10, 5, today

Today is day 28 of the challenge! Almost done! I am posting a picture from 10 years ago, five years ago, and today and saying what has changed from then to today. 10 years ago I was a junior in high school. I worked at Albertson's in the bakery, babysat my little brother Brooks, and was hanging out with Jolynne and Nicole. I lived at home, obviously, and my mom was single and working full time. Jen and Ryan had both gotten married the summer before.
Five years ago I was pregnant with Doran! Seth and I had almost been married for a year and were living in the basement of my mom's house while house hunting. (We did that for almost 4 years.) That year in February Jen, Jayce, Seth, and I went down to Las Vegas and Seth and I went to the Coldplay concert. I was super sick because of my pregnancy and threwup almost the whole way down. When we got to the casino Jayce was trying to figure out what the smell was (alcohol, cigarettes, and coffee all combined) and kept saying, "It smell wike.... It smell wike... It smell wike...." She couldn't figure out what the smell was, but I don't think Seth or I will forget how funny that was!

Today I have two awesome sons! The world's best (and best looking) husband! And a house! I am the happiest I have ever been. (I will be sad next week though, when Jen and her family move to Pueblo, Colorado.) I love life and am so grateful for what have.

Please come spring!

I got a new phone so the quality of my pictures has improved. I can't decide if they are as good as my old camera or if I still need to get a camera. Yesterday was such a nice beautiful day! We went to the park and had a lot of fun! It was hard to get the boys out of there! They loved swinging the most, but it was all fun!

Claire and Jen came as well. Claire was not sure whether she liked the park or not. At first on the swing she was yelling and scared, but once she calmed down she liked it. On the slides she would start out smiling, but as soon as she started going the smile was gone and replaced with a look of concern!

Doran had the time of his life! He was going back and forth from swings to slides. Before we left he decided he wanted to ride his big wheel all the way around the park. It was so nice to get out and get some sun and fresh air.

I looked at the weather forecast yesterday and it said today would be sunny and even warmer then yesterday, so Jen and I decided we would go to Farm Country and the Dinosaur Museum. The weather was wrong. It was chilly at the petting zoo, so we rushed through and went to the dinosaur museum. The boys always have so much fun. Plus, I am trying to squeeze in as much quality time with the Yaks before they move as possible.

Why?

Why am I doing the 30 day challenge? I love blogging. I am not a scrap booker and I unfortunately haven't been keeping a journal. I feel like the blog is kind of like both of those things for me. I did the challenge because I was only blogging a few times a month and I wanted to try to get into the habbit of blogging more frequently and more personally.

Day 26

Today it asks what I think of my friends. I think that is a silly question! If I didn't like them and think well of them they wouldn't be my friends. I think we have great friends! Haha! I love them all!




This weekend I took Doran and Brock to their favorite place.... Krispie Kremes! They love to stand and watch the donuts being made and they love to pick out what kind of donut they want. It is always a sprinkle donut for Doran. Brock usually wants a sprinkle donut and a chocolate iced donut. I always go in planning on not getting any for me, but then they give me the hot glazed ones that are free for coming in and all good intentions are instantly forgotten! Those hot donuts just melt in your mouth! I love the blueberry cake donuts... Actually, I love them all! You can tell by the boys faces that they love them all too!
Last night Doran made my night and he didn't even know it! He was asleep and I was giving him a kiss goodnight and I noticed something on his finger. I couldn't figure out what it was until I turned his finger around and saw.

It was his CTR ring. (Yes, my fingernails are gone.) He calls it his 'do good things' ring. I love it and think it is the cutest thing! I think I need to loosen it a little for him. He got at the beginning of January in primary. He put it on and pointed to it and said, 'Do good things!' Close enough!

What is in my purse

I am getting a little sick of this challenge, but I am so close I don't want to stop now! So I guess I will tell the contents of my purse, even though I think it is a little silly. I have my planner, my wallet, a lipgloss pouch, keys, leathermen, weight watchers dining out book, weight watchers weigh-in book, a couple cars, and a receipt. There it is! However, I do want to get this cute new purse I saw at Target...

Last 10 Facebook statuses

February 14th: World's sweetest husband.
February 13th: Zoolander is quite easily one of the greatest movies of all time.
February 6th: I am sad football is over. What am I going to do now?
February 6th: My sister once cleaned dishes with her husbands terrible towel.
February 2nd: I love Plato's Closet!
January 30th: This game would have been so much better if Clay Matthews was in it.
January 29th: Best superbowl ever: XLII... But I am biased.
January 8th: Happy Birthday Brocky!
January 7th: 3 years ago I was in labor.
January 5th: Best thing about having a child with a birthday after Christmas-CLEARANCE!

Goals

The biggest goal I have is to get the back yard put in this year and to have a little garden in the corner. I loved having a garden last year, but I didn't like how huge it was or having to drive to it. The boys loved the garden too so I think they will love it even more when it is in our own yard.

Day 22

Today asks me to say what makes me different from everyone else. I have no idea! I don't feel like there is anything that makes me truly unique, but that is fine with me. I don't strive to be different. I simply strive to be me and true to myself. I don't need to be the center of attention or be eccentric when I am not.

Something that makes me happy

Obviously my family is the number one thing that makes me happy! I figured I would try to think of something else though since every post is about them! What makes me happy is warmth and color and being outside! I love tulips because they are so colorful. Probably my favorite time of year is spring when everything is in bloom. I love to go to the tulip festival every day and walk around and feel warm and look at all the pretty tulips! Spring can't come fast enough this year!

Someone I love

The love of my life! The best husband and dad in the world! The hardest worker! The best looking man who also happens to have great muscles! He has always been darling too. :)

Nicknames

I have had many nicknames in my life, as I am sure most people have. I have been called Coco, Goshute, Nixie, Trixie, and most frequently Coley. Coley is more my name than Nicole. I have probably heard Seth call me Nicole less then 10 times. Coley is obviously just a play on my name. Jayce called me Coco when she was little and Seth tried to teach his nieces and nephews that I was Coco and instead they started calling him Coco! So in his family he was Coco for quite awhile. Doran has been called Happy Boy and it is obvious why! He is so happy! He is usually called DorDor though. Brocky is BrockMaurdney. He at first was not fond of his middle name Rodney, but he could not say it and would say Maurdney instead. He would say, 'I am not BrockMaurdney! You're BrockMaurdney!' Now he likes it though. He is our little BrockMaurdney!

Day 18

When I first started the challenge I had two different challenges and I was just going to pick which one I liked better each day, but so far I have done them all on the same challenge... Until today! On the other one today it asks what kind of foods I crave. How could I not do this one? And what foods do I not crave? I am a food addict. I love all food. All the time. I love sweets and chocolate. I love cake, icecream, cookies, sour food, salty food, meat, cheese, veggies, fruits, ethnic foods, seafood... Ok actually some seafood does freak me out. Mainly the kind of stuff that Papa K loves, like stuff with tentacils and is still moving, I get freaked out by. Other then that, I love it all! I would say the main thing I crave is chocolate and mexican. I love hot and spicy mexican! Luckily Seth and I really like most of the same foods so we are both always happy. :)

Switching lives

Today I am supposed to say someone who I would want to switch lives with for 1 day. I really have had a hard time deciding, but finally I decided I would switch with Seth! Haha! I was thinking all sorts of famous people and people in other countries, but finally I decided Seth. I would want to see what a day at work would be like for him and how it is to just see things from his perspective. Even though we are so close and our lives are contingent on each other things are still so different! I really appreciate all he does and how hard he works. It would also be nice to be him so the boys would favor me for a day! ;)

Day 16

I am not the biggest fan of getting pictures taken of myself. It is just uncomfortable for me. Today I am supposed to put a picture of me. So I went all the way back to 2009. Back then Doran was obsessed with Bolt so he would call me Penny and himself Bolt. He also would add an eeaaa sound to the end of every name he said. He has a cousin named Cassie Ella and he used to think everyone had an Ella at the end of their name and he would pronounce it 'eeeaaaa'. So for a couple months in 2009 my name was Penny'a, since Penny already had the E sound. Seth decided to have it written on my birthday cake. I thought it was awesome!

Playlist

Today I am supposed to list the first ten songs that play on my Ipod. I didn't want to run out to the car and get it so I decided to do my playlist instead. I update it more anyways because it is free!

1. Unravel by Bjork
2. Green Eyes by Coldplay
3. Use Somebody (cover) by Paramore
4. Lump by The Presidents of the United States of America
5. Hysteria by Muse
6. Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash
7. Lullaby by The Cure
8. Clumsy by Our Lady Peace
9. Porcelain by Moby
10. Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

...And with this post I am half way through the 30 day challenge!