~Aug 31~

• Finally finished a really challenging book and I thoroughly enjoyed it
• Knowing Brevan is a good student
• Car charger for my cell
• Clean windshield
• Relaxing evening in the yard

Aug 30~

• Waking up to a camp fire.. Doesn't get much better
• Sloane finally getting her balance at the Ranch
• Syd, what a great babysitter
• My shower
• Sweet Kim for taking care of Cole, so we didn't have to worry about him getting eaten by a cougar!!

~Aug 29~

• My Mom!! She is so koo koo in a great way!
• Sloane loving the 4 wheelers
• Fun dino birthday party for the kiddos
• Dutch oven!!!
• Sleeping in the Saloon :)

~Aug 28~

• Two days in a row Sloane has wanted to go to school.. When we drop Brev off she says "I school" and gets upset when we pull away
• Lunch with Les and Susie
• Brev's hair color, I love how light it is... my cute little man
• Sloane singing to her baby... so sweet
• The show Jockeys on Animal Planet

~Aug 27~

• A much needed day to just stay home
• Making progress on a book I am struggling to finish but need to for book club next week
• My kids just made me love being a Mom today
• Shopping with Brandon
• Rob Dyrdek

~Aug 26~

• Finding the shorts I have been eyeing for Sloane at Gap were on clearance!
• McDonalds fries
• Chocolate gorillas
• Sloane bear hugs
• Twist cones

~Aug 25~

• Having one nostril that I can breathe out of... I am trying to be optimistic about the fact I have a cold and can only breathe out one side of my nose
• Brevan finally feeling good enough to go to soccer
• A couples Pampered Chef party... Great idea
• IMing Kim!
• NyQuil

~Aug 24~

• Brownies for breakfast
• Babysitter and alterations, One stop!
• Email, sometimes it's the only way I want to talk to people
• Walking outside with bare feet... This is one of the things I miss most in the winter
• This day being over!
• Bonus: This video of Beyonce's new song. Love the song, love the vid, love her! I wish I could dance like her!!

~Aug 23~

Sloane's words that make my day:

• Elmo... Sounds like Memo


• Rainbow... Sounds like Bubbow


• Chapstick... Sounds like Catsup


• Doggy.... Sounds like Goggy


• Come here... Sounds like Mere

~Aug 22~

• Dayquil
• Costco's artichoke dip
• 17 Again
• Getting caught up on the dusting
• Therflu

~Aug 21~

• Feeling better
• Hangin out with Deeds, even if it was just for an hour
• Rock rugs
• Brandon grabbing me some of my favorite red apple carmels that you can only get on the way up to the Uintahs
• What Not To Wear

~Aug 20~

• Mammumals
• Some super fun girly time with Sloane at Thanksgiving Point
• Amazing chocolate cake with a hint of lemon topped with a chocolate covered strawberry... Mmmmm
• Pink princess potty complete with handles
• Smokin deal on some new shoes for Brandon

Lame things:

• My lack of muscle
• Cole getting into the hamburger buns and eating two
• This convo: Sloane: Daddy? Me: Daddy is at work. Sloane: No. Daddy home, Mommy work. (she is saying she wants me to go to work and Daddy to come home!)
• Being sick again, this is BS
• Mental illness

~Aug 19~

• Visiting with T
• Cole snuggles
• Sloane seeing a pic of me and saying "Wow, Mommy pretty" ahh, that made my day
• Orange
• Lady Antebellums new song

~Aug 18~

• Kinkos
• Crushed ice
• Red heels
• Jacob
• Nice weird people

~Aug 17~

• Brev starting 4th grade
• Littleman rockin the teatherball
• Witnessing the love Sloane has for Brevan
• Rainbow sherbet
• Genuineness

~Aug 16~

• Seeing Sloane play with others, it is seriously so cute
• My first time doing the grocery shopping since we have been married
• Waking up from a nap to the smell of lasagna
• Cole going crazy when he sees a cat, it is hilarious! He doesn't realize it would tear his head off
• Illegal fireworks that the neighbors were doing... Brev said "I don't wouldn't want to be out there in case the cops see me" LOL

~Aug 15~

• Watching soccer in the rain... never really liked this before
• Intensity
• ZS what a great coach!!!
• Extreme weather, so even after the rain we got to soak up some sun
• The HOT jalapenos from Julie's garden, Woooooo!

~Aug 14~

• The Little Caterpillar
• Last weekday before Brevan goes back to school
• Diet Pepsi was extra good today
• Sloane is such a trooper at Brev's soccer games. She just hangs out right by us and we actually get to enjoy the game
• An intense game resulting in a tie

~Aug 13~

• Brandon staying home from work so I could work.. He totally cleaned the house... sexy
• The adorable outfit I got for Sis at Naartjie
• Another soccer tournament, I am really starting to enjoy the sport
• IMing on FB tonight
• Feeling bad about bashing

~Aug 12~

• The fact that you can find everything on the Internet
• Limes
• Leftovers
• The kids at the babysitters love Sloane and two of the little boys fight over who gets to play with her. lol
• Stories others share about their naughty kids... Makes me feel normal

~Aug 11~

• Feeling good enough to work today... I guess
• Mash potatoes and gravy
• Walking to Maverik with Kim
• My creative way of making a three way call
• Snuggling with my hubby

~Aug 10~

• More sleep
• Sanitizing my house so hopefully no one else gets the flu
• Daytime TV
• Imitrex
• Sloane’s fangs aka Sloane Cullen

~Aug 9~

• Sloane picking out my shoes two days in a row to match her shoes
• Toilet
• My pillow
• Gatorade
• Sleep

~Aug 8~

• Getting rid of my regrowth
• Going to a movie with the family
• Brevan got a watch and sunglasses yesterday that he hasn't taken off, it is hilarious. I think he appreciates them more since he bought them himself... mostly. He has also cleaned his sunglasses at least a dozen times, lol
• Charleston Chews
• Having full on conversations with Sloane, she is brilliant :)

~Aug 7~

• Vegging with the kidos... very relaxing day
• Finally finding a frame for Sloane's big portrait
• Finding frames for my experiment for my living room wall with a replica of an SLC map from 1870. Fingers crossed it looks as good as I envision
• Coree's bday present done
• I think one of our tomato plants might make it!

~Aug 6~

• I am actually starting to like Brev's soccer games
• Sloane was such a good girl today! This is huge because I feel like she has been whiny for days
• Hashbrowns
• Our tramp survived the wind storm
• Brevan's home!!!

Lame things:

• Stepped in dog poop
• Our tomato plants did not survive the wind storm, snapped at the root :(
• Brevan did not take a shower at Bearlake... He has been there since Sunday... In a cabin with multiple showers!!!!
• The pain and suffering when you lose a loved one
• Addictions

~Aug 5~

• Sloane's ADORABLE new flower clip
• Deidre's boys.. Love their smiles
• Kathie's pasta salad, I want some right now
• Brandon being my own personal chef
• Sloane's fangs

~Aug 4~

• Plaid flannel
• Kim and I shopping without kids... We stayed til they were closing!
• Christmas
• Rocking Sis
• Toe nail clippers

~Aug 3~

• Ding Dong's... this is probably a repeat
• Lion House Pantry cinnamon rolls
• I don't decorate for Halloween, but I bought the cutest "Trick or Treat" today at Interior Elements
• Leslee always knowing how to make me feel good, love her
• Hearing Brev's sweet voice... 1 day down 3 to go

~Aug 2~

• Brandon, Sloane, and I all squeezing into our bed for a two hour nap
• Brevan safely arriving at Bearlake, now the worrying begins
• Bratwurst, with mustard, pickles, and onions, yum
• Cole not leaving my side since yesterday... Even if Sloane is a total Daddy's girl, I always have Cole :)
• Marbles

~Aug 1~

• Shade
• Brevan's team taking first in the tournament!
• Being home since I felt like I was gone for a week
• Soft water
• Catching up on my blogging after being 4 days behind!

~July 31~

• Brevan loving the Alpine slide
• Sloane loving the merry go round
• Snagging another win against some old teammates
• Hanging out with Landen, JoDee, and girls... We had a blast!
• Live music at Spring Chicken Inn thanks to Mr. Toupee

~July 30~

• Leaving for Park City when planned
• Brev's soccer team's first game together and they played awesome!
• Southwestern Burrito pizza at Main Street Pizza, OMG it was good
• Sitting in the hottub in a beautiful PC setting at the sunset, gorgeous
• Only forgetting my PJ's and glasses.. not so bad

~July 29~

• Being super busy at work
• Egg salad sandwich
• Greenleaf's pomegranate scent
• Addison's adorable room... Kim and my craftiness paid off!
• Knowing I am heading off to a mini vacay tomorrow

~July 28~

• Mac makeup
• Having will power at the mall and not buying anything... besides makeup. Brandon just told me this was stupid to put because I still bought something. He doesn't realize all the cute clothes I put back!!!!
• Eating our first tomato
• Glitter toes.. Actually I am undecided
• Chatting on FB

~July 27~

• The Sonic ice water w/lime that is on my desk every morning
• Seeing Kristan's gorgeous face back in the Murray office
• Grillin
• We are starting to get tomatoes!!!!
• Sarcasm

~July 26~

• Owen's controversy, CTR vs. CTL (left)
• Sunflower bread
• Brevan's home yeah!
• I made dinner... spaghetti... noodles were hard... Still, I made dinner
• My happy place

~July 25~

• A crafty day
• Lemonheads
• Ribbon
• Sloane wanting me to hold a sippy in her mouth and treat her like a baby, she cracks me up!
• Fever Pitch and many LOL's

~July 24~

• Pioneers
• Brevan and Sloane having a blast together with the hose on the tramp
• Reminiscing
• Sloane taking two naps and waking up in the best mood :)
• Our sweet neighbors inviting us to crash their firework extravaganza

~July 23~

• The ladies I VT
• Watching Sloane run at the splash park
• Evening walks
• Sidewalk chalk
• A beautiful night

~July 22~

• Carly's love
• Jaden's tan
• Braids
• Bee's game with my fam
• Sunroof

~July 21~

• Edward
• Costco
• Water with lime
• Shopping with Kim and Addi
• Sloane's independence ( I am actually trying to convince myself I like this)

Lame things:

• Cheaters
• Seeing people you think you know just because you saw their blog
• Phoniness
• Leather seats in the summer
• Brevan at his Dad's :(

~July 20~

• Sloane being a Mommy's girl this morning for once
• Honesty
• Freshly mowed grass
• Old photos
• Stephenie Meyer

~July 19~

• It doesn't matter what kind of mood I am in, my primary kids can always make me smile
• Reading. It doesn't matter how good the book is, I can't put it down until I have read the entire book
• Our new veggie basket for the grill
• Concealer to cover the ginormous blister on my nose
• My beautiful bee balm

~July 18~

• Our kids letting us sleep in an extra hour
• The beautiful Uintahs minus the mosquitoes
• The best red apple caramels that I have only found at the Samak Country Store on the way up to the Uintah's... Yum
• Brevan singing Thriller
• Sloane singing everything

~July 17~

• Being able to stay home today with my kids. I am sure I have said this before...
• Going to Syd's game... She's got a good little swing
• BBQ with some really fun neighbors and we had an amazing time
• Are tomato plants are finally growing!!!
• Being home with my family on a Friday night

~July 16~

• Snuggling with Deidre's beautiful little Cole
• Kissing Lou Lou
• Having a swimming pool we can spontaneously go to whenever we want
• Brevan's love for the color purple ever since he could identify color
• Hanging out in the yard and visiting with the neighbors.. I absolutely love this in the summer

~July 15~

• Sloane's love for Syd
• My new mirror for my orange wall
• Beating the 5:00 traffic
• Brevan's sunkissed face
• My orange wall... Maybe

~July 14~

• If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck... It must be a duck
• Dierks Bentleys new song "I wanna make you close your eyes" mmmm
• The homemade Cafe Rio dressing Brandon made tonight
• Genealogy
• Finding out my cousin lives across the street :)

~July 13~

• Bandaids
• A relaxing lunch
• Evening walks with my family
• Kim always willing to let me borrow her stuff
• Finishing Annie's bows

~July 12~

• Sloane thinking she is a big girl and belongs in primary instead of the nursery
• Internet
• Tweezers
• My Dad taking us on a spontaneous historical tour
• My special lamp

~July 11~

• Brevan getting Sissy a pink bat signed at the Bee's game... What a sweet big brother
• Waking up with no where to go and no appts
• Leslee watching Sloane, she had the best time and didn't even care we were gone
• Kristan as a beautiful bride
• Baskin Robbins

~July 10~

• A fun morning "hike" up Butterfield Canyon with the result being some beautiful pics
• My little helper Brev
• Ostler Family Reunion
• Mini me
• My new hand weights

~July 9~

• Sloane's pedicures
• Making a dent in my mountain of laundry
• Char's warm swimming pool
• Sadie kisses
• Iceberg

~July 8~

• Brevan being proud of himself for not waking up grumpy
• Sloane getting spoiled with attention from her grandparents
• Cafe Rio's tortilla's
• My fearless little Sloane
• Hanging out on the front porch with neighbors

~July 7~

• Brevan selling snow cones with his cousin out his cousins bedroom window, lol
• Sonic ice
• Sloane and Addi ROCKING out to a lullaby
• Microwave popcorn
• Soccer camp... Brev is sleeping like a baby

~July 6~

• My boss totally going to bat for me
• Kathie's brownies
• Getting to see Brevan on my lunch
• Quail families, I love the floppy feather on the top of their heads and that they are mates for life... sweet
• Hot shower

~July 5~

• Crayons
• Nap
• Dalish salmon Brandon BBQ'd
• Zucchini
• Pineapple

~July 4~

• Food, Family, and Fun at the Barber's
• Brevan's love for teatherball
• Hand me downs
• Sloane falling asleep on me during the fireworks
• Proud to be an American

~July 3~

• Brevan and Syd's collaborative imagination
• Hanging out at the parade with my fam
• Grandma B looking absolutely adorable as the Grand Marshall
• Sunshine and summertime
• Sour cream and onion chips

~July 2~

• Brevan's last day of 3rd grade... He now considers himself a "free agent"
• Mrs. Bardolph
• Brandon and I had our first date 6 yrs ago
• My Little Pony
• Dishwasher... Tomorrow we will have clean bowls!

~July 1~

• Summertime tunes
• Reading
• Not turning the AC on until about 1:30 and having no one there to care
• Addi wanting to talk to me on the phone
• The cute shirts Kim and I made

~June 30~

• A car driving by blasting "Beat It" I love the renewed love for MJ
• Seeing Jill's beautiful face today
• My new face wash
• Water with lime
• Pride

~June 29~

• Reeses Pieces
• Genuine people
• 5:00 pm
• My front porch
• Brevan starting to mow the lawn

~June 28~

• Morning sunshine
• Sloane's Idaho rock
• Portable DVD player
• Cole loves
• John Mayer saying it best...."We don't have to reconcile the Michael Jackson we love with another Michael Jackson. In a way, he has returned to pristine condition in death. We can be free now for the rest of our lives to love the Michael Jackson we used to love."

~June 27~

• Hanging out with Kim and Addi at Herriman's parade
• Idaho
• Brevan playing the funny little games at the Welsh Festival
• Hanging out on my parents patio
• Rootbeer floats

~June 26~

• All the great Michael Jackson videos/music being aired today
• Sloane randomly saying "Mommy home, Yeah!"
• Artichoke pasta sauce
• Brandon took Brevan to see Transformers 2, and Brev was smuggling in his jaw breaker that he has been working on for over a week.... When they got out of the car he said "Brandon put this in your pocket!! Their is a cop over there!!!!"
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

~June 25~

• All of Morgan's help, it was such a nice break
• PB&J
• Clean car
• "Saving" Kim... She ran out of gas :)
• Quality time with Kristan and Deeds, miss them

~June 24~

• World Market
• Dunford Donuts
• Windshield sun reflector
• Sunglasses
• Being in bed by eleven... I only have one minute left!!!

~June 23~

• Morning chats with Brev on my way to work
• The cute shorts I have been wanting were on sale!
• Hormel microwave meals, love them
• Brandon having a yummy dinner ready when I got home
• Working out after a day break.. I'm determined to get toned abs

~June 22~

• SUNSHINE!
• Sloane kissing her own owee's better
• Kate Gosselin
• Pillows
• Brev's primary teachers saying he made them want to have kids... ahh

Lame things:

• Brevan bombing his spelling test
• Jon Gosselin's pierced ears
• My attempt at trying to find a modest swimsuit
• My road rage
• Divorce

~June 21~

• Being married to an amazing man and dad
• Sloane saying 5 words at a time. She is so smart!
• Brevan and Sloane play fighting with light sabers
• Leftovers
• Falling asleep to the rain

~June 20~

• The Oquirrh Mountain Temple
• Ireland's happy eyes
• Costco's vanilla icecream
• Leatherby's carmel
• Quality time with the in-laws

~June 19~

• Clean house
• Sloane's "rock you"
• Sloane's nap time
• Shia LaBeouf
• Aromatherapy

Lame things:

• The way Brandon flips through the channels
• I feel more exhausted now I am working out. Isn't it supposed to give you energy???
• Sloane's tummy ache
• Sloane insisting on watching "My Little Pony" over and over and over
• When white trash people hang "something" of the hitch of their truck to let you know what gender it is

~June 18~

• Finally getting Brev's warts treated
• Little Debbies
• The smell of horses
• Brevan thinking he was pretty big time with his new braces
• Miracle of life