Look at my little cupcake..

I was on a Winger's run last Sunday for Football Sunday and Lach wanted to come with. He was tired after watching Daddy & Mommy (and Mikelle and Mike) watch football. Ha. Go figure.
But who knew I could love a little black lab named Urlacher, this much? I sure didn't.



Long time comin'

My middle name is procrasination. I wait and wait and wait and wait until the last moment to do everything. I can't help it. It's in my blood. So, of course when it comes to uploading pictures off my camera, I can't do it. Physically cannot do it. So, I figured since these pictures have been on my camera FOR-EVER I'd finally upload them. Yay me.




I bought Cody Young Jeezy tickets back in September. It was down in Vegas at the Palms. We'd been there before to see 50 cent, but Jeezy was SO.MUCH.FUN. Lot's of memories were made.
HA!

we were like...the only white people.

In the later part of September, the wonderful town of Hurricane, UT had something they like to call 'Peach Days'. With my newly practiced 'free days' a fresh peach tart sounded like an amazing idea. Little did we know that the lack of Peaches they had was actually ironic. It was ghetto-ville USA and it took us forever to even find any peaches. Buuuut my mom and I had never been and we didn't know any better..

Navajo Tacos

HAHAHA what used to be in my mom's bowl was 'fresh peach cobbler'. We ate it and weren't too impressed..probably because when we were leaving, we saw them putting CANNED PEACHES on the cobbler. Hurricane folk amaze me.

$40 and an hour later, we found our peaches.

Making the crust..

It's made out of Macaroon cookies, chopped pecans and butter

And then the filling..

Made out of cream cheese, sugar, whipping cream, vanilla, and orange juice.

And then the peaches...

Finished product. It was soooo delicious!

Back in September Eliana and Nayda had a birthday party to celebrate their 'terrible twos'. As if. It was Sesame Street themed and they had a big bounce house. It was a hit. And these two are hysterical by the way..

And then beautiful Annie, going to Homecoming with...umm...Kyler? Yeah. She's gorgeous.

And then, just some random's of me and Cody :)

He smiled..Finally. Probably only cuz it was my birthday.

.50 cent corn dogs? YES

I couldn't get it to rotate..but this is Urlacher. I.LOVE.HIM.

Closing his eyes and having zero facial expressions is his signature look.

He was on NFL mobile. Typical

So, kind of an update. I'll try and be better, I promise. 


xoxoxoxo


-C.

love is ♥ :

overcast, rainy days like today. waking up to sweet texts. pinterest. the holiday season. shopping for gifts for loved ones. LC's friday favorites. climbing into a warm cozy bed. friends that are always there no matter what. being pampered. puppy training with Cody and Lacher. hard workouts that take your mind off of everything.

A turkey for you, a turkey for me

Happy Thanksgivin ya'll.

Had a wonderful day with family and my boo, did lots of cooking, cleaning, and eating of course. Loved today. 

-Thankful to be blessed with such an amazing family. And not to mention, we're all amazing cooks. Everything was made from scratch. Nothing from a box. Seriously delicious. Scrumpdidyliumptious. 

And of course, I ate way too much. But that's what Thanksgiving is for right?

I'll see ya at the gym.

xoxoxoxo

Thankful 23

Tomorrow is Turkey Day and I'm so ridiculously excited. 

-Today I'm thankful for sunshine. It's beautiful, warming rays and it's uncanny ability to warm my innerness (<--- not even a word, I know).

-I'm thankful for eyes that see, ears that hear, and a heart that loves. I'm blessed to be able to see this beautiful world, hear kind words spoken, and to be able to feel love &hearts;

xoxoxox

Thankful 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22 Whew!

I like playing catch-up. Can ya tell?

-I'm thankful for clean running water all the time. I fill my water mug (yes I have a water mug) up multiple times throughout the day, from a water purifier. Spoiled much? My work also supplies us with countless bottles of water (don't tell the greenies. we use wayyy too much plastic around here.) I can take a warm shower or bath whenever I please, and the warm water washes my dishes and clothes. Living in such a beautiful place with modern technology is easy to take for granted. I'm super thankful for running water.

-Thankful for opportunity. I have been so blessed in my life with this. I feel like things have happened for me when I have needed them to, and the opportinity has always been right. Life is such a blessing.

-Definitely thankful for t.v. What would my life be without Modern Family, The Office, Gossip Girl, Sons of Anarchy, Keeping Up With the Kardashians (I know, I'm horrible), 70's show, Tosh.0, and of course Glee. I don't have much time for t.v. but when I do, it's at least a 4 hour ritual. It's bad. I know.

-Clean sheets. Last night I got out of the shower into nice, clean, warm sheets. There isn't much that tops that.

-Thankful for my sisters. Annie & Sophie are honestly and truly the most beautiful girls I know. Inside and out. They are my best friends. Annie is so tender hearted and cares about everyone. She is a freaking princess and thinks everyone should grace the ground she walks on. And I wasn't saying that was a bad thing. Sophie is shy and quiet at first, but get her going, and she won't stop talking. She's gentle and strong all at the same time which makes her an awesome gymnast. I watch them each day in the choices they make, and I'm so proud to call myself their sister.

-Pinterest. This a new thing for me and it has the potential to be the answer to all of my prayers.


happy tuesday.
xoxoxox
C.

Thankful 17

Thankful that my parents let me do my own thing in high school while still parenting from afar. I feel like I learned SO much more that way. If they would have been like other typical parents in Utah and pulled the reins too tight, I'm almost positive I would have been a huge, raving, rebel. And only the Lord knows what hell I would've caused. So I'm thankful my parents let me experience life through trial and error.

I'm thankful Cody puts up with whiny old me, and drove over to see me uber late last night cuz I missed him. He's a keeper.

Thankful for nail polish remover. Cuz this chipped nail polish has gots to go.

Thankful for my freedom to choose.

I'm thankful for my hair. There is so much I wish were different about it, but after working with cancer patients and watching two of my grandparents suffer through chemo, I'm thankful for a full head of hair.

Thankful I'm thankful!

xoxoxox

Grace & Liam

Choph and I got to play house this weekend with our cute little cousins, Liam & Grace.
I love them, but this weekend helped me see how unprepared I am to be a momma. I can most certainly wait to have my own little chillins.
Despite my own personal revelation, we had so much fun with them! Sophie got up there early Friday morning and I followed later Friday evening. It was Bill's birthday weekend, so Bel & Bill took off to have some birthday fun. (Don't worry Bill, I won't tell how old you are!) I was greeted with pizza and movies, no better way to kick off the weekend.
Saturday we drove out to Elizabeth's house and played with cousins there, and relaxed. She of course made yummy chocolate chip cookies and we snuggled up and watched the Lion King. Just as we were leaving it started to snow, so naturally Liam and Grace wanted to go sledding at the neighbors. Soph was a trooper and geared up with them. After some hot cocoa and dry clothes, we decided to head out for dinner and a movie. Pei Wei had been calling my name, so that's where we dined. Kids chose the movie, Puss in Boots, which wasn't too bad. I'm so over all of the Shrek sequels and spin offs, that I wasn't so sure about it.

Liam is such a Goof

Gracie couldn't stop laughing.

Sunday we woke up, went to church for like half a second, and then bought decorations and pies for when Mom and Pop came home. We drove past McD's on 21st and the kids were dying. You can't tell from the pic, but someones truck caught on fire while going through the drive-thru, and then in turn, burned the whole building. It was great. Something like that would totally happen to me. 

Anways, we went back home to decorate and had so much fun. Bill and Bel arrived just a few minutes after us.
Then Choph and I were back to the airport. Like I've said before, and I'll say it a million times more, I love our flight bennies. Can't live without em. 


Just had to add this last random, these are the 2 things Cod lives for. The Bears, and his puppy, Lach. His real name is Urlacher after the Bears infamous Line Backer. See how much he loves the Bears?