Crazy Eights

Surprise - I'm blogging! :)

My friend Clayton tagged me..... so yes I'm doing it.

8 shows I watch:

1 - Battlestar Galactica

2 - Big Bang Theory

3 - How I Met Your Mother

4 - Chuck

5 - Heroes

6 - Fringe

7 - House

8 - Bones

8 places I like to eat:

1 - My mom's house

2 - Taco Amigo

3 - Kneaders

4 - Cheesecake Factory

5 - Chens

6 - Olive Garden

7 - Chilis

8 - Red Robin

8 things on my wish list

1 - A man/boyfriend/husband

2 - Someone to come home to.

3 - CHILDREN

4 - A home with a garage

5 - To be loved forever

6 - Not be stressed at work

7 - Did I mention kids :)

8 - Not have to work - ever!

8 People I tag:

1 - Lisa

2 - Breanne

3 - Amber

4 - Jd

5 - Chris

6 - Jenn

7 - Billy

8 - Clayton - but he is the one who tagged me :)

Be a Hero. Save a Blog (you could win an iPod or a Cricut)

So, my awesome brother started this company, called Bloggled, to help all us bloggers in the world!! You can back up your blog for free!!! So if you delete something, they can retrieve it for you. If you accidently delete your whole blog (after you have backed it up) they can bring it back to life. You can even turn your blog into a book, without all the extra uploading :)

Anywho, they are having a great contest on Monday December 15th to celebrate the launch of their website! You could win a Cricut or an 16 GB iPod Touch!!! So keep on reading to find out how to enter to win!!! Good luck!!

Have you ever had this experience? You are posting to your blog, click the publish button, and the very next thing you know the screen is blank. So, you click back to your drafts and nothing is there, then you click your published posts and nothing is there. At this point you are starting to think to yourself…oh no, what just happened? As you continue searching your blog admin for information you see that all your uploaded images, videos, files, and everything is gone. Living through this situation would be enough to devastate any blogger. Knowing that years of data about your person, family, or business is gone can be difficult to overcome emotionally, but even more difficult of a problem to solve. If you haven’t backed up your blog recently, or ever, chances are your posts and everything else are gone for good.

This is the kind of situation that led Brent Ramey to the idea of creating Bloggled.com, “and to honestly save anyone in that situation the act of going insane.” Bloggled.com is a blog backup company that is allowing bloggers to backup their blog for free as an introductory product to celebrate their official launch out of beta and as a holiday gift this season. Bloggled is also offering multiple prizes to those who participate in their “Be a Hero, Save a Blog Contest” that is running through the day on Monday, December 15, 2008. Winners can choose from either a 16GB iPod Touch, or a Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter Machine and it’s quite simple to enter. All you have to do is one of the items below, but if you do more you get entered more times into the drawing…but you have to enter by Monday 12/15 to qualify so act fast, or should I say slow so I have a better chance of winning. :)

1. Join Bloggled. Register and sign up for a Bloggled account (http://www.bloggled.com/).
2. Friend or follow Bloggled on one of the following social network profiles:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bloggled
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Brent-Ramey/1002883214
3. Subscribe to Bloggled’s RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/bloggled.
4. Blog about the Blogger Contest on another blog then notify Bloggled about the new blog post by commenting on their blog.
Anyway, as you can tell from my post here, I have met the criteria and will be hoping I’m drawn as a winner on Monday. You can find the full contest details by visiting www.bloggled.com.

Fun times in October

October was a busy and fun month for me. I made 3 trips to California ( Two for work, one for fun ) Xander and Billy had fun birthday parties and then there was Halloween. Way to much fun packed into 31 days. Here are a few pictures of all the adventures.

Me and two gals from the Minifee, Ca store.

The Indio, Ca store. I think it looks like a big Lego. :)

Jd and Chris on the new Toy Story Mania ride. It's so much fun.

Me and the pumpkin scarecrow at Disneyland. (yes I know where his hand is..... he he he... whoops)

Our last night in Disneyland, so much fun with friends of Jd and Chris. The kids loved me, I had so much fun.

With the Dream Squad, we found them a few days before and won Dream Ears and this time it was Dream Fastpasses. Yay!

Me, Chris and Jd on Soarin.

Having fun on Tower of Terror.

Chicken (Sawyer), Batman (Max), Ash (Xander), Supergirl (Conli) and Belle (Mara) Having fun at the 2nd annual Ramey Halloween Party. I know there are pictures of all the adults that dressed up somewhere out there. I was Cinderella, also there was Gumby, a pretty princess, Little Red Riding hood, a witch, and a oral surgeon assistant. We looked great all dressed up.

Halloween night with Clayton and Paul. We are Lock, Stock, and Barrel from Nightmare before Christmas. I had so much fun. Thanks Clayton for the great idea. :)

"Dead Zone"

So I'm in California (again) to help another Super Target with their grand opening. I'm right outside of Palm Springs, which by the way I think has way to many Palm trees, in the city of Indio. Indio is a cell phone DEAD ZONE!! It's my last night here and it's close to midnight (1am in Utah) and I have just finished a 11 hour shift and I now realize I have been in a dead zone for 4 days. As I move around town I have received a few text messages here and there, but a majority of what I have sent and what people have sent to me are lost in the cell phone DEAD ZONE of Indio. UGH!!!! So as I chill in my room and watch Will & Grace, I have placed my phone in the one place in my room that has a signal, in hopes that all the text messages floating around in the universe meant for me will reach me somehow. Oh how I hope. :)

Work & Fun

Work is keeping me very busy here in California, I'm loving helping out in the new store. Everything is so shiny and new, I'm jealous and want to bring all the new stuff home with me to my store. I have been able to hang out with other Target team members that are here helping from Colorado, we went to a casino last night and had a good time. I played Black Jack at a table for the first time and did well. I loved it. Today after work we took a trip out to Oceanside to the beach. It was crazy hot, and the water was really cold, but it was so fun. :)

AIRPLANE

OK so the title of this post is a bit misleading. Sorry I'm not here to talk about the movie Airplane. A very funny movie, and watching it now as an adult, I'm surprised that my parents let me watch it when I was younger, but any way, not talking about that movie. :)

My story is about my fun experience at the airport today. I got there in plenty of time ( thanks mom for the ride ) and there were no problems getting on the plane, the fun began when we were taking off. It's weird to explain, but it's like riding a roller coaster. We were going so fast and almost off the ground and bam, the flight was "aborted" ( the fancy term the pilot used ). So hey why not lets try and take off again. No go. 2nd time around, almost off the ground and again - aborted. Turns out there was something wrong with the lever on the wings or something. Anyhoo.... we went back to the terminal and de-boarded ( I like using the fancy aviation terms ) the plane. So after a bit we got a new plane, and finally two hours after I was originally supposed to take off I was in the air on my way to California, sadly not for vacation, but for work.

So the word Airplane has a new definition for me....... what a fun day. :)

Yay!!

Ok - yes I'm a lazy blogger. I'll try to post more in the future. :) I had a fun filled summer and I'll post about it....... eventually.

Today I finally got a DVR! Hence the title - Yay!! I have now stepped out of the VCR era and have embraced the new technology ( well new for me, old for everyone else ) So YAY!!! I'm now going to go play with my new toy. :)

Kylie is 21 today!!!

Happy 21st birthday my friend!!!

I am so lucky to have you as a friend. You are not only one of my best friends but you are my family too. I am very excited for you to be going on a mission, I will miss you tonz. Here are some fun pictures from some amazing Disney trips. :) Enjoy your birthday!!!

Facebook

Yes I am now a member of the Facebook community. I gave in and my brother JD set it up for me last night. Sorry Billy. :)

Happy Birthday Clayton :)

Happy Birthday to my best friend. Thank you for always being there for me. :) Here are some fun pictures from the past couple years.

My new phone.

After 5 months of saving money I finally was able to get a new phone. Yay! I'm so excited! I'm in love with it and it's my very favorite color ever, lavender! It's so pretty, I'm happy. :)

Swimming

Last Friday I got to go swimming with most my family. We had so much fun, the kids are a blast when they get near the pool. Max is half fish and could live in the water, Xander loves the water when he has a noodle. Conli is afraid of the pool this summer and sits on the stairs. Mara gets in the pool but holds on for dear life. We are all excited to see how the summer goes, hopefully all the kids will transform into half fish just like Max. :)

Xander and the noodle :)

Conli, JD and Max

Me, Mara, Chris, JD and Breanne. Lisa took the picture. :)

Mara and Conli. This is how they have fun swimming.

Summerfest

Last weekend was the Orem City Summerfest. There are fun carnival rides, craft booths, lots of food, a night parade and fireworks. I had a really fun time at the parade with my family. My nieces and nephews are crazy funny and were so excited for every float in the parade. When Conli grows up she wants to be a princess in a parade. :) The fireworks are the best around. They last at least 15 min and go non stop, no lul in the show. Ok so they are the 2nd best after the fireworks at Disneyland, but the best in Utah. :) So i'm trying my first slide show to share all the pictures from the fun night.

Posting Slacker.......

Yes I'm a slacker! So many things that I want to post about and then I get busy and then I get lazy, so watch out, take a seat, and be prepared for a lot of stuff. :) oh and more to come later. :)

Our first attempt to open the cabin.

A few weeks ago Brent, Pat, Breanne, mom, Xander, Mara, Max, Conli and I drove down to our cabin to open it for the season and have just a fun time with the family. Well as most everyone knows the weather this year has been interesting to say the least. It had been raining a lot, and we woke up to a fun storm but decided to try and open the cabin anyway. No such luck, rain and dirt roads equal mud. Lots of mud! My mom's 4 wheel drive car made it about half a mile on the dirt road and my little car went just a few hundred feet. So we ended up turning around and going home after a good lunch at TCees. I did enjoy the fun ride with my niece and nephews. They always make me smile. :)

Smooshing the kids in the backseat of my car.

Miss Mara having fun in moms car.

MUD! lots of MUD!

Having fun with the gumball machine at TCees.

I love my cute nieces! :)

Gay Pride

Sunday June 8th was the Utah Gay Pride celebration. I have never been to pride before, I have always wanted to go and support my brother and best friend, so this year when Clayton and Paul asked me to help out and be in the parade with them, I was excited! Really, really, really excited! Paul works for Wells Fargo and he was asked to be a line captain and on the committee for the Wells Fargo float. It was the coolest thing ever! More than 60 employees and friends got to wear different color shirts to make a rainbow and hold balloons while walking in the parade. I got to wear green and carry a 9 foot pole of green balloons. I had the best time ever! We all looked so so cool lined up with our shirts and balloons. Here are some pics from that day. :)

Me, Paige, Clayton and Paul getting ready for the parade.

That's me in the green, Jd and Chris came to the parade and got pictures. I love it!

The Wells Fargo group. Wow look at all the balloons! So cool!

Jd, me and Chris. Having fun at the festival.

Paul, me and Clayton. Thanks boys I had the best time ever! Love Ya!

Kylie's Mission Call

Arkansas!

Kylie got her mission call to Little Rock, Arkansas. She will be leaving for the MTC on September 3rd. Here are a few facts about Arkansas.

Arkansas (pronounced [ˈɑɹkn̩ˌsɑː]) is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state.
The name Arkansas derives from the same root as the name for the State of Kansas. The Kansas tribe of American Indians are closely associated with the Sioux tribes. The word is a French pronunciation of a Quapaw (a related "Kaw" tribe) word meaning "land of downriver people" or "people of the south wind". The pronunciation of Arkansas (ar-kan-saw) was made official by an act of the state legislature in 1881 after a dispute between the two U.S. Senators from Arkansas. One wanted to pronounce the word ar-kan-sas and the other wanted ar-kan-saw

Some fun photos from that night. :)

In the process of opening the call.

Reading the call. :)

The family looking at the map.

Kylie and Clayton. They are so cute.

THINGS THAT GET STUCK IN YOUR HEAD.

I have had this stuck in my head all day! So here is the story. -

My nephew Max and niece Conli are so cute. They love to always watch movies with me when I babysit. They go through phases with the choice of movies to watch. So it's been fun to watch old movies like Flight of the Navigator, and newer movies like High School Musical with them. The movie they are obsessed with now is Harry Potter or Marry Potter as Conli calls it. (So cute) So last night all of us were at my mom's, we had finished dinner and were playing Catch Phrase and we can hear Max and Conli in the kitchen saying over and over - Snape, Snape, Snape then a random Dumbledore. I laughed, they are being cute and random, all my nieces and nephews are, they make me giggle. My sister-in-law Lisa explains to us that there is a funny video on YouTube that has puppets in it and that is what the kids are repeating. So here it is for everybody to see.

Get prepared to have it stuck in your head forever. :)

SOCCER STAR!

I have loved going to my nephew Max's soccer games last fall and this spring. He is loving soccer and getting so good. The best 5 year old soccer player! I can say that, i'm his aunt. :) Here are a lot of fun pics.

The next Beckham?

Concentrating on the ball.

Grass Stains, the marks of a great player.

Super fans!

Run Max!!

Cute Conli always yelling "GO MAX! & GO GREEN DRAGONS!"

Great defense.

Sawyer and Lisa enjoying the game.

Max being silly. I love this boy! :)

A.B.C.

My friend Clayton filled this out and I thought it would be fun to do it to.

A- Attached or single: Sadly I'm single.
B- Best friends: Clayton, Billy and Kylie.
C- Cake or Pie: Cake! Chocolate cake! Yum!
D- Day of choice: Any day that I get to sleep past 4am. :)
E- Essential items: My phone, chapstick and my ring (when I can wear it).
F- Favorite color: Lavender
G- Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Gummy Worms, I like how they are two different colors.
H- Hometown: Orem. UT
I- Indulgence: Discovery Channel
J- January or July: July, it's my Birthday month. :)
K- Kids: Yes please! My eggs are ready now, I just need to find the sperm.
L- Life is incomplete without: Chocolate and my way cute nieces and nephews.
M- Marriage date: I just need to find my prince charming and I'm ready!
N- Number of siblings: 2 Brothers, 1 sister, 1 sister-in-law and 2 brother-in-laws. Love them all!
O- Oranges or Apples: I like both equally but probably Apples, they are easier to eat.
P- Phobias or Fears: I hate spiders, and I fear that I will be alone forever.
Q- Quotes: "Live long and Prosper" Spock from Star Trek. YES I'm a geek! :)
R- Reasons to smile: Friends and Family!
S- Season: Fall and Spring. I hate being too cold or too hot.
T- Tag Friends: Everybody!
U- Unknown fact about me: I love Mike Rowe's voice, he is the host of Dirty Jobs and narrates the Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel. I'm so addicted to watching him. :)
V- Very favorite store: Target, Lane Bryant, and the Emporium in Disneyland.
W- Worst Habit: Chewing ice.
X- X-ray: Ultrasound or Mammogram: I've had the chance to have them all. So definitely not the mammogram. Ick!
Y- Your favorite food: Chocolate! Oh and Italian.
Z- Zodiac: It depends on where you look. I'm a Cancer and a Leo. My birthday is July 23rd and its on the Cancer-Leo cusp.

Disneyland!

I just got back from a crazy fun trip to Disneyland with Kylie, Clayton and Paul. We went to Disneyland for 3 days and spent 1 day at Magic Mountain. Oh how I love roller coasters. Here are a few of the 100 pictures from the trip.

Woody and Jessie.

We got Millions of Dreams passes to stay in the park and extra hour.

Bug eyes.

Our Millions of Dreams ears. My favorite. :)

Kylie and Clayton putting the ILL in Thrill Rides.