here they are!!!!

lots and lots of pictures!! i wanted to put all of them on... cause all of them were OH so good! but here is a little taste of what they look like!
ENJOY!

short to long!

I did it. i got extensions. my friend needed a model, so i said "im all yours!"
what do you think?

this thanksgiving

 

 

 

 

we went to my grandma wood's house. it was fun, relaxing and very filling! :) i love gathering with family and eating lots of food.

we started thanksgiving the day before. as all the girls met up and made home made rolls and pies. it was a good experience to learn the in's and outs of those type's of food. the next day we finished making all the rest of the food. at 1:00 we headed over to grandmas house and started the feast. after we ate all the girls had a girls night out and went to New Moon. yes i know i have seen it 1 too many times!

that night turned into the longest night of my life. Derek and Tomis were up all night throwing up and coughing. we actually had to take Tomis to the ER the night before cause he was so sick with Croup. Demi woke up the next moring as well with the same sickness. it has been a very sick weekend for all of us. luckily i havnet gotten any of it... yet!

the day after thanksgiving was very invigorating. of course we all know about the black friday. this year i didnt want to wake up at the crack of dawn like i did last year. so after a long night with sickies, i decided not to go till around 9. My mom, my sister and I, hit up wal-mart first and it was awesome. im way excited for christmas. i got all my christmas shopping done. im mostly excited for derek's christmas present. i actually got it at Best Buy. i hope i can keep it a secret from him till christmas. i wont say what it is till christmas cause i dont want him to somehow read this or someone else tell him!

This Thanksgiving was well worth everything that happened. it was alot of fun... despite of the sickies in my home. but hopefully it will be over before the weekend is over!

more pictures...

i never posted more of my pictures that were taken. i was going to wait till we had family pictures but i guess i will do it now and you can have more pictures to look at later on when we get them done!

if you dont already know, than you should get it!

I love listening to music. any type of music, anywhere. when we were in Indiana we discovered this internet radio. its called Pandora. i don't know why i never heard of it before. and i wish i would of. cause it is the best thing ever! just go to www.pandora.com. it is awesome. you just type in an artist that you like and it will play their music and music that relates to it. so if you don't already know about it... than you should get it! :)

back to normal

all right i can say that everything is back to normal! my house is getting back to the norm and my body! i was actually so nervous for this talk on sunday that i lost 3 pounds! im sure i put it all back on yesterday.. but heck i was happy! so no need to worry folks, the durham house is clean again! :)

im not the one...

I'm not the one to let my house go and not have it clean all the time, to let crumbs stay on the ground and grind into the carpet. im not the one to let my dishes pile up and over the sink and than just let them sit there for a couple of days till i cant stand it any longer, or beg Derek to do it. so lets face it.. my house has been out of order this past week. i absolutely hate it! but for some reason just cant get myself to do anything about it. i will do a little here and there and than call it good.
i have a problem.... its called one track mind! my life has been consumed around this talk in church tomorrow ever since i was asked. i cant seem to get my mind off it. i have been prepared for 2 days now but still over look it every second and make sure every thing is in order. can you say im a little nervous?! yeah you could say that. im not sure why i am? i have spoken in church before and it hasn't seemed that bad. but for some reason this dang talk is over taking my life!! i know its only 15 minutes out of my life and people out there have done a lot worse. like speak in general conference. or perform at a concert. i guess its sort of a phobia of mine to be in front of a lot of people. but at the same time deep down inside i get so excited for it too.
it will be the first time Derek and i have spoken together since we have been married. so it is sort of a big deal for me.
all i know is that my house will be back to normal once this talk is over with and done!!
wish me luck! hope i don't mess up too much :)

i recommend it

So i will admit, i was one of those crazy persons that waited 2 hours at the movie theater and saw the new Twilight movie at midnight. yes im crazy! i felt like one of those little girls that are obsessed with it. but deep down inside I am one of those little girls! :)
I will tell you that this movie was AMAZING! i recommend it to everyone. even if you havne't read the books its a movie to just go see and enjoy yourself. if you have read the books. they did such a good job by following the book the exact way it was written. the first movie didnt even compare to this one. They actually had a new director for New Moon and he made it 10 times better. i was a bit worried cause it was the director from American Pie and About a Boy. I have not seen those movies but all i know about American Pie that it was a naughty show... but the director did awesome. the graphics and story line was so awesome. so if you have seen it, go see it again cause i am! and if you haven't seen it please go see it! :)

the history of thanksgiving

Im speaking in church on sunday and my topic is the history of thanksgiving.. this is when i regret my decisions in my teenage years and wish i would of listened more in history class! yes we all know the story of how the pilgrams and indians came together and feasted the first harvest. but i need some more details. more stories on thanksgiving and gratitude! i would love all of your stories. so please if you will give me some feedback on this i would be more than grateful! :)

hard but good..

When Tomis was born I was determined that he would get all of his shots. all of them when he was supposed to. so i did
When Demi was born i was very against it. I felt strongly for her not to. I had no reason why but i believed that it just wasn't right at the time. I told myself that when she was 1 year old than i would start to do them. well 3 months after she turned 1 I finally broke down and called her doctor. i still wasn't sure if she would be getting them or not but would still just take her in and get checked up anyway. when i got there i talked with her doctor and went over all the shots and what they were supposed to do. i decided only to do 2 right than. i was only going to do 1 but he wanted her to get this other one that was really common in the winter and it would help a lot. (not sure what it was called)
it was a hard thing to do. especially for my little girl. i didn't want her in pain. so we went ahead and did 2 shots...
I had to be strong. the first shot she barely even whimpered and was fine but when the second shot was put in she broke down and cried. i closed my eyes till it was over. she only cried for a little bit and than was OK. she is such a strong little girl.
I was glad that i did them after ward. it made me feel more comfort that if she does get sick than at least she wont die from it!
From now on I'm going to listen to the spirit and my mother's instincts on what is best for my child. Who knows what would of happened with Demi if i went ahead and got them when she was first born.. All i know is that it wasn't right at the time and i needed to wait till she was older.