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My Secret Dreams

Yes, admit it! You have goals in life, dreams, things you've always wanted to do but don't know quite how to get there. I think of mine very often. Besides the WONDERFUL dreams I've already been blessed with, my secret dreams are:

1. To be Belle at Disneyland (more specifically in the Fantasmic show where her dress glitters and sparkles like nothing else in this world)

2. To become a wedding planner.

3. To have my own HUGE Secret Garden (very similar to the book and movie by Francis Hodgson Burnett.

What are your dreams? Because  "Dreams DO come true."

Delightful Conversations

Something little like this completely made my day on Friday-

I was talking to my 4 year old niece on the phone (actually she was talking to me). After about 25 minutes of her talking my ear off (which I LOVED), I said,

"Well Rachel, Aunt Jill has to go pick up Uncle Jeff, so thanks for talking to me!" To which she responded, "Oh. Okay well...I'm not done yet." (and continued telling me stories for 15 more minutes-WOW, I love that girl!) 

This is how the rest of the conversation went:

“So at Benjamin’s house we were having a bike race and Adam was trying to get the key from Benjamin, but-"

*(I heard my nephew, Adam, in the background trying to get a turn on the phone)

“-Shh!! Adam, I’m talking! But then Adam was too slow so Benjamin got it first. But later we took a bath and we pretended Adam was the scary ocean octopus-"

“Adam, shhhhh! I’m on the phone.”

"And then we got Yougurtland. I like to get strawberry with a cherry and teddy bears."

(I'm pretty sure she meant gummy bears). It was pretty cute. And don't worry, Adam did get a turn to talk to me and asked me all about Disneyland and if I remembered the fireworks and the merry-go-round outside of the Peter Pan ride).

My day was 100% better after discussing teddy bears on frozen yogurt and the merry-go-round at the happiest place on earth. Thanks Rachey and Adam!!

I Do Know...

YES!! Spring Break

Wahoo! Our Break started off with a road trip to Albuquerque to visit the temple and pick up Jeff's mom. Back in El Paso, the 3 of us went hiking, walked around dowtown EP, and went to the Sunland Derby horse races. I felt like I was in the movie, Secretariot- except without one of those awesome hats all the ladies wear.

Debbie went home Tuesday, and since then I've been doing things like sleeping in, shopping for springtime clothes, getting a massage and pedicure, and going on a date to the zoo and golfing with Jeff!

 (Hedwig! Awesome!)

What a great Spring Break-the only thing missing was Disneyland (but I guess we'll just have to do that during Summer Vacation)

A day of the Irish

Ahh...one of my favorite days is here again. I don't think I've never NOT had corned beef, cabbage, and red potatoes on St. Patrick's Day.

This time, since Jeff's mom was in town for Spring Break, we decided to make it a party and invite more people (not pictured here). One of the guests we invited is actually from Scotland- It made the dinner even more authentic.  ;)

 We even added in some biscuits for those guests who prefer American food over Irish.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Beautiful Baby Shower

My good friend Amy is due in about a month with her first baby. A girl! A few of us from the ward threw her a shower last Saturday.

I was in charge of Games-

I got lots of prizes...

 ...1. for the winers of the clothespin game (If you are caught crossing your legs, you get your pin stolen. Whoever has the most at the end wins)

2. For the winner of the baby food game. Guessing the flavor by sight only

3. For the person with the guess closest to the actual number of Jelly Bellys. Emme did awesome and guessed 350, the exact amount.

4. And of course, this one- I uncovered an assortment of baby items for 15 seconds and then covered them again. Whoever remembered the most was the winner.

It was a lot of fun! 

Springtime Wedding

On March 1, Jeff and I flew into Vegas for my wonderful friends' wedding. Jenny, Mike and I have known each other since our middle school and high school choir days. The two of them started dating 6 years ago on a Choir trip, and have been together ever since. I was honored that she asked me to be one of her bridesmaids. The wedding was held outside in Emerald Gardens and was just beautiful!

I enjoyed all the traditional wedding events that took place that weekend. The rehearsal dinner, walking down the aisle, helping out with the reception toasts and the "grand entrance" of the Bridal Party...

  

...and finally, at the reception, the much-practiced and anticipated Bridesmaid Dance, which Jenny did an awesome job of choreographing! 

It was a great weekend! Plus, we even got time with Rachey, Adam, Brooke & Erica. All the pictures here make it look like Rachel's our favorite, but don't worry Adam, these are just the pictures we took while watching your Tee Ball practice from the sidelines :)