Nicole's Place

New Blog

2010-12-13T13:52:00.000-08:00

I am starting a new blog to replace this one. As a good friend of my said recently on her blog my "ME" has now become a "WE"

Look for our most recent posts here:

www.kemblefamily.blogspot.com

Kaylee J. Bonnett...more pics

2010-11-16T13:23:00.000-08:00

These pictures are a little grainy. We haven't received the original prints yet but I thought they were so cute! Taken at the hospital at 2 days old!!

Updates

2010-11-11T13:08:00.000-08:00

We have been pretty busy over the last month, but good things are happening and we feel very blessed!

-We moved. We love our new place. There is so much space! I will have to take pictures soon. I have finished unpacking the boxes but we are still organizing and hanging pictures etc.

-My brother Chris and his wife Kristin had their first baby on November 6, 2010. Her name is Kaylee J and she is so sweet! They labor was a little stressful and she ended up having an emergency C Section, but everything turned out great. There was some concern about her little left eye and they actually had to take the baby in an ambulance to the Utah Valley NICU so a pediatric opthomologist could look at her eye. Her mom had to stay at Mountain View hospital to finish recovering. We were so sad for Kristin and so worried for the baby. On Sunday, the eye looked much better and the doctor said she didn't need surgery on it. Kaylee had no other reason to be in the NICU but they don't normally transport them back to Payson. We feel very blessed because they actually allowed my brother and parents to bring her back to the Payson hospital in their car, no ambulance. The nurses at the Payson hospital could not believe that the baby was back, they said that never happens. My mom's sister is a nurse in the Mother/Baby unit in Payson and my dad worked at Utah Valley in the ICU for years so I think that helped their chances ;)
Kaylee J Bonnett 6 lbs 8 oz 18 inches long. We love her! She is so little and is sooo sweet!
5 days old at home!
She has lots of hair, but I just loved this littel purple hat!
1 hour old. Here eyes are so big, but I could never get a picture with them open.
She had to stay in a swing because they needed her to stay propped up until they could look at her eye.

-We are looking forward to Jason, Justus and Jewel coming to visit from Virginia in 11 days! They will be her for 10 days and we can't wait to see them in person. We wish Maeta could come with them but she isn't old enough to fly yet. We are so happy everything turned out well for her yesterday! It has been over a year since we have seen the kids. It feels like we are having Christmas early this year!

Baby clothes and Birthdays

2010-10-05T13:28:00.001-07:00

Happy 36th Birthday Jason!!!! I LOVE YOU!

We had Sunday dinner at my parents house and he got to pick the menu so he chose his favorite dishes that my mom makes, Ribs, Fried Potatoes and Salad. My sister made a yummy pumpkin pecan pie dessert but I didn't get a picture before it was all gone! I Lemon Poppyseed Cake for him to eat at home.

I have such generous family! I have already received lots of baby clothes from my mom, sister, sister-in-law and aunt. I haven't even started shopping yet! Here is what I have so far. I am using my phone camera so it doesn't do any of it justice.

Birth to 3 months

3-6 months

Exciting News...

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We are

Due date is February 20th and we couldn't be more thrilled!!

Finally a post!

2010-05-12T20:23:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't posted in awhile so here are 10 things that have happened since we've been married:

1. We drove to Oklahoma for a funeral in March.
2. Jason's dad came back to Utah with us and stayed for a month.
3. Cleaned out our second bedroom
4. Got lots of new preschool students
5. Jason's mom came to Utah to visit for 2 weeks.
6. Lots of Sunday dinner's at my parents house.
7. Put my car up for sale
8. Working on 4 slide shows for the preschool program (which I should be working on instead of updating my blog)
9 My car broke down today before I could sell it.
10. Had a Cinco de Mayo dinner at my parents house (pictures below)

Pops (Oliver's name for my dad) and Oliver eating chips and guac and watching sports. Oliver had to be a kitchen helper but he was still in his church clothes so he was wearing a cinched christmas apron!

Pops and baby Kenley napping

The food. I took a Cafe Rio cooking class a few years ago at Thanksgiving Point. The food is great and cheaper than taking everyone out but TONS of work so we make it once a year, the first Sunday in May.

Pork Salad

Pork Burrito
Black Beans
Cilantro Rice
Mango Salsa (my mom's yummy addition)
The meat
The cooks
Kenley and her mom
Oliver's new church shoes. I loved them!!!
Oliver talking and asking questions. He is non-stop and we love him!
Kenley showing off her Sunday dress.

More wedding Pictures

2010-01-31T20:52:00.000-08:00

I do not want this song on my slide show but it is too much work to redo it. What a hassle! It was on there by default. Great!

My Birthday

2010-01-23T19:48:00.000-08:00

I woke up this morning and Jason was on his way to the store. He returned with flowers, a wonderful birthday card and food to make me breakfast. It was such a fun start to my birthday.

He even used the new waffle maker we received as a wedding gift!

We went on a birthday date that night. We had so much fun going to dinner and a movie. We got some fun gift cards for wedding gifts that we were able to use which made it even better. We tried so hard to take a picture using the camera timer...this was the best one.

My birthday dinner at my parents house. Jason and my dad each had a TV that they were watching the NFL playoffs on. My dad was downstairs with all the grandkids and Jason had the kitchen TV.

Austin and Stefan in their usual Sunday spots.

Oliver and Kenley playing with the play kitchen my mom bought them as a Christmas gift to keep at her house.

Me, Oliver, Kenley and Bella (Chirs and Kristin's dog)
Happy 32nd birthday to me!!!
YUM! Leftover wedding cake is perfect birthday cake!

Chris came over with Bella but Kristin had to work. We missed her. What a fun night! I picked Ham, funeral potatoes and homemade peas and carrots for my meal. It was yummy, but every sunday dinner is always fabulous birthday or not!

We did it!!!

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What a wonderful night! I feel so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends that helped with the set up during the day. It was beautiful!! More pictures to come...

Bridal Pictures

2010-01-02T22:35:00.001-08:00

My cousin Whitney took some bridal pictures for me. She is an amazing photographer and I knew they would turn out great! I was excited to take the pictures in the snow and I was so glad that it wasn't storming on Friday. This is just a few from her website. I am so excited to go pick up the CD tomorrow so I can see all of them!!My other cousin Melisa made my wonderful rose headband. I love having such talent in the family!

Jason's and Kenley's first Bonnett Family Christmas Party

2009-12-21T13:07:00.001-08:00

We were eating yummy food! Jason LOVED the food he could not get over how good it was. I guess I am just used to it. Everyone is such great cooks! Alyse just finished feeding babes (Kenley) her food!
My dad and Austin.
Cute Kenley and her dad Stefan. I cannot believe that she is already over 9 months! Love her!!
My mom and Kenley
Oliver was saying "Merry Christmas" like his mommy taught him. I love him!!

I love my Christmas Tree!!!

2009-12-18T13:57:00.000-08:00

I love decorating for Christmas! My mom has always gone all out for the holidays and Christmas is no exception. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Jason and I borrowed my parents truck and drove all over Utah county to find the best real tree we could find. I love the one we picked!! Jason was very patient with me, I was being pretty high maintenance about the whole ordeal. Last year my mom and sister and I went to Thanksgiving Point after Christmas and I got TONS of tree decorations for 75% off. I love vintage anything and Christmas decorations are no exception. Thanksgiving Point had a huge selection of vintage looking items and I was all over it. I put the silver icicles on because the remind me of the Christmas trees in two of my holiday favorites, White Christmas and Christmas in Conneticut.

Engagement Pictures

2009-11-13T13:33:00.000-08:00

My cousin Whitney Taylor took some engagement pictures for us. This is the one posted to her blog. I love how it turned out and I cannot wait to see the rest!

We are engaged!! Save the date...January 15th

2009-11-04T19:57:00.000-08:00

WARNING: Pictures without makeup posted below!!!

The Ring

The boy I love

The ring...again. I have the wedding band on for pictures only.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T19:17:00.000-07:00

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Fall Pictures

2009-10-18T19:44:00.000-07:00

We had some pictures taken before Jason's kids moved to Virginia. We miss them!!! A big thank you to our photographer, Morgan.

Happy Birthday!!

2009-10-04T13:23:00.000-07:00

Jason turned the big 35 today! I am so lucky I got to spend his birthday with him and his kids!

I let him pick what he wanted to do for his birthday activity. He wanted to do something fun with his kids since they are moving to Virginia in a week. He chose to carve pumpkins. It was really fun and they turned our better than I thought they would. We watched conference and carved pumpkins it was a lot of fun!!

We ended the night by going to my parents house. My mom made him a birthday dinner and my sister made him his favorite poppy seed cake. It was fun to go over there because my mom had all of her halloween decorations up, which was spooky and fun. She has a room with witch decorations, a room with pumpking decorations and a Frankenstein decorated room in the basement. I loved seeing all the decorations when I was little and I still love them as an adult.

Happy Birthday to my favorite person in the world!!! Love you tons!!!

Labor day weekend

2009-09-08T18:43:00.001-07:00

Here is what we did over Labor Day Weekend:

Ate Pizza at Two Jacks in Springville

Rode in an Ice Cream truck ride at Walmart

Watched BYU beat Oklahoma!!! Crazy!

Played Battleship to entertain the kids while we watched the game

Tried on my hair things and hats during the game

Put together a giant Halloween floor puzzle and discovered it glowed in the dark! Also, during the game.

Talked about how we would finger paint and play the video game after the football game was over.

Finger painting with glitter, after the game.

Played a Sponge Bob video game we rented, after the football game. It was hard to figure out.

Fed the ducks, twice. The kids got in trouble for chasing the ducks at the first park (no pics of that)

Went to Bridal Veil Falls

Celebrated my sister's birthday and my mom made YUMMY cake!!!

preschool curriculum

2009-09-08T17:19:00.000-07:00

I have started a new blog! I will be posting weekly class themes, ideas etc. This is mainly for my benefit as I am starting to forget what we do month to month and year to year! Let me know what you think. Good or bad. See the link at the top of my blog!

Surprise on my shoulder!!

2009-09-08T16:52:00.000-07:00

There are two things in life that I hate:

MICE

HORNETS/WASPS

I will swear and run around like a crazy person until the hornet/wasp or mouse is caught and killed. Keep this in mind and note my calm response as you read about what happened today in preschool":

We were outside playing on the playground. It was time to come inside so we started rounding up all the preschool kiddos. We went inside and everyone sat in a circle on the rug. We started reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See?" as a group. We were all the way to "Children, Children what do you see?" and one of my students who rarely speaks must have thought we were directing the statement at him because he started pointing at me and yelling "Oh no! Oh no!" I looked down at my right shoulder and saw this staring me in the face

Under normal circumstance I would have said "Son of a B$%#@" and ran around like a crazy person but instead I just camly said, "Uh Oh I have a friend on my shoulder. Miss Dana can you come kill it?" She swatted at it and it flew into one of the little girls tutu skirts (no worries three girls had those on today...how cute is that?) Miss Dana smacked the part of the skirt that was on the ground and killed the little pest. Needless to say we did not finish the book and it was luckily time to go home. I was a little shaken up so I was so happy to see him

standing in the doorway as the students left. Jason left his physics book in my car and came by to get it. It was so good to see him. He ended up going with me to the store after school. Then, we went and put flowers on my grandma's grave for her birthday. He is my favorite person to hang out with. I love it!!

It is Thursday...

2009-08-27T14:02:00.000-07:00

which means Jason has class and I get to watch:

Happy Birthday America!!

2009-07-05T21:06:00.000-07:00

Jason and I have been watching the John Adams mini-series DVD's this past week. It is amazing to see what our forefathers went through to give us our freedom. What a blessing to celebrate such a wonderful gift! It was a busy fun day!

First was the parade. We only watched part of it and I didn't take any pictures.

Then it was time for... The annual family picnic!! Jason and I were at the picnic, just didn't take any pictures of ourselves, too bad we looked cute in our red, white and blue outfits!!

Oliver loved eating the yummy cake at the picnic!

Alyse and Kenley in red, white and blue.

Ela and Addie sitting in the pool awaiting the sawdust money dig!!

Digging for money. This was my FAVORITE thing to do when I was little. We would take all of our change and go buy fireworks.

Oliver just wanted to dig and dump.

Jason had his kids for the rest of the weekend so we took them to the pool. It was loads of fun!

Walking through the kiddie pool. I spent a lot of time walking through this pool but I would never want to see that bathing suit shot, so no picture.

What cute kids!!!

I love the life jacket and the goggles!

Stadium of Fire Fireworks from Fox Field

Glow sticks, Glow swords and Spiderman popsicles!!! Fun, Fun. Fun!

Friday Night Fireworks

2009-07-03T20:35:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture taken by Morgan of our view from the driveway. Thanks to Stefan and Ryan for the great fireworks show.

My dad (Pop as Oliver lilkes to call him) watching fireworks with Oliver

The stinky smoke bomb. Oliver loved it. He is way into his colors right now and he just kept yelling "Green, Green!"

Ellie holding her only other girl cousin Kenley Jean. Morgan reminded me that night of the time that I took Ellie to my apartment to entertain her. I think Morgan was pregnant with Jonas or had just had him. She sat at my pink vanity and we curled her hair and put in a black and white polka dot bow. What a fun memory! I am going to try and find the pictures and do a blast from the past blog post.

LOVE HER!!

Alyse and Oliver watching the show eating snacks. The snacks were amazing, chips, mini diet cokes, red and blue rice krispies and some yummy trail mix. Thanks for being hosts Morgan and Ryan!

My parents. My mom is talking an being funny (without trying) and my dad is laughing. What a fun time!!

4th of July Fun!!

2009-07-02T20:21:00.000-07:00

We went to the hot air balloon festival. It was so cool. It was 6:30 am so we look a little tired in the pictures. Afterwards, we met up with my family and walked over to the hospital and ate breakfast. It was a fun way to kick off the 4th of July weekend!

Update!!

2009-05-26T14:18:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since my last post! That is because I have been spending all my free time with this guy!! I have added some new posts below...a lot has happened, Disneyland, Wicked, Kenley's 1 month picutes and the Preschool Program!!

His name is Jason. We are having a blast! I cannot wait for summer!!

WICKED

2009-05-26T14:12:00.000-07:00

I love this show! I saw it on Broadway in NYC a few years ago but I think I liked the performance in SLC as well, if not better. It was so fun to watch the show with my sister, mom and grandma. They are funny, classy ladies!!

Disneyland!! Happy 30th Birthday Latisha!!

2009-05-26T14:08:00.001-07:00

Did you know you can get into Disneyland free on your birthday?! I did not know until my dear friend Latisha told me that is what she wanted to do for her 30th birthday. It was so fun. They give you a button that says "It's my birthday" and EVERYONE tells you happy birthday! I am so glad I was able to spend such a fun 30th birthday with her!!

Preschool Program

2009-05-25T14:24:00.000-07:00

Melisa took pictures of Sophie with my camera during her preschool program. Sophie did such a good job singing. She was really loud. I loved it!! This was my first program of four. This is my youngest/hardest class and if it looks/sounds like a lot of work....IT WAS!!!

Kenley is so cute!

2009-05-24T14:30:00.000-07:00

I love being an aunt. It was so fun to go with my sister and mom to get Kenley's one month pictures taken. These are pictures of pictures so the quality is not super great.....

She is a doll!! Love her!!

Preschool Art

2009-05-23T13:59:00.000-07:00

In preschool we learned about farms. I love the sheep and the barns turned out much better than I pictured in my head. I am amazed by the creativity of 3,4, and 5 year olds!!

Happy St.Patrick's Day!!

2009-03-18T14:14:00.000-07:00

My Mom had her annual St.Patrick's Day Dinner. We ate yummy food that was all green and filled out our brackets for March Madness!! Yahoo!!! It was a blast.

Kenley Jean Bandley

2009-03-11T14:50:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Kenley 1 week old. She is soooo cute. We love her! Don't mind my appearance, I had been at school all day dealing with 3 and 4 year olds and I look like it! Oliver is really into keys and cameras right now. He was loving all the picture taking.

Fat Tuesday Dinner Party

2009-03-10T14:33:00.000-07:00

My parents loved their vacations in New Orleans a few years ago. Ever since, they have had a Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday dinner. My mom loves any reason to have a dinner party. She loves to cook and decorate. It was fun. She made really good food (gumbo), as ususal.

Alyse, a week before Kenley was born.

Don't worry...my mom did not earn these beads the old fashioned way!!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

2009-03-09T13:58:00.000-07:00

Here is one of my favorite excerpts from "The Cat in the Hat". It describes how I sometimes feel about the month of March.

"I sat there with Sally.
We sat there we two.
And I said, "How I wish
We had something to do!"

Too wet to go out
And too cold to play ball.
So we sat in the house.
We did nothing at all.

So all we could do was to

Sit!
Sit!
Sit!
Sit!
And we did not like it.
Not one little bit."

We get sick of sitting inside during preschool and since we can't go outside, (usually due to weather or the Spanish Fork winds) we have been doing a lot of fun ART!!! Those of you who know me know that I love art projects. The beauty is in the process not the product and all of these projects had such a fun process!!!

I love NeW YoRk CiTy!!!

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Sew much fun!!

2009-02-19T19:18:00.000-08:00

I have been taking some sewing classes. One class was a community class that was a month long. You could bring any project to make. I brought an apron, of course. The second class was at Gracie Lou's in Salem. It is the best fabric store around. Lots of designer fabrics. Anyway my mom and I signed up for this class. It was the night before I left for NYC so instead of packing I was sewing an apron. Crazy!

This is actually the third apron I have made since Christmas. I actually only made the bottom half. My mom had to finish it for me in the second class because I was in NYC!!

I love this fabric.

I was trying to get a picture of the cute neckline...

Community sewing class with Kalli. It was fun but frustrating the week I had to unpick EVERYTHING because I used small ric rac.

Half finished apron. I need to attach the straps and pocket to the front of the skirt.

This is me attaching the large ric rac it was much easier to sew than the small stuff and super cute!!

My Birthday

2009-02-09T12:55:00.000-08:00

We went to the Cheesecake Factory
Turning 31 was pretty fun!
Here I am with Kalli. She made some awesome face cupcakes in her cake decorating class. I will add the picture to this post as soon as I can.

Nothing says winter like...

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PENGUIN ART and...

kid made SNOW GLOBES!!!

Fun in the Snow!

2009-01-11T14:35:00.000-08:00

My parents got Oliver a snow suit and boots as part of his Christmas present. He LOVES to play in the snow and he will pound on the front door if he knows it is snowing until he can go out. We have to spell the word 'outside' and 'Austin'. He loves Austin and if he hears his name he stands at the bottom of the stairs and yells "AUST!" just like he has seen my mom do hundreds of times!!

Anything the baby does....Beanie does too!

As soon as he saw his stroller, all he wanted to do was go on a walk. Oliver and Beanie can convince my mom to take them on a walk regardless of the elements...case in point!

Here he is begging to get in the stroller.

He did not want to take a picture with Nikki...he wanted to get going!
My mom was trying to shovel the snow in the driveway while we were playing with Oliver. It was coming down so hard! It was wet snow. Perfect for a snowman. We made snowballs and showed Oliver how to throw them. He was so excited! He is loving balls right now.

He loved this windmill during the summer time and he loved it just as much when my mom found it buried in the snow!
Walking around in his snow suit! Love him!

Everytime he would fall, he could not get up. He needed help. He was so padded! After falling down one time, he figured things out so each time he would fall he would say "Uh-Oh" really loud. Sometimes my mom and I would be laughing too hard to get him up and he would scream and get MAD!

December

2009-01-11T13:33:00.000-08:00

Family Christmas Party

Oliver dressed up like a Shepherd. It lasted about 30 seconds! Then he kept chasing a ball around the room and pointing to everyone's eyes (he just learned this and is so excited) during the rest of the nativity.

Jantz and Jeremy sat at out table. It was fun.

I gave Austin the camera. He always takes pictures of me pulling a mean face...or maybe I just pull them more that I realize!!

My cute parents!!

Here is the apron my mom made to take to the family party for the gift exchange. She made it and I watched closely. I got a sewing machine for Christmas and made an apron...not as good as this one, but it is still cute. My dad went out 2 days before Christmas, after work, to get my sewing machine. He hates shopping in crowds and he had to go to two stores to find the one they wanted to get me. It was so nice of him and made me love the gift even more.

Sleeping out for Wicket tickets!!!!

I knew the tickets went on sale Friday, December 12th. I called the box office and they told me they were allowing people to start lining up at midnight the night before. I called Melisa to see if she wanted to wait in line with me. Of course, to crazy to know better we did it! She had to meet her husband at the airport and drop off her kids so it was 9:00 or so on the 11th. We were going to head to the Gateway to get dinner and kill time. We decided to drive by the theatre beforehand, and three people were already lined up!! I went and got in line, Melisa parked the car. What an adventure!

This is the 'biggest Wicked Fan in Utah' according to herself. She was dancing and singing "Popular" for the TV cameras in this picture. Right after this shot she fell down flat and landed on some guys sleeping in sleeping bags on the ground. They woke up and were so confused about the lady in the pink sweatshirt laying on top of them!!

The line. We are the puffy ones under the patchwork quilt.

Here we are!! Where are our gloves? I know I had some. Melisa did not, she lost hers. I am soo glad I had my Ugg boots on. My feet are the only things that stayed warm the whole night. I got tickets and sold all my other 5 Sunday show tickets I had from the presale to people at the end of the line!

Santa came to Preschool so my mom brought Oliver to sit on his lap during the break. He didn't cry at all he was a very good boy! He loved ringing Santa's bell!

We had Polar Express week in preschool. Everyone could come in PJ's...even the teacher. I took full advantage of that!

Here is Sophie with Santa. She was scared, but after Santa gave her a present of sparkley jewelry, she decided she liked him and kept going up to him to tell him "Thank You"!

Christmas Bulliten Board...I love the paper plate elf head but it is hard to see in this picture!

One day, I decided that all the kids were going to dress up like a Christmas tree! My grandma Tippetts let Austin decorate himself when he was about 3. She plugged in the lights and everything. She inspired this idea which turned out to be lots of fun!! We plugged in the lights too...this was everyone's favorite part!!

November

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Happy Thanksgiving! This is the Turkey Hat we made in preschool.

I had to try it on Oliver!!

This is the food I made for Thaksgiving: Green Bean Casserole, Pumpkin Pie, Peanut Butter Pie, and Cheesecake

My sister and I wore twin shirts! We did not do it on purpose! We bought them together over a year ago. I have a lot of clothes so I think it is funny we chose to wear the shirt on the same day. I love her pregnant belly in it!!

My grandpa Eli came with us to Thanksgiving. He wanted to give one of his famous dramatic readings, so he did! He was trying to give a second and third one but my mom told we had other things to get to. She was right...dessert!

Here is grandpa Eli sitting at the beautiful table! My favoirte part of Thanksgiving is the china, flatware and goblets!

My mom, Oliver and I took Grandpa Eli to the Golden Corral for Veterans Day. It was really fun, it is my grandpa's favorite place to get steak.

Here is Oliver at the Golden Corral eating whatever he wants!

Here is the family(minus Chris, he had to work) at Grandpa Eli's 90th birthday party!

This is the wreath Melisa made! I absolutely love it! I stopped by the house to watch the project in progress. Melisa and Erin both made one and they are absolutely gorgeous. Melisa has the BEST taste of anyone I know. She is super talented and I am going to make her help me make one next year!!

I Love Lucy!!!

2008-11-03T17:54:00.000-08:00

I remember watching "I Love Lucy" every summer afternoon with my Grandma Tippetts. She loved the show and my sister and I would laugh at the show and and my grandma's laugh! It is one of my fondest memories of her. I could not help but remember her as I was getting ready on Halloween night. I was so surprised how well this halloween costume turned out. It is definately one of my all time favorites!

Happy Halloween From Oliver...I mean Frankenstein!

2008-11-03T17:46:00.000-08:00

I went to see Oliver in his costume on Halloween. He was so excited he was all over the place! He was having so much fun, which made it hard to take a good picture. Hopefully you can see how cute his costume was by all of the pictures I took!!

Preschool Halloween Parties are over :(

2008-10-30T21:37:00.000-07:00

I am sad that another year of Preschool Halloween parties are over! It is so much fun to see all of my students so excited. I feel like Halloween is all about kids...at least for me! Here is a picture with me an one of my cute preschool students! Sophie is the best!!

Goo Goo Dolls Concert

2008-10-30T21:24:00.000-07:00

Last week I went to Gardner Village with my mom and sister. We wanted Oliver to see all the fun witches and pumpkins! He loves pumpkins. I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures. I also went to Witches Night Out, later that night I went to the Goo Goo Dolls concert. I even went backstage and got a picture with the band!!! (photos to come later...maybe)

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

2008-10-21T17:31:00.000-07:00

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

4th photo tag

2008-10-17T21:55:00.000-07:00

I saw this on Becky's blog and thought it would be fun. Go to your "My Pictures" folder and go to the 4th photo of your 4th folder. Post the photo and explain what it's all about. I tag anyone who wants to try it out too

This is the family sitting on the beach at Flaming Gorge. What a fun trip! Some of my best memories are from our yearly trips to Flaming Gorge. This makes me sad that summer has come to an end. Although, I do love winter! I love wearing layers, coats and boots!!

Alpine Loop

2008-10-06T13:31:00.000-07:00

I love autumn! We drove the Alpine Loop last Monday night. It was sooo pretty, the pictures do not do it justice. It was starting to get dark but I tried to get a few pictures before the sun set.

Brown Hair

2008-10-06T13:26:00.000-07:00

I had my hair done again on Thursday. I didn't post an "after" picture last time because the brown washed out so fast. It seems to be sticking around this time... I still miss the blonde...but this is a fun change.

I took these pictures at arms length. They are ridiculious and not the best view...

Monster Art!

2008-09-25T13:52:00.000-07:00

We are learning about green, purple and orange this week in preschool. I told the students they had to use all three colors on their monsters. I helped with the handprints, but the rest is all their own creativity!

Yearbook Pictures

2008-09-20T12:06:00.000-07:00

I love these pictures from the website www.yearbookyourself.com I can't decide which decade I like the best..

1950's

1960's

1970's

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Fun Tag

2008-08-28T21:02:00.001-07:00

Melisa tagged me, I didn't realize it! I had already finished the post when I realized I had been tagged!

For this tag you're suppose to go onto Google Images or Flickr.com and find an image for each question.

My age....

My favorite color...PINK!

My favorite vacation spot...Hilton Head, SC

Where I grew up...Springville, UT

Where I would like to travel... Maui

Favorite Food... Mashed Potatoes

Favorite Treat...to bake and eat, cupcakes

Favorite Animal...Panda Bears (I did a great brain project on them in 4th grade)

Past Love...Sesame Street (I watched this show all the time when I was little and I think I am going to buy the box set!)

First Name...Carol

Middle Name...Nicole

Last Name...Bonnett (one of my teachers in high school would say "Everything's better with Nicole Bonnett on it, just like the commercial)

What are you doing right now? Thinking and worrying about things way too much!

Lauren, Barbie, Lindsey Z., Lindsay L., Morgan, Jenni and Anna

2008-08-20T12:26:00.000-07:00

I decided to have my beginning of the year theme be jungle. I found cute monkeys and my sister let me borrow her inflatable jungle animals from Oliver's birthday party.

Here is my door
I changed my alphabet this year and I am going to try an enviromental print letter wall...we will see how well it works or how long it lasts.
I still need to add the horozontial lines of the grid.
Here is my birthday board. I am going to have the students decorate a bee with anything they want and we will put it on their birthday month hive.

Here is the welcome sign I got for the open house.

I had the jungle animals around the room but I was worried that the kids would ruin them at the open house so I put them on top of the cubbies.

Oliver is one year old and walking!!

2008-08-19T22:34:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Oliver!!!

These are the Nike shoes Austin wore when he was a baby!

Platinum Blonde???

2008-08-07T15:33:00.000-07:00

I am going to get my hair done in an hour. I have decided that I am going to add more brown to my hair. I even went out and bought new brown hair extensions! It is kind of a big change for me. Here is the before.... (taken in January, I had just added more blonde to my hair and bought new blonde hair extensions)

Stay tuned for the "After" picture!

Check out this website!

2008-07-22T19:29:00.001-07:00

If you know me you know I love designer fabrics. Especially Amy Butler and Moda. For the last two years I have been trying to start a business with my mom making bags and aprons using this fabric. I found a website with that very thing. And, it was started by one of my long lost best friends from high school. I have been trying to find her for a long time. I knew we were friends for a reason. We must be kindred spirits!

Here is Joni(Osborne)Gardine's website:

http://modernmyrtle.com

Flaming Gorge!!!

2008-07-22T13:05:00.001-07:00

The annual Flaming Gorge trip is over! :( My camera batteries went dead the second day and after that I could not get my camera to turn back on. I have so many great memories that I didn't get a picture of. My aunt Clair organized a yearly family "party" and it was so much fun. Stefan towed up a huge fun camper, and I didn't get any pictures of that either.

We played "beauty shop" on the beach. Sophie is a master when it comes to hair and makeup! She put on my foundation, blush, eyeliner, lipliner, lip gloss and mascara like a pro. She is very skiled for a 3 year old. My camera batteries went dead so I don't have a picture of the finished product.

Oliver walking on the beach. He loved to walk along all of the camp chairs!

Ela and Cos playing in the sand

Everyone sitting on the beach

Oliver exploring Grandpa Joe's fishing gear

Oliver dancing with Grandma Jean in his jammies.

Sophie working on my hair at the beach

She loved brushing out my curly hair and adding lots of clips

Once I told her I had my makeup in my backpack she was done with my hair and ready to start the make-up. The rest of the week she would ask me if she could do my hair and make-up.

This was the view from our campsite. It was first thing in the morning and I was sitting at the picinc table drinking a diet coke when I took this picture, so RELAXING!

I loved this hat with the special fishing head lamp attached that doesn't scare the fish.

My dad caught four fish in 2 hours the last full day we were there. He even caught the fish during the 3 hour window for "optimal" fishing, according to his GPS.

Austin taking a break from setting up camp in the heat.

Oliver's first year at Flaming Gorge. He was such a good boy! We love having him with us!!

4TH OF JULY Family Picnic

2008-07-04T16:36:00.001-07:00

Friends!

2008-07-04T16:03:00.000-07:00

I was able to meet up with two of my dearest friends, Jenni and EmmyLou. We see each other about once a year. It is always so fun to see them. The time always flies when we are together and we seem to catch up right where we left off. We laugh so hard. It is great fun! The picture below is of EmmyLou and her husband Charlie. I laughed so hard because she looked at picture right after I took it and said, "Oh great, we look just like a flag!" I was laughing so hard because it kind of did look like a flag, especially on the little screen of my camera.

Art City Days Parade

2008-06-18T20:38:00.000-07:00

Saturday I went to the parade with my Mom, Alyse and Oliver. We sat with my mom's sister Lynette and her family. We haven't sat by them for a few years, it was really fun. My dad doesn't love parades so he didn't come, plus he had to have a bunch of dental work done the day before so his mouth was SoRe!

Five reasons why I liked the parade:

1. Oliver was so happy to be at the parade, until all the fire engines drove by and scared him. He loved the look of them so he couldn't help but look but he kept crying because of the sirens.

2. I got a great tan on my left arm and left calf.

3. I loved the "small town" feeling of watching my cousins' kids run out into the road to retrieve all of the candy thrown in our direction because my aunt Lynette was yelling "OVER HERE" as loud as she could.

4. The GIANT Otter Pops that were handed out. If you were there you know what I am talking about.

5. It was fun to listen to my mom and her sister critique every dress, hairdo and tan of all the beauty queens on the floats. The Spanish Fork float etc. was their favorite.

He was so happy sitting in his stroller!

He loved the Dum Dum lollipop

Grandma Jean holding Oliver. Oliver HATES to wear those shoes and socks but I LOVE them!

Glitter Toes

2008-06-13T21:14:00.000-07:00

I love glitter toes! I have been trying to find a place or someone that was reasonably priced and convenient. Finally, at the Art City Days carnival my mom found a tent for the Retreat Salon in Springvile and they were only charging $20 for glitter toes! I was so excited. The cute girl doing them when I was there did not have red or hot pink glitter, which of course was my ideal color mixture, so I decided to get a orange, pink, yellow mixture instead. The pictures do not do them justice, they are super sparkley in the sunlight!

I love glitter toes! I have been trying to find a place that had them for a reasonable price and would allow me to get them done without an appointment. I could not find a salon that did them for less than 40$ or was booked for the day. Finally, at the Art City Days carnival my mom found a tent for the Retreat Salon in Springvile and they were only charging $20 for glitter toes! I was so excited. The cute girl doing them when I was there did not have red or hot pink glitter, which of course was my ideal color mixture, so I decided to get a orange, pink, yellow mixture instead.

Tippetts Family Reunion Fun!

2008-06-03T21:08:00.001-07:00

We went to the Tippetts Family Reunion every summer growing up. It was with all my mother's aunts, their children and their children's children. It got too big so they decided to continue the tradition in the smaller indvidual families. This was our first year doing it with just my mom's family. It was so fun to see everyone and catch up. It made me miss my grandma. I made a recipe book of all of her recipes and my mom handed out as our families portion of the program.

Gardening at Temple Square

2008-05-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, our stake had the service opportunity to go plant flowers at temple square. It was so much fun. I love to plant flowers and I was so excited help out at temple square and see how the beautiful flower gardens come to be. They had quite the system. We helped pull up tulips and plant new flowers.

After we were done gardening, we went over to the Beehive House where Melinda's aunt and uncle are serving a mission. None of us had ever been on the tour, so we went. I remember loving the Brigham Young house during my semester in Nauvoo. Living in Nauvoo gave me a new appreciation for church history and it was so interesting to learn more about Brigham Young in Salt Lake City. I highly recommend the tour. The sister missionaries at the site were so cute. There was a sister from Uganda (she looked like the Fatima, the girl recently eliminated off of America's Next Top Model) and the other sister was from the Philippines. They had been serving at Welfare Square two days before and unexpectedly met President Monson. They were so excited and proud as they showed us the pictures they took with him. There joy was contagious! We went to the Lion House Pantry afterwards for lunch. What a fun day!

Last Day of Preschool

2008-05-21T09:38:00.000-07:00

We had our preschool programs on Monday and Tuesday. We had four different programs, two on Monday and two on Tuesday. The class sang 4 nursery rhymes and then we watched a slide show. I am glad the programs and making of slide shows are over but I am sad to say good-bye. A few students are coming back for summer school and about half of the kids will be back in the fall because they are not old enought for Kindergarten. Here are the cute nursery rhyme costumes that I ordered from ChildCraft. When they arrived, I was pleasantly surprised at how nice they were!

Here we have the moon from Hey Diddle Diddle, Little Miss Muffet (not a costume, she just wore a dress), Humpty Dumpty, the mouse from Hickory Dickory Dock, the horse from Humpty Dumpty and the clock from Hey Diddle Diddle. There is also the cutest knight (kings men) costume for Humpty Dumpty but I didn't get a picture.

This is the spider costume and the laughing dog from Hey Diddle Diddle.

The cat and the fiddle (he did not feel like wearing the ears), the cow that jumps over the moon and the dish and the spoon.

More Georgia and South Carolina Pictures

2008-05-13T18:52:00.000-07:00

My FAVORITE moment in Savannh, GA was this specific event at Paula Deen's restaurant. To get a reservation you have to start lining up at 8:30 am. We stood in line, got our lunch reservation and then had hours to kill. We were paying for a trolley tour across the street from Paula's restaurant at 11:00 am. This is when they take the first lunch reservation. Everyone gathers across the street and this adorable little lady comes out and starts to holler "Are you ready to eat?" and she keeps saying it louder and louder and ringing her triangle. She got the crowd so hyped! We saw this same lady making bread when we went in for lunch. On our way out, we asked to have our picture with her. After the picture, I asked her name. She said, "Well, my name's Anita but everyone calle me Jellyroll!" Oh my goodnes, I loved it!

Alisa, Melinda's sister is the lighthouse expert. It was so much fun to have her on the trip. One of the main reasons she wanted to go to Hilton Head was to see the lighthouse. We found out from the hotel that the famous lighthouse was fake. It was never a real lighthouse, just built as a tourist attraction. It took us awhile to get to the lighthouse because there was a PGA tournament there that weekend. We got confused driving there and got lost. I actually got out of the car somewhere in Sea Pines and walked into a beach side retirement party and asked a litte old lady for directions. When we finally arrived at the lighthouse and it was pretty dark. I called my dad to tell him about PGA tournament. Being the golf expert that he is, he already knew and he told me to check out the lighthouse in Harbor Town. Funny thing, we were already there! It was too dark so we took pictures with this smaller version of the lighthouse.

This was the best thing we did in Hilton Head, SC, besides laying out for 5 hours!

Of course, I had my big pink purse with me that I had to balance on my handle bars for the entire ride.

I loved this beach! I could not believe all of the seashells and jellyfish on the sand!

My first time at a major league baseball game! Turner field in Atlanta was so much fun!

It was so nice inside! I loved watching the game and all of the people around us!

This picture reminds me of how lucky we were to get into Paula Deen's restaurant on our first try. This picutre was after we ate dinner. I am so glad we were able to get in for dinner and lunch because the menu is different depending on the meal.

We had a lot of luggage! We had to haul it to and from 4 different hotel rooms.

One of the prettiest places in Savannah, GA is Forsyth park. The fountain was amazing!

I love this little guy! His name is Jacobi. His mom works in the office at the Wormsloe Plantation. He was so friendly and so much fun! We paid our enterance fee here and this is where Melinda told me she saw them selling TICK REMOVERS...girls camp flashback!

This is the enterance to Wormsloe Plantation. The trees are amazing! This picture does not do it justice.

This is the red bird, in the tree, on the nature hike, on the plantation grounds. We were trying to get a picture of this bird and some hawks flying above and all I could think the whole time was "We need to get out of here we are going to get a TICK!" Then, while taking pictures I was chased by a big furry bumble bee. Those of you who know me and my fear of bees will not be surpirsed to hear that I said a cuss word and ran off. I was ready to head back!

The parking in Savannah is limited. We got this parking spot first thing in the morning but you could only pay for 1.5 hours at a time so we kept going back to renew our parking. It was a cold, early morning and if you can't tell by the picture I am not a morning person, but it was worth it to get our lunch reservation.

Reflections of Christ

2008-04-27T22:37:00.000-07:00

My friend shared this video with me and I absolutely love it! Make sure the voulme is up. The music is one of my all time favorite hymns.

Here is the website:

http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html

2008-04-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

I love aprons! They are my new version of shoes. In the past, when shopping I could not resist a cute pair of shoes. My new temptation is aprons! I feel like the food I make tastes better if I am wearing a cute apron while I make it. I often wish I could just wear one of the cute aprons I have out an about to run errands. Here are some of my recent favorites that I look at on the internet at least once a week. I really want to try to design and sew my own unique version this summer, with the assistance of my mother, of course. She is an excellent seamstress. I haven't bought an apron recently; maybe I need to have a little dinner party and that will be my excuse to buy another one!

New Design Aprons

Jillie Willie Aprons

Jessie Steele Aprons

I love this little guy!

2008-04-24T18:27:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I got to baby sit Oliver for a few hours. What a joy he is!

I love my job!

2008-04-21T19:28:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a wonderful vacation and I had so much fun. In the past, I would have been so sad to go back to work, but with my new job this year, things are different. I could not wait to get back to school today so I could see my students reaction to what had "hatched" out of the cocoons they had made (toilet paper rolls) before spring break . They were so excited to see that their caterpillars had turned into butterflies (painted coffee filter wings added on by me early this morning). It is amazing to see the simple things that amaze and delight three and four year olds! We played a game today during our speech lesson and the students each had a picture of corn on the cob with a word on the back, it was so funny because as the corn was being handed out, three of the kids tried to eat the corn like they were eating real corn on the cob! They were so disappointed when we told them it was not real and they could not eat it. Another thing that brightened my day was the return of our class pet. The little boy who took him home over the break was so happy to show me the pictures of him with the class pet on the scrapbook page his mom made. The picture below shows me cutting peaches with our "class pet" Coco the monkey in my apron pocket. The students in my class LOVE the class pet and they get so excited when it is their turn to take it home for the weekend! Children are so easy to please!

2008-04-18T22:01:00.000-07:00

We went to the Braves game at Turner Field in Atlanta. It was tons of fun. I don't know if I had more fun watching the game or all the people around us. The cutest family from Alabama was sitting in front of us. We also had the biggest Braves fans in front of us. They were dressed in head to toe Braves gear, the wife even had a Braves purse.

We stayed at he nicest resort in Hilton Head, SC. I loved it! We were right on the beach.

This is the view from our hotel room. Amazing!

Tybee Island

2008-04-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

Savannah, GA

2008-04-15T19:39:00.000-07:00

I love this place! We have only been here two days and we have eaten at Paula Deen's restaurant, Lady and Sons on both days. We sat in the bar the first night, but we got right in. We stood in line this morning but we got a lunch reservation. On Monday night I had the buffet, which was amazing and then today at lunch I had the chicken pot pie (pictured below) Amazing! I will write and add more later!

Spring, Spring, Spring!

2008-04-07T21:43:00.000-07:00

I am so sick of the snow! I cheer up every time I look at this bulletin board that my students decorated in my classroom. I love art projects that are made entirely by the kids. In case you couldn't tell, these bugs are original works of art!

Saturday with Oliver

2008-03-30T17:33:00.001-07:00

Austin!

2008-03-30T16:52:00.000-07:00

I love Austin and I think he is so funny! He got asked to preference and of course all the girls in the family were there to check everything out. I was taking pictures and I am so nosey I even tried to get one through the blinds! Austin was such a good sport as we were all talking, taking pictures and embarrassing him, I am sure! I love his date's dress!! They rode in a Hummer limo and went to the Cheesecake Factory...so much fun.

2008-03-25T20:13:00.000-07:00

I have decided that I am going to start posting my favorite recipes as part of my blog...just when I have nothing else interesting to say.

Here is my first one

Fruit Pizza

2 tubes refrigerator cookie dough (off brand works best)
1 8 oz. cream cheese softened
1 container cool whip (regular size)
3/4 cup powder sugar
fresh blueberries
fresh strawberries (sliced)
fresh peaches (sliced)
fresh kiwi (sliced)

Press cookie dough in a large cookie sheet. Bake according to package directions, plus 10 minutes. Let cool. Beat cream cheese and powder sugar with hand beater, add cool whip and beat with hand mixer. Spread on top of sugar cookie and top with fresh fruit.

My Celebrity Look Alikes

2008-03-05T16:55:00.000-08:00

http://www.myheritage.com/collage

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

2008-03-03T13:43:00.001-08:00

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904. We are celebrating his birthday this week in preschool. Today we read Cat in the Hat and we are going to read Green Eggs and Ham next time. We are not reading it in preschool, but my all time favorite book by Dr. seuss is The Star Belly Sneetches. I actually made a star belly sneetch window sticker in my screen printing class in high school. Fun Times!

"Now, the Star-Bell Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.
Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small.
You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all."

Trip to Idaho

2008-02-26T13:41:00.000-08:00

I went to Idaho on Thursday, February 7th. My friend Kristin was getting married in Idaho Falls on Friday morning. We got stuck in Tremonton, UT because the winds were so bad they closed the highway in Idaho. We stayed overnight in Tremonton and then got up really early to make it to the Idaho Falls temple in time for the sealing (I was too tired to care about my hair and makeup as evidenced in the pictures below). If I look cold, miserable and windblown in the pictures it is a direct reflection of how I felt for 3 days straight. I have never seen so much snow and been so cold. It was all worth it...I love my friend Kristin and it was so fun to see her on her wedding day ( I included a picture of her dress because I LOVE IT!)

I was so glad to have my earmuffs!

I forgot to mention that I left all of my shoes home including my boots so I am actually wearing leggings and hideous brown shoes without socks because I forgot my socks too!

Still Cold!

I love her dress! She married the greatest guy, Scott. I am so happy for them!

The Rexburg Temple is amazing! It us up on a hill. It was goregous but windy and cold. Visiting the temple was the coldest part of the trip. I could not survive at BYU Idaho.

This is the Rexburg Temple sign...you can't see it because of all the snow and wind.

ABC's of Nicole

2008-02-25T14:30:00.000-08:00

A- Attached or Single? Single
B- Best Friend? My mom and sister
C- Cake or Pie? Chocolate cake with milk
D- Day of Choice? Saturday and Sunday
E- Essential Item? Mascara
F- Favorite Color? Pink
G- Gummy Bears or Worms? gummy bears
H- Hometown? Springville
I- Favorite Indulgence? eating at Little Italy
J- January or July? July!
K- Kids?0
L- Life isn't complete without? Family
M- Marriage date? soon i hope!
N- Number of brothers and sisters? 1 sister, 2 brothers
O- Oranges or Apples? Apples
P- Phobias and Fears? snakes, spiders, heights
R- Reason to smile? Oliver
S- Season of choice? Summer
T- Tag three people? Alyse, Melinda and Kate
U- Unknown fact about me? I have been arrested (it was completely a misunderstanding)
V- Vegetable? Broccoli
W- Worst Habit? Shopping
X-ray or Ultrasound? Ultrasound
Y- Your favorite food? Potatoes, all kinds
Z- Zodiac Sign? Aquarius

Oliver is 6 months old!!!

2008-02-11T13:34:00.000-08:00

Oliver is 6 months...here are my 6 favorite pictures of him. The new songs on my blog remind me of him! (The songs are also on my sister's blog)

He loves to look at books...he is so smart!

He was the cuttest skunk on halloween...one of his grandma's favorite holidays!

He looked just like his grandpa when he was born!

All smiles in his car seat!

Laughing it up with his cousins!

So cute in his church clothes

Cuppy Cake Video!

2008-02-05T15:17:00.000-08:00

I love this song! Alyse had it on her blog for awhile. It reminds me of Oliver. Here is a link to a funny video of the song.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.
individual&videoid=8826173

(you might have to type it in for it to work!)

Turning 30 isn't too bad!

2008-01-25T12:07:00.000-08:00

Dan sent me this wonderful bracelet for my 30th birthday! It is made by Links of London and I love it. I cannot wait until I can afford another charm. Hopefully the Nordstrom in Orem will get a shipment soon, they are currently sold out of all their charms. I was very spoiled this year. My family got me a Betsey Johnson purse (photos will be posted soon!) and gave me money for my spring break trip to Savannah, Georgia in April!

I love January!

2008-01-11T11:02:00.000-08:00

We are having so much fun in Preschool this month! We are learning about snwomen, hot chocolate, winter clothes and artic animals. Here is the picture of the bulletin board I just put up...I love it. Thanks to Kate and Melinda who helped me cut out the glitter lettering on the Cricut! The students in my class made the beautiful snowflakes using coffee filters, hole punches and of couse scissors!

2008-01-11T10:57:00.000-08:00

We went out to dinner on New Year's Eve. It was a farewell dinner for Elizabeth...We miss you!

I've been tagged!

2008-01-03T14:02:00.000-08:00

Melinda tagged me awhile ago and I am finally getting around to writing 6 interesting things about myself. So, here goes...

1. I absolutely hate my hair! I always have. In junior high I would wish that everyone on the planet could be bald so I would not have to deal with my hair. If you are looking at picture on my blog and thinking, "Hmmm, her hair isn't so bad." Keep in mind, I am wearing hair extensions.

2. I love the show Law and Order. I don't care if I have already seen the episode, I will sit and watch it anyway. I love the intro song, the characters, the story lines and most of all the TNT Law and Order marathons!

3. I like to look at myself in anything I can see my reflection in. If you have ever had a conversation with me and there is a microwave, window or mirror behind you, you have probably noticed that I am not looking at the person I am having the conversation with, but rather looking at my reflection. I think this habit stems from the fact, as previously mentioned in item #1, I hate my hair. It ALWAYS needs adjusting or fixing.

4. I like to lay out and get tan. I wear sunscreen, lots of it! I love teaching school because that means summers off and plenty of time to lay by the pool. I had an awesome tan this summer, which has now faded and I feel as pale as ever.

5. I feel that no woman can have too much of the following: makeup, shoes, coats, perfume, lotion, sheets, bedding, diet soda, phone conversations and flowers.

6. I absolutely LOVE politics. I am so excited that it is and election year! I love listening to or reading anything discussing politics including, talk radio, FOX News or CNN. As a freshmen in college I was a political science major, with dreams of becoming a lawyer. I got close. I took the LSAT got into some law schools but in the end realized that teaching preschool was what I needed to do and I have never regretted it, except sometimes when I get my pay check!

That is enough about me! Now I want to hear about Alyse, Melisa and Elizabeth. You have been tagged!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

2007-12-18T14:33:00.001-08:00

We are getting ready for our annual Christmas Party. We decorated for Christmas right after Thanksgiving and it looks great! We had great food and tons of fun at our party.

I have to paint my toenails year round!

2007-12-05T16:08:00.001-08:00

Your Toes Should Be Red

You pretend to be an old fashioned girly girl, but you're secretly a naughty girl deep down.

Your ideal guy: Tall, strong, and handsome - with a devilish twinkle in his eye.

Stay away from: Nice, safe men. They won't really give you what you want!

What Color Should Your Toenails Be?

Thanksgiving Day

2007-11-27T14:57:00.001-08:00

I love having Thanksgiving dinner at My Grandma Bonnett's House! Everything is so fancy and the food is amazing! Here are some fun pictures I took right before we started to eat.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-27T14:32:00.000-08:00

Look at the I made for Thanksgiving! It was super yummy! I had never made crust from scratch before so this is good for my first try. I had a lot of help from my mom, but she isn't really good at making pie crust either, surprisingly. There was some drama the night before Thanksgiving because her oven went out. We had to pack all of her stuff up and go over to my house to make her sweet potatoes and lion house rolls. It was well worth the wait because the rolls and sweet potatoes were sooooo good! While we were waiting for her yams to cook we decided to try making pie crust. It was fun and worked out well.

I love being an aunt!

2007-11-07T16:31:00.000-08:00

I love Oliver in these jammies! He is so cute he looks like a baby doll! I wish I had a better expression on my face but of course I was giving Austin specific instructions as he was trying to take the picture and just what I didn't want to happen..he snapped it mid sentence! I can be so bossy when it comes to having my picture taken, and Austin is such a good sport!!

Are you picky about men?

2007-11-01T15:41:00.001-07:00

You Aren't Picky at All

You're pretty easy on the guys you date, and that works out well...
As long as they're good guys with the best intentions!
Your lax approach to dating is leaving you vulnerable to any jerk who chooses to take advantage of you.
Raise your standards a bit, and your relationships will almost instantly approve.

Are You Too Picky When It Comes To Men?

I am glad Halloween is over!

2007-11-01T14:38:00.000-07:00

I love halloween, but I am glad it is over. We had 4 Halloween parties in preschool. It was super fun but I am very happy that November is here! The pictures above are from my ward Halloween party. We had a blast.

Here is my pumpkin face!

2007-10-24T15:13:00.000-07:00

You Are

A Franken Pumpkin Face

You would make a good deformed pumpkin.

What's Your Pumpkin Face?

2007-10-24T14:42:00.000-07:00

We dressed up like mummies to day in preschool! It was so much fun. First,I helped the students get dressed up and they later on they decided to make me a mummy! One student did say, "Wow, this sure is a lot of toilet paper!" We had toilet paper everywhere but it was tons of fun!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

2007-10-19T14:08:00.000-07:00

We went to the pumpkin Patch today for preschool! It was so much fun but everyone was worn out by the end of the day (especially the teachers) We went to the big red barn in Santaquin. We got to go on a hayride to the pumpkin patch and then pick our very own pumpkin off the vine! It made everyone excited for autumn and Halloween!

No more fun backgrounds!

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I just went to matiekay.blogspot.com and found out that there are not more cute backgrounds anymore! I am trying to find some good new websites. I will keep you updated.

Roomates

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Here is a picture with me and my roomates Melinda (left) and Elizabeth (right)

I Love Halloween!

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Melisa helped me update my blog! I love the halloween border and organ music! I was just looking at my awesome witch hat and thinking " I cannot wait for Halloween!" I can't wait to post pictures.