My best friend.

 One more from Labor day because it is ridiculously cute. 

He is seriously my best friend.

My heart.

 

These two melt my heart.

 every. single. day. 

Labor Day Joys.

 Today I frolicked in the Ocean with my 12 week old puppy. 

It was pure happiness. 

Boulder, Utah.

We tried to enjoy the great outdoors of Utah as much as we could this Summer. 

We still didn't get enough. 

This picture is taken in Boulder, Utah near Capitol Reef. 

Stunning. 

Living your life like a Senior Citizen (101)

I realized I am living my life like a senior citizen,

at least in one area of life. 

I lived in Florida from August to May

with a three week Christmas vacation to Utah. 

I will be living in Utah from May to August. 

Weather in Florida from August to May

does not get below 50 in the day. 

(and 50 is really rare, it hit 80 a couple times in January)

Weather in Utah at Christmas means snow... 

magical, and very much needed to convince me it was Christmas.

Weather in Utah from May to August

is usually between 70 and 100.

And it is DRY heat, not humid heat. 

If that is not living like a senior citizen, then I don't know what is. 

Hello Utah, I have missed you. 

We have some catching up to do. 

Be in Love

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Life is crazy lately. 

And it so good to me too. 

My in-laws came to town last night. 

I come HOME on Monday. 

Happy Friday Ya'll!

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [Circle of Life]

Have I ever told you that Lion King is one of my favorite Disney Movies?

is the song stuck in your head now?

Naturally, I knew I had to go to Animal Kingdom in Disney World. 

Though it wasn't my favorite park, we still had a blast!

You can basically do everything you want in 5-6 hours

which is really nice because theme parks can be exhausting. 

We saw all sorts of animals I have never seen before. 

We rode on a crazy roller coaster through mount everest. 

We watched Finding Nemo the Musical 

and we watched the amazing Lion King Show... 

seriously, probably my favorite show in all the Disney parks. 

 It never ceases to amaze me how they design everything in the Disney parks. 

It all looks so real. How neat is the Tiger exhibit?

 The Lion King is basically a mini Cirque De Sole. 

It was my favorite. And the music... LOVED it!

 I can't ever pass things like this up.. 

I think they are so funny. 

 We went on a safari through 'Africa'

We saw so many neat animals I didn't even know existed. 

They even uprooted some of the trees from Africa to be in the park. 

 This big guy was literally right next to me. 

 I loved the musical entertainment in the streets. 

These guys are from Africa and they put on a good show!

 And of course, the classic picture 

in front of the Tree of Life!

Well, that's an end to Disney for the year. 

We used up our three passes for residents. 

We Loved it. 

Definitely the most magical place on earth. 

Five FOR Friday

Here is to five fabulous things that are happening as of late: 

1. Dave randomly just decided to celebrate for really no reason 

and take me out to dinner on WEDNESDAY night. 

We never go out mid week and it was a treat!

2. I get to go visit my family a lot sooner than expected. 

Details to come on this but it is GREAT news!

3. Dave only has FOUR weeks of school left this semester. 

Summer here we come!

Oh wait, I have a full time job. . . 

4. This article was a treat to read during all the contention 

this week about gay marriage. You should read it. 

In case you are wondering, 

I believe marriage should be between a man & a woman. 

And don't worry, the article is light hearted. 

5. It is Easter Sunday this weekend and Monday is April Fools Day.

Seriously one of my favorite holidays. 

Now I just need to think of a nice way to Fool Dave this year :)

Focus on what could go right.

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I needed this today.

Hopefully it helps you too.

Happy almost weekend!

Will YOU be my Valentine?

So I never told you about our love day. 

It was pretty great. 

We both were busy all day but I surprised Dave in the morning 

with a heart attacked mirror. 

And a little gift. 

Remember my datevitation giveaway? 

Dave totally scored his own. 

He LOVED it. 

 We enjoyed a lovely evening. 

Chuy's for dinner. 

Which is seriously one of my favorite Mexican Restaurants now. 

Sorry folks, not in Utah. 

Then Dave took me to see Safe Haven. 

Typical, I know. We loved it. 

I read the book and I always enjoy Nicholas Sparks' books. 

Our Love day was fabulous. 

Low key is always a good thing. 

I hope everyone had a happy LOVE day. 

just pretend I am not two weeks late telling you about it. 

My First VISIT!

Remember that time I went to DISNEY WORLD?!

Yep. That happened last weekend. 

I haven't posted about it because our friend took all the photos and I haven't been able to get them yet. 

It was the most magical day. 

And I felt like I was seven years old again. 

I even saw tinker bell fly from the castle as fireworks were behind her in the sky. 

There are definitely perks to living in Florida. 

And getting inexpensive resident tickets to Disney world is one of them!

hopefully more details about our magical experience to come soon...

Inspired by Happiness

Do you ever have those moments where everything seems to weigh you down? 

You feel like the whole world is against you for some reason?

Like those days when the car runs out of gas or you burn dinner or you were short with someone

and there is contention (I hate contention) or the internet is soooo slow. 

Or maybe your child woke you up every hour last night and you didn't get any sleep at all.

Or you studied really hard for your test and you didn't get the grade that you wanted. 

Life is full of these moments. 

They seem to happen to me multiple times EVERYDAY. 

This is something I really struggle with. 

When something like this happens to me, I immediately become a negative person. 

I constantly think of how it has ruined my entire day and now everything else is ruined too.  

It is so easy to be critical. It takes so much more effort to be positive. 

This is obviously something I really need to work on. 

Because. 

I do notice that when I choose to be happy instead of critical, 

it makes everything so much better. 

Whatever happened seems insignificant and I am in a much better mood. 

I love the quote above because I really think happiness is contagious. 

The thought of being somebody who is that happy all the time, inspires me to be better. 

So. 

Just for today I hope you will choose to be happy.

Be so happy that when others look at you, 

they become HAPPY too. 

Don't forget to stop by and see what this lady is inspired by today because she is seriously one of the happiest people I know...