Merry Christmas!

Rodee Family Pictures

So I went with Marci and Christian on Tuesday to take their family pictures! It was really fun and even though the girls were a little difficult, I'm really happy with the results! Here are just a few... what do you think?








I think this one may be my favorite!









ps. I also made the girls skirts. Cute? I think so!

Hello World!

I'm back. Here are some pictures I took today, and maybe I'll take some time and share some stories this week. Enjoy!

To my mom

Happy Mother's Day!!



I love my mom! I am truly blessed to have her in my life. She is a such a great example and she helps me every single day. She is always there to sing, cook, cry or laugh with me and I hope I can one day be the kind of woman she is. She has such a strong testimony of the gospel and she truly loves to serve. I am glad we have this day to celebrate moms, but I love mine every day! Thank you Mom... for everything!

**ps. this picture was taken a LONG time ago. But I still love it!

Accomplishments

So I'm kind of at an odd place in my life... the kind of place where I really need to feel good about something. Like I've accomplished something! So... Jory taught me a new trick. In your google reader you can pull up your trends and it will tell you how many blog posts you have read in the last 30 days. Now I feel like I should point out here that I set up my google reader at the beginning of February. So it hasn't even been 2 months yet. But I made it a personal goal to read more blog posts than Jory... which is a lot. Jory knows everything. So that's a lot of information to keep up with! So I texted him today so see how many he's read in the last 30 days... and his response: 5704.

FIVE THOUSAND AND FOUR!

So I scrapped the goal. But I still feel like I've accomplished a lot!


So question... how many blogs do you subscribe to?

Jory's Famous!

And I am therefore famous by association! Check him out... 3rd photo down on today's post.

http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/

I love to see the Temple

Watch this. It's only a few minutes long!

Have a good Tuesday!

Spring...

Today as I was driving back to work from lunch with Marsh and the girls, I had the most vivid daydream. My sunroof was open which I think inspired the whole thing. *I was riding on the back of Rodney’s motorcycle. The sun was shining but it wasn’t hot outside yet. We weren’t driving very fast and weren’t going anywhere in particular, just for a ride. It was perfection.* I miss that… I miss holding on to him and knowing that my life is literally in his hands and trusting him completely with it. I miss the feeling of the wind and all the smells that come with being outside. Someday soon! In the meantime I will be totally satisfied with driving with my sunroof open and loving the sun.

Ps. I’m going to Disney on Ice with Marci, Christian and the girls tomorrow and I can’t wait! I didn’t get to go with them to Disneyland a couple weeks ago so for me this is kind of exciting! Like my own little mini vacation for a day! Have a good weekend everyone!

Ping Pong

So this video is pretty funny! You've got to admire the guy though... he's got S-P-I-R-I-T! Enjoy...

Fitness Blog

Check out the new blog {here}

I'm excited to do this with everyone! :)

Workin on my fitness...

So I want to get in shape. I'm not trying to lose weight or anything like that, I just want to be in better shape. So there is a blog I frequent called The Sweetest Occasion {you can go visit it here} and the author is this darling girl who is planning her wedding. Just to clarify, I am not planning a wedding. But she is and she is doing this push up challenge and I think it sounds like such a great idea so I did some research and I found a sit up challenge as well so I'm starting both next Monday. And I would love it if all of you would do it with me! Here's the info:

One Hundred Push Up 6 week challenge

So I feel like I should point out here that I can only do one push up. One real push up. So I have a long way to go!

So before Monday I need everyone to go here and read all about how to do the correct kind of push ups and do the initial test. Then, next Monday and I'll be starting with week one and we can all track our progress together! Sounds fun right!?!

Ok now the second part,

Two Hundred Sit-Ups 6 week challenge

Again, before next Monday go here, and learn all about the proper curls and do the initial test.

I'm really excited about this and I think it would be so great for a bunch of us to do this together! So let me know if you want to do it and then we can encourage each other! Yeah!

ps. I cut my bangs and dyed my hair. I love it.

Give Away Today

So I'm sure a lot of you already know about this but there is this fantastic blog called Give Away Today {click here} where they give something away every day! It's so fun. And today I won! Yeah! So you should all check it out because who doesn't like to win things!?!

I'm friends with a real live hero!

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Dear Utah Drivers

Dear Utah Drivers-

Please take a few seconds to look around when I honk at you before flipping me off. I only honked because the light we were both waiting at had been green for a number of seconds and I wanted to politely let you know that you could continue driving. It wasn't a long annoying honk, just a polite tap on the horn to get your attention. Your instant reaction should not be to flip me off. I think you may have aggression programs. Also, if I’m in the middle lane going a few miles over the speed limit and the fast lane is empty, please don’t feel the need to drive as close to my bumper as possible before moving into the open lane. It’s not helping anyone. One last thing… a wave goes a long way. If you’re in front of me in another lane and turn on your signal to move into my lane, I will try and slow down to let you in and it would be nice if you waved to say thank you. If you don’t signal and I don’t slow down and then have to slam on my breaks because you were going to hit me, you could still wave. It would make me feel much better. Thank you for your consideration!

Your fellow motorist,
Stefanie

Happy Heart Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! This is how I spent my day today:



And I ended it with sweet Ella falling asleep on me! It was a great day and I hope the rest of you had a great day as well!

xoxo

Sunshine...

Somehow sunshine makes everything seem better. I'm still lonely and I still miss R but with the sun shining I can walk outside and smile and know that life is good!

Rainy Monday

So technically it's a snowy Monday but this morning it was a rainy Monday and as I was driving to work the song "Rainy Monday" came on my ipod. I love moments like that!

Ikea Style

My Ikea Style is Scandinavian Romantic! What's yours?

Dinner for One...

So it's February already. Crazy! January has flown by and I know exactly where the time went. It went to Rodney. Rodney left for Norway yesterday. He's moving there for a few months to live with a family from his mission. I knew this would be hard so I prepared as much as I could and now I just have to carry on. Love is a funny thing like that. It's so unknown and always changing. I love Rodney. I love him in a way I sometimes don't understand. I have told him this so many times he just laughs at me now but I knew from the beginning of our friendship that there was something special with him. Something that drew me to him and no matter what we were doing, I was happier if I was with him. That's what life's all about right? Trying to be happy? And I am when I'm with him.

It's funny because anyone who knows him well wasn't surprised in the least that he would pick up his life and move half way across the world for a little while. He's just like that... adventurous, brave, crazy. It's all part of his charm. I asked him last week if my life was boring, because I didn't know if I could do what he was doing, I didn't know if I was brave enough. He laughed at me and told me I wasn't boring but I still kind of felt like I was. So I've been thinking about it a lot over the last few days and I've determined, I'm not boring. I just have different strengths than him... and that's why I love our relationship. We balance each other out and know how to handle each other through all kinds of different experiences. We have been through a lot in our little relationship and for that I am grateful. I don't know what will happen. I don't know if we'll end up together, I hope we do. But if we don't, I have no regrets because I am a better person for knowing him and I would hope he's a better person after knowing me. So here are just a few of my favorite Rodney memories:

Rocking out to "Tea with the Benjamins" or better known as "Flashburnt Shapes" *I think I was their number 1 groupie!*
7 Peaks Season Passes
The Viking Man Triathalon *even if it meant only an hour of sleep*
Burley, Burley, Burley
Wakeboarding
Skurfing
Movies up at the loft
Working together
Having lunch together almost every day
The Cruise to Mexico
Our private beach
Starfish
Dance parties
Teaching me a new way to dance *even if I looked really dumb at the beginning
Otter Pops
Bike Rides
Wii
Birthdays
Carriage RIdes
Hikes
Zeus or maybe I should say *Zues*
Cooking together in his little kitchen
Snowboarding *he's the most patient instructor ever*
Family reunions
Weddings
Cassia County Fair and Rodeo
Winning big at Bingo
Our secret road trips
Taking pictures
Mario Kart
Magic; The Gathering
Temple open houses
Him making me laugh when I'm crying
Hello Yogurt
Splitting meals
Long Exposure
Geo Caching
Olive Garden
Fancy dates
Ben's cookies
Concerts, concerts and more concerts *specifically Muse. I wanted him to kiss me that night
Nieces and Nephews, Sisters and brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins
Friends
Working Out
Sitting in the hot tub
Tod and Bedford
Roasting in the steam room
Heroes
Lost
The Office
Sitting by the Fire
Cuddling when it's cold
New Music
Squaw Peak dance parties
and last but most definitely not least, the motorcycle

So hopefully I will get to go visit him soon and start making a brand new list of favorite memories. Just thought I would share a few of the things I love about Rodney. We're pretty private people so we don't share much about our relationship but I do love him. SO much. I already miss him terribly, but I am so so excited for this adventure that he's on! And thanks to technology, I still get to see his cute face and hear his sweet voice and he won't seem that far away. Except for the 8 hour time difference. Ha ha. Anyways... happy February everyone! And I'll hopefully have a fun announcement in the next month or so for everyone!

ps. Hi Beckie!

E & E

So anyone who knows me will tell you that one of my main goals in life is to be my nieces favorite aunt. Well... E&E live really close to me so I get to see them quite a bit and so this year for Christmas, I made them matching Christmas dresses! So cute I know! So this has led to a bunch of fun that I will have to go into later but for now... Here are a few pictures! I love these girls!

Things I love about this Country

I love that it is tradition in this country to attend a church service before being sworn in to the office of president. Welcome President Obama!