Hello Baby, We Have Been Waiting For You

Oliver and I hung out while Brittney and Brecken napped and it was heaven. He is simply delicious. It's amazing how immediately, completely and totally in love I fell for him. When I saw that beautiful head of hair crown and then those big broad shoulders make way into this world I was mush. It was the same with Brecken. I'm a lucky Gigi <3

Dear Bestfriends,

 Always And Forever...No Matter What

You are more than friends... you are my family. You ladies have been my best-friends since...well, forever. 

7th Grade-Trip to Logan

Danielle aka The First Lady of Madison County, we have know each other since we were practically babes. We actually were babes in the day;) Remember when you would sleep over and wake up hours before me and clean my room out of boredom! I loved you for letting me sleep and takin care of my business. Remember when we were in junior high and went to Logan for the weekend and totally had those college guys thinking we were 18 and we pierced your ears ( I think your mom still holds that one against me)? Or when we hung all of Todd's unders on the rafters in the basement and he practically flatten your newbies with his big fat boot? Or the fisherman's breakfast that ended in a truck rollover (that one was really bad:)) And then how cool was it to work together when we grew up? My best working years were in that ortho office with you and Dena. Who gets to go to work everyday and laugh the way we did? Oh, I miss that SO much. Oh, and the time I put your dog and your car up for sale because you tried to set me up with your cousin Richard!!!!!(Roy probably still holds that one against me) I will never forget the day you and Roy were sealed and the spirit that was in that room. You have always had my back. You have been a true friend to me for so many years. You turned me in when it must have been one of the hardest things you ever had to do because you loved me that much. We have never had the drama that a lot of friendships that began at the age ours did. We have just always had so much fun together and been able to be our silly selves. I love that I can come home and move right into one of your boys rooms and feel like I am home. 

2008

San Diego 1999

New Years 1998

Dena aka DeenerBeaner, you became my best-friend immediately. We were so young, weren't we? We started our friendship planning and adventure...we had known each other like a week and we had a trip to the big city planned. How many trips to Salt Lake do you think we have been on together?  Or the times that Salt Lake was just too far but we had to get away so we would go to Pocatello or even just Idaho Falls? We have probably had more sleepovers than most teenagers. You were my partner in everything...my four mile a day walking/bike riding partner, visiting teaching partner, egg roll fair selling partner, hair cutting/coloring/perming partner, grocery shopping partner, mall shopping partner, ding-dong-ditching partner, orthodontic assisting partner we spent almost everyday of our adult lives together until I moved to Minnesota. I have missed you and thought of you everyday since I moved here. You have seen me though everything, the good, the bad and the ugly(we'll call you know who the ugly). You know all my secrets and love my anyway. Your home and your family are my home and my family and I hope that you feel the same. 

My 30th

Dena dancing in bed

Jana aka Jana-Bo-Nana, you too became an immediate best friend. I remember us going to J.B's right after we met to have ice cream and talking until they kicked us out. I just fell in love with you that night. You too became an instant adventurer. Trips and weekend getaways are our specialty, aren't they? You took care me when I couldn't even lift my head and tucked me in with Evening Angels, you took care of my babies during my surgeries, you filled my home with boyds bears, you ran my business when I couldn't. You gave the real life mafia hot italian guy my home phone number and our room number (good things the FBI busted them in the lobby before we went to our room)!!!! He was hot though. Oh, and remember that beautiful dark man that tried to teach me to dance? You are a bit of a trouble maker... aren't you?! I will never forget the heartache I felt that day in Wendy's when you broke me the news that you were moving to Utah. You are the most fun a person can have! Your laugh makes me laugh HARD and fills my soul with happiness. 

Dena, Dani, and Jana, what makes the three of you my best friends is that we have always been friends...friends isn't even a strong enough word for what we are. You are my soul sisters, my forever and always sisters. Your husbands are also my best friends as well as my hero's and your children I love with my whole heart. I love that no matter how long it's been we can get right down to our unders and start right where we left off. I love that each of you know me like no one else does...I can say anything and do anything with the three of you...I am never judged only loved... I also love and appreciate how you all fell in love with Tom and included him instantly into our family. He is pretty darn easy to fall in love with, isn't he. I know of the love that the Lord has for me because he blessed me with each of you.

Dear Crush,

According to Urban dictionary a crush is:

when you are infatuated with someone. it may be their looks, talent, or whatever, but it's usually fleeting and very shallow.

I was having a hard deciding where to go with this one and of course when in doubt always turn to the Urban Dictionary. 

Dear Crush,

I am almost certain that if we were to bump into each other at let say a New Jersey deli you would pause, look into my eyes and realize that every love song you have ever written/sang was for me.  You would whisper in my ear,"(You want to) "Make A Memory" because "I Just Want To Be Your Man" and "It's My Life" and "I Will Be There For You" Lets "Runaway" to "A Bed Of Roses" and have you "Lay Your Hands On Me"...Whoa, wait a second, "Breathe" I am not giving into your "Temptation" or I will be "Wanted Dead Or Alive" baby, "You Are The Thief Of Hearts" it feels like the "Right Side Of Wrong" but I can't be "Livin In Sin" I have to be "Livin On A Prayer" and I don't think that you could "Love Me Back To Life" on "Judgement Day".

So, that is why my beautiful, hardbodied,  rockstar you have to remain a crush. I will continue to watch and tape every video/concert and promise to watch them over and over. I will purchase every new c.d. you make to complete my collection. I will attend every concert possible, for "The Next 100 Years".

 I promise, I will alway crush on you.

30 Day Challenge...

For the next 30 days I will have a post a day. I have been wanting to start blogging again and when I saw this on a friends blog and it inspired me. The letter need to be honest and to a different person.
A Letter to …
Day 1 — Your crush.
Day 2 — Your bestfriend.
Day 3 — Your parents.
Day 4 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Day 5 — Your dreams.
Day 6 — A stranger.
Day 7 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush.
Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend.
Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet.
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to.
Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to.
Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain.
Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you.
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from.
Day 15 — The person you miss the most.
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country.
Day 17 — Someone from your childhood.
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be.
Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad.
Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest.
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression.
Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to.
Day 23 — The last person you kissed.
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory.
Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times.
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to.
Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day.
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life.
Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to.
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirror.

5 out of 25 ain't bad...not bad at all

The small cities listed offer plenty of jobs, great schools, safe streets, low crime, lots to do, charm, and other features that make a town great for raising a family!

Rank          City                                             
1           Eden Prairie, MN                             

2          Columbia/Ellicott City, MD                

3          Newton, MA                                  

4          Bellevue, WA                                    

5          McKinney, TX                                         

6          Fort Collins, CO                                     

7          Overland Park, KS                                   

8          Fishers, IN                                                 

9          Ames, IA                                                  

10        Rogers, AR                                            

11        Plymouth, MN                                          

12        Highlands Ranch, CO                               

13        Woodbury, MN                                      

14        Carmel, IN                                       

15        Eagan, MN                                     

16        Allen, TX                                          

17        Shawnee, KS                                     

18        South Jordan, UT                              

19        Broomfield, CO                           

20        Apple Valley, MN                         

21        Missouri City, TX                            

22        Irvine, CA                                       

23        Cary, NC                                     

24        Rowlett, TX                             

25        Gaithersburg, MD                              

26 Reason's to LOVE This Girl of Mine

Brittney and Wyatt @ her surprise Hawaiian party

1. the girl has some strong ties to family that make her an amazing daughter, loyal older sister, fabulous wife and beautiful mother.
2. she can throw a party...and does so quite frequently
3. Brittney LOVES the Lord and has a personal testimony that is so strong
4. she does what she says and leads by example
5. sun-worshiping, sit by the pool and soaks in summer kinda girl
6. knows how to work hard...darn hard
7. reads to her little man every night from the scriptures and sweet stories
8. book reader, movie watcher, music lover
9. has inner strength that could move a mountain
10. knows her worth and stands tall
11. has always and will always be a mama's girl :)
12. when life tries to knock her down, the most it may get is a little bit wind knocked out of her...she is never down
13. to serve is her way of life
14. she surrounds herself with positive
15. she is a crazy good decorator
16. she has some serious style
17. her home is comfy and inviting
18. creativity coming out of every pore
19. everything about her smells good
20. we have super fun lunches and shopping dates
21. her primary kids LOVE LOVE LOVE her
22. she makes thrifty look fabulous
23. her goal is to be a stay at home mom...that to me rocks
24. she isn't afraid to live life and try new things
25. she is a college graduate
26. I love to see her laugh...it's the best