5.08.2011

My dearest friend.


If i could sum up how great my mother is...
this would be it


My mom
 a.k.a ..... MOTHY.
she is literally superwoman.
she does the typical motherly things 
like cooking and cleaning and such.
But on top of it
She redoes every room in our house like every year.
She built our kitchen cabinets
(she ask for a saw and a router for christmas)
she does all the garden work.
She helps us with all our school stuff.
still. haha. mainly registration now though.
Even when we would yell at her,
she would come and tell us how much she loved us.
and tickle our backs and serve our every need
 whether we were sad or sick
i could go on f.o.r.e.v.e.rrrrrr

My mother is the most selfless person i know
She would give up anything and everything in her life to make her family happy.
And she does sometimes.
I admire her tremendously for this.
She is honorable, trustworthy, kind, gentle, and SOO funny!
I hope someday to even be HALF the woman she is
woman.wife.mother.bestfriend.teacher.
I am so lucky to have her as one of my dearest friends.
You are my inspiration.



{ i love you mothy } 


5.05.2011

New me... or old me?

GREAT NEWS
I feel like ME again!!! 
its a new change, but back to the old me.

I used to have blonde hair .... and had it my whole life.
Until right after i got married.
{seems to always happen that way. haha}
Anyways, i had it brown for over a YEAR
and a lot of people only know me as a brunette. 
But i am a true blonde. always have been. always will be. 

I went to Serendipity Salon and got my hair done by Julie. 
She was AMAZING! so funny too! i definitely recommend her.

and now.. i am back to the old me, 
and might i just say,
it feels sooo good! 

Here is the before (and the process) and the after!


Platinum 

Dark (yes it was very dark) 

then we started going blonde again and it wouldnt... so i was red for a while.

then medium

Now... I'm finally getting there! :)

This makes it seem like im the type to dye it allll the time.
Trust me im not.
It is just a LOONGGG process going back blonde from that dark

Feel free to tell me your fav! 
♥♥♥

5.02.2011

Summer lovin'


The weather will be SUNNY for the whole week. 
that is a .first. here in Logan for a while.
I love it
because I ♥ SUMMER
 and as of today its... 
s.u.m.m.e.r.t.i.m.e. for me now because...

I had my LAST FINAL EXAM today!
This semester i took 18 credits.
It was the first time i have done it and
.....surprisingly.....
i think it will be my best semester to date.
I have two A's and one A- so far. YAY me! :)

I love summer because we always do a big trip
Last summer we went to Hawaii for 2 weeks.

This summer- EUROPE for 6 weeks! 
AHHHH!!!!! :) :) :)

Some of my other favorite parts of summer are:
Vacations

The beach with my hubby!

Popsicles

reading the books I want

Sunshine & blue skies

Watermelon

Cupcakes (from Temptation)

Carnivals

Summer style.... :)
dresses, swim suits, shorts, sandals, and more.

I could go on, and on, and on.
♥♥♥
i LOVE summertime.

4.27.2011

World travelers....

Spencer and I are going on a study abroad to FRANCE this summer.
We are in Paris for 1 week, and Annecy for 3 weeks! 
Annecy is where we will be attending a university learning French :) 
and it is  right by Geneva Switzerland
(Annecy-Geneva may host Olympics in 2018!)
Here are some pictures of Annecy.....



 This is a famous Jail ^
       Lake Annecy ^

We will be staying in a hotel in Paris, 
then with a host family together while in Annecy! 
The university is right by Lake Annecy and right in the middle of the Alps! 

Our study abroad is only 4 weeks. But we will be in Europe for 6 weeks.
We are leaving May 18, and getting back July 5 :)
We are going to be traveling on our own for 2 weeks. 
We will have travelled through 8 countries by the time we are done!!!! 
WE CANNOT WAIT :) :) :) 
We will be going to:

 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Loire Valley, France
(it is known for its MANY castles, here is one)

Le Mont Saint Michel (In Normandy, France)
We are staying between the first and second block looking thing, right of the road....
kinda where the dot on the water is.

Monet's Garden

Then we meet with our Study abroad for 4 weeks.
On the weekends (travel alone) we will see: 
Lucerne, Switzerland

Then we are done with study abroad and it is back on our own...
we will then see:

Cinque Terre, Italy
(which is 5 little cities on the cliff's we will be in Vernazza)

Rome, Italy

San Gimignano

Florence, Italy

Venice, Italy


Salzburg, Austria
(this is where they filmed the Sound of Music)

Prague, Czech Republic


We are so excited for this opportunity!
It is seriously a once in a lifetime thing.
we feel soooo blessed to be able to do it!!!

I want to give a shout out to my daddy, 
he is probably one of the biggest planners of all of this. 
He has helped me get everything together,
i mean everything.
Thank you, I love you daddy :)

21 more days!!!!

4.21.2011

Is Brunch even a real word?

Breakfast + Lunch = Brunch
Kind of like Funner.
Used to not be a real word. 
Now they both are. 

Anyways, I am planning and putting on an Easter Brunch for the Noorda extended fam.
And I woke up this morning and spent about an hour and a half creating this beauty
Take a look..... 


Isn't it darling?
I couldn't get all the parts to group together, so it would send right as an attachment.
But thank goodness for my mom.
She stopped everything she was doing to help me.
Mom's are lifesavers.
Especially mine. 
She is the most selfless person i know.

I cannot wait for Easter.
We always have a big meal,
Easter baskets with tons of candy (my dad is a candy man),
 Presents (yes, still), Easter egg hunts (full of $$), and 
most important we celebrate our Savior's birth. 

This is my first time planning a big event with the whole fam damily.
I am planning, but i am also cooking.
Hopefully everything goes smooth.....
Psh... who am i kidding?
Of course it will :)



4.20.2011

Cant you resist the Temptation?

What is warm, cute, sweet, soft, moist, delicious, 
and you crave it when you don't have it? 
....tick....tock....tick...tock....
Thought it was gonna be something dirty didn't you?
Sorry for the tease.

Well its probably just as good, 
or better,
 than what you were thinking. 
It is.... TEMPTATION CUPCAKE


It is my new job :)
I absolutely LOVE it!
The cutest young married couple started this darling place 1 year ago
He bakes, she frosts and decorates, and I sell them.
which is so easy because everyone loves them so much,
we sell out almost everyday! 
If you haven't been, you are //missing out//
They are the best cupcakes I have ever had. 
It is on 1000 N. right next to AT&T in Logan. 
Open at 10 am and close when we sell out
(usually 5 or 6 pm)

Grab a cute date and....
give into the Temptation.



4.19.2011

Best Husband Award .

Yep, its official.
I have the best husband everrrr.
This is ONE (of many) reasons why he is the best.

So... he had class at 10:30 and left before i did.
And i walk out to my car to leave,
and lo and behold.... 
this is on top of my car, by my driver side door...


How cute is he?
Not only does he leave me cute surprises like this.....
He writes me love letters. I have a whole collection of them. 
Some on normal paper, some on styrofoam, some on post-its, some on cardboard
What ever he had closest to him he uses. 
I know, Right? 
How adorable is this guy?
VERY.

I love my babe. 
I mean that literally too.
He is a BABE.
take a look....


mmmm...... ♥

Late night fight .

Registration is probably one of most intense/least cool parts about Utah State.
You wait until midnight only to have your internet say 
"Failed to open page" over and over.
.....Refresh, Refresh, Refresh....
Wonder why its so slow?
Because there are 5000 people trying to login and get your classes at the same time.
Last semester i waited over an hour before i got through and got my classes.

Hopefully this is my last time in this vicious battle.
I hope to graduate in December with my Bachelors Degree.
If not, thats ok. I have LOVED college!
Im majoring FCHD and Health and i LOVE it. 


Just my luck, It's been 1 hour 3 min. so far and I'm not even to the login page
Spencer got in immediately last night.
He is majoring in French, with a Business minor.
He will graduate either December or May. depends.
Then he is planning on either getting: 
1. International Business Masters Degree
2. MBA
We are still currently deciding which would be better.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
 ....... GO AGGIES!




4.18.2011

The Other Ann .


In case you dont get it, we have almost the same name.
Ann(a), and Ann(ie), therefore we are the Ann's
Please feel free to call us that at any time.

It all started Summer of 2009. NO REGRETS. as we referred to it.
It was probably the best summer of my life.
I lived with Annie and Caroline.

They are the coolest cats around.
Anyways, Ann has been one of my dearest friends since.
If anyone wants a best friend that is //perfect//...
 than Annie is your girl!

I very was grateful for her tonight
i decided to create a blog... well...
i created one a year ago, and did nothing with it,
so i'm re-creating it back. 
I felt like a 90 year old woman trying to use the newest technology.
it was -terrible-..... to say the least.
Anyways, i called her up and she walked me through everything.
Best.friend.ever.

This could go on forever.
Thanks for being the best friend everrrrrr.
Love you Ann.

4.13.2010

He liked it, so he put a ring on it.

We bought my ring without anyone knowing,
call us crazy. ok, yes we were. crazy in love.

Here is my ring (custom design by yours truly)

Our Love Story ♥

So our blog is a little delayed... so we are going to have to play catch up.
Have you ever heard someone say "It was LOVE at first sight"? 
Well that wasn't quite the case with Spencer and I. 
It took us two sights. 
Here is our love story.... eh hem...
We met through mutual friends. (thank you Alan and Chase)
Hi was about the extent of our conversation... Until...
He did Mr. USU, and my dance team Vilociti was guest performing. 
Hence, we had rehearsals together.
We joked around but didn't really like each other.
Next day, we run into each other and go to the same meeting.
Later, he invites me over to play with his nieces,
all this was a plan to make me fall for him, 
ends up we both fall for each other in the process,
because only i could put cute hannah to sleep.
(hannah)
Everyday from then on, we couldn't stand being away from each other.
September 29, 2009 - bought a ring, December 10, 2009 - married.
Love can happen quick, ours did (less than a month)
but ours was actually love at second sight.
So make sure you are never giving up without trying it twice :) 
Never know what can happen. It may change your life.