i am

i am: just Becky
i think: about the future
i am happy: that Caleb graduated and now has time to be with me!
i have: a cosy home with an awesome husband
i miss: the warm weather
i fear: Caleb being deployed
i feel: grateful for our Christmas bonus
i smell: Caleb's cologne
i usually: have a tidy house
i search: in my purse for my keys everyday
i wonder: who wrote the book of love?
i regret: getting a tattoo
i love: hanging out with my family and friends
i care: about what people think
i tell: funny jokes
i worry: too much! Ask anyone
i am not: messy
i remember: last week when I got home, Caleb had opened one of his Christmas presents (an X-box game) and was playing it
i believe: in God the Eternal Father and in his Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost
i sing: in the shower
i don’t always: think before I speak
i don’t like: when people say "Your time will come"
i write: secret love notes and hide them in Caleb’s pockets
i win: every game we play after family dinner
i lose: rarely (because I'm a sore loser)
i dance: like a white girl
i wish: we could travel more
i never: sleep in
i listen: to Caleb sleep
i don't understand: why people forget how to drive in the snow
i can usually be found: goofing off
i am scared: of jellyfish
i need: to go shopping for Christmas presents
i forget: to call people back
i tag: my family, Jen, Rachelle, Michelle, and Erin

Weekend Update

This weekend was so much fun! First, when I got off work at 5:00 my best friend Jen was in town for work so she hung out at Newgate until I got off so we could see each other. Jen lives in Hyde Park so I don't get to see here that often. Anyway, Caleb and I had a party to go to but we decided not to go because I just wanted to spend more time with Jen. I tried to talk her into spending the night because Caleb had drill this weekend but she couldn't. :(


I decided to take Caleb to Red Robin to celebrate his graduation. Way to go Caleb!!! With his graduation he was promoted at work to "Staff Accountant" I'm so proud of him.


When we were at Red Robin after we had sat down we held hands. Nothing serious we just both put our hands on the table and reached across. Two seconds after we were seated the waiter came and asked us if we wanted appetizers. It was so awkward. It was like we were in junior high and we had just gotten caught doing something bad by Mr. Daniels. (Rachelle you know what I'm talking about :) ) The rest of dinner was great after that.




Saturday I babysat Scott and Romney's beautiful baby girl Jocelyn while they went to the temple. She was such an angel! When we have kids I want to have perfect little children like her. :)


Saturday night we had a family Christmas party.... boring.... as Marci would say. After the party we went to the Howard's to play games, and eat Kristin's delicious birthday cake (even though Marci ate ALL of the corners, not even the birthday girl got a corner piece)





We played this game Boggle, and it was pretty fun. We let the Kristin win because it was her birthday. :) (Except Matt, he challenged her word "exo" and even got the junior high dictionary to prove her wrong, but she ended up getting the point in the end)
Caleb and Brandon played a pretty intense game of ping-pong while we played Boggle. (I asked Caleb how I should word this and he said "say we had a good time, we missed each other") So poetic.

Sunday after family dinner we played Scattergories. I LOVE Scattergories! Derek kept cheating and looking at my answers but I still killed everyone! Some of the best answers of the night were:

What is something you kept hidden..... (L)
Momma Rigby: Lingerie
Caleb: "You have lingerie? Sick"

Reasons for being late..... (M)

Me: Menstrual

Feliz: Making Out

I got a dirty look for putting menstrual but Momma Rigby laughed at Feliz's making out... not fair!

Things you're afraid of....... (A)

Caleb: Alpine Slide (then he did a crazy swoosh sound, silly boy)

Musical Instruments...... (M)

Caleb: Miano (he said he could only think of normal instruments with an M in front of it)

Things at the park...... (M)

Me: Muggers

There were some other really funny answer but I can't remember them right now.

**Warning May Not Be Suitable for Children =) **

This Saturday Caleb was Santa for our ward Christmas party. He did such a good job. We took advice from Justin and Michelle's Halloween costumes and put flour in his eyebrows to make them look gray. :) Brooke would not go near Caleb when he was dressed up. I bummed that the picture I have is blurry but she was crying when I put her on his lap. When we were going through the pictures she said "this is Brooke wearing a dress and that is Caleb wearing a Santa costume" so I guess she figured it out.

After the party Brooke was playing in the Santa custome. We got a toy gun that made a bang when you pulled the trigger as a "white elephant" gift from my office party Friday night. Where we saw, Marie, Lance, Michelle and Justin there for Jessica's birthday party. Anyway, Brooke was running around shooting Caleb and I, then Caleb got the gun and was tickling her with it and she said "Bury me with my money." I'm sure that's something Caleb taught her :)

She is inside Santa's sack in this picture.

Hollie and Kim went and got their Christmas shopping done while we had the baby so this is her taking up our whole bed during her nap. Her pony tails were all over the place when she woke up but she looked cute while sleeping. When she woke up from her nap she came in the living room and said to Caleb "You have football too? My dad always watches football when I take my nap."

Caleb loves our little chunky nephew Ashton. He tells him how he's going to teach him how to play every sport. With 3 nieces we were needing a little boy. We can't wait to meet Aynna's little boy too! We are so grateful for our families and that we are all such good friends.

Complete Randomness

Caleb and I had to babysit Brooke while Hollie was at a meeting. Justin and Michelle were babysitting little Carson while Lance and Marie were in Moab so they invited us to come play with them. We took them to Arctic Circle and had so much fun. I took these pictures from Michelle's blog. Thanks Michelle!

Brooke finally went down the big slide and even Colby would go down feet first on his tummy. :)Here is Brooke peaking out at us from the tunnel.



Here's my newest nephew Ashton. He is 3 months old, I know it seems like he's older but he was just a really really big baby. He was 10 lbs! Luckily he was C-section :)

I needed this ice cream to make pies for Thanksgiving and I walked in to find Caleb eating it... and not only that but he was eating straight from the container! Little weasel.

Caleb and I had our dads over for the BYU v. Utah game. Caleb is a BYU fan and I am a Ute fan (probably just because Caleb is a Cougar fan). Anyway, we had a good time. I told our dads that they can be bff's now. Neither one of them understood, but their friendship is just budding. :)My friend Krista told me we couldn't be friends anymore if I wasn't a BYU fan so I quickly jumped ships.

This picture makes me laugh every time I see it. Brooke sure did have fun with her watercolor paint. She is ready for a night out on the town here, with her painted on outfit.

When I went over to my mom's for lunch Brooke was playing with the dress up clothes so I took some pictures.

She looks like McCauley Culkin in Home Alone. :)

Cute Hair Styles

I love this blog so much. I spend most of my time looking at the different hair styles. I just can't wait until any of my niece's have hair long enough to actually do something with :)

http://shedoeshair.blogspot.com/

I've borrowed some of the pictures from the site to show you some of my favorites. She does step by step pictures of how to accomplish these hair styles. So cute!

My mom always did our hair really cute when we were kids but nothing like this. Sometimes she would do our ponytails so tight kids would question our sudden change in ethnicity. :)

Will you give this to my Daddy?

Last month 2 out of the 30 guys in Caleb’s unit were deployed. So when I got this email it really got to me. So I wanted to share it with everyone.

Will you give this to my Daddy?

Last week I was in Atlanta , Georgia attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.

Moving through the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camos. As they began heading to their gate, everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering.

When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for, it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red-blooded American who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families.

Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal.

Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women, a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said 'hi.'

The little girl then asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her.

The young soldier, who didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her Daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.

The mother of the little girl, who said her daughter's name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter Courtney missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up.

When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military-looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.

After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, 'I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you.' He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying 'your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon.'

The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet, he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event.

As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, there were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be an American.

LONG Survey

Introduce yourself:
Hi, I'm Becky Rigby ... and that’s it.

It's Thursday at noon, where are you usually?
WORK....Guardian ad Litem Office!

Who are all the people in your text message inbox?
Caleb, Mackenzie, Ryan B, Dallin R, Chessie R, Shonell S, and soon to be... Kim

Which Shampoo is in your bathroom right now?
Paul Frieda

Honestly, if you could have ANYONE in the world , who would it be?
Martha Steward.. So she could cook and clean for us.

What are you listening to right now?
Lame whispering co-workers.. like a junior high girls..

How do you feel about your hair?
Its alright.. I mean amazing.. I voted myself "Best Hair" at work.

What time do you wake up?
Anywhere from 6-7 AM

What movie is in your DVD player?
Arrested Development 3... oh yeah

Last two numbers in your phone number?
82

What side of the bed do you sleep on?
Right.. if you are looking at it.

Do you like roller coasters?
I used to until I got old...

What are your plans for this friday?
Date night with the sister and Bro in law..

When was the last time you were up all night?
Probably working night shift at the Hilton

Where is your favorite place?
Southern California

Do you ever think about the price of gasoline?
Heck yes! I was in Layton the other day and it was totally 301... Seriously!

Do you sleep with a fan on?
It matters if it was hot or not.

What is the best thing about winter?
The great deals you can get while shopping for summer clothes.

How often do you hold back from saying what you are thinking?
Not often enough..

Are you currently planning a trip?
Yes, a few of them.

Who did you last high-five?
Caleb

What did you last buy?
I paid for my pedicure.

What makes you feel like you are young again?
Alot of caffeine, the giggles, and my sisters/bffs

Do you ever type " kik" instead of " lol?
No.. I never make typing mistakes..

Do you know how to play chess?
Nope..

Whats on your mind right now?
How much longer this survey is...

Can you sleep in jeans?
Yes, I love my jeans. I have almost more jeans than I do shoes... okay not really but I do have a lot.

Who was the last person you were in a car with?
Caleb

Is there someone on your mind that shouldn't be?
no

Who do you spend most of your days with?
Caleb and the peeps from my work

Do you plan on moving out the next year?
No, unless it’s down to St. George baby!

Where did you get the shirt you are wearing?
America Eagle

Do you enjoy late night phone conversations?
It matters... Does it cost Money?? Then YES!

How late did you stay up last night ?
11 PM

What will you be doing at 8 AM tomorrow?
Sleeping thinking I don’t want to go to work today...

What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
See above...

What were you doing half an hour ago?
Starting this survey

Do you cry easily?
Yeah, I’m a girl what do you expect?

Were you happy when you woke up today?
No. I had to wake up

Have you ever kissed in a car?
Yeppers

Last thing you drank?
H2O

Do you have trust issues?
No, unless you consider not trusting Tifa or Gina with a box of pizza on the kitchen table.

Do you need to say anything to anyone?
* Kim I think you still have my black shirt and I want it back!
** Marci, I still have your Central shirt, I'll bring it when we visit.
*** Hollie, I gave Ashton some of my popsicle yesterday so he would be good.
**** Amy, sorry I couldn't make it to your baby shower. It is Jen's fault.
***** Jen, I blamed you because for us not being able to go to Amy's shower.
WOW, I feel a lot better :)

What were you doing at 1 AM this morning?
Why do you care?! I was sleeping!

Has anyone ever mistaken you for someone else?
Like my other two sisters? Yes all the time.

Are you a morning person or a night person?
What do you think?

Do you own a digital camera?
Yep

Do you have a best friend to lean on?
Yes I do. Lots of them!

Do you like to have long hair or short hair?
Long

Do you want to cut your hair?
No it makes my face look fat

Are you wearing make- up?
Well no.. I woke up late and didnt put any on.

Do you have any sisters?
Yes 2

Have you changed in the past year?
Yes

How do you pronounce your name?
B as in bonkers, E as in eye patch, C as in caca basura, K as in kibbles and Y as in why

Do you know a kid named David?
Totally, you know him too??

Who was the last person to make you laugh?
Caleb, he does these silly giggles to make me laugh.

Do you think your last ex deserves to die?
That’s a bit dramatic.. But sure why not?
Just kidding

Have you kissed someone in the past week?
Yeah me and my husband kiss all the time!

Who was the last person you talked to in person?
I don’t remember her name but she was from DCFS... I’m at work right now.

In winter, would you rather wear jackets or hoodies?
Hoodies.

Do you wish you were somewhere else right now?
Not working would be great!

Where are your siblings?
In Layton and Salt Lake.

Have you ever kissed someone with braces?
I don’t think so

How many pillows do you sleep with?
2

What are you drinking right now?
Nothing

Do you like to cuddle?
Yes, and Caleb is a pro at it.

Missing someone?
Yes, Brandiggity, Marsface, Rockstar, Atom, Carebear, and little Camper
Why did you guys all leave me? :(

What is on your bed right now?
Pillows, Blankets and two other shirts I tried on this morning.

Did you get a full 8 hours of sleep last night?
Pretty close, and it was amazing.

How many TRUE friends do you have that you can tell anything to?
Lets see... 1,2,3,4,5... a lot

Are you close with your mother?
yep

Do you still talk to the person you fell hardest for?
Yep.. We are married!

What are you going to do this weekend?
Haunted house and date night

Have you ever been taken to the hospital in an ambulance?
Yes, and when my sister called my mom to tell her, she asked if the accident was our fault... thanks mom

Would you rather the picture be taken by you or you be in the picture?
In the picture in the middle!

What's one action you do when you're really nervous?
Plug my ears or bite my nails

What did you last cry over?
I can’t remember but I’m sure it was really detrimental.

I'm seriously so blessed :)

Today is one of my BFF's birthdays!! Happy birthday Marci!!! I talked to Rocky and she is planning on saving any diaper explosions for when Brandon or Jill is holding her :)


Marci, was pretty much the cool kid up at Webs. Here's a picture of her with the "it" crowd. Fits right in... doesn't she?

Marci, and I have such a good time when we're together. But now we have a long distance relationship. Marci, Brandawg and Rockstar moved up to Eugene. Don't worry because Caleb and I are going to visit in January.
It was so cool to have some of my best friends in the Temple with me when I got married. It was even cooler that 2 of them instantly became my sisters. I could not have picked better sister-in-laws. Now when I go back and think about it, the bridesmaid outfits looked cuter in my head :)
Marci and I shared a room (a bunk bed actually) at the Academy of Leadership. Our husbands were away at Lake Powell and it was so good to be with Marci while Caleb was away. It was a great drive home from the retreat, just the two of us. I was thankful she wanted to leave early too, we snuck out of the dance and put our stuff in her car. What rebels!
Since she was in charge we weren't able to be together all of the time but we still made sure that anytime there was an activity we were right there by each other. She was so sweet and introduced me to everyone. She helpped me to fit right in, and have a good time.

I miss you Marsface! I hope your birthday is everything you dreamed. We love you!

Adoption? I think so.

So this is what I've been doing at work the past couple hours. They are from Makemebabies.com. Most of our babies were seriously ridiculous looking. Not a good sign. This little girl is pretty cute though. This will be Sophia Nicole.

This girl is cute but maybe this will be Kim's baby instead..... yeah probably.
I'm not sure if this was a daughter or son. Either way it's pretty cute.

The only thing this baby has correct would be our pasty skin. Lucky her.
When am I honestly going to do my daughters hair in dreadlocks? Honestly?!?

How in the world did Caleb and I make this hideous redheaded baby? This makes me want to cry. :)
Let me know if you are as concerned as I am now about our own babies.

Husband Tag

I keep reading all of the fun husband tags, so here's my take on Caleb!

What is his name? Michael Caleb Rigby
How long have you been married? 1 1/2 years
How long did you date? We’ve known each other since junior high, but we started dating in 2005, got engaged in 2006, and married in 2007.
How old is he? 26
How old are you? 25
Who eats more sweets? Caleb does... he eats all kinds of sweets and ice cream at night, and it never shows!
Who said I love you first? Caleb. He said, "I love you" and I said “thank you”
Who is taller? Caleb is 7 inches taller than me. I feel like we're about the same height unless we are dancing or taking a picture together.
Who can sing better? I love to hear Caleb sing to me, but he would say I'm a better singer.
Who is smarter? Hmmm... I would have to say Caleb.
Who does the laundry? Me
Who does the dishes? Caleb
His guilty pleasure? Early morning basketball and watching One Tree Hill with me.
Who mows the lawn? We don’t really have much of a lawn, but he did help me water the flowers. Besides you, who is his best friend? Probably Justin, Zack, or Dave.
Who cooks dinner? Me.
Who drives? Me. But, he tells me to, since I tell him how to drive anyway.
Who is more stubborn? That is really a toss up, it depends on the situation.
Who kissed who first? Caleb, and I giggled like a teenager. (I totally didn’t see it coming)
Who asked who out first? We were friends long before we started dating, but I remember the first time we hung out I invited him to come give blood at my ward blood drive. We ended up spending the whole night together. (Not that way!?!)
Who proposed? Caleb
Who has more siblings? He does, his mother had children by the litter.
Who wears the pants? Caleb, but I pick them out :)
What is your favorite thing about him? He's very silly and playful. He's very patient and would do anything for his family! He's the hardest worker in the entire world and does everything he can to make my life as easy as possible. Plus, I love that he lets me go on crazy shopping sprees.

Worst Day EVER!!!

So my worst day was all the way back on Monday, but I'm only now able to really appreciate how funny it was. :) First I have to go to Sunday morning for you to really understand. I dropped Caleb off at the airport at like 8:00 that morning. Well dropped off, is what I wanted to do but he wanted me to stay with him while he checked his bags in and then wait for him to go through security. (Because extremely long drowned out good byes are always so much easier right?) Wrong!

Anyway, so after the atrocious departure I had to drive myself home trying to blink enough to keep the tears out of my eyes. All I could think about was going back to bed and forgetting that I was all on my own until near the end of the month. Well at least until I flew out there to be with him… which we ended up changing to an earlier date.

That's all the background you need to really get a feel for me and what I was going through. Come Monday morning I just wanted to go to work early and try to keep myself occupied. I went out to my car around 6:30 a.m. and realized that on the way back from the airport I left my lights on and my battery was dead. Not cool.

I tried to get anyone to help me and even pushed my car (in neutral) down the hill to the busier street in hopes that someone would give me a jump… no one did, so I ended up calling my mother-in-law who was so sweet to come and give me a jump. After she helped me she started to get teary eyed and asked how I was doing, not really what I needed at 7:00 in the morning. I told her I was fine and that I just didn't want to talk or else I'd be boobin all day. I brought my cell phone out with me just in case Caleb called and accidentally left it right next to the washer fluid container. As I was driving to work I started looking for my phone and remember when I left it. I quickly pulled over to see a smooched up mess.

I was able to try to look past that and just work but then around 4:15 I got an email from UPS telling me my package wasn't delivered. It was to my work address so I was concerned what package they were talking about. After opening and reading it I got an email telling everyone not to open the UPS-Virus email… oops, I spent the next 45 minutes on the phone with the help desk trying to fix my computer. Well actually it was my co-workers computer, I was borrowing hers when I did it (sorry Sheliece) Luckily the day got over and I'm able to laugh about it now. As long as I don't have another any time soon.

Ode to Kimmie

Today my baby sister is going through the temple. We are so proud of her. Last year Kim had a handsome little baby, Tyler. She placed him with LDS Family Services. Tyler has a loving family and both parents to raise him. Kim is so strong and amazing.


She now goes around speaking in Sacrament meetings with LDS Family Services about her experience. Kim has made such a change in her life and we are so proud that she has made righteous choices to get her to the temple.

She met Jonny while she was pregnant. He is such an amazing young man. He stood by Kim’s side throughout the entire pregnancy... and boy could she get ornery. Anyway, Kim told Jonny that she needed some time to just work through things on her own and Jon was understanding and accepted that. When Kim finally got to where she needed to be Jon was there ready to be with her. I love Kim so much and I love Jon for loving her as much as he does too. He is so good to her. Probably some times more than she deserves. :) Nevertheless, I am so excited to see my sweet baby sister all in white preparing to become an eternal family with her fiancé.

Kim, I wanted to reminisce about a few of my favorite memories, before you go off and become an old married woman.

I remember how everyone thought we were twins in Pirates of Penzance.

We were goofing off in the dressing room when we heard our song and knew we were supposed to be on stage so we ran across the building holding our dresses up so we wouldn't trip.

I'm surprised they didn't ask us not to come back for the other performances.

I think the picture says it all. I had never broken a bone in my entire body until you came along... We were making Peanut Butter fingers at my house and we got hungry so we put them in the oven (bad idea #1) and drove over to Subway to get a sandwich. I was just getting settled back in the car and hadn't put my seatbelt back on (bad idea #2) When the intersection light turned green and I told you to go (bad idea #3) A crazy woman driver :) wasn't paying attention and ran through the red light taking off the front part of your car.

I made sure to catch myself with my neck/shoulder on the dashboard. When you saw that I was alright after some awesome bystanders gave me a blessing you went and made sure the woman driver and the people in the SUV (that she totalled as well) were okay too.

But the part that makes you the best sister ever is, you went and got the PB fingers out of the oven while I was taken away in the ambulance.

Next time let me drive, okay? I have a better driving record. :)

Kim you're the best little sister anyone could ask for. I'm sorry Hollie and I used to hold you down and put soap in your mouth when you swore...

Looks like we cured your "sailors mouth" though :)

I love you!

My little Garden

A while ago Caleb was at work and I was bored so I bought some bug spray and sprayed the outside of our condo.


I started pulling back the weeds from up against the house because that's where you need to spray the bug killer and I just kept weeding until I made a perfect little garden outside out back patio.

There was so much junk in the bushes. I wore gloves because I didn't want to get any diseases :)

I showed Caleb when he got home and he said I need to get out of the house more. Sweet kid. Anyway the next day I went about bought a dozen flowers. There was no rhyme or reason for the ones I picked, I just liked them.

Caleb really wanted Snap-dragons but there weren't any. After I had planted these ones my mom dropped off 18 snap-dragons to plant between my flowers. I don't have a picture of all of them, but here is what I've have been doing since I graduated. :)