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!

Saturday, March 30, 2024

What's On My Happy List

March!

Lots of celebrating going on at our house

this month.

Lilly Belle was blessed here in our home

on St. Patrick's Day...

💚

fun fact: Kyleigh found out she was pregnant

on St. Patty's Day last year.

She told us the good news

over corn beef and cabbage

at our Sunday St. Patrick's

celebration two days later.

{announcing it by rolling down the table

a Mini Cooper toy car}

SO......it was only fitting that

this special occasion occurred exactly one

year later.

a little baby corsage

with roses and a Lily!

😌

the blanket Lilly is on

was used when Kyleigh was blessed...

😌

28 years ago!!!

Miss Lilly Belle's special day!

We had a potato bar with all the fixin's,

Irish soda bread, and green salads...

{like pistachio, pear, and broccoli},

lime aid and mint brownies...etc.

decorated the tables out on the deck with

green chocolate coins....

We had a full house...

like I'm not sure how we fit

50 humans in here...

😅

Proud Gigi & Bonka

and Aunties....

4 generation photos....

Even Mr. Darcy was in green

for the holiday.

***********

In other news...

We celebrated my favorite guy's birthday

with lunch...

and then some time spent

on his birthday evening

at this lovely place...

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We also celebrated Kate this month!

{My baby turned 14!}

💗

The sisters took her to breakfast

at Kneaders on her birthday morning...

That afternoon the sisters and I had a jaunt

to one of our favorite places,

the French boutique... La Petite Maison.

French Bon Bon's...

😂

We took Kate to Brio for an

Italian birthday dinner...

This girl loves cherry pie!

Kate's birthday weekend we had afternoon tea

at Auntie Rae's...

It was a Mystery Tea...

"Death Comes to Bath"...

not Pemberley, but Bath.

😂

We each played a Jane Austen character...

All of us suspects in a murder.

We ALL had our Austen shirts on....

😂

That evening B, Kate and I got to attend

one more Y basketball game.

🙌

I SO enjoyed the basketball season this year.

The place was full to the rafters...

and I screamed my little heart out

in a come from behind win.

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We celebrated my sweet mama's 92 b-day!

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We celebrated 3.14

Pi Day...

with pizza from the Pie Pizzeria!

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In more baby news....

We celebrate and see this little one

EVERY DAY!

even when Gma Gigi got sick with

the stupid Covid...

I literally had it on the 4 year

anniversary of the outbreak of the pandemic.

😝

Not that I was trying to celebrate

THAT or anything.

😉 😂

P.S. Fun fact: THIS month

I'm celebrating 17 years on blogger.com

My first post was in March of 2007!

This has been a fun way for me to

document our family's history over the years.

If you pop in from time to time...

thanks for stopping by.

I appreciate you taking an interest

in the people I love!

👋 💛

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