4th of July, 2008

I always say that there isn't a better place to celebrate the 4th of July then in Provo and it was certainly the truth this year. Daniel started out the morning running the 5K Freedom Run with his buddy Sterling. I started the day out at McDonalds!! (Actually, I started out almost everyday at McDonalds and found that about 2 weeks is my limit)

*We went to the parade and totally enjoyed ourselves, which surprised me actually!*

Tanner and Jaxton

Tara, my chum

*We stalked Glenn Beck, who was in town*

Glenn at the Parade, waving right at us, I swear!

Glenn going into Deseret Book

Glenn signing our book while Daniel said, "You the man Glenn."

*We went to the STADIUM OF FIRE!! It rocked this year!*

Nanny and Jaxton

This is why I love Provo, look how beautiful it is.

God Bless America!

Glenn Beck again

This is my second favorite thing at the Stadium of Fire

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

4th place

5th place

This is my very favorite part of Stadium of Fire

Note to Self & Others...

July 2nd, 2008

When trying to plan a romantical getaway for you and your husband stay clear of the so called "Murphy Bed," this is what it is

and it's not very big or comfortable just so you know!!!

Jump On It!!!

July 1st, 2008

The kids waited over a week for Daniel to get there so they could take him to Jump On It! It's an indoor arena with tons of tramps put together so you can just jump your little heart out!

Park City

June 30, 2008

For family night we headed to Park City to party. Park City is one of my favorite places. We went on the Alpine Slides and the new rollercoaster they have up there, both of which were a blast! Then we went and ate at my favorite mexican restaurant La Cantina.

Steve and Kristi

Daniel's Surprise Party

June 29th, 2008

Daniel's 29th birthday was on the 26th of June but we didn't get to celebrate with him because he was still in Oklahoma and had to work until 10:00 that night so I decided to surprise him with all of our favorite friends and family from Utah. While everybody was meeting together at the park pavilion, I took our little family for a photo shoot up the Provo Canyon and then once we got home I walked him to the pavilion where everybody yelled "Surprise." He didn't act surprised at all, he actually looked ticked off but I think more than anything he was totally confused because he had no clue what I had up my sleeve. It was fun, we got to see almost everybody in one setting, which saved us a lot of travel time and lets be honest, we have some of the best friends in the entire world!! There is nothing but happiness in that!

Gramps and Grandma

Mom and Kristi

Ricky and Kari

Lili, Graydon and Chris

Crystal and Tony

Tara and Sterling

Lluvia and James

Craig and Daniel

My dad was there too but he was the BBQ master and I didn't get a picture of that. Thanks for coming everybody and being a part of the celebration!!! We love you all.

10 year reunion...

My 10 Year Reunion was great!!! It was fun to see all of my old friends and catch up on their lives. I found out at the luncheon that I am in charge of the 20 year reunion so it's a good thing I have 10 years to plan! I've got ideas swirling around in my head already and I'm actually really excited about it! I think I got the assignment cause I was just a little too excited about the 10 year, which was true and kind of nerdy, but I wouldn't have missed it.

Some of the girls

Me and Jessie
Me and Nikki
Here we are like 14 years ago as Freshman Me and my boys Chris and Jeff
Except this one was missing...we missed you James.

Hope to see everyone a lot sooner than 10 more years.

I like it, I love it, I want some more of it!!!

June 27th, 2008

I'm not sure if any of you know how much I love Tim McGraw, not as much as George Strait, but it's close.

It was an outdoor concert so you throw your blankets on the grass and watch all the drunk people make fools of themselves, it was great! We fit right in without the beer!

The drunks weren't the only people we were watching, this was my favorite couple of the night, hands down. I am not kidding you, they only got out of this position once the entire night ...

(I could not have fit my hand between them if I tried)

...and it was just so they could sit down like this

(by the way, those Rangler butts drive my nuts)

What made it worse was that he was rocking her the entire time and it was not a soft rock, her poor head was being yanked back and forth over and over again. We got a real kick out of it but I needed some motion sickness medication just watching them. They were with parents too so that just added to the awesomeness!!

Here is a small clip of the concert, sorry about my background singing I wanted you to enjoy my favorite song.

Twins

June 24th, 2008

Do you see why I say that my daughter looks like my sister? I told my mom that Blaykli had my sisters nose the second I got one of my ultrasound pictures printed in Germany, it was amazing. Maybe someday I'll have a kid that looks like me, not that I'm complaining cause my sister is beautiful!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Yesterday I turned 28 on the 28th. I think that means this is my golden year or something like that, I guess we will see! My fabulous hunky husband seen below (in the outfit he picked out himself for the occasion) threw me a surprise birthday party 80's STYLE and it was awesome!! He pulled it off pretty well, didn't act weird until he refused to pick up the kids from the babysitters until I took the leftovers home and put them in the fridge so they didn't stink up the car. I walked in the house and saw streamers everywhere and started laughing of course, and then my friends jumped out and said, "Happy Birthday, 80's style!" I laughed at all of their outfits and then asked, "Where's mine?" Daniel turned on his 80's music and we danced like Napoleon and Deb in Napoleon Dynamite (well some of us did) and then Lacey Carney did some dancing of her own in the kitchen that was hilarious! Thank you everybody for planning and coming and being a part of my birthday!!!

Dizzle and Fig

Michele and Glyn Lacey and Sam
Kessa and Jason
The girls in the fan, check out the bangs!
The gang

HOORAY!!!

40 crazy but so fabulously fun days in the life of me!!

***Anything highlighted will be blogged about in GREAT DETAIL with tons of pictures and soon, I promise***


Day 1: Started the trek from Tulsa to Utah, stopping in Denver to get a good night sleep.
Day 2: Left Denver and headed for Vernal. Once I got there I started my grandma's Yard Sale preparation.
Day 3: Spent the entire day in the garage doing Yard Sale stuff and sneezing because of the dust.
Day 4: Made a killing at the Yard Sale which would fund my adventures on the trip!
Day 5: More Yard Sale and then Clean up. Went to dinner with Carol Cook Olsen, one of my friends that I haven't seen for at least 7 years, shame on me. It was so fun to catch up on her life!
Day 6: Went to church with Grandma and then drove to Provo.
Day 7: Went swimming at Kristi's pool.
Day 8: Not sure what I did :)
Day 9: Went swimming again at Kristi's pool with the Bone's.
Day 10: Ran errands all day to get stuff for Daniel's surprise birthday party I was throwing him.
Day 11: I went to the Tim McGraw concert with Kristi and her friend Erin and then picked Daniel up at the airport!
Day 12: 10 year highschool reunion!!!
Day 13: Daniel's surprise party!
Day 14: Park City with the family.
Day 15: Jump On It with the family and ate the best snowcones in the entire world.
Day 16: Park City with just Daniel this time.
Day 17: Swimming and errands.
Day 18: 4th of July!!!
Day 19: Pool Party, my cousin Tanner got baptized, and my 10 year Cheerleading Reunion.
Day 20: Left at 2 in the morning to drive to California all night long. Highly recommend that by the way.
Day 21: Beach Day!
Day 22: Bike Rides on the Boardwalk and shopped til we dropped!
Day 23: DISNEYLAND!
Day 24: Wedding preparation
Day 25: More Wedding preparation
Day 26: Christina and Rob got married!!!
Day 27: Chilled in Cali.
Day 28: Drove from Cali to Vegas with the Russo's and then the rest of the way by myself.
Day 29: Jaxton's Pizza Party for his birthday!
Day 30: Left for Chicago
Day 31: Set up for the show. High light of my day was going through McDonalds drive up in a taxi.
Day 32: CHA Craft Show, went to Gibson's for dinner, YUMMY!
Day 33: CHA Craft Show, went to DOWNTOWN Chicago to shop and laugh our heads off.
Day 34: CHA Craft Show and take down.
Day 35: Flew Home and read half of the book Twilight.
Day 36: Ran errands and finished the book. Bought the next one and started that.
Day 37: Worst Day EVER!!!
Day 38: 24th of July.
Day 39: Started the trek back to Oklahoma. Stopping in Hays, Kansas for a good night sleep.
Day 40: Finished the trip and came home to a anxious husband, and clean house and an empty fridge. It's good to be home!

I'm back

and will be blogging soon so don't worry!! I'm not really quite sure where to start :?

So far...

Well, I'm in Utah. Vernal to be exact, and my highlights (and lowlights) from the 15 hours of driving so far include:

1. Listening to Jaxton ask if we were there yet about 25 minutes after we left Tulsa.
2. Watching a REAL high speed chase in the middle of Kansas in my rear view mirror. The police threw those spikey things in the road right after I passed them, the car swerved to miss them and everything, it was awesome!! They caught him, don't worry.
3. Having Daniel call about every hour to see what gas mileage we were getting in the minivan and how it was running (approximately 22 mph and it's practically brand new dude).
4. Seeing a chocolate covered twinkie in a candy store in Steamboat Springs. Still kicking myself for not buying it and eating the dang thing.
5. Getting a speeding ticket in the middle of butt nowhere Colorado by the ONLY cop that we passed in the entire state of Colorado. Come on buddy, I was only going 80 in a 65 and NOBODY else was even on the road, well except for you. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I'll keep you posted. Loves to all back in Oklahoma, keep me posted if anything exciting happens (Fig, you better post a blonde picture asap on the map). Can't wait to see my chums in Utah and get Daniel's sister hitched in California. Good times to be had!!! HOORAY for everything!!

A day at the pool...

GOOD TIMES!!!

I'm thinking...

that arranged marriages are a great idea!!! Who could ask for a cuter daughter in law than Kate? She is beautiful, she's spunky, she has a fabulous family and Jaxton is a happy boy!!!

100

I had some extra time on my hands last weekend when I was sitting out in the hot sun watching Oklahoma's finest walk by my Cool Chicks booth, so here you have it...100 random things about me, cause I love randomness!!!

1. I hate being on the outside of an "inside" joke.
2. I wiggle my left foot to help me fall asleep.
3. I have pixy ears (they are pointy on top).
4. I hate watching PDA, therefore I don't participate in it either.
5. I love buying fun things for my friends that remind me of them.
6. I would take a Lake any day over the Ocean.
7. Oklahoma tact (or lack thereof) is one of my favorite things.
8. I NEVER wear lipstick.
9. I hate that I don't look good in brown.
10. I am a true friend.
11. I know that Heavenly Father loves me.
12. I'm glad jelly shoes are making a comeback, I need to get myself a pair.
13. I don't understand how old guys can hike their pants up past their bellybuttons.
14. I love snow cones.
15. I have my mom's ugly pointer finger, it's just a breeding ground for arthritis.
16. I love watching "The Bachelor & The Bachelorette," love it! Yes, my mom taught me better.
17. I wish I were a professional photographer.
18. I love making and keeping friends.
19. I cry when I get really really mad.
20. I am not intimidated easily.
21. I am NOT a butt kisser.
22. If I don't like someone, they usually know it.
23. I try to like everyone, but that doesn't always happen.
24. Mullets crack me up!
25. About every other day I wish that I had long hair.
26. I am a very fast walker and it drives me nuts when people are lolly gagging behind.
27. I wish I were more patient.
28. I ate hot dogs for breakfast when I was pregnant with Jaxton.
29. I hate cats, hate them. I can't stand when they come rub up on my legs.
30. I wish I could sing...please don't tell me that I can cause I sound like a man who has smoked my entire life.
31. I don't think I have a quiet voice, but I still wonder why Jaxton can't find his.
32. I love being tall.
33. My feet are very small for my height (7.5). I'm glad.
34. Daniel's quirks secretly make me happy.
35. I won the hoop shoot in 6th grade.
36. My sister could beat the crap out of me.
37. I'm sassy.
38. I get my lefts and rights mixed up all of the time.
39. I blame that on being raised in Roosevelt!!
40. I wish I knew how to play Tennis.
41. I love my laugh.
42. I am easily entertained.
43. I am the travel agent for pretty much everybody in my entire family.
44. I am thankful that I am self confident.
45. I am a bit of a control freak.
46. There are times that I feel like the younger sister when my younger sister is around.
47. I look forward to having one of those motorized wheelchairs when I get older.
48. I get self conscious about zits, that's about all.
49. When I was little I wanted my name to be Whitney.
50. I like cookie dough better than cooked cookies.
51. If I won a million bucks I would travel to every temple in the world.
52. I have been blessed with some of the best friends anybody could ever ask for throughout my life.
53. I wear my feelings on my sleeve.
54. I have a lot of moles.
55. I love them because my mom always told me they were beauty marks.
56. I drive fast.
57. I had my license suspended the summer I was an EFY counselor because I forgot to pay for a ticket.
58. I drove anyway, until my mom found out.
59. I crave Utah food all of the time.
60. My lucky number is 13. I know that because I won a cake at a cakewalk on #13.
61. I adore my grandpa. I don't know what I'm going to do without him so I try not to think about it.
62. I choose to be in denial at times.
63. My swear word of preference starts with an A and ends with a double S.
64. I'm usually using it at Daniel.
65. I love to ride horses.
66. Watching my kids grow up makes me miss being a kid.
67. I loved growing up in Roosevelt.
68. I'm glad we moved when we did.
69. I hated everyday of Jr. High because girls were mean to me and they teased me about not shaving my legs.
70. I loved every second of High School.
71. I am so excited for my 10 year reunion coming up this month.
72. I think my feet are cute.
73. I broke my middle toe on a fat kid.
74. I always wish Daniel could be a girl, just for 1 day, preferably during that special time of month.
75. Milk gives me gas. I do not like it.
76. I love carbs.
77. I am not a fan of hairy men.
78. OK just kidding, I love when the hair is poking out the top of the T-shirt.
79. 2 years ago on my road trip to Utah some boys put up a sign that said "Show me your boobs." I laughed all the way to Kansas. (I was breastfeeding at the time, that would not have been pretty!!!)
80. I think smoking is the most disgusting habit in the entire world.
81. I grew 7 inches in 9th grade.
82. I hate tattoos.
83. I wish I didn't know some things about some people.
84. I want to fly in a helicopter really bad.
85. I wish I had more time to read.
86. I hate the wind.
87. I was the Tiny Tot Princess when I was 4.
88. I told my mom I was going to be Miss America and I'm pretty sure I meant it. Sorry mom!
89. I am so proud of my sister.
90. I love all the nicknames that Daniel comes up with for our kids.
91. I've been pooped on by a bird.
92. I love being a mom....most days.
93. Sometimes I'm tempted to ask people if they looked in the mirror before they left their house.
94. I hate getting ready for the day.
95. I don't like talking on the phone.
96. I use sunglasses more as a headband than actual glasses.
97. I hate doing dishes.
98. I do not get embarrassed easily.
99. I do not get offended easily.
100. This is my most embarrassing moment: LONG before I knew what testicles were I saw my Uncles hairy feet and said, "Holy Hairy Testicles." The whole family stopped and stared at me with their mouths wide open. I explained to them that it came from Ace Venture saying "Holy Testicle Tuesday" and they all bust out laughing. I still had no idea what testicles were but I was embarrassed. It's even more embarrassing now that I do know what testicles are!!!!

There you have it. Hope you enjoyed!!! Maybe I'll get crazy and do 100 more.

You know your almost 28 when....

You wake up in the morning with a wrinkle line on your cheek from sleeping on your face and it's still there after the shower. Boo to that!!!

Happy 7th Anniversary!!!

June 1, 2001

I married my Eternal Buddy!

The One that I laugh with and cry with (and throw things at occassionally)!!

I Love You Daniel, always and forever!!

Here's to some more wonderful years and some more crazy kids!

Happy Anniversary Wheetie!!