Old Friends=Good Times

Tonight I was able to get together with a couple old friends from highschool. Although our paths have gone seperate ways we are still able to get together and laugh alot about past memories. We all remember different things which makes reminicing all that more fun. Good times for sure. Most of them are married with adorable little ones, or some on the way. I guess in a way I am secretly jealous of them. My friend Loralie collected some past video recordings and complied them on a DVD for our preview. Seriously I thought I was a better dresser...I guess I wasn't always a fashionista. Karakoe on a cruise with six single and sober friends...need I say more.

Birthdays and Blessings

It was my nieces 3rd birthday on Friday. Yesterday we all gathered at my sisters house to do to things: 1. Bless my little nephew 2. Celebrate Emma's birthday. It was a good time had by all. Cameron, Savannah and Tanner were there, and I realized how much I miss them living so close to me. I used to stop by there house a couple times a week and I was blessed by having them on my route home. Now they live up in Kamas and our visits are fewer and farther. Dad (Papa) took little Hunter and gave him his long name, Hunter Calvin Blaze Trusedale and then blessed him with some great things. Hunter looked so precious. I kept saying he looks so much older, and I believe it is because he was wearing a little button up shirt. We had a feast of homemade marinara sauce, some pizza and of course my big salad. It was quite delicous. I don't know what it is about family and food, but the combination of the two is guaranteed a good time.

As for Emma's birthday. First of all Emma is afraid of flames (Thanks to Tepanaki), so she would not let her candles be lit. Then she started crying because her cake had a princess on it and a frog with some big eyes, and she didn't want to eat the princesses head, nor the frogs head. It was quite entertaining. One day she will laugh at this. Seriously I have the best family ever.

Friday Night Laundry

Yes it is Friday night and I am doing laundry. I figured I was extremely productive today so I didn't want to stop when I got home. Since I am the DECA advisor at my school we had a competition which means I had to prepare sub plans, and then find out that they weren't followed. ( Other teachers will understand how frustrating this is)

We also had our rival school Basketball game tonight. We planned a little Jag Bash, and I helped prepare food for 250 students. It was a fun time, but we didn't win. To bad, I even let them paint a little paw print on my check.

I had to stop at Wal*Mart afterwards to pick up some supplies for Emma's party and Hunter's blessing tomorrow. I asked my niece what she wanted for her birthday? Her reply, "playdough and barbie clothes." There is an entire aisle at Wal*Mart dedicated to Barbie merchandise and other princess crap...I mean other princess stuff. I figured I would be able to find something pretty for her barbie doll, but to my dismay Barbie really dresses like a little...how do I say this nicely...a hooker. Okay it wasn't nice but really what happened to pretty formal dresses and fun shoes, boy how things have changed.

By this time its 9:30 and I figured I might as well be productive while I am still awake, hence the laundry. It doesn't stop there either, I also cleaned the kitchen and then opened the fridge to have a bottle of jam fall and break on the floor. Then I cleaned all the hair out of the vacuum, I think having three girls live in the same place is almost just as bad as a dog with all our hair.

I am excited for tomorrow...a family party. Did I ever mention that I have the greatest family in the world. Well I do!

Life long learning

Learning is fun. I love to learn. I thought I would share a few things that I learned today.

1. A small paper cut on your little pinky can make your entire hand ache.
2. I really do have an entertaining job...high school students say some dang funny things.
3. Leg day at the gym always kicks my butt, and the exercise ball will always win.
4. Running into friends whom you haven't seen in awhile always help you remember who you really are. Good ol' Dixie days.
5. Cafe Rio is one of the best things invented.
6. The chicken toastada at Cafe Rio is one of my favorite things.
7. Eating at Cafe Rio is so much better when your not alone.
8. An "over the top" grasshopper cookie can take away your troubles momentarily.
9. Heat warmers in your seats are wonderful.
10. Family is always there, no matter what.

Blind in the Fog

I meant to write about this last week, but I didn't so I get to share today. We had some really bad fog last weekend. It was creepy, blindly, and scary. I was driving over to my friend Mel's house and almost turned around like seven times. I didn't, instead I focused on the outside white lane on the road and of course took it slow. So then I had this thought. Sometimes we go through life and its very foggy, we can't see what is up ahead. We have our end destination in mind, but the only way we can get through the foggy spots is to slow down and focus on the white lane guides. They will lead us to the right spot. Just a little "fog for thought".

Super Good Skookie

When I was in Hawaii my sister introduced me to the pazookie. Its a delicious warm cookie topped with ice cream, and so gooey warm it makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Well some smart marketer decided he could sell a "skookie" which is a small cast iron pan with little pot handles, so you can cook your cookie in a skillet. Pretty smart idea. So I was doing my Christmas shopping and told my sister Ashley that I was going to get Teddy a skookie, because I knew how much he loves his sweets. She told me that was a dumb idea and that he wouldn't like it. End of story...well sort of. So I bought it for him anyhow. On Christmas morning Ashley gives me a gift and it was quite heavy...and to my surprise it was a skookie maker. I must say that Teddy was so excited about it. So the next present I get was Teddy's, which happened to be the same shape and size, so my dad makes this comment, "oh look Teddy got his own." And then he opened it up and found his own skookie maker. We all had a good laugh. Ash told me it was dumb, because she had already bought me one, and I didn't tell her that I got one for Teddy, because she thought it was dumb. So we created our first Skookie on Sunday. I must say it looks better than the one on the box. It was a fun little treat. Ash, Dad and I shared one, and JB....well he pretty much ate his own:)

Fashionista?

So I have the most adorable little niece, so brings me so much joy. I am not sure how I would survive this crazy world without her cute little smile, silly comments, slumber parties and her saying "I love you." My sister and brother in law did really good. She was staying at my mom's house and I went over. She was wearing a cute little outfit, and obviously dresses herself. So I asked "Emma, who picked out your outfit today?" and she said that she did. So once again, I told her 'your quite the fashionista.' She told me "no Amy, me not a fashionista me a princess." I had a good chuckle, one day she will realize that being a fashionista is better than a princess. Only a true princess can pull off flowers, stripes, and princess shoes.