Random Thoughts

I have been a super bad blogger. I just haven't been motivated enough....and it seems like nothing exciting is going on.

Shane took Addy and I on a drive up the canyon last night and then took us to Taco Time. It was the most enjoyable evening I have had in a really long time. It was such a simple thing but it was so great.

I have been super restless when I get home from work lately. It is like the minute I walk in the door I want something exciting to happen...but it never does. And then I don't know what to do with myself so I just watch TV or read. I really need some excitement in my life. Maybe I should take a class.

I took a nap on Sunday and then I got woken up from that nap like 15 minutes later and I was super pissy about. I told Shane about how mad I was and then he made me smile and then I was okay.

All the plants in my yard are super happy and big and full...and oh I just love it!

We got new neighbors finally and they seem really nice and cool. Such a relief!

And that is all the random thoughts I can think of for today. Thanks for reading!

It's okay to be mad sometimes

So we didn't end up going to Chipotle for dinner as planned. Turns out tons of other people had this same plan cause holy moly there was a line out the door! So Shane and I went to our favorite little Mexican restaurants El Farol. I have been going to El Farol as long as I can remember...it is one of those cheesy little places with fake flowers and a lot a Mexican decor but you know they have the best nachos and carnitas I have ever had! It was a special little time for us. Addy was pretty good for most of the dinner. At one point during our meal she decided it was a good idea to get under the table and come over to me...fine. Then she decided to go back over to Shane...fine. After she did this about five or six times I finally told her to stop. So she gets under the table again and says "Mom, I am just so mad at you now." Freaking hilarious! It took everything I had to be stern with her and tell her to sit in her seat. She did and then decided she wanted to eat but by this time Shane and I were done eating. Oh well she did eat a little more but on our way home she said "mommy I'm huuungry!!" Needless to say we had to make a little stop at Wendys for some chicken nuggets. Love that girl!

Happy Valentine's day!

Happy Valentines day friends! Today I went into work late so Shane and I could have a little breakfast and coffee together. It was a wonderful start to the day. The sun is shining and I am happy so it is going to be a great day! Tonight we are going to go to Chipotle for dinner for some BOGO action! For some reason romance comes in the form of a pork taco for us and it makes me happy.

What about you? What will your day of love be filled with?

The Birthday!

Addy and I had a really great birthday this year. We went and picked out some new toys for Addy, went to lunch with our friends, took a nap (Addy not me), and then went and had a wonderful dinner with family. Addy loves being two I think. She went around all the next day telling people she was two. Here is a picture of the two of us at lunch.....


Shane got me an awesome pair of running shoes.....

Because I have been doing this work out video among others....


Shane and I were going to go out to dinner but it just didn't happen. Oh well! There is always valentines day right??

All and all we had a nice birthday! Thanks to our great friends and family for making this a memorable birthday!

camping and happy 100th post!!

The first weekend of June Shane and I went camping with a group of friends. It was a lot of fun and the weather was perfect. Unfortunately our trip was cut short because of our sick little girl but it was still great to get out of the city even just for a short time. We went with six of our friends and we had five dogs total with us. Whoa! I love camping with dogs it's the best. We ate lots of yummy food. For some reason I eat so much when I am camping...love it. We ended up camping up Provo canyon above Sundance the spot we found was beautiful.

Some pictures.....

Shane looking out at the beautiful view


The View


Us


Me and Meg


Dan and Becka...and three of the 5 dogs

It was a lot of fun. Next camping trip we are going to take the kids. Luke is dying to go camping.

Happy 100th post to my little blog!! I am still glad we're friends :)

Sickies!!

We have had a rough week at the Thornton house. I think we are finally through the rough patch though *insert sigh of relieve here*

Well Saturday Shane and I went camping with some friends...no kids! Awesome :)(I will post some pictures later). We had a lot of fun and the weather was awesome. Then on Sunday morning when I woke up I got a call from my dad saying Addy was super sick and had a fever and we needed to come home. Well of course this put me in total panic mode so we hurried and ate breakfast packed up and headed home:( Once we got home Addy didn't seem that bad so we played and had lunch then she had her nap. Well in the mean time Shane started feeling really sick and took a nap too. Later that night Shane started getting the chills and had a fever. So of course the poor guy could not help with the little one. Ahh!

I tried putting Addy to bed that night and she didn't go to sleep until 11:30!! Which is way late for her. Then at 3:30am I could hear her breathing really heavy so I went and checked on her and took her temperature and the thermometer read 104 degrees!! Crap! It scared us so bad so we rushed up to Primary children's hospital. It turns out she has a virus and an ear infection. Well we didn't get home until 6:30 and I had to hurry and get ready and go to work. Awesome. Shane stayed home with Addy but he was still so sick. I ended up going home early that day but I couldn't nap because I just can't...not a napper.

Then on Monday night she woke up in the night and was up for about two hours. I was a zombie yesterday! Finally last night I went to bed early and got a good night sleep. I feel like a whole new person today. Whew! I knew motherhood would be hard at times but not this hard. Someone should warn you that sick babies are really difficult. I am just glad our little Addy is feeling better oh and dad is feeling better too. And mom is awesome!

Happy Anniversary

Happy 3rd Anniversary to my wonderful husband Shane. We've had ups and downs. Lows and highs. Good times and bad times. Through it all we have stuck together and I am happy that we have. I still think marrying you was the best decision I ever made. I love you!

When are things going to start looking up?

I feel as if there is something that is holding me back from being fully happy lately. I have wonderful kids, an amazing husband, a good job, and great parents and brother so why do the bad things that happen over take all that happiness. Blah! I really just want to crawl in a hole until this year is over!! Besides the birth of my wonderful daughter this year has been a royal pain in my rear!!

This morning Shane's work van was stolen from our house and it is so horrible! Why do people have to suck so much? There was so much money worth of tools in that van and now Shane has nothing to drive. Really? Could things possibly get any worse.

I am not a bad person so I ask you world what did I do to deserve all the misfortunes in my life lately? I am not much of a complainer but I just have to let it all out before I explode! Please please let something good happen before I give up on all hope!

I don't have an excuse........

Where have I been? I dunno. What has been going on? Lots of little things but nothing too exciting to blog about. I am not going to give a list of excuses for being absent so long from the old blogaroo. So deal with it. I hope someone still looks at the blog......anyone......hello?

I am super excited for Thanksgiving because well I love to eat and be lazy. That sounds bad but it is true. It is nice to spend the day with the people I love most in this world and eat the food I love most in the world. I never really get excited for Christmas but for some odd reason this year I am. Maybe it is having a new baby or maybe I have just had a change of heart but whatever it is I am loving the holidays this year and no one can stop me. I even sing Christmas music to Addy while I am trying to get her to sleep at night. Silly me.

The kids are both doing good. Luke is doing great in school and he is a great kid we are lucky. Addy is going to be 10 months next week. Crazy! She is going to be a year before we know it. She is a wonderful baby and I love love love her. I would post a new picture of her but my computer at home is broken so I am forced to update this blog while at work....shhh don't tell.

All and all things are good for us. Shane is putting in a new floor in our kitchen and I am excited about that, but our house is in a total shambles for the time being. Oh well it will be worth it.

Laziness and HApPy FaThers daY

Today I have been super lazy, mostly because I feel like absolute crap. I have a really bad sinus infection and my ears feel like they are clogged and my brain feels like it is sloshing around in my skull.....so I have been laying in bed pretty much all day, luckily Addy has been pretty lazy too so that allows mom to be lazy. :)

Besides complaining about my sickness I wanted to say happy fathers day to my wonderful Father. For those of you that don't know I am a huge daddy's girl I always have been I am still and I am 25 years old. My dad is the best (I know everyone says that, but mine really is). He helps us so much with every thing, he is pretty much the smartest person I know, and he is a wonderful grandfather. I love you dad, my life would not be the same without you!



I would like to say happy father's day to my wonderful husband too. He is a wonderful father to both of his kids! He is so fun and playful with the kids and they both love it. He is a big softy and Luke knows that as long as he is with his dad he can pretty much get away with anything. He helps me so much with Addy and he was so good to me when I was pregnant with her and for that I think he deserves father of the year, because putting up with pregnant Ariel was not easy! I love you Shane you are a wonderful father and husband!

And the lord said let us eat pie......

Today is not only Mother's Day....happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there! It is also my mommy's birthday. I won't say how old she is because I don't think she would appreciate that too much, but I will say that I love that woman dearly. She is the best mother in the whole wide land to me. She is kind, caring, loving, and the best gosh darn grandma this side the Mississippi. So mom I say happy birthday to you and happy mother's day too!



Also Lets not forget yesterday was my dear husband's birthday. It was half a good day and half a bad day. We won't talk about the bad day part just the good. We went and had sushi..yummmmmmm, then we had brownies for dessert it was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed hanging out with the love of my life. Shane you are an amazing, hard working husband without you I would be absolutely lost, you are the best dad ever....I see the way your kids look at you and you can tell they both absolutely adore you. Happy birthday my sweet!


We had yummy tacos over at mom and dad's house tonight for the birthdays and for mothers day and on Shane's request we had yummy pie, hence the title of the post. Great weekend, yummy pie, good memories!

Hubby Tag

1. What is his name? Shane Randal
2. Who eats more? I would have to say Shane. He can eat a lot.
3. Who said "I love you" first? He did. He did it in the funniest way ever.
4. Who is taller? He is not by much though.
5. Who is smarter? I would say me, but I don't know for sure. Depends on the subject.
6. Who is more sensitive? We both have our days
7. Who does the laundry? Me.
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Looking at the bed, him
9. Who pays the bills? I pay them, but he makes more money to get them paid.
10. Who cooks more? I do, but he is a better cook I think.
11. What meals do you cook together? We cook together when we BBQ
12. Who is more stubborn? Me
13. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Shane, I am never wrong :)
14. Who has more siblings? He has 3, me only 1.
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I like to think I do, but Shane does whatever he wants usually
16. What do you like to do together? Camping, working on our house, yard work, watching movies....and pretty much anything else you can think of. We love being together
17. Who eats more sweets? Me. Shane doesn't really eat a whole lot of sweets
18. What is his guilty pleasure? Hot rods. We have more cars than we have people in our house.
19. How did you meet? We worked together.
20. Who asked who out first? He asked me out. I was really excited because I also had a huge crush on him!!
21. Who kissed who first? I think that he kissed me first
22. Who proposed? He did!! It was the best day of my life!!
23. His best features? His eyes, his arms, his smile. Pretty much everything my husband is hot!!
24. What is his greatest quality? He is the hardest worker and he is Mr. Fix it around the house. He still amazes me with all of the skills he has.
25. Tag Everyone!

Happy Anniversary!!

We had a wonderful 1 year anniversary!! Sunday night we had a really good dinner at PF Chang's, the dinner tasted wonderful and we had a piece of chocolate cake the size of my head! It was awesome. At dinner we talked about our first year of marriage and what we thought of the whole thing and we have decided that we truly do like each other. The next day we slept in and had a late breakfast. We hung out around the house most of the day and then went for a hike. The pictures above are of the hike. Then we rented a movie and ordered a pizza. All and all I would have to say that it was a good anniversary, not very exciting, but good.

Love you Shane! Can't wait to see what the years will bring us!!

The Wedding Anniversary

It is almost our first wedding anniversary....Wow one year!! Crazy!! Shane keeps on asking me what we should do....He wants to do something fun and special, but he won't give any ideas...I tried to tell him that he should just plan something and surprise me, that would be romantic right. He doesn't want to do that. So I need some ideas on something fun, memorable, and exciting. Please give some suggestions....I need help I am not good at this kind of stuff.

Birthday BBQ

We celebrated Shane and my mom's birthday yesterday. It was so much fun!! We had a cinco de mayo dinner and it was so yummy!! I love being with our family, they are so great, I don't know what we would do without them. Lucas had a blast and was being really cute. He loves uncle Zak because he is a big kid. It was a whole lot of fun.

Happy Birthday Shane and Mom!!