Bonjour!

Bonjour!
I’m a 52 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 dรฉcor 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, 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!

My Fam!

My Fam!

The Hubs and I

The Hubs and I

My Girls!

My Girls!

Kyleigh Dawn (28)

Kyleigh Dawn (28)

Emma Abigail (26)

Emma Abigail (26)

Hannah Isabelle (24)

Hannah Isabelle (24)

Brielle Olivia (19)

Brielle Olivia (19)

Kate Evangelene Lyllie (14)

Kate Evangelene Lyllie (14)

Mr. Charles "Bingley" Wentworth III (5 yrs.)

Colonel Edward Fitzwilliam "Darcy", Duke of Westridge (4 yrs.)

My Man!

My Man!

Good Times!

Good Times!

Wedding Day 5*17*22

Lillian "Lilly" Belle

Disney Food Fun! 2019

Disneyland Tips

What I Believe!

Our Missionary

We Bleed Blue! {Except for the Poppi}

My list of favorite movies!

Learn more about Dyslexia!

Music To My Ears!

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

What's On My Happy List?


Here's to Week 7 of 
Cooper's Covid-19 coping....

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo 
with a Taco Party...
it was Taco Tuesday after all. 
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I thought this was quite funny. 
Threw in a few crispy bean burritos too.
Taco Time has the best!
These are my favorite Mexican tortilla chips!
I eat these practically every day!
More times than not I would rather 
have something salt and crunchy
over something sweet. 
Therefore, these are a staple at our house.
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*****
It was Kate's turn to be spotlighted this week...

For her activity she 
wanted to play some games....
Most of her sister's 
are NOT game players
but they all joined in for her sake. 
When we are in the game playing mood...
these are some of our favorite go to's.....


Creme filled donuts is one of her
favorite treats
so a trip to Krispie Kreme's was in order.  
Instead of watching Kate's favorite movie
{The Princess and the Frog}
She wanted to watch 
Outer Banks!
Hannah and Brie got 
Emmsie and Kate hooked on the 
1st season of this series on Netflix...
{In a nutshell teenagers with pottie mouths ๐Ÿ˜ on a treasure hunt} 
Another thing Kate enjoyed doing this week
was making smoothies...
She makes good ones..
Mine had blueberries, strawberries,
raspberries, banana, honey 
and monk fruit sweetener.
Yum!
She made a Kahoot! quiz about herself
for the fam to play one night. 
She did such a good job with the questions
she stumped quite a few family members...
but not me haha. 
I got 18 out of 21!
One of her absolute favorite meals is sushi!
So you can guess what meal she chose.
I think she loves sushi and bulgogi
as much as I do. 
*****
In other family news....

Hannah had to say goodbye to these
two friends going back out on missions.
Not fun.
So much for social distancing...
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*****
Bing celebrated Star Wars Day for us!
We watched an epic battle of wits between
him and a squirrel in our back yard tree.
Bing ready for on-line school
in the office! haha 
*****
Emmsie redid my travel bucket list
in her cute lettering...
{altho I don't wanna go anywhere right now!}
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*****
Other things that brought 
light and joy to our week...
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MHS had a drive by
celebration celebrating
the graduating Seniors.
{pic credit to KSL}

Teachers, Administration
and Student Body Officers
lined the route of the car parade
waving at the passerbyers.

The field lights and scoreboard
were lit up... in 20 20 numbers.
The whole event started at
8:20 {20:20 military time}
We don't have anyone at the
High School, but we
went just because we love
our alma mater and to support
the class of 2020.
 *****
I decorated my parents tree
in their office all Spring-like
with garden angels, bird cages,
seeds, gardening tools, and watering
cans, etc. They love this little tree
with the different themes each month.
*****
Our virtual emoji movie 
game night with the YW...

*****
Sending a Teacher Appreciation Gift
to Kate's Teacher by email.
No foo foo
this year with gift bags.
๐Ÿ˜”
We sent her a Michaels Gift Card with
a note that said..."To a teacher that I adore...
Here's a little something to spend at the
craft store"!!! {idea from www.marcicoombs.com}

*****
Saturday afternoon trip to Iceberg
with gma and gpa...
Now that's an onion ring for ya!

 
 *****
Of course Mother's Day was
the highlight of the week...
The hubs and kids made me a
nice dinner of salmon and veggies.
We had lemon cake bites for dessert...
AND with Kyleigh in St. George on
Saturday for a day trip she brought back
those yummy sugar cookies from
THE SUGAR COOKIE. The one
with the orange cream cheese
frosting is my favorite.
For my sweet Mama....
 a nice meal....
and she wanted some new lipstick.
How cute is that?
{Better believe I'm gonna still be wearing
lipstick when I'm 88!}
Have you heard of
Color the World lipsticks?
They're primarily developed for
older aged women.
All natural products.
A portion of every purchase
supports different causes..
{like restoring vision across
the globe for an example}
AND they have cute packaging
to boot!


These are the two I got!

My mom got flower delivery
after flower delivery.
She LOVES flowers.
My kiddos did the cutest gift
for me. They gave me a
home-made card
{compliments of Emmsie}
with an invite for a
Jane Austen Tea Party
the following afternoon!
I was not allowed upstairs for several hours
while they got all this prepared.
Some food they made and some they got from 
THE TASTE...
the tea party place in Provo
we love so much. 
We came adorned 
with a tea party hat or fascinator. 
Hannah had pretty Jane Austen
movie scores playing....
It was lovely.
and THIS was MY PLATE!
I can't even.
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I was in tea party heaven!
Everyone had a name plate with a fancy name....
for example Hannah's was 
Miss Caroline Annesley of Longwell Cottage.
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My name was Mrs. Amelia Pope of Averbury Place. 
Emmsie found all these on-line...
"What is your Regency name,
hero, and scenario." 
SO fun!
After we ate we played
a Regency Era game
called Whist with a
deck of Jane Austen cards
that Emmsie owns.
We ended the evening watching my
favorite Jane Austen movie!
Love these sweet and thoughtful 
girls of mine. 
I'm one blessed lady!

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