Thanksgiving!!

I know its been a loooong time! Sorry! Here we go. I got a new nephew and he's adorable, as seen in previous pictures. I have more. I also have some of vacation to Newport, OR with my fam and Cody. It was sooooo much fun! We didn't do a whole lot, the weather was cold and snowy. We went shopping, the boys went golfing, ate food, played Halo with eachother and strangers live, ate Thanksgiving Dinner!, went shopping more, played football on the beach, frisbee, walking on the beach, laid around. You know, vacation. I love being with my family the few weeks a year that I get to. Oh and I think we have a wedding date! Tentatively June 4. Details to follow. Woohoo! I'm excited much. Here are some pictures for you!



Dad and Hunter


Me and Hunter


Football!


Lunch at Mo's


Heather and Hunter


After Hunter's Blessing

Full October

So it seems like October was so busy and that lots of things happened. I'm sitting here trying to think of everything that did happen. I came up with a few things, way less than I'm sure took place this month. But I'll fill you in.

On October 11, 2010 my nephew Hunter Keith Ivey was born, he was 4 lbs. 10 oz. Heather was in labor for 7.5 hours, easy compared to many people's first babies. He was due on November 11 so he's a month early. I finally got to Skype with him a couple nights ago. That was great! He's sooooo cute!! I can't wait to see him in person. That happens in 3 weeks!



Hunter and Grandma! (my mom)



Chantiel's birthday was this month! I got her Beauty and the Beast. I got the same thing for Heather's birthday. They both got their present really early cause I was afraid that they would buy them before I gave it to them. And that's probably true for both because it's only available for a limited time. You know, then it goes back in "The Disney Vault". Love that movie, so I got me a copy too :)

My (our) dog died this month as well. She was 14 years old. You know, that means that she was our pet for more than half of my life. That's a freakin long time. I bawled a couple times this month thinking about her. I'm still sad. I miss her. She was a really good dog. Really good. I loved her.

Anyway, enough with the sad. It was Halloween today! I didn't do anything to celebrate. I gotta say, I'm pretty boring. I wanna have a Halloween party next year when I have my own place. And since most of my friends have kids, I'm not sure how that'll work. I've got a while to think about it. That also means that it's my Birthday in 3 days. I'll be a quarter of a century old. :) presents! Ok, I'm not so selfish that I think everyone should give me gifts. Seriously, I don't expect anyone to do that. But I'm not gonna lie, I love getting presents! Even little ones, it's just fun.

I'm gonna get to bed, lots to do this week and it's late. Need to sleep.

Holy Calves

So we had a girls night tonight that was just amazing as usual! I really do appreciate my time with a few close friends to chat and give each other advice and be goofy. It's really great time spent. We decided to go to Olive garden and left in a rush to get there because it was closing in 20 min. I'm sure they just loved us. We could tell how much our waitress hated us for being there, but who cares about grumpy people. It's your job. Don't like it? Get a new job. We had a blast and ate wonderful food, and this amazing triple chocolate mousse cake thingy.

After we left there, we went to Chan's house and hung out for a couple hours. I realized that I have the biggest, hardest calf muscles I have ever had in my life. Ballet is amazingly calf friendly. I have a rock hard knot of muscle in both legs! I literally said wow when I touched them tonight. Happy Day! I'm seeing a difference in my body after 4 weeks... It's the coolest. Now if I could only get the graceful down, that'd be awesome! Mostly I wanted to let you all know about my legs cause I was so excited about it when I realized. I got nothing else...

SNL videos

So if you haven't seen the SNL skit I mentioned, I have it here. Along with the original music video so you have an idea of what it's supposed to be like.

Here's her actual video...




And whoever posted the SNL one, wouldn't let me Embed it. So copy and paste to your browser...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBC7pilGoPc

We're the Dancers...

The title is from that Saturday Night Live episode with Justin Timberlake as one of Beyonce's back up dancers in Single Ladies. I loved that, and thought it was hilarious. Every time I hear the word dancers, that's what I think of. Anyway, I'm taking a ballet class. It's great! I've only gone twice but I'm having fun and I really enjoy it. I got myself some actual Demi-pointe ballet shoes even. That means I'm serious :) So last week it was just Becky and I in class. She is the most beautiful dancer I've seen up close and personal, and I am a brand new beginner. So... two opposites, but I feel like I'm improving since the first class. I'm not as uncoordinated as I've been led to believe. I think I've told myself that I'm uncoordinated since I could walk :) Tomorrow will be class 3 and I'm excited to go!

I'm mostly happy to be out of bed. I've spent the last 3.5 days in bed. I've been pretty frickin' miserable. Looooong weekend. On Wednesday I felt like my tonsils were getting sore AGAIN. So Thursday I went to work, then home at noon and crawled in bed miserable and had some antibiotics called in AGAIN. 3 weeks this round, makes sense, it's my 3rd round. So I'm feeling better today. I went to work this morning then got to get my groceries that I didn't get out of bed to grab over the weekend. I can eat solid food again!!! Woohoo! So if you're accustomed to hearing from me over the weekend, I apologize, but I didn't do anything but sleep, take drugs, and try really hard to eat mushy liquid food without crying cause it hurt so bad. (no sympathy please, one day I'll get the darn things out, tonsils, and then I would like your sympathy since I won't get to eat solid food for maybe 2 weeks) I can't tell you how tired I am of eating yogurt, applesauce, cottage cheese and canned pears. I'm ready for something good! And poor Cody, he came on Saturday (I hadn't even seen him since sunday, it must be a record) to take me to get more drugs and apparently I got him sick too. But he got over it in 2 days. And me? it's taken me 4 days of drugs to eat solid food again. Lame! But I'm feeling much better and my tonsils are almost back down to regular huge size and not sick ginormous size. Seriously, you haven't seen tonsils as big as mine, unless you've seen one of my siblings...

ok ok

So for the 3 of you who follow my blog... Nothing has happened to me since I last posted... except that a got sick again... Sad story. So I took my antibiotics for my Strep and got better. Then I got a massage 2 days after I finished my drugs and I got sick again. APPARENTLEY it wasn't all out of my system yet and the massage just kinda spread it all out and made it worse and I woke up with tonsils the size of golf balls for the 2nd week in a row. (run on sentence?) I should've figured that I was sick the night before when I had to keep from crying when Cody took me to a BBQ place when I wanted a burger; ridiculous, but then I woke up so sick and crying the next day that I realize now, that maybe it wasn't just an over reaction... (run on sentence?) So! I'm on my second round of antibiotics for 2 weeks this time and maybe it'll go away completely.

We had girls night for work tonight. It was fun. Meet at Olive Garden after work and sit there for 4.5 hours chatting. I'm sure the staff loved how long we sat... oh well. Well I guess some of us sat there that long. You know, there aren't many people you can talk to about anything, but I think Lin and Chan are my official go-to people. Cause they don't judge me and they get it :) I had someone tell me once, that they would think of me differently if they knew that I had _________ (fill in the blank). I would never think of someone differently if they did something that I didn't approve of. Mistake or no, I just don't judge people like that. Maybe I'm less judgemental than some, but I guess I just decided that I like the open minded/unjudgemental type that are my people. But I like all the other people too... and I would never think badly of you if you judge me. And I don't care what you think of me anyway. Girls night turned into something else there, that was a random tangent... my thoughts for the universe.

I don't care what you think of me. There may be some people that think I'm ridiculous (we talked about this at work girls night) for getting a boob job when I finish having kids. I get weird looks when I mentioned this, because "Hayley your boobs are fine". Well I know that, I think they're great. But when I'm done having kids and they're all shrunkin up and saggy, I might want to put them back how they were. I wouldn't do it for my husband or for the approval of others. I would do it cause it would make me feel good to look good. I would only do that for me. AND I WILL!!! MUAHAHAHA. Anyway, when I feel sexy... I feel sexy. I didn't know how to finish that. Cause you don't necessarily look sexy when you feel it... So as the saying goes, I'll get a boob job if I damn well please. Or maybe that's not a saying. :)

Trip home again

So first off, I'm Engaged!! It happened when Cody and I went home to visit my family. We had so much fun and we were so busy.

To start, Chantiel told me while I was at the airport, that Cody was having my ring made when we got back from Cali. So I was all excited that I had a time frame. I told her later that she's a dirty rotten liar. :)
The first day everyone was home, we went to the river and panned for gold and swam (except Richard who called in sick to work and laid around like a baby, j/k). So we're swimming and about ready to go when Cody calls me over to where he was. Around an outcropping of rock and behind a bush. I had just dried off and didn't want to get wet, so of course I said, no you come here. Seriously though, rocks in the river are covered with moss and stuff that makes them dangerous for someone like me to walk on if you want to stay dry. "Hayley come on, I wanna show you something", "No, I don't want to get wet again and you know I'll fall in!", "PLEASE come here", "FINE, but if I get wet again, it's all your fault." So I walk over, and no joke, he has to catch me as I get there cause I slipped on a rock... called it. Then he pulls out his gold pan and says, look what I found. And in the pan is a ring. I was freaking out. He got down on his knees (cutting them up in the process) and asked if I'd marry him. YES OF COURSE was my response. Then we eventually walked back to the fam, and I'm wet again. But who cares, I'm getting married!



The next day we (minus sick Richard again) met my cousin Steysi and her hub and kids at Six Flags "Discovery Kingdom". That was a good day! Roller Coasters, pizza, Whales, Dolphins, Ice Cream, and family. Mom got kicked off a kids only ride when she tried to ride with Jack. Heather got reprimanded for riding one ride while pregnant, so that didn't happen again. And no one threw up! Good times.


Sorry about the light, but this is Hannah, Heather and her hubby Adam


Mom and Dad


Me and Cody

The next day was Heather's baby shower. I have no pictures from that, but it was fun too. I love baby things! Everytime we passed a baby, mom would say, "we're gonna have one of those soon!" yes, Heather will, we won't :)
Then when I got back to Utah, I went to work 2 days then got the Strep my brother had and I laid in bed for a few days taking drugs and not eating food and wishing I could sleep till I felt better. not so good times. But I'm finally better now, that's why you get my exciting news just a little late.

Updation (the act of updating)

I played Balderdash recently, hence my title. So I realized just now that I start alot of my sentences with SO. And I've done it again. If it bothers you, I apologize, but find a way get over it cause it's not likely to change soon. :) Anyway, I get to go home in 6 days. I'm really very excited for that! I miss my family ridiculously alot. And we get to go to Six Flags Marine World! good times. Excitement!

So our office has tickets to go to Seven Peaks (water park, for those not from the area), and I am not going because I'm getting my legs and armpits waxed 2 days after the day we get to go. Hairy legs and pits are not condusive to swim suit wearing... I have had to explain my reason for not going to everyone in the office,including my boss, cause he asked. Luckily he works with all women so it wasn't awkward for him :) Cause it really wasn't awkward for me anyway, thick dark hair is something I've lived with for many years. My family is descended from Hobbits, sad but true.

I went to dinner with Cody last night and I had a gift card that I'd used before, but had a little left over. I was thinking maybe a couple dollars, he thought $0.21. I was sure I wouldn't keep a gift card that had less than a dollar on it. That would be lame. Turns out, I contributed $1.35 to dinner. I was right! barely. I'm so poor and cheap that $1.35 was something I kept cause I would want to use it next time. :)

I was just thinking that I wish that I could live in a different climate, life would be good if it was 70-80 deg year round. Hawaii would just be magnificent! But so expensive to fly home a few times a year, hence me living in not-Hawaii. But a girl can dream. I often dream of things that aren't true- being 10 lbs lighter, not losing boobs if/when I lose weight, having lots of money, marrying a hot actor (like Ryan Kwanten, Andy Whitfield, or Ian Somerhalder), no lines at amusement parks, wearing pj's at work, having a ring and telling people I'm getting married. You know, things that I wish were true but aren't. Oh well, reality is good too.

And whoever said money cannot buy happiness?? That's a load of crap. I'm happy as I am, but I would be WAY happier if I had a million dollars... It's just a fact. Most people would be. Money CAN buy happiness, so long as the cause of sadness, anger, or stress is not enough money. And in many many cases, this is true. So stop saying that people! Cause it's a horrible lie that they tell you so you'll be happy with what you have. And I am, just so we're clear. I'm happy, no worries. BUT if anyone comes into a couple billion dollars, you can spare a million for me- and that'd be AWESOME! (2 capital words in one sentence, I guess it's important)

Anyway, there's my thoughts. Take what you want from them, and make your life better :) Or just laugh at me. Either's good.

Because people say I have to update this thing...

So I cut my hair! I like it, it's different for me, SHORT! The picture is from my phone, it's not great and it's blurry, but it's the best I can do for now... Sorry. Oh and I started excercising again. Happy day, since I've been paying for my gym membership and not using it for a while. I did the stairmaster yesterday and much to everyone's surprise, I did not fall off of it. Stairs and I have a long history of problems but I stayed on the thing for 20 min without tripping. It was kind of amazing. It's happened that I've fallen on treadmills in a gym full of people and this would've been worse than that.

I love having friends, even though I only have a few! Cody and I go over to Jeff and Chantiel's house to hang out with them every now and then. They are awesome. Thanks to Jeff, my car door clicker thingy works! I now have keyless entry... again... cause it used to work and then it didn't. And no, it wasn't the battery... I'm not so slow that I didn't try that first thing. Cause I did try that. (I know, wow she's not that slow I guess...) So I had a new clicker and Jeff made it work with my car. Woohoo! I also get to go see Chan every few weeks when we wax eachothers armpits and now legs. Cody and Jeff think it's weird that we do that together, but really? why? it's not weird. We don't like hair, we have a solution to get rid of it. We used to get brazilians together, it's not weird! It's awful convenient that Chan & Jeff moved, cause now they live by Lindsey! And that's nice cause she's also one of my very few friends I see in this state of Utah. I've seen her more now than I used to. It's great stuff, I can never not laugh when I see her! -Not cause she's funny looking or anything, but because she is funny.

Anyway, I get to go home in 2.5 weeks!!! I'm so excited. Cody is driving out to visit with me. And Heather and Adam are coming. So everyone will be there. We are having a baby shower for Heather while we're there so that will be fun. I'm so happy to be going home. I love it.

Boredom

Ok, so I wanted to update my blog! But I've done nothing since last time... and I have nothing interesting to say whatsoever! So this is my update, I'm pretty boring. I need a girls night! That makes me feel like I have a little bit of a life. Good times. Oh and I need to lose some weight and I can't find a way to do it. I am hoping to get married one day and want to look really good for that day! :) Any suggestions that work would be appreciated... not that anyone really reads this... Oh well. bye now.

More Home Visit

So I have some pictures off of the back deck at sunset. Pretty stuff. I don't have much more to say except I wish I didn't have to leave home! I think I get to go back in a few months when it's warmer. Woohoo!

May Home Visit

I'm at home in California. I love being here. The world is green and smells so fresh like pine trees and rain! especially since it's been raining... I've been here for 6 days and I have to go back to Utah in 3 days. That'll be a sad day. But I guess that's what I get for having moved to Utah in the first place. Cody came for a few days too. That was fun. He, my mom and I went gold panning for a few hours in the rain. I guess they panned, and I read a book. They didn't find anything good. We'll try again when it's warmer. I'll be back end of summer ready to get rich! when the water is tolerably warm.


this is the view from the back deck of the house


and this is just another of the mountains

On Monday, my cousin's husband brought their kids over for dinner with the grandparents and I went in the hot tub with the kids. The oldest, Tommy, jumped in the pool, the very very cold pool. Then he went down the slide. So the next oldest decided he wanted to go down the slide, without telling me. So I had to jump in the pool, the very very cold pool, to help him to the side after he unexpectedly went down the slide, and couldn't swim... good times... very cold... So after that he didn't want to go in the pool anymore. But Tommy wanted to see me go down the slide. So since I was already cold, I decided to go before getting back in the hot tub. I went down the slide and back into the very very cold water. Then I get out and head back to the hot tub to warm my numb body. Tommy yells from the hot tub, I missed it! Do it again! Do it again! So reluctantly, I went back down the slide... Into the water that is so cold, you can't talk, because you can't really breathe!! Finally I headed back in to the hot tub and didn't get hypothermia. Happy day.


this is the pool that we were in, the hottub is about 10 feet above the pool

So that's home! I love it! I hope to get back to California sometime soon.

Movie Adventure

A week and a bit ago, Cody and I went to the movies. We watched Clash of the Titans in 3D. So about half way through the movie I had to use the bathroom. So I took off my (oh so attractive) 3D glasses. (And by oh so attractive, I mean really hideous) I put them in my purse and left. When I came back, I grabbed them out of my purse and put them back on. A few minutes later, I started noticing that the movie's 3D started sucking and it was kinda blurry sometimes. Weird! And then it was really dark in the theater sometimes too. I was super disappointed in the effects. Then after the movie, we "recycle" the 3D glasses in a big box they have. When we got back to my house, I pulled out my sunglasses. Lo and Behold, there were the 3D glasses... oh crap! I had watched the entire second half of the movie with my sunglasses... I'm such a retard! So where are my sunglasses, I can't find them... Holy Moly I recycled them in the movie theater bin! Oh lameness. That's kinda my train of thought during the realization process. It was a sad day. Luckily the sunglasses I lost were $5 Walmart glasses. So I went back to Walmart and bought another pair. That's what happens when you're me, you get to tell stories like this to your friends when they ask how your weekend was...

Ok so my blog is still brand new! I’ll get some pictures up and stuff when I have time, and when I feel like it. I can tell you a bit about me if you don’t know me, or haven’t talked to me in a while. I’m from California mostly; I went to High school there, and that’s where my parents live. Northern Cali, so no I don’t surf and lay on the beach all day when I’m home. I wish! I’m mostly a boat load of boring! I live in Utah but I’m trying to get out of here. It’s too cold for me. I have a couple friends I hang out with and a boyfriend. Everyone I know is married, most with kids, so I tend not to see or talk to them much. I hang out with Cody most days, like I have the last 3 years and 3 months. I don’t do much; eat, and watch TV & movies. Like I said, I’m boring- but I like it.

My family is great. I have an older sister, Heather, who’s married and pregnant! They live up in Albany, OR. It’s really nice up there. They’re trying to get my whole family to migrate that direction. Maybe one day… we’ll see. My younger sister graduated recently from BYU with a degree in Genetics and Biotechnology. Sounds important right? She’s in Germany for a few months at a lab doing genetics testing. My brother is the youngest of us and he’s in the middle of school up at BYU in freezing cold Idaho. From how he talks, he’ll probably get the same degree as my sister. He thinks it’s all interesting. And it is, if you can understand it… sometimes I can. They’re all awesome, really they are. My parents are great. Dad’s a doctor, OB/GYN, so you just don’t ask how work was unless you care for an explanation you wish you hadn’t gotten.  Love you dad! He Mountain bikes and races tiny Go-Karts at high speeds in his spare time. Mom is his business manager. She is on a tennis team that kicks butt and she likes to talk to her kids in her spare time. She’s a busy woman though. They’re really the coolest people.