Miriam is 4

Miriam spent the weekend before her birthday with her Gigi and Papa! She had a blast. They went out to eat, saw family, and Gigi took her to the spa for a manicure and pedicure. When they brought her home, we celebrated Landon, Gigi, and Miriam's birthdays in style!

Miriam has seen this cake every time we've been in Publix for the last year. EVERY TIME she sees it she reminds me it is her birthday cake! She was so happy to finally have her birthday cake!

Miriam is a happy, enthusiastic child. She is always on the go, unless Sofia is on TV. She loves to help me and often does something to help before she is even asked. Her favorite colors are Pink and Purple. She loves going to church and seeing her friends. I am so grateful that I got a daughter! She is a true joy in my life and in the life of everyone she meets!

Whole Wheat Pita Bread

I LOVE Pita Bread. My favorite sandwich, the Chicken Salad Ryder, comes in pita bread. I miss my Aunt Antje's restaurant so much! I bought some pita bread recently and was so disappointed in how many ingredients were in there! I decided to see if I could make some myself. After a little research on the interwebs, I found this one at yummyhealthyeasy.com

Whole Wheat Pita Bread

Ingredients
2 cups warm water
4 tsp yeast
1 TBSP salt
4 cups whole wheat flour (You can use all-purpose flour if you do not like the taste of whole wheat. At least try half and half to start.)

Instructions

1. Combine water and yeast in a large bowl and let sit for a few minutes.
2. Stir in salt and flour. Cover and let rise for 1 hour. Your dough will be sticky.
3. Turn onto floured surface and knead lightly, cover with a towel and let rest for 30 minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 500 and make sure your rack is in the lower half of the oven. Divide dough into 6 balls and roll each into an 8 inch circle with a rolling pin. Try to use as few strokes as possible and only rolling on one side.
5. Place on lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until circles puff up like pillows and are lightly brown. Don't over bake!

Cut or break pockets open and fill with your favorite sandwich fixins. I even love to spread PB on top and slice a banana. Great pre-run breakfast!

Landon is 6

My Sunshine Boy turned 6 this year! I have to admit, Landon was one of the greatest surprises of my life. I did not think I was ready. I was scared and overwhelmed, but being his mom is one of my greatest blessings.
He is a friendly, kind, thoughtful, intelligent, happy, optimistic, ray of Sunshine! He teaches me every day to look on the bright side and to skip through life (which he does literally--why walk when you can SKIP?!). Lately, Landon has been having bad dreams. We talked about how he could feel less scared and one suggestion was to pray to Heavenly Father for help. I am so in awe of Landon's faith. He is diligent and prays nightly that  he "won't have bad dreams and that I'll have dreams like when I was a baby." He is so sweet.

Donuts and Chocolate Milk for Landon's classmates

I love this kid!

Happy birthday, little buddy!