So Much To Post...Where to Begin!

So everyone I am back to blogging, life has been crazy busy lately but I really cannot complain because we have been having some fun times in the bing home. We've had birthdays and home comings and so much more. I've decided to just start from where we currently are and then work back in time...so I hope you all make it through this marathon and you enjoy all the pictures!!

So the first thing I want to say is

Congratulations to Nathan and Caverly Smith...They were married this past Saturday in Ontario and from the few pictures I've seen from Kristiane it looked like an amazing and beautiful day. I cannot wait until the reception in June to see them and Cav's dress in person...she looked stunning!!! Thanks Kristiane for the pictures and i hope you don't mind that I stole one. I can't wait for the Smith's to be here living in Halifax, I love Nathan and Caverly...she is the sweetest girl and I can't wait to get to know her better...they'll be in Halifax ward...woohoo!!!!

The next thing to mention is that my brother-in-law is HOME FROM HIS MISSION!! Elder Jaccob Ryan Bing got home last Wednesday night and we couldn't have been more exciting. He's been in Nevada the past two years and it's really great to have him home and to have the family all together. It had been a busy week with Jay coming home. Wednesday was the airport he got in a little after ten and was greeted by so many friends it was awesome...of course laureen had first dibs on him and it was too cute...as soon as he was coming down the escalator she was inching closer. Everyone did a nice slow clap for Jay as he walked out the doors.Then Peter and the rest of the family followed. He looked great and of course they lost his luggage...but it was returned to him on Saturday. I didn't really get too many good pictures from the homecoming weekend...none with Jaccob's face in them... so the picture from above is one he sent us from his mission. It was really cute to see Brandon see his brother again, he was playing it cool but he was definitely excited to have his little brother home. Jaccob has been over twice since he's been home. The boys played their game Axis and Allies for hours the other night...it's great though to have him over to hangout!! It's been great to hear about him being home and adjusting back into everyday life and hearing about his mission. I hope that we'll see him lots now that he's home!! The festivities didn't end there because us Bings we like to celebrate, haha!!

So Friday night we headed over to Meaghan and Jason's for a big Bing Family dinner. This was my first time seeing the Stewarts home and it's super cute, Meaghan has done a great job turning the once Bachelor home into a family home. Buddy and Lucy as always had a great reunion running around the big back yard, which did include hopping in the little pond...ohhh they were both so wet. Meaghan and Jason were great hosts and fed us soooooo well. Jason is the BBQ master and we had shish-kabobs....I know that's not spelt right...but i'm too tired to actually figure it out, but you can see from the photo what I'm talking about...they were delicious! We had them with pasta salad and baked potatoes...YUM!! Oh just think about it makes me hungry all over again for them. I was surprised with a super yummy blizzard cake and the singing of Happy Birthday by everyone which was super sweet. The cake was DELICIOUS!!! I definitely felt special for this birthday that was my fourth cake...YUM!!! After we finished up dinner the boys all headed off to the movies and all the ladies had a girlie night where we ate fruit and watched 27 dresses which was predictable but still cute. It was super nice to hang out with my mother and sister-in-laws...they are all such amazing women and i'm so lucky to be a part of their family. It was a late night for us but we were getting used to them last week. I don't think I was in bed before 12:40 am once last week.

Saturday was an open house for Jaccob and boy does Laureen know how to put together a delicious spread of food. Brandon was able to get off early that night and so we headed over! The house was packed with everyone welcoming Jaccob home. I don't know how much he got to eat but I think he appreciate everyone coming out. We left full and tired!!

Sunday I headed over to hear Jaccob speak and he did an amazing job. It was cute I was sitting with Kathy and the kids and I guess they were all excited to go to church to hear Brandon's brother Jaccob speak!! I think we were all very proud of Jaccob that day. What was great was I was able to see my mom and brandon's mom on mothers day, and was able to give them the little something we had for them. We feel very blessed to have two amazing mothers...we definitely are two lucky kids!!

Brandon and I waiting for Jaccob to get off his flight. Taken by my father-in-law Peter.

me and brandon after breakfast on my birthday

So I'm now 25... another birthday has come and gone and I can honestly say this was a really great one. I cannot believe that I'm 25...half of 50...wow!!! My actual birthday was pretty quiet...Brandon took me out to Cora's for breakfast which was delicious we left stuffed. He had a cake for me and a really thoughtful card...we're ordering my gift so that will come later on. He had to work in the evening so he slept in the afternoon and I sat and watched season 4 of one tree hill for hours. I haven't had a day where I just sit and do nothing, so it was a great afternoon I got through 4 of the 6 disks and am realizing how awesome season four was...it truly is the best show ever!! My FAVORITE!! We had a family friend pass away a few days before my birthday so I headed out to the funeral home with my parents that night. Jenny will be missed a lot by everyone who knows here. I wasn't able to make it to the funeral so I was glad to be there that night so see the family and visit with them. After mom and dad took me out for dinner to Montana's which was super yummy I had baked chicken Penne, Cesar salad and corn bread...dad even got me an extra piece since I love it so much. It was really nice to just eat and visit with mom and dad. Laura and our friend Nicole stopped in to hangout with me for a bit that night which was really sweet of them...I was alone that night which I didn't mind but i appreciated the visit a lot...thanks girls.

I got a BABY for my BIRTHDAY! so I always like when babies are born on my birthday...Our friends Don and Jodi Pinsent had their little girl Olivia a few years back on my birthday and this year I got another baby on my birthday. My friend Laura since grade primary has an older sister kelly and she wasn't due to have the baby until mid may but she went into labour naturally and little Alexander Robert was born on my birthday which I thought was super cool since Laura has been one of my closest friends since we were little.

The Thursday after my birthday was survivor night for everyone that knows me...it was super exciting to see the girl's new apartment...which is smaller then their old one but i think so much nicer. We had a super relaxing night watching our shows. We got pizza for dinner which was so yummy we all smelt like garlic fingers...haha!! I finally got to give Natalie her gift and her picture card and she loved the new format which I was glad was successful...it was well worth all the work. They all gave me such thoughtful gifts. Laura had made me this little book of our wedding pictures that had the words of our first dance throughout it...she put so much love and work into, it's something I'll cherish forever. Kerry and Natalie did up a cute idea of things for me home...they gave me this awesome stationary set for my craft room...candles and a holder for my living room and a pie plate (red of course) for the kitchen as well as some cute storage baskets. What especially surprised me was when they brought out a birthday cheese cake for me...Nat works at scanway and hooked me up big time...it was such a Delicious creamy cheesecake...YUMMMMMMM!!!! I was not expecting that at all...I am so lucky to have such awesome friends. I am one lucky girl!! I was surprised on Wednesday as well at work by an adorable card, cake and flowers. Maria my flowers are still looking awesome. I feel very lucky to work with the people I do...they all wrote such sweet messages in my card and Jeff took a lot of time to find an awesome card and he did. It was so beautiful and crafty... it was by the company papyrus which is one of my favorite card companies. Way to go Jeff you ROCK!!!!!!

For any of you who don't know we have a Birthday Week in our family...well it's more like two weeks...Kathy and Michael celebrate their birthday on April 26th, followed by Laura on May second and I end us on May 6th...so by my birthday we are all sick of cake but not this year since mom and dad were away! So when they returned home we had a big birthday dinner for all of us. It was so great to have everyone together and it was a night of laughter...it always is when all of my siblings are together. Mom had a big cake for all of us...and there was a sucker with each of our ages on it and Kathy goes.. "who's 29"...hahha she IS!!!! she thought she was 30...good job sister!!!hahha!! Laura out did herself with her cards for mike and kathy...kathy's as you can see is a pair of jeans that said bootylicious on the pocket and inside was a pair of under ware with a picture of President Eyring on them....so classic laura we all died of laughter. Mike got a note on a piece of paper from the paper scraps bin in our computer room which basically said she used this used paper because if she had of used a new piece dad would have killed her. Too funny...i don't know if Laura is ready for card making nights quite yet but she needs them...!hahha just teasing. Here are a few pictures from that night!

How sad is this picture...I'm a little pale ghost next to Laura!!hahha

Kathy and her "special" card... gotta love the little undies and dad's laughter in the background!

Mike, Keah, Jake and Mallory. Jake is Keah's cousin and him and Mallory are getting married this summer so they were up in the city doing some wedding stuff and were able to join in the festivities!!

Finally this is laura getting her gift opening turn. She gave me a really cute card that played the twilight zone music which was perfect since we rode that ride every year together in Disney!!

The Birthday Siblings...I Love these people soooo much...I am just so lucky to have these amazing people as my siblings. Mike is 31, Kathy is 29, I'm 25 and Laura is 19!!

Happy Birthday to US!!

So my parents and sister went to Hawaii the lucky ducks we don't talk about it much because we all wanted to go too...but anyway they got home just over a week ago and they had a great arrival at the airport. During that day we had some fun with the girls at work. Spring Garden was doing a big spring weekend event and Roots did a little 5 minute fashion show type presentation. Jessica and Sarah came down to be in it and to show off the cute kids clothing with Jeff and Laura...they came last minute so I didn't have a good camera but luckily Laura took this with her cell phone. The girls looked adorable and did a great job. While Laura talked Jeff and the girls twirled and walked around I was so proud. I thought the girls might be too shy but they did really awesome. I cheered for them so much and they talked about it the rest of the day. I treated them to ice cream afterwards since I ended up taking a sick day the rest of the day due to a yucky cold. They came over for a little bit in the afternoon before I had a little rest. They helped me mop the floors at mom and dads too!! Jessica and Sarah made a great welcome home poster for the family. It was too cute to see them standing there with it in the airport! They all got off the airplane looking nice and tanned. Mom and Dad brought me home a really cute dress for my birthday from Hawaii- it looked super cute!!

A traditional stopping place for pictures in the airport


The girls with their sign...isn't it so cute...man I love these girls.

Wow this is a marathon blog...i need to get it printed someday since it'll be my journal. Since mom and dad were away I was able to borrow a card from them....YES!!! So on my day off I was able to head over to hangout with Kathy and the Kids. I had a super fun day playing Mario Kart on the Wii...eating Enchilada's and Bacon bruschetta (my favorite) and especially making cards with Kathy and Lesley while chatting with Becca on MSN. Kathy has a web-cam so becca could see us and hear is, so we all just made cards and chatted with Becca...she now has a web-cam so next time we'll be able to see her and hear here too. We all made some cute cards and had some good laughs. I was making a birthday card for laura, but the last thing I had to do was write her name on it...and what do I write Lesley...so I made her a new one later on...hahha!!! We watched Idol together too which was way fun!! I took so many fun pictures of the kids which will eventually get posted on Facebook but here are a few from that night...

My adorable Nieces and Nephew...could Jake look any prouder of himself in his glasses...sooo funny...these kids always make me laugh...I love them so much!!

Kathy and I with the enchilada's they were delicious!!!! It looks like me made them together but I was totally just hanging out with the kids and watching...but we took this picture for Becca since she sent Kathy the Enchilada powder...thanks Becca you are AWESOME!!!


Jacob Paul Nelson in his glasses...he's too cute!! Those used to be Kathy's glasses they just popped the glass out and he wears them all the time. Check out the back drop...Kathy's new green wall sooooooo cool!!!

Happpy Birthday Sonja... the final thing to mention in my marathon blog is that I got to celebrate Sonja's 26th Birthday with her this year and we had a really fun night. Nancy, Madison and I hungout with sonja's mum, sonja and ethan. We got to watch Greys and Survivor and much on yummy treats. Sonja's mum brought this yummy dip for bread I could have eaten it all. It was great to see little Madison she's getting so much bigger and still has so much hair although I think it's going to lighten up. I think sonja had a fun night...phil surprised her with a cute necklace, earring set and her own Jeff Gordon t-shirt...both Phil and Ethan have one I think they need a little family picture in them, how cute would that be!!!! I love that idea...I think you should for me sonja!!!! Her baby bump is really growing a lot too. I'd just seen her on Sunday and by Thursday she'd totally popped more Thursday. I'm super excited for them to find out what baby nelson will be this time...I think they find out in June. I can't wait to hold the baby...I love holding babies and this one will be my stand in for the next little while since we are going back to school. Can't wait!!!!! I was really glad to hangout with the girls tonight and hopefully we'll get to do it again soon. Sonja and I have been friends since grade twelve and we've been through a lot together. She's a great friend and I love her lots. I hope she felt how much we all loved her on her special day because she deserved a great day!! Happy Birthday!!!

So I hope you all survived this massive post I wasn't sure I'd get it done but I did...Go Me!! It took me all of top model, all of Idol and all of Ned's Declassified School Zone but I have reached the end!! I'm slowly catching back up on all the sleep I lost last week and it feels nice. I work tomorrow night so I'm totally sleeping in tomorrow. We're getting new wall units in the store so I'm excited to have stuff to do tomorrow at work and then I have the day off on Friday! Can't wait!! Another day to sleep in!!

Brandon and I have been working hard as always...we are both looking forward to be back in school so we won't be working at our jobs too much. We both totally deserve the break and are looking forward to being back in school. I went to a baby shower last night for Gillian Chalmers...there were 10 babies (kids) there and three pregnany mommies to be. It was a lot of fun and Gillian got a lot of cute things for her little boy who is due on July 5th. Can't wait for the girls night this weekend that Sonja and Amber are hosting for brooke before her little girls arrives soon!!

One last thing to mention...I have a new calling at church in the nursery, I don't know if I'd mentioned that...I've been in there four weeks now and I couldn't be happier...I've gotten the room in really good shape and have the kids on an awesome schedule... Hopefully it'll keep going this well. The kids are adorable, and I'm actually having a blast. I think it's really good preparation for when I'm a teacher!! I want to take soem pictures in there soon too!

Anyway hope everyone has enjoyed this post...especially, Keah and Sonja who read them on slower moments at work and Kathy and Becca who are my chatting msn buddies who have been telling me to update forever and for my work friend Jeff who although he doesn't have a blog account so he can comment checks out my blog...hopefully he'll have his own someday soon!!!

Hope everyone is having a GREAT week!!!

Customer Appreciation Weekend at ROOTS!!

Hey All My Blogger Friends...I just wanted to let you all know that starting Thursday April 24th- Sunday April 27th all the Roots stores in the city will be an extra 25% off!!! It's our customer appreciation weekend and you can get some great stuff at 25% off. It includes sale items so come on in if you've seen anything at Roots that has caught you eyes!!!!

Come visit me on Spring Garden!!

Baby shower FUN!

Well I thought I would do a quick update since I had some pictures to share! Tonight Kathy and I headed down the street to Melese's home for a joint Baby Shower for Julia and JoLynn...both due this summer!! It was a really fun night of hanging out with all the girls and watching the girls open some really cute gifts. Everyone out did themselves and these two babies will be two stylin' cuties from tonight's festivities!! The food tonight was delicious...I went right from work so it was greatly appreciated! Both mommies to be are looking adorable with there baby bumps...and there was an abundance of adorable babies there too. Everywhere you looked was cuteness! I cannot wait to meet Baby Taylor and Baby Blakeney!!

I was also super excited tonight because I was able to see miss Kailey Podeszwa and her awesome mommy Kristine!! I hadn't seen them since Kaileys arrival and boy has she changed...she is so long and tiny...soooo adorable!!! So that just made the night that much better.

I've decided that all of the girls need to have a craft night, because Melese made the cutest little scrapbooks for Jo and Julia out if paper bags...there were amazing! She is one talented lady!!

Just wanted to share one picture from my Saturday night. Kathy and Jeff dropped the kids off to hangout with auntie Karen for awhile and we had some fun and of course I took some pictures. This is one of my favorites because all the kids are looking...the only downfall is Jake's juice mustache...kid needed his face scrubbed to get rid of it!!!hahha!! Jessica's smile is much better now too...so glad that sideways tooth came out!!!

Anyway hope everyone is having a GREAT week... Mines been busy but good...I finished Volunteering this past Tuesday and it was kinda a sad day because my kids were all saying how much they'd miss me and I'll totally miss them. We're going to have a picnic towards the end of school and I told Wanda to make sure to let me know when it is! It's OFFICIAL...we are going to the mount...all results are in and the Mount is our BEST option and we couldn't be more excited!!! I'm glad we'll be staying in the city!! I'm excited we are going out to dinner with Brandon's parents tomorrow night...we haven't hung out with them in a little while so it should be a fun night!!!

Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!!! Love you all lots and keep those posts coming!!!

One Tree Hill Night...see blog update below

So I couldn't get my blog and my slide show to work together so please read below to see my update that goes along with this slide show!!! Enjoy!!

Fun Times in the Bing Home

This is the post that goes along with the above slide show...couldn't get them to work together!!!

So nothing too crazy has been going on in the Bing home as of late, but I have a few things to recap on our blog today. You guys are all probably wondering what my slide show is all about. Well a few years ago my friend Nicole introduced me to a show called One Tree Hill, they don't play it here so for year my sisters and I had been watching it online, which has been a bit of a pain. Finally living on my own, I was able to get the channel and One Tree Hill night was born. We get together every Tuesday night and watch our show which has been jammed pack with excitement this season. If there is anyone who watches or loves the show, Tuesday nights at 10pm it's on...all are welcome. Recently the show celebrated it's 100th episode and we felt it was a BIG night, so we had a delicious Potluck, with way too much food, but it was all so good! The 100th episode didn't disappoint. The only bad thing was that now the show is on a break until April 14th. Tuesday nights are not the same right now!!

HappyEaster

Everyone!!

I hope that everyone had a great Easter Season. Brandon and I didn't get to see each other too much since he was working, but the time we had together was great! We relaxed on good friday...we were planning on heading to the temple with his parents, but didn't end up making it since we heard it was crazy busy and that people were not able to get into sessions. Which is awesome for the temple and we were so excited about that...but bummed that we couldn't go. I was lucky enough to go on Thursday when Kristiane went through the temple for the first time. It was a really exciting night to have another friend there. Kristiane, Kristine, Davis, Jessica, Kelly, Rob, Dee were all there along with all sorts of other friends. It was a great night and I was so glad I was able to be with her on this great day! Back to Easter...Brandon and I had a delicious Easter dinner Friday night at the Bings, it was really wonderful to be together as a family...and Laureen never fails to produce an amazing dinner!! We're excited that on the next holiday the entire family will be back together as Jaccob returns from his misson on May 7th! We're all VERY excited about that!! On Easter, Brandon had to work, so I went to my parents for dinner and my mom delivered a super easter dinner too!! We had 15 people there... mom, dad, laura, cory, me, four missionaries and the Nelson 6. The dinner was full of laughter and fun times! Jessica, Sarah and I had a blast watching High School Musical 2 clips on the computer after dinner!! The picture is of the cards I made this Easter season...I think they turned out pretty dang cute!!

Jacob is FOUR years old now!!

So our Jacob turned four years old this past friday!!! It's really crazy how big Jake has gotten, because he was just born shortly after Brandon and I started dating....and now he's 4!!! I called him earlier on in the day to wish him a Happy birthday but he was getting a hair cut, so they called me back and I think I was more excited about his birthday then he was. TV and Baby donuts were too distracting. So on a snowy Friday night Brandon and I headed over to Kathy and Jeff's for Jake's Birthday party. We picked up our enlarged wedding pictures on the way and I'm excited to finally get the larger ones up...although I do need to pick up some new frames for them before they can go up. It was a really fun night filled with fun and family...everyone ventured out in the weather and it was well worth it. Jake really wanted to open presents first, so we all gathered around to watch the little guy in all his glory. He was too cute, he had to remove every piece of paper off the box or every piece of tissue from the bag before he could get to the gift. But then before he could get to the gift he needed to put all the garbage away in the bag, such a neat and tidy little guy!! He got some great gifts for his Birthday...lots of cars, clothes, books and even some money for his Bank from nanny and pops. Jake moved onto the cake next...it was a transformer cake!! We all sang to him and he went for the candles before we could get to taking the pictures. As soon as the singing and candles were done, Jake went right for the toy on the cake...it was pretty funny!! The cake was DELICIOUS... it was a super store cake and that is the way to go...the cake is great and the icing is amazing...just ask Laura and Sonja...they both enjoy eating just the icing...those crazy girls. There were chips, fruit, veggies and punch too...kathy never fails to deliver a great spread of food when we come over to her house!! Everyone left the party filled to the brim with yummy treats!!

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Brandon and I Love these family events because we get to see all our nieces and nephews...so I always take advantage off this time to get some new pictures of the kids and Brandon and I went the opportunity comes along. Brandon thinks I take way too many pictures, but I look at them more as memories. The kids have all gotten so big it's really fun to look back at all my pictures and see how much they've all grown! It's crazy to think that Georgia will be One in May...it feels like just yesterday that she was born and now she is crawling around like crazy and is just super funny and entertaining. To see more pictures from the party check out facebook because there are way more posted on there..well there will be soon after I finish my update!

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I want to send my Congratulations out to Julia and JoLynn on the

exciting announcements that they posted this week...it's a girl for the Blakeneys and a Boy for the Taylors...I'm super excited for you both, and can't wait your little babies!!! Also a Congratulations goes out to Phil and Sonja who are expecting baby number 2. It's funny at Jake's 2nd birthday we took a picture of us and Sonja was quite pregnant with Ethan and now at Jakes 4th birthday we take a picture of us and she's just pregnant with baby number two...ohh how time flies!!! I'm excited to see what Baby Nelson number two will be. I've totalled it up the other day and I know 19 people who are expecting Babies...how Crazy is that...and then on top of that there are like nine people who have recently had babies...WOW!!! That's all I can say to that!!

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Brandon Got Accepted to the MOUNT!

I don't know if I had mentioned this but I thought I would mention it again. Brandon and i have both been accepted to the mount here in Halifax and fingers crossed we will be staying here. Brandon is still waiting to hear from the school in Ontario, since it is a one year program but we'll see. I was also accepted to St.FX which is exciting to find out, I thought my interview went really well, so it's nice to find out that it did go well and I was accepted...it's not an option anymore but it felt good!!!

The last thing to post is just a funny picture for you all to enjoy.Kathy and I have a friend Becca in Utah and some nights we all get on MSN and have a three way conversation, which is always full of laughter. This past conversation we married off Georgia and Cameron...they'd be an adorable couple...hahha!! Anyway I finally experimented with my Scanner that night and got it to work!! So I sent them both some pictures and this is one of my favorites...Kathy and I one winter with our little snowy friend. Hopefully Spring is on it's way soon though and winter will be gone until next season!! Hope you all enjoyed this little blast from the past and my weekly update!! Can't wait to read all your posts!! Have a GREAT week!! Love you all!!

ATTENTION: Blogging update with lots of PICTURES!!

Okay So I have a few pictures on this post. This last week was a fun one with the kids. Brandon and I had promised the kids that they would get a sleepover at our new apartment. We had mentioned that forever ago and needless to say they did not forget...hahha not that I was hoping they would...but they were quite persist ant in mentioning it to their mom. So since Kathy and Jeff's anniversary was last week we took the kids monday night. I wanted to try to make it a fun and special night and I think they had a GREAT time. I hope they did. They picked me up from work since I was over at Micmac doing visual and we headed back to the apartment where we had a fancy dinner with candles and everything...I think the plastic cups and plates makes it the fanciest meal EVER! We had a blast trying to take this picture because uncle Brandon was not home yet so we had to take this one ourselves...We have a few where I wasn't quite quick enough to make the picture...hahaa. We watched Flushed Away and the Smurfs...I know smurfs...you guys are all jealous it was AMAZING. We had lots of treats and snack and facecloths that grew. The night was a long night, since the kids were not quite used to our apartment, Jake was scared of our front door for some reason and wouldn't go past it unless the lights were on. So after some rearranging, Jake and Brandon were on one couch, Jessica was on the love seat and Sarah and I were in my room. Brandon ended up in the room with us girls since he learned even though I warned him that Jake is a furnace when he sleeps...his think hair just traps the heat I think. So we had Sarah between us and we had arms flung across us all night...hahaha. I ended up on the love seat with Jess for some of the night, and then on the couch with Jake when we woke up too...so I didn't have the best sleep ever but we had fun and that's all that matters. Plus I got to give Kathy and Jeff a nice break and I feel so good about that!!! In the morning we had a healthy breakfast...well at least we tried... I wanted to clean all the kids up so they all got baths and then I had some fun with Sarah. As you can see she has some curl to her hair...and she doesn't always love it...actually she hates it and anyway wants it straightened. So I blow dried and straightened her hair and wow the difference. I wish I could go and be her hair dresser every day because she just seemed so much more confident which is good for Sarah because she is so so shy!!! But it did take some time so it's definitely something that won't happen too much until she can do it herself...but doesn't it make the girls look like twins even more...man they're adorable in their matching shirts compliments of Uncle Bran and me at Christmas!! So we spent the morning relaxing and waiting for nanny to come and pick them up with miss Georgia. We passed the time by watching an all time favorite movie of mine and the kids which is High School Musical. I recommend it if you have never seen it come over and we'll watch it!! It's super cute to watch the kids watch it and sing along. They are both quite good at singing along to the movie...Jessica's favorite song is my least favorite song in the movie, but I'm starting to love it since she belts it out so well!! We had a great time with the kids, but I think next time we will trade with nanny and take Georgia...hahhaha!!!!!

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Don't worry kids I love ya, and we'll have to have you over again once uncle Brandon has recovered from the last sleepover!!!hahhahha!!!!

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So we finally have a new manager at work, and it's been going really great. Laura really fits well into the team. She is super organized and that's a perfect fit for me because I love organization. We are working super hard to get a 95% on our store audit...if we do lunch will be bought for us. So we have been cleaning and organizing and doing the visual super good. So fingers crossed for us we'll score high...wish us luck!!!! Sonja might be the only one to truly appreciate this picture, other then Jeff and I....but this is when Ashley from Coronation Street was in the store. We were beyond excited that he came to the store even though I didn't get to meet him...oh well I still met Sunita!!

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I don't know of everyone knew but my sister-in-law Keah went to Disney. She had a blast and came back with a tan...I am way jealous...I didn't want to sit next to her because I would totally look like a ghost next to her. So she saw a lot of High School Musical in Disney, again way jealous. For anyone who doesn't know I LOVE high school musical...I know it seems like I should be 12 years old, but sadly I'm 24...hahhaa! I own the movie and the soundtrack and I'd like to buy High School Musical 2. So keah being the sweetie that she is brought me back some yummy mints and High School Musical Stickers!!!! She gave them to me at church and I could hardly contain my excitement! Then this morning I get an e-mail from my friend Becca and what does this exciting e-mail contain...Pictures of East High in Utah where the movie was filmed! Becca lives near it and drove by and took pictures to send along to me...she's a big fan too!!! Were too big Geeks when it comes to high school musical, but hey it's good clean fun!! So I posted a picture from the movie and the front of the school, too cool and then the picture that Becca took...it i sooo the same. I so wish I lived close by so that I could go and get my picture taken in front of it!!! Anyway I just had to share my joy of these pictures!! You can all call me a geek I really would understand...hahahha!!!

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I think that's it for right now. I'm excited for the One Tree Hill Party...it's the 100th episode and it looks sooooo good! We're having a potluck tonight and I cannot wait...there is going to such good food and an ice cream cake!! There will be pictures taken tonight so look forward to them in a future post!!

Hope you guys are having a Great Week!! Can't wait to read all your upcoming posts!!!

Such Excitement...

A Big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Kristine and Davis on the arrival of their beautiful baby girl Kailey!

I have never been more excited to get a phone call from my sister then then I was on Saturday afternoon when she called to tell me the baby had arrived and it was a GIRL!!! woohoo I could finally buy something gender specific...which I did when I arrived at work. Sunday evening Julia and I headed down to the hospital to meet little miss podeszwa and she is a beauty. I think we were both super excited to get to hold her...definitely hard to pass her on because she is such a cutie pie! Kristine and Davis were like old pros when it came to the baby...I was quite impressed for only being parents for a day, they were super stars! Kailey is such a lucky little girl to have such great parents! I think what was especially exciting for me was that Kristine was my first old school church friend to have a baby, that I've actually gotten to go see in the hospital. We've had many friends from our youth days have babies, but unfortunately, they all live far away, so this was really special for me. I think Kristine and I go back to ohhh nursery together, so this was really awesome to see her now with her own little girl. So congratulations guys, we love you so so much and are so excited for your newly expanded family!!!!

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My next excitement has to do with the upcoming school year... so we've applied to school and were playing the waiting game about interviews which was the next step in this process. We both had interviews at the mount, which went well...and then today Brandon and I had a fun 2 hours and a bit drive to St.FX for another interview for me. So I think that one also went really well...it was a group interview and I actually had a lot of fun at it. When I got home though I had the biggest surprise...Brandon was checking the message and he said that the mount had called for me...so I called Lynn back and she said that they would like to offer me a place in their Education program for this upcoming September!!!! It still doesn't quite feel real, but it's super exciting to know that we now have the potential to stay in the city. I really want to stay here and go to the mount...but we'll have to wait and see and weigh the options for our little family...but fingers crossed we get to stay here...I love my family O'Hearon and Bing side, and would miss them so much...I'll move if I have to but this offer to the program at the mount is definitely weighing the scales towards staying here. So wish us luck!!

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Coronation Street is the next level of excitement for me, even though i missed it today. Sonja got me hooked on the show way way back in the day and now I hate to miss it. I know many of you are just thinking it's another soap opera...but its so much better...it's way more real...with people in every social class...real life problems...not everyone is rich and beautiful with perfect teeth...and they hangout in the local pub...not fancy restaurants...I just love the show. So anyway I get out of my interview today and Jeff had text messaged me to tell me that Ashley Peacock ( he is a character from the show who was in town for this meet and greet thing) was IN THE STORE TODAY...I'm sooooo jealous. He got an autograph for me and he got his picture taken with Ashley...so I told him I want a copy for my roots scrapbook and to post on my blog...so send it along Jeff. I was hoping he'd come in tomorrow when I was in but no such luck. So now Jeff and I have both gotten to meet a Corrie person...I met Sunita and had my picture taken and Jeffs met Ashely...I wonder who will be next!!!

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The final thing I wanted to mention was that I've recently been reading the books by Stephanie Meyer....Twilight and New Moon and I'm HOOKED...Ashely I hope you don't mind I borrowed the second book from my mom...I borrowed it on Sunday night and finished this afternoon...I couldn't put it down...so she has the book to return to you...I hope it's okay...and I'm hoping you won't mind if I borrow the third book sometime...I think kathy has it right now...let me know. I'm not going to lie at first when everyone was posting about these books, I was like...hmmm Vampires...I don't know about that...but I LOVED THESE BOOKS SO FAR... I can't wait to see the movie. Kathy asked me tonight if I like Edward or Jacob more...and I think I'd have to say I'm an Edward Fan...he just loves Bella sooooo much and doesn't he sound super dreamy....I know it's just a book, but you have to use your imagination when you read. If you have not read these books get them or borrow them because you'll be hooked...thanks to everyone whose read them and passed on the suggestion, because they are sooooo good!!! Okay so after posting this the first time...I went on the web site that Stephanie Meyers has and there was some info about the movie and the cast...so this is a picture of the Cullen family...I was quite excited to see this. I believe Edward is being played by the actor who played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter...and Carlisle is being played by Jennie Garth (kelly 90210) husband Peter Facinelli...the one thing I don't love about this picture is the woman playing Esme she's the woman who played Jane Doe on Greys anatomy...I didn't really love her...but maybe this will change my opinion on her. I'm super excited for this movie to come out....too bad it's not until December 12th...anyway read the books and for those who have hope you enjoy the picture!!!The Cullen Family... so excited!!

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Anyway I think that is all the excitement for now...sorry there were not more pictures...I'll do better next time. Check out my facebook for a few more pictures of cutie pie Kailey...oh and if you hadn't noticed my little sister laura joined our blogging family...check her out and add her to your friends list, her blog is a hoot so far even though she made it clear that her blog is not for mine and kathys amusement....hahha gotta love laura. Hope everyone is doing awesome!!!!