Shop til you drop!!

Friday I took the day off of work and mom and I did some major Christmas shopping...well, I did anyway. I also thought that I would do some more shopping yesterday to try and get done. Can I just say that I LOVE Christmas, but I absolutely HATE to Christmas shop....Bleh!! I hate the crowds, the greedy people, the pushy people, the traffic, endless lines, and last but not least.....the crying, screaming, bratty kids!! Why is it that kids seem SO bratty this time of year!? I hope they know...Santas watching! :P

I ♥ Your Blog Award!

I got awarded the I ♥ Your Blog Award by Shelly. Thanks Shell :) I too am very addictited to the blog world lately. I think it is a great way to keep friends and family up to date on what is happening in your life. I really enjoy looking at all of your blogs or just surfing other blogs.

Here are the rules: I get to ♥ seven other blogs that I love reading. If your blog makes my list, you get to post your award, thank the person who gave it to you (thats me!) and then choose seven other blogs that you feel deserve this awsome award!

And the awards go to:

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  Brittany


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  Carly


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  Loni


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  Ashley


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  Laiza

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree...

Ahhh..Christmas. I love it!! There is something about decorations,lights and putting up the Christmas tree that really gets me in the holiday spirit. Unfortunately, I have been feeling a little bit under the weather these last few days and didn't even "help" Bethie put up the tree or decorate it this year. :( I didn't write this post for sympathy on my part...but wanted to share some fun pictures of our holiday decor.

Our cute Christmas Tree!

Our little tree outside & the lamp-post

Bethie decorating the tree

Lights Inside

Lights outside

**Favorite Ornaments**

My favorite is the Polar Bear Angel

Bethies favorite is the clarinet with music

And of course we both love THE JAZZ ornament!

All I can say now is...Happy decorating! Bring on Christmas!! :)

43 Years!!

Today is my Mom and Dads anniversary. They have been married 43 Years! I love them both so much!! Thanks for everything Mom and Dad!!! Here is to many more years of marriage. :)

tHaNkSgIvInG gEt-A-wAy!!!

We did Thanksgiving a little different this year. We decided to go south to Mesquite, Nevada and to warmer weather. We had dinner at Cindy and Ron's Thursday night. Cindy and Ron is Staceys mom and step-dad for those of you that don't know and Stacey is my sister-in-law. Everything was delicious of course and I ate way too much!! Here are some pics from the weekend.

The boys-Kolbey,Colby, Kasey and Tanner--I couldn't get a pic without them pulling some sort of face!


I love this picture of my mom and Brittany. It only took about 3 times to get my mom to actually smile, sort of.


Michelle,Courtney and Stacey visiting with family and friends.

Here is dad, mom and Kim and they are all pretty much smiling. WOW!

After dinner we went back to the motel and hung out for a while and just relaxed. We went to the Casino for a little bit and lost $5.00. Yeah we are not big gamblers, what can we say.

~Friday~

We slept in for awhile because we were all exhausted from the trip down and all the Yummy food. We couldn't find the rest of the fam for breakfast so we skipped that and went to lunch and we found them at the same resteraunt anyways..haha!

We went and watched the boys play some miniture golf. We walked about 2 blocks and went to get tickets for this movie:

I thought the movie was just OK. I wasn't as dissapointed as I thought I would be, but I didn't love it either. I thought there was alot of "cheesy" parts and I didn't like Bella in the movie. She bothered me more in the book than in the movie, but I think they could of casted a much better "Bella". And of course the book is ALWAYS better than the movie.
After the movie we headed back up to Cindy and Ron's for leftovers. I think everything is so much better the day after. :) We visited with the fam for awhile, had some cake in celebration of mom and dads anniversary and then all the kiddos were getting anxious to do some bowling. Bethie and I didn't really want to bowl, so we went to see how much the movie was that was playing in the same casino. It was only $2.00 and this is what we saw again:
Love, Love, Love this movie!! Makes me want to get up and sing and dance! :)

~Saturday- Vegas Baby!!~

Here is Brittany and I inside The Luxor . I think this hotel is amazing and it was way pretty inside with all the festive lights.

We made our way over to the MGM Grand where we actually got lost inside and coud not, for the life of us, find our way out..haha! Not only did we get lost but we picked a day when the Jonas Brothers were in town. OMG I have never seen so many teenage girls in all of my life in one area. It was insane!!
New York New York - my favorite hotel in Vegas!

M&M Factory - 4 floors of nothing but M&M fun!! And yes, you can even see how these delish candies are made. :)

The wall of M&M's in every color imagineable.

What would be a post without a cheesey picture? Haha

After walking all the way up to Caesars Palace I was exhausted!! I don't think my feet and my legs were ever going to be the same, but there was something here that Bethie and I wanted to see.

I think I worked up an appetite when I saw this beauty of a sign. I would have loved to eat here. Maybe someday...

The moving statues. This is where the water and light show took place. It was pretty cool.

Ahhh Paris.. One of these days I will go and see the "real" Eiffel Tower, but until then, this is as good as it gets. It is beautiful at night when its all lit up.

We finally made it back down to the beautiful Bellagio where we waited in anticipation for the amazing fountains. They were being played to the sounds of Chistmas. :)

Bethie and Brittany before the fountains started.

Love this picture of the fountains.

After a long day of walking we were ready to head back to Mesquite to get some well needed rest for the trip home the next day. I was sad to see it come to an end because we had a fun trip, but then I was happy to be going home and back to a familiar environment. It was a great vacation that I will always remember :)

I hope you all had a fun and Happy Thanksgiving!!

FuN TaG

I got tagged by Shelly. What you are supposed to do is find the sixth picture in the sixth folder in My pictures (or whatever location you save your pictures at on your computer).
Here is mine:

This is Kasey on his Birthday :)
I tag anyone that wants to put this on their blog!

True "Love Story"

I saw this video by Taylor Swift the other day and absolutely fell in love with this song. I wanted to share the lyrics because to me this is what a "Love Story" is all about!

we were both young when I first saw you

I close my eyes

and the flashback starts

I'm standing there

on a balcony in summer air

see the lights,

see the party the ball gowns

see you make your way through the crowd

and say hello

little did I know

that you were romeo you were throwing pebbles

and my daddy said stay away from juliet

and I was crying on the staircase

begging you please don't go, and I said

romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting all theres left to do is run

you'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

it's a love story baby just say yes

so I sneak out to the garden to see you

we keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew

so close your eyes

lets escape this town for a little while

cause you were romeo i was a scarlet letter

and my daddy said stay away from juliet

but you were everything to me

I was begging you please don't go and I said

romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting all theres left to do is run

you be the prince and I'll be the princess

Its a love story baby just say yes

romeo save me, they're tryin to tell me how to feel

this love is typical, but its real

don't be afraid we'll make it out of this mess

its a love story baby just say yes

Oh, oh

I got tired of waiting

wondering if you were ever coming around

my faith in you was fading

when I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

romeo save me i've been feeling so alone

I keep waiting for you but you never come

Is this in my head, I don't know what to think

he knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said

marry me juliet you'll never have to be alone

I love you and thats all I really know

I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress

its a love story baby just say yes

oh,oh yes

we were both young when I first saw you