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!

Sunday, January 14, 2024

What's On My Happy List?

Christmas Wrap-Up!

Dec 23rd is our designated

Bethlehem night

aka

Happy Birthday Jesus celebration...

We ate yummy food, lit a candle for

each name of Christ on the Emmanuel Wreath

and watched Journey To Bethlehem.

On Christmas Eve Day...

The Christmas program...

one of my fav Sac Mtg's

of the year for sure...

I wish we could sing

Christmas hymns ALL YEAR!

Kate and I have a tradish to get a pic

in front of the tree together

the Sunday before Christmas!

This girl still lets me read

Christmas books to her.

{which I had done the night before.}

Bless her!

lol

After church we had our Christmas Eve

Seafood Feast

at Grandma Cooper's...

My man frying up the tempura shrimp

& shrimp scampi....

Opening up gifts with the cousins...

My nephew made delicious mousse

from Portuguese chocolate for everyone...

Christmas Eve...

Wait'in for Santa to come...

The fam had a great time playing THE BELLS!

The sister sleepover!

Tyler, Kyleigh & Lilly Belle slept over too...

Kyleigh and the babe went to sleep

watching one of Kyleigh's favorite

Christmas movies...

Mrs. Claus went to work...

gett'in all the gifts laid out.

AND I put up ANOTHER tree...

just for Lilly Belle.

😉

A vintage themed

Baby's First Christmas...

Blessed Christmas Morn....

We spent a glorious hour and a half opening gifts...

The reactions on their faces

AND the surprises...

are always my fav!

The time, effort, and THOUGHT behind the gifts...

from everyone

even the way they were wrapped..

Just everything!!!

Gosh...brought some to tears.

Including these for me!

😭

Just really super super sweet

and thoughtful...

for dad...

3 of my girls play this with the Poppi!

😆

A fun surprise...

I hid an English Tudor crown ornament

on the tree that the girls had to find...

Inside the ornament...

Speaking of ornaments...

ALL us girls got special ornaments

that have meaning behind them...

Here's a few that I got pictures of...

**********

Family's first Christmas!

Kate crocheted the pink blanket

for the baby....

😌

Brie painted some Lily's for her...

The little lady got lots of books!

and lots of LOVE!

Can't forget the doggies...

💚 😉

**********************

Winter Break Fun!

Kate finished up her crocheting projects

for her two best friends.

Game playing and lego doing...

Good read and entertainment...

THIS series is SO FANTASTIC!

{{LOVE IT!}}

Chill'in watching "It's A Wonderful Life!"

and playing with new toys...

My sister had us siblings and spouses over for

a eve of New Year's Eve party...

We ate yummy food and played games...

Brie went to a mission call opening of

a friend she served in Student Government with.

Fun to see the four of them together again.

**********

New Year's Eve...

Brie created a Family Jeopardy for us

to play with 5 categories....

funny family quotes

family vacations

basement memories

we are super seniors

all about Brie

it was pretty hilarious...

watching The Holiday...

The hubs made a scrumptious

New Year's Eve flank steak meal

for us...

brussel sprout salad with bacon & pomegranate

Ringing in the New Year!

Hannah & Brie's vision boards...

Happy New Year!!!!

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