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 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, 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, March 23, 2021

What's On My Happy List?


St. Patrick's Day celebrations!
We had our traditional corn beef 
and cabbage meal the Sunday before!
That day happened to be March 14th.
Pi Day in the Math World. 
So mint ice cream PIE was on the menu. 
Speaking of Green...I love this stuff.
I drink it everyday!
Day of holiday, 
we watched some Irish Riverdance
and tried to trap the Leprechaun with 
Lucky Charm and Mint cookies from Chip Cookie.
😂
Speaking of cookies...
The new Scotcharookie cookie at Crave...
HELLO!
Crave is our favorite cookie place. 
5 of their cookies are my fav...
It's also close to home.
AND it has a drive thru...
*****
In other food news...

If you are ever in Provo, pay a visit to 
Seven Brothers,
I'm telling you, Burger Heaven!
This is their Paniolo (cowboy) burger.
So delicious!
Some fun, yummy Sunday meals of late...
honey lime chicken enchiladas...
and shish kabobs...
also, Kate's latest stint in the kitchen...
 made blueberry fruit leather!
*****
In other family news...

My sweet Mama turned 89!!!
Her office looks like a bloom'in garden 
with all the flowers 
she got for her b-day. 
*****
Now that some of us are vaccinated 
and Covid numbers are dropping,
it's back to in-person church for our fam...
Gotta say listening at home does have its advantages...
😂
Back to in-person YW activities too...
The youth also helped with 
The Statewide Food Drive 
early on a rainy Saturday morn...
*****
In Miss Murray news....

Trying to pick the required 
white {😝bluck} dress
for the opening number for the 
upcoming Miss Utah competition. 
Kyleigh helped organize a 
Murray City clean up day...
they had 90 volunteers in 9 different spots 
cleaning up different 
sites in Murray.
Our fam was down on the banks of 
the Jordan River.
We found some questionable stuff down there.
{Thought we might find a dead body.}
We were wigg'in. 
The sogginess from the rain 
didn't help make picking up garbage 
any less gross... 
😂 
Full on gag from Hannie...
Then...
the soles4souls shoe collecting 
continues...
We counted another 375 pairs of shoes...
This past Saturday Kyleigh attended 
the Spring Workshop 
for the upcoming Miss Utah competition...
Because of Covid, 
last years competition did not take place. 
So any girl's holding 2020 city titles 
can also compete 
at this year's Miss Utah. 
So we have two awesome girls 
representing our hometown. 
Although, 
Kyleigh will compete that week as 
"Miss Cottonwood"
so there isn't confusion with two 
Miss Murray's.  
The day of the workshop, after
she did some filming in the white
dress, she hopped over to visit us 
at the shoe collection drop off. 
We've collected 725 so far!!!
Monday night was the virtual lottery night
where they got to pick 
their competition number.
*****
Lastly, 
A couple of my favorite things...

the Salt Lake County library e-card 
combined with the Libby Library App.
Can listen to audio books for free....
What I'm listening to...The Gown.
So good!
Happy Spring ya'all.
Can't believe it's been a year since the world
was turned upside down.
On March 12th our principal gave out 
the sweetest notes, bubbles, treats and 
let us have a 20 min dance party 
to commemorate the one year anniversary
of when our school shut down. 

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