A picture perfect home

Well its official! I have a new office and the Taylor's have an amazing house. This picture doesn't even begin to do it justice. Hillary is a wonderful designer, everything is perfect. Just wanted to show you all where I spend my days

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We did the mash, we did the monster mash

The kids and I had a mummy dinner last night. What do you think of the cake?

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Baby Baby Baby

KC came to utah a few weeks back and I finally got to meet baby Holland. She is absolutely adorable and I swear she really did like me. She was all smiles until the camera came out. KC is such a cute mom but it still seems unreal that my friend from way back when has a tiny version of herself. Holland looks exaclty like KC when she smiles, same dimples and all but the moment she is serious so looks like her dad. I'd say thats a pretty good mixing of DNA

Holland I loved meeting you, even if you wouldn't smile for the camera. KC, thanks for giving me 3 hours of your utah trip and for the pictures. Love you both!!!

Its amazing to me how our bodies and minds work. How we are capable of pushing aside pain and feelings until the proper time. Sometimes completely unaware of what is going on inside our own bodies. Im not saying I didnt know these feelings existed but I am surprised that I am able to surpress my feelings about Hutch. I know I miss him and how heartbreaking it is that he is gone, but until I sit and picture him in my head, I think im ok. The truth is when someone passes away we never forget and honestly I dont think anyone is ever ok. But life does go on and we are some how able to push our feelings aside. They never go away, and it is never made right but slowly we feel less and less. Until you stop and think

Thats my problem.

Im thinking.

It has been 2 years since Hutch passed away and as I let myself think of how much I love and miss him. How much I wish he could spend everyday with his beautiful wife and daughter. It hurts.

Kara- I can only imagine what it is like for you. I admire you so much for your strength and positive attitude.

On the catwalk

This is my second attempt at modeling. I filled in for a friend the other day at a photoshoot for a peruvian clothing line. The shirts are really cute, just run a little small. My friend, Paul Jaeger is the photographer, and the other two in the photo with me are 2 of my best friends Ashlee and DJ. Anyway, kind of funny if you ask me. Im not so good at the serious face. But its fun...especially with all the photoshop Paul used :)

A pair of false eye lashes and a tube of cheap lipstick

My friends sister-in-law does eyelash extensions and needed some models. It took almost 3 hours but I LOVE them, they look so beautiful and I dont ever have to wear mascara. What do you think?

Before

After

Before

After

(please ignore the ugly skin, the before pictures were taken in my car with natural light and zero makeup, you can see all my flaws, YUCK)

So long, farewell

Well another of my friends is moving to California. Savannah has been an amazing friend to me these past 3 years and I am sad to see her go. We had a night out with a large group. Dinner at redrock then dancing. Savannah and I stayed up until 6 am talking. Im so sad to have her go but I am very excited for the adventures she has ahead of her. Good luck on your new job. You're going to do great!

Savannah and I

The ladies before going dancing
Savannah, me, Lacey, and Tiff

Some of my close friends

Jesse, Tiff, me, DJ, and Savannah

Happy Birthday dear Hutch, Happy birthday to you

Today is my Hutchie's birthday, and man do I miss him. Kara, his wife, posted a sweet tribute for him in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it here

Hutch, we miss you so much. But as Kara said, thank you for sending that sweet little girl down to earth. I love her to pieces. She looks so much like you, I can not wait to see how many other of your qualities she has. xoxo

Lets get together, yea yea yea!

I can not believe it is already they middle of August. I really don't want September to come. I love long sunny days, hours at the pool, Saturdays spent at the lake, and warm summer night concerts. It seems like summer is flying by and while it feels like I haven't done much, looking back this has been a great summer.

Mom and Dad came into town for the week and we got to go boating up at Deer Creek. Chris and his family came, along with uncle Carl, and Uncle Steven, Cashia, and Rob too. Even though we had to be on the boat the whole time (no beaching allowed in the rental) it was surprising fun and not too cramped.

Uncle Steven and Presley bonded

Chris trying his skills out on the surfboard (love the face!)
Beautiful Tara
I did not like this tube. I got whiplash. But at least I got in the water :)
Uncle Carl

Captain Bob

Went bowling one night in Park City with some of the group I met down at Lake Powell this year.

Jodie and I sporting some super sweet bowling socks! (I still really love my heart bowling shoes)

Our winning team!

Tim McGraw and Lady Antebellum came to Usana, we decided the day of we wanted to go. We made some calls and got 4 tickets for free, we needed 8. The concert was sold out so we missed lady A, but managed to find a scalper just in time to get in for Tim McGraw. I forgot how great he is live. It was so fun!!!

Me and my friend Klay

Lynsey, Me, Savannah, and Josh

Ashley, Nicole, with Tim in the background

Toss it up, tease it, run your fingers through it

Im a little freaked out...look how light my hair is

You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Ever have those days where you just dont want to get out of bed? Well that was me today, I wanted to stay in my sweats, in my big comfy bed, watching disney movies, and cuddling with me cat. Now maybe I should be embarrassed for admitting to that but that is all I could think about today. Dont worry I am not depressed, just having one of those days

I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler

About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar

I guess I have been MIA for a bit. I keep starting posts but for some reason am not putting any of them up. I feel like I have nothing to talk about but I must be busy because the weeks keep rushing by. Is it really the middle of August?! How did that happen???
I am loving my summer but I really miss the days when I was in school and summer meant long lazy days at the pool, family vacations and no responsibilities (well except summer reading list).

All day long just takin it easy

I love Lake Powell. My goal has been to have 1 powell trip a year and even though it was last minute, I was lucky enough to spend July 4th at Lake Powell. I barely knew anyone who was going but I had met 2 of the guys on the singles cruise this past Jan and one of the girls, Jodie, I have just gotten to know through mutual friends. There were 19 of us total and it was incredibly chill and had to be the most perfect powell trip I have ever been on. Everyone was chill and the weather was perfect, hot at night and cool in the evenings. Now I have a beautiful tan and a handful of new friends. I swear, lake powell is the best place in utah.
Jodie and I on the first day at the marina
1 of the speedboats we had and 2 of the girls out on the paddle boards. These were SO MUCH FUN!!! As soon as I have storage space I am getting me one of those
This is Kevin, the owner of the speed boat and one of the guys I met on the cruise

All the girls on the last day (well the last day for 5 of us, the others were lucky enough to stay until wed)

If you think you might come to California...i think you should

I was lucky enough to go home at the end of May to house sit while my parents were in Europe. Had a chance to catch up with some high school friends and my friend Lynsey came for about a week.

My huge obsession has to be Pinkberry, the best frozen yogurt I think I have ever had.

I even made it up to San Fran a few times. Doesnt this fruit look delicious?!
Peony's have to be one of my all time favorite flowers, Can you believe how beautiful these are?

On our last day we went to Santa Cruz to enjoy the sun and sand before heading back to utah (it snowed while I was gone)

Lynsey had never been to San Francisco so we went out to dinner, dancing, saw all the sites, and even managed to squeeze in a showing of Wicked. It was so fun, just wish we had had more time

I sure do love the Bay Area. It was the perfect mini vacation, minus puppy getting sick. Thanks for going out of town mom and dad! I will stay at Hotel Hammond anytime you are gone!

Pour some sugar on me...

because I LOVE sugar. Even when I was skinny and a gym rat I still would allow myself a treat at least once a week. So I am puzzled and frustrated when I hear a friend of mine won't eat sweets...Im just not sure how well that all fits into my life. Am I wrong?! Maybe because I like baking and trying new dessert recipes, I need to surround myself with people that will happily try my experiments or sit down next to me and grab a spoon while i dig in. Maybe this is silly but it has me thinking. Could you survive without sweets???

Oh Baby baby!

Well once again, a friend of mine passes another milestone in life way before me. Another one of my friends had her baby!!! Congrats to KC and Ashton Grewal!!! Holland Katherine Grewal (baby wise grey owl) was born on friday June 18th. I still haven't heard her grand entrance story but im sure it is a great one.

KC, I am so excited for you and can not wait to meet Holland. She looks so much like you. And her eyebrows are perfect. Love ya Kace!!

And every word is nonsense but I understand

Thanks to KC for being my inspiration she has been using song lyrics as blog titles and now that Kim has joined in, I decided I would too...I cant be the only one left out. So if "every word is nonsense", you should understand it is most likely from a song!

Preview of Lola

Here are a few of the pictures from Lola's 1 yr photo shoot. She is so cute but man, once we gave her that sucker she was a true stinker and kept turning her back to me. I think she thought I would take it away...

This note was delivered to our table the other night...

Good to meet you ____, I just spent $24.73 on quite a bit of average food. BUT, I would LOVE to spend at LEAST that on YOU, next week. OR we could keep it simple and spend $4.53 on some frozen yogurt and a scooter ride :)
Anyway, your smile is perfect and your friends probably are too. Do you think I am cute?
__ yes
__ no
Your cellular: _________
Weston

This was not delivered to me fyi...can you guess what town we were in?!

P90x day 1

Core synergistics...

and I am tired. I hope I can do the whole program, from what I have heard it does amazing things for your body. Actually I REALLY hope I can make it to day 2. I will keep ya'll posted (because I know how much you care about my fitness!)

Lola turns 1

Today was perfect!

Kara had a wonderful party planned with cake, ice cream, and a pinata for the kids. It was a beautiful day to celebrate Lola and spend time together at the park. There were 3 cakes, 1 chocolate, 1 vanilla, and 1 just for baby LolaLola sure seems to love her Pops. He was so good with her and just walked and talked to her whenever she got fussy

Kara and Lola blowing out the candle
I was worried Kara was gonna eat Lola's whole cake. It did look yummy but only a mom can really enjoy cake after her child has smashed it :)

Lola was so cute! When she realized she was allowed to eat and play in the cake, that it was just for her she couldn't stop smiling

Kara, you are absolutely beautiful! You are the best mom and I love you

Once Lola was done, she let us know! NO MORE CAKE

Aunt Pat made this cute hat. Lola had so much fun putting it on and taking it off

All in all it was a perfect day. Lola was happy and just looked so pretty and grown up. The day I held her I fell in love and it hasn't changed. Maybe it is the love I have for her father but Lola will always mean the world to me.

Hutch, your baby is growing up. Thank you for sending her down to us. We will do our best to spoil her rotten.