Its all about networking!!!

So I know this is shameless but hey can't hurt. I am currently in the job market! I was chatting with some friends and they were saying its all about who you know, not necessarily what you know. So I thought I would put it out there to all of you. I am looking for something clerical, I have done lots of receptionist, HR, computer work. Or pretty much anything will do for now. I am looking for anything from part-time 3 days a week, half days, or full time! If you know of anything if you could let me know that would be great!!
Thanks for all the support and love! We are truely grateful!

The girly girls!
Breeze had a sleep over while Kim was here with Kirsten. they had so much fun together and slept together in Kirstens bed. Breeze and Kirsten adore eachother, Breeze is constantly asking everyone where Kirsten is and they just love eachother. thought I would show these cute pics!



strike a pose! Such girly girls!

walking back to the car, they have so much fun!

A little Iowa in Utah!

Kim and her kids were in Utah last week. Had a fun Thanksgiving dinner at the Ohlsons and spent Tuesday downtown with the kids, with our regular visit to Spagetti Factory and ended at Jordan commons to see Madagascar 2. It was so much fun to have them here, we miss them!!

everyone but Sydnee having fun downtown

Kirsten and Britton roll in the leaves in front of the church museum

christian and Kirsten, she sure loves all her cousins

christian and spencer chattin it up about girls! LOL

Summer is winding down here are a few things we are doing to enjoy these last few weeks of warm weather!


The kids at Thanksgiving Point

These two baby cows were so cute and just wanted to be pet. Kirsten loved them!

My little boys friend Kirsten and him are so cute together!

Afternoon spent with Owen at Thanksgiving Point

A sunny afternoon spent in Park City

We know how to rock!

Me and my friends got together to have a rockband rocker party LOL (I know we are total dorks!) we dressed in 80's rocker stuff and played rockband all night! Such a blast! Thanks Hay for my outfit :D

"Its ok I'm with the band" ;)

Gettin a little crazy!

The "band" LOL we were the only cool ones who actually dressed up!

Gotta love family time!!!

Labor day was spent in park City with my mom and dad, Kara, Kevin, the Ohlson boys and breeze of course ;)! I love days like this!! We had such a great time at lunch, letting the kids swim, having dinner. Our fam doesn't get together like this much these days but when we do we sure laugh alot and I love it! I am glad to have my family so close by and I take it for granted. I want to thank them for all they do for Kirsten and I, don't know where we would be without them! I love them and am glad we have moments like these to share together!! So fun!!

ooops 24th of July!
Somehow my pics from the 24th got deleted off the other one. We had a great 24th weekend! I spent the morning with Hayley, Kara and the kids at the parade as usual. It was fun, even after having to hike up capitol hill to our car! We missed Kirsten but still had a blast!
Later that evening we spent at my friend Kevin's house with his fiance ashley and our good friends. We bbq'd, played waffle baseball, and had a great fireworks show ! So much fun!
This is why WE LOVE SUMMER!!!


Breeze and I enjoyin the parade!

Hayley and maddox!

The Ohlson boys, always a fun tradition!

Kirsten waiting at the "hoola hoop" base

I'm making a run for it!

24th of July, 4 wheeling and camping!


Me and some friends went camping up to silver lake in AMerican fork, this our camp spot! Beautiful!

me and the girls by silver lake

Kirsten and I on the 4 wheeler, we had such a blast!

My friend wendi rented a couple 4 wheelers and we took them up to 5 miles near saratoga springs. We had such a blast tearin around on these things just us girls! Especially when we didn't have the kids on the back, we could go as fast as we wanted! So much fun!

Ok Ok....Mar here is your update ;)
What have we been up to, with soooo much going on this last spring, our trip to florida, zions, las vegas, me to San Diego and Arizona the rest of the summer has been pretty low key. We have been spending lots of time with friends and family doing all kinds of crazy stuff! A big thing that happened was I got a new car! I am leasing it but still, I did it all on my own. The shopping, the negotiating and got the price exactly what I wanted!! Thanks for my brother in law Kev for telling me to stick to my guns and don't back down. As silly as it sounds this was a very empowering (although stressful) experience! I've never made such a big decision on my own. And its what me and my friends like to call "sassy" red! Thats cause I'm sassy, LOL if you had seen me with some of those dealers you would agree! I flat out walked out of one in the middle of papers being drawn up for a new subaru! GO ME!

I'm late but...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM!!! To my second oldest sister, who I looked up to SO much! she is one of the most talented people I know! She's amazing at scrapbooking, not just that but goes all out for everything! You go to something at her house and she's got it all, good food, sweets, decor everything. She got the good genes in the family.
WE LOVE YOU KIM! Hope you had a great birthday! I would post a pic but my desktop is dead, and I have non on my laptop.

"Its me and you babe...."



I am lucky to have a really amazing friend, she is writes so beautifully about her family and her adorable little girls. check out her blog, its sarah on my blog roll :) she got me thinking about being a mother and I hope I don't repeat what she has said but she really got me thinking about being a mom to such an amazing little girl as mine. Kirsten and I spend lots of time in the car.....we talk, I listen to her endless questions about this and that, and I admit sometimes (much more than I should) I get frustrated with her constant questions. But I am lucky, to have such a smart little angel, she is curious about the world around her, the world passing her by as we drive through, and who her mom is talking to and what she said on the phone. :)
Everyday I spend with my little girl is a precious gift to me. I see so many single moms who work themselves to the bone to keep their homes afloat to to be the best moms they can be. I have been blessed to be home with daughter, to enjoy her laughter, to enjoy summer days spent hiking, at the pool and our many adventures. I hope as the years go by our bond will stay strong...I feel blessed to have this year just her and I. I think it will always keep her and I close...I hope we have many hours spent talking, laughing. I hope I am someone she can confide in when she's 12, 17 and 30. I can't wait for the late night chats whens he comes home from her first date, prom and her first heartbreak.
Its me and you babe....you are stuck with me for eternity ;)

The Land of the free because of the brave...

I love the 4th of July for so many reasons, its always been my favorite holiday! I love the patriotic music, the show of flags and for some reason nothing is more patriotic then fireworks? As I watched the firework show at the Bees game on the 4th, while listening to music about who much we love America it reminded me like it does every year of how grateful I am to live in the United States! In this last year I have met many wonderful people who serve our country, and then I have my own brother who I think of every time I see something patriotic. As the music played I thought of all the people in my life who have served our country and how grateful I am to them. For their bravery, their boldness and the sacrifices they make to serve. I wish I was better with words but for all the soldiers I am truly grateful. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't enjoy the freedom that we have. Thank you!

Independence Day!
We had a really great 4th of July!! Kirsten, my dad, Hayley, Derik and I started out the day with a beautiful hike up little cottonwood canyon. We wanted to do Cecret Lake but there was too much snow. We still found some beautiful sites! As usual we reminiced about the many hikes we have done up there as a family. Ones like Hay, dad, Tay and I getting stuck finding a waterfall near tanners flat. Hayley and I sat on the extremely steep mountain side and cried. LOL Hayley also remembers waiting out a rain/snow storm near where we hiked. And who could forget the 4th of July hike with Piper pregnant, and her best friend pregnant and my friend JW. Lots of good times!
Later that evening we headed to the Bee's game, we didn't have tickets and they were all sold out. We were all pretty bummed, but we found a scalper who sold us tickets!! It was lots of fun, saw lots of people we haven't seen in a long time, enjoyed yummy snowcones and fireworks! The 4th is definitly one of my fav. holidays!

I LOVE THIS LITTLE BOY!

this is my sweet little nephew Maddox (my little sister hayleys little boy) In this picture we were dancing to one of his fav. songs "somewhere over the rainbow" He always has the best smiles to give me and lots of snuggles. I love spending time with him!

A Attached or Single: Single


B Best Friend : Many- sisters, molly and Laura


C Cake or Pie : oooo depends...i love red velvet cake, and banana cream pie!


D Day: Monday, kirsten gets back from her dads and friday usually out and out doing something fun!


E Essential Item: lip gloss and a camera


F Favorite Color: turqoise


G Gummi Bears or Worms: not a fan of either..i like swedish fish


H Hometown: Sandy, UT


I Indulgences: Shopping/Clothes, yummy food with good atmosphere, and getting my hair done


J January or July: JULY!!LOVE THE SUMMER!


K Kids: Kirsten, I am the luckiest mom ever!


L Life is incomplete without: Without family and good friends....and someone special to love :)


M Marriage Date: TBD


N Number of Siblings: 5- kara, kim,piper, taylor and hayley

O Oranges or Apples: oranges


P Phobias or Fears: the dark, spiders and snakes


Q Quote : We may not have it together, but together we have it all


R Reason to Smile: A happy, healthy family and life:)


S Season: Spring into Summer


T Tag Ten People: marilee, tiffany, mariah, brittany, kara, kim, cami, lisa, Leanne, and Anjuli

U Unknown Fact About Me: I am afraid of the dark ;) sometimes its true!


V Vegetarian or Carnivore: not a huge meat eater but like it now and then. Mainly chicken, fish, etc.

W Worst Habit: being too emotional


X X-rays or Ultrasound: Ultrasound, usually much happier news!


Y Your favorite food: Italian, sushi


Z Zodiac Sign:Aquarius

GIRLS TRIP!! (May 23rd - 25th 2008)
I had a really fun quick 3 day trip to San Diego with some of my single girlfriends. We left thursday night, stayed at the Dana in beautiful Mission Beach. It was a great weekend full of lots of laughs, inside jokes, and overall fun! some of my fav moments were:
-The Jet Blue flight with just jamie and I. We checked out good looking "older" gentleman at the SLC airport and enjoyed watching tv with no sound!
-car rides, some of the things we came up with while riding through San Diego...I will never forget!
-breakfast at the wavehouse and the roller coaster ride at Mission Beach!
-Our 6 hours spent at the pool soakin up sun and enjoyin yummy food!
-Movie night at the hotel
- dancing in Pacific beach and yummy sushi
I haven't laughed this hard in ages....its been so good for me to have such wonderful, supportive and strong women in my life!


from left to right: Me, Tiffany, Jamie, Ashley, and Wendi

girls gotta love shoppin!

These are my friend Tiffany's REAL Jimmy choo shoes. Carrie Bradshaw would be proud.

Yummy sushi!

goofin off in La Jolla

The other day I had a moment where I knew I had arrived as a mother to a girl. Kirsten was having a particularly hard day, we had to skip backyard adventures with kara because she was overally awnry and tired. She said to me "I want a different mom, a nice mom who's not mean" I knew then I was officially a mother to a dramatic, but beautiful and spirited little girl!

Never finished our florida trip, but having troubles with my PC and can't get my photos online from there. We had a wonderful trip to Disneyworld with Sherrie, Mackay, and Easton! I will post pics when I can get them on my new laptop. and now to summer time! Hope everyone is enjoyin the weather!

And now....the beach!!!! We spent 4 days at the beach and we loved it! Our first trip was to Cocoa beach where we met Sarah, Grace, and Ruby! Piper also came with us and got so sunburnt ( as well did I a little) poor thing :) We had a great time, and loved cocoa but as said in the below pics the gulf beaches are WAY better! Our second time was at a beach right near robyns place, kirsten found some friends and we enjoyed a relaxing afternoon listening to the waves and enjoying the warm sun!
Our third trip was with my brother Taylor, his wife and boys to pensacola beach. It was chilly but Kirsten and Mackay still had lots of fun playin in the water. And we did enjoy a great walk on the beach peir doing a little shoping and enjoying a yummy lunch at a local place!
Our 4th was at my alltime most favorite beach ever! Clearwater beach near Tampa! It was so beautiful, white as snow kirsten said. It was a perfect day with just enough sunshine and ended at another great local place for yummy food and great atmosphere right on the beach! We were homesick just before going there and when I got there I felt I could stay forever!! Can you tell how much I love the beach? WE miss it and all our wonderful friends and family in Florida!


Future surfer girl?

Havin a blast on the beach with great friends, this girl LOVES the ocean!

Kirsten and Grace at the beach, she loved playin with the girls. If you don't notice the difference, this beach is on the atlantic coast as opposed to the other pics on the gulf, the gulf is sooo much more beautiful!

Kirsten and I at Pensacola beach

Here we are again....so its long coming but I haven't had time. The rest of our week was spent with a good friend of mine that I have known since I was 9. We went to the beach, spent too much money at a local board shop on Roxy clothes, and spent lots of time at the beach and enjoyin good food and fun with friends!

Every year I go to the beach I do this!!!

Out for Robyns birthday!

Piper and Kirsten at Ron Jon's surf shop

Out to lunch, Indiatlantic has such a great beach community feel. Lots of great eating places, local joints and just a fun atmosphere! Here we are at Longdoggers, Kirsten and I's dad ate here like 7 years previously!

Kirsten's very best friend Brody, my friends New Foundland dog! We love him, he's the sweetest thing ever and him and kirsten became fast friends!

First trip to the beach, the first few days we were there it was cold so we just went to walk there. Kristen was dying to see the ocean! She definitly is a girl after my own heart, she loves the beach just like me!