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!

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

What's On My Happy List?


Turkey day at our house!
My favorite time of the year
with my favorite humans
and furry friends...
Walter made his debut on our
Thanksgiving breakfast table!
We used Reese's Pieces candy 
to represent our 5 kernels of corn
and the bugle chips were the mini
cornucopia's...
😉
It's always a delight hearing everyone's 
5 things 
that they are grateful for!
The Poppi knocked it out of the park
with the cinnamon rolls this year.
I came across this picture 
from Thanksgiving 2004!
I can see kernels of corn
on the plates...so looks
 like we were doing our 
"thankful breakfast" even back then.
😂
18 years and counting....
We watched some of the 
Macey's Day Parade!
We ate a yummy Thanksgiving meal 
with the hubs family that afternoon. 
The Poppi trying to sleep in the middle 
of all this! haha 
The cousins made these cute turkeys...
We usually go to a movie on Thanksgiving night
but there wasn't one we were really 
interested in seeing. 
We stayed at home and watched the 
Thanksgiving movie
Planes, Trains and Automobiles  
and I finished decorating the tree. 
*****
The day after Thanksgiving
it's tradition for us to go to 
Christmas in Color!
We took my parents with us this year.
They were celebrating their 
Wedding Anniversary that day!
66 YEARS!!! 
How awesome is THAT?
*****
In food news....

A sweet neighbor brought 
this box of yumminess to us.
We had a good 'ole home cooked meal for 
dinner group this month.
The hubs mac 'n cheese and okra
were the bomb diggity. 
We topped it off with a slice of pecan pie. 
Which is a favorite of mine...
but whoa I'd never tried chocolate pecan pie before!
So delicious!
*****
In dog life...

Mr. Bingley just hang'in....
I'll tend this guy any time... 
How sweet is this?
I wish you could see the 
big black blob of cuteness
{Mr. Darcy}
chill'in by the tree! 
Hoping he won't destroy the nativity...haha..
One week in...so far so good. 
*****
In other random....

I was able to get the front room tree done 
a couple nights before Thanksgiving.
Gotta say I'm so glad the trees are DONE! 
😅
I love them SO SO much...like they are
  in the TOP THREE of my 
favorite things about Christmas. 
BUT no one really enjoys
decorating them. Even me. 
Getting them fluffed and lights put on
drives me bonkers! 
NONE of the lights worked on our pre-lit one.
UGH!
{Can't even think about taking them down
in 6 weeks.
Cuz that is even worse than
putting up! haha} 
Emmsie, Hannah and Kate
went and helped the twin cousins get
their tree up and decorated. 
Emmsie and I got the village out this year.
Loving that!
We celebrated Dec. 1st with 
advent calendars 
and peppermint chip shakes 
from the Chic-fil-A.
Kate and I have been enjoying watching 
this together on the Food Network!
And then.... I was just in heaven watching this
along with an old Sinatra, Dean Martin Christmas
special on PBS. I adore the old classic Christmas songs
so much!!!
The ones sung by Andy Williams, Perry Como, 
Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis, and Karen Carpenter etc...
Gosh. It doesn't get any better than those. 

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