Happy Birthday Mickey Daddy!

Today is my dad's birthday.

He would be 57.

We celebrated by going to dinner as a family at Macayo's where we celebrated with:

-tender moments of poking fun at each other

-taking the kids out by the lake

-saying Happy Birthday to DAD

-taking a few pictures

-handing out quarters for everyone to get a large gumball

-me & SmashMe {Ashley} putting gum in our mouth and being *disgusting* together as we call it (where you stick a large piece of gum in your mouth and talk with really gross voices)

-running around in the front yard of the restaurant

-me & Smash doing our rendition of "I Went To Chinese Restaurant"

-putting the kids in the car & slappin people on the booty

-singing 'How Firm a Foundation' when slapping Ashley's rear {seriously...buns o steel!}

-coming home and dancing more with the bro

-mom crashing on the living room chair

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

HOPE YOU'RE LAUGHING AT/WITH US FROM ABOVE

In the voice of Kip Dynamite: "Your Mom Gets On YouTube"

Last weekend I came home from my social events at 2 am and I saw a bright light orbing in my living room. {Okay it wasn't orbing} but it was my mom on the computer...I came over to see what she was doing, and she had been on youtube for hours! Searching and listening to all kinds of music, especially Adam Lambert.

HaHa She's So Funny.

Then yesterday afternoon {when I got back from Dick's} her youtube music was turned up really loud and she was jammin while folding laundry.

I Love My Mom.

This Is What Good Days Are Made Of

1. Waking up at 11:30 Saturday Morning
2. Eating slices of watermelon for breakfast
3. Thinking of cleaning your room
4. But instead you booty shake in your brother's room for an hour and he teaches you the dance to "UrAJerk"
5. Get bored so you call an old friend
6. Catch up on facebook emails
7. Show your mom your blog
8. Do more dancing and have your mom say "I hope you don't dance like that at parties, it's pretty suggestive"
9. Try to get her to pop her booty
10. Go to Dick's Sporting Goods & purchase LiveStrong bands for you and your mom
11. See cute boys at Dick's
12. Shower & get ready for the day {meaning night of partying}
13. Call another friend & laugh for a half hour while putting on finishing touches
14. TeXt text TEXT
15. Have Sara pick you up, grab energy drinks at the gas station {I know I should quit} and head to Tiffany's
16. Go to themed dance party & make the most of it
17. Try to get Sara to {pardon my French} grow some balls "Descend, Descend, Descend!" and go introduce herself to some hunnies
18. Meet 3 new guys yourself, one of which is completely intriguing...{long blonde crimpy wig, bandana, aviator sunglasses, cut off shirt, one fake sleeve tattoo, black and white TIGHT tights leaving nothing to the imagination but incredibly built...just had to meet him...He gave me an entire story of how his name is Sinbad Rocker and his band was back partying at the hotel where he invited me to-room 1302-and said I'd make a great groupie but I told him I wouldn't follow him around} At the end of the conversation you {me} make a clever {or so I thought} statement "Well the party's over, did you want to get my number?" hahaha Pretty Bold when I want to be...Turns out he did want to get it-told him he could have it if he used it...
19. Get dinner bought for you by Sara for talking to Sinbad Rocker {I was going to meet him regardless though}
20. Win back the Pocket Peter {Something between The Trinity-Sara, Tara, Tiffany...cannot disclose}
21. Come home and chat with mom, Austin & Jack til 3 am and have Jack say "you guys are all Ninjas, you never sleep!"
22. Laugh really hard, recap your night, and get some sleep.

That Was My Saturday.

Pretty Successful Evening If I Do Say So Myself...

And I Do.

Tonight after work I got ready to go play some sand volleyball. {Friends and I have been getting together for about the past month, a few times a week to play sand volleyball-before that we were playing indoor} and I'm actually pretty good sometimes, considering I've only played for Young Women's before. We were meeting up at Freestone so I decided I would hit the batting cages real quick before hand.

I purchased my four tokens, got a bat, and went down to where the slow pitch softball machines were. There was a group of about 12 guys or so, so I politely stood there waiting my turn. Two guys jumped in right away and said "you can use this one once he's done; we'll move over" {my, my, my...how nice of them}. I said 'okay thank you, that would be great' with an innocent little smile on my face {no hair twirling this time-they were younger guys}. The 'leader' of the group stepped up and asked where I played, and what was on my shirt {mammoth}. I told him I play on city coed leagues, and he told me they were a ward team. I forget the name of the ward {darn} but he said near where the new Temple will be built. Anyhow I got my ego stroked a bit because the young men were impressed with my hitting skills, saying that I was 'showing them up'.

I finished my 5 minutes of fame in the cage, and continued a bit of small talk. The YM Leader threw out 'Do you get set up a lot?' Why, no I don't {I'm totally down for it though}. He said to the boys 'who was that who spoke on Sunday? ...Yeah, he's a beast...' I guess that was a good thing-at least 6'4, basketball player? Then the leader said to one of the guys, which I thought was pretty funny, "She's a little out of your league, but put her number in your phone so we can give it to _______". HaHa So I thought that was pretty cool! That never happens to me. :) I guess we'll see if I get a call.

After that fun little interaction I walked a hundred yards and played some GREAT Volley for two hours... All in all I'd say it was a pretty successful night! Now I'm gonna hit the showers!

My Dad...The Oak Tree

A mighty wind blew night and day.

It stole the oak tree's leaves away.

Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark

Until the oak was tired and stark.

But still the oak tree held its ground

While other trees fell all around.

The weary wind gave up and spoke,

"How can you still be standing, Oak?"

The oak tree said,

"I know that you can break each branch of mine in two,

Carry every leaf away, shake my limbs, and make me sway.

But I have roots stretched in the earth,

Growing stronger since my birth.

You'll never touch them, for you see,

They are the deepest part of me.

Until today, I wasn't sure of just how much I could endure.

But now I've found, with thanks to you,

I'M STRONGER THAN I EVER KNEW."

We Love You Dad.

We Miss You Every Moment.

August 24, 1952 - July 29, 2009

Husband...

*Compliments of PaperTissue*

Find Reason To Laugh

My friend Amanda & I frequently exchange emails, usually HiLaRiOuS emails {at least to us} that help us get through our work day. A couple weeks ago she sent me some pictures that for some reason she has kept and decided to remind her good friend {me} not to take life, or myself too seriously...and I laughed.

She reminded me that I am a strong woman:


(World's Smallest Weight...Ya, I Get My WorkOut On)

And also how beautiful I truly am:


(Making Faces When I Broke My Ankle...She's So Thoughtful To Take & Keep My Most Beautiful Moments)

More Laughing Moments:

"It's always good to hear that people you like are happy."
- Will Shetterly, Never Never

* My friend/coworker Lisa told me last Friday morning the exciting news of her husband finding a great new job! {Hip Hip Hooray!} I am so excited for them! The funny part though is how excited Lisa gets about telling stories like this! We joked and laughed that now she's going to buy the expensive shampoo she's been holding off on for 6 months because now "We're Rich!" Oh, good times shared.

"The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused."
- Shirley Maclaine

* Last night I was laying in bed and heard a rustling in some papers by my bed. Freaked out of course, I turned on the light, sat on my bed with phone clenched in one hand {not sure who I'd call or why, but it made me feel better} and scrunched down on my knees in a position that I could LEAP off my bed if needed. I grabbed a hangar and kept hitting the area where I thought the noise was coming from. I thought a cockroach or something had somehow gotten in, or maybe my brother and his friend played a SICK joke on me...alas, a tiny moth flew out. I jumped. Got it off my bed (all by myself) and went to sleep. Time to clean my room!

Laughter is an instant vacation. ~Milton Berle

Seven days without laughter makes one weak. ~Mort Walker

{L}aughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. ~Hugh Sidey

Entrepreneurialism Is Everywhere

Get Creative! These guys did...

I was driving home last night on the 202 from a fabulous birthday dinner for my friend Teena and found the 101 to be closed. I took the frontage road all the way up and instead of taking my normal turn off, I decided to stay on for one more mile. {Lucky Me} it was the busiest mile stretch. It was like rush hour traffic at 10:30 at night. About 3/4 of the way down almost to the exit I noticed three guys on the sidewalk. It turns out they were there to make money! No, not like that...they were holding up signs that said they had water and snacks for sale, and one guy had a message written on his chest that read "I Need Money!" I started to laugh and thought of how clever they were to do this! They knew the freeway was closed and picked the prime location of the busiest (slowest moving traffic) area on that stretch and set up shop. Yes, I saw a full cart with all sorts of snacks and water bottles. I did not have any cash on me otherwise I would have bought something from them. I hope they made some money last night because they definitely made me smile!

I really did think that they were extremely creative; they saw an opportunity to make money and took it!

Thank You, Tres Amigos of the 101.

FireCracker, FireCracker, BooM BooM BOOM!

I had a friend tell me after Sacrament Meeting today that I'm sassy, and guys are afraid of the sass. He said, "You're a FiReCrAcKeR...they don't want to burn their hands..." I just say there needs to be one who knows how to play with fire.