Author Archives: Erin

***I know I’m a day late with this, but we were having computer issues yesterday.  Besides, it’s still the 15th in the U.S.*** Happy 15th Birthday to my son Ben!  When Ben was a baby, he was like a little roly-poly potato bug.  I immediately fell in love with his funny little personality. As aContinue reading “15 on the 15th”

This is a picture my photographer extraordinaire sister-in-law Julie (of http://www.julieparkerphotography.com) recently took of my Aunt Janet.  Janet turns 81 this summer. Yep, I got those genes!

Seventeen years ago today, I gave birth to an adorable little penguin. That little penguin grew . . . And grew . . . And grew . . . And grew . . . And grew . . . And eventually became this beautiful swan. Happy 17th Birthday to my Cecily who is just asContinue reading “My Adorable Penguin Who Became a Beautiful Swan”

Yesterday my heart stopped beating for a few seconds.  I was in the midst of doing my weekly hundred loads of laundry.  I was moving a load from the washer into the dryer when I saw (it was so horrible!) my daughter’s iPod lying, face down, at the bottom of the washer. NOOOO! You see,Continue reading “One Heck of a Product”

This past weekend I went to Hong Kong for a Mormon women’s conference.  I had a great time and it was a wonderful conference.  The keynote speaker was Julie B. Beck, a woman who I greatly admire.  The conference was very well planned and I was spiritually uplifted. I decided at the last-minute to go,Continue reading “Traveling”

My cousin Angie came to visit.  Angie and I aren’t blood relatives.  She’s actually Jason’s cousin.  It would come as no surprise to anyone that Angie and I aren’t related because she’s good at math and sports and I’m not.  She’s so good at math and sports that she has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineeringContinue reading “Oh No He Didn’t!”

10.  The sight of cockroaches no longer grosses you out. 9. Your child chooses seaweed flavored potato chips over Cheetos or Doritos. 8.  Eating food in the shape of Hello Kitty no longer seems strange. 7.  Your car has never driven faster than 60 mph. 6.  All of your little girl’s drawings look like animeContinue reading “10 Ways To Know If You Have Been Living In Asia Too Long”