oh summer!

It's been a busy month of June! I ran a half marathon and survived! We did it in 2:04, which is WAY faster than I thought I could do it! It was a beautiful run, the scenery and the weather were gorgeous! We ran the whole time (except for the water stations!) and it was seriously SO much fun! I'm so glad that I did it and that I got to do it with such amazing friends. Seriously, they helped me train and get through it and it was AWESOME!! I am now addicted...I want to run more races so bad! I just have to be careful, because my doctor told me that too much running can mess with my chances of getting prego even more. So I will take it easy!

Next up was our trip to Utah!! We drove there, which was good and bad. Good because I got to hang with my man and baby girl for like 13 hours straight, and I had TONS of room for all the shopping I did....BAD because 2 year olds don't like being in a car for 13 hours (neither do I!) and you can't escape when said man gets annoying! Haha just kidding honey! It wasn't too bad, Bella did so well, she slept tons, and we watched ALOT of movies....I have Happy Feet pretty much memorized, it's a cute movie! We stayed with one of Mason's friend from high school and his wife for a couple of nights which was SO fun! They have an adorable toddler just a little younger than Bella, so it was fun for her too! We stayed in Orem, and we got to go to Cafe Rio (yeah!!) and to a cool place called Gardner's Village where we shopped at vintage-y boutiques, fed ducks (well, kind of...) and went to a petting zoo! Bella even rode her very first pony, it was adorable!!!


After spending the weekend with Brandon and Melissa, we headed to Salem to stay with Mason's cousin and her hubby, who is part owner in the company Mase works for. He was training him for a couple days, so I got to go shopping BY MYSELF (I love going to Nordstroms with no hubby.... although dangerous it was FUN!) and hang out with Andrea. So much fun, we hit up Tocano's (so amazing, Bolero doesn't compare...)and hung out at their amazing house in Salem...Bella and Mase rode in their go-cart, we had delish barbeques and were really spoiled in the food department! I seriously love Utah, it is so gorgeous and the weather was fantastic!! But I hope I won't have to make that drive for like another year!!!

The Marvelous month of May! Oh and April...

Yes, I know. It's been a while. (Thanks for the lil reminder Becka!) What has been happening? Well...Easter. In Magrath. Pretty fun, and Bella LOVED her easter egg hunt. I went a wee bit overboard, of course, and I don't think she really even noticed half of her stuff (Alice in Wonderland DVD, tea set...) she was more interested in the stupid little plastic Dora eggs filled with mini eggs!! Ah well, it was still cute!


Here are some pictures of a recent zoo trip too...Sadie and Bella are just too cute of friends for me not to post their photos! FYI...Bella's favourite animal? The tiger!! She went nuts over it!





Next up: my step-mom's 50th bday in Jasper! It was actually really fun (despite the "rustic" accomodations...). Dorienne made the most fabulous cake for me, so perfect for my nature loving mom! It was cold but we did tons of sight seeing outside, Jasper is really beautiful! The first picture is of Bella on the way down, she got a happy meal from McDonalds in Canmore and was in HEAVEN with her barbie toy and Little mermaid DVD!! We also stopped at the Columbia Icefields on the way there. We couldn't walk on the glacier (I was kind of sad!) but it was gorgeous!!






And last, but not least...this past week I got to go to the special SNEAK PREVIEW of SATC 2 with 3 fabulous girlfriends!!! We got all dolled up, went for dinner before hand to the marvelous Tango, and then had a BLAST at the premiere! It was AMAZING. Seriously. I want to go see it again! And we all looked so SATC that the style guys from Vibe 98.5 came over and chatted with us and took our picture for their facebook page! Yes, we are THAT hot!! lol!



And that is about all that has been happening....oh wait. There IS more. I am running a HALF FREAKING MARATHON in 2 weeks time. Oh my goodness. We seriously signed up for it only 2 months ago, and so I'm not sure how well I'll do but hopefully I'll finish it!! Becka and Emily are AWESOME motivators, they keep me going and make me feel like I can actually do it. Last Saturday we ran 10 miles (16km) and it was not too bad. We were supposed to do another long run today, but thanks to the DISGUSTING weather, that was a no-go. So, like I said, we'll see how it goes!! Yay for you if you made it through this whole long post!! I'm bad at this kind of stuff, I know!

I was on TV....

...well, kind of . Telus TV does a segment called "my calgary", and they were doing something on upcoming bridal trends for 2010. So they called me. Naturally!! haha, just kidding, I was SO SHOCKED that they called me, that I just said yes without really thinking about what I was getting into....which was an interview...on TV....in my store....with my dresses....and of course, a model!! So I called up Becka, we went and had our makeup done, and then made our television debuts!! So exciting, but kind of awkward to be honest. I am not cut out for TV, I feel a little silly posting this video but after many requests I shall do it. Just don't make fun of my weird facial expressions (what was I doing??!!) and my nervous voice....I hope it came across more like I totally know what I'm talking about and less like an eyelash batting weirdo! Haha!!

Click here to witness the action!!

Funny thing...

I have decided to just un-privatize my blog. Yep, I know, lame-o for being indecisive, but whatevs, I know how annoying it is to have to sign in to read my blog, and it's not THAT interesting, so I would love for more COMMENTS... and now you can leave one anytime without the inconvenience of the sign-in!! Haha!!

So, some pictures of things that have been happening round here lately....

First visit to the big indoors Farmer's market in Calgary! Loved it!

Bella loved the treats we got there - best macaroons ever!

My little diva, putting on makeup already!

Enjoying the nice weather on a little walk! I love her little denim jacket, LOVE!

Best dad ever!

Easter decor! Mason thinks this wreath is too small...I tried to find a bigger one but they were all ugly!! Oh well, maybe next year....

another nice day in Calgary...

It was fabulous Susie's big 3-0!! She is the biggest sweetheart I know, so we had a small get together for her as a surprise, with some good food and fun 80's elements!
80's theme water bottles!

Yummy crave cupcakes for the cutest prego lady EVER!!


A little trip to the zoo! Bella likes to get right in there!!

These 2 just blend into the flowers at the zoo! Loved this new part of the zoo, and the girls did too!

Smelling the flowers!

3 darling girls, just chilling in the flower garden....
....and there goes crazy Bella, almost over the edge! I took this seconds before I realized what she was doing and I caught her in time! So so funny!! Of course what I would expect from Bells, she is so so clumsy!

March 17th Party....getting Red Carpet Ready with Becka! Man I look pasty next to
Miss Tropical Barbie!!

Yay for cute spring dresses for church!!

Asleep after a long day of play!

SO MAD

I am so freaking upset right now. I don't even know what to do. I have been working my BUTT off to lose the baby weight, without much success due to various extranuous factors in my life. But right before Christmas I finally felt GREAT (thanks Becka!), I fit my skinny jeans, without TOO much of a muffin top.
THEN my doctor put me on CLOMID....without telling me that a side effect is weight gain!! I looked it up on the internet, and apparently you can expect a 5-7 pound weight gain PER CYCLE...I just finished my second cycle, so do the math!!!! I am so mad at him, he is the worst doctor ever and seriously just prescribed me these pills because he thought I was being too whiny. (ok I don't know, but I am going to make irrational conclusions because I CAN!!)
For those of you who don't know, I CANNOT get pregnant. I've been trying since last summer. Clomid is a fertility drug. So please don't ask me when I'm expecting again, because I will probably cry because I AM SICK OF WAITING AND GETTING FAT WHILE DOING SO!!! Seriously, I could not fit into any of my jeans today. I am not even exaggerating. I worked out this morning, but now I am hopping back on that stupid treadmill and I am going to RUN MY BUTT OFF (again.). Thanks for reading the rant.

PS Please don't feel sorry for me, I will be fine, really. :)

Robbed....

Ok seriously, I know I was supposed to post about our cruise but....guess what happened?!! Some stupid punk kids broke into Beautiful Bride last week!!! How rude!! They didn't touch the dresses (thank goodness!) but they broke my front door which is super expensive to fix because it's special glass. And they left kind of a mess. I feel so violated, needless to say I now have a security system installed. All they took was cash, so not the end of the world as it was under $1000. But still, I can't believe someone would break into a bridal store!!! Sooooooo mad, still!! And my insurance company SUCKS because NOBODY will call me back or give me a straight answer! What is with these people? I'm super frustrated and not having a good day!!! I sure hope it was worth it, dumb kids. The CSI guy came and dusted for fingerprints (there were none) and we found a footprint (of an adidas runner....hmmmm...) but that's it. I have never been robbed before, it's such an invasion of privacy! So now I am looking into a home security system too, I just want to feel SAFE!!

WARNING: LOOONG POST!!!

Ok obviously I am behind on things. We have been home for over a month now from our trip to England, and we went on a cruise! So, stages....1st up is the England trip!! Yeah! I had over 900 pictures, but a picture is worth 1000 words so I had to post quite a few!!

We arrived on a Sunday morning, not too jet-lagged because Bella slept most of the way so we got rest too. (thank you gravol.) On Monday my mom sent Mason and I on the train to London (we were staying 30 mins out of London in a town called Guildford) for the day and night. It was her Christmas present to us, and she watched Bella for us! So we got to do some serious sight seeing sans needy toddler, and it was amazing! We went to Madame Tussaud's wax museum, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, got to stay in a downtown London hotel and we saw Phantom!! It was truly an unbelievable experience, the theatre was fabulous and we felt like 2 little London-ers by the end of the next day!

Mase and Shrek at the wax museum!

Audrey & I...love her....too bad my arms are 3X the size of hers!! she was tiny!!

At the top of St. Paul's....it was incredible, I wish I could've taken pictures inside, and then by the time we left it was seriously snowing and I couldn't take pictures of the outside!! We took like a 2 hour tour of it, and it was so informative and impressive, loved it.

At Her Majesty's Royal Theatre, to see Phantom! Absolutely incredible, best show of my life! Again, due to heavy wet snow I couldn't take pictures outside! So sad! And no pictures in the theatre, I took my camera out and then someone behind me was reprimanded for taking a photo...so I took one quick one of the stage and put it back!! :)

Mason at Tower of London....the smallest doorways ever! Those Brits were small...if ya know what i mean!!

Me at Tower of London with Tower Bridge behind me...I love all the architecture, so neat!

Me at Tower of London

Tower of London body armour....hilarious, I couldn't even stand it! These were EVERYWHERE, they sure liked to brag back then!!! Haha!!!

My mom's pink tree! Loved it!

Train set for Bella!

spoiled little girl!!

Christmas Eve we flew to one of the Canary Islands (off the coast off Spain, close to Morocco) called Lanzarote for 6 days. It was so much fun! Not too hot, and so not too crowded, we saw and did so much stuff! The beach was wonderful, Bella loved the ocean!

Bella on Christmas morning, in Lanzarote. We gave her presents before hand, but I had to have her open something Christmas morning! So she opened a puzzle, a pony and a magnetic dress up doll!

Christmas brunch! Right by the beach!

Santa playing music on the beach! Loved this guy!!

Our days on the beach were spent alternating fetching water for Bella! By the end of the trip however she was right in the water with us, she LOVED it!

Christmas "dinner"!!

Exhausted after our day at the beach!

Our view from our apartment

Getting water!!

My lil Diva!! All dressed up for our island tour!!

Such a cool island - all volcanic rock landscape

On our tour of the island

Cool volcanic rock...it was beautiful!

My loves

Birthday dinner for Bella!

Happy 2nd Bday to my angel baby!! Can't believe I have a toddler!!!

I heart palm trees!!

My lil bugaboo

Our "sandcastle"!! A little sad, but Bella liked it!!

I could add a billion more pictures! But this post is long enough!! We had so much fun in Lanzarote, and when we arrived back in London town on New Year's Eve we still had a few more days left with my mom. We went into London a couple more times, shopped at Covenant Gardens (probably my most fave place in London, it is AMAZING...picture cobblestone streets, street performers, the Royal Opera House, and the neatest markets ever!), ate at fantastic restaurants (one of which was in an old theatre, with little box seats and everything and they had live performers in amongst the diners!), and of course did some damage at all the High Street shops!! We went to Hammleys (this HUGE toy store), Zara (3 floors of awesomeness baby!), Mango (kinda like Zara, 4 floors though!) and a few other fun stores. I love it, it was shopping heaven! We were sad to leave, but glad to come home after so long. Oh, yeah, coming home was quite the ordeal too....basically all of Britain shut down because of 2 inches of snow, so we got stuck sleeping in the airport one night! Bella was a trooper though, and my sweet hubs kept me happy with Starbucks peppermint hot chocolate so we got through it!! That about does it, thanks for reading this ridiculously long post! Next up: the cruise!!