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, July 30, 2021

What's On My Happy List?

Our Summer Olympic celebration!

Per usual we had Kate open the games

with a torch run to the Olympic theme song.

Our opening ceremony...

Hannah had fanfare music playing for each country...

Featuring Canada

The USA

South Korea

Scotland

France

{with her baguette even}

ROC aka Russia

Bondi Beach ready Australia

and United Kingdom

{except for Scotland 😂}

We all competed against each other in

5 events...

Speed Walking

Racket/Ball Challenge

Fencing

Balance Beam

Brie competed in Russian nesting doll socks

and Kate in Aussie kangaroo socks!

Biking

Our medal winners!!!!

The gold medal winner got a

Coldstone gift card

with a bag of gold Rolos.

I also had treats in the Olympic ring colors

to choose from for the other prizes.

{For more goofy family Olympic game ideas

see right side bar for 2018 South Korea Winter Games,

2016 Rio Summer Games and 2012 Summer Olympic Games from London.}

T

Before we watched the opening ceremonies

from Tokyo

we took the fam to our favorite Japanese restaurant!

*****

In other family news...

We had a wicked storm come our way.

Never seen anything like it.

Power was out for 9 hours.

*****

We had a little family reunion!

So fun!

We have 89 humans on my side of the fam.

{As old as my parents are!}

About 50 are pictured here.

*****

We are still parade chasing...

We had two over 24th of July weekend...

****

A return to the theater...

I hadn't been to the movies in 16 months!

Last movie I saw was "Emma" right

before the pandemic.

Finally one worth going to see I guess.

Actually quite enjoyed it.

Speaking of Disney,

Brie has been taking an animation class

from a former Disney animator.

*****

In Hannah news...

She works at a great company.

Their belts just went up into space.

😮

She got to help her two friends get engaged

this past week....

with behind the scenes planning

of the proposal backdrop.

Me and Emmsie got to help too!

😉

*****

Catching up on 3 weeks of food happiness....

Doggie treat at Dutch Bros.

If you are a lemonade fan you gotta try

Red Robin's

Popp'in Purple Prickly Pear

My lunch dates!

Their Southern Charm Burger is one of my favorite burgers.

Friday night at the OH MAI

hands down one of my fav meals...

Vietnamese Honey Glazed Pork Rice Dish

with Banh-mi sandwich...

This is one of Emmsie's favorite dishes

Brisket Pho

The hubs and Kate love

making home-made ice cream!

Mint Oreo and Chocolate

Dinner Group at the Bricks Corner!

{not impressed darn it}

Afterwards we made up for our

lack luster meal by celebrating our

5th year anniversary of dinner group

with dessert from Franco's.

Fun place to get churros and crepes!

Kate and the hubs made

yummy bulgogi meatballs

Celebrating our State's B-day with

Utah made Creamies

and sushi Utah roll!

Pie-n-beer for

Pioneer Day!

Christmas in July!

Summer is flying by!

Yikes!!!

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)