An Ode To Court...

My good friend Court's bday is today. Court and I met in our 9th grade p.e. class and have been great friends ever since. She is the most kind, loving and creative person. She always has a great attitude and I know if I ever need someone to laugh with, it's her. We always seem to laugh at the dumbest things, and continue laughing until most people don't find it funny anymore. Thanks for always being there for me Court. I hope that you have a fantastic birthday, you deserve it!!! I love you~ here are some old school pics, I think you might get a kick out of some of them. I didn't even know I had some of them:)


Court's hand got stuck in her pocket:)...

We were getting attacked by wild beasts!!! (Ok, they were harmless animals at a farm, but it was scary)...

lnkdup crew: Jess, Britt and Court...

Powell (in our handmade swimsuits)...

She's hot even 3 days before she gives birth...

mexico...

We headed down to Mexico after we ate our thanksgiving feast. The weather was great and we all had a very relaxing time.
The fam...we went out to eat lunch at Lucas...super delish burritos:)

The sisters...

Eric and Jess...we tried to take a pic with the sunset, but were a little late:(

We had the missionaries over for dinner on Saturday, one of them is a really good family friend from my parent's ward, Trevor Hatch, it was good to see him and I think he was happy to speak english, because all of the missionaries are from Mexico:)
We greeted them at the door, Elder Hatch is obviously the tall white kid in the back:)

Elder Hatch with his companion...

thanksgiving...

As usual, I forgot to take pics on Thanksgiving, but we managed to get 2 pics as we were leaving Eric's aunt and uncle's house.
Eric and Jess

Our little sisters...Sammie and Julie

I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving and you remembered all that you are thankful for...I am most thankful for this dollface who I LOVE more than anything in this world...

julie...

My little sister Julie had a week off of school for thanksgiving so she decided that she wanted to come stay with us for the break. Anyone who knows Julie will agree that she is hysterical. We had a blast while she was here, we went to Twilight, she came a watched the kiddos with me, and she went down to mexico with us. The week flew by and before we knew it, she had to go back to California:( Here are some pics of Julie from the past couple of years. She is growing up so fast, I can't handle it! Ever since she was little, I've tried to make her into my mini-me, but ow that she's getting older, she has more of an opinion...dang it! :)

home project...

I inherited this mirror when my old company, PureOlogy was moving offices. It's pretty ugly, but I figured I might as well take it since it was free:) I've been meaning to paint it for the past year, but it was never a priority so I never got around to it...until a few weeks ago. I decided that since we have a lot of red accents in the house, we would paint the mirror red as well. It turned out a lot brighter than I intended, but hey, it's fun and looks a lot better:)

kristen wiig...

This lovely lady brightens my life. You can catch her on SNL and every single character she plays is soooo hilarious! I watch this clip all of the time and I still laugh:) Enjoy!

the kiddos...

So I don't have any new pics to post, but I was getting sick of seeing the halloween pics so I decided to show you the cute kids that I watch every day...
Justin...he says the funniest things, I love his fake smile in this pic, he's hysterical



Little Miss Tatum...she is sooo cute and has such an easy going personality

halloween 08!

My friend Lyndi, her husband Kevin, Eric and I decided to throw a Halloween party this year. We invited a bunch of the younger couples in our ward, and I was very glad to see that most of them came! Our cousins Jeff and Natalie even made it up from Tucson for the festivities!!! It was a great way to get to know everyone and make new friends. Lyndi and I spent tons of time baking delish food and treats while the boys decorated the apartment... We dressed up as Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife Beth:)

the food...

This is just some of the "spooky" food we made:)
"witch fingers"...

"coffin brownies"...

"goblin eyeballs"...

"mummies in a blanket"...

Fear Factor!!!

When we were planning the party we were trying to think of a game to spice up things up and eventually came up with the idea of doing a couple's fear factor challenge...it was the hit of the party! Nothing is better than watching people gag:) The food that we had lined up: anchovies, sardines that were in soybean sauce with green chilies, red peppers, clam juice and the big kicker...pickled pigs feet that were semi-boneless...I was gagging at the store when I was buying all of this stuff. I was really surprised to see so many couples willing to participate. I almost peed my pants a few times, I was laughing so hard!!! You really get to see a different side of people...it was quite the success and ended the party with a bang! Oh, there was a prize...a gift certificate to a restaurant:)


Lyndi almost lost it on the final challenge...2 couples were left and they had to eat a piece of pig's feet, then chase it down with a swig of clam juice with an anchovie in it...I was dying! But they took the gold in the end:)

Laughing til you cry...

So I haven't posted anything forever, I literally forget to take pics every time we go out:( So, I'm posting this lil number until we have a legit event to post which hopefully will be later this week:)
The other night Eric and I were watching t.v. and I looked over to say something to him and he had this huge booger dangling on his nose...for some reason it was so funny to me (probably because he could have gone all night and wouldn't have known it was there). After I told him about it and we resolved the issue, I just could NOT stop laughing...and it wasn't a pretty laugh either, it was a full on old lady smoker, barely any sound coming out, can't breathe type of laugh. It went on for a good 5 minutes, so Eric decided to get the camera out and capture some of it. Now keep in mind that I have no makeup on and it is about 11pm...I usually start getting delirious around 9, so I was out of it, way past my bedtime...sad but true. Enjoy!

Lazy Weekend...

2 days of relaxing and a lot of eating this...

Watching this...

And making this...

Overall, a fab weekend!