Straw Visor Club

The street I live off of is beautiful and hilly and treey and its where i like to walk/run.

It's actually quite a popular exercise route.

And while i enjoy my time just loving the visual beauty I must admit I get jealous occasionally.

Want to know why?

The Straw Visor Club

Now this isn't probably isn't the real name of the group but thats what i call them so there you go.....

There is this group of ladies, probably 4-6 that walk my route.

Not every day and not always at the same time...but they are there...

And i want to be them.

They all wear straw visors and have water bottles and are working up a sweat and smiling...

too much fun being had - and i want in.

Doug says I should just buy a hat and then kinda sneak in, you know, hide behind a tree and then just stealth myself in when noones looking and then just pretend like I was always part of the group...

They would never know right? I mean I got the visor?!

But alas....

I'm by myself looking on wishing I was cool enough to be in the

Straw Visor Club.

Lovers Day was Loverly

Happy Valentines Day!!

Cashel's such a sweet heart <3

 For Valentines Dinner every year my mom would make us shrimp scampi and make us feel fancy and loved with flowers and toilet paper rolls decorated and filled with lots of goodies...shes the best mom. 

Me in my finery (sweat)

I have tried to keep this tradition alive if I am not going to my moms anyway (which let's face it, i usually do...especially the last 6 years...) But this year we were alone in south and I made a scrumptious meal for my little loves. I realized this year i really have no Valentines decorations and so hearts cut out of left over red stocking felt had to suffice until i feel crafty enough. Cashel made cute little cards for everyone and surprised us with treats she picked out "especially for us" (or just really all the crap she didnt want from the Valentines she got 

at school...) One thing i did that I thought was cuteish was I got these strawberry Crush bottles and made little "I have a Crush on you" tags. I had to do something right? We had Chocolate covered strawberries and then my hot hubby took me out for the most romantic movies i have ever seen. "The Rite" and "The Green Hornet" I practically wanted to make out with him the whole time we were there!! 

He actually did do a very sweet and romantical thing for me though....He has been writing artciles for Yahoo lately and he wrote our love story and posted it...if any of you wondered how we met -in his eyes :)

- take a looksy! He is my true love and I'm so lucky I 

found him!

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/7729580/just_an_oldfashioned_facebook_love.html?cat=41

My Love

On Friday before Valentines we actually went to "incahoots" which is a country dance place. We went because:
A. Doug's sister and her husband met there 11 years ago to the day and so we went back to reminisce.
B. It's awesome.
We had a lot of fun mostly watching people and laughing....but i always love to watch Doug boot scoot his booty...it is pretty cute.

Oh Kobe.....

 My little man has been killing me lately.

This is one handsome and very talented and athletic boy....

And he knows it.

I have told this story to some, but he did it again last night and i was lauging so hard i have to share...

if not to make you laugh, then to be reminded years later and he can be a little embarrassed, though after you hear it you probably will realize he won't care.

This guy says the best prayers. 

Always so thoughtful....and long...very long...about everyone and everything 

 and people who need help, who are facing hard decisions and are ill or afraid.

and then....

he usually gives thanks for being so athletic and talented and having soo many talents.

which he is. but in a prayer?

the best thing he has said though and he said it again last night was....

"Heavenly Father, thank you for making me so good looking."

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

this kills me. is he zoolander? i mean he gets it all the time from everyone and all the girls in his class throw themselves at him so i cant blame him for having a big head and i laugh but at the same time i am totally worried that he is going to turn into some egotistical maniac!!

 on the same hand though he is so sweet to everyone and includes everyone and is a good brother and friend and a really good student so i cant be mad...

I guess i just have to sit back and laugh for now....

 Any advice?

what strange weather we're having.....

Happy Groundhog Day!

Today reminds me of one of my favorite people from high school, Suzanne Nelson....

Suzanne loved Groundhog Day and so now i do too.

I dont know if i saw my shadow today though because everytime i tried to look at the ground my hair would get whipped and blown and swirled all up in my grill.

So i saw my hair all day.

Speaking of crazzzy weather i just want to brag while i know most of my family and friends are freezing 

and/or already frozen....i spent last week at the beach. it was 78. 

and i actually spent at least 4 days at the beach this loverly wintery january. yup.

I love our new beach. I know, blasphemy. but i do.

Its beautiful and convenient and there are cliffs and awesome walks and tide pools and good waves and little pools and just all around great for my little adventurers!

Last week we went for a walk to this ginormous rock where there are some tide pools. Its a good little walk, about 1 1/2 miles each way....but there are crabs "this big!!" (just imagine my fingers open really wide)

the best part is on the other side of the rock a little ways down is the nudey beach where some 

really hot (ugly) built (fat) guys (gay) lay out...so we dont go past the rock....

anyways....it was a nice stroll and it was one of those days where the ladybugs are migrating and mateing and just being altogether crazybugs so they were everywhere!!!

I love them!!!

My little lady

Cashel loves them too...she kept catching them and making sure they wouldnt leave me...

she loves me. a lot.

 Kobe, Gabe and Cashel love these cliffs...they spend hours digging jumping burrowing and (when the waters too cold) boogie boarding down them!

 

(see that creepy guy playing the guitar? i felt bad cause he was trying to groove and find inner peace and my kids were not really that inspiring i'm pretty sure)

So what have you been up to this january? 

Besides being jealous of me :)

wow....a lot has happened in a year...

It's a new year.

2011.

I'm trying to be a new me.

I always loved blogging before but you know....full time job...full time single mom...

blah blah blah...wah wah wah.

So guess what?!? new year, new me, new posts!!

You're sooo excited :)

So what has happened to me in the last year you ask?

welllll....going on a year of dating my cute little boyfriend asked me to marry him atop a huge gigantic mountain that he made me climb in the sleet as his last task to make sure i was worthy of wifeyhood, we got married in june in the most beautiful romantical wedding where everything was perfection and we were in our  own little dreamland...oh and there were crepes...lots of crepes, we moved our apprehensive new adorable little (big actually) family to san diego and we live in a breathtaking brand new house where everything is clean and sparkly and there are rolling hills and the beach is still in view and its basically just lovely, i spent the first two months of our marriage crying in the fetal position most of the time while my patient amazing husband put up with all my craziness during a very horrible custody battle, and we have spent the last seven months trying to adjust to being step-everythings living in a new place with new schools and a new ward and a new Target...yikes, but basically it has been a whirlwind of love and happiness and i wake up some mornings and wonder how i got to be such a lucky girl.

feel up to date?

good.

now hopefully i will keep posting and maybe ill put up some pics...

so keep stopping by....ill try to be entertaining :)