Bella Tres Chic

I’m a 53 year old mother of five amazing daughters and wife to a caring, sensitive AND sexy husband. I adore my family. I’m dedicated to my faith. I enjoy a good laugh. I'm nostalgic and love to reminisce. "Remember" is my favorite word in the English language. I love life! I’m passionate about music, food and {dreams of} traveling the world. I wanna be a castle and waterfall chaser. I’m fascinated with anything European. {PARIS! Hello!} I love celebrating anything and everything! I love to read, especially a good biography, mystery, Regency Era Romance or Historical fiction novel. I love thoughtful gift giving. To me the gift wrap is almost as important as the gift itself. I have a bit of an obsession with gift boxes and gift bags. As well as old world maps & globes, apothecary bottles and jars! I love being creative…bolts of ribbon, coordinating scrapbook papers, producing a table scape, or planning décor for a themed party puts a smile on my face. I love the details! I’m a freak for anything theme oriented. I enjoy event planning, but oddly enough do not like to host or entertain. I enjoy fashion, but have to really be in the mood to clothes shop. I love purses and funky costume jewelry. Especially big rings! I’d rather wear wedges or heels any day than flats. I enjoy decorating and searching for the perfect decorative pillow or picture. However, you’ll never see me frequent high-end stores. I'm more of a Ross, TJ Maxx, Tuesday Morning kind of gal. My favorite decor style is an old world rustic Italian chateau/Spanish Villa look with a hint of bohemian! OR a vintage shabby chic French country cottage/English cobblestone farmhouse. My #1 cookie-Molasses! Autumn is my favorite season. I’d go through childbirth a million times. I enjoy biking with my man, Pilates, and power walking. You’ll never find me in a gym working out. I love movies, whether watching them in the theatre or cuddled up on the couch with my family. I enjoy a good chick flick or real life drama! I'm a sucker for movies on the Hallmark & Great American Family Channel. I have a tender heart for the elderly. I adore Disneyland. I enjoy being in the canyon on a summer or fall evening at dusk. I love my friends. While I have some extroverted characteristics. I’m a self proclaimed introvert. I’m generally quiet, calm, reserved and pretty darn private. Why in the heck do I blog? It’s a creative way to record family history. I enjoy photography. I really don’t like to write, although I write in my journal often. My journals, patriarchal blessing, scriptures, quote book, and beloved Christmas tree filled with ornaments of family memories, are among my prized possessions. I love the beach. I enjoy WWII history. I love a clean, orderly house, but ours usually looks lived in. ;) PBS Masterpiece is my friend. I adore Jane Austen films. They transport me to another time and place. If I had to choose another time period in which to live, early 19th Century England would be my pick. "Sense and Sensibility" is my all time favorite movie. My 3 favorite TV series are...BBC's Larkrise to Candleford, the 1950's Spanish Drama "Velvet," and the travel/food show "Somebody Feed Phil." My biggest pet peeve is people who blow their noses in public. So gross! {Take it to the bathroom people.} I’d go on a wine tasting vacation if it wasn’t against my religion. I’ve always wanted to adopt a baby from a foreign country. I’m an avid BYU football and basketball fan. I'm a Educational Support Professional. I tutor elementary kids in phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, fluency and comprehension. I love our campfires at Scofield Lake. I have a 'thing' for fairy gardens, Gallic French roosters, fresh flowers in a vase, pretty bowls & plates, yummy smelling candles & soap. I love summer rainstorms and warm baths. I'm a scripture podcast fanatic. I'm also a fan of several Fox News shows. I enjoy politics. I'd rather clean 20 toilets than give a talk or prayer in church. I do not like attention directed at ME. lol I have quite a collection of Madame Alexander Dolls, children's books, Disney pins, and quotes. My favorite quote is "Don't underestimate me. I know more than I say, think more than I speak & notice more than you realize." True True LOL! I always prefer sitting in a back row versus the front. {I'm sort of a seat snob..yikes} I also have high expectations for my lemonade, salsa, and french fries too. HA! I work well behind the scenes. I love a good Dateline, 20/20 or 48 Hour Mystery. I’m a night owl. I'd rather be cold than hot. I love to budget our finances! I enjoy being a chauffeur to my children. I hate when my kids have homework. I'm not a huge fan of social media. I don't snap, pin or tweet. All I want for Christmas every year is a ticket to the Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert. It's my FAVORITE. I’m an Anglophile…a royal watcher who loves anything English! Especially tea parties! I would like to serve a church mission to England with Jaren someday. I'm queen of paper towel, used kitchen dishrags and sponges kinda make me squirm. You’ll rarely find me out of the house not ready for the day, except when driving the kids to school on the days I don't work. I feel naked without lipstick or lip gloss. Mismatched socks, chipped fingernail polish, and chapped lips drive me nuts! I like to organize and BE organized..but not saying I always am. ;) I enjoy hiking to waterfalls, ATV’ing with my family and snowshoeing with the hubs. Although I enjoy collecting recipes and occasionally watch cooking shows... (Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade, Paula Deen, Jamie Oliver, and the Pioneer Woman are my favorites) I’d rather not cook. Eating out is so much more fun. I'm a foodie. I live to EAT! There really isn't a food I don't like. LOL Trying new foods and restaurants is a favorite past-time. I'm always on the hunt for yummy gluten free food though as I am gluten intolerant. Ugh! I'm not good at a lot of things... but gosh, if you need help with a themed celebration or someone to enjoy good food with, I'm your girl. I love the joy of anticipation and the celebration of holidays. Family traditions are important to me. I'm a memory preserver. I'm a pathological picture taker and documenter ;) a visual storyteller, and a lover of happy lists!

Monday, September 14, 2026

What's On My Happy List?

August!

Baby V's blessing day!

We had the Southern Belle Scarlett O' Hara
Madame Alexander Doll displayed.

If you know the 1939 movie

"Gone With the Wind"....

Scarlett is played by the actress Vivien Leigh.

We thought it would be a fun tie-in as

baby V's full name is also Vivian Leigh

{with a slightly different spelling.}

We took some pics of baby V

with a red sash and shoes too!

The luncheon was CHERRY themed...

with lots of cherry

themed food items...

cherry fluff salad, cherry tomatoes,

cherry turnovers, cherry sour balls,

chocolate-covered cherries, cherry

flavored drinks, & cherry ice-cream..

Some Bonka time before church...

Baby V was so peaceful and content

while us girls were prepping and

putting the final touches on the luncheon!

Bless 🙏

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End of summer activities....

Kate had a fun swim party with friends.

One of our favorite things of the summer

is attending the Abba concert at the

Sandy Amphitheater in August.

This is our 3rd year in a row going.

It's a blast!

One of my best friends and her daughter

came in 70's attire!

We had a lovely youth activity up in the mountains!

Stake BBQ...

{Our new Stake was formed in Feb of this year}

the YW/YM and leaders from our ward

helped to serve the sno-cones!

Night before school started we went

to watch the sun set!

I'm over the "Messenger of Hope" age

young women in our ward. I handed this

back to school treat/thought out to them

the night before school started...

We also had our Back to School Dinner!

{school lunch style}

And... I opened up Gigi's library for Lilly Belle!

I have soooo many children's books...

this is maybe a third of them. 😜

Our baby Kate is a Junior!

First Day of school treat and debriefing! lol

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In other family random.....

Brie was a bridesmaid for one of her

best friends...
I don't have any pics of the wedding,

but captured this before she headed for the

temple ceremony, which she

was able to attend now that she's received

her endowment.

Girls took their twin cousins out to hear

about their first week of 6th grade!

Emmsie still had some of her belongings

at gma C's house...so we took a Sat and got her

stuff out as well as rented a dumpster and got

rid of our old food storage etc...

It was 103 degrees on this day.

It was UGH 😓!

Bid a final goodbye to gma's house

{as we knew it}

Jaren's youngest brother

will be moving into gma's home this month.

Kyleigh helped throw a bachelorette party

for one of her best friends...

since the 5th grade!

😌

Kate baptisms with the YW's...

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In more baby news....

Baby V's 3 month photo shoot...

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Can't wait for Fall, cooler temps

AND football! lol

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