Happy Birfday!

Happy Birthday Tomm! We celebrated the big day today... his birthday is actually tomarrow, but we thought we'd party a little early because tomarrow is a "work" day. We had soo much fun today! We went and looked at houses (we are currently in the market) and went to some of our favorite stores and looked at some cool stuff and had lunch at Chili's.

Here's me and Tomm sneakin a little kiss... XOXOXO

Of coarse there was cake and icecream! Tomm asked for a white cake this year and it was SO good, I usually just make chocolate stuff so it was fun to make something different.

Make a wish! (I wish she would stop taking my picture!)

Let's see that gorgeous smile!

Here's everyone trying to relax and watch a little cage fighting while Whitney is camera happy (notice someone's little shiny eyes peeking over from the couch, just above Tomm's head).

Where there is wrapping paper and ribbon there is also our two little darlings... Randy and Purrl! hee hee

Mr. Innocent!

Fun at the zoo!

Last week Tomm's mom was here visiting us. We had so much fun together! We went to the zoo one day and here are pics of some of the animals we saw.

Flashy!

So I'm loving the fact that Tomm makes purses for recreational sport! This is the newest addition to my collection. LOVE it!
.... you may notice the purses have customized handles... this one has the "naughty/nice" touch to it. The sweet pearls on the inside and then some red tulle wrapped around them for a touch of sassy. I try to take a detail from each album or character and add it in the handle to give it a little more fun.

The sunshine state

We had a nice time at the pool the other day! Our friends have a beautiful house with a pool. So they had us over and it was so nice to go relax in the sunshine for awhile.... while wearing sunscreen of coarse (Natalie).... I was anyway. Tomm refused to wear it... for all you who don't know Tomm, he hates lotion of ANY kind.

Check out the beautiful cardinal! I think it was actually pissed at me for sitting near it's tree in my lounge chair because it was singing at first and then it took a forceful tone. As the hours dragged on it sounded a little hoarse and you could see his little tummy trembling from squawking for so long. It honestly stayed on that wire for like 3 hours. Cute little fella!

You didn't think that was a real alligator did you? It is a fake. But Tomm said on his way to work the other day he saw one right off of the sidewalk in our nieghborhood! It was eyeballing a group of ducks and hoping one would be a little snack! Yikes! Sometimes I feel like we are right in the middle of a nature show.

Twilight all night

Okay so it's no suprise that I am in love with the Twighlight book series. I admit I am one of those people who has crushes on characters in books. I should warn Tomm that if he hears me

say "Twilight" or "Edward" in my sleep not to be alarmed. It's such a great love story! So notice my night stand is fully stocked with everything I might need so I don't have to break my concentration! (... the sad thing is... I supplied myself subconsciously). I must've looked ridiculus when I loaded up my skirt with the goods for the journey for a quiet, cushy place. Ha ha!

That is one BIG mixer

Tomm remodels restaurants for a living... here he is on site. Check out the size of that stand mixer!

"The waffle of insane greatness"

Thanks to Molly I have discovered the best waffle recipe. I made them for breakfast and Tomm loved them! He said they were the best waffles he has ever eaten and I agree! SO good! I thought I would share the love with all of you and publish it on my blog.

Waffle of insane greatness

3/4 C flour

1/4 C cornstarch

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 C whole or buttermilk (If you don't have either on hand you can sub equal parts milk and sourcream for buttermilk)

1/3 C oil

1 egg

1 1/2 Tbl sugar

3/4 tsp vanilla

In bowl mix flour through salt together. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Let stand for 30 minutes before cooking. You don't need to use non-stick spray because of the oil in the batter.

Yield: 4 waffles

I hope you guys enjoy them like I did! My sis-in-law is the best cook, I strive to be like her! Thanks for the recipe Molly, Love ya!

April showers bring may flowers

Home away from home

I recently went to Utah, Idaho and Missouri to visit my family. I had such an awesome time with everyone! It was so good to see them and spend time with them. Check out some of the pics from my trip.







Me and the Drake-ster




Molly, Kasey with friends, Jesse and
Emily. We played Cranium and Emily made us some brownies with home- made hot fudge. So good and so fun!



Grammy and Drake

Me and Natty

Dad (m.i.a in this pic), Joyce, Trev, Nat and me. Hangin out at the railroad.

It was bring your kids to work day... not really... Dad gave us the tour and we even got to

take a ride on a train. I love the way that engine sounds! I even learned that when you hear trains honking the drivers are sometimes communicating... who knew?! So next time I hear two short toots from a train I will say to myself... "Someone either said 'yes' or they are about to move forward. I totally feel like a spy now!

Girls are smarter than boys!!! Molly, myself and Emily are enjoying our victory against the boys in Cranium

Me and Trev......

Look how cute my bro is!

We love Drakey!

Paige, Shel and moi

Bag Lady

Tomm suprised me with a new purse
when I got home yesterday! How
cool is that? What a guy!

So he has
really come up with a system for
cranking them out! So everyone place your orders. They are $80 in case
anyone is interested.

High Security

The other night we had a little situation. The neighbor's dog got into a fight with a raccoon (both seemed to survive the fight by the way). We were all so freaked out! I was totally crying! Not to mention that the whole scene went down right in our backyard! Randy walked around for two days with his pupils dilated! So ever since our kitties have been on the alert (especially Randy Because he usually goes outside at night).... letting us know of any visitors. We live in an area that has lots of undeveloped land and our community is actually built around a wetland preserve so there are lots of wild animals out our way.

I GOT TAGGED!

A. The rules are posted at the beginning.
B. Each person answers the questions about themselves
C. At the end of the post, the person then tags people and posts their names; then goes to there blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged.

10 years ago: So I was 17, getting ready to graduate... woo hoo! I remember counting the days. I totally had "Senior-idus"...I was so exited to be done with highschool.... my senior year was so lame! I had my heart set on Beauty School which I registered for in June 1998. I began my journey of discovering myself, it felt great!...Nat remember the black truck?! We had some fun rides together... wild and free on the open road... hee hee!
5 Things on my to do list:
(1) Sort and organize/deal with all the papers(receipts, letters, statements...etc...) lying around the house! Ugh! they are everywhere!
(2)Folding laundry! My least favorite chore. I like the washing part cuz I use Gain soap and I love the smell.... but then I have to fold.
(3)Workout.
(4)Clean house.
(5)Return library books.
Things I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire: Well I would save most of it ...you know for a rainy day! THEN... Let the spending begin, hee hee. I would definatley give some to my family. I would hire an awesome personal trainer for sure! I would build a new house that would have every little thing that we've always wanted. I would travel the world and buy a boat. I would go shopping.... clean out the Bebe store. I would take dance lessons and music lessons. I would save alot for our future and our kids. Donate money to the charities that I feel strongly about and I would try to help more people and families. I think it would make me feel selfish and bad about myself if I kept it all.
Jobs I have had: I was a paper-girl; first for Deseret news when I was 12 yrs old then for the crappy "etc" (the most useless paper ever... what a waste of time!), I shared a route with my sis Natalie(Deseret News). It made it easier and funner working with her. My BFF, Cher would sing out at me from her window as I walked past "I'm in love with the paper girl" We had to get up early on the weekends though which sucked! I remember Sunday papers and Thanksgiving papers... they were HUGE!... and if the weather was bad... ohhhh forget it!... Thank Goodness that Dad drove us on those days! Our brother, Kasey Delivered the Tribune and he had 2 times as many papers as we did! I was always amazed how he would cram all his papers into one carrier bag without falling out while he ran. and Nat and I struggled to make half the amount fit into two bags! It was so maddening! And Natalie? How much did we make per month? 30 dollars each? Bull crap if you ask me! Okay other jobs... SnoShack girl, grocery bagger- I remember getting yelled at all the time by beasty people... DON'T SMASH MY CHIPS LITTLE GIRL!.... I wasn't gonna you old hag... do you think I'm stupid enough to smash your precious chips?, which I'm sure you'll dive into once you get to your car! Argh... son of a!, no respect! I am nice to baggers. Okay moving on... hostess at Chili's, Welder, Customer Service, Hairstylist.
3 of my bad habits: 1. I don't always manage my time well. 2. I eat Way too much, I need to control my portions. 3. I need to keep my phone with me at all times... I miss way too many phone calls... it must be so annoying! Thank-you everyone for being so patient.. specially you honey!
Things you may not know about me:
1. I am TERRIFIED of spiders! Snakes, mice, birds(Natalie) I could care less about. But spiders...Yipe!
2. I absolutely can NOT stand the look/texture of the inside of a pomegrante, honeycomb, tripe(a wierd, gross meat at the grocery store)! I am like a cat on catnip!, I have to destroy it. I know! It's the craziest most embarrassing thing! I have learned to control it around people but I just know someday I am going to be caught on film destroying fruit and other objects with the strange texture.
3. If I am going to eat a banana... I absolutely can not stand any brown anywhere on it! I know it's better for you that way...ba ba ba... No! Brown bananas are for banana bread only.
4. Turns out that I am double jointed.
5. Somewhere underneath my girlieness lies a true tom-boy.

I don't know who to tag that hasn't already been tagged so I guess I'll be thinkin of some questions to tag you guys with soon. Can't wait!

With all my siblings in Utah and Missouri and we being in Florida it gets hard... I get so homesick sometimes! I love to look at these pictures and remember the good times when we were always together having a good time!

I love you guys and miss you so much!!!

Kiss me you fool!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!