A Christmas Present

I said I was working on a project of my sister, well here it is. I did this as a Christmas present for Liz and Marshall. I read a post of Liz's saying she got a piano and that inspired me to draw these for over her new piano. Instruments are probally the hardest thing for me to draw. Anything where I have to take out a ruler to draw it can't be an easy task for me. I did frame them as well but the pictures don't turn out so well with glass on the top of them. 

These were done by charcoal pencils.

Christmas

Christmas was so much fun. I think this was my last Christmas to sleep in for a long time. Well, that's what I thought. At 8 a.m. Garrett decided to wake us all up to open presents. This was my first time getting woken up by children on Christmas morning. I have a feeling it's only going to get earlier and earlier. Bridger got lots of clothes, books, and art supplies for Christmas. I wanted him to have a reading corner and an art corner in his play room. This Christmas break, Alecia has watched Bridger alot while I redid his play room and Jeff finish painting the bathrooms. We have been working on that project or awhile. Alecia has been a big help and we have gotten a lot done. 

Bridger got this bean bag to go in his new reading corner. He loves it.

Hide and Seek

Bridger loves to play hide and seek now. All I have to say is "I'm going to get you." and it sends Bridger running. He thinks I can't get him if he's hiding under something. I let him believe it because it's so funny when he comes out from his hiding spot and I begin to chase him again. He laughs so hard. The older Bridger gets the more fun I have with him. I love chasing him and playing with him. I love being a mom. Not to brag but I do think I have the best job in the world.

Here are some of his hiding spots.

Sitting on the shelf underneath the computer desk. 

Behind the baskets and under the dressers.

In the shelf.

Under the coffee table.

I Don't Look Back

1. Put your iPod or other music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. The Name of the song is your answer!
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!


1.IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Leaving So Soon - Keane

2.WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
The Point of No Return - The Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack

3.WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Give Me the Night - George Benson

4.WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Hate (I Really Don't Like You) - Plain White T's

5.WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Wasted Years - Maroon 5

6.WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Silence Is Golden - Blake Lewis

7.WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Harlem Shuffle - Rolling Stones

8.WHAT IS 2+2?
The Call - Backstreet Boys

9.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Wartime - Stephanie Simon

10.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi

11. WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?

Battle Flag - Pigeonhed

12.WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
You Don't Know a Thing About Me - Gary Allan

13.WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Rumors - Timex Social Club

14.WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Ghosts - Nick Lachey

15.WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Maybe - Jim McGorman

16.WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston

17.WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Special Lady - Goodman and Brown

18.WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Hey, Johnny Park! - Foo Fighters

19.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Gimme A Chance - Plain White T's

20.WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Tension Rising - Kingdom Hearts 2 soundtrack

21.HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Sing Our Own Song - UB40

22.WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Love Explosion - Weezer

23.WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
You Had Me From Hello - Bon Jovi

24.WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Wonderful Nights - Fatboy Slim

25.WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Journey to the Cemetery - Phantom of the Opera

26.WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Set the Grass on Fire - Glysian Fields

27.DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
If You Could Read My Mind - Viola Wills

28.IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
One Thing - Finger Eleven

29.WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
On The Radio - Donna Summer

30.WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
I Don't Look Back - Gary Allan

The Christmas Shoes

This is my cheesy post for the Christmas season. I'm not much of a fan for Christmas music but every time this song comes on I have to listen to it. Today it came on while driving. I turned up the volume and started to listen. Every time I hear this song I get teary eyed and I hold back the tears as much has possible because I don't want my husband to see me cry and I don't want to ruin my make-up. You would think after years and years of hearing this song I wouldn't tear up every time but I still do. This song makes me always think about my mom. So, you would also think that I wouldn't want to listen to something that would remind me of my mom around Christmas time. It's just the opposite I like to be reminded of my mom, the good, bad and all the in-between. It reminds me that I'm human that I can be in so much emotional pain one day but then the next day laugh and have so much fun. I'm not saying I have really bad mood swings. This reminds me of the loss of my mom and how hard it was and how my heart hurt so bad it was hard to breath, but I made it threw and I'm pretty sure I can make it through anything. It's amazing what a song can do.

Who I Am and Loving It.

I went to a friend’s baby shower and we started reminiscing about how we met. She then tells me that I had so much energy when she first met me that she wasn't sure how to react and it was a bit overwhelming.  I had no idea that this was the first impression I gave off. I asked another friend of mine if she got the same first impression?. She smiled and giggled and said YES.  At my job I realized as I meet new people I get excited and become very chatty and laugh a lot. So, I guess the first impression I would give off would be full of energy. I might not have been ok with that first impression 5 years ago but I've come to terms with who I am and if I'm overwhelming people with my first impression I'm sorry but I do have say that it has not stopped me from becoming friends with anyone (at least that I know of).

At my job I have become friends with quite of few people even with my overwhelming personality. I am having so much fun with them. I was teaching a dance with one of the girls and it was a very slow day. So to get people to join us we decided to dance in the middle of the road. On my way to our cars we all sang jingle bells at the top of our lungs. At the puppet show we would do everything we could think of to distract the other person so they would mess up and when they did mess up we couldn't help but to laugh in the middle of the show. Every day at work I'm loving it. These are the people I want to surround myself with. People that don't care what others think and just want to have fun. 

 

Five things that that I use to be afraid to admit. 

 

1. I enjoy singing at the top of my lungs and do all the time in the car.

2. I enjoy dancing in the middle of the street or in my car. I even love to dance in front of a mirror (It's a little vain, I know). I dance with Bridger every day.

3. I can talk about clothes for hours and hours. Same with video games and my baby boy.

4. I love cheesy pre-teen girl movies and shows (A Cinderella Story, Ella Enchanted, High School Musical, Hannah Montana, and Wizards of Waverly Place).

5. I love to listen to Dr. Laura and take her advice to heart. I use her advice when giving advice to other people. I hate to read and I have maybe finished reading 3 books in my entire life and it was probably for school but I enjoy reading Dr. Laura's books and have read most of them. I just remembered I have read the complete works of shakespear and enjoyed it and I would like to read it again.

http://www.thisistheplace.org/events/candlelight.html

Wiggins Family Pictures

Utah/BYU Football Game. GO UTES!!!

Utah right before there first touchdown.

Utah's first touchdown.

The fans rushing the field after the game.

I was very lucky to get to go to this game. It was so much fun and Utah kicked butt!! 

I Got My Hair Done.

I have wanted to do something extreme to my hair but I couldn't find the courage, I also didn't want to spend the money for it. The other day I read my cousin's blog about how she spent $100 on her hair and didn't like the end results but still managed to tip the person who did it. I thought to myself if she can do it, so can I. If I go extreme and don't like it I can just redo it, it’s only going to cost me $100. This sounded really logical to me at the time, but now it sounds pretty dumb. $100 is a lot of money to spend on hair. I'm helping out the economy! YES, that's it I'm helping the economy by spending a lot of money on my hair. 

I went to salon and I forgot how long it takes to highlight my hair, well this was a lot more then just highlights it ended up taking about 5 hours. I got red highlights and dye the rest of my hair a very dark brown. I'm actually very happy with the results. Although this may not look extreme it's really extreme for me.  Give me your opinion on how it looks; I actually need the compliments to make me feel better about my decision to spend $100.

Memories

Memories (I saw this tag on a friends page and decided to fill it out.)

20 years ago......

1.  I was 4 years old

2.  I was living in Elk Grove, IL.

3.  Was mad at my siblings for not letting me play with them.

4.  Got lost and had the police bring me home.

5.  Was about to start kindergarden.

10 years ago......

1. I was 14 years old.

2. My mom had just died.

3. Had my first love.

4. Was rebeling against any rules givin to me.

5. Was trying to find out who I was.

5 years ago.....

1. I was 19 years old.

2. Got married to Jeffry.

3. Went to Disneyland and Las Vegas.

4. Got a job at blockbuster.

5. Moved to Florida.

3 years ago......

1. I was 21 years old.

2. I was still working at blockbuster.

3. My grandpa had just died.

4. Was playing World of Warcraft religiously.

5. Gained 15lbs since getting married.

1 year ago.......

1. I was 23 years old.

2. Just had a beautiful baby boy.

3. Moved back into my dad's house.

4. Became a stay at home mom.

5. My nephew Ayden was born a week after Bridger.

This year so far......

1. I got my dream car a Town and Country Minivan.

2. I worked in a Haunted House.

3. Bridger turned one year old.

4. My nephew Axton was born.

5. I went to Seattle for a week for PAXS.

Yesterday........

1. Woke up.

2. I took Bridger Christmas shopping for daddy's presant.

3. Robin and Adam came over to show us their new doggie.

4. Talked with them for a long time.

5. Went to bed.

Today.........

1. Took Bridger to the Doctors.

2. Found out that Bridger is in the 99.95 precentile for height.

3. Went to aunt Sheana's to chat and let Bridger and Ayden play together.

4. Went to lunch with Jeffry and Baby.

5. Went home where Bridger and I took a long nap.

Tomorrow........

1. I'll probally wake up some time.

2. I will do alot of dishes.

3. Play with Bridger.

4. Hopefully I'll talk on the phone with one of my sisters. If not then they are not returning my phone calls.

5. I might eat something sometime during the day. Heck, I might even goto the bathroom. Crap, that reminds me I need to clean the bathrooms tomorrow.

In the Next Year.......

1. I will turn 25 years old.

2. I will get to see my little sister who I miss so very much.

3. I will......

4.

5.

Bridger's Second First Birthday Party

Bridger's party was a costume party. Not everyone dressed up but it was really fun and seeing Jeff dress up was awesome. For some reason I'm more attracted to him now. kinky? wierd? Maybe, I don't know but he looked hot as a pirate.

Opening presents.

Bridger playing with his new toys.

Bridger's stegosaurus cake.

More cake??? Are you sure I'm allowed this much sugar????

Yummy sugar!

I'm done!!!!

The clean-up.

Bridger's First Birthday Party

Bridger opening up presents, kindof. He needed lots of mommy help and with two other kids there, they were more then happy to help as well. One would help unwrap while the other would remove the presents from Bridgers hands so he could go on to the nexted.  

Jeffry made an octopus cake and Bridger's smash cake for Bridger's first birthday. 

Jeff made Bridger a smash cake. I didn't really think this threw...a one year old and a cake, umm yeah. Bridger had lots of fun with it and it was really funny to.

Bridger got some really cute batman pajamas from his aunt Liz and uncle Marshall. They also got him some pretzels. He had a field day with the pretzels and decided he didn't want to do anything unless he had a pretzel in each hand and this was after he had just eaten cake and pizza.

Haunted Village Update

It's definitely been a new experience for me but it's been fun. My schedule had me in the bank the whole season but they have decided that it's not working out so I've been moving around to different locations. I was in the corn maze one night and I was not very scary in there at all. They did how ever give me a gun (why would anyone trust me with a gun?) I got to shot this in the air when people walked by, that was really fun. Last night was by far the best night. I made a girl pee her pants; I made a grown man run from me screaming like a girl. He ended up tripping and falling into a horse’s trough (the highlight of the season so far). I made about 4 to 5 people trip running from me. One actually got hurt and was bleeding. I kind of felt bad. For some reason people are really scared of a crazy woman with an axe.

I was feeling really sick last night and almost called in sick but I'm glad I didn't I had way to much fun scaring people. Call me sick and twisted but I think it's so funny watching people run from me screaming their heads off.

Words of Advice

I just wanted to point out the wonderful advice I’ve gotten threw out my life.

 Doesn't matter if you don't like any of the candidates to vote on, just choose the best because no matter what, it's always going to be between a giant dush and a terd sandwich. -South Park.

You can marry for love and you can marry for money, but always marry for the love of money. -Gus Mangus (my dad). I didn't follow this advice. 

You really got to lose your conscious. -An ex-boyfriend who I wouldn't let past second base. There is a reason why he is my ex-boyfriend.

To make friends all you need to do is let them talk about themselves as much as possible. -Gus Mangus. Surprisingly this has worked well for me.

Read the instructions. -My husband. I did read the instructions but nowhere does it say take the cardboard off the bottom of the pizza. 

You should pray about that. -From almost every female I know. 

Men are simple they want dinner when they are hungry and action in the bed. -Dr. Laura

The gas is on the right and the break is on the left. -My dad after crashing into a tree with a golf cart.

A Luxury once tasted becomes a necessity. -My dad. This is definitely true, I cannot live without my big screen T.V. , D.V.R., computer, internet, my cell phone and much more, I am spoiled.

If you don't stop that right now I'm going to hurt you. -My little sister, Alecia. I didn't stop so she punched me as hard as she could in the stomach. I don't mess with her anymore.

When changing a baby boy's diaper always face away from for his penis. -My mother in-law after getting caught in the line of fire 4 to 5 times and it wasn't just pee.

 If you have any great advice please tell me about it. I’m curious to hear what advice you got growing up.

I Judge to Quickly.

I've been told quite often that I am very nonjudgmental person. I believed this to be true for all my life until today. Yes, I enjoy being friends with what some people would say are the rebels of this world. I also enjoy being friends with what people would are the saints of this world. But today I caught myself hating someone for peer jealousy reasons. We were friends in high school and I haven't talked to her in years but I found out she has a Lexus (me judging right away I thought to myself a Lexus what a waste of money, what a snot. Rich people that have their mommies and daddies buy them everything).  Really I should be happy for her. She worked hard to get it. I don't know what's wrong with me sometimes. That's not the only thing that made me so judgmental today. She was also explaining religious matters and to me I just thought it sounded like what you are supposed to say being a Mormon in Utah. I was quick to judge her sincerity on the matter.  I go to church and there are some people that I am quick to judge if they are really there for the right reason or if they are just keeping up appearances. I don't go to church often because I think a lot of the people are fake. I might not judge the rebels or the poor but I judge the rich and the religious and I'm not proud of this at all in fact I'm extremely sad that I came to this realization. I was raised not to judge people but I do. I thought I was doing well in this area but I'm not. The good thing is that now that I realize what I’m doing I can make changes and hope to get over it.

I Got a Job.

I was lucky enough to have the day off a couple of weeks ago. My sister in-law, Aliesha took Bridger from 9am to 9pm. So having a Bridger free day I decided that I would have a job by the end of the day, so I went to Craigslist.com and looked for jobs the first part-time night job I found was for the Haunted Village. I thought this is perfect it’s nights and it’s only for 3 weeks just enough money for Christmas. Plus it will be fun and I can see if I can handle working and be a stay at home mom during the day.  I called them immediately and got an interview that day. The interview wasn't really an interview at all. It was more fill out all your paperwork your hired and by the way some of the houses in the village are really haunted I hope you can handle it.  

I started this new job yesterday and as they are handing out the schedules I'm thinking to myself I know what's going to happen, I'm going to be in one of the haunted houses all by myself. Well I'm not in one of the haunted houses I'm in the Haunted Bank all by myself. This really made me reconsider working here. I hope everything will be fine. At least I'm inside and not freezing my butt off outside like most people. Tonight is the test run and I'm super excited to see how things are going to work. They have some really cool things that I’m excited to see how it works out. They have a headless horseman, a real person doing tricks on their horse up and down a dirt path. They have a person being hung, I’m very curious how this works something to do with a bungee cord.  There is someone in the stocks getting whipped, I guess I’m weird but I really wanted to be the person whipping the person in the stocks. Overall I think this will be really fun. What’s not fun about Scaring people and dressing up?

http://www.thisistheplace.org/events/thv.html

What can I do to help?

I find myself asking this question a lot lately. After my sister and brother in-law had their baby I've asked them how I can help at least twice a week and every time they tell me "nothing but thanks for the offer". My sister in-law I swear is just too sweet to say something. 

A couple of days ago my dad had surgery. This is scary because I have a fear of losing him. When he's gone I have no parents and no grandparents. Yes, I have the in-law side but we all know it's not the same.  Anyways after the surgery he came home and he hasn't been able to do much and his wife is sick and can barely talk. So I ask them daily, what can I do to help? And again I get the same response "nothing, but thanks for the offer". 

Is everyone this polite and strong willed that they don't need help anymore? I hear about everyone’s struggles and I offer to help but it's not needed. Maybe the only way I can help is to listen. I try to be a good listener, but for example listening to my most caring little sister, Alecia I find myself in the middle of the conversation interrupting her to talk about myself. I love what she has to say and I want to know everything about her life (well almost everything). So why do I do this, bad habit I guess. I find myself doing this to a lot of people, I'm I really that self absorbed? I don't know, Sometimes I wish I could just be someone else for a day and observe myself and see what I'm really like and what I need to work on. I'm sure the first thing I would say is "Dang, I'm fat!" My poor husband I just seem to dose off into space somtimes in the middle of our conversations. 

But I really do want to be a good listener and be less selfish. People are so sweet and keep giving to me and I just feel I have nothing to offer them in return. So, what can I do to help? 

Babbling Baby Bridger Boy

I'll tell you my question first and explain later. My question is How do you know when your baby says his first word? 

My step sister who is about 2 talks quite a bit but I cannot understand a word she says but my dad and her mother know what she's saying. Same with my niece I try to understand but I don't. Everyone says you can understand your child and I can understand what Bridger is trying to say to me but I'm sure people will think I'm out of my mind when I tell them what he's saying. 

We wave to Bridger and say "bye bye". Bridger shakes his hand back and says "dah dah". I know that he can imamate us but at 11 months does he know what this means? He handed me a picture of a cat on it and I pointed at the cat and said "Cat". Bridger pointed back at the cat and said "Ca Ca Cat". He said it so clear that I’m sure anyone would understand, so does this mean his first word is cat? I would think not because I've tried numerous times to get him to say it again and it's doesn't happen. He's been saying Da Da since he learned that sound comes out of his mouth and we do refer to Dad as Da Da. Not only does he call his dad da da, he also calls everything that he doesn't have a word for Da Da. So if dad or daddy is his first word how will I know he calls everything that. He says Ma Ma to but only when he's crying. Is this just how he says I'm hurt or does he want Ma Ma? We refer to his bottle as Ba Ba, now I'm pretty sure he knows what ba ba means when we say ba ba he freaks out and reaches out for his bottle. When his bottle is empty he gives it to me and says ba ba. I know that means he wants me to refill his bottle. Would you consider ba ba his first word? I don't know it's all confusing to me. I need some motherly advice. This really isn't a big deal but when I'm home all day taking care of this baby what else would I think about. My brain is getting slower and my social skills are dwindling. 

 This baby can talk more than me.  He will open his books and point to the words and start babbling. I know he is imitating me but it’s so cute. He can go on for quite awhile turning pages and telling stories.  

My Sketchbook.

These are some pencil drawings I did in high school. I've been out of practice since then. I'm slowly starting to draw again. Right now I'm working on a project for my sister in-law and once that is done I will post it. 

After high school I thought I would try the whole painting thing but I really didn't like it much and I just got frusterated with it and quit. I started doing prisma color and now I'm remembering how much I actully enjoy drawing.