hiking painting eating

Recently I went to visit my best friend Ailish in Albequerque New Mexico. It was super fun and relaxing. She showed me her school, down town, and we ate at a few really good places. I am upset that i did not take more pictures while i was there. In fact, i really did not take pictures untill the night before I left. bummer. I promised Ailish I would not put those pics up so i wont, but it was a good trip. She has a cute puppy, Lula...i like puppies. One thing we did do was go hiking. It was super pretty. We tried to ignore the signs saying "WARNING BEAR ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS" and I made sure to read the sign that explained to me what to do if I encountered a mountain lion. freak! This is what it said "if you see a mountain lion, remain calm and grab your child (no joke?) try to appear big. hold your jacket over your head and hold your arms out. If the lion does not run away throw things at it...and here is the best advice on there, RUN!" it was rediculous. So about 30 min into the hike the thin air and anticipation of a bear or mountain lion attack, oh and no medical insurance, made us retreat back to the bottom of the mountain. look at the view!




And here is the ONly pic i got of Ailish and I. Not lookin to good.

I also got to have a play date with my niece Bailey. She is getting so big and all she does is talk talk talk all day long. It is great, but you also have to be careful of what you say. No joke, last week she looked at a puddle in the driveway and said "what the heck!" hahahaha. i just couldnt stop laughing. On our playdate we made pampcakes.


We then made a tent...So much fun. I remember making a tent when i was little, but i remember them being a lot better and bigger. Bailey did not mind, we got a flashlight and had a picnic in there.


We then played in the rain.


Then we played dress up
We went shopping for Aarons birthday present together after this. She tried to convince me to buy Aaron a "baby" so that I can give it to him and then he can share with her. It was a convincing argument, but unfortunatley we came home empty handed. Our date ended with a craft of painting. It was so much fun. I love my dates with Bailey. Maybe more than she does. ha


oh and she ran away from me a lot this day so i documented that too.

the end.

little vacay AND some

So i am in palm desert this week. My DAD said i could come out, well he actually told everyone that they can come out here to relax. I am just the only one with an adjustable job, and no life. haha. but really it worked out perfect.
SO I laid in the sun for four hours today and hope to do the same tomorrow. A lady, probably in her 80s came up to me as i was leaving the pool. She said "excuse me mam... you laid out in the sun for a long time!" I thought this was going to be a sun cancer speech, so just responded by telling her i wear sunscreen and i just like the sun on vacation. She proceeded to tell me that her and her friends were all impressed with my ability to last in the 100 degree weather. She just wanted to compliment me! hahaha. too funny. I think i am a pro. but only with a good book, bucket of ice, and several dips in the pool. side note...i cant stand it when girls go to the pool here and don't get their hair wet. its TOO HOT to do that. just go under!
i suck at being alone on vacation. I learned that tonight when i tried to order takeout from a Chinese food place! it was funny... too embarrassing to share. ha

On another note. It was my brothers 21 birthday. whoop whoop. he had to work on the big day, but i think he is loving life in the big city of San Francisco. Maybe he should call me and let me know?? ughhmmmmmmmmm tyty!

It was also Kacis Bday. She shared her big day with baby Josie's blessing day, but we had ice cream cake! i wish i had pics of it because it was a 10-10-10 b-day! very rare i feel.


i love this little nugget.


oh wait...My sister Sam just posted some pics of the fun weekend! And i forgot to mention i went shopping for wedding dress fabric. that was a journey

spider

I was laying on the trampoline looking at the stars with aaron....i get up, and in the dark i see an image. There is no light so i can not see what it is, but when i take one step closer i see that it is a huge spider! What the heck! it was huge. I hate spiders, so after the photoshoot with mr. spidy i killed it with poison spray. I then put it in a cup to make sure it was still dead in the morning.


it had hair, and spikes on its legs, and a huge black dot on its red belly. freaky. and it had a big booty.


On another note, it was my dads 60th birthday on the 20th. That was the night he and my mom were flying in from San Francisco so there were no big plans or party. But he did call a good handful of times to each offspring and suggest that we make him a marble cake. It was fun! I went and got a banner and some caution cones (because he is so old), and made a cupcake cake! I've seen this pan around and had to get it! it is ok but one side cooked better than the other, so i need some perfecting. It was a good night of cake1 i love my dad!


Lastly, this Sunday it was about 99 degrees at our home, so we were all trying to stay cool. Everyone was over for dinner, so Tera Bailey and I went out on the newly remodeled 'grandpa' swing. Bailey was soo cute, making faces and singing all the songs she knew. Her favorite is happy birthday TYTY. ha, she knows his birthday is coming up. She also sang the temple song, the entire thing! it was adorable.

wedding wedding wedding

It is nuts that so much work can go into a three hour wedding reception. I mean, if you are fortunate to just want something and get it, thats great. But, I think for the majority of the population decisions must be made with money in mind. Anyways, I have a lot of wants...I must now find my needs. I want this. Maybe one like it for the entrance to the barn with flowers and stuff on it. very romantic. So if youa re bored my followers, look on craigslist for random antique things like this bench, i will buy it.

And I want these.......I think this may be a need. I may veto glass plates and ust get myself and my guests some fresh cold DC's. yummy!

or how cute and random is this phone? also found on craigslist.

I am not sure what I would do with this cute blue phone, but i like it. haha. I am basically home all day by myself making decisions. It could be a very interesting reception, seing that I am very impulsive and not creative. Any ideas? please tell me!
I get to hang out with Bailey all the time and love it! I love her!

thats all for now.

sad day

today i am sad because I had to give the puppies away to the pound. they will miss me. i went shopping and it made me feel a little bit better. what is even better is that i have not gone shopping for so long that everything i liked three months ago is now on sale! i bought this outfit.

i love anthropoligie...the end.

puppies

I think everyone has, or would like to think that everyone, has something that makes them super giddy like a 5 year old. For me it is PUPPIES! I love them. they are cute. they are cuddly. and unfortunatley the ones i fell in love with today are flea infested and homeless...look how cute they are?! I named them bear and scooter. But it changes to buster and hannah, or patches and daisy.


I a not a dog expert but I think they are pitbull chow mix? I assess this based on the jaw structure and fluffyness. i do NOT know though. So you are probably wondering why these pups ended up at our house?
My mom was coming home from church and noticed all the cars were swerving (spelling?) and honking to get out of the way. My mom looks closer and sees that they are two tiny little puppies! There was also a big dog with them (maybe the mom?), but forget the big dog! My mom pulled over, got out of her car and called the pups to the side of the road. They both willingly ran to her and got right in the car. When they got home from church they called me to come outside, and to my suprise there are tiny little fluffy animals running around in our driveway. This is when the 5 year old comes out of me. I got so excited! I took them up to my room, had a photoshoot, text people. You know the usual. No more than 10 min into toni play time, Tera noticed that that behind the fluffy cuteness was a layer of fleas! Sooo gross, and slightly sad because these dogs were clearly not taken care of. So I fed them some yummy cottage cheese dog food mix.

Then we gave them a bath, my mom ran to the store to get flea stuff in case they got into my room and we awaited my dad to get home. Oh man, my dad hates dogs! And we knew the entire time that we would be taking them to the humane society and not back to the cruel owners who let their puppies run the streets (one of them even has a little scar on its nose from street fights). My dad got home, and actually responded ok. He likes puppies. And what is better is that the puppies, especially Bear, loves my dad. Look at my dad just chillen with Bear.


Oh i just love puppies. My dad even said tera could keep one! what the heck? But she really does not have time to raise a pup, especially since these pups might be big and mean.. Im just saying that to make my self feel better because all day i have been hanging out with them, and wanting to keep them. I love puppies. I just do. I dressed them up, Shorty wanted to eat them and Hershy just played with them. It was a fun day and I will be sad to give them away tomorrow. I am pathetic I know.

dresses

Ok so trying on dresses was a complete failior.... i mean they look nice for huge white pieces of material, but I left with nothing but a huge paper cut on my arm (thanks Davids Bridal), and a wish to be shorter.
For every dress i had to imagine it three inches longer, with sleeves, and with a filled in back....geese that is a big imagination! I do not think i am very imaginative so it was hard. However, i did come out of the dress session with a feel for what I like and dont like in a dress. Thanks sisters and mom for being good sports about the entire thing....Hopefully next time will be a bit better.
Oh and this is my dream dress....of corse it is from a random girl on a blog that I stalk and i dont know where she got it. Ha!




The funny thing is that Keri ran into this girl in target. By ran into, I mean saw across the way. She thought she knew her then remembered that is was just from blogstalking so did not aproach her. Next time she needs to though. I like lace dresses!