the bucket list

Yes, I do have a bucket list. And I am determined to do everything on it. So here is my lovely list:

• go to a foreign disneyland {preferably paris}
• go to seattle 
• go to washington dc 
• win something from the radio
• run a half marathon, maybe try a full
• go to harry potter world in florida 
• go on a cruise 
• ride a bicycle built for 2
• go to all the temples in utah
• go visit my hubby's mission
• serve a mission with my hubby
• go to a country concert  [june 14, 2012] 
• read a book in one day {i am horrible at reading so this would be a huge accomplishment}
• graduate college 
• go to disneyland during halloween
• go to cali and see the show "lets make a deal"
• go to the ellen show
• have a harry potter movie marathon
• go to new orleans and eat beignets and gumbo
• go to the kentucky derby
• go to new york city. preferably during the fall or winter.
• go skiing or snowboarding
• go horseback riding [already been but had a bad experience, gotta try again!]
• ice skate at an outside rink
• watch the sun rise 
• go to hawaii
• go to disneyland on my birthday
• have a salon in my house
• become a mom
• go to bear lake

I think that is everything on my list... for now. I am sure I will add more and cross some things off along the way. Each time I do something on the list, I will cross it off and blog about it. Let's see which one gets crossed off first! 

a piece of disney magic in UTAH!

I am sure a lot of you have heard of the UP house that is in Herriman. If not, go look at the news article here. I love that they built this house, I love the style of the house, and I love it even more since it is exactly like the house in UP. Utah could use a little color in my opinion. If I had an extra 400,000 dollars lying around, I would totally buy this house, and keep the colors. So knowing me, I had to go see it and when I saw it, I was like a giddy little school girl. No big deal. I am like that when I walk into Disneyland. So seeing this house was just amazing! So to all you Disney fans out there, I would go see this house. I may even buy a ticket to the Parade of Homes so I can go inside!! Enjoy the pictures!

Adventure is out there!! 

HP

So Harry Potter comes out next week, the. last. one. I have a feeling I may shed some tears, seriously. Don't judge. I think I was in 4th or 5th grade when I started reading them. In 6th grade that is when they announced the actors for Harry, Ron and Hermione. I was hooked when the movies came out. I went and saw the 2nd Harry Potter movie SEVEN times in the theater. Seven. I kept all my ticket stubs. I had HP posters in my room, calenders, and legos. I had a friend who also shared my HP obsession with me. We found Harry Potter fabric and made PJ boxer shorts out of it, we could quote the second movie with no sweat. Yeah, we were pretty awesome. When I was in High School I worked at some of the Megaplex movie theaters, and whenever a big movie such as HP came out, we could wear apparel from the movie. I worked at the theater when 1 of the HP movies came out, I went and bought a shirt with Ron on it just for work. And as some of the other movies came out I bought 2 more shirts with Ron on them, and I know for this next one I will buy another shirt with Ron on it. Lets just admit it, Ron is awesome. As sad as this sounds HP has been a big part of my childhood, and now that the 7th movie is almost to an end, I feel a chapter of my childhood is "ending." Yes, I know I am no longer a child, but I was only 9 or 10 when I started reading the books. So it is just crazy that it is just... well over. But what's great about books and movies is... I will always have them, to read and watch over and over again. I guess I am more sad that I don't have a good movie/midnight premiere to look forward to, no more Ron shirts for me. (I am sure Nick will be rather pleased, haha)
KSL posted pictures of the HP premiere in London, and can I just say Emma Watson is ever so classy?

Seriously, her hair is so cute, I wish I could pull that off. She is just so... well classy! I love it.

Well now that I have shown my love and geekiness for HP, I am stoked for the movie next week and I can't wait for it! But for now I am off to bed.

Peace.

july the fourth

Our fourth of July was an eventful day, we actually had quite an eventful weekend! It was perfect. We started it off by hanging out with the Parkers on Saturday, we had a campfire with them and had tons of s'mores! Sunday was our usual routine, but we had our nephew Jeremy sleep over that night so we could all get up early and go save our spot for the Murray parade. So Monday morning Nick and I got up at 4:30 to start getting ready, and we headed out to save our spot. But getting up that early also means breakfast at McDonalds, can't forget about that! We patiently waited for our family to show up and for the parade to start. Finally it was time, the parade was about 2 hours long but it was so fun! I love parades and I love the month of July. Our family also got a wonderful photo op from the Deseret News, you can see the photo here in the photo gallery. After the parade we headed over to Training Table, I'm sure they loved that we came right as they opened with a huge group, haha! But we had fun, and who doesn't love Training Table?? Nick and I then went home for a bit and the headed over to see Nicks mom. We had a fun chat with her and then as we were going outside Erica and her family were leaving to go to the Gateway. Nick and I were planning to go there so we met up with them when we got there. After some shopping Nick and I went to dinner and then caught up with the Parkers to do some fireworks. Over all we had a great 4th of July, and I can't wait for Draper Days next weekend!! What a great month!

Nick and his hat..

i liked that the KSOP truck had keith urban AND brad paisley on it! 

that sign gets us TONS of candy

gateway!

training table!

sparklers!

the "firework dance"

cakes, cakes, cakes!

I love to decorate cakes, and when my mom asked me to do my Grandmas 85th birthday cake I was quite surprised. Since we had a big party for her, I was for sure we would just order a Costco cake. So I was pretty excited to do this for my Grandma, but I really didn't know what to do to decorate the cake. My mom reminded me that she loves sunflowers, so I sketched out some ideas and finally came up with the design I wanted to do. I decided to make a homemade chocolate "dump cake" and I made a big sheet cake, perfect for a big group. The day came and after my Grandma opened up her time capsule, I showed her the cake. I was thrilled to show her and to see what she thought of it. My Grandma loved it, and it was so special to me to be able to make her the cake! 

It turned out great and I am glad it was more than half gone so I didn't have to take much home, haha! I have pictures of my Grandma and I with the cake, but my mom has the camera and is in Kentucky so those pictures I will have to share with you later. 

want a free photo shoot? check out this giveaway!

My cousin Laura is one awesome photographer, and she is doing a giveaway! BUT entries end TODAY at 5:00! So make sure you enter, check out her facebook page here. 
That is all for today.
Peace.