Holdin' Down the Fort

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

How my mom LOVES Cooper. Well first thing is he LOVES her cooking. I mean LOVES.. he will eat anything off the table. (well, except her sweet and sour sauce).

She likes him because he is our door bell. He barks at any car that pulls into our driveway. She likes him because he doesn't make a mess in the yard. Shoes and toys are safe, and we don't have to use a shovel to clean up after him.

The last thing is he is loco crazy! He jumps up the trees to scare away the birds. He sunbathes on his back. With his legs sticking straight up in the air!

1 comment:

Janetlee said...: Great job on all your blogs Erin! That gives me a great idea....getting Challis to do my blogging. We love reading about your family and seeing all the fun pictures.; June 2, 2010 at 4:44 AM

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View From the Hill

How do we reduce the pressure and enjoy our families more? "...recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction. Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said "The biggest mistake I made {as a parent} is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of {my three children} sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less" (from "Daughters of God", Ballard April 2008; click on image for complete article)