Sunday, October 23, 2011

Dinner

We've been celebrating lots of birthdays lately.... Last night we got a surprise invite to our friend Lauren Haddows birthday dinner at Roman Cucina Italiana (Laguna Hills), it was soooo good. Naturally we split the chicken fetteccine alfredo and ordered some delicious appetizers. We love hanging out with the Haddows, especially when its birthday/holiday season.



Next birthday coming up next is Aaron's! He'll be a whopping 26 years old. And lucky for him he already got his birthday present a couple weeks ago. Does it count if my half-birthday is next tuesday? I think so...

Monday, October 17, 2011

Things I've Never Done Before.........

1)Ran a Marathon

2)Eaten Sheep

3)Been to San Antonio

4)Sky dived


5)Drank alcohol

6)Been to a pro NFL game


7)Gotten a tattoo

8)Broken a bone

9)Understood math, in all its levels and forms


10)Spent less then $10 at Wal-mart


11)Seen Taylor Swift in concert


12)Read the whole book of Isaiah

13)Dyed my hair blonde

14)Been a Bridesmaid

15)Drank a cup of coffee

16)Seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

17)Mowed a lawn


18)Finished a knitting project...

19)Owned my own business

20)Put salt on top of my tomato

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Utah - Oct 2011

I was fortunate enough to take a road trip up to Utah with my friend Lauren and her mom, Martine. We rented a car and drove up there for General Conference. We got there Friday, I stayed with my family and they stayed with a friend. My mother, little brother Wil, and I went to the Saturday afternoon session of conference and were lucky enough to sit in the Deaf section which is pretty close up front. It my brothers first time going - he's 10. He loved it! He wanted so badly to go up and shake the Prophets hand. It was really cool to hear the announcement of the new Temples, especially Paris France!! (A Place we never thought there would be a temple)

That night as a family we went to Chuck a Rama for dinner, it's always fun to see what the kids want for dinner. It's usually always tons of Mac and Cheese and bowls overflowing with ice cream! They are a riot just running around getting whatever they want on their plate.

Sunday was just a chill day, relaxing and watching conference. That night was probably the highlight of the trip, we went down to a canyon - Wasatch i think - it was BEAUTIFUL!! Such rich fall colors in the trees and leaves, it just doesnt get much better then Utah in the Fall. Me and Mom went exploring and found a beautiful river with rocks as we watched the sun set. We had a fun BBQ with our cousins, roasted marshmallows and celebrated birthdays - my Dad, Tanner and Morgan (and was soon to be baby beckham - Lanaya and Clarke's baby who hadn't been born yet - but was born on 10/8/11, i just missed it!!)

I love spending time with my family, i was so lucky to go on this trip because I am not able to take any time off from work for the rest of the year as with Aaron (for the most part) so i knew i had one last chance to see my family until next summer.

The drive home was probably the worst.... I had the 24/hr flu throwing up and everything.... Not a good memory. But now I'm home safe and back to normal. And I missed my Aaron very very much.

Here are some pics!











lastly, the infamous wallace 15 passenger van! it's always coming in handy!