June -- Funny Conversations

Cassidy - Cathy, you have beasts as kids

Mom - I know Cassidy, I know. It's beauty and the beasts

Emilee - Mom, you had to ADOPT a child to even get your eye color...

Me - yeah...and you had to adopt two to even get that.

Mom - What does that have to do with anything?

***

Me: Mom you have the wierdest facebook profile

Mom: Why

Me: this quote you have "As I lay in bed at night staring up at the stars, I can't help but wonder "where in the heck is the ceiling"

Mom: It's the story of my life! Seriously. Everytime I go to bed, I lay down and go "Ahh" and then I open my eyes and think "wait a minute..."

***

(While writing our guest list for the wedding)

Mom: did you invite Dudu?

Ernesto: What did you just say?

Mom: haha it's my Grandma

Ernesto: You call her Dudu?

Mom: Yes, someone called her that once and it just stuck

Ernesto: Bless her heart.

***

SORRY! Not very many funny ones this month...but only because I forgot to write them down!!

The Proposal: Our Story.

So,

We decided to get married after picking out the ring. 

However,

I did not get the ring until yesterday!

(now you know why I didn't want to wait until I received the ring to start planning the wedding!)

It was being custom made.

So that was going to take a couple of weeks.

PLUS,

We talked about it and we didn't want to have to make payments on the ring.

He wanted to pay for it in cash.

and because I wanted a summer wedding, with the reception in my backyard and all,

it would have been FOOLISH to wait for him to propose!

SO,

here we are,

47 days before the wedding,

and I FINALLY have my ring!!!!!

Anyway,

To the story.

I was at work on Friday.

At about 5:00, I called Ernesto.

I missed him and because I didn't get off work until 7,

I wanted to talk to him on the phone.

Here's how our conversation went:

Him: Hello?

Me: Hi, whatcha doin?

Him: Driving home

Me: From where? I thought you got off work at 4:30

Him: I did

Me: ...okay...then why aren't you home yet?

(he works about 3 minutes away from his house)

Him: (obviously smiling) ...Don't worry about it,

Me: haha DUH!!

....

I figured,

after this phone call,

(he's not very good at lying/keeping secrets! haha)

That he OBVIOUSLY was on his way home from picking up my ring.

(which made me EXTREMELY excited. I have been waiting for this thing for like...EVER it feels like!!)

So,

out of excitement,

I texted my mom telling her that I was 99% sure he had my ring,

explaining why I felt this way.

About 45 minutes later,

and after telling my co-workers how anxious I was,

he called me back.

When I answered he immediately said:

"Hey, I'm about 99% sure you're WRONG about me having your ring"

I was SOOO Mad at my mom!!

So,

when I got home from work,

I decided to pretend that I completely forgot about the whole ring conversation...

but then he brought it up!

he did a pretty good job at making me believe he didn't have it this time.

He told me that he did drive out there,

but they were closed.

He said he called the guy and he said that because of the Holiday weekend,

they would be closed until Tuesday.

I was pretty disapointed about this.

I told him to just call him and tell him that Monday was my birthday and he really needed to propose before then...and that my coworkers told me that I couldn't come back to work without a ring. All of this was true.

haha.

But I knew that it wasn't possible at this point, so I just accepted the fact that he wasn't going to get it until at least Tuesday.

Well,

about 5 minutes later,

He walked up, kissed me, said he couldn't lie to me and that he had the ring.

haha,

because I'm a brat,

I was SOO Mad at him for telling me the truth!

I was like "this is the one time you can lie to me...DANG IT!!"

(yes, I do understand that I'm a brat)

So, for the next almost 24 hours,

I worked on trying really hard to forget that I knew he had the ring.

I wanted it to be a suprise proposal.

On July 3rd,

We were celebrating the 4th.

We had a bbq and then we were going to go to Riverton park to watch the Fireworks.

While we were eating,

my mom says:

"So Andee, we were thinking of hiking up Ensign peak tomorrow. What do you think?"

I sat there for a second.

This was totally obvious.

I didn't think it could BE any more obvious.

Why would we go hiking?

On a Sunday for that matter?

After Church??

Our family doesn't really do that..haha

At first I oppossed.

being the brat that I am (again),

I didn't want to KNOW that he was going to propose.

But,

then I started feeling guilty so I agreed with it and that was that.

About an hour later,

I went up to my Aunt MaryJane and told her to try to talk Ernesto in to proposing that night instead because I really wanted the ring and I knew that he was going to propose when we were hiking anyway.

She laughed,

told me I was a brat,

said no,

and I just decided to give up.

About 2 hours later,

we left to the fireworks.

It was my family,

My aunt MaryJane and Uncle Scott,

My Cousin Brandon and his kids,

and my sisters friends.

My Aunt found an AWESOME place right in the front behind the line we couldn't cross.

We had the front row of the fireworks.

The fireworks were supposed to start at 10:00.

At about 9:15,

I decided that I should probably run to the bathroom before the show started.

I told him this,

he said okay and I began walking.

On the way out of the park to the gas station behind us,

I ran into my cousin.

I started talking to him for a sec, then looked back at Ernesto who was motioning for me to hurry.

I thought he was being a little strange,

but just turned and proceeded to walk to the bathroom.

When I got into the gas station,

I saw the line.

It was WAY long just to get to the bathroom and I didn't want to wait that long..by myself.

Yeah yeah I know,

I'M A BRAT!!

So,

I decided to just go back to our blanket.

When I got there,

I told ernesto the line was too long,

then my Little brother Told me he REALLY had to go to the bathroom.

Well,

HE was a good friend to stand in line with,

and it was only like 9:30,

So I told my mom that I would just take him and we would go together.

While I was explaining this to her,

The people came on the speakers and began stating the rules.

He talked about how we can't cross the line and blah blah blah.

I wasn't paying attention because I was too busy listening to my mom tell me that it was too dark and she didn't want me taking him to the bathroom....

I was REALLY annoyed at this point.

I was like "What!?? I'm like...21 mom! You don't trust me to take your 5 year old to the bathroom!?!?"

She just responded "not right now".

I sat down,

rolled my eyes

and began scooting in to cuddle with Ernesto,

when the guy on the Intercom said...

"Can we get Ernesto Aguirre up here please?"

I looked at him as he stood up,

then at my parents....

at this point,

I started realizing what was going on!

I started laughing as he walked the VERY long walk up to the Microphone and Speakers.

When he got there,

He said "Andee can you come up here please."

I didn't know what to do at first.

my shoes were off so I stood up and looked at my family.

I knew my face was red at this point, and I began trying to get my shoes on.

My parents started yelling no and said to just go up there.

So,

I ducked under the "do not cross" line,

just as a Golf Cart came up.

the guy looked at me and said "here, let me give you a ride"

I got in the car and him and the four golf carts behind him followed as we drove up to my Sexy fiance.

When I got out,

I was shaking of...I guess...nervousness??

haha

Hundreds of people were watching!!

When I walked up to him,

he began speaking in the microphone.

I wish I could write what he said word by word,

but I can't because I was too busy staring in his chocolate brown eyes.

All I know is that he said the cutest things ever.

Then,

he got down on his knee pulled out the most beautiful ring ever and asked me to marry him.

I was so mesmorized by the GORGEOUS ring he had in front me that I said yes quietly.

He asked me to say it in the microphone and my response was

"Uh, YEAH!"

haha.

I guess I didn't sound very enthused about it.

but I WAS!!

So if you were there,

I'm sorry that I sounded so unenthusiastic!

haha I really was SOO in love with my ring that I couldn't speak.

When I finally got the beautiful ring on my finger and kissed him,

they gave us a golf cart and told him he could drive us back.

haha it was the most

awesome,

sweetest,

BEST way to propose to a bratty girl that was pretty much impossible to hide things from.

Cause I honestly had NO idea he would do it that way!!

I love him

and my ring...

is BEAUTIFUL!

The picture,

is what we gave them to make it look like...but we added our personality to it.

The picture doesn't do it justice AT ALL.

This the PRETTIEST ring I've ever seen in my whole life.

I LOVE it.

By far the PRETTIEST RING IN THE WORLD!!

Afterwards,

my mom did end up letting my take my brother to the bathroom.

and I guess the reason Ernesto was motioning for me to hurry the first time I tried to go, is because they were going to call him up any second.

So the second I was out of sight he ran as fast as he could up to the guys and told them to wait. haha. again. I'm a brat!!

OH and if you didn't figure it out,
Hiking up Ensign Peak was a Decoy...
They know me well. haha

I blame him!

It's funny.

I've really had a hard time blogging lately.

You can't blame me though.

I'm planning my wedding and all of my free time consists of...Ernesto.

I don't have TIME to blog!

I have to say though,

I was telling him tonight about all the bad luck that I had when I was dating.

and remembered,

for the second time since he came home,

WHY I had such luck.

I didn't date one decent guy since Before Kris.

(and I started dating Kris right before Ernesto left on his mission) 

I will just give you the first letters of their names while I tell this story...since these are not good things,

but I will go into a little detail of the history.

L-- The first guy I dated after Avery was born. She was four months old. We dated for approximately 3 weeks.  My roomates, specifically ONE, HATED him. I couldn't figure out why at first, but quickly realized what kind of guy he was and broke it off. The way he treated me afterwards wasn't what I would call nice. I ended up crying because of it, but quickly realized he wasn't worth it and moved on.

J-- He was very soon after L. We became pretty serious. I thought I was in love with him. We went ring shopping on the 4th of July, then, on the 5th of July (my birthday), he Broke up with me. I was COMPLETELY heartbroken.  He was the first guy I've ever had break up with me and I don't think that helped the situation at all.  However, now that I look back at it, I realize I only dated him because I wanted to be married. I thought that once I was married, dealing with Avery would be easier.  I realized a few months after we broke up that this was not true. I also realize now that I was DEFINITELY not in love with him. Not even close. He wasn't my type, and he has his priorities messed up. I feel sorry for him, but I hope that one day he can figure it out. I really do.

A-- After J, I quit dating. I was done with guys and planned on just never dating again. I didn't want a boyfriend. I knew that one day I wanted to be a mom, but for about 8 months, I didn't think it was worth the pain. I went on a few blind dates here and there, but never really made an effort with them. Then, one day my aunt said some things that made me decide that I should probably start dating again...even if I wasn't ready to get married, dating was the only way I would find my future husband when the time was right.  SO, I put myself out on the market. A, was the first guy I started dating after this.  I kept telling him that I didn't want anything serious, but he didn't get the hint. I told him that I wanted to date other people, but he still didn't get the hint...THEN, the day before Ernesto came home from his mission...was the day I found out he was coming home.  A asked me if he should be worried, since Ernesto was an Ex and immediately my response was "NO!" I didn't think there was anything there between me and him anymore so I seriously didn't think he had anything to worry about.  Obviously I was wrong. A didn't take it well. I didn't end things very well with him, but I know that he is find now so it's okay :)

I'm sure you're wondering why I tell you this.

WELL,

Ernesto told me that while he was on his mission, he prayed that I wouldn't get married while he was out. He PRAYED for this. I blame HIM for my bad luck while he was gone. Seriously. I BLAME HIM!!

haha.

He's sitting here,

waiting for me to stop typing cause he wants to cuddle.

SO please excuse me,

I would like to cuddle with my future husband.

But,

Blame him for my bad luck these last two years.

Because it's seriously ALL HIS FAULT!!!!

:D

It's okay though.

Cause in the end, he was worth it!

May - Funny Converstions

This is a little late!

ha but it's better late than never right!?

***

Ernesto: Hello?

Me: Hi are you on your way yet?

Ernesto: Are you guys ready for us already?

Me: Yeah, it will be ready in like 10 minutes

Ernesto: Okay we're just leaving the couch.

Me: ....The couch?

Ernesto: Yes

Me: (Laughing) You're just leaving the couch. You're not just leaving the house, you're leaving the couch.

Ernesto: (also laughing)(to someone else) No, she's laughing at me (to me) We have to stop at the bank and then we'll be there.

Natalie: (yelling so they can hear) Hurry up losers!

Me: Natalie says hurry up...but I'm not going to say what she called you cause it was rude.

***

Through text:

Me: Mckenna! Happy Birthday!

Mckenna (who just turned 12): Thank you!

Me: I wanna take you out for this. When the Heck are you free?

Mckenna: Idk i'm pretty booked. lol I know a lot of people. maybe next week

Me: hahaha you're pretty booked? I feel honored to know you. So...how about next tuesday?

Mckenna: Fo SHO! After school?

Me: Sounds good! What time are you done with school?

Mckenna: I get home about three

Me: Okay let's do...four or five?

Mckenna: okay

Me: You ARE aware that you just Butt called me right?

Mckenna: no i am not lol sorry darlin

Me: Oh well. I guess I'm used to it :( this happens regularly man

Mckenna: hahaha I'll "accidentaly" call you soon.

Me: fine.

***

Trying on wedding dresses:

 [Emilee and Cassidy are both zipping the dress up]

Me: I'm not even sucking in with this one

Emilee: Well maybe you should! I'm getting blisters!

sad huh? hah

***

In the Burger King drive through:

Mom: Emilee, what do you want honey?

Emilee: Well, they don't have light lemonade, so I guess I'll just get...water

Mom: Okay can we get one Ice water.

(while waiting for our food)

Emilee: They're probably gonna give me a little tiny cup. They ALWAYS do that. Mom will you ask them what size it is?

Mom: (to the BK Worker) What size is the water?

(BK worker shows us the cup)

Mom: Is that good Emilee?

Emilee: Oh my! That's the kids size. Seriously (Mimicking the fast food restaurants everywhere) 'can I get a Diet Coke?' 'Would you like a Biggie or extra Biggie?' ...'Can I get a water?' 'Would you like a Extra Small or Extra Extra Small?' This is why America is Fat!!

***

Driving

Cassidy: What is in the guys hair!?

We all look ahead of us

Me: Is that a napkin??

Mom: (laughing) No! That's a toupe  (sp?)

***

Cassidy: I'm so sad I failed my Audit

Emilee: Mom, Cassidy let Timmy Drown!

Me: Who the heck is Timmy?

Cassidy: a Dummy at work (she's a lifeguard)

(all of us laughing)

Mom: You said that WAY too casually

Emilee: Well it's okay, yesterday she made up for it by giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to an ant.

Me: What?

Emilee: yeah, She put it in the hot tub and then felt bad so got it out with the net thing

Cassidy: I'm the one that put it in there! I just kept remembering. I knew it was small but I still remembered, 30:2!

Emilee: She was freaking out and wanted to save it

Cassidy: yeah and then I sprayed Victoria's Secret Perfume on it.
(we were all laughing hysterically for about 20 minutes)

Not meant to be...

FIRST of all,

I would like to announce that Dustin and Andrea were finally approved to Adopt again!

Spread the word!

You can find their profile HERE!

I'm so excited for this!

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Okay now on to what this post is for:

Last night, I worked until 11.

My mom called me at about 9 and wanted to know if I could stay up until 2:30 to pick up my little brothers because they were going to the midnight showing of Ironman 2 and she had to wake up early. 

I agreed to this and then I texted a VERY good friend of mine to see if he could do something with me until then. He agreed and that was the plan.

By the time I met up with him After work it was about midnight. I told him I was hungry. I know that eating late is SUPER unhealthy, but I was STARVING. I had been working all day. So I suggested that we should go get food at village inn. They're open late right?

He agreed. So we drove to Village inn and as we were walking in the door, the employees were walking out. It closed at Midnight. What the Heck!??! Since when!?

So,

We decided to see if IHOP was still open.

They weren't

SO,

we decided to try Wendys.

We pulled into the drive through and I began looking at the menu.

I found what I wanted and it looked SUPER good.

We were about to order when the lady came on the microphone and said

"sorry, we're closed."

I was SOO mad.

I wanted those Chicken Fingers!!

So, after thinking about it,

We decided to go to Mcdonalds.

I don't like Mcdonalds.

The only thing there that I eat are their snack wraps.

BUT I know they're open for 24 hours.

So,

we drove to Mcdonalds and pulled into the drive through.

the guy came on the Microphone and asked if he could take our order.

I was about to order when he came back on and said

"Oh, before I take your order, we are currently only taking cash. is that okay?"

umm...no. It wasn't okay.

again,

I was MAD!!

I WAS HUNGRY.

apparantly it wasn't meant to be.

haha.

But I didn't care.

I was hungry.

SO,

we decided to try Burger King.

When we got to the drive through for the place,

the lights were on.

After about 30 seconds of sitting there,

the lights all turned off.

At this point, 

we were laughing really hard. 

we were driving all over the valley to get food...this was getting ridiculous

So, 

we decided to try ONE more place. 

We went to a diffrerent Mcdonalds.

and FINALLY,

they were open and both cash AND cards were being accepted!

At least that bought some time right? 

and we had fun.

April: Funny Conversations

I have been thinking and I have decided that I'm going to make one post a month about funny conversations that take place in my life during that month.

My blog needs a little more positivity and I have a hilarious family, with two little brothers that don't go a day with out cracking me up and friends that always make me laugh.

So,

Here goes the first month!

I hope others enjoy it as much as I have!

***

Me: It seems like there have been a lot of babies named Calvin lately. It's wierd.

Mom: Calvin? that's random.

Me: Yeah

Joey: (to himself) Just like Alvin and the Chipmunks. (To me) Andee, can we go see Alvin and the Chipmunks?

Me: Sorry Joe, Not today.

Joey: Andee, remember that I love you.

Let's just say it was hard to stick with "no" after that...

***

IN THE CAR DRIVING TO THE TOY STORE

Casey: Joey! Stop it! I don't like that.

Joey: Yeah but I like it.

Casey: But I don't Joey!

Joey: Well do it to me then...

Casey: NO!

*Joey does whatever he is doing to him again*

Casey: JOEY! Stop! How many times do I have to tell you to stop?

Joey: mmm...5 more times.

Casey: STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP.....

***

ON THE WAY BACK HOME FROM THE TOY STORE

(They bought Marbles with the $1 each of them had)

Joey: Casey! Your stink breaths.

Casey: Then don't smell it.

*2 minutes later I hear gagging*

Me: Are you okay Joey?

Joey: Tell Casey to stop breathing on me.

*5 minutes later*

Casey: OW! Joey you just hit me with your Marbles.

Joey: Sorry Casey

Casey: Stop hitting me with your marbles

***

Me: (Answering my phone) Hello?

Mom: Hi, (trying to control her laughing) Dad said that he would rather stab himself in the eye with a hot iron then go to ****** (blocked out for a reason)

Me: (laughing) Why?

Mom: I guess he just really doesn't want to go.

Me: haha okay...

****

G: Opa, How do you get a guy to leave you alone?

Opa: Buy yourself a gun.

****
Alex (text from him):  What are you up to?
Me: I'm taking my Opa on his Errands
Alex: Tell him I say Hi.
Me (to my Opa): Alex says hi
Opa: Alex who?
Me: just a guy I'm dating
Opa: A guy you're dating?? Do I know him?
Me: No.
Opa: He's crazy.
Me (to alex): He says you're crazy
***

Hope your month was filled with awesome conversations like me! :)

Worlds Worst Blogger.

Yes I am nominating myself for this award.

You can do the same if you would like.

I'm so sorry that I don't ever blog anymore!

My life is boring (which is fine with me!!)

I have been trying to think of things to blog about...

but I don't have any idea.

I COULD write about how hard it is to work with a bunch of women ALL the time...

cause that is really the extent of news in my life.

But, no one really wants to hear that.

I don't even want to hear it. :-)

haha

So...

I just decided to share this awesome picture:

I laugh so hard whenever I see this.

My brother with a moustache.

and a STYLISH one as well!!

Have a great day.

and if it's bad,

just remember this picture and it will make everything better.

Sister Sister

I had a question on Formspring asking me to tell a little about my siblings.

I thought that was a good idea.

(especially since I seriously am slacking on ideas lately!)

So, I would like to introduce you to My Family:

(Dustin and Andrea took this picture in December. It's our most recent family picture!)

BreeAnn and Blake:

BreeAnn and Blake were married December 13th 2008,

a little less than two months after Avery was born.

They were both SOO good through the birth and very senstive during my emotional breakdowns.

Blake is the best brother-in-law to ever exist.

BreeAnn and I are only 11 months apart (EXACTLY)

and

it's so wierd how incredibely different our lives are.

She's the perfect role model and I'm so grateful to have both of them in my life.

They have a blog and I love it.

Read it by clicking here

Emilee:

Emilee is my best friend.

I go to her whenever I have a bad day

and she deals with all of my crap.

ALL OF IT.

when I'm in a bad mood,

she just smiles and knows not to take it personally when I take it out on her.

She listens to me complain when I have a hard day.

She is the perfect person to go to when you just need to VENT.

I love her and can count on her for anything.

She is the peacemaker in the home.

She is 18 years old and I can't wait for her to graduate so we can move into an apartment together...if she doesn't leave me for Utah State that is! :(

Kaitlyn:

Kaitlyn just turned 15, but looks way older.

She's got STYLE and everything everything looks good on her.

She could leave home in Pj's after just getting out of bed and still look good.

She is definitely the Princess of the home and knows how to get what she wants! 

She is the best babysitter out there and is great with kids!

I don't like the fact that she'll be in high school soon OR the fact that she'll be driving in a year.

Everyone drive with Caution as of February of 2011!! :)

I love her and wish she would just stay the same little 4 year old girl that yelled at everything that she ran into (it was hilarious).

She can't grow up.

She's the only little girl left.

I had the hardest time telling her about my pregnancy of any of my other siblings.

She was 13 at the time and I knew I was the big sister she was supposed to be looking up to.

I hope that she can learn from my mistakes and not be like me!

Dallin:

Dallin is my oldest little brother. 

I noticed as of last Sunday, that  is no longer my little kid brother...and that's scary.

I swear he's got a mustache almost!

Dallin is a good little brother and a good big brother for the two little brothers.

He's a gentleman and the girl he ends up marrying better know he's got 4 older sister judging her every move! She better treat him right.

Dallin is a serious BOY.

Most of the things he does grosses me out.

He is good with his money and at age 13, he already has great work Ethic!

I just gotta say that the girl that he chooses to marry, will be one lucky girl!

He has a great testimony and is a true leader.

I love my big little brotherr!!

Casey:

There are three words that can Describe Casey perfectly:

Dennis the Mennis

no joke.

in fact, I almost wrote that for his name on accident!

Casey is the funniest, cutest trouble maker that exists.

he says the funniest things.

I would tell you some,

but they're just not the same unless he says it...and some of them are kind of mean.

Talk about getting mad at him, while working as hard as you can to keep from busting out in laughter!

Whenever we go out to dinner,

and he likes what he gets,

he makes sure to ask the waiter/waitress if he can have the recipe.

Casey is currently working on acting more enthused when he see's me.

Usually he says "Hiii Andeee..." and he sounds like Eyore on Winnie the Pooh.

He does NOT sound happy to see me.

So now, after practicing with him a LOT 

whenever he sees me,

he tries his hardest to sound excited.

more like, HI ANDEE! with a grin on his face.

haha

It's working for the most part.

I just had to add that in there.

cause it's funny how hard it is for him.

I love this kid.

I don't know how I lived without him before.

Yet another reason I love Adoption.

Joey:

Oh look, even another reason Adoption is Amazing!

Joey is seriously the center of our home.

He gets whatever he wants from whoever he wants.

he is SO SPOILED ROTTEN!

It's hard NOT to spoil him.

He's SOO funny and has the greatest sense of humor already.

Example:

He was in my parents room watching cartoons one day

and I was babysitting him.

My dad walked in and went straight to his room.

When he got there he saw Joey and asked "where's mom Joe?"

without even looking away from the tv he says "She broke up with you."

my dad wasn't expecting that so he starts laughing and asked "why?"

and still, looking at the tv, he says "because I told her to."

haha!

So my dad called my mom and was telling her that story when Joey finally looks away from the T.V. and says "Dad, it was just a joke!"

He's so funny.

if I'm having a bad day, he ALWAYS knows how to cheer me up.

He's so cute. I LOVE HIMM!!

"Here you go. Maybe this will help."

DON'T FORGET TO READ THE HOPING TO ADOPT COUPLE FOR TODAY! IT'S THE ONE BEFORE THIS POST!

*****
So early early Friday morning,

Me, My two younger sisters (Emilee and Kaitlyn), my Mom, my aunt MaryJane, my cousin Courtney and my friend Terri and her Husband all went to the the opening night of Twilight.

You have NO idea how long I had anticipated it.

I COULD NOT wait.

I'm in love with Jacob.

I'm a Jacob fan ALL THE WAY!

We went to the 2:45am showing.

We bought the tickets two months ago..the 2:45 showing was the only one left!

Let me just say,

I was NOT disappointed.

Really. I saw it again last night with my little brother.

haha I LOVE it.

Jacob is so attractive!

Anyway,

Emilee, Kaitlyn and I made shirts on Thursday night before the movie:

All three of us are Jacob Fans.

(Emilee's shirts says "Not Me" on the back..in case you were wondering ;))

Me, Emilee, MJ, and Courtney

It was SO fun.

SO worth the money (both times)

and SO worth being up until 5:30 am.

You should go see it.

So,

Yesterday I was in class.

The whole class was having a discussion.

One girl started talking about her son.

(she's about my age)

Usually I would be fine.

But for some reason that started a stream of emotion.

I began REALLY missing Avery and started wishing I had a daughter to tell stories about.

It was just one of those moments. I couldn't relate to this girl, because I am not the mother of the little girl I gave birth too. 

(I had about 6 hours of sleep, which is usually the amount of sleep I've been getting.)

I then started tuning everyone out.

I was working on keeping the tears from falling out of my eyes.

So I began texting a birthmom that I have not met IRL yet, but we text all the time and she always makes me feel better.  Her name is Nicole.

Well,

after her first reply,

Andrea texted me asking how I was doing.

She always does this.

It's like she knows when I'm having a hard time and I can't take it anymore.

So I just replied telling her I was fine and asked her a question about when they will be approved and on LDSFS site to adopt again.

She answered the question and then said "Are you sure you're okay?"

I swear I stared at the text for a whole two minutes.

I was trying to figure out if I had said anything that made her think I wasn't.

We had been texting each other a couple hours before that and I was fine.

So I replied asking her what made her text me.

and then told her how I was feeling.

She said she just sometimes got fleeting thoughts to contact me and see how I'm doing.

I Love her.

we talked for a few more minutes and then about a half hour later, Dustin texted me.

(At this point,

I was doing better.

Both Nicole and Andrea had calmed me down and I wasn't trying to hold back tears anymore. )

He said that he was sorry I was having a hard time.

I replied letting him know that I was doing better...

and this was his response:

"Here you go. Maybe this will help."

haha I lauged for about 10 minutes and was suddenly completely fine.

I love them.

Seriously.

Dustin and Andrea always know what to say.

and Dustin knew I had seen Twilight the night before and that I love Jacob/Taylor Lautner.

(he's only two years younger than me..that's not bad. lol)

I came home after class, took a nap and when I woke up I was feeling so comforted.

I had to say a silent prayer in thanks for Dustin and Andrea.

Andrea is so close to the spirit.

She is always listening and acting on the promptings she receives.

I know that's how she knew something was wrong.

Wanna Laugh?

Watch THIS.

CUTEST THING EVER!!

Megan Bell

This is Megan Bell (along with all of her incredible art work behind her)

You've heard me speak of Megan before right?

well,
I'm hear to do it again.
(partly because Megan begged me for like 20 minutes to dedicate a post to her..and partly because I just love her. She completes my life. :D)

Anyone that knows Megan LOVES her.

Seriously.
I have never met someone that can change my mood from being grumpy and sad to happy and laughing within seconds.

I don't know what it is about Megan..

I'm pretty sure it's the way she says things.
but she is the FUNNIEST person I know.

Her sense of humor is HILARIOUS.
I'm not kidding.

I am laughing right now just thinking about how incredibely funny she is.
like I said before, she is the laugh of my life. haha. seriously.

I was thinking a while ago about how I moved away for school way too soon after placing Avery.. but I really don't regret it. Although I didn't get the BEST GRADES in the world, the people I met helped me cope with it all.

On the hard days while I was in Logan (and believe me..I had plenty), Megan would walk in, crack a joke, and I would completely forget the way I felt for the time being.

Megan is awesome.
I just wish that all of you knew her..because if you did, your lives would be oh so entertaining.

It's hard to understand how completely awesome this post is...unless you know Megan!

So read her blog!

this will give you at least a glimpse into Megan Bells complete awesomeness.
MISS YOU MEGAN!!

Pioneer Day

For the 24th of July this year we had a BBQ/Swimparty with my Aunt MaryJane and her family.

It was a lot of fun and the food was YUMMY.
Here are some pictures of the event:

Boston 'diving' haha. She looks like superman.

My Cousin Deja posing for the camera


My Aunt MaryJane, Cousin Shaylee and Me.

Cambria

My Cousin Andrea and her daughter Leah

CHICKEN FIGHT:





and yes we DID win...99% of the time! :)


haha..my brother in law...he likes posing for pictures...

My mom and Sister Emilee

Beautiful Baby Brewer:





Fireworks Afterwards...

At some point during all of this,

My dad was making some corn on the cob...

he grabbed the pot off the counter and without realizing that the oven mitt was stuck to the bottom...

he set the pot on the stove and turned it on....

here's what happened:

Remind you of anything?

Like Father like Daughter :) haha

It was an AWESOME day.

way better than my 4th of July I'll tell you that!

If I'm the only one...

I woke up this morning to my mom telling me to come upstairs and watch this music video on T.V.

As I lugged my tired body upstairs and started watching it I became incredibely Annoyed that they would wake me up just to watch something that was so incredibely dumb....

(especially that part at the diner..definitely the dumbest part)

Then it got to the end...and I almost cried. It was so cute!

So,
I really think you should watch THIS video.

Just endure it all the way to the end.

don't SKIP to the end though, or you won't get it.

It's SOO good.

it made me teary

A ticket? me?

WARNING: THIS IS KIND OF A LONG POST...

I would like to tell a story. Well, a few stories actually.

It's about my many (WAY to many for my own good) experiences with cops and being pulled over.

You see,

I'm a pretty good driver when I want to be.

But there ARE those occasions where tend to I get a little lazy and don't QUITE follow the rules of the road. (Don't talk to MANDY about this though...she would say differently..)

Let me start with experience #1:

It was the year 2006 and a dark saturday night. I was in a very bad mood as I was tired, 17 years old, and it wasn't the best time of the month for me. My mom had asked me to take my little sister and her friend to the store because she was teaching the lesson in young womens the next day and she wanted to get treats.

I was oh so reluctant, but because my mom let me take her car, I agreed.

I drove the 10 minute drive to the Smiths in Herriman and I waited in the car while they ran in. I didn't want to be there and quite frankly I couldn't wait to go to bed. So the second Emilee and her friend got back into the car, I was off for home. As I was driving down the long stretch of road, my eyes focused on the car about 100 yards ahead of me. "I'm going to catch up to that car" I thought and I pressed my foot on the gas just a little harder. With satisfaction I watched as I was approaching the car. The satisfaction quickly turned to horror as I noticed a cop sitting quietly in the field to the right of me,with all of his lights off. I quickly slammed on my breaks in panic. mistake. I hit the breaks wayyy too hard and the tires screeched causing the car to jolt to almost a complete stop.

My heart was racing as I watched the cops headlights flip on. "NO!!" I yelled as my sister and her friend sat in complete silence in the back, their faces filled with complete horror. "PLEASE don't pull me over!" I cried as he pulled onto the road. When I saw the red and blue lights turn on, the panic I was feeling became 100 times stronger. This was the very first time I was being pulled over and I was NOT handling it very well. I began to cry.

I opened the glove box and searched frantically for whatever it was I was supposed to give this cop. When he appeared at the window, flashlight in hand, he began lecturing me. I don't remember what exactly it was that he said because I was in too much of a panic. "I don't know what you need!" I choked out. I showed him paper after paper until FINALLY he was able to show me JUST what my registration and proof of insurance looked like. I placed my license on top of it and gave it to him. "Please don't give me a ticket!" I begged. "I don't have the money. This is my first time getting pulled over and I really am so sorry." I was throwing out all the words I could think of to get out of this ticket.

Just then I noticed that this cop wasn't alone. To the right of me another cop was shining his light in my windows looking at Emilee and her friend and looking through my car. I rolled my eyes in annoyance and then turned to the cop at my window. "I'll be right back." he said in his incredibely annoying 'I'm better than you' voice. (haha you think i'm bitter?)

I put my head on the steering wheel as I tried to relax. My sister and her friend than began to talk..but they weren't using reassuring words at all. they were saying things like "OH MY! there was TWO of them!" and "Wow. how annoying. they were like searching through the car suspiciously like we were hiding something." I tuned out their words as I focused on calming down. I waited impatiently as I stared through my rearview mirror just waiting for his door to open.

Time creeped by.

Finally, I saw the door open and the cop walking towards my car, chest puffed out, and clipboard in hand. "I'm giving you a ticket for 9 over. You were really going 13, but I will only give it to you for 9" he said in his now infuriating voice. I looked at him disguted. that's supposed to be GOOD? I thought. GOOD would be no ticket! I was no longer working on staying calm. He gave me the clipboard while pointing where to sign. I covered my eyes with my hands trying to focus. I tried to put the pen to the paper, but my hand was shaking too hard to write.

After what felt like forever, I finally signed the paper. I shoved the clipboard back in his hands and started shutting the window, while shifting the car into drive. (keep in mind I had NEVER been pulled over before. I didn't know what to do and I just wanted to GO HOME!)

"Hey!" The cop yelled, still trying make his voice sound intimidating. I looked at him in suprise "WHAT!?" I asked, now yelling at him.

"Do you want to go to JAIL!?!?" he threatened. how could he threaten that to me!? In my mind I was doing absoultely nothing wrong! I glared at him. "what are you talking about!?"

"we're not DONE here!" he stated as he ripped the paper. He then went on a huge long lecture again, which I didn't hear because my sister was in the back screaming at the cop. I really wanted her to stop, but i didn't have the energy to stop her. When he finally gave me the paper and got in his car, I drove away. I was so upset I couldn't see straight.

The ticket ended up being around $117.

I wasn't happy.

But, quite frankly, I deserved that ticket.

I was speeding

and slamming on your breaks to the point where you skid across the road?

yeah. don't ever do that!

Experience #2:

As some of you might know, I am a CNA (certified nursing assistant). it was the year 2007 and at the time, I worked at a place called Alta Ridge Alzheimers. I absolutely LOVED my job and worked there with a good friend of mine, Rachel. Again I was 17. Rachel and I were just leaving when we decided that we wanted to watch the movie Anastasia. After talking about it for a few minutes, we decided to go back to my house so we could watch it there.

Rachel and I both drove VW Jetta's at the time and She was following me because she couldn't remember exactly how to get to my house. As we were driving, she pulled up next to me at a stop light and rev'd her engine. I couldn't help it. she was driving the same car! once the light turned green I sped off racing her to the next light. (I won of course :)) what I DIDN'T know, was that a cop had seen me speed off. It was getting dark, so I could only see the outline of cars. After I beat Rachel, she started backing off. For a while I kept losing her and wasn't sure where she went. As I stopped at another stoplight, I noticed a car behind me and it looked like it had the bike holders on the top. where is rachel?? I thought. As I continued driving I spotted her a couple cars behind me, so I began focusing more on the road. As I was coming up on the NEXT light, I realized I had to switch lanes..so I did..but realized as I was doing so that I did not use my blinker!

As I stopped at the light, I glanced back at my rearview mirror again and to my suprise, the car I had seen before was still behind me but the stuff on top of it were not bike holders, they were lights! oh it's a cop! I thought to myself, making a mental note to pay attention to my driving. As the light turned green, I slowly got up to the speed limit. Apparantly this caused the cop to realize that I had noticed him. That's when his lights turned on. Confused and extremely angry that he was pulling me over, I pulled to the side of the road. THIS time, I was not crying, just ready to figure out why I was being pulled over.

When he arrived at my window he asked, "Do you know why I pulled you over?" I looked up at him trying to see his face while realizing that I had no idea how long he had been behind me. "Well..." I said "It depends on how long you were behind me.." I smiled innocently and he laughed. good sign I thought to myself. "Well, let's see," he began. oh crap. NOT a good sign. "I caught you speeding 10 over, switching lanes without using your blinker, and your tail light is out" he smiled back..innocently as I tried to work up some great excuse for each accusation.

As I stared out my windsheild I saw Rachel pull over a few feet in front of me. "Okay, that's my friend." I said, pointing at her. "She is following me home so I was trying to make sure she was following me which can explain why I wasn't driving very well.." I looked up trying to see if he was buying my excuse so far. "Also, when I realized I was speeding, I slowed down..I'm sure you noticed. I switched lanes without using my blinker, because I was almost to the light and I would have used it but by the time I remembered to use it, it was too late. Oh and I didn't know my tail light was out..sorry..??" pathetic! I thought. The cop just smiled, asked for my license, registration and proof of insurance and went back to his car.

He came back a few minutes later, still with a smile on his face. "Okay. I'll let you off with the others but I do have to give you a fix it ticket for your light. Don't worry though, just get it fixed and it won't affect your insurance or anything." I was ECSTATIC "thank you thank you thank you!" I exclaimed.

That could have been a VERY bad experience. INSTEAD, both me AND the cop, drove away with a smile on our faces.

Experience #3:

This was Valentines day of '08. Now those of you who have read my adoption story know that later that day I discovered I was pregnant...This day could have just started off SO incredibely bad.

I was living in Ogden at the time, but because Kris broke his foot just the day before, I had to drive down to Riverton to pick him up and then drive back to my apartment to get ready. It was an icy day but we were in a HUGE hurry. We had reservations. So, because I had made some incredibley stupid decisions for the past few weeks, I decided that I would make another stupid decision, which was drive recklessly. We were on the freeway and I was weaving in and out of traffic like a maniac. the roads were ICY and I was going 85 miles an hour. (yeah..I was dumb right??) I had just gotten into a quite empty lane, when I looked in my rearview mirror. After studying the car behind me for a few seconds, I realized that it was an undercover cop. "I think that's a cop" I said to Kris, and right as I said this, his lights turned on. "CRAP!" I said as I began pulling over.

My heart was pounding. "What am I going to do?" I asked him. "I can't pay for this..I don't have any money!" as he approached my window I rolled in down in fear of how he was going to treat me. "In a hurry?" he asked, his face in completel dissatisfaction. "I'm sorry. Yes I am, but that is no excuse." he eyes me with suspision. "Do you have a death wish? because most people that drive the way you were just driving, end up smeared acrossed the highway." He was right and I couldn't argue. "I'm really sorry" I said as I, again, handed him my license, registration, and Proof of Insurance.

Kris and I both sat in silence as I watched him through the rearview mirror. I was SO nervous.

I should probably mention, that this time the car I drove was a red Chevy Cobalt and it had a license plate holder on the back that said "Daddy's Little Princess".

As the cop got out of his car, I realized to my curiosity, that all he was holding was what I had given him. When he arrived at my window, I stared at him with shock filling my eyes as he explained "I was putting your information in my computer when I looked up and saw that your license plate says "Daddy's Little Princess". I have a little girl at home, and frankly I don't want to be the one to have to tell your dad that you're not coming home. So just be careful." and he handed me back my papers. "you're not giving me a ticket?" I asked with complete astonishment. "no." He said "but really. Be careful." I gotta tell you. at that moment, I wanted to get out of the car and just hug the officer. All I could do was thank him a million times and promise that I would be more careful.

I gotta say that I was. I think that after that day I have been a LOT more careful.

yes, I do still drive crazy sometimes..but not like that.

I think that cop left the biggest impression on me and I respected him more because he didn't seem to try to act cocky. He was just being realistic.

So thanks to that cop, the BEGINNING of my day didn't start off horribly, it just ended incredibely bad..

Experience #4:

I was probably about 3 months pregnant at this point. I had just started working at eBay, so I was still in training. We could only have 3 occurances and I was running late (like always, since I spent most of my mornings after I woke up at the toilet..puking! ha I know you wanted to know that..) I had 10 minutes to be at work and clocked in and I just KNEW I was going to be late.

As the light I was waiting at turned green, me and a couple other cars sped up..I was in a hurry and wasn't paying as much attention to my spedometer as I should have been and as I looked over and saw the cop I tried to slow down but it was too late. I was the one in the back, so I was the one that was going to be pulled over.

I don't have much to say about this one except that he clocked me at going 60 in a 40, but only gave me a ticket for going 5 over. I was less upset about this one since I actually DID have a job and it wasn't going to be TOO expensive...plus I could go to traffic school and get it off my insurance :)

Experience 5:

yeah you're probably thinking.."wow..is she ever going to learn?" but I can honestly say that this next one was NOT my fault.

It happened about a month ago. It was the end of April, and I was 'babysitting' my grandparents while my aunt was out of town. My little sister had come to watch me speak at an adoptive parent class earlier that day, so she was still with me when I had decided I was hungry. I told my oma (grandma in dutch) that we were going to go get some food and asked them if they wanted anything. My Oma wanted me to pick up a bag of potatos from wal mart and my Opa wanted fries.

So after my sister and I ate some dinner at the best Pizzeria ever, Firehouse, we set off to pick up the stuff for my grandparents. I dropped Emilee off at walmart while I drove over to wendy's to pick up the fries. As I was pulling back into walmart to pick Emilee up, I saw flashing lights. I looked up to see a cop behind me and of course, pulling me over.

I can honestly tell you that I was completely shocked what did I do wrong?? I thought. I honestly hadn't noticed that I had done anything wrong. As the cop came to my window and asked me if I knew why I pulled him over I said "no, I can honestly tell you that I have NO IDEA why you are pulling me over right now." He asked me to show him proof of insurance. As I frantically searched for it, I failed. The one that I had, had expired a month before. "I'm showing that this car is currently not insured" he said. I was completely confused. So confused that I began to laugh. "No, I can promise you that this car is insured." He didn't even crack a smile. "Our computers are pretty accurate." he said. "So I can't believe you unless you give me proof."

As I was searching through my car, Emilee called me. I picked up my phone, with him sitting there and began laughing hysterically. "I'm just over here on the other side of the parking lot. I'm pulled over!" I was laughing! why was I laughing? This was a serious thing.. I looked up at the cop and he was staring at me, completely annoyed with my behavior. "Let me just call my parents, because I KNOW that I'm insured." I said. "you do what you want, but unless I have a paper proving it, I can't believe you." He snarled as he walked back to his car to 'check again'. I called my mom while he was back there. It was almost midnight at this point so I felt a little guilty for waking them up.

As I told my mom what was going on, she woke my dad up and he immediately got ahold of our insurance agent. As he was on the phone with him, the cop came back and my mom asked to talk to him. He gave me the ticket as I gave him the phone. As he talked to her I started realizing what my mom was doing. She asked why he pulled me over and he explained that he pulled up my license plate "randomly" and found that I wasn't insured. Than she asked if he could do that. After he rudely responded that he could, my mom mentioned that he seemed to be very bored and than told him that my dad had just finised talking to our insurance agent and that we were, indeed, insured.

OF COURSE, he still didn't buy it.

SO, I had to go to court two weeks later with a letter from my agent proving that I was insured. It was a complete pain especially since it was 45 minutes away from my house. I can't say I was happy, but my Insurance Agent made sure it all worked out so that we weren't penalized at all!

So, you may be wondering what has brought this long long LONG post on.

Well,

why don't you thank my sixth and final experience...

It happened last night...

Experience #6

I was driving home from Terri's house with Keara.

As we were driving down the SAME road I was on in Experience #1,

Keara pointed out that there was a cop. I SLOWLY this time, put on my breaks just a little.

(it's an automatic reaction..even if I'm NOT speeding..which I wasn't)

Still, as I drove past, the headlights turned on.

"what the heck?" I said to keara. This cop BETTER not pull me over. For a second there I didn't think they were going to..but sure enough their lights turned on. "Oh no." I thought as the SAME question came into my mind and out my mouth "How am I going to pay for this?" I had all of the papers ready this time (I was used to it now..although I still had to ask Keara if one of the papers were my registration..). As I was waiting for the cop to come to my window, I began to feel really discouraged. is this really happening to me? It's really the last thing I need right now.

As the cop arrived at my window, I realized It was a female. oh great I thought in my head. Althought I had never personally dealt with a female cop, I had heard they were a lot more brutal. "Do you know why I pulled you over?" she asked, in a more polite tone than I expected her to. "No.." I was really worried now and you could hear it in my voice. She smiled and said "did you know that your headlight is out?" the fear and worry I was feeling in both my body and my voice relaxed. "Oh." I was really relieved that was all it was. "oh that's soo good that is all it is." and I smiled to.

She took my information and went back to her car. I was totally planning on receiving a 'fix it' ticket, so when she walked up and told me she was only giving me a warning I, again, almost hugged her. "THANK YOU!" I said.

I will never Judge a cop now on their sex.

I totally assumed she was going to be mean..because that is how I have heard female cops are..but she was SUPER nice.

I guess that's what happens when you assume right??

SO,

let's hope that I don't get pulled over for a LOONG time now.

The End :)