Sunday, October 19, 2008

Nursery!!



This past Thursday my sister and my good friend who is my neighbor Jenny, as well as Cindy from my ward who is in nursery with me painted the nursery! I was sad I couldn't help but I have to stay away from the fumes for the nino :) I was so incredibly grateful that they did it for me and I'm so happy with the finished product! Jess and I bought a little bit too much paint, so there was a ton left over, so he decided to paint our one bathroom as well!
I love love LOVE the crib we bought! I can't wait until the little guy is actually sleeping in it!
I love Jess so much! He made sure he went and got me a good glider chair because I'm going to be spending alot of time in it! But I made sure he liked it too because although not nearly as much time as I'll be in here, he will be alot too, so I want him to be comfy :)
So the nursery still needs some finishing touches like pictures and what not, but I feel so relieved to have it done! Now we're ready for whenever he decides to come out!

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Monday, October 13, 2008

8 things..I stole this from Steph :)

8 Things

8 things that I am passionate about...
1. Football. I know weird right? But I have always and will always love the game! My Eagles are doing pretty decent as of the moment, they're 3-3! But I love watching games, be it college or NFL, and I love hanging out with friends and eating junk foods and cheering on your favorite team!
2. Photos. I LOVE taking pictures! I'm almost a picture freak, but I know that my kids and their kids will appreciate it years to come!
3. Animals. Jess swears I should have been a zoologist or something, but I love any and all animals! If there is an animal in a movie that dies I'm horribly upset, but if people die and there's blood and gore..meh. Case in point, we went to see I am Legend last year, and when the dog dies I screamed out SO LOUD it was pretty embarassing!
4. Texting. I am an avid texter. Alot of people are amazed by my texting abilities, but I have always rather texted than called people, it's easier!
5. Fitness. I have always been an athlete and very active. So, the past 9 months have been pretty difficult for me to not be working out like I want to. The first few months of my pregnancy I was so sick I lost 12 pounds! In the middle months I actually was pretty good and would go to the gym often, but once I had to give up my beloved running, the gym has sort of lost it's luster to me. I still try to go as often as I can, but these past few weeks I have been too dang tired!! So, you better believe once this little boy is born I'm gonna go into operation lose the baby weight and then some!
6. Salsa. Haha..I know another weird thing to be passionate about, but I love it! I will put salsa on anything and everything!! And the hotter the better! (right elise?)
7. Writing. I keep up a journal frequently because I want my family to have written record of my thoughts and events in my life. I also like to write poetry and children's books! I've been in the works of writing a children's book about our former dog Mr. Higgins, and have been writing a young adult novel too! I'll let you know if anything ever comes of either but it sure is fun!
8. Traveling. I don't care where we go I just love traveling! Like our trip to Star valley, it was only 3 1/2 hours away but it felt like we were a million miles away once we were there! I'm always down for last minute trips to vegas, or anywhere for that matter!

8 words or phrases I use often...
1. Dude
2. You know what I mean?
3. hey!
4. holla
5. I love you
6. ohh snap
7. shiz
8. well..see ya

8 things I want to do before I die...
1. See all my children married in the temple
2. Have a book published
3. Open a B&B (I kept this Steph cuz it's one of my dreams too!)
4. Work at the elephant orphanage in South Africa
5. Serve a service mission for the church
7. Have the freedom to do what we want with our family! No worries
8. Travel the world with Jess

8 things I have learned from my past...
1. It's better to forgive and forget. Grudges hold you down and make you bitter.
2. No matter who comes and goes in your life, your family will always be there. Always.
3. How powerful prayers really are. God is always listening, especially in your lowest and darkest hours of need.
4. Never pass up an opportunity to do something new and exciting! You never know what you might learn and how much fun it really might be.
5. Treat everyone as you would want to be treated. you never know why people act the way they do, or their backgrounds etc. Love everyone.
6. Don't wish for other people's lives, just be grateful for the one you have!
7. Embrace the little bumps that come your way as blessings.
8. Be positive!!

8 places I would love to go or see..
1. Greece
2. Africa
3. Thailand
4. China
5. Italy
6. Australia
7. Vancouver where my birthmom lives, but I don't know if I'll ever have the guts to go see her..
8. All of the temples in the world!!

8 things I currently need or want...
1. To get this baby out of me!!!!!! I now know why women are pregnant for 9 months...it's because by the time you get to 8 months you are so sick of being pregnant that you will do anything to get that baby out!
2. My hair to grow faster! So I donated it this summer, and it's still only to my chin, GROW hair GROW!!
3. To win a bazillion dollars! Ha! A girl can dream right?
4. After I have the baby I really want to go on What Not To Wear. I think I already dress fabulous, but would love to get an entirely new wardrobe!!
5. For Jess to never have to work again. He works harder than anyone I know, and I would love to see him not work anymore!
6. To work for Lonely Planet, you get paid to go on vacations and write about them!
7. To have my Dad get a job closer. He works in Bonanza which is 3 hours away from Orem and he's there M-F every week. Really not fun for anyone :(
8. Another dog. I know, Mr. Higgins was sort of a train wreck, but I want another dog so badly!!

All of my girlfriends on here are tagged!

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Star Valley

Jess and I had the opportunity this weekend to drive up to Star Valley, Wyoming and stay at this amazingly gorgeous cabin! We had so much fun and it was really nice to get away for a few days especially before the baby arrives! Not only was it just nice to get out, but the gorgeous scenery of that valley, and the nice clean fresh air was a definite plus! There were 3 other couples there with us, one that we knew and two that we got to meet, and by the time we left we all felt like old friends!
We ate like kings, and just got to chill and hang out around the cabin. The boys also went rabbit hunting, and shot skeet off the back balcony. Overall it was just a really fun relaxing couple of days and definitely what I needed!

Jess and I at the buffalo ranch our friend Justin's family owns!
The main living room of the cabin, nice cozy fires at night!
The kitchen and dining area
Master bedroom
master bathroom

living room area downstairs

Jess and I went for a really fun Razor ride! We got to see some of the beautiful scenery, and fyi Razors are SO FUN! We totally want one now!

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Free Handbag contest!

There's this contest I found out about for a chance to win a super cute handbag! I of course entered, so you all should too! Heck, who wouldn't want a free handbag? It is super easy to enter! Just go to this website and enter for your chance to win! Good luck :)

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Sunday, October 5, 2008

R words

This week alot of R words have impacted my life whether seriously or just humorously. Here is my list I have compiled of them:

Remission: Well, as most of you know my Mom has been doing Chemotherapy as well as going through a stemcell transplant this summer. It was pretty rough for a while, and we all have been praying and fasting and just worrying for months. This past Thursday I took Mom up to the Huntsman center at 6:30 AM to go and see her Doctor so he could give her a diagnosis after all the treatments. I was not looking forward to it, because I was expecting bad news. BUT he gave us the best news of all: Mom is in Remission! There is not a trace of cancer in her body!!! Hallelujah!! Mom and I immediately started crying and hugged, and for once they were tears of pure joy and boy did it feel good! It is so nice to know all the hard times Mom went through this summer were not for nothing!
Realization: So, as it gets closer and closer it is hitting me hard that I am going to be a Mom in less than 6 weeks! Don't get me wrong I'm totally excited! But just to try and fathom that I am really going to be a Mother and have this little life to take care of 24/7 is kind of a crazy feeling! We bought our crib and stroller and car seat this past weekend and are really starting to feel like we're ready!

Rejoice: I was so excited for conference weekend to come! And I was not disappointed! All of the talks in the 4 sessions were amazing, and I was really good and took lots of notes! But the most exciting part of it all for me was the announcement of the 5 new temples! They are all huge blessings, but the Philadelphia and Kansas City temples really hit home for me. In case any of you don't know, I grew up in Philadelphia the first 18 years of my life, so that is home for me. We were in the Washington DC temple district but the saints out there have been praying for a temple as long as I can remember! And my parents moved to Kansas City right after they took me and Aly to college and lived there for about 5 years. The closest temple to Kansas City is St. Louis which is a good 5 hours away, and is actually where I took out my endowments :) But the members there have been longing for a temple, and the membership is huge there! So it will be such a blessing to the saints in Kansas city to have a temple so close. And Rome Italy? How cool is that?? I would love to go and see that one when it's completed!!
Remenisce/Ridiculous: So on Friday night my Dad and I drove up to a wedding reception in Bountiful. Jess is on our company cruise to the Bahamas this weekend, (boo!), so I had nothing else to do and said I'd tag along. Let me give you some background info. The groom is a man named Lew Frasier, he was and is still a member of the ward I grew up in Philadelphia, the Broomall 2 ward. My dad served as one of his counselors in the bishopric right when my family moved to Philly almost 23 years ago, and he was always very sweet to my sister and I. He and his wife Marion were staple quirky characters in our ward. She was the ward chorister, and would always dress to the nines, like full on gloves and big feathery hats you name it! He was always traveling around the world for his job and would send us postcards from islands and countries I had never even heard of! Anyway, Marion died about 3 years ago, and since then Lew fell in love with a single mother in the ward named Penny. They dated and what not for over a year, and he finally popped the question. Ok, so that doesn't sound too weird right? Well...Lew is 84, and Penny 55. Yikes! Talk about age difference! And to the members of our ward it just all is kind of weird.
So, my Dad and I arrive at the wedding and go through the line and chat with some of the other people we knew who came out of the woodwork to see this wedding. As we're sitting down to dinner after the ring ceremony, I turn to my Dad and say "hey, where is Lew's daughter?", because I knew they had one son and one daughter and I had met the son, but the daughter was not in sight. My Dad leans in really close and whispers "See that man in the cowboy hat? That is their daughter. She is now a man." I about choked on my food! WOW totally not expecting that one!!
So it ended up being quite an eventful night, and they truly are in love you could just tell watching them together so it was a very happy event as well :) And it was fun to talk to the people we knew from Philly who came and remenisce about old times!





The Ring ceremony Cutting the cake! My friend Camille and I kept chanting "Smash it! Smash it!" when they fed it to each other, but they didn't to our great disapointment.
My Dad, Me and Annabelle in the middle. She's my Mom's best friend's daughter who is a ballet student at the U!

Annabelle, Camille, and I lookin fierce!

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