family fun night 2011

once again it was success! we added our newest member of the family this year and it just added to the crazy fun! many laughs and a few stunts that very well could have gotten us yelled at but i think the life guards were laughing just as much as we were so they just let us be….ok i know you’re wondering what exactly i’m talking about. jeana actually has a few videos and seriously they are so funny but i will try to explain, i know i won’t do it justice but here it goes…..at the water park there is a swinging rope that you can use as you walk across lily type wood logs floating in the water. well the challenge was to run across the logs without falling off and using the rope. sooooo funny and there were a few injuries, but more laughs to compensate. just imagine lily jumping across a pool. a lot harder than it seems and when you have siblings pushing and moving the logs on purpose, well thanks to that i fell on my first try but you better believe i made my second time!!! WOOHOO!!

as always, we took pictures. we sure do have a big crew and its chaos all the time but i wouldn’t have it any other way. i sure do love my family and i may be biased but i think they are the best.

my day…

maybe i woke up on the wrong side of the bed, but it has been one of those days. i’m in the middle of training for more at work and i get the awesome job of shadowing. after things continued to happen it was very frustrating, i was venting with a co-worker which only made things worse, i felt like i was gossiping with sharing my frustrations and i don’t like that. that’s not the person i want to be so i said sorry to my co-worker and after replying to my sisters text with a venting one i sent another one saying sorry to her as well. i was determined to turn this all around. i only worked half the day (another issue) and i was craving McDs….again only made me feel worse, how healthy is that? i hate craving fast food. anyway i was waiting in the drive thru and just as i was coming to order i had a thought…i was going to pay for the order in the car behind me. i took noticed who was behind me and it just so happened to be a distant relative. i went to pay and asked if i could pay for the car behind me. the cashier smiled and let me do just that. i went to wait at the red light after getting my load of fast food and as she pulled up behind me all i could see was a huge smile. just like that it felt literally like a load was lifted. i no longer knew what had me frustrated or in a not-so-good-mood. her smile completely turned my day around. i couldn’t even smile and wave at her because i was so over-whelmed by all of it and of course the baby i am, this made me cry on my way home. it had cost me all of $1.06, but what it gave me was priceless. this is now my goal from now on, any yucky mood i may have, i will seek out someone to help instead. today is definitely a good day. 

photo:le love

i am thankful for…

in light of Thanksgiving tomorrow i thought it would be fitting to post of what i am thankful for. first and for most i am thankful for my family. we have a big crew and i love it

now onto my list in no specific order:

• my cell phone-my life-line with many friends and family
• my amazing bed and clean crisp sheets..best feeling
• the amazing Gospel and my testimony
• the rockstar friends that i have, they keep me grounded
• my car and the hard work that my awesome dad put into it
• my ipod while running, sometimes the only thing that keeps me going
• wisconsin..i love my home state and the four seasons
• hair and make-up products….thank you jeana for introducing me to many wonderful products
• my scriptures
• the power of prayer
• food food and more food
• my computer
• the internet and the wonderful things that come from it
• my friends episodes and laughs that i get from watching them

i could go on and on but there is just a few…

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

happy halloween

friday night was my sister and her husbands halloween party and last night i had to work at johns. i was planning on two costumes but as things got closer i stuck with one and i’m pretty happy with it. the party friday night was a blast like always and i must say that it has been a successful halloween weekend. hope yours was fun!

  rosie the riveter all the way

another day, another run

officially registered for the 2011 5 mile turkey trot on Thanksgiving day in Green Bay. ran it last year with one of my awesome sisters and her awesome friend. so this year we shall do it again. my goal this year is to actually train a bit so i don’t feel like death throughout and after the race and hopefully beat my time of 1:06 from last year. to be honest though i question my sanity why i decide to do it because let’s get real, this is wisconsin and in november which equals COLD…. i can do this i can do this! and p.s. this picture pretty much sums it up and describes me to a T…haha and this run is no different but add in freezing cold shivering and you got it. wish me luck!

image: found on pinterest

oh mother…

this AMAZING mother of mine is extraordinary in every way possible and i love her dearly. she’s my rock everyday and i look to her for advice, love, comfort, laughter and everything else that i need. she yells at me when i need to be put in my place and rolls her eyes when i’m being goofy and she tells me i’m beautiful every single day. she is my best friend, simply put…..HOWEVER, she knows my weaknesses too much and last night she made me look like this…

after shutting the tv off (mind you my mom fell asleep) and i went in the bathroom to do my routine getting ready for bed and i thought my mom went to bed…i walk out of the bathroom to find the house dark and as i start walking towards the stairs, my mom yells out scaring me to the bones. here she thought it would be hilarious to climb up on the couch and wait for me and scare me. she rolls over laughing and i try to catch my breath. then she has the guts to say to me…”geez you take a long time getting ready for bed. my knee hurts!” oh how i love this mother of mine.

made me smile

as i was diffusing my hair this morning, head upside down and all, i happened to look over and this picture and it just put a smile on my face. i seriously have the most beautiful sisters and they rock! i am so very blessed to have 3 amazing sisters who are my rock each and everyday. if something exciting, frustrating, sad, super happy, embarrassing happens, they are the first i tell. (i also have 3 amazing brothers who rock too and who are the best brothers I could’ve asked for, but this was the picture i saw this morning) all i know is i’m one lucky gal for this awesome family of mine!