Continued...

adding to my previous post, the texts and phone calls continue…

That's what friends are for!

During my slumber last night, I gained consciousness through a text message.





I, of course text back a simple "STOP" it was 1am, not really the time for assumptions..


When I woke up for work, 7:30 am, another text..





survey what? followed by a "STOP" text.





8:30 am - Thinking the odd texts were the last of this pickle.



Then came the phone calls ...





Unknown Caller - "Hello, Marisa Rhodes"
Me - "Wrong Number!"

...



Unknown caller - "Marisa Rhodes?"
Me - "No, wrong number"
etc., etc., ETC., ETC., etc., ETC., ETC., etc., etc., ETC., ETC., etc., ETC., ETC.


Assumptions and Suspicions now occurring!!!!!



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...





Around 1am last night Marisa was surfing the net. Came across an online survey,for money. You receive the money thereafter you fill the survey out, and then provide YOUR information at the end ... 'YOUR' information.


Needless to say Marisa submitted my telephone number.

11.26.09

Daren and I have had a lot of our firsts in 2009, this month it would be ‘Our First Thanksgiving’ and we were lucky enough to spend it with family in Bear Lake.

















((I couldn't stop snapping photos on the drive up to Bear Lake it was so beautiful. And having Dakota made it an especially enjoyable ride ))


And this year was my personal first, Thanksgiving without my Mommy and her homemade buffet. Now don't get me wrong, the YAMS, potatoes & gravy, ROLLS, stuffing, pumpkin everything, the list is endless, it was all SO GREAT!






Kaden & Dar's main event, X-Box (even on holidays it's tradition to play)







I was really was very blessed to share the holiday with the Bowcutt Family they are so amazing. I always enjoy the sly & witty comments, the terrific desserts, sudden outbursts of laughter. I LOVE THEM!!





On November 26, 2009 we had the joy of celebrating not one, but two occasions, Turkey Day and Dar & Dan's birthday!



The next fact is sort of on what we call the 'D.L.' ..Dar is sort of a nerd, (besides obvious reason) he collects basketball cards. A few years ago he introduced me to his COLLECTION, wow. And here I thought the kids at school had enormous Pokemon Card Collections. But you can imagine the look on his face when he saw Deron Williams Rookie Card.
[Even this photo, which was taken 20 seconds after the surprise, doesn't do justice.]
Daren couldn't believe that I remembered ..


goodbye Bear Lake

hello Brigham City











hope you all had a Merry Thanksgiving

Happy 20th Birthday Marisa















A birthday can be seen as a serious or joyful time depending on one's age & one's attitude towards life. Another year has passed & we look back on failures & successes. We think about our goals for the future & reflect on the past year. These are all thoughts that may come up on a birthday, but the main thing is to use a birthday as an opportunity to celebrate life & be joyful for the chance to be with friends & family.


Marisa, Madysin and I @ Iggy's for the Birthday Bash




"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
--Oprah Winfrey

birthday weekend

This Pre-Halloween weekend brought not one
but two birthdays, Jay and Kylee’s.


Along with blood-shot eyeball cookies, slipity-slimity
wormy brew and a lot more of spooky treats.

The piñata, the costumes, and presents... Jay's big present was a two week trip around Italy...yes the rest of us are very jealous. but it was a smashin' bash.

So you know the expression “It was like stealing candy from a baby.”?

Well, so does Daren.

After cake and ice cream, all eighteen of us were off to the corn maze.

It was sort of a half and half deal…half left the way they

came in and the other half, (Dar and I included)

EVENTUALLY

made our way out the exit.

Did I mention that I just had my wisdom teeth out the day before?

conference vacation

Conference weekend entailed
a much needed va-k.

St. George, where the weather
is warm year-round, world class
golf courses, and fabulous shopping.

Driving Directions :
1. Merge onto I-15 S/I-84 E

Continue to follow I-15 S
2. Take exit 6 toward Bluff St
3. Turn right at UT-18 N
4. Turn left at Snow Canyon Pkwy
5. Slight left to stay on Snow Canyon Pkwy
6. Turn right

Destination will be on the right

THE GANG
we ventured the trails of Entrada trying to
"wrangle" us a lizard...
its been a little more than a week, I had to post a little something.
to be continued...

{ peach : y } - { day : z }

I know I'm like three months too late but I just found these pictures and I couldn't help but blog...





girls love photography - with that said and considering there are four girls in this picture we had to take a pic or two or even three on each camera, that's an average of eight shots...this is the only one the entire group was caught smiling





Chelsya loved my TIGERS BLOOD slush mixed with PINA COLADA.




dear gavin and nicole, your officially rejected by my camera.





wish it was 'REAL' the ring, the proposal : but most definitely the RING.

ok so many of you have made note of my title..
"LIVING & LOVING THE PROVO LIFE"
and your right, I lie.

correction :
"LIVING THE PROVO LIFE"

There is no place like home.

For Dorothy home meant Kansas, and for the next year Provo will be at the end of our yellow brick road. Now.. if I could just click my heels together..!!!

and so it begins..

once upon a time,
in a land far from home,
five naive girls - determined
to make it on their own,
clashed, for a classic meet cute.

following a few ill-fortunes and a lot of accommodating,
together on the corner of cockblock and loopie lane
the five attained the meaning to life,
love, and what it's made of.

what we've discovered so far..
laughter brings tears
tears bring wrinkles
wrinkles bring memories
memories bring pictures
after pictures comes laughter
its a repetitious cycle..

..full of scooter rides, playing
house, dressing up, secrets,
laughing hysterically,
dance parties in the kitchen,
arguments & discussions
{mainly if : brushing back and
fourth or in a circular motion, would
be the correct way to brush your teeth.
or whether : bigger is pronounced
big·ger or big·g·err - manda kaye},
late nights : phone calls, snacks, docks,
an orange couch & a blue table,
a four bedroom house, two baths,
and a closet to Narnia.

..and so it began.