"Nemo Nemo Nemo"

I hear this every day all day. Ava always wants to sit on our bed in the exact same spot and watch Finding Nemo. She knows when the scary parts are going to happen. She calls out for me right before they happen so I sit with her until the shark leaves. She laughs at the same spots in the movie. The movie just replays over and over. I love it because then I can do some things that I normally have to do when shes napping like, medical transcribing, loading unloading the dishwasher, sweep and mop. I need to be better at taking her outside to play. Its hard because there is a foot of snow on the ground right now. It's exciting that she likes characters from movies. The other day we went into the Disney store. She LOVED it. The floor was glittery, there was other kids in the store but most of all there was TONS of Bobbe's. Bobbe's are stuffed animals. She has been calling them that ever since she could talk. In the middle of the Disney store they have a huge tower of Bobbe's from all different characters. It was love at first sight. She was in heaven. She screamed, ran right up and grabbed 3 Mickeys. She loves Mickey because of Mickey Mouse Club house in the mornings on Disney. However, she would take her Bobbe's and run out of the store. Luckily the alarm did not go off but I did have some employees staring at me to make sure we were coming back :)

I loved Finding Nemo as well. I would quote the movie all the time. I would speak whale ALL the time. Now I wasn't 20 months old, I was a senior in high school (I was very mature). Even tho Finding Nemo is on all day everyday, it still cracks me up. That movie has great quotes.

Marlin: So, Mr. Turtle?
Crush: Whoa, Dude. Mister Turtle is my father. The name's Crush.

Lexi is here!

Every Thursday I watch Lexi from about 11-1:30. I visit teach her mom and she needed someone to watch her every Thursday because she works just a couple hours at BYU. Lexi is by far the nicest, sweetest, easiest 4 year-old girl EVER! She is so polite and watches a movie the whole time. Ava gets VERY excited when she comes over. Ava copies Lexi on whatever she does, and Lexi shares her treats with Ava. They are very cute together.

Mood not so great.

Do you ever just think of things that happen in the past and it just puts you in a bad mood? And if you relived that situation you would have told those people off?? Nope? Just me? Ok ok. I must be bored. I need to work on letting things go. I also doubt I would have told anyone off. I'm too chicken.


On a side note. I want my wedding pictures. I still have not gotten them from my photographer. I only have been married for almost 3 years. I have e-mailed him, called him NUMEROUS times and he will not get back to me. He is in California so the next time I am down there I am going where ever he works if I can get a hold of the address. My pictures are not on his website anymore. I'm hoping that he still has them and did not delete them. The pictures I have are what random people took of them at the wedding.

Yup that's about it. I do have one of us outside the temple but I don't have it on my computer. Now I'm in a bad mood again. I WANT MY PICTURES. It was the best day ever! I LOVED my wedding. I wouldn't have changed a thing! Well I would have definitely changed the photographer. It was such a blast but I will go into detail on another post when I'm not in a bad mood.

HGTV and Food Network

After we put Ava down for the night, Tanner and I love to watch House Hunters on HGTV. Its fun to see which house he would pick and which one I would pick. Once that is over we flip on over to the food network and watch Chopped. We really enjoy that show. However my personal favorite is Cupcake wars. I love seeing all the different ideas people have for cupcakes. I may be watching too much HGTV because they have a Dream Home Giveaway every year. It started in January and ended on February 18. During those days you can enter online. So every day of putting both of our names in online I also may have had some stamps lying around so I mailed in 36 entries. Don't Judge me :)

The winner gets the Home in Stow, Vermont (worth 1.5 million)

You also get a 2011 GMC Acadia Denali

and 500,000 in cash :)
A girl can dream right? I think last year over 11 million people entered. So my chances are not so great :)


Lloyd: What do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me... ending up together?
Mary: Well, Lloyd, that's difficult to say. I mean, we don't really...
Lloyd: Hit me with it! Just give it to me straight! I came a long way just to see you, Mary. The least you can do is level with me. What are my chances?
Mary: Not good.
Lloyd: You mean, not good like one out of a hundred?
Mary: I'd say more like one out of a million.
[pause]
Lloyd: So you're telling me there's a chance... *YEAH!*

(Dumb and Dumber....great movie)


I am excited to see who wins tho. Its so fun to see peoples reaction and they get so happy! (It's live when when they go to the winners home).

Let me clear some things up

I didn't mean to "brag" about going on a cruise. Especially in this tough economic times, I did not mean to say "ha ha we are going on a cruise nener nener". Trust me we are poor. I am only excited about the cruise because it is the perfect time to go.
1. We have not been on a real vacation since our honeymoon (3 years ago).

2. This summer will be the only time we will be able to go on a vacation like this. It is right after Tanner graduates and takes the DAT. Once he starts dental school we will not be able to go anywhere for 4 years.

3. We will keep having more kids. The more kids we have the harder to leave.

4. I won 2000 on the price is right, our tax return was very large and we do not have any high bills right now. (mortgage, expensive cars, multiple children).

I didn't like how the last post came off. I am very grateful that we are able to do this. I am more grateful that Tanner gets a break. He is amazing. He is non stop ALL the time. He has been non stop since we got married. When we both decided to have a baby right away he was so wonderful about the fact that he will have to work full time and go to school full time. He never complains about it, he just does it. I love him. I am excited that he gets to be done with BYU this April. I am excited he gets to have a fun relaxing vacation after the most stressful time (taking his finals, graduating, studying for the DAT, and taking the DAT).

Well I hope everyone is having a great day! Ava wont go down for a nap but she is being sweet :)

Last night Ava found my liquid eye liner. The day before I got very mad at her because she got into my (very expensive) MAC eye shadow powder and dumped it everywhere. When she came out with the liquid eye liner all over her face Tanner and I could not do anything but laugh. Maybe I should put my makeup in a place she can not reach :)

YAHOOOO!!!!

Its official! We are going on a cruise!!! AHHHH I'm so excited!! Its a 7 Night Mexico Cruise. I know what your thinking Mexico? Really? Yes, we found a really great deal! Tanner and I have both been on cruses. I have been twice with my fam and once with him (honeymoon). He has been once with his fam and honeymoon. All were to Mexico. However, Tanner and I have never been on this ship or these ports. Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas. We were going to go to the Atlantas resort in the Bahamas but the total ended up being $3,800 (still a great deal for that) but we found this cruise that was half of the price. Oh I am just so excited. We are going with our friends Tommy and Lauren Barnum. If anyone else wants to come we would love it! The more friends the more fun!

I hate the cold. Its so depressing. This winter needs to end. Now I have a motivation to get me to loose weight! However, what if I get prego this month? Would I be showing by June? Would it be worth it to workout a ton to look good in a swim suite? What are your thoughts?



7 Night Mexico Cruise = $1600
Shopping for bathing suits and cover-ups = $100
Dreaming of laying out in the sun and getting out of cold Utah = Priceless.

Greens!

Every morning we have our SUPER GREENS!! (if I say it exciting Ava get very excited)

Our SUPER GREENS smoothie today include:

Spinach
Avocado
Cucumber
Banana
Red Grapes
Tangerine
Barley Grass Powder
Chia seeds
Agave sweetener
water and ice (some people do apple juice for better taste but I just don't like the extra calories.)

When ever I'm at the store I always buy something different for that week. The new item this week was Tangerines. I did that instead of blueberry's which was in our drink last week. I don't love blueberry's or the taste of them but they have amazing antioxidants and they were on sale. I have been having a sore throat lately so I have been putting more Vitamin C in my drink.

I love this drink. I feel so great the rest of the day. I love that Ava loves it. I tore the top of her sippy cup for her to have it easily (its a thick drink). I never have to worry about her getting all of her nutrients because it has 12x the amount of vegetable severing that you need in a day.

Coming into the Schroeder/Moore family

As most of you know Rita Schroeder past away Monday January 24. She had her funeral service yesterday January 31. Unfortunately Tanner and I could not attend funeral because it was in California and Tanner could not afford to miss school or work. From what we heard it was the best funeral that people have ever been too. I was not as close to Rita and her family like Tanner was. Let me just give you brief story of how I met the Schroeder family. Now just a little reminder to those who don't know me every well. I'm a little to insecure with myself. Also a little jealous. (Just ask Tanner)

It was the summer after my sophomore year in high school. I was attending the Rincon Valley Ward a lot because I made a lot of friends in that ward (one was my soon to be sister in law Michelle, but that's another story :) So now its time for young women's and the teacher decided to have class outside because it was beautiful day. As shes teaching I lean over to my friend and ask who is this teacher? (I knew almost everyone because the ward was still in my steak.) I did not know this teacher and I did not know her daughter helping her with the lesson or her other two daughters in the class. These girls were so pretty. They all looked so different from each other but they we're all so pretty. It was Rita teaching, her daughter Calee helping, Kristina and Brooke siting in the class. My friend gives me the update on this family. "They just moved from the other steak. They all have amazing voices. They are very smart. Kristina just got the Hinckley scholarship. Brooke is so funny. Calee is very talented." Oh is that all?

So as time goes by I became friends with Brooke. We hung out with the same friends and we also played tennis. I went over to her house one day and their was a picture of the family. I asked who this other girl was that I had never seen before. "Oh that's my oldest sister Nikki" Theres another one! Yup she was pretty, smart, a BYU cheerleader, and (at that time) had a gorgeous daughter (she has two gorgeous daughters now). Oh great could this family be anymore perfect!

A few years later I met the man of my dreams. Now me being me I still didn't get why he would be with me. I'm at his house looking at all pictures on the wall. There was a picture of Logan (Tanners twin brother) and this pretty girl at a school prom. "Hey that's Kristina Schroeder. You guys know the Schroeders?" Tanner filled me in. "Ya we grew up with the Schroeders. We hang out with the girls all the time. Our moms are best friends." Of course they are. Now Tanner or any of his brothers dated. They never really had girlfriends. As I'm staring at this picture I put it all together in my head in about 5 seconds. The Schroeder girls were all they knew. This is what I was being compared to. And there moms were best friends! I can not sing a tune. We all know I was not the best at grades in high school and I didn't make the cheer team in middle school let alone at BYU. Great. Tanner is going to think I'm such a loser.

Well 8 months later I tricked Tanner into marring me. Now that we we're married I could enjoy the Schroeder family without being scared out of mind that Tanner is going to run away to Vegas, marry Kristina and have the perfect IQ, singing, BYU Scholership kids. Now Tanner gets the red headed, can't sing a tune, insecure, bad spelling, bad handwriting genetics in his kids :)

I love the Schroeder family. I love that Rita was Tanners second mom. I love that Rita was the perfect best friend for my mother in law. I feel so privileged when I would ask my mother in law for her names to my wedding shower or baby shower it would only be Rita. I feel so lucky to have spent the last 3 Christmas Eves with Rita and her family. I love that she raised her girls to be so amazing that it scared other girls right out of their mind.

We love you Rita. You did good.