October 27, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Today is Miss Michele Ann Hunter's birthday and lucky for her I happened to have access to a scanner today! :) She is the ripe old age of 27 and it's hard to believe I have known her for half of her lifetime, crazy. We have been through pretty much everything together: hook-ups, break-ups, stalkers, long distance relationships, weirdos in the armed forces, boyfriends in jail, (yeah we know how to pick 'em), living together, almost burning down our apartment, and being so broke that we had to chose between food for 3 days and going out on friday night and we always chose going out. We might not have always had our priorities straight but we always have eachother. She is one person I can say I trust 100% and she is the closest thing I've ever had to a big sister. They don't get much better than this girl.

This is us at Club Manhatten. If you haven't been I highly recommend you go. We were friday night regulars and we knew how to have too much of a good time. One thing that always amazed me was that it would close around 2:00am but we never seemed to be home before 4. To this day I have no idea what happened in that time because I know we weren't at Del Taco for the whole 2 hours. :)


This is where we could frequently be found on Sundays. Napping. We were professional nappers back in the day. And we would watch some of our favorite movies, Bring it On or The Sweetest Thing. We must've seen them a thousand times. They say that living with someone can make or break a friendship and it definitely made ours. To this day I don't think we have ever fought and honestly I don't think we ever would.
I hope you have a great day Slut and I wish I could be with you to celebrate! Thanks for being the bestest friend I could ask for, you're fabulous. :) Love and miss you way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

October 24, 2008

Pumpkins, Dora & The Bag

This is the bag. It's a Jessica Simpson quilted croc shoulder bag on Victoria'sSecret.com and I lub it mucho! Hint hint to anyone wanting to buy me a gift in the near future. :)

This is Brynn with the Dora doll my friend Amanda bought her. She loves this thing and drags it around the house all day. I always wondered what would be Brynn's show; Barney, Sesame Street, Sponge Bob, it's official her show is Dora. We have at least 6 saved on our Ti-vo and the movies and a back pack like Dora's. It's so funny to watch her get all excited about it. Sometimes it's hard for me to believe that she's only 2!

We finally got around to carving our pumpkins and I think I did a pretty good job! The spider one was pretty tricky but worth it whe Brynn wanted to sleep with the pumpkin in her bed. I love this kid.

October 11, 2008

100 Things...

I've seen this on a few other blogs and I am challenging myself to do it so here we go:

1. I hate wet counter tops. After I wipe them off I have to go back and dry them.

2. I won't let Tim make the bed. I like it to be made a certain way.

3. I am never happy with my hair. I always wish it were darker, lighter or longer.

4. I love to tan even though it's terrible for my skin.

5. I am extremely passive. It takes quite a bit to get me worked up.

6. I pay no attention to details.

7. I hate sitting at home and I will think of any excuse possible to get out of the house.

8. I don't have a favorite color. It changes depending on my mood.

9. I love to sing in the car.

10. I loved being pregnant.

11. I never thought I wanted to have a lot of kids but having Brynn has definitely made me rethink that.

12. I do and always have loved babies. When I was little I would sneak out of sacrament meeting to help calm the babies in the foyer.

13. I have freakishly huge man hands. My wedding ring is a size 9 1/2. Trippy I know.

14. I hate my broad shoulders.

15. I have accepted that any shape I want, including a waist, I will have to pay for.

16. I am convinced Brynn is a genius because I took Lipil when I was pregnant.

17. I wish my sisters and I were closer.

18. Michele Ann Hunter is my bestest friend in the whole wide world and I never get to see her enough.

19. I was a stay at home mom for 18 months and I hated it.

20. I love to work and I love what I do.

21. No matter how hard I try, patience is not a trait I seem to posses.

22. I hate when people miss a belt loop or wear black shoes with a brown belt.

23. I like my eyes.

24. I only weigh 6lbs less than I did at my 6 wk check up after Brynn was born.

25. I wish I were motivated to work out more.

26. I believe in soul mates and that there is one person for everyone.

27. No matter how much money I had I wouldn't want a big house unless I had enough kids to fill it. Who wants a bunch of empty space??

28. I loved growing up in a big family.

29. I want to be living in Utah again eventually.

30. I have the best mother-in-law ever!

31. I have always wanted a big sister.

32. I don't think it's possible to truly be in love in high school.

33. Tim thinks I like football more than I really do.

34. I hate Kobe Bryant.

35. I feel more comfortable around guys than I do around girls.

36. The first time Tim and I went out we had to go to the 10:00pm movie because Michele and I were watching the University of Washington vs. Washington State game and it went into triple overtime.

37. I forgive too easy and I never forget. Which is probably worse than me never forgiving you in the first place.

38.My mom is my hero.

39. There are qualities in each of my sisters that I wish I had.

40. My biggest fear is not marrying my soul mate.

41. I am so addicted to celebrity gossip that I have breaking E-News updates texted to my phone.

42. I want to make a meal from scratch that only I know the recipe to.

43. I don't care how hot it gets during the day but it has to be cool, meaning below 50, at night.

44. I hate humidity unless I'm on vacation.

45. I love really high heels.

46. I am a jeans and t-shirt girl but I love to get dressed up.

47. I am addicted to gummy bears.

48. I try to drink a gallon of water a day.

49. Tim is in charge of buying Brynns toys and I buy the clothes.

50. I like to golf. My game was at it's best when I was 9 months pregnant.

51. I fell down the stairs 3 days before I went into labor.

52. I have thought numerous times about writing a book.

53. When my sister Madison was hit by a car I had a weird vision of it before it happened.

54. I wish I were closer to my dad's side of the family.

55. I wish I were more active in the church.

56. It's hard for me to take someone seriously if they have bad teeth.

57. I always wanted to get married on a beach.

58. I have taken it upon myself to be Tim's fashion consultant. He's from Price Utah, he doesn't know any better.

59. I didn't go to college but I often think about going to get my degree in Psychology.

60. Lazy people that expect everything to be handed to them drive me crazy!

61. I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up.

62. I am still a big daddy's girl.

63. I don't wash my hair every day.

64. I am a text-aholic.


65. I wouldn't watch any TV if it weren't for our Tivo. We bought it when I was pregnant because I kept falling asleep during my favorite shows.

66. I think Brynn likes the smell of cigarette smoke and it's quite disturbing.

67. When I fake smile I stick my tongue out a little.

68. I can live on very little sleep for about 5 days at a time.

69. I spend way too much on things to make my house smell good.

70. I have to have my personal space pretty much all the time.

71. I love cars and I used to subscribe to Car& Driver.

72. I have no plans for getting pregnant any time soon but I am convinced that we don't make boys and I already have my next girl name picked out.

73. I won't wear a blue shirt with blue jeans.

74. I love being a mom.

75. I have a slightly new obsession with the mango-orange-banana Vivanno's at Starbucks.

76. I was 7wks early when I was born and I still weighed 6lbs2oz. I would've been a ridiculously huge baby if I would've gone full term!

77. Once Michele and I put two frozen pizzas in the oven and fell asleep we almost burnt down our apartment.

78. I don't have a favorite food. There are a lot of things I like but I don't think I could pick a favorite.

79. I am a terrible decision maker.

80. I procrastinate everything until the last minute.

81. I do not have a creative bone in my body. Lets hope Brynn has her Aunt Paula's artistic ability.

82. I don't mind doing laundry but I hate folding it so it ends up in the dryer being "re-fluffed" all week.

83. I hate socks unless I'm working out or wearing boots. Tim says I must have been an Indian in another life.

84. I hate cats.

85. I love the mountains. I always have, but I love them even more now that I've had to visit Utah to see them the past 2 years.

86. I love to go on long drives all by myself. I used to drive up Parley's Canyon and down Emigration Canyon frequently to clear my head.

87. I love cake but I hate frosting.

88. I never thought I was claustrophobic until I went snorkeling in Honduras, it was horrifying.

89. I am not a republican or a democrat.

90. I used to chew the feet off my barbie dolls and cut their hair, so weird. A therapist would have a hay day with that.

91. I bite my nails uncontrollably.

92. I love to read but I am very particular about the books that I'll read and I wish I had more time to do it.

93. I gave myself pedicures when I was pregnant until the day before my water started leaking.

94. When I drive in bad weather I have to listen to my music really loud or talk on my phone so that I'm distracted or I will think way too much about what I'm doing.

95. I had always been a night owl until I had a baby, now I'm lucky if I stay up past 10.

96. I love Brynn more and more the older she gets. I don't know if it's because we can communicate better now or what but we did not get along when she was little.

97. I don't like hot baths or hot tubs because I hate being hot.

98. I am very good at being alone as long as I have Brynn but I don't depend on anyone else for anything.

99. I am the most unorganized person ever. I have good intentions I just can't seem to get everything together.

100. I can't buy my Christmas presents until a few days before Christmas because I get too excited and want to tell you everything you will be getting. I was the little kid that wouldn't go to sleep until I went downstairs to peak at all of the Santa presents.

This was exhausting but I loved it and would definitely do it again. I highly recommend it but you better block out your evening because it takes a while! Enjoy!


October 4, 2008

September/Family Pictures

Tims mom, Aunt Paula and sister Taylor came to visit last week and we had so much fun! Brynn was rediculously spoiled, as usual, and so were we. Tim's mom brought her camera and took a few family pics of us at the park. We went to some great restaurants, did some shopping and had an overall dandy time. We miss his family so much!!




Brynn & Aunt Taylor, it was so much fun having her around! She couldn't do anything without Brynn wanting to tag along, just like last christmas.

Brynn with her Build-a-Bear elephant in it's Ariel halloween costume! Thanks Grandma Carla!

Strike a pose...