Me as of late....

Lately I have really been into the following things:


Downton Abbey

 Ok, so who hasn't been into this lately? It's incredible. I love the combination of the two worlds and the whole pride and prejudice feel of it all. How would it be to get all dressed up for dinner every night and go on long walks and basically have your full time job be to look pretty all the time? I definitely was born in the wrong time period ;) Though I would NOT have survived with out makeup. I am not one of those naturally beautiful people....(need all the help I can get)....but if the early 1900's had lip gloss, ya I would have rocked it!





Greek Yogurt

In high school I ate mandarin orange flavored yogurt everyday for lunch. In college I branched out a bit and had different flavors but still stuck with yoplait every single day. Since then I have not been able to even look at yogurt....BLEH! It makes me sick. Then the other day I was at Kevin's parents house and they had Greek yogurt and for some reason I decided to try it. Wow. It is amazing! I keep looking for it wherever I go and I can't seem to find it in big bulks. I should probably try costco. If you haven't tried it, go for it! Mmmmmm.....wish I had some right now ;)

 

Vampire Diaries

Ok I admit it. I am totally in love with this show. My sister got me hooked (sorry Morgs.....I just outed you!) and it is delicious! These vampires don't even compare to those in Twilight.......they are so much more......hmmm......what is the word I'm looking for??? Oh I know! Attractive! haha ;) No but seriously it is a great show and if you haven't seen it you should check it out. You will be hooked. If you don't believe me then maybe this pic will help you......




Sock Bun

I saw this on pinterest and I've been doing it to my hair ever since. It is so easy and so cute and super classy. I definitely recommend it to anyone who doesn't like to wear their hair down every day. If you don't know how to do it this is how I do it.....I just used a leg warmer and rolled it up so it looks like a doughnut. Put your hair in a pony tail and put the "sock" thru your hair. Spread your hair out over the sock so it is covered up and wrap an elastic over it. Add a couple of bobby pins to hide the stray hairs and BAM! Looks awesome right?!?





Dancing!!!

This one has especially made me so happy lately. My good friend Janie convinced me to perform in this show with her and so for the past few weeks we have been choreographing. It has felt amazing to move again and to feel like a dancer. I honestly never thought I would start dancing again. Ballet used to be the biggest thing in my life and I was really kind of scarred by how it all ended. I have really grown and gotten to know myself a lot since I stopped and I am grateful for that. I am not defined by ballet anymore and I am ok with that. I think I have other gifts to offer now, but wow it feels good to dance again. I am aching to be in a studio and just stand at the barre and feel everything I used to feel. I hope I will be able to get to the point where I can take class once a week just for me and be satisfied with that (I tend to be an all or nothing type person). It's hard to stay balanced and obviously my life is not just about me anymore, but ya......wish me luck! I am so excited to perform again :)




Well that pretty much sums it up! Now you know what I've been up to. Sorry its been a while since I blogged......I'm just so busy......(Ha! That last sentence was for you Larbar!!! hehehe) Hopefully I will have a fun post coming up soon so stay tuned :)

30 Flirty and Thriving

I've always loved February because there are two fun days I get to celebrate back to back.....Kevin's birthday and Valentines Day! It's such a fun time and this year was especially fun because Kevin turned 30!!! Looks like I'm married to an old man now....good thing I've always been attracted to older men ;) hehe! So Kevin's birthday was pretty monumental to us ending up together so if you don't mind, let me take you back six years..................

Kevin and I had been on a few dates and everything was going pretty slowly and then his birthday came. He invited me to go to a big party he was having at his parents house. I went all by myself, which is not at all like me, and I didn't know a soul there except for Kevin. Still to this day I can't believe I was brave enough to go! I don't remember a whole lot about that night except for the very end of the party.....it all came down to me and one other girl who was still there. I remember thinking "There is NO way that I am leaving before this girl goes..." and I am proud to say that I didn't. I stayed there for all hours into the night until FINALLY she left. Then it was just me and Kevbev :) Nothing happened that night (no exciting first kiss or even holding hands) but I think for me it was the first night that I realized that I wanted to fight for Kevin. So that is exactly what I did.....I fought......(until he quickly fell under my spell and was ensnared in my boo trap forever!!!) Mwahahahaha!!! ;)

For Kevin's birthday we had a big family dinner on Saturday night where my awesome family gave him the best presents he said he has ever gotten. He has literally been so giddy with happiness so thank you all! On Monday we went out to dinner just the two of us and it was wonderful. Kevin's parents watched Sam and the kitchen at the restaurant caught on fire so it literally took us about three hours to eat and get home.........we didn't really mind :) We came home and ate our dessert (which they gave us on the house) and watched Planet of the Apes. Am I weird or did anyone else want the monkeys to kill everyone and take over the planet??? I mean seriously! Go monkeys!!! Anyways, it was a fun birthday and today has been great as well. I woke up to find this.........

Pretty sweet huh? It made me cry......Kevin got nervous and asked, "Is this a good cry or a bad cry?" Haha.....I'll let you decide which one you think it was ;) Happy Valentines Day!!!

Herman

Well, I am here to announce that we have another little addition to our family..............Herman. Now I know what you are probably thinking- "Who's Herman?", "Are you pregnant?", "Did you get a pet?", "I thought Kevin was allergic to animals?", "Was that all a lie???", "What's going on?", "Who's Herman?!?"

It's funny how when bad/funny/awkward things happen right away I think "Oooh that will make a great blog post!" I guess that this is one of those moments ;) So with that much said.......I have an umbilical hernia. Random (I KNOW!) but it's true and I am getting surgery this weekend to fix it. For all you that don't know what a hernia is let me take a moment to enlighten you (because I had no idea what it was and thought it was something only a man deals with.......lol). Wikipedia describes it as this: A hernia is the protrusion^[1] of an organ or the fascia of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally contains it. Another definition: a weakness in the abdominal wall evolves into a localized hole, or "defect", through which adipose tissue, or abdominal organs covered with peritoneum, may protrude. My definition: Basically an alien is inside me and he is trying to come out and it hurts and it's disgusting and his name is Herman.

So that is who Herman is. He is my hernia. Herman the hernia. Sometimes we call him Hermie when he is being good :) I don't think I'll miss him once he is gone even though he's supposedly been around my whole life (the doctor thinks I've always had one, but my pregnancy stretched me out and made that weak spot much larger). So ya....pretty gross if you ask me! Everyone send good thoughts my way please!!! It's outpatient surgery so it really isn't a big deal, but as time gets closer I'm getting a little more nervous. After surgery on my kidney stones and a C-section this should be nothing right?!? Right???

The funny part of the story is that I've got my sister-in-law's dog to thank for discovering what was wrong. Before Christmas I was beginning to realize that this problem probably wasn't a post baby thing like I had originally thought it was and so I was telling my family about it. My sister-in-law breeds puppies and I guess that one of them had the same thing so all of my symptoms sounded familiar to her so she told me what she thought it was. Turns out she was "spot" on......no pun intended.....bahahahaha!!! So thank you Kris and thank you puppy! Wish me luck and bid Herman adieu ;)

Ooh maybe on the bright side I'll have to go to the Pharmacy to fill a prescription....... ;)

Blast from the Past

It's Saturday afternoon, Sam is asleep and Kevin is busy doing homework so I have been puttering around for the last hour or so. I should be cleaning, but come on! It's Saturday! I just finished preparing the music for primary and deep down in my music/crap/stuff I don't know where to put/miscellaneous box I found an old notebook with the date July 2nd 1999 on it. Guess what's inside??? Guess?!? Poems! All my poems I wrote when I was 13 yrs old or so. Jackpot! I have been having a ball going through and reading them. Man was I a HOPELESS ROMANTIC OR WHAT!!! Haha ;) Ya so I used to write all the time. Honestly I kind of forgot about it. I loved to sit on my bed and look out my window and write about my life......how badly I wanted my dreams to come true.....how agonizing it was to know that my soul mate was out there somewhere, but I didn't know where......(I was pretty dramatic back then.......probably still am) and sometimes when I was in a lighter mood I would write something funny :)

So on that note, here is a little piece of work I did way back when. If you were in my 9th grade Spanish class you may remember this one.........


The English Lady and the Hispanic Boy

There once was a girl who lived in England
and she ate her crumpets and tea.
A Hispanic boy came to visit
and she said to him properly.....

Get out ugly thing
and leave me be,
for you smell like a buffalo
and your painful to see.

He looked at her doubtfully
and he felt quite denied,
"Donde esta el bano!"
the Hispanic boy cried!

The English lady panicked
she suddenly feared for her life,
so she ran to her kitchen
and she pulled out a knife!

She forced him on her patio
and wouldn't let him through the door,
until suddenly she pushed him
and the Hispanic boy was no more!


Hopefully you found that funny because I sure do! Hehe!!! I promise I'm not some sick psychopath. I think we had to write poems in our Spanish class (using Spanish in at least one sentence) and this one was mine. Hopefully it got a decent grade and at the least a good laugh ;)

This last one was one of the first ones I wrote and I think it is really sweet and true. Hope you enjoyed my little visit back to memory lane. Maybe I'll share some more in the future :)


I Hold in my Hand........

I have so much to say
and the rest of my life to live,
I hope what I write
will be enough to give.

In our hands we can hold
so many different things,
but only one is most important
love and happiness it brings.

The one most special
thing you can hold,
is someone's hand
small, young, or old.

It can't be money
or something you can buy,
if you don't believe me
just give it a try.

Magic will surround you
and you'll be lost for words,
crazy things might happen
you might even hear birds!

This may sound funny
but I know in my heart it's true.
You never can really know
what another hand can do.

It can strengthen your courage
and lift you up on hard days,
it can replace those dark clouds
with brilliant bright rays.

Hold another hand
just to show that you care.
It will make your days easier
just knowing someone is there.

So I hope you now know
and I hope you understand,
the most precious of all gifts
you can hold in your hand.

Resolutions....

So I've really been struggling with making some resolutions for this coming year so I thought if I wrote some down for you all to see then maybe I would actually take them seriously! I'm basically just talking to myself out loud here so don't feel like you need to continue reading.......this really is just to get my lazy self in gear. Ok so here I go. This years theme-

~Two Thousand One Two~
It's all about boo.........(Hmm, maybe I should try to think of something a little less self-centered.......? Ooh maybe that should be a goal!!!)


-Always have a project I am working on with my music......always always ALWAYS!
-Complete the Book of Mormon challenge our Bishop has asked us to do.
-Work out 2 days a week (I'm going super easy on this one because I really want to actually accomplish it)
-Learn to make my own earrings. I love them so why not make them???
-Learn how to play the guitar. I've always wanted to be able to. Anyone want to teach me for free? ;)
-Try one new recipe a week for dinner (Oh and on that note I probably should make it a goal to actually make dinner......)
-Sell our Town-home and buy our dream home :)
-Take one ballet class a month to stay in touch with my long lost love.
-Give someone a compliment every single day.
-Pray and brush my teeth EVERY morning.........I'm embarrassed to say that for some reason it's hard for me to remember to do this consistently without fail. Please don't judge me too harshly, I do it most of the time!!!

Well there you have it. I figure that ten goals is plenty enough to keep me busy. If you run into me you should ask me how I'm doing on certain goals just to keep me on my toes ;) Wish me luck! I better go whip out some of those P90X DVDs or brush my teeth..............

Happy Holidays

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Here is a little recap of what our holidays were like this year :)


Here is Kevin putting the lights on our Christmas Tree!


Sam had the biggest fixation with the shiny balls on all the trees......next year we will definitely invest in the non-breakable ones.... :)


Sam found a car that he likes........sorry, maybe when you're older buddy ;)


I got straight down bangs.......kinda fun! (even though I pull them back 99% of the time.....Haha)


This is what I get for leaving Sam downstairs while I went and got dressed (note:this picture doesn't even show where it all started.....in the bathroom....dun dun dun)


A little surprise I found in the fridge one morning. Can you find what doesn't belong?


Christmas morning! Sam opening his presents. He loved unwrapping them :)


A cool rocking horse from Uncle Dean!!! (it scared us to death when we realized it talks and sings....haha!)


Probably Sams favorite gift he got.......a panda! For some reason he completely adores pandas!


We all surprised Kevin's parents with an appointment to get family pictures done the day after Christmas. I think they turned out pretty good ;)


Grandpa and Grandma with all the grand kids!!!


Such a cool family! Look at all us hot girls sporting our sexy red heels ;)


On the 28th we had our five year anniversary! We decided to live it up so we left Sam with the Grandparents and went to see Sherlock Holmes. We walked around Temple Square and then ate an amazing dinner at The Roof. The lights downtown were beautiful and it felt just like the night we were married (except thirty degrees warmer). We spent the night downtown and had an awesome time. It was my first night away from Sam and I missed him SO much. I think I called/text my mom half the night ;) All in all it was the perfect anniversary.



I'm excited for this new year and to see what it will bring. I'm a little slow on making resolutions, but I have a few in mind. Hopefully I will buckle down and get myself into gear ;) One thing I know for sure is I want to become a better wife and mother. It's the two things I am the most grateful for so why not work a little harder and show that love even more? So I will start right now.....I love you Kevbev! Love you too Sam!!! Happy New Years everyone:)

Sick

This last week has been a long one. Sam and I have both been sick and it definitely took its toll on me. It is so hard to be a mom and be sick at the same time. Growing up I seriously can't remember my mom ever being sick.....EVER! Obviously this isn't true, she just was so tough and never stopped taking such great care of us. I really have a lot to learn and a long way to go!

So poor Sam woke us up early one morning and we honestly didn't know what we were hearing. It sounded like a seal/horn/dog barking. We took him in right away and they told us that he had an ear infection and the croup. One would think that he would act fussy or sad, but even at the doctor's office he was all smiles. I don't know where this kid gets his strength, but he is one tough little dude. (Actually I am 99.9 % positive he gets it from his dad) Time and time again he has ceased to amaze me.....even before he was even born! I wish I could be more like him :)

I on the other hand felt pretty sick for a few days and struggled to get anything done and then WHAM! It hit me hard and I was totally flat on my back. I don't know what I would do without Kevin. He is THE BEST at taking care of me. He took off work and stayed home and let me cry, whine, shiver, sweat, shake, cough, gag, sniff, moan.........the works. It was not a pretty sight. It's amazing how someone can love you through all that. Love you Kevbev ;)

Ok, so while I was out of commission I made a mental list of things that every person needs when they are sick (besides Kevin.....sorry but he is mine). Here you go-

1. First and foremost you need You've Got Mail-it is the best sick flick and I'm pretty sure that I watched it five times in the last few days.

2. All season's of The Office- this is for when you need a small break from You've Got Mail.

3. Grape juice- soothes the throat and your soul.

4. Afrin nasal spray- this has changed my life and I owe it all to the Davis fam. Thank you!

5. And last but not least you need a berry smoothie from shivers-so delicious and you can snack on it for days and it will taste as good as the first day you bought it.

Next time you feel poorly try a few, if not all of these methods and I promise it will help your time go by faster. There is one thing that is better then all of these things combined though........a mom or in my case, a Kevbev ;)


Oh and here is a sneak peak at our family pics we got done by my amazing friend Jen! I love them so much! Thank you Jen ;)














So fun :) Oh and for kicks and giggles here are some of the pictures we got when a random horse showed up during our photo shoot.........






No hands!!!


Hehehe :)