A little bit of wow here and there

wow I don't normal think I am awesome but I am feeling pretty awesome.

I didn't know what to make for dinner and I decided to make this yummy thing: that I half put together in my head and half spun off of another recipe that I have made before..

so easy I just did the following;

cook spiral noodles in boiling hot water with a tad of salt

cook meat with seasoning (I used beef, I think sausage would also taste deluxe)

then drain noodles when cooked..add noodles and meat

in a 9x13 pan and stir with 1 jar of spaghetti sauce

I topped it off with cheese and red pepper to give it a nice kick.

preheat oven to 350 and bake for 25min

serve with Caesar salad (thanks to my friend Kelsey I am now addicted to Caesar salads!)

okay I just love babies! I really want to just munch on a baby right now.

This cute little girl made me smile:)..I love her laugh and her cute little voice.
She is pretending to read..enjoy:)

Smooch

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas this weekend!

I have listened to this song over and over again..

I can't even recall how I came across such a fabulous song..

I have not ever heard it on the radio..so enjoy..

Don't watch the video..close your eyes..or just look at something else..

I watched like 10 sec. of it and it was way weird (not inappropriate..just weird..I think..I have not

seen the whole video so I would not know).

Usually music videos ruin the song so I prefer not to see them.

Snazzy Stuff

We are all married! 

It has been so neat to have all my siblings married in the temple. It is so comforting to

know we are all sealed to each other and can be together..forever..(literally).

 (I don't have a picture of my sis in her wedding dress..

this picture of her and her hubby was taken on my wedding day)

All from the two people that fell in love:)

.

There are certain times that I really have a longing for my 

sweet mother. 

Today is one of those times.

I guess it is cause Christmas is coming up.

I just wish she were here with me.

 I often have the urge to put my arms around her and thank her for being such a 

wonderful example to me and everyone that knew her.

One of the greatest blessing I receive is feeling her sweet spirit in my life, 

I wish I could be more like her.

I long for the day that my husband can finally meet her.

Thank goodness we have eternity together.

I love you mom, so glad to know Sam is with you.

The Smell of Pine

This is a random thought post:

I have always hated lipstick..

mostly because I felt as if I had just smeared cake all over my lips and just left it there. 

Well since about 3 weeks ago I rediscovered lipstick. 

I now wear it everyday.

Grace gave me these BEAUTIFUL flowers.

Made my day. She is hands down one of the most thoughtful people

I know! She is always sending me sweet cards and doing so much for us.

 LOVE YOU GRACE.

Tay gave me a hot chocolate maker last year.

This machine has been good to me this winter. 

Makes my soul feel warm and cozy inside..just like a "good friend"!:)

I made these scrumptious pumpkin muffins and they are so moist and delish! 

click here for the recipe

 This year we did our tree silver and blue...I like the combo:)

QUESTION..

So I would like to know your opinions..(for the few of you that look at my blog)

Gift cards have gotten the reputation of being thoughtless.

 I actually think they are AMAZING.

I love receiving gift cards and I think they are great if you know that person likes to go to a certain place to din out. I put a lot of thought when getting gifts and sometimes gift cards end up being the best way I can think to suite certain people and what they like to do. 

 Are you a gift carder giver or a gift card hater?

Tay and I were sitting at home and decided to tell each other everything we 

thought the other person is good at..

I went first..and told him everything I thought he was good at.

Then he went.

After he was done I said, "you forgot to say singing"

he paused..

"you mean that you like to sing"

haha it is so sad and so true..I sing all the time..in the car, shower, in the store, randomly in front of friends, I am just NOT a good singer but I love to sing:)

Most of our car rides consists of us singing and dancing.

 (luckily I am not singing in this one so it is much more pleasant)

Like A Pie In The Face

I took on the ridiculous task to build a chandelier. I really thought it would turn out

amazing. Unfortunately it is one of those projects you keep thinking..."even though I have spent so much time, money, and EFFORT..it will be worth it!"

Well I can tell that to the lame Jury because this Chandelier was pretty much a slap in my face.

I started from complete scratch and with my Dads awesome tools I was able to cut the metal and

drill holes that at least look half decent but the rest just kind of looks like a sad mess that I can't clean up.

I hung it in our room to see what Tay would say. I thought he would laugh but he actually likes it but he is just a sweetie trying to make me feel like I didn't completely

waste time and money.

(I don't know why everything I write is underlined..I can't take it off..maybe what I have to say is just so profound the computer feels it needs to be underlined, who knows?)

SCHOOL:

For one of my classes final projects the whole class was asked to design a condo in Park City

for a client. The teacher told us about the client:

She is;

50 yrs old

a chief

a business women

very athletic

a dancer

a skater

a singer

heavily involved in politicians

a role model to many

she has her own clothes line

(WOW this lady sounds amazing!)

She has recently been divorced and is getting married to him again.

SHE IS:

yep! It is Barbie, I was very excited to take on this task. We got to see the pictures Jordan Adler designed for the BARBIE Malibu Dream house here are some of the pictures of the house:

This is a barbie Chandelier made out of hair..Unique but kind of gross..

I love all the fun COLORS! He is such an amazing designer!

PINK:)

This house is so popular in Malibu they wanted us to design a condo in Party city that little girls could go tour. The clients were there and explained what they wanted in the design. They were going to come again next class to judge the whole class and pick their favorite and who ever designed the best condo would win and get the JOB.

Well you would think it would be all BARBIE HOT PINK but they gave us a wallpaper sample that was very vintage and had birds on it...NOT very barbie to me but I still thought I could make it barbie enough.

We only had one week.

I was so nervous and was hoping I could at least take 3rd place.

I usually dont' mind speaking in front of the class but I was super nervous.

When the clients named who got 3rd (I was sad to know it was not me) then 2nd and

then She said, 1st place goes to CRYSTAL NIELSEN, she got the job! Well she is lucky, wait..that is me!

I was very excited, until I found out they are NOT really building a condo in Park City. HA another joke on me. Tay called me and he asked if I got 1st place and I said yeah I won, he freaked out and said well what does this entail...and I am like nothing..I just won, I mean I guess you could call it a pride booster. Tay was as sad as I was ha.

They should have made it real so the winner could actually have experience but I guess it was fun for one week to actually think I was doing an important project.

Just like BARBIE..it was fake..beside the client part and the grade of course:)

My next post will be about CHRISTMAS!

Miracle on 42nd Street

Tay and I had the funniest date night last weekend...part of what

we did included making these scrumptious cookie dough brownies! They were so rich but the next day they tasted even better!

click here for the recipe

I absolutely LOVE this dance! So entertaining and fun to watch!

For some more kicks and giggles watch this awesome guy teach you the

"DOUBLE DREAM HANDS"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm7yAWpX1Mc

A weekend full of thanks & love~

I decided to give myself a break from homework and blog.

Thanksgiving weekend we flew out to spend with my family. We had so much fun..

Cooking

Eating

Bowling

Hiking

Playing games

Laughing

oh it was just dandy.

This post kind of makes me sad.. most of the pictures I took Thanksgiving weekend

at my sister's house were on Tay's phone..and his phone broke so he had to

get a new one..ALL of the PICTURES were LOST.

It was a very sad day. So here are only a few of what I took..

My big bro..Ben and my nephews being all cool and what not..

The newly weds just being all mush..

My cute sis and precious Kate

My sis in law and her handsome little man..

Tay and I:)

Kate...

getting ready to cook the most amazing Thanksgiving dinner ever!

My cute Dad..he had his B-day and we celebrated it while we were in CO.

lookin good papas for 67!

(he is making his famous apple pies..we went through 4 of them..no biggy)

The boys were so sweet to do the clean up!

HAPPY LATE THANKSGIVING!

I have so much more to blog about but I am going to make dinner for my man before he gets home!

So till next time..can't wait to share the projects I have been working on!:)

A Cup of Random

I'm sure many of you have already heard this..but I like to think I could scare the devil.

I'm not a mom but I think this is funny.

So true, I worry too much..and it really does absolutely NOTHING..I worry about other people

that I don't even know..I have learned that instead of worrying do something about it..instead of feeling bad that people are in the situation there in do something to help them, it is more productive:)

Good thing I have my husband who doesn't worry about random things like I do..he keeps me balanced:)

I would love to be in Greece with my lover man.

I think I am just tired of HW and I thought this was probably a lot funnier then it is.

why yes I would love to swing on this in the jungle.

So TRUE..I am pro at laughing when I realize that I probably shouldn't.

this is just a bundle of preciousness

I would love to wear dresses ALL THE TIME. I love dresses.

(It would even be better if I could be sipping from a tea cup to add to the properness..that is not a word..I just like to add "ness" on the end of some words).

Okay that is all for the pintrest pictures..

now on to my

AWKWARD STORY OF THE DAY~

Today I took Trax home from school...I am sure we have all witnessed weirdos on Trax.

Well I am just so anxious to get home and I sit down and then I see this blonde surfer guy come towards me and plop down right beside me and he said, "hey my name is..(I already forgot his name..) and I am from Hawaii"...then he pulled out his guitar and started singing to me...

..........

awkward silence in my head...

okay what the??

He was staring at me singing..."oh baby how I love your eyes"..yadayada.."you look

so fine in them jeans"..yadayada..

Baby?...really no one calls me baby but my man.

I felt so embarraessed, everyone around was just staring at the random Hawaiian dude and me. I wanted to just say please stop..but I thought that would be really rude..so I waited for him to

finish his song and then I said.."wow..you are really good at playing the guitar, SO IS MY HUSBAND!"

I could tell he felt so dumb..but that is what ya get when you go up to a random girl thinking you can sweep her off her feet..not too mention on TRAX....weird.

I got off on the next stop.

Face Overload

I am 100% happy right now..I will break down my happiness for you at this very moment;

5% - I just ate a homemade cafe rio burrito

5% - I may or may not be listening to Katie Perry, "The One That Got Away"..over

and over and over again..

10%- my interior design school is so AMAZING, I am learning so much.

35%- Knowing NO ONE has a better Aunt then I do..Grace:)..everyone can be jealous of that one.

25%- Next week I get to fly to Colorado to be surrounded by people I LOVE to death!

30%- these pictures that capture my love and happiness with my eternal lover~ (cheesy..yes..true..yes)

Photos by Dallas