A Lesson

So, I have recently been inspired to blog again by a friend of a friend’s blog. I was told that she was featured in Time Magazine as a blogger to follow so I had to check her out. She is a way cute Mom of two and her blogs are fun… a “no holds barred” view of a stay at home Mom and some of the interesting things that come up. She was direct, witty, entertaining, endearing, and to the point. Check her out. http://thebreweryblog.blogspot.com/

Anyway, I thought hm… maybe I could document the calm and crazy of my life, and maybe it might be interesting to someone? My track record with this type of thing is not good. As you can see by my last two entries, they are about a year apart and more journal-ish. Let’s aim for once every week or so and hopefully something happens over that time that is worthy of a write up…. Here goes nothing!  

“We keep our mouths to ourselves and we don’t share our mouths with our friends, or our sister.” This is what I heard my 4 year old, Toriana telling her baby sister, Tess. My first thought is that the advise is a little old for Tess, who is 6 months old, but whatever. 2^nd thought, where the hell did Tori get such advice? Who told her that? Did she make it up? Was there something that happened at school that sparked this advice?  Was she at school trying to kiss her (self proclaimed) husband Jackson, or boyfriend Ernie? (Another post in and of itself) Were the other kids at school kissing or, I don’t know, licking each other’s arms or something? I am thinking I’ll have to ask her teacher on this one. Ms. Megan is my friend and she’ll fill me in. Just like she did when Tori married Ernie and their first dance was to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – wait – maybe their 1^st kiss sparked all of this? And this also leads me to the realization that Tori now has conflicting husbands. Oi vei. And yes, I know how crazy that sounds to some of you. Don’t judge.

Going back to the advice, it really is good advice. “Keep our mouths to ourselves.”  Don’t talk bad or say offensive things – keep it yourself. Don’t kiss boys – keep your mouth to yourself. Now if she can only reiterate this lesson 15 years from now….   

3rd Time's a Charm

So here I am again - attempting to blog. My last post was my birthday last year, which was almost a year ago!

Instead of recapping a whole year here, let's just fast forward! I gave birth to Toriana on January 8 - she's almost 3 months and is changing so much every week! Transitioning to parenting has been fun, we are lucky though - really no sleepless nights or colic! She is a little angel! Here are some pics of her.

Her 1st trip at 6 weeks - we went to the cabin in Bear Lake.Matt and I got our snowmobiles stuck this day and almost had search and rescue looking for us!
Our little bundle of joy...
Getting stronger and stronger!
Heading out for a walk

This past weekend was very lazy. The weather went from warm/sunny 80 degrees to windy/rainy/60 degrees for the weekend. I sprained my ankle playing soccer on Thursday so the fact that walking is a challenge right now didnt help the laziness. We had a poker game at our house on Saturday though - Clint and Suzy took 1st and 2nd. Love when the family takes the pot! Next time it will have to be Matt and I!

My Birthday Celebrations

Today is my birthday. The festivites began last weekend and will last all the way through next weekend!! Last weekend we went to Crystal Palace skating center with mostly family and a few friends. That was really fun! Haven't been there in years! I did the races, (didnt come in last!) Matt and I couple skated, and we requested the chicken dance... which we didn't get to do because they don't do it on Friday nights.... what's up with that?? Afterwards, we went to Stoney's with Tara, Phil, and a friend from work, Joann and her boyfriend. We ended up getting into VIP with a free bottle so that worked out nicely. I got a few gifts that night too. Very cool - people are so nice.

On Friday, at work we celebrated again. Holly brought in bagels and I blew out a candle stuck into the cream cheese - very inventive. My managers at work each got me some really cool stuff too. I worked a half day that day because we were flying out to SLC for Brittany Balle's wedding. Brittany is Matt's cousin on his Mom's side. The wedding was nice, then we went to eat with Matt's fam. That night we crashed at Ryan's house (Matt's brother) and drove into Park City with Ryan-Dezi, and Denny-Joyce (my parents in law) the next day. That was fun - Park City is jam packed with buildings but they all blend well with the scenery so it didnt feel crowded. Got some shopping in - bought Cody and Alex (1 yr old nephews) soccer T-shirts and a rollerskating T-shirt for Jaden (5 yr old niece). LOVE shopping for kids. Saturday night we went to dinner with the in-laws again to Macaroni Grill - where they sang Happy Birthday in Italian to me - then we went back to Denny's and played cards. The card game was Phase 10, we played with Joyce, Matt-Steph (Joyce's daughter & husband) and Matt C. kicked out butts.

Today is my actual birthday - I woke up to a birthday song, a nice card, and a really pretty pair of earrings. Nice pic by Matt!! Surprised he got me earrings though because the last time one fell off and was lost. He made sure to get some with a really good clasp this time though. Now we are just hanging out at Denny's - Joyce is making enchiladas for dinner and Ryan-Dezi and Shelley-Al are coming over. Should be fun, just hanging out with the fam.

The last part of the birthday celebration will be next weekend. I am going to Vancouver with Hagar to visit Galit. Total girls weekend doing touristy stuff and shopping. Very much looking forward to that! :) Will post pics to this blog when I get home and pretty sure the next blog will be all about Vancouver!

Let's give this a shot!

Hello everyone - I keep hearing about blogs from a friend in Louisville - Summer. Everytime I talk to her, she refers me to her blog because that is the best way to get up to date and see new pictures. Well, being that I love pictures... this can be used as a journal... and it would be nice to keep in touch with long lost family and friends, I have decided to try out blogging! To get this up to speed....

Today is April 1, 2008. I met Matt August 18, 1999 and we tied the knot June 9, 2001. We met in Las Vegas and still live here. We enjoy eachother so much and try to live a stress free - FUN life together. We have a small house that we have lived in for almost 5 years and have two dogs (Shiba-Inu) - Tiro and Krya that we share it with. No children yet but more on that later.

We both come from large families - 5 kids in my fam...(Zac/Jason/Tina/Matt/Tara) + a step brother (Nick), and 2 half-sisters (Katie/Nicole). Matt comes from a family of 5 kids too......(Jeff/Ryan/Matt/Clint/Shelley). Between the two of us, we have 13 nieces and nephews between the ages of 1 and 13. I really, REALLY feel lucky to be surrounded by so much family!