Chris Mower Preemie Babies 101 The Cooking DishChris was making Swedish pancakes for breakfast today and Maggie said she was ready for another one. Chris said, “Maggie, I made a special pancake just for you. It’s a Maggie pancake!”
Maggie took the pancake and held it in her hands for a minute then said, “I got cooked, Mommy, I got cooked!”
Today Chris and I brought both of our girls out of hiding and we went to church together as a family! It was amazing. Since Maggie turned 3 last year she is officially in Primary and so we all had our turn in Primary today. Chris went with Maggie at first and during Opening Exercises [...]
Maggie and Robyn were so cute hunting for Easter eggs in our house on Easter, I just had to share pics, even though it was forever ago!
We hid Maggie & Robyn in their room and then hid eggs around the house as fast as we could before they opened the door and came running with [...]
So, I’m trying to decide why people I hardly know keep calling me sweetie, sweetheart, and cutie, etc. Do I seem younger than I am? Am I extremely naive? Am I too innocent? Am I childish? I just can’t figure it out. I’m a woman of 28 (ha ha, okay, so I still feel 16 [...]
So, I’ve discovered what I believe to be the greatest method for teaching and introducing music to young children! It’s called “Let’s Play Music” and it originated 12 years ago, created by a Music Education graduate from Brigham Young University. The website is www.letsplaymusicsite.com and if you go there you’ll find a 10-minute video about [...]
A few days ago a wonderful woman passed away. Rosemarie Herem was in the Relief Society Presidency of my ward, she was one of the first women to introduce herself to me when we moved into the ward 2 1/2 years ago, and she was one of the nicest and most sincere women I knew. [...]
I’ve decided to create a team to walk for babies in the March for Babies 2010! I’m very excited. Basically, anyone who wants to walk with my team can join me (I would love it!) on May 15, 2010. If you can’t make it donations would be wonderful – but no [...]
The youth in our ward went to Temple Square tonight to see the Christmas lights. Chris just got called to be Secretary in the Young Men’s and I am currently the Secretary in Young Women’s, so we packed up our girls and went as a family! It was wonderful. I’m so excited that we’ll be [...]
So, these past few months I have dived head first into learning how to be a good homemaker. I’ve continued to find and make new recipes and I’ve gotten into a good routine of making dinner almost every single night. I’ve been trying very hard to keep the house tidy and comfortable and to be [...]
Maggie’s prayer over dinner:
“please bless the food…that daddy be home safe from work…that mommy and Maggie and Robyn and Daddy will be married…”
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
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“You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to [...]
“How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal and you have to be willing to work for it.” – Jim Valvano
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“The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is [...]
“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.” – unknown
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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
“Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.”
