Simply Havin a Wonderful Christmastime...

I was having so much fun I didn't even take pictures of hardly anything. I did manage to get a few shots when things were slow. These were seriously the only ones.

Christmas Eve we went out to my parents house for dinner and stuff. My Dad had just put this clay stuff in the driveway so all the sand wouldn't blow away. Well there was a lot of snow so it got super muddy. We had to put the truck in 4-wheel drive to make it there. Some of group came in cars so we had to shuttle them in. The nieces & nephews were soooo cute in the Nativity. My mom got some shots in so I might have to steal them from her. We watched the Olson family traditional Christmas Eve movie "Christmas Vacation" with Mike & Jen. Always a classic. Christmas Eve is also the 1 year anniversary of mine & Dallins engagement :)

Christmas Day we opened presents at our house - just us. It was really different and not as exciting but still fun. Our main Christmas present to/from each other is a Cruise we're going in in Jan so we didn't have much else to open. It was nice to go out to my parents and watch the nieces & nephew open their gifts. Watching little kids open presents is the best. I have one niece who gets especially excited. Like really really excited. Over everything. It's way cute.


I'm sad Christmas is over. It was so nice to have so much time off work and to spend so much time with fam and friends. I love the whole month of Dec with all the parties and spirit/mood of most everyone. I am looking forward to the New Year. I have a lot of things I want to accomplish and change.

Merry Christmas!

The Holidays so Far...

Here are some of the past few weeks festivities. I didn't get any pictures of Thanksgiving :( I don't remember if I just didn't bring my camera out or I just forgot to get it out. Anyways... we've had a lot of fun since.

The day after Thanksgiving, I went to breakfast with some friends from out of town. Some waaaay out of town (the Philippines). I haven't seen Jeff in like 4 years. It was really good to see everyone.

Me, Jeffrey & Ashlie

Thanksgiving weekend, we were going to see Madagascar 2 or Bolt with "The Bills" but they were both sold out EVEREYWHERE! So we went Bowling instead. Yah on a Holiday weekend it's quite expensive!

Check out that form! That's how you win I guess. Because he did. Twice.

I really can't believe how much it has snowed in St. George lately. It was constantly coming down all day yesterday and last night. We went outside at like 12:30 this morning and played in it. There was prolly a good 2 inches!

The snowflakes were HUGE!

Awe

L- was with the night mode R- Flash

It's fun to see color mixed in with the snow.

I love lights with snow on them. I tried my best to capture it.

Christmas Tree sneak preview. Yah it's still not done yet. I can't find the ribbon I want.

Twilight II...

So I went to the movie again. This time it had better sound but I'm still not lovin it. I liked it well enough but it could have been WAY better. Should have been 1/2 hour longer. But one of the biggest things that upset me were the Vampire Actor choices and their makeup. I guess it was a fairly low budget movie and they didn't think it was going to be this big but come on!

So let me just vent a bit...

The worst one was Rosalie. She looks like she could be from the White Chicks.

Some people just can't pull off being a blonde. She really is very pretty.

This is my pick. In House she is brunette but she can pull it off.

The next one I'm going to pick on is Carlisle. He is just so fake looking.

They should have just left him how he is. Or picked someone else that looks better blonde.

Jasper made me laugh. He looked like more of an idiot than anything. I really didn't like his hair. (It's kind blurry sorry)

He would have been good.

My Edward

Alice was prob my fav out of the Vampires but I think she would have done a great job as well.

Oh and they should have just left James alone.

I knew it wouldn't be sequenced exactly like the book and for the most part it didn't bother me. What bugged me the most was the part when he goes into the sunlight for Bella. That was lame.
Hopefully with all the $$ they made from the 1st one, the second will be much better.

Twilight...

So I went and saw the long awaited Twilight movie on Friday at 12:01 AM. We got in line at about 6:30 but thankfully we didn't have to stay in the line the whole time. We went and got some Cafe Rio for dinner and walked around to all the Vendor's booths. Ha ha they had like Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, Stampin' Up stuff, purses, lotions and stuff that smelled like the characters ha, and just a bunch of girly stuff. Speaking Roses had a booth and they were selling these cool roses with Twilight on them.

This is Crystals Rose

There were 12 in our group altogether but here are just a few.

I heard the first people in line (at Stadium 8) showed up at 8:00 Thur. morning! Crazy!

So.... about the movie...
It's supposed to start at 12:01 and it doesn't until about 12:15 or so. There was the freakiest preview I have ever seen in my life for a movie called "The Unborn". I can't imagine how bad the movie must be. It was just soooo Evil! But anyway, when the movie finally starts we can hardly hear it. Everyone is trying so hard to hear that whenever anybody makes any kind of sound (like laughing - to be expected) we heard a bunch of shushers. The sound got a little louder as it went on but it sounded like crap. Like there was a bunch of static and everything was just off. And I guess it was so low that we couldn't even hear the background music most of the time. I only heard 1 song. It was lame-o! After the movie a bunch of us went up to the front and complained. Ok so it was mostly my friend Crystal B that stood up for all of us. She's so great about that kind of stuff. We got free movie tickets out of it.

I'm not even going to say what I thought of the movie because my experience kind of ruined it for me. I do want to go back and give it another try. Someone else from our group did and they said it was sooo much better.

"100 Things" Tag

Mellissa Tagged me with this lovely tag. Here are 100 random facts about myself. Let's hope I can think of that many.

1- I'm 5'6"
2- My Hair is Brown
3- I just cut my hair and
4- I think I want to cut it shorter
5- I LOVE to read
6- I read all the Twilight books
7- I'm going to see the movie tonight, well Tomorrow morning actually at 12:01
8- Team Edward!
9- I like games of any kind
10- I don't have any of my Christmas shopping done
11- It won't be done until a couple days before because
12- I am a procrastinator
13- I love music
14- My iTunes is very organized
15- I have this crazy rating system because
16- My iPod isn't big enough to hold all the songs
17- I like to be crafty but
18- I don't think I'm very creative
19- I like painting and photography
20- I love to learn
21- I went to 2 years of college on a scholarship but
22- I didn't get my associates because
23- I took too many electives
24- I'm glad I took them
25- I don't believe you need a degree to be successful
26- Math is one of my favorite subjects
27- I can't add very well in my head
28- I would rather listen than talk
29- I would like to be more organized
30- I overwhelm myself trying to organize
31- I like to cook
32- I sometimes create my own recipes
33- I get that from my mother
34- I get a lot of things from her
35- I have a whole drawer of smelly good stuff
36- I hardly use it because if i do it will be gone
37- Sadly I have that philosophy with a lot of things
38- That is another thing I get from my mom
39- I'm a night owl
40- I like sleeping in
41- I don't like my job
42- I would love to work at home
43- I want to be a stay at home mom
44- I like hearing about other peoples lives
45- I guess that's why I like blogging
46- I like all the seasons
47- I like flip-flops
48- I like flip-flop tan lines
49- I like to be tan
50- I'm halfway done!
51- I like singing in the car all by myself
52- I like traveling
53- I like road trips
54- I like the ocean
55- I love swimming
56- But I'm not so hot at water sports
57- I prefer small groups to large ones
58- I'm kind of a nerd
59- I like video games
60- My favorites are the Mario ones
61- I'm a bookkeeper but
62- My own books aren't very organized
63- I like soup
64- Especially creamy ones
65- I think nature can be gorgeous
66- I wore really nerdy glasses when I was young
67- I now wear contacts
68- I love to laugh
69- One of my favorite comedians is Brian Regan
70- I also like Jerry Seinfeld
71- When I do something, I like to do it the best I can
72- It overwhelms me
73- I voted for McCain
74- I don't like getting ready for the day
75- I went to a Private School the last 2 or 3 years of high school
76- I loved it
77- I forget a lot of things
78- I think I will actually finish this today
79- I like the smell of rain (esp at my parents house)
80- I love apple cinnamon candles
81- I love Christmas time
82- I like inside Jokes (when I'm inside)
83- I like having intellectual conversations
84- I like sushi
85- I like electronics
86- I don't like doing laundry because
87- Most of the clothes I buy are really delicate
88- I would rather shop for my house than for clothes
89- I like really cushy carpet
90- I like old buildings
91- I had a really good childhood
92- I have always wanted 5 kids but
93- I think I'm down to 3-4
94- I love my family
95- I love the church
96- I like going to meetings (any kind)
97- I want to design my own house
98- I'm excited to go on a cruise next year
99- I really try not to use the word "hate"
100- I'm really excited to go home in a half hour

Whew!
I tag 3 people..... Crystal A, Crystal B & Emily

Things that Still Confuse Me...

Four way stops
Manual Transmissions
Apostrophes
Changing the audio on our sound system between aux/dvd/computer/game console etc.

My Blogging Buddies...

So I was just thinking this morning of listing all the people in my blog and how I know them for all of you Blog Stalkers out there. Hey I'm guilty. So the order is just whoever has posted most recently - which is the cool thing to do. That's how you get at the top of my list :)

Side note: I grew up in Leeds, UT and it is the kind of place where you practically know everybody. When I was growing up there were a lot of kids my age and we had lots of fun together. Some of them I still see often and others I just like to know how they are doing.

Nate & Crystal: Crystal is Dallins cousin. They have 5 kids and they are all so cute and quite a handful. She's one of those way cute moms that does everything. She has a way cute blog as well.

Crystal: I met Crystal through my Cousin Taryn. I've known her for a long time. She is a fun girl and very entertaining.

Seb & Precia: Precia is my gorgeous cousin on the Rex side. She is more my older sisters age. Noelle is her sister.

Noelle: Noelle is my cousin on the Rex side. She is older than me as well. She is very crafty and quite the seamstress. Her blog is fun to read. Precia is her sister.

Nick & Marci: I know Marci from Leeds. I used to hang out with her and Rayni. She takes way cute pictures.

Luke & Ashlie: Me and Ashlie go waaaay back. I met her in Leeds - we were kinda neighbors (just over the hill). We would jump on her tramp and make up dances in her living room to awesome songs like "I saw the sign" and "Eternal Flame". We hung out in High School as well. She is one of my really good friends. I love 'er.

Monica: I know Monica from Leeds. Our families were friends and we did a lot of group activities with other fam's in Leeds.

Kevin & Ashley: I've known Kevin for a long time. He was Mike's good friend and we all hung out a lot.

Chad & Danette: I know Danette from Leeds. My little bro is really good friends with her little bro.

Ben & Diana: Diana is my cousin on the Rex side. They have the cutest little boy! Ethan and Christina are her bro and sis.

Kimi: I met Kimi through my sis-in-law Jen. She is also in my Bunco group. She is a way cute girl and her blog is way fun to read. She is a great esthetician and so smart about all that kind of stuff. I need her to wax my eyebrows soon.

Josh & Emily: I know Emily from Leeds. We were neighbors in the rural Leeds kind of way. She was kinda like the girl next door. I love reading her blog. Her little boy is so cute!

Stirling & Jessica: Stirling is my cousin on the Sorensen side. They have the cutest little girl! I love all the funny faces she makes. Justin and Taryn are her bro and sister.

Spencer & Jenny: I know Jenny through Ashlie (back in Leeds days). I remember roller blading through Leeds with her and Ash and one Halloween we were Hobos. Ha.

James & Jen: Jen is my boss's daughter. She comes into the office sometimes to use the computer. It's nice to get a girl in here every once in awhile. Occasionally she brings in her son Hayes for us to watch. He's such a cutie.

Brent & Lacey: I know Lacey from Leeds. My older sister was friends with her sister. I just remember her room was so cool because the beds were built in the walls.

Ethan & Melissa: Ethan is my cousin on the Rex side. They organize our fun Lake Powell trips. Diana and Christina are his sisters.

Jeff: Oh Jeff. I know Jeff from Leeds. We hung out with the Leeds group and our Mom's are really good friends. I hung out with him and Ashlie sometimes too. He is so funny and smart. I just love Jeff.

Mike & Jen: Mike is my bro - just older than me. We had a love/hate relationship growing up but now we hang out all the time. We all have a lot of fun together. Interesting side note: I knew Jen a little when we were really young and my cousins lived like a block away from them.

Dan & Crystal: Dan & Crystal are some of our best friends. We went to a football party at their house like 2 years ago and have been friends since. We all have so much fun together making food and playing games. Dallin lived at their house before we got married and I practically did as well. They have 3 gorgeous girls and I just love them all so much!

Brady & Patrice: I know Patrice from Leeds. We hung out more when we were little. I remember going into their greenhouse and eating stuff especially their licorice plant. Her dad used to call me the girl with 2 first names (his name is Rex).

Adam & Mellissa: I know Mellissa from Leeds. We did a lot of things together with the Leeds group and we hung out in High School as well. Her daughter Anicka is sooooo cute and funny. Her and Ash started the book club that I'm in. I'm so excited!

Lindsay & Esther: Lindsay is Dallins Uncle. He lived at their house when we first met. Esther and my sister Mara are good friends and they are the ones that set us up. Thanks guys! Most of the Pug fam activities are at their house.

Justin & Christina: Christina is my cousin on the Rex side. She is the closest to my age that is a girl on the Rex side. Ethan and Diana are her bro and sis.

Tyler & Amy: Tyler is my cousin on the Rex side. He is the closest to me in age on the Rex side.

Taryn: Taryn is my cousin on the Sorensen side. She is one of my best friends. I have so many good memories of her. When we were little at least once a year she would come to Utah or we would go to California. That was what I always looked forward to. She's kind of slacking on her Blog but I am trying to motivate her. Justin and Stirling are her brothers.

Bryce & Brooke: I know them through my sis-in-law Jen. They are also in my ward. They are a way cute couple and Brooke is so crafty. They do update their blog although it doesn't show when and so they are always at the bottom.

Justin & Miranda: Justin is my cousin on the Sorensen side. I met Miranda before they got married in like 04' through Taryn. They have a little girl and just barely had a little boy. Their blog is tricky to view, you have to click on the link and then delete the "/feeds/posts/default" at the end. Stirling and Taryn are his bro and sis.

Jonathan & Kali: I met Kali through Mike like 7-8 years ago. She was my piano teacher for a little while. She is an AMAZING pianist. She knows David Osmond (He was Joseph of Tuachans production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat). I got to meet him one time after we finished our piano lesson at the college. He's not that well known but he is def. good lookin! And I am sorry but you have to be specially chosen to view her blog.

Happy Birthday....

MOM!

It was my moms birthday yesterday and I didn't even think about making a post about it until today. How sad. But I still wanted to let her know that I hope she had a good day. She does so much for me and a most of it goes without the deserved appreciation. She is the best mother for me and I love her very much.

My dad got her a dozen red roses so here is 4 dozen. HAH!

Def. worth while...

This is great! Just wanted to share. I stole it from Em.



Oh and FYI it says what song it is at the bottom. It took me a min to figure that out. Ha.

Who's with me?..

Haloween...

So our costumes turned out to be pretty ghetto but they were still a good idea I think. I just needed more balloons. And matching spandex pants. And some leaves in our hair.

(We were grapes if you can't tell)

Also, this was in our backyard last week. I'm not sure what the season for these things is but we have been getting 1-2 at a time through the year. Kinda strange but I'll take it!

Elections...

Please Vote responsibly.

And remember....

Award Tag...

And The Award Goes to...

My friend Ashlie nominated me for this award. And as a recipient of this award I must answer the following questions with ONE WORD answers and then pass it on to 7 more people to do the same.

1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Where is your significant other? home
3. Your hair color? brunette
4. Your mother? Leeds
5. Your father? driving
6. Your favorite thing? relaxing
7. Your dream last night? intense
8. Your dream/goal? potential
9. The room your in? office
10. Your hobby? painting
11. Your fear? attacked
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? free
13. Where were you last night? out
14. What you're not? full
15. One of your wish list items? house
16. Where you grew up? leeds
17. The last thing you did? reconciled
18. What you are wearing? clothes
19. Your TV? small
20. Your pet? scooter
21. Your computer? dusty
22. Your mood? bored
23. Missing someone? cousins
24. Your car? honda
25. Something you're not wearing? earrings
26. Favorite store? Ikea
27. Your summer? hot
28. Love someone? family
29. Your favorite color? blues
30. Last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried? awhile

The bloggers I'm nominating:

Mellissa
Crystal A
Crystal B
Emily
Jenny
Esther
Taryn

SLC Trip...

So Dallin went hunting last weekend and I didn't want to stay home alone so I went to SLC. I went up thur. night and came back sunday. It was a fun trip. My cousins are always doing something and it was pretty eventful.

Multi Cultural Celebration: I went to this with my friend Ashlie. Hey sis-in-law did some African dances which were pretty entertaining. And they Ashlie was just flipping through the program and saw some girl with my same name. Same spelling and everything. I mean I know you can google yourself and find people with the same name but to actually be in the same room. Pretty wierd. So after I asked someone if they knew her and they thought it sounded familiar but that ended my search. I'm a wuss.

Utah Football Game: Dallin is a major BYU fan so I thought it would be fun to go to a Ute game and rub it in his face that they won by a landslide. It was pretty fun.

One of our adventures was hiking through the "Tubes" or aquaducts beneath the freeway. Haha. We also visited the "Gates of Hell" or an old wine cellar. So there were 4 tubes and each one got progressively steaper. The last 2 you had to use a rope and then at the end crawl out of a grate. They were short so you had to duck the whole time. Most of us only went up the first 2.

Friday night we wanted to eat at PF Chang's but it was an hour wait and we were pretty hungry. I was all for waiting because I had never been there. So we walked around for about 20-25 mintues and decided to go to the Blue Iguana and it was only a 20-25 minute wait. I'm so glad we saved our selfs 5-10 minutes by going there. Ha.

The girls: Me, Taryn, Caitlin and Chantelle

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Captain Amazing...

Preface: Last weekend when I was in salt lake, we went hiking in the dark and we were telling stories about haunted houses. Not that I think mine is haunted but you never know. It freaked me out.

Dallin leaves for work at like 5:30-6 in the morning and it's still pretty dark. And sometimes I hear noises coming from the other rooms. Like my blinds moving and footsteps and moving about in the kitchen and I think I heard the computer on once. Haha. It could be Scooter or our neighbor (our walls touch) or my imagination, but it still scares me. I'm a wimp when it comes to that sort of thing. So last night I told him to lock all the doors, we have 3 sliding glass doors into our backyard. They have been unlocked for the past few months because I told him not to worry about it - hey it's St. George.

So this morning I go to let Scooter out and I notice that the middle room sliding door wasn't locked. So I go outside to feed her and get her some water and I shut the door so she wouldn't go back inside. Then I try to get back in. Um yah, it must not have been latched because it's locked now. Our back yard is enclosed in a 5 ft block wall. So I hop the wall and go through the tree into our neighbors yard and sneak through there hoping not to get eaten by dogs or shot. I Walk around to the front of the house and hope that there is an easier way from there. We don't have a keypad for our garage, our front door is dead bolted (no use even trying to find something that resembles a credit card) so I try the windows. I try a couple of times with a couple of the windows and no luck. I'm about to call a locksmith but I try the window one more time. It opens! So our couch is pushed up against it so I have to shimmy through a small window and up and over the couch. I seriously feel like MacGyver or James Bond or something right about now.

Luckily I had to do something before work and my boss knew I was going to be late so I wasn't even late to work!

Halloween Costume Ideas...

So somehow I got to this website and I got some ideas of what Dallin could be for Halloween. Please help me decide. They are all so great!

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Peter Pan

Ultimate Glitter Star Fairy!

Hubby Tag...

I saw this on Ashlie's blog and thought I should do it.



1. Where did you meet your husband? At Stadium 10 on a blind date
2. How long did you date before you married? 3 Years
3. How long have you been married? 4 months, 3 weeks and 6 days (according to my daisypath)
4. What does he do that surprises you? Yesterday he cleaned up the house, the bathrooms, vacuumed, did the dishes and took out the trash. Amazing!
5. What is your favorite feature on him? His face, esp. his jaw line haha and his eyes
6. What is your favorite quality of his? He has a very good work ethic and is a hard worker.
7. Does he have a nick name for you? Luv
8. What is his favorite food? Italian & Mexican. He likes all kinds but only like one specific thing from each place. They are usually plain.
9. What is his favorite sport? To play: Basketball To watch: Basketball & Football
10. When and where was your first kiss? In front of his aunt's house like 3 months after our first date. Ha. K prob not that long but it was awhile.
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Go out on dates, play games
12. Do you have any children? Not yet
13. Does he have any hidden talents? He's good at woodworking and like graphic design.
14. How old is he? 23, just 2 months older than me
15. Who said "I love you" first? He did
16. What's his favorite music? Alternative, some Hip Hop & some Country
17. What do you admire most about him? He's really patient with me, hard worker, very sweet, etc. etc. etc.
18. What is his favorite color? Blue
19. Will he read this? Ya I'll make him
20. Who do you tag? Anyone reading

LOVE YOU BABE!

Congrats! (Update)

So this video got added after my last post but it has some clips of Crystals Dog Draco. You can see him at :11 and I'm pretty sure at :15 also.

Congrats!

My very very good friend Crystal Bills just went to a flyball national championship in Memphis over the weekend. They won 1st place in their division! They are in Division 2 which is the most competitive and has a lot of other teams racing in it.

October 11 U-FLI Championship
Memphis, TN

Division 1:
1. Instant Replay 15.334
2. Hyper Flight 15.708
3. Rude Dogs 15.796
Division 2:
1. Stampede 15.903
2. Sure Shots 16.373
3. Hawkeye Hustlers 16.130
You can look it up here

Anyways, I am so proud of her and her team - Stampede Flyball Racing Team. They have worked really hard. It's really fun to watch and I have been a judge a couple of local tournaments.

So what is flyball you ask? It is a sport for dogs. You can find more info about it here.

Here is a video for those of you who are more visual:


GO STAMPEDE!

Tag

So this is the first time I've ever been tagged (that I'm aware of). How special.

Tagged!

Crystal tagged me so here goes.........

8 TV Shows that I love to watch
1. Lost
2. The Office
3. One Tree Hill
4. Hannah Montana
5. Seinfeld
6. The Hills
7. Life
8. Family Guy

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Olive Garden
2. Macaroni Grill
3. Texas Roadhouse
4. Pizza Factory
5. Wingers - Stick Fingers Mmmmm
6. Red Rock Brewing Company - They have really good food
7. Rodizio Grill
8. Taco Bell haha

8 Things That Happened Yesterday
1. Woke up at 10!
2. Cleaned up the house a bit
3. Columbus day - No work!
4. Dallin got temp plates for our Scooter!
5. I played Super Mario Galaxy
6. Laundry
7. Went to DQ and had a Pumkin Pie Blizzard - love this season!
8. Played Mario Kart on the Wii with Dallin's Cousins!

8 Things That I Am Looking Forward To
1. Halloween Parties
2. Going up to SLC this weekend
3. Twilight Movie
4. Thanksgiving
5. Jacket Season
6. 5:00
7. Decorating my Own Christmas Tree
8. Holiday goodies

8 Things On My Wish List
1. Lose weight - to much to specify
2. Have some children
3. Debt Free, Financially Independent
4. Be able to be a stay at home mom
5. Passive Income
6. Nice big new house
7. New Car
8. To reach my potential

8 People I Tag...
1. Crystal Bills
2. Ashlie
3. Mellissa
4. Emily
5. Jen
6. Miranda
7. Jessica
8. Any other takers?

Say Cheese it's Yearbook Time...

I've seen a few people do this and I just think it is so funny! Yah I did a lot.
http://www.yearbookyourself.com

Do it!


















My fav of Dallin

It's totally Phyllis off of the Office huh?


My fav of me