Dear You

I came across this a couple weeks ago and it gave me a good laugh so I had to share! (if you click on it I think it will get bigger)

Girls Night!

I decided it was high time the girls in my family got together for a girls night. Kortni and I had both read Water for Elephants and were dying to see the movie so we decided to make a night of it. We (mom, Keely, Karly, Kortni and I) started the night off at the Beehive Bazaar. At the last General Conference President Thomas S. Monson suggested putting a picture of an LDS temple in every room of our homes to serve as a reminder. Naturally I scooped up this watercolor of the Salt Lake Temple.

Bought my mom some Strawberry Basil jam for Mother's Day. Delish!

I've been eyeing this painting from Colett Yarro for some time now and decided to finally take the plunge. No buyers remorse here!
We ate a quick dinner then zipped straight to the movie. My mom had to drop Karly off at home (unfortunately she's not quite old enough for a PG13's yet!) so we bought tickets, treats and saved seats. Boredom took over and we decided to snap some pictures. It was a tricky business trying to get a picture with all 3 of us in it!

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Supercross

Mik went with his friend Riley to the Supercross in Salt Lake a couple weeks ago. Mik loved it! So much so that he and Riley got together for a BBQ last weekend to watch the finals in Vegas on tv!

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Heaven on Earth

The best word to describe our week in Cayman? Heaven! I LOVE that there's no cell service, no shoes, no jeans and no flat irons. I love that I can hear the ocean from my bed, walking on sand daily, reading in a hammock and getting to spend this blissful week with my husby and family. No interruptions, no work, just fun.
I took zero pictures! When I asked Mik for his he sent me 2. They're of us in the plane on the way home. Quality. Check out my mom and Kortni's blogs for pictures of the actual trip!



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Bookworm

The Amazon Kindle is one of the best things to ever happen to me. You may think I'm exaggerating. I'm not. Mik will confirm it's my second love. I love that if I finish a book at midnight I can quickly download another one, I love when I go on vacation I only have to bring my teeny Kindle instead of taking up precious suitcase space with 5 books, I love that it has a E ink screen so it's exactly the same as a book instead of a computer (like the ipad) and I LOVE that the books are cheaper! I always have a hard time choosing what to read so I usually go by recommendations, here are a few I would suggest. Sundays at Tiffany's: Such a cute book! An adult-fairytale love story.

Water for Elephants: Everyone has been reading this because the movie is coming out. I LOVED the story line but there were quite a few sexy scenes so it was kind of a bummer. I can handle a little sexy but some of it was graphic enough to make me blush! Can they start making clean flicks books please?

Firefly Lane: I really liked this book, a good story about friendship. It's a tearjerker so have the tissues handy!

Madame Tussaud: Suprisingly my Favorite out of the 4! It's based on the true story of Madame Tussaud (the wax model sculptor). I'm usually not a fan of historic books but this was enjoyable and refreshing! I will warn you this takes place during the French Revolution and there are a few war/violent scenes. All in all i LOVED this book!

What are some of your new favorite reads?

Being a Grown Up

I've realized being an adult isn't as great as you think it to be when you're growing up. Why didn't I take advantage of being 16!? Over a year ago my dad sent me an email of a speech Bill Gates gave and I've kept it all this time because it's so true! Enjoy!

Love him or hate him , he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault , so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

What a week!

It's been an interesting week, that's the only way I know how to describe it. It all started a couple months ago when I knew my body wasn't functioning right. After doing some research and hearing rave reviews I went to the Utah Valley Wellness Center to see the lovely Catherine Kipp. 6 vials of blood later I finally got my results from her last week. Let's just say I'm not very happy with my body or Doctors or Birth Control right now.

Now the fun stuff begins! I'm sadly low on Vitamin D (suprise suprise right?), I'm also anemic at the moment and don't even get me started with my hormones (these are just a few of my many problems). So now I take around 25 supplements a day, I've been banned from all foods with high amounts of hormones (red meat, chicken, milk, eggs, etc) and take Progesterone Troches. Um have you ever had a Progesterone Troche? Basically it's a yuck/mint flavored square piece of wax that you have to suck on until its gone. I had my first one last night and couldn't stop gagging sooo I solved the problem by putting a mini cadburry egg next to it.

Anyways the point of my little sob story isn't to get sympathy it's a cry for help. I'm supposed to be eating super healthy (the cadburrys definitely don't count, give a girl a break!), mostly fruits and vegetables, which is hard for this meat-loving girl. If I could eat cereal every meal, every day, all day I totally would (milk substitute ideas are gladly welcome). Any recipes, suggestions, tips, advice, food substitutes, etc etc etc are welcome. No. NEEDED! Also, I highly recommend Catherine Kipp (she's a nurse practitioner), she really takes her time and really cares about you and your health.