tagg-ola

my cousin Tasha--one of the greatest gals I know despite having green eyes :) JK tash! tagged with 6 things most people wouldn't know about me and that I havent blogged about (that is hard):

1-I really like rap (booty music they call it in Florida--rap dance music kind of) and LOVE to dance to that and Latin. I grew up around all kinds of great dancers at school, neighborhood and church and most everyone i knew danced any chance they could get. It has always been one of my favorite things to do since middle school. haven't had much opportunity since getting married and that has been hard.

2- i worked at Burger King when I was sixteen with my sister and cousin that was living with us for the summer and LOVED it. Who loves working fast food???? We had SOO much fun. Still one of my favorite places to eat.

3-The first time I ever ate steak was in college at my uncle John and aunt Marsha's. he made cajun steak and it was the bomb-diggity!

4-I met Ryan 5 years before we became friends and really started hanging out.

5- I like to read alot!! I love history, business books ( I really like Romney's leadership book about the Olympics, Ive read it twice and could read it again) and just good reads (DaVinci Code, vampire series, etc) that people tell me about. I hate to even start a book because its really hard for me to put it down.

6-I used to be in a singing group-Sunshine Express???--in Florida with my sisters and we'd sing at various local events. We even had matching outfits. Even more great, I took ballet and tap and performed "How much is that doggie in the window" for a recital and had a dog hat on my head that squeaked. So classic!



I tag---Amber Kay, Jaime Stephens, Lisa Ramey, Amy Palmer and Kelbel

more pics

pre-wedding slumber party....wes and cara (my little sis and bro) slept at our house and got into a wrestling match with Ryan on our bed. it was pretty funny.




what an aubrie face!



Nice touch....loved the shoes with the dress.



Three amigos. Aubs cousins that are around her age and her VERY best friends.

5 down, 2 to go.....in a long while

My little brother got married yesterday and it was a FABULOUS day. Will be one of the highlights in my memory book (that is my mind :)) They both were very excited and ready to be married to each other, they looked fantastic and it was fun to help them plan the reception, etc out here. She is from NC and he is from FL and they will be living down in Ft Laud...hopefully. They don't have a house yet :)



The immediate family--spouses only + grandpa (no chillins for this pic)


Can you seriously be that cute????


Linds-you look absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!

pure laziness...I tell ya!

I don't know what my problem has been, I have looked at the blog a dozen times since the last post and I just stare at the screen thinking how much energy it takes to post something :) I must be pregnant + mono...or something!

Its been a fun couple of weeks. Very busy. It always seems that from Oct to December life is pretty chaotic and I am not sure which end is up. I REALLY like it though and it is always fun things we are doing. I work with the young women in our church and this month we've had some fun activities. 2 weeks ago we had a Halloween carnival for all the kids in the neighborhood and it was a lot of work but turned out really cool. Here are some pics of the kids (and the big kids too).


Then a sad but also very special thing came up in October. We found out that my family is finally (After 26 years) leaving Ft. Lauderdale and moving west--right into Utah county most likely. Pretty crazy and I NEVER thought that would happen for at least 15-20 more years. We were all shocked (including my mom). But, things moved quickly as our family is prone to do and mom called and said dad would be released from his calling as Stake president a few weeks ago (he's been in the stake presidency for 17 + years, so that is all most of us remember). All my siblings talked and decided we really wanted to be there. It took a lot of planning and some really nice people to watch the kids as well as a Saint of a husband being willing, but we all made it there (Syd wasn't able but then showed up Saturday night in the middle of the conference session--mom was crying from her seat in the stands). It was a really neat weekend to all be there together and to say goodbye to so many people that have helped us to be who we are. I love Florida so much!!! The day before we all left we went to our old house (and the owner actually let us come in and reminisce for awhile), old schools and lots of other memorable places. That night we went to the beach with some of our favorite people. I am SOOOO grateful that it worked to go and glad to have gone one last time before they moved. Who knows when we'll go again. here are some pics i took before leaving. Mom, you've done amazing things with that house. The backyard is my favorite--it is a tropical paradise.


Our favorite place to have parties--the backyard. Also, where we each got thrown in on our birthdays (and many other occasions--right Carl and Curt:))

Some of our favorite people in the world--the Tua'one sisters (some of them). Hey, if you want to feel good, hang around them for an hour!!!

Hollywood house, gotta love it. Hadn't been inside since we moved. Kelli, you remember this :)?