Studying, New Baby Nephew, & Yummy Chow Mein

I've started doing daily morning personal scripture study this week, and so far it's going so well! I don't know what really hit me to start? First off I do know that the visiting teaching lesson this month was on personal scripture study, and reading it, and the qoute my Sister Beck really hit me. Second I knew that I needed to start doing something for myself each day, since exercising wasn't working, I just knew that if I could start this, then I could start on the next thing for me which would be exercising. So far, one week down, and i'm getting more and more lifted and motivated each day.

I was going to post yesterday, one just because I felt the spirit SO strong, and I think I wrote like 6 pages in my journal. I have this book called "That Ye May Prosper" and it is basically qoutes and definitions of certian verse's in the Book Of Mormon. I started kinda where I ended last summer (I know, really bad that I haven't been keeping up) and that was in 2 Nephi 4. In verse 4 it talkes about propering in the land and he mentioned in the book that "Real control over anything other than ourselves is impossible. So let us exercise self mastery and the rest should fall into place for us naturally." As I read that It was like BANG....that's exactly what I needed to hear. If I work on myself, focus on me, and not worry about helping others ALL the time or Worring about others ALL the time, things will work out the way they do, especially because I can become a better example to all of these people.

The last thing I want to leave with you that I've been studying is in 2 Nephi 4: 21-22. He say's in this book that "Our lives are what we have to offer those around us. We must chose then, this day, to create a life worthy of emulation - a life filled with abundant benefit for others and an inherent stability for those who we are responsible for." I want my life to emulate the spirit. I want to be able to offere everything that is good. So I want to start giving a little tid bit each week on something that really stuck out to me in my scripture study. So look forward to my little bit of my spirit teaching or helping you along I hope each week. I'll leave this section with you all with a qoute that should get you through this week, hopefully lift you....

" All glory comes from daring to Begin"

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Now to my Chow Mein!

As for the weekly scripture study tid bit, I'll post my menu's for the next two weeks as well as 1 recipe a week that I cook! If I do more, thats great for all of you, if not, at least you get one, and if something sounds good that I have on my menu, don't be afriad to ask where I got it from or how it was! I love it when people do that! :-)

I've been on this chinese kick latley. This week I already made sweet & sour pork stir fry, and then chow mein, and in the next few weeks a have quite a few other chinese specialties about to unveil! But, I want to share this, one because its easy, and two because its YUMMY! It makes alot, so luckily Jordan had a few study pals over and they got some too, so prepare to have leftovers if there's just two of you! Unless your husband eats like mine and eats for 4! lol

Here's where I got this yummy recipe: Hostess With The Mostess's Chow Mein

I did a few changes, I added 1 cup celery, and I added meat. Jordan doesn't like chicken so I used pork. I just sauteed the meat before the veggie's. Set aside and added it when I added the cabbage and green pepper. It's super yummy and I hope you all try it! Next time I might do Shrimp, just to give it another kick! :-)

And last but not least, Today, April the 1st of 2010 at 11:45am Cooper "" Wolfe (haven't decided his middle name yet) entered this random snowy spring day! Kristin went in late last night around 2am and didn't have him till 11:45am. She was a trooper man! He is 7.1lbs and 19 inches long. All 5 toes, all 5 fingers, and cute baby boyness that I get to love on! :-)

We are all excited to have a new nephew, grandson, and son here in this little town of rexburg! He will deffinatly be one SPOILED little boy, since two of our neices are in chico, and two neice and nephew here in rexburg are becoming All Grown Up, we have a new baby to spoil! He's gonna bring so much happiness to life in our family, and we are so excited! Here is Grandpa Wolfe holding him!

Here is Aunt Christie, who will most deffinatly be taking MILLIONS of pictures of this little man, and I especially can't wait to see the ones she took today! Hopefully I'll get some soon from her! He's gonna love all the flash's! I think he already got used to them this morning!

Here's me, holding him for the first time! He's so tiny! Makes me want one, but not want to go through the delivery after hearing Kristin! But I know its worth it, and eventually we will have one of our own little bundle of joys.

He's got his momma's lips, a full head of hear, long big feet like the men wolfe's, and long fingers, and he is just as cute as a button!

Here they are, the new little family united. They both did so well, and we are SO happy for them! We are excited to have someone new and something new as well! I'm sure you will be seeing lot's of Cooper from now on here!

With Love,
The Landon's