12.22.2014

judie girl's birthday was spent at home.

quiet. happy. simple.

jude wore one of her fancy christmas dresses
while cory and i took a more casual route with sweats and spandex.
ezra was the perfect party baby and slept the whole time.

we split a hot n' ready three ways

and sprung for some crazy bread because, yolo.

i made a double decker funfetti cake with yellow frosting and sprinkles.
straight from a box and straight from a can. 

she cried when we turned out the light and sang 'happy birthday'
and was too scared of her candle to blow it out.
she took a no-hands-face-first approach to her cake
and looked like the lorax when she came up for air.

it was such a perfect day.
it was exactly what the three of us needed
after a hectic few weeks.
we love you baby girl.
we are so, so glad you're ours.

and just like that, one year has passed.

happy birthday baby girl.

thank you for making me a mommy

and for being my best friend. 

you make life so, so wonderful.

i love you forever and ever and ever. 

photo: madi

a quarter.

on a tuesday in august, i turned twenty-five.
it was a sweet, simple day.
it was a perfect day.

we went out to eat
and were the only table in the room with a baby.
jude was hilarious and feisty.
she fake coughed so much and so loud
that it sounded like an old man was in the room.
cory and i laughed the more ridiculous she got
which only encouraged her.

i feel like i keep beating a dead horse when i say this,
but everything is so much better with jude in our lives.
everything.

i loved twenty-four.
it was such a blessed year.
a house. a baby.
growing & learning & changing.
another year loving that sweet man i married.

i can only hope twenty-five
will be as happy and hard and wonderful.

happy birthday to my sweet boy.

i am nothing without you. 

the birthday hangover is just an excuse to get out of doing dishes.

today officially marks my second day

as a twenty-four year old.

twenty-four feels just like twenty-three

except this year i'm a pregnant homeowner.

oh yeah...

cory and i bought a house.

i guess this is what being a real life adult is like. 

i'm just excited we get to play rockband

as loud as we want.

plz ignore the dead yard
and my weirdly orange face. 

april 29.

instead of being mushy,

i decided to channel my inner amanda bynes fan

and create some fan art

for my favorite boy's birthday.

it's not as intense as i had originally hoped

but it's not like she's going to retweet it anyway.

back to cory.

happy birthday my sweet boy.

you deserve all the choco-pillows in the world.

i love you forever&ever.

april 17.

oh my papa.

my dear, sweet papa.

thank you for always loving me.

for believing in me.

for pushing myself to be better than i ever thought i could.

thank you for rocking me when i'm sad

and singing "you are my sunshine" to make me smile.

thank you for constantly telling me

i am never too old to be your little girl.

and for understanding 

that even though i have cory now,

you will always be my daddy and my hero.

always.

happy birthday, papa.

i love you.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo,

your 5-b

wiiknd: nature is my anti-drug.

name changed.

driver's license fail.

licensed to fish.

grocery shopping.

best.grapes.ever.

season finale.

scones with shay.

playground exercises.

goofy tree statue.

seinfeld.

bed, bath + beyond.

blackberry picking.

breakfast for dinner.

late night visit.

birthday = twenty-three.

early morning.

drive to the mountains.  

four-wheeling + lilly lake + fishing.

first fish, caught.

learning to cast.

camp fire.

diabetes cake. 

perfect gift.

the best august 26. 

looks like my 2009 obsession with taking azn pictures has finally paid off.

today, i am this many.

double deuces

baybaay.

i look the same.

i feel the same.

i am the same.

the only thing that's changed 

is i actually got ready for work today.

must be a sign of maturity. 

and let's give a shout out to mama and papa 

for deciding to have a baby 

twenty-two years and nine months ago.

you done good.

bestfridayever.

remember this?

lemmebreakitdownfuhya.

fiesty had a birthday.

we made a billion cupcakes.

our success made us want to open a shop called "consider yourself sprinkled."

because we're cool like that. 

really though.

with stunna shades, asterisks, at signs, dollar signs,

 hash marks, get some and jersey shore references

i think we'd make bank.

i believe the gangster demographic is not represented in the cupcake industry.

have no fear my thugs, i hear you and i will represent you.

we're going to practice all summer and make the best baby cakes ever.

the rest of the night was spent dancing away.

i'm not exaggerating when i tell you it was

the.best.dance.party.ever.

i base this solely on the fact that i never stopped dancing

and i woke up the next morning unable to move my neck, shoulders or back.

the music and i became one.

it was truly magical.

good tunes. good friends. good cakes.

yeah we do it right in le tigre.

wicka whhat?!

oh, and for another indicator of how good our party was,

the following were left behind. 

spicy.

i'm the worst daughter in the whole wide world.

i didn't write a post about the birth of an angel.

it was on 09.13 and i missed it.

i forgot because i went home to celebrate with her.

i drove home, hugged her, kissed her cheeks and told her that i loved her.

and i know that's no excuse, but still...

i love you mami.

you're incredible.

the best friend i could have ever asked for.

the most loving, giving and caring person i know.

beautiful and funny and spicy.

you love all your children.

you give of your time.

you listen.

you care.

if i can grow up to be a fraction of the woman/mother you are,

i'll be happy.

you're my angel.

you have saved me so many times.

you've never given up.

with me. with life. with anything.

you are my hero.

 

te amo mi reina.

por favor disculpame por olvidar escribir te un blog.

tu sabes que te quiero.

ere la mejor mami en todo el mundo.

te amo mi reina.

con un poqito de sal y un poqito de azucar.

idk my bff jill?

 today is my best friend's birthday.

her name is khyrie

{sometimes i call her: jude, krizzle, kay, kye, bff jill, keere, etc.}

and she is my sister.

{circa 2008 which means she's just gotten hotter}

 back to my other half and her holy day of birth.

she's 20 today

and it's kind of a big deal.

even though she's a year younger than me, i've always looked up to her.

growing up she was the strong, independent, brave one.

but she was always there for me. 

i knew i could talk to her and actually be heard.

  we got really close in high school, especially my senior year.

i guess you could say she was my lifeline.

she kept me alive and focused and gave me hope.

i would give anything to have a high school lunch day with her again.

first 

we would choose between splitting a crisp bean burrito or a strawberry poptart.

then 

we would try to round up enough change for a mountain dew.

while 

sipping on the bubbly we'd go to the library or walk around all the while talking.

that's honestly how it was.

seriously, some of my best high school memories are from those lunches.

 {circa 2007}

college sucked.

i didn't like not having her there.

not having the same friends, 

not knowing exactly what was happening because i wasn't there to see it unfold. 

she didn't forget me though.

i missed my first college final - i slept through it.

i called her bawling and told her what happened.

after she got off the phone with me she called our bff beth who showed up at my door within 10 minutes.

we had khyrie on the phone within 5 and were all laughing and chatting.

they helped me forget my pain and amateur mistake.

those, children, are true friends.

i just wanted to go home so we could play again

{don't worry, we did...july 2008 was legit}

then homegirl decided to go to college.

in logan.

that meant we'd be two hours apart.

going home to visit was awful becuase she wouldn't always be there.

i hated that.

thank goodness for telephones and email and facebook and texting.

i would have died without technology.

{2008. dropping my baby off at skool}

all-in-all 

i love this girl

and she loves me.

{proof}

you know those friends you don't have to talk to everyday to know you love eachother?

where it can be months since your last playdate but you pick up right where you left off?

those people who you can be your whole self with, holding nothing back?

that's her.

i love our random text conversations and facebook wallposts.

i love that she offered to drive out to provo to be with me on sunday.

i love how she calls me almost everytime before she makes a purchase asking for my thoughts.

i love how i do the same with her.

she's the best sister/friend/person i've had the pleasure of knowing

i'm proud to call this little tiger my sister.

i'm blessed to have her as a friend.

and i'm grateful that the Lord placed her in my life.

!!!happy birthday khyrie!!!

i.love.you.so.much.you.don't.even.know.

and keeping with tradition, here's are annual birthday beauty shot. 

 

little electronic wishes.

i'm too addicted to stop now.

and i think i'll want to remember these.

maybe...in the future...

kay {thursday. 08.26, 12:30 am}: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! love you

kay {thurs. 08.26, 12:33 am}: i'm in bed sleepin so i'll talk to you in the morn!  don't text back but love you b-day girl!

skyler {thurs. 08.26, 7:25 am}: brissa bris, i think your birthday present will be me arriving in provo today.

mami {thurs. 08.26,7:27 am}: feliz cumpleanos mijita, te deseo las bendiciones mas lindas del cielo.

kay {thurs. 08.26, 8:43 am}:  happy bbbbbbirthday!!!!!!

cami {thurs. 08.26, 10:12 am}: happy birthday to you!!!  we'll call later to sing when the kids get home.  hope you're having a great day!  love and miss you.

whit {thurs. 08.26, 12:07 pm}: B RIZZLE! you're old.  ha.  happy birthday skillet.  love ya forever like ya for always.

whit {thurs. 08.26, 12:10 pm}:  get crunk for me

travis {thurs. 08.26, 12:14  pm}:  happy birthday old person...you're totally going to get hammered!  haha

jared {thurs. 08.26, 2: 46 pm}:  happy birthday beep.  love ya

matthias {thurs. 08.26, 4: 32 pm}:  happy birthday brissa.  i hiope your quincenera is everything you hoped it would be your'e so grown up now.  :)

mike - guy # 1{thurs. 08.26, 4:46 pm}:  happy birthday brizzle!!!

mike - guy #  {thurs. 08.26, 5:53 pm}:  happy birthday!

jess {thurs. 08.26, 10:08 pm}:  happy bday i am going to bed.  we left ur present on the living room table.

lauren {thurs. 08.26, 10:11 pm}:  happy bday!!!

skyler {thurs. 08.26, 11:31 pm}:  haha, happy bday frika, congrats on surviving another year

  

       there you have it folks. 

don't worry, i won't annoy myself  {and possibly you} by putting up my facebook wishes.

  weird.i'm.21.

i actually like chocolate things better....

yesterday i turned this many

21.

i.no.rite?!

i kind of can't believe it either.

when i was younger i thought this birthday was ages away

and now it's here.

it's mine.

it's golden.

holla!

today

is my last official day as a twenty year old.

it's kind of a big deal.

i wish i could say i was going sky-diving 

or jumping on a plane and travelling

or giving someone famous a high-five.

but i'm not.

it's really okay.

because i'm excited to live another normal day.

breathe normal air.

and give normal people high-fives.

happenings

so i guess i forgot to tell you kids a few things.

first.

i moved out of club 45.

 i went from a two bedroom apartment to a two story, four bedroom house.

it's kind of amazing and incredibly spacious.

we named it le tigre. 

that's my house.

hidden behind that giant tree.

 second.

i bought a car.

his name is carlos and he's a manual.

my second time EVER on the freeway was in carlos in stop-and-go traffic.

it was quite the adventure.

i may have shed some tears.

third.

 my favorite sunglasses died.

these ones.

r.i.p.

fourth.

lauren came to visit.

{circa 2008}.

 

she, sam and i partied for a day and a half.
we also planned an epic harry potter trip to florida for next summer.

fifth.

i saw parker and brandon for the first time since their missions.

it was a joyous reunion.

oh! and i dominated everyone in my first game of dominion.

{circa 2008}

sixth.

all my friends are coming back either this week or next week!

i can't wait.

but that means school starts soon.

:(

seventh.

a week from yesterday i turn twenty-one.

ay caramba.

i also get to pick up my copy of mockingjay!!!!!

peace out girl scouts.

later skaters.

beth-a-palooza

so i have this bff.

and no, her name is not jill.

it's beth.

we've been friends since my junior and her senior year of high school.

today is her 22nd birthday.

!!happy birthday paloozie!!

i honestly don't think i could have asked for a better friend.

one time we had this secret/illegal sleepover and we were the only two who didn't fall asleep.

so we played truth or dare on the elliptical and that is when king kukamunga was born.

then we decided to watch the sunrise so we went out on the tramp and fought for the middle.

when the sprinklers came on we had to run like crazy to avoid the water.

turns out that we don't really have sunrises in utah,

the sky just gets gradually lighter.

we wrote each other letters when she went to college.

and that's how the name "beth-a-palooza" was born.

i have since given her many nicknames:

beffie, beth-annie, baby spice, fuzzy, beff, bethie, bethanie gertrude, paloozie

and one secret one i don't dare type because she would kill me.

*cough*{d.g.}*cough*

i love that my other half and bff are bff-lizzles.

we're the three best friends that anyone could have.

seriously.

kay + beth + breezy = magic. always.
{but not always photogenic}

beth got me hooked on the rocket summer.

we've been to so many concerts together i can't even keep track.

but we went to my first concert {harry and the potters}

and my last concert {fun. & jack's mannequin} together.

nothing says friendship like good taste in music.

she puts up with my weird tendencies.

and just laughs {at me} when i...

 sing in opera, talk in accents, shimmy in my bed, say awkward things,

yell on the phone {not to her}, vent about drama, pretend to be ghetto,

make her creations emo and so much more...

she's been adopted into my family.

seriously.

i'd be surprised if mom and dad don't ask her to be in the next family picture.

oh!

and we're moving into our new house this saturday.

yes she's the best.

and she's twenty-two.

thanks beff.

you're the best friend money can buy.

{dad will pay you soon, i promise!!}

{hey beth. isn't it crazy how the collage above has one of our first{ish} pictures ever

taken together and the last picture ever taken of us?! t-t-t-trippy!}

what up cracka?!

hey papa.

THANK YOU.

for everything.

i can't even begin to explain or list off everything i'm grateful for.

thanks for believing in me and telling me i can.

thanks for never letting me forget who i am.

thanks for not letting me give up. 

thanks for always saving the national geographic issues 

and giving them to me along with my bank statements every time i come home. 

thanks for letting me drive the car.

thanks for waiting in line for me to get my license.

thanks for talking.

thanks for listening.

thanks for singing that song when i cry.

thanks.

i love you.

a lot a lot.

happy birthday {hangover} kid.

sorry i missed it on the real day.

i was too busy surprising you.

have a good one.

i love you.

five + one = rockin.

it'll be good.

trust me.

tsssss aaaahhhh.

oh baby.

this weekend?

it's gonna be a good one.

sidenote: today is the day we are celebrating the birth of daxflame.  who is daxflame you might ask?  only the coolest fish ever who is one year old today.  i can't believe it.  so if you're in town and you want to wish dax a happy birthday, please drop by.  i'm sure he'd love to hear from you.

back to this weekend.

i am excited.

too excited.

i feel like agustus gloop entering willy wonka's chocolate factory for the first time.

that's how happy i am.

i hope you have a good weekend too.

:)

peace out girl scouts

& later to the skaters.

hey gram.

one of my favorite people in the entire universe had a birthday today.

 {It was this little lady.}

I love her a lot and I'm going to tell you why {in some form or another}.  WARNING!  You will most likely get jealous at how awesome my grandma is compared to yours.  Sorry...that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

Granma, G-Ma, G-Unit, Pretty Lady, Speed Devil:

Thanks.  I don't think I tell you that enough.  I am really, really grateful to have you in my life.  Thanks for not giving up.  I hope you know that your undying faith strengthens me when things are going rough.  Thanks for teasing us.  Thanks for always pinching whoever is closest to you when they deserve it.  Thanks for making those homemade napkins all those years ago.  Thanks for not being able to eat the little seeds in raspberries so Daddy strayed from his norm fruit-filled birthday cake.  {Yours has by far been the best...ever}.  Thanks for listening to me.  Thanks for your sound advice.  Thanks for believing in me.  I hope to be like you when I grow up.  A strong woman.  A woman who knows what she wants.  A woman who doesn't take crap from anyone.  A faithful woman.  A truly wonderful woman.

I love you grandma.

so so much. 

happy birthday pretty lady.