Just. Can’t. Wait!

To kiss these cheeks.

And to play and play!

Dallas, here we come.

Few Snapshots

Of our place…

The only time I like to have roses is when they are dried out.

Bathroom

Kitchen

My recent obsession with bottles.

More will come when I get around to it And a few more things get hung up.

So, if you call my Utah phone number, I won’t answer. I have been putting it off long enough. I now have a Virginia number. I know it must sound dumb, but I am actually a little sad! I have had the same 801 number for years. I got it a few days before I started my freshman year at BYU. I am also a little stressed. What if there is someone that had my old number that I haven’t talked to in forever, and they really really really needed help, and I am the ONLY person in the world that can help, and I they can’t reach me because I changed my number and I didn’t tell them?!?!

My experience at the Verizon store:

V-Guy: So, how can I help you today?

Me: I need a new number.

V-Guy: No problem! Hm, where is 801 from?

Me: Utah. (At this point I notice the dad next to me looks at me like I am an alien.)

V-Guy: Woah. So, now you want a 757 number?

Me: Yeah. I figured it’s about time.

V-Guy: Well, congratulations! I’ll get that set up right away for ya.

…I am not quite sure what he meant by “congratulations!”

On the flip side…at least I won’t be getting any more calls at 10PM VA time from people in UT asking me who I voted for in the last election.

Funny Things I Hear

As I have mentioned before, I am currently teaching Spanish to little kids between 3-6 years. And I LOVE it! I had originally planned to teach one class a week, but too many moms wanted to have their kids in my class. So, now I teach two classes, and I will be forming a third class in January. It is SO fun and seriously, little kids can be so funny. Between my job and my classes, I have a lot of laughs.

 **I will be substituting names in my stories**

We were learning our colors, and I mentioned that my favorite color is rosado (pink.)

Troy: Excuse me, but, teacher, you’re not wearing pink. Your dress is azul. You should wear a ROSADO dress next time.

Me: You know what? You’re right! Maybe I will wear a rosado dress next time.

Troy: Yes. And it shouldn’t have pockets. Your dress has pockets. Dresses aren’t SUPPOSED to have pockets.

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Ms. C: The ballet dancer was crying! 

Me: Yes, she was very very triste. (Sad)

Ms. C: Pretend to cry!

Me: (I pretend to cry for a moment.) Okay, Ms. C. Now, please eat your lunch.

Ms. C: Okay. I’ll eat and you cry.

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Ms. C likes to play doctor. I am the doctor and she is the patient. It starts the same way every time.

Me: What seems to be the problem?

Ms.C: I hurt my (insert body part here.)

Me: Oh, no! How did you hurt it?

Ms. C: I banged it like this and like this (stomps/bangs body part on the floor)  and then it split open and then it bleed ALL over!

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Troy: Excuse me. Excuse me! (Raises hand frantically)

Me: Yes?

Troy: I’m verrrrrry thirsty. I need a drink of water. (Naturally, everyone else in the class decides they are extremely parched as well.)

Me: Umm, I’ll go see if we can get you all some water. (I go to the kitchen, and the mom whose house we are meeting in tells me to tell them that she’ll bring some water in a bit. Wink. Wink.)

20 minutes later…

Troy: Where is that water?! I am SOOOOOO thirsty!

Gabriella: She’s taking a long time. She must be making it REALLY good!

Troy: No. I just saw her. She’s just sitting watching T.V.

Name That Tune

I LOVE when I turn on the radio, and a favorite song is playing. Imagine my surprise when I got three, yes, THREE in a row while on my way to the grocery store. Let’s just say that a Jay-Z song was on, it was so close I could almost taste it, and I can’t live, with our without you.

And I’m not going to lie. I most definitely waved my hands in the air like I just didn’t care.

Looked online for a cute new bathing suit for our trip next month. Found one I love. Best part: it was originally $68, and I got it for a grand total of $15. This never happens to me.

I don’t know what I am more excited about: the bathing suit, or the awesome deal I got.

It’s November…

…which means the holiday season begins this month. I have started celebrating early with making pumpkin pie, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, and stocking up on egg nog. Delicious.

(I attended a Witch Party a few weeks ago where we had a contest for “Best Witch Hat.” This little number placed in third place!)

I really do hesitate…

…to ever suggest that certain things are “the best [insert category here] ever!” We went to the grocery store today, and for some reason, I was really craving chocolate ice cream. Haagen-Dazs to be more specific. I found their new “five” ice cream, and decided to try it. Basically, the commercials and packaging advertise how they are going back to the basics (milk, cream, sugar, eggs, cocoa) to make this ice cream. Oh.My.Gosh. It was amazing. A-MAZING. The fact that I am actually blogging about it is a big deal. Go buy some. Best milk chocolate ice cream I have ever eaten. Really. Oh, and then as I was reading the label, it also said that is has 31% less fat than their regular chocolate ice cream. 

Dear Haagen-Dazs,

Gracias for making this delightful ice cream. You didn’t even have to throw in the less-fat; I would have eaten it anyway!

Love, K

Halloween Weekend

We went to Summit for the Halloween weekend. It was my first time being home to see my brothers dress up in four years.

Jacob and his best friend, Matias. Cutest  rock star ever.

Helping with the make-up. He was Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

 Spooky, huh?

Justin was in charge of handing out the candy. We had the following conversation:

Me: “Justin, why aren’t you going trick-or-treating?”

Justin: “I’m a man now. I don’t go trick-or-treating.”

And that was that.

Drew had a soccer game. He was awesome. His team won, of course. He informed me that the reason they lost to the same team before was because the game was on Sunday, and he had not been there. Such a humble guy!

So grown up!

More pictures tomorrow.

Award

My dear sweet friend Shalayne gave my blog the “Kreativ Blog” Award! It is pretty official. Thanks, Shalayne! Miss you. You can visit her blog for a limited time only (she is going private) here. I am always tempted to pull a Lindbergh and snatch their beautiful Ada.

I am supposed to pick 7 other blogs to give this award to, but that is such a tough decision because I know lots of great bloggers. However, there is one blog that always always always makes me laugh. Every time. If you like happiness, please visit Jenny Willardson’s blog over here . She may very well be THE funniest person/blogger I know.  There are very few sites I check every day (MSN, TMZ, Gmail) and jennyology is always one that I cannot miss. Please also do visit her site for her art projects: jennywillardson.com. Go Mavs.

Now, I am supposed to list 7 things that you may not know about me…

1. I go through a lot of toothbrushes. It is always the one thing I forget to pack. And I always leave it behind when I buy a new one.
2. I have pretty bad eyesight. Like, things start getting blurry when they are 7 inches past my face.
3. Speaking of things that are wrong with me, I also have very weak wrists. I can’t even attempt a push up because it kills. When it is about to rain, or if there is a sudden change in temperature, my wrists will start to hurt. The last time I went to a doctor he said I needed surgery, but I say no thanks.
4. I never leave home without at least one piece of jewelry (aside from my wedding ring.) You never know when there might be paparazzi around the corner
5. I don’t really brush my hair. The only time I do is right after I straighten it.
6. I do not like roses. Yes, they are beautiful, but ever since I was really little, my Abuelita told me how she never wanted white roses at her funeral. I think it scarred me, and I have never been able to like roses since then. My biggest request at our reception was that there be no roses.
7. I have a dumb sense of humor. Jokes make me laugh, but nothing beats someone falling down or walking into something. Sometimes Chris and I will be watching something funny and he’ll say, “Why aren’t you laughing??” Then, someone falls down and I can’t stop laughing.

Okay, now you know totally useless things about me.

ps- We went to Summit for the Halloween weekend. Stay tuned for pictures.