I would just empty the other garbage cans. Then noticed some socks and shoes in the living room, so I took those down to the Mr.A's room, when I saw some pens and pencils that went in the kitchen...where I was reminded (with all the open cupboards) that I was De-junking. 

To get organized and clutter free would be a dream...lets just say, "I'm working on it", and as I work I will be singing the song "There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza."

But seriously go check out her blog, on the side bar she has a whole section about getting organized. She was GREAT!

Forces are trying to prevent me from working on my New Years Resolution

 

I only have one New Years Resolution this year. It is a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, "The only gift is a portion of thyself."

I have broken this down into several ways I can commit to doing this through out the year. One of those commitments is to be a better mom, hence "giving a portion of myself" to my family. I can be a better mom if I am not stressed, one way I accomplish this is through working out...running! I usually run listening to music, stuff with a fast beat. But this year I have decided to listen to the "Ensign" while running. I downloaded it onto my MP3 from the church website for free. I figure it might help me to feel the spirit in my life more. So today was the first time I was going to run with out my normal music. How did it go, you ask? Today was proof that I am making a good choice in doing this, because there were a ton of things that "went wrong" and it felt like someone just didn't want me to hear the inspirational messages that the Ensign offers. First: the kids were really cranky this morning, so I almost didn't go. Second: It was really cold outside, so I almost didn't go. Third: My ear warmer thing was in the washing machine, so I almost didn't go. Fourth: My shoes were having some weird issues, so I almost didn't go. Fifth: My ear buds were having technical difficulties, I actually had to stop running 2 different times to try and get them to work better, so I almost just turned it off. But I just kept at it. In the end it was an amazing run, with the great insights that I need to be hearing. I am pretty sure this will become a new habit for me...helping "Give a portion of my (best) self" to my family.