family

brandons family-my family- all the same. isn't it nice when you love the inlaws? how lucky to be surrounded by amazing people and not want to kill each other?

Annie

never thought i would be so touched by annie.

santa brought londy annie the soundtrack for christmas and today in the car we were listening to it and i got a little teary. london had the biggest smile on her face as she sang along- knowing all the words.( her nonni has the movie.) we were belting out the tunes and it reminded me of my sis and i dancing to it in our living room 20 years ago. great memories then and now.

the abc of bri

A. Amazing friends! I have the greatest friends a girl could ask for.
B. Baking and eating the baking. Learned this year to bake for others and only have a sample. Easy way to drop 20 lbs.
C. Career- hair dresser. Starting to work at a salon out by me and staying at the current place. Expanding my wings a little, we will see if i soar or crash.
D. Determined
E. Energetic-sometimes I don't know where i get it.
F. Foooooooddddd. oh i love food
G. Great outdoors- I love them. Any sports or activities make me happy outdoors.
H. Habitually late to church. I can be on time to anything else but church-never get there early enough.
I. Interested in so many things. Would love to be so many things when I grow up. Painter, Pianist, Doctor, Photographer, Advertising agent, ect.ect.ect.
J. Jokes. Great sense of humor and I love funny people. But truly not that funny myself.
K. Kool and the gang. old music, new music not real picky on genre
L. London. The best thing I ever did.( Maybe a tie to marrying Brandon)
M. Meg. My only true sibling and we are best buds.
N. Natzi at exercising! I just can't get enough.
O. Outspoken!!!!!!! A little too much for most people. Also over the top and obnoxious-endearing don't you think?
P. Photographs and anything to do with them. My true passion
Q. Qualities I hope I have are compassionate, kind and honest. I know I'm honest but good luck to you all on the rest :)
R. Risk, apples to apples, Michigan rummy, chicken foot. I am always up for a good game.
S. Sick- but they are going to find a CURE!
T. Twins- have always wanted twins. A boy and a girl. Maybe in another life. Hannah and Jackson.
U. Utah-it is beautiful but the Mormons are a little crazy there. great to visit.
V. Vegas, Hawaii, Europe, Oregon, Washington, New York- all places I want to visit.
W. Wakeboarding- not really good at it but it sure is fun.
X. Xtra loud.
Y. Yawn-always sleepy.
Z. Zodiac-gemini and a true one at that. twin personalities

xmas sunday

christmas cards

christmas cards-they make me so happy. it is funny how a picture and a cute greeting can make my day. im sure i have written before of my love for the mailbox. i LOVE getting the mail. i love snail mail and going to the mailbox always has me giddy and hoping that there will be fun mail instead of the typical junk mail and bills. i love letters, refund checks, thankyou cards, invites and announcements. in a world of emails we forget about the "mail-mail" that and is is so darn expensive. so thanks to everyone for sending christmas cards-especially with photos. we all know how much i love the picture thing. right now the cards are plastered to my fridge and cluttered as it looks.....i love it.
there are the neighbors, family, the work friends, clients, current friends and yet my favorite are the old true friends that are not forgotten but rarely seen. it is such a joy to me to see how they have changed. how tara lynn grew her hair out, how much grace and andrew look alike, how kats beautiful son jonah is going to be a heartbreaker. i love watching the families grow. keep those cards comming!!!!!!!!!

cracked and a bleedin

Saturday night started off wonderful! i got home from work ready to relax with Brandon and maybe watch a movie or go look at Christmas lights. Londy was dressed in her jammies and ready for bed. she said her tummy hurt and b gave her some pepto. next thing i know i hear her in the bathroom and she is throwing up in the toilet. ok first of all... what three year old makes it to the toilet or even knows to go there? second... NASTY NASTY NASTY. the flu is the worst! well that started the night of throwing up every 10-15min literally. Brandon and i took turns sleeping to man the battlefield. Monday she was better but still looking like rag doll. Monday night Brandon got it. last night i slept on the couch trying to avoid the plague. Christmas is in 6 days people! hohoho can not get sick. i mean there is only so much prep work for the big day. Christmas eve is of coarse at my house and this week is quite possibly the busiest week of the year at work. I CAN NOT- I WILL NOT BE SICK- NOPE TRIPLE NOPE! my hands are bloody from all the washing and i have gone through about a whole can of Lysol, and bleach wipes. not normally this freaky but hey...its Christmas.

hot fudge

tender moments! amazing what can be captured while just spending time together. i love the color on these pictures. it is called fudge and quite frankly it is yummy!

digital scrappin

after hours of playing and some serious frustration... i finally figured out how to make my own Christmas cards and how to digital scrapbook-doesn't my blog look cute? i love doing things like this! unfortunately for Brandon he never sees his wife when i am trying to teach myself something new. and thing like this take me FOREVER. but not bad for my first attempts. lets see what i can figure out for next time.

linds and fam

the boys. both looking and smiling... that was a happy moment for me :)

my cute friend linds and her family at our photoshoot this week. it is deffinately harder than it looks to get everyone looking... but i think this turned out really cute. beautiful family dont you think?

photo shoot

checking out the scenery of a new spot and lovin it.

im a fool in love

Im a kissin fool in love with not only my brandon but with my new favorite toy. adobe photoshop! i have had it for the past year but have recently been shown just a few new insights to what it can do. my girlfriend and i swapped photo taking for the family christmas card and this was just one of the many fun photos. i played for a while on photoshop to doctor it up----so........ i guess this is two artists work put into one. i have an amazing love for photography and taking anyones picture in sight. to me it is art- capturing the very essence of a moment or a personality. i spend countless hours searching the web for ideas and am always on the lookout for a new spot to take pictures. someday it will be my full time job... right now it is a side job and a passion.

week long halloween

the week started off with londys halloween party at school. she obviously wore her costume and got to play games, decorate cupcakes and herself with frosting if we are telling it like it is.

she even gave away a few sweet treats... i have no idea where she learned this :)

the next day was halloween itself. and we have a new tradition. my good friend lindsey and her family always have a big block party/neighborhood bbq on halloween and this year kari and i stole the idea. we set up camp at about 5:00- several families joined us for a mexican fiesta followed by a big fire and passing out of candy. the ladies sat in the front yard and the daddies took the kiddos trick or treating. it was such a treat to be with friends instead of sitting in the house alone passing candy. and all the trick or treators thought they hit the mother load when they got to her house and realized there were 8 moms passing candy instead of one. all in all a blast of a night

pony rides and dirty lungs

SEISTER is in town and night one we went to schnepfs farm. a now annual trip to pick out pumpkins and walk the corn maze. first of all it is a two hour drive from my house but i love going. it puts me in the fall state-of-mind. kettle corn, fresh squeezed lemonaid, spooky train rides, pony rides and of coarse people watching. london things it is all very excititing and got to ride her first pony! she has been asking to ride a horse for months and finally got her chance.

she thought this was so cool! oh to see the world through a three year olds eyes. i swear half the reason to go to these is just an excuse for pictures.

and there you have it

it has been ages since we have had a full on date. you know the kind when you get dressed-up(well kind of) do your hair, pick up the babysitter, go to dinner, sit on the patio kind of date. these are our cute friends Kari and Dan. last weekend we did just that. we went to the waterfront where i had never been! it is pretty cool- the stadium is huge and there are several restaurants and many soon to be shops, water features(which were down for the night :( and great photo op-spots. i love any opportunity to take a good picture or two. and my cute silly friends were up for the silliness. we had the best dinner at yard house and even saw a movie! those are the kind of dates that help me forget all the everyday make-me-crazy-want-to-run-away-from-home-moments! i feel recharged and happy. a date like that every weekend would be great- but then i guess they would not make me feel so good if they became ordinary- right?

october 1st- fall is here!

this pic was from last year but seeing it today made me excited for the month. i love fall! i think it is my favorite! bails of hay, schnepfs farm, the fair, pumpkin carving, trick or treating, Halloween parties, corn mazes, haunted houses, sugar cookies, soup and the start of all the baking i will do through the holidays! it is the kickoff to the busiest time of the year and i LOVE IT! whatever i can squeeze into this time of year. the decorations will come out tomorrow :p

sexy

don'tcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me? this is my darling friend jaiden-(yep it's a wig). last night we went over to her family's for homemade melt in your mouth doughnuts and good visits. i took her family Christmas pictures and some portraits for the walls. it was so much fun. i just love the whole photography thing! wish i had more time for it and the equipment i want to make it even better. her mother is the BEST cook and gave me lots of great recipes which might sound lame to some but if you like to cook you know how great it is to have tried and true- to-die-for recipes. thanks Kari! can't wait to start making those yummy treats!!

you know you are a mom when

you only sleep for 3-4 hours because you wanted some time to yourself or because your dear child is not sleeping---thus keeping you up :).
you actually hold your hands out for your child to puke in.(experienced that on Saturday night- sigh).
you miss your kids when you go away for the weekend to get a break from them. only to miss them terribly and want to come home early.
when you can sing all the primary songs, little Einstein songs and yes even the barney songs(yuck and double ewwww).
so i guess it is official. I'm a mommy---and most of the time I'm proud of it. what does not kill you makes you stronger, right?...

wow 5 years already!??

i can hardly believe it. time goes by so quick! saturday will be our... yep five year anniversary. so much has happened and yet there are still so many memories to create. look how dark my hair was and i am much skinnier in this pic -but hey-at least im not wearing an 80's dress with puffy sleeves and a huge veil right????

labor day wake

so this weekend was wonderful! first let me start by saying this last week was unbelievably slow- so Saturday i took the day off of work ( and really should have been visiting my sister, meg in Colorado but did not know work would be slow until too late to buy tickets. SORRY MEG!) Brandon and i went to breakfast (which is one of our favorite things to do) worked out, did chores and still had half the day left. we had the yummiest burgers at cheesecake factory and walked in the rain. saw rush hour three-very funny! and ate some more. moving onto Monday.... we went to the lake. now i have been to the lake multiple times since all of my surgeries but today was THE DAY. i have been so sad thinking i would never wake board or ski again. the docs warn about doing anything too risky and lets face it....I'm a big scaredy cat and a klutz. but today it was too hot and too calm at the lake not to try it again. for the first time in about two years i wake boarded around Bartlett lake. WWWWWWWWAAAAAHHHHOOOOOOO! man was i excited. terrified, but excited. my heart was racing and the adrenaline was flowing but i went for a while and even crossed the wake. no lung collapse, no falling on my face and no fear about doing it next time. this was a big bridge for me and although we forgot the camera I'm sure you all can picture that ear to ear grin i get and the fam said i was defiantly wearing it yesterday. so all in all it was one killer weekend. what can i say... I'm easy to please :)

look at this biscuit

beautiful girl. so grown up!

things EVERYONE knows about me

1. I'm bossy, motherly and a bit pushy.
2. i so don't mean to be any of those things.
3. I'm loud, obnoxious and don't care who knows it.
4. i love my friends. i need them to keep me sane.
5. I'm an all or nothing girl: if i exercise i do it for days on end or not at all.
6. i love treats! baking them, eating them, it does not matter.
7. I'm sassy as hell, even people who don't know me have that figured out!
8. i always have a plan for something or sometime.
9. music and dancing...need i say more.
10. i try really hard to be a GOOD PERSON, i fail a lot but you could not say i do not try.
11. I'm a wisher and a dreamer in the extreme.
12. my mind never turns off, period and because of that... i read blogs, talk incessantly and love mindless nonsense like people magazine.

blogging bored...

I'm bored, I'm bored! no one is blogging and life has seemed so crazy that i have little time to blog myself. i have been spring cleaning... cleaning out closets, the office, base boards, etc. I'm strangely weird, i know -but i actually enjoy this. it never seems to amaze me how time goes faster and faster. my ten year high school reunion is next month as well as a 5 year anniversary of our marriage. it is 10:30 at night and i have only been home for an hour and am still wound up. will someone blog already!! i need something brainless to read!!!

more wants!!!!!

ok so we went shopping last night for a baby gift for my girlfriend andrea. i left baby gap feeling downright depressed. i want- i want- i need- another baby!!!!! does'nt anyone want to have one for me? londy needs a little brother -jackson and a sister- hannah. it is silly how ones heart can actually hurt for something you want so badly!!

fall fever

I'm getting fall fever! i want to have cool weather and marshmallows. i want Halloween and fires. I want to feel a chill instead of this horrible heat and humidity. I'm seeing pumpkins and leaves at the stores and I'm feelin it!

the coupon bug

its official im a nerd and i have a new obsession! i know ,i know, like i don't have enough already but this is fun to me. an excuse to be organized and a way to save money?! im all over that. so i will keep all posted on how it is going. just yesterday i bought a couple of things at walgreens. i paid $7 and i saved $8. not bad hugh?

stolen thoughts

so my girlfriend lindsey told me months ago about a tutu website for londy. i thought they were so cute and picked one up for her birthday. now lindsey and i are both getting into photography more and more and love each others ideas. she took pictures of her girls in denim and their tutus. i had to copy and look at the cute result! thanks linds for sharing your ideas. hopefully once londy is in school i will have some more time to play with my camera and get good at this whole picture taking thing.

photo shoot

no talent!

So it is a well know fact that i am not a talented girl. cute? you bet! nice?absolutely(well most of the time) fun and silly? that is a given! but talented???! not so much. i have been working on my business lately and just wish i was more creative or able to make up cute signs/designs like this cute scrap page i found on the Internet. i had a girl in one of my young women classes tell me during a lesson on talents that she simply did not have any. no musical or artistic talent to speak of and not a great athlete or particularly creative either. I SO KNOW HOW SHE FEELS!!!! i think part of it is laziness on my part not taking the time to scrapbook or learn a musical instrument. as a child i always felt guilty doing things for me and asking for lessons to karate, soccer, piano and others just felt greedy so i never asked. how is it that some are born so amazing at cooking, sewing, singing, painting and the rest of us just pine away for those talents and pity the fool who marries us? well enough whining for now! i have always said if you don't like something change it but how to get talents you just don't have???

She had so much fun! and i think we did too! i have not been to the circus in years and it was cool. i cant imagine living their life and traveling all the time. i guess you had better like who you work with right? anyways i love the swinging trapeze and the tigers. london thought the elephants were amazing and sat mesmerized for the tigers. of coarse there was to popcorn, nachos and ice cream to top it all off. all in all a great night.

the greatest show on earth

tutu cute

the birthday girl!

i blinked and she is a little girl

3 years ago almost to the day i gave birth to london beth. it was a hellish kind of day filled with pain and an empty stomach. i was thirsty and very tired by the time 17 hours rolled around. next came 30 minutes of pushing and some drama that led me to the OR for an emergency C+section. major drugs and some issues later i had a beautiful- and i do mean no denying beautiful baby girl. i have been in love ever since. ( well okay most of the time) she is a happy go lucky, sassy, flirting, darling, funny, smart little toad. she keeps me on my toes and tests my patience at every turn and i don't think i would want it any other way. i get her and she gets me.
yesterday we had a small family birthday party and while watching her open her presents i realized that was a moment i would never forget. she had changed. no longer just a baby or a toddler but definitely a little girl. her face had changed her expressions different. more attitude than before and for sure an opinion of her own! ( don't know where she gets it!!!) i blinked and she grew up and I'm sure this is only going to get more- fun, scary, weird, hard and exciting. I'm sure there will be many more moments like the one with her opening her presents and to be honest.... it scares me to death!!!!!

she posed herself sassy! i wonder where she gets it?

beautiful cousins

my handy work

what hotties

my new sister

do you know how fun it is to have a sister to grow up with? to tease and play with at all moments? do you know how i always ached for more sisters and defiantly always wanted brothers too? do you know how neat it is to marry a great man and inherit great brothers and sister-in-laws? I do!!! i have great in-laws and just this past weekend i got another darling sister-in-law! her name is kristal and well- she is amazing. for one she married chip and two- she likes us! i had so much fun in utah helping get her ready and being with her in the temple. i was able to take a few cute pics before her real photographer got there and realized how much work photography really is especially when you don't have the right equipment. but how honored i was to be there for her and my cute brother chip whom i love. so congrats you guys! ( who never read this) i love you both so much and am glad i could be a part of the magical day!

its done!

we did it and now it is done! after what seems like an eternity of discussing and car shopping we finally made a deal and got a new car last night. why does that have to be so painful? buying a house takes less time! we managed to escape without purchasing the moon "for only $5.95 a week".
i hate the finance office more than i hate haggling with the sales guy. i hate the "add ons". and now im rambling on soooooo.....
its a white altima- ours for 3yrs on lease. what can i say a lease just works for us. and it smells so nice and has no dents or dings quite yet. but my favorite part is that i can be done car shopping! that and it has a port to plug your ipod straight into the radio-COOL! pictures to follow

car DRAAAMA

i love cars but i HATE buying them! i love the smell of a new car, all the fun new buttons, cool dash colors and the sheen of fresh paint. i do not like however the endless hours of test driving, haggling with salesmen, walking around car lots in the hot az weather and haggling some more! so this time around when it is time to trade in the old and get some new ( thanks mr lease) im making brandon do all the research while i sit at home in the ac and blog :). some of you might think this is horrible but i can assure you he does not. he is not hauling me around complaining or having london not listen or climb all over him. it is amazing though how little you can get on a budget! this is the commuter car, the reasonable sized payment with hopefully some great gas mileage thanks to the $3.00 a gallon prices. I love laughing at the salesmen after they come back with payments bigger than my mortgage for a small sedan. they say... but aren't you in love with it? don't you have to have it at any price? and i always laugh and say " i never love anything so much that any price will do". im cheap and thrifty and way too responsible with money to spend $5,$6, or $700 on a monthly payment! NO THANKS! so we will see where we end up- but for now it is at home in the ac with my toes up :)

my weekends

can i just say how lame we are!!! every tues i get asked- so what did you do this weekend? anything fun? and do you know every week my answer is the same..... i cant remember! LAME LAME LAME! when did my memory get so bad and when did we stop doing fun things. not just dinner out and what not--- but parties and having people over. dinner, sporting events and movies. when did i last go dancing? im going to have to work on this.... or im going to start having to get creative and make up some crazy weekend stories, which depending on who im talking to might be fun too!

ahhh the power of friends

amazing friends

i had someone tell me recently that family is all you need! family should be your friends and you should want for nothing else. HAHAHAHA yeah right! i mean dont get me wrong the family is amazing and i love spending time with them but im a people person and i need my friends. i need my friends from work, my neighbors, my old great friends i never talk to but know they would be there in a minute if i needed them. i need desperately the friends in my life who have become my counselors over the years. im a memory girl! so many good memories with so many people. so to say i could make it with only family would be false for me... i need all of you too!
some of my oldest friendships are still the best. kat since 3rd grade, lindseys since well forever, hailey since 10th grade. now we are getting old, having challenges, and having families of our own. i still remember dancing around kats room singing to girls just want to have fun, screaming at the tv while watching a suns game at lindseys, and multiple trips to utah with hailey. girls--- you make my world go round!!!

cause we're dumb like that

because we are sisters we can get away with laughing for no good reason, grabbing each others hiney in public, dancing obnoxious, and other equally lame, embarrassing things! but sisters, mine especially are fantastic and great! even if they are a pain in the butt! and for that reason i will miss mine terribly as she moves to Colorado tomorrow. but a 1 hour flight... is better my friend than 5. love you sister! dos gringos will be waiting for us when you return. can anyone say BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP????

reading? whats that?

ok so i admit that in the past i have been a big book nerd. i loved the new pages of the books and the characters on them. it has been roughly 6 months since i have read last..... until this week. im trying to do the things that used to make me happy. books were high on the list. anywho...
im hooked!! my nose has been in a book every spare second. i had honestly forgotten how much i love them. im already thinking about what to read next!

BOOF BOOF

my sister and her friend used to sing this song when they were little. it was about a boof boof- an imaginary bird i think that was horribly ugly and fat! I feel like a boof boof! not so much the ugly part but the grossness about the bird....yep im feeling it. 3 weeks of eating yuck- mostly because of going on vacation and from feeling sick and wanting comfort food. cause when you have a sore throat... a salad and chicken just doesnt sound as good as ice cream and pretzels. im on about week 4 of feeling sick, my imune system is just shot im sure. but im not complaining cause both lungs are up and we are at the end of my 3 month usual stay in the hospital and im still at home playing on the computer. back to the boof boof- amazing how long it takes you to lose weight and get in shape and BAM a couple of weeks of not being on it and WHAM- BOOF BOOF! alas i resort back to the gym and to no more in and out or ice cream! but just for the memories.....
BOOF BOOF..DADADADADADADADADA BOOF BOOF!

us guys in san diego

I love san diego! I love the beach and the smell of the sea, the cool breezes, the green rolling hills, the cute stores, the big boats, the laid back-i will get there when i feel like it feel. I love the amusement parks and the great food. This trip I loved Sea world. Words can't explain how great it was to see Londy so excited about shamu. It was magical. Im very much a kid at heart and love every minute about it. The drive over was even fun and it was so nice to drive in one car thanks to joey for buying that camper packer roof thing. By the end of the trip we had laughed, argued and laughed some more. good times were had. It was great to watch londy play in the sand too! such expression on that little face. I could have a million pictures of the beach and still want more. there is just something about it that boggles my mind. joey says you can see the water for 27 miles before the earth curves. amazing! all in all a great trip! i even felt a little bit of the old happy bri come back- a not sick- not tired girl. it was.......nice!

ahhh the beach

bently masarati bmw

its prom season and today kicked it off with one of the flashy, snotty, north scottsdale -private schools prom. this girl came in for an updo and proceeded to go on and on about how she did not want to go and how lame her school was. she was going with her 22 year old god brother and was planning on leaving to do alternative partying at his dorm room. she was mad because they had cops coming to the prom and doing Breathalyzers and car searches for illegal loot. she thought that was totally unacceptable and that that was what prom was all about- weed and drinking. i mean silly me i thought it was for dancing, and pictures in fancy clothes! then she told me how all the kids at her school are rich and there are actually kids there that drive bentlys and Maserati. now you can tell those are high class cars cause i cant even spell them right. but really---does a 16 year old need a $100,000.00 car? when is enough enough? i knew a client whos kids went to this school and they were considered poor because the parents were both ONLY DOCTORS! mind you these are some of the best known docs in town and they apparently are slumming it living on camelback in a 8000 sqft home. If that is slumming i must be homeless! i think i live on mars or in a different solar system all together because this is just insane!

being vain

so i guess its official and im as vain as the people i make fun of! so making fun of people and thinking you arent like them does come and bite you in the uh um well you know! : ) ill tell you what it is exhausting to get your hair done and everything waxed, keep your nails from looking like you chewed them and dont even get me started on the body. i mean really- between going to the gym and trying to have a tan so i dont blind people with my pastiness. THIS IS ALOT OF WORK! but do you think i will give it up and be brunette, hairy,flabby and white----NOT ON YOUR LIFE! if im going out im going out looking good!

those cute friends.

a bit tired and looking a little shabby but all in all- one hip crew!

my favorite friends

my favorite friends are comming for the weekend. now i have not seen these friends since new years 2 years ago. i am sooooooooooooooooo excited. oh the power of great friends. an instant smile to my face. there will be many laughs tonight!

the feeling of unimportance

i hate the feeling of unimportance! like when you have plans with friends and they blow you off at the last minute to clean house. or how bout when a client does not show up for a three hour appointment because they had a headache and of coarse their fingertips were broken and they could not make any phone calls. how about when it takes people 3 weeks to return a call or just not to call back at all. do people think about what they are doing? how it will affect someones life? do i really matter in their grand scheme of things? i think for the most part the answer is no. but im here to tell you I DO!

the pink eye

well Monday morning London woke up with the pink eye. we drove all the way to Scottsdale to see the doctor and get some eye drops. after getting home i had to put the drops in and was all alone. reading the instructions i thought i would die laughing. they say to gently pull down lower lid and to drop carefully into pocket of bottom lid. don't get them on the cornea and slowly blink afterwards.YEAH RIGHT! this is a 2year old we are talking about! i had to mummy her up in her comforter with her arms pinned at her sides, then straddle her and with all my strength pry open her little eye and cram the stuff in. i mean really- she is strong and i weigh a lot more than she does. anyway we have to do this 3 times a day for 5 days and boy that is going to be fun! can't wait til head lice starts going around in grade school! her mother the hairdresser and germ FREAK is going to love that!

learning to paint was so fun!

spring flowers

its baby palooza

its baby palooza everywhere i turn. spring is definitely the time of year for big events. parties, weddings, school dances, baby showers and new baby arrivals. which- for those of you who cant calculate--- there are a lot of happy men in the summer months! but its funny how quickly you forget! i mean london is only 2 1/2 and i cant remember her ever being that small. i held baby bryce at church on sunday for 2 hours. he was so tiny and beautiful. he even smelled wonderful. within the next few weeks im expecting one niece and about 10 new babies from friends. i envy them and the joy this will bring to their lives. i envy holding them in the middle of the night, watching them grow old with lots of siblings and having family vacations with little children on the beach. kids making sandcastles and chasing each other around disneyland. i will not miss the midnight feedings and 15 diaper days. but i am so blessed to have london! she is wonderful and most of the time very sweet! so family vacations will include one of her friends or lots of cousins! (meg, brig and kristal- i am counting on this)
new life is amazing and im always shocked at how this little baby could come out of that body! crazy but cool!

small world

how many times do you run into someone or meet a new friend and have them be related to you or one of your closest friends? three times in the last week i have had this happen and they all have been new clients. how many times do we love people and not know how closely we are linked. it really just is such a small world!

7 weird things about me

so reading amys blog and i thought this was funny! so amy im stealing this from you.

1. Waxing my arms and getting a pedicure make me feel like the most beautiful woman on the planet. even though not close to being true. if those things are done i am a happy girl.

2. i love teeth. seriously i look at everyones smile and immediately notice who has good teeth. if you have nasty teeth-- well we are not good friends cause i pay way too much attention to that.

3. i like weirding people out by popping my hips out of the socket or putting my feet behind my head.

4. i think everyone should have at least two kids. i think kids need a sibling.
but i am quickly learning to think otherwise since london will be it for me!

5. i love to work out. i mean LOVE IT! i would live at the gym. plus im so competitive that if someone is running next to me i will kill myself to keep their pace. crazy but true!

6. i hate to have hair on me. the little hairs after a hair cut! which is funny since that is my job. but i can never wait to get home and shower them off after work.

7. i wish you could be friends with all of your friends for life! i wish it did not matter if you dated that friend or if you are married or if you all got in a big lame fight in eighth grade that keeps you not talking. and i wish people didnt have to act like they dont care how you are because now they dont need you. its lame and there you have it!

so really those are just silly things and im sure you all could tell me more weird things about me. but lets just pretend that those are it! muah!

twinkies 25plus years ago

sisters are

or seisters as we call them in our family. they are
the leader and the teacher of things good and bad.
the confidant.
the singer of songs in an offkey sort of way.
they think your dancing is the coolest.
and they can make fun of you without hurting your feelings.
they are the best friend.
they laugh at stupid things you say that are only humorous to the two of you.
they are your protector.
and your biggest fan. and you are theirs.
you hurt when they hurt.
you smile when they smile.
you can call them at four in the morning just to laugh about chon chon!
your husbands don't get you and neither do your parents- but sisters----
THEY ALWAYS GET YOU!!!!
oh the gift of sisterhood!

life is a highway

Life is a highway and i want to drive it all night long! im one of the few people i know who loves loves loves to drive. road trips are so fun. i can handle the car for about 6 hours before i want out and even then it depends on where we are going. but to drive in the car at night with the music blaring and the windows rolled down with the rain pouring and the cold air coming in. ahhh heaven. some think im crazy and most of you know i am. but i get this crazy thrill from it. it calms me down and winds me up all at the same time. i guess im just a silly girl?!

across the street from my home

rain on my face and wind in my hair

i love that feeling i get when i know that rain is comming. here in arizona you can smell it. it is the creosote(sp?) plants! there it is- the smell you can't get anywhere else. driving tonight it started to rain. little sprinkles at first- falling on my clean car. then as they got faster and faster and as the wind picked up and pushed tumbleweeds around the road i began to get excited. but we all know it is hopeless to get excited about rain here because in 5 minutes the rain was gone. but that feeling of the rain on my face and the wind blowing my hair everywhere...... I LOVE IT!

music

so everyone knows im hooked on music and insist on singing at every given moment- even though i can not carry a tune- in a bag- in my hand. but music-- it is addictive for me. i would have it playing at every moment. and i cant stop from toe tapping or from dancing in the car or wherever i am. im especially bad if its 90s music or if im driving with my sister. she brings out the stupid in me. just tonight i told her we need to go dancing- that initself is crazy. the two of us late at night with music. im sure most of you know this senerio well and it is a sight to be seen for sure. while driving i should have a bumper sticker- beware, obnoxious girl in car- not responsible for her actions. i have been caught doing this i can not tell you how many times. (singing and dancing) most people laugh and wave but occasionally you get that irritated look - that you are not focused on the road look. what is up with that????????

old friends

recently i have run into old friends. wow- what a memory girl i am. how i miss these people in my life and the fun they bring to it. days back then were to say the least---a little crazier and a little more unpredictable. there was always some new hot party or place to go that always promised me dancing and carrying on as if i liked the attention-( i know we are laughing now!) how can we carry on into the future and still keep all those friends near and dear? i wonder this a lot as the days seem to go faster and faster. so to all you old friends, i miss you, the wild days and in case you are still wondering...I'm still as crazy as i ever was....just don't tell Brandon! :) ha

my life as a pin cushion

so tomorrow i go in for two more "procedures" i figure anytime they have to drug me and cut me its considered surgery! not looking forward to this but will be happy when it is done since i have been walking around with a collapsed lung for a week. and oh the saga continues of medical bills and pain pills. lucky for me ---my seister is here to help and that will be nice for a change. too young to have these problems and yet no way to stop them. hopefully it will only be a 4 day stay instead of 10 or 18. off to relax before the big day.

things i want to do

if i could pick a new profession and there were enough hours in the day i would----
decorate houses
be a buyer for large stores or small boutiques
a stock broker
a professional chef
a photographer
a painter
a pianist
buy houses- fix em and flip em
a skilled Gardner
a marketing gal
a professional grocery shopper if there could be such a job
a personal trainer
a choreographer
party planning
wedding coordinator
a florist
a doctor
an architect

its good pain

you know that feeling when you have worked out a little more than usual and you have a hard time walking, sitting or even moving? that is the best feeling ever- good pain. like burning yourself on the beach and knowing the next day it will be a beautiful tan. or how about getting a shot of morphine in the hospital but knowing you will be out and painless in moments. i love good pain and frankly its been a long while since i have worked out hard enough to hurt. bring it on baby---IM READY FOR MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!