The Outfit Statement

We all know that as women we make a statement with the clothes we wear... whether it be brand labels, colors, shoes.. or actually writing on a shirt. Thus, Stace and I are starting Tessa early on the importance of the right outfit. She wore one of my favorites today.....



















TRUE DAT !!

Did You Say It?

As most of you can tell by now.. I love television !! But, there is one show that stands out from the rest as far as teaching me something about life on a continual basis. I mean come on, television is just supposed to be entertaining, not life changing.. but I can't help it.. Grey's Anatomy continually leaves me edified with the way it is written, the way it portrays relationships, and the way it portrays goodness and sadness. If you have never watched... watch one !! Jess has my back on this. :) The season finale.. did not disappoint !! It was unreal !!! At the end Grey says the following words.. which for me speaks volumes to how we should live.. how I should try to live !! She says, "Did you say it? I love you. I don't ever want to live without you. You changed my life. Did you say it? Make a plan. Set a goal. Work toward it. But, every now and then, take a look around. Drink it in. Cause this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow." I bahled...

Seven More Days...

BRING IT ON !!! :)

Hotties

My top hotties for the month !! One has metal coming out of his knuckles.. and the other is gay !! But both have a scream that .. ahhhh. What can I say... HOTTIES !!

What I Learned From Mi Madre

Me, Stace, and Ang took my mom to Dairy Queen for Mother's Day.. there is nothing like a good blizzard to celebrate. :) I also had my mom model with my purchases for the month. Some of you have been asking what I ended up buying this month.. and my mom was my model. :) Yah, I know I said that I would only get one thing.. but yah, I suck with my mula !!























As the day approached where we honor and think of our mom's... my emotions were bittersweet. I love my mom, yet because of experiences that I have had with her.. I was also hurt by her tremendously. These two emotions coexist within me and each battles the other on a continuous basis. When these emotions first happened four or so years ago.. I did not know how to deal with them.. their was not enough of me to handle what they entailed. Well, in the four years that I have had this inner battle, I can say that both are still there.. but love peeks his head in my heart more often than pain. Love.. grasps my soul.. instead of pain clutching it and dropping me on my butt. I didn't start winning this battle on my own.. My Savior, family, and friends have all been their watching on the sidelines.. or at times actually fighting the pain for me !! I thank them for that. But, most importantly love has begun to win because of my mom. Interesting how the one that caused the pain, is also the one that can heal it. What I have learned these four years.. is that I have to focus on the good my mom did for me... which is a lot. Like... cutting off my crusts on my sandwiches for my lunch, taking me on mega shopping trips, always listening to me.. really listening, and being a shoulder to cry on, making me laugh, rubbing my forehead to put me asleep. Her love for me has superseded the pain.. and I truly believe that it will eventually subside it. The pain will be won, to never get up again and face me. I am lucky.. lucky to have a mom that went through the pain she did.. and yet still loved me and made me who I am. You see in order to know love.. truly know it, we must truly know pain. My mom.. has taught me both, and I thank her and love her for it !! Happy Madre Day mi madre!!

My Breakfast Club

So lately I have been doing Saturday School a lot... I am actually doing it right now. I have had the drama kids with me the last couple of times. It is definitely never a dull moment. Highly entertaining... they crack me up as shown in the pics below. When I told them that I wanted to take pics of them to put on my blog.. it took them seconds to start posing.. and I have never seen a pyramid created so fast in my life !! And I used to coach cheer !! They were excited about me posting it.. and all yelled in unison..."We are bloggable now guys!!".. They are by far my favoritist Saturday School students. Um, I love my job. :)

Our .. "Books of Love"

Scrubs is over, and I am bummed !! But, the last seven minutes of the finale... made me cry. So beautiful... and happy !! I loved how JD says that what is important is not so much what happened or will happen... but what we make of the relationships we have with loved ones now. So true.. and so well put in his last fantasy. I especially like how he fantasizes that his son and Turks daughter get married.. and he faints !! HA !! I will miss this show... I posted the last seven or so minutes.. you gotta watch.. Pause my music..

Some Quality Tessa Time

My little Tessa is becoming a nuggler !! She nestles into my shoulder.. and it melts my heart. I am going to be watching her a lot this summer and am looking forward to some quality time with "My Butterfly".

Ipod Love

This weekend I was blessed to have some of my favorite kids at my house. Friday night turned into Ipod night.. when I downloaded some songs on DoDo's and Taloo's Ipod's. Hutcher borrowed mine.You gotta love modern technology. It is entertaining for the kids.. and for me.. especially when DoDo gets jiggy with it !! The boy has mad skills... HA !! :)

I Lived Here !!

One of my old roomies messaged me the other day about a shooting in one of our old apartment complexes !! It happened in our exact apartment !! Um... BRUTAL !!!

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Spring Ball

Spring Ball is not one of my favorites I like watching basketball and football... but I still attend a couple of each to support the boys... Here is some shots of some of them doing their thing !!

Mother Nature

Sometimes in a world that is so congested with fast paced lives, technology, and hatred... it can be the simplest forms of nature and beauty that makes me pause... take a breath.. and put a smile on my face. It is these moments that remind me to stop and look at what is around me... take it in.. and remember to appreciate it !! I got these pics in a mass email.. and I had to share...