DAVIS FAMILY

love this quote I found today.

2011-09-19T21:13:00.000-07:00

We need to teach our daughters to distinguish between a man that flatters her and a man that compliments her. A man that spends money on her and a man that invests in her. A man that views her as property and a man that views her properly. A man that lusts after her and a man that loves her. A man that believes he is God's gift to women and a man that remembers a woman was God's gift to man.. Author unknown.

remembering 9-11

2011-09-12T16:58:00.001-07:00

I was 18, a couple weeks into my first semester at Utah State University. I woke up and was beginning my normal routine of getting ready for the day. I turned on the radio and heard the person on the radio say something about what was happening, I went into the living room of my apartment and turned on the Today show just in time to see the second plane hit the 2nd Tower. I was shocked, and called in my roommates. That day was spent on campus watching it all unfold. For the first time in my life I didn't feel safe and was uncertain as to what all this meant. I felt like crying, How could this happen? How could someone have so much hate with in them? I listened intently to President Bush in his speech that he gave a couple days later, feeling a sense of hope for the future, and a new level of patriotism. I still today sing the national anthem differently. This experience also confirmed to me Gods plan for us. I wish I could share the sense of Peace I felt with all those who lost a loved one, that I know God lives and that if we live righteously we will see our loved ones again. I hope to have the privilege one day of meeting, and shaking the hands of those brave first responders, and the brave service men and women that sacrificed so much to defend our freedoms. To say thank you is not enough. Your are my heroes. May God bless you.

my room

2011-09-09T20:18:00.000-07:00

My final project of the summer was to put my room together. The last couple years my room has been black pink and white. It was time for a change. Just about a year ago I picked up a black and white comforter from Ikea with the thoughts of changing the color scheme, but I hadn't decided exactly what to do. I had thought about doing yellow and gray and at one point had even bought yellow curtains, but the apartment I was living in at the time didn't allow curtains to be hung so I scratched that idea.
I decided to do Gray, a Teal-ish color and a deep red-violet color thrown in here and there as an accent color. I'm really liking how its turned out.
Earlier this summer I painted my dressers white as well as my mirror. However I felt like it was too much white and since I can't paint the walls currently, the mirror got painted to add a splash of color
I was able to reuse all my old pillow forms which saved me some money. The big gray pillow took the longest but I like how it turned out. (I had seen a similar pillow at target and decided to try it out myself.)
Here are some pics.

quote of the day

2011-08-31T15:51:00.000-07:00

"Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back as soon as he misses your call, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the man who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world in jeans and a t-shirt, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you are just as pretty without makeup on. One who makes you want to be a better person. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU... The one who turns to his friends and says, "that's her"...

Came across this quote today.. love it!! Good thing to live by i think.

CaTCHiNG uP

2011-08-31T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hey all! A lot has happened since last I caught everyone up to date (other than the post I did yesterday). In June I made the decision to move back to Brigham City. It was a hard decision for me and continues to be. I've always been an independent person and I've enjoyed the last 2 years being away with just me and my kids. But being away has brought on more stress, and less time with my kids. So, to be more present in my kids lives instead of just a couple hours a day, I took my parents up on their offer to live at home. This way I only will work a couple days a week while my kids are in school. I have felt like this was a giant step back when I've worked so hard to make it on my own.. But its what is best for my kids.. THis is what I keep telling myself. SMiles all around...
   So as I mentioned this summer was a busy one and I'm glad I was able to be apart of everything. Moving back I've been able to reconnect with some friends from high school. Every few weeks we would get together for a play date. We would let our kids play and us girls would sit and talk and catch up. This was nice for me, to be able to have adult conversation, but it was also nice for my kids to have other kids to play with. Wish I would have taken some pictures... but we all know I'm not so great at that... I'll work on it.
   This summer in between all the craziness we did do some fun things with the kids. We went to the dinosaur park, and the zoo, swimming and to the movies. The kids also got to spend some time at their dads. They were excited to be a part of Joe (their dad) and Britany's wedding.
School has started back up. Camden is in first grade. Can you believe it cause I can't. His teacher is Mrs. Ulsh. He loves it. He thinks he's big enough to walk to school himself. (such a long way.. across the street) So today I stood on the step as he walked without me. Not sure I'm ready for that. BreLeigh is in kindergarten. She goes in the afternoon, which gives her plenty of time in the morning to change her outfits as often as she likes.. and she does... usually at least 4 times before she settles on one. I need to take pictures of each outfit just to document it. I made her some headbands, since she thinks she should do her hair, they make it easier for her to accessorize. She's already lost one. Camden is doing a lot better with his reading. I finally found some books that are short and not to hard for him and now he seems to enjoy it. Before it was a struggle. The books I got are called BOB's books. BreLeigh has is now starting to read them too. Today she had to take one of the books and show her teacher she can read it. So cute.
   Maybe now that I'm not working all the time I'll have time to update this more so its not every 6 months. I must say that as much as I miss living on my own, I've loved being able to be home with my kids.. so it really has been a good decision..
Here are this summers pics.. enjoy.

Summer of Projects and Weddings.

2011-08-30T16:11:00.000-07:00

This summer has been crazy! We literally had something going on every weekend. We started the summer with Stephanie and Josue's wedding. And I must say, my family puts on a great wedding :) Caramie was the designer, and it was beautiful!!! I did Steph's hair and makeup for the event. Their photographer was amazing! She captured everything beautifully. (check her out at nicolespixiedust.blogspot.com)
The week before the wedding I had to sand down and re-stain the deck. My parents bought some new stain at Home Depot that they thought didn't require sanding. So Josue stained the deck for them using that new stain. Well in half the deck the stain was never completely absorbed and there was a sticky residue, so since I had just moved home (that's right folks.. I'm back in with my parents...) I got the "privilege" of sanding it down and doing it all over again. It took me 3 days on my hands and knees with a hand sander to get it all off. And because it was still so tacky, I went through a piece of the roughest sand paper every 2 minutes. And when I was almost done my dad found some stripper. Putting the stain on after that was easy and I did that in one afternoon. The day before the wedding Stephanie and I waxed my dad's old Studebaker. So even though its old and rusty.. the color that was on it was shinny. We had so many people comment on how pretty the day was and they loved that car.
Here are a few pics.. and by a few I mean 32... considering between engagements, Bridals, and that day there were well over 1000 pictures taken..

The following week was their open house in provo. We got to take part in some Mexican traditions, and it was a lot of fun. The next week Matt and Caramie and her mom and sister moved out of their house into a condo. Then Sadie received her endowments, the next weekend was Tyler and Sadie's wedding in Provo and that too, was Beautiful.
The following weekend was the open house here in Brigham that I got put in charge of since, I was the only one that didn't have anything else going on. My Dad and I built a cute wall that doubled as a photo booth. Matt and Caramie did the stenciling after I painted the wall pink. I made about 30 tissue paper flowers that we hung from Shepard hooks and the tree. I must have been crazy because not only did I do the Brides hair and makeup, I did the flower arrangements and made a cake... Thankfully, I did have help. Thank you Caramie and Linda
Next we had a family reunion at the Brigham City Pool. Then the family trip to Bear Lake, a couple other wedding receptions to attend, Moved Matt and Caramie and their family out to Nebraska (that was a long drive! But I'm glad I was able to go out and help). Came home from that and registered Camden and BreLeigh for school. I can't believe my kids are old enough to both be in school. We ended the summer on a sad note with the passing of my moms sister.
Bear Lake was a lot of fun. Nick and Steph weren't able to go because they were in Hawaii, but we did have Brennan, Braydon, and Emma. Emma only wanted Grandma and Grandpa... mostly just Grandpa. The kids would wake up early and they'd all come sit in bed with me.. I'd like to say it was because they just love me but it was really only because I was on the sofa sleeper in the living room, where the tv was. Haha I didn't mind.
The first day we were there it was pretty rainy, but it did clear up later in the afternoon so we were able to spend a couple hours at the beach. Kurt and Kathy joined us at the condo. They got rained out at their campsite, but luckily were able to rent one of the condos next to us. The rest of the time we had great weather and we spent the time finding sea shells, building sand castles, tubing, and playing games.
After all of the events, just when my mom thought she was going to be able to relax, we all had a project that needed to be done. Matt and Caramie had furniture that they painted and things to do to get ready for their move, Rylee brought her finds, and I had a few projects as well.
About a year ago I got a head and foot-board from the D.I. for Bre for $10! This summer I finally got it finished. I also repainted a couple dressers for Camden, a head and foot-boared I found for him on KSL for $15, a old night stand, and a dresser off of KSL for Bre ($50), a dresser that nick gave me, and a dresser set my cousins gave me (free) and a few picture frames. I didn't take before pictures like I should have but I'll take some after photos when I get it all set up.
This summer we've gone through a few gallons of paint, emptied the DI's supply of picture frames, and went through probably close to 50 cans of spray paint. :) GOOD times! Pics coming soon.. promise

up date

2011-03-14T17:30:00.000-07:00

So I say this every time I finally get around to updating my blog.. but I'm really not good at this. :o) Been thinking lately maybe I should just scrap it all together but where's the fun in that right?

But to catch you up...
In August I got a job at the Sherman Kendall Academy (a beauty school) as an instructor. I enjoy it for the most part, although I do miss being behind the chair doing hair.
Camden started kindergarten! And he's doing so well. I cried the first day I dropped him off. He's come a long way since the beginning of the year. His teacher says he's a big helper. But he definitely has his days where he's a stinker.
BreLeigh is the the Pre-Kindergarten class at daycare and is doing really well. She's taking a ballet Class and C&C ballet company and loves it. I'll post the video from there Christmas concert.
Camden and BreLeigh spent Halloween and Thanksgiving at their dads and had a great time there playing with their cousins.
Christmas was spent at my parents house in Brigham City. We went up the week of the 18th for a birthday party for those with birthday's in December. (Mom, Dad, BreLeigh and Hadlee) I ended up having some back issues and was laid up for the week so we ended up spending a whole 2 weeks there. Nick and Steph came down with the boys and Emma, Steph and her now fiance Josue, Tyler and his now Fiance Sadie, Matt and Caramie and their family were all there. And we all had tons of fun together.
And now its March and we're looking forward to a great spring and 2 weddings this summer. Congrats to Stephanie and Josue who will be getting married in June as well as Tyler and Sadie who will be getting married in July.

With some friends at Alaina's Wedding

Camden's Birthday. Playing heavy heavy hang over

Camden's Batman Birthday Cake

BreLeigh's Dance Class

Some Fun at Temple Square

Birthday Party at Grandmas

Christmas!!

Life's Miracles

2010-06-18T16:13:00.000-07:00

We witnessed a miracle this week. Well 2 actually. Monday afternoon Matt and Caramie went into the hospital to have their baby. She was supposed to have it on the 14th (Matt thought it would be cool if their kids' birthdays were 14, 15, 16.. and Dr Housel liked the idea... guys are so funny) But because of a mis-communication, Caramie was started later than planned and had Ayzlie just after midnight Tuesday morning. (miracle #1)
Sunday night and all day morning I had an uneasy feeling but couldn't figure out why. After talking to a few other people, they had the same feeling as well. About 12:45 I got a text from my sister saying "we have a baby". Then shortly after that I received a text saying Pray for Caramie. I felt so helpless being so far away from family and not able to be their to comfort my brother while all this was going on.
So what happened.... Just after Caramie delivered she started hemorrhaging. Turns out she had a rare condition called Placenta Acreta (sp??). This is where the Placenta grows into the uterus. Long story short and 6 units of blood later. Running down the hall to the O.R. Matt with the assistance of the anesthesiologist gave Caramie a blessing, and the bleeding stopped. she spent the rest of the day in the ICU to be monitored. (miracle #2) And Wednesday afternoon mother and baby were able to come home. (pics are on matt and caramie's blog.. read matt's version of what happened.. it will bring you to tears!)
How lucky am I to be raised in a family with worthy priesthood holders. How blessed we are to know of God's plan and his love for us. How blessed this family is to still have their mother to kiss them when the fall, and tuck them into bed each night. Life is precious, let us never forget. How quickly things can be lost. And thankfully, our heavenly father heard our prayers.
I hope one day I can find a guy like my dad and brothers. Hardworking, doting, worthy priesthood holders, and great fathers. I'm blessed to have them all in my life. (even if i didn't think so when i was younger :) )
Happy fathers day guys. I love you all.

Finals

2010-06-13T20:24:00.000-07:00

So the semester is over.. well it has been for a while now. But I passed all my classes. I got a B out of accounting!!! Super excited about that.
Tomorrow Matt and Caramie are having their3rd baby girl. GOod LUck!
More to come later.

old videos

2010-04-14T20:16:00.000-07:00

some videos i've had on my phone FoReVeR!!

SpRiNG iNTo SuMMeR

2010-04-14T20:06:00.000-07:00

Today at the kids daycare they had their "Spring into Summer" event. Nothing big but each age group sang 2 songs then they talked about things they have planned for the summer
and served refreshments
. I forgot to take my camera so i did the best i could with my phone..
so sorry its not real clear.

Random pics from the last year

2010-04-14T20:05:00.000-07:00

catching up

2010-04-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

I know I keep saying that I'm going to update this more often than I do.. but lets be realistic hear people.. you and I both know it just isn't going to happen.. and I'm okay with that.
So to catch you up... The semester is all but over and I'm gearing up for finals. Accounting has kicked my butt.. but for the most part I've enjoyed the class. It challenged me. Political Science, Health and Swimming were good classes... not too hard but I enjoyed them, and they helped balance out my schedule... English.. Well I'm hoping to just pass the class. I know I should care more about it but i don't. I really really don't.

Work has been slow both at Old Navy and the Salon, but I am starting to see clients coming back which is nice. I'm looking for another place to work. Hopefully I can find something that pays an hourly... I actually have an interview with a place this week.. .Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Easter/Conference weekend was nice. I was able to go to the Saturday afternoon session of conference with my parents. I had never gone before and i really enjoyed it. I was uplifted.. And Tyler and Stephanie did AMAZING in the choir. Steph was shown like 7 times and i only saw Tyler once but he pulled it up and pointed out 2 other times.
This year we kind of split the week up so Joe and I could both have the kids on Easter. So he had them Thursday Friday and most of Saturday.. Then i had them Saturday and Sunday. We didn't do anything too exciting, but it was nice to visit with family..
We had a get together at Grandma Toyn's and i was reminded of my incident last year with the mail box.. i don't think I'll ever live that one down. Can you believe it was a year ago?

Anyway I think that about does it. Kids are Great.. Growing up. and Amazing me daily. Love them!!!

week one

2010-01-10T20:00:00.000-08:00

So week 1 of school has come and gone, and I must say I'm feeling better about things. It was so nice sitting in my accounting class and actually understanding what the professor was talking about. For now anyway. Having to do my books over the last 6 years for hair is definitely paying off.
This week will be the first full week of school. And I'm looking forward to my swim class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Its definitely going to help me de-stress.
In My health class we have to choose a behavior to change. I'm choosing to change my eating habits... Meaning I'm going to actively try to eat more than once or twice a day. So I will keep you posted on how this goes.
I think my political science class is going to be a fun class. The teacher tries to have an open discussion more than a lecture, although I feel a little out of touch on some of the more current topics we have already discussed since I don't have access to tv or internet on a regular basis.
English I'm still a little intimidated by. The assignment for the weekend was to write 3 paragraphs, on any topic. Why was this so hard for me? I don't know. I think I do better when a topic is assigned.
One week into school... 15 more to go. And I'm feeling hopeful no longer overwhelmed. Which is a good sign, don't you think.

grandkid pics

2009-05-26T15:42:00.000-07:00

This weekend since we were all home we decided to get a picture with all the Grand kids.

6 kids ages 4 and under... what were we thinking?!?! NO, it took some time and a lot of patience but we got some cute ones. Here are a couple.

All the kids with grandma

BreLeigh, Cora,Brayden, Brennan, Hadlee and Camden

Pictures of BreLeigh's first dance Recital

2009-05-16T14:34:00.000-07:00

BreLeigh had her First dance recital Tuesday night, and she did so good. I was afraid she'd get up there and get shy and start crying. But she didn't. After she danced she said "I want to do it again!" She loved getting dressed up in her costume and getting the chance to wear a little makeup. She wanted mascara on.. so I put a little on her... then she decided she didn't like it so she cried it off... But then she wanted it again... it took a couple tries and then Caramie helped and then we were good. I haven't been able to keep the costume off of her since.

The Toyn Boys learned a new dance!!!

2009-04-26T18:30:00.001-07:00

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Conference weekend

2009-04-18T15:01:00.000-07:00

Confrence weekend Nick and Steph and the twins came up. Saturday, Grandma all the kids make suckers. They all loved it

happy easter

2009-04-18T14:30:00.000-07:00

My #1 most embarassing moment

2009-04-18T13:56:00.000-07:00

Ok.. now let me explain.. Easter Sunday I was leaving my Grandma's house and the kids had had tons of candy so I asked them to put their baskets down. Bre didn't want to so I reached back to take the basket from her. Well as I was bringing it up over the seat I dumped some candy out.. Normally that wouldn't be a big deal but, I had the dog in the front seat. Dogs and candy equals no good. So I was trying to get the candy. I did try to stop though... but i got the gas peddle and that is when we hit the mail box. But because i had accelerated not only did i hit the mailbox but the momentum of me moving forward mad the mail box continue as well, it flipped and because it was now under my car, it lifted my car as it flipped. Good times...
Lessons learned! JUST LET THE KIDS HAVE CANDY! ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY GOING 5MPH!! Total Damages done = $2500! Good bye tax return

Our new Family Member

2009-03-30T16:24:00.000-07:00

Our newest Family member is Jersey. Our Yellow lab. She's very playful and the kids love her.
She is definitely a puppy. She has found every way possible to to get out of the back yard. I've had to be very creative on how I block those places off. She's going to be a big dog! I took her to get her shots last week and she's already 18 pounds.

DaNCe

2009-03-30T16:16:00.000-07:00

The othe day I found my old dance costumes. I always wonder why my mom holds on to everything, but this one I'm happy she did. I tried them on Bre... some were to big but others fit pretty well... Now i can't keep them off of her.

This was my very first dance costume when i was 3. There was a really cute red tutu that whent with it and a hat to but i don't have those anymore.

This one Bre has taken home... totally 80's but she loves it. She'll put it on and walk around the house with her microphone singing songs she makes up. Its so cute. Everytime i try to get on video she gets shy and stops.. i'll get her though.. one of these days

This one I wore in the 5th grade, it was huge on her but she loved it

SNoW SNoW SNoW

2009-03-30T16:04:00.000-07:00

So THiS YeaR We GoT ToNS of SNoW! i WaS BeGiNNiNG To WoNDeR iF i WouLD eVeR See THe SuN aGaiN. oK So THaT WaS a BiT DRaMaTiC BuT We GoT 14 iCHeS iN 1 DaY!! THeN WHeN i THouGHT SPRiNG WaS HeRe, iT SNoWeD SoMe MoRe YeSTeRDaY. i SHouLDN'T CoMPLaiN SinCe We NeeD iT, BuT iTS aLMoST aPRiL, aND i PLaNTeD RaSPBeRRY'S.

anyway here are some pics of my kids playing in the snow...the picture behind the rest was taken after that last big snow strom a couple weeks ago. I don't know if you can tell very well, but i had shoveled one section to show how deep it was. By the time I was done i had to start over because I had another 2 inches.

Paitynn

2009-03-04T10:27:00.000-08:00

How cute is she?!?!? Paitynn was born Feb 19,2009.

We were all so lucky to be able to have her around for the last 10 days.

But it was so hard it was to see her go.

We're all so proud Steph. What she did took so much strength and courage.

But what a gift to give to someone!

* * * * * * *

Stephanie I love you, and I look up to you.

You've grown so much this last year. And I'm so proud of you

for what you've done and for the wonderful person your becoming.

I know this is hard. I can't imagine what our feeling. We're all here

to help you through this. I LOvE YoU!

Stephanie and Paitynn

Happy Birthday Camden

2008-11-15T16:17:00.000-08:00

Wednesday was Camden's Birthday. So to try to make it special, I made cupcakes and took them into his preschool class. The kids were really excited! They sang happy birthday and then quickly ate the cupcakes.

Today was Camden's Pirate Birthday Party. We played a couple games, took pictures, and had a treasure hunt. The kids had a lot of fun. The game we played they had a sticker of a pirate that they had to place next to the treasure... blind folded. Bre kept trying to sneak a peak so I had to hold the blind fold down on her. Camden was the closest.. first try.

I found this picture at Zurchers. The kids had a lot of fun posing as a pirate. They all make really cute pirates.

2008-11-08T13:24:00.000-08:00

2 Sundays ago after picking Camden and BreLeigh up from Joe, I noticed Bre's breathing was really labored. It worried me so while I was still in Salt Lake I had Joe follow me to Matt and Caramie's so that he and Tyler (Matt was at choir practice) could give her a blessing. Her breathing got better but later that evening I had to take her to the emergency room at the Brigham Hospital. Poor thing, she was already so tired after the hour wait so she didn't love getting her chest x-rayed, the shots they gave her, and she really didn't like the breathing treatment. But the nurse was really nice and gave her a couple princess stickers and 2 lolly pops so that helped. A couple hours later we were on our way home. Bre was diagnosed with asthmatic bronchitis. This is the 4th time she's had bronchitis over the last 3 months, she can't seem to kick it. But I found out that you can battle bronchitis for months. A clients brother had if for like 8 months. I'm hoping Bre's is gone but time will tell. I'm also hoping that she's not going to have a problem with asthma.

TRiCK oR TReaT

2008-11-08T10:59:00.000-08:00

Matt and Caramie came up from Salt Lake so we all went TRiCK oR TReaTiNG together. The first house we went to was my parents next door neighbors, the Steuarts. The rang the doorbell.. a couple of times and then when Marsha answered they walked right in. Marsha kept backing up and the kids kept coming in. It was hillarious. After that we had to tell them to stay out side. Everyhouse we went to, as we were leaving they would say "Thank you.. Halloween" instead of Happy Halloween.

This was taken right before trick or treating. Camden was excited at first "I'm BuMBLe Bee TRaNSFoRMeR" he kept saying, but towards the end he just wanted to go trick or treating. Bre on the other hand wasn't to excited about getting pictures taken until Hadlee arrived.

These are the pictures of our TRiCK oR TReaTiNG adventure. (not really an adventure we only went up and down my moms block.. they are still young.. they don't need lots of candy.. that and it started to sprinkle ) The first picture on the second row is the attack of Marsha Steuart. It really was the funniest to watch.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-05T19:23:00.000-08:00

Halloween as some know is not my favorite holiday so I don't really do anything festive. Feeling like I should at least try to make it special for my kids I decided I would try to make their costumes. Well Camden was going to be a pirate but changed his mind and wanted to be the BuMBLe BEE TRaNSFoRMeR so I just bought his costume :) BreLeigh never really said what she wanted to be so I decieded to make her a Tutu and she could be a cute witch. 8 yards of fabric later.... A couple days before Halloween I decided to get some pumpkins and we could carve them... Last year they weren't to interested in this activity but I thought maybe this year would be different. Not at all. I was lucky to get Bre to help me draw the face on the pumpkin before she was off wataching a "PRiNCeSS" movie (sleeping beauty) Camden stuck around for me to start carving the pumpkin but refused to stick his hands in to get out the guts. So my pictures of my efforts are minimal. My kids at the moment are like me.. just not into it. And I have no problem with that.. saving all my atempts at creativity for Christmas.Wednesay Oct 29th the young men and young women of my parents ward had a halloween activity for the primary kids. Camden was just excited to finally put on his bumblee bee costume. They got to play games and get their faces painted. BreLeigh loved this! It was amazing, i've never seen her sit so still and so patiently. She got both cheecks and hands painted.

My 25th Birthday

2008-08-29T18:41:00.000-07:00

I recently celebrated my 25th birthday. (I've decided that birthdays are much more fun when your younger.) I was looking back on my life and it made me kind of depressed. And even though i have 2 adorable kids, I haven't done anything I've wanted to do by the time i turned 25. So I've made a list of things I want to accompolish in my life, hopefully all while I'm still young. I'll add to it as i think of more.

Things I have done.....

Graduated High School

Went to Beauty school

Joined a sorority

Got Married

Bought a house

had 2 kids

Got divorced

Tried out for American Idol

Tried on line dating

Things I want to do... or be

Work in a New York Salon

Go to Europe

Go Snorkeling

Go on a cruise

Get married

Take potography classes

Design and run my own high end salon

I want to be.. A wedding planner

A fashion designer

an architect

a photographer

and a business owner

Bear Lake

2008-08-29T18:16:00.000-07:00

I recently went with the singles ward to Bear Lake.. Ha ha I know... The singles ward.. Anyway a couple of my good friends from high school went also.. so it was ok. Friday night we got to talking and remembered that they had a dance up there. From what we remembered the dance was actually fun but it had been since high school that either of us had gone. We decided to go. They wanted $8 to get in!!! Dancing in Salt lake isn't even that!!! And it was full of teenagers.. No wonder it was fun when we were younger. So we went to Le Beaus and split a raspberry shake.
Saturday we headed up to Minetonka Cave (I have no idea if i spelled that right) I've never been there.. it was actually pretty cool. None of my pics turned out though because it was so dark and I couldn't figure out the flash on my moms camera. I think there was something like 480 stairs we climbed... and at a pretty steep slope too. I try to work out but wow.. i was having to catch my breath.. After that we just chilled at the lake and on the way home stopped once again for a Raspberry shake.. yum!!

Alaina* Me* Britnee

Me And Britnee

BIG Cottonwood

2008-08-29T17:44:00.000-07:00

Sunday we headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon with Matt and Caramie. We cooked tin-foil dinners and roasted marshmallows for smores. We let the kids run around, hike, throw rocks into the river and their favorite.. get really dirty.

Top left: Camden playing "cops" with a walkie talkie.
Top Right: Camden and Bre playing with sticks.
Bottom left: Chillin by the fire, roastin marshmallows
Bottom right top: throwing rocks in the water
Bottom right bottom: Hidding in the trees

Top left: Entering the Cave
Tope Right: Caramie had them turn there lights of.. So it was dark till the camera flashed
Bottom left: Bre and Hadlee chillin on a rock.
(they climed up a pretty steep hill, bre didn't like coming back down.)
Bottom Right: Camden chillin in Caramie's round chair.

This is American Idol

2008-08-26T19:21:00.000-07:00

When I heard American Idol was coming to Salt Lake, I thought this is my chance! I'm going to be a star! Ha ha ok not really, but I figured i'd give it a shot. So Matt and I went and stood in line to try out.
The day we got our wrist bands I was wondering if Salt Lake was going to represent... Luckily Sundays in Utah, every one is in church, so the line wasn't long at all for us... I feel bad for those who went Monday. We got there at like 5:30 and were home in time to go to church at 9.
Wednesday we stood in line a little longer to get into the "Energy Solutions Arena". And with everyone practicing there song, I was starting to forget what I was going to sing. We saw a few people we knew.. none made it through.
So after a few hours of taping... Yes i did see Ryan Secrest.. but from really far away. Anyway after a few hours of taping, finally it was my turn to try out. So anti-climatic. You wait and wait to sing for 10 seconds and to be told "good voices but we'll have to pass".
One kid a head of us made it.. he was a little off his rocker if you know what I mean.. probably why he made it through.. Another girl took her puppet.. smart girl i think. She had a pretty good voice... but she definitely got her self noticed. Can't wait to see the show.
So that was my experience trying out for American Idol.... It would have been cool though.

Some of my Favorite pictures of Camden and BreLeigh

2008-07-26T11:26:00.001-07:00

Splish spash

2008-06-26T19:04:00.000-07:00

On Fathers day, Matt and Caramie were in town and we decided to turn on the sprinklers and let the kids have a little fun. So we stripped them down to their diapers and let them go. Camden is potty trained though.. so i improvised and put him in one of BreLeigh's pull ups. He may hate me when he's older. But it was better than having him run around naked.

2008-04-12T08:31:00.000-07:00

This Easter I hid Camden and BreLeigh's Easter baskets, and sent them on a scavenger hunt to find them. (Thank you Caramie for the great Idea!) BreLeigh wasn't very interested in the clues, she just liked the eggs, but Camden loved it. He raced from clue to clue, excited to see what the next one would be. I was a little unprepared this Easter because it was their dads turn and I only decided the night before to put a basket together. They got a pair of Pajamas, a magnet Alphabet game for the fridge, and of course candy.
Camden, BreLeigh and Hadlee colored eggs at Grandmas house. What a mess! They would fill the cups with eggs until the colored water was over flowing. They even decided to dip their hands in. Bre was a little worried when she saw her green hands.
While we were cleaning the kids up Matt and Stephanie hid the eggs for the Easter egg hunt. There were quit a few eggs and I think they ran out of spots to hid them because I looked out the window to see them throwing the plastic eggs. They took off running. Camden was really good at finding the eggs. I think he found most of them. We had to tell him to leave the rest for Bre and Hadlee.

Conference

2008-04-07T17:59:00.000-07:00

Every General Conference we get together at my parents house to watch conference and have an amazing breakfast!!! Scones, bacon and cream cheese eggs. This Conference everyone was able to come so we got it in our heads again to take some pictures. Thankfully this time we didn't try to do a family photo, we just decided to take pictures of the grand kids. They are MUCH cutter anyway!!