ABOUT US

Adam and I met in July of 2004 and were married in the Bountiful temple in December of 2005. I am from AZ so we moved back here in June of 2007. We have 3 boys. Landen 10 (previous marriage), Krew 3 and Kade 7 months. Oh yeah and we have 1 little dog, who is a daddy's princess and thinks she well...knows she has him wrapped around her little finger. I am the CEO of this wonderful family and Adam is the Founder and President. I have a masters degree in changing poopy diapers, cooking, cleaning, laundry and blogging. I speak a foreign language (baby talk).
Actually, I have been a Dental office manager for about 16 years at different offices and just started a new small business called Dental AR Solutions. I love being a mom and am so grateful that my husband allows me to be home to see our boys grow up.

Friday, January 30, 2009

WOW TIME FLIES

So, I know it's been quite a while since I have wrote, however, I have good reasons. Well, life has been crazy. Last Friday was my bday and what do ya know, EVERYONE IS SICK. I came home from work early and we lounged all weekend. I went to church by myself on Sunday and it was the best thing I ever did. I really learned such a great lesson. It was on the war against good and evil. I seriously have been doing so much thinking and studying the scriptures lately and I can't even begin to tell you why (well I can, but.........) but I decided to make a separate private blog Titled My Life's Journey (it's a personal journal and some amazing experiences). So, leave your email address if you want to be added.
Today was the funnest. Whitney, Rebecca and I had a crafty day. I have been procrastinating getting some projects done and I finally did it. This was Rebeccas first time and she did so great, I am so proud of her. Here are some pictures:
P.S.
Not really much more to tell ya other than what's in My Life's Journey, sorry too private to make public.



(mine) (mine)
(Rebecca's) (Whitney's)
(Whit, Rebecca, Me)

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

SO DID YA'LL HEAR.........

ABOUT..... www.cosmeticssettlement.com

SO THIS IS WHAT THE WEBSITE SAYS: (copy and paste is great)

I suggest every single person who has ever shopped at a big name mall go to this site!! Basically from 1994-2004 we have all been paying way more than we should have for ohhh you name it,
clinique, estee lauder, the list goes on.

From today until next monday, you can go in to one of the retailers and get any 1 of the items on the list. (just go for the most expensive thing) FOR FREE.

Woo-hoo!! Please note: MAC is not listed!! :( sorry girls, i know what a shame, at least we know they are good to us right????????


Welcome to the Information Website for theIn re Cosmetics Cases(Azizian, et al. v. Federated Department Stores, Inc., et al.,Docket No. 4:03-CV-03359-SBA) (updated as of December 1, 2008)
As part of a class action settlement, $175 million worth of free cosmetics products will be distributed to members of the class (see below to determine whether you are a member of the class) for a maximum of seven days, while supplies last, on a first come, first served basis, beginning on January 20, 2009. No rainchecks will be issued. The products will be distributed at stores owned by the Retailer Defendants (see list immediately below).
The stores owned by the Retailer Defendants that will be participating in the settlement product distribution are the following:
Bergdorf Goodman
Bergner’s
Bloomingdale’s
Boston Store
Carson Pirie Scott
Dillard’s
Gottschalks
Herberger’s
Macy’s
Neiman Marcus
Nordstrom
Parisian
Saks Fifth Avenue
Younkers
A class member will be eligible to receive, while supplies last, a maximum of ONE free cosmetics product from one of the Manufacturer Defendants from which he or she purchased Department Store Cosmetics1 during the class period, May 29, 1994 through July 16, 2003, from the list of products below. If a class member has only purchased products, during the class period, from one of the Manufacturer Defendants listed below, then that class member is only entitled to receive a free product from that Manufacturer Defendant. If a class member has purchased products, during the class period, from multiple Manufacturer Defendants, then that class member must choose the ONE free product he or she wishes to claim from one of those Manufacturer Defendants. Again, these products are only available while supplies last, and no rainchecks will be issued. If your store has run out of settlement products from the Manufacturer Defendant(s) from which you have previously purchased Department Store Cosmetics during the class period, then you may claim a product (again, while supplies last) from another Manufacturer Defendant.
The following is a list of the Manufacturer Defendants and their products that will be distributed, while supplies last, through the stores listed above:
Boucheron (USA) Ltd.: Femme Eau de Toilette (1 ounce/30 ml)
Chanel, Inc.: Coco Mademoiselle body lotion (3.4 fluid oz)
Christian Dior Perfumes, Inc.: J’Adore Eau de Parfum (15 ml)
Clarins U.S.A., Inc. (customers will have a choice of ONE of two products, while supplies last): Clarins Energizing Morning Cream (30 ml) OR Clarins Beauty Flash Bomb (30 ml)
Conopco, Inc. (distributed by Coty, Inc. on behalf of Conopco, Inc.) (customers will have a choice of ONE of three products, while supplies last): Calvin Klein Euphoria Bath and Shower Crème (6.7 oz) OR Vera Wang Princess Body Polish (5 oz) OR Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker Shower Gel (6.7 oz)
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (customers will have a choice of ONE of two products, while supplies last): Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair (15 ml/0.5 oz) OR Clinique Moisture Surge (30 ml/1 oz)
Guerlain, Inc.: My Insolence Eau de Toilette (15 ml)
L’Oréal USA, Inc. (formerly known as Cosmair, Inc.) (customers will have a choice of ONE of eight products, while supplies last): Lancôme UV Expert 20 OR Lancôme Cils Design Pro Mascara OR Lancôme Fatale Mascara OR Lancôme Courbe Virtuose Mascara OR Lancôme Primordial Skin Defense OR Ralph Lauren Romance Shower Gel (6.7 oz.) OR Giorgio Armani ACM Shower Gel (6.7 oz) OR Lancôme Hypnôse Shower Gel
Parfums Givenchy, Inc.: Very Irresistible Givenchy Eau de Toilette (15 ml)
These are the only products that will be distributed, while supplies last, as part of the settlement product distribution. Not all products are available in all stores; rather, stores will be distributing products from the participating brands that the particular store ordinarily sells.
1Department Store Cosmetics are products which are the full range of high-end, “prestige” or specialty beauty and cosmetic products and product lines, including color products (such as foundation, eye shadow and lipstick), treatments (such as skin creams and moisturizers) and fragrances, and which are sold primarily through department or specialty stores. Cosmetics and fragrance products sold through mass distribution channels, such as drug stores and warehouse outlets, are not Department Store Cosmetics.
To Determine Whether You Are a Member of the Class, Please Read the Following:
You are a member of the class if you are currently a resident of the United States who purchased Department Store Cosmetics in the United States during the class period, which products were made, distributed and/or sold by the Manufacturer Defendants or Retailer Defendants listed below. You are not a member of the class, even though you bought the covered products during the relevant time period, if you fall into one or more of the following categories: all employees, officers, directors or agents (including attorneys) of any defendant, as well as any judge, justice or judicial officer presiding over this matter, and each such person’s immediate family.
The following is a list of the Manufacturer Defendants and the brands sold by the Manufacturer Defendants during the class period as well as the Retailer Defendants and the stores they owned during the class period. Not all brands and retailers listed below will be distributing products as part of the settlement product distribution. The only stores that will be participating and products that will be distributed, while supplies last, as part of the settlement product distribution are listed ABOVE.
Manufacturer Defendants and brands sold by the Manufacturer Defendants:
Boucheron (USA) Ltd.: Boucheron, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix, Paul Smith, Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gaultier
Chanel, Inc.: Chanel Colour, Precision Skincare, Chanel No. 1 Collection, Chanel Le Corps Actif, Allure, Chanel No. 5, Chanel No. 19, Chanel No. 22, Coco, Coco Mademoiselle, Chance, Allure for Men, Platinum Egoiste, Cristalle, Egoiste, Pour Monsieur, Technique Pour Homme, Anateus Pour Homme
Christian Dior Perfumes, Inc.: Christian Dior Perfumes
Clarins U.S.A., Inc.: Clarins, Thierry Mugler, Azzaro Paris
Conopco, Inc.: Calvin Klein, Obsession, Eternity, Escape, CK One, CK Be, Calvin Klein Color, Contradiction, Truth Calvin Klein, Calvin, Crave, Latitude Longitude, BCBGirls, Vera Wang, Chloe, Narcisse, Karl Lagerfeld, Lagerfeld Classic, Lagerfeld Man, Lagerfeld Woman, Lagerfeld Jako, KL, Photo, Sun Moon Stars, Cerruti (or Nino Cerruti), Cerruti 1881, Cerruti Image, Cerruti 1881 Amber, Valentino, Very Valentino, Valentino Gold, Vendetta, Elizabeth Arden, 5th Avenue, Blue Grass, Red Door, Sunflowers, True Love, Elizabeth Taylor Black Pearls, Elizabeth Taylor Passion, White Diamonds, Jean Louis Scherrer, Indian Nights/Nuits Indiennes, Visible Difference, Ceramides, Millennium
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique Laboratories, Inc., Prescriptives, Origins Natural Resources, M.A.C., La Mer, Bobby Brown Cosmetics, Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries, Donna Karan Cosmetics, Aveda, Stila Cosmetics, Jo Malone, Kate Spade Beauty, Laboratoires Darphin, Michael Kors Fragrances
Guerlain, Inc.: Guerlain
L’Oréal USA, Inc. (formerly known as Cosmair, Inc.): Biotherm, Helena Rubenstein, Kiehl’s Since 1851, Lancôme, Shu Uemura, the Designer Fragrances, including Cacharelle, Giorgio Armani, Guy Laroche, Paloma Picasso, and Ralph Lauren
Parfums Givenchy, Inc.: Parfums Givenchy
Retailer Defendants and stores owned by the Retailer Defendants:
Dillard’s, Inc.: Dillard’s, Maison Blanche, Gayfers, J.B. White, Castner Knott, Bacons, McAlpin’s, Lion, Root’s, The Jones Store Company, Joslins, Hennessy’s, de Lendrecie’s, Glass Block
Federated Department Stores, Inc.: Macy’s East, Jordan Marsh, Macy’s West, Bullock’s, Rich’s, Lazarus, Goldsmith’s, Burdines, Bloomingdale’s, The Bon Marche, Stern’s, Broadway, Emporium, Weinstock’s, Abraham & Strauss
Gottschalks Inc.: Gottschalks, Gottschalks Inc., Harris-Gottschalks
The May Department Stores Company: Filene’s, Kaufmann’s, Lord & Taylor, Hecht’s, Strawbridge’s, Famous-Barr, The Jones Store, Foley’s, Robinsons-May, Meier & Frank
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.: Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus Direct, Neiman Marcus Online
Nordstrom, Inc.: Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Façonnable
Saks Incorporated: Saks Fifth Avenue, Parisian, Proffitt’s, McRae’s, Younkers, Herberger’s, Carson Pirie Scott, Bergner’s, Boston Store
Target Corporation: Hudson’s, Dayton’s, Marshall Field’s and Target

Sunday, January 18, 2009

I love him!!

This is my latest project from photoshop. We went and had a mommy and me day because I have been working so much I feel left out of this little guys life!! He is growing so fast I don't even know where the time has gone!! I miss him so so much. So, life is a bit chaotic and I have promised to spend as much time with my boys as possible from this point on!! I have been feeling like my busy life is catching up to me and I still have not managed to go and have my spinal tap done. Even though I get a call about every other day from the Dr. i have managed to put it off. Oh, but i know soon it will all catch up and eventually I will have to face my fears and have it done.
It's amazing the people the Lord puts in your life. I do have hope after meeting someone my age and her story is the same as mine. She has had the same EXACT symtoms I have, has went through all the testing and when her results came back from the spinal tap. NEGATIVE!! So, yes ther is hope!! We are going to start running and working out to hopefully take off some of the pain and exhaustion that keeps us down!!

BOO-HOO BUT...................

I still win!!! Yeah I know, don't try to rub it in!! They lost, but they still played a great game. I am sad but happy!! Ken Wisenhunt deserves this, he is a great coach!!! So, after the game we headed over to our (sarogent ??? parents house) Ken and Nona. I had to be funny and wear my McNabb jersey and yes, I got teased non stop!!
It was so much fun, we got to see and hang out with Brad and Shelly. I finally got to meet Trina and also Robbie. Krew loves going there and had his first run in with Helo (their very ginourmous lab) yeah he screamed his head off the second he licked his hand, but, when we finally introduced them, Krew was head over hills. There is never a dull moment at their house!! It's always a party and my cheeks are always sore when I get home.
As always, I can't wait to see them again. Nona is an amazing Gramma and she is hired the second I buy a home!! She is the best interior designer in the world. Her grandkids room is to die for.
And............... of course they send us home with a boat load of food, so hey if anyone wants to come hang out for dinner this week and next and next..... just let me know, we have plenty to go around!!! :)
I can't wait to have our girls day, I am so excited and counting down the days!!!!

GO EAGLES, GO EAGLES!!! WOO-HOO!!

Ok, so I have to make this post official because yeah yeah I grew up in AZ, but honestly I am an Eagles fan, actually just a McNabb fan. Ya see Don and I we go way back, back to the day I didn't know who the crap he was and met him at the cheesecake factory. Here is the story.
So, oh about 6 or 7 years ago I worked at the CCF (cheesecake factory) at the Biltmore. I don't remember what day of the week it was, but I remember being almost done with my shift and the manager comes up to me and says hey I have a party of 9 guys I need you to get right on!! It kind of went like this.
Nina: "Ugh!! You're kidding right? I really have to deal with these guys."
Manager: "Um yes you do!!"

(as I go up to the table)
Nina: "Hey what do you guys want to drink." (as I am rolling my eyes)
Andre (one of Donovan's closest friends): "Ummmm, I'm sorry did we do something to make you mad?"
Nina: "No, other than I have to serve you rather than going home, so let's speed this up."
Andre: "Do you know who we are? Do you know who this guy is?" (As he points to Donovan)
Nina: "No, and I really don't care!! But, I am sure you think I should treat you like you are some famous person. Oh, was that what you wanted to tell me, was that he is famous? Cause I am pretty in tune with who comes in and out of here and I have never seen you on TV or in the movies so spare me."
Colby (another friend): "Oh wow guys we just got dissed from a server."
Donovan: "No, it's cool, just bring us all Strawberry Lemonade, we will make it quick."

Manager: "Oh my gosh, Nina you have to do me a favor, get his autograph. That's Donovan McNabb!!"
Nina: "Who the crap is Donovan McNabb?"
Manager: "Are you serious? He is the quarterback of the Eagles. Anyways, please ask for his autograph for my son."

Nina (as I am bring back their drinks): "So, apparently I feel like a complete idiot and you are really some famous guy on TV, just not what I watch."
9 guys at the table: (LOL< LOLDonovan: "It's ok, just don't make it a habbit ok. Just kidding, really though it's ok I forgive you, but only if you promise that you will watch and root for me from this point on."
Nina: "Even if you play the Cardinals."
Donovan: "Yes maam, even if we play the Cardinals, and beat them. Otherwise, I will ask right now to switch servers! (wink)"
Nina: "Ok it's a deal."

So, here we are and he has been my favorite ever since. Besides the fact that he is the honestly a really good guy.
Every sunday, I get a constant reminder (when I use to work at CCF and even in 2007 when I worked at the Chandler one) from Andre, who comes in and sits at one particular place and has his yummy waffles with extra chantilly cream. He reminded me constantly about the nasty server they once had!!
LOL
GO PHILLY'S!!



AND SO IT IS!!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Another Tragedy

An old friend of my recently lost her baby girl from some complications. They are taking donations if anyone can help. www.andersonsavenue.blogspot.com

My thoughts and prayers are with your family.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

3 YEARS AND COUNTING....

So while on our trip to UT, it just so happened to be our 3 year anniversary. It wasn't the greatest day, but we promised to make it up when we get back to AZ. We did go to my favorite restaraunt ever...... Tepanyaki!! Yummy. We spent it with Sean, Janelle, Whitney, Landen, Ryker and Krew. I couldn't have asked for a better setting than this. We then went to Sean's and Janelle took Whit and I to Roberts to get stuff to Modge Podge frames. They turned out so stinking cute, I can't wait to do more. So, Adam and I have come a long way from then until now. We started out rough but for about the last 7 months things have been great. Being in Utah put a huge strain on us towards the end because I wanted to just come home and he wanted to stay a day longer. Of course now that we are home, we are more in love then the day we were married. I love you babe!!!!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS VACATION!!

Well we finally made it to utah 7 a.m. on Sunday. Sunday night we all went to Claudia's to play the grocery game. It's the funnest thing at Christmas. Claudia goes out and get a zillion things to include stuff at bath and body, snacks from costco, jewlery, hair stuff etc. So, we put everyone's name in a bowl and draw until all the gifts are gone. It takes about 2-3 hours to finish, but it's so so fun.
Monday we did a little bit of shopping and got Landen from the airport. Christmas eve, we wake up Adam goes snowboarding and I rush Krew to the E.R at primary childrens hospital. He was having a very hard time breathing. They ended up having to put tubes up his nose and suck everything out. I got to sit back and watch him scream his brains out. It was not the funnest thing to see. Claudia and Brycen came over to spend the night at Tricia's for Christmas the next day. We stayed up till about 4 am wrapping gifts.
Christmas came and the first thing my 8 year old says (every parents nightmare) is, "Mom, I know Santa isn't real, I know it's our parents that put out presents." Then I say, "Oh really, and what makes you think you know he isn't real?" He replies, "because Santa's gifts are wrapped in the same wrapping paper that your gifts are." I wasn't even about to try to convince him. I just sat there thinking wow he is growing so fast, it's been 8 years and I can't even convince him that Santa is real anymore.
Whitney finally came home later on Christmas day and we had so much fun spending time together.
Friday we all went snowboarding and that was a whole new experience in its own. I think I started getting frost bite in my toes but thanks to Janelle, she rubbed them back to life. They were burning so so bad I thought they were going to fall off. Whit and I gave ourselves pedicures and they turned out cute.
Saturday the boys went paint ball shooting and whit and I decided to wake up early and go get some stuff done before they get back. We went shopping and got Krew some really warm clothes. We came back, got ready and off to return the rented snowboarding equipment.
Not much happened between then and New Years eve. We made plans to go to Vegas on New years eve, but that didn't happen either. Everyone was gone so Trish wanted to take a quick trip to Vegas on our way back to AZ. We finally left on Thursday at 4 pm. Oour money was gone in one night and we left early Saturday morning back to AZ. FINALLY HOME AT LAST.
So, all in all, the trip sucked except for a few days. I think it would have been better just staying here and maybe meeting up with some of the family in California towards New Years eve. It's kind of a good thing though because it's opened my eyes a lot to know what my priorities are and it's also helped me take a few steps back. When I say that I mean, for the last year I have been wanting to move back to UT really bad, but this trip has definately changed my mind on that. I never never never want to go back there ever again. Only if I fly and only for a couple days, never for 2 weeks. Too much drama and too many past memories that are not good ones. I am so so glad to be home in AZ where we belong.