Pray, pray, pray!!

Please, please, please, can we get some prayers out for little Faith? I don't believe I've posted much about Faith on my blog before.. so here goes. I met Faith Johnson when she was about 2 years old. She's was the cutest little girl. Only about a month after I met her, our sweet angel Faith developed a rare form of cancer. Neuroblastoma. Kind of like Tay.
Faith's family moved to Washing DC to be treated by the team of expert doctors at the cancer center there. They've been there ever since.
Tonight, 6 year old Faith has come close to dying a few times. Doctors don't think she'll survive long.
Long story made short - pray that we'll have her a little longer.
See more here:

http://prayingforacure-faith.blogspot.com/

Update on sweet Taylor

"Yesterday the mucositis really set in causing Taylor to feel pretty crudddy. Last night an NG tube was placed to allow us to get nutrients into her system that she is no longer able to tolerate through her mouth. The NG tube placement was quick but it caused Taylor to gag & begin to vomit. There were 4 of us in here trying to support her at that time while the tube was not quite secured & she could not stop heaving. The pain & discomfort she was in at the time was clear, she had tears in her eyes, she was sweating and shaking with each contraction. When all was said and down, Taylor looked pretty beat up but rallied shortly after to play with some dolls she had received for all of her hard work." (For complete post please go to Taylorlove.org)

Post from Aimee Love.

Love you forever little Tay! Keep holding on!

I forgot a title again..

So, last night was the first round of Davis County's Got Talent.. it didn't go as well as I had hoped but I'm glad I did it. I was SO nervous, so I started a little off tune which messed up my whole performance. I was the first to perform, so I was kind of used as the guinea pig. Out of 32 contestants they only picked 5 to go on, and there were a lot of amazing acts so I'm not surprised I didn't make it to the next round. They only sent on like two singers. The rest were "unique". My brother went on, he yo-yo-ed.
I think I could've done a lot better, yeah, but I'm glad I did it. I just hope I really did make Critter and Vivian proud because that's winning for me.

Now, onto some other stuff =) School starts next Monday. I'm kind of excited but I'm REALLY gonna miss the summer because this was the best summer ever. I'm gonna especially miss going to the Amphitheater every Friday night with Vivian. ;) Next summer seems like too far away!

Tay is doing fine, for those of you that have asked. So far there are no complications or any signs that her body won't accept the marrow. Hallelujahs!

Also, for those who know about Faith, she is doing well also. She had to have a surgery the other day to remove a tumor from her stomach but is recovering and doing well =)

A friend of mine passed away after a courageous battle with cancer the other day. RIP Jeanne, miss your sweet smile!

I think that's all for now. See you all soon!

Xoxo,
♥/Erika

Oh yeah! A title!

Hello! Ok, so now, this post is gonna be a little crazy so keep up with me =)

We'll start off with California. What a blast!!! Ah, it was fantastic. The first Friday we were there we went down to San Louis Obispo. That night we went down to the beach and then just hung out at the hotel. Saturday we went to Hearst Castle. If you don't know what that is go look it up, I can't find words to describe it! It's BEAUTIFUL! Totally amazing. After that we did this REALLY looonng but really pretty drive along the coast, went to the Elephant-Seal Observatory (Oh, how that was interesting..), and down to Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, and over to our hotel in Salines. The next day we drove up to San Francisco and went to the SF Zoo and to the Oakland Temple. Then over to our hotel in Oakland. =) Monday morning we took the ferry over to SF and spent the day running around there. We ran into my YW leader in SF, that was funny. Spent that night over in Oakland again. The next day we drove across the Golden Gate Bridge, went over to the Temple again so we could go on the terrace. Yeah, a terrace, on top of a temple. It was beautiful. Then over to the Jelly Belly Factory and on to Sacramento. Went to the Sacramento Temple and then to bed. Tuesday we went to the capital, the SacZoo, and over to Old Sacramento to the train museum and stuff. =) Then we flew home that night. So fun!

Now over to today. Just about a two week jump. ;) Well, yesterday and then day before were REALLY stressful because it was a friend of mine's funeral and Tay was having a bone marrow transplant. The transplant was really risky because the donor wasn't a relative to Tay. But thankfully, everything went well.
Also, this Wednesday is the Davis County Fair! That means their talent competition is coming up soon! I'm SO nervous! Can't wait to do it though =)

AND FINALLY, if anyone hasn't heard God's Will by Martina McBride, you need to. It is a BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL, AMAZING song! Kinda made me cry. The music video is SO sad!

Lots of love!
Big hugs!
♥/Erika

Perfectness =)

Quick post here for you guys today!! I have been in CA for a week or so and have been SO busy before and after that I haven't had anytime at all to blog! Anyways, more on my trip coming, I promise! But for this post I gotta talk about last night - it was extraordinary!!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......... last night I went to the Due West concert at the Sandy Amphitheater with with Vivian (again.. ;)). But this time was special =) I finally got that guitar I've been talking about FOREVER, and I had it with me that night to give it to her. She had no idea =) it was so special! When I pulled it out of the back of the car and she saw it, she started crying. Oh, she couldn't believe it. She just kept asking why I would do something like that for her. It was fantastic =)
So after that we went to the concert, but about half way through we had to stop the concert for a few minutes because it started POURING down rain and lightninging and thundering and the whole deal! It was so cool! And cold =)
After about ten minutes they started it again.
Then about a half hour before the concert ended, Vivs leaned over to me and said "I love my guitar, I really do. It's beautiful. Why would you ever think of doing something like that for me?". I started trying to tell her how much she means to me, and she bounced back and started calling me her angel. It was so sweet! Anyways, she made me cry, and I made her cry, and it was really awesome. I love that girl! ♥

♥ /Erika

.. =) ♥ ♫

"Just when you think life could never get any better... it slaps you in the face with another great surprise"
Last night was the best! I went to another FANTASTIC concert with Vivs! Oh, it was great. We saw Charley Jenkins =) Whoo! He's so cute. Ha.. ha!
It was so fun! Vivian is the best!
And Charley was awesome too =)
ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDD I gotta meet

Lindsey Stirling

From America's Got Talent!
It was so cool!!
Ahhhhhhhhh, how I love life!
Good times, good times.
AMEN!

Xoxo!
♥/Erika

Lotsa loves and wows

Whoa! It's been FOREVER since I last wrote! I've had two pretty great weeks since I wrote last. Last week was pretty uneventful except I went to a concert with Vivian again both Friday and Saturday. Friday we went to a western group, Restless Hearts. They were way fun. My grandparents came that day. Saturday we saw an acapella group called Eclipse. This was really fun until about intermission. At intermission I got a call from a friends mom, and my friend had a blood infection because of a surgery she had earlier that week. The infection was really bad so they didn't think she'd make it through the night. Only about a half hour later I got another call that she had passed away. I was sad, but I felt bad for Vivian because her daughter died last year also because of a blood infection. Because of my friend, Vivian started crying cuz of her daughter. I felt bad but it was sweet and I'm really glad I could have that experience with her.
Anyways, it was way fun.
The next week was girl's camp. It was my first year, and boy was it fun!! I loved it! I had the best time. The girls were so fun to be with, and our leaders were so funny. Workshops, Boring Flag Ceremonies, Harmless Pranks, Secret Sisters, Good Food, Testimonies and Bishop's Night, Boxers up the Flag Pole, and LOTS and LOTS of fun! Good memories.. =) I'll post more later.
Yesterday I started learning a new song on my guitar. It's called Streets of Heaven by Sherrie Austin. It's sad but I LOVE it. I'm playing it for Tay's parents soon. It's a hard song but I can do hard things ;)
Today was amazing. Patsy and Bruce (Kat's parents) came over today. They were here for a while, then we went over to the Wallace's (Anna's and Brita's) home and Patsy gave us all of our souvenirs she got us from Hawaii. After, they came back over here and I played them a song that I wrote for 'em (mostly Patsy but Bruce was in there too.. =)). By the end, Patsy was crying. It felt so good. She never cries, she's not that emotional, and I made her cry. I felt.. amazing. My life goal was to make her cry and I never thought I'd do it and here I am tonight saying I did it. After the song she embraced me in the biggest hug. Then they had to leave, so we started walking down the hall, and about half way down the hall she turned around and embraced me in another hug. Then, her voice shaking, says "I want you to know how much you mean to me. I love you soo much." It made me feel soooo good! She's never told me I meant something to her like she did tonight. I felt.. amazing.
Sometimes, I love life.
"It's a carnival ride but I'm so glad you're on it with me."

Xoxo!
♥/Erika