Erin + Matt

Head on over to my photography blog to check out the latest shoot with Rebekah Westover!

My newest niece, Saide Pearl Evans

My beautiful sister-in-law Emily gave birth to a perfect baby girl on Sunday just before 4 a.m. Here are a few pictures, isn't she adorable?!

How cute is Emily? I can only hope to be half as cute as her when I'm about to have a baby.

Who am I?

You Are Belle!

Intelligent and kind. Your beauty goes much further than your apperance. Also, you make judgements of people based on their personality and not their looks. Attaining all the knowledge that you can is one of your major goals in life, but you are also a person who can make things happen.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Take the quiz and let me know!

Scoutin'

Last night Jason and I helped our Weblos build a catapult. These boys were so excited to use power tools and build something! In fact, scouts went an hour over because they didn't want to leave until they'd finished building and played with it. They even told Jason he's the best scout leader they've ever had.

Also, check out my mom's sweet blog post about me.

And coming up next, pictures from our 4th of July bash and ... my new computer!

The truths and the lie

1. I've never broken a bone. True. I've suffered many cheer-related injuries, but no broken bones.

2. I've visited more than 8 different countries. True, 12 countries to be exact.

3. When Jason and I were dating, I had my mission papers turned in. False. They were filled out and ready to go (I'd even done the scary medical stuff with the shots and the blood drawn) when Jason and I started dating.

Good guesses everyone! I think most people got it right, I'm so proud.

Happy Independence Day!

Fourth of July treats

Tomorrow my family is having a nice little get together involving sun, snacks and swimming and I'm contributing these little delights to our shmorgishborg.

Mini Cheesecake Tarts

2 8oz packages cream cheese (you can use 1/3 less fat)
2 eggs
3/4 C sugar
2 T fresh lemon juice
1 t vanilla
canned pie filling (Blueberry, Strawberry or Raspberry)
Nilla Wafers

Foil cupcake liners. (You'll want to use foil ones because they separate from the cheesecakes better, and they look prettier :)

Preheat oven to 375. Soften cream cheese if needed. With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar. Then add in the lemon juice, vanilla, and eggs. Beat until combined.

Fill a muffin pan with cupcake liners and place one vanilla wafer at the bottom of each one. Fill each one 3/4 full of batter. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

But you don't want them to get brown. When you take them out, place them on a cooling rack and let them cool completely. While they cool, they will sink down in the center. Don't worry- that's normal! It makes the perfect little well to fill up with the fruit filling. Before you top them, chill in the fridge for several hours, overnight if you can. Then top and serve. You certainly could be creative and top with other things too, like chocolate, caramel, lemon curd, whatever! Makes 12 tarts.

Recipe found here (one of my favorite recipe Web sites)