DI hunting 4.28.2012

What is better than a flashback from decades in the past? Oh nothing! ;)
Tessa and I hit up a DI with the idea of looking at bed parts for her new place but while we waited for her mom to answer her phone to ask questions about the bed we did a little shopping of our own!
We got to scope out some awesome dresses! They made for some good laughs and amazing photos as you can see :) It is always a good time when Tessa is around!

The Illusion 4.27.2012

Curled hair, make up on, dress slacks and heels we are out the door...

picked up a salad, pizza slice, drinks, ice cream cones with lots of toppings that go everywhere for dinner & dessert...

Grabbed our tickets and headed to find our seats.

Got to experience my first time in a thrust theater which was awesome!

Saw the play The Illusion tonight and oh buddy was it hilarious-lots of usable quotes in it and you better believe that Tessa and I will be using them to our advantage "we won't disappoint" because we have "lots of lovers to share" haha! 

Thank you Tessa for being awesome company tonight and always knowing how to make me laugh :)

Tulip Festival 4.22.2012

Its a rose? Its a daisy? No it is TULIPS!!!

And they are everywhere!

This afternoon we (being Tessa, Aubrey, Carole, Malinda, & I) headed UP north (about an hr and a half drive) to see the Tulips :D

We had some awesome car conversations-more so on the ride home about which actor we thought was hot and which ones we DID NOT-very opposites in our car lol!

We arrived at the tulip place only to find out that it has an entry fee..which we were not informed of and all decided since it was the sabbath we didn't want to spend money. 

So instead we scoped out the tulips from afar and still were able to get some pretty sweet photos if you ask me! It was like we were practically there ;) 

Sorry it didn't turn out like we planned ladies but I still had a blast :D

Lake 22 4.21.2012

I'm on top of the world!!!! Or at least it sure felt like it :D Lake 22 hike was our adventure today and man did we beast that mountain-we showed it who was boss lol! We took the scenic route up taking pictures along the way and having the occasional snow ball fight-if you saw snow in April could you pass it up?? I think not. LOL! It was a blast-the sun was shining down on us keeping us warm as the trail turned from dirt and rocks to all snow! (wasn't quite prepared for that!) But we made it to the top-a LITTLE encouragement can go a LONG way :) We snacked on our lunchables-man those things have come in handy lol! And we enjoyed the amazing view of the lake! :D It was definitely worth the hike up! The fun part came as Tessa, Electra, and I attempted to run down the mountain! Oh ya we booked it down-jumping over boulders, sliding down the snow, and running whenever we hit dirt-we are pros :) We were the first ones down the mountain and got to enjoy some nature and my poor attempts to throw peanuts at them to catch lol! (good waste of time + helped the animals lol) Lake 22 was a beautiful hike and a very enjoyable outing :D Thanks for the adventure!

Jessica Beer's Bday 4.21.2012

A shout out to the awesome Jessica on her birthday-you are amazing girlie!!!
Thank you for the awesome cupcakes in honor of your mom's cupcake store opening up-I had a  neapolitan  flavored one and BOY was it delicious! Happy Birthday Jessica and I hope you have a fantastic year! :D

Seattle girls 4.14.2012

What do you do on a beautiful day in Seattle??? You round up the girls and head out to enjoy the sunshine of course!
We started off our morning at the temple which was amazing (as usual!) Then we grabbed a few more gals and headed up to a park that overlooked Seattle for an Institute tailgate party-a few people had been lucky enough to score tickets to the Sounders game (our soccer team) but for the rest it was just an awesome bbq-a yummy one too :) Then we decided to hit the mall-its a girl thing lol!
Tessa and I decided to be adventurous and try on skinny colored jeans....haha epic fail (at least for me!) I mean they are cute and all but I can't rock them....I will leave those to those who can lol.
Then we hit up Target and tried on sunglasses, checked out belts, scoped some potential purses :) it was a fun and awesome afternoon!! :D

Hoppy Easter from Elder Schott 4.8.2012

Guess what I got in my email??? PICTURES FROM MY ELDER :D Happy Easter for sure! thank you to the wonderful people of Nate's area to invite the Elders over for Easter dinner and treat them to a "real meal"-I say that because he is in a university singles ward right now and let's be honest-we don't eat all that great lol! It was so awesome to open that email up and see his smiling face (well for the most part lol), he seems so real to me in these photos (i guess because they were taken then sent immediately rather than the ones i get weeks later from him) and yes these photos cover all of my photo spots :) Happy Easter everyone!

Hoppy Easter to Elder Schott 4.8.2012

Easter bunny was shipped this year to land in San Antonio, Texas :)

good thing he is the energizer bunny as doesn't mind the mileage ;p

Elder Schott got a tie picked out from an amazing store in Utah called Tie one on!!! The whole store is decked out in all sorts of ties-cheap ones too (that beauty down there....only $4-score!)

Him and his elders in his apartment each got an Easter Egg-well that is if he shared ;)

Last Easter box to decorate and send...such a weird concept for me to grasp...you know? I mean ok there was only two but hey they had a year difference in between lol. Next Easter will be exciting-I'm excited to see Nate do a hunt with his siblings :) Hoppy Easter Elder!

Parkland Ward Easter Egg Hunt 4.7.2012

Every year the primary kids get to go out and run around trying to find all the eggs-sadly our yard at my building is flat and open so not much of a egg hunt but they still seem to have a blast (it is free candy so who wouldn't! lol) Before the egg hunt happened we all got to color Easter photos for a competition-my chick didn't win :( oh well it was still fun!
I got to babysit little savannah all day which was a blast and thanks to Landon (Nate's little bro) for taking her around with me and helping her find all her eggs (she enjoyed opening them and taking the empty egg more than the actual candy inside lol)
It was a bright and sunny morning and the kids seemed to have a ton of fun :D Good job Parkland Primary!

Red Robin-YUM! 4.6.2012

Sometimes we like to hit up one of our favorite places for dinner.

Sometimes I take big bites of my bacon cheeseburger.

Sometimes I drink 4 glasses of strawberry lemonade..

   sometimes she gets all fancy and gets a "lettuce wrap" instead of a bun. 

Sometimes she make me giggle at her funny obeservations

Sometimes she pretends to be sneaky and texts under the table.

Sometimes  All the time I love her :)

Mr & Mrs Beagley 3.30.2012

A week ago my friend Matt married his sweetheart Rachel.

Matt and I go back to high school-growing up attending mutual together and hanging out in high school especially in drama class. We dated for a bit during his senior year but after he went on his mission for our church we went our separate ways yet still staying great friends. After his mission he decided to apply to BYU-Idaho and got accepted and on his first day there at orientation he met Rachel. After weeks of hanging out with friends they began dating and a few months later they were engaged and got married last week in the Dallas, Texas temple for time and all eternity. I am happy that Matt was able to find his eternal companion and I hope the best for him and his new wife Rachel :)

Congrats again to the happy couple! 

Thank you for the invitation to your wedding reception-it was an epic night!

10 days from 100! 3.26.2012

Is that so?

in 10 days I'm going to be one day away from double digits? oh my my someone please pinch me!

This calender is getting so filled I love it!

 Look at that awesomeness!!!

AHHH I'm so excited!

Surprise surprise! 3.25.2012

If you know me, keeping secrets aren't really my thing. Usually I get too excited and will say something on accident but then everyone knows the surprise. But I am getting better as I am older lol. This time around I can say I was successful! :D

Ember and I made plans to have some friends over at their house for dessert for my mom (birthday on the 18th) and Kenzie (birthday is on the 25th). I  made some calls while I was up at school, Ember invited my mom over for dinner so we would be there for the dessert part too. After a yummy dinner of enchiladas we gathered to the family room and then the Lee's and the Schott's showed up to celebrate with us for both birthdays!

It was fun to sit around and chat about funny stories-thankfully not many about me lol!

Happy Birthday Mommie and Kenzie :) 

Welcome home! 3.24.2012

This is what I saw after being gone from spring break in Utah:

My mom knows the way to my heart, through fruity pebbles of course (thats the box attached to the note) :)

My favorite cereal ever and an awesome welcome home present from my mother!

Thanks mommie!

Bryce & Kenzie's bday 3.24.2012

M-i-c-k-e-y MOUSE (done to the clubhouse theme song lol)

Welcome to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!

Today after getting off the airplane from Utah I got to go to Bryce and Kenzie's birthday party. 

After looking around at all the little kids running around I began to feel old. I have been in this families life through each and every one of their children and cousins births. Man it hard too-I remember when the Marini's moved into this house only at that time having two kids and now they are expecting another little girl in July. I can't believe how long it has been! Kenzie was just a baby when Nate first left on his mission and now look at her in her minnie mouse dress Ember (her mom) made for her-she is 3 now and getting so big!

Bryce is my little fire rocket-he is always so anxious to play yet when he is upset-don't go near him lol! It has been amazing to watch him grow and develop from a little baby I used to hold into a little baseball lover and excited for t-ball here soon! 

We got yummy cake (which stained my lips black lol) and watched the kiddos open their gifts! 

Happy Birthday Bryce (who is turning 5) and Kenzie (turning 3)!!!!!

Wooden tracks 3.23.2012

One loves applesauce. The other cheese.

But they both love playing with trains on wooden tracks.

I am grateful I got to watch these kiddos for a bit today!

They are so much fun and play really well together for siblings (not all are so lucky to have that lol)

Girl time 3.22.2012

Today I got to hang out with these gorgeous gals! Shelby, Hailee, and Paige! Paige is super awesome and came and picked me up and we headed to the Orem mall to meet up with Shelby and Hailee. It was so much fun to meet these girls and chat as we shopped. We hit up a store called Tie on one (of course missionary girlfriends would find that store lol) Paige and I picked out ties for our guys to send to them for Easter :) Shelby got some new shoes and Hailee got some scrapbooking stuff so she can get started on her scrapbook for her missionary :) (she is way better than I am, sorry Nate lol)

We went to Cold Stone and we got to chat for a bit, they asked me some questions about waiting-its weird to see people coming to me now since I have the most experience, I remember when I was the one asking questions!!!!

After we jammed out to music in the car and then they dropped me off :( I didn't want the fun to end, until next time!!!! Thanks girlies!

Chit chat & delicious food! 3.22.2012

Today I got to go to Kneaders with this beautiful lady Allison!

I can't go to Utah and not get me some unlimited french toast from Kneaders-its super yummy!!! I love it!

We chatted over breakfast about life, school, and our boys (both of us are waiting for Elders ;) )

it was fun to catch up on our lives and be able to talk about out guys a bit-its like a missionary girlfriends favorite thing to do lol! Allison was so much fun to hang out with!

Until next time missy! :D

Diana Date 3.20.2012

I got to drive up to BYU this evening and meet up with this gorgeous gal! Diana is such a cute pregnant lady! She is due here in a couple of weeks so I am glad that I was able to meet up with her while I was down in Utah. Sad I have to miss out on the baby but maybe next time when I come down!
Her husband Matt is in an acapella group and so I joined her in his rehearsal. It was super fun to listen to these guys and chat with her about how life is going! After we went to the BYU creamery and grabbed ice cream and chatted! You can't go to BYU and not hit up the creamery, it would be a sin lol!
Thanks for the fun evening Diana :) Can't wait to see your little baby boy here soon! :D

He is my lucky charm! 3.17.2012

I went home this weekend and got to put together Elder Schott's LAST St. Patrick's day box-getting closer to making his LAST box :D Its crazy to think about-actually both my mom and I did think it at the same time lol...we have no idea what we will do after he returns since we won't have any more boxes to send ;p

For this box I went for the theme of "you are my lucky charm"  contents included:
A green tie (Landon helped me pick it out-it was SO patricks day too-dark green and I think its going to look  charming on Elder Schott ;p)
Lucky charms cereal (got it in the bag ;) )
Fresh breath spray (Said on the box "kiss me I'm irish-BUT he had to wait a few months till he could say it!)
Green gum-good luck for the go ;)
Irish Spring soap-so he smells like the Irish....a clean one lol
Green box of Mike and Ike's (renamed Mike & Steven-Nate's two best friends hehe)
Cliff bar-for the nights he doesn't get so lucky and the singles don't feed him :)
So he doesn't have fierce breath-the HULK toothbrush ;)
Jello-you can never go wrong with Jello ;)
A green puzzle (funny story-the puzzle has all green pieces and has no image to tell you what it is supposed to look like lol, so I wrote him GOOD LUCK!)
A box of Andes Mints-Nate makes AWESOME mint brownies and so I told him to start practicing because I want some when he returns!

Elder Schott is so my lucky charm-he brings the smile to my face and makes me the happiest girl in the world! I'm so proud of him and the people of Texas are SO lucky to have him being there, he is so passionate about this gospel and so determined to spread the gospel all over while he is out :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day Elder Schott!