Bella Tres Chic: What's On My Happy List?

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!

Monday, June 12, 2023

What's On My Happy List?

Well...this happened!

What a bittersweet day.

This girl graduated with a 3.8 GPA.

She served as the Senior Class Service Officer,

earned the Murray Medallion,

qualified for a CTE cord,

was President of the Spartan Strong Club,

Vice President of Educators Rising,

got a 5 on her AP Art Portfolio,

and was even a Sterling Scholar candidate

in Visual Arts.

We are super proud of her!

The Poppi got to hand her her diploma!

They both participated in the commencement...

The Poppi speaking because of his

school board duties, and B taking her turn

announcing the graduate names....

This is the neighbor boy...the one

B went to Senior Ball with.

He about didn't walk cuz of U's.

B helped him do some coursework so he

could make this below happen!!!

{We are super proud of him too!}

Bray Bray was the SBO President and

is one of our favorite humans on the planet.

He's been such a good friend to B

and the family!!!

Brie had such a great year

serving with these officers.

With their awesome advisor,

Ms. G!

Her people....

{These two go way back to Kindergarten....}

#WWDD

Her favorite Juniors who came to support!

This is a fun fact:

All my girlies have had orange

in their graduation dress AND

I always wear orange on

graduation day too. It's tradish.

Even if my shirt is butt ugly,

and I wouldn't buy it otherwise. 😂

In the Fall B is going to live in Provo

with Hannah and study graphic design

through an on-line program with BYU-I.

They are gonna have waaay too much fun!

Celebrating her!!

The whole fam went to dinner, she got

moola and a big soft Spartan

blanket that she said she was

going to wrap herself in and

cry herself to sleep!

😥

{She was not ready to graduate yet.}

Her grad announcement...

The yearbook!

Per tradish she went thru her

entire class and told me the scoop

on all the classmates she knew. lol

The yearbook ad we did for her....

Just one of the many reasons I love B...

her smile and laugh!!!

So contagious!

***********

The hubs and I got to help chaperone

the all night graduation party...

It was fun to capture a moment

with her in the hall...

{in the same spot I did with Hannah 5 yrs ago}

B always makes us laugh.

Now that school

is over I so miss our

afternoon "spill the tea" times

with her and Kate.

We've had some good late night

chats tho lately.

Just the other night she, Kate and I

were up talking

and laughing til 2:00 AM!

**********

In other family random....

Some of the girls were able

to spend some time

with Poppi up at Scofield

the weekend after school got out.

HELLO SUMMER!!!

Kate is sooooo happy 7th grade

is OVER.

We celebrated with pedicures for

getting awesome grades!

It was fun to finally see her

art she's been working on this semester.

**********

Emmsie and I, with my little mama,

and some of my siblings were

able to visit my dad's grave

to see the headstone for the first time...

Gratefully it got installed in time for

Memorial Day weekend.

**********

This handsome guy turned 3!!!!

He celebrated with hamburger

and vanilla ice-cream!

And that's a wrap for the month of May!

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