SANTA CRUZ

Yesterday we went to Santa Cruz with our friends Ryan and Erica. We knew the whether wasn't going to be great but we went to the beach anyway hoping that maybe by the time we got there the temperature would go up 20 degrees. It didn't. I think the high of the day was 62. So needless to say we decided against getting in the ocean. (We should have gone last week when it was 90 degrees)

After we walked the boardwalk where I got what I think are the cutest yellow shoes in the world. Then we went to lunch at a place called "Aqua Blue". And fittingly the walls were painted aqua blue which I hear is not a color you want to have around food. I heard it makes you lose your appetite. I'm not sure if knowing that info made me not want to eat as much or if it is actually a proven theory but I was not as hungry sitting there waiting to eat as I had been the previous few hours.

Anyway, it was so much fun and we plan on going again in the next few weeks when it is a little warmer. We want to go on all the fun rides that are right there on the beach. If you look closely in the background of our picture you can see the rides. How cool is that?

By the way the guy that is standing behind Cody was in the middle of a photo shoot. Well thats a bit extreme, I wouldn't exactly call it a photo shoot. He was taking pictures of a girl who thought she was a professional model. She was wearing a hideous lime green and black bikini. It was hilarious. You see some funny freaking people in Santa Cruz.

MEET THE GIRLS

Some of you have been asking to see pictures of the girls I take care of so here they are!  Katarina is on the far left, she is 13 then Anna is 12 and Clare is five.  I took care of them for the weekend a couple of weeks ago and Cody and I took them bowling. (that's why we look a little beat up)  They are definitely a hand full and most the time I feel like a premature mom, by doing laundry, making breakfast and lunch every day, running them to and from school, doing homework and school projects, to dentist and doctors appointments, etc, etc, etc.  But they are all hilarious and I laugh all the time.  Like any job it has good and bad days but every time Clare or "tare" (as she says it) says "I yuv you in my heart Meg Meg" it makes it all worth it.  I have learned so much about motherhood and how I want to raise (and not raise) my kids.  I feel so blessed in so many ways to have this job its hard to ever complain.  And these days I consider myself VERY lucky to even have a job...    

          

ABC TAG

TAGGED BY KIMMY

A: Addiction - Currently I am addicted to getting in the best shape of my life

B: Breakfast - Protein Shake, yummy

C: Chocolate or Chips - Chocolate

D: Dessert or Appetizers - Dessert, thanks for asking...I am trying to give it up

E: Essential Items - My Magic Bullet

F: Favorite Color - Pink Pink Pink

G: Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms - Gummy Worms (thanks to Jenelle)

I: Hometown - Layton or L Town as most of Layton High would call it

J: January or July - July

K: Kids - Nope

L: Life Isn't Complete Without - Cody, Family, The Gospel, Food :)

M: Most Exciting Memory - When I got married

N: Numbers of Brothers and Sisters - 3 Brothers 3 Sisters

O: Oranges or Apples - Oranges 

P: Phobias or Fears - Snakes and losing Cody

Q: Quote - "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."  

R: Reading - The Glass Castle right now but anything McCall recommends 

S: Summer or Spring - Summer

T: Tag 6 People - Lindsey, Jenelle, Ashley H, Ashlee L, Kim P, and Erica

U: Unknown Fact About Me - I have my toenails painted 100% of the time and when it starts chipping I immediately re-do it. Its a fetish.

V: Vacation I Want To Go On - Somewhere tropical, we are currently trying to figure that out.

W: Walking or Running - Running 

X: X-Ray or Ultrasound - ? I've never had either

Y: Your Favorite Food - Roast, mashed potatoes and gravy.

Z: Zoo or Bowling- Zoo