Pursuit of Confidence Giveaway!!

My friend has a truely inspring blog and she is doing a giveaway right now!

She is giving away the book "How to be a Hepburn in a Hilton World"

contest rules:
1. one must join/follow
her blog Click Here
2. leave a comment
telling one reason why it is better to be a Hepburn than a
Hilton
3. each person may have
one additional entry by sharing either on facebook or on their own blog. please
post a comment with an additional link to your post.

Halloween 2011

Here is a little glimpse into our Halloween from this year. Kyle and I went as pirates :) I wanted to do that when my face was still retarded, but it came back before Halloween luckily.

We went to a Halloween party that Rich and Leesie do every year! So much fun :) Here they are as a Corpse Bride and a terrifying Teletubby.

Here is us in our pirate outfits and John and Ashley in their roman outfits :)

Sweet Lincoln went as a fireman :) He is so cute!

My mom also did a little part for the family. We had Witches fingers, provided by me...

A bubbling cauldron with a wicked potion in it...

Eye ball eggs... Sorry i'm so behind on my posts!

Anniversary

For our anniversary Kyle and I went up to Salt Lake and stayed at the Little America. It was really nice to get away for a while. We went to the Gateway and did a little shopping. We have this store we like called the Mountain Town Olive Oil Co. You can taste test all sorts of oils and balsamic vinegars. Kyle was in heaven. Last time we were up there we got a Strawberry Balsamic and it was so yummy. This time we got a Blueberry Balsamic. Oh man is it so so good! After the Gateway we decided to go to dinner at The Last Samurai. It is not recommended by us. :P The service was bad, food was average and it was pretty pricey. We thought it would be good because we like the one in Sandy, but don't waste your money on the SLC one.

When we got back from Salt Lake on Sunday I decided to make us a nice sit down dinner just the two of us. I made ribs, baked beans, salad, and parmesan herb rolls. Dinner was so yummy. I'll have to put the recipe for the ribs on my food blog.

On Monday we went to the Provo temple to do sealings. It was really nice besides the fact that I almost past out during our turn. So embarrassing! Luckily one of my friends parents were there and her dad's a doctor so he made me sit down before I was a goner. I love the temple, but need to remember to eat before i go next time!

We had a wonderful relaxing anniversary! I love my Kyle with all my heart! These have really been the best 2 years of my life so far. Thank you sweetheart for all asking me to marry you and taking me to the temple 2 years ago. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat!!

Oh blog how I have forsaken thee!!!

It has been a while since my last post. I'm not very good at this blog thing. I will say this though, I have a private blog I write one at least once a week. I guess I like writing on it more cuz it is just for me. It helps me get my uncensored thoughts out. The thing I like about this blog is that I put pictures and stories of things we have done. I have a few things to post about and I'll get on that when I have some spare time at work :)

Also, I'll be updating my food blog soon. I'm so behind on posting! Kyle asked me yesterday when i was going to update the food blog. So just for my lovey I'll do it.

ABC

My friend did this on her blog so I thought I'd give it a try :)

A-Age: 21
B-Bed size: Queen
C-Chore you hate: Dishes and cleaning the bathroom
D-Dogs: Kyle and I don't have a dog, but my parents have the family dog that i consider part mine.
E-Essential start to your day: using restroom and brushing my teeth
F-Favorite color: Green and purple
G-Gold or silver: Either or when it come to jewelry. My ring is white gold.
H-Height: 5'4"
I-Instruments you play: Piano (well pretty much only enough to pick out my part in a song)
J-Job Title: Office Manager/Secretary
K-Kids: No kids yet for us
L-Live: Spanish Fork
M-Maiden name: Applegate
N-Nicknames: Chells, Chelly, Michy Moo, Michell ma hell, Chelly Belly, Mitchel, Applegate, Applebum... etc
O-Overnight hospital stays: None
P-Pet peeve: Picking the toppings of your pizza, leaving cupboards open, when the toilet seat is left up or the lid is open.
Q-Quote: "The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where one ends, and the other begins?" ~Edgar Alan Poe
R-Righty or Lefty: Righty
S-Siblings: 1 sister, 2 brothers, 2 bro-in-laws, 3 sis-in-laws
T-Time you wake up: 7:00 am M-F
U-University attended: UVU for a little bit
V-Vegetables you dislike: Can't think of any off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are some.
W-What makes you run late: Sleeping in late
X-X-rays you've had: a few on my ankle, dental x-rays, and Left wrist
Y-Yummy food: Steak, fresh baked bread, cheese, home grown tomatoes
Z-Zoo animal favorite: Gorillas

Camping... almost there!!

It is time again for the annual Labor Day camp trip! We are headed up to Black Hawk with the Bradford clan! I'm so excited we usually go up there for Fathers Day as well, but it was still closed because of all the snow we had this year. I'll try to take lots of pictures and blog when I get home! For now here are some pics of Black Hawk's recent past :) Enjoy!

Lincoln loved playing with the chalk!

Kyle loved helping Lincoln play with the chalk :)

This is a Horny Toad I caught. I'm not sure what they are really called.

Craig and I in the hammock with Daisey (aka. the devil dog)
Dutch oven cook off :) We sure do love our food!

Fishing with Kyle is one of my favorite things to do :)

Kyle and I on top of "Bradford Mountain" looking out over the overlook with Lucky.

Old Faithful! This is on the way up to "Bradford Mountain"
Some of my best memories are of being at Black Hawk. Here are a few really old pics! This first one is of me and my cousin Alicia riding the horse while grandpa leads us :)

Me and my dad riding while I sleep.

Grandparents with grand kids :)

Left to Right: Me, Grandpa, Julie, Traci, Grandma, Craig, Jeff, Scott, and Brad.

Ankle update w/ pics

I got my cast off yesterday and was given a boot for the next 4 weeks. I've still got a long ways to go, but making progress. I can start putting weight on my foot a little bit at a time. I start physical therapy next week. I got to see my ankle for the first time in 2 weeks! It is a total cankle!! Here are a couple pics from my phone of my poor ankle.

This is my new boot.

One of the Scope spots.

Two ankles!! I haven't seen them in weeks!

Cankle/incision

Incision with another scope spot.

It felt so good to have that cast off! My leg was a hairy monster! It felt good to finally wash it and shave it. I now feel more human again :)