The Bshaws

Bday Bash Giveaway @ Meet Virginia!!

2010-04-12T22:52:00.001-07:00

In honor of my birth I am having a giveaway over at Meet Virginia!!

Here is what you could win!!

A Super Cute Necklace!!
OR

A Pair Of Super Cute Booties!!

Want to win....? Go HERE to enter!!

Have You Entered YET???!!

2010-04-01T11:26:00.000-07:00

Hurry over to Meet Virginia for your chance to win this!

GO HERE TO ENTER!!

Good luck! The winner will be announced tomorrow! Love, love.

Giveaway @ Meet Virginia!

2010-03-25T10:44:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends! Just thought I would let you know that there is an awesome giveaway {if I do say so myself ;)} going on over at my craft blog Meet Virginia.

You could win this:
{Isn't it so fun and springy?? I am pretty sure you all need this in your house ;)}

To enter go HERE

Hurry up! Times a wastin' ;)! Happy Thursday! Love, love.

My Apologies

2010-03-11T12:36:00.000-08:00

I know, I know, I have been neglecting you guys, don't hate me mmmk! I have been so busy over at Meet Virginia, it's like a full time job in addition to the job I already have and wifely duties this blog just seems to fall by the wayside. I have been thinking about starting another blog, it'd be a fashion blog since Meet Virginia has morphed into more of a craft blog ;). What do you think? I know you all secretly want to dress like me...;) jk but seriously ;).

Blahhh all I have to say is thank goodness its Cafe Rio Thursday! Hope you all are doing well and if you miss me head on over to Meet Virginia and say hi! Love love.

When I Grow Up...

2010-02-24T19:14:00.000-08:00

When I was little I wanted to be a variety of things, but one that came to mind the other day was an Egyptologist. I know I am such a nerd but I will admit that I was beyond giddy for this past weekend's Discovery show about King Tut. It would be a dream vaca for me to go to Egypt, ride on a camel to the pyramids and see The Sphinx....yeah I think that this has to happen in my life!

ps: I hurt my back really REALLY badly at my toning class last night, I promise if I had a cane I would use it...I feel no shame in that.

pps: I just completely voided my said workout last night when my diet consisted of an xxl diet soda, sun chips (atleast they have lots of fiber???), a bowl of cheese, and a Paradise Bakery sugar cookie for dinner ;). I could really have gone for another cookie, I ate the whole thing on my drive home....don't judge me. Love, love.

Happy Birthday!

2010-02-22T17:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to the sweetest brother a girl could ask for! Happy Birthday Steve! I love love love you and am so happy that I was able to spend the day with you! Don't hate me forever for snooping out the you know what.....mmk I will most likely forget about it for the end of the day anyways ;) love love love you!

Our Love Day

2010-02-16T11:01:00.000-08:00

This year's Valentines was by far the best in my entire life! I have the best hubby anyone could ask for! We decided to celebrate Vday on Friday since we figured Saturday would be down right crazy to try and go anywhere to eat! We went to our fav sushi place in Layton and had some way good sushi and way nasty sushi! Ever heard of niro sushi....blick! First off it looks like skin that has be sitting in the sun too long ya know all wrinkly and tan? It comes out looking like a mini spring roll...I know sounds divine right? It does until you take a bite of it and realize its nasty tofu with rice on the inside, I had to hold back the vomit! The rest of the sushi was great as always though so we were satisfied!

After sushi we had a hankerin' for something sweet, Nate banned the idea of any baked goods so we went to Sub Zero for ice cream. Has anyone been there? It was too cool instead of having the ice cream pre-made they make it right in front of you using liquid nitrogen! We went with pistachio/our fave with graham cracker pie crust...one word...Heavenly!

We ended our night with re runs of the Office and Seinfeld.

This is where I thought my Vday had ended, and I was beyond satisfied (I honestly don't get too much into Vday) but was I ever wrong!

I went shopping with my mom and sis all day Saturday and when I got home my entire house was spotless and the laundry was done! I went upstairs to of course change into my sweats when I noticed this attached to a balloon and a card sitting on my nicely made bed!

Say hello to:

Chewy McBeeb Bradshaw

Isn't he the sweetest? Yes, I am aware that this isn't a real dog but its as close as I am going to get right now ;). I love my sweet husband and am so grateful for him and all he does! Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines too! Love love.

Tights and Shorts

2010-02-11T15:49:00.000-08:00

Ok I know that I am not a prude when it comes to fashion, I mean I am usually pretty accepting I think, but WTFreak is this?

Shorts with tights....ewwwww gross! I am sorry ladies just wear a short mini or something this look is no bueno! Katie Holmes you're double fined..you know better than this, but I am guessing this pic was taken a while ago since she still has short hair...one can hope. I mean what is going to be next??? Bikini's and thermals? You just can't combine two seasons together people its just weird.

{Disclaimer: for all those who do sport this trend I am sorry if I offended you, take this blog with a grain of salt mmmk.}

What do you think? Love love.

{R.I.P. Alexander McQueen}

Confessional

2010-02-10T14:28:00.000-08:00

Wow long time no post! I really do have some things that I need to own up to...thank goodness for this fabulous blog ;)

1. I have eaten more baked potatoes in the last month, than in my entire life time. Why this is...I have no idea, I think I like that it is a whole meal in a little potato!

2. I love The Nanny...I DVR it every night and watch episodes I have already seen. I think it is hilarious...I just laugh and laugh and laugh, I mean what is funnier than an over 30 jewish nanny born and raised in Flushing! Oh and I am so not ashamed!

3. I don't know anyone that is more excited for this than I am!!

Oh Coach how I have missed you so much! And Russel I would watch out I don't know how long you will last!

4. The new Alice and Wonderland by Tim Burton really freaks me out! I promise I think it might give me nightmares if I ever see it.

Just a glimpse of Johnny Deppe as the Mad Hatter sends chills down my spine!

5. What I wouldn't give to have hair like this chick's HERE its so full and hippy-ish and lovely!

I am pretty sure that is good enough for now, but I do have to share I just finished this gorgeous top over at MV go HERE to check it out and get a tutorial on how to make your very own let me know what you think!! Love love.

Did You Win?

2010-02-05T16:29:00.001-08:00

Go HERE to see if you won Meet Virginia's 1st giveaway!!

Thank you everyone who entered, stay tuned for the next giveaway!

Love, love.

The Stray Hair

2010-02-03T18:12:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wiped/caressed/touched your face and come across a stray hair....that isn't blonde? I found one right underneath my jaw bone below my ear a couple minutes ago...WEIRD right? Blah don't you just hate that when it happens, because then you wonder ummm how long has this been there? Has anyone noticed? Did anyone secretly make fun of me because of this gross disgusting hair? Oh man....I still need to pluck it and will do so immediately following this post!

Don't forget to enter Meet Virginia's first giveaway
HERE
It ends tomorrow night at midnight so hop to it! Good luck!
Love, love.

Our Conversation Last Night

2010-02-02T11:53:00.000-08:00

Our conversations take the weirdest turns, let me paint the picture of last night: we were laying in bed, watching some Mythbusters in the wee hours of the morning about to fall asleep.

Me: I hope when I am pregnant that my stomach is round...you know like beach ball was shoved up there.

N: Hmmm.....(I promise he was listening to me...I think? It's hard to tell when Mythbusters is on.)

Me: You know I don't want to end up with like a duck bill stomach where it is round at the top, dips in and then there is a roll at the bottom so the outline looks like a duck bill.

N: (hums a tune and proceeds to sing) "Duck bill, duck bill, Bill duck".

Me: (I proceeding to laugh and laugh and laugh)

Yeah, I would have to say that is one of the many reasons I fell in love with my dear sweet hubby, our weird conversations and all the laughter is one of my most favorite things! Love you sweet cheeks ;)! Love love.

Giveaway!

2010-02-01T12:20:00.000-08:00

Meet Virginia is have a totally awesome giveaway this week! Check it out HERE to win! The giveaway ends Thursday February, 4th at midnight so stop by soon! Love love.

Another Letter

2010-01-27T14:44:00.000-08:00

Dear girl in my toning class last night:

I hate you. Thank you for spilling your cold bottle of water all over my jacket last night, therefor causing me to wear a drenched and freezing coat on my long hike to BFE where my car was parked. As a result this has made me feel under the weather, all I want to do is sleep. I hope you are happy.

You suck I hope I never see you or your water bottle again!
Best wishes...not

Sickies Mcgee AKA Me

Anthropologie

2010-01-27T11:24:00.000-08:00

Dear Anthropologie:

Why must you make me want everything you have to offer? Why must all of your stuff be grossly overpriced? I want it all, just send me a store and I could die in peace. But alas I must confess...I have never purchased anything from your wonderful establishment...not of my choice but of my bank account's. Could you please consider an outlet store of some sorts? I don't even care if you sell last seasons merch...I am in need of a discount majorly! PLEASE {insert begging and sobbing on hands and knees}. I would greatly appreciate it.

Love love always,
Your wanna be customer,

Morgan Virginia

Not Everything Is Better With Bacon

2010-01-25T11:48:00.001-08:00

My case in point from Archie Mcphee & Co:

I secretly want to get this for my sweety for Valentines!

Tee hee hee! Nothing says Valentines like a bacon wallet ;) enjoy! Love love.

Also

2010-01-21T15:05:00.000-08:00

Don't forget to add Meet Virginia to your fav links/blog lists so I don't have to bore you with updates on this blog...I know you all secretly hate that ;) but I don't care ;). I promise to update a lot I swear on our friendship ;). Thanks in advance! Love love

Add the link HERE

Wednesday Night: Core Fusion

2010-01-21T14:45:00.000-08:00

I went to a fitness class last night at the South Davis Rec Center called: Core Fusion. I have gone to this class before but last night was particularly rough. Instead of fusing my core I promise I think my spine is fused! My lower back is throbbing which is directly related to the permanent reverse plank position I was in for around 55 minutes. Blah! I know that I will thank her later but Kristen of SDRC: I don't like you, or your core fusion/reverse plank class ;)! I honestly don't know if I will make it to kick box tonight...I super need it though after eating that pasta I made last night (have you tried it yet?) I am pretty sure I ate a whole stick of burnt brown butter all by myself. Really why can't I be blessed with a super duper high metabolism, or a thyroid problem? Yeah I know I wouldn't want it if I had it blah, blah, blah I think that's what skinny people with those problems tell you to make you feel better about your chunkiness. I really hope I make it tonight...or I develop a skinny disease ;) hope you all have a great Thursday! I can't wait for my rio salad tonight and shows ;)! Love love.

ps: Don't forget to check out the Meet Virginia site I am just about to post one of my latest crafts and how you can do it in your house ;). Let me know what you think!

Myzithra Cheese and Burnt Butter Pasta

2010-01-20T23:07:00.000-08:00

Check out this amazing recipe I made for Old Spaghetti Factory Ala Homer Myzithra Cheese and Burnt Butter Pasta on the cheap! If I do say so myself it was OUT of this world! Enjoy! Love love

Check it out HERE my lovelies!

Check it!

2010-01-20T14:09:00.000-08:00

I finally finished the blog Meet Virginia!! Its a place to express creativity through your homely craft projects, art, design, and perhaps some baking along the way ;). Check it out HERE...PRETTY PLEASE! Let me know what you think! Thanks a ton lovers ;) Love love.

The Taco Bell Diet

2010-01-20T14:02:00.000-08:00

Mmmk has anyone seen the commercials about the "New" Taco Bell Diet? I am sorry but this has to be a joke right...? Because all Taco Bell has brought me is depression, and three inches added to both love handles. Things at Taco Bell have just gotten out of hand...completely! Hmmmm well Love love ;)

I'm Scared!

2010-01-17T19:28:00.000-08:00

Has anyone seen The Lovely Bones?? We watched it with BF's Christy and Jason last night...I am still trying to decide if it was a good movie or not...? You know what I will just flat out say that it was a good movie since all we did on the ride home last night was talk about it and I keep getting chills down my spine!! Just looking at this pic makes me poop my pants because of scariness!

Stanley Tucci as George Harvey...the KILLER!

This actor seriously needs an award for this movie! Usually he plays the funny guy like Julia Childs' husband, and the art director for The Devil Wears Prada. I for reals hated him in this..so kudoos to you Stanley for being awesome!

I thought Saorise Ronan the girl who played Suzy the lead did an amazing job as well, and I think she is drop dead gorgeous! Why can't my pale skin look this pretty and porcelain doll like?

Also this is still haunting me from my trip to the grocery store the other day:

Ok Heidi you seriously are delusional if you think you look hot now! You were perfectly fine before! Who gets a brow lift at 23?? Her boobs look like cantelopes! STOP PLEASE!! Or you will end up looking like the notorious cat lady.

Please say that I don't have nightmares tonight from the previously discussed items in this post!! Love love

Hate Mail

2010-01-13T11:01:00.000-08:00

Dear Google Maps:

I hate you. You have completely ruined my life. If I could sue you I would. If you were a bug I would for sure squish you, but not enough to kill you the first time just so you can feel extreme pain and I would let you limp around helplessly and then finish you off.

I hate your no good rotten stinking guts
Oh and you suck!

Morgan V

Let me give some background to this letter: many of you have asked where my interview was at...I prefer to keep that a secret but if you see me in the real world I will of course tell you. So yesterday was the absolute worst day of my entire life! I will start at the beginning, I had this amazing opportunity to interview at a clothing company I prepped weeks in advance for this day; I dyed my hair as mentioned, cut my bangs (which look fab), bought a skirt from the company I was interviewing at, bleached my teeth, painted my nails, and had my teacher write me the sweetest letter of recommendation. Needless to say I was feeling super awesome about this, I felt confident that I was qualified and prepared. So flash forward to yesterday I printed off directions to the interview, continued to perfect my look for the interview, and made sure I had an ample amount of time to get there....I left an hour and a half early to make sure I got there with plenty of time to spare. I then decided to head off and pick up a soda on my way down...I was super nervous! I reached the city where the interview was at and followed the directions Google maps gave me to a T.....did I end up where the interview was....NOOOOO! I ended up in a residential area on some friggin mountain, so instead of panicking I tried to find the location by following the cross streets (I promise I am good at directions), but where did I end up??? Back in the neighborhood on the mountain!! I drove around for over an hour trying to find this place, I tried finding the phone number to call someone but it was unlisted on Goog411. I then decided after I was now an hour late for my interview to just call it and drive home...I felt numb the entire drive home and for the remainder of the day....I couldn't even cry....I just felt nothing...and still do. Yeah you might say that I am over reacting but this is something that I have wanted forever...this was my chance to be able to have a job that utilizes creativity. When I got home I hurried and wrote the girl I was interviewing with an email apologizing and begging for another chance. She hasn't written me back which is a really bad sign. Ahhh so in conclusion I hate my life today and loathe Google maps.

ps: to make matters worse we went out to a friends house for dinner last night and of course used Google maps and got lost AGAIN!!! Hate hate hate you!

pps: tiff I found Logan's BFF last night: Lehi it was like taking step back in time ;)

ppps: Please hope that she writes me back!

pppps: Love love

Today

2010-01-12T10:50:00.000-08:00

Today just might be the biggest day of my life...well maybe not the biggest we will leave that for my birth and wedding but its up there! I have a super huge interview at 3 today and I am so so nervous! I hope that I do well and don't choke...which I tend to do under extreme nervousness! Wish me luck!! Love love

M&N

2010-01-06T13:22:00.000-08:00

I have been meaning to post this AHH-MAZING craft that my pretty Christmas tree was blocking all month ;) so here is its debut!

I found this totally awesome project HERE! Thanks for posting this Miken, I think it turned out just fab I decided to add some fabric swirls with the scraps in each corner. Also in the wire hanging I will be putting some of our new pictures that the wonderful Katie Oborn took, check her out HERE she is enchanting ;) (I am watching the wonderful You've Got Mail! Remember how Cathlene Kelly's mom is enchanting? I love love this show it's so romantic!)

I hope that I can finish my plate project that has been put on the back burner for-EVER!

And can I please have this chair from Urban...its beyond beautiful and would look amazing in the corner of my room in between the back burner plate project previously mentioned? Granted it is over priced....but its pretty.....

Also I had my dear sweet husby dye my hair last night...he did a wonderful job absolutely wonderful I got the darkest of dark brown but I just don't feel like its dark enough...do I dare dye it a soft black?! I will prob just wait on that for now I am thinking during the warmer months when I have a tan to dye it black...I told this to Nate the other day he said it was exotic....I will just take that as a good thing ;) love you ;).

My question to you is well let me give brief background: I used to have a full on bang a couple of months ago, I switched to just a side sweep and am thinking about going back to the full? What do you think? I need your opinions por favor (That's me practicing my exoticness ;). Much thanks for your help ;) Love love.

My New Phobia

2009-12-30T11:56:00.000-08:00

I discovered a new phobia that I suffer from its:

Emetophobia: A fear of throwing up

Let me explain, for the past couple of days I have been praying to the porcelain throne because I am deathly afraid of throwing up. It came to the point of no return...I had to throw up, immediately following well and during I had a huge panic attack! I didn't want it to happen again I was literally freaking out, the only thing that got me through it was that episode of Seinfeld where Jerry throws up after several years of not. But alas it happened again...and again....and again! I was so so miserable! I ended up becoming severely dehydrated, I promise I thought I was near death...seriously though this time. I couldn't move my body at all and I could barely breathe! Luckily thank goodness I am on the mend, except this opens up a whole slew of bigger problems I mean this may solidify my fear of having a kid! I mean what if I have severe morning sickness in addition to my phobia!! Blahhhhh! Good thing I don't have to worry about that for a very VERY VERY long time ;). I need to lastly thank my dear sweet hubbs for taking such good care of me even though he was super sick too, I am a very lucky lady ;). Also thanks to the moms for bringing us medicine and gatorades you're the best! Again I am so glad I am feeling better !!!TTFN ;) Love love

Why??

2009-12-28T14:50:00.000-08:00

The question that keeps running through my mind today is:

"Why is Christmas over?"

Is it just me or did the holiday go by way too fast? I swear I blinked Thursday night at around 6 PM and then it was Saturday morning...did I black out or something? In protest I refuse to get ready (not like that is totally different than any other day ;) but still) and eat...eat...eat while staring at my Christmas tree humming You Make It Feel Like Christmas by the one and only Neil Diamond. Christmas please come back to me...I miss you. Love love

Happy Holidays

2009-12-23T17:38:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays friends, we hope that your days are merry and full of good cheer, and that you have a great new year ;). Love love N & M

So Sorry

2009-12-23T17:00:00.000-08:00

Dear Blog,

I am sorry for using you the other day for an outlet to my anger, it was wrong of me and hope that you an forgive me and we can remain bff's. I promise to never treat you that way again....well I will think twice about it??? Happy Holidays Blog!

Love love always,
Morgan Virginia

Yeah that's right I said it!

2009-12-19T14:14:00.000-08:00

I need to vent and throw an effing temper tantrum today. Yeah that's right I said eff!

1. Eff not being able to eat! What I wouldn't give to have a huge Cafe Rio salad right now.
2. Eff drinking my fountain drink without a straw...its just wrong
3. Eff the window shield truck guy who was riding my tail on the way home. What more do you want from me I was going 80 and its not like there is EVER going to be some windshield emergency!!
4. Eff not being able to thoroughly enjoy my crumbly donettes
5. Eff Eff Eff the lady in front of me in line at Kohls who had the balls to complain about HER taking forever to finish her transaction! First she wanted to re-do a previous transaction to put onto her Kohls card, then she wanted to pay for her items, then she wanted to pay off her Kohls card with every possible tender you can use! An as she walks away she complains about how long that took, ummm excuse me its the weekend before Christmas and you want to do all this mumbo jumbo with twenty billion people waiting in line behind you??!!! You suck lady...really really bad!
6. Eff starving to death yet feeling too nauseous to eat...if I didn't have this surgery I could have sworn I was pregnant.
7. Eff picture frames not being made in the size I need
8. Eff not being able to find the most perf cream sweater for Christmas Eve
9. Eff skinny jeans..well the ones that I can afford I am sure the $200 pairs look amazing, so eff expensive jeans that look amazing!
10. Eff being to sick too see BFF and Lil B yesterday
11. Eff the laundry
12. Eff Tiger Woods...you really are one sick dude
13. Eff my bad attitude

Confession: On the way home I was blaring some Paramore/first album the second one is too trendy ;) (yeah I know I am way hardcore), well anyways I cranked it up and wanted so badly to head bang and throw the bird in the sky and wave it side to side. But I didn't...and yes my mom did raise me to have good manners so this outburst doesn't reflect her parenting skills...love you mom ;) this is just me being fed up ;) hope your day is better than mine ;) Love love.

Yes You Should Feel Bad For Me ;)

2009-12-16T14:05:00.000-08:00

Today I had a gum graft done...it was miserable to say the least! Let me paint you a picture of the procedure I had to endure! First off they don't have TV's in the ceiling so I had to stare at the styrofoam white abyss...waaay boring! Next he told me about what he was going to do (don't get me wrong the dude was totally nice but how he decided to chop up gums for a living beats me!). So he started with hitting me up with some wonderful Novocaine whomever came up with that genius idea must get a Nobel Prize of some sorts! So there I was numb as a frost bitten limb when he sliced both gum beds around my two front lower teeth to stretch the gums and attach the graft. After he did that I was dreading the next part...he took a dagger shaped instrument to my upper gum on my right side next to my palette and sliced it! This is where he took the graft to attach to my lower teeth...it wasn't pretty I am pretty sure he tried to hide how horribly bloody it was. I would catch out of the corner of my eye every so often his plastic glove covered in blood...gross I know. There I laid my body was stiff as a board, my hands in fists, and my toes pointed (I know that everyone secretly does this I mean how could you not with all these little daggers and drills in your mouth!) anyways then he sewed the incision where he took the graft from and moved on to putting the freaky weird slab of gum on my front teeth. At this point some of the novocaine began to wear off...not fun when you have a small hook and thread going through your gums, so I said um yeah OUCHYYY! I kept saying little prayers in my mind: please be over soon! please let this be the last stitch, please let me make it out of here alive, please don't let me bleed to death, you know just the usual...I wish I hadn't taken my last xanex a couple weeks ago when I first went to the dentist...that could have helped immensely! My gums kept and keep bleeding it is thoroughly disgusting!

Good thing I have such an amazing husband...he took me to my appointment, asked the dentist what I could and couldn't eat and then went to the store to pick me up some things! He even waited till I got home and tucked me in bed...this is where I have been ever since noon popping pills and eating mashed potatoes. I am so happy this is finally over and can't wait for it to heal..lets just hope I don't choke on my own blood while I sleep...TMI? Oh well ;). Wish me luck ;) Love love.

ps: Another couple totally crappy things about this whole procedure...I can't work out for five days which will either be a blessing or curse to my waistline. Lets hope for blessing since I will be on a liquid or mushy diet for the next little bit ;). Also Cafe Rio Thursday is a total bust.....I didn't even get it last week since we were back and forth from the North Pole/Logan last week which I am so not complaining with graduation was amazing. Hopefully sometime next week I will have a pork barbacoa salad filling my stomach and mind with happiness ;).

Last Night

2009-12-11T11:13:00.000-08:00

Last night I accomplished something...I graduated last night! It was so so amazing, I loved seeing my teachers again an introducing them to my family and reminiscing about the time I spent there. It was a great night for me, I had my wonderful family with me who were so happy for me which made me feel beyond special. One of the highlights of the nights for me was right before I was about to receive my diploma my teacher got up on the stage to hand it to me! It was great I loved every second...(well I could have done without the story with the farm and the cows ;) its a must when you are in Logan though!). Thanks for a great night hubbs and fam I loved it! I can't wait for Nate's graduation tomorrow!! I hope he has a just as a great of an experience as I did!

ps: I could have done without the 6 below weather last night Logan ;) Love love!

Goals

2009-12-10T12:08:00.000-08:00

This came from my girly Kim's blog and I thought it was fun!

My 5 Random Life Goals:

1: To feel successful and accomplished with a career that allows me to run wild with my creativity.

2: To want to be a mommy....I want to want to be a mommy I just don't have that feeling of need to be a mommy....I really hope this happens because if not Natey could be super mad with me in the far far away future ;) (no mom nate doesn't want to have a kid either right not that's why I added to fars' in front of the future ;) love you)

3: To travel the world (yeah I know this is everyone's but I just love traveling and discovering!).

4: To be a great humanitarian and serve people around me...and animals ;)

5: This really should be #1 but to be happy is the most important goal I have ;)

I challenge you to do the same ;) its fun!! Have a great Thursday I know we will, off to graduation tonight and hoping that we don't freeze in below zero weather in good ol' Logan ;)! Love love

We're graduating and it feels so good!

2009-12-09T12:03:00.000-08:00

This week Nate and I both graduate! I am so proud of my sweet hubby, he is graduating with a double major, and an amazing GPA (pretty much he's a genius). Mine on the other had seems insignificant to his, he is such an amazing student and I am so happy he will be done for the time being....until we are off to graduate school wishfully in CA or NY!! I love you schweetie you are amazing!!

Having graduation this week has really got me thinking...I loved my schooling! It was such an amazing experience for me, it allowed me to express my creativity in a way I never had before, also it allowed me to challenge myself to push farther and to be the best student I could be. I miss and think about it everyday, I still have plans to continue on to complete an interior design degree. Its hard though right now between getting stable here with moving (who knew that just moving locations would affect your bank account so much!) so the money just isn't there but I will get there I will make sure of it! I need to learn to be proud of my accomplishments it is so out of my character to think I really did something of worth (sorry this for sure is not a pity party just the truth!) because I worked my big behind off to get here so GO ME!

On a so much lighter note why in the H is the USU graduation ceremony at friggin 10 AM....in Logan! We have to be in Logan by 9:30 to make sure we have tickets, and I think that Nate has to be there a whole lot earlier then 9:30....BOOOO USU! That is far to early to be waking up on a Saturday...naps will be made mandatory! Wellf friends wish us luck! Love love

Sidenote:

2009-12-07T14:13:00.001-08:00

I slept on the couch night before last because I couldn't find the remote to our TV upstairs....thought you should know ;)

Love love

Dear Santa

2009-12-07T13:57:00.000-08:00

Dear Santa:

I think I have been remarkably good this year and am willing to barter the next five years of excellent behavior for this:

(Audi Q5 SUV in Deep Sea Blue Pearl)

Not only do I want this car...but I need this car! I almost died multiple times on my way to the BFF get together Saturday! Now Santa, my hubby Nate who is usually on the naughty list...I am sure you have heard of him ;) JK, but he won't ever..EVER let me get a brand new car! Yeah I know the car depreciates in amount right when you drive it off the lot..blah blah blah, so you see Santa you are my only hope of having this car and insuring my safety. Think it over....talk it out with the Mrs' I know its a big purchase and all, have your elves contact me soon so I know whether to sell my car or make proper arrangements with the morgue ;).

Love love yours truly,
Morgan V.

Good....Bad....& The Ugly

2009-12-03T21:48:00.000-08:00

{Clint made a pretty ruggedly hot cowboy...looks sorta like Hugh Jackman..if you're into that}

So just need to put some stuff out into the blog universe again..lets start on a good note ;)

The Good:

*We went to the dentist yesterday after 3+ years of not attending due to no insurance ;) we had NO cavities!!! Seriously I am still in shock! I mean to tell the truth many a moon ago I was suppose to go to the dentist to have around 5 cavities filled.....I was way mature and skipped out and NEVER had them filled! So the night before our appointments I was anxiety stricken I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep, I told Natey every 2-3 minutes that I was so so so scared to go to the dentist, ps: I had to take a xanex before I even went to the appointment just to calm down ( yes it was that bad and felt justified in taking it...very justified!) So when the dentist came in and sat beside my possessed chair and side table full of bloody floss (I am sorry tiff but I think that the hygienists and assistants get joy from causing pain) anyways back to the dentist he sat next to me and said your teeth look GREAT!!! I thought I was having some very cruel prank played on me...he was serious though! He said that some of the previous cavities I may have had re-mineralized or whatev. For real the big guy upstairs was so looking out for us!

* We got our new laptop yesterday! Its so so amazing! I don't have to sit all alone in that little room staring at a box elder bug that has become my new bff....I haven't seen him in a couple days so I hope that he's not dead...if so R.I.P. Boxy.

The Bad:

*Thrifty Thursday wasn't as thrifty for me this week....come to think of it it was a major let down! I was at my local DI and spotted out of the corner of my eye these gorge Carlos 4 inch platform shoes, immediately when I saw them I planned out the most perf outfit to go with them for graduation next week. So I sit down to try them on...I didn't even bother to look at the size because I was so fearful of them not being my size! There I was slipping my foot into the most amazing shoes I have ever found at the DI, and guess what?!! The totally fit!!! I then turned them over to see the condition they were in and they were MINT!! I was beside myself with happiness, while I was checking out their condition I noticed the price tag.....$15.00.....ok in the real world this would be a screaming deal but this is the thrift world and I was not about to pay 15 bucks for these (yeah yeah I'm cheap I know). I then went on a quest to muster up the courage to ask a manager if they could lower the price, I mean the leather boots they were selling weren't even 15 bucks...throw me a bone here! After about 45 minutes of pacing I was determined to ask someone, I asked the first manager I saw......"Please lady I need these shoes...you understand how it is right....please just lower the price to ten dollars....I will even send you a thank you card for your generosity! Ok so it didn't go exactly that way...she declined my offer before I could even finish my sentence....so I put my shoes back on the rack and had to leave before I broke down and bought the shoes that lets face it I would wear once perhaps twice....but they would be the happiest times of my life I bet ;)! I was pretty peeved they wouldn't discount them I mean come on you got the shoes for FREE you're making like 1,000's of percents of profit here, and its the holiday season.....! Again Thrifty Thursday wasn't that thrifty.

* Well its winter ladies....I loathe winter and anything winter related. But alas I live in Utah for the time being and have to deal. I have been looking for weeks for leather or not cheap leather imitation boots at a reasonable price without a spec of suede/micro suede/or any suede looking imitation...The brands that I am obsessed with that make the boots that must adorn my feet are: Frye, Banana Republic, and Nine West.....none of them are under 100 bucks...which happens to be my price range....BOOOOOO winter I blame you for my misfortune!

The Ugly:

*Yeah I am pretty sure that I am the last person on earth that doesn't wear cute work out clothes. I mean I think the lady in the class after mine today with the velveteen capri leggings beats my faded red sweats and security one T. I just don't want to invest in any I mean I wear them for around 3 hours a week....perhaps if I find a super great deal on some I will cave...until then I am easy to spot at the rec center ;)

AHHHHH I feel sooo much better ;) thanks for listening/reading ;) Love love!

ps: sorry for beginning so may sentences with 'so'....not really though just trying to be polite for all my grammatically correct peeps ;)

pps: I know there are boat loads of other grammar issues in the post...again deal ;) xoxoxox ;)

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-25T16:01:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow everyone!! I love this holiday and am excited to spend time with family. We have so much to be thankful for right now and thought that I would do a top ten!

1. Family: We love you and are grateful for all you do!
2. Friends: We are grateful to be blessed to have great friends.
3. Eternal families: We are grateful that our family will be together forever.
4. Jobs: We are grateful to have jobs that provide us with food to eat, clothes to wear, and a home to live in.
5. Animals: (ok ok ok so this one is mine but I don't care!) I am grateful for pets and for their unconditional love ;)
6. Our Country: We are grateful to live the USA and grateful for all those who laid down their lives for us, and who risk their lives everyday so we can be free.
7. The Gospel: We a grateful to have knowledge of our church, and for our faith.
8. Cafe Rio: We are grateful to have you in our lives and right down the street from our house. I don't know what we would do without your pork barbacoa salad.
9. TV: Yeah so this one is not sentimental but seriously its cheap entertainment for us, and life without Seinfeld re-runs is no life at all in my book ;)
10. Marriage: I am grateful to have found my schweetie and for all the hard work he puts in for our family, I truly am a very lucky lady...I am sure he would agree about me ;)

We hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow and eat tons of amazing food! I know we will ;) Love love

Thrifty

2009-11-25T15:44:00.000-08:00

Today was a great day for thrift store shopping! I found some amazing treasures that I am super excited about:

Knock-off Hermes bag

Vintage books in pretty colors for my side tables

80's envelope purse (perfect for a fancy night out with my hubby)

Vintage Book of Mormon! I especially love the blue one because my mom has one and I remember loving to use it and look at all the fun pictures!

I really think I am getting the hang of this thrift store shopping thing! And it costs me next to nothing which I really dig!! You really should try it sometime ;) Love love

Throw me a friggin bone here

2009-11-18T10:38:00.000-08:00

I am a little upset today that I never win any of these blog giveaways....some how even though the winners are picked at random I think that the whole thing is rigged. I mean I enter and enter day, after day, after day and for what? NOTHING! I mean is my blog not popular enough to win a giveaway or something? Umm...hello friends don't just grow on trees, I am sorry I'm not COOL enough to win your stupid giveaway! I mean would it be seriously too much to ask for a small parting gift....please?

(Wow sorry, but this rage about giveaways has been building and building for quite sometime and I just needed to release it here in the blog universe).

Well I hope that your luck is much better than mine ;), Love love.

Today...

2009-11-16T11:31:00.000-08:00

Today I am sick
not the deathly ill sickness
just the in between sickness, so at least functioning.
But I just don't want to do anything but watch
The Nanny re-runs (I promise I think this show is funny)
and nap in between making crafts.

Today I wish I had the swine flu so I could justify doing all of the above.
But alas I cannot I must work....or fall asleep on the keyboard?
We'll see what happens first ;)
Hope your Monday is much better! Love love

Drug

2009-11-09T12:48:00.001-08:00

This is my drug of choice:

I promise I think that they put crack in this stuff! Now I know I have blogged about Nutella before and its probably getting old...just deal ok! I really have a horrible addiction to this stuff, I find myself thinking about it ALL the time. But once I partake of some of this wonderful spread, happiness fills my entire being, but once I seal up the jar and place it back in the cupboard I immediately feel so disgusted with myself...hence my conclusion that this stuff must have some sort of drug embedded in the creamy goodness probably crack crystals posing as sugar or something.

Today is the day that I come clean/sober and vow to never purchase and or partake of this creamy chocolatey goodness ever again. After I publish this post I will go and take my last "hit" and dump a ton of water in the jar thus not tempting me to get the jar out of the garbage....yes I would probably do that the addiction really is THAT bad...really...am that pathetic!

Wish me luck....Love love

Caught!

2009-11-05T11:33:00.000-08:00

So about every six months or so Nate checks up on the blog, mainly when he is bored or is genuinely interested...that is still to be determined ;) love you honey! Let me paint the picture for you what happened last night: I walk in from being brutally beaten at core fusion class, my quads are killing me from being in a perma-squat for 55 minutes (my quads, groin, and gluts will thank you later Christy but as of right now you suck)! So back to the story I walk in hauling bags of groceries with every muscle pulled in the lower half of my body and about ready to keel over! I decide to dredge upstairs to say hi to Natey and see if he wanted anything to eat (he had worked all day and had loads of homework so I wanted to be sweet). So I am on my way up the stairs...well.. trying to make it up the stairs with my jelly legs! I open the door to the office and there is Natey reading our blog...the first thing he says to me is:

So.....gold cardigan huh?
(ahhh hem what happened to hi sweetie how was your workout? Thank you for going grocery shopping, spending 15 minutes finding the perfect soup you know I would like, and what about all my funny jokes on this blog I mean for real I am hilarious!? For serious I know he really does appreciate that...I love you again sweetie!)

But alas he had read my last post about paying full price for the gold cardigan....wha wha whaaaa! I was caught.....RED HANDED! This solidified my shame and guilt....I mean of all the times to check in on the blog he looks at the confession entry...that really is just my luck. I am still keeping the cardigan though..it is an investment piece (how sad is it that 20 bucks is an investment for me?). You know what? Even and when we make it big I still will probably feel guilty about paying 20 bucks for a cardigan, that's the way momma raised me! I am proud to carry on the legacy of the bargain shopper and she did a dang good job if you ask me ;)! Love you mom!

ps: I hope you all have a great Thursday! I know I will! I am counting down the hours till I am home from kickboxing with a HUGE Cafe Rio salad in my lap, my hubby at my side, and Survivor Samoa on the tube ( I can't wait to see what happens with the merge)! Love love

On my mind

2009-11-04T11:35:00.000-08:00

I have several things on my mind today that I would really like to get off my chest!

1). Trying to find time to start up my new boutique:

Meet Virginia

Which will feature in the beginning hand made trinkets and hopefully grow into a full fledged free standing store. It has always been a dream of mine to have my own boutique, I realized a couple weeks ago while wandering in and out of some super cute stores on Main St. in Bountiful with my hubbs that this is really the path for me.
Now lets get to the consuming my mind part: HOW do I do this? I mean this is a pretty big task and I don't want to fail, I HAVE to be successful. So I have the drive its just stressful trying to make it all happen....lets face it I deal with stress just as well as I love jumping into a body of water from a high elevation...(falling period is a huge HUGE fear of mine but falling into water....is just HORRIFYING to me)! Good thing my hubbs is so business savvy! Stay tuned for the Meet Virginia Blog store..coming soon...I hope!

2). I want these oxford inspired shoes from F21... now I know I may get some flack for this but I really can't stop from having these shoes keep replaying in my mind (this is a sign a should purchase them right)?

I mean really wouldn't they look superb with a simple black sheath dress, gold cardigan, and grey tights? I think so, also I have noticed that my sense of style has really come back since living in a more urban environment. I sadly thought it was lost forever since moving to Logan, but now I realized that that hick town only suppressed my fashion creativity! It feels good to be getting back to my old self ;)!

3). My mom will be so disappointed by this one....I paid full price for a gold cardigan at Target last night....I am so ashamed. It wasn't even discounted slightly...but I had to do it! I searched high and low for a gold cardigan on sale an I never could find one...so I did what I normally do and convinced myself that I NEED this cardigan...I cannot LIVE without it (much like I am doing with these shoes right now). So mind over money prevailed once again!

4). That time of the month is nearing...I can feel it. I have all the normal symptoms: wanting to eat Nate and I out of house and home, irritability, wanting to sleep for hours on end, and too many headaches to count. I mean seriously isn't it enough that we have to deal with this for 5-7 days a month but to tack on a week before where you might as well be as miserable as those 5-7 days? This whole time of the month has really gotten out of hand if you ask me! How about instead of giving me all of these pre time of the month symptoms, just send me a memo so I am aware mother nature is coming to my neck of the woods and wants to shack up for 5-7 days. (That could have been a little TMI but today I could careless I mean women post their birthing stories and how they massage their cervix and what nots so my post seems pretty PG compared to that!) ;).

Ahh I feel so much better, this post was very therapeutic! Sorry again for the TMI ;). I hope you all have a great Wednesday..Love love.

ps: I went to power tone class last night and my legs feel like dead weight! Thank you Janeen for beating my entire body to death, you're the best! ;)

Live long and prosper

2009-11-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

Our Halloween was totally awesome! We had a blast! The only thing I missed was watching my most fav Halloween movie: Hocus Pocus.....I am still grieving over this :(! Nate said lets just watch it on Sunday and I was like ummm tomorrow isn't Halloween sweetie it won't be the same! Better luck next year I suppose. The Zagg Halloween party was totally awesome, we had a blast! I am still bothered that I didn't win any of the costume contests...again better luck next year!

Here is the un-veiling of our trekkie costumes for this year!

{Captain Kirk and Spawk!! Awesome wig huh ;) I am thinking about giving it a go full time ;)!}

I already have a plan for our costumes next year ;) I don't want to give too much away but here's a sneak peek ;):

Hope you guys had a great Halloween...I am so so super sad its over :(! Love love!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-30T13:12:00.000-07:00

I am so so excited that tomorrow is Halloween I can't even express my giddyness in this post!! Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays EVER! I love getting dressed up and pretending to be someone else for one night. Nate and I's costumes are pretty sweet I must say!

Here's a clue:

For Halloween to be successful it must have all of the following for me:

Isn't Hocus Pocus the BEST EVER! I mean really it is the perfect Halloween movie. My earliest memory of this movie was watching it after I got home from trick-or-treating with Kristy and Whitney and sorting my haul of candy while wanting to be Sarah Jessica Parker and singing my own version of her hypnotizing song!!:

Come little children, I'll take thee away
Into a land of enchantment
Come little children, the time's come to play
Here in my garden of magic

Seriously what little girl didn't do that....? Maybe I was the only one ;)! I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween and gorge out on all the candy you can! Love love

Famous

2009-10-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am totally famous! I was asked to be in a Bridgerland promotional video and they put it up online!! I feel so accomplished ;) but then it got me thinking I really miss going to school there. My teachers were amazing and I had amazing friends......:( boooo!

Here is the link check it out!
{In my 2 second cameo I am working on a window display I helped create!}

ps: Don't mind the guy hacking at a beef carcass...it's a Logan thing...if you live there you'll understand ;)! Love love

Blah

2009-10-28T12:16:00.000-07:00

Blah....this is how I feel today...no I am not sick or feeling ill in anyway. I am so bored with my life as it is right now. I won't get into too many details since many of them include stuff from my so-called "Professional" life. I mean many of you know I work from home and I am so very happy that I have a job and it truly is a great one, its just hard not having human interaction....at all! Since Nate said that I HAVE to work...even if/when he hits it big I guess I have to come to terms with it, I guarantee today won't be the day that I do. But I mean come on can't wife be a full time job? Granted it is a crappy one, really you are more of a volunteer, you receive no compensation for doing endless loads of laundry and hours of cleaning. There are slim to no benefits other than the occasional thanks for scrubbing the crusty dishes compliments. Honestly it sounds like an awesome gig to me right now, call me lazy or whatever you want...I have hit a wall and I am not sure when I will be able to climb over it (yes I can be serious ;). Yep Blah is the perfect word of describing Morgan today...hopefully tomorrow will be better/or a miracle happens and Nate becomes a multi-millionaire and I can convince him that being a Wife full time is where I should be ;)!

ps: If you know of anything where I can have a creative outlet and make moolah/a job let me know!

pps: I didn't bother putting up a pic on this entry because I thought it was very fitting of my Blah mood.

ppps: Wish me luck on having a better day tomorrow ;)! Love love

The dance

2009-10-26T12:35:00.000-07:00

I came across this song today by my most fav band of all time...it brought a tear to my eye this is Nate and I's song...to be honest I am tearing up right now ;)! It's the song that we played for our first dance as a married couple, what an amazing that day was, and what an amazing guy I lucked out with! I love you sweetie...and will for all time ;)! Sorry for the mush it had to be said though ;) Love love!

Oh my Neeko!

2009-10-26T10:33:00.000-07:00

I received an email from my sweet pooch Neeko today....I laughed really hard! Check it out ;)

petcentric - DOGGIE & KITTIE-MAIL

Isn't he the cutest???? I love love him!

The pop in!

2009-10-22T13:20:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had the Relief Society Presidency do an un-announced pop-in visit? Well as of last night I have! It was around seven thirty pm I had just finished making me some whole wheat tortellini and garlic bread and was sitting down with my sweetie to a dvr'd episode of the best show ever Seinfeld!! When there was a knock at the door.....hmph maybe its our landlord and she wants more money out of us....perhaps? this wouldn't be the first time. So then Nate proceeds to get up and open the door while I sat eating my tortellini, in my messy disgusting house (Saturdays are for cleaning right?), thank goodness I hadn't gotten into my sweats yet and de-bra'd or I would have been in big trouble! So back to Nate opening the door, I hear two ladies and they said is this the Bradshaw residence? Nate said yeah it is I am Nate what can I do for you? They said we are here to visit your wife, Morgan. I was thinking to myself as they said that....uh where was my phone call to tell me you were coming over??? Where was my buffer time to straighten my house up and at least to put some mascara and blush on???? So there I was in the stuck in the middle of a pop-in (ps that is another Seinfeld phrase...I tried to find a pic or clip but it was a bust) with the Relief Society Presidency....I started sweating profusely and was really nervous for some weird reason...I mean rightly so I was totally caught off guard with no make-up on, in a filthy house, and breath smelling like basil pesto and garlic bread. To make matters worse they wanted to take my picture so they have a name with a face....UH hello can we go back to the no make-up!! I mean first you show up at my house without a phone call and now you want to take a no make-up picture? That is just askin' a little too much...too too much! So they proceeded to ask me questions all the while they wanted me to fill out this survey thing...since anxiety had taken over my mind, it was difficult for me to carry some sort of awkward conversation and fill out this getting to know you hoop-la. I couldn't tell ya how long they stayed it was like one of those car wreck scenarios. All in all they were nice ladies, just next time a little heads up would be nice mm k ;)!

ps: Happy Thursday! This day couldn't have come any sooner for me I am dying for my Cafe Rio salad and shows with me sweetie ;)! Love love

Animal Humor

2009-10-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

My dear sweet mom sent me this email today and I had to share! I think animal humor is almost as funny as potty humor, and if you are an avid reader of this blog you would know I think potty humor is prob the funniest stuff out there which in return makes animal humor pretty high up there on the funny scale for me! At least I know my girl Jamie will love it ;) Enjoy!!

ps: I want a pet of my very own...or at least to see my neeko baby....feel bad for me ;) Love love!

{"Look....I was thirsty man, deal with it."}

{"Touch de duck....I keel you!"}

{"Bread! You are seriously giving me bread...?"}

{"So dad left when he found out about Mom and the Panda."}

A note to self

2009-10-20T14:23:00.000-07:00

Dear Self:

These constant cravings of diet pepsi, salsa verde doritos, and nutella smeared tortillas (don't judge me mmk I know you would love it if you tried it!) has got to end (no I am mos def not pregnant just fyi)!

{The evidence...bum bum bum!}

We should really try to practice mind over matter, you can beat this! Kickboxing and pilates classes have now been made mandatory and will not cease till those bulges that hang over you jeans disappear!

Sincerely Yours,

Morgan Virginia

ps: I got this huge free sample in the mail today...I mean it marries the best of both worlds-getting packages in the mail and getting stuff for FREE!! Ah this made my day ;) thank you Pro X wrinkle smoothing cream for bringing a smile to my face! Love love

To all the baby mama's

2009-10-19T10:57:00.001-07:00

Hey guys! So over the weekend my mom, sis, and I made some super cute beaded binkie holders for super cute little girls @ just $8.00! Get them while they are hottt ladies! Go here to check them out and buy! Love love!

Best day of the week!

2009-10-15T13:40:00.000-07:00

The best day of the week is mos def.........

Thursdays!!

Let me tell you why in a picture form:

{Hangin with this backwards cap hottie}

{Downing a huge pork salad from the Rio, yes I mean the entire thing! Don't judge me ;)}

{7 PM Guilty pleasure ;)}

{Ahhh Pam+Jim forever and ever}

{Truth be told I wanted just a pic of Tim but didn't want to search for it ;)! Tim: please be my bff oh please oh please oh please!!}

This is my evening in a picture nutshell! Oh how I love Thursdays with my sweetie. Hope you all have a Happy Thursday (I know I will)!! Love love

Plates

2009-10-13T11:19:00.000-07:00

I am so in love with this plate mural that I found on Design Sponge {much thanks}!! I have been collecting plates for weeks now and can't wait to put mine together on a wall in my bedroom. Pictures to come once I find just the right plates! Love love

?'s

2009-10-12T10:39:00.000-07:00

A couple of questions have crossed my mind while working this morning, just curious if I am weird or normal depending on your answers ;)!

#1 Do you ever feel like your hairline is receding?

Because lately I have feared that mine has, is it because I only do my hair in a pony tail all week? Am I pulling it too tight? It's probably all in my head or it really is and I need to rush to the store and purchase some ladies rogaine....yeah its probably all in my head....?

#2 If you worked at home and rarely saw daylight would you: A) never get ready, B) get ready the second you got up, C) pull a halfer (half ready half not), or D) any combination of the previously listed.

I would have to say that I am a combo of A and C I usually get half ready if I will be going out to run errands this entails tee shirt/jeans/cons...lets just say I could be mistaken for a boy...being that makeup is optional. I determined that once/if I ever become a mom that I am screwed I will be declared the queen of frump and rarely brush my hair. Do I want this to happen no..but will it...perhaps?

These are the questions running through my mind for the day, feel free please to leave your feedback ;) love love

Love Loves!

2009-10-08T12:02:00.000-07:00

lately i have been infatuated with many things that i feel so inclined to share with my blogging world/i am bored and need a break from work :)!

#1 has to be decorating, moving always gives me the urge to decorate!

#2 over-decorating, now i don't think this is necessarily a good one but i really can't help myself. i don't think i would do good with minimalist designing! i want a nick nack and a paddy whack on every free space in my whole house. i draw the line at doilies though...that line should never be crossed.

#3 i have to attribute my over decorating to my new found love of the D.I. let me say first off before you judge me i challenge you to come to my house and tell what i did and did not purchase at the D.I.! i have been in a huge purchase and refurbing stage right now! ps: isn't refurbing fun to say?

#4 i am so in love with the color combo mustard gold yellow and grey. I have been searching the internet for days trying to find the perfect sweater in just the right hue! ( hue is such a designer word to say don't you think?)

#5 berets! i love love these ones from forever 21!

{would it be weird if i bought this fedora from urban outfitters? i seriously think a may!}

#6: would have to be the real housewives of atlanta, and i am so not ashamed of looking forward to this coming to on demand every friday! i however refuse to watch it with nate he just doesn't get it, it's my ME time show just like glenn is his him time show ;) love you sweetie!

#7 fall colors. my whole downstairs of my house is done in burnt orange, mustard yellow, deep cranberry red, and army green. i absolutely adore it!

#8 would have to be the vinyl boutique down the street from my house, this can probably co-inside with the whole over decorating.....its an addiction really ;)!

#9 culligan fresh drinking water! the water in b-ful is ubber nasty!

#10 edamame (soy beans) individual packs from costco! my mom turned me onto these and i have never looked back. i usually have one a day for lunch with tons of salt!!

#11 getting my hair done in a long hippie layered dark/chestnut brown colored combo, perhaps like this but with a bang?:

{also wouldn't a fedora look completely awesome with this hairdo?}

#12 coming up with new business ideas with mom and sis! be looking forward to those!

#13 pantene pro-v beautiful lengths conditioner and mask. i haven't decided if this just has a placebo effect or if it really makes my hair feel fuller,healthier, and longer! either way no complaints here i love it!

i think 13 is a great number to end at, thanks for letting me rant and rave! now i am off to get the lunch of a champions: diet pepsi and edamame {i was up so late working last night the caffeine is a must right now!} love love

Lil B

2009-09-30T18:57:00.000-07:00

today i had the complete pleasure to meet lil b (or what i like to call her:)). she is so so pretty just like her mommy i seriously held her for around 3 hours and loved every second of it! it was so crazy to see my bff as a new mommy, not crazy bad crazy good! she will be an amazing mom, it's crazy how we have gone from skipping school to living together to getting married to living next door to each other and now for her being a mommy. i won't lie i got a little choked up and fought back some tears to see how happy her and her cute little family are. i am so happy for them, the only thing sad about it is that i don't live next door anymore and can't drop in to see mommy tiff and lil b whenever i want :(! miss you guys and had the best time seeing you and your lil b today. thanks for letting me hog her and hold her for hours, it was complete bliss! please say that when i finally cave to the baby craze that my baby will be as pretty and sweet as your's (or i will just kidnap lil b and play her off as my own!) love love you both mommy tiff and lil b can't wait till i see you again!! hopefully its real soon ;)

Two Five

2009-09-29T13:19:00.000-07:00

happy 25th birthday to my dear sweet hubby natey! i hope that you have a great day & know that i love your handsome face! ps: it's ok that you didn't make your million by 25 i think for sure by 30! i love love love you, ♥ always your wifey ;).

It's been a long time..I should've left you!

2009-09-18T10:04:00.000-07:00

wow ok this is the catch up to speed post, so sorry it has been crazy for the bshaw family the past month. so much has happened!

items that will be featured and discussed:

1. mesquite family reunion
2. tiff's shower and blanket making
3. graduating and various school projects
4. craft night with the bshaws
5. the big move to the big city ;)

#1 let us begin with the annual mesquite family reunion shall we? it seems like forever ago since we went but better late than never right? we had a super great time, a big shout out to my mom for being so awesome and letting us stay with her, and for letting us blot her bingo cards for her. ps i won bingo twice baby $50.00 went straight to my momma! we also ate at the famous seafood buffet and ate crab, lobster, and chocolate dipped churros to our hearts content!

happy as a clam ;)

steve a little too into the crab
this actually looks kinda gross now that i think about it
breydee with his ice cream..looking awfully suspicious
too much seafood doesn't do a body good!

#2: tiff/lil b's baby shower! i had an absolute blast planning tiff's shower! the shower was a garden party theme, i made center pieces, paper lanterns, cute napkin holders, lots of decorations, and paninis! also i made tiff a baby quilt for her cute little one, i think it turned out adorable! it turned out so well i am making my cousin mel's twins their bedding for their cribs! i am so excited (pics will follow once i finish them!).

putting the quilt together

don't mind my big belly in this shot ;) (wish i had the excuse that i was pregnant not for wanting a baby just for the big belly situation)

the finished product!

the girls and ash ;)

making bibs for lil b

the decor (i would've taken more pics but i wouldn't give up holding lil ash!)
tiff opening the quilt!me and lil ashtypical erin ;) jk love love you

#3: graduating school was so sad i miss everyone there and getting my daily dose of interacting with humans besides nate (since i work at home on the computer i just mainly interact with it...sad i know). i took some final pics of the projects i left up there and slaved over might i add ;). hopefully i can go back and visit really soon! ps these projects believe it aren't even the tip of the ice berg of all the projects i had to do there is way way way too many to even put on here!

ysl shopping bags for designer report

european visual merchandising display

perfume packaging and bottle project (this took forever! i spent many a days with an exacto- knife slaving over this project!)

sorry for the crappiness that is this pic! it's the free gift with purchase for my perfume project it is a tube of lipstick that actually is a small vial of the perfume! genius i know
magazine ad for perfume project
bf kandace not letting me take a pic of her!

bf kandace, colette (teacher), kadee (teacher)

#4: a couple weeks ago nate and i decided to make crafts one night for something to do. so i went to my fav store hobby lobby and got a jewelry box for me to decorate, and nate got a B for our front door to decorate. it was way fun being able to be creative with my hubby, i think that they turned out just great!

#5: thanks for hanging in there till number five! well we no longer reside in logan! we moved to bountiful about two weeks ago and are loving it. nate received a job offer with a company called zaag, they make the invisible shield for electronic stuff. he and two of his friends were hired to work on a secret project they have yet to release yet, i pretty much work and decorate our house at the moment, looking forward to starting school again in the spring, also i am looking forward to having a replenished bank account so i can get a membership to the bountiful bubble and work out...i need it lets just leave it at that! all in all we are happy campers and would love any and all visitors ;)

ah if feels good to get that all off my shoulders! thanks for hanging in there again it was long but well worth it right ;)! more is to come like nate turning 25 in a week and a half! stay tuned for that ;) love love

spot pop zit zap

2009-09-03T21:58:00.000-07:00

so I have a lot of really important blogs that need to be posted but...i think that i will post this instead.

WARNING!
THIS IS UBBER GROSS AND HAS SOME FOUL LANGUAGE BUT WELL WORTH IT
you may want to have a barf bag near by, again well worth it!

Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved

2009-08-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

dear stupid head butt munch japanese whalers,

i hope that paul kicks your whale killing loser butts
hatefully not yours,
MoB
(yeah that's a name of whale you probably killed too, stupids!)

nate and i just finished watching this week's episode of whale wars and i am SICK! completely sick to my stomach, like i could probably blow chucks if i would let myself. for those of you that didn't watch the japanese continued to kill whales in front of the sea shepherds. the helicopter for the steve erwin actually caught the japanese in pursuit of catching a whale. how they kill the whales is just so so so inhumane, first they harpoon them in the head which does not instantly kill them they proceed to choke on their own blood for up to 20 minutes or more trying to get away until the harpooner shoots them with a GUN several times. i just hope with every fiber of my being that captain paul rams their ships and totally takes them down (even though that probably won't happen because the hippies are completely worthless so i will try not to get my hopes up. stinking hippies)! i mean in the 30 something years he has been doing this he has never witnessed the japanese killing whales right in front of them. all i know is this those horrible horrible horrible japanese fleet workers and owners are of the devil and will not be going to heaven!

The world is a vampire

2009-08-11T18:16:00.000-07:00

is it wrong to get emotional when i watch whale wars? is it wrong to want captain paul to go all crazy hippy ballistic on the japanese whaling fleet? i personally think not. i so cannot believe that the japanese had the brass ones to kill a whale in front of the steve irwin crew! it looked like multiple whales from the previews of this week's episode. nate and i think they need like a grenade launcher to shoot metal eating acid onto their ships! this whole throwing smelly stuff bottles at the japanese boats isn't cuttin' it for me. THERE ARE INNOCENT WHALES DYING HERE GET IT TOGETHER YOU HIPPIES! maybe i will enlist and join the crew and smack some sense into the hippies. look for me in upcoming episodes friday nights on animal planet :)! love love

Bear Lake part 2/Best week of the YEAR!

2009-08-03T17:15:00.000-07:00

We went to Bear Lake this past weekend for 1. Juliann's Bday and 2. Raspberry days! I love it up there I wish we could have stayed longer :(. We went to the Bear Trapper in for Juliann's Bday dinner where Natey and I had crab, salmon, and shrimp! No worries we shared ;). Saturday we spent at the beach, and on the sail boat, it is so so pretty out there the water was so blue, and we saw fireworks! On Sunday we went to a way too early church and then nap and then more beach! On Sunday I made a new friend her name was Heaven and man she sure did love to talk, and make me mud pies with watermelon ice cream (the ice cream was more water mixed with sand not too complicated of a recipe!). It was a great great weekend I hope we get to go one more time before summer is over!

Happy Birthday!

My man

Hubba hubba!

Extreme close-up!

Raspberry Days fireworks!

Nate hiding under the camera sock

There he is!

Fish lips

Happy ;)

N+M 4eva!

Now onto the best week of the year....SHARK WEEK!!!

I first watched with my bro bff Stephen, then with my bff Kess, I wrote letters to Nate my bffe (best friend foreva eva) while he was in Florida for a summer about shark week, sooo needless to say I am in love with shark week! If you would like to be obsessed like me tune in to the Discovery Channel all this week!! Mmmk?! Love love

Better late than never...right?

2009-07-28T20:32:00.000-07:00

This post has been postponed so many times so I am finally just going to do it! We had a shower for my dear friend kim, who has already had her baby if that tells you how long I have needed to blog! We planned a shower for her that was a jungle theme, it turned out so so cute, I am pretty sure I was born to be a party planner. I did the games and one was where you get a variety of candy bars and then melt them in a diaper to look like poopies!

Tootsie poo ;)

Yumm!

I also made a jungle print quilt for little Asher, it turned out really great I think and totally took FOREVER! It was really fun though, hit me up if you want one of your own for your baby for a small fee ;)! Now on to the next shower for lil miss morris! Love love

The things we'll do for Harry Potter

2009-07-15T14:02:00.000-07:00

We went to the midnight show of Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince last night, with my mom, sister, and bro! It was so so crazy, my mom asked us to drive past the theater after we went to the mall at nine, I was all come on there won't be people there yet (I mean people do have lives right?) Well I was so proven wrong the line when around the building to the complete opposite side, CRAZY!!

Our night consisted of:
-Me being super annoyed with having to get in line 3 hours before the movie even started
-My camera being dead
- A food run to Taco Time
- A mini high school reunion
- Performing a co-op mission to butt in line ;)
- A siting with Shea the bearded man Stott (Come on ladies who wasn't madly in love with him in junior high!)
- Listening to teeny bobbers drop the F bomb every 15 seconds
- Extreme anxiety from being surrounded by hundreds of people
- Almost being trampled to death when being ushered into the theater
- Lastly watching an amazing AMAZING movie! And making it home safely in the wee hours of the morning!

The movie was great I highly recommend it! I really wish that I would have read the book before seeing it, I was so so lost! I am still not ok with the Harry/Ginny love story I think it's weird and not cute.

I love love her though! I think she is so amazingly pretty!

The movie was great, the company was great, and I can't wait for the rest of the movies to come out! Thanks again so so much mom for taking us, we love you! Love love

Happy Happy 4th!

2009-07-07T19:03:00.001-07:00

Well I feel it is my duty to keep you die hard bshaw fans in the know (all two of ya ;) )! Our fourth was so awesome, we had the best time! It started late the night of third with the painting of the nails in patriotic colors with the mom and sis. Also we celebrated Neeko's bday, and of course I got him gifts: a plastic squeaky steak, new camo collar, and rawhides for all the boys. Happy Birthday Baby I love you (even though you can't read I will still put it out there!) The day started bright and early we went to the good ol Kaytown parade, I even enjoyed and ice cold Dr Pepper with my madre! Wow how I have missed it we haven't been home for the summer in 2 years! Let me just say the parade has gotten super crazy I remember the days when they had zero floats, it was awesome! Next I took a nap with Neeko, then we had amazing BBQ from Holy Smokes in Layton, yum yummy. Thanks Mom and Dad! Finally we were off to......THE STADIUM OF FIRE! It was such a blast I want to go every year from now on. All in all the fourth was awesome it still is one of my favorite holidays. Thanks America for being an amazing country and for letting us celebrate your birthday!

Parade with the Fam

Can you believe they had a missionary float with inflatable missionaries! Probably my fav

Red White and Blue baby!

Look how excited he is to see Glenn

I am so friggin patriotic

Fighter Jets from HAFB

Oh Glenn won't you be our BFF?

Jonas Mania!

OMGosh the Jonas Brothers!!

The stadium of fire was so so awesome! I totally want to go back every year, the fireworks were by far the best. I will try and load the pic we have, and all the movies we made won't upload ;(. It was so intense there was tons of ash falling all over us, I even took it in the eye a couple of times! It was great thanks everyone for an amazing 4th, can't wait for the 24th for more fun! Love love

Bear Lake Part 1

2009-07-07T17:31:00.000-07:00

We went to Bear Lake last week with Nate's parents. It was so so fun and relaxing, we roasted wienies and smores, made a sand castle, laughed hysterically at season 10 of Friends, had a delicious raspberry lime shake, and got super burned on just our arms and knee caps (weird I know I guess I was a ton whiter then I had thought!)

Look how happy he is to be roastin'!

Pre roasting

I love love Bear Lake

Our sweet ride

Post Roast

In awe of my roasting skills (ignore the lazy eye mmk)

Self explanatory

Lean Mean Roasting Machines

Thanks for the great time Bshaws and Bear Lake! We had the absolute best time, and it was so so needed! See you again for Raspberry Days! Love love

Thank You!

2009-07-07T17:11:00.000-07:00

I just want to say thanks for everyone that helped me with my projects for school! I finished them and got A's on both! Seriously THANK YOU THANK YOU! I couldn't have done it without you. Stay tuned for Bear Lake and 4th of July posts mmmk! Love love

Help Part 2....Please?!

2009-06-26T14:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry this is the last thing I will ever ask of my blog readers! Its another marketing question on the other side of the spectrum of life!

What factors influence you when purchasing a breakfast cereal? (ex: price, toys inside ;), nutritional content, or packaging)

Thank you thank you thank you times a million! I will thank all of you in my graduation speech by name (come on who doesn't want that?!). Love love!

ps: I will turn into this old man if you don't help me ;) and no one wants that

Help Please ;)!

2009-06-23T15:03:00.000-07:00

I really need some help with this project that I am doing for school. Its a fragrance project and we have to get some market research, so I decided to take it to the blog and ask your wonderful opinions. If you could comment back to this simple question it would really super duperly help me out!

What factors influence you to purchase a fragrance? Here are some examples: price, bonuses like a gift with purchase, content or scent, image, the brand, the packaging such as the bottle it comes in, or ya know whatever you may feel.

Thank you thank you thank you in advance you will be such a great help, and don't be afraid mmmk ;) love love

ps: yes I did add a picture just because ;)

Decisions decisions, and a summer time scent

2009-06-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

As my graduation nears I have a lot of decisions to make where to go to school next. I have love love loved fashion merchandising and my teachers, but have found a nack for visual merchandising (that is like creating displays for stores and making everything look pleasing to the eye). I wish so so badly I could go to this school:

The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

They specialize in visual communications but get this per semester it cost $20,000!!! Yeah ok as if I have that kind of dough hanging around. Hmphh so this is my dilemma I can't afford this school at all so what is next? I am thinking about going to the LDS Business College for interior design since I am thinking that will help support my display making interest the best I can. There is also the choice of going to SLCC for fashion design.....too many choices! I guess I will just concentrate on finishing school for now, T minus 2 months to go and I'll be done wahooo! Wish me luck!

On a lighter note:

I am ubber obsessed with this scent Bath and Body Works Coco Cabana, doesn't it just scream summer?!! They only have it during their summer sale so buy up while you can! I can't find the body spray anywhere though, by anywhere I mean in Logan the mall of course if you read my blog is the most pathetic thing known in the mall world. Anyway it is seriously THE best and I highly recommend it! Love love

The bad choice reward and a gem

2009-06-08T19:22:00.000-07:00

Let me start off by saying that Ariel said I needed to post more so this one is for you! I went to the gym today and did the usual routine, afterwards I went to go wash my hands to feel sterile and weigh myself as I usually do. To my surprise I lost one or two pounds I would like to lean more towards the 2 but it was probably only one, needless to say I was beyond ecstatic. I made the mistake of going grocery shopping we needed some good fruit and veggies and when we went to Wal-mart they all looked so Mcnasty, so I opted for Smiths. I got what I needed and headed to go get myself a ice cold Propel as I headed that way I went past the ice cream aisle, I have been craving ice cream all week but have refused since I have been trying to eliminate excess sugar intake causing the roll on my stomach to get larger and larger. I gave in to my sweet tooth after a week or more of refusing, I purchased a six pack of chocolate covered mint creamies, came home, ripped open the package, and inhaled one, also debated eating another but didn't. In conclusion I am now chewing 2 pieces of dubble bubble gum (loaded with sugar), a mint creamy seeping into my thigh, and on my way back to gaining that pound back, I can't say that I have missed you! Lets hope that Nate wants to take a walk on the wild side and eat the remaining 5 creamies in the fridge so I won't ;)!

On to a lighter note

Miss Serena
ps I stole this from Ariel's blog hope you don't mind!

I got to see my lovely ladies this weekend to celebrate Ariel and Kess's birthdays I swear it has been forever hopefully once I move out from this farmland I will get to see them more! But I was able to hold this little gem for hours after we went to dinner, she is so precious, it made me think for like a millisecond that I should have one to hold all day long, but then it was over and I went about my business baby talking Serena! I can't wait for the rest of the babies to get here so I hold them forever like I did this gorgeous little princess! I can't wait to do it again, hopefully it's soon! She is so pretty just like her mommy thanks for letting me steal her for like the whole night! Happy Birthday again to my girlys Ariel and Kess! Love love

Up

2009-06-02T21:48:00.000-07:00

This movie is AMAZING!! I promise it is my new favorite show I wanted to go see it again as soon as it was over. We had the best Saturday in a long time, our friends Jason and Christy Gerrard came up Saturday morning we gave them the Logan tour which included: lunch at Firehouse Pizza, a visit to the free zoo, watching Nate and Jason spin the crap out of each other on the red bowl of death at the park, then off to the movie, and of course Le Nonne for dinner (which was especially awesome we got to sit out on their patio and the guitar players were out there with lights lit up in all the trees! So so cute!) It was a great weekend and I highly recommend Up I laughed from beginning to end and wanted the doggie Doug for my own ;)! Seriously check your listings and buy tickets now ;) love love

Question?

2009-05-21T11:52:00.001-07:00

Is it possible to go through a growth spurt at 24? Because I swear I have grown width wise and I workout 3 times a week, doing butt loads of cardio and strength training, slim to no soda and fatty foods. Also I have been working out for about 4 months with this regime, yet....NO RESULTS!! None of my paints fit well many of them do not fit that fit last summer...also the chest section has grown atleast a half of a cup size. This may be TMI but I need some serious help I swear my hips have grown out of control I am not giving birth here, its rough. I am not saying I am like obese its just my clothes don't fit and I don't feel comfortable. Perhaps this may work...

Dear Metabolism,

Come back I promise to treat you with respect and cherish you dearly and give you daily praise please please please!

Love love,
Your new BFF Me

Mini trip to Utah's Dixie

2009-05-19T14:40:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we took a much needed mini vaca to St George! It was so so fun we went down for Nate's cousin Eric's wedding and decided to make a trip out of it. We had a great time we relaxed, saw Star Trek (Awesome!!), went to Zion's, wedding, did our own photo shoot, and just chilled out. Here's some pics ;):

We were a little obsessed with live long and prosper this weekend

Beautiful Zion's

Find the live long and prospers!!

I love weddings ;)

The happy couple

Photo Sesh

Our camera does the coolest stuff!!

Just FYI I debated putting these up I can't do serious!!

This temple is so so pretty!!

All in all it was a great trip! Thank you spawk for being so awesome and for helping me come up with a totally awesome costume for this Halloween!! Love love

Anniversary #2

2009-05-11T19:06:00.000-07:00

Our anniversary was so great we didn't do anything extravagant it was so great just to spend time with each other since we are usually running around crazy in normal life!

What we did was....

Had an amazing dinner at Hamiltons! Yum Yum Yum!

Drove to every Redbox in Cache Vally trying to find this to watch!

I made red velvet cupcakes and we pretty much had 5 each they were so good!
Thanks Paula Dean!!

And Nate sang me really sweet love songs, he's the best!

Thanks to my sweet husband for making me his wife and for making our anniversary so so fun I loved it and I love you!!

Happy Anniversary My Love

2009-05-09T13:54:00.000-07:00

May 10th, 2007

I love you my sweetheart, Happy Anniversary to You and Me!

To the absolute best Mom!

2009-05-09T13:07:00.000-07:00

Somehow we always say the least

to those we love the best
And hope our thoughts
are understood.
Although they're unexpressed -
That's why it means
so very much,
when days like this are here
To say how very much
you're loved
each day throughout the year.

I hope you have a great Mother's Day mom I love you more than I can say thanx so much for all you do in each and every way ;) see I can rhyme too ;)

Love always your...Dracula Morganroo ;)

My prince charmin'

2009-05-08T18:05:00.000-07:00

{Walrus Natey just FYI ;)}

This is for my sweet amazing hubby! Thanks for helping me with stress fest 09' last night you are the best and know exactly what to say to make me feel better and loved. I love you and am so happy that two years ago on Sunday we got hitched. You're my BFFE (best friend foreva eva) and always will be, I love you lots and lots of lots ;)!

Yes you should feel bad for me

2009-05-07T17:08:00.001-07:00

I am livid with shipping things and all it entails! Ok let me start from the top I ordered Nate a new hat from Zumiez for our anniversary this weekend pictured here:
He has been wanting/needing one forever now, so I thought hey I am going to be like the coolest and order him one without him knowing since you can't find squat up here in Logan so that is exactly what I did. Well I got on my email the other day and I wanted to track the shipment so I went on their site to enter all the info and when it came up it said that my hat had already been delivered the previous Friday. Well uhhh I was home at the time the SUPPOSEDLY dropped it off and what do you know no package....so at this point I upset because I didn't thing I would have gift for Natey. I called everyone Zumiez, UPS, Zumiez again, UPS again, well then I was forced to tell Nate since I was so upset and then he got mad and called up UPS and ripped them a new one, they said they would put a trace on the package and the delivery guy. Come to find out the delivery guy dropped off our package across the street at a different apartment. Uh hello that is not the address I gave them he said that he dropped it off there because he knew that a couple named the Bradfords lived there and associated BradFORDS with BRADSHAW and just thought he'd drop it off with the people who live next door to them......uh you're the biggest moron I have ever come in contact with! So we had Zumiez send another hat to the store in the Cache Valley Mall. I went to pick it up today........it was a women's hat......! At this point I am at, currently is lividness not so much at Zumiez they were trying to help but at the moron D-bag delivery guy and those idiots who did get our package and didn't realize hey maybe I should take this over to the people who ordered it since this is clearly not my address on the front of the box or my name. But oh no that would be too easy UGHHHHH keep in mind they have had my package for over a week now!! I really wouldn't be surprised if the package over at there was something I didn't order at this point. I vow to hardly ever order things off the internet again. I would vow to never but I am not sure if I can keep this promise. Anywho feel bad for me ;) love love

Dibbs

2009-04-19T21:15:00.000-07:00

As we all know a baby is not it in the works for the Bradshaws for the time being so I thought of this genius baby name and needed to dibb it immediately, its a boy name and those are hard for me to come by its....

Quin or Quinton

I thought it was so stinkin cute. Now here are my rules for dibbs if I don't know you then feel free to steal my awesome baby name if I do know you sorry its dibbed and you can't go against the rules of dibbs ;)! I am so weird but it needed to happen for my piece of mind anywho love love ;)

Scuba dubba

2009-04-16T13:07:00.000-07:00

Last night Nate and I were able to go scuba diving!! I know right me scuba diving I am deathly afraid of drowning, but it was the best thing ever! We just scuba'd in a pool and a diving pool that was about 20 ft deep with fun things to do at the bottom like swim through hoops, and there was a killer whale inflatable you could jump on, and at one point they turned out the lights and dropped neon glow sticks into the pool it looked so so amazing!!! There will be no pictures because I am not in swimsuit shape and I was in a wet suit which was majorly hottt! Again it was so so cool!! Love love

Birthday weekend in a nutshell

2009-04-14T18:48:00.000-07:00

I had the best birthday weekend ever! Thanks to my many family and friends! The weekend started on Friday when my mom, sister, nate, and I went to Phantom at the Hale Theater. The show was AMAZING!!! I love loved every second of it! Thanks again mom so much for taking Nate and I we had a blast!

The next day I was able to see all my gal pals at baby Serena's shower. It was so awesome to see everyone, and the preggy bellys that are so stinkin adorable! It had been far too long. I can't wait for all these babies to get here so I can hold them like they are my own and give them back once they poop, cry, need to be fed, etc...pretty much all the hard work I can just bypass!

That night we celebrated my bday with the Bradshaws and went to see Monsters vs Aliens....confession I thought it would be funnier and cutier...just better all around. We had some amazing dessert which Gage, Nate's nephew made for me it was the sweetest thing!

On the day of my birthday my sweet sweet husband set up an appointment for me to get a hot stone massage. It was the most amazing experience ever I loved it, it was so romantic. When I got home he had dinner all ready for me it was the sweetest thing. Thank you honey so much you made me feel amazing on my special day you are the best hubby ever! And thank you to all my family and friends for making my birthday amazing I love love you all so so much ;)!

Spring Break for the Bshaws

2009-03-16T17:16:00.000-07:00

We sadly spent our break here in dreary Utah but we made our own fun! We got to spend time with our families and we got to spend some much needed time with each other, I feel like I am single sometimes my sweetie is such a busy bee ;) jk about the single part. One Wednesday and Thursday we took the days off, we went down home Wednesday morning and went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point with Nate's mom and nephews, man little hand fulls they are it was like a birth control without swallowing a pill ;) they are way cute though. Nate's Grandpa was a big butterfly and moth collector and he would go on expeditions with this guy named Cliff who is like the head honcho at the museum. Little did I know they also make stop animation films at the museum as well some of the puppets they used were so cool they were carved from wood and were so intricate. Cliff took us on the behind the scenes tour of the museum, it was awesome! We got to see and touch real dinosaur bones they were excavating and making models for. He also let us take a couple of dino bones home with us...sort of creepy but way cool! Here are some pics from our fun day with the dinos!

Entering the museum!

T REX

3 Horn

Gage and Nate

Lil guys

One of the stop animation puppets

Santa

Jonah

Me and my Sweet

REAL dino bone they were working on!

Real neck of of long neck

Long leg

Sweet stache

Nate in awe of the stache

Longest long neck ever!

Makin stuffed dinos

This was natey's favorite shot of me he said it was hot I just think it looks like dazed and confused me

This turtle was friggin huge!

Gage being eaten by jaws

Glamour shots at the 3D movie

Hottt

Just doin' what we do

On Thursday we got to spend the whole day just the two of us! We went to the Gateway and Nate let me do some shopping ;) I got some super fun new shades and drooled over everything at Urban Outfitters I want everything there!! We saw the movie Coraline they had absolutely nothing out... it was sorta creepy to me I would for sure never take a small child. it was just weird I should have learned my lesson with A Nightmare Before Christmas. After dinner we headed out for some grub, I saw this awesome BBQ place on The Food Network's Diner, Drive-Ins, and Dives. It was called Pat's BBQ it was so fun and so so yummy if you like BBQ for sure to hit it up it was like the best I've had!

Guy

Yummm

Look at how happy a rib makes this guy ;)

BBQ=Fierce ;)

Thanks for the great weekend my Sweetie, Fam, and Cliff! We had a blast and didn't want to come back....only two more months till Summer right..? Love love ;)

Taking a stand against HBO's Big Love

2009-03-10T16:29:00.000-07:00

I found this off of Katie and Chase's Blog and thought that I would spread the word for the whole two people that read this blog ;) jkjk! I think it is completely ridiculous that HBO is planning to air the episode where they will be showing various temple elements and activities. Being someone who is LDS, endowed, and sealed to my sweet husband I am appalled that they would even think of depicting something so sacred to the LDS faith. I was just on the phone with my sweet mom and she was telling me that Carol Mikkita on KSL News interviewed a Rabbi about this episode HBO has produced, he said that he thinks it is morally wrong and that people of the LDS faith and not should boycott this showing of sacred dealings. I am enraged I can't believe that they would do this the show first of is about a polygamist FLDS family why don't they show their temple ordinances and clothing. I guess they have recruited a former member of the LDS church to tell them of the ordinances performed and clothing that is worn in the Temple. I love the temple I love the convents that I made there and feel like it is my duty to spread the word and hopefully you will too. If we don't stand for something we'll fall for anything.

Visit this link to post a comment if enough are reached hopefully they will pull the plug on the scenes! Thank you so much please spread the word, tell everyone, write it on your blog, anything will help!

I never like to miss a photo op with myself!

2009-02-28T20:19:00.001-08:00

It was my brother Stephen's birthday last week he turned 21!! I still refuse to believe it. We went out to eat at the Spaghetti Factory it was soo fun I think it has become a new tradition. Well I decided to play photographer to myself and took some weirdo pics! Enjoy!!

Birthday Boy!!

The whole fam

Brey wasn't in the pic so we forced him ;)

EEEEEUUUUUU

Smiling is fun

Mom she wanted to remain anonymous

Kiss take 1

Kiss take 2

Kiss take 3

Fish Morgan

My teeth

I think this eyeball pic is cool!!

Our fav!!

I discovered my fat face this evening

Saddened by the fat face

Natey trying to ignore my photographing

But he came through with a sweet nose picking shot!

This shot reminded me of Kess for some reason I think she posses like this a lot ;)

Officially annoyed

Spumoni yum yum yum

Spoon nose

I look like a bug smashed on a windshield

Disgusted by my double chin in this pic

The demon inside

We had a super great time for my bro's bday thanks family for taking us out to eat and for steve being born! Love love

Ten Pounds

2009-02-23T19:09:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the tag brit, I don't know if I will get to ten unique things about myself I am sure that I can find some super odd werid things that I would not consider unique more creepy. But what the hay here we go!!

1. I have been constantly burning myself on things lately, its the weirdest thing anything that is hot it some way finds a way to my body and gives me a wicked burn. Maybe I have super power of some sort...what my super hero name would be I am not sure.

2. Nate and I well mainly me, I put an imaginary line down the middle of our bed that he cannot cross I don't allow pillows or his blanket to cross it, I mean until we have a king sized bed I need my friggin space, but I do truly love my sweetie.

3. I would be devasted if they just up and cancelled the Food Network. I am so obsessed that may sound lame to some but I love watching people make things it is so interesting. I also I would have the same feelings about the Discovery Channel How It's Made is another one of my top favs. I think it has to do with my creative nature I love making things its just what I do.

4. I love love Sundays! Now I do love church and may be punished for this but my favorite part of it is taking my Sunday nap with my sweetie and spending the whole day with him with hardly anything to do. Its my favorite day of the week.

5. I am obsessed with my dogs that aren't really mine but I like to think so, they are my fam's. I am pretty sure that when one of the passes away I will for sure hold a funeral where all black for weeks and be a total nut job. I mean if it was accepted I would throw them birthday parties, I mean they could invite all of their little doggy friends over and sniff each other and I could send them all home with goody bags full of raw hides. Ah that sounds bliss to me

6. This is a given but fashion is my life. I love the creative aspect of it and how wearing the perfect outfit makes you feel like king of the world. I would love to live in NYC but I would be afraid to leave my family for that long. Maybe Cali would do...we will see. I don't think that I always present myself as a fashion enthusiast I have a huge closet full of amazing clothes but most of the time if you see me during the week I am wearing holey jeans, my old school black cons, and a T. Now you won't find me blaming this on my laziness (which is the real reason) I just blame it on my current living environment ;)

7. I am not sure when we will have kids. I am the go with the flow person, plus I am so so not ready for that kind of responsibility I can barely keep my head on straight. I told my mom yesterday that 30 is my deadline and she said that I better not wait that long she needs a grand baby before then. I hope that I will want one some day that is the only thing that really worries me....humphhhh. Time will tell

8. I have been obsessed with my weight lately which has created stress and then stress= me eating sugar which= me getting fat. It really is a vicious cycle I don't agree with it. Please can't I be blessed with a thyroid problem like my husband....also another thing that adds to the stress not Nate thinking I am fat he thinks I am a psycho but he is a toothpick and will be forever! How can I live up to that I mean you guys have seen him I refuse to be the chubby one, not that I want him to be but you get the picture..or don't I can be confusing ;)

9. Wow I can't believe I made it to nine I thought I would be stumped at 3 or somethin. I would say I have a rather broad music likes (I couldn't think of a sophisticated word or phrase there ;) I like rock, pop, punk(not the old school stuff where they were like banging their heads so hard it looked like it would snap off their necks), rap, country, musical #'s, some emo (I can't stand the slit your wrist kinds like bright eyes, I LOATHE Dashboard Confessional he is the biggest winey butt sissy pansy face ever and I will fight you on this, he is actually one of Nate's favs...we agree to disagree for the sake of our marriage ;)

10. I think potty humor is hilarious. I think the word diarehha sp? is hilarious, fake fart noises, the words turd, poop skid, dingle berry, etc. I know this is weird and that I should grow out of this but I don't think that it will ever happen nor do I really want it, its silly and being silly is fun ;)!

Well I tag everyone and anyone in the world if you feel the need to be tagged then tag on ;) Love love

Freedom

2009-02-17T15:12:00.001-08:00

I oddly enough heard this song while I was at Old Navy the other day and it had me thinking, Nate keeps me up to date with the political turmoil in our country which I am so grateful for. Since this past week we are celebrating President's Day also Abraham Lincoln and George Washington's Birthdays this song made me really think, Freedom isn't Free anymore. Our country has forgot how hard these men worked to make it so we are Free to be in a sense. Hopefully we can remember before its too late. I love this country and am grateful for it and being able to live here and for all those who have lost their lives to give us the liberty to be Free.

Freedom song lyrics:

Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes man you already know
I wanna be free, I wanna be free

From Senegal West Africa
To St. Louis, Missouri
Thanks to Katherine Dunham
For giving my pops his glory
He came down with his drum
And a dream to change the world
In a free upliftin world
And thats all he ever want
Mom came a little after
Gave birth to my brother
then all of the pressure
Made em’ fight one another
See, the pain would never last
Did the best with what they had
He knew the world was out for grabs
And he searched to find his

Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
Oh Freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes man, you already know
I wanna be free (free), I wanna be free
So I search to find my (find my)
Freedom, Freedom, (Ohh yeaaa) Freedom, Freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes girl, you already know
I wanna be free (free), I wanna be free (free) yeah
Akon Lyrics on www.lyrics-celebrities.anekatips.com

As a kid I never knew
I’d have to hustle just to make it through
So I found myself skipping school
Cause’ the girls don’t think I’m cool
And because of that I didn’t care
Wether or not I went to jail
I just wanna be treated fair
Cause’ that’s all I ever knew

Tellin’ me I need to slow down
Cause’ everybody in the whole town
Cause’ they know how I get down
Far enough from another town
Can you believe we still around?
After so many hit the ground
And we ain’t gon stop now
Until we get that ..

Freedom (Ooooh) Freedom,(oOOoh) Freedom, (Ooooh) Freedom
Everything I have (have) everything I own (own)
All my mistakes man you already know yeahh
I wanna be free (free) I wanna be free (free)

Won’t stop til’ I find my ..
Freedom (My Freedom!!) Freedom (My Freedom!!), Freedom Ouuuh Freedom
Everything I have (have) everything I own (own)
All my mistakes girl you already know yeaaah
I wanna be free (free), I wanna be free (free)

If you wanna be free, and the land is drug free
Put your hands up (hey) put your hands up (hey)
If you wanna be free, from all your misery
put your hands up (hey) put your hands up (hey)
If you wanna be free, with plenty money (hey)
put your hands up, put your hands up
If you wanna be free, just praise to your ….
put your hands (hey) up, put your hands up (hey)

Freedom (Ooooh) Freedom, (Freedom) Freedom, (Ooooh) Freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes girl you already know
I wanna be free (wanna be free), I wanna be free (wanna be free yea)

The big game and dah boyzz

2009-02-16T20:56:00.001-08:00

These are long over due pics but my computer was not letting me upload them! We had a super fun time for super bowl as we always do at my parents house. My Mom and I made like way too much food it was all super tasty even though the Cardinals lost and Nate's Steelers won. He said he needed to cheer for them since Terry Bradshaw played for them since he was a Bradshaw and all, I just usually root for the underdogs its funner that way.Making the huge spread

Kirb beggin for some scrapes

Ben doing the same

Yummy Taco Soup

My cute Mom and Sis
Me and Kenz

Me and my Madre

Tough Natey

Steelers are #1

We took the boys back to our house for the week since my family was going to Disneyworld for the week. They were little stink pots though I mean just cause I love on them a ton whenever we come down they thought that they could walk all over me! The question that I kept asking myself was, "Am I ready for a dog?" The answer to that question was I don't think our apartment is ready for a dog, we have no yard! That is just cruel punishment for a pooch! But let me get one thing straight Kirby was really really good and was handsomely rewarded, Neeko although really cute and studly was not so good and was in time out atleast once a day. But alas I still love the pooches and Natey loved having them here too they got to bond and it was so precious! Here are some pics from our photo shoot:

My cute baby Neeko

Ohhh I love that face

Neeko and his Natey

Neeko's famous "Look" its a cross between smiling and yawning we think

Again with the look ;)

Ahh my sweet boys (minus Ben)

Its been a fun couple of weeks for the Bshaws that is for sure more to come soon love love.

I love you Natey

2009-02-14T22:14:00.000-08:00

I love my husband sooo so so much! -Caution- this will be a mushy blog so deal with it ;)! He works so hard everyday, he is one of the most dedicated people I have ever met. He is completely the definition of what a hubby should be he takes such great care of our family. He works 30 hours a week plus takes 18 credits at school, I feel sometimes like I never measure up to what kind of wife he deserves. Alas that is why I strive to be better everyday. He even loves "the boys" aka the doggies, and let them sleep over for a whole week, he laughs at my potty humor and lets me think that fake fart noises are hilarious! I mean that is total love if I have ever heard it. This year for Valentine's Day we went to our favorite sushi place I wore these amazing heels/outfit (more to come from that later!) he took me to Confessions of a Shopaholic which I love loved (again more to come from that later!). We actually decided to go out on Friday instead of today since we were down home, the next day my Natey left the sweetest notes in all these places that I would find them throughout the day, they made me teary they were so cute.
I can't sum it all up in this blog but he is just amazing I am so grateful for him everyday but I will write you a poem ;).

An Ode to My Natey Pookins:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I love you so much I think I could sue
You laugh when I say poo
Whenever you leave I go boo hoo
I would love you even if you grew a foo man chu
You turn my heart to goo
You are the cow's moo
You make me feel brand new
You are a master at love voodoo
and now I will end my poetic Hi-coo with an I love you!

Thank you sweetie for being such an amazing guy and for loving me just the way I am you are the sweetest boy ever! Happy Valentine's Day my sweet, I love love you.

Sticky Buns

2009-02-07T22:25:00.000-08:00

Everyone needs to make these immediately I don't care if you don't like sticky buns, although I can't see why anyone wouldn't that'd just be silly! I have already made them twice this week and gained 20 pounds but it was worth every bite! So enjoy!! Oh and thank you Ina Garten from the Food Network for this amazing AMAZING recipe! Oh and PS I didn't use the raisins I think they are nasty but if you love them by all means! PPS Puff Pastry is my new BFF! Love Love

Ingredients

12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/3 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
1/2 cup pecans, chopped in very large pieces
1 package (17.3-ounces/ 2-sheets) frozen puff pastry, defrosted

For the filling:

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2/3 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup raisins

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place a 12-cup standard muffin tin on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the 12 tablespoons butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Place 1 rounded tablespoon of the mixture in each of the 12 muffin cups. Distribute the pecans evenly among the 12 muffin cups on top of the butter and sugar mixture.

Lightly flour a wooden board or stone surface. Unfold 1 sheet of puff pastry with the folds going left to right. Brush the whole sheet with the melted butter. Leaving a 1-inch border on the puff pastry, sprinkle each sheet with 1/3 cup of the brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cinnamon, and 1/2 cup of the raisins. Starting with the end nearest you, roll the pastry up snugly like a jelly roll around the filling, finishing the roll with the seam side down. Trim the ends of the roll about 1/2-inch and discard. Slice the roll in 6 equal pieces, each about 1 1/2 inches wide. Place each piece, spiral side up, in 6 of the muffin cups. Repeat with the second sheet of puff pastry to make 12 sticky buns.

Bake for 30 minutes, until the sticky buns are golden to dark brown on top and firm to the touch. Be careful - they're hot! Allow to cool for 5 minutes only, invert the buns onto the parchment paper (ease the filling and pecans out onto the buns with a spoon) and cool completely.

Yes I am a TV Junkie

2009-01-29T19:40:00.000-08:00

I have become addicted to this..........

I am sorry if this is wrong but loving it feels soo right! I mean I only watch it on TBS at night time so its edited but it is like my new obsession. I mean hello her last name is Bradshaw we are pretty much like the same person, they also have a wonderful wardrobe with amazing bodies, one word comes to mind jealous but hey I'll get there some day...if only in my dreams...that still counts ;). I like to live vicariously through them not the sex part just the city part. If you are interested tune in usually every night at 10 on channel 31 or TBS.

Also I wish that this existed.....

I watched the episode of 30 Rock that had Jerry Seinfeld in it and it was hilarious! I think I need to invest in all the seasons of Seinfeld I love that show and I never get sick of it at all! Also 30 Rock is way hilarious if you haven't watched it you need to its like the Office funny....well in my personal opinion. Enjoy!! Love Love

Evils of the World...and Shopping!

2009-01-21T13:54:00.000-08:00

I am sitting here at school not wanting to do a darn thing but pass the time with a blog! I went and saw Bride Wars with Christy Gerrard about two weeks ago and it showed a preview for this...

Confessions of a Shopaholic!!!

I looks amazingly amazing I can't wait to, A) Drag my husband to it, B) Go with my bargain shoppin Mom and Sis, C) Find a friend to go with me!!! I love Isla Fisher I think that she is so gorge! She is on the cover of Allure for February and I just think she is so drop dead she really pulls of the red hair and its so pretty I love love it! The one thing I have questions about is that she is with the guy from Borat.....I have never seen the movie but I heard that it's funny but I don't know she may be a little to cute for him, but hey they seemed happy in the pics of the magazine...which means its totally true ;)! The clothes for the movie seem so amazing I think that I would have an over kill of all the designer merch if I was on the set, I haven't been around too many real designer fashions in my day.

On another note...

Nate and I joined Netflix the other day and its so awesome because you can stream movies right to your X-Box instantly. They don't have like everything we've come to find that the selection is very random. I have rather enjoyed Beverly Hills 90210 the way old school one in its first season a ton. We have been watching a lot of Documentaries though, it sounds weird but I was really entertained by them, the ones we watched were:

Maxed Out was as you can tell about credit card debt, which scared me to death. If you are in debt or know someone who is in trouble with debt you should have them watch this it wanted me to destroy every credit card in the world! Credit card companies are horrible on the film they showed a man who was mentally challenged living with his mother and he would get credit card applications! Also they spoke with two mothers of college students (one student each) where on their first day of college like at the beggining of school week or welcome back whatever they call it where they set up all those boothes and you can receive free prizes for signing up for a credit card, well this appealed to their children and they began to use the credit cards and then the problem would get to the point where they couldn't make payments so they would open new credit cards to make a minimum payments. They finally told their parents what was going on and they felt so ashamed they ended up taking their own lives because of the stress. Even after their deaths they still receive credit card applications for their deceased children, saying how they have missed their business. One of the mothers said " I gave you the life of my child isn't that enough?" It was really eye opening to me and scared me a lot which I think was a good thing and will make me more cautious in the future in dealing with credit cards and debt.

This next documentary was about Wal-Mart and how it treats its customers and employees. This was also really eye opening and made me never want to shop at Wal-Mart again! Many of the Wal-Mart brand of toys and products that they sell at the stores or at Sam's Club are as we know manufactured in China. They showed the conditions of these working facilities and it was awful! The workers are paid 3 US dollars a day, they work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week! Wal-Mart takes out of the check money for utilities and rent for the dorms the workers have to stay in, the living situations there were horrible they had to share rooms with many other employees and they didn't have a shower or tub. Now yes these people don't have to work there they choose to but many of them that they interviewed for the movie were from small towns moving to a big city thinking they can make money for their families. You'd think Wal-Mart a multi-billion BILLION dollar company would make their accomadations better for the ones who are making them so rich. Wal-Mart also does not allow over time pay at all Managers were taught how to dock peoples hours so they will only reach 40 for the week if they were over they would either delete those hours or put them on to the next pay period, there are still many cases pending from employees that saught legal action. Many of Wal-Marts do not offer security cameras in their parking lot, on the movie they made a list of the first 4-5 months of 2005 and how many crimes were committed in the parking lots of Wal-Mart stores, the list was enormous. They again are a multi BILLION dollar company and they cannot offer security cameras and an officer to make sure people are safe after spending their money and leaving the store. The stores that did have the cameras and an officer regularly patrolling the area, they saw no acts of criminal activity. Now I'm not saying that I'm not going to shop at Wal-Mart anymore but
I will limit it, I also will not buy anything that I think would happen to be made in China, that also goes for many other stores since I'd assume their conditions are the same abroad. BUY LOCAL!

Alright that is enough seriousness for one day but if any of this stuff interests you you should watch them!! Back to school I go Love Love

I've been thinking...

2009-01-19T22:39:00.000-08:00

I have some questions that I can't seem to find answers for so I thought I'd put them out into the universe and maybe the answers will come to me, or I'll just get over it!

1. Why won't my hair grow faster? I want it to be long and flowy and gorgeous
2. Why is it when I hit 23 I automatically gained 10 pounds...Why I have no clue is it a right of passage?
3. Where is my dog? Like did I get one one day and it just ran away without me knowing it? Or have I sadly never owned one?
4. Should I be a vegetarian? I mean I love animals so much sometimes I wonder if I am going against my standards for loving all kinds of animals and having a voice for them. Maybe more moderation is the key I mean I don't really eat like buckets full of meat maybe like 2-3 times a week, there is room for improvement there though.
5. I'm going to apologize to my sweetie before hand for this one I love you and I'm sorry! But why can boys only sleep on their backs? Its like their goal in life to achieve maximum volume levels of snoring. I think its embedded in their DNA or somethin'!
6. Why can't we have fresh ripe produce available everyday! I would love to buy some awesome fruit and make fruit pizza or have it with yogurt and granola but it just doesn't look appetizing at the store maybe its just my mentality of it being winter therefore that equals death and that nothing could possibly be growing anywhere during this season.
7. Why can I never find anything to where in my closet. I have loads of clothes yet none of it seems appealing....very strange!
8. Why aren't there people out there who will handle my bills for free? I mean I will provide the money if they will just handle the submitting I would love that! Paying bills stresses me to the ultimate.
9. Why do I hate drama in my own life but love to watch it on TV? It is so entertaining to me...that's all I have to say about that

I am going to leave my list at an odd number because that also is a weird thing to me why do I have to have things in evens? So that could be considered the tenth question if you must! I really am so blessed my husband is amazing I love him so so so much, he is such a great example to me and I live in a wonderful place and have a great family. These are just randomisms that are in rotation in my mind throughout the day!

I'm weird

2009-01-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

I decided that I am really strange I think it was yesterday, I was down at my parents house trying to wait out the storm so I could get home to my Natey and I was looking at dogs because I am just dying to have one. Now that really isn't that weird, well for me but I loathe planning things like my sweet husband can attest to this but yet I love planning the weirdest things for example: The names of our children (well the girls anyways boys are too hard to think of!), what order we will have them in, and of course our pets we've already picked the names which I will get to later. Yet I really can't stand having a planned out life like a schedule hour by hour of my day/week/month I have to have the feeling of being feel and not being tied down who knows how I've made it through life so far?! I mean I am responsible and comprehend the things that I need to get done and when I have to get them done by I just don't plan them. This is the complete opposite of my sweet husband and I am very grateful for his patience with me and teaching me how to be better in that aspect of my life. He is the sweetest boy ever in the history of time :) Now on to the fun part my future pets and children!!

This is Obi One Kenobi (boy)
Min Pin puppy

Chewbacca/Chewy (boy) Chewbaccanne/Chewlee (girl)
Dameranian full grown

And if Nate allows our little girls to have a cat her name would be
Princess Leah

Now I am not obsessed with Star Wars I swear I don't even think I have seen all of the movies I just really wanted to name my family's dog Kirby, Chewbacca and call him chewy! So that is what started the whole Star Wars theme ;)! Now my little future blessings ;)

First we'll have a little girl
Molly Morgan/Bonnie Bradshaw

Then a Boy we only have agreed on a couple names
Daxton or Camden Nathan Bradshaw (This is really isn't for sure boy names are difficult!)

And our adopted little Asian girl
Zoee Morgan/Bonnie Bradshaw

Now this is only in our imaginary world we will be completely ecstatic with however our life is suppose to turn out this is just the ideal ;)!

I Resolute

2008-12-31T13:41:00.000-08:00

Tis the season to make New Year Resolutions, I am really going to try super hard to make and keep some in 2009. I really think that its my year to shine! some that I came up with are:

-Eat healthy ( Lay off the fried foods, chocolate, soda, and chips). I know that this is a lot of people's goal for the new year but I think that I really need to do this it feels so good to eat healthy and makes you happy!

- Exercise!!! Yet again another one that is typical but with my first check I really need to get a gym pass and to work out then if I do want to skimp a little on the healthy food with chocolate I won't feel as guilty.

- Service, I would love to help people more and be more giving of myself this year, whether that be at the temple or volunteering for something.

- Waking up early! I am the worst at being up early I am so not a morning person I love staying up late and sleeping in late. I really need to overcome this because I think it will be a super rude awakening when I have kids! Plus no one likes a grumpy gills in the morning!

- Putting myself together. I have become so lax with my attitude towards getting ready everyday yeah it is a huge pain in the butt and I do dread it but I think it just adds to your self confidence and makes you just feel like a hottie! I can't promise this will happen everyday but there will be an effort on most days.

Also there are various others that are on my mind but I have been trying to work on them before now I'm just adding these to my list! I hope that you all have a Happy Happy New Year!

Feliz Navidad Part Tres

2008-12-30T19:42:00.000-08:00

Christmas Day at the Rudolph's is always a blast! Nate nuked zombies with my bro Steve the night before while my Mom, my sis Kenz, and I got comfy in our new pj's and played the card game Phase Ten while watching My Big Redneck Christmas we also realized that possums are way creepy and are possible in cahoots with the devil! Christmas morning was soooo fun my bro definately suprised everyone with getting my mom a new Nikon touch camera, talk about DELUXE! I love putting extra thought into my gifts for people so that I can show them how much they mean to me. I made my mom a crosstitch I did this because she makes all of her kids blankets with a crosstitch on them when we were born and then she gave Nate and I one for our wedding so I thought she we would like it. Now granted it was my first crosstitch the first half was a little on the iffy side but the rest looked pretty decent. It was a chef as I said earlier but we definately had a love hate relationship, crosstitches take FOREVER, and I am a very impatient person! But here's some pics of our great day! Enjoy ;)

Ahh my new Rachael Ray Knifes which are amazing!

Gettin Lasered baby (Ignore the no makeup look please)

Natey with the game he wanted

This look is pretty scary but I love my double bubble

Jon and Kate is my fav

My bro with my sweet poochies only missing Neeko

Christmas was so awesome we were soooo spoiled I didn't get pics of the sweet furniture that my family got us but I love it. Thank you guys sooo much we love you guys sooo much.

Feliz Navidad Part Dos

2008-12-30T17:12:00.000-08:00

We had such a great time at the Bshaws for Christmas Eve! We even made a special treat that we saw on Paula Deans cooking show, oh how I love the Food Network

Natey wearing his fav apron ;)

Us eating loads of butter. YUM

Me with no makeup and super excited!

Before

After

Juliann opening our gift

Love birds

Cheesy ski mask face

This is frightening

Our new knife set!

Sexy ski mask face

Natey lovin his new thermals

Oh it is love ;)

Going to town on presents

Gunner with his new radio

Gagey with his cool Legos

I think this hanger was Gunner's fav!

Check out all those gifts!

Jeff capturing every breath on tape

Me anticipating the mayhem

Thanks Bshaws for another super amazing Christmas Eve it was sooooo fun!