So here are some Pictures of our work breakfast. My team... basically my second family... I am serious about loving this camera... where has it been my whole life?

So This weekend was full of Fun times... Yet again. Life is so great. This would be 2 of my buddies playing boy band... We laugh so dang much and then end up on Mal's bed laughing some more. We always end up doing something crazy...

My Boy David came for a night this weekend. I let him drive my car... He did great!


And then we saw Brigg at a wrestling thing...

After the Dash Board Confessionals concert we went back to my place and played games, danced, laughed more...

We traveled from a far to see Brigg at his tournament. I AM SO GLAD THESE WARRIORS are in my FOREVER family. Such examples to me. Side note: I was feeling very emotional feelings about having David close by. I didn't realize how much I missed having Becky's Kids so close. I wanted to hug him non stop (I didn't do it) but I'm so grateful I get to spend Auntie time with him. I'm not sure he knows just how Deep the love for him is, so I'm excited to be able to show him... he is Cherished in ways he doesn't know.


I also got to go to the JAZZ game... You may have heard about it... it was one of the most awesome games I've ever ever been too!!! That would be Shaq on the floor chill'n out.

AND WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BY a 3 point shot at .01 seconds left... HOLY AWESOME.

OK there are many more pictures... If you look on face book I've added some there too. Long story short I need a weekend to recover from the weekend... It's a great problem to have.

Now time for Grateful list:

1) I am so grateful for... my feather pillow top bed. It's actually my sister Ceri's. I LOVE IT. I am so so grateful for it. So grateful.

2) Fresh Pineapple! Yum. I love the juicy ones that squirt out every where when you bite it... I think that's pretty much universal. MY sister Teri is allergic to fresh fruit, I feel for her, I'm pretty sure there isn't much better in life then Fresh fruit.

3) Dishwasher Soap. this week we ran out of it... It was my fault, my turn to replace it and just kept forgetting... WELL... I washed all the dishes By hand... The whole all of our dishes...WOWWY. I enjoyed it, I was in one of those rare and random "dish washing" moods... MY roommate was baking, I love it. I do dishes she bakes and we turn up the music. This day we listened to "go put your record on, play me your favorite song..." repeatedly for HOURS. One of the best days ever. PS. I didn't even eat the treats she made, I just like the smells and the fun singing and talking...

4) I love that I heart hand outs when I teach Relief Society. This weeks is... "Don't be a dum Dum (sucker) prepare for the future though work and Learning, It will be a (life saver) in though times. " I'm teaching Uchtdorf's talk " principles for any economy. CUTE. Also I had a seminary teacher that always and a quote box... each lesson she taught she had cut out quotes from the lesson so we couple have paste in quotes. I have adopted this and am so GLAD I had her as a teacher. I think it adds so much to the lesson for people to be able to take it with them.

5) Neosporin. Just plan old fashion gunk. I grabbed the stuff to go this morning and I HATE IT. It's a big Runny mess all over my hand... Whats wring with a tube? Are we really getting that lazy? PS. finger nail update... it's for sure coming off... TEAR. I soon will be a 9 nailed freak.

Mission letters

I am doing so good at doing this every day!

So I'm not grumpy today, I'm actually happy and excited... Why? Well... Life is good.

Things I'm happy about?

1) Yummy Apple Juice. If your my sister Lyn you better not drink it... :) LOL
2) "Special jobs" I was asked to be one of 2 employees that are getting sent to Hill air Force base for special federal job search qualifications and training. I will be responsible for training my office. Might seem small to you, however, it's big to me. It means my Regional Director thinks I can hang... NeWS TO RANDY, I can hang, and I'm going to be the best federal trainer there is. Period.
3) Rolling Ink pens. The like gel one's that write so pretty and roll with great ease.
4) Funny twin things. My sister found shirts that say "I was planned but my brother wasn't" I laugh all the time over that.

5) Drum roll please... MISSIONARY LETTERS. I LOVE THEM. I'm talking about writing them. I love writing my Elders letters. I get so excited knowing that letter is going to make their days. I'm so STOKED to get them in the mail Knowing the next little hands that open that envelope our my Boys. Can't get over it.

Any one out there...

So I'm grumpy today... that means i have to come up with 10 grateful items.

1) band aids... my nasty nail has started bleeding. Purple thick blood cause it has stored under my nail for so long... GROSS.
2) the button on my desk that my last super gave me "I am the future of America. Be afraid. Be very Afraid" I Love that she thought I was awesome... Confidence boost.
3) Text messaging. My roommate and I had a room full of Friends over last night and were able to carry on a whole conversation with out any one really knowing what was going on.
4) Color printers... I have saved tons by printing off pictures in place of actually buying them at the store.
5) My Spanish language. I can do things... Awesome things because of it.
6) Christmas cards. I still have them on my desk. Little bundles of love.
7) Pandora and ear phones. I tune out and just grove allot of the day (when I'm not with a customer or working info desk).
8) business cards, IT really sucks to have to write out all your info. I ran out this week so I'm especially grateful.
9) Good hair straighting stuff. (makes all the difference)
10) my blue eyes. I Love them. weird, i know... But I LOVE them.

Sticking to it!

MOM and her sewing room! (Thats my qupte in the back there... "everything is difficult until it becomes easy" Lifes theme no?)

Flowers in yard back home... This is christmas break Mind you.

More plants back home in CAli. and my buddy Jack (who is a recent fav).

Gracie and Jake at the Family Party- Look at that girls Hair!!!


Jake is so happy! (And Sky is so dang cute with him)

Long lost cousins!

Cheryl and Gracie girl... Of course we are eating! and in Josh's Hoodie!

David and Aunt Cheryl Look at that hottie! David is AWeSOME.


Malorie and only the best Chicken in the state of Utah...

AVITAR!!!!!!!!!

Morning after New Years! Chinese!

Couldn't help but post this one! This is my girl Shelli at about 3 am on new years.

New years Dance! PARTY

Me and my sister on New years!

It's Snowing, ALOT.

The girls on New years.

The air Port In bakersfeild... The only way to go!

Christmas Break in Cali... Ready for church...

Amanda and Cheryl... BFF's since kindergarden!!! We actually Came out with the same out fit on down tot he same earrings... Yeah it's true. It was like that in the past and we are still conectted at the brain.

Baby Brett!!! SO dang Cute! Yes thats me with No make up!

Dad and His oranges... I think this is a GReaT Picture!

the Kids and the Garden... with grandpa.

See I'm working really hard at being "grateful"

1) I'm grateful for... Bobby Pins! can you imagine life with out them? We would all look poligamist!

2) Quarters. Good idea. can you imagine the line for soda machines if we had to use pennies... oh dear.

3) Post it's. I have them all over my desk with dr's apt's and random things on them. Every week I "weed them out" and realize I probably use far too many...

4) Stickers... just little spouts of joy randomly placed...

5) Sweater/ shirts. Cozy and comfy. Perfect for a 10 degree morning... Burrr...

My new goal..

obviously I'm not good at blogging, so I've decided to incorprate my new goals into my blog... Hopefully my goals last longer than last years. I've made this a gratitude Blog. Let me explain, in High School I found that life could be really hard, So I started writing 5 things (not primary answers) that I was really grateful for. It worked and most of the time put alot of things into perspestive for me. I am not struggling, and I'm actually really happy right now, But it's fun...

Lets start off:

1) I am so grateful for my new tooth brush. It's an electric and I love it! I look forward to brushing my teeth now, I have my purple tooth brush and sparkly purple paste... OH the Joy!
2) silver ear rings/ ring. I got them from a co worker/ friend and they are from Mexico. I was talking to my brother over Christmas about his mission and he was talking about a city where everything is literally Silver. I smiled to my self, Yes I have ear rings from that little tiny city in Mexico and every morning I think of the people I love and adore.
3) I love love my little car. It came with a 10 inch sub wolfer, and I didn't know it at the time but blasting the music in my little car is a dream. I love it.
4) HOT Coco! I single handily keep this industry in business. Love it and literally couldn't live with out it.
5) Liquid eye liner. I didn't find this stuff till this year and I love it.

OK so quick recap: Christ mas was Perfect this year. I stayed the night in LA on Christmas eve after my plane was delayed from SLC. I ended up meeting a girl that was 33 lived in my parents ward in Bakersfield who was delayed too. We stayed in Executive Suits in the Winston Hotel down town LA. It was beautiful, I got all our food comp'ed and life was good. I flew into Bak's and went to the ranch with my Dad where my mom, Troy Amy, and their kids were. It was the perfect setting, perfect kids, perfect food, and awesome company. Very chill.
The ranch was alot of fun highlights: the deer getting so close we hit them with snow balls- that's right my brother in the stake High council hitting deer with snow balls, he's still a Butler.
I got to hang out with my parents back at the house. They are moving In feb and it was really weird to see the house so empty. I am grateful I'm in the position to go home and have one on one time with my parents as much as i have been able to have. My mom got list int he mall for an hour the day i was supposed to fly out of Bakersfield to come back home to Utah. I didn't even get mad, I got frustrated but thought in my head that one day I'd be at their funeral upset I didn't express my self differently. I was very proud of my restraint and actually hugged my mom telling her I adored her. I really do and don't want to think about losing them.

Then New years... So awesome!!! IT was perfect as well. I sent the day watching grey's and eating seven layer dip with my roomy and a Friend then we went to my sisters and played games- party! Really, and then off to the dance. The night ended at an early 5 am and all of us snoring. then the rest of the weekend went so great also. I love that since I have decided to be 100% blessings have followed, and my little heart has been taken care of. I should have known that would have happened.
the week after New years I spent throwing up sick and in bed. Yucky. However I am on top of the world now... Feeling great. I went visiting teaching and I am truly learning so much from one of my girls. I had a really hard time going to see her, we are extreme sides of the spectrum, however slowly it's getting great between us.

Life is good!

Also good news: I have a really close freind shout out lins- who is having twin BOYS and my sister is having twins (girl and Boy)... AWESOME. What blessing those spirits already are...

Head Cut Off...

SO this year has come and Gone hasn't it? As I think back to the beginning of the year, living in Provo, under the BYU rules with a roommate who swore she was not "fornicating" then finding pr ego tests in the bathroom (I really don't care what the heck she's doing but don't leave something you pee'd on in my bathroom) eeewwww... To now living in Ogden, working with a completely different job, in a Totally different office. Oh how life has it's challenges.

I was asked by my co-worker what my new year resolutions were last week. I must admit that totally caught me off guard. Totally. I didn't even think of resolutions. He stated to me he wanted to get married and then winked... I turned around and Barfed in my mouth... The HECK, gross. However, Thanks to you for turning me to complete contemplation.

Lets focus on the Blessings of this yr first:
1) I'm alive. I made it another yr!
2) I watched 2 of my HERO's go on missions (Ecuador and Baltimore, how does life get better)
3) Although, a very serious condition (seizures), my sweet perfect nephew has not had one since he started his new med's and now is moving forward.
4) I have spent Seriously quality time with long lost Friends that I had lost contact with for Years. I have been reminded by those Friends of who my real self is, and what it is I stand for... shout out to Erika, Nik, and Amandita (all freinds since at least 6th grade, Amanda goes back to before kindergarten)
5) I have dated, and had so much fun, and have made my mind to look to getting married. Decision is the first step.
6) I have seen Miracles, mostly of my own heart, changing and softening. I started "Therapy" and have benefited from a whole different perspective in life.
7) I have started the process for grad school (talked to Law schools, and looked further into grad schools) and started applications.
8) I have traveled for the first time for work and work has paid for it... That's like what I had in my head of a true grown up job... like I'm a grown up!)
9) I have found Coconut oil!!! No wrinkles in my face!!! I love it! I frequently get told I look between 20-23.
10) I found HCG diet and stuck to it (Ok so not as much and I would have liked too, however I think even one day of success is something to brag about)
11) I have a nephew at BYU and a Niece in College in Arizona. (seriously where does the time go).
12) I went to my 10 Year high school reunion. Although I was very hesitant I went and I MASTERED it. I was scared to death of facing everyone. The best part was I walked away happy at what I've done, and where I am with my life. I am an extremely awesome person... How's that for cool?
13) I sat in the temple with my sweet nephew... Who thought that day would ever come? He is so much better than I ever have been.


That's all I can think of now... the list goes on Forever though. Lots to ponder and lots to look forward to. Here's to a Fabulous rest of 2009 and a Kick a@@ 2010. This is my year so get ready for it everyone!

(PS the fun Christmas festivities are in the next post, be ready ya'll are going to love what I've been doing to celebrate)

Funny

**I need to update everyone on life, However this is just a funny thing i saw and in reality is much like a day in the life at work!***


Here are 10 real-life mistakes that illustrate what not to do when you sit down for your next interview:

1. Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a "private" conversation.

2. Applicant told the interviewer he wouldn't be able to stay with the job long because he thought he might get an inheritance if his uncle died -- and his uncle wasn't "looking too good."

3. The job seeker asked the interviewer for a ride home after the interview.

4. The applicant smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.

5. Candidate said she could not provide a writing sample because all of her writing had been for the CIA and it was "classified."

6. Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.

7. When the applicant was offered food before the interview, he declined saying he didn't want to line his stomach with grease before going out drinking.

8. An applicant said she was a "people person" not a "numbers person" – in her interview for an accounting position.

9. During a phone interview the candidate flushed the toilet while talking to hiring manager.

10. The applicant took out a hairbrush and brushed her hair.