the night in pictures! Lindsey had us over for yummy mexican food, a race of ghost poop and some trick or treatin! it was a blast:) londy was sleeping beauty or aurora…i never got why she has two names? and carter boy ended up as prince phillip…how cute is that?!! we had 13 kiddos and 10 adults go out hunting for candy…thanks for a great night friends!
after going to see sis i officially have fall fever! the first night there it was in the high 30s. which meant a fire and blankies on the couch:) two of my favorites! i have been really seriously considering moving out of state. i want weather! and i want cool weather, and snow, and seasons, and changing leaves! i never went away to college and moved away from home as a newly wed. az girl raised thru and thru. but i digress…
fall is….. football games
and Halloween decorations
windows open, sitting outside on the patio, reading in a bubble bath with candles. its the crisp feeling in the air, picture taking time, and disneyland>> wooohoo!
but most of all its opening season for baking, baking, baking. which also means workouts workouts and yes more workouts! bring it on babay!
so keeping with tradition…we went to the asu game yesterday, cleaned, decorated the house and then today after conference…i spent the afternoon in my comfy clothes baking THE worlds best cookie! pumpkin chocolate chip with kari’s cream cheese frosting. can you spell heaven? hmmm and what will i be baking next you ask? kizzys peanut butter cup cookie cups. and then for sure big fat sugar cookies for halloween. throw in some banana bread and hmmm what else?
this hot little thing just got her masters degree! im so proud of her! her present you ask for such a great accomplishment?
this other little hot thing going to visit her:)
i do love this girl and you know we will do anything to be together:)
so here is the weekend in pics
this….is my friend shelly! (and her cute hubby chad) oh and I'm fairly certain she hates this pic because dear friend was quite prego but I think she is beautiful and glowing!
shel has been telling me for ages about her dear friend kathleen who had basically cured herself of cancer 20 years ago and is pretty much this amazing soul who has dedicated her life to helping others learn about healthy living, allergies, and herbs, vitamins and energy in your body. sound crazy???! well I am a believer! after hearing story after story of this amazing person I decided it was time to go see her! (well actually shel called and said we are going…pack your bag!) and sassy little me actually agreed!
so off to Cali we go in a smokin red minivan loaded up with her adorable baby Paige! Paige is the happiest child and we were thinking we were going to be smooth sailing. however, Paige wasn't the most agreeable this particular weekend. just a little fussy and really not happy with being in the car…come to find out…she had an ear infection the whole time and now looking back..I'm sure shel would agree with me..Paige was a GEM considering poor girl was in total pain! I mean really… how is one supposed to know a kid has an ear infection?no fever..no ear rubbing… I mean come on? londy has had this happen one too many times herself! but we could have a good time in a shoe box soooo…
we enjoyed each others company, ate, ate some more and saw…the VOODOO daddy doc.
kathleen does muscle testing which also is known as kinesiology. she has studied this for 20 years and as weird as it all sounds I'm a believer! and hey…what have I got to lose? sit here do nothing and waste away or see if we cant kick this diseases a**
so after 2 hours and lots of talking and lots of ah ha moments… I walk out of her store with a big hug and this…
inside this nifty little box when its filled accordingly is just one week of pills for miss bri. each day containing a whopping 25 vitamins. some as simple as vitamin D. others qual com 10? which puts O2 in my blood stream. hmmm oxygen in my blood for a person with lung disease…sounds pretty simple and easy to understand right? so here I go down this road of natural medicine. I'm sure many of you think I'm nuts! but truly I don't care:)
I'm gonna take care of this body for its the only one I've got!
on a funny note…after leaving kathleen I was highly optimistic and yet scared to death of all the things she told me my body was struggling with and boy was she dead on!! shels dear friend told us to head to the most amazing resort to take a walk on the beach…the montage in Laguna.
so we drive into this driveway and I'm telling shelly we are not going in! keep driving. people are waiting outside in sequins and 6inch stilettos!!
and valet is your only choice and the entrance is full of Bentleys, Mercedes and maseratis! we are sporting this van
full to the top with baby, takeout boxes and traveling paraphernalia! I seriously was dying..I could not stop laughing. truly a slinky, sexy, stylin place. and here we are..flip flops, capris and a stroller! did I mention greasy from all day? thought I was gonna wet my pants. shel just acted like she totally belonged as I giggled myself silly. so out to this view we went…
which was way more spectacular at night by the way and I am dying for the chance to stay there!
thanks shel for taking me and making me face a fear that really is gonna help save my life! thanks for letting us stay with your adorable sister and her 18month old sassy twins. thanks for forcing me outside my comfort zone at a beautiful place and for making me debate…did I just pee a little? as I giggled to the valet! xoxo
you know how you start thinking about someone who maybe you haven't seen in a while? or perhaps its one of your very best friends you see everyday. maybe a family in your ward or a passing acquaintance?.. and the more you think about them… sometimes over the period of a day or sometimes a week, month or more…the more you feel the need to call and check on them? I'm here to tell you i’m terrible at actually calling to check on you on these occasions…really it’s something i strive to be better at!
but I'm also here to tell you that I'm grateful to all of you who still listen to that small voice prodding you. I'm grateful for the random text message, email, facebook or drop in. there is a reason we think about people like that, a reason why they pop into your head everyday until you do something about it. and I'm here to tell you…you are always dead on. the call was needed, a moment…just a moment was all it took to make my day, to feel a little less lonely, a little more loved and a LOT more grateful to have you in my life! i really do think there are angels that walk among us who hold us up when we can’t do it ourselves, i believe thats how we all make it through the bad days…and i believe those angels are you.
thank you for listening to that voice… that small gesture always does more than you will ever know:)
i have been so proud of myself! i didn’t cry the first day of school dropping londy off! i didn’t lose it when she told me she was so excited to go back. but today dropping her off at the kindergarten playground i got a lump in my throat! there she went running…pigtails bouncing with the little white striped ribbons on each one.puffed sleeve white tee, cute little pink skirt swooshing as she skipped away in her brown blinged out flip flops. a huge pink backpack strapped to that teeny tiny little back…waving and shouting bye mom, bye mom, have a great day! even as i write this i get a little teary as it suddenly hits me…she is getting old, i’m going to blink my eyes and she is not going to want me around. she won’t want those silly pigtails or the babyish bows. i melted today to realize this is my chance…the here and now..to soak up each moment for soon they will be gone. she will be too old, too cool to kiss her mom goodbye in front of her friends and i am saddened that i only get to do this once and elated that i have been given the gift of this beautiful, special amazing gift of a daughter i call london!
i have a beautiful new niece kamila. and she happens to be the daughter of my adorable sister krissi. krissi and chip wanted to bless her with as much family around as possible so we got lucky and they picked az. as usual it was a whirlwind weekend but always fun to see the fam. there was EL Encanto one night with my favorite pollo fundidos. then there was bowling on the wii. the next day was the blessing and brunch. so glad krissi’s fam could make it! oh i do love that family!
