Day 30

~A Post of Your Choice~

Yeah I made the last topic up. What was I supposed to do? They wanted ANOTHER picture. I'm over it. I did enjoy this challenge though. Winter is always hard for me. There is 3 months of warmth (June, July, and August) and then the rest are up and down cold, snowy, windy, rainy...depressing. So at least this gave me something to do. Don't get me wrong. I ALWAYS have something to do with these girls running around but its not always fun.

I'm so excited to have my craft room set up and usable. It feels like my little sanctuary. When Evan is home sometimes I just go in there and work on little fun projects like beadwork, sculpey, woodburning, sewing, painting and so on. When he's at work the girls have to come in with me so I can't bring out any projects that could get messy...like paints for example. Luckily I can work on my tutus and keep everything in place. I'm so excited to get this business going. I really need to get more tutus made before I really do some advertising just so that I can show my work. But if anyone is in need of a tutu just give me a call and I can get it made!

Day 29

~Something You Can't Get Enough Of~

Babies. Period.

If we had the money and a house to have lots of babies, I totally would. Anytime I see someone with a baby I just want to hold it and cuddle it and smootch it and love on it. BUT I have to resist especially if I don't know the person just because things are a lot different then they use to be and anyone can be considered a weirdo. Hey I never claimed to be normal. But I'm sure we can all agree that a baby melts your heart.

Day 28

~Your Favorite Movie~

No question about it. My all time favorite movie is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I could watch this movie every day. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Its a musical but even Evan likes it, so it makes for a good family flick.

Its about a backwoodsman, Adam, that convinces this girl he doesn't know, Milly, to marry him. He brings her home to his cabin where his other six brothers live. She cleans them all up and introduces them to her girl friends when they head to a barn raising. When they get home all the guys are love sick and decide to kidnap the ladies. Milly kicks them out of the house and has the girls live with her until the mountain pass opens up in the spring. The men woo the women and by time spring arrives they have all fallen in love.

Day 27

~A Picture of Yourself a Year Ago and How You've Changed~

I seriously don't know why a good portion of these topics involves a picture of the writer. But I did have a picture of myself in January 2010 so no excuses this time :) Nothing really has changed. I've put on some weight from this picture, not like a 100 pounds or anything but still a few. Um we still live in the same house. Evan still works the same job and I still stay at home. Really nothing has changed. I'm not boring...we just call it security. Anyways I think the only other thing that has changed is, surprise surprise, my hair color. Even though I love the highlights and blondes in my hair, it gets pretty spendy and we needed to cut back. So box color and I are old friends reunited. So now I'm back to my original, not quite natural, brunette.

Day 26

~A Picture of Somewhere You've Been~

I love traveling and since I've been to Ocho Rios Jamaica twice, I'll probably remember a lot more too. My parents love cruising. When I was younger they use to go every other year...until I got into highschool, then it became every year. Then they started the back to back cruises and did that every year. NOW they do their back to back cruising and have either been taking other vacations or planning another cruise during the year. JEALOUS! The first time I went to Jamaica was on a cruise in highschool. It was my parents my sister Megan and I and a scad of other people in our family, aunts, uncles, cousins.. etc. We had a great time! I remember Dunn River Falls the most out of this trip.

Here is part of the falls

This is the main part that you "hike" up. The middle was usually open while there was a string of people holding hands forming a human chain climbing up the side. While it is HIGHLY recommended its not required. So as you have guessed we decided to do it on our own. Why not? As we were climbing, the rocks are slick not just a little..ALOT. As I fianally pull myself up to a point my mom comes up right behind me, slips and is frantically grabbing at me. I'm trying to tuck my arms to myself and not let her get ahold of me ( it sounds awful) and away she went sliding bumping and tumbling down until two guys in speedos catch her. Boy did I get an earful. Can you blame me. There is no way I would have been able to keep grip if she got ahold of me. We would have both crashed down and probably gotten hurt really bad if I fell ON her.
It wasn't like I enjoyed watching her fall but there was nothing I could do about it and I wasn't on a stable non-slick spot to grab her AND keep myself up. So now that I'm done defending myself :) I'll continue. The second time I visted this place was when I was 6 months pregnant..joy. Evan and my mom decided to do the climb while I opted out. Evan helped my mom this time and I didn't think it was a good idea for me. With a growing tummy and shifting balance, slick climbing just wasn't safe. I did get to go river tubing in Jamaica though. But I didn't get to do the "cliff" jumping. So lesson learned, no fun traveling while pregnant. I missed out on so much that summer. We went to California to Patricks wedding and I didn't get to go on any rides at the theme parks. And then a couple months later a cruise, and I couldn't do alot of the stuff there and got horrible motion sickness on all the little boats and car rides around the islands.

Day 25

~Whats in Your Purse~

I have a purse and I only fill it as I need. It usually stays empty until I go somewhere then I fill it with whatever I need. Usually a few diapers and some wipes, my wallet, keys phone, lipgloss. Yeah I'm boring when it comes to this. I am not one to keep my life in my purse. Probably bc I leave the bag in the truck and take the contents with me inside. When I go into the store and have my hands full I like to have it just to hold everything. I usually buy a purse and wear it down until it needs to be replaced then toss it and buy another. The purse I own now cost me 40.00 and is the most expensive one I've ever owned. I bought it at Sticks and Stones and its hunting camo with, I'm sure, faux leather, studs, and some jewels. Its not formal looking but it still looks nice to carry around on date night...which I never do anyways :) But it fits my everyday just because it can look casual and the colors are browns, tans, greens, and beige.

Day 24

~Something That Means Alot to You~

There are so many things that mean a lot to me. But other than the obvious, my family, I am most grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Being an active member means that I can and have been sealed to my husband for all eternity. Nothing is a guarentee in this life and there are still challenges you have to face as a couple but going through the Temple together makes a marriage so much easier knowing that you and your spouse are not as disposable as the world would have you think today. If everyone was told they would be sealed to the person they were going to marry for eternity, I think a lot of people would rethink the marriage. Figuring out if they are the right person doesn't mean moving in and living together to see if you could handle it. A person that truely loves you will treat you so. Talk talk talk, figure out each others priorities. If our Heavenly Father is first, everything else will fall into place. Once those priorities fall out of place so will everything else. I'm not saying you will always agree. It doesn't mean you have to like the same things, it means organizing your life according to the way our Heavenly Father would approve. Next COMMITMENT! Why is it the human race is never satisfied? Why do we look over the fence when our own yard is lush and green? Life is not always perfect even when you are doing all the right things, but resolving those problems becomes a lot easier when you have all the right tools to do so! I honestly don't know where I'd be without the Church, my husband, and my family. My life may not be perfect but its perfectly perfect for me. Here's a quote to get you through those rough days, "The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than is was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be."

Day 23

~15 Facts About You~

1.) My all time favorite color is caribbean blue. Whenever I have gone somewhere with turquoise waters I can't get over it. Even if I lived close to those waters it would never get old.

2.) I love to play piano...but not in front of people. Sometimes in a casual situation I can play in front of family and very close friends but not when they are focused on me. Mostly if I'm in the background.

3.) Love to sing but once again not in front of people. I can do it in groups, but not solo. I don't like any kind of direct attention on me.

4.) I suffer from anxiety/panic attacks. I had my first full blown anxiety attack October 2005 and had no clue what it was. Then the second happened October 2006 after Evan and I got married. I'm sure he was wondering what the heck was going on with me. I have had them on and off for the last few years and so far (knock on wood) I haven't had one for almost a year. I really don't have attacks anymore but I do get the uncomfortable feeling like something horrible is going to happen...but it will last days, weeks and sometimes a month or so.

5.) My hair hasn't been its natural color since 8th grade. I've dyed big chunks of my hair red, purple, hot pink, and blue (turns green after awhile). When I got out of the crazy colors I've just bounced between blonde, brunette, and black hair. I change my hair ALL the time. My real color is a dark brown with two natural copper highlights on each side kind of like a skunk :) but more noticable in the summer when my hair lightens. I've cut my hair REALLY short and have grown it out REALLY long. Its so pretty when its long but after I've had kids it always looks scraggly and is too high maintenance when its long. Oh and did you know its naturally curly/wavy?

6.)I have 4 sisters and 1 brother, and we all get along really well! I'm the youngest and am about 7 1/2 years off from the next ones up. My oldest sibling is about 15 1/2 years older than me.

7.)Speaking of family did you know that twins run in our families. My mom had twins, and my sister (one of the twins) had twins. Evans Dad is a twin and his moms first pregnancy was twins which ended in a partial miscarriage and a stillborn at term :( Think we'll ever have twins? Probably not, but I have a higher chance because of my side. Whether or not you have twins depends on the woman and the man determines the gender.

8.)Comedies are my favorite kind of movies. I also like westerns, disney movies and only a few dramas. I don't like deep movies that make you think..not because I don't like to think, I just can't STOP thinking about it.

9.) I've never spent a night away from my kids. I take them everywhere I go. Sometimes I feel like I need a break but I have a hard time letting anyone take them. I only do it when I absolutely have no choice. I even bring them with me to get my hair cut and dr appts. The only appt I don't take them to is the dentist because when I'm being worked on I can't move to keep them out of things.

10.)I've only lived in Montana and Wyoming- Colstrip, Billings, Sheridan (for a month) and Powell.

11.) I've done quite a bit of traveling for my age. Ive been on 3 cruises and hope to go on many more! We've also taken some road trips to California and Seattle. Gone to Texas and Washington D.C. , and all the surrounding states. We also went Mexico when I was younger to visit my brother-in-laws family.

12.) I've worked several different jobs! My first job was the MT Tamale Co. We made tamales in bulk amounts and shipped them off all over the country. I also worked at CPRD as a rec aide. I loved this job because you were doing everything from playing soccer, basketball, skateboard/rollerblading, arts & crafts and so much more! Then I worked my Senior year through the co op program at Western Energy in the production office. I created graphs of production, schedules for the coal miners, and transfered data from production sheets, that contained all the machinery at the mine, to the computer. Basically keeping track of what piece of equiptment was running at each period of the day. When I lived in Billings I worked as a cashier at Walmart, they were the only ones with a decent pay and would work around my school schedule. Then finally here in Powell I worked at Dr. Akins office as a secretary until I got pregnant with Takara.

13.) I don't feel like this life is long enough to do everything that I want to do!

14.) I love shoes and coats and I'm a bargain shopper. I love that no matter how much my weight fluxuates my shoes ALWAYS fit the same!

15.)Finally I was married at the age of 19 and Evan at 23. I met Evan February 10th 2006, I only saw him on the weekends when he was back from working over the mountain. He proposed 5 weeks later and we were married August 19 2006. Best decision of my life!

Day 22

~A Letter to Someone Who Recently Hurt You~

Who came up with these topics? I might as well say what can I write to stir the pot up again? Lucky for me there hasn't been any recent hurt feelings. And even if there was I'm one to confront the situation instead of write a letter. I hate weird feelings between people and so I try to cut to the chase and get it over with and let things get back to normal.

Day 21

~A Photo of Something That Makes Me Happy~

Now don't get me wrong. My family is my #1 happiness but those days when I just want some time to myself this is what I love...CRAFTING! I love everything from sewing, cake decorating, leather work, scrapbooking, Oh I could go on and on. I wish I had a whole room to myself to set up all my totes and totes of crafts. I truely enjoy being creative. I just got a small loan from my mom to start up a business. Its called Tutu Cute. I'm so excited to get all of my supplies so that I can start creating! I just got in two HUGE boxes of tulle but theres so much more I've got to order to start. Wish me luck!

Day 20

~The Meaning Behind Your Blog Name~

I think its pretty self explanatory, but for anyone thats not familiar with our family I guess I could go into a little detail. We are an on the go family. I don't always get out of the house but when opportunity knocks I jump on it. We are always scheming and planning, sometimes it works out sometimes not. One day we may think we are going to move in a couple months the next we are staying right where we are. One day we think we're going to have 6 kids the next only one more. We live day to day, and I probably drive Evan crazy with my plans of moving somewhere warm or staying where we are because we like the community. The girls are ALWAYS getting into something. My mom always has her tips and tricks to share over the phone on how to handle my kids and house but when she comes down to visit she can't quite keep her head on straight either. She always says how busy the girls are. They don't destroy together and you may think that is a good thing...but its not. They destroy different things at the same time or one right after another so I'm constantly running from room to room trying to recover the damage. So as you can see no one knows what, where, when, why, who or any details so this blog is a good way for our family and friends to keep up with us.

~KEEPING UP WITH THE KAWANOS~

Day 19

~Another Picture of Yourself~

Ok so I didn't forget to write yesterday I just didn't know what to do for a picture. I don't know how many times people want to actually hear my story about NOT having pictures and NOT liking them being taken of myself. So I decided to put one up of Evan and I before we were married. This is at colstrip days and we just got done paintballing. I love my babies but I really miss free time when Evan and I could just go and do whatever we wanted whenever we wanted. We actually didn't get much of that but no sense dwelling on it. We've got our hands full now!

Day 18

~Something You Crave Alot~

This is an easy one. Its sick how much pop I drink. 99% of the time I drink diet but if all thats around it regular I will drink that too. I love carbonation and the burning crisp feeling as it sweeps down your throat. OK that sounds weird but its true, I think the longest I went without a pop was 3 months and that was only because it was a challenge that Evan wanted me to take. I did it, I proved that Im not "addicted", ok ok so maybe just a little. For Takaras 3rd birthday we filled a giant cooler with nine 12 packs of pop. Everyone at the party had at least one mmmaaybe 2. So we toted this big cooler home FULL of pop and it was gone....a week later. Boy did I have a tummy ache and it was well deserved. I have never felt that bloated in my entire life. So I laid off the juice for a couple weeks and am now back to my occational pop which is about every other day if I'm lucky. Evan use to always get on my case about it but eventually gave up. When we lived in town I headed to the gas station almost daily...or I'd just stock up the fridge. Evan said Natalie you need to slow down...only one pop a day. That same day I bought a 100 oz cup, ok I said..only one pop a day :) I have pictures of myself holding my cans of pop, before I could talk when the can was almost the size of my body. If you talk to my mom...or any of my family for that matter its not IF they got a pop that day its WHEN. My parents even have a rack that holds popcans in their fridge. So don't blame me. Blame them. True story.

Day 17

~A Picture of You and Your Family~

This is pretty sad. We haven't taken many "family" pictures. I think in the history of our marriage we've only gone to a stuido twice and had us photographed together. The first time was before we had any kids. Since Evans parents wanted a family picture we all went to walmart and Evan and I decided to be silly and get our picture taken together...back to back posing like we had guns. Those were passed out as OUR "family" picture. Then we had Takara and thats when my dislike of getting in front of cameras started. So no family picture that year. Then I got pregnant with Kimi and Nick Allen came to town and offered to do some maternity photos for a great price to get his business going. So we had a family photo taken at that time with a pregnant me, Evan and Takara. That was the last family picture we've had taken professionally. Then, like I said, I avoided the cameras until this picture was taken this last September on the mountains. So this is the most recent picture we have of all of us.

Day 16

~Your Celebrity Crush~

Ok so I'm sure Evan has been waiting for this post so that he can tease me. I honestly never thought much of it and I'm not one to get "star struck". One day, while we were bored, we decided to name off a few celebrities that we thought were HOT. So while Evan was able to come up with a list I couldn't think of anyone. I racked my brain and Ryan Renolds popped into my head, yup he's hot. I actually prefer darker skin on a guy but I guess thats why I've got Evan :)

Day 15

~Something You Can't Leave the House Without~

That would have to be my kids...surprised? These two go EVERYWHERE with me. There has only been a couple times in their lives when I actually went out by myself and Evan kept them home. Even when I go grocery shopping or to get my haircut I have my kids with me. There was one time, the day I miscarried, when I was a little scatterbrained if you could imagine and I got into town and was talking to Evan on the phone. Takara kept saying something about Kimi. Takara sits right behind the drivers side and Kimi behind the passengers side. I looked over and Kimi was not in her seat! I immediately pulled off and the first thing I thought was I LEFT HER HOME! What if she was outside...WHAT IF I RAN OVER HER??!! All this raced through my head in seconds, then I turned around and she was sitting in Takara's lap. Takara said its ok mom she's sitting on my lap. Kimi had wiggled her way out of her seat and crawled over to sit with Takara. But just for the record I have never forgotten them at home or anywhere else.

Day 14

~TV Shows You Are Currently Addicted To~

Every Tuesday you can bet we are watching the Biggest Loser. I love seeing the transformations people go through. Its really amazing. These people are beyond over weight, they get to this place and have to find the motivation to do something that they couldn't do at home. Some thing I can totally relate to! I don't think I would ever let myself get to that point (knock on wood) but just at my size where I can still move around comfortably I have a hard time finding the will power and motivation to exercise, eat healthy, and lose weight.

Now this is a TV show I never thought I'd like. I don't like anything morbid, scary, and/or gorey. And this can hold all those traits but there is something about it. Maybe that they always win, or the stories of the people in between. There is a lot of humor, and some love, but it always amazes me how these scripts are written. There has to be a lot of research done to make the show work out. Anyways this show is on Thursdays and its one of my favs!

Now as you can see its all about pick and choose. I love this show and I wish there was someway for us to record it. Everyone else has those nifty dvr contraptions and I've been dealing with an antenna for the last 3 years. Its sad because we can't get satellite at our house because of all the trees and the location. But some how we can get internet through verizon..weird. Anyways about the show. Love Love Love the costumes, and the dancing...ok I love it all. If I could do something like this I most definately would. I wish they had classes like this around here. But as with everything, even if there was, it would all be pushed aside until my kids are old enough to stay at home for a couple hours by themselves so that we could actually go to the class.

Americas best dance crew is a show that we can't get out here but if we go somewhere else to try our best to catch it. Around the time of the writers strike they came out with a lot of the tv shows with dancing singing...and sometimes both but this by far was the best. If you like any of the dance movies like step up 1,2,3, take the lead, stomp the yard and so on you would go crazy over this show. I would say this is Evans favorite tv show, when we lived in town he would stay up way into the night watching reruns. Good stuff.

Finally That 70s Show. This is my all time favorite tv show. They don't make them anymore and I'm not satisfied with the way it ended. I wish they could have just gone on to That 80s Show or something. But all good things must come to an end so I suppose the 70s is where they should stay but like I said they really needed to end it better. My favorite character is Eric, Topher Grace nailed his role and his delivery of jokes and sarcasm is pure AWESOME!! I laugh so much through all the seasons that of course we had to buy them so I can get my fill whenever I want!

Day 13

~Your Favorite Musician and Why~

I have no favorite. Picking a favorite musician is like picking your favorite string in your carpet. I love music and yes there is some that I could do without but not many. There are lots I've never heard of and I'm always willing to give it a try. I have a horrible memory so trying to figure out who and when is not something I focus on. I have a hard time remember peoples names let alone the names of the songs. Now words to a song are a different thing. Music helps me remember the words. It can manipulate your emotions, make you feel pumped, chill, excited, romantic. Like Bob Marley said, One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. I wish my life had a soundtrack and there was music playing where ever I went. I wouldn't even know where to begin to list any favorites. I've been out of the loop for awhile just because when you have a family a lot of things get pushed to the back burner and music is one of them for me. I don't feel up with the times, and even some of the music I've listened to in the past has been pushed out of my mind. But I will always have a love for it and that will never go away.

Day 12

~A Photo of the Town You Live In~

Since we live out of town I thought I'd post pictures right out our front doorstep facing north, east, and west, BUT not south. You don't want to see south :)

This is the west shot right out our driveway and in the back you can see Heart Mountain

The north photo. I love having the mountains so close! These are the fields that are leased out every year and if you were to go to the end of the property line going this direction you would hit the river bottom.

And here is the east shot. These trees follow all around the property. You can see a round corral to the left and to the right the old truck gives you just a taste of what you would see if you looked south. Lots of old equipment.

Day 11

~Whats in Your Makeup Bag~

Just like everything in my life there is not ONE of anything...except husband, and I'm ok with that! I started cosmetology school in 2005 but because of living situations I was forced to quit (cue song Beauty School Dropout). But I still have my school books and learn a little on my own.I love makeup, hair, nails, skin care...its all so much fun. Someday I may go back but it will have to be when my kids are in school and when we are closer to a cosmetology school. Anyways back to my makeup bag, I have a large rollup bag that hangs on a hook next to my mirror. The top pocket holds all my mascara, eyeliners, black powder to set the eyeliner and brushes for eyebrows and eyelashes. Second pocket holds all my eyeshadow, I have LOTS of eyeshadow (pinks purples blues oranges browns neutrals greens...and so on). Third pocket holds everything for my base, foundation, coverup, powder, concealer, blush. And the forth pocket holds everything else like tweezers, nail polish, razors. I carry all brands. Some like to stick with one line but some lines do not carry things that I like. I have everything from mary kay , maybeline, covergirl ok we'd be here forever if I kept going. I don't have room in my makeup bag for my skincare but when I really start breaking out I use proactive and when I'm clear my skin tends to be dry I use Karavita ...all I can say is AWESOME. A gal was a consultant but really didn't get into it so she had two huge bags of inventory and samples and facial kits at her yard sale and I bought it all for $12.00 came home to find out that the products are very expensive! For example I got a full size bottle of eyewish that normally costs $45.00! So Im hoping all this will last me a long while because I don't think I can afford the line after its gone. Anyways thats my makeup bag!

Day 10

~A Photo of Your Favorite Place to Eat~

Once again...why only pick one. I LOVE FOOD. Since we live in Powell and we don't go to Billings that often I decided to pick ONE yes one of my favorite places to eat...in each town. I could show you a picture of the buildings but I decided I would show you why I love these places so much.

Billings Choice

~Famous Daves~

It is such a treat to eat here, I'm a BBQ kinda girl. There is so much variety that there is something for everyone. The family feast is the best to get because you get a little big of everything. mmmm just looking at this picture is making me drool.
Powell Choice
~Chinatown~
This photo is not from chinatown but it was the closest picture I could find that looked like the real thing, but we all know Chinatown rocks. I can honestly say I have never had chinese food that was this good! Sesame chicken and cream cheese rangoon are my favs but its all so good I take a little...or a lot of everything! Evan loves chinatown too, probably more than I do....thats ALOT of lovin. Our favorite thing to do on a cold cold night is go to chinatown get a couple take out boxes (which are HUGE), a pop, and a movie and come home and snuggle in. Hmm this is sounding like a good plan for tonight...and whats a better night than Biggest Loser night?!

Day 9

~A Picture of a Recent Purchase~

I don't know if this counts but I purchased these things today. Lemon pound cake and brownie cheese cake. Somebody has a sweet tooth, um yeah that would be me. I couldn't help myself they were on sale for .99!! Lately I don't know what is going on with me but I can't seem to pry myself away from all the sweets. I think is has something to do with all the christmas candy being on a crazy deal, and who can pass up 1.00 bags of candy that cost 10.00 to begin with. Well most people can I guess.

Day 8

~A Song to Match Your Mood~

I love so many songs and kinds of music that it is almost impossible for me to pick just one song. Isn't that just typical of me? I can't never just pick ONE. So just to name a few that always put me in a good mood if I'm in a bad, or a better mood when I'm just good : Lynyrd Skynyrd- Simple Man, Garth Brooks-Rodeo, and Two of a Kind, Alan Jackson-Chattahoochi, Sublime-Santeria, George Winston- Anything off Ballads and Blues, Flo Rida- Low... ok ok I could go on forever. I LOVE MUSIC. In any mood. At any time. At any place. All kinds! I love old and new, I love to jump back into time and listen to things like monster ballads, and Evan thinks I'm crazy because I know most of the words to almost any song that comes on the radio. So there you go, music matches my mood!

Day 7

~Your Dream Wedding~

I've never really had a "dream" wedding. Actually when I did get married I had no idea what I wanted to do. I had never thought it out before. So Evan got to participate ALOT. Evan picked the theme, I decided fall colors, then we just kind of went with whatever. I could have cared less about the actual wedding decor, I just wanted to be married to Evan. Since our Temple date kept getting pushed back we decided to just have a civil wedding and we really wanted to do it outdoors, but then our parents decided they weren't having it that way. If we couldn't go to the Temple we were doing it at the next best place and that was the church. Notice we really didn't put up a fight because like I said we just wanted to be married all the rest was just a hassle : ) My brother is getting married next month so I've been looking at a lot of wedding pictures of cake decor and ideas because I am making the cake. I came across this picture and thought well if I had a dream of a wedding this would be it. Outdoors, night time, lanterns, a blanket of lights that look like stars and fireflies and most importantly Evan and I.

Day 6

~A Picture of an Animal I'd Like To Have as a Pet~

Most people think of soft cuddly creatures when they think of an anmial they would like to have a pet. Don't get me wrong..I love soft cuddly creature too. I am a baby lover, you name it, if its a baby I want it. I'm not a fan of cats but I could snuggle on a kitten. I even love baby birds..I think a baby owl would be sooo cute! But if I could choose one animal it would have to be a moose. I love moose, I'm obsessed with moose. If I could make my house into a cabin full of moose decor...I WOULD DO IT. Someday it will happen.

Day 5

~A Picture of Yourself From 2 Years Ago~

ok so sad story, I do not have ANY pictures of myself from 2 years ago available right now. The oldest picture that I have on this computer is from 2009 around christmas time. My other computer with ALL our pictures on it pooped out on us so now we have to bring it into someone to get the pictures off. Not a good deal, I never thought it would happen to us and didn't make a backup of all the pictures so hopefully we haven't lost any since all of Takara and Kimis baby pictures are on it. But I'm not going to think about it because it just makes me sad and anxious. But I'll give you a little description of what I looked like 2 years ago. I had long hair that was dark brown and I was about 3 1/2 months pregnant. I don't think there is much else to describe!

Day 4

~A Favorite Photo of Your Best Friend~

Ok so I couldn't just pick one. There are just TOO MANY shexy pictures that I drool over but here are some of my favorite pictures of Evan. Oh and if you didn't know it HE is my best friend.

I am a total sucker for this picture. Makes me wish I was around this night...but I wasn't...in fact I didn't even know Evan at this time. But its ok because it all worked out in the end :)

Once again...whoot woo, I wish I were here. He is so dang hot I can barely contain myself. My bullriding babe. Its a good thing he looks so fine because this part of his life (bullriding) is something we are still paying for today...and I didn't even get to watch :(


And finally this picture. So tan so muscley sooooo lallalwlleggg...oh excuse me while I wipe the drool away. I love this picture, minus the bottle of Jack...oh and Jared and Seth aren't doin much for me either haha.

Day 3

~You Idea of a Perfect Date~

I'm Pretty easy to please when it come to this. Evan and I really haven't had a date date since Takara was born. Sad I know. We just don't have anyone that can take our girls for a good period of time. My in-laws are always sooo busy and my family doesn't live around here so we usually have to settle for a movie. I love being spontaneous, and that can't happen when you have kids. We use to jump in the car and head to billings for the night...and it would be 8 pm already. We would go dancing or play pool at Hansels I even enjoyed just taking our guns out and hiking in the peaks or down to the river on the Kawano land. Once Evan (before we were married) loaded tons of blankets and pillows and sleeping bags in the back of his truck and we made a huge bed went out to the hills and star gazed. It was so fun to just look at the stars and talk, it was freezing out too, so of course we HAD to snuggle. He worked out of town for the week so I only got to see him on the weekends but we talked every night on the phone, absence did make the heart grow fonder in this situation. But I suppose since this is just my idea of a perfect date and not necessarily something we've already done, I'll fantasize a little. I would love to go to a warm beach with turquoise water, just the two of us...caribbean most likely. (I know this isn't sounding very creative) We would spend a few nights there but go out dancing every night, take sunset walks, eat at new places..and not get sick haha. Go to bed late, sleep in late. Just have the freedom to do whatever we wanted to do. Maybe someday I'll have to plan for something like this, its sounding so exciting now!

Day 2

~A Photo of Something You Ate Today~

Since its the new year everyone probably thinks, oh her new year resolution must be to lose weight. Well its not, because when am I NOT trying to lose weight? I am eating healthier just because when we do decide to try to have another baby I would like to get a few x 10 pounds off. I love love love subway, ok I love just about any kind of food but subway always hits the spot. I am a meat eater and so it kills me when I'm trying to lose weight and cut back on all the good stuff like cheese and fats and sugars. I have found that a veggie delight is low in calories and tastes great! Yes I would rather have meat on it and I do eat meat when I try to lose weight but its all about portion control and calories for me. Subway is also one of those things I CRAVE when pregnant, now thats not such a bad thing right? The crispy crunchy veggies are what I love, but when I'm pregnant I love to get an oven roasted chicken breast with shredded cheddar and toasted with veggies and ranch. Its just like the chicken bacon ranch but minus the bacon and its a 5.00 footlong so its way cheaper and the only difference like I said is the bacon...I can live with that!

Day 1

Ok so since this month has 31 days in it today is my first day of the 30 day blog challenge.

~A Photo Of Yourself and How Your Day Was~

So this is me....sometime this last year. I don't have any updated photos and probably won't in the near future. I have always struggled with weight so I try to avoid camera as much as possible. I really don't want to remember myself being over weight so I try to capture myself in my best phases. Dumb I know but what are ya gonna do? At least I'm honest. My day has been a pretty good one for the most part. We switched times and go to church at 9 am. I love and hate this time. I love getting out in time for lunch and our schedule isn't as chaotic with the girls. But I have the hardest time getting up and getting us all ready and on time. I will try to do better I promise! Since it is the start of a new year I have a new primary class, CTR 5, and I LOVE THEM!!! It is so much fun to be in primary again! We got home from church, had some lunch and snuggled in for a bit. A friend of Evans gave us a log entertainment center so Evan went to pick that up while the girls and I took a little much needed nap. By the way, the log tv stand is A-W-E-S-O-M-E. If I could live in a log cabin...I would. Cabins seem so cozy to me, even the big ones. Anyways we are all lazying around watching Dispicable Me (very cute show) and thinking about winding down for bed. I'm so glad Evan has tomorrow off. I love spending time with my hubby, he is my best friend and we do everything together! Well that was my day, hopefully I will remember to blog tomorrow :)