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!

Wednesday, November 06, 2024

What's On My Happy List?

October vibes...

spider butter fudge!

Visiting our neighbor's pumpkin patch....

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Our Birthday girl!

the big 2-0!

Kate made Brie a gigantic

lemon & raspberry b-day tart!

Birthday sushi at Keyaki!

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Halloween night!

We made pizza's....

Emmsie made us a

yummy chocolate dessert!

gluten free even!

Kate hung with some friends!

The fam dressed up like the

Gilligan's Island characters!

Emmsie, Hannah and Brady

made my boat! lol

The hubs was the Skipper...

Hannah as Gilligan....

Tyler & Kyleigh as the

millionaire and his wife....

Lilly Belle a bag of money...

Brie was Ginger the movie star...

Emma the professor...

Kate as Maryann...

our dogs were extra crew members...

Hannah's boyfriend, Brady, was

Gilligan's gorilla friend

on the island.

lol

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In other happenings this past month....

I drove B and Kate down to St George

for the closing night of Anastasia at the Tuacahn.

However, we got down there and found out

the show was being cancelled due to a

wicked wind storm in Ivins.

UGH!

So disappointing!

However, we did find the cutest cafe

while down there.

yummy gluten-free options...

pumpkin pie tart & breakfast sandwich!

We watched BYU win a close

late night game

in our hotel room.

Wigg'in out close to midnight!

🙌💙🏈

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Speaking of FOOTBALL...

My goodness!!!.... what a season

we are having!

B and I were able to go to the Homecoming game.

We went extra early to welcome the team

to the stadium.

We felt we were in the dead of summer.

The heat was brutal!

But happy as can be to witness this!

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In a whole other bunch of random...

We attended the Desert Peak Temple
Open House....

It is so so beautiful!

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We attended the blessing

of my niece's baby girl....

She was born at 29 weeks

and is doing amazing.

Such a miracle!

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We welcomed my niece home from her mission.....

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Kate got an awesome award at school.

Plus earned all A's her first semester

as a 9th grader.

👊

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Such sad news for us!

We were some of 1D's

biggest fans back in the day...

Had a couple girls wrecked over the news...

they grew up listening to

One Direction music.

Christmas 2012!

We watched the 1D movie together

to reminisce...

And then... they went to see it again

in the theatre. lol

for memory sake...

On our way to St. George..... B, Kate and I

listened to ALL 5 of their albums

(90 songs! lol)

The girls rated each song on each respective

album...favorite to least...

😅😂

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In food news......

My favorite food find this past month
was definitely the cafe I mentioned earlier
that we found in St. George!

Dinner Group at El Paisa Grill...

very yummy barria tacos

B's roast and potato

birthday/Halloween dinner...

with gf brownie pudding cake...

Our crepe and gf pumpkin pancake

brunch on Conference weekend....

These fries we love to get at

the football games...

The new pickle sandwich from

Jimmy Johns...

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In Hannah news....

She is currently enjoying Florida.

Brady's sister is leaving on a mission

so they went down for her mission farewell.

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In Lilly Belle news!

She has taken her first steps...

she's learned how to drink

from a straw....

and enjoys roughhousing

with Bonka...

friends....

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AND lastly....

Oh man....one of THE best nights.

EVER!

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

more on THIS next time....

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