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!

Sunday, April 25, 2021

What's On My Happy List?

Our Prince Phillip celebration...

The hubs teases us that the only

times we like to get up early in the morn

are for Disneyland,

and to watch any Royal British event

7 hours ahead of us.

True True!

We even wore black ...😂

and had English tea party goodies

all from Trader Joe's.

*****

Some fun food adventures...

We loved the Curry Pizza in Bicknell.

Luckily for us there happens

to be one closer to home

in South Jordan, located in India Palace.

Where Italy and India collide...

Pizza on naan bread!

So good.

The bhinda and honey curry

were the favs this time!

*****

We had our dinner group outing to

Villagio Pizza...a New York style

pizza joint.

My new favorite ice cream treat...

Culver's Strawberry Custard Cobbler!

Dang good!

Cute Kate made me a jam taste testing

contest with my new Fruita jams....

*****

In other random family news....

Brie is taking ceramics and LOVES it.

She recently made this gorilla to hold some

of her jewelry.

AND she just finished up all her

range & road driving requirements

and passed her DRIVER'S TEST.

🙌

We will not miss practice

road driving at 5:45 AM!

My dad celebrated his 89th b-day!!

My great nephew is THE cutest.

Fun fact:

I have 33 great-nieces and nephews.

Pretty amazing I say.

Hannah had a weekend outing up to

Logan to visit some friends

attending Utah State.

She loves when college friends

come home to visit

so the gang can get together and hang.

Our ward is back to doing weekly

in-person Young Women activities...

A recent sunset stroll and cake decorating

night for Brie and I.

*****

In Miss Murray news....

Whoazers!

LOTS going on with Miss Murray duties

and prepping for Miss Utah.

Keeping up with Kyleigh's schedule is a job

in itself.

😂

She found three Murray businesses

to sponsor her.

Bless their souls.

This is her ad page for the Miss Utah program.

She got to be Master of Ceremonies

for the Prince Charming Pageant

at Murray High.

She's never MC'd anything before

in her life, but she pulled it off

beautifully!

Kyleigh has a great support

system in her sisters. NO WAY

she could do all that she does

without help from the FAM.

Last day rounding up shoes at all

the Murray schools.

You should see our garage!!!

😳😝

On Saturday we had our 3rd and

final shoe count!

All the matching up

and rubber-banding the pairs

together AND the counting x3...

What a production this has been!

Truly a family affair.

She well surpassed her goal.

And we are currently housing 57 garbage bags of

shoes until drop off day....

Total count 1, 5 8 0 pairs!!!!!

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