watch these videos for inspiration or if you need a little hope.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
5 keys to THRIVE!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Bowling with Friends
Friday we were able to spend an evening with some of our friends—Steve and Meg, and Alicen and Kirk (our fellow friends that are, like us, without children :). We went bowling. Despite the mishaps with the bowling lanes, we had a blast. It was good to catch up with some good friends and to laugh and have a fun time. I just love these girls! They crack me up. The first game was guys against the girls, and OF COURSE the girls WON!! Yeah girls! The second game was couples against couples and Mike and I were right there, on the frontline till the very end, and then Megan and Steve won with their spare and strikes. Good times! Can't wait to get together again soon!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Dinner with Les
Last night I was able to catch up with my dearest, beautiful friend, Les. I just love this girl! We have so much history together—15years—can’t even believe it’s been that long and we are both turning 30 next year—crazy!! The craziest thing is no matter how long we go without seeing each other we pick right back up where we left off. Another crazy thing: we always seem to go through something prior to the other person going through it, or at the exact same time. I love it! Our friendship means so much to me. I seriously feel so blessed to have such a deep seeded friendship with her. We are similar in so many ways, which is so refreshing. It is so nice to just sit with your best friend and talk openly about issues and concerns you are having, and know that they actually GET YOU, KNOW YOU, and ACCEPT YOU. I loved talking to her for hours, catching up, relating about crazy funny things in our life, reminiscing, being ugly and goofy and laughing. Good times! Can’t wait to get together more often and to see cute Nolan, and the next little one to join your family. Oh and thanks for all the “REAL” advice on motherhood; you are the person I will be relying on the most when I embark on that journey ☺, and no, I won’t forget that “it is amazing!” HAHA you crack me up! I love you so much!
Oh and I know you told me not to post these but I LOVE THEM! They remind me of old times. And so you know I took a few ugly ones to make it even :)
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Regina and Deirdre's visit
First of all, I want to give a shout out to Amanda for getting A's on two papers she has worked on the past couple weeks. In her Theory class the Professor said the mid term she was about to take was one of the hardest tests of the semester and that, "some students even throw up before the test because it's so overwhelming." Well Amanda aced the test and got a 96%!! Then in her British Lit class she got a paper back with another A!! And the comments from the Professors on both papers were very complimentary! All the hard work is finally paying off!! Good job Baby!!
Friday night we went and saw Regina Spektor perform in Salt Lake at a club called "The Venue". We were both a little disappointed when we got there and realized we were going to have to stand for the next two hours. The opening band was a group called Jupiter One. They had a few good songs but nothing good enough to take your mind off of the fact that you were standing and your feet were starting to hurt. After they were done playing we waited...and waited...and then waited some more. The whole time with every minute that passed it got hotter and more crowded. Finally Regina came out and began playing. It was a great concert and performance. She is incredibly talented. Her voice is just as good live and her piano skills were amazing. She sang one song completely acapella and it was awesome! I'm always so impressed with the artists that can get on stage and play all the instruments themselves and sing without any computer effects or digital enhancers. After the concert we stopped and got incredibly delicious twist cones from this hamburger joint called JCW's. YUM!
Deirdre got in around 11 friday night and after 13 hours of driving with The General was completely exhausted. We got her bags inside and went to bed. The next day we woke up and had breakfast outside in our back yard. The weather has been gorgeous this past week. It's been in the mid 60's to low 70's! I wish it would stay like this all winter. After breakfast we all got ready and went in to down town Provo. We were officially on a journey to hit up every Boutique in Utah County! The first Boutique we went to was in Provo. The actual building used to be the BYU girls gymnasium. They had a million and one purses and bags. After that we went to this little Italian restaurant down the street where they have really good Gelato. Amanda got Cookies and Cream, Deirdre got Peanut Butter Cup, I got Raspberry and Ashton got all three! We then drove into American Fork to hit up two more Boutiques. Well one of the stores was more of a consignment shop. It's called Mona Lisa and it has some of the coolest old furniture and decorations ever! The other store is about 100 feet up the street and it's more of a kids bedroom furniture store. Right when we walked in they had a guy selling fudge, carmel and chocolate covered pretzels and chocolate covered Oreos! We sampled the fudge and it was super good! I can only imagine how delicious everything else was. Ashton was being such a trooper, he let me hold him the whole time and didn't cry or complain at all. Off to our last stop, Dear Lizzie. A boutique in Highland right down the street from our house. This Boutique topped them all according to Amanda and Deirdre. They had some really funky clothes and hats and all sorts of fun decorations. You could spend a thousand dollars in there in a heart beat. In the store is also a Bistro where they serve drinks, soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts. We grabbed a bite to eat and relaxed for a few minutes. Deirdre and Amanda got a turkey and pesto sandwich and I got a turkey and avocado sandwich. The sandwiches were all really good and full of flavor. We also got two cherry italian sodas.
After all the walking around we were all a bit tired and in need of a nap. We came home and laid down on the couch and fell asleep. We woke up to Ashton crying. He must have forgotten where he was and felt abandoned when he woke up! Poor little guy. We sat around talking for the next couple hours. It was mainly Amanda and Deirdre talking but I was listening so I was kind of a part of the conversation. I was playing with Ashton most of the time. That kid never stops moving and wants to touch everything! Pulling books off the shelf, putting them back on, in the suitcases, in the bags, throwing away toys, turning on the TV, turning it off.. He is such a handful but SO cute!
To finish the night right we went to Rib City and enjoyed a delightful meal. We had to take Deirdre to have the best ribs we've ever had! We all got ribs and thoroughly enjoyed them. It's gotta be the sauce that makes them so good! YUM!! I'm craving them again as I write this! It was great to have Deirdre and Ashton stay with us and we'll be missing you. Andrew and his Dad came and picked them up later that night and Amanda and I went and got shakes and watched a movie at home. Good food, good people, good times!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween
Hallowe's Eve they decorate the train all ghoulish—spider webs, candles, etc., and they play this really spooky Halloween music the entire time. They tell these tales of all these deaths/accidents that happened up the canyon (playing to the myth that Provo canyon is haunted). It was super eerie when they'd tell a certain tale and then you'd look out the window and there, in the black abyss, illuminated by a spot light, standing across the river, was a woman dressed in a white dress wailing after the train—can you say eerie— EERIE!!! Then during different stories they would have actors dressed up and come scare you on the train. It was a blast!
Driving home I was acting a crazy—rolling down our window and scaring people on the street; what can I say, I am a nerd, and it was Halloween!
Halloween we were both pretty sick so we kept it simple. We finished carving our pumpkins and then went out to eat at JCW's—Best gourmet hamburgers, fries, and oreo shakes—YUM!
Later that night we dressed up as cowboys and handed out candy to the cute kiddies; it was fun to see them all dressed up. Then I called Dre, who I found out was in the hospital. I felt so bad for her (our family is big on Halloween and it must have sucked for to miss it for her). We hope and pray you get better soon!!!! And can't wait to see you this weekend!!
We didn't get to make my squash bake or our witch's brew and carmel apples so we are continuing the holiday celebration and making them Monday night for FHE—YUM! I love Halloween!! I love creating our own traditions together. This year was one of the best! Enjoy the fun pics (oh and Nika—celebrating her first Halloween— was also a cowgirl) :).
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