My favorite day.

Today marks six months since my favorite day.  Here are some pictures so we can all relive it together. :)

 

 

YIR: March 2015

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!  I hope you all feel loved today.

And on an unrelated note...here's my favorite pictures from last March.

This is one of my amazing companions, Brooke!  She's seriously so great and so I beg to hang out with her when she's in town.  Thus, we went to the temple together.  :)

My family came up to Utah for my cousin's wedding and we went bowling!  Jim was by far the cutest bowler in the party.

Another one of my amazing companions, Makenzie, got home from her mission.  (She was my last companion.)  So we went to hear her speak at church and then ate delicious food at her house.

And then we went to Spring Training.  Have I mentioned I love Spring Training?  Because I really do.  It's even better when Brad goes with me.  :)

This is the view from where we were sitting in the previous picture.  I believe this was a Giants @ Dodgers game.

The next day we went to a Mariners game since we went with Brad's friend who happened to be a Mariners fan.  They were playing the Giants which is why we still had to wear Dodgers gear...  That's about as anti-Giants as you can get.

Precious.

This boy is going to be the best big brother.  Watch this video.  You can also read this article if you want.

Also this video is pretty hilarious.  Same scenario...different reaction.  And a British accent.  :)

Want list.

So...I've decided long ago that I only want a huge house if I can afford to pay someone to clean it.  But check out this house.  It's gorgeous.  It is/was Selena Gomez's house.  And by the way it's in Calabasas.

I don't love it all...but here's what I do love about it in case you inherit/win a bunch of money and feel like surprising me with a mansion (and someone to clean it.)

1.  The outside is super pretty.  Plus, whoever took these pictures was genius to take it at the time of evening they did.  I swear the lighting has a lot to do with how pretty it is.

2.  I like the spacious kitchen.

3.  The bathroom is bomb...I would LOVE to have a jacuzzi tub.

4.  The couch in what looks like the theater room looks awesome.  I try to move our ottoman in front of our couch kinda like that when we watch movies...but this couch would be way nice.

5.  The backyard is gorgeous not to mention the pool.

Awkward Moments

Another 4;30AM post.  We've all had awkward moments.  I know I've had plenty.  Can I think of one off the top of my head?  No.  But probably because I'm tried to block the worst ones out.  But I assure you I've had my fair share.  If you need a good laugh...(which who doesn't?)...or want to feel less alone in having awkward moments...continue reading on the following page: http://mashable.com/2015/11/05/the-bloggess-most-awkward-moments/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#zkm.2Dag2mq3

BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

IT'S BRAD'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I really lucked out to marry such a great guy.  He seriously is so great.

This video describes how I feel about him.  I'm the monkey.

CVS Birthday Party

So remember when I used to produce the 4:30 AM show?  Well I did that for awhile.  The best part: it's a show full of viral/trending stories/videos.  So I thought I'd share a few of the things I found while searching for stories.

We'll start off with the funniest kid's birthday party I've ever seen.  This 4-year-old asked for a CVS-themed birthday party...yes, CVS the drug store.  Hilarious.  You've gotta read the article and look at the pictures.  It will make your day.

Enjoy: http://time.com/4078321/girl-cvs-birthday-party/

YIR: February 2015

I started this last Sunday...but didn't finish.  Sorry to keep you waiting.  Ha.  Anyway, February 2015 was a bomb month.  For reals.  If you don't believe me, see the following pictures as proof.

Cute Brad and I got to go skiing at Sundance!  Our first date was on that same ski lift (just without snow).  Last winter's snow was pretty pathetic.  It was pretty slushy that day.  But still fun!  Not cold at all.

This is Grant.  Or at least this sign was made by Grant.  If I remember right, this was a screen shot during FaceTime.  (Then again...that would mean my picture should be in the corner...which it does not appear to be.)  Anyway, I'm obsessed with Brad and so is my family...especially my little brothers.  Grant apparently wanted us to kiss.  Funny kid.

Then for President's Day we went to Arches!  I love Arches!  It is the greatest ever!  Being February, it was a little chilly.  It even snowed during our hike (and even while this picture was taken).  This is below Delicate Arch.  (Here's a picture of the whole arch to prove it.)  This hike was my favorite because it is super easy and not that long and has a great ending.  My type of hike.

Have I mentioned that I love Brad?  If not, I love Brad.  This is another part of the park we explored.  The rocks are so crazy!

We also had a ward tubing activity at Soldier Hollow.  The best part was not having to climb the hill to sled down.

And if Arches wasn't cool enough, my family also went on a cruise to Mexico in February!  This is Jim waiting on the counter while they checked all of our tickets and passports/birth certificates!  Quite the process when your family is large.

This is Jim and me hanging out in one of our cabins.  He's one cute kid.

Confession: I wasn't really supposed to take this picture.  It was one of those "they take your picture and then try to get you to buy it."  But in my defense, I did not realize that until after I snapped this picture.  This was when we got off the ship in Mexico.

The only stop our ship made was in Ensenada.  A little about Ensenada or what I thought it was.  First of all...if you look up Ensenada...it is not very far from the border...meaning we did not travel very far at all.  Second of all, I figured you take cruises to Mexico to go to nice beaches.  When I woke up the morning we docked I asked Becca if I should wear a swimsuit and she said no...there weren't any nice beaches in Ensenada.  Haha.  Kinda lame.  But instead we got to take a bus ride to the Bufadora.  It's a blowhole.  Ensenada's most exciting attraction.  It was kinda cool for at least a minute or so.  This is most of our family at the Bufadora.

This is us at the end of our Bufadora adventure waiting for the bus.  Of course the path leading to it is lined with all these little shops.  Most of them sell the same stuff.  I bought a dress.  Why?  1.  Because they're cool.  2.  Because I didn't realize one of the nights on the cruise you were supposed to dress up.  Thus it was not a souvenir...it was a need.

And this is all eight Ostler kids before we got back on the boat.

My siblings' favorite part of the cruise: all you can eat ice cream.  This was at breakfast right before we got home.

This was back in Provo at Utah Lake.  Don't worry...that's not my car.  But it is a friend's car who luckily didn't end up in the lake.  It took a large truck to get it off the rocks.  It was kinda cold.  So I put on Brad's sweatshirts.  I love Brad's sweatshirts.

Well...that was February.  Or at least what I took pictures of in February.  Enjoy.  :)