Disneyland

My cousin's family

Birthday girl

It seems that once word spread that the Emmett family had sold the house in California it was time for all the family members in Utah to book last minute trips out for the free place to stay and the warm weather. My cousin Michelle and her darling little family of 3 kids are the first to make it out. The rest of April we have guests coming each weekend. I just hope some of them are prepared to do some manual labor for the free place to stay. I have lots of packing and projects I would use help on. :) When she told me her plan to visit for her daughter's 4th birthday and that they would be taking advantage of the "get in free on your birthday" at Disneyland I was all on board to go. I took Tuesday off this week so I could help show them around the park and assist in watching one of the three kids. Plus allowing them one fast roller coast while I stayed out with the 2 little ones. I had a great day celebrating so grateful I could spend the day with them.

Quote 3-30-09

People may doubt what you say, But they will believe what you do.

Happy Birthday Miss Messick

Last year during this same weekend I was fortunate enough to spend your birthday with you in NEW YORK CITY. Did I ever really Thank You for an awesome weekend that I will never forget? I hope London & Paris this year were just as memorable and that this new age of turning one year older is just as fantastic as the last. You are so beautiful, very talented and a great example to me. I am grateful to have you as a friend. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Everything Is Changing

Today is going to go down in the history of my life as the start of a huge change. This could be a lengthy and a little personal so feel free to skip over. It is pretty official that the house on Ashford in Irvine that I have lived in for the last 5 years is SOLD. So come May 10th this house will belong to another family with twin boys. One side note of interest is that we moved into the house in June 1999 while my older brother John was serving a mission in Denmark. He still had the choice to come to California during college. Lucky for John he married a California girl with grandparents to come stay with. Now 10 years later Michael is serving a mission in Colorado and down to his last 3 months will return home to a new house somewhere in Utah. For Michael who is heading over to BYU Hawaii will have the best of both worlds to surf there and visit the mountains while home from college.

The move in 1999 was not as difficult because I was heading off to college the following month and this house was a huge upgrade to the Woodbridge home. I knew I would be able to come home during college to a fun house and bring guests with me thru out the years. With all my sadness to see this house go I find a little excitement knowing the next house could be bigger and cooler. So the topic of conversation around here is what is Kristin doing? I am not going to answer that tonight on this post and save it for a few weeks when I have everything worked out. My last news for an update is that I am turning this blog into my photography blog and will be keeping my personal life on a private blog. It may take me a month to move everything around and my blogging days could slow down with a new busy schedule of packing and keeping a social life as much as possible.

Posted with Love!!

Quote 3-23-09

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them” -Phyllis Bottome

Balboa Bonfire

Come Join Me.. I am running the 5K

July 18, 2009 - Irvine, CA
Join us for our inaugural Orange County Mud Run, on the grounds of the Hidden Valley Park, behind the Wild Rivers Water Park in Irvine, CA. This private park features a central shaded seating area, large amphitheatre, carnival rides and picturesque lake. We’ve commandeered the entire park to bring you a great off-road obstacle course and fun-filled expo.
Course obstacles include: Tunnel crawls • Mud Pits • Tire Obstacles • Cargo-net Crawls • Climbing Walls • And much more! Click here to check out the course map and details.
Mud Runs are limited to the 1st 4,000 entrants, so register today!
Events include:
Mud Run – 5K and 10K
Ages 13 & over
Race as individual or part of a 4-person team
Unique awards to top finishers
Entry fees per person:
5K - $30 until April 1st, $35 from April 1st to June 1st, $40 from June 1st until sold out
10K - $35 until April 1st, $40 from April 1st to June 1st, $45 from June 1st until sold out
Eco Kids Mud Run
Ages 12 & under (1 mile run for 8-12 year olds, 1/2 mile run for 4-7 year olds)
$15 entry fee
Attractions!
Eco Fest
Mud Slip n’ Slides
Live Entertainment
Beer & Wine Garden
BBQ Feast
Kids Playground for the Mud Hens
Contests!
Mud King and Queen Coronation
Mud Body-Painting
Mud Sculpture
Best Costume Awards & Results
Unique awards will be given to the top 3 overall finishers as well as the top 3 in each division. Results and photos will be posted on event day here at www.ocmudrun.com
For individual entrants, age groups are divided into: 13-17, 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70+.

For 4-person teams, categories are: Male, Female, Coed (2 females, 2 males).
Eco Fest
Live entertainment, plenty of food for sale, free giveaways at our Eco Fest booths, and a Beer & Wine Garden will be available throughout the day. Open showers and closed changing tents will be available to get clean at the expo.

Life Unblogged About.....till now

So wondering why I would post photos of my dresser drawers and closet? Well, I have spent many hours in the last month trying to get my room ready to be on the market again. The second reason is I started my spring cleaning projects early and bagged up way to many clothes. It was so refreshing to have a reality check on the amount of clothes I own and really what style of clothes work for me. For Lent I decided I would give up shopping with the one exception that I can purchase an Easter dress. I will admit that I just failed because I purchased an item that wasn't a dress. I did return a few items as well that were purchased before Ash Wednesday so I am sticking to my goal and not going to be clothing shopping for 3 more weeks. It is fun shopping in my own closet and watching my bank account grow.

These photos are from a night in LA at the Joshua Radin concert. I have been listening to him ever since and am a new huge fan.

A few weekends ago I met up for some bowling. The first game I was goofing off and bowled a 66 and the second game you can see my score above which is a huge improvement.

Here I am on my last day working the the facilities office. My boss brought me flowers to wish me well in my new department. It was a great short 6 weeks. I am working over in counseling for the month of March come April 1 I will be in a new position or back with my old job. Life is a little crazy with all these changes at work.

This is Meiko the opening and I will be sure to post Joshua later.

Rascal Flatts Concert

Ryan, Andrea, Kristin, Mike

The Stage! I was at the very top dancing away

Cassie, Kristin, Andrea

I love Rascal Flatts and I am not ashamed to admit I like good country music. I have wanted to see them in concert for about 4 years now and was so excited to hear they would be playing down the street from my home at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Since I took a camera with a battery about to die I didn't get to take hardly any photos. These will have to due for my memory book.

Quote 3-16-09

"There are too many people . . . we need a new plague." -Dwight Schrute The Office

This is for all those office lovers. I decided it was about time for something a little funnier on here. You will only get the quote if you watch the show. I am long over due to blog about all the changes in my life and will be sure to find time this week. Here is to another wonderful busy week. I have Friday off because it is SPRING BREAK for the college!! I miss those days when I could take a week off from school and work and enjoy a real spring break.

Quote 3-9-09

"Be Not Afraid, Only Believe"

Gordon B. Hinkley

Quote 3-2-09

"The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. It belongs to the brave." Ronald Reagan

I came across this quote on a friends facebook and felt like this was great quote to start off the month of March. I hope to be able to get some of my old posts up soon but need to move photos from the house desktop to my laptop first. It also takes me time to track photos down from my friends. This month is going to busy and I look forward to my new adventures coming.

Bonfire

This is what I love most about camping and the summer. The coming home and smelling like fire is not the best but sitting around the fire talking with friends and just letting my worries go for the evening. On Friday night I joined a few friends for the evening while we talked and laughed and enjoyed the fire.

Baby Shower

On Saturday I attended my cousin Melissa baby shower in Newport Beach. You can tell in the photo above that this baby is coming soon. She is due in 2 weeks and with any luck she will be able to go a little sooner. I send all my best wishes and will be sure to come up this month to meet the newest Marquis. It was a wonderful day and so great to see my cousins again.

Quote 02-23-09

"It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly."

I guess beauty wins these days.

Happy Birthday Becky

Yesterday was your birthday and I am sorry I didn't get this post up yesterday. I hope your day was wonderful and I promise to find some old photos of us to post from 10 years ago. Lv Ya! I am going to count down the weeks till we have our reunion in St. George.

Friday the 13th in SLC

I began my Friday morning by meeting Ryan at Park City to ski for the day. I am grateful for his friendship and for the wonderful day on the mountain together. He took me down some double black diamond runs and into the trees. We met 7 years ago at Utah State at a hockey game and became friends from the first meeting. Thanks Ryan for your friendship and taking time to hang out with me.

My old civic and were reunited this weekend and I was hooked up with some skis from my uncle Tom. For anyone looking to rent or buy visit Norda's in Park City and Logan. Thanks TomE for the skis.

After skiing it was back to play with Jack and Lily for a few hours. We played with his toys and watched a movie.

Short story here about those sun glasses. Cavett came out to visit in 2005 before he headed off to fight for this country. He left them in my car and I just kept them this whole time. He was reunited with them again before dinner.

I met the guys for dinner in SLC at Pier 49 Pizza. Thanks guys for a fun evening and catching up.

Sunday Valentines in Provo

This post is dedicated to the amazing treats Kiley and roommates served on Sunday night. Thanks for the invite and it was great to see you again!

Quote 2-16-09

"When I grow up I want to ski"

(Faster)

Raining OC weekend with Kirsten

Kirsten flew in from San Fran on Saturday Feb 7th to a very wet Orange County. We headed into Huntington Beach to check things out and show her the area and I managed to ge a few photos. We hit up Newport Fashion Island and South Coast Plaza. Saturday night was dinner with a big group of girls at the Cheesecake Factory.

Sunday night I invited over a few friends for dinner and games. I cooked up flank stake, potatoes, salad, bread, veggies.

Monday morning we headed out in the rain for a run before we headed off to lunch and the airport. It was a super fun weekend having a friend around to play and talk with all day. It was just a big bummer we had rain all weekend long.

Tuesday night I arranged to meet Corbett and friends for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory at Fashion Island. Corbett was celebrating a birthday and I wanted to help celebrate before I left town. I am so grateful for all of their friendships and enjoyed dinner and conversation.

Quote 02-09-09

"That I'm not a princess This ain't a fairytale I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet Lead her up the stairwell This ain't Hollywood This is a small town I was a dreamer before you went and let me down Now it's too late for you and your white horse To come around"

-Taylor Swift

Quote 2-2-09

"The person I could be is very, very different from the person I am now, and becoming that person is worth any sacrifice. "

Author Unknown

Superbowl Sunday

Thanks to the wonderful girls Ali, Wendy, and Marci for hosting this years Superbowl party. I had a "super" time hanging with everyone and being the annoying photographer.