Killing Time...

1. Do you like blue cheese? only on spicy chicken fingers

2. Have you ever smoked a cigarette? ew, no!

3. Do you own a gun? Nope, but I've shot them a few times and I think I'm pretty good!

4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? mmmm...I'm always a strawberry limeade drinker

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? I don't ever feel nervous about the doctor, but I do about the blood pressure thing!

6. What do you think of hot dogs? ew...only rarely if they're bbq'd and drowned in ketchup, or if they're a healthy chili dog, or corn dog. Ok, so I guess I'm not totally anti. I'm surprised Lindsay's a fan bc she said she found a hair in hers when we were in the third grade. Hmm...

7. Favorite Christmas Song? Josh Groban, O Holy Night - right Mikey??

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? I like milk, but I usually scrounge for breakfast at work and end up drinking water.

9. Can you do push-ups? I'm all over the girl push-up...not so much the "real" ones

10. What is your favorite movie? Singin' in the Rain. I can watch that on repeat any day!

11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? I'm obsessed with funky earrings!! I think my fave pairs are either my oragami cranes, or the wooden ones I got from Florence.

12. Favorite hobby? Oh man, do I have one of these? What's a hobby anyway? Like a crafty thing?? I love painting and wish I had more time for it, but let's just say flowers since that's my creative outlet and I do it the most often.

13. Do you work with people who idolize you? haha!! seriously?? I work w/ my mom so...probably not.

14. Do you have ADD? only at church sometimes

15. What's one trait that you hate about yourself? I have all these great project ideas and I get them started...but for some reason I don't think I've finished them yet. I really, really want to though!! Where does Whitney find the time??

16. What’s your middle name? Dawn, like the morning :)

17. Name three thoughts at this moment: 1) What is lung percussion anyway? 2) I wish I blogged more often, 3) Why is it that whenever you try to think of your thoughts you can't?

18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday: movie ticket, slice of pizza, milk

19. Current worry right now? honestly...really worried about a very sick friend. Don't you guys worry though - it'll be ok :)

21. Current hate right now? lack of time

22. Favorite place to be? outside in beautiful weather. Sigh. The best place is the forest in front of the Fontainebleu chateau in France, or the Versailles gardens, or the beach on a cooler day, or the mountains, or the gardens in Portland....oh shoot. I've chosen too many, haven't I?

23. How did you bring in the New Year? Annual Bunko game at the Burleson's followed by sparklers, a little Texas hold 'em with Megan, Miss and Co., then a mad dash in the back of Brian's truck to the Suncoast to watch the fireworks. haha! I forgot about that...so funny

24. Where would you like to go? Hmm...how much time do you have? I want to go to every continent before I die! My list is way too long though. I'm a traveler...or at least I want to be.

25. Name three people who will complete this? I like whit's answer too! I'm such a thief here. 3 people looking to avoid life for a few moments like me.

26. Whose answer do you want to read the most? I'm so easily entertained it doesn't even matter

27. What color shirt are you wearing? kelly green soccer shirt from when I was 13

28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? I don't think I ever have. I had satin jammies once and they were waaay too staticky for my liking.

29. Can you whistle? barely - it takes me a few tries

30. Favorite color? honestly, I don't know! I love brown and green

31. Would you be a pirate? probably not - I'd get sea sick

32. What songs do you sing in the shower? whatever I crank my ipod too when nobody else is in the house! The soundtrack to Wicked is a good one though

33. Favorite girl’s name? I can't tell you, or I'd have to kill you.

34. Favorite boy’s name? Jonas - cutest nephew in the world!!

35. What’s in your pocket right now? no pockets - I'm wearing sweats

36. Last thing that made you laugh? I laugh all the time. Probably a funny text or something. :)

37. Best bed sheets as a child? pink gingham

38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? I fractured my ankle "frolicking" senior year of high school

39. What is your favorite snack? dried pineapple from Trader Joe's

40. Favorite thing to do on Sundays? nap with a full belly...oh, and go to church without having meetings...sigh...that's actually more of a dream

41. Who is your loudest friend? toss up between Megan and Missy! haha!

42. How many dogs do you have? not a pet person

43. Does someone have a crush on you? ooooh, I hope so!!!

45. What is your favorite book? Harry Potter - duh! Also, Memory Keeper's Daughter is the most beautifully written book I've ever read.

46. What is your favorite candy? currently - Whatchamacallit

47. What is your favorite sports team? whoever my friends are cheering for!

48. What song do you want played at your funeral? wait, I have to die some day?? just have a party

49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? laying in bed texting or reading...I can't remember

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning? that's a secret ;) My second thought was, "I'm turning into one of those old people who thinks sleeping in is 8:00!"

Yup...I'm "That" Girl

I was getting ready to head out to St. George for the weekend and had just finished packing up my car. I had half a tank of gas, so I decided to stop at the Speedee Mart down the street to top off before I left. So, I got out, started the pump, and headed inside to get water and snacks. After selecting my favorite water I was parusing the aisles deciding what I wanted. The guy behind the counter asked if I needed help (clearly I didn't), but he headed over to chat it up anyway. After chatting and paying for my purchases, I headed outside, got in my car, and fired it up. I love road trips! As I was pulling away from the pump I heard a "POP!" So I looked in my rearview mirror and saw...the gas hose, detached, lying in the middle of the pump area. Ah, crap. That was me, wasn't it? I'm that girl.

I got out of the car, assessed the damage to my car (which was none), and put my gas cap back on. I hesitated for a split second on what I was supposed to do next, then parked my car and headed into the store. I walked up to the guy who had been chatting with me earlier and said, "I'm that girl." He looked back, puzzled for a moment, so I repeated myself, "I'm that girl. I forgot I was still pumping gas." So we walked outside and I led him to the sad, detached hose, lying rejected on the pavement. As I stood apologizing, he jokingly asked for my insurance card, which I would have given him! Apparently they make those hoses detachable - clearly for women! So he tried to reconnect the hose and we made jokes. It kept leaking gas onto his little towel, so I told him he probably shouldn't light a match anytime soon. Then he wiped his hands off on his gas towel, stretched forth his hand to me, shook my hand with his gas hand, asked me my name, I told him, and he said "I thought I'd at least get your name out of this." To which I replied, "Sorry about your hose." Ohhh....awkward.

The Boys are Back in Town!

No the boys don't come home every weekend! Who told you that? Oh, she did? Ok then, yes the boys come home quite often but we loooove when they're here! They decided to venture down Valentine's weekend bc it was a long weekend for them. They brought their friends Susie and Laci, whom we just adore and have so much fun with. It was a fun weekend, even if I didn't get to go dirt biking because I had to take care of some wedding business stuff. It's all good. Sometimes it's nice to have those weekends where you just get stuff done.

So, we might have gotten a little carried away with our new cameras and started playing with the settings. Soooo funny! Well, it was to us anyway. I love how Mark looks c-razy in this picture and Laci looks like she's secretly plotting to kill him.

Put those tentacles in! haha - if only Mom had gotten the phrase right.

The hulk - in the flesh. I'm actually really sad Susie was at her brother's when we were doing all of this because I'm pretty sure she would have had some great pics!

I know right? We're super GQ and in thought in this picture. Sorry we cropped you out Laci! It adds an artistic touch though, n'est pas?

So hot!!! Easy with the breathing there Mark.

I have no idea what Michael and I were doing, but we're freezing in this one.

Anyway, enough of the pictures. So, I'll tell you what's been going on lately. I've actually had a lot of great referrals from friends for the floral business and it's really picking up. Wedding season is going to be a lot of fun this year, and I've been getting some really great brides.

I'm loving my calling and getting to know the girls in the ward a lot better. Of course I have the guilt that I could be doing more, and I really could be. I've got a great presidency though, and we're trying our best. It's a hard calling! I'm grateful I'm doing it right now though, and not in a family ward. They have sooo much more to deal with. Anyway, so the calling has been going well and my main goal is that I can sacrifice more of my time for the girls.

Mitchel has been on his mission since December and I miss him soo much! He's doing great out there and they've already got a baptism, but man I miss the kid! I guess I didn't realize how many inside jokes the 2 of us had until he was gone. Oh well, he'll be back soon enough! In the meantime I guess Mark and Mike will have to do. ;) Just kidding. I love all of my brothers equally.

Ok, Dad and I have been riding dirt bikes a little bit more and I have to be honest...I rock! I've been trying to do little jumps, though my timing is a little off, I looove to speed over the flat lake beds in 5th gear, and Dad has even taken me on some trails. We went in this really loose, sandy stuff and we didn't have enough speed, so I fell. It was so funny to me though bc as I was laying the bike down I straight ostriched it into the sand. Good thing I had that helmet on! It stopped me from really faceplanting. After that Dad took me up into the hills and I rocked it climbing up there, but then on the way down I somehow went of the trail and into some rocks, so I tried getting back down onto the trail, knowing I had to face a little 2 ft cliff, and totally ate it over the cliff. Ooops! I only had a few little bruises, and in my fit of adrenaline totally hoisted up the 250lb bike, which I normally can never lift. OooOOOh! I'm so strong!

Anywho, life is good and things are fantastic. I'm just busy, busy, busy!

Birthdays!

So...even though my life is pretty fun-filled and crazy lately, I'm trying desperately to maintain my blog so as not to lose even more of my faithful readers! We had a lot of fun the past few months. Jonas and Renee were in town, so we celebrated his 2nd birthday a little early (he'll never know), and Dad's birthday a little late (he's used to it).

We also surprised our new Ruth and had a little party for her birthday. It was a blasty blast getting together with the fam and celebrating good times.

Just Helping a Brother Out

So, we all know that I'm the best sister anyone could ask for, right? Right. Well, just to prove that, I told Mitchel I'd take care of his dirt bike while he was gone on his mission. I'm pretty sure I'm doing a darn good job of it too! The boys were home for the long weekend...or a regular weekend...we lost count. So we all headed out to go dirt biking for my dad's birthday. I have realized over the past few weeks that my dad is officially 51 going on 15. I don't know how I never really accepted this before. I swear the older he gets, the younger he stays! He was poppin wheelies, taking jumps, and showing the boys up every chance he could get. I'm such a lucky girl to have such a cool dad, and such a cool mom for letting him have his toys! Seriously. He cracks me up. He LOVES to go dirt biking on the weekends, and I'm so sad that Mitchel isn't here to go with him anymore, especially because of my crazy schedule. Don't worry though, I've stepped up and am having a blast!

I "let" the boys show me how to ride again, since it's been ages since I was even on a dirt bike. I guess Mark did ok. I think it was his magic bike boots over the jeans and the pushed out belly that did it. So hot, right? Don't worry, he's single....ladies.

I mostly just watched the boys all ride the first day so I could get the hang of it again. I didn't want to embarrass them with my skills, so I only went up to 3rd gear, and stayed on all the smooth stuff. I mean, we know guys and their egos, right?

Well, never fear. Once the boys went home, Dad and I went out again a couple of weekends later with just the two of us and I tore it up! I was in 5th gear practically all day, I took some little baby jumps, and Dad took me on a little trail with whoop-di-do things on it. My turning radius is still a little rusty, but I'm not gonna lie...I'm pretty good. I'm getting more and more comfortable on the bike, and I don't know what's the matter with me, but I have this lifelong competition with myself to be able to keep up with the boys, so I really wanted to try the jumps and the harder stuff. I'm so retarded! Knock on wood, but I haven't fallen yet. I also haven't tried anything really intense yet either, so I'm sure I'll have injury pics to show soon. Anyway, besides the fact that the bones in my butt felt like they had come through my skin for the rest of the week, I had sooo much fun and I'm really excited to get out there more and be able to keep up with the boys.

"Bret-ni" Favero

My beautiful cousin, Britni, and her fantastic fiance Bret got married on Jan. 10th, and it was the most perfect day! The weather was great, the sealing was beautiful, the reception was classy, and the company was loads of fun! It was seriously such a great day, and I'm so happy for the cute new couple.


My cousin Christopher came all the way down from Vancouver, BC for the wedding and it was great seeing him after a few years. Here's the Meyer fam, apparently slightly distracted, but all there nonetheless. They were, of course, minus Greg and Tasha physically, but not in their hearts. It was Tasha's birthday the day before the wedding so she was definitely present in all of our hearts and minds and we know she was so happily watching over her little sister.

Brit's little sister, and my sassy cousin, Stephanie showcasing her wonderful bouquet so beautifully! Oh...she wasn't? Ok...just showing us her lovely face while we waited for the new couple to come outside.

Aunt Wendy, waiting patiently. We try to keep the redheads together so that we can bond in strength and unity. With our powers combined....what? Oh, sorry. Wendy is "The Best Aunt in the Whole Wide World"...just ask her!

Ok, so Michael had my camera while I was bustling around touching up and pinning on flowers, and he snapped this one of me. Can we say creepy? Where are my eyes?? I guess now is as good a time to tell you as any...I'm a ghost. We've all been predicting it for years, what with the pale skin and all. Well, now the secrets out. Thanks a lot Mikey!

Oh, and yes I did do the flowers for her wedding. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work because I got to use stephanotis for the first time in a wedding. They're the cute little white ones. They're so fragrant and dainty. I just love them! Ok, sorry for the nerd-out. I'm done now. You should go check out more pics of her wedding through the "Sassy Stems" link though.

Teaser

I bet you all thought I was going to do a real post, huh? Got ya! I'm hoping to do one this weekend, but for now I just had to let you all know that I have moved my Sassy Stems website to a new location, and added the post for my beautiful cousin Britni's wedding. I'm pretty sure you all need to go and check it out!