Learning German, advice or help appreciated!

[Aroura]

That's a good tip.  So the r in ihr is non-rotic for native German, and with the way you are describing the I sound, then the word is pronounced almost like "ee-ah"?  I can hear that when I hear it spoken.  And Er is almost like "eh-ah".  Is that getting kind of close? 

My daughter also does struggle with the ch sounding like a k.  Some things to work on.

By the way, do you want me to correct mistakes in your emails, or is that too much buzzkilling?

You can correct the mistakes. How else would we learn?
We are really very much beginners, so I expect we will make a lot of simple mistakes.