ladies night out

I've been debating if I wanted to see ''Leap year'' or not and ended up going tonight with one of my friends Tiffany that I've known pretty much forever. It is such a GOOD movie! It's a great story and has hilarious humor, heck you could even take your boyfriend or husband with you and he wouldn't be yawning or rolling his eyes after every scene!

So I definitely recommend going out and seeing this one. After the movie was over we came out to a winter wonderland, it was seriously gorgeous, the snow flakes were huge and slowly falling. I wish I could have captured a better picture.

Viva Las Vegas!

Ryan and I went to Vegas for the weekend with our friends Steve and Kylie. It was a blast and great vacation.

Saturday we spent pretty much all morning and afternoon waiting in line, going through security, waiting some more to be on "Let's make A Deal" Even though none of us were chosen we had great seats and had fun. Tip for anyone that plans to go on any game shows, make sure you get enough sleep and eat a good meal. We were exhausted and famished by the time we were done. We weren't allowed to have camera's and could only think of a cold beverage and any kind of substance that I forgot to take pictures of us in our costumes when the show ended.

The show wont even air for another month or so, we had good seats to be seen during the entire show (left side in the middle!) The only bummer part was we had people in front of us wearing pinatas over their heads so who knows maybe you won't even be able to see us!

After the show we went to see the U of U play against UNLV and shockingly enough we WON!

Can you see the excitement on Steve's face? haha

Kylie and I enjoyed most of the time playing bejewled on our phones ;)

Ryan was pretty stoked we were winning as well

We had to take a picture of this, did anyone else learn how to make 'tornados' in school and how they happen?

This is a real live person!

He acted robotic and would give the girls

a hand shake or kiss on their hand haha

Waiting for the show to begin!

On our last night we got a great deal on buying ticket to see ''The Lion King'' The show is amazing! I would definitely recommend going to it.

Rawrrrrrr

Yellow sale!

Bath & Body Works is having their ''Yellow Sale'' going on right now!

I went over the weekend and stocked up on lotions, shower gel, and the little anti-bacterial hand gel. They have some things that are up to 75$ off! I love their brown sugar and fig mmm yum and got new scents, the plumeria lotion and pearberry shower gel. So I'm definitely good to go on these things for awhile haha.

So go HERE to get on line shopping done or head on over to the store!

chick flicks

I know it'll be like pulling teeth to drag Ryan to see some of these cute movies coming out soon so I might have to do a girls night. I am in love with romantic movies, cheesy or not I love them. I can't wait to see ''Dear John'' and ''Valentines Day'' Although I give Ryan credit for enjoying "The Notebook" and "P.S I Love you" so maybe I can add one of these two or both to the list!

welcome 2010

Ryan and I celebrated our 7th, well technically our 5th (him being on a mission doesn't count) together. Our first kiss was new years eve so it's always fun to look forward to as our ''kissing anniversary''.

We spent this year with our friends Whitney and Jake, Ryan and I went to H.S with Whitney, I'm proud to say I invited her to a party years ago where she ended up meeting Jake, I sat in the back of her car while they had like a 4 hour conversation till 3 in the morning! ;) jk. I slept for most of it. They are so much fun and the four us get a long great, since they live in Layton we don't get to see them very often. Whitney's parents have a big party every year and spent our 2nd new years eve with them and of course had a blast!

Me and Whitney waiting for the new year to start with

our cup of glitter and confetti from her mom :O

glitter and confetti=huge mess

12:02 am. Happy New year! Welcome 2010 <3

new year, new slate!

Today is the last day of 2009, in a matter of hours it will be a brand new year!

Every year I make a few new year resolutions; some of them I cross off, others...not so much.

This year my resolutions are:

1) Like every other person: Get healthy! I want try to not drink so much diet coke, and for one month no soda pop. And obviously eat right/exercise.

2) My ward is doing the challenge to read The Book of Mormon together this year, so they've give us a book mark with what we need to read each day. I haven't done this since President Hinckley's challenge years ago in the beauty school days.

3) I'm usually good at not spending money on frivolous things but I haven't been great on it lately so I plan on making sure if what I am buying is a need or a want.

4) Write more consistently in my journal.

5) Find a salon job and work hard to save up for future events.

6) Do more service for others in need.

7) Be more patient and speak only kind words.

8) Be a better daughter, sister, aunt, girlfriend, and friend.

9) Finish my hair clips and head bands I've begun making. I've been slacking off.

10) Most importantly to be a better daughter of God, I am definitely not perfect nor close to it but I want to make right choices to be better person.

Do you think we are prepared for the holidays?

Wood Christmas party!

Sunday evening we had our Christmas party. We ate a delicious dinner thanks to my mom and sisters (I had the difficult task of being in charge of drinks)

Stefani read this book to the family, if you don't own this book you should go out and get it. It's a must have! It teaches about the gift of giving others of Penny's jar of money she gives out each year with her family. So for our activity after we decorated our own jars to fill up for the next 12 months till we give our jars away next December. It was such a fun activity to do as a family and looking forward to next year of all of us giving them away to someone who needs them.

Everyone busy decorating their jars

Austin's Jar of Love haha

Everyone's jars they made!

Mrs. Clause ready to give our her rewards!

Not everyone was thrilled with their white elephant gift

poor Hailey got stuck with a jar of jam, that little lip couldn't have

popped out faster, she was happy that someone ''stole'' her gift so she could

pick a new present haha

Ryan was on the ''nice list'' and picked for an award for staying busy with school and work, getting good grades. He got some pj pants and ear plugs. He was excited about his white elephant gifts of crackers with a salami stick.

accessorize much?

I found this great website from one of the magazines at the grocery store when skimming through it and love it! I pretty much want everything on it haha. Go HERE

**Also they are having free shipping on the 17th on all orders! They have some dang cute things, I bought some necklaces and bracelets for presents and one for myself since I HAD to reach the $50 in order to get my free shipping. totally worth it btw.

Here are a few of the items that I bought:

I think this is so cute and unique

I bought this one in teal, so pretty!

This necklace I love, it can either go with jeans a cute t-shirt or with dress for a party ect

Great gifts to give to a friend, sister, girlfriend, anyone who would love some more jewelry!

Tis the season

I have a love hate relationship with the season winter, my dislikes are like anyone else's

*driving in the snow/blizzards

*scraping snow and ice off my car since I don't have the luxury of parking in a garage

*dry skin

* washing the salt and snow off my car knowing it's going to snow with in the week but I don't want rust to appear come Spring

The things that I enjoy about winter would be

*peppermint ice cream

*stephen's hot chocolate and pumpkin spice

*cozying up by the fire with a blanket and classic holiday movie

*the smells of pumpkin and cinnamon

*the beautiful serene look after a new fall of snow

*Christmas lights around the neighborhoods and Temple square

*Shopping for my friends and family

*sledding at Sugarhouse park/snowball fights

*bringing out my scarves, gloves, sweaters, boots, ect I love winter clothes

*listening to holiday music in my car and singing along

*watching Martha Stewarts holiday show getting cute ideas of making my own holiday cards, wrapping presents, and yummy food

*Did I mention delicious food?

*my mom's homemade cinnamon rolls are scrumptious

*and most importantly remembering the true meaning of CHRISTmas

I'm looking forward to spending this Christmas season at home with my family, and ecstatic that my sister Brittani, her husband and son Finn are going to be with us. I hope you are all enjoying the end of the year and the season!