STRIKE!!!

So we went bowling for Nick's birthday and it was really fun! We went with the fam ...Biddy, Wes, Brinky dink, Allard, mamma and the whole lot of em! What a crew let me tell ya!!! Here are a lot of pics and vids from the event! :] Make sure that your sound is turned down a little for the videos because it was LOUD at the bowling ally!

Big grampa and baby Al! They were the support team cheering the whole way through!
The birthday boy himself. It's a little crazy how big he's getting. He's even taller than me now!

Hey Biddy, don't you cry over spilled soda!!!

Brinky dink a linky! She's one of THE cutest little girls i know!!!!

Mmmm. Nachos ! Does a girl need to say more? Wes dogg asked me, "Calli! Did you just take a picture of your nachos?!" and I said, "First of all, they're NICK"S nachos...and YES i just did!"

Dear lil Brinky, she fell in love with the air vent at the front of the bowling ball shoot. I love how easily entertained little kids can get! Well, i'm very easily entertained too! haha. :]

Wes dogg got a spare and wasn't ashamedcelebrate! That's right, get your groove on boy!!Bridget had a LOVELY bowling technique that was all her own! :]

A day at the zoo

Okay so I am a bad blogger, it's been a couple weeks since we actually went to the zoo for Brinky's 3rd Birthday, but I figured better late than never! It was a pretty fun day, I have to say. I think we all felt right at home ...considering the Party Animals that we all are! Aww. These guys were so cute here are a couple of orangutangs taking a lil snooze!

This guy I caught redhanded trying to escape out of his cage. He was trying to get to the greener grass on the other side! Luckily we caught him at a safe time, because me and Bridget usually catch them at the blessed time of year when love is in the air! ;]

I absolutely adore this picture! Because it really captures the way that the sisters act when they're around each other!!! As Brinky would say, we act like "doobahs!"

Mmmm. Lunchtime! Lil Ally was sure enjoying her food! I caught her in mid-bite!
Here's the birthday girl herself! She's such a cutie and I love her so much! She always keeps me entertained, that's for sure! :]

Okay so this has NOTHING to do with the zoo, but the other day my mom was making homemade pizza and I was watching her pour the tomato sauce onto the dough and by some freakish accident of nature...it made a PERFECT like stencil letter "C"!!! I thought it was so cool and I literally dodged across the room to get my camera and take a picture before she smeared it! It made me happy that a little sign of my name showed up like that in my dinner! Haha. :]

OPAH!!!

Okay, so I'm really sorry Bridget that I stole these pictures from you...but I HAD to put them up! So lil baby Ally found one of my sister's old bra pads and wore it on her head like a little Yamicuh! (I don't know how to spell that!) Isn't she the cutest lil baby?! I love lil Allard to death! :]

Hallelujah! I'm finally 16!!!!!!!!!

I have the bestest friends EVER.

End of discussion.

My birthday this year was absolutely amazing!

So my day started off with me being kidnapped by the Laurels and going to eat DELICIOUS and maybe even deadly breakfast burritos!

I know you can't tell from the picture, but this food was sooooo tasty! Props to the leaders! :]

Here's me and "Ashee" at the breakfast. We've got that "just rolled out of bed " look goin! I think we've become masters of that style!
We decided to digest our food while we took some good ole' wiggle pictures. The baby isn't too sure about those faces though!
I think they planned the breakfast too early , because Ashlee got way too slap happy for her own good. At least she made friends with the ball. :]




And then, even more exciting, my amazing friends took me on my very first date and trust me.....they did it up right. So first we went out to Usery Pass and we got to eat really yummy food, play around, and sit around a campfire. The very first picture for this post is all of us together out in the desert.
Once the park closed at 8, we went to Abby Well's house and we watched Cool Runnings, and brought in the New Year together!!! They even made me and Katie (we share the same birthday) a yummy cake and special glasses to drink Martinelli's out of!!!

Before we ate, we all walked up to the top of a little mountain and this is what the sunset looked like! It was so pretty!


Abby and Aaron made me and Katie our very own cake! I thought it was so cute! Can you read my name on top of the cake?!

Me and Maddi looking very attractive as always! Ha ha! I love that we can be silly together!


Me and Ashlee were being very hyper! Don't worry, our cups are filled with Martinelli's! ;]

Daniel and his slice of cake! Ha ha, I'm so grateful to have him around , he's so fun!

Me and Marc (my date) I'm grateful that he planned all of the fun stuff we did , and for making my night very enjoyable! Some people's first dates can be very painful and awkward/embarrassing. But mine was far from it . It was so much fun! My friends are so fantabulous and they are such a blessing in my life! I love you all!!!! :]

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Starting fresh....

So this year is almost over.

I am very excited to turn a new page.

I like the idea of starting on a clean slate.

This post is here to say, Thanks 2007. You've been great.

The new colors and music to the blog is to kick off my new beginning.

Life is short, so we need to live it up as much as we can...as long as we can be responsible and trustworthy in the process.

Everyday is a new adventure, but life is a journey.

So look out world, here I come. I'm gonna take everyday as it comes and never look back.

I know where I stand and what I believe in.

Life is rich and vibrant and we were sent here to take it all in one step at a time......

AND I INTEND TO DO IT!

It's a Wonderful Life!

No, I'm not talking about the movie! I'm just talking about my life in general! I am so greatly blessed that it's almost hard to believe! My Christmas was so fun! Santa was very generous this year and took care of me..just like i knew he would. Here are a couple pictures of my awesome Christmas celebration!

Here mom is busy at work in the kitchen while Frank watches...smacking his lips at the aroma of the honey-baked ham.

Dear ole' Daddy-o read me and Nick "Twas' the night before Christmas" on Christmas Eve. Okay, so Bridget is on the activities committee in her ward ..therefore she was in charge of the ward Christmas party. She brought over these decorations to use in our house to make it look more festive. Unfortunately, I was a sucker and they caught me shaking the boxes to see if I could guess what was inside. As it turns out, I just got a plateful of embarrassment ..because they were EMPTY!

This is my lovely stocking! You can't see everything that's inside but let's just say that I got a lot of candy, gum, and other really fun goodies!

Here's Ally baba with one of the bows off her present!

I think Ally had a lot of fun with that bow!

WAY too much fun with that bow!I tried to take a picture with Brinky, but I guess she really wasn't in the mood!

Okay, so I've been raving to Santa about how much I would like an acoustic electric guitar this year. Santa reminded me that our budget was a lot smaller this year, so I had accepted the fact that I might not get one. But dear old Santa, he still came through and surpised me so much! I love you!
My wonderful grandma, knows that I am madly in love with Charlie Brown so she decided to buy me this card that plays the charlie brown theme song on the inside!
MMMM..santa also knew that I love hot cheetos! So I found these in my stocking!

I have been out of perfume for a really long time. Now I can finally smell sweet again!

Okay, so this isn't exactly my gift! But Nick got a really cool nerf target shooting thing, and it was pretty fun! I think I'll try and be just as good of a marksman (or markswoman) as my daddy!
My Christmas was so fun this year! I am eternally grateful for all I have been blessed with and for the time I got to spend with my family!!! Merry Christmas!

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