A Milestone For My Blog!!!!

This is my 100th post, I kind of thought the
day would never come
when I first thought about setting up my own blog last year.
I thought that I didn't do enough interesting things to
post but thankfully I was WRONG! :)
I love my blog, it's kind of like the journal that I don't keep. :)
So to celebrate my 100th post, I came up with a few
of my favorites things that I like to do,
with the word ONE HUNDRED.


Here is a "brief" explanation as to why I choose what I did.
I LOVE to cook/bake because I feel like that is where my creative juices come to life.
In my opinion who doesn't like to talk? But I really do enjoy talking, you should see how many minutes I use a month on my cell phone. Thank goodness for early unlimited nights and weekends! :)
Reading a great book is one of my favorite past times. Oh how I love to lose myself in a good book. Some of my favorites are any books by Anita Stansfield, the Twilight Series and Harry Potter. I have others but those three stand out.
As I was thinking of what words to use for this at first was kind of stumped when it came to the letter "H" and then all of the sudden it hit me...HAIR!!! DUH? We all know that I LOVE my HAIR and I am not shy about it, so need I say more?
I really can't stand silence and I just love how music has the ability to change your mood. There have been so many days when I've been just BLAH but then an upbeat song comes on and I totally do a 180 with my mood.
Night time -- I am such a night owl, it's like my body wakes up between 8-10pm. :)
I LOVE my family, what else can I say? I love that we are all living in the same valley for now.
Road trips -- who doesn't love hitting the road with great music and friends? There's just something about getting out of town that is exciting and driving to a new place.
Portuguese -- yes, I do still love it and I try to practice it as much as I can. It's such a pretty language and I really enjoy knowing a second language.
DVDs -- I classify this as movies. Whether it's watching movies in the theater or having a fun movie party at home, I love watching movies. They can be a break from reality which we all need from time to time. ;)

I know that was kind of a crazy paragraph but I hope it gives you a
little insight to some of my favorite things.
YAY -- Happy 100thPost!!!

MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I am just warning you now that this is going to be a long post, I just couldn't decide on what pictures to post so I ended up with lots! That being said, I have to tell you that I just LOVE my Birthday!!! I think Birthday's are SO fun and they are your special day and you deserve to REALLY CELEBRATE the occasion. I had a WONDERFUL Birthday this year. Because my Birthday fell on Sunday I called it my Birthday weekend!! It started Thursday after work Sandie and Jenn took me to get pedicures...

and manicures! It was great to have a little pampering! I normally don't like my hands but with my nails done, I think they look pretty nice.

Then we went to dinner at Thanksgiving Point. Here is Stephanie and Sandie chilling as we are waiting for our table.

Stephanie and Jennifer having a little fun while we wait. (Stephanie had to work so meet us for dinner.)

My YUMMY Birthday dessert from the restaurant.

Friday night and Saturday I hung out with a couple of friends in Salt Lake and we went to dinner and the movies. I had a great time just relaxing with them.

Sunday morning Ryan and Alisa came downstairs and gave my part of my present...a Birthday outfit for Maxie. Doesn't she look SO festive? Then they made me breakfast! I felt SO loved!

Our 1st set of tulips that popped up!!! YAY for tulips! Also note that BIG daffodil! I just LOVE spring flowers!

A picture of part of the decorations we had around the house! :)

More decorations...

Alisa and I having fun with the camera. (Alisa's bday is the day after mine...so we can call this one -- "the Birthday girls!!!")

We had the family over to celebrate the April Birthday's in the evening. I couldn't resist this picture of Seth.

I just thought this was cute of Alisa and I (the birthday girls.)

Mom and Dad with some of the grandkids. They were trying to get them to settle down and it turned into a great photo opportunity.

I am showing off Amy's present. She is way creative and made a magazine cover for me. It's call W Magazine. It's SO cute!!!

Alisa is SO excited to start reading Eclipse, can you tell? I LOVE that series.

Maxie also got a chair...doesn't she look like a queen sitting on her throne?

With Seth's allergies he wasn't able to eat our YUMMY dessert, so they gave him an ice cream cone with whip cream in it. I think he enjoyed himself, don't you?

I had my camera out and Talmage was standing right there, how can you resist taking a picture of that cute face, especially with such a cool hat on!?!?!!?

The April Birthday girls...Claire, Me, Alisa and Bailey!

Here are some random pictures that I liked from the day...Amy and I.

Ryan, Jodi and I

My parents gave Alisa and I each fun hats with their present. So here we are trying them out.

Then when I came into work Monday morning one of my co-workers gave me a card and spread confetti on my desk.


I know this was long but I had to share all of my fun experiences! I had an AMAZING Birthday!! Thank you to everyone who made me feel spoiled and LOVED!!!!

Maxie's new look

I decided that Maxie (my Christmas present) needed a spring/summer outfit. So I went shopping tonight for her. I had to document her comfy winter PJ's. Aren't they just so cute?

Here she is all decked out and ready for the warmer weather that she knows is coming. I thought the sunglasses were adorable, and don't forget the cell phone is an accessory that she always carries. I am contemplating adding some "bling" to her phone, but one new thing at a time.

Now check out the "bling" on her sandals!!! How cute are they? I just love them. Now Maxie is ready to go and catch rays.

Conference Sunday...

As 2nd session of General Conference was starting this afternoon, I thought that Mom, Dad and I could use some snacks. Thanks to Candice who taught me that presentation is everything...I am a little addicted to making my snacks look good. She also taught me how to put on a good movie party, if anyone is interested.

Here is just an example of one of our little movie parties...see where I get it from. Now do you understand my addiction?????

We decided to have our first barbecue of the season today. Jodi and her boys came out as well as David's family. Yes, I realize no one is looking at me in this picture...I was going to a in the moment kind of thing.

Mom's excited to try that burger...and let me tell you that they were YUMMY!! Dad barbecue's one mean burger.

Jodi brought out a fun game for the PS2 that everyone had fun playing. It's a 4 player, so it worked out well. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon with the family.

I See Spring!!!!

Here are a few pictures I took today of our spring flowers that are "popping" up out front! Spring is here...and I LOVE it!!!!

(Now I am just patiently waiting for the tulips to come up! I LOVE Tulips!!!! Another reason to LOVE Spring!!!)

The Final Products.....

Last night we picked up our final products from Color Me Mine and I have to say that they turned out great! Here is Diane's mug, very cute!

Abigail's tile that she painted all by herself. I think it turned out cute. When we picked it up the lady said this one had a lot of paint on it, and we are like we know.

Candice's tile to send to Justin...too cute!

My plate...I have to say that I LOVE IT!!!! It looks better from a distance because I am NOT a professional artist, but in my opinion there is just a little character added to my artwork. If you have never been to Color Me Mine I would recommend checking it out...I don't think you will regret it.

The coolest thing ever (in my opinion)

As most of you know I really love my hair and love doing my hair! I had heard about this cool straightener a couple of years ago but I didn't get around getting it until December. I just have to say that the Remington® Protect & Shine™ Pro Wet to Straight Flat Iron is the coolest invention on the planet. I love the fact that I don't have to dry my hair with a blow dryer and then straighten it. I have used it and still been able to add a little curl to the end of my hair. Not to mention the fact that it makes my hair SO smooth! Oh and I love the fact that it steams your hair instead of totally drying it out. If you straighten your hair a lot I totally suggest that you give this a try, you won't be disappointing. (I got it at Bed, Bath and Beyond, so finally those 20% coupons that we all get in the mail will come in handy!!!)

Welcome my favorite month...April!!!!

WOO HOO I am SO excited that APRIL has finally arrived!! I love this month for many reasons...here in Utah the grass is turning green, the flowers are blooming up and the leaves on the trees are popping. We do have an occasional snow storm, just to remind us that we are living in Utah but the snow doesn't last long. And we are in the middle of my favorite season of the year...SPRING!!! Who doesn't love Spring and seeing the rebirth of nature? Oh and TULIPS, they are my favorite flower, I can't wait to see them!!! But the #1 reason I love this month is because it is my BIRTHDAY month!!!! I love birthdays, I think they are everyone's special day and you deserve to be treated like a Queen or King on your birthday!!! It's the only day in the year where it's just your day and no one else's!!! How cool is that? So, here is my little shout out to April and I hope everyone has a fantastic