Ashley and Blake

Exciting News!

2011-11-28T10:41:00.001-08:00

BLAKE: 2 years of surgery...from the first back surgery in July of 2009 to the same back surgery in March of 2011. Two weeks before that was eye surgery(lasik) and a couple weeks ago of having toe surgery from a broken toe. WE ARE DONE WITH SURGERY! We have been getting confirmations from doctors saying that if Blake is feeling better, he won't need anymore back surgery! We couldn't be more thrilled. I can't believe what a releif it is. He is 100% sure that he won't need surgery for 20 years worst case scenario.

ASHLEY: I think every girl was excited for the new Breaking Dawn. I was. ha ha. I was even more excited when I was asked to come to a preview showing the day before at 5 and we could win prizes before the movie of Twilight merchandise. They were Geri's (Natalie's mom) tickets so she invited Natalie, Sandy, and I to go. I got off work at 3pm ran to catch a ride with Sandy and Natalie to meet Geri at the theater but we were grabbing dinner before at the District. When we walked in Natalie and I had our Breaking Dawn shirts...I already thought we were embarrassing...until we find Geri in Red Robin...with veils that she made. Oh yes, she made veils for everyone to wear even at dinner. Alot of people were staring and if they weren't they were trying not to stare. I figured that since this a preview everyone would dress up and I wouldn't look so rediculous. I even heard there was gonna be women in wedding dresses. awkward. NOPE! We were the only ones who did something. ha ha. Even worse, Geri told us the reason she got the tickets is cause she acted crazy at the last premiere she went to and they need her(and us) to excite the crowd. Well, whatever people thought of me then was going to change if I had to be crazy. It started out with alot of screaming then it turned into me laughing so hard I had to sit down. Geri had won a prize and climbing over seats and getting stuck. By the time she got to the bottom she was doing the wedding walk to the prize.

The movie, it was a really good Twilight movie. I have to make it clear that it was a great TWILIGHT movie. There was part I just burst into loud laughter in the movie when it got corny. It was the part when Jacob and Leah are talking and they finally "bond" and he says to her, "will you run on my flank" and then they run off like little children. I have seen my 3 year old nephew run off like that. They weirdest part is they don't even turn into wolves!!! Next time you watch it. Look for it.

Get in the Game!

2011-08-24T17:06:00.000-07:00

Wow...I feel ashamed that I have a blogging account and I have been seriously neglecting it. Well, the summer has been non stop fun and vacation. I feel pretty lucky to have gone on all of them!! Just recently we went to Lake Powell...I took my camera like normal. I usually have a 4gb sd card and it holds about 2400 pictures. I have 2. I only brought 1. After deleting a blurry pictures I still used 2200 of them!!! Some good high flying tubing! But, I have been doing some deep "summer cleaning" with my brother to make our house more homey for the winter. Upon cleaning my grandmother(dad's side) and my mother have hid pictures...that is a NO NO! I found out why they hid them from me. I did find some goodies though...

I can explain them....from the top!: My mom took this picture in an airplane before she got married....I am 23...do the math.

The middle one is the Bungalow where they had their reception in 198...yes, she will kill me if I put the last number.

The last I am pretty sure went in their announcement.

March

2011-03-04T11:24:00.000-08:00

How is it march already?? I thought it was just the beginning of February still. I had the best february that I could have asked for. Blake surprised me with my iPhone for valentines and a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. The only day I will like things that are pink. Blake's back surgery was postponed because of complications with insurance. Now we are looking at march for the big surgery day.
A lady I work with told me the cutest thing. It might be corny but for all the stuff Blake is doing with surgery she told me "he is just getting fixed broken so he can work later". I hope so. It will be nice to go on four wheeler rides and snow mobile rides with out having to go back and ice and heat blakes back.
Since I am getting closer to being absolutely done with school it's taking a lot more of my time. I haven't done any scrapbooking in forever. I have to get birthday presents months in advance or have Blake get them. (gift cards are his specialty).
I haven't even been to the cabin this whole year! At the end of janurary we made a quick run to st George. Grandpa wasn't doing to great. But, when we got there he perked right up. We even got a chance to take him and grandpa up to zions! It was wonderful. Grandpa isn't very mobile so we were very happy he decided to go.
March is already speeding by. We celebrated jared's birthday yesterday with elk burgers and a movie. Hopefully he had fun!

Back Surgery...

2011-02-06T11:59:00.000-08:00

This is not going to be a normal post. I have had a lot of people tell me not to be with Blake because he will be broken 30 years down the road. Well, I am glad to tell those people, he is broken now, he needs fixing and he will be just fine 30 years down the road. I know this for a fact. Blake's dad also had the same problem when he was even younger than Blake. Since the surgery with Kelly, 30 odd years ago, he has built multiple homes and has maintained more than his share of houses to this day.

Marriage. Well, that is on hold. I do get the pressures of getting married a lot and I am excited to get married. But, the way I see it is. Work hard now, enjoy later. Meaning: I am close to being done with school and so is Blake(depending if I get my masters). We both have great jobs right now and not very many bills to pay. This is why we both live at home cause it is close to each other. If we were to get married right away right now back surgery is VERY expensive. With Blake being double insured I don't have to see that bill. The doctor said that it would take a full year to see recovery. Ya, that pretty much blows. Plus, right after surgery it is about 4 months of practically bed rest. My point: I would really enjoy having Blake being healthy than get married right away. (Plus, if I wait longer, I get a bigger ring!! JUST KIDDING) That is a big joke in the Blake's family.

One down side. Blake's sister is trying to get married again. I would love to see her go through the temple. She has to play the waiting game right now to see when she can get married and sealed to Brandt, who I think is the best for her. I love Jo and I never want to see her hurt. I became very close to her after her divorce and I never want to see her sad again. As much as I could help it I would love to get married before her just so I can see her go through. (that is really selfish of me) But she already knows this. lol.

Top: Christmas day Bottom: SnowCross

Summary of 2010

2011-01-05T20:40:00.000-08:00

Almost every month is a birthday between Blake's and my family. I remember all the stuff we do by birthdays. January 2010: My mom's birthday, Jennie's birthday, and Kelly's (Blake's dad) birthday. We went to Disneyland and Knottsberry Farm at the end of the month. Lots of cabin trips in between birthday weekends and parties.

Febraury: Sandy's (Blake's mom) Birthday. We went to the Desert Star and saw the show Twi-lite I Was a Teenage Vampire. It is a live show where they mock twilight. It is pretty funny.

March: Jared's, and Mckayla's birthday.

April: Joannie's Birthday. Easter at Grandma Devereaux's where she makes her famous coconut bunny cake. We were invited up for Joanne's birthday party up at a bar and go dancing.

May: Shaun's Birthday. Went went to Motocross the day before his birthday. When it rained...it poured we were so wet and soaked. We bought ponchos...but Blake left them in the car.

June: NO BIRTHDAY! Princess Festival with Mckayla. Where every time since she has asked me when we go back.

July: NO BIRTHDAY. Begining of July we headed to Fish Lake where the weather was wonderful. It is my favorite time of year to go there. In the mountains when its blistering hot at home it is jeans and a hoody weather up there. LOVE IT! Then the end of the month we went to Lake Powell. That was blistering hot and our A/C went out the first day. I was so roasted by the time we got home that the basement was freezing to me I needed blankets.

August: MY BIRTHDAY! Adam's first year back being our birthday so we decided to have our birthday together. We invited some of Blake's family over and had a big dinner. Then since Adam didn't get a pool party the year before we went up to Blake's pool and all jumped in. Where then everyone else came. Then we went to the play Lion King!

September: Blake and Shelly's birthday. More cabin trips up the canyon with four wheeling and deer watching. Blake's birthday we had a birthday party at my house where he got a steak and a big baked potato. Hopefully he liked it.

October: Kyle's birthday. More cabin trips. Halloween.

November: Natalie's birthday. More cabin trips. Getting ready for the cruise and finsihing school early. Then the longest trip I have ever taken.

December: Dad's birthday. and Christmas. Blake is always so good to me. My christmas from him was snow goggles and gloves. a movie. The U pajama pants. (i wear christmas ones all year round). A 2TB hard drive for all my digital movies that I put on my ipad.

**The pictures are not in order of month**

2 Weeks of Europe

2010-12-24T07:51:00.000-08:00

This was our first day in Milan. After NO sleep on an 13+ airplane rides. Kelly really wanted to see this church(Duomo) It took us a while to get there cause we got off the plane, took a train, couldn't find our hotel, an hour and a half later found it and left to the Duomo. Which you had to take another train/subway to see. Once you got to the Duomo you had to climb a spiral enclosed marbel staircase till you felt like your legs were going numb. But well worth it. :) It was so beautiful. It looks great in pictures but even better in person.

This is in Barcelone, Spain at a Monistary clear up in the mountains. Joanne and I couldn't believe how big the doors were and we weren't very good about listening to our tour guide so we snuck over and snapped a couple pictures. We REALLY wanted to go hang on the light cause it was huge but Blake and Brandt distracted us.

This is par of the Monistary. Barcelona, Spain.

A long bus ride to the top to see the Monistary.

Shelly and I at our formal night on the cruise ship.

(Sorry my pictures are not in order) This is right next to the Monistary to show how high you have to climb to see it.

Shelly and I on the cruise ship with the weird lights that changed colors. This was before we left on our excursion in Alicante(Canary Islands) to hike a 6km(4.5 miles) a volcano.

This was our Matridee who gave us coke like 3 nights in a row becuase we were Mormon.

(Like I said, not in order) This was part of the volcano rock we saw on our way up to the huge volcano. Alicante is pretty much covered in volcanic rock. We hiked on it on our way back to the bus! It reminds me of Hawaii alot but 10X the amount of volcanic rock. They pride themselves in using the rock to help grow farms. What the rock does is allow the humidity and moisture to stay in the ground so they NEVER have to water the plants.

Tenerife, Canary Islands. Our excursion for the day was to go to a theme park there cause that is what they are known for. But, everywhere you do go they really pride themselves on their volocanos. Tenerife has an active volcano that was covered in snow so we didnt want to go see it. (it snowed at home) At Loro Parque which is the animal theme park at Tenerife they have a whale show...which all the whales were born and raised at Sea World in California and brought to Tenerife. Plus there was a dolphin show.

Shaun, Joanne, Me, and Shelly all crammed in the back of a cab so we could fit all 9 of us in 2 cabs. The reason we crammed in is cause we had to make it back in time to get on the ship. This was Malaga, Spain. Sandy's nephew Alix lives in Malaga and knows Spanish so we asked him to come hang out with us while we were in port. He took us up on a 2 hour bus ride to Rhonda. We had no idea what we were getting our selves into. lol. It was so beautful it was one of my favorite places. So to make it back in time we crammed.

Rhonda, Spain. This was the most beautfil place. In Europe everything is bigger and this was huge. With a river flowing underneath it and a view from every angle I couldn't put all the pictures up so I put one of my favorites. It is a really must see place to experience.

The Colloseum! Rome, Italy. I loved it! It was beautiful and so unique I just couldn't get enough of the Colloseum and that was our first day in Rome! We actually disembarked off of the cruise ship 2 days early at Rome so we could see more of Rome. I loved it. It was so nice to get fresh air (cause everyone smokes there) and to ride a double decker bus around to see the sites.

Joanne, Me, and Shelly at the Colloseum. (I am neglecting Blake apparently in my pictures)

Florence, Italy. We spent the night right next to this church which is 1 of 3 most famous sites in Italy. Yet, it is just ANOTHER church! lol. The most unique thing about it is that it took roughly 150 years to build.

My picture got messed up. This is Blake and I at the Duomo(top) It was freezing in Italy and I wasn't feeling too hot with no sleep and no real food.

The one thing I really missed is American food. OH MY! I am to this day so sick of pizza I haven't had any Italian food even though it is Americanized. I won't eat it. Give me another two weeks. We had pizza every day and even though they have fresh cheese they put on their pizza it still stunk. Holy Moly.This is going to be so sad but they have McDonalds everywhere in Europe and a Burger King sometimes. One night I was just sick as a dog of Italian food I turned the corner and saw the yellow arches and almost started crying I was so happy. I had a Big Mac that i will cherish forever. lol.

The worst part is this isn't all the pictures...after I took the last picture of the Colloseum my camera battery died. It was so depressing cause the Colloseum was our first stop of the day in Rome and it was like 9 in the morning. So luckily, my cute Blake said to me, "I have my camera. Now you HAVE to sit back and relax and enjoy the trip. You worry about getting pictures and are not in the pictures." So Joanne, Shelly, Sandy, and Blake took extra pictures for me and with me in them. Except for the fact Shelly's camera battery died like 10 minutes after mine. It also didn't help that Shelly said,"I never sleep walk, I just talk in my sleep" Well the little sleep walker tried to put our books in the fridge and probably unplugged my camera battery from the charger. haha.

So there is more pictures to come even my favorite place the Trevi Fountain and the picture of the Pope. But its Christmas Eve and I still have lots of presents to wrap. :D

Merry Christmas!

I'm Back!!!

2010-12-12T13:42:00.000-08:00

It feels so good to be home...let alone it AMERICA! I didn't realize how much I would miss just being in America and all the wonderful food, snacks (junkfood), and things available that you do not get outside the states.

Italy was beautiful. Pictures will post later! I could have stayed in Rome for a week. I loved all the tourist spots. The one thing that I really related to Italy was it was like downtown Salt Lake. You see all these buildings and you turn a corner and this beautiful Temple is there in the middle of everything. The Trevi fountain was my favorite to see.

Once we disembarked off the boat at Rome we stayed in the city and the first stop was the colloseum. My last picture of the colloseum my camera battery died!! (I think my bunkmate was sleep walking at unplugged it) but luckily Blake had his camera and took some great pictures so I could just sit back and enjoy.

I can't believe Christmas is just around the corner! It really didn't hit me until I walked in my front door and my house is decorated! They played christmas music on the ship but it isn't the same cause it was humid and 75 degrees. We had a couple of ports that we were unable to stop at so we had a couple of unscheduled stops but that made the cruise more exciting.

There is so much we did in 2 weeks I don't know where to even start! For our dinner everynight we noticed the Matridee (he is the boss of the dinners) was watching us and he came over and asked if we are one family...we said yes. We even said some are missing and he was shocked. After dinner he said tomorrow he will bring us some of his best wine for our patients with dinner and Sandy(Blake's mom) said we don't drink wine. He was stunned then in his Italian accent he said,"Mormon?" we said, "YEAH!" The next night for dinner he came over with a can of coke for everyone at our table and poored it in our wine glasses.

I will post pictures soon with some captures of the trip.

2010-11-23T21:16:00.000-08:00

It has been a nightmare this week cramming in school and work all at the same time and with final projects and tests I feel like I am never going to be able to have some TURKEY! Now the only thing I have left to do is 4 math assignments, 1 math test, 2 accounting quizzes, and one final project which contains a transmittal report, progress report, and a 5 page body...thats only my part. Its a group project. That looks so much worse than it sounds and it has actually come down alot. I probably wouldn't be functional with out Blake.

With Blake I have been able to: pack, do laundry, clean my room, write the transmittal, title, executive summary, and progress report, finish 6 math assignments in one night, 3 accounting homework assignments in the same night, and be in bed by 10:30. It doesn't help that I have no more motivation in me to finish the school year and just get ready for the cruise...with out Blake I would probably be failing ALL my classes. (I find math classes in general are very redundant and annoying)

Thank goodness for BLAKE! :D

One week!

2010-11-19T14:07:00.000-08:00

I only have one week till I am on an airplane headed to my two week vacation!

This week has been very crazy getting all my school work done before my trip. I am done with Accounting though! It felt so good after the final was over with (which took me 2 hours). At work I have been getting harrassed like no other about the cruise. It is officially called the "Engagement Cruise" at work...no matter how many times I say "I AM NOT GETTING ENGAGED". One of the guys gave me a 20 minute talk that I need to put my list of demands together so Blake will know I am ready to get married. Then another one said, "my neice got invited on a cruise and she got engaged.." Sorry folks...I am not getting engaged on the cruise, I am not going to put a list of demands together. ha ha.

2 Weeks!

2010-11-12T17:13:00.000-08:00

2 weeks from today I will be in Italy!! Unfortunately I will not be doing any black friday shopping with my dad. (Which is my favorite) He spoils me! I convince him to get me the good stuff...this will be the first year I miss it. Poor dad.

I am really looking forward to being in Italy that I have been cramming my school to finish before I leave. (never recommended). Last night I fell asleep in the middle of an online test... Good thing Blake sat by my side to help me stay awake and keep on going. To get ready for the cruise (we have to pack kinda light) I went shopping! I got the new flip camera and sold my old one. I picked up an awesome skirt (hate shopping for skirts) and I even stopped in to show my brother which Thomas Kinkade picture I want for Christmas.

http://www.thomaskinkade.com/magi/servlet/com.asucon.ebiz.catalog.web.tk.CatalogServlet?catalogAction=Product&productId=203782&menuNdx=0.1

After all that, I am trying to finish all my work projects before I leave which at work I get there and the next thing I know its 5:30 and its a ghost town at work.

Tonight I am hoping for a redbox and take out.

Redbox pick of the night: How to Train your Dragon

Take out: Panda

**Congrats to Nicole on the engagement**

**Happy Birthday to Chelsey, Today**

Old Video's

2010-11-07T18:35:00.000-08:00

Our car ride on the way to Disneyland...

I was looking through all my Flip Video's and it cracked me up.

Europe I Can't Wait to Meet You!

2010-10-14T18:59:00.000-07:00

The second cruise that I will go on is to Europe! I am so excited! It can't wait for a 2 week vacation! No cell phone, no internet...(well maybe), and no WORK or SCHOOL! Costa Cruise. :)

It is the longest cruise ship for Costa Cruise lines. They have 13 bars...and not just alcohol...chocolate bars with fountains and desserts gallore. I will hit Rome and see some beautiful sites. We get on the boat in Italy where I will be purse shopping. When my parents went to Italy, my mom came back with the cutest mustard yellow coach purse...I want one bad. I wanted hers but dad wouldn't let me. He said, "Go get your own." So since I am going on this cruise with Blake's family I had to get permission to leave work and school. So when I decided to go and had to explain that I was going I simply told him "I am going to get my own mustard yellow coach purse." lol. I thought it would be a colder cruise where I pack long sleeves. Well I guess it will be beautiful warm weather and the 4 pools on the ship will be heated. Plus the water slide looks awesome! At the top of the cruise ship down to the 2nd pool. I have needed a serious vacation for a long time. School just gets you down and work is tiring. My days have consisted of wake up, get ready, go to school, go to work, come home, do homework, and go to sleep. Then do it all over again! I am ready for my bon voyage! lol.

What's Yours Like?

2010-09-03T16:28:00.000-07:00

I have a NEW game!!!!! It is hilarious...I saw it at the store and had to buy it. It was between What's yours like and Things. So in the end Natalie got things and I got Whats yours like. Now I have a plan that I am thinking about doing one night...COUPLES NIGHT! You have your girls night and your guys night...you never have COUPLES NIGHT!!!

I hate the fact that school gives me 7 hours of homework a night...literally, and then on the weekends I am too tired to even go out. Then, when we decide to go out it is always Blake and I. Alone. I would be happy with chinese take out and a redbox with sweat shorts and a vanilla coke to satifisy me for the weekend....but I think its time to get out! OUT OF A RUT!

Next on the agenda is: a Glitter Toe Party.(Sorry boys) Shelly is in Nail School and she has learned and can do glitter toes! They are so fun. She has offered to do them for $10 so if you are interested write/text me. Or if you want a certain glitter on your toes buy the glitter for Shelly(for 2 its about $10 at Roberts) so she can start building her collection.

I have some awesome ideas for the COUPLES NIGHT so if you would also like to get out of a RUT same thing write/text me.

Bye Bye Summer!

2010-08-28T16:31:00.000-07:00

It has been so crazy I have had to time to blog, I glance at facebook, and I will probably forget something. So as of May: Blake and I went down to St. George with Kyle and Natalie and the kids for the weekend. See his grandparents and do a little shopping/golfing. June: We had Girls Night at Natalie's, McMillan Family Reunion at Grandpa's, Grandpa had strokes, and the Princess Festival with Mckayla. We also went golfing with Kyle and Natalie up at Soldier Hollow. My first time golfing a course and we did all 18 holes! July: where do I even begin! The first week in July we were at Fish Lake, then we went to the cabin the next weekend, at the end of July we were at Lake Powell feeling solar powered by the sun. :) While I would definately think Blake would be broken after that trip he felt pretty good...(No work, and all play) August: We went up to the cabin a few times and then MY BIRTHDAY! Was way fun. Adam and I haven't celebrated our birthday together in 3 years! Work took me to Goodwood BBQ(one of my fave's) then after work we had a dinner then we had a little pool party at Blake's house where he gave me a....(NO RING) sorry to disappoint people but no ring. haha. He gave me an Ipad! Woohoo! Its practically my new boyfriend. j/k. Then we went and saw Lion King the play. It was fantastic!!!! I loved it! Since school has started now instead of doing homework I will blog. haha. Hopefully I left nothing out!

><((((o> Fish Lake 2010 ><((((o>

2010-07-08T22:40:00.000-07:00

I love the mountains with fresh air and nothing to do but enjoy nature for once. It was from 55-65 degrees during the day and getting down in the 40's at night. I run on a hot temperature as it is, I was in heaven. This is how our trip went. First couple of days it was really windy which made huge white caps on the water so I didn't go out in the boat. I went and took some nature pictures **which gives me ideas for next family pictures Chels....wink wink** Then on to enjoy some good ol' Granddad time which we played a round of golf...not the typical golf. The McMillan Family Golf Game (which apparently is now in stores), Granddad and I were on a team...THE WINNING TEAM! We dominated. :) On to shootin' some guns! I don't like guns...end of story. So I just take videos and pictures while standing by. It doesn't help that this trip since I didn't get to go to Eclipse before I left that I took the book to read.

Fishing! Since last year I have been determined to catch a Mackinaw...ooooh i drool at the thought of catching a huge fish out of that lake. The record there is 42lbs and if you catch anything below that you have to return it to the lake after taking some pictures of it first. Well last year we only went out once...and no Mackinaw. This year we went out once...No Mackinaw!!! The only happy part about it all is that we got a couple hits! So during the day with everyone we decided to go trout fishing. We went across the lake by Mytoge Mountain (a steep mountain on the other side of the lake) Out of no where my dad spots a fawn!! A little baby fawn!!! That thing is on full zoom. I ended up taking a nap since we wake up so early to fish and during my nap they found its TWIN!! I was out cold so no twin pictures :(

Next we took a visit to the Fish Lake Lodge..which I swear its been there for a hundred years. Sat in the awesome rocking chairs as my brother (and picture buddy) for this trip sat next to me. Tried to show how big the Lodge is when you stand on the back deck and my family thinking **she is taking yet another picture** To slow things down we always end up playing a game. Bring on the Pirates Dice! Pirates of the Caribbean has a part in the movie that they are Davie Jones' boat and they are playing a game of dice and wagering years of service. Which Disney.. those fantastic people.. haha. made the game. It is probably one of the funnest games I have played. Date night/family game night/girls night. It works for them all. **HIGHLY recommended** That sums up Fish Lake.

I can't wait to go next year!!

Golf??

2010-06-25T15:46:00.000-07:00

Yep! I went golfing! Well I only hit a bucket cause I knew I would be terrible. The "Pro's" were teaching me how to even golf...but my golf attire wasn't really helping. IN the end I ended up doing decent for a first timer...but I end up being goofy trying to hold my golf club in between my legs while taking off my jacket. As you can see...it didn't really work. As soon as I would bend down to put a ball on the tee, both Austin and Scott would hit and there golf balls would go flyin'! Oh well, alteast I had Erika to help me plus I had fun! Thanks guys!

GIRLS NIGHT!!

2010-06-16T19:44:00.000-07:00

ITS OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!

We are having girls night every month. I didn't start taking pictures til we got to Natalie's house. She did a THEMED girls night!! She is so creative!! It was wonderful! Usually we have just the adults in on the fun but Mckayla was such a good little helper she got to join this one. Everything was set up and decorated when we arrived. Dinner was planned out with our theme. It was perfect! After dinner we played the game things, which I recommend to anyone. Usually we play a few different games but we were pretty much laughing our guts out to not stop. NEXT STOP.... MY house!

SUPERCROSS 2010

2010-05-05T19:42:00.000-07:00

Blake and I standing while the clean up crew was taking out all the mud and putting in fresh dirt.

Munchkin came up and gave me a big hug and kiss!!! Her first time coming to Supercross!

Mckayla made us all do funny faces for a picture. These are my girls :D

Happy Birthday Kiddo, you are 16!

Singing to myself

2010-05-05T19:29:00.000-07:00

Songs that have been stuck in my head as of this week. I have heard of an airplane song...which was a weird song title with Eminem and Hayley Williams and I sing it everyday horribly to myself in the car on the way to and from work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-20inKxm08w

I just heard this song at work from my friend Scotty, called Sleepyhead by Passion Pit (which I found out later it is on a commercial). I found it very addicting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zherMkcXdo

Happy Birthday Jo!

2010-04-26T20:12:00.000-07:00

I am late on wishing Jo a happy birthday on facebook and in my blog. I was actually lucky this year because I didn't have to work on her birthday. I asked Joanne if we could go to lunch and shopping. It was CRAZY fun! I loved it. I was glad(when she told me) that she loved it too.
Later that night we went to Poplar for dinner with her friends for dinner and hang out before dancing...we never made it to dancing but dinner was fun too. Joanne and I wore some of our new clothes that we bought from shopping. GREAT FUN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JO!
(I will never let you be alone on your birthday)
--My ghetto artsy stuff cause I can't find my photoshop.

Talk about a bad day....

2010-04-20T18:14:00.000-07:00

I have never felt so embarrassed and stupid about a day than today. Everyone I talked to thought I was being rude and or I hurt their feelings. I couldn't believe it. I had such a hard time even leaving work that I made everyone late. I got some good lectures about that. My school work has tripled since the begining of the semester and since a bad day has come I don't even want to concentrate on school.

I normally can just blow this all off with a vanilla coke in my hand and a good hug from my the boy. No coke and boy is also too busy with his bad days and school. :(

NEED A PICK ME UP!

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T18:33:00.000-07:00

HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE! Wonderful conference...hanging out with family...cute presents and sugar cookies.

Mckayla's 5th Birthday

2010-03-31T21:59:00.001-07:00

Every year that the little Munchkin gets a year older I ALWAYS get her a singing card...and every year its Ariel. Natalie said she just barely threw away her one from last year cause it was SOOO worn out it sounded horrible. This is her "I am 5 and you remembered my singing Ariel card" pose.

Updated.

2010-03-31T21:56:00.000-07:00

I finished my Disneyland ears for munchkin. Hope you like.

TO ALL THE TWILIGHT FANS....

2010-03-30T19:00:00.001-07:00

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-stephenie-meyers-new-twilight-book.html

This link will lead you to Stephenie Meyers new TWILIGHT book! It is done about the same time as Eclipse. Click and enjoy...

Boondock Saints :)

2010-03-26T18:44:00.000-07:00

My WORST Nightmare!

2010-03-26T18:23:00.000-07:00

I finally went to the doctor for my ear ache...it wasn't good. I told the doctor(who is also is in my stake presidency in my home ward) that I have been having hearing loss and weird crackling in my ear...basically it sounds like a rice crispie in my ear. (which pretty much gets annoying) I finally went cause the past 3 days in a row I have had constant horrible headaches...headaches that make your eyes lose focus.

After a half hour of waiting on the stupid paper bed, he came in. He looked in both ears and told a joke about how if one ear is hurting look at the other one cause God gave us two for a reason...I laughed just because I wanted this thing fixed. The next thing I know he takes off out of the room! I was thinking to my self...alright I am good, time to go home!...that wasn't the case. He came back in and got right by my side...I saw something metal in his had and I knew that was heading into my ear.

Sweaty palms later...He is digging into my ear! It felt like he was ripping some GIANT scab off with this tool which he stuck clear in the heck in there, pretty much touching my brain...scraping hard and harder and harder. He even made a joke before he started when he shut the door he didn't want to let the nurses hear me scream...in my sarcastic laugh I said, "ha ha...ha ha.."
FINALLY he was done pulling and scraping and digging into my ear! What a relief! It was sooooo nasty! He pulled out this black tar looking stuff. I couldn't even look at it. No snap, crackle, or pop now! I have ear drops for my scarred ear and antibiotics for all the sinus junk hitting me. But, I will never for get that tool he used on my ear...cause I took a picture of it...

Girls Night!

2010-03-14T16:50:00.001-07:00

This was our "We are running late and couldn't get a faster picture" pic.

Shelly put real effort into our awesome cupcakes.

Shelly and I made Easter Cupcakes for a girls night party.
It is super easy! First, we made the cupcakes out of devils food cake mix. Second, funfetti vanilla frosting. third, cut up mini assorted colored marshmellows. Shelly added her own little touch with PINK design frosting.

We ended up staying up til 2 in the morning waiting for the boys to get back from Wendover. Thanks to sour patch straws! Thanks for a fun friday/saturday Shelly! LOVE you!

Projects

2010-03-05T21:17:00.001-08:00

1) Hawaii 2007: I gave this to Natalie & Kyle plain from the store as a birthday present. Natalie and I decorated it. It hangs in their house. I am making a custom one for Disneyland. I will put it up when I have it done.

2) Kolton's diaper cake: This was my first diaper cake! I LOVE it! I make them all the time if anyone wants one. :)

3) Huge Valentine's Day "Cake": It is acutally not a real cake, kinda like a diaper cake. All Candy that is hot glued onto a box. I went a little over board cause I had so much candy. Behind the I love U sign is gatorade. Which made the cake REALLY tall.

4) SPLASH MOUNTAIN! I had to put it in.

4) Last but not least, the starting the Disneyland section of Mckayla's scrapbook with some ears!

Newest Page

2010-03-05T19:58:00.001-08:00

All these Disney pages are taking me way back to when I watched Disney movies. Well, Cinderella used to be Mckayla's favorite as you can tell in these pictures, she couldn't keep her eyes off of her. (haha.) I tried to think of a creative way to only use two pictures on a page and have Mckayla look at it over and over again. I know she will.

Little More....

2010-03-01T18:11:00.001-08:00

My NEWEST page. I feel that it is sooo plain. I don't know how to fix it.

My next princess is Mulan...

I am in trouble with this one.

Scrapbookin' Munchkin's book

2010-02-15T10:38:00.000-08:00

This is only a little bit. I have got a lot to do. But I need opinions!

Cinderella used to be Mckayla's favorite or as she would say it

"fagorite" a v for a g? This was for her birthday party. Since she LOVES

pink i put Cinderella in pink on her fake invitation.

Baby tigger is part of bath time (he is going to pounce a rubber

ducky) Baby winnie the pooh font was Mckayla's baby theme.

Luckily they made a cartridge for the cricuit.

Mckayla's favorite princess/girl in Disney is ARIEL.

So when I have been doing her scrapbook I apparently HAVE to put her in.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

2010-02-08T20:31:00.000-08:00

I have always loved to scrapbook and do new things crafty. I really started to get into doing Disney things when I was asked to do my neices scrapbook. She LOVES Ariel. She got to meet her twice at Disneyland and I think she could have talked to all the princesses for hours. I have been working on alot of scrapbooks but nothing like hers. Her pages take me hours to do and they are always field with disney princess here and there. I think she is addicted.

I will post pictures of the pages that I have done. I think they are pretty cute but I need more opinions than my own.

(Mckayla's and My favorite ride, Splash Mountain)

Problems

2009-11-24T19:51:00.000-08:00

I know everyone loves problems.

I get so frustrated sometimes I feel like I need a good cry.

Just to go sit in my bed by myself and watch tv or a chick flick

(the Notebook is the best) and just be by myself and maybe have a

good cry. Is that so bad?

~Devereaux~

2009-11-02T15:53:00.000-08:00

Devereaux

Family Photo '09

Strolling thru old pics...

2009-11-02T15:20:00.000-08:00

(Ash and Ash)
(Me and Chels)

Its is the time to get married. Apparently. I am no where near getting married but I am glad the people in my life who are have found their other half. My sister getting married and everyone else in the world seems to be jumping on the band wagon. My very good friends jumped on the same band wagon this year. I have never seen them happier. I hope they enjoy the old pictures. I hate to say stuff that is too cheesy but I will always love them and they will always be in my heart. Cheesy moment for the week!