I hope they call me on a mission...

Taylor was finally able to open his mission call last night. He was called to serve the.....

Long Beach, CA -Spanish Speaking- Mission and he leaves January 10th.

Congrats Tay! We are so excited for you!!

Ponderings...

Thoughts currently occupying my brain:

1. Why can't it stay Fall/Winter weather -with no snow- forever?
2. How early is "too early" for me to decide to go back to bed? -Wish I was there now!
3. It would be so fab if I could win the lottery right now. Go ahead universe, make my day! Free Cheeseburgers and hot shoes for all!
4. Why can't I get our new family photos on here? They are so cute and I want to show them off
5. How can I plot to take the hubbs with me for the rest of our Christmas shopping and avoid him wandering off in the toy department?? (Love you dearly, hubbs!)
6. Would I make it to the ark if the world was about to explode? -And did anyone else see 2012?
7. Is Christmas over yet?? Working 6 days a week has severely increased my caffeine intake.
8. Is it Christmas yet?? (I'm so good at contradicting myself, huh?) I'm excited to give everyone the presents that are already wrapped and stashed in my closet!!
9. I am hoping Matt gets some time off so we can visit the Arizona clan... We miss you guys!
And Finally....
10. Where is Taylor going to be called to serve?! We find out tomorrow!
I think that's all for now... Stay tuned friends!

I Love My Leatherneck

Has anyone seen this new commercial? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9lkmd-mMJ0
Man, did it choke me up.
I just wanted to take a quick second to tell my hubby how proud I am of him to be his wife. I love you Corporal Phillips!

I know I am a few days late posting in time, but working two jobs and all the back and forth is really kicking my butt this week. Plus, Matt buzzed his hair in honor of Veterans Day, and I was hoping to get a picture of his devilishy handsome self. But that has yet to happen so I'll put this up without it. Hope you all had a great Veterans Day!

Halloween

Okay so I know I'm a little behind, but better late than never right? For Halloween this year we had a few friends over for some games, Psycho, and of course, yummy food! Here are a few random pictures :) Mostly this post is for Lisa, since she is being a party-pooper in China right now and wasn't able to come. So if these pics are random to the rest of you, I'm sorry. haha. Miss you Lisa!

Brady is the king of creepy faces. haha

Brady taking pictures of himself......

Maggie and I

Me wearing Brady's glasses. Wow my face looks weird! haha. That is rad.

Taylor is pretty good at looking creepy too! haha

And lastly... black roses in memory of Lisa's hilarious presence. haha -how morbid and appropriate for Halloween. We miss you Lisa!

PS - we have decided on a solution for the Man Cave... that, plus updated family pics are coming soon! So check back!

To Feverishly Rip Off.... Or Not?

Okay so I'm officially putting this to a vote.
As you can see, the second bedroom in our house is currently being labeled "The Man Cave." This serves as Matt's room/our office/and a place for all his sports stuff. We came to some strange agreement (brought on by the fact that Dave got to decorate the office at Dave and Ash's place in SLC) that if he had his own Man Cave until there was a little Phillips to occupy this second bedroom, I could decorate the house how I wanted. I do not know where he came up with this, but it works for me!

It is actually a lot more finished now that it was when I took the picture. Everything has been moved around in a more convenient way, and the desk is in here now. The TV isn't on the floor anymore either, haha. Well, when we moved in the walls were THIS COLOR and had this border around the top. You can't see it well in the pic, but it's a plane, car, train, sail boat etc. (This used to be the room of a 2 and 4 year boy. Can you tell? :) ) Anyway, we painted it this green color, which was supposed to be this nice pale, nursery type color. -Turned out a bit Lime-Sherbet-Green though.- This is obviously meant to be a nursery type color, but we figured it would be best to paint it now instead of waiting until all our stuff was in the way.
So, the plan was to paint and tear down the wallpaper. But, somewhere in the middle of painting, at 12am... with a room full of paint fumes... Matt said "Hey, why don't we just leave it up?" And inside my brain I responded "Nooo!" I hate wallpaper. I'll admit there are cute prints, and this is a pretty cute one, I just hate messing with it.
The other reason Matt wants to keep this up is he thinks it will influence the sex of our first child. (Why are we worrying about this right now? I do not know... refer to other posts on the status of our reproducing. haha.) So, in his mind Cars Wallpaper = Boy. hahaha. Would anyone out there in the void please help me in convincing him this is not the case? And that a. the harder he tries to influence the heavens for a boy, the more it will backfire on him. and that b. his wifey is always right and this paper has to go! :) Muchas Gracias!

One Step At A Time

We have been waiting to post pictures of rooms until they are done, so here is a shot or two of what is completely finished so far.

Our Front Door - with the cute flower windmill Frank made. We LOVE it.

"Every Love Story is Beautiful, But Ours is My Favorite"

My cute hubbs

Matt's Pumpkin

My Pumpkin - can you tell who it is?

One of my favorite Gals, Lisa just moved to China to be a big bad business woman. I MISS YOU LISA!

PS - this is my new 'do. Not sure if you can really tell any difference in this pic, but it is drastic A-line in the back and it is also... very red.

Shout Out

Okay, I have to admit my Twilight obsession... and also announce that the new movie comes out in T-minus 23 days!! Wahoo! In honor of this occasion, I have posted some of my fave photos that I have happily stolen from MSN Movies. There were 31 so it was hard to choose... I recommend checking them out for yourself!

Love this poster! She needs air, Edward!!!

I think Dakota Fanning is going to make an AWESOME Jane!! Did anyone else see Push?

Volterra. I won't lie - I wasn't Kristen Stewart's biggest fan as Bella in the first movie (too stiff!!), but from the stills she looks to be doing better... Guess I better give her another chance. (As if my opinion mattered here, haha)

And last but definitely not least, one of my favorite scenes from the book... ahh, the awkward-ness that is 2 guys trying to take you on the same date. hahahahaha. Love it.