Who doesn't like a Give-Away...

My good friend Sharee does an amazing job at making anything and everything. This week she is doing a give-away on her blog and will be randomly choosing someone to give one of her bracelets to. Follow this link and make sure to leave a comment on which bracelet you'd like to have if you're the big winner!

Be sure to check her blog often as well (So Very Thankful). She has some very inspirational, creative and interesting posts! She has something new every single day to say. What an incredible gal she is!

Thanks Sharee for your friendship, positive attitude and great advice!

Because of You...

It's a song by Kelly Clarkson and I like it so much. I love ALL of Kelly's songs.

So, I went to her concern last week at UVU with my sister, Mandy, and a couple other friends. Wow, we had a great time! The video above is Kelly singing that song "Because of You" at the concert. Here's some other pictures from our adventure!

Mandy, Myself and Shannon just before we headed down to Orem.

Waiting in line to get in. It was general admission but we were lucky enough to get right up front next to the VIP.

There she is...Kelly Clarkson!!


Myself, Mandy, Shannon and Cali
Yeah...tons of people there, look at them all behind us! And that fence...I have bruises on my legs from hitting the fence from all the jumping I did.

After the concert we headed up to Park City to stay the night so we could do a little shopping the next day. After a hilarious night of talking and laughing in our room, the next morning we decided to head up to the Alpine Slide to try the zip line before we headed to the outlet stores.

Mandy, Myself, Cali and Shannon on the ski lift headed up to the zip line.

Cali, Myself, Shannon and Mandy at the top of the hill getting ready to go down the zip line.

The zip line was so much fun! I think the funnest (and funniest) part about it was seeing Shannon's reaction when we were at the top of the hill looking down and. She was hilarious! Thanks for the laughs Shannon!

Thanks so much to Mandy, Shannon and Cali for such a great couple of days! It was a nice little get-away and I enjoyed every minute! (Even though I did miss my kiddos a little.)

5 Things Tag...

5 years ago I was:

1- Living at Garden Court at USU
2- Going to School
3- Enjoying a trip in Florida
4- Only 22 years old!
5- Planning my wedding (Haha, funny...I know!)

5 things on my to do list today-

1- Go to Wal-Mart (I NEED MILK!!)
2-Go to a Safety Committee meeting at work to take minutes.
3-Attend an in-service on office safety and ergonomics.
4- Mow my lawn.
5- Wax my eyebrows

5 Things I would spend a million dollars on:

1-Pay off my house & car
2-I might have to get a few clothes and a few other fun things!! :)
3-Invest it.
4-Visit those places I've always wanted to visit (South Africa, Australia, and London)
5- Give some to family and friends

5 Places I've lived

1-Tremonton, UT (18 years!!!)
2-Rexburg, ID
3- North Logan, UT
4- Logan, UT
5- Hyde Park, UT

5 Jobs I've had:

1- Babysitting
2-Grocery Store Checker
3-Cutco Salesman
4- Receptionist
5- Administrative Assistant (yayyyyy!!!)

5 Years from now

1- Hopefully be remarried. (Say a little prayer for me)
2- Have another rascal or two! (Say another little prayer for me)
3- Be more self-confident (Maybe just one HUGE prayer will do!)
4- Possibly attend Massage Therapy School
5- Own a boat

5 People I tag:

1- Shannon Rhodes
2- Cody Boucher
3- Amy Merritt
4- Denise Routson
5- Lindsay Peterson

Road Trip!

...well sort of. I decided it was time to break from the dating life (ugghhh!) and get out and have a good time with my good friend Asia. And yes, I dragged my wonderful kids along, we had such an amazing time!

Asia and I decided that we wanted to hang out and go down to Provo to eat at our most favorite restaurant, Los Hermanos. Yum is all I have to say. If you didn't know me any better, you'd think I was half Mexican. I know it's kinda of random, but hey...Monica + Asia = Random!!! We did make a stop at the South Towne Mall in Sandy so Asia could get her so cute pink purse!

Here are some pictures from our crazy day.

It's against the law to text while driving, so I assumed it's against the law to take picturse while driving also, so yes...I did pull over to take this picture!

Never have I ran out of gas, and I don't ever want to, so we had to make a quick gas station stop!

Don't miss cute lil Brayden in the background!

Yep..We ARE nerds!

I will admit that we did KIND OF get lost. I'm usually pretty good with directions and addresses, but when you're looking for a PROVO address and you're in Orem, it doesn't quite work out. Boy we were sure excited to see THIS sign!

Here she is. AMAZING-Los Hermanos!

Really, I don't get embarrassed too often, but obviously I was here. Asia told our waiter that it was my birthday (a week late!). Never was I expecting that he would announce it to the ENTIRE restaurant. Well he did, with a few other workers, and they all sang me happy birthday.

We had such a great time! Thanks Asia for a break from all those boys, a day outside of Cache Valley and for such a fun time with you and my kiddos! I can't wait to do it again!