Bella Tres Chic: What's On My Happy List?

I’m a 51 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 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, and 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; Hannity and Dave Ramsey Talk Radio. I very much miss Rush Limbaugh! I hate when my kids have homework. I'd rather clean 20 toilets than give a talk or prayer in church. 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'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, chapped lips and brownie crumbs on the floor 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! LOL Trying new foods and restaurants is a favorite past-time, and believe it or not so is intermittent fasting. 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 ;) a visual storyteller, and a lover of happy lists!

Friday, January 13, 2017

What's On My Happy List?

The latest Cooper News....

Daddy Daughter Dance!

This is so Brie!

;)

Kate has been so excited about this dance...

she is all about the dress, the hair, and the red lipstick...

She was a tad bit pampered..

we shopped for black heels..

I painted her nails..

she picked out a bath bomb for her pre dance bubble bath..

Emma got her completely ready..beautiful up-do and all...

I got to sneak in with my friend who was taking pics for the yearbook ;)

Afterwards...out for our favorite go to....Mexican!

*****
Some afternoon shopping with this girl and lots of movie watching.....catching her up on my favorite movies she missed while she was out preach'in...

I'm telling you...Kyleigh sure knows how to have fun...
She's been country dancing this week...

To a Harry Potter themed Escape Room...

To a Sunday night fireside!

Down to the 'Y' to visit friends...

She started Institute this week

and her BYU class with Emma.
:)

Lunch with cousin Allie...

{Emmsie raved about this Pho Noodle Soup}

and then doing Hannah pick up duty for me...

which always includes after school visiting with Hannah's entourage....

{Emmsie was crammed in the back with 3 guys...haha}

AND lastly....A Ky and friends Back To School Survival Night!

*****

The hubs got snap chat..which cracks us all up...
This is the hubs stuck at school board conference...

I'm not sure if I've mentioned that he ran for school board in Nov....

He was elected and got sworn in this week...

We are super proud of Poppi!

He is one busy man though!

*****

We got to check out a few restaurants I've been wanting to try...

Mellow Mushroom...

A ski themed pizza joint in Sugarhouse.

{They offer gluten free pizza crust which is always a win win for Emma & I}

The meat one was delicious!

Another fun food find....

After the older girls tried this place I knew I needed to make a visit to this Vietnamese Sandwich Kitchen...

guys! I just love food and trying new things and restaurants so everything is yummy to me...

but I highly recommend...

*****
Hannie off for another drill competition.....this time in the 5 am hour...much more doable than last time!

We got a kick out of this drill dad's t-shirt from Wasatch...

In 4A competition Murray took 2nd in Military and 3rd in Kick.

YEAH!!!

Drill Competition days are so LOOOONNNG!

Emmsie willingly stayed home and watched Kate for us.

She made her pink pancakes...

they went shopping for grandma...

went to Swig...

made perfume....

We all went to Zuppas after to celebrate Hannie's hard work!

Hannah's night out with the Drill team...
Laser Tag party and team dinner

They love their coach!

*****

...I got to do lunch recess duty twice this week...{just fill'in in for Nanna who's husband died.}

boy that 1/2 hour on the playground is entertaining...

scraped knees

someone eating 'so called' poisonous blueberries

...I swear one kid peed his pants...

future Starlettes right here...

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