Showing posts with label Mo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mo. Show all posts

Thursday, September 9, 2010

{15 YEARS}

Today it's been 15 years since Derrick and I were married! How could that be? It seems like just yesterday, and yet I feel like we've been together forever.

I know you are all dying to know some new things about us, so I'm going to share!-I think it's one of Derrick's goals in life, to make me live outside my comfort zone and learn to enjoy it. Whether it's taking a four-wheeling trail that I'd really rather not drive or learning to enjoy being on the boat and even in the water, I've come along way! And most of the time, I do enjoy myself!

-Derrick is a hard worker and he gives everything he does 100%! No matter if it's teaching the kids at school or mechanic work at the garage or just things around the house, he's always busy! A teacher was the last thing I would have imagined Derrick growing up to be when I married him. In fact, I thought he was kidding when he told me that's what he'd decided on, and I laughed. Not only did he go on to finish his degree in Education, he got his masters too....and I must admit, is a pretty great teacher!
-Derrick makes me laugh....at him, at myself or just in general!
-Derrick is silly, which makes me laugh!
-Derrick is very supportive of me and the kids. He supports me in things that may not be important to him, but he knows they are to me, and that means a lot to me!
-Derrick is my traveling partner. He worked for the airlines to put himself through school. As a result, we've had the chance to travel to places we otherwise wouldn't have been able too. There's no one else I'd rather have those memories with!
-When Derrick decided to do something, he does it and always does it well. He's built our family two beautiful homes. I was terrified when he decided he wanted to sell our home in Santaquin, build a new home and be the general contractor on that home. That was a learning experience for both of us (I even learned to cut brick and install hardwood floors), but one of the most important lessons I learned was to trust in my husband and his abilities!
-Derrick and I are a team, and we work well together (most of the time).
-We have some pretty cute kids and Derrick is great dad!
-Derrick has skills! All kinds of them- house building, car fixing, you name it, my man can do it!
-Derrick is forgiving!
- We balance each other, especially when it comes to money. He has no problem spending, and I'm in love with finding a bargain! But Derrick always has a plan when he does spend money, and he follows through with that plan, usually paying everything off early!
-Derrick is spontaneous, and I've learned to adjust to his spontaneity and enjoy it!
-My life has been full of surprises these past 15 years, some of which include.... Lizards (which were brought home last night and are currently in my basement), snakes, bats, tarantulas, and toads, just to name a few. My man is always bringing home creepy crawly treasures!
- I can't say that these 15 years have been perfect and wonderful in every way, we've definitely had our ups and downs. But through each of those, we've grown together and I'm thankful for all of them! Happy Anniversary Babe!


Saturday, June 27, 2009

{ABC's of ME}


A - Age: 33...as of today!
B - Bed size: King...How did we sleep in a full the first few years we were married???
C - Chore you hate: bathrooms & laundry (I really don't mind laundry if I keep up on it).
D – Dessert: MMMM, sugar cookies, cherry pie, actually, I'll eat almost any dessert!
E - Essential to start your day: Enough sleep, I'm not very pleasant if I miss out on sleep.
F - Favorite flower: Daisy's & Sunflowers
G- Gold or Silver: Silver or White Gold
H - Height: 5'5"
I - Instruments you play(ed): Piano... but not well, even after years and years of lessons.
J - Job you had in high school: Duanes Foodtown
K - Kid(s): Brock~9, Kaleb~7, Carlie~ 3 1/2
L - Lunch spots: Cluffs....and Cluffs with the girls is even better.
M - Mom's Name: Carlene (Carlie is named after my mom)
N - Newest item bought: I just 5 min. ago bought me a new swimsuit bottom.
O - Overnight hospital stay: 3 babies and one nasty kidney stone.
P - Pet Peeve: Lateness
Q - Quote from a movie: Ummm? You're father's been damaged! Hehe.
R - Right or left handed: Right, but somehow both our boys are lefties.
S - Siblings: a younger sis, Lisa and two younger brothers, Shad & Kyle.
T - Time you wake up: 6:45
U - Underarm deodorant?: Ummm, YEA!
V - Very surprising fact: I once testified at a preliminary hearing for a murder trial.
W - Ways you run late: I try my best to never be late... see P above!
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth and cat scan for that monster kidney stone.
Y - Yummy food you make: Pie crust, Lasagna, and Derrick likes my Chicken Broccoli Casserole.
Z - Zoo animal: Giraffes
Tag, You're it!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

{It's all about RED}

If I had to pick a favorite color, it would have to be RED. Not that don't like other colors, I just like red a little better than all the others and I don't like red for everything, but most of the time I love it. Almost every room in my house has red in it, and my kitchen walls have been red in all 3 of the houses we've owned. I love it!
Well, I've been desperately needing change in the hair department. I've had the same cut (with little variations) for at least 2 years, and that is an eternity for me, but I just haven't been able to come up with anything I like better. My solution? Add some funky RED highlights....Wahoo! Can I just say I love that my littlest brother married a beautician? Katy is the best and I've always been happy with whatever she does, and this time was no exception!

Not the best picture I know, but at least you can see the actual color. Ignore the funky sweeping hairline cowlick, sometimes I can work with it and others, not so much! Anyway, just imagine that you can see all the other highlights spread throughout all my hair.

So of course my toes have to match my hair now, right? Lisa, my super sweet sister did acrylic glitter toes for me today, in you guessed it RED! I think they turned out pretty dang good for a first time, practice trial run. Don't you? I actually can't believe she did them for me. She hates feet and I know it was driving her crazy!
Yea for small changes!

Friday, April 3, 2009

{Flashback Friday}

So, obviously I've been in a bit of a blogging funk..... I haven't had anything spectacular, or even interesting for that matter, to post, and comments have been few and far between, I'm sorry, I really do love you all, truly I do and I will do better, I promise! I was talking to a friend yesterday who said she loved it when I did Flashback Fridays. You know what? I did to! I loved to sort through old pictures, laugh at fun memories of long ago and then share them with you, so why has it been so long since we had a Flashback Friday? Well, wait no more...... This flashback is to Christmas of 1994. Derrick and I had been dating about 6 months, and I was a freshman at good old UVSC, we were married about 8 months later, and yep, we look pretty young! Fun times and good memories, enjoy!