GOOD BOOKS ANYONE????

I am in need of some good books!! I love to read but I don't know what I should read next. If you have any good ones let me know!!

Life

I have been thinking a lot lately how great life is and how I wish I could freeze these moments in time. My baby girl is almost 4 and Bennett is almost 1 and all I can say is that time is going by to fast. I want to remember ALMOST every moment I have with each of my children and make the most of everyday. I feel like I am going to blink and Emma is going to be 15 and hating me but that will never happen right??? We will always be BFF's and she will tell me everything...hahaha. I heard the song, "Your going to miss this" by Trace Atkins and it helped me keep things in perspective. Each time in life is different and there are seasons to everything but all is meant to be enjoyed. I don't know why I decided to do this post maybe it is because it is Saturday night and Devin is gone studying for a test and I am bored. I don't think I will miss that.

Devin and Alicia in High School (this is funny)

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My friend had this on her blog and I thought it was funny so here you go

Family Pictures

My friend Heidi took some family pictures for us. She is so talented. Thanks Heidi

Carving pumpkins and Halloween Dinner

On Halloween we had a pumpkin dinner where our dinner was inside of the pumpkin complete with worms, mud and dirt for dessert. Emma loved every minute of it and again Bennett was happy and content as long as he had some type of food.



A couple of weeks ago we carved some pumpkins and by we I mean Devin. Emma chose her pumpkin out. It had to be the little one which was also very hard to carve but I think Devin did a great job. While they did that I made homemade dounuts. Which has always been a halloween tradition of my family along with homemade rootbeer. Bennett supervised and was happy as long as he had some type of food on his tray to eat.

I have Been Tagged

My friend Heather Tagged me and because I never update this blog I thought I would do it. Here are 7 Random things about me that some of you may not know.

1. For starters I really don't like to blog...that is why this thing is never updated. And I am really bad at keeping a journal. I am really not an artsy person. I don't like to scrapbook, sew, paint, do crafts, decorate or anything like that. When we have a house I want to hire someone to decorate it because I am so bad at it. My mom basically decorated most of my house the times she has been out here and not me. I know what I like when I see it, but if someone ask me to describe what I like I couldn't do it.

2. I LOVE to bake and cook. It is one of my favorite things to do. Especially this time of year when it is starting to get cold out but I love to do it all of the time. I love trying new recipes and improving on the ones I already have. My dream one day is to go to culinary arts school. I love my kitchen aid mixer and can't imagine my life without it. I use it almost everyday.

3. One of my favorite movies of all time is Father of the Bride. I loved watching it when I was a kid and I still do. My dream house is the one in that movie that is all white with ivy growing all around it. I really want a house just like that someday.

4. I have a fetish for pajamas. I love getting pajamas. I love after a long day putting on a good pair of PJ's it relaxes me. Whenever I am at the mall I make a special effort to see if there are any good deals on them. I also really love shoes.

5. I would really love to go to Law School. I find it so interesting. I don't however think I would be a good lawyer because I am not aggressive or confrontational but it would be so fun for me to learn all about it. I also really love to learn about money and business. When I go back to school I think I am going to go into Business and Finance. One of my big regrets is that I didn't finish school when I was back at BYU-I, but I will go back to school someday and can't wait. Maybe in 20 years when Devin is done with his schooling....???

6. I really use to not like chocolate. I didn't like anything chocolate. I hated cookies, cakes, icecream, some candy bars, and anything with chocolate in it. I now love it. It may sound wierd but I think my taste buds changed after I had kids. The only thing I still don't like is chocolate chip cookies...I hate them but everything else I really love.

7. Last one. My favorite foods are Salmon and potatoes. I love salmon and we probaby have it for dinner almost once a week. I also really love potatoes. When I was a kid my family would call me the potato girl because whenever my mom made them I would eat a ton. Good thing I married a potato farmer from Idaho.

I tag anyone who reads this and wants to do it.

What happened at Oprah!!!

Well I didn't have my camera with me so I don't have any pictures so I will just tell everyone what happened. We started out my checking in. We had to go through security and they took our cell phones and they also took a pen from my purse. Then we went to a waiting room. While we were there they kept showing Oprah's favorite things on the big screen TV's so I was getting my hopes up that it was a sign, but it wasn't. We didn't get on the favorite things show but it was still really fun. They then called different parties to go down first, and they called ours. So we went downstairs to the studio and found out that they wanted us to sit in the front section. I think it was because we all wore a bright colored shirt. So if anyone goes to Oprah wear a bright plain shirt. I got to sit on the front row 2 feet from Oprah....and she talked to me!!! It really wasn't that big a deal but still. She asked me if I was the girl with the question and I said no she is pointing to the girl next to me. I sat on the right side of the girl that was part of the show. I wore a bright green shirt so watch for me. On to the topic. We were all a little bummed out because the topic of the show was substance abuse and they had Tatum O'Neal (sp?) on talking about being addicted to drugs so it was kind of a downer show. Half way through the show I did have to move seats because Tatum sat in my chair. When they show Oprah talking to her in the audience at the end of the show that was where I was sitting the girl right behind her was Megan the girl that got the tickets...by the way thanks Megan for getting tickets and letting me tag along...oh and thanks to Emily for inviting me. Over all it was a great experience and I had a lot of fun. The show airs on Friday.