Old School Scrapbook Pages

Hollie and I saw this guy at Sears signing autographs so we got one. =)

We loved our foreign exchange students! I wouldn't recommend swimming in Company's Pond.

What a bunch of geeks. I don't even remember taking these pictures.

Mika was one of our foreign exchange students. I'm sure she thought we were crazy.

FHE at Nickelcade, always a classic.

Speaking of Classic.... Classic Skating was so much fun with Yayoi.

It was fun playing on the same softball team as Hollie.

Tugi is a friend of the familiy, my sisters and I put all of my moms jewlery on him.

My Grandma Smith is going blind. She bought a bunch of cards so she could just sign them and this is the one my mom got last week for her birthday! Special Pastor?!? (must mean favorite daughter)

Christmas Card

My neice was writting a Christmas Card to her friend Ethan and my sister Hollie found this:

She asked Brooke what it said and she replied, "Merry Christmas Ethan" Hahahaha, where does she come up with these things. They told her what she wrote and she laughed her little head off. So cute!

New Years Resolution

Always replace the gase nozzle

before driving away from the pump.

I will always "check for paper" when leaving the restroom.

 I will no longer park in front of fire hydrants.

I will try to drive closer to the speed limit.

I will keep an extra safe distance when driving behind police cars.

I will avoid taking a bath whenever possible to conserve more water.

I will do less laundry by using more deodorant.

I will think of a password other than "password"

I will spend less than one hour on the internet a day. (This of course, will be hard to estimate since I am not a clock watcher)

I will cut my hair.

I will take up a new habit, like spend more time at work. =)

I will work on catching up on all of the TV shows I missed in 2009.

Happy New Year!!!

Awesome Gift Giving Ideas

Here are some awesome gift giving ideas I found:

{This is perfect gift for those geeky friends/brother-in-law that are hard to shop for}

{Salt & pepper shakers for those special NRA hicks in your life}

{Because sometimes a wolf tank top just isn't enough}

{I know it's always hard to buy for your furry friend, so here you go, the ever-so-classy mustache ball.}

{Brandon and Caleb are going to be fighting over this one!}

 {You can never be too sure of your co-workers. (Michelle you should ask Justin about this.)}

{Could someone tell Dr. Earl that I am going to need one of these?}

Last Christmas

This was last Christmas when time was much less complicated. Can't we just go back to that time?


The whole family stayed in an amazing condo in Southern Utah it was beautiful. We had such a great time with the family, swimming, and playing games. It was here that Eric gave Derek his nickname D-stain! hahaha

I was trying to remember where Caleb and I slept and remembered we stayed with Adam and Cara. I lost my phone at their neighbors house. Pretty lame but not as frustrating as losing my wedding ring the next day. I think it was at the St. G-eorge Rec. Center, the good 'ole rec center. We had some good memories there. I think everyone lost in raquetball to Big Mike that day.

Caleb's little sister had these 3D glasses that made the Christmas lights looks like snowmen. We were showing her how cool they were. =)

Creepy Co-worker

My Co-worker hides her ugly little doll in my office and it always scares me when I find it. I told her that her doll was creepy from the beginning and I think that's where her silly idea to freak me out with it came from.

Finally after MANY different times of gasping when I found "it" I decided it was time to finish her off. I tied our wonderful Weber State ribbon around her neck and hung her from the ceiling over my co-worker's desk.
It was pretty funny until she left it up there for everyone to see, now I'm sure most of the office is afraid of me. =)

So that's why I LOVE my job!!! It's pretty much the coolest place ever.

Mario and Luigi

We won for best costumes at our Ward Party woot woot!! I admit our costumes were the coolest, but I have to give credit to Amber and Andy who we stole the idea from. Thanks guys =) Everyone had to try on our mustache. Here's Hayden the Great.

Miss Ind-i-licous

Saint Gabby

Michael looks so ridiculous! But the mustache wouldn't stay on with his facial hair. =)

Brookie was a princess.

I love her crazy grin!

and Ashy was a chunky pumpkin. We went to Hollie's ward Halloween party with them to help with the kids and Tayson.

Stitches & Contact Dermatitis? Lame!

**Warning** this is a little graphic. If you have a light stomach probably just skip to the next post. =)

Last week I went to the doctor to get my keloids shot. (Sounds fun right?) Anyway, I showed the doctor this bump on my arm that I had had for a while and he said it is a granuloma and that he should remove it. I've had a mole removed before so I wasn't too worried. But this one was different. It honestly didn't hurt (besides the little numbing shot) then he took an instrument that looked an orange peeler with a metal circle on the end and put it right over the granuloma. He pushed down a tiny bit and pulled it up and the skin/granuloma came with it, except a tiny string of skin/tissues (I'm not sure what it was). I was pretty okay with everything that was going on up until this point.

Then he pulled out the stitches and started stitching the hole up. That is when I lost it. It still didn't hurt but I could feel it tugging a bit on my skin while he was stitching it up but it was too interesting not to look. I started getting tunnel vision and I could tell all the blood had rushed out of my head. The doctor had me lay down for a while. Awkward! Luckily, the only thing that hurt was my pride.

Now that you know the story behind the stitches... The doctor had put Band-Aids over the keloid shots as well as over the stitches. Later that day at work, I was in so much pain, but it was from where the Band-Aids were. I have always noticed that my skin gets agitated beneath Band-Aids but I thought everybody did.

Well I developed these nasty rashes and blisters everywhere that the Band-Aids were. It was so sensitive and hurt. One of the doctors I work with explained what it was "contact dermatitis" I am allergic to the adhesive in Band-Aids. Who is allergic to Band-Aids? Honestly?

Dodgeball Tournament & Costume ideas

Caleb's work had a dodgeball tournament last week and the uniforms were crazy. These are three of my favorite teams. This first one was Team "Entourage" I don't really get the shirts but it was a cool idea. :) This team was "On A Mission," pretty hilarious if you ask me. The cute gal in the middle is Caleb's new assistant Ashley. She's been such a help with getting Caleb all caught up on his work, which means we get more time together.

Lastly, here is Caleb's team. Team "Rock Stars" The guy on the far right is Troy, he's over store operations for every store so he's kind of a big deal. And I love that he totally got into character. He's the one that came up with the team name.

My sweet procrastinating husband remembered about the tournament the night before so we had to search our home for appropriate rock star wear. His jacket was an old jean jacket of mine that we cut the sleeves off of to make him look like a street tough. His heart mom tattoo was pretty awesome, on his right arm there was a skull and crossbones. His "bandana" is a scarf I had from a couple years ago when I went as Foxy Cleopatra. We were content with his outfit but we could have come up with something way better if we had the time. Either way his team won "Best Uniform" and everyone got free movie tickets.

Caleb has been begging me to cook him a turkey so I finally gave in (after he bought it and brought it home). I don't mind eating turkey I'm just not a fan of handling any raw meat. This thing was particularly disgusting to me. The picture looks like a huge gaping wound. Sick! Anyway, Caleb was very sweet in helping me with everything until he was pulling the gravy packet out of the inside of this thing and accidentally hit me in the FACE! Right next to my mouth! Naturally I freaked out and washed my face but I don't think I'll ever be the same again. He didn't understand why I was making such a big deal out of it.

He had me leave the room so he could sever the breast bone after it was cooked but I could still hear everything. I think we'll stick to bringing the mashed potatoes or rolls to Thanksgiving. Caleb said this was the best turkey he's ever had, I was too distraught over the whole ordeal to even try it. It looked normal, except I'm pretty sure I saw an aorta on the plate of "good meat"

Caleb and I went to Halloween USA to look for ideas for our costumes this year and we found some pretty good ones.

Caleb looks so creepy here. The joker freaks me out as it is, but Caleb was making scary eyes too. :)

I really wanted my niece Brooklyn to be a Jazz cheerleader for Halloween but she only wants to be a princess.... go figure.

Some might consider this child abuse, but I find it hilarious! My mom had these little masks to try on but Ashton was not having it. I think he was just upset because he wanted to be a princess too.

Running makes me crazy!

Here are some of the pictures after our 5K last month. It was so fun having Caleb, Brandon, Marci, Jenny, Keirsten, Neil, Lael, Lindy, and David Fonnesbeck run it too.

This is me expressing how I felt when I got to the monster hill after the 2nd mile.

Here is Marci's interpretation of her feelings.

I always get a little self conscience that people might think I'm dying when I'm running but Aynna told me that she couldn't even tell that I just ran so that made me feel like a million bucks!

My best friend Jen came all the way down from Logan to spend the night and come support us. It was great to see her after the race. Momma Rigby and Indee were at the finish line waiting but must have missed me when I sprinted by because I had to find them. My sweet mom wrote "Go Becky" on her car windows and drove by (she probably did it just in case I wanted a ride)

Funny story: So Caleb ran with me the entire race, which was very sweet, but when the end was in sight I turned on the turbo and sprinted passed the finish line so I would have a better time than him. =)

All the Single Babies

If you are not married by the time you're 2 you've missed your chance.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

You know you do this too....

So, I figured I was always a fan of plagiarism while in school so why stop now. =) I stole this from Lindsay blog.

You've probably all gotten this e-mail by now, but for those of you haven't...enjoy!

*More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

*Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

*Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

*I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

*Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know" feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?

*Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

*There is a great need for sarcasm font.

*Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what was going on when I first saw it.

*I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

*How are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

*I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

*I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

*The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.

*Was learning cursive really necessary?

*Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

*I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

*Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

*My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads. Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired about the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us." Classy, bro.

*Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart.”

*How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

*I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent an idiot from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

*Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

*What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

*While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

*MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

*Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

*I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

*Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

*I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

*Bad decisions make good stories.

*Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

*Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

*If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

*Why is it that during an ice- breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

*You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

*Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

*There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

*I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

*"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

*I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

*I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dang it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

*I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

*When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

*I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

*Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

*As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

*Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

*It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

*I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

*Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

*Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey- but I'd bet everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

*My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How do I respond to that?

*It really ticks me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

*I wonder if cops ever get ticked off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

*The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fatty before dinner.

My Hero ...

I saw this on my friend Sierra's blog and wanted to share it as well. I've had classes with Meg too and she is completely amazing.

I have an amazing friend. Yes, most of my friends are amazing, it’s true. But this one particular friend truly is an inspiration to me. If I was asked who my Hero was, it would be Meg. (She is going to be totally embarrassed by this) But I think people should know what an amazing person she is… because I love her

Meg is an average person… happy, sassy, helpful, funny, spiritual, gorgeous, happily married to a wonderful man, and inspiringly optimistic about life. She is completely “normal” except for one thing—She is a quadriplegic

She and I shared the same major and minor in our undergraduate degree, and so we had MANY classes together. The more I got to know her, the more I absolutely adored her. Her strength and commitment amazed me. I could try to describe to you her story, but it’s something that is even more moving when read from her perspective. (Check out the website below) This video shows Meg doing her basic daily routine, and really makes me appreciate so much in my life.

Throughout my years of knowing Meg, I am more impressed with her every day. Ordinary things that we take for granted every day, like being able to grip a pencil or put on makeup, she struggles with daily. And yet, I have NEVER seen her without a smile on her face and a joke on the tip of her tongue.

During one of our many semesters together, Meg was describing to me a painful surgery she was having done on her hands. The end result would be that she could pinch with her fingers (I’m not sure all the technical stuff… it was awhile ago.) She functions well without this ability, and I asked her why she was bothering going through this VERY painful surgery for such a simple task. Her response brought tears to my eyes… “Well when I’m a mother, now I won’t have to change diapers with my teeth.”

This profound statement made me question my own gratitude (or lack thereof) for what God has given me. She has overcome so many physical and emotional trials because of her accident. She is not embarrassed at all by her disability, and uses it as an opportunity to help people reflect on their own problems.

One of my favorite memories of her was in PR class. It was in the middle of winter and bitter cold outside. There was a huge blizzard, and the snow was piling up. She came rolling in and sat next to me, as she did every day. I looked down at her feet, shocked, at her sandals. I said, appalled “Meg! Aren’t your feet freezing?!”

Instead of getting offended or telling me I was an idiot… Meg just busted out laughing. Once she caught her breath she reminded me “Sierra, I’m paralyzed!” And she proceeded to start laughing again. I could not help but laugh along with her! Even though it’s hard to not notice a wheelchair, I had become so comfortable with her that this fact completely escaped my mind.

As seen from the above pictures, Meg is a gifted artist (despite not having full use of her hands). She used to tease me, because I have full use of all my limbs and STILL can’t draw like she does! (Pathetic, I know, but not embarrassing because Meg is amazing like that). On top of founding the Ms. Wheelchair Utah pageant, drawing and selling calendars, and being an AMAZING motivational speaker, Meg has begun writing books. These books are short, but very inspiring. They tell her story, in a very personal and emotional manner. They have really made me reflect on who I am and my perspective on life.

If anyone is interested in reading her books, receiving her monthly inspirational message, or having her as a speaker at some event, visit her website. Trust me, you will never regret knowing Meg. And now you all know a little more about my personal hero :-)

Visit her website:

http://www.megjohnsonspeaks.com/

He's a keeper!

Yesterday I found Caleb making cookies for himself. He wanted to take some to our neighbors too. Don't worry he did share with me, but I was so happy that he wanted cookies and didn't need my help. (notice the spacing of the dough) He is so cute. He actually burnt both batches so I'll probably make him some today before he gets off work but I was grateful that he took the initiative and made them.

Why is everybody always pickin' on me

First, let me start by letting everyone know that the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm.

Now back to me. It is only 2:00 p.m. and I don’t think today could get any worse. :( I woke up this morning REALLY not wanting to run. Especially since I knew, I had to train on the hills today plus it was wet and cold and all around did not sound like a good time to me. Finally, I got a bundled up and started out. In the first mile, I pulled my groin. (I know because I www.webMD.com’d it when I got home) In case you were wondering:

What Does a Groin Pull Feel Like?

Here are some symptoms of a groin pull:

• Pain and tenderness in the groin and the inside of the thigh.
• Pain when you bring your legs together.
• Pain when you raise your knee.
• A popping or snapping feeling during the injury, followed by severe pain.

Groin pulls are often divided into three degrees of severity:

· 1^st degree: Pain, but little loss of strength or movement.

· 2^nd degree: Pain and some tissue damage.

· 3^rd degree: Pain, loss of function, and a complete tear of the muscle.

It’s honestly probably not even a 1^st degree pull, but still it hurt and made for an awful run, more than usual. Caleb had drill today so I ran by myself. I love that Caleb will train with me and it helps motivate me a lot more when I know he’s waiting, but I did not have that extra motivation that I really could have used today. People looked at me like I was a freak on my way back home. What??? gimpy people with limps go for jogs with the hood of their jacket tied securly under their chin all the time, it’s not weird.

Well when I got home I took a shower and my conditioner was pretty much empty. Hate that! So I do what I can with a ¼ teaspoon of conditioner.

For lunch I looked all through our cupboards and realized we don’t really have food. But since we’re going to Lake Powell next week we don’t want to go grocery shopping, so I decide I’ll just eat the last of Caleb’s pizza… oops :) I put it in the over on broil and clean up a bit. It BURNED to a crisp. That’s pretty frsutrating because it took me so long to decide what to eat anyway.

So I go for the next best option… Macoroni & Cheese, or Death in a Box as my Nutrition professor used to referred to is as. My sweet mother-in-law bought me Scooby Doo Mac & Cheese, because as we all know the shapes taste so much better. Well it wouldn’t matter because apparently I cooked them to mush. I didn’t even know that was possible.

I think Taco Time’s Crisp Bean burrito is sounding pretty good right now.

Yard Work

So I started pulling weeds in my front flower garden and my cute little neighbor kids wanted to help. They just kept showing up one-by-one. But heck, I wasn't going to turn down free help. I did pay them with Starbursts and Jolly Ranchers. I'll post updated pictures when I'm finished.

1 month 3 weeks and 2 days since Bahamas Cruise

Ha ha ha, I love that the little ticker at the top of my blog reminds me how far behind I am on my blogging. I have been a little lazy with blogging about it because we had so much fun I didn’t ever want to bring the camera with us. I know… I’m kicking myself about it now but it just seemed so much easier without it. This is one picture I did get of Caleb exaggerating the size of eel he supposedly saw while snorkeling.

This was both Caleb and my first cruise and we are hooked! We absolutely loved everything about it. What’s not to love? I love love love Strawberry daiquiris. (virgin of course) and every half hour these tan men would approach us and give us more daiquiris. I was in heaven.

We went on a short 3-day cruise. 1) because we weren’t sure if we would like it/get sick and 2) it was free so heck we’ll take what we can get. Anyone that knows me knows that I am a huge American Eagle fan. So they started sending me surveys to take and I won this cruise from it. Pretty sweet deal.

On our cruise, we went to Nassau Bahamas. It was so beautiful. Everyone there was black and I LOVED it! Quick side note: a couple weeks ago, Caleb and I got home from work at the same time and he heard my ghetto music and said, “You should have been born black” I like to think that secretly I am. :)

Anyway, in the Bahamas, we went snorkeling and it was so amazing. There were these bright fishes that would swim all around us. I kept diving trying to get a closer look at the reef and every time I did Caleb would grab my leg and pull me back up. The first couple of times I thought it was an accident then I started to get annoyed, because I had to fix my mask every time I would come up. Finally, he pulled me up and told me to stop. I guess they told us we weren’t able to touch the reef but I wasn’t listening. Good thing Caleb watches out for me. :)

Lastly, while on the island dozens of ladies would come up to me and say, “Hey pretty girl, you want me to braid your hair?” Caleb thought this was hilarious because clearly, my hair looked super nappy with the humidity, but that was the only day I really did my hair and I already had it in two braids.

We had a really fun time and it was so good for us to spend quality time together. We're excited to go on a longer cruise next year, but there are a few things that we'll remember from this trip: bring camera and take lots of pictures, pack lots of sunscreen, and bring plenty of spending money for the souvenir shops because most of them only take cash.

a place to call home .....

Caleb and I moved into our dream home about a month ago. We looked at dozens of homes (sorry Marie) and are grateful that we finally found this one. We originally fell in love with this home because of the custom tile work throughout it. The home was in good condition but had some minor changes/repairs that we wanted to get done before we moved in. I was going to wait until we were all settled in before taking pictures and updating the blog but then I figured it would be a long time until I felt like everything was all in place.

This is the cute custom tile that is in the entry and kitchen.

before -living room
After-we decided to go with a dark brown on the bottom and we're still figuring out what to put in the corner now that I don't tend the kids and can get rid of the pack-n-play.Before-living room

After- as you can see the decorations are all still in the corner, we haven't really put anything up yet because I wanted to make sure I like the furniture where it was at. Before- Guest bath

AfterBefore-Master bathAfter- I was a little unsure about the bright blue but now I LOVE it! Plus I absolutely love my adjustable mirror from Ikea.

Before-Master walk in closet

After- It is so nice being able to fit both of our clothes in one closet!

Before-Spare bedroom/Office

After-we decided to make this room our office and get rid of the orange walls. It's perfect with the wood flooring.

Before- Master bedroom

After- we decided to get rid of the red wall and drapes and go with blinds instead. Nice decorations huh? :)

Before-Guest bedroom

After-this room is so bland it bothers me, but I'm still trying to figure out where I want the bed.

Before-kitchen, they had it decorated so cute before that it gave me some good ideas.

After- you'll notice the obnoxiously loud clock followed us, but on the plus side I LOVE my new saddle stools.

Before-Front room

We weren't really a fan of the built in bench so we took it out.

It wasn't too hard to do (mainly because my bro-in-law Jed did it all) but it meant we needed to get new carpet in there. After-this is definitely a work in progress but so far it's looking good. :)

and finally..... before

After! Our lawn was so dead, but after fixing the sprinklers we brought it back to life! We love our cozy home and are excited to start a new journey here.

Some things we learned about home ownership

• if you accidentally leave the front door open, people will come in
• just because the home was built in 2006 doesn't mean the microwave will still work
• the random lake on the edge of your property is not your neighbors problem, it's actually YOUR broken pipe.
• if the previous owners left an awesome grill behind.... there was probably reason
• you know you need to glaze the bathroom windows when Caleb makes eye contact with a neighbor kid while showering.
• you won't notice a leaking ceiling until after you've had all of the carpets cleaned.

Family Lagoon Day

Earlier this week was family Lagoon Day with the Rigby's. Gabby was working so we rode some rides until he got off. When we were trying to find out where he was working his girly co-workers were giddy and wanted to help us find him. (I think they had crushes on our little Gabster) All of the lines were pretty short so it was an excellent day to go.

In the video you can hear them screaming I'm not sure if it's Caleb or Cara screaming the loudest. :)

Sadly, my favorite part of Lagoon is the cute shows. Eric and Cara were making fun of me and the shows in this video.

Some of the fun memories from the day were:

*Adam and Caleb double teaming poor little Gavin

*Me breaking Feliz's legs :)

*Hayden's yucky burp in Gabby's face during dinner

*Feliz stealing the little boys money on the Samurai

*Gavin taking 45 minutes to make a Root beer Float

*Cambria's inability to locate her fans while riding rides

*Cara stealing Eric's 50 cents in her "pocketbank"

*Caleb's retarded dot for a stamp

*Adam wasting their life savings trying to win a giant banana

*Feliz killing me in my one game of fame

*220 Adam ha ha ha "Your shirt was in the way"

Insomnia and the Weasel

First let me give you the background… I really think that I have insomnia. At night Caleb goes right to sleep and I’m left there staring at the ceiling for a couple hours (I guess it would probably help if I tried closing my eyes).

Anyway, I’m pretty sure that my problem is that my mind starts to race a million miles a second when I even think about going to bed. That is really the only quiet time Caleb and I get together so I always want to talk, plus he has the best answers/responses to all that my mind could wonder at night.

Well, the other night I had forgotten that Caleb had asked me to scratch his back right when we got into bed and this is what happened once I remembered:

Becky: Caleb?
Caleb: silence (he must already be asleep)
Becky: Do you still want me to scratch you back?
Caleb: yes!!

What a weasel! He pretended to be asleep so I wouldn’t keep him up asking questions like, “What happens when pirates attack cruise ships?” It’s a legit question. We’re going on our first cruise in 2 days and I’m a little nervous… wish us luck =)

Resorting to Bullets :)

So a lot has happened since the last time I actually blogged. I am getting overwhelmed with more and more to blog about that I decided the only way I could ever catch up is if I resorted to using bullet points. Enjoy

• I flew up to Oregon to visit Brandon, Marci, and little Rocky. They have the cutest little place and everything up there is so green. It’s like out of a movie. We had such a fun time and Marci introduced me to yoga which I LOVE!
• Caleb and I (with the help from our amazing agent Marie Parks) listed and sold our home in 5 weeks!!
• We moved in with my sister Hollie and Jed living free of rent if I help out tending the kids. Which I absolutely love! So it works out for all of us.
• For Valentines Day Caleb and I got each other the same gift on accident. We got couples massages from Beyond Spa so it was perfect… that way we just had to go twice.
• For our anniversary we drove down to Vegas to stay in the new South Point Casino. We stayed 2 nights with Adam, Cara, and Cambria first. It was the first time Caleb and I really got to hang out with Cambria all by ourselves. She really liked us. (even though Caleb added another bruise to her forehead)
• We have two offers placed on beautiful short sale homes and are waiting to see what happens next.

I think that will be enough for now. I’ll try and stay on top of things now. If Brandon can keep his up to date then there is no reason I shouldn’t be able to.

Dance off

So I have tons to catch up on and I will but for now I'm busy packing up our house... by the way, we sold our place and need to be out by next Thursday. I'll update our blog soon though.

Here's a sweet little bonus video for the weekend!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPZhrUCQgn0&feature=channel_page

The Thing That Ate Kids For Arguing

Our dear Eric made this video for Hayden for his birthday and it has some huge stars in it like:

Indee, Gavin, Hayden, Eric, and Momma Rigby herself! Enjoy!

Families are Forever

When I was working my screen saver popped up with the pictures I have saved on my work computer and these were the first three. They made me smile and remember what an awesome family I have. One night Adam and Cara were up visiting and they stayed at our place. We decided to watch Hairspray and Adam LOVED it. He's pretending to sleep here but he was singing and dancing through the entire show. We are probably going to get it for him for his birthday... don't tell.

This is one of my favorite wedding pictures. I've got my BFF JJ, little Indee, and crazy homeless Brandon.

The next picture will always make me laugh. This was right after Derek's mission. He was "hanging out " with this girl who was kind of weird. Caleb and I switched her name and my name in his phone so when I texted him it would come up as a text from her. (Caleb learned this sneaky trick from Justin Trujillo when he did it to Caleb and told him I was pregnant :) ) Anyway, while we were watching a movie at our place we text Derek and said something like "I love you and I know you are supposed to be my Eternal companion" from her. He read the text and just sat there with a blank look on his face but didn't say anything to us. He said he had to go and we texted him from Caleb's phone after he left and told us it was just a joke... needless to say he didn't think it was as funny as we did :)

Then I went through my pictures and selected some of my family pictures that I especially love and here they are. Brandon and Marci came and helped us decorate for Weber State's Homecoming at the Dee Event Center.

I don't know why but Eric always has crazy expressions in all of the pictures I take. He's normally a decent looking kid even though you'd never know from the pictures. ;)

I just assumed this next picture was payback for making the guys wear pink ties for our wedding.Gabby looks either 1) drunk or 2) belonging to the "special needs class" I can assure you that he's neither.

So many brother-in-laws! I wouldn't have it any other way. :)

Brooke was cranky at our family Thanksgiving Party so Caleb and I took advantage of her orneriness and teased her. (Actually I think Caleb was taking her from me because I was bugging her)

It's okay though because I'm still her favorite aunt. I like to call it "tough love" it makes her stronger.

Here is baby Ashton doing his Bill Cosby impression.

Kimmie and I used to go dancing every weekend. My dad has this picture up in his office at work and tells us how irresponsible we are for turning around to take a picture while driving 80 mph down the freeway.

My mom and dad are such a good looking couple. On Sundays my dad waits until my mom is dressed to pick out a tie for him to match her. How cute huh? I hope Caleb and I grow up to be just like them. (except the whole rotten children part)

Condo for Sale!

We are so excited to place our cozy condo for sale. We used our friend Marie Parks to help us list it. We have had so many good memories in this little place but we are excited to move on to bigger and better things. :) I thought I would do a special tribute to our beautiful Meadow Ghetto.













Almost all of our decorations either were given to us or picked out by Cara our interior designer sister-in-law. Actually, come to think about it, nearly 85% of the stuff in there was specifically from her.

Jeff and Carrie Maas gave us the tile above the fire place that says something about being married to your best friend.

This is the wall that I painted all by myself while Caleb was studying for finals.

My best friend Jennifer Jarrett has her own couch here at our place. (though she doesn't use it nearly enough)

Cathy, Cara, Kristin, and Hannah Cahoon gave us the sign above the sink that says "Bed and Bath You Make Both"

This is the sink that Caleb does the dishes in :)

We copied Adam & Cara and saved all pictures sent from our family and friends and decorated our fridge with them. I realize now maybe we should have taken them down for these pictures... oh well, it's homey.

That beautiful clock is sooooo annoying! It's up for grabs for the first bidder. Let me warn you first that is sounds like a ticking time bomb. We have tried everything to make it quieter. It is so LOUD!!! Sure it's cute, but every time I look at it the time is wrong because Caleb keeps taking the batteries out because it's too loud so we're going to have to part with it.

We took the closet doors off because we were having issues when we both were trying to get ready in the morning. We will probably put them back up tonight.

This is our cozy little office. Sometimes I call it our den. Just because I always wanted a den. I'm not sure what a den is, but this will work for now.

We got a cute shower curtain at our reception but I didn't realize that you were supposed to put plastic behind the cloth so quickly we realized we needed to go buy a new one. Simple task right? Apparently not. This is the nice world map shower curtain that Caleb picked out.

Also, I remember when Brandon used to find random countries and it was our job to locate them. I'm going to miss that. :)

The sides of the mirror comes up so you can see the back of your hair, but sometimes when Caleb and I are brushing our teeth at night we pull them both out and try to find which one the other is looking in. Hey, it's a small place, what else would we do for entertainment?