The BIG BIG BIG Apple!!!

Brian is very fortunate to work for an amazing company that rewards its employees for all of their hard work.
AND. . . While he was working OVERTIME, To get his promotion, apparently he won a few contests that he didn't even know were going on.

I got a much needed new phone, and we got a phone call saying that we would be heading to NEW YORK!!!! For an ALL EXPENSES PAID vacation!!!

I was so excited that I was crying!!! I mean, I have always wanted to go to New York, and now I was going to get to! And alone with my Brian made it more exciting! We were going to be there for four days!

On the planeride there, I kept saying how excited I was and then I laughed and mentioned that "What if we saw a famous person"? I am sure there are plenty in New York.

Well, walking back from our terminal, GUESS WHO we RUN INTO???!!!

Its Kevin from the Office!

He was way nice and more than happy to take a picture with us! Pardon my no makeup, no hair done early morning, deer in the headlights expression :(

But that set our expecations high for the trip, and I must say that New York fulfilled all of those! I have millions more posts to show you what we saw, and it was the most amazing trip ever!!!

Stay Tuned. . .

Linds

On Thanksgiving Morning. . .

Brian had a great idea to go downtown on Thanksgiving in the morning and do some service. So we decided that salvation army needed the help! We delivered meals to the less fortunate.

Ty decided to go with us too, and I thought that was very nice of him. It was such an incredible morning, one that I don't think I will ever forget. I cried half the morning, and held back tears for the rest of it. These people reminded me of my grandparents, and to see them so helpless was too much. I wished that I could take care of all of them.

Also, it was such a huge wake up call to me too. I fret about the dumbest things sometimes and to see the situations that people actually live in, made me so thankful for the life I was blessed with.

I love Brian so much, and I am so thankful to have such an amazing husband who thought of others on our holiday break.

Doing this made us feel so good! I swear we were smiles all day! We decided that we need to do this more often and are already signed on for Christmas. If any of you are interested in coming, give me a call! We would love to have you join us!

This was definitely my most memorable thanksgiving, and I am so blessed to have these two in my life.

{ Halloween makeover }

I have always loved makeup and dressing up and costumes. This year since I didn't dress up for halloween night I decided to put all my efforts into Ty and Court and their costumes.

Court decided to be the infamous "Harley Quinn" from the Batman Comics. Here is the picture we had to work with.

Court located a costume from her friends little brother and it looked awesome!

But we decided that the makeup seemed a tad dark so we changed her lipstick to red, and put on some amazingly huge eyelashes to create her look! Plus tons of facepaint in black and white!

Pretty cool huh? Even dressed as a psychotic lady clown she is still beautiful! I love her overdrawn red lips! She looks glamourous!

For Ty's costume I could have shot him. He decided the NIGHT BEFORE that he wanted to be Captain Jack Sparrow.

Since I LOVE the Jack Sparrow Costume, I knew it wasn't going to be easy to re-create, especially with our limited time schedule.

Oh and also, he worked the entire day, so it was up to me to find the costume without spending a gazillion dollars!

I braided some of my old hair extensions and added beads, we got him some clothes, he borrowed Brians boots and we had his costume.

Now comes THE HARD PART!!! MAKEUP TO MAKE HIM ACTUALLY LOOK AUTHENTIC!!!

After LAYERS of bronzer, black and brown eyeliner, brown eyeshadow, concealer, and a fake moustache we have a rendition of the deppster!

Pretty good eh? I wish I could take ALL the credit, but he does have a similar bone structure that made it pretty manageable to fake! I was excited with the end result and so was Ty!

He kept looking in the mirror saying, "WOW, it looks SO real!!!"

Here is a full body! I loved his costume!

And apparently he was the hit of the party.

Thanks kiddies for letting me help you get ready for halloween this year! It was super fun. But next time I will be requiring a tad more notice :) . . . whew!

I sure do love you two hooligans.

THRILLER!!!!

So I have never really been the Halloween type before. I am all for the free candy around the neighborhood and the cute little kids in their costumes, but I have other holidays that I am more fond of.

But my favorite halloween Tradition is Odyssey Dance Company's production of Thriller. I have been every single year since high school, and I don't ever see myself stopping! :)

The dancers are SO talented and I love how they have put things together! If you have never been you ARE MISSING OUT!!!

Well, this year, Brian and I took Court and Ty out for a night of fun, food, good company :) and dance!

We went to the Pie in Salt Lake for dinner. If you haven't had their pizza you need too!

It is also a really fun atmosphere too! In the basement of an old pharmacy with graffiti on the walls and pictures of famous peeps!

Court and I waiting in line trying to act all posh!

Cute Ty and Brian!!!

Sister Sister!!! I love courty!

Done eating our amazing pizza and ready to go see some dancing!!! Conviently the pie is across the street from Kingsbury hall where Thriller plays! I may or may not have planned that :)

Outside the theatre they have the dancers, who look like zombies, walking around to scare the people coming to the show. They look pretty real!

We asked this girl to pose with us for a picture. I guess brian didn't get the DON'T SMILE and do something creepy or mysterious memo! lol


Inside and ready to go!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

The lights turned out and the show is starting!!!! WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!!

It was amazing, funny, and morbid all at the same time! It is definately a really cool show with creepy special effects and halloween themed dances. I wouldn't take the little ones, but it is a super fun way to get ready for the halloween holiday!

Maybe we will see you there next year!

If you dare. . .

Mama Mia!!!

This firecracker down below is my MOM and at the end of October it was her birthday!!

I didn't have a chance to properly honor her on my blog so here it is! A cause for celebration!!!
And of course, I can't do a birthday post without some reasons. . .


If we have ever hung out and you have wondered where it is that I get my crazy outgoing personality look no further my friends! It is ALL genetic. I never REALLY had a chance you know. . . heck, that is practically me with dark hair!!!


My mom is Queen of grand caretakers! She is first class at caring and has taken such good care of us little stinkers our whole lives! I think I will be very fortunate if I even have a fraction of her talent! She was meant to be a mother. . .

I blame her for my love of clothes and fashion. . . She has always known how to put stuff together so well. To her clothes and house, decorating and crafts. She is one talented chicken!

And I blame her for turning into such a huge snuggle bunny! Everytime we sit close to one another she says, "Let's Snuggle", while she starts to hold your arm and put her head on your shoulder!

She is just so dang cute! I love her little touches to everything that make it special. . .

She is an amazing mom and I credit her to most of my successes in life. She has always pushed us towards achievement. And I know that nothing makes her happier than seeing us do well!!!

She has created some good lookin babies! With the help of my dad. I guess he deserves SOME credit :)

Happy Belated Mommy!

You are the best mom a girl could ask for!

Love you!

XOXO Linds

Piggie Flu. . .

Hello all,

I don't think that since I have had this blog one month has gone by without a post until now!

It all started when I got the swine flu (gross!) and just gone downhill from there! For those of you that have had it, it pretty much knocks the life out of you for a few weeks. I still am not sure I am 100% recovered yet.

BUT!!!. . .

I have SO much to tell! Lots has gone by that I can't wait to blog about! So STAY TUNED and I hope all of you are having a beautiful fall!