B-RIT

Festival Of Colors

2011-08-28T21:27:00.000-07:00

Back in the month of March my sister in law Aubri & I went to throw chalk at each other. It was by far the best & worst experience. I blew a mixture of purple, green, yellow, & red {combined this makes a lovely brown color} out of my nose. And my hair was pink for a while. It was pretty awesome though. I didn't really know what to expect when I got there. As soon as we walked on to the grounds people noticed that we were clean & so they would throw colors on us...in our faces, our hair & the favorite was down our shirts. The festival is to celebrate spring. The colors are usually ground up flower petals, but now that it's so big they use a scented chalk. All in all it's pretty neat. if you have blond hair make sure you wrap it up...unless you want it colored for free.

When I got home Mike asked if we liked "getting baptized by colors. "

V is for Vacation...in Vegas.

2011-03-03T20:49:00.000-08:00

Yes...as sad as it is. I claim this as a Vaca. But I did actually have a bit of fun.
My sister Jordyn went to this thing called 'Caper.'
It's a motivational, hair show, convention. I only saw her about 2 times whilst there. But since she was going to be there my mum & I decided to join her in Vegas. Mum came up a week before & helped me pack the house up & then we drove down together.
Stayed at Bally's...which is nice for their cheap but decent rooms, but the service was horrendous. We asked the guy checking us in what show he recommended & he said 'Jubilee.' Really? You suggest we, 2 females see a topless show? Right.
I think the best part of Vegas...besides the peep shows...is the shopping. We also took part in the fake, lame, no one wins, Price is Right. Vegas style baby.
At least my name tag looked official.

Chinese New Year was in full force...

The year of the Rabbit.

For some weird reason we were a tad obsessed with the Eiffel Tower.

Sister & I went up to the top...it was freezing. But quite pretty from up there.

But the real best part was crepes with Kari. Precious pregnant Kari. She looks pretty awesome for 8 months.

Apparently the French stink at taking pictures.

To blog or not to blog....

2011-02-22T17:28:00.000-08:00

Let's go back to a year ago. My last post, about Christmas. I think I may have said something like "I'm going to blog more." Yeah. Anyway. I think I may have more time on my hands now that I haven't got my house to keep clean & Mike will be in school. I'll be that loaner in the corner of my in-laws basement. So please come chat with me.
We went from this....
2200 sq feet of unadulterated space.
Now we have this...

& yes that is 'How I Met Your Mother' on the telly. If you haven't watched this tv show. You should.
Don't mind that red wall. It adds 'character.'

A dog named RUE.

2010-06-05T10:36:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting a Great Dane for a LOOOONGE time now....I found her.
Little Miss Rue.

She LOVES Jack...he doesn't return that love so well...yet.

Remember Christmas?

2010-02-19T10:43:00.000-08:00

I sure do. And even though it's the middle of February doesn't mean I can't post a blog about Christmas right? Well I am cause we took so righteous pictures for our Christmas cards this year thanks to Nathan Evans & his Non-existent or existent photography business Uzi Orange. So here are some pictures of us....Enjoy.

Thank you Nathan for making us look good. It was a good time indeed.

I think I have something called a blog....

2010-01-08T21:10:00.000-08:00

Perhaps a good resolution would be to update my blog at least once a month? Or even look at my friends blogs....come on me. sheesh.
I guess I'll start with my mum's wedding in August. Yeah...she got re-married to a real nice fireman named Russ. They got married in the Redlands temple in California. A dear friend Kristin Fuller took my mum's pictures if you'd like to see a few

http://kristinphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/adri-russ.html

the new family all together...well minus one of Russ' kiddos. Yep..I have 4 new halfers. We'll just say Christmas was different this year.

Now onto SEPTEMBER....
All I have to say about it is National Talk like a Pirate Day is the best & you all better be at the party next year so help me.
We had a flipping pinata....& if you don't come I'll go Barbosa on you.

The month of my birth...OCTOBER.
I had a birthday. Bought myself some good stuff & Michael being the gem he is wrapped it for me.
Clinton Kelly (from What Not To Wear. ) Tweeted to me. Pretty much the BEST birthday present.

& I got a cookie dough ice cream cake. Help me.

We also got to go to the wonderful Cornbelly's maze. We went with, who my sister now named the 'Log's' aka La Cognatas. It was cold but fun. I've never before been to a corn maze & now that I live literally right behind one I though I should try it out.

Of course there was pumpkin carving.

And some costumes perhaps....

NOVEMBER...
With one of my favorite holiday's. Thanksgiving. Why? You may ask....well it's because of the food. Yes it's dynamite. I love it all. Bring it on. Thanksgiving was held here...

In freezing cold, but beautiful Bear Lake. Oh & that was just one of the 3 houses we got. Yeah...we're that pimp.

DECEMBER...
So December was an interesting month. I lost my dear Grandpa Daniel. It was rough. It was the first real loss I've ever experienced. So I flew down on a stand-by ticket that my dove of a friend Becc a got me & we had a service on the beach in San Clemente, Ca. It was a beautiful sunny day & he would have loved it. We poured his ashes off the pier. The same pier the he would take me as a kid to feed the pigeons & walk up & down to see who caught what & look out his binoculars to see if we could see Catalina Island. Then we went to his favorite restaurant in Dana Point that over looked the harbor & had a wonderful lunch. I bawled like a baby. He fought in WW2 & was a lawyer. Had 6 kids, loved his liquor & his family. He helped me buy my first car & made me laugh. Usually he was making fun of me...but still. He taught me to laugh at myself.

They were so hot on their wedding day.

So after I finally made it back home. Worked 2 days. We packed the car & drove down for Christmas. It was good. We got together with my dad's side of the family & my mum's side of the family. Oh and my soon to be new Aunt Melinda & my Uncle Herb gave us 2 lotto tickets & we won $20 bucks. WOOT!! Christmas in SoCal is the BEST!

Now onto my mum's side......

Mike getting his very first Chiropractic adjustment from my Uncle Paul.

Well it really has been a good few months. And I REALLY am going to be better at doing this blog this year or I'm calling it quits. Also I'm going to look at all of your blogs too. Sorry friends. I am still here. Really. I am. And I love you all. Hope you had a fantastic New Year. Here is a picture from the party I went to. It was pretty fun. even if I felt too old to be there.

Have a dynamite 2010 everyone.

Back to the N.O.C.

2009-09-25T12:02:00.000-07:00

That's right. I went back to good ol' North Ogden City. I love it up there...& I love the friends I got to hang out with until the wee hours of the night. We started off with a little dinner at Iggi's.

Dana made us get 'grape lemonade' claiming it was the best thing ever. It was ok....I kid. It was good.

We went back to Dana's darling house & played a little "pounce."

Jade showing us her 'Raptor' way of shuffling cards.

Marlee the Champ.

Not to worry...Dana & I came in dead last with a combined score of 80. That's how we roll.
After we got tired of being spanked by Marlee & her mad Pounce playing skills we decided to try our luck at Rock Band.

Jade plays on Expert...notice the determined look to get us all back in the game.

All in all it was a fun night back in the hood! I need more nights where I get a belly workout by laughing so hard.

One of the CUTEST...

2009-09-08T17:13:00.000-07:00

...Headbands on EARTH!

My dear friend Dari made this headband & she make tons of other dynamite ones! She sells them on Etsy. To go look through her garb go to www.adayinthelifeofdari.blogspot.com & you can get to her Etsy shoppe from there! She sells precious baby headbands too! You won't regret it!

As of late....

2009-08-27T23:30:00.001-07:00

Hey everybody! Remember me? Yes I am still around. Just not by a computer....well one where I can sit long enough to blog anything worth looking at. (not that anything ever is worth looking at) But I am here to tell y'all what's been going on.

I cut my hair. It may even be shorter then this now. I'm a crazy person for cutting it so dang short.

Littlest brosif graduated. I feel old.

4th o' July

Mike & Michael had a birthday. Don't be jealous of the cake Kim & I made....

Our friend Nate got a flesh eating, terminal disease from Fiji.

Girls night's & cup cakes!

& who couldn't love PINK cotton candy!

I camped in Moab!

2009-06-24T20:47:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure it has been raining in Utah for the past, what 3 months? So when we went down to Moab & were CAMPING I was a bit leery. Camping, raining, camping, no showers, holes for toilets...but I went anyway cause I knew I needed to make myself a better/stronger camper. I done myself proud. & all you other campers out there too.

{Me being proud of myself}
So our friend Nathan road his bike from Highland, UT to Moab, UT. All by himself some 214 miles or something like that. Took him 2 days.

{Pretty sure this is how he felt most of the ride}
But we all made it & set up camp, made some camp fire food & talked about life & stuff. Skin walkers were ever brought up...creepy. Even though it rained a bit that night..just a wee bit. I did fine! I had 2 tylenol PM's in me & I slept like a babe!

I'm just glad I had a tent. That morning we decided we would hike. We knew it was going to rain, so we purchased some emergency ponchos just incase. The boys also got some hats.

You know to keep the rain out of their eyes. It helped real good.
We started with the 'Windows' Trail. I hate windows. I'm a Mac. Har.

Nathan's really good at YOGA ladies. That's why he & Mike are in a bromance. It's cute. After the Windows trail we headed over to The Delicate Arch trail. This is the arch you can all see on the Utah license plate. I've now been there twice. {go me.} On our way up we had to have a bit of fun with the boys hats & it seemed perfect that I wore a red hoody.

It a pretty hardy trail & it started to get hot towards the top we were excited to see some sun.

Good thing we brought our emergency ponchos!

It was a thunder & lightning freak show! I was running just to get to the car & I was soaked from the hips down & the elbows down. That's all that crappy poncho was good for. Plus I had to hold the hood up to keep my head dry so the rain was stinging my hands! My feet were all sloshing from running through the river that suddenly appeared from all the rain. It was crazy. I heard kids crying as I rad past them. Even though it was hard to hear through the thunder. We finally made it to the car & got to the Landscape Arch trail just as the storm passed.

So the Landscape Arch was suppose to be the Delicate Arch & vice versa. You can probably tell why, but the switched it on the map & kept it that way ever since. We hiked to other arches this hike & then took the 'Primitive Trail' back. That was a mistake. Well there were lotsa mistakes on this hike. We didn't take water cause we were just going to Landscape first then we just kept going for like 6 miles. No joke! & our shoes were wet with sand in them! It was crazy I tell you.

We hiked about 13 miles that day. 6 without water. We rewarded ourselves with mediocre Mexican food. But it was oh so good at the time! We slept well too! Even though when we got back from our hike our tent was all discombobulated from the storm. It had almost landed in the Colorado River. Thankfully the brush held it from floating away. & thanks to Whitney, Lindsay & Andie for saving it & putting it back together. The next day we packed up camp. & headed out to Canyonlands for a few hours. You need more like a few days to see this place. But we did observe it....in all of it's glory. It was grand.

Isn't it bromantic?

2 lips

2009-06-02T18:47:00.000-07:00

Tulip Festival...with sister.

So now that I live right next to Thanksgiving point {literally} I decided I should check out some of the things that go down there. So sister & I went to the Tulip Festival. It was neat. I appreciate flowers. Especially when someone else takes the time to take care of them. I believe I do have a black thumb. I've never been to the gardens there. It's miraculous & huge...

Jordyn thought this one looked like a 'big stick'...which is a popsicle.

This door is my favorite.

They have Segways you can rent so you can ride around the gardens in style. I really wanted one. If you don't know what a Segway is. Go rent Arrested Development. Gob rides around on one. Plus it's the best show ever....well one of them.

REAL

2009-05-27T11:50:00.000-07:00

When I was a wee young girl & lived in California I played a sport called soccer. And I was dang good too! Then when my family decided to move to Utah I stopped playing. I don't know why...I guess I just didn't like the teams. Buy my good friend Zeb along with my brother re-introduced me to soccer again....watching it at least. So we went to A Real Salt Lake game. At the new stadium. It was cold & rainy. But by golly a blasted good game! They won! And it was fun! Go if you have the chance! Not just to a Real game...any soccer game. You might just be lucky enough to see Ronaldo or Beckham.

HOUSE.

2009-05-08T10:29:00.000-07:00

Tis true. I bought myself a house! Okay..so the husband did help out a bit. But it's ours & I LOVE it! It's in Lehi & it's right behind Thanksgiving Point. We have a view of the golf course {as of now} Not sure if they are going to build a house or what. But it's beautiful. We have a community pool, putting green & basketball court. COME VISIT! Seriously! I will be at the pool every Friday & Saturday as soon as it opens. Which I think is Memorial day weekend. But anyway it's about 2200 sq ft & it has an unfinished basement & 3 beds w/ 2 & 1/2 baths. It still doesn't feel like home yet. & I still have LOTSA work to do. So if you're ever in our area or just want to come visit DO IT! I would love it! Plus I have lots of space now!

My Faves-FEBRUARY, MARCH, & APRIL

2009-04-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

Yup...I'm going to do these months all at once. So I can be caught up. Don't hate.

DADDIO: I love my dad. He's great. He's been through A LOT. And still teaches me. He taught me to love lotsa stuff...like baseball & fish. I talk to him almost every day. He's a pretty rad dad.

TWITTER: I'm pretty much obsessed with it. If you have it..or know what it is. Look me up. I'm pretty funny. twitter.com/britliechty

SCRUBS: Dang I LOVE this show! I have every season on DVD & I will watch the repeats no matter what. It makes me laugh over & over. If you need to borrow it you can. I want you to laugh too! Then we can enjoy it together.

SPRING: It's finally here! YAY! I love spring. Really I do. The flowers, everything is green & the best part...NO MORE SNOW! Bring on the sunshine!

MY NEW HOUSE: Tis true. We bought a house! & it's brilliant! The space! The new house smell! The garage! The KITCHEN! The view! And it's all mine! Until the HOA comes & tells me what I can & can't do. Bring it. {I shall post pictures soon.}

My Faves-January 2009

2009-03-31T19:22:00.000-07:00

Well hello new year. Let's see if we are going to be friends. (even if it's april...I'm WAY behind.)

Eric Hutchinson-Sounds Like This- So I went to his concert this month & I'm not going to lie...he was even better then I thought. I just kinda found him by accident & got his album & fell in LOVE with it. {and him} I have a thing for dorky guys I guess. But he was about the nicest musician I've meet. Yes, I did meet him. The picture is below. Fave song-Outside Villanova.

P90X- So we got the videos. No I haven't done the whole thing yet, but by golly I love me some Tony Horton. He is ripped & pushes me. My Faves of his disks are...YOGA X, KEMPO X, CARDIO X, & AB RIPPER X. They leave you sore & tired. If I ever do the full 90 days I promise I will post my before & after pictures.

Photo shoots by Nathan Evans- So I guess I should let you all know that somedays I wish I was a model. I know I'm not tall enough or thin enough...but it's fun to dress in clothes & get all done up. I would do it everyday in exotic places. But I took these photos with Nathan to help a friend. She should have won.

Green Tea- So it has been FREEZING this winter. I hate being cold. So every morning I make myself a hot thermos of green tea with some Splenda. It really helps with the cold mornings. Although it does make my teeth a bit stained. Good thing I can get whitening bleach whenever I need it.

Writing- When it's cold out I don't like to go out....I don't do all those snow activities. So I keep myself busy by writing. Nothing better then to keep your mind active. It soothes me. Plus I got a rad journal for Christmas.

My Faves.... DECEMBER 2008

2009-02-06T14:48:00.001-08:00

PHOENIX-It's Never Been Like That- Just heard about these guys not too long ago and finally gave them a listen. Love this album. It's really really good & different too. They are from Paris, France. Must be why I love em.

DIRTY JOBS- Ok. I have the BIGGEST crush on Mike Rowe. He is on my top 5 for sure! May even be top 3. But his show makes me laugh & want to puke all @ the same time...not even because I'm laughing so hard. It makes me wish I had a dirty enough job so he can come get dirty with me.

M.A.C.- Not to be confused with Apple which I also LOVE. These cosmetics are superb. I just recently got into this part of glam & boy do these eye shadows make you feel chic! One day I hope to have as many colors as Kim.

BJ'S RESTAURANT- The best pizza EVER! Whilst in California we went here. We always have to go cause I'm obsessed with this pizza! It's deep dish pizza & I always get it with pineapple! Plus they have PIZOOKIES! Bring on the calories!

ELF- Could Will Ferrell be any better then this? A human raised by elves?! This may be the best Christmas show ever. Next to A Christmas Story of course. But I love Buddy the elf & the cotton-headed-ninny-muggins he is. So if I ever answer the phone, "Buffy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" You'll know what I'm watching!

So this is Christmas....

2009-01-28T22:23:00.000-08:00

Let's be honest. Christmas is not my favorite time of the year. I know, I know. How un-American of me. But I hate the crowds & the music...wow do I hate the music. I mean of it's good. But the music that you hear that's the same song just sung by a different singer. Don't you think "Little Drummer Boy" should be sung by a boy? Well I do....I'd like to see Kanye come out with a Christmas CD. That'd be dope.
Enough about music..for now. I do love to give during this season. If fact I have a bit of a problem with it. I always want to give too much. But alas...I'm not as rich as I hoped to be. One day perhaps.
So this Christmas I got to go HOME! So Cal is so nice & warm during Christmas time! I do love that!

Oh San Clemente...how I love you.
So we got down there early Christmas Eve morning. Slept for a bit woke up & drove some more. Up to Pasadena for a Daniel family Christmas.
We got there late...thanks to good ol' LA traffic. The food was good. Beer pong was fun...we played & they drank. So its MORE fun when you are bad at ping pong & all your cousins are getting more & more drunk as the game goes by. I love my cousins...they are the best! Then just some good games & good conversation.

Then back home. It's Christmas Eve!! I was feeling sick so I drugged myself. Plus I can never sleep Christmas eve so it was good for me. I still woke up @ like 7. Now onto the cornucopia of presents.

Jack got ahold of this present & chewed the CD..I gave it to my dad anyway...I think he liked it. I gave him an itunes card too. Just incase the CD didn't work.

3 teams my family LOVES...ANGELS, COLTS, & UCLA! I think we have enough Angels paraphernalia to dress the whole baseball team itself.

Jack got a candy cane bone!
We went to see my cutest cousins! They love me.

Her violin is the cutest & tiniest thing! She played 'Jolly ol Saint Nicholas' for me! & when she messed up she just looked @ me & smiled! Love it!
So until next Christmas.

My faves....NOVEMBER 2008

2009-01-28T21:44:00.000-08:00

So I got this idea...Nay, I stole this idea from another site. But I liked it & my gosh I'm gonna use it. So there. Here is a list of my favorite things. I'm going to start back in November. Since I just did a post on Thanksgiving.

Coldplay-Viva La Vida- I saw them this month & wow was it great. Those boys know how to put on a show. It was a music video, concert, & dance party all in one. Way worth the money! Plus they make you feel like they are really there for you. Even after all these years...they still care. Plus I LOVE England.

The iPhone- So I'm still vintage with this phone. No 3G needed here. Just give me my 16g & I'm good. I do love it. iPod, phone, camera all in one. Plus I can check my email & google whatever, whenever! What more could you ask for? Not to mention you get to go chill with genius' whenever you want.

Jack- I love my dog. He lets me mess with him all the time. The other day I put a bow around his head like he was a girl. Poor dog. But he deals with it. I guess he knows if he didn't I wouldn't give him treats.

Time off- One of the best things about working in a dental office is the fact that I get good vacation. Like for Thanksgiving I get a good 4 & 1/2 days off. I only work 4 day weeks. Plus I get paid Thanksgiving. What more could you ask for then to get paid while you stuff your face then sleep it off?

Fall- The colors of Fall are beautiful. Growing up in California you don't see the leaves change. But now that I'm close to the mountains I get to see all the colors of Autumn. I love it...but then I remember that Winter is coming & I get a bit nervous.

A bit of Thanksgiving...

2009-01-24T18:08:00.000-08:00

Remember Thanksgiving...try hard. It was like 2 months ago. Well I'd like to share my experience.
So this year was Thanksgiving with the LIECHTY'S. And there are like a billion of them. So every Thanksgiving they rent out a huge house or cabin to fit us all. This year it was @ the Northgate Mansion in Provo.
This place is HUGE! It sleeps 50 {almost enough to fit us all} I don't even think I found all the bathrooms, but there are like 10 of them. Oh & it had 2 playhouses....

This one was the cute little cottage...

And the other was....

HOGWARTS!!!!

I finally got to go. Me=Hermione & Jeff=Harry, just to clear that up.

Jeff defeated the Dragon...it was BRILLIANT! Then if you go on down the hall you meet up King Tut & Cleopatra in the giant theater room.

Adam doing what he does best...

it's why we love him.

Cute little Donna & me.

One of the few times we saw Mike...he's a bit of a workaholic.

He did make an appearance to beat Taylor in pool.
Jeff & I went on an adventure to try to see the whole house, & yes...we did enter.

My very first Gingerbread House...EVER!

Someday...I'll post pictures of Christmas.

Oh my Oh my...

2008-12-30T15:19:00.000-08:00

I got to go to COLDPLAY!

They have been one of my favorite bands for the past..hmm...well every since Yellow. Whenever that was. But oh it was fun! We went with Jesse & Jeanette! although our seats were {almost the last row} it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to in my day. & believe me...I've seen my share of shows! They are just great performers. It was a concert & music video all in one. I loved it & would have followed them.
We were like giddy little school girls while we waited for them....well at least I was.

Yellow. {could you not tell?}

Lovers in Japan. One day I will be a lover in Japan. I love this song. It could be my favorite. But I can't pick just one.
It was a fabulous night. One of my patients won a 40 min piano lesson with Chris. I couldn't believe it. She's the luckiest lady ever. So are all those people in the back that got to go to the front. Lucky little bits.

I know...I know....

2008-11-15T11:13:00.000-08:00

So I ran into my dear friend Aly on Thursday night {randomly @ the glorious Cheesecake Factory, Aly it was good to see you & yours, he's a fine one he is!} & she shamed me into reuniting with my long lost friend...Blog. Blog & I had some words...it kinds went like this:

Dear Blog,

I'm sorry I've been neglecting you. I know you must be crazy upset with me cause you see me on this, your brother the computer, all the time & wonder why I never come to visit you. Please don't be jealous of him, It's my bad, not his, & I know how much I must have hurt you. I've been starving you of words & pictures. I'm a deadbeat mum & I WILL make it up to you. It's partially your sister, the internet's fault. She has not been cooperating with me this past month & it's hard to get her to upload things. You can take it out on her. I won't tell. She is in one of those "moods" I guess. You really have been the only one who can talk to her. Well I will be writing much more now...so please accept my apology. I do love you much. I'm going to write the longest blog ever!

Love,
Brit

So I went to a Halloween Party. Mike didn't wanna go. So I went with some friends. I was the witch from The Wizard of Oz. {the one with the RED shoes...I don't know her name. I'm not very original.}

It was a party for my friend who is now in Costa Rica working in an Orphanage. She is only like 19. So yeah...Mollie & I were the oldest ones there. It was awesome. Jail bait everywhere.

REMEMBER THSES!! WOW!

I'm the one in the front with the curly hair...in case you didn't go to high school with me.

Oh man these were fun. I can remember everyone in this picture except the 2 guys in the wife beaters & the guy behind them with his face painted. I think they just jumped in our picture? Maybe...2 look familiar. Anyway. That was a fun picture. I looked good. I'm surprised I had dates in High School.

We all went with Mike's family on the Heber Creeper. It was pretty funny. I tend to stay away from totally scary things...like The Grudge. I hate when I can't sleep cause I think something is going to come out of my bed & kill me. But the Heber Creeper was perfect. I think I laughed through the whole thing. But it's for the kiddo's right.

Also since we've last blogged it was my birthday. I'm getting old. By the way what did you get me blog? Fine...I'll let it slide since I've neglected you.

Birthday dinner @ YAPONA { I LOVE SUSHI} I think I could eat it every day...nay, I know I could.

I got some good garb for my birthday. Husbands are good at that...so are brothers. In fact I got a cute little camera. It's tiny. I love it.

My lady friends took me & Sindee {her birthday is in October too} out for dinner. It was divine.

This is a good group of ladies. I love em.

Until next time Blog. Which will be soon....Thanksgiving is coming up. Oh & I got a new car! I shall blog about that next Blog! So many ideas...so little time.

Foreva eva

2008-10-07T11:10:00.000-07:00

Mike went here for the first time.

( Mt. Timpanogos Temple)
It was pretty awesome to be there with him. He has had a lot of spiritual firsts this year...that was one of them.

Later that week....we did this @ the Salt Lake Temple. And thanks to my beautiful, wonderful, amazing, talented friend & incredible photographer Anna Wheeler www.annapagephotography.com we have all these wonderful pictures to remember our wonderful day by!

She really is FANTASTIC! If you have a wedding, or family pictures or something you should use her! She's so incredibly sweet too!

Sometimes I really like getting my picture taken...sometimes when it's with a professional I get nervous, so I just wish I was better at it. It was fun to take pictures again. & I got to use my dress again! That's always nice...

It was a beautiful day & the weather was perfect! We had all our friends & family with us & we couldn't have been more thankful & grateful! The Salt Lake Temple it GORGEOUS inside & out! Thanks to all our friends & family who couldn't be there who were thinking of us on our special day! & thanks for all our friends & family who were there! We love you all!

Nerd Alert

2008-08-26T20:45:00.000-07:00

I know this is a bit late but I had to put up some pictures...So most of you know & most of you are Twilight fans. So the last book for the 'saga' came out August 2nd. My cute little sister-in-law Aubri {who is 13} & my bro-in-law Jeff & his good friend Kimmie & I all went to the Midnight Breaking Dawn book release party @ Barnes & Noble...in Orem, UT. They went WAY early to get wristbands. Like 5am.

I showed up a just a little later...with breakfast of course.

I was kinda excited and kinda nervous cause I didn't know what to expect. Well...I guess I did know what to expect...it was in Orem & I knew that was probably going to be one of the biggest crowds out there. But I thought it would be interesting. & boy was it...I know we've al learned in the past that vampires were all gothic & stuff. But Stephenie Meyer changed that with her books. But most of the people that came 'in costume' were kinda scary. Plus there were just too many dang people. So you could hardly even move. We did make our own fun...people watching is always a good time.

Luckily the early risers got us some good wristbands & we were in the front of the line.

The line went on & on & on! I'm sure there were a good thousand people in the line. & that was for people who had reserved a copy of the book! There was a whole other line for people who hadn't reserved a copy!

It was pure madness! We tried to occupy our time well. We had movies & books & gameboys...or whatever they are called these days. The ds or something. Anyway...we took pictures too, of course!

We totally didn't plan on matching. So we got our books @ 12:14am. I rushed home to read & read till about 2:30am. Then woke up & read all day & so on. It was a really good ending for me. I loved it. All I have to say is that I want bruises...if you know what I mean ;)

Marco......polo

2008-08-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

Ahh the pool. I should have been some sort of lifeguard or dolphin trainer. Ever since I was a tot I really did always want to work at Sea world. Should have gone through with that one.....
My dad's community has an AWESOME pool. They have a lake in the middle on the community so the pool over looks the lake. So nice.
We were there about every second we could be.
I think we tried for this picture like 7 times. Jordyn had a hard time :)

The boys played ball....

...of course.
I don't even know how I got this picture.

Why is the sun so bad for you when it looks so good on you?

The ANGELS have my HEART...so does the BEACH!

2008-08-04T21:30:00.000-07:00

Oh the beach. One of the millions of things I miss in California. And then there's the Angels baseball team.
Who are on FIRE right now!!

We went to the beach in the morning with my auntie & her cute cute kiddos! Oh man they are awesome!

Raquelle

Lucas

Jordan & Thomas

So Lucas would not enter the water at first..then once we made him he wouldn't leave the water! It was so rad! He would hold my hand & Mike's hand...then if a wave splashed him in the eye he would hurry & wipe his face & grab our hand again! He was freaking! He loved it!

Mike's hot!
Oh how I miss the beach...laying out, surfing, the waves, people watching, freezing in the water...it's wonderful!

PLAY BALL!

Something about baseball...I don't know what it is...I think growing up watching it all the time, but I LOVE IT! And I LOVE the ANGELS! So after the beach we rushed over to the Angels game...& I mean rushed! Oh but it was worth it! They were playing the Red Sox. So I was ready for a brawl. We were decked out in our Angels garb.
Isn't it pretty. Every time we go to an Angels game I have to get one thing.

Pink cotten candy! YUM! It was such a killer game too! Oh man we were shutting all those band-wagon Boston fans mouths shut with our home runs & triples!

We got some good photos in while we were cheering our team on to a 11 to 3 VICTORY!

Plus it was BIG BANG FRIDAY! A great way to end a great game! I have to say...California has some AMAZING fireworks! Man the rocked!

D to the ISNEYLAND

2008-08-03T10:16:00.000-07:00

So whilst in CALIFORNIA one of our many adventures was
DISNEYLAND & CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
It was AWESOME! I hadn't been to either of these parks for a while & I forgot how much fun they were! We went on a Thursday so even though it was Summer it wasn't too crowded. I think the longest line we were in was for Indiana Jones & it was like 50 min if that even. If felt like longer. But we all had a fun time. We first went to California Adventure. They have a few fun rides. Those are the ones we went on. Soarin' over California...which is an awesome ride where you are in a theater but flying in a seat...did that make sense?...& you go over California & smell Oranges & the Ocean. It's rad! Then we went on the Hollywood Tower of Terror! This one drops you 13 stories! Most of it's in the dark too! Then we went on California Screamin'
the roller coaster they have there that shoots you out way fast! It's SO fun! & if you know me you know I LOVE coasters!

A little family picture. & no ladies...my brother is not engaged, he just had a lady friend come down for the weekend.
We went to a place in California Adventure where you can figure out what Disney character you are! It was in the Beasts Library! Oh man how I wish I had a library like this! With real books of course. We all figured out which character we were..
I was Tinker Bell. Mike was Woody. Brooksy was Jiminy Cricket & Nick was Aladdin. Jordyn was The little Mermaid & my dad was Tarzan. My mum was the Queen of Hearts (har har) but she didn't like that so she had a re-do & ended up with Lady from Lady & the tramp. It was pretty cool. So we said our good bye to California Adventure and crossed into Disneyland. Oh the happiest place on earth! It had been a while indeed! It was a lot of fun too! We went on the new SPACE MOUNTAIN ride! It's pretty sweetical! It was all decked out! You have to go try it out! Oh Pirates.... How I love ye! They made new "additions" to Pirates of the Caribbean. There are quite a few Cap'n Jack's in there. I got in trouble for taking these pictures. Apparently the "characters" don't like the flash...yeah, I don't get it either.

My hat was the coolest. Ok..onto the second coolest thing at Disneyland. The TEA CUPS! Oh yeah! Mike didn't want to go fast so Nick and I went together on this one!
I wanted to go as fast as possible! I knew I could count on Nick! We totally kick My dad & Mike's trash! Man it was worth being dizzy for like 10 min! I wanted to go again!

If I had a backyard I would totally have these... We went to visit the Mad Hatter

He made Mike try on a Happy Birthday hat since his birthday was within the next few days. We headed over to the Peter Pan ride. I know you are thinking that this in a tiny top ride..BUT...it is an AWESOME ride! For reals! Go try it out next time you go! It's pretty cool! You get to ride in a Pirate Ship! We went on a few more rides then we all tried our luck at the Sword in the Stone.

Nick almost had it....

so did Mike.

It was a good time had by all.
Farewell Disneyland

Until we meet again.

Oh how I've missed you...

2008-08-02T21:24:00.000-07:00

California.

So we went on a little trip. To visit mi familia. We had it all planned out...well most of it planned. We left on a Tuesday & came back on Monday. Man it was awesome. What made it even better was that we missed the earthquake. Anyway, Wednesday we were suppose to go see my favorite Late Late night TV host Craig Ferguson.
He's on CBS right after David Letterman. {Another favorite of mine.} But I don't know what it is about Craig, maybe his scottish/british accent. I've always had a thing for an accent. Plus he's just down right funny. I'll be watching it in bed while Mike is sleeping & I'll have to go into the other room because I'm laughing too loud. Dang he's good. Check him out if you wanna laugh. SO....we drove all the way to Hollywood. 2 hours to be exact. & as we are walking up to the CBS lot where we needed to go be to go to the show this guy in a black V-neck tells us we're too late & they are full. That people had been waiting since noon to get into the show. What?! How come I reserved tickets to the show online then V-neck? Well you can come back tomorrow the wanna be day's of our lives actor says. No I'm not coming back tomorrow, I'm not driving another 2 hours, PLUS I'm going to Disneyland tomorrow. So as pissed as I was that I wasn't going to see Craig and Sir Ben Kingsley & the crap I gave my brothers for making me 10 minuets late {we definitely would have gotten in if we were there 10 min earlier.} We went shopping in Beverly Hills.
It did make me feel better. I got a bloody hot purse & some killer threads. Not to mention some rad accessories. So after our adventures in Beverly Hills we went to visit my Grandparents. They are in an "assisted living" home. My poor dear grandma has Dementia & my grandpa had a bit of a drinking problem so he would fall a lot & break bones. So together they were having a hard time in there own place. They are doing SO much better where they are...but I know my grandma is taking it harder. But it was wonderful to see them & dear old grandpa can't hear a thing but you know they loved seeing us rascals. After all the driving & shopping we were dead tired. Plus we had to sleep for our Magical day to follow.

The 4th

2008-07-04T23:01:00.001-07:00

I know I know...Its been a while since I've got one of these things up here! I've been busy!

Anyway....

My favorite holiday..oh the 4th of JULY. Watermelon, BBQ's, heat, parades, & best of all...fireworks! It came & went, but it was a good day & I got paid for it too! I love that. So My dear husband had to miss out on some of the festivities due to his 'demanding' job. But I survived without him.

It all started with a parade.
I could not believe how many people could fit in Provo. & not to mention how rude they could be. {I'm just saying BYU.} It was my first experience with the Utah County crowd. At a parade that is. But it was a pretty darn good parade. They had balloons,

pirate floats

Me & Averi trying to be pirates!
& even Glenn Beck was there! Kudos Provo...Kudos.
We went to IHOP after to eat breakfast & I took this pictures of Averi & I though it was cute...
After that we went to the Freedom Festival. Which is kinda like a street fair. I bought a water & it was warm. Who sells warm water? Then after a quick nap we went to Mike's Uncle's for a BBQ and a wicked awesome firework show!

I didn't know if they were selling fireworks or what. But his uncle spent $1200 on fireworks...yeah.
It was a pretty good show. Music and all.

My cute mother-in-law Donna yelling at David to let him know that the cops were there! No tickets at least! Oh don't worry...he still had 100 fireworks left!

Even Jack was patriotic.

1 whole year...that's right. 1 year.

2008-06-17T17:54:00.000-07:00

So Mike and I have been married a whole year now...on May 24th, 2008 that is. It was a pretty nice day. We didn't get to do much as Mike had school in the morning but the little dear boy brought home (my favorite) breakfast for me & flowers.

Sweet little boy. And we're hoping, for our 'anniversary' (cross your fingers for us) that we get to go to Budapest in October. So after the late breakfast we went shopping...my husband knows me very, very, well. I got me some good threads. Then we went to get some grub at Market Street Grill.
We had never been there...if you like seafood. You should go. It's good. After our long hard day we watched a movie and snacked. It was a nice day indeed.

Thanks again to Anna Page Photography for our amazing photo's.
www.annapagephotography.com

I love to Read.

2008-05-27T21:17:00.000-07:00

So I don't know if you've heard but there is this lady or I guess you could call her an author ;) Her name is Stephenie Meyer. She made her debut with the book 'TWILIGHT.' For those of you who have yet to read these books about Vampires and Werewolves, (yes....Werewolves) I highly recommend that you get your butt to whichever bookstore, Wal-mart, or Target & buy them! Or I will let you borrow them. Or I'm sure your friend or co-worker will let you read theirs. Anyway I guess you can say I've become a wee bit if a fan of hers. I admirer her writing & the fact that she graduated from BYU. Her books are awesome. She doesn't throw any unwanted stuff for tweens or teens into them. So kudos to her. She really has it made for herself. She's been of the New York Bestseller List 4 times....oh she has only written 4 books. So 4 out of 4 ain't to bad. I have to admit though...it was a bit hard for me to get into the first book. I was just not into it @ first. And EVERYONE was telling me how much I would LOVE it...I guess I don't like to be told what I will or won't like.....but you all have to read them!!! ha! So I had a bit of a hard time with the first one...then, I got hooked. She traps you in with your excitement & wonder about Bella & these glamourous Vampires. And the second & third books...go by in a flash. Oh and they are making a movie. Check it out.

www.stepheniemeyer.com

So anyway what I'm really trying to get at is that I, being the complete nerd I am, went to see Mrs. Meyer @ her book signing for her new book 'THE HOST'.

Which I love more then the whole Twilight series. Yes I do. It's just really, really, good. So Jeanette, Kim & I all got tickets & went to see her. We were amongst many...of ALL ages as well! There were these High School gals sitting in front of us talking of Edward. The one wanted Bella to pick Jacob (the Werewolf) instead of Edward (the Vampire) so Edward would be "available" Jeanette & I looked @ each other as her friend said " you know that Edward is a Fictional character & you couldn't possibly be with him right?" We just laughed. There we "Twilight Moms" there, big ol' groups of people. Mike's cousins even drove down from Evanston, Wyoming to come see her. So we were just a little blrp amongst the canvas of "Twihards."

So Stephenie came in to the pandemonium of screaming girls & a handful of guys & answered a few questions. I just love her sense of humor. She's funny.

But of course when I got up to have her sign my books what do I say.....

me: "thanks for writing such awesome books."
steph: "well thank you for reading them."
me: " well as long as you keep writing them we'll keep reading them."
steph: "thank you"
me: " I hope you hand is going to be ok, you should get a massage...
steph: " yeah...I think they have a masseuse here.
me: "awesome...thank you."

That was it....I couldn't even be myself & say something cool that no one else would have said. Oh well. Stupid me for being star struck. We couldn't even take pictures up close either...I was kinda ticked. I wanted a picture with Stephenie so I could show my children someday. ha! Oh well...at least I have my books.
She really is an awesome person though. Very down to earth, humble & kind. I mean I'm sure she has made millions & she's just as cool as ever. So I hope to be like her when I make my millions! Until that day....

CINCO DE MAYO!!! { a tiny bit late }

2008-05-14T11:59:00.000-07:00

So my dear little BFF decided to throw a (girls only) CINCO DE MAYO party at her cute little house in SLC. It was loads of fun with lotsa good food! She makes some of the best darn quesadilla's this side of the boarder! Everyone pitched in some good ol' mexican cuisine. I made some pretty good Pina Coladas too. We all tried to dress as authentic as we possibly could.

We also had a pinata. It was a chili pepper! Apparently it was poorly made cause Jeanette broke it down with her first whack @ the thing!

So we decided to throw it at each other. It worked quite well. Once we got the blasted thing open we got to try the Mexican delicacies. They were different. Not too bad, but different. The suckers were the best.

At least Sindee and I thought so.

All of the senoras....

"Do you even know what a plethora is?"

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY CAP'N JACK!!!

2008-05-10T14:52:00.000-07:00

Jack had his first birthday on Saturday the 10th. Cute little guy...

So we took him to Petsmart to let him pick out a toy...He got that Alligator. He's been a really good dog since we've had him & pretty darn smart too. So I thought I'd show y'all his tricks. I'm such a proud mum!

SIT

UP

DANCE

LAY DOWN

HIGH FIVE

SHAKE RIGHT

SHAKE LEFT

We are working on others...but he really is a good, smart dog. He listens really well.

We LOVE him.

{ This is Jack showing that he is '1' }

"Hi I'm May...nice to meet you."

2008-05-03T08:42:00.000-07:00

Seriously I woke up the other day to....SNOW! Ahhhh! I was like. "Wait what month is it?" Then I remembered it was my favorite month of them all! MAY! I love May! The flowers, warmth! Not to mention I got married this month! {yes one whole year...yay} Needless to say I'm tired of Utah & it's bipolar weather. Bring on the sunshine!

The GRANDEST of Canyons

2008-04-07T13:43:00.000-07:00

We finally made it down to see one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.

The GRAND CANYON in all of it's glory!

It was pretty spectacular! We started off on our journey on Wednesday night....

We had to drop off an oven Mike sold on ebay. After that we found our way to Kanab & stayed the night in Aikens Lodge. We didn't know what to expect. But in the morning we saw Kanab & how cool the little city was.

Then alas...on our way to see our good friends Cam & Bethany! It took us a few hours to get to Mesa, but we made it! Along the way we had the essential snacks for a road trip....Corn Nuts, Funyuns, & lots of yummy candy!

I pretended I was a photographer & took pictures of the interesting things we saw along our way...

Lotsa bugs hit your windshield on roadtrips...I just thought this one had pretty guts.

Finally we made it to Mesa & met up with Cam, Bethany, their cute baby Haylee & Buster...their dog!

We had such a busy day...we got to Mesa & talked with Cam & Bethany, then we had to make it to a wedding!

My beautiful friend Alli got married & I was so happy to be there...even though I didn't get to hug her guts out! :) She looked amazing & happy! Plus I got to see her brother Travis & sister-in-law Rachel that I haven't seen forever! It was super nice to catch up with them! Their family has grown so much & they are all so cute! Plus my friend Anna Page
took Allie's pictures! So we got to chill with them too!
Then after the wedding we went out for SUSHI! Mike's dad was in town so he got to come!

Then we said 'goodbye' to the Comerfords.

I didn't want to leave. Not only because I was scared out of my mind to go camp, but I miss my friends & rarely get to see them. But alas we went our way... & again I took pictures! The cactus were HUGE! & so cool looking....
& after about 4 hours we finally made it! The GRAND CANYON! And the first look of it took my breath away...

Really the pictures don't do it justice! It was so awesome! I could have just sat & looked at it for hours!

Anna & Jonathan met us up there so it was even better!

So again we had to leave our friends & go set up camp. Ok folks...lets talk about camping. As most of you know...I come from California. I grew up with bon fires on the beach & swimming with the fish. We never...& I mean NEVER went camping! I don't even think I knew what it was until I moved up here! So when Mike said "we can camp." I though...I guess I could try that out. I mean I did it with the young women a while back...it wasn't too bad. I slept in a truck. So we decided to camp. Mike LOVES camping. We got a tent for our wedding & he has been dying to use it! So I tried my hardest. We set up camp...

and had a camp fire...it was FREEZING!! It got to be like 25-30 degrees at night! I don't do well with the cold...so when we went to bed I tried my hardest to fall asleep knowing I only had a thin piece of flammable material between me & the wildlife. So through out the night I woke up & woke Mike up cause I "heard something." It was the wind. I tried to fall back asleep & finally put my ipod in fell asleep for like an hour! But I made it!!!

Even if I did only get like 5 hours of sleep. So then Mike & I decided to go on a hike...we went down the Bright Angel Trail. Not even half way down...it was a 7.5 mile hike & they recommend not to go in one day! So we went 3 miles down...down was easy...I could have kept going. But then I remembered that we would have to go all the way back UP!
This was only half way...but we made a friend along the way.

We named him Melvin. He had NO FEAR! Mike was just sitting there eating & Melvin tried to take his chip right out of his hand! It was pretty rad. We had a good 6 mile hike

but man was it a tough one!
I kinda had a melt down the night after the hike...I think it was due to lack of sleep & the 6 mile hike. I could camp another night. So my sweet, sweet husband took me to a hotel. I'm a spoiled brat....
So we said goodbye to the Grand Canyon & went on our way up to Page, AZ. The next morning we hiked to this.

Horseshoe Bend

It was really cool.

Mike thought of jumping after all I put him through :)I love him...he didn't jump. We had a pretty fun trip. Arizona was good to us. I'm pretty sure we'll go back.

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4 EYES

2008-03-21T17:07:00.000-07:00

So I finally brought myself to get glasses. I guess it was the fact that I had a MAJOR headache that lasted for about 5 days. No joke...I tried everything! 4 Ibuprofen, Chiropractor visits, Excedrin tension headache, I even went to the doctor to see if I had a brain aneurysm { I watch Eli Stone too much, plus I went to WebMD.} No brain aneurysm, possible migraine. After all that I finally made an appointment to get me some seeing eye glasses.

NOTE: have you ever seen the FRIENDS episode where Rachel has to go to the eye doctor & has to put eye drops in her eye?

That's totally me! Ask Mike...he has to pin me down when I have allergies & need eye drops. Man I hate things going into my eye. I can't even see someone touch their eye. So I couldn't even imagine putting some foreign object into my eye {contacts} So it took me a while to find some glasses I liked. But I found some.

Jack is Crazy

2008-03-12T10:41:00.000-07:00

I'm a tiny bit obsessed with my dog. We don't have a child yet & so I take pictures of my dog. Probably way too often. But I love the little crapper.

Averi...my friend Kim's daughter...& Jack have a love hate relationship. The other day Averi was over & I was 'play' fighting with Jack, Averi said "Don't hurt him, he's my best friend!" Yet when Jack becomes his protective self he growls @ her. Then they'll play & play too. It's strange. But she'll always tell us that "Jack is crazy." We live just across the 'courtyard' from Averi & so her & Jack will stare @ each other out the windows. But even if Jack isn't staring @ Averi then he's just looking @ nothing. He longs to be outside & I feel bad for the little chap. We don't have a backyard so he is a prisoner in his own home.

But he has toys that he demolishes!

Almost every toy that has stuffing is limp now. And he LOVES a good ball to play with. He really is spoiled.

We love him.

Lover Dover

2008-02-12T18:32:00.000-08:00

I feel pretty darn lucky. My husband is probably the best husband a girl could ever ask for. So I thought I would share some things with y'all. Mike likes to clean... & I like having a clean house. We don't have a dishwasher in our tiny rental. I tend to complain about that a lot. So Mike will do the dishes.

Plus I work long hours some days & I get really tired & lazy when I get home. So every now & then ( & by that I mean probably once a week) I'll come home to a sparkling clean house. I guess working 2 jobs has paid off for me. He also puts up with crap like this...

All in all I'm pretty much in LOVE with him & so very grateful.

My Faves of 2007

2008-01-13T21:47:00.000-08:00

These are my favorite pictures of 2007. All taken by my camera....most of them were by me.
January 2oo7-Mike proposed January 31, 2oo7
This was the only picture we got & it was @ my house after we got home.

February 2oo7-Me, Jeanette & Melissa a cold night after we went to The Tavernacle, a piano dueling bar.

March 2oo7-The Jellyfish @ The Living Planet Aquarium

April 2oo7- My favorite man with my favorite team. ANGELS!

May 2oo7- Our wedding day. Me, my Mum & Daddio. I love them!

June 2oo7-HAWAII! Oh...our HONEYMOON too!

July 2oo7- We got our puppy JACK!

August 2oo7-Lake Powell

September 2oo7- Averi LOVES Mike. I took this @ her 2nd birthday party.

October 2oo7- We went to Vegas for my birthday....I wish it was Paris :)

November 2oo7- Jack & Peyton BFF's

December 2oo7- Mike drinking some hot caramel apple cider while we looked @ the lights on Temple Square.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!

2008-01-01T11:28:00.000-08:00

So this was our first Christmas married. Precious. It was neat. We both had to work Christmas Eve night, sucked for me, rocked for Mike. He always does well @ the little ranch. Then my uncle Alex & Aunt Alicia had us over for some good ol' fashion Argentine food. Nothing better then that! It was wonderful. Empanadas....mmm mmm mmm mmmm! We slept @ the Liechty's @ opened our Christmas eve gift.....pajama's I got 2 sets, one from Mum & Dad & one from in-law Mum & Dad. Then I tried my hardest to sleep & the anticipation was too much, I couldn't sleep. ( actually it was the wind.) Then right after I fell asleep, or so it seems, I get woken up to come open presents! It was 7am. I don't think I've gotten up @ 7am to open presents for like 10 years! Literally. All in all Mike & I got some pretty good loot. A brilliant memory foam mattress topper, some Harry Potter books, tons of movies/ tv series a new ipod...red, to support the fight of HIV/AIDS, accessories for the Nano, & other wonderful things! Jack had a stocking too... he was WAY excited!

So was Mike
Ok...well he was sick. But we did have a lot of fun with Mike's family!
Then that night Mike's family has a Puerto Rican dinner! This was my first experience with Puerto Rican food & let me tell you it is a delight! It was some of the best food I've ever had! Mike's grandparents cooked it. I can't wait for next year!

We hope you all had a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Love, The Liechty's

YUM!

2007-12-26T10:11:00.000-08:00

I love Thanksgiving! I love eating & being with my family! & this year I got to both! it was great! We drove down to Cali & ate with me pop's side of the fam....the DANIEL'S, then went to me mum's side....the GUERRERO'S for more food! Not that I could eat anymore.....First Stop, Pacific Golf & Country Club. This place is the kind of place where you go to the bathroom & they have everything you would need to touch up: lotion, hairspray, deodorant, mouthwash....you name it! They had all you would ever want for food as well! The BEST Turkey I've ever had! It just fell apart! Oh man...

It was fun, there were so many snooty people! We all had a good laugh! I love my family! & miss them too!

Now on to the GUERRERO'S! We went to eat @ My Aunt Lisa & Uncle Mike's house. good ol' home cooking! Not that I was that hungry! But it was good to see the fam! Plus it was little Lucas' birthday! A very Happy Thanksgiving it was! It was nice to be warm in the California sun & to see my family I rarely get to see! I miss home.........

I'm It....

2007-11-26T18:47:00.001-08:00

So I guess in this little fun game of 'TAG' you get to find out quite a few random things about me! Oh...& if you are it, you have to do the same. 6 things to be exact! Things we wouldn't know about each other. Here it goes....

1. I used to be a model.

Yup...Cheerios, Oscar Mayer, L.A. Gear...I did a commercial for L.A. Gear actually. It was in Spanish so that may be why you don't remember me.

2. I had a tumor the size of a Volleyball.

I know...CRAZY! But when I was 21 I found out I had a Fibroid Tumor on my uterus. It grew to be the size of a volleyball by the time they had removed the darn thing! I looked to be 3-4 months pregnant. It was a very painful procedure. I have a scar that's at least 5 inches long. Not to mention all the scar tissue I have from them cutting my muscle from the inside. Oh & I have to have C-sections or I will die giving birth. I guess that's a good thing for y'all to know just incase you are with me & I go into pre-mature labor.

3. I play the Conga Drums.

Guster. On of my all time favorite bands. Back in High School I found out about Guster, and have been a fan ever since. In that band, Brian, plays the Congas, bongos, snare drum, & any other drum using his hands only. Well just on the CD 'Lost & Gone Forever.' But he was my inspiration, so I bought a set of Congas & learned. I got to meet Guster & Brian & I shared stories on the bands HUGE tour bus of how badly our hands would hurt. It was a dream come true.

4. I am OBSESSED with scrapbooking!

(Mike observing the book I made for him.)

I LOVE it! I don't know how I got so into it but I am. My awesome husband even let me turn our spare room into a scrapbook room! Scrapbooking gets kinda pricy so I have to be careful! But it's really fun & I guess it's a good hobby for me. I think I'm pretty good. Come by sometime & I'll show you!

5. I LOVE Anime!

I thought I would NEVER EVER see an Anime movie. But again, just like Harry Potter, Mike's brother's talked me into watching them....& as soon as I did, I fell in LOVE! Some of my favorites are: Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howls Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service. Some are not for the kids, but some are! I urge you to try these out! It's crazy how good they are! And there are so many famous actors & actresses that'll do the voices! Really...check them out!

6. My life long dream is to go to so many different places in the world!

Egypt....to see the pyramids

India...to see the Taj Mahal

Tibet...to see Mt Everest
I always wanted to climb it. I don't think I ever will.

All over Europe! Italy, to see where my family is from, London cause I love the British, Spice Girls & Harry Potter! France, to see all the art & the Eiffel Tower, then the rest because it all looks SO beautiful!
Argentina...to see where my mom was born.

So now TAG....YOU ARE IT! Arr har har har!

I wish I could go to Hogwarts!

2007-11-19T18:54:00.000-08:00

As some of you know I've been reading the Harry Potter series. Needless to say I am OBSESSED!!! They are so good & I can't wait to finish them! I'm on the second to last book, Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, & I just can't put it down. I've already found out some things about the books that I wished I wouldn't have. I was reading in 'Time' about Dumbledore & how he's "gay". Lame...I was just reading along & all of the sudden I read what happens to one of the characters. Stupid 'Time'! I was so mad! Then the very NEXT day I'm working & this little patient starts blabbing about what happens in the last book! I couldn't believe it! I got my stuff & ran out to lunch wishing & hoping to forget what that little prat had said! Anyway, my friend Kim La Cognata & I decided to read them @ the same time. Then once we finished the book we would go & watch the movies. The last movie, "Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix" we watch in 3D!
Yes...it was very exciting! I think it may have been my favorite movie yet. Of the books I just can not decide. They are all SO good. So I think you all should go read them...if you haven't already. They movies just don't do them justice!

We got our iMAC!!!!

2007-11-05T17:21:00.000-08:00

This is me from my new computers point of view! Yeah....I'm pretty stoked about our very early, only Christmas present! (As I'm sure you can tell!) Very Merry Christmas indeed! Oh & did I mention that it's so nice to type on keys that are actually there!! Oh I'm in LOVE!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2007-11-02T22:31:00.000-07:00

So Halloween night Mike had to work so I was alone to try & fend off the tricks & treats. I had one....yes 1 trick-or-treater & it was Averi, (my friends daughter). It was not as hard as I thought it would be. So I left with them & went to our wards Trunk-or-Treat. I couldn't believe how much candy she got from walking around the parking lot. Back in my day we would have had to walk at least 2 miles to get all that good stuff. Next thing we know kids will be trick-or-treating over the internet & we'll have to give them money from our Paypal accounts so they can go buy the candy they want. Kids these days. Anyway...the Saturday before Halloween we went to Mike's parents ward's Halloween Carnival. I was a cowgirl (very creative). Mike, of course, was @ work & I was watching his cousin Victoria. So my good friend Kim let Tori borrow her daughters ballet costume. She looked pretty cute. We went with the La Cognata's and had some good clean fun. I felt like a mom. It was really good birth control for me. Oh & Jack was Toto cause Averi was Dorothy!

Friends...

2007-11-01T20:42:00.000-07:00

So my friends that couldn't make it to my birthday dinner took me out to dinner! It was a fun night....I love all my friends. I have really good ones! We went to Thaifoon. I love that place...I guess I just love food...most of my post have said so. It was a fun time & I love all of you wonderful, amazing girls! Thanks for the good times!

VIVA LAS VEGAS!

2007-10-26T10:55:00.000-07:00

So for my birthday we went to Vegas with the La Cognata's (their anniversary is the same day as my birthday) & the Bennion's (they both have birthday's in October). It was great fun indeed. We got to do a lot of shopping & eating. I LOVE the Cheesecake Factory. There's one home in Cali, but not one in good ol' Utah. Never fear...there is one coming! When you go, get the Avacado Eggrolls....mmm mmm good! We were only there from Friday afternoon till Sunday afternoon. We didn't have a ton of time & Saturday night was an absolute wind storm! We go to see the Pirate show..it was...well lets say not really for the kids. But I guess if I were a real pirate I would try to get as much booty as I could. We went to FAO Schwarz
it was pretty rad. They had the large piano like in BIG. Kim & I put on a HEROS puppet show. It was pretty good. Yes I am obsessed with Harry Potter...they had loads of Potter stuff. I wanted it all....har har. I am a Harry Potter nerd right now.
All in all the trip was a success & I hope next time Mike can win me some money! Right....

My little PAIN!

2007-10-23T11:27:00.000-07:00

I do love my dog...but when he does crap like this
I want to beat him. Good thing he's too darn cute when he knows he's in trouble. Alas I'm typing on a keyboard that has a few letters missing, I'm sure he swallowed them. The good news, we are getting an iMac! I can't wait! It's our early Christmas present to each other! Oh we will be getting a desk to put the computer on as well....this will NOT happen with the iMac!

I'm 26

2007-10-22T17:08:00.000-07:00

So I feel pretty old....I know, I know...it's not really old, but with all my friends married & having kids it makes me feel it you know? Well anyway, I did have a wonderful birthday, it first started with breakfast in bed...made by my amazing husband! It was really yummy! Then I went to work & my work took me out to TGIFriday's & gave me a gift card. (they're pretty nice) Then we had planned a 'birthday dinner' @ Tepanyaki mmmmm.....and lots of awesome friends came! After dinner we went back to our place & had cake & ice cream. I love friends...even friends who I don't see or talk to everyday. You are all great!

Cap'n Jack

2007-10-19T06:28:00.000-07:00

We got a puppy about 3 months ago. He's a mini Schnauzer & we LOVE him! He was so tiny when we got him....now he's big. Well not too big. We Gave him his first hair cut! It was a HORRIBLE experience! Hair everywhere! Next time we are taking him to a groomer! He's a pretty good dog...knows quite a few tricks too. He's our first born..tee hee hee. We love him LOTS! Our cute little Family :) --------

Lots of fluids & Lots of rest....

2007-10-15T12:12:00.000-07:00

So I've been sick for the past 3 weeks. Week 1...the stomach flu, yuck! Week 2...a chest cold/sore throat. Week 3...ear infection. So I finally went to the Doctor. Yes you have an Ear Infection, & yes you have had a cold. Take these & if it doesn't help call me.

It's helped a bit...my ear still bugs me. Man...the older I get the more I fall apart. Oh & tomorrow is my birthday...tee hee hee.

LISTEN TO CHUCK!

2007-10-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

Har har har....I thought this one was good too.....

Mike & Brit....

2007-10-05T21:31:00.000-07:00

Mike & I met November of 2005 .....We met cause of a friend of mine from California started a band...Mike played bass. We always flirted. I thought he was with someone so I never really thought about dating him. Then one day in April of 2006 Mike, Melissa & Adam came to visit me in Bountiful. We went out to eat & Melissa put Adam in my bed so we could all watch a movie. She happened to fall asleep with him & so Mike & I had a night to ourselves. We had so much fun laughing & watching 'Flight of the Navigator' ha ha...he was so funny & so much fun, he made me laugh more then anyone! I never knew cause he had always been so shy. So from that time we were inseparable! We had SO much fun with each other! I found out that he had always had a crush on me ever since we met. He was always so wonderful & amazing to me. As most of you know I've had A LOT of hard times in my life & Mike has been a dream! He's all I've ever wanted! Ok....so this is kinda cheesy, but thats how it is! We dated for a while & decided to get married. He was going on tour for a weekend & decided we should do something fun before he left. It was January 31st & I said we should go on a carriage ride in SLC. The best idea I had cause Mike was planning on asking me to marry him that night. So on our little horse drawn carriage ride he got down on one knee & asked me to be his wife! I totally didn't see it coming cause just before or little ride I was giving him crap about not having a ring yet! har har...little did I know....So we took our engagement pictures on the beach in San Clemente & in AF canyon by a fantastic photographer ;)...We got married May 24th 2007. And I FINALLY got my wedding pictures! Here are a few! Mrs. Anna Page is AMAZING! Go check her brilliant work out @ annapageph otography.com

LAKE POWELL

2007-08-23T15:57:00.000-07:00

We went to Lake Powell a week or so ago..I have some fun pictures of a fun time. Well except that Mike hurt his finger and scared the CRAP out of me. Try having someone you love and can't live without scream in fear...no bueno. Good thing it happened @ the end of the trip. We had some pretty sick piss times. Jack came along, we got him a little life jacket...he he he. We climbed Kristi's Crack and went up to Defiance House. Plus the occasional Jet Ski and boating we did. It was a good trip indeed.

An oldie but goodie...

2007-08-23T15:17:00.001-07:00

Umm...

2007-08-23T15:10:00.000-07:00

Well friends...looks like I have attempted to create a blog...we shall see how it goes.