The Talk Report

Tristan gave his talk on Sunday. And...

HE DID IT!!

He didn't talk like Napoleon but he did say:

"My mom's the coolest. She drinks 1% milk, but she could drink whole if she wanted to."

Yessssssssssssssssssssss. He made all my dreams come true.

Oh, and Nobody- Tristan said "Tell your friend she owes me a Twix." :)

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PS. My weekend was great. Thanks for all the well wishes. I shall report soon!

It's all about ME! - edited

This weekend is all about me. It's not only Mother's Day on Sunday, it is my 32nd birthday as well! YAY! Tonite Sei and I will leave for our weekend getaway. We aren't going far, but we aren't taking kids, so it is a getaway! Tonite we're going to see "IronMan" and stay in a hotel. Then tomorrow we are headed to Six Flags Over Texas! I think we are returning home late Saturday nite because Tristan has a talk to do at church on Sunday.

Last nite Sei surprised me with one of my gifts. Look Lauren- it's PINK!!!

It's an Ipod Nano. YAY! Now I have no excuse to be a slow, lazy runner other than my huge butt that is dragging on the ground. He also brought me flowers earlier this week, just because....

I've also received some good mail lately! Aubrey sent me a sweet birthday card with some rad gloves that Livie insisted on wearing while watching "Max & Ruby."

And Sodak- who has been MIA- sent me a super nice card.

Thank you so much ladies!!!

And just so this post isn't all about ME- my little sister, Ali, is in her school play "The Music Man." I had the pleasure of watching her perform on Tuesday. I even got to see her sing a solo. I think hell may have froze over because I've never heard her sing. She did great and looked super beautiful! Way to go Ali!! Here she is in her costume striking a diva pose:

**Edited to add: It is also my sister's 10th wedding anniversary! Go on over to her blog and wish her a happy anniversary!

I hope all of y'all have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Diet pills

I am holding onto 9 stubborn pounds that just don't want to move! Granted I still eat like a pig and don't exercise as much as I should, but... still. Shouldn't the overwhelming desire to be skinny count for something? After my birthday/Mom's day weekend I'm going to have to get serious about losing weight before my brother's wedding June 28. I am seriously thinking about finding just the right diet pills to help me in my quest. Any suggestions?

Shoes at ShopWiki

Shopping online can be great. You don't have to fight the crowds. You can wear your pajamas. And a lot of times you can find really great deals. ShopWiki is the largest online shopping search engine. They have over 200,000 stores and more than 250 million- yes MILLION- products. This is much more than any other shopping comparison site on the internet.
No matter what kind of product you are looking for, ShopWiki can help find great deals. Are you looking for shoes? They have shoes! I just recently bought new running shoes. I wish I had searched for running shoes on ShopWiki first. :(
This cool site also has reviews on the stores and products to help you- the shopper- make the decision that works best for you. How great is that? No more having to shop from site to site or search for promo codes. They have it all right at your fingertips :)

Cabo San Lucas

Sei and I love being together. We enjoy having alone time. We talk all the time about the vacations we would love to take in the future. One place we'd love to go is Cabo San Lucas. We have already looked into Cabo San Lucas accomodations. They have cute little villas rentals available. I think it would be so neat to stay in one of the many Cabo San Lucas villas. An oceanfront villa would be rad!
A family size Cabo San Luca vacation rental would be ideal if we took the entire family. We always prefer to have our own space rather than have all our children in a hotel. Villas or beach homes would be the best way to accomodate our family or just the 2 of us. At rockstarrentals.com I was able to explore all the different accomodation options for all sizes of travel parties. They have villas, resorts, hotels, etc... all to research helping me to make an educated decision about what kind of place I'd like to stay.

Medicare insurance

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Last week's visit

My father-in-law was able to travel from California to attend Sei's graduation. This was such a blessing. In the almost 7 years I've been married to Sei his dad has not been in great health. We've had several scares where we really weren't sure if he was going to make it. This visit it was like a whole new man was visiting! He didn't nap all day. He was able to play with the kids and they were able to see who "Grandpa" really was. I'm so glad he was able to visit. I was able to spend 2 days at home with him and now I am positive that Seiuli's ability to talk the paint off the wall came from his dad... but that's ok. He kept Liv and Taj entertained wonderfully. ;)

Reality TV

Y'all know how I love me some Reality TV Shows. I've posted about my strange addiction before. But there are so many reality shows on tv now that it is hard to keep up! Thank goodness for realitybug.com! It keeps me up-to-date on all the reality shows. They cover shows on several channels such as TLC, A&E, and the Discovery Channel. The site is really fun to explore. It's nice to know I'm not the only one addicted...

Sorry :(

Lately there have been quite a few good blog ad opportunities on several different sites I blog for and I've been taking them (obviously). I've been saving the blog ad money for my weekend getaway with Sei and so I'm taking all I can get! I appreciate y'alls patience and willingness to wade thru all my 4000 posts. :)

BMW parts

BMWs are very nice cars. They are expensive cars as well. So when you need to replace some parts with new parts, finding the parts you need at an affordable price can be hard. At www.myhotbmw.com you can search their large selection of parts, including but not limited to: BMW Body Kits, BMW Grilles, spoilers, brakes, etc... The site is easy to navigate and ordering is a breeze. Check it out!

Recipes

There are 2 new recipes up on the Eazy Mealz blog. And they are EASY!! I'm excited to try them out. I haven't tried one recipe on there that I haven't ended up loving. So y'all need to check it out! The link is in my sidebar. Go on... click...

Design Blog

I blog. I love blogging. I have several blogs and I spend quite a bit of time on the computer each day. But I am the first to admit I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING about web design or technical terms... Yep- nada. I usually ask one of my computer-nerd brothers in law for help when I need it. I am thankful for sites such as the design blog Stylishwebdesign.us. It's a great site that explains things that I may not normally understand.
At stylishwebdesign.us you can find a ton of information. There are great posts. For example this blog explains spyware and weighs the pros and cons of "joining" a spyware community. I never really understood spyware and this post helped. Another great post is called "user accounts Control Behavior." This website not only talks about computer technology but it also touches on other subjects such as finance - help with starting your own business, personal- such as your health, and cool videos!
If you visit this site for help with technical issues, you should probably have a little bit of knowledge as terms were used that I was not familiar with- not a lot, but some. But the site is set up to be user friendly and is easily navigated. I think the information written about is helpful and very informative.

I double-dog dare you!

So.... Sei has been helping Tristan with his talk for Sunday. So far it sounds great. But being the dorks we are we had to include a dare. You know- like when you give the speaker a word - like "constipation"- they HAVE to use a some point during the talk? Or like my friend dared me to use sign language while giving my talk. So, while introducing my family I said how many kids we had. I said "I had 3. He had 2. We have 2 together, so 7 total." I signed every number. ASL numbers are different than regular finger counting, so people were probably going "What is she doing??" And I started laughing like a dork as I winked at my friend.

Anyway... Tristan's dare is to talk like Napoleon at some point. He can say "My mom is the coolest" or "My mom drinks 1%, but she could drink whole if she wanted to." Or something along those lines. I even told him if he talks like Pedro then it counts too. "It's my mom's birthday today. I might build her a cake or something..."

I quoted my brother once in a talk. I said, "Elder Walker A. W____ said...." I wonder if anyone caught that- wondering "Who the heck is Elder W_____??"

Tristan says he's gonna do it, but I bet he'll chicken out. We'll see... I would love for him to quote a song in his talk like Bill and Ted. "All we are is dust in the wind dude." "Dust. Wind." "Dude."

Accident attorney

When my daughter was just a baby we were in a car accident. While we turned left into a driveway a truck barreled around us, attempting to pass us on the left, and full on hit our van. That, unfortunately, was not our only car accident. Let's see.... we were almost T-boned in Colorado, a truck backed up on top on my husband's car, a teenager hit our van while backing out... Not fun at all. Thankfully we were never injured in any of these accidents. I know that is a blessing.
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Their website is very informative. You can view verdicts and settlements, read their frequently asked questions section and learn more about each attorney. The firm was established in the 1940's - so it's been around for all the different changes in law, etc... and they have the experience you want and need when going to court. Their motto is "No One Will Work Harder for You."

Sei's graduation and other stuff...

Welp, I promised pics and videos of graduation so I put together a little montage. I hope you enjoy it.


~ Did you know that Rock of Love was voted as one of the worst dating shows evah!? How can this be? How can a show that has the man looking for love say things like "Ambre, you are my rock of love?" or "Daisy, you know how much I love you, but your tour ends here..." be on a WORST evah list??? I beg to differ...

~ My birthday is on Mother's Day this year. Sei and I are going on our weekend getaway this weekend. It was my graduation gift to him, but it worked out to be a nice Mom's day/Birthday gift to myself! :)

~ Tristan was asked to speak at church on Sunday. He gets to speak about... Mothers! Sei is helping him with his talk. I'm excited. Tristan is not.

~ Tristan was also called to Deacon's Quorem president. This is like the president of the boys his age in his youth group at church.

~ Tristan's team won the championship at the 7 on 7 football tournament AGAIN this past weekend! :)

~ Tristan is now about an quarter inch taller than me!! I think I can still take him though... not.

~ Isabel's dance teacher wants her to possibly dance a tap solo on the 4th of July at the city festivities! She just thinks Izzy is awesome. You can see where she got her great skillz from here. :P

~ I love my other kiddos too- just not a ton to brag on... this week. :)

Web design blog

I am a blogger- obviously. I spend a lot of time on the computer. I understand some computer things- but not a lot. Luckily there are great sites that can help out! One great Web design blog is stylishdesign.com. It's a cool site that explains things that normally fly right over my head in terms that are more understandable to me. The blog is easy to navigate with labels to make finding what you need a little easier. At stylishdesign.com you can find a ton of information about search engine optimization (something that is important to me!), web directories, different tools/softwares, CSS, website templates and so much more. It is very helpful and informative.

Have a recipe to share??

We are in need of some more easy recipes for the Eazy Mealz blog. If you have any you would like to submit please email me and I will get it posted asap. There are tons of great recipes already on the site, but I would love to be able to add some more. Thanks!

Online degrees

I am a mom of a lot of kids. I have gone to school- college- and right now I like to call myself an "eternal senior." I have over 100 hours of school but no degree. It is sometimes frustrating because I would like to finish, but I have children to raise! The perfect kind of school for me or degree for me to earn would be one that I could do from home. I am on the computer a lot anyway, so earning a degree online makes perfect sense!
If you are in the same position as me and are located in the United Kingdom, Kaplan Open Learning and the University of Essex may be a program worth looking into! Kaplan Open Learning and the University of Essex work together to offer online Foundation Degrees to working adults in the United Kingdom. Kaplan Open Learning is part of Kaplan, Inc. which is a leading international provider of education and career services and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). The University of Essex is one of the leading academic institutions in the UK. It is consistently ranked among the top 10 universities in the country for the quality of its research and teaching. Now these 2 institutions are combined to benefit YOU!
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