mArcH MaDNess

Savannah turned FOUR!!!

Happiest birthday Vanny girl

...we luv you!

Our FOUR FAVORITE things about Savannah:

1. How she luvs to sing & dance

2. She says sweet prayers and always points out that we should use words like "oh dear" instead of darn and gosh

3. She still takes a nap in the afternoon because she plays hard...

and likes giving her mommy a break!

4. She luvs to read, is a super sister, give good kisses & hugs, is a good friend and shares her toys, she is sensitive, she has beautiful eyes and a sweet smile, she likes to listen to music before she goes to bed, she has fun nicknames like Vannah/Vanny/Sissy, she likes to swim (okay that was more than 4!).

"Cousin Ellie was in town for my birthday!"

Cupcakes ~ My nanny Brittany (we LUV you!) ~ the next American Idol

My cousins & friends!

Blowing bubbles ~ Giselle / Enchanted Pinata (felt bad about hitting the Princess with the bat...but you gotta do what you gotta do!)

Cute in PINK!

I luv my new chair...

My birthday breakfast with my cousins, my very best friends! Thanks for the swimming Barbie Nanny! Sack lunches with my friends!

A lady bug charm for my bracelet from my daddy!

And the madness continued with NCAA Hoops! Em, Matt, and Landon came into town to watch the first round of the tourney at the Pepsi Center. We had legit seats and didn't have to pay an arm and a leg thanx to Em & Cam! The games were more boring than an afternoon at the library (JK!) but they were pretty much all blow-outs...we still had a great time though...and got a little press coverage being interviewed by the WBchannel2.

Lucky Notre Dame Leprechaun...who needs luck, right!?!? The Duke Blue Devils could have used some, totally let me down.

Here's to: Silver dollars, "and the guys look cute in their uniforms", lots of $5 Diet Coke cups, the weird WEIRD guy on the train on the way home (that Cam is imitating), "WINtrop" nuff said, ESPN Zone, the guy on the escalator "do I know you?", Em & My cute matching t-shirts, the greasy guys scalping tickets - oh wait that was Cam & Landon, the very sad/odd cheerleaders from Winthrop - seriously that ruined the game for me more than the score did, Pick 'em Right bracket..

Lucy-Lu...18 months and I couldn't luv this stage more. She luvs to play, be tickled, and cry for gummy's. I just luv being with her...she sure keeps us on our toes...sweet & smily, sneaky & silly. I just gave her a little haircut, it was starting to turn into a mullet...so we are working towards a bob for the summer!

swimming, swimming, swimming...luv you Morgy & Beau!

Savannah finally starting her swim lessons that I promised her a year ago (better late than never)...she luvs to swim and is getting better every week!

Young Women's Basketball...I guess that full court press the other ward put on us at the beginning of the season really helped us! We ended up winning the Stake tournament...we won by 2 points at the end of the game and it was legit, seriously the girls were pumped (um, yeah and so was I - booyah!!!). You'd think the domination would end there but we went to our multi-stake tournament two weeks later and WON! All about the teamwork...we had a fun pizza party at my house...I luv these girls...GO BLUE SHOES!

LEAPING it up...

What could be better than celebrating your birthday with your dad...let alone on Leap Year...something special we have always shared...I luv you dad.

*In years past, the newspaper would always come over and interview us for a story for the paper...we always joked it was our 15 minutes of fame...probably less than 15 minutes because of my hair-do's...yikers on those bangs! Anyhoo, here is our 15 minutes of fame for this year..click here

This year for my 7th birthday...Cam surprised me with a trip home to UTAH to see our families...I was so excited because I have never spent one of my Leap Year birthday's away from my dad...it was a surprise to my dad too!

THE BEST teammates a girl could ask for (wish you could have been here AMY!). Not only was my trip to UT a surprise but my sisters, mom, & Cameron planned a surprise party for me & my dad. I hate surprises so I was pressuring them on what we were doing for the day and they led me to believe we were having a fancy catered dinner. So since Cameron had packed for me (scary, I know) I went and got a cute new outfit and was all excited for the evening. Needless to say, my sister Jessica picked me and dad up from the movie theatre...blindfolded us...then brought us into a room at one of the local churches and had us put on our LEAP YEAR LEGENDS uniforms (Cam had specially made jersey tops!)...we could hear cheering and music in the background. She led us out to the hall and opened the door to the gym and we ran through a banner to music and Cameron announcing the stars of the night! It was so much fun to see friends and family there...we had an awesome night! It was a basketball theme...with "Concessions" (pretzels with cheese, pizza, popcorn, soda, bubble gum, etc)...we played fun hoops games like knock-out...they had the Wii set-up on the stage for everyone to play...phenomenal decorations / sweet banners...they pulled out all the stops...it was a birthday that will go down in history for me...thanks so much you guys, I luv you.

Nurse Jamie...it was so great to see you, luv ya girl! Rion & Lindsay...what a cute couple, who set you up again...you got married, now you have two cute little boys?!? (oh yeah, that was me!)

The Idaho Kesler Krew...thanx for making the trip you guys!!!

Chad in his legit uni...Kim 2 weeks post baby...Brad & Meg ...luved the "bling-bling" necklace and fake tattoo...would expect nothing less!

Erin & Spencer...old school ballers...luv you guys, Parker is legit!

Luv the banners Em! So fun to see the Christiansen crew (Shelli, McKay, Alex, Brynn, Sadie!)! Ballers that think they are hard core...Scotty Dogg, Matty, Chris! Always luving my nieces & nephews!

Props on the sweet cake, phenomenal announcer, and mom always in charge of giving T's!


My favorite gifts! Luv you Lucy & Vanny...Cam you rock, it was tight babe!

taggin it up

CSWC...calling someone who cares...
*Ten years ago I was...In the state basketball tournament for THS, getting ready to win the state title, still pumped about that one....GO T-BIRDS!...I mean so many funny memories from that time and the pictures from after the game are straight priceless, needless to say I went psycho...luv to all the girlys from my team that are reading this (Meg, Steph, Angie for sure :)!

*List of things to do today...laundry, read my book (Rain of Gold), relax (seriously), go to my YM hoops game tonight, try to keep it together because Cam is on a 30hour overnight shift...gonna be a long day.

*3 bad habits...Once I start on a project I can't stop until it is done, I go completely OCD. I luv to shop but I have a hard time buying things the first time...I always think "I'll come back and get it" and then when I do it is gone and I want to punch myself. I have never, ever been good at fasting but I re-dedicated myself this year and it is going really well actually.

*Places I have worked: Oh dear, I hate my life...Fuddruckers (thanks alot Tracie, I could kill you now!), Fred Meyer (for 8 days), Einstein Bagels, Telemarketing, delivered newspapers (ha ha Cam would laugh at this one because we vowed to do it together and I did it for ONE morning, why am I funny...luv ya babe...remember you only lasted a month!), After school program counselor, MA for Urgent Care, summer camp counselor in Maine, Labor & Delivery Nurse.

*Things you don't know about me...I have to sleep flat on my stomach with no pillow and have to have someone rub my arm before I go to bed (Ang, remember rubbing my arm when we sang at that Stake Conference...up at the old Tabernacle...that's weird, I totally just remembered that.). I luv ice cream, it is a "Freeze" thing...if you don't eat ice cream everyday then you aren't a Freeze. I don't like long fingernails or toenails they totally freak me out. I'm not very good at faking things. I have more than 15 journals and they have really weird/funny/interesting recordings that I am sure no one would every really care to read but you never know. I use to be really bad at confortation...I would just avoid it and hold it in but I'm getting better because recently this girl I use to know ticked me off so bad-I realized it was better to just say it how it is because in the end you are the one who gets burned. I luv my sisters & my mom and care alot about what they think. I can count on one hand how many times I have thrown up in my life...once it's down, it's down. No matter what you guys think, I'm not perfect :) *I was born on Leap Year (Feb 29th)...don't forget me this year or I might be pulling you off "my favs", jk luv ya!

my man...
What is his name? J. (stands for James & Jack, his grandpa's) Cameron
How long have you been married? 8 years
Who long did you date? 10 months, engaged for 2 more
How old is he? 32
Who eats more sweets? Me.
Who said I love you first? He.
Who is taller? 6'1, you guess.
Who can sing better? He - who doesn't sing better than me, unfortunately.
Who is smarter? He, barely.
Who does the laundry? He better keep his hands off because he has ruined one too many jeans, shirts, and "G's"...hello separate the darks and white. luv ya babe.
Who pays the bills? We.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me...away from the door, duh.
Who mows the lawn? The HOA :)
Who cooks dinner? Me...unless you want take-out, then He. But he does do dishes.
Who is more stubborn? Tie.
Who kissed who first? He...and it was good, ha ha!
Who proposed? He...when we were watching re-runs of 90120 during our lunch break in between classes...with PB&J sandwiches...yeah the story doesn't get much better:) Someone has a hard time holding on to gifts....like it is October and he wants to tell you what he got you for Christmas.
Who has more siblings? He, 6.
Who wears the pants? He wears pants...I don't own pants, but I have cute jeans.
My favorite thing about Cam is that he makes me laugh...and him and his brothers have made up words that they used in high school, like "smoke shecka" is a hot girl that smokes cigarettes...um, okay....

*I TAG anyone who hasn't got any photos or info to post and wants to take a few minutes and fill this out...go at it my friends and keep it real!

luv

*what do you luv?

our krew luv's...mixing it up

saying ewwwww!, cousins, dancing, the gospel, Fancy Nancy, cupcakes, running after my sister, little things the girls say & do, waving ni-ni before beddy, when our family's come to visit us, scrapbooking/journaling, giving lots of kisses, tub-time, playing with babies, going on trips, cell phones/email, singin along with Giselle (Enchanted), keeping it real, talking gibberish, our family, golfing, things that make us laugh, i.p. bills island, going to sleep to music, making salsa (and eating it!), PB (prison break), snuggling with my mommy, going to school, running, my girls, ESPN, chocolate milk, doing forward rolls, treats, climbing onto things, my binki, going to late night basketball with daddy, coloring, having Jessica & the kids over for late night party's*, when there is no laundry to be done, friends, the seasons...

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*sunbeam

jesus wants me for a *sunbeam.

*savannah has been practicing her scripture for primary all week - tomorrow is her big day. we made up actions to help her remember it and she also made up a "song" form of it because "mom, I luv to sing it."

"for my soul delighteth in the scriptures and my heart ponderth them, and writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children."

what the...

okay so everyone has a weird working out at the GYM story (you know guys smelling like a cologne bottle, odd workout attire, people continaully starring at themselves in the mirror, etc, etc). Okay well I think I may have had the weirdest EVER today. I ran on the treadmill (when is the sun going to come out?) and it has become the past few days routine to head down to the sauna room - get in a good 15 minutes and then get in the jacuzzi (not bad, right?). So at the Y the sauna room and jacuzzi are in the women's locker room (and the men have their own as well). From the sauna room you can see the jacuzzi, it is literally 5 steps away. So I am sitting in there...boiling, my cheeks & ears were on fire and I was counting the minutes until I could go into the jacuzzi. WHEN all the freakin sudden some lady gets in the jacuzzi with her birthday SUIT on (yep, that's right BN*). I'm sitting there going "What THE?" and realizing she is kinda looking around to see if anyone sees her in there. Frustrated, I realize now I could not possilbly get in there, I don't care how much chlorine is in that bubbling paradise. agree or disagree.

In addition...this is an honest question and I would like to hear a few responses...are you really working out if you can read a magazine while you are doing it?

*BN=buck naked.