Big News!!!

Best. News. Ever!

Jordan and David are having a baby!

HOORAY!

I am so excited for them.

The baby is coming in August...and they are moving to California in September.

Major bummer.

Here's to getting lots and lots of sky miles!

I Win

The other morning, I went into the kitchen at work where I ran into my pal Collin.

His back was to me and when he turned around, I saw that he was shoveling a huge piece of chocolate cake into his mouth.

He had the plate right up next to his chin and was literally shoving it into his face as fast as he could.

It was 9:30 in the morning.

Collin is a pretty fit guy. He does Crossfit a few times a week and takes pretty good care of himself. We talk a lot about fitness and nutrition and check up on each other to make sure we are keeping up with our health.

He clearly did not expect for me to catch him loving on some chocolate cake for breakfast.

Totally busted!!

He immediately started yelling, "Oh my gosh! I am totally telling Mike that you had a HUGE piece of cake for breakfast! You are going to be in so much trouble!"

Really dude?

This is how we're going to play?!

First of all, you don't even know Mike.

(and, for the record, Collin is super jealous that Mike is the #1 black man in our lives)

oh, AND secondly, of course I didn't eat chocolate cake for breakfast!

< < I really didn't have any, but if I had, no one would know about it because I am super stealth because I know that Mike has eyes everywhere > >

Is it an eating disorder if I hide away when I eat bad food? 

So, in order to guarantee Collin's silence, I swung by his cube, snapped a quick incognito photo and took to Photoshop to teach him a lesson.

And, that lesson is this: she who knows Photoshop always wins.

Always.

(For the record, I know this is a horribly chop-shopped display of Photoshop skill and I am embarrassed to even post it, but we all got a good laugh so I wanted to share).

Guess What?

I suck at blogging. That's what.

I really miss it.

Hopefully, I can make it a habit again.

It's tulip time once again and I couldn't be happier. My parents were in town last weekend (hooray!) and we were driving down 9th East in Provo when I spotted a flowerbed full of beautiful tulips.

Yay!

We were stopped at a stoplight...in the inside lane. I was in the backseat, in the middle (with my feet on the hump - lol). I made a quick decision, grabbed my camera, made David jump out (he was on the opposite side of the car from the flowers), I jumped out, ran around the car, across two lanes of traffic (frogger-ing through the other cars stopped at the light), then across another side street, just to get the following pics (plus 150 more):

I think it was worth every ounce of danger. Tulips make me so happy!

Hooray for spring!!

Tulips in December!

Guess what?

A friend found tulips - in Utah - in December!

HOORAY!!!

Best. Gift. Ever.

I am seriously so excited and I hope they never, ever die.

Design

So, even though I have a new church calling, I still get to design posters to announce activities for the Relief Society.

I love it and hope they keep letting me do it.

Here's what I designed today.

I also taught in Young Women's.

It's been a busy day.

I was recently called to be a Laurel advisor and I love it. The girls are amazing. Here is the handout that I used for my lesson.

I love this quote.

Beautiful

When I got to work over a week ago, this beautiful flower was on my desk, from a beautiful co-worker.

It definitely brightened my day - my whole week actually. This flower has lived a long, gorgeous life.

The funny thing is that, as it's dying, it is developing these grey spots that actually look really cool.

And make for interesting photography.

I love the beautiful parts of life.

Halloween '14

I love Halloween.

A lot.

This year was a fun celebration. I love that most everyone at work gets into it and dresses up. We have a lot of fun.

This was my first attempt with smokey eyes. I never wear much make-up so watched a couple of Youtube videos. Not professional but not a complete bust either.

Cute Jordan met me in the Target parking lot to help me with my hair. We meet there a lot in the mornings because it's on my way to work and she has a patient close that she visits everyday.

I put my hair extensions in and she did an up-do for me.

I look forward to Jessica's costume every year. She puts a lot of thought and energy into Halloween. Scary, creepy things are right up her alley.

And, she's pregnant, so please notice the baby arms holding a pumpkin full of candy.

She's awesome.

Erica decided not to be a witch with the rest of us and came as a cute chicken.

This is probably the nicest FB comment anyone has ever left me:

So nice, huh? My friend Deni posted it under the above picture.

It made my whole day. Maybe my whole week.

This bowl was so funny...and really creepy. A skeleton hand comes out when you reach in for a treat.

The cream cheese brains were courtesy of Jessica.

We put scary labels on all the drinks. My boss saw me and asked me why I was taking a picture of the drinks.

"Hi, I'm Cali. Have we met? I take pictures of everything."

Cute Erica.

(please pay no attention to the fact that my fake eyelashes were falling off)

A beautiful fall day. We had lunch on the back patio. The weather was perfect.

And, there were doughnuts. Why not?

(For the record, I did not have one)

Charis has a freakishly long tongue.

I think we all looked pretty cute.