November 14th, 15th & 16th Attitude of Gratitude

I am grateful for...

November 14th
1. Jeans day at work
2. My new BlackBerry - it even has a cool holster!
3. Smutty magazines - how fun is it to realize how screwed up your life isn't?

November 15th
1. Skinny jeans
2. Calf length garments - truly the best thing since sliced bread
3. My dad and brother in law, Mark, for Tadd to have a guy's night with

November 16th
1. Red shoes in whatever height, fabric or shade I can find
2. Lunch hour
3. The beautiful weather we've been having (please stay!!!)

Tag! I'm It!

Rules which must be posted on your blog if you are tagged: Link to your tagger and post these rules.

Share 7 facts about yourself. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names - link to them. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

I was tagged by Mikel and here are my 7 facts about me:

1. I have a ridiculous fear of spiders. Well, who really likes spiders? Very few, insane people. But, I not only hate spiders, I'm convinced terrible things will happen to me if I kill a spider or come near one. Fear number one: if I am approaching a spider either on the wall or ceiling, it will most certainly jump off the wall onto my face. Fear number two: if I kill a spider it's family will come after me! These are real fears, and no one can talk me out of them.

2. Although some will say otherwise, this is how my time in the womb and my birth went down. Story #1: Partway through the nine months my mother carried me in her tummy, the doctors realized I was sideways, and I wasn't going to move, so they decided to try a pretty dangerous procedure! I would be the very first baby in Utah to have this procedure done...I'm very special. So, they cut my mother's tummy open, turned me to the correct position, sewed her back up, and I was born a few months later! Pretty neat huh? (See the comments section for the real story, as I'm sure my sister Megan, or my Mom, will gladly explain the actual details.)

3. Birth Story #2: When I was attempting to emerge from the birth canal (ew), I proceeded to get stuck. So stuck that the doctor chose to use forceps to pull me out. He stupidly placed the forcep clamps on each side of my head, and yanked me out. It is yet to be determined if the force of the pull, the placement of the clamps, or this amazing procedure I endured resulted in my crooked smile. Either way, the nerves on the left side of my face were deadened, which causes me to half-smile. Kinda messed up, huh?

4. I have never broken a bone, had stitches, or been stung by a bee. (And yes, I just knocked on wood three times.)

5. Somehow I have convinced Tadd how wonderful cuddling is. He was never a fan of it dating, through our engagement, or even in the first year or so of our marriage. But now, it's our favorite thing to do, and we look forward to it every night before going to bed.

6. I wouldn't really consider myself to have OCD, but I am very particular about certain things. When I fold my pants, the pockets must be face up; the front of my shirts I hang up should face into the left side of my closet, and be arranged like the colors of the rainbow; the toilet seat and lid must ALWAYS be down.

7. I drink approximately 80 ounces of Diet Coke a day.

I am now tagging the following people:
Megan Romo
Whitney Ingram
Mom
Kecia Cox
Jessica Salmon
Carrie Turpin
Katie Swenson

And the Winner is...

Halloween has long since passed, but I felt I should honor my absolute favorite Halloween costume. My cousin, Lindsey, has two adorable children, and she dressed one of them up as a UPS man! It was so clever, and the cutest thing I've seen! His little sis, Marin, pulled off a pretty cute skunk, as well!

Delivery!

Carter and Marin

November 12th and 13th - Attitude of Gratitude Month

November 12th: I am grateful for...
1. The children we have waiting for us in heaven. Thank you for being patient and not coming just yet. After the Primary Program we assisted with on Sunday, I am NOT ready to be a mother.
2. The flexibility of the salon I work at
3. Cafe Rio pork salad

November 13th: I am grateful for...
1. Good smelling shower gel from Bath and Body Works
2. Nu Skin's facial care products, and the fact that they're free for me!
3. My seven minute drive to work

November 11th - Attitude of Gratitude Month

1. Birth control
2. My daddy
3. My husband's patience

November 10th - Attitude of Gratitude Month

1. Nights out with couple friends
2. Nordstrom
3. Sweat pants

November 9th - Attitude of Gratitude Month

Today I am thankful for
1. Fancy phones
2. Can I be thankful for gratitude?
3. Holidays that allow for family time!

November 8th - Attitude of Gratitude Month

Today I am grateful for
1. Burt's Bees Chapstick and Peppermint Foot Scrub
2. Cinnamon flavored anything
3. Arrowhead bottled water.

Tadd at his Finest!

I thought you may enjoy seeing some pictures of my husband at his finest...

One of Tadd's best pictures! He looks so hot!

Sleeping with his new blanket I made him for Christmas last year.

Holding roughly 30 sparklers. Smart.

Looking super hot, AGAIN.

Tadd made this table for Megan all by himself!

Anytime you ask Tadd to pose for a picture, this is what you will initially get.

Sporting the infamous Halloween vest

Last year's Halloween costume

November 7th

Attitude of Gratitude - I'm thankful for...

1. My mommy
2. Friends who hold my hand when I'm getting my blood drawn
3. Burnable CD's

November 6th "I'm Thankfuls"

Today I am grateful for...

1. My new car, and that we have the means to pay for it
2. iTunes - it truly is a beautiful thing
3. The gospel and the happiness it brings me, and the stability it grants my marriage


I guess I'll add a fourth...I just bought these amazing SkullCandy earbuds, and EVERYONE needs to buy them! I bought them on sale at FYE for $10, when they are originally $30. Below are the wonders I currently have in my ears. I can't hear ANYTHING else but the music I'm playing, and they are tiny and virtually unfeelable (and yes, I just made that word up). PLUS they come with three sizes of ear bud thingers, which is a huge bonus for us small eared people!

I'm Thankful For...

Somehow I skipped November 3rd; must not've been a special day for me.

November 3rd Gratitude

1. Kadus hair color
2. Mi Ranchito's amazing beef tacos
3. Sweaters, jackets, coats, etc. Whatever helps me get through this miserable season (something I'm not grateful for)

November 5th Gratitude

1. A phone with an alarm clock option, so I can opt out of awakening to BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
2. Heating pads
3. A sense of humor

Nu Skin's Halloween

For anybody that has ever worked at Nu Skin, known anybody who works at Nu Skin, or has casually walked past their building on Halloween, you know that Nu Skin makes a BIG deal out of Halloween. Not only do they hold contests of sorts for a number of things (namely Best Costume, Best Work Area, Best Group Costume, Best Pumpkin Carving, etc), they award money to the winners. So...naturally, our department gave it a go for the winning prize. May I just say that our dance to Soulja Boy's "Superman" was by far the best!

Here's the gang!

Auditioning at the preliminaries for the final contest!

Don't we look so gangster?

Boy's turn!

Here we are all military-like!

"Supaman dat ho!" Yes, that's what the song actually says.

Just in case you are wondering...we were ROBBED. Robbed of the winning title, and robbed of the prize money.

November 4th Gratitude

Today I am thankful for...

1. Our church calling
2. Diet Coke (with or without lime is just fine)
3. Two families that love and support us through so much

Fine...I Give

Going along with the month of November, and it's holiday of thanks, gratitude is being shoved down my throat...and I can't help but enjoy it. A few of my sisters, and my mother have started posting three things they are thankful for each day, and since I'm one heck of a copycat, I thought I'd join the crowd. I'll have to catch up, as today is the 3rd.

I am grateful for...

November 1st
1. ...my coarse hair
2. ...my ability to work
3. ...my mom and sister, Megan, to help me with my written grammar (although still not great, I'm just not a natural like them)

November 2nd

1. ...my silly and loving husband
2. ...my beautiful wedding ring
3. ...the T.V show "How It's Made"

Happy Halloween!

One thing I very much enjoy about Halloween is seeing all my neices and nephews dressed up their clever costumes! It's pretty crazy that since last Halloween there are three new grandkids added to the family!

L-R: Adrie the Nice Witch, Ellie the Cheerleader, Madi the Sports Fan, Bree the Caterpillar, Kyra as Dorothy, Mazie the Witch, Ava the Octopus, and Andrew the Pirate

Crew and Griffin in their little skeleton costumes. I just had to rotate the photo so it looks a little like the skeletons are standing!

All the grandkids! Sorry your head is cut off, Madi!

Papa (Tadd's Dad) grows huge pumpkins each year in his side yard garden, it's amazing! Kris and Papa got the job of carving out the pumpkins this year. Surprisingly, the walls of these pumpkins are really thick, and there is hardly any goo in them! (I think I hate the word "goo".)

Adrie standing in front of one of the pumpkins. Notice the electric saw on the ground...these sorts of things are what it takes to carve award winning pumpkins.

The pumpkins Papa grew and carved for this year's Halloween

My Cox neices as Nice Witch, Caterpillar and Dorothy

Family in Town

My mother underwent surgery, and needed an understudy to step in while she was under the weather, so my sister and her husband came to help out! This last Friday night Tadd and I headed down to Elk Ridge for a night o' family fun!

Tadd and I just bought a new car, a KIA Optima, and I LOVE it! This is a pic of us driving in our new car!

Megan and I took on the task of making amazing sugar cookies. Does anyone even know how hard it is to make a decent sugar cookie? Well, this is NOT something I knew before beginning this project. I got a supposed grrrrrrrreat sugar cookie recipe from a friend from high school, and just raved about it! Come to find out, a decent sugar cookie is hard to come by. Just ask my dad, he described our cookies as "throwing a handful of flour in your mouth, swishing it with a gulp of water, and trying to swallow".

I vote Megan starts her own cooking show. The way she poses for baking pictures is truly inspiring.

Believe it or not, this is only midway through our cooking. Megan not only doubled the dough recipe, but possibly trippled the frosting recipe.

"Never judge a book by it's cover"...It's all too true.

It's undecided whether Megan is gagging or terrified of my frusting encrusted knife.

Needless to say, we chucked the cookies, all 30 of them!

Little sis, Hells, and her boyfriend, Jon.

Little sis, Mally, and her cute red computer.

25 Fun Facts about Tadd and Caitlyn

This is merely to pass my time, not necessarily yours.

1. We were both born in the same hospital, but five years apart
2. Tadd was wearing a Mr. Bubbles shirt when we first kissed
3. I eat a packet of Hostess Donnettes every weekday morning
4. My dream car is a BMW, newest and nicest around
5. Tadd won't condone my dream car fantasy; he says they are terrible cars
6. I have the weirdest feeling that we'll have three sons and one daughter, in that order
7. Tadd has a terrible habit of biting his nails off
8. I very much dislike peanut butter
9. Tadd and I sleep with separate blankets, and not under a comforter
10. My favorite smell is rain
11. There are six kids in both of our families
12. Last month I used over 6,000 texts
13. Tadd isn't really one for sweets, unless they are Sour Patch Kids
14. We both have a little obsession with Nordstrom
15. We have three stuffed pets: a dog named Clarence, a monkey named Alfred, and a lamb named Monica
16. Tadd doesn't like my hair brown
17. I am highly addicted to TV series on DVD
18. Tadd bought me a Football for Dummies book this year for obvious reasons
19. Tadd won the Low Amateur title in the 2005 Utah Open
20. I can't stand the sound of someone slurping their cereal milk
21. Tadd and I have the same favorite color: pink
22. I know practically everything that goes on in my friend Ali's life, and she lives in Texas. We just text ALL day long.
23. Tadd throws up an average of twice a week, and no...he is not bulimic
24. My favorite food is watermelon and Tadd HATES the stuff
25. I'm mad at Bella Swan

Steel Magnolias

I became really close with five girls from hair school, and we ended up dubbing ourselves the Steel Magnolias! How that came about, I truly don't remember. We even assigned characters to each other, they are as follows: Me - Ouiser (Weezer), Ali - Truvy, Carrie - M'Lynn, Mary Kate - Clairee, Jessica- Shelby, Tiana - Annelle. You may think it cruel to dub Jessica as Shelby, but you must understand that right after hair school she moved back to Las Vegas, so we considered her "dead to us". Nice friends, eh?

We girls made it a point to have a Girls Night Out every month regardless if all of us were in town. It was tough to schedule sometimes since only Ali and I are actually from Utah, and so the other girls would be out of town visiting family and such. Either way, we did it every month! I seriously miss those nights since ALL the girls decided to move and leave me alone in Utah! Ali went to Texas, Jessica to Vegas, Mary Kate to California, Carrie to Idaho and Tiana to Colorado and then West Virginia on her mission! Here is an ode to the Steel Magnolias...

I give you Ali Miller, Caitlyn Cox, Carrie Turpin, Jessica Cannon, Mary Kate Anderson, and Tiana Barrand

From the top, and then left to right: Mary Kate, me, Ali, Tiana, Carrie and Jessica

TT, Mary, Jessique, Cat and AliCat

At Mary Kate's farewell party before she moved to California. Melanie Price is on my right, and she's a friend from the salon.

Ali and me

Carrie put in pretty extension, she's so beautiful!

I can't get over how hilarious the back of Carrie's hair looks.

Jessica and her future husband, Eric (at the time of this picture)

Ali, me, Carrie and Mary Kate

Let's get ready to rumble!

I totally creamed Ali...clearly

The girls chillin' at Eric's house, Jess' boyfriend/fiance/husband

Jess and I being awesomely sexy as always

Going to Seven Peaks for my birthday (August 13th) and Jessica's birthday (August 12th). Next to Jessica is Andrea, another hair school student, and then one of Carrie's friends.

At CPK for Jessica and Eric's celebratory engagement dinner!

Eatin' lunch at Applebee's

What is it with Carrie and her constant coif switcheroos?

Mary and her cat Dax's new buddy

Al and Cat

Are my feet on Melanie's head?

I flew out to Vegas and surprised Jessica at her sealing. She walked in and there I was on the front row! Thank goodness for Jess, her wedding got me out of an extra day at NSE's 2006 convention!

Would it be bad to tell you that this was in the temple bathroom?

Ali and me with the beautiful bride, Caroline Young Turpin. If you can't tell, it was FREEZING

And there you have it, best friends of all time!