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2010 Year in Review: December

2011-03-16T07:40:00.000-07:00

Way back in February we did "Give a Day, Get a Day" for Disneyland tickets. We made kits for teachers and in turn got 6 tickets to Disneyland that would expire December 15th. Therefore we went to Disneyland on December 6.

Our family Christmas picture

The following week my mom and I headed up to Vegas to go to Cowboy Christmas. I once again got to see my 2nd favorite Bull rider J.W. Harris

We had a Christmas Oregano's party with the kids. These are pictures of me and Hadyn while we were trying to distract her from seeing Christmas gifts from craigslist go into Katie's van.

Scared Face

Right before Christmas I went out to the desert with Billy and picked up as many shotgun shells as we could find. Then I came home, washed them and spent hours making a strand of Christmas lights for my first Christmas tree.

2010 Year in Review: November

2011-03-15T07:08:00.001-07:00

I took another trip up to Vegas for Design team, this time we stayed the night and got into a fight with the manager at West Elm.

Design Team Trip to Ikea

and of course our favorite Design Team meeting place, Oreganos

The fight with the Manager

There werent a ton of great concerts at the State Fair like usual but they did have their first RV Demolition derby...which ended in fire so it was pretty cool.

And at the end of the month I tried it as a Wedding Coordinator and killed it!

2010 Year in Review: October

2011-03-14T07:54:00.001-07:00

The first day of October is always the best. For my birthday we went to Outback Stakehouse and then I got my new iphone. The design team made its first trip to Vegas. We saw the house for the first time and headed down to the strip.

Looking at this picture...

Yes I did lose feeling in my right arm

From Vegas I kept going to Utah for the traditional BYU homecoming game, which also included some shooting

Its been a dream of mine to hike up to the 'Y' while the lights were on.

And of course I had to bring a cardboard friend. Last time Cam took a pic with Reba, this time Tyler with Jacob.

Nothing like ending the month as Sue!

2010 Year in Review: September

2011-03-07T07:06:00.000-07:00

In September I had my first and possibly only house warming party. I was grateful for all the people that came, but was kind of mad I didnt get to visit with people longer.

2010 Year in Review: August

2011-01-26T07:18:00.000-07:00

Apparently in August I went scorpion hunting. I thought they would glow a little bit, but turns out, they actually really do glow prey bright. On the way home we found a sidewinder.

2010 Year in Review: July- Roomies

2011-01-25T07:11:00.001-07:00

Before my roomies left, I scheduled in a photo shoot.

Im surprised we didnt have more of these

Ash being Ash

Striking a pose

My favs

2010 Year in Review: July

2011-01-24T07:50:00.000-07:00

July was busy, so busy that im pretty sure I pulled an all nighter in the course of getting my house ready and getting ready for girls camp

Girls camp was a blast and I realized even though I was 26, I'm pretty much a big baby when it comes to needing the right people around me.

The day after I got back from girls camp, my roomies came for our first roommate reunion!

The first day included some swimming for the girls while I tried to finish up painting some doors and went to buy some fans with Cristy.They made lunch, salsa and got some sun raysLater in the afternoon we headed over to wet n wild. Megan Gines came to play with us tooThe racing slides were pretty fun! All of us in the van

One night we went to see twilight and got some cold stone

I thought we should have some craft time and since I just came from girls camp we made friendship bracelets and necklaces

Another day we went shopping and hit all my favorite places and the templeOreganos

Why did we take a picture in the bathroom of the temple? Not sure, but I know they are my friends because they did!

Bahama Bucks

And of course finished the day with a dance party and listening to Reba's "if I were a boy"A day at the lake taught me alot....like how I trust no one!

And you can tell by their facial expressions, how much they love and are still in shock when I take pictures at church. Kara has been quoted as saying, "when Ashley gets married Bree will be in the temple taking pictures"

2010 Year in Review: June

2011-01-23T07:13:00.005-07:00

As I thought about June, I couldnt think of a thing that I did...then I realized the entire month I worked on my house nonstop so I could actually move into the house. From what I gather the previous owner had atleast 5-6 animals inside the house both cats and dogs. For those that do know me, you can guess that I was cleaning the entire month of June. From the baseboards to the ceilings, every single room got atleast one coat of paint, and some got a couple or more. And just so you know, before anything got painted, they would get hand washed by yours truly. In total, I would estimate that I spent atleast 50 hours washing walls, doors, baseboards etc And thats not counting the hours it took to get the brown paper bag decor off the walls. But despite going against what everyone thought I should do, which was-just repaint it, I was so thankful I did, for in every room but the kitchen did I find animal poop on atleast one of the walls. In the master closet, which for a second I thought, do I really need to wash the walls, I found cat poop on 3 of the 4 walls! Needless to say, I will NEVER have animals in my house!!! For the first month or so after I moved in, I only had a door on the bathroom, because it took me so long to take down and paint every single door and closet door in the entire house.

Another picture of installing the lights in the living room. It was a mess, as soon as you would cut a hole, all the insulation would fall in. It especially sucked because, I had just taken out all the blinds and washed them outside, and then put them back into the living room, just in time for all the insulation to fall right on them!

I had many crews who came by to help me clean.

Getting a fridge was a highlight, now I could work in the dead of summer, with no AC on and atleast have cold water to drink! And the fridge could possibly one of the best deals I got. Its list price was $1499.00. I bought it during a weekend where whirlpool was 20% off, I bought a giftcard on craigslist where I got 300 bucks for free, had a 100 giftcard as a gift and after I bought it, it qualified for an energy rebate which was 300 dollars. So after all discounts etc, it ended up only costly 639 dollars!

In the month of June I found myself picking out alot of stuff that I could really careless about, but wanted to make good decisions, fans were one of the many.

This is one of the many times I got paint in my hair...every time I went to paint a bathroom or closet ceiling, it seemed like I didnt realize how close I was and that the top of my hair was getting a fresh coat as well. The first time I just cut it out, not the smartest idea and thus afterwards I just kept it in.

That corner was going to be the death of me, if I was only taller I could have probably reached it better. I was so concerned with it being perfect, and now Im pretty sure no one could even see if it was right on the line.

One of my many trips to Lowes/Home depot. This guy really helped me out with getting the right equipment that I needed.

I never realized how much I hate picking stuff out. Im so use to my mom caring or having an opinion about what looks good, and then when I got the chance to pick stuff out, I couldn't make a decision to save my life. I finally came to the conclusion, especially with the carpet that there wasnt really a "right" choice, but that I would just have to decide and make mistakes to figure out what I really liked. Sadly with the carpet, I made a mistake. I do like the color that I chose, but the length is not my favorite. I hate that I can vacuum it and then as soon as I walk on it, it looks like I havent vacuumed it at all! Oh well, you live and learn.

This is one of the walls, that people just wanted me to paint over. But if you look closely, you can see where the animals would rub up against the corner edge! So disgusting!

The little boys were the first to skinny dip in the pool.

My parents came over one 3 day weekend to help me paint all the yellow

And if the little boys werent in the pool, they were watching a dvd inside

Picking paint colors was just like picking carpet...I basically hated it. I bought 4 similar colors of each of the colors I chose and painted them on almost every single wall. I could narrow it down to 2, but then it was the hardest thing in the world to actually choose the color. As soon as I would decide on one color, I would immediately think I made the wrong choice and think I should have chose the other color. I again finally decided that I would just have to make mistakes to figure out what I liked and what I didn't like and in some cases, I just picked the name of the paint that I liked better. For example, who knew there were 1500 different colors of white. So once I narrowed my white color down to a few, I finally just decided that I liked, powdered snow the most because I like to go snowboarding! Other paint colors include, Sweet Rhapsody, Cool Jazz, wickerware and

When I was painting test colors, I had washed all walls and had been disgusted daily with all the animal grossness and must have been going crazy, when i realized that after painting sample patches that they seemed to look like cats.

Here is some of my cheap labor. I thought if I got soapy water I would be able to take off the brown paper. Even with several spray bottles going at once, it still seemed like a never ending task. Therefore, I got a paint sprayer and ran soapy water through it, so that I could drench an entire wall at once.

It was sticky and slimy and my hands were filthy at the end.

I would just throw the paper in the middle of the room, cause the carpet was thrashed everywhere and I ended up replacing it. Once it dried, I had this brilliant idea to go burn it all in my beehive firepit. I stuffed the whole thing full and then let put a match in. The paper lit up in no time, and it wasnt long before I was freaking out because I thought for sure the fire department was going to come. It was cool for about a minute, but then when the smoke was out of control and all the ash was blowing into the pool, it didnt seem like such an amazing idea in the end.

You could probably see in previous pictures, but they had carpet in the bathroom! So I def wanted tile in there. Even though the tile was hard to choose, it was probably the easiest out of paint and carpet. Plus it helped that I was able to negotiate and feel like I got a good deal on it.

2010 Year in Review: May-House

2011-01-22T07:52:00.000-07:00

At the end of May I closed on my first house! It came to a point that I was bidding on houses I had not even looked at or been inside. So finally it was getting closer and closer to things actually going through on this house, but I didnt want to jinx it. I thought for sure that the inside was going to smell like a dead body or something because everything was going so smoothly. One day I went to go see the outside of the house, just a drive by and as I was looking around, I saw a little group of quail go across the yard and that was my sign, that this was the house...you know cause its on quail street and I love quails. I had always envisioned doing a before and after post of the house so this is my best shot. Front yard
The pool was a work in progress, it wasnt till the end of the summer that I realized how much chlorine and when it needed chlorine

Master Bedroom/Bath

You cant really tell from these pictures, but the owner took what I thought was brown paper bags, ripped them up and then glued them to the walls. It was disgusting! Plus in the master bathroom she used some kind of sandpaper brown paint.

I know choosing a teal color was a little drastic, but I just thought, when am I ever going to have whatever color I want, and I do totally love the color. Kitchen

In one of my favorite movies, the living room is painted yellow. My living room and kitchen are connected and I didnt see a really good stop line, so I ended up just painting everything yellow! Something I probably wouldnt do again, but everything has been a learning experience.There was no lighting in the living room, just what looked like as a fan outlet and a fire alram plug. I was going to put in just 4 lights on the perimeter but when I actually got in the space, I could tell I could use some more, so I ended up putting 8 plus a middle fan that has 3 more lights.

Bedrooms

The crazy lady, also put the brown paper bag technique in one of the other rooms The bedrooms and bathroom just got a neutral light tan paint color

Bathroom

Atleast in the bathroom the crazy lady used wallpaper, that she ripped up and painted on, thankfully, it was only on one wall.

2010 Year in Review: May-Boise

2011-01-21T16:46:00.000-07:00

Jake came home from his mission in May and thus was a perfect excuse to head up to Boise for a visit. First we did a little shooting with my redneck boys Tied the dog up to a chainsaw, but it didnt work for that long

Brig throwing up a few shells to shoot

Grant looked like he had slaughtered an animal before he came, but really he was just staining some wood Then I went up and helped papsy feedand by help, I mean after he worked, I walked the wheel barrow back

A concrete fence

Ive always wanted to do a backflip, so of course I had the boys try and help me on the tramp.

These videos are hilarious to me, especially when I hit the tramp cause Im so mad!

Later we went out to one of Gunnar's friends house who have their own pond. It was freezing cold, I was bundled up and yet these teenage boys created a jump and were all about getting in the water!

Me and Haze at the bottom of the ramp

Grant got going so fast that the chain slipped off and then his leg hit, just a few stitches

I also took a solo trip to go see the temple in Gila Valley....6 hours of drive time and I think I was in the walmart in thatcher longer than I was in the temple. The oil painting inside was pretty amazing though

2010 Year in Review: April

2011-01-20T07:21:00.000-07:00

All Kyle had to say was explosive targets and I said yes. We had a great time blowing stuff up.

If you wait a little bit, you'll see the explosions...the 2nd one kind of surprised me with how high the tank went in the air and thus forgot i was suppose to be taping it! but if you watch closely, you can see how high the tank actually goes into the air.

The TankLater on we went on a jeep ride up a mountain near Tyler's house

Not only did Kyle get explosive targets, but he got some dragon shells and flares. The videos below show the dragons breath was more like a little lizard and the flare that's product label said, it would light up the night sky hardly sparked. They both seemed to be duds!

At the end of the month I went to Camp kickoff!

Fourth Years are Happy

2010 Year in Review: March

2011-01-19T10:27:00.000-07:00

It finally happened in March, my brother got married. At the rehearsal dinner we planned to wear our Reba shirts from the concert.

All the boys

2010 Year in Review: Feburary

2011-01-18T23:00:00.000-07:00

Feburary was a great month mostly because of an outstanding Reba concert. I only had 8th row, but the section I had 8th row in made all the difference! George was just like I had been told...he just stood there

Reba was the best of course
I had almost perfect view of Narvel!

And Melissa Peterman came too

Does he love you with lee ann womack

I know its dark for a long time, but you'll see the yellow cab come in and then you will see how close I was and how Reba stopped the cab so the door would open right in front of me!

I also went up to Flagstaff with the singles ward for our snow activity

2010 Year in Review: January

2011-01-18T10:14:00.000-07:00

The best way to start off the new is out shooting. Here we are out at Table Mesa Road freezing cold trying to shoot some clays.

Family Pictures & Christmas Letter

2011-01-16T22:56:00.000-07:00

The boys-and Billy showing off his splits

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been quite a year for us. The little boys were finally adopted on March 16. The boys got new names with special meaning to hopefully keep them in line, and you know, support BYU football and the movie Topgun. So not only did we become an iphone family but went from 4 to 6 members.

The parents have been getting old. My mom broke 1 and half bones this year, the half being a stress fracture, in her leg, so I’m not going to count it as a full break. The break was in her foot and required her to wear a “boot”. Don’t worry she got 2 of them, one for normal use, and the other to take to the lake so she could ride around on the jet ski. My dad still always sounds like he is coughing up a lung most of the time and almost got pneumonia, again. Its probably due to all the Nascar exhaust in the garage when he is watching the races on TV. His new mission in life is to transfer all VHS tapes to DVD in the greater phoenix area, I’ve estimated some half a million DVD’s in our garage.

Court Maverick (one who doesn’t follow others) is doing better in school this year. He has collected almost 25 dollars for 100% spelling tests. Court turned 9 this year and since the adoption was final, was baptized on Aug 7. Apparently in the Overfield family turning 9 is also the age in which one is ready to attend their first Nascar race. He loves soccer and learned alot on his team this year, even scoring a goal. His favorite past time is definitely playing video games and he is a good helper at home.

William Bronco (the untamed) is doing pretty well in school too. He still loves for me to read to him at night, but I’m pretty sure that’s just cause he doesn’t want to go to bed. Though he is growing up, he is still very much the baby of the family, If we had a dollar for every time he whined or cried we would all be able to go to Disneyland first class in no less than a month. Billy is a dare devil and really believes he can do a back flip. He still loves watching DVDs, loves to talk to everybody, and is a great hugger.

Richard Casey (the brave) is going to school and working. If he isn’t at home, he is at the gym. He may be a brute boy but that does not stop him from doing yoga with Leah. This year he built a stand for his tv and actually is becoming quite the artist despite his rough and tough exterior. He plays football with his coworkers, but most often he is studying, with Leah, or calming Mom down when she has run out of patience. He hopes 2010 might be the year for an actual wedding.

Briannon Renee (the extraordinary) as for me, I thought I would love hunting, but it turns out house hunting feels more like you’re the one getting hunted! This year I kind of got a real job and oddly enough being employed is not nearly as fun as being unemployed. Most nights I’m at church activities or playing basketball to “try” and stay in shape, which is a lot harder to do these days, especially when wearing scrubs all the time with an elastic waistband. Oh and how could I forget mentioning my major panic attack this year when I got a bloody nose.

We thank you all for your love and friendship. The world is a crazy place but having friends and family around makes the journey bearable. We are very thankful for our home, jobs and blessings that the Lord has given to us, without him nothing is possible. As we enjoy this festive time of year we also recognize the true meaning of Christmas and hope and pray that spirit surrounds you too.

Love always,
Rick, Naomi, Bree, Casey, Court, and Billy Overfield
"Because love is the great commandment, it ought to be at the center of all and everything we do in our own family, in our Church callings, and in our livelihood. Love is the healing balm that repairs rifts in personal and family relationships. It is the bond that unites families, communities, and nations. Love is the power that initiates friendship, tolerance, civility, and respect. It is the source that overcomes divisiveness and hate. Love is the fire that warms our lives with unparalleled joy and divine hope. Love should be our walk and our talk." Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "The Love of God," Ensign, Nov. 2009”

So its a over a year late, but better late than never

Kelly Kelly Kelly

2010-04-19T20:25:00.000-07:00

Looking back at this night, I would have paid 200 bucks for that seat dead center front row. I would have paid 200 bucks for the show stopping convo with Kelly. It was an awesome night, one I wish hadnt ended so soon. There are a ton of pics, but I mean come on, I had front row! Front Row, Dead Center

I know this is alot of screaming blackness in the beginning, but its so worth it, in fact i think it makes when she starts signing even better!

Doesnt it look like she is looking right at us?

My favorite-doesnt it look cool

Ok, this might be my favorite....You'll probably notice in the following pictures, she closes her eyes alot. So the lights were down and she was finishing a song, when I thought, this will be a good time to show her the sign. They kind of had this wall, about two feet from the stage, so i flipped the sign over and it was glowing in all its glory. You literally saw her open her eyes and read the sign. The picture above is what she did once she finished reading it, she laughed and from what i can remember, she said how funny it was, then told everyone in the arena what it said and why it was funny. Then she said, they would love that! I only wish I had recorded it, but I had no idea she was going to stop the show and talk to me. It was so flippin awesome!

didnt even know she had tattoos on her wrists

Just a few clips, the security was out of control, if you videoed for 5 seconds they would come up to you, it was so annoying
I look like a dork, but you cant beat seats where you can get pics with the artist. She is on the far side of the stage, thats why it looks like she is so far away

Her mic stand was lit, but they didnt leave it on for that long

Screamin

After the show, a picture with the sign that made me famous...people were coming up to me left and right asking me if i was the one with the sign...ok, so it was more like i was telling everyone i was the one with the sign, but i still felt famous!

Relief Society Shootout: VT Style

2010-02-24T00:20:00.000-07:00

Not sure how Big Ash and I come up with these crazy ideas. We were getting sick of all the excuses that people have for not doing visiting teaching. So we decided to decorate soda pop cans with all our excuses and then take them to the desert and blow them up. Our motto, From Saturday on the Excuses are gone!

G.irls U.nderstanding the N.eeds of S.isters

Nice crowd

4 in a row

I know you all wish you could have a RS presidency like this....

You can tell them over and over again to do their visiting teaching with no results. Put a gun in your hand and tell them the same thing and what happens....... sisters get taught!

Phoenix Temple

2010-02-18T19:02:00.001-07:00

I never thought we would have another temple in Arizona, who knew the phoenix temple would be so so close to us. It was kind of a cool experience getting to go to the town meetings and finally the meeting with the govenor. Every meeting while long was sprinkled with a few crazy moments....like when they said we did canning in the temple or that having the temple built would cause 4 animals to go extinct! I really cant wait for it to be built!

1st Meeting @ Deer Valley Community Center. People had to wait outside but we were some of the lucky ones who got to stand on the wall for 2 and half hours. And when I say stand, I really mean squeezed next to the person next you.

2nd Meeting @ Central High School. We got to sit down and I tried to work on a talk I had coming up. Sitting next to the Dawson boys is always a fun night.

3rd Meeting @ The Orphiem. We didnt get free parking but it was worth it. Of course Julia didnt want to take a picture, but I made them.

H & M

2010-02-14T00:21:00.000-07:00

Now that I work, I think the thing I miss the most is making excuses to go to lunch with everyone. This day the excuse was H&M opening. Somehow going all the way to Scottsdale means that we are so close to Cafe Rio and Bahama Bucks that we have to go there for lunch.

While traveling to H&M still finishing off our treats someone said something that made me and Katie do a cheers with our bahama bucks cups, except Katie thought that we should do high fives...long story short Katie slapped my cup striaght up into the air all over Julia's just cleaned SUV!

We finally arrived at the store and only had to stand in line for like 30 minutes, which wasnt bad. Inside it was a mad house, but we survived.

Christmas Recital

2010-01-08T22:08:00.000-07:00

Usually recitals are hours long, or atleast they feel like it. This recital was maybe 5 minutes, it was lovely.
This is when they realized I was there. ssshhhh Bree!!!

Assistant to the Assistant

2010-01-02T20:43:00.001-07:00

Most of the time I'm with Julia and Katie, somehow Julia and I get turned into the nannies. Take for instance the day Katie had her family photo shoot.....For being so good during the shoot, Katie let us go to oregano's with her and take care of the kids, then she let us go with her and watch the kids at Smeeks. Julia and I are always so thankful when as nannies our boss graciously lets us tag along on all her fun adventures while she is all jcrewed out and we have on our scrubish clothing.

Happy Birthday

2009-12-26T18:28:00.004-07:00

Birthdays are kind of funny once you hit 20. Sometimes they are fun, other times you just want to die because in your mind your SO old. This year it was pretty fun, 26 is old, but for some reason doesn't feel as old as 25. It doesn't make sense I know, but I'm going with it.

It couldn't be better that I had my birthday off from work. I couldn't help but sleep in and go to my favorite place to eat with some of my favorite friends(seen above).

Thanks Everyone!!!

The Best of Homecoming

2009-12-26T18:11:00.004-07:00

Just the best of the homecoming weekend...that I can remember anyway

Jamakin jerk pizza

Zupas

Walmart sign language

Using my Reba luggage for the first time

Jdawgs with Sister Barlow

Dates cancelled because of the flu

The flu being mentioned constantly

Dancing in the RB

Sleeping on the couch cushions

Buying bread bowls

Honking in the boys apt parking lot

Camouflaged guys at the corn maze

Dress photo shoot

Plugged sink

Cherry's testimony

Homecoming-Sunday

2009-10-29T21:32:00.005-07:00

Sunday was the day we had been waiting for, it was the day we would get to wear our matching dresses. In church I got introduced as Bree, our old roommate who bought us matching dresses. Everyone loved them, and especially my roommates because they are so dang comfortable. We have decided that every year we are going to get matching clothes for pictures.

(we all loved the pockets)

My last and probably most significant part of the trip had to do with my roommates roommate, Cherry. She is an exchange student from China. I haven’t had the best experiences with international students and maybe that’s why Cherry is so special. We basically love everything she tells us, I asked her one day, what is your favorite thing about me? And she said, you very curious and clever and the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Hailey taught Relief Society on Sunday and it was their fast Sunday so she left some time for testimonies. I’m not sure any of us thought Cherry would get up and share. I forgot to mention that Cherry is not a member of the church, but has been meeting with the missionaries. She started by telling us when she first talked to Ashley she saw the glory and light on Ashleys face when she talked about God. Then she told us about how she was at the MTC and they showed us her the first edition of the Book of Mormon and how her heart shivered and her face was flush and that she knew what was in the book was the truth. She spoke about how in her culture they don’t know a god, but that now that she knows that there is a God that he will be with her forever, that she is not hopeless anymore and will never be alone because he will always be there. Needless to say by the end all of us were crying, well except Cristy who said that she was crying in her heart.

Homecoming-Saturday

2009-10-29T20:44:00.009-07:00

We stayed up pretty late the previous night so we all kind of sleeped in on Saturday morning, some more than others! The plan was to go to Tucanos, shop for some jeans and then to the football game, but when I called to put in our reservation at Tucanos they a two hour wait! Though we were all disappointed, we preserved and decided on Zupas. I have not found a single place that has a sandwich anywhere close to the hawian bbq, it was perfect.

Jean shopping went pretty well except for my friends who all thought I should get jeans that strangled my thighs. They tried and tried, but I knew better. We finally found a pair that I liked and a skirt that even fit me from downeast. We had all been sharing the same fitting room and so when Ashley came in to ask me where the jeans were that I was going to get, I didn’t hesitate in telling her. I thought she was just being helpful in grabbing them for me, but oh no she went to the registar and bought the jeans and skirt for me. It wouldn’t have been so bad except that when I realized what she was doing, I busted out of the dressing room not fully dressed with my long johns on trying to catch her.

Our next event was the football game. I had been trying to get tickets to the game the whole time I was up there. ESPNs college Game Day show was being taped in Provo, so not only was it homecoming but the whole town was pumped for the ESPN show, which made finding a ticket really hard. They were on craigslist for 40-85 bucks. It started raining as we were driving home and I was so thankful. I knew that people wouldn’t want to be in the rain to watch a football game, even if we were playing TCU. I immediately started texting people and though many, yes many believed that I couldn’t get a ticket for 10 dollars, I totally did. We went to where Lionel, Ashley and Cristy were and they had basically amazing seats. The game wasn’t horrible until the second half when we really just started making stupid mistakes. It was so so cold, that we left a little early, we had a group date to prepare for.

Pumpkin Helmet
We wanted to go to the haunted corn maze at Thanksgiving point, but to ask a blind date that we all probably wouldn’t see again to spend 16 bucks on a ticket seemed a little out of control. Instead we opted for the one in pleasant grove that was only 8 bucks a ticket. Right before we left, Sarah got a boot! On the ride to the corn maze we got to dance in the car, and it was basically amazing.

The corn maze was pretty cold, but eventually after many dead ends we were able to find our way out! They had little games to play outside so we danced, roped, jumped, threw bean bags and played in a corn box. Back at the apartment Sarah made us cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate!

My roommates who had been fasting were incredibly tired, but I still made them do some dances before we went to bed.

Homecoming-Friday

2009-10-29T20:13:00.009-07:00

Friday morning the goal was to wake up early enough to get to campus and have breakfast at taco bell, they have amazing breakfast gorditas and Im pretty sure it’s the only place they actually sell them. I use to get one every day that I had economics and eat it in class. They are so good that I ordered two and totally downed them!
Hailey and Ashley have the easiest jobs on campus. If any of you wonder where our tithing money goes, here is a clip of what they do during working hours…(dance parties in the RB).

Hailey was called in to help on a special project so her and I moved I would say literally over a 1000 towels from the RB to the Smith Field House. IT was quite the adventure moving these heavy carts across a street on your own. We were working so hard that we were sweating! Hailey then had a project for her public speaking class where we had to go around and ask guys what they had always wanted to know about girls. Haze studied in the fish bowl for about thirty minutes while I looked for tickets to the football game. The next class was Chemestry 101 which I took my last semester. We were suppose to meet Amy in salt lake that night, but got a late start because Cristy loves math so much. We decided to eat at California Pizza Kitchen and it was so flippin amazing. Usually I just get the buffalo chicken, but this time we decided to do something crazy and got the jamacian jerk. It was seriously so good and made the buffalo chicken that we always love taste so inadequate. At the gateway mall we found a forever 21 and subsequently shopped there for quite a while. It was great to see Amy and we were very thankful that she took the hour and half drive just to meet us for dinner!

Homecoming-Thursday

2009-10-29T19:34:00.010-07:00

The main mission of my trip was to eat at all the places that I dearly love. The next morning I got up and into the shower, I didn’t bring a blow dryer because I figured Id just use my roommates but just my luck, theirs broke literally hours before I woke up. Needless to say I ended up walking to school with wet hair! I haven’t seen one of my favorite mission companions for just over two years, so I got to meet her for lunch at J dawgs (so good). That was after my two hours of shopping at the bookstore! I headed to PDBio with Ashley where we learned about blood.

Me and Giant Sister Barlow
When Ashley, Cristy and I were in sign language together we would go to Walmart and do no voice labs. This time we didn’t talk soley in sign but it was pretty fun being there together like the good ole days.

That night Hailey and I were suppose to go on the Heber Creeper but our dates got the swine flu. Everyone is obsessed with the flu up there, they have hand sanitizer everywhere and in every class they talk about it, even in church! Instead of going on the date their ward had a temple night and even thought I went to the temple less than five days prior, I have missed the provo temple and wanted to go with them. We got to the temple and I looked in to the baptistery and every seat was full. I talked to the guy at the desk and he said that I would go into the over flow room and then I would be moved into the next room. The over flow room was 3 fourths full, I had never been to the temple when it was that busy before!!! It was kind of crazy because in Mesa, I really did just walk in, and walked out, but in Provo I was there longer than my friends were who did a session. I didn’t have time to blow dry my hair, so once again I was walking in the below 50 weather with wet hair!!!

Homecoming-Wed Night

2009-10-29T18:48:00.007-07:00

I decided last year when I was in Salt Lake for a Reba concert that consequently coincided with the byu home coming football game that as roommates we should make it a goal to always get together on this weekend. We weren’t all together at once, but at one time or another we did see everyone except for Kara. This trip was the first time I got to use my new Reba luggage and I was a little obsessed, but to be perfectly honest it is so flippin cute, no one can deny it.

Cristy and Ashley came to pick me up at the airport, they even made a sweet sign with treats in the backseat for me! I came in quite late, so we were pretty tired.

Elementary lunch

2009-10-29T18:33:00.002-07:00

I have some friends that I’ve known all the way back to elementary school. We are all super busy, but try to find a time that we can meet up and catch up on our lives. This year Jessica is pregnant so she got to choose the place to eat. Paradise bakery was pretty good and the cookies were to die for!

Relief Society Broadcast

2009-10-29T18:18:00.002-07:00

Every year I want 50 girls at the relief society general broadcast. We got close this year, ok well maybe only half, but still a good turnout in my eyes. I still miss Sister Parkin and I think Sister Beck always dresses like she is from star trek, but I am trying. After the broadcast we went to fajitas and all I can say is, don’t get their margaritas they were expensive and not that good at all.

Fountain Time

2009-10-28T19:52:00.002-07:00

I can remember going to fountain hills when I was probably ten years old. I had thought that the fountain that shot high into the sky was really really far away. Turns out its not that far at all! It was basically great weather to walk around and enjoy a nice quiet safe neighborhood. Next time I will def need to bring some golf discs because their disc golf course was basically amazing. The fountain was pretty awesome, I also loved seeing the turtles all “run” into the water.

Drunken Keith

2009-10-28T18:33:00.003-07:00

I saw Keith Urban in concert a year ago, but it was at the stadium and didn’t think it was very good. So I decided to give him another chance. Tickets were 95 bucks and there was no way I wanted to spend that much, so I haggled with this guy for front row of the lower bowl. Finally he gave in and I got them for 45. He put on a good show, but honestly I was basically enthralled with the drunk guy in front of me. He danced to every song super fast, even if it was a slow song and had no rhythm whatsoever! Just so happens as I’m video taping this drunk guy so that I could show a friend, Kieth Urban walks right in front of me! It was crazy, I literally could have touched him, but was so surprised. You can see the dancing drunk guy get to shake his hand and let me tell you, he told everyone about it. My favorite part of the night was when the drunk guy got up on his chair to dance and almost fell off.

Best Reunion with Best Friends

2009-09-04T08:24:00.001-07:00

This is the blog thing to do right, make a list of the highlights from a trip? well here mine are.....

Special Salad

Dance Parties

Mooning Cris

Ashie's Salsa

TJ Max dresses

Pinatas

$2.50 Bras

Ashley's 80's swimsuit

Shooting an egg in the air

Different Language Prayers

5 Reba CDs

Hannah Montana Boy

Swimming

Squished in the car

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Haircut

Pistachio Dessert

Caldwell Rodeo Triple Date

Scotcharoos

Boise-Day 5 Goodbye Reunion

2009-08-30T20:44:00.011-07:00

Our time was slowly slipping away. I kept waking up super early so I was a little shocked when I looked at the clock and saw 11am! I hurried up and got ready and went down to eat with everyone.

Jessica was giving her farewell talk that afternoon, so we headed over to the church on state street. We tried to do the wave while Jessica was talking but everyone got too emotional. She did a great job and will def teach a lot of people in Singapore.

We rushed home and I transferred pictures while everyone packed up. Can you tell we are crazy about pictures, here's just a few.....

Baby Abbie

Bubble Bee It was getting late so we said our goodbyes and they headed south. I kicked back and worked on my blog, there was a lot to update. The rest of the fam got back from church and for some strange reason there were a ton of birds in the backyard. It didn’t take long before Gunnar had a gun out and Kyle was telling him which bird to shoot.
I missed my friends but was thankful for the time we had together and can only hope we can do it again sometime soon.

Boise-Day 4 Showering Salads

2009-08-30T19:39:00.015-07:00

We were suppose to go play racquetball in the morning, but since Kara threw her back out, that was kind of out of the question. It was the morning I got my hair cut! I’ve been waiting to get my haircut since February when I was last in Eagle and it was getting way too long. After the haircut we went over to Natalie’s house for her baby shower. I technically never was Natalie’s roommate, but I think if we had been roommates we could have very well been out of control. The thing I wish we would have taken a picture of was the salad. Now I am not a salad girl, but this flippin salad was to die for. I knew Tammy was making me my favorite for dinner so I didn’t want to down it, but it really was so so good.

We headed back home and decided to take another dip in the pool. We ended up going back to Natalie’s house and swimming at her pool. Natalie had a spa, so I jumped in there while everyone else was in the pool. We chatted for quite a while about everything.

An old flame from Boise dialed me up and wanted to take me to the rodeo in Caldwell. The rodeo was a blast, they divide the audience into two parts, the civies (civilized folk) who sit in the shade and reserve seats and the rowdies (drunk rednecks) who have general admission seating and are out of control. I didn’t want to miss anytime with my friends but they all wanted me to go, so I told them to play nertz while I was gone, it’s not my favorite game to play.

Some of the Rowdies above

I also made sure that Ashley had salsa waiting for me when I got home and Haze made scotharoos. It was pretty late so we went down to the basement to finish watching our apartment video and then talked the rest of the night.

Boise-Day 3 Wedding Day

2009-08-23T22:55:00.021-07:00

The day we have all been waiting for since we met Erica had arrived. Finally after 3 years the wedding we had all heard about, to the man we had all heard about was taking place at 1pm. We got dressed and headed down to the temple.

I had a good thirty minutes of scripture study while waiting for the ceremony to end. Erica apparently bawled as soon as she knelled down and then the rest of my friends started crying too. We took some photos outside but these Idahoians don't know how hot really hot is, so they were all dieing to get out of the heat.

Walking out for the first time and then over to hug us

(He is taken now)

We took a quick detour to the mall while we passed the time until the luncheon. I have to give James propts, I thought a few pinatas was a perfect addition to any lunch, I loved the candy and the food for lunch wasn't bad either, in fact the honey butter was so good, I used it as my happiest moment for the day.

(escaping from the dogs)

Again we had an hour or so to kill before the reception, so we headed to the pool next door to cool down before we started dancing like maniacs at Erica's house.

We boxed out Jessica, but none of us got the flowers :(

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The night had a tragic ending, yes Erica was married but Kara threw her back out dancing. That just goes to show you, we do not mess around when it comes to a dance party, go big or go home. Taylor Swift came on when we were driving home and we had to sing all the way home and even sitting in the drive way.

Boise-Day 2 Shooting Montana

2009-08-23T21:56:00.012-07:00

Thursday was an amazing day. Woke up and was getting ready, when I didn't know what to wear. Gunnar called Paps and we were good to go shooting, so that made my clothing decision easy, camo shorts it was. We headed down to Wally world for some essentials, clay pigeons, ear plugs, and a 12 pack of pop. Drove just a few minutes from the house and Gunnar counted off 100 yards. He was money shooting the rifles. I on the other hand, couldn't hit a target to save my life. I felt bad for wasting just a few rounds of his ammo. Once we switched to the shotgun, it was another story. I really loved that gun, it seemed as if I couldn't miss. From candles to oranges to beer cans and clays, there wasn't much I didn't hunt down. And when we didn't hit them in the air, we just walked right up and took them out point blank. My proudest moment was hitting an egg with the shotgun, you can bet I yelled a yee haw when that egg splattered high in the ID sky. Gunnar and I highly suggest shooting candles too, they smell so nice after being shot. The afternoon of shooting couldn't get much better than a stop at the snow shack on State Street.

'Ready Stance'

Aim

Fire

We picked up Butch and Mckayla from day care and Tammy made us sloppy joes while we waited for the rest of our crew to get here. It was fun catching up and finally getting to see Cristy (she is the one who most recently got back from a mission) and tease her again. I had Gunnar try and teach me how to do a back flip on the tramp, but while I did improve, I realized eventually there was no hope, especially with my thumb being out of whack.

We ended the night by watching Hannah Montana, (we all couldn't get enough of that boy) and it wouldn't have been an end of the night without a little dance party where we all tried to learn the pop it lock it polka dot it song

Boise-Day 1 Party Time

2009-08-23T20:48:00.015-07:00

The plane ride to Boise was freezing, it was a good thing I brought a jacket. As soon as I got my bag I went straight out to the sun. From the airport we headed to TJ Max, apparently Ash had gotten 4 new dresses there and so we had to go pick some out for Jamie. Its amazing to me how having other people tell you, 'oh that's cute', or 'yea that looks good' nfluences your purchase choice. I can go into about ten stores at home and not buy a thing, but put me in a dressing room with 3 of my friends and I walk out with two new outfits. Its probably a good thing my friends don't live near me cause I would be out of alot of money.

(you cant tell, but we are squished into a fitting room while Jamie is trying clothes on)

After shopping we headed to the bachelorette party, which was quite an experience. No one was able to answer my question about how we could be better prepared for the week after a honeymoon but it was alot of fun getting to see friends and laugh. Erica put on quite a show for us.

Some of the goods she got
One of my favorite parts of the day was coming home to see Gunnar and Shelby, I had been gone all day and didn't get to see them till that night. There is nothing like having kids run to hug you, they sure made me feel loved, I realized I had missed my kids in Eagle!

Beach Paradise

2009-08-23T19:13:00.006-07:00

I'm not one to commit...... my life is evident of that. I was hesitant to go to San Diego for the 4th of July, but figured 'why not' onlya few days before we left. It ended up being a pretty awesome time and wished it was longer. Katie's condo was to die for and one of my favorite moments of the trip was getting to relax and watch some tennis. Don't worry the beach was pretty amazing too.

Taking the cruisers out was basically amazing, it was very vintage to me

The food at Joe's was disgusting, but the pop rock drink was the best thing ever, I would go back again and again for that!!! Easily my happiest moment for that day!

Balboa Park was fun until we lost Hadyn

I'm a Survivor

2009-08-23T17:58:00.009-07:00

I love the show Survivor and the Reba song, so getting into the theme of camp seemed real easy to me. Most of the time I felt like I was just trying to survive getting caught by any leaders. I could def tell you what I hated about girls camp this year, but its hard to say what I loved most about girls camp. First and fore most would have to be falling asleep to the hum of Julianne's snoring every night, nothing gets better than that and I'm being dead serious. Everything else was just icing on the cake, like meeting a celebrity, playing with Mufasa, having rocks thrown at me, waking up everyone in our cabin every night, those kind of things just make camp an experience. Here are just a few pictures of me in sunglasses as much as possible because I just got lasik eye surgery....

"Reach out and Sprinkle Someone with China Glitter"

John Locke from "Lost"

Everyone was making fun of me for having to wear my goggles

This might be a new camp tradition

Bloody Hands

Sunrise

2009-08-21T23:29:00.007-07:00

Waking up early is not my style, but every once in a while waking up is worth it, especially if you get to do something fun like wake skating. I didn't pull a 180 and it took me a few times to get up which was totally lame, but it was kind of fun messin around.

I ride even better when my life jacket is gigantic
Shredding so hard that I'm breaking my board! ha

Some of us had more trouble getting into the wakeboard Crazy Boys!

4th Year Hike

2009-08-21T22:38:00.009-07:00

I wish doing the fourth year hike got easier each time I did it, but there are always new challenges. This year we tackled an outdoor bathroom, and by we I mean the boys. Besides driving back and forth to camp lo-mia like four times, everyone survived, so I called it a success.

The boys in their finished bathroom!

The Girls waiting for their foil dinners

Always bring boys to make breakfast

Finally made it to Camp Lo Mia!!!

Taylor Swift with my BFF!!!

2009-08-21T12:59:00.001-07:00

We had been talking about going to Taylor Swift for a long time. In my head I always thought it was on May 25. So I was driving home from work listening to the radio and the dj sounded like he was outside broadcasting at a concert. I immediatly got on my phone and looked on criagslist to see when the Taylor Swift concert was suppose to be in town. Sure enough it was that night. So from 4:30 to 6 o'clock I was on the phone and emailing people about tickets. We got some pretty great seats and the concert was amazing. I really wanted to go and see how bad Taylor Swift was in concert because on any award show I've seen she is horrible. But she was actually really really good, I was looking for her to mess up and didnt really hear anything, granted that was probably because Julia was singing so loud in my ear I couldnt really hear anything. The show reminded me alot of the first Reba concert I ever saw where she changed clothes 15 times and had 10 dancers. It was a great night and I was so thankful to get such a great deal on tickets!

The other BFFs at the taylor show, across the arena

Easter Pictures

2009-08-20T18:11:00.007-07:00

It all started in San Diego when I bought a 5 dollar dress. It was super cute, and a size 2! It didnt really look like a size 2, but that didnt stop me from buying. 8 months later I finally got around to trying the dress on and it was more like a size 12! So I decided to try and fix it but Sleeves are alot harder than you think to fix.

This picture reminds me of Reba, sometimes she stands like this

This I think is the perfect picture of us, Casey looking GQ, Court trying, Billy laughing and me telling them all what to do.

New Presidency

2009-07-28T21:01:00.005-07:00

Great news...my laptop recovery was only 279 bucks (such a good deal if you have any idea how much data doctors quoted me.. $1500) Hopefully it will be only a matter of time before I can get some pictures from my latest adventures from hard drive. Until then, here are some pics of my new presidency. They were called this last sunday and we all happened to wear green, isent that freaky!??!? Those jon and kate plus 8 fans will hopefully appreciate my dress, from the episode where kate is out on the deck, its basically my favorite.

Megan, Me(in the kate dress), Cambria, Shannon

Update

2009-07-21T13:49:00.004-07:00

I know you've all been dieing to have me update my blog, but it just hasn't happened. I have been pretty busy... going to girls camp, San Diego, working, basketball, working etc. Just as soon as I got some time to blog, my laptop crashed! If only I had had a digital party like I wanted to, I wouldn't have lost all my pictures and documents for the last two years! Blogs are boring with out pictures, so here is a recent one from my friends computer(me and baby carter).. excuse the wavy hair in this picture, my hair was wet and this is after a quick try at straightening it.

My Love: Narvel

2009-06-05T12:49:00.002-07:00

Reba just twittered that Narvel came back from being on tour with Kelly Clarkson. Thanks to The Hills I fell in love with the new Kelly Album. I then found one of the coolest videos on youtube! Narvel is in it!!! Drinking diet coke of course and Kelly even said, Narvel is that a diet coke? How cute!!! Kelly talks about how great he is, no one can deny it!

Tempe

2009-05-25T11:36:00.005-07:00

My roommate from college told me she was coming to Arizona and staying the weekend. Apparently she was going to be in Tucson and I was planning on going to the temple so I figured whats another hour to see my good buddy. Turns out she was basically in Nogales not Tucson. But she did call Saturday night to say she was going to be in Tempe. Tempe is less than an hour a way so this was going to be awesome and even decided she should just come stay at my house. I got the address from her and drove over to Mesa, which I had been just a few hours prior. I get to the neighborhood but cant seem to find the right house number. So I call Ash to see if she is there yet. She gets me on the phone with someone who lives in the house to give me directions. I tell her I just got off the 202 and she says, oh well I live in Avondale! I was just like what? I got back on the phone and said who in the heck told you that you were going to Tempe??!!? I could have killed this guy Norman! Needless to say I drove through Tolleson at 1am! We got home around 2 and to sleep around 3am only to wake up and go to church early that morning. I saw her for a total of 4 hours but that was enough time for me to show her a little of Arizona-guns and all.
Look how great that pink gun goes with a dress
Elder Wade Leavitt from good ole Eagle
Arizona sky line-how does the girl from UT end up more tan than me?

Ice Skating Moves and Movies

2009-05-25T01:20:00.008-07:00

There are two movies that come to mind when I think of ice skating. First The Cutting Edge a 90s classic and Blades of Glory a pointless comedy. As we started skating with 13 year olds it didn't take long to figure out that a duel of doubles was in order. Katie and Owen took the Cutting Edge approach, coming up with a full on around the rink program. Justen and I on the other hand decided to go with the Blades of Glory scenario and try one crazy move. We wanted to do something were I was flying in the air, but even though my balance is awesome the idea of flying blades, small children, and my panic attacks we decided against a throw. Here are a few pictures from the night when the ice melted for more reason than one!

You let us know who really won the competition

Mother's Day

2009-05-24T23:31:00.006-07:00

Our Relief Society planned a brunch to honor our mothers. The food and weather were great. I only wish we would have gone around the tables and introduced our mothers. But I guess that would have turned into some sort of brag contest. Everyone knows my mom is the best, all you have to do is talk to me for a little bit to realize that my mom does everything for me, I'm way too spoiled for my own good. Here are some classic Mother's Day shots, I'm pretty sure everyone else took mother daughter pictures on a pony swing right?

She loves pictures where we kiss her

This time on.... The Valley: Attacks Happen

2009-05-24T18:31:00.011-07:00

I've always had a problem with blood, when I was about 8 I saw a friend's shin get cut open to the bone and threw up Doritos in the desert, in high school we watched this show called 'Life in the ER' and I had to leave class and hold onto the lockers while I started blacking out, when I was in college we had to type our blood in physiology and I almost passed out. My latest battle has been with the dentist. There is no blood in sight yet I get light headed and sometimes can't feel my arms and legs.
I go to basketball Monday and Wednesday nights and love it! I never thought a fun night would get so out of control. Here is the play by play.... Julianne is famous for her defense, in fact most people call her Body Check Evans. And I even know someone who is literally scared to guard her, but not me-I'm fearless. Or at least I was. Julianne comes dribbling down the court. She takes proper position by dribbling with the opposite hand to the defender(me). I'm not sure what made me think I could steal the ball from her, but I went to reach in for the ball just as she went to drive to the basket. Just as her body was coming up, my face was going down and landed right into her shoulder.
It seemed like everything stopped as I felt what I thought was snot run down my nose, only to see it hit red on the gym floor. That's when the yelling started. After the second drop of blood hit the floor my eyes closed and didn't open for a long time. In my mind I didn't know what to do, everyone was yelling for me to catch it but my hands wouldn't function. Thankfully someone went to get paper towels, yet they still hadn't caught on to the fact that I wasn't going to be much help at all with stopping the blood from flowing. Instead a good friend pinched my nose for me and requested ice to help with swelling or something. I could hear people talking about my nose, whether it was broken or not, that's when Big Ash said, I heard a pop. I was already feeling light headed but hearing that threw me over the edge. I started hyperventilating and seconds later told someone I was going to pass out. I think at that point they sat me down on a chair. But my good friend advised the crew that laying me down would be better. It was while I was sprawled out on the floor that I realized I couldn't feel my arms and legs. I had felt this before while at the dentist, but NEVER this intense. I tried moving my hands only to find out they wouldn't move, rather they were lobster like, which of course freaked me out even more. They (the crew trying to save my life) decided maybe warm water would help my hands go back to normal. While my nose had stopped bleeding my attack was still going strong. At some point a prayer was said and for a moment it seemed as if I was getting better. I'm pretty sure that's when Julia thought it would lighten the mood by saying my nose looked crooked. Funny in real life but in panic life, its a whole other story. With all my might I tried to keep it in, but cries came out and the hyperventilating started all over again. The feeling of 'no feeling' which existed in just my arms and legs soon hit my stomach and face. But I didn't tell them that cause I didn't want to freak anyone out.

Soon a conversation was started about The Hills which helped immensely. We were suppose to have a huge party since it was The Hills season premiere that night. Even though some people tried to get me to think about blood, dentists and other things I hate, Katie was awesome at bringing my focus back to The Hills. All in all it was probably a good hour of me down on the floor. I felt bad for asking if we were still going to watch the hills because I had no idea it was so late! The hills was phenomenal and even though I haven't seen an episode where Lauren has a panic attack, I still think my reality TV show "The Valley" would be just as exciting to watch.

What a night!!

Camp Kick-Off

2009-04-25T19:49:00.004-07:00

Even though we all had the banner blues, literally, we had a great time at camp kick off this year.

Black BFFS

She doesnt have a chance!

The Science Center gets an S!

2009-04-12T16:21:00.004-07:00

Billy had a field trip this last week and I volunteered to help. They haven't really changed anything, I can remember going there for yws and literally the same displays are still up. Billy who is out of control at home was actually really good compared to other classmates. We sat through a stomach demonstration and he sat and watched, he for the most part stayed with the class and surprisingly was kind and loving. It seems like when we say morning prayers together I always ask that they are nice and kind at school but never really think that they are. But this kid got his hand stepped on and was crying so I picked him up and got him to stop crying. They were eating lunch at the time so he got back to eating lunch and about two minutes later Billy went over and sat by him and then rubbed his back. It was a shock to see him be so kind! Anyway, to me the Science Center Sucked, for kindergartners that is, it was a little over their head. I asked Billy what his favorite part was and he said, when we jumped on the steps, which was outside before we got into the center!
Most of the day included trying to keep the kids together, this was a moment when we had them against the wall and so I said, hey lets take a picture, pretty fun wall to take a picture on, maybe one of my photog friends can have one of these installed into their house.

I just wanted a simple, eating snack picture and this was the best I could get

Strange

2009-04-05T23:16:00.002-07:00

Be the first to hear Reba's new single. I was scared to see Reba's outfits for the award show since she designed them all, but they were awesome! This video is lame, as soon as someone gets a good video on youtube I'll get that up.

Guys and Dolls

2009-04-03T17:15:00.003-07:00

One of my friends from high school is in the play Guys and Dolls at the Arizona Broadway Theater. Another friend always wanted to go to a dinner theater, so it just made sense to put the two together. The world has sure changed in just a few years, in college I worked the sound for this same play up in Scottsdale. But I have to say, it was a little different than the play I remembered seeing about 10 times. It was a fun night and I keep wondering why I find myself in audiences where the median age is 67. Seriously I was tired almost ready to fall asleep and I couldn't believe that half of the sun city residents in the audience were still awake!

The famous star

Shotguns and Sewing Machines

2009-03-18T01:32:00.001-07:00

No one has ever told me I have a split personality, but that doesn't mean I don't straddle the line between sane and insane. To be honest, I think everyone hides pieces of themselves in the deep shadows of their personality in order to suffice the public and their preconceived notions. Today I let my fellow bloggers into the dim lit corner of my soul, my sewing soul. Most people know me as a gun loving, sports going, brash 'president' and not the girl with a love to put the pedal to the metal on a sewing machine. And its true, though my skill in using the machine which weaves thread is quite lacking, I still try. One day my biggest challenge will not be how to work the machine or even difficult patterns, but just the time to use the forgotten trade. Below are some pictures of my efforts and that of a friends effort and her own deep shadow to shoot like
Annie Oakley.
Please tell me what organization orders large sized youth shirts for t-ballers? Im pretty sure Billy is one of the littlest on his team and yet he got a large shirt. A few hours later I tried to make it more his size, though I can see I probably should have cut the sleeves down a little more but atleast now they are not to his wrists.

My squares are not exactly straight, but the great thing about this kind of blanket is, when you flip it over, its harder to see my inaccuracies.

Not so sharp with the pink gun, but she was unstoppable with the shotgun!

A Different Weekend

2009-03-02T13:19:00.008-07:00

This weekend was kind of different. Enrichment was a little different, lights dim and stories never heard before. The Rodeo was a little different, boys boys boys. Church seemed to be alot different mostly because I dressed in pioneer clothing and a bonnet. And a CES fireside different yet the same, craziness in my life. My most memorable moment was at the fireside, as I listened to Elder Robert D. Hales he said, "when ever we leave high ground we succumb to spiritual illness." My next thought was 'what is a spiritual illness' then of different illnesses and finally pondered 'what would spiritual diarrhea be?' Any suggestions? I couldn't think of any but I sure hope I don't get it!

The Cowboy Crew

Squeezing in the car
We let some drunk guy drive us home!

On the ride home, not a great video cause I don't think my camera has night vision but just imagine krista and ash going crazy singing

Shooting with my boys

2009-02-26T18:11:00.004-07:00

I've driven by Ben Avery Shooting Range about 500 times in my life, but have never actually gone to any of the ranges. It is a really nice facility and surprisingly busy. Casey (not my brother) just got a new scope for his 22, so it was pretty cool figuring out how to zero your scope in. I'm not a great range shooter, my hands shake pretty bad, and my eye sight is not the best so those two combinations don't add up to a handful of bulls eyes. I was incredibly stoked though that the first time I shot I hit the black dot from 50 feet, it was sick. Granted the rest of the day I didn't really come close to anything else, but all you need is one.

Casey setting up targets

Casey's 9mm

My one awesome shot!

Taylor

Design Lingo-Design World

2009-02-25T11:44:00.016-07:00

I thought I would share my design knowledge with the rest of my blogging friends. Some of them like to feel superior by using french design terms to confuse us. What they don't know is that I studied design in high school and thought I would finally share my expertise. First, the design of my bedroom has changed over the years. In my infancy in the design world, I took a well known Arabic term called Damask and created Rebmask. For those of you who don't know Damask is a firm lustrous fabric that is woven together in flat patterns (see wikipedia). In the 4th grade I decided to start taking pictures from magazines and taping them on my wall. What started out as a small little section of my room soon grew to encompass all 4 walls and in fact was the start of Rebmask. This technique however similar to damasking actually takes the face of Country SuperStar Reba McEntire and creates an elaborate woven flat pattern. Though on the cutting edge in the decorating world, most critics find the technique obsessive and fanatical. But in my heart I know that Rebmask will soon be a hit and found in decorating magazines all over. While I would have been completely satisfied living in my Rebmask room the rest of my life, I had been bitten by the design bug and therefore had to move on to my second and most famous technique, Nospaze (pronounced with a slight french accent). This technique was born out of absolute necessity after returning from college. My wardrobe had doubled and the clothes I had acquired had to be put into another dresser, which put my wall space back to zero. With all the projects I'm constantly doing, I had to bring in my craft table which took my floor space to zero as well. Thus the word Nospaze in Latin translates to-an aggregate zero.

When discussing rules of design and beauty I try not to seem like a 'knowitall.' But since we discuss Damask in almost every conversation I decided to let my friends into my design world to take a peek and give them inspiration when doing their own children's bedrooms. Pink rooms with dark pink trees are great, but do they really compare to a Rebmask room or Nospaze room? I think not, ladies look below to see what real decorating is all about!

In the beginning Same Shot after more Rebmasking

After Shots-Nospaze

You can still find some Reba in my room today, if you look closely there is a Reba clock, a Reba candle etc.

Homecoming

2009-02-20T12:42:00.005-07:00

Hailey's homecoming talk was great. All week we thought she would have about 30 minutes to speak, but Shelby and Gunnar took a good chunk of time which left Haze with just enough time to tell some great highlights of the mission. After we walked back to the house for some hamtastics and frog eye salad.

After seeing Cindy's picture, I made it a point to get one like hers...cant wait to see what we look like in 20 years! I know I will see this picture and comment on my hair!

When I first got to the C's I noticed a frame in the kitchen that had the original pictures in it. Tammy had just gotten it at RealDeals. While they were gone, I got some pictures developed and put pictures of me in it. I thought it would take atleast a day for someone to notice that I had changed the frame. But it took only seconds. I thought it was hilarious though-who does that!

It wouldn't be time with old friends if we didn't play a few rounds of Nertz. I kept score, kind of like fit club, it must be my calling in life to be a score keeper.

Valentines Day Date

2009-02-19T07:36:00.005-07:00

Almost every single person I know has blogged about their Valentine's so here is my story.

Valentine's Day was so amazing. My honey let me sleep in till 10am, he is so sweet to me. I did my best to look gorgeous for him which included my first try at the Idaho Poof. We planned to go out for lunch since later that night my love had a really important game to attend with BSU. Now I'm not going to lie, he was almost late to our date, but heck, when he is so hot, its hard to get mad at him at all! Lunch was so romantic, he knows how much I love country so he took me to Texas Roadhouse my favorite. We talked the whole time about good times and about how perfect we are for each other. The food was great but making memories with my man was so much better! After lunch we wanted to do something active, but since it was so cold outside we opted for bowling, one of Babe's favorite past times. He usually is a Monday night dollar bowler but he decided to splurge and pay full price-the sacrifices he makes for me just makes my heart grow fonder! He really loves to bowl, he even has his own shoes and bowling ball. It hurts me every time I have to beat him. The game was so fun, he yelled, then I yelled, we are just too cute together. Granted he did remind me that my yells were closer to the sounds of what he will hear when I'm giving birth to our children, but I reminded him my screams of pain will not just be screams, but contain cuss words for sure. We ended the date like all bowling dates with a couple beers for the ride home. Dustin had to drink a few more than usual cause I kind of beat him pretty bad. But he still commented that it was the best Valentines day he had ever had, though I'm pretty sure it might be because his BSU basketball team beat Utah, but at this point in our relationship, I will take any compliment I get! I cant wait till next year!!!

My sweet little spaz after getting a strike

Oh and we went with friends too!

My best score ever-161

So cute together right?
The End of the Best Day

The Sweetest Guy I Know....

2009-02-17T23:10:00.002-07:00

This kid is seriously the best. I'm not sure I have ever met a more sincere, sweet, polite, awesome kid. I was shocked when I went to his wrestling match and after he was done came up and said to me, "Bree thanks so much for coming tonight." I wanted to go to the match and here he is thanking me for coming! I couldn't believe it. Then anytime we were in the kitchen he was either loading or unloading the dishwasher without me even telling him. This was the kicker, I was wiping off the counter or something else pretty meaningless and he says, "Bree, you're going to be a great mom some day, thanks for all you do" Are you kidding me? I don't know how Tammy raised such a great son. I really don't know why the girls are not all over him, he is so awesome and I am just waiting to find a guy(my age) half as sweet.

Feeding Abbie, so cute!

Private Property Photos

2009-02-17T21:53:00.004-07:00

It seems I have alot of friends who love to have a camera in their hand. Amy had some homework to do with her camera, so I told her about some great looking barns, dressed up in cowboy attire and we were off. Hailey saw the No Trespassing sign right off the bat, but I assured her many times that that sign was for kids with spray paint, not for us! It was desperately cold, not 30 minutes earlier had I been coming out of Winco when snow/hail started coming down. This was also at the end of my two week session which meant, my second chin was coming in just great. These pictures are my inspiration to work out now that I'm home and start getting back into fit club mode. Haze flippin killed it with the model poses, Amy for sure will get an A+!
Oh I forgot the best part. Hailey was scared we were going to get in trouble for being on the property, but I didn't think we would at all. I mean we were only taking pictures. But of course about 20 minutes into the shoot we saw a car stop. I was designated talker, so I ran down the road and talked to this older lady who told me that it was her property. She was basically a jerk. I mean come on lady, like I would have any idea who to contact to find out if we could take pictures on your land. Eventually I sweet talked enough for her to let us stay and she even told me, its a good thing your taking pictures because we are getting rid of these barns soon. I had her eating out of my hand! lol

My favorite shot of the day. I just put my head down and shook it back in forth as I said, "What am I doing with my life?"

Gunnar vs Timberline

2009-02-12T23:41:00.004-07:00

Gunnar gets a win!

Domination

Lip Sync Competition

2009-02-12T22:37:00.005-07:00

I picked a great week to stay in Eagle. I got to see Gunnar in three wrestling matches and his lip sync competition. All the wrestlers get into groups and have a night after the season is over to just act silly. It was pretty hilarious. This is a video of them performing and lets just say there are a couple of hotties dancing around! They got first place too!!

Jamie and I bought wrestling shirts so we had to take pictures....

Gunnar the

Stud!
This is their lip sync from last year. Gunnar is in the blue hair with pig tails!

Colder Than A Well Diggers Butt

2009-02-11T17:04:00.003-07:00

You can watch the first 10 seconds of this movie to understand this post title! I'm guessing it must be a southern thing, so maybe Cindy you can explain this to me? Also at 3:30 Reba sings a little bit of Cowgirls don't cry and its flippin amazing! She turns the word 'ride' into about 6 syllables!

I woke up this morning, flipped open the blinds and found this.....

Bobby J

2009-02-11T16:13:00.005-07:00

I got to visit a bit with my little Bobby J, he is getting so big. His favorite thing to do is go up stairs!

The only picture I could get with glasses on

Haze is Home!

2009-02-07T23:11:00.007-07:00

I wanted the sign to be huge. Matt thought it was a stupid idea and pointless. So of course I tried to get him to do alot of the work, plus he is a giant which comes in handy when hanging signs.

30 feet of "Welcome Home Hailey We Love and Missed You!"

The C's typically live in the Big Horn Neighborhood, but today it was the Big Haze Neighborhood

They have a place in Idaho called Zurchars, its like our Party City. We came up with a pirates theme and had our banner read, We Arrgh So Glad Your Home! Everyone wore pirate hats, eye patches, earrings and lip whistles.
She is here!!

Abbs and Mads

My pirate in crime

we kind of matched, so we had to take a picture

The C's, well minus Jake who is in Brazil

Wrestling Club

2009-02-06T11:05:00.002-07:00

I was so excited when I found out that Gunnar had two wrestling matches while I was in town! He lost the first night to the kid who takes first in state. And apparently Im not a lucky charm because tonight he lost too. But hopefully next week will go better. I did come up with a new brillant club. Of course after watching everyone wrestle, I wanted to wrestle! So when I get back, Im thinking we might have to change thursday aerobics time to wrestling time! Throw down some volleyball mats, draw a circle and fight it out. Granted no one is probably in my weight class, but I wouldnt mind putting Julia in a half nelson and I'm pretty sure some others wouldnt mind getting her back for the wrestling moves she uses on the basketball court. And the way fit club is arranged, we basically are already on the wrestler diet, of cutting weight all week, until after the match where they eat everything bad in sight(a typical free day). It was also Shelby's birthday so we went out to dinner before the match and they even announced her birthday at the wrestling match.

Costa Vida Birthday Dinner
Me and the Baby Giant (post coming later)
Gun getting ready

Shelb and her boy, he's a keeper (boots and a buckle at the wrestling match)

Mohawks

2009-02-04T23:59:00.005-07:00

For Christmas I thought it would be fun to give the kids foehawks, since they weren't in school. I thought they looked super cute, but my mom wasn't so in love. By the time I got to cutting their hair back to normal, their hair had actually grown enough to make a nice mohawk. I only let them have a mohawk for a day though, even though I did think they looked cool. Of course you can see Bills personality, he is so crazy. And Court just wanted to look GQ

Snow Up

2009-02-04T23:04:00.013-07:00

We had a great trip to the snow this year! It would have been perfect except 30 seconds before we parked to get out for the snow, Billy started throwing up. And even though he had been given a bag to throw up in, he ended up throwing up all over himself. Needless to say I spent the first hour or so cleaning up throw up. I tend to use the expression, "oh gag me" quite alot but never have I actually gagged in real life, that was until this incident. I went 25 years before ever having to clean up such a mess and it literally made me gag. I was pretty smart though when I used the snow as an abrasive agent and dissolver. The boys had alot of fun in the snow, until Courts shoes got wet and they were done. The ride home was kind of scary, mostly for me because I was scared Billy was going to blow chunks again. But with the windows down to divert the smell we made it home safely. We couldn't have gone at all if it wasn't for great friends that shared so much with us- snow clothes, tubes, sleds, and wipes!

The best way to get up the hill

Got a little too heavy

Logan was so sweet to take Billy down

I'm pretty sure he loved it!

Court cold and done

Spoiled Christmas Kids

2009-01-27T12:53:00.012-07:00

I never believed I was spoiled until this Christmas. I helped plan a Christmas Angel type activity with the singles branch and I was truly taken back when I realized how little some of these kids were getting for Christmas. It almost didn't make sense to me that a child would wake up to only two gifts to unwrap on Christmas morning and I mean if they did only have two gifts, then they for sure must be getting some cash too. Well of course they weren't, so I worked really hard to make each kid have more then a few gifts to open. So needless to say, I felt incredibly spoiled this year, and I never admit that, I tend just to expect to be spoiled. But my mom did spoil all of us this year. The little boys were of course spoiled too. Every year since Ive been home I feel like they get everything under the sun and this year was no different. In my effort to make sure the little boys didn't get 500 different toys, I decided to make them blankets. It was a fabulous idea until I realized my time to finish them was slowly diminishing. I ended up having to stay up literally all night to get them done on time.
On Christmas day, my dad's family came over for dinner. He has 10 brothers and sisters so its always an event to have almost everyone together. I wish I would have had a note pad to take notes of all the funny things they say. My favorite quote of the night was of one of my aunts who told the story of when she was babysitting my twin 2nd cousins. She took them to Walgreen's for a treat and the 5 year old girl was being a pill I guess, so she told her "I'm gonna beat your A$$!" It was pretty hilarious.

Court got the new G2 Rip Stick

Billy got a new bike

Casey got some Costco sized A1 sauce cause he never has enough

Court's blanket

My mom always makes us hug each other after we open their gift.

Mom got a new tv for her room

It wouldn't be an Overfield Christmas without some Jeff Gordon gifts

And then our family got the wii and wii fit!

My Little Family

2009-01-24T10:45:00.009-07:00

I'm pretty sure this will be the last family picture of the kids without my parents since most everyone thought I had gotten married and had a few kids. So just to clarify, I didn't marry my brother and give birth to a 5 and 8 year old this year. We just have 20 years in between the youngest and oldest. I'm pretty sure if I had my way, I would have sent out an 8x10 to fit all the pictures that I liked. And I literally could do a whole post with just pictures of Billy. Here are a few....

My favorite picture of the whole shoot

My mom was dancing to try and get us to smile, so Billy tried to get us to laugh too

Walking Club

2009-01-11T00:26:00.004-07:00

Who has a baby growing inside of them, taking all their resources, MOM or DAD?

2 Worlds 2 Voices

2009-01-07T17:30:00.004-07:00

You may remember a while back, I went to a concert called, 2 worlds 2 voices. It featured two artists, one from country, one from pop. Yes of course that was the Reba and Kelly concert. In December, I had the opportunity of attending another concert, that could have very well been titled, 2 world 2 voices. This concert featured two artist, one from Canada, one from Heber City Utah. Its hard to compare the two really, in the video below it might be hard to determine, who is who, is it Shelly singing 'power of love', or Celine? From a distance it may look as if Shelly is dressed immodestly dancing around the stage, but one thing is certain, though vastly different in range and accord, their audiences are strangely similar. I would hypothesize that the average age of either concert was roughly 68 years old. Literally I was astonished by the geriatric crowds of each famous artist. My favorite part of each concert: during Celine's concert she had these amazing treadmill like platforms, after Shelly's concert going to olive garden. Even though the talent was on the same level, the price of tickets was drastically different, Shellbell (her stage name) played at "The Forum" for free, while Celine played at "Jobing.com Arena" for 170 dollars a ticket! despite the reinforced glass, this was not a mental institution.

This was backstage with their vocal coach

Monkey Boy

2009-01-06T18:03:00.008-07:00

Billy was following me around while I was putting up Christmas lights. I took my eyes off him for about 10 seconds and turned around and he was gone. Our yard is pretty wide open so it wasn't like he was hiding behind something. It was a good thing he was wearing a red shirt though, cause that's the only thing that helped me spot him. Apparently he had thrown his whistle up and it landed in the tree so he went to get it. He was alot higher up but this is after I had him climb down a little and said, what are you a monkey? Then he made monkey faces and sounds and is just one of the reasons he got a Curious George book and stuffed animal this Christmas.

My New Job

2008-12-01T16:20:00.000-07:00

In my spare time Ive taken up photography, I mean everyone is doing it these days. Some people even have to wait to get their pictures back for weeks on end. But I decided my business was not going to do that. Instead people would get their pictures back immediatly. Here is just one of the many adorable pictures I took for a family that loves me.

Notice the cool effects I put in Brieson and Sierras eyes, thats the kind of special touches that 'other' photographers dont have. And I'm way cheaper!