Hit One Out Of The Park Kids

Headed to LA this morning for the great Crawford/Duke Match up! Knock 'em dead! Happy Wedding!

CP + Super Berry Cereal = Smile In The Morning

If I were a cereal lover I'd love this cereal! Waking up to photo this morning made for a great breakfast! Thanks CP, making my morning twice this week! Very lucky girl indeed.

Being Ultimately Loving

God is NOT ultimately transparent, but He is ultimately loving. Or in other words, He sometimes withholds information but He never withholds love.

~R

Showing and expressing sincere love for others doesn't always include transparency on the parts of either party but love shouldn't be contingent upon another's transparency.

Share Your Happiness

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

Hearting Monday (Shocker)

1. Christmas present for my bros and I came in the mail...I actually took it for a test run

2. Met deadlines

3. Drank a DP and it was no Diet DP! (Last week someone left a bunch of Diet DP at my desk and I figured "what could it hurt to try just one?"...well it took three days for the Diet DP to be flat enough to be drinkable...moral of the story...go to the gym daily so I never have to start drinking Diet DP)

4. Surprise, funny phone call in the afternoon

5. CIDER!!!

6. Finding the lost LBD!

7. 19 days till Temple Day

Weathering Storms With Optimism

There are cycles of good and bad times, ups and downs, periods of joy and sadness, and times of plenty as well as scarcity. When our lives turn in an unanticipated and undesirable direction, sometimes we experience stress and anxiety. One of the challenges of this mortal experience is to not allow the stresses and strains of life to get the better of us—to endure the varied seasons of life while remaining positive, even optimistic. Perhaps when difficulties and challenges strike, we should have these hopeful words of Robert Browning etched in our minds: 'The best is yet to be' ("Rabbi Ben Ezra," in Charles W. Eliot, ed., The Harvard Classics, 50 vols. [1909–10], 42:1103).

L. Tom Perry, "Let Him Do It with Simplicity", Ensign, Nov. 2008, 7

Bouquet Toss Page Style

Note 1: If you are unfamiliar with the bouquet toss or the infamous history of me being involved in bouquet tosses I HIGHLY recommend you start this post with a refresher course here.

Note 2: In order to enjoy the full effects of this post I HIGHLY recommend enlarging each photo!

Shall we begin now...

This time I was up against rather stiff competition. I'd been sizing them up for awhile. The main ones to look out for were HC: we meet each other on the Frisbee and football field often enough that I realized she could (with enough motivation) take me down quite easily. Little Page: Runs track for BYU, is a Page so her competitive nature is on steroids (in theory people, in theory), and she at the time was just waiting for a proposal so the motivation was running high! Rebecca: The potential dark horse of the bunch. We haven't played sports together but I've heard plenty of stories, she's taller than little me so the could have been to her advantage, therefore, I had my eye on her.

I was positioned well, as step 1 states...Be in the middle (see picture below). My disadvantage: height, always height (which is why I MUST marry for height (and love of course)...I MUST give my children the most ideal athletic advantages I can muster as I already have HIGH athletic aspirations for them).

As you can tell, even though I was in the middle I am vertically challenged to say the least so my hands were no where near the bouquet. Also, note Little on the outside of the brawl just lurking, waiting for her entrance into the pack.

What is not captured in the photos: Once that bouquet came down into the mix of hungry women, Little Page and I both placed our best death grips around the bouquet and pulled. The crowd disappeared and it clearly became a two woman fight.

(Enlarge this one...promise...you want to enlarge this one)

Note the spectators laughing in the background, realizing that losing was well worth watching this struggle of strength. Notice when you enlarge the photo that it nearly looks as if I'll be eating Little Page for my evening snack (apparently the J-Dawgs didn't fill me up).

After a tug-a-war that was would be noteworthy on any playground during recess I finally decided that the honorable thing to do was to relinquish my grip and let the sister of the bride be the Victor for the evening.

Little Page's excitement is more fitting for scoring a touchdown. I would have thrown a flag for excessive celebration after the play had I been the referee of that toss. ;) We were both lucky enough to stay on our feet (note that we went bare foot...smart!), can't say the same for others.

The way I see it is this, at HC's wedding I am the dead-ringer. I am the 2009 Yankees coming into Game 6 of the World Series and Andy Petite is pitching...the clear winner. With Mer, MPR, Little Page, and HC out of the picture my pool of competition shrinks significantly. Sure I need to be aware of the dark horse SJ but the outlook for this upcoming toss is looking pretty bright.

Next live event: Dec 12th, Arcadia, CA. Wish me luck! Stay on those feet Berry!

Better Late Than Never

With HC getting married on Saturday the 12th (SOOO SOON!) I figured I better post the rest of my favs from the AR and MPR wedding. Weddings and marriages are so exciting and happy! We are all excited for HC and J.Duke wedding weekend in The LA!

***PS...yes the infamous bouquet toss post shall flow this...it is a must see!

My Palo Alto Family. We are so cute! (just so you know...it was MPR's idea to stick me in the middle). Love my PA family for sure.

This sums up MPR and I's relationship pretty well...I am sure I put her in a headlock right after this photo too. ;)

The girls with the bride (Little Page (BRIDE-TO-BE IN 2 WEEKS), Mer, Yours truly, MPR (BRIDE), HC (BRIDE-TO-BE), SJ, and KO. Possibly my favorite!

My two Matadero #6 stalwarts! Benj and Kenj are two of a kind.

BRIDE AND BRIDE-TO-BE!!!

This picture folks will NEVER get old. Actually when I need a good laugh I open up and look at this photo! Hehe...yes laughing as I type. Click on it to enlarge it (totally worth it)!

All the kids!

This may be the best...for several reasons really...let me list them.

1. BUNNY EARS (duh)

2. MPR's face

3. My face (honestly, why do I look like that?)

4. Benj laughing at the bunny ears

5. Dave Burke..lurking behind AR

6. SJ and her sunglasses

7. The fact AR and Mama Richards look completely normal amid the goof balls

Yes, we actually did sort of play football with that bouquet later in the evening.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen...that is love...adorable, nerdy, fun, selfless love.

Wiki How...Entertainment For Free

If you are younger than 14, try to plan the kiss and involve 2 good friends, (one of yours and one of his) that wont ruin it, but help you get it done. try to hang out at a sports center or an activity place where there are a lot of people, or a movie theatre. if you are at this age,be sure to tell your parents WELL BEFORE the kiss, because sooner or later they'll find out and you'll be in HUGE TROUBLE!!!

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Boyfriend-Kiss-You

Happy Tuesday