Updating...

Ok...I've been meaning to update for a long time now.....but life gets ahead of me and I'm caught running after it with my bathrobe still on shouting "hey, atleast let me get dressed..." So, blogging takes the back seat and it's no biggy. I'm just loving life, learning lessons along the way and thinking about my friends and family more than I make the phone call to tell them that...is that so bad???? Maybe, but for now it'll have to do. Enjoy the muse and a few new pix. LUV2U! and I will update more someday :)

For time and all eternity

Ang w/ her parents,

The happy couple, Brian, Michael (aka. poop protector), Ju & Caroline

This past weekend I got to take Emily and go to my cousin Angela's wedding in San Jose. We flew out of Vegas into San Fransisco, rented a car and spent the weekend all over the Bay area (pretty much). She lives in East Palo Alto, but got married in the Oakland temple and had her reception that night in the Menlo Park area....for those of you who are familiar with the Bay area, that might mean more to know the details. My other cousin Brian McLaws got me a great deal on a hotel in San Jose (thank you very much), so it was sort of a girls weekend for me and Emily :) I spent the rest of the short time we were there visiting with my Uncle Paul's family until I had to drive back to San Fran to fly out on Saturday night. I wish I could have spent more time there, but it was a FUN trip and the wedding was beautiful. I love my cousin Ang like no one else.....and the guy (Matt Richards) that she married seems like a genuinely great person and a good match for her. I think he gets her.....they've been dating for two years, so they've had a chance to get to know one another. One of the things I love about Ang was said best by Matt "she sees the beauty in everything." Which is so true. She's guileless and sincere and as you can see by the pics....truly beautiful! We lived with eachother for much of the time I spent up at BYU. Her family cracks me up and it's great to have spent some time together. My Uncle Lowell and Aunt Jeri made the 12 hour drive for the wedding as well and it was so nice to have them there and hang out with someone I knew for the day. Aunt Jeri basically took care of Emily the whole reception so that I could "mingle" and decorate the car of course ;) Emily was so tired from the days excitement she fells asleep on Aunt Jeri. Well, I'm blogging this quickly before the kids discover me gone from the room....so all in all in was a great time.....LOVED it, and learned a few things in the process. The end.

Em & the temple, chillin', Love them!!!, Aunt Jeri & Em(asleep)

And now a word from our sponsor.....

I will blog important things later....but now it's just time for a good song break. Enjoy the holidays!

Bucket List

For some reason, I've been thinking about my so-called "bucket list" lately and what would be on it. One thing for sure is learning to play the cello. I have always had a love for this instrument...it's quality of sound. To me it has such a power of spirituality to it (weird I know, but it does). I just think it would be cool to be like the dude on Air Wolf (circa 1980's show) that would walk out to the end of his dock and sit by the lake in his mountain home surroundings and just play his cello to relax.....I would totally do that.....if I played the cello, and lived in the mountains by a lake....which I don't.....but someday I will, play the cello atleast, and I will sit in my front yard if I have to and play it as the sun sets on my desert suburbia neighborhood.

One giant sandbox

Two weekends ago we went to the Pink Coral Sanddunes for Nola's birthday. It was her idea and we had such a fun time relaxing in the sand, playing, and picnicing. She's a gem of a grandma and mother-in-law

extraordinaire!!!

My new nickname HA HA HA HA HA!

So you think you can dance

One of the greatest passions I have in this life is dancing. As awkward as I am, I can't help but love dance/dancing. I've never excelled at it, but I've had my moments....and I want to be able to do it until I die...and then do it some more. I constantly find myself listening to music (another passion) and choreographing dances to it in my head. And when it comes to dance, there's very little discrimination on my part...I love pretty much all of it. That's why one of my favorite shows is "So you think you can dance" which starts again tonight and I'm so excited to see what talent shows up this time. The two songs I've loved lately for mental choreographing are "Lost" - by Anouk and "Now"- by Dave Carroll ...both of which are just pretty to me....playlist only has Lost though. :) enjoy...it's mellow yellow.