Ryan is so sweet. He spoils me. He bought me this yesterday:


(yes, it's SPARKLY PURPLE!!!!! I LOVE IT!)
And put it in this:


So I can capture moments like this:

And this!


Aunt Ash took Carter around on one of the scooters they brought back from China. He loved it!


Until he fell down and Aunt Ash had to make it all better!
We love Aunt Ash for making the scratches all better.

I love it! The best part is, the gigantor of a camera that we bought 5 years ago cost THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT of this little camera and it has THREE TIMES the pixels and gadets! Wow, amazing technology huh?
I have a renewed passion for blogging! I think I will take lots of pictures and bombard my bloggers with all the fun pictures! Oh yes, what shall I capture next?

the longest 6-8 weeks EVER

I've been a slacker about blogging over the last several weeks. I'm playing catch up on this post and wanted to share the highlights over the past 50 days:

-Celebrated my birthday

-Attended my 10 year High School Reunion

-Went to a couple movies

(have YOU seen The Proposal yet??? Stinking adorable...can't wait to see it again)-My parents moved back to Boise from Shanghai, China -My brother, Aaron, left home to start COLLEGE in Eastern Idaho! (He's even in the SAME APARTMENT as I was when I lived in Rexburg 10 whole years ago!!! How cool is that?) -My brother-in-law, Garrison, received his mission call to Meridia, Mexico! Yahoo, he'll brush upon his espanol.
-Oh yeah, and Ryan passed the BAR!!!!! 50 days ago Ryan started an exam that would change our life forever. The dreaded and cursed BAR EXAM. He took it and felt good about it, but the only thing we could do it wait for the results that came THIS MORNING.

This is what he looked like this morning, calm and confident as we awaited the results.

NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT!!!

I honestly couldn't sleep. I didn't even fall asleep until 7:00 am this morning and was up an hour later getting Ryanna ready for school. Ryan left for work at 5:30 am and we were on the phone with each other while the website was being loaded as the results were posted at 9:00am. As I read his name on the list, I screamed, there were tears and a lot of jumping around.

I'm so proud of you, Ryan! I can't believe how successful you have been and can't wait for all the new adventures we are about to embark upon. The first day of the rest of our lives is today. I love you and am honored to be your wife and support. You rock, Man! Even when you're flying through the air since you're kinda delusional and happy right now.

I love you!

he's a college boy!

(turn your speakers up for an all inclusive music experience!)


My little brother Aaron is the baby. The Shnookie. The little guy. He's going off to college this weekend! I can't believe he's old enough to embark to college, I guess since he's attended a Chinese University, he's old enough to go to BYU-Idaho! Gooooo Aaron!






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We all wave goodbye! We were sad to see him go, but excited to hear all about his new adventures! We love you Uncle Aaron!!

it's just me...kinda

I have a dark side. One that requires constant retaining and hiding from the rest of the functioning world. One that is quite, as to put it gently...embarrassing. I am a romantic, I am in love with love. A nice little quirk about me is that I love and read People magazine...religiously.
I do admit wanting to see a flick to see one of my most favorite males, Channing Tatum, in one his delicious musclesque roles.
I consider Michael Scott a friend because he's constantly in our lives and on our screens.




When I saw Titanic for the first time, I sobbed and sobbed. I sobbed during the movie, I sobbed all the way home, I sobbed well into that night and into next morning. My heart was physically BROKEN and I had to be reminded that it was a movie. But not to ME! It was much more than that. I sobbed the next morning at church and went home because my eyes were so puffy and I had a crying headache! It was so pathetic! But the music got to me and I was moved. Deeply and teenly moved. Huh. I still love that movie.

I abide by Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's sense of attitude when it comes to something stupid in my life, as they are both gal-pals as a result of owning two sets of seasons 1 through 7. They are both practically sisters in my family.

I love movies. I love the glitter, the behind-the-scenes, the one-liners, the accidents, the goofs and more importantly the MUSIC.
Having said that, I don't know why I got so happy, honestly THRILLED for two people in Hollywood. (Yes, they are my friends) Emily Blunt in all her fabulous accented glory, and is an absolute DOLL and John Krasinski, who will always be my lovable Jim from The Office.
They are engaged!! I am happy for them at a shot of happiness and who knows if it will even stick. But my dark side is truly happy for them.

P.S. My dark side also requests an invite.

weekend fun

We had the fabulous opportunity to ride in a helicopter over the weekend. It was a hit with the kids, they STILL are talking about it!

Ryan and the kids walking out to the helicopter...
waiting for their turn...

And there they go!

Getting all buckled in.

Wahooo!!

Shucks, it's all over.

These are the looks on their faces when they got back! They LOVED it!

The loved it! They had SO much fun. Ryanna exclaimed that "cars are lousy" and she loved the helicopter!

Carter was too afraid and too little to go, so we took pictures of him on it, at least!

Afterwards, there were other fun activities to do. We hung around,
watched others go on the helicopter, (Carter was VERY nervous because of the noise it made)
Sat in the shade,

Played shuffleboard,
and cards,
Sat around looking very cool,

Played more cards with friends,
Learned how to play pool,

Pretended like we knew how to play pool, (okay, Ryan does know how, I just tease him)
and played Horseshoes.
After dinner we all went over to the Elk Farm! The kids hadn't ever been so close to them before, it was so neat to see the Elk.

These two little guys were the same age and played so well together. They were everywhere together, playing guns, Star Wars, whatever they wanted. They even had their own language. I didn't understand, but it was so fun to watch!

After all the festivities were over, we headed home. It was a wonderful day and we're very grateful to our gracious hosts for such a lovely day!

Thank you so much!