DisneyLand, we love you.

We have DisneyLand passes now!!! So amazing, we just hop on a few rides and just really live the life of a SoCal resident! ha Claire loves the princesses and she screams with excitement every time we go into the gift shops! ha She love Ariel though, she is her very favorite!

Ok so Lincoln is my cousin Brittany's little boy and Claire loves him. She says "oh baby" to him but seriously he is chunky, he is like 5 lbs heavier then Claire but he is "baby" to her! ha 

Oh ya I forgot I turned 24!!!!

Oh no the BIG 24! I am getting older, I feel it and so is this Husband of mine! He just turned 29!!! I don't even know who I will be at 29 that seems so far away! haha Grant really loves when I tease him about his age! He's a good man!!! Anyway Grant surprised me and took me to Beso. It is a restaurant in Hollywood but not just any restaurant it is Eva Longoria's restaurant. I love Desperate Housewives and I love her! It was so great! Thanks Grantly! I felt really cool.

Utah!!!

So my cute Mother in- Law wanted to have a girls weekend! So we made a stop in Colorado to fix our awesome car that I hit on our parking Garage!!! :( bummer! We have it fixed now!!! yeah! Then we headed over to Utah for the weekend to see Beauty And The Beast! It was so awesome!!! Loved every moment!!!! Thank you Cherilyn! I am sorry that we didn't get to see a lot of you up in Utah...we just love to many people in Utah we would need a whole month to see everyone!!! Someday!!! :)

Had some Vacation time!

We of course needed to party as soon as brother came home! We went to Big Bear and to the Beach! We loved spending some much needed time together!!

Totally filled with fun! Snapped some senior photos for my Brother Derek! Look at Brother of mine dang!!! Everyone calls my Brothers "the Cullen's." haha

Valentines Day!

So lets just start off with something not so sweet! Here you go people....sometimes I hate Dental SCHOOOOL! I really do, lets just be honest it is no piece of cake!!! I really hated it on Valentines Day because of course Grant had a test and didn't get home until 9 pm  and couldn't do anything romantic for me, so I was in charge. Oh I am so not about this, I am a firm believer that " V day" is for the Man to be romantic!!! Not the woman!!! haha So anyway I totally got in to character and put on my happy party hat! I thought it would be grand to make our favorite dishes from Olive Garden (why does Italian food always sound more romantic?) Anyway I had some V day gifts for Claire and Grantly, I got those set. Then I decorated a bit and started cooking. Really by the end of the day my attitude was totally different, I just love my little family and it was great to be reminded of all the good I have in life! Don't worry I tell Grant all the time that he is really racking up the IOU's like Dumb and Dumber status!!!! We have this thing now where we say "well someday....." Here is what I say well, someday we will have a total legit V day again and Grant will be done with school! Now that is something to be excited about!!!! haha

 

It was fun!

 

My Aunt Laura did something way better, but I got the idea from her!

 

Ya so I dressed up.....awkward!

Let's get UPDATED

Okay, so the long wait was over to see my BROTHER BEAR again on Feb 8, 2012. I was so excited to see him. When I saw him walking towards our family I couldn't even control my wild tears flowing!!! I was thinking " Oh it is my Brother, that is my Brother!" I couldn't believe it! Then when I hugged my Brother Bear, I couldn't even talk I was crying and like spitting on him, I am sure it was really weird for him! ha Then he met Claire, oh it was just so awesome!!! She really digs him. His name to her is "Sasen." I tried so hard to get her to say it at the Airport but of course she does not perform on demand!  Anyway Chasen's stories from Peru were unreal. My Brother served a Mission, my Brother!!!! I am so proud of him. He really had some rough stories and hard times but whatever! He was able to see things and do things most people will never have the opportunity to do. Real quick this sums it all up for me. Quick story......

 Chasen and I went shopping together a few days after he came home. No big deal right? just getting a few things to brighten up the wardrobe department. Literally....the ladies that washed my Brothers clothes over in Peru, washed them on a rock. So all of his clothes were yellow and scary dirty!!! Anyway back to the story, Chasen freaked out at the store and we had only looked at shirts (we are Francis people, we would shop all day if we could!) Well that changed! Chasen started talking to me in Spanish out of nowhere then he stopped and said " Uh sorry Aubrye I don't even know what I just said." It was so sad he was really freaking out. He kept saying "I don't know Aubrye, I don't know what is cool." He is like the coolest kid ever! He was crazy talking! Then we stopped looking and he said to me "Aubrye I just can't be here buying stuff when I keep thinking about all these kids in Peru that don't have even one shirt to wear." I almost cried/spit on him again.Oh that sweet man! It is true to, most of the pictures of the children that Chasen had were of them in half shirts or no shirt and shorts that were so small that they could not button them. Most of them didn't have shoes. I just can't believe what a jerk I am, when I am not totally dressed up or when I can't buy what ever I want I get down on myself thinking that I am so embarrassing because I don't have the latest and greatest outfit. OUTFIT. Seriously? I have some stuff I need to work out. I have spent way too long caring about these stupid things. I have just measured my self worth on material things, when it does not matter. I feel awful about it. Chasen, has blessed me with some precious life changing stories and a better understanding of what is important in life. I love him and I am so grateful for his service, sacrifice and testimony of the Gospel.