How lucky I am to have someone that makes saying goodbye so hard. 

 ~From the movie Annie

<3 

Thank you Joe DiMaggio!

Soooo a while back I was talking to a guy at work about our favorite cars. I told him that mine was hands down a Maserati and he said that Doug (another guy at work) has two good friends with Maserati's and one time Doug borrowed one and drove it to work. So after talking to Doug about this he started joking with me saying that his friend Frank was going to stop by in his Maserati, but it never happened. 
Well Doug has been telling me for the past week that on Tuesday Frank was picking him up for lunch, but I didn't really believe him. Well guess what? I about wet my pants when I looked up from my desk today and there was a 2010 black Quattroporte S with red calipers parked horizontally outside the front door!!! It looked a little something like this...

look at that sparkle!

Frank knew I was obsessed so he got out and handed me the keys and said to take it for a spin!!! I'm so mad at myself that I didn't, but I was just too nervous to crash this beautiful piece of art. So I got in and he took me for a ride instead which I'm glad he did because I wouldn't have had the guts to step on the gas and within a few seconds get up to 85 on a 45MPH road. IT. WAS. AWESOME!!! Frank came strait from having it washed and detailed so it would be perfect and it was! The only thing that could've made it better is if it was mine and I was in a red silky dress with sexy black heels with my man in a suit in the driver seat, but other than that is was a dream come true! I WANT ONE!!!!!
Lets just say I'm obsessed :)


And if you're wondering why I titled this "Thank you Joe DiMaggio" your either wondering who the heck that is, or what that has to do with anything. Let me tell you. Joe DiMaggio is a really famous Yankee baseball player. Well, Joe is Frank's grandpa. The only reason Frank can afford a gorgeous car like this is because of money inherited from his famous grandpa and from being a sports agent for professional teams because of his "in" from his grandpa. So basically I had the greatest day because of Joe DiMaggio! Thank you Joe!

Blah

           I feel like I'm in such a "blah" part of life. Everyone my age has gone on a study abroad, taught English in another country, are turning in mission papers, have gotten married and even having babies! Everyone talks about all of these experiences that are changing their lives and so incredible and it makes me feel so blah! I've wanted to do so many different things but every time I pray about it, it has always felt wrong. Don't get me wrong, I'm so happy to have gotten clear answers, but I am so ready for some kind of change or excitement in my life. My life has been completely consumed of work and school since I graduated and I'm getting burned out.
    
          A few weeks ago I decided that if none of the big things I want to do feel right, then I was going to do something fun and exciting here. So, I made a list of all the things that I think make the perfect wife/mother. I wrote down the qualities that I admire most in my favorite women and the talents that I want to have like these special women in my life. My new goal is to become the ultimate woman so I can be an awesome mom someday!
I won't bore you with my whole list but here are a couple of the first things I've chosen to learn how to do...


1. I'm teaching myself how to sew! I know this probably comes naturally to a lot of women, but I have never been good with the creative/home-maker/needle stuff. After a few youtube videos on how to thread a bobbin I made this all by myself!

Cute Apron

2. I am taking a cake decorating class!! I mean seriously, what makes a cooler mom than one that can make Barbie/Shrek/Spongebob cakes for her kids birthdays?! My mom made the coolest cakes and I'm going to too! My class starts this week so I'll have to post pictures of my creations later. If I don't - you'll know it didn't turn out very well!

3. My dad is teaching me how to change a tire on a car! I'm just hoping someday me and my husband are driving down the road and the tire blows out and he won't know what to do. That's when I step in and fix it without saying a word and he thinks "Daaaang girl!" Okay, so maybe it'd help if I looked like Megan Fox in transformers, but I'm still going to be so cool for knowing how to do it!


4. I'm teaching myself how to do acrylic nails. I actually got my little starter kit to try it out tonight and put them on my sister-in-law, Jamie. Lets just say someday when I'm doing Reese Witherspoon's nails we're going to think about tonight and laugh. Actually, they really didn't look that bad... if you were looking from far away ... with your eyes squinted... Okay, so I need to work on this one, but it's going to be great!


5. Last for this week... I'm learning how to do my hair! I've always had really short hair and now that I have long hair I don't know what to do with it. Part of being the ultimate mom requires being cute. I think every girl wants to be that cute mom that sits on the sidelines of soccer practice and brings cupcakes to her kids class. My problem is I don't want to have to spend lots of time getting cute. So my friend Cami taught me some cool tricks and a way to curl your hair in 5 minutes flat! I'm pretty much obsessed! Now I can be a cute little mom with hardly any effort at all!

5 min. curls!

I'm so grateful for so many women that make me want to be such a better wife and mom. I watch so many women that can make anything fun for their families and make do with what they have, and I hope that one day I can be just as wonderful. I am so blessed to be surrounded by so many incredible women! I don't need to go to Europe or volunteer in an orphanage in Africa to make life exciting. I have so many things right here at home to do and skills to develop that will make me such a better person!  I'm finally realizing that sometimes those life changing experiences that we all want may come a little at a time, day by day when you don't even know it. 

July 7th: Happiest Day Ever!!!!

This was the happiest/greatest day ever! Why?? Because I...


1. didn't have work
2. got to sleep in
3. ate at Giant Hamburgers 
4. won a bubble gum blowing contest
5. rode a toy bull at WalMart
6. watched a movie that mentioned Barcelona
7. ate lots of chocolate
8. spent the day with Kim & Maci
9. didn't do my hair
10. picked up a necklace in one of those claw-arcade games
11. my Spanish flag IPhone case came in the mail
12. got 100% on an assignment
13. sat on the roof of the airport
14. saw a shooting star


AND......


STANTON'S BEEN GONE A YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hip Hip Hooray!!!!

Today was absolutely the happiest day it could have possibly been! 

<3

4th of July

ThE rAnCh

View from the top of the train

My family went and spent the 4th of July weekend at the ranch.Uncle Eric and his 5 kids decided to come at the last minute and join us. We had so much fun!

Cute Tate

Of course the 4th of July just wouldn't feel right without going to the Taylor Rodeo! One of the bull riders got stomped on and put in the ambulance which meant that the rodeo was a success! It was so much fun with our cute little boy cousins because they were going crazy over the whole thing!

Seth

I asked Seth to smile and he said WAIT! I guess he just needed to flip his hat sideways for the picture! 

This time he wanted it backwards

Me and Kim

PrAiRe DoGs


We were told that there are so many prairie dogs that the cows are getting stuck in their holes and breaking their legs so David was more than thrilled to take it upon himself to get rid of them! Every half hour he had to go check to see if any new Prairie Dogs came out that he could shoot.

Jamie always thought she was being attacked by bees! haha! Love my sister-in-law!!!

 tIe DyE sHiRtS

Jamie had the cutest idea to tie dye shirts red and blue for the 4th of July. We had no clue what we were doing, but somehow they worked and they were so fun and cute!

On this trip I ate so much ice cream it was AWESOME! Strawberry shortcake bars are by far the best!! Oh and this is a picture of me and Amber (with a strawberry shortcake bar in my hand)!

Reid at the creek

 It was such a fun weekend and I'm ready for the next break from work already!

I LOVE NEPHEWS!!!

Bridger Matthew Webb
(Little Beemer)

 I cannot wait to meet our new little boy in Texas! He is so cute and looks just like a miniature Matt!

I love my little boys that are here too! 

Tyler, Aunt Jenni, and Rigby

Riggeroni's Big Eyes

Top three reasons I love nephews...

1. When they cry you can give them back!

2. When something breaks you can blame them!

3. They make you realize that there is so much more to life then working and doing "grown-up" stuff. Everyone needs a little boy to help you realize that there is always time for Thomas and there's nothing like a little boy's giggle to soothe you.

TREK

I was lucky enough to get called to be a Big Sister on the trek! According to my little sisters I look like I'm only 16 so I guess I didn't look much like a big sister, but I loved my family so much!

 The Rogers Family

I've never been on a trek so I was really excited to go. My brothers and I rapped pretty much the entire way and I never thought we could have so much fun while doing such a hard thing!

My cute little sisters

Us sleeping

It got so cold at night that we would say goodnight and we would bury ourselves inside of our sleeping bag. Because it was so cold, nobody ever wanted to get up in the morning. Soooo what does Big Sis do?? One morning I was singing wake-up songs all cheerfully and waking my girls up and all the sudden I realized how much I am becoming just like my mom... I thought that happened later in life... Crud!!!!

I know this is so gross but my feet were filthy afterwards! I didn't get a single blister though and I even wore brand new shoes :) I was so proud of myself! It was so worth every piece of dirt and every sore muscle though. Honest to goodness this will be one of my most cherished memories and greatest experiences!