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Prime Camarillo Athletic Therapy and Recovery

2010-09-23T15:50:00.000-07:00

You guys have to check out Wade's new blog!!! www.primecamarillo.blogspot.com. It is awesome! Tell your friends and family!!!

The Valley

2010-09-13T08:36:00.000-07:00

Me and the girls at a BBQ at aunt Robyns.

Me and Britt hiking Stewart Falls

Pays baptism day

Well we have been here now for almost 3 weeks!!! Man does time fly! The girls started school and are loving it. I have been trying to take advantage of the fact that I am from a really amazing place. The mountains are amazing!! Growing up I didn't all that much outdoor stuff. Now that I am older I can appreciate it so much more. When your gone for a long time and come back you realize how very beautiful it is here. So I've floated the provo river, hiked up to Stewart falls above Sundance and I am trying to do at least one mountainy thing each week. I got a month pass at the PG rec. It is brand new and awesome!!! Payton got baptized and it was such a wonderful day. Wade came in for the baptism and it was so great to be all together!! She is such a special little girl! I love her so much!!! I'm working back at Wingers. Wade is doing good and very optimistic, he's getting new patients each week and getting new contacts with people everyday. He is working hard and is going to do a great job! I am missing my california family. Well that is a super quick cliff note version of the last few weeks!!

Moving

2010-08-03T19:15:00.000-07:00

So it has been official for a couple of weeks now, we are moving!!! Wade has been offered a really great opportunity in Camarillo, his home town. He is going to be practicing out of his friend Paul's dentist office. I am going to be moving to Utah to stay with my parents for 2 months to help save money. The girls will go to school where I went to school as a little kid! We will hopefully be back out with Wade in time for Halloween! It is all happening so fast. I'm overwhelmed and really emotional about the whole thing. We have had such a wonderful time here in San Jose. We have made some wonderful friends. We have fallen in love with the whole bay area. It is truly bittersweet. While I am so excited to start the next chapter of our lives, it is hard to leave behind what has made living here in San Jose so wonderful, our friends. Piatti(my place of employment) has been such a blessing to me and really our family. I remember the day I went in to fill out an application. My mom told me to just try it. I was worried it was to fancy for me! But I got hired on the spot and the rest is history! I have loved my job there. I have made good friends with all of the staff and even some of the regulars have stolen a piece of my heart(you know which one you are!!) I have never worked at a place where we all fit together so well. The management team is amazing!! I will truly miss it!!!

When I turned in my 30 day notice to my apartment complex I had to fight back the tears. We have really loved living at northpark. It has been like a big family community! With so many of Wade's Palmer friends, we are always running into people that we know. Plus it has just been a beautiful place to live. I've been really happy here, it has really been a home for us. So now are moving date is set, we will be moving on Aug 24. I will miss you Bay Area!!!!!!

Mom's 50th

2010-07-05T20:42:00.000-07:00

My dad surprised my mom and gave her some tickets to come out and visit us! It was so much fun! We love to have her come out and visit! I miss both my mom and dad and love to spend time with them! It was a super quick but very fun weekend!!We went to the nail salon and we all got out toes painted! Milla and Pay felt like princesses! They love feeling pampered! It was fun to go and be girly for the day!

The girls both love to be around grandma. They tell me that they love the way she does everything better then the way I do it! Grandma brushes their hair better, gives them baths better. That's ok with me! I'll let her bathe them and take care of them the entire time she's around! It's a break for me!

Santa Cruz Beach

2010-06-03T20:15:00.000-07:00

Me and Britt headed to the beach for the day. It just so happened to be the day before Memorial Day. We sat in the worst traffic trying to get to the beach. A half hour drive took us over 2 hours! We were stuck in traffic and we both had to pee so bad!!!!! I almost couldn't walk to the bathroom when we got to the bottom of the canyon! The beach was beautiful! Crowded but beautiful!!

Me and Britts yearly SF trip

2010-06-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

Every year Britt comes out for a little ladies weekend. This year it was much needed for me!!! Between school and work, I was feeling a little overwhelmed! So a weekend with just ladies was so much fun. Our friend Mandy joined us this year and I say the more the merrier! We had so much fun!!!!! We stayed at Diva hotel. It was OK? No it was alright, nothing very outstanding about it. We stayed up all night, slept in and ate a yummy breakfast!

Wicked

2010-06-03T19:45:00.000-07:00

Britt, Mandy and myself all went and saw Wicked in San Francisco on May 27. It was so so amazing!!! I was pleasantly surprised!! We couldn't take any pictures inside because the Orpheum Theatre has some sort of copyright??! If you took your camera out the ushers would come and have you erase the picture! That kind of sucked I would have liked to take some pictures inside! We had a fantastic night!

My mom

2010-05-09T13:58:00.000-07:00

(This picture is funny because we both just looked at the camera and naturally tilted our heads! It made me giggle when I saw it! Like mother like daughter!)

I just wanted to do a little tribute to my mother. The older I get, the more and more I appreciate my mother. I appreciate her sacrifices, her patience, her acceptance. She has done so much for me in my life. Each day as my own children grow I realize more and more what it is to be a mother. I realize the heartbreak and trials and the sacrifices you make for you children. I know that as my children grow into preteens and teenagers that I will need my mothers guidance and advice more and more. She is a shining example of what it is to be a mother and now a grandmother. She is so kind hearted and loves me and my girls. At their young age they already know that if they need (or want) something they can turn to grandma and she will be there for them. I am grateful for the wonderful example of a mom that I have been given. Many girls out there do not have that kind of blessing in there life, they do not have a mother who cares so much as mine that I can call when I need some advice.

My mom is my best friend. I know I can call her and talk to her about anything and she will give me sound advice or just make me laugh! I am eternally grateful that she is my mother and hope that when my girls grow up they too will love me as much as I love my mom. I pray that they have the relationship that I do.

Mom Happy Mothers Day!!!!

odds and ends from April

2010-04-29T21:54:00.000-07:00

I ran my first race on April 25th. It was a 4 mile race from Saratoga to Los Gatos. At first I was all excited and ready to run. Then the heat set in! It was super warm that day! But after the 2 mile mark I hit my stride and it was fun again. Right towards the end though I was struggling to get towards the finish line. When I finally did cross the finish line Wade and the girls were not around to see me finish! I called him on my phone and he was parking the car. He had dropped me off at the starting line and then tried to meet up at one of the mile markers to cheer me on. But with all the racers, the streets were blocked off and he hit traffic and it took him longer to get back to the finish line then he thought. We did meet up a few min later. I was bummed he wasn't there but at least he was trying to do something very sweet! I ran the 4 miles in 48.07. I was just happy to finish it at all!

Pay and Wade worked on Pays school project. They made a dinosaur land in a shoe box. The red thing is a volcano and all the dinosaurs are running away from the volcanos eruption! Pay is so silly!

For easter this year I wanted to make a traditional lemon meringue pie (I've never made one before) They turned out very pretty, but I have decided I'm not a big fan of lemon meringue pie! Who would have thought it! I love everything lemon!! So since I love dessert I had to make something else to eat on Easter. So I made the yummiest coconut vanilla cake. It was delicious!! I want some right now!

Easter party

2010-04-29T21:49:00.000-07:00

We went to Kimbra's families annual easter party. The girls got plenty of candy and eggs! And Kimbra's mom always makes plenty of yummy food for us to eat!

Some easter updates finally

2010-04-29T21:37:00.000-07:00

Grandma Janet sent us the cutest easter egg making set this year. We had fun making all sorts of cute easter eggs. We had Britt, Travis and Schroe over to help us out.

I love this picture of Milla, she is so cute!
We are so lucky to have the only orange orchard in San Jose right in our back yard. I took the girls over and we took a couple pictures.

Check it out

2010-04-23T10:31:00.000-07:00

Wade has his new web site up and going please check it out and send people to him!!

www.Malesichchiropractic.com

Next, next, next....

2010-04-19T23:49:00.000-07:00

Well Wade is all done with everything. It is quite the road to follow and it took us a bit longer then we had anticipated. We all know he graduated back in Dec, but then you have to wait for board results that didn't come out until the end of Dec. After that you start to get all of your paper work turned in so you can take your state licensing test. It is a bunch of paper work that needs to be turned in from a bunch of different places. So really you are just waiting on other people to make sure they get the stuff turned in that needs to be turned in. Once everything is submitted and approved they send you a letter saying that you can now go and take your state test. After waiting weeks and wondering why it was taking so long Wade called them to see if there was any problems. They were still waiting on the school to send in some more forms!! Frustrating!!!!!

So he called the school and got them to get the rest of their paper work in and finally a week after that Wade got the letter saying he could go and take the test. You know right away if you passed your state test but you have to wait to get your state license in the mail. After he got his license he was able to apply for a business license and malpractice insurance and all of this stuff that you don't even think about until it comes your way. It has been a fun experience to learn how to do this all. We are definitely working together to get everything rolling. We are both busy with own things but continue to help each other out and work as a team. Wade still takes time to help me with my school work, which I really need sometimes! He also does a great job at helping Pay with her homework as well. Pay is already doing times tables, not something that I am great at. Wade is definitely going to be the parent to help the kids with math problems!!

Right now I'm trying to decide if I should go to summer school or not??? It would be nice to get a class out of the way. The summer courses are only 6 weeks long. My mom always has told me " you can handle anything for a year". I could handle 6 weeks right? I think it is like 5 hours a day 4 days a week for one class! Blah!!!

Neils trip out #2

2010-03-23T14:45:00.000-07:00

I am so in love with the above picture. I like all of them but this one is just so cute. All the little girls are waiting for Annie to get in the picture.

Cousins having a fun time at the Wing Stop (yummy wings by the way!)

A very picturesque day at the beach! It was so beautiful.

Neil and his cute little ones.

Me and the bunch of kids. All these kids made me and Wade rethink if we ever want another one! 4 little girls running around was a lot!

But then you see cute pictures like this and it makes me want 100 little kids running around! Ok not 100 but 10? Is that still to many?!

Wade and Neil and their girls. They even have twin aviator sunglasses on! Aviators are pretty hot! You boys look good!! Why does Neil look so much taller then Wade?

Sausalito and San Francisco

2010-03-19T12:10:00.000-07:00

While Neil was in town we took him and the to San Francisco to play on the beach(it was freezing and we only stayed for a little bit.) We then drove over the Golden Gate Bridge to go to Sausalito. We went and got some yummy ice-cream.

It was a fun day and we had some super tired kids at the end of the day!!!

Neils trip out #1.

2010-03-18T23:26:00.000-07:00

Neil and his girls came for a week visit. It was so much fun and the girls especially had so so much fun! They were best friends and played so well together. I'll post some more pictures and tell some more stories I just wanted to get a couple pictures up! Plus there is a picture with my new bangs.

Cookies!!!!!

2010-03-18T23:22:00.000-07:00

While I was home at Christmas I went to the cute little cupcake shop you might remember... The sweet tooth fairy. Anyway while I was there I saw this most adorable cookie jar. It may surprise you but I have never owned a cookie jar! So it wasn't a difficult decision, I purchased it and I am madly in love with it!

Milla turns 5

2010-02-22T22:59:00.000-08:00

Yummy cupcakes for Milla's church class. Pink of course!

This year I was so busy with work that I did not even have time to plan a big party for Milla's birthday. I felt so so bad!!! But we told her she could pick any place she wanted to go to dinner. She choose Sweet Tomatoes. Its like a nice salad buffet place. A strange place to pick! Last time we ate there, she threw up all over the table! But she still wanted to go back again! It was fun. We took Milla a cute little tinkerbell cake and a bday hat. It was really fun just being the family. It was nice and non stressful!

Milla is getting so big! I love her so much! But boy is she loud! Always moving and always being crazy! She keeps us on our toes!!

busy.

2010-02-09T14:09:00.000-08:00

Well I am hoping to blog as much as possible. However the next few months will be super busy!!!! I am taking Physiology, Medical Terminology, Gerontology and PE. So between work, school, kids, husband and house I'm pretty busy! If anyone is super organized and has any advice I'd love it!!! So far my classes are fun. My PE class is intense! I almost threw up yesterday! I pray that will not the be the same on Wed! Work has been really good. We have been so so busy! Which is a huge blessing because a lot of businesses right now are struggling. We are all just trying to keep up with the fast pace of it all. The girls are doing good. Getting smarter and brighter each day. Wade is just waiting on his letter from the state so that he can take his state exam. You have to get licensed in the state you choose to practice in. So we are just praying that Cali will send him his letter soon!!! Thankfully we have all stayed healthy (knock on wood!). Love you all!!! xoxo

winter wonderland

2010-01-28T20:50:00.000-08:00

Since moving to California I have become weak!! I have fallen in love with 60 degree winters! N0t having to drive 0n icy roads, defrost my car in the morning, or deal with frozen pipes, freezing wind and basically unfun weather. BUT..... When you get to have days like this were everything is covered in a beautiful white blanket and the air is actually quieter it is amazing!! I think it is so beautiful and breathtaking. There really is nothing in the world like it! And sometimes you can smell coal burning in the air, it's almost as good as wet cement in the summer. I miss the winter time sometimes! It is very nostalgic to me. I wish I was a little closer so that I could visit home in the winter more often!

workin

2010-01-28T20:08:00.000-08:00

At work the other day Kimbra came up and gave me a hug but when she went to walk away we were stuck together! Her hair got stuck in my earring! She so fun! She makes work a little bit more fun.

10 in 2010

2010-01-21T16:44:00.001-08:00

Well this year I did not make any new years resolutions. I feel like every year I always make the same resolutions. It seems like they are just things that you work on through out your entire life. Safe money, keep my house cleaner, loose weight or get into shape, read more. You know the very generic goals we all make every year. So I decided to not make resolutions this year and instead I wanted to make a list of fun things I wanted to accomplish that are very measurable.

1. I want to give 10 random gifts to people that are special to me.

2. I want to write 10 random letters to people that need to hear that I care about them.

3. Come up with 10 new delicious cupcake flavors.

4. Blog 10 times a month.

5. Read 10 new books

6. Make 10 new friends

I guess that will be a good start and we'll if I can come up with anymore.

On a different note...

I have been so busy lately! I have been working everyday except sat. Some days I work double shifts. It is a huge change for me because I am used to being home with the girls every day and just working a little bit. It is hard for me because I am used to being the one who makes the shopping lists and takes care of all of the home things and now I have had to give up some of my control of the home to Wade. We have totally switched roles! He now takes the girls to school and picks them up. Does the grocery shopping and laundry!! It is nice to have a break from that responsibility but now I am missing it! I think it is good to change roles a little bit because it makes you appreciate all the work your partner does. You never really understand what someone else does until you walk a mile in their shoes. We should all have to walk a mile in others shoes so we might be more compassionate for other people! I start school on Feb 2 and I am really looking forward to it! I am going full time for the first time since I had Pay. I am little nervous. Wade is just waiting so that he can take his state test so he can be registered in the state of Ca as a chiropractor. Hopefully he'll get a letter from the state in the next week or two saying he an take his test. I guess now we just wait!

odds and ends from december

2010-01-10T12:56:00.000-08:00

1.While we were in Utah Wade took the girls sledding. They had a lot of fun. Perfect small hill for the girls. My mom even went with them!

2.Kimbra, Jess and Heather took me out for my Birthday to my favorite restaurant, Claimjumper. It is so so good!!! (this happened in Cali)

3. My aunt Wendy took me down to the Sweet Tooth Fairy Bakery. They have yummy cupcakes and it is the cutest little store! I want one just like it one day!!!!

Christmas 4

2009-12-31T00:12:00.001-08:00

Christmas Morning
(left grandma Moore and Milla)
Pay really wanted Taylor Swift

The girls each got necklaces from Kruz and Ethen. They loved them!
We had so much fun opening presents. The girls really had a lot of fun opening presents!! We had yummy sticky buns, french toast cassarole and bacon. Christmas eve the girls decorated cookies for Santa. Each year they love to decorate cookies for Santa.

Wade is helping the girls put on their new necklaces.

Christmas 3

2009-12-30T23:57:00.001-08:00

(my dad's mother grandma Faye and Milla)

Christmas morning we got up around 8(the kids slept in a little) We went up and saw all the presents Santa brought! Plus he had eaten the cookies we left him and even left a note thanking the girls for the cookies!

Grandpa Richard E. Moore and Milla.

Toby and Harley building a new trike while wearing matching jammies!

Grandma Deanna bought Pay a candy, jewelery making set. I was like oh thanks mom that is a great gift! Lots of little peices and lots of candy! But a little sweet justice was that the girls decided to make the necklaces in grandma and grandpa's bed!! LOL!

Mckayla and Milla riding on the trike.

Christmas 2

2009-12-30T23:48:00.000-08:00

This might look a little funny, but let me explain! I took the girls down to visit my grandparents. My grandpa has been having some health issues and we really want to keep him healthy. My girls had colds so to be safe we had them wear masks so as to not get grandpa sick.

(Grandma Ann, Me and Pay)

I don't think they minded the masks at all. If anything it was fun for them.

Grandpa Dean, Milla and Pay (and little sammy G and G's dog)

Christmas 1

2009-12-30T23:28:00.000-08:00

When we went to Utah for Christmas we took the girls ice skating and out to the Pie for some very yummy pizza. After that we went to Thanksgiving point to see some Christmas lights. It was so much fun. But really really cold! My ears got so cold that when we went inside they hurt as they started to thaw out.

The ice skating ring was so cute. It had a huge Christmas tree in the middle and all the trees around were decorated with Christmas lights! It was very romantical and nostalgic. It was a lot of fun, it was worth being out in 15 degree weather!!

Christmas lights at Thanksgiving Point

Dinner at the Pie (yummiest pizza and garlic bread!)

We also went out to lunch with Tori and Jeff. Me and Tori have been friends since 5th grade!! Her husband Jeff is the greatest guy! I love them both so much!

Ginger Bread Comp 09

2009-12-16T19:31:00.000-08:00

To start this off I decided to poke a little fun at my husband. He is a little flash shy. It is so hard to get a picture of him with his eyes open. He is always ruining good pictures by closing his eyes!! This day was especially funny because he could not open his eyes for a picture to save his life!!!

(Wade and the girls made me a cake for my birthday. German Chocolate my fav!)

And finally a good one!!! ( I actually left out 2 others with his eyes closed!!) And you must note the very goofy smile on his face above and the even more goofy sweater! He loves Christmas time what can I say!

Britt and Travis and their Ginger Bread resort(with a glamorous candy cane fountain!)

Jess and Nate(the winners! for their holiday spirit and the best house!)

Nate and Jesses house

Pay built her own this year!

Milla just put a bunch of candy on her and Wades.

The beach

2009-12-15T09:12:00.000-08:00

While my parents were out we went to the beach. My mom and dad(especially dad) love going and seeing the beach. There is something calming about it. It turned out to be a beautiful day.

Wade's graduation

2009-12-15T08:42:00.000-08:00

Wade graduated on Dec 5. It was a day that we have been looking forward to for sometime!

Wade's parents and Brother Todd came out for the graduation.

My parents also came out for the graduation. The kids had so much fun with both sets of grandparents to give them attention!

Todd, Bob, Janet and Pay

For the graduation banquet dinner, I made 200 cupcakes! It was a little bit more of an undertaking then I thought it would be. But I learned a lot and it was fun. I used my kitchen at work to do 140 of them and I used my kitchen at home to do the other 60. I was glad when that was over!!! I made German Chocolate, Coconut Lime and Madagascar Vanilla.

My little graduates. Pay and Milla deserve their own awards for going through the last three years with us!! It has definitely been a family effort!!

Wade was the MC for the banquet dinner afterwards. He was so funny! They had a lot of awards and cute videos of the class. The graduation committee put so much effort into making that night one of a kind. Wade was lucky to have such a great class.

It was a fantastic, wonderful night! I am so proud of Wade for all of his accomplishments! I guess it is now on to the next scary chapter!!

Oh Christmas!

2009-12-14T08:22:00.000-08:00

It is getting closer!!! I'm so excited! There was Christmas music playing last night at work and I couldn't help but sing along. This is the greatest time of year. I cannot wait!!!!

Busy

2009-12-11T16:23:00.000-08:00

I am so excited for finals next week. Not because I want to take the test but because then hopefully I can stop running!!! I swear that for the last few months we have been so so busy! There are some days I leave the house at 8 to take the kids to school and don't come home until 1100 at night! (don't worry the kids are home and in bed well before 11! Wade gets them while i'm at school.) Christmas is supposed to be a time of love and family but so far I just feel rush rush rush!!! I'm looking forward to putting the breaks on and just spending time with my family and not stressing out about having to get something done or be someplace for something. Wade had his graduation and it was wonderful! It was a great night and I am so so proud of him! He MC'd the dinner after graduation and he was so funny!!! We had family in town for a few days and now our house is quiet again. We miss everyone being here but it is nice to get back to our normal schedule!

Thankful

2009-11-30T20:11:00.000-08:00

I've been meaning to do this for a while but life has been so crazy!!! I have so much to be grateful for. I have such a wonderfully blessed life! First and most importantly, I am grateful for my family!

My husband is one in a million. He has enriched my life in ways that I can't even begin to express gratitude for. He has grown by leaps and bounds since we were first married. We have grown together more then I could have ever imagined.

Pay is such a light in my life!! Her heart is so big and she is so kind. She melts my heart each and every day with her sweet, tender personality! Milla is a ball of energy and personality like I have never seen before. She is so quick witted and funny. She makes me laugh everyday with her silly, crazy personality! She is a good sister and loves her daddy so much!! I thank my heavenly father each and everyday that these two little beauties are mine. They bless my life and make my world a better place. I am so grateful for them!!

I am so grateful for my mom and dad. I know that they have given so much to help make my life easier. I can't even imagine what they've given up to help me and my family. I am so blessed to have two wonderful parents that love me and my family. My mom is my best friend and I am so grateful that we have such a great relationship. I can talk to her about anything and that is a blessing that not everyone is lucky enough to have. I love my parents so much and am so grateful for their wonderful examples.

I am grateful for my wonderful in laws. I feel very blessed to have such great in laws. You always here horror stories about how horrible peoples in laws are. (usually it's the horrible mother in law) Well for me I am blessed, because my mother in law in amazing. She is sweet and kind and funny. My father in law is the strong silent type! But I know on the inside he's just a big softy!! I feel so blessed to have married into their family and become part of such a great family!

I have more blessings to be grateful for then I can even count. I could write pages!!! Thank you to all of the wonderful people in my life that enrich it and make it brighter each and everyday! I love you!!!

Portland

2009-11-29T21:14:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving

2009-11-29T21:00:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving we went up to Lake Oswego, a suburb outside of Portland. We stayed with our friends Craig and Lisa and her family. They were all so sweet and nice and wonderful!! It was very fun. In all there were eight adults, 2 kids, 3 dogs, 1 cat, some chickens and 2 goats! (the chickens and goats were outside!) It was a full house though! But we all had so much fun! We went up there to see how we liked the area. We are thinking about moving up there in a year or so. It was beautiful and fantastic and green!! Every night we stayed up late and played games. We laughed so hard my cheeks hurt. Craig and Lisa's family is so hospitable and so increadibly kind! Thanks you so much for welcoming us into your home!

Miss Pay learning to make Won Ton soup.

Feeding the chickens

The Nike US head quarters. It was so so beautiful!

Hanging out with Lance.

Eating some yummy Japanese food.

Game night. Who knew Scatigories could be so fun! We were all giggling like little kids!

Pay, Lisa and Koda

Craig and Pay(you may be wondering why there are not many pictures of Milla, well she doesn't enjoy having her picture taken! We are working on that!!!)

It was a struggle to get her to take this one! I'm surprised she is smiling!

New Moon preview night

2009-11-27T18:31:00.000-08:00

Me and Kimbra went to New Moon on the thursday night before it opened. Her boyfriend Kam's mom got us all tickets to go and see it at Santana Row. It was so much fun!!! Santana Row was already decorated for Christmas and you could feel the magic starting to fill the air! The movie was fantastic! I loved it!

My super fantastic husband bought me a New Moon shirt so I would have one to go to the movies in. I woke up that morning and on the counter was a New moon check list.

_popcorn

_drink

_candy

_shirt

_babysitter

On the letter it said: I hear there is going to be a new moon tonight and i just want you to be prepared. Then there was a scavenger hunt through the house to find these items. There was a bag of popcorn, drink gift card, candy and a new new moon tshirt!! On the last item was a note saying that my babysitter was at school. He was so sweet!! It made my day!!! Well my month!! He sure can be wonderful!

Next....

2009-11-16T08:48:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday Wade finished his set of Boards. He feels pretty good about them but still can't stop stressing out. It's pretty overwhelming. It is so crazy to think back to about 4 years ago..... We first started thinking about Wade attending a chiropractic school. We knew we would have to move because there wasn't any chiropractic school anywhere around us. As we started looking into it, there were schools in Texas, Florida, Iowa and California. Well that was a pretty easy choice for Wade! He knew right away that he wanted to attend school in California. I was really excited about the idea of a new adventure but very scared at the same time. I loved my family, my friends and my comfortable little bubble! I was really scared thinking about leaving everything I knew for everything I didn't. I remember thinking, "how is this going to be possible??". How are we going to do this? How are we going pay for things, make ends meet, find a good place to live, get a job to support Wade and the girls while he is in school. I was so overwhelmed thinking about all the "what if's" and "how do we's". I was continually telling myself other people have done this, it is possible. And honestly I just kind of walked blindly into it praying for some help!

And now 4 years later Wade is pretty much done!! Somehow we did it?! When we first started school this day seemed so far away! It almost seemed like it would never happen. And now it is so surreal, I just don't even know how to feel. Don't get me wrong, I am so so excited!!! But at the same time it is a little overwhelming thinking about the next step. Moving into the workforce at maybe not the best economic time!! I am grateful that he is done with school now and not a year ago though!! Wade has been so happy attending chiropractic school. He loves what he does and is really good at it. He has worked so hard and been so dedicated at doing this 110%. I can't even begin to say how proud of him I am. He has exceeded my expectations in so many ways. I am so blessed and so grateful. We really have been so blessed. My heart is so full of gratitude that at times it brings tears to my eyes. I will do another post about gratitude though! Because I have a lot of people to be thankful for and they deserve a post about them.

SF

2009-11-13T22:56:00.000-08:00

My girlfriend Mandy moved out to the Bay Area this summer and I was excited to have a friend move out my way! We've gotten together a couple of times and she is so much fun to hang out with. She has a little boy about Pays age. So last wed the kids didn't have any school so we decided to to head up to the city. Mandy hadn't been to the city much so I took her to some of my favorite spots. It was a fun afternoon! Thanks Mandy!

Yummy brown sugar cookies

2009-11-13T22:30:00.001-08:00

Well today I wanted to try a new recipe for brown sugar cookies. I thought I died and went to heaven! They are all crunchy on the outside and all warm and gooey and soft on the inside! And a deep carmely taste! YUMMY! Some people wanted the recipe so I decided to put it one here then who ever can make them!

14 tablespoons butter

1 3/4 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 egg plus one egg yolk

1 tbs rum extract(you may want to add less, up to you)

1 teas vanilla extract

2 cups flour

1/2 teas baking soda

1/4 teas baking powder

separately

1/4 cup white sugar

1/4 cup dark brown sugar

preheat oven to 375

1.Melt 10 table spoons of butter in a pan and brown until foamy and smells like carmel or nutty. about 4 min. Once it gets brown it will cook really fast so watch it close towards the end.

2.Put the browned butter into a bowl and add the remaining 4 tbs butter and mix it around until that butter also melts.

3.Let it cool down for a few minutes and then add the brown sugar and salt, mix well.

4.Add the egg and one yolk, vanilla and rum extract.

5.Mix all the dry ingredients together and add to the wet mixture. Mix well until all ingredients are combined.

6.Mix the left over sugars.

7.Roll the cookie dough into balls and roll in the sugar mixture until well coated. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and cook for 8-9 min.

8.Don't over cook! They should be moist on the inside and crunchy on the outside!

9.ENJOY!!

i hope you love as much as i do!

Family Pictures

2009-11-12T11:10:00.000-08:00

My girl friend Kimbra took some family pictures for us this year. She did a great job. I am really happy with all the good shots she got! The girls look so cute! And if I might say Wade is looking pretty handsome!

family Pictures

2009-11-09T09:50:00.000-08:00

Here is just a little preview. We had some pictures taken this weekend and I'll get some more up later this week or maybe today? We'll see how busy I get!

Craig and Lisa's Wedding

2009-11-02T11:11:00.000-08:00

Pay and Hassen dancing.

This post is a little over due! In Sept our good friends Craig and Lisa got married in a beautiful ceremony down in Carmel. Unfortunately our camera was almost dead so we didn't get very many pictures!

Me and Britt showing off the falls hottest colors! Red and grey are so hot right now! We even have on matching shoes! Great minds must think a like!

In between the wedding and reception we went up to Monteray Bay and ate some yummy lunch.

At the wedding

We wish Craig and Lisa the best of luck with all of their wedded bliss! They are two wonderful people that we love very much! Their wedding was so beautiful. The reception was so much fun! It was also a little bitter sweet. The wedding just happened to fall right before all the Palmer people left for their internships. So this night was the last night that everyone was together hanging out! We sure the miss the Canadians! Wade is so blessed to have so many wonderful friends that he went to school with! We can't wait to see everyone at graduation!

Halloween 09

2009-11-02T11:09:00.000-08:00

Decorating for Halloween.

I can't wait to one day have a house that I can go all out and decorate for Halloween!

Halloween 09

2009-11-02T10:55:00.000-08:00

This year we decided to go as the Wizard of Oz. Milla was the cowardly lion, Pay was Dorthy, I was the Wicked Witch and Wade was the Tin Man. It was a lot fun!

We took the girls tricker treating near my work at the Rivermark. It was so much fun. It was perfect for tricker treating. Tree lined streets, with cute little houses all in a row. The weather was nice and fally. It was the perfect Halloween night!

Mill ran from house to house! She was so excited to get candy. We kept having to tell her to slow down! (Thanks for the cute little candy bags Aunt Robyn!!)

She looked so cute I just want to eat her!

We went out to eat at Piatti before we went tricker treating. We wanted to go tricker treating at like 5. But when we went to go not a single kid was out tricker treating so we decided to waste an hour and go to dinner. It was yummy as usual!

We all dressed up for the ward party. Me and Wade didn't have it in us to get all dressed up again on Halloween night!

Miss Pay Pay

2009-10-22T13:55:00.000-07:00

For the last week Pay had been pretty sick. She went to school last Thursday and the school called saying that Pay had a sore throat. So Wade went and got her. Ever since then she has not felt good. Actually we have been very lucky she hasn't been throwing up! She has just had a fever and a sore throat. But we have not been able to get her fever to break. It finally is very low grade. It is so hard to watch your kids be sick. I can't even imagine the pain parents feel that have their kids in hospitals with serious health problems. The feeling of being completely helpless, while watching your child suffer. I am very worried going into the flu season. I'm trying to teach my girls to wash their hands all the time, not hug or kiss people at school. Use hand sanitizer all the time. But you can't control everything. Me and Wade definitely cannot afford to get sick. Missing a week of work and school just can't happen! Right now is the busiest time of year for us. Wade graduates in Dec and between now and then we have so much to accomplish! Wade said the other day that he has one wish, that he never had to sleep. I think that is what we all would like, more time!

2009-10-15T22:34:00.000-07:00

Lake Tahoe Vacation

2009-10-15T22:00:00.000-07:00

They had a hot tub at the hotel and it was so fun to play in there for a while. It was right off of the beach. Milla wanted to run out and swim in the lake. Her and Wade were going to try it. Milla got half way out got cold and ran back to the hot tub.

Milla and Grandpa

I know this post is a couple of weeks old but better late then never! While my family was out for their visit we went up to Lake Tahoe for a couple of days. We stayed in a really cool hotel right on the beach. The weather was nice and cool and very fallish! It reminded me of home. I loved all of the beautiful green trees. At night it was nice and cold and you could smell burning coal in the air. Oh I love that smell!

Little miss Milla Moo

It was so amazingly beautiful! The girls had a lot of fun running around and playing on the beach. We drove around Lake Tahoe and went to Virginia City(a haunted city). We walked around the little old city. We ate at a saloon where I had the most horrible chicken sandwich. I ended up eating half of Wade's sandwich. Thankfully he'd ordered something good!

Half Moon Bay

2009-10-04T22:24:00.000-07:00

A beautiful day at the beach!

We had so much fun with my mom and dad in town. I miss having them around. So it was fun having them here for such a long time this time. We had fun times, ate good food, saw some beautiful places and enjoyed hanging out with family.

2009-10-04T22:11:00.000-07:00

Half Moon Bay

2009-10-04T21:55:00.000-07:00

My came out for a week of relaxation and fun.

We went out to Half moon bay and stopped at a really fun little pumpkin farm. They had a train, ponies, ducks, goats and tons of pumpkins.

The girls had so much fun! They loved playing with grandma and grandpa. We had a really fun afternoon playing with the goats. We then went to lunch at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company(yummy!) Then we went down and walked along the beach. It was a beautiful and fantastic afternoon. I wish we could spend every day there and have the weather be as amazing!

In the blink of an eye...

2009-09-14T16:49:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe how quickly time is flying by! It seems like just yesterday that we packed our whole lives into a little moving van and drove half way across the country to our new home. I can't even begin to express how many blessings we have had by doing so. We have all made new friends that have become such a big part of our lives, it is hard to think that they were not always there! I love living here in California. It has been such a happy 3 years! I have been so fortunate to have a great job that I love. Piatti is a wonderful place. My managers are all awesome and fantastic! Everyone that I work with is great. Which is really rare, there usually seems to be some drama of some sort in the work place, but for the most part Piatti is very chill that way.

Wade has loved school. He has done really well with it. He is so incredibly smart! I just love that about him! Being smart is very sexy! I'm so so proud of him for all of his hard work and dedication. He is the hardest working person that I know. Plus he is very maticulate, so he makes sure that what he does he does perfect! I am so grateful for him! He is done with school in the first part of Dec!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe it! I am scared, excited, anxious, nervous, ecstatic all rolled up in one overwhelmed ball! Part of me wants him to be done and the other part would be content to live as a student for the next 20 years! When he graduates it means we have to be real grown-ups! I'm not ready to be a real grown-up! I still have to get that darned grown-up fridge! (those that know me know what that means!) Graduation means we have to make adult decisions! I'd be super happy to just have all of my big decisions made for me! Any takers?? Anyone? I just want to make good decisions that will give my kids an opportunity for a great life! I know that any decisions that we make will affect our kids and how they grow up! I mean it is a huge decision just choosing a state to live in, then down to the town, and neighborhood. Where we choose to live is going to decide who our kids are friends with, where they go to school and even eventually who they will marry and have a family with!!!! I have a hard time deciding what color shirt I will wear today, should I have yogurt or oatmeal for breakfast! I don't know!!!!

With that said, this is the perfect adult fridge and kitchen!!

Labor Day

2009-09-14T16:38:00.001-07:00

This Labor Day we went to Vasona park down in Los Gatos. It was so fun. We rented a little row boat and played on the lake for a while. Wade's friends Dustin and Andrea came as well and we fed the ducks from the boats. The girls were a little scared of the boat tipping over and falling in. It was a nice and relaxing Labor day.

A life saver!

2009-09-06T22:13:00.000-07:00

As most of you know by now I have gone back to blond. When I decided to go brunette last Oct I put a lot of thought into it and really made sure it was what I wanted to do because I knew when it was time to blond again I was going to fry my hair! Bleaching is the worst thing you can do to your hair! You can't avoid damage when using bleach! But this time around was not as bad as the last time I'd colored and bleached my hair. I was watching some show on TV and the lady swore up and down that this product Phyto 9 was the best thing she'd ever used. So I thought I'd give it a try.
Here is some products that can help your hair to look and feel healthy even if it is not!
Phyto 9 is awesome!!! Cholesterol by Queen Helene(drugstore $3!!) is pretty good. Aussie 3 minute miracle is truly a miracle! Sulfate free shampoo by Enjoy helps to not dry your hair out even more!

Oh my heart

2009-08-20T21:28:00.001-07:00

I am so madly in love with these two. When I look at this picture I completely forget that there are mornings that they aren't awake for 15 minutes and I'm already wanting to pull my hair out. I forget that they might wrestle and scream and yell until I want to go in my room and close the door. I forget that while I drive around and run errands they are both trying to backseat drive. "Mom it's green! That means go!" I forget that it doesn't matter what room I am in they both have to find a reason to be in that exact room at the exact time as me. I forget that they ask me millions and million of questions each day. I forget that if I am not paying close enough attention to them they will grab my cheeks and pull my face towards them so that they know I am looking at them. Looking at this picture however I remember that I am so madly in love with them.

Miss Milla Moo

2009-08-20T21:20:00.001-07:00

Half Moon Bay

2009-08-20T21:12:00.001-07:00

Last day of summer beach days before school is back in.

Booo

2009-08-19T00:29:00.000-07:00

I have some how managed to erase all of my blog links to friends and family!!!! Devastating! So if you notice your name is not on my blog list please leave me link to your blog! I love all of my Friends and love blog stalking you even more! Please!!!!! If you don't know me you can leave me your blog too!

Finally!

2009-08-08T21:33:00.000-07:00

I finally got the new camera that I've wanted for forever!! I got the Nikon D40 and it has been so much fun to play with. There is way to much stuff to learn how to use, so hopefully my pictures will slowly improve!

Whale watching and the beach

2009-08-07T21:45:00.000-07:00

While Robyn was in town we ran, ran, ran!! We fit so much stuff into a couple of days! We went whale watching in the morning and went to the beach.

While it was a nice day it was still pretty chilly! I think my girls were crazy for getting into their swimsuits! I kept thinking I might want to put my hoodie on!We went to lunch and walked around Monterey Bay after we went whale watching. We ate at The fisherman's grotto. They have the best clam chowder I have ever had!! Ever!! I am craving it now!

It was so fun to just be out on the ocean! I love the ocean! It is just so calming and beautiful.

While on our boat ride we saw some humpback whales and a ton of dolphins! It was so hard to get pictures though, by the time I'd get my camera ready the whales were already back under the water! This was the only descent one I could get. The dolphins were so awesome, there were like 30-40 dolphins just randomly swimming around the boat. All you could see where black fins sticking out of the water! They looked like sharks! (cool) But then every once in a while they would jump out of the water or peek their heads up to look at you. It was such a really fun day!

Robyn and my babies

The girls playing Wii

A very cute random picture from Chinatown in SF. I thought the monkeys reminded me of my little monkeys!

Playing twister! Need I say more?!

Robyns visit to Cali

2009-08-07T21:35:00.000-07:00

It has pretty much become a tradition, while Wade goes to Vegas for his family football draft, my aunt Robyn and her girls come out and visit me and my girls in California! This year we went to the King Tutankhamen exhibit up in De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. We then walked over to the Japanese Tea Garden also in Golden Gate Park.

The news said it was going to be really cold but it seems that Robyn brings good weather with her! It turned out to be a really nice day!

They would not allow any pictures inside the exhibit so we could only take pictures outside the exhibit. It was really cool! King Tuts tomb is over 2500 years old!! It was so so neat!

Tasha, Pay, Kenley and Milla

Payton turns 7!!

2009-08-07T21:19:00.000-07:00

Payton turned 7 this July! I can't believe how big she is getting! We had such a fun little party! We were so lucky and were able to have Payton's party while my aunt Robyn and her girls Kenley and Tasha were in town

Payton got spoiled by all of her friends!

Her request for her birthday cupcakes were that they were pink and blue.

I made raspberry lemonade cupcakes with white cake, fresh raspberries, whip cream filling and lemon flavored frosting. I played around with fondant again and made these cute little buttons. I love fondant! It is so fun to experiment with! I was so happy with how they turned out!

A day at the pool

2009-08-02T21:30:00.000-07:00

The other day Wade had some time off of school so we headed down to the pool for the day. I thought that maybe if they had on the swim caps the chlorine wouldn't damage their hair so much but some how their hair still got wet!

What to my wondering eyes should appear.....

2009-07-22T22:17:00.000-07:00

It's basically Christmas in July!!! Again I have to say how completely wonderful my fantastic aunt Wendy is. I came home to this box from Target and inside an ice cream maker!!! My aunt Wendy sent a little note saying that everyone needs homemade ice cream! That is so true! Everyone DOES need homemade ice cream, she is so smart! It made my night(my month!), I sometimes feel like I am in far away land and this just brings me back home! So aunt Wendy this dirty monkey is for you! Cheers!

Paytons first Birthday celebration

2009-07-22T22:10:00.000-07:00

So today my little girls turns 7!! I am heartbroken and excited all in one. I want her to stay my little baby for forever but at the same time as she gets older she is so much fun to hang out with! I love her so much and am so lucky to have her as my little girl!

We are going to have her birthday party next week when my aunt Robyn and her girls are in town. So tonight to make her still feel special on her real birthday I let her pick a place and go there for dinner. Her first choice...... McDonald's! Argh! I said how about someplace else! Her next choice was Outback! Oh ya. She loves ribs! It was a win win for everyone!

2009-07-22T22:01:00.000-07:00

Keeping up on some good literature.

A typical summer day....

*sleep in

*eat some breakfast(Wade usually makes the girls pancakes because they love them)

*I work out while Nani watches the girls (then she works out while I watch Halona)

*School work(Pay does math, spelling and reading, Milla traces letters, writes small words and colors.

*We head to the pool for like 2 hours(I have to wear these girls out!!)

All in a days work......

(I do work some days it's not all fun and games!)

la la la

2009-07-22T21:42:00.000-07:00

Have I told you lately how much I love these little bugs??

I love them to the moon and back and then some!

Do I want or Need??

2009-07-21T12:49:00.000-07:00

There are a couple of things out there that I have wanted for sometime and now I think they have become more of a need!?

One day......

Not sure what's going on!?

2009-07-16T12:54:00.000-07:00

So I noticed that some of my words through out my blog are highlighted green and underlined... I did not do this and there are advertisements attached to them! How weird! Has anyone seen anything like this or even know what I'm talking about?? Any ideas on how to get rid of them? Anyone??

Camping at Del Valle

2009-07-14T13:13:00.000-07:00

We went camping for a couple of nights with our friends Craig and Lisa. It was so much fun. Our camp ground was just down the road from a lake. So we spent the days swimming and playing there.

Camping is so much preparation and work. You get so dirty and stinky. You have to sleep on the ground. But it is so much fun in the end. The kids love it and so does Wade. And I don't think there is anything better than camp food!! Smores! Tinfoil dinners! This year I made a recipe I got off line. Pineapple upside down cake. The ingredients are old fashioned cake doughnuts, pineapple rings, brown sugar and butter, put in tinfoil and cook over the fire. It was amazing!!!

Cupcakes

2009-07-14T13:04:00.000-07:00

This is an amazing little present from my aunt Wendy. She bought it at an estate sale. I can bake 24 cupcakes at one time!!! I am so in love with this pan. Oh how I love thee let me count the ways.... And now the finished product... Red, White and Blue 4th of July cupcakes (strawberry, blackberry and coconut) filled with cream. Oh yummy.

Santa Cruz Beach Board Walk

2009-07-14T12:56:00.000-07:00

We have always wanted to visit the Beach Board Walk down in Santa Cruz but when ever we go to Santa Cruz we always just end up going to the beach. So this time we went to the Beach Board walk first. Then to the beach(even though the picture show otherwise!) We then went and spent a couple of hours at the beach.

The Boardwalk is kind of cool because you can either buy a day pass or you can buy individual tickets for rides(the later is what we did)

Discovery Kingdom Six Flags

2009-07-14T12:41:00.000-07:00

It was such a fun day! The weather was perfect not to hot! Thank goodness! (Don't you love the purse I'm holding! My Aunt Wendy made it for me, she's pretty much the cats meow!)

Pay and Milla are finally not scared of the theme park animals anymore!

During Wades summer break this year we tried to get a lot in because this summer his break was really only 1 week. Now that he has patients he doesn't really get a vacation. We went up to Vallejo where the Discovery Kingdom is. It was so much fun. They have ride's, animals and shows!

Milla is having way to much fun!

As we were walking we almost walked right into the parade that had broke out during the middle of the day.

Our favorite part is always visiting the dolphins! We could spend ours watching them! This was mischievous and kept splashing people watching him.

Our 4th of July

2009-07-11T16:18:00.000-07:00

Well this year was not such a tradition 4th of July for us. We didn't see any fireworks!!! It seems that to put on a firework show is very expensive and with all the budget cuts and lack of money in California a lot of places cancelled their firework shows. We decided that we didn't want to deal with the crowds of people that would be going the few cities that were still doing them. So Me and Kimbra decided to do a little BBQ in her back yard. It was so much fun. The girls played with water balloons(more so Wade and Travis threw water balloons at the girls!) We had some super delicious food! And we had so much fun just hanging out with everyone and talking. Travis, Brittany and Schroe came and so did one of my girlfriends from work Jessica. Plus some of Kimbra's friends. We all had so much fun!

Me and Britts night on the town

2009-07-11T16:11:00.000-07:00

While I went home for our summer visit me and Britt took one night and went out to dinner and a movie. We went to dinner at our old stomping ground, Wingers. It was just as I remembered! Oh so good! We ordered way to much food and couldn't finish it all. I would have ordered 1 of everything off the menu if Britt would have let me! We then went to smart cookie for dessert(so so good!). Then we went and the The Proposal(so so funny!). We had a lot of fun and laughed off some of our dinner and dessert!

We saw this fun huge sign and thought it might be fun to take a picture(seems funnier late at night!)

Me and Britt and our smorgasbord of delicious wingers dinner!

Silly Silly Milla

2009-07-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

So the other day I pulled some sort of a blonde moment. I can't remember what I said exactly but it was something about it being 12 when it was 1, I don't know?? So Wade jokingly said that I was so intelligent. Milla running to my defense(she obviously can't tell sarcasm yet, but she will) starts yelling "Mom your not intelligent, don't listen to dad your not intelligent!" Pay could tell the sarcasm and was telling me that I was intelligent. They are cute girls. It was pretty funny!

Rain and the lawn

2009-06-27T18:22:00.000-07:00

While I was in Utah it rained a lot!! I loved it, but it would have been nice to see a little more sun. So on my last day a little while before we had to leave for the airport, my dad was getting ready to mow the lawn and he needed a little help. Right as we started it started to pour rain!! So I helped mow the lawn in the rain!

The pink room

2009-06-27T18:17:00.000-07:00

My mom decided it would be fun to make Toby's old room into a fun princess room for the grand kids! The girls love it!!! It is better then their room at our house! It is pink, pink and more pink! Pay wasn't scared to sleep in here by herself at all. They had so much fun!

Carnival Rides

2009-06-26T11:04:00.000-07:00

Thanksgiving Point

2009-06-26T10:54:00.000-07:00

Me and Britt took the kids out to Thanksgiving Point. They have beautiful gardens!

It was a pretty quick walk threw, but we still had a lot of fun!

Tori place in Mount Pleasant

2009-06-26T10:35:00.000-07:00

A couple of years ago one of my best girlfriends Tori moved to Mount Pleasant about an hour and half from my parents place. So this year I decided to go down and stay the night at her place. She lives in one of the most beautiful places. Farm land as far as you can see! Her mom and dad live about a mile and half down the road. They have a beautiful house and barn. We went down to let the girls ride the horses.

feeding the goats

Pay riding a big girl horse.

Milla riding a little girl horse. They had so much fun!

Tori drove us around the farm in her little rino. We went and saw a bunch of baby horses! They were so cute! Milla wanted to ride on everything she saw! We had so much fun! Thanks for letting us come and play with you Tori! We love you!

8 miles

2009-06-26T10:22:00.000-07:00

So my friend Brittany is training for a half marathon(13.1 miles). So while I was there I thought it would be fun to run with her a bit. She was going to run down Provo Canyon and I thought that would be a way prettier run then running inside! I was all excited to go and run part of it with her. I hadn't been training like her, the most I'd run was 3 miles on a treadmill! So I'm all excited and ready to run until she starts talking about bears and mountain lions!!! Then I was little bit more nervous(thanks Britt!!) So her brother Travis took us up to the top of south fork(I got out a mile before they did so I could have little head start). So from top to the bottom of the canyon is 9 miles(go Britt!). I ran 8 miles!! I couldn't believe it! I had planned to stop half way and have Britt come back up in the car and get me. But running in the canyon was so beautiful and the weather was great! Plus I had Mick Jagger cheering me on! However I paid for about 3 days! My legs hurt so bad! Oh my calfs! My arch on my right foot really bothered me for about a week! Running so hard on your body! There is a Rock n Roll half marathon in San Jose in Oct. I'm going to try and enter it. Wade said he'd do it with me. We'll see, running is tough stuff! Brittany is running her half marathon in 4 weeks!! Go Britt you can do it!!

Ceder Fort

2009-06-26T10:04:00.000-07:00

My great grandma Fowlke, my grandma Ann's mother grew up in this house out in Ceder Fort, Ut. The house isn't lived in anymore and hasn't been lived in for many years. But when my great grandma Fowlke alive she used to come out to this house for a few weeks in the summer. I remember when I was a little girls my great grandma brought me and my brother out here for a couple of days. She must have been babysitting us for some reason. Anyway I remember her cooking us fried potatoes on this stove. I also remember sleeping upstairs on some sort of a feather bed on the floor in one of the bedrooms. I was really scared! Because even back then this house was really old and creepy! I really think that my imagination is just a bit to active!

Wendy found a chest of letters, cloths, receipts, pictures and a bunch of other stuff in one of the bedrooms. We found a little box that had a date on it from 1846! One of the letters we found was from 1903! It was so neat to have a glimpse into the past like that. I love history and our origins I think it is fascinating!

Some photos that are on the wall in the front room. I wish I could tell you who they are but I don't know. Probably great great grandparents??

Some pictures of my family in Utah

2009-06-26T09:51:00.000-07:00

Me, my mom, Wendy, Grandpa Dean and Pay. On my moms birthday me and Wendy surprised her at work with a cute little cake(from flour girls and dough boys bakery) and lunch from Taco Amigo(so yummy!)

The girls with their flying unicorns that Wendy bought them. Milla named hers beautiful and Pay named hers Isabella. They are silly, cute little girls!

Pay with aunt Robyn
(Pay, Tasha, Amy, Mom, Me, Wendy, Robyn, Kenley, Milla)

Me and my aunts get together for lunch each time I go out for a visit. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful family that I love so so much! My aunts are all like my big sisters and I consider myself so lucky to have them as part of my life. They are truly amazing!! I don't know what I would do without them! I love you guys so so much!!!!!

Yee Haa!

2009-06-25T14:16:00.000-07:00

(Ryans hat, not mine)

Me, mom, Wendy's family and Robyn's family all went to the rodeo. It was so much fun! I love the rodeo, horses, bulls, cowboys, rodeo hamburgers, boots, buckles, chaps, spurs and even the smell of the farm! It takes be back to my childhood and I can't get enough of it!!

Kenley and Milla

Rosie, Jay, Wendy and Pay

A little bareback bronc riding!

Grandparents and great grandparents!

2009-06-25T14:02:00.000-07:00

Me and the girls went and visited with my grandparents one afternoon for brunch. Pay is wearing grandpas shirt and being silly.

My grandma Ann, me, grandpa Dean, Toby and Harley at Toby's graduation BBQ.

Oh beautiful wish you were here!

2009-06-25T13:54:00.000-07:00

One thing I really miss about Utah is the beautiful mountains! I love to go up the canyon on a really hot day. It always so beautiful and relaxing! My mother took us on a drive around the loop. It is from American Fork canyon to Provo canyon and it is so beautiful.

At Tiblefork.

Our trip to Utah

2009-06-25T13:41:00.001-07:00

Every year Pleasant Grove has Strawberry days. When I was little we would go to the rodeo, parade, carnival and tons of other festive things! This year I just so happened to be home during Strawberry days! It was so much fun. We took the kids to the carnival.

Me and my grandpa Moore(my dads dad) I get my blue eyes from him!

We went to the carnival. We were a little worried that it might be to hot and instead we were worried that it was going to rain on us! The girls had tons of fun. We sat with Wendy and her family.

Me and my aunt Wendy

Pay is done with 1st grade!

2009-06-25T13:35:00.000-07:00

Payton has completed first grade! I am so sad. She is growing up way to fast! She had two wonderful teachers this year. On the last day of school (for her, we went to Utah and she missed the last two real days of school) they went skating at Cal Skate. Pay had fun with her friends. Wade went with her and me and Milla went towards the end to pic them up so we could get on the plane to fly to Utah.

This is just a random pic I took of the girls on the way to school and I just love it! Pay looks so excited to go to school!

Kimbra's 23 bday

2009-06-08T18:41:00.000-07:00

June 2 was Kimbra's 23rd bday. We went over to her house for a little BBQ.

Her pimp and hoe mug.

Kimbra, me, Sandi and Liz (All the girls that work at Piatti)

Wedding Banquet

2009-06-08T18:34:00.000-07:00

Taking a little break to snack on pizza while the guests got to snack on Filet and salmon!(not fare! But good pizza)

Me and Kimbra taking a break before we had to clean it all up! I was exhausted!!

A couple of Saturdays ago I worked a buy out wedding banquet. That is when someone pays to rent the entire restaurant for a day. It is so much work but so much fun because we get to transform Piatti into a wedding wonderland!! It looked so pretty. Plus I am just lucky to work with such really great people! My managers are all so amazing. I really love my job. I am very blessed.

Way over due!

2009-06-08T18:24:00.000-07:00

Milla, grandpa, Payton, grandma and me at Piatti for dinner.

So my little brother graduated from McGeorge Law School in Sacramento on May 16! I am so very proud of him! My mom and dad came out and we went and spent a fun filled weekend in Old Town Sacramento. We had fam pictures taken Sat morning and then went to Toby's graduation that afternoon. After the graduation we went back to his school for wine, cheese and fruit(ok so no wine!). But it was a very fun little reception! Then we went to dinner right down on the Sacramento river. It was such a hot hot day!!! 103! I haven't been that hot in a very long time!
Old Town Sacramento

The cheese reception at Toby's school

On the Train ride along Sacramento river

It was also Wade's bday while we where at Toby's so we had pizza and cake. This is quite possibly the goofiest face Wade could ever pull!

Family Pictures

2009-05-25T19:49:00.000-07:00

My Brother graduated from law school a couple of weekends ago. While we were there we decided to get family pictures taken. We haven't had real family pictures taken with the whole family for a long time! Well we tried to at Sears and they turned out awful!! So we tried again and it turned out wonderful! Thanks to Tyler's friend Brent!

I love this one of my whole family! There are a ton more but this is all I have for now. I will put up more as I get them.

Anatomy class

2009-05-18T22:56:00.000-07:00

So tonight was my last night of learning in Anatomy class. I only have my practical final on Wed and my Final Final on next Wed. It has been a fun class and I've learned a lot. However it has been so so so so hard! I'm so glad to have it almost over! Tonight we took a class picture. At the start of the class we started out with 32 people and this is all that has made it through.

Some pictures of Britts trip

2009-05-11T23:13:00.000-07:00

California Academy of Science

Being silly at my work Piatti

Britts trip

2009-05-11T22:33:00.000-07:00

Britt came out again this year for our yearly get away. We head up to San Francisco for a night away from everything! This year we went to the California Academy of Science. We went to the Cliff House for lunch. Walked around Fisherman's Wharf. Went to Ghiradelli Square for dinner and some yummy hot fudge sundaes. It was a very quick couple of days! But we had so much fun and laughed off half of the calories we ingested! Britt came into my work after I got off and we ate some super yummy food! We stayed up late and got up early every morning and I am totally feeling my age now! I'm super tiered and need a nap to catch up from our vacation.

Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. This was the hottest, most humid room! But is was so pretty!
This was in the California Academy of Science. It was in the rain forest. Those are people under the water looking up into rain forest.

Eating ice cream sundaes at Ghiradelli Square. So Yummy!

We stayed at The Sheraton at Fisherman's Wharf. It was the cutest, funky hotel! We sat outside and talked next to this cute little fire pit. As me and Britt are sitting there talking some old dude came up and sat down in the same little area and continued to light up again and again! He smoked cigarette after cigarette! So much for sitting outside and getting some fresh air!

This was a real man dressed up in a very funky outfit! And he was not ashamed to say that he needed to pay rent. I have him a buck for a pic.

Me and Britt love to eat at the Cliff house. When ever I have friends or family come into town we always go to the Cliff house. They have the yummiest popover rolls! Me and Britt ate two baskets! And it was so worth it! The restaurant has the most beautiful view!

Back to the conservatory of flowers.

This is a picture at the California Academy of Science. It is the coolest building. The roof is grass!

Me and Britt always enjoy making fun pics and embarrassing ourselves just a little bit! Some guy was getting a kick out of me and Britt doing this one at the aquarium.
Me and Britt had so much fun at the California Academy of Science! It was totally crowded! Way to many people! But we still had a blast!

This was so cool and so creepy! It had skulls from ages ago! This was an adult skull and it was tiny!! They got bigger and bigger! And they all looked so creepy!

Classic

2009-05-11T22:20:00.001-07:00

Ok so I have two funny slightly embarrassing stories to share.

1. Tonight at school, me and my anatomy friend Elsie were going over models of reproductive organs. So I am looking all over trying to find were the vagina and uterus are.... I looked at Elsie very confused and asked her if she could see the vagina or the uterus? She looked up at me and said "This is a dude!" I looked down and there it was a large plastic penis and prostate looking right at me! I don't even know what I was thinking!! Folks I obviously know what the bits and pieces look like, I just had one of the biggest brain farts of all time. Me and Elsie laughed hard for about 10 min.

2. This one happened a couple of years ago but is still worth giggling at. I was with some of my old Wingers friends playing the card game "Bullsh**" I'd never played before so I was still getting the hang of it. It was my turn and I had 3 three's in my hand, I figured I'd tell everyone that I had 3 elevens. Everyone laughed and called my bullsh**. I was confused why everyone was laughing, until they explained that there is no eleven cards in a deck. I am much brighter today!

A bit jumping the gun!

2009-05-04T11:47:00.000-07:00

Well I am a bit ahead of myself on this one but I am so excited I decided to write a little blog. I warn you now, you all know I'm a little goofy...

So in four years from now it will be my shhh....34th birthday. It just so happens that my 34 bday falls on 12-12-12!!! And if you times 3x4 it is also 12!!! I mean how crazy are those numbers! I've always thought little number or name coincidences are pretty cool and that one is a wopper! ok I'm sorry for having wasted a couple of minutes of your day on that one! But you have to admit its a little do do do dod do do do (thats my best try at the twilight zone song)

Wonderful Music Wednesdays

2009-04-30T15:53:00.000-07:00

So this week I am taking it back old school again! My favorite kind of music! It is starting to get warm and summery feeling, so I thought I would pay tribute to my aunts and days of yesteryear. Lots of songs like Save a Prayer by Duran Duran and Bananarama remind me of laying out with my aunts Wendy, Robyn and Amy. Or going down to BJs or Hearts to get a drink. With the windows down and radio up. I have such fond wonderful memories of my aunts and growing up with them! I can almost smell the Tropicana oil now!

(This is my aunts Wendy's wedding in 85. I"m the youngest one in front. Then from left to right my youngest aunt Amy, some girl, my aunt Wendy, aunt Robyn, my mom(gotta love 80s hair!), aunt Liz and some other girl.) Feather hair all over the place!

Don't fear the Reaper..

2009-04-27T18:29:00.000-07:00

I saw this fun little game on a friends blog and thought it would be fun to try, some of them worked out pretty funny! Try it!

Here are the rules...

1. Put your iPod on shuffle.

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? bigmouth- the smiths

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Shes in love with a rodeo man- Don Williams

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? could you be loved- Bob Marley

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Someday you will be loved- Death Cab for Cutie

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? I feel you-Depeche Mode

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Fire and Rain-James Taylor

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? From the edge of the deep green sea-the cure

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Chiquita-Abba

WHAT IS 2+2? Crooked Teeth- Death Cab for Cutie

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Son of a sailor-Jimmy Buffet

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Enchantment-Yanni (how perfect!)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Don't you forget about me-Simple minds

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Like a song-U2

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Ballad of spider john-Jimmy Buffet

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? The love Cats-The cure (my mom probably does think of me when she hears this!)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Yellow Brick Road-Elton John

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Starlight-Muse

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Letting the cable sleep- Bush

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? I am you-depeche mode

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?Beast of Burden-rolling stones(so not true)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Do ya think I'm sexy-Rod Stewart

HOW WILL YOU DIE? fumbling towards ecstasy-Sarah Mclachlan(Oh a girl can hope)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? One mans dream-Yanni (weird)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? The way you look tonight (Elton john)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? Every body's changing-Keane

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED? Your song -Elton john

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? got nothing-under the influence of giants

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? Chocolate-snow patrol

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? I caught myself-paramore

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? Louisiana Saturday night-Don Williams

HAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? don't fear the reaper-Blue oyster cult

Wonderful Music Wednesdays

2009-04-22T13:50:00.000-07:00

I choose to live in a world where Micheal Jackson is the most talented pop star ever to exist. I choose to pretend that the nowadays crazy Micheal is just a figment of my imagination and is only what happens when people eat to much white Cheddar popcorn. (what other explanation is there???) My heart is saddened to think of the loss of complete world domination Micheal could have had if only he could have aged gracefully and not crazily. Of course this is all a rant of nothingness because, in my world Micheal is still the 1980s wonderfully talented, unlimited possibilities Micheal! I'll keep him in that year.
I mean how cute is he!!