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!

Monday, November 01, 2021

What's On My Happy List?

This cute girl turned 17!!!

Brie LOVES to read!!

All she wanted for her birthday
was books, books and more books.

And watch Mama Mia. So we did.

The hubs and I took her to this
new seafood restaurant for her b-day dinner.

cajun fries...

crawfish, mussels, crab you name it.

I love hearing about Brie's school days.

She always has entertaining stories

to share.

😂

Luv you so much B!

*****

Our Halloween celebration!

Don't mess with the Nancy Drew Crew...

Bandits will be caught!

😜

Inspiration from this movie

that my girls LOVE.

They even filmed a scene from the movie.

{pretty hilarious watching that unfold}

I pretended to be Hannah Gruen, the Drew's

live in cook and housekeeper and threw

a Nancy Drew themed dinner.

😂

We had a good 'ole vintage Nancy 1950's meal.

Pot roast, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables,

biscuits, and apple pie.

In the Nancy Drew movie they had

lemon bars and blondies so Emmsie

whipped those up too!

******

Other Halloween fun...

Kate stole the limelight

from Emmsie and was Nancy Drew

for the school parade.

She wanted nothing to do with the parade.

Can you tell?

Good thing this was the last one

of her school career.

😂

Can't believe we are through with

these Halloween parades.

{Been going to them for 20 years!!}

End of an era at our house.

Brie and friends were the Wonder Pets

for the Halloween Stomp at the high school.

Kyleigh and Tyler

were Starlord and Gamora

from Guardians of the Galaxy

for Ky's friend Halloween party.

Goth Witch for Hannie!

The hubs and I went to the best

Halloween party around.

The BYU football game!

WHAT A GAME!

SO so fun!!!

Thanks to Emmsie and Mr. Skeleton,

who greeted trick or treaters at the door for us

so we could go to the game.

******

In other random family news...

Kate won an honesty award at school!

Go Kate!

Hannah had a fun trip to St. George

with her roommates!

*****

Emmsie, Brie and Kate

took grandma C. to visit her hometown

of Elberta, near Payson.

They stopped at the Red Barn in Santaquin.

They came home and raved

about the apple cider slushies

a la mode.

and the butter!

So guess where we went a week later?

They sell warm apple cider donuts too!

Those alone are worth the trip.

*****

Dinner Group outing!

*****

Spreading some Halloween cheer!

*****

One of my favorite things this past month...

is THIS apple cider!

Feels like autumn exploded

in my mouth!

YUM!

{at Macey's}

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