Monday, November 16, 2009

:: where in the USA ::

Alright everyone it is official. Brady is all done with his PT school applications. We applied to 14 schools across the USA. Now we play the waiting game... so where do you think/want us to end up for the next 3 years?

Miami, FL
Atlanta, GA
Albuquerque, NM
Boston, MA
Tacoma, WA
Las Vegas, NV
Salt Lake City, UT
Wheeling, WV
Norfork, VA
Richmond, VA
Downers Grove, IL
Philadelphia, PA
Detroit, MI

Friday, November 13, 2009

:: happy friday ::

- First of all I just want to put it out there that I don't believe in doctors! After months of not sleeping and a weird lump in my throat I decided to go to the doctor. Well they got me no answers and just lots of bills for a million labs. LAME is what I think. No wonder my mom never took us to the doctor growing up!

-Brady does not work today - so we get to hangout when its still day light.

- It's raining and I LOVE it!

- I get to use my new cake cook book for the Relief Society retreat tonight. As women the in ward we are all going up to a lodge tonight and playing games, eating yummy food, having a GIANT slumber party, and getting to know each other better. I am so excited and think it will be so fun. NO boys aloud! It will be really good for me to branch out and make more friends in the ward because none of my close friends will be there.

Let the fun times roll on in for the weekend!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

:: good week ::

*I just got a second job working for the Dixie Igloo {the temporary ice arena they are building here} and they don't have a clue what they are doing. So I am very excited to have a new challenge and make my afternoons go by faster.

* I have lost 3 lbs. this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess working out with Jillian is starting to pay off!!!!!!

* My face has started to clear up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* I am going to the doctor this afternoon and I hope he has good news like he knows what is wrong with me!

* The weather down here has finally decided it's time for fall and I LOVE it.

*Thanksgiving is in 2 weeks - MMMMMMMMmmmmmm!

*6 weeks until Christmas and I get to see Kell-a-bell and Ali Jo

Monday, November 9, 2009

:: Lyra Jenevive - welcome to the blog ::

Little miss Lyra now makes her fist appearance into the blogging world. She was born October 23 and I just got to meet her for the first time this past week. It was love at first sight! I could not get enough of holding her and she was 100% ok with that. I even got her to give me some good smiles. See that is just how much she loves me too :)
The beautiful Rabner gals minus a few... Kels Christmas is almost here!!!

Look at how happy of a big brother Liam is to be holding his baby Ly. He loves her so much and is always so sweet and kissing on her.
Does she not look amazing? Yes she did just deliver a baby 2 weeks ago and she doesn't even show it. Love you Mugs.
I love fall and I was so happy that I got to see the fall leaves while home for the week.
Mom super cute new hair cute - good job Kelsey! My mom just got high lights for the first time in her life.
I'm so glad that I "had" to be in SLC for training all of last week so I "had" to hang out with these beautiful ladies all week and have so much fun. St. George is fun and we really do like it down here but I really do miss living so close to all of my family especially with this new bundle of joy. Good thing Thanksgiving is in 2 1/2 weeks and I get to see them again. I love this time of year!!
Baby Ly brings such a smile to my face. Can I pre order one just like her?
She looked so precious in her petty skirt on Sunday. I was very tempted to just bring her home with me.
Thanks for the wonderful week family. I love you all and can't wait to see you all again soon.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

1120....

Brady did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He just took the GRE again and scored higher than he needed to and all we have to do is press SEND on his applications and then we play the waiting game to find out who want us at their school...

Way to go babe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew you could do it and all of your hard work paid off. So to all of you St. George friends of ours we will now be able to have fun with you again - WAHOO!!!!!!

Thanks to everyone for all of your support and prayers they really helped.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

:: happy halloween to all ::

My sexy death eater and I just before the party got going. Brady was casting a spell at the camera... and at everyone all night long. He and Eric both had wands and they were pretty funny with them.

Blake and Annie = Bob Barker and Lawfanda a contestant on the price is right.
Courtney and Eric can you guess what they are?? Cheesy tourist. I love their faces in the picture it is perfect!
All of the guys jamming out on rock band. Good thing we have good neighbors who didn't mind the loud rock session so late at night. The boys were awesome playing together!
Creepy tasty treats of the night... yummmy is what they were!
Lindy made these tasty eye balls calorie balls. Halloween treats are the best... I will be running a LOT next week to make up for all of these delicious treats - but well worth it!
Stick em up.... Laura was the Sheriff in town keeping us all in line.
We played the best party game. You put your ipod and head phones in full blast and pick a song, then we blind fold you and you get to sing the song to us... it is soo funny because you cant hear yourself singing or everyone laughing... embarrassing but such a great game! Court was jamming out to Backstreet Boys - You are my fire. It was a night full of boy bands.My death eater... I was so proud of myself for the paint job. He did a good job at scaring all of the trick or treater's also.

Dark mark... Dark mark... Dark mark...

We had such a fun Halloween with all of our friends. We did miss out on seeing the family and on Tom and Amanda's party. Hopefully someday we will live near all of ya'll again and be able to party all night. We love ya'll and hope ya'll had a wonderful weekend full of sweets also.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

:: corn maze ::

Last weekend we went to the corn maze with our friends Eric and Courtney. We had so much fun scaring people and throwing corn... well we almost got kicked out for tossing corn trying to scare other people.
Oh how I love cowboys... this one was driving our hay ride.
This is me TRYING to scare Brady... he looks really scared I know. ha!
I promise I do feed him but he still got hungry while out in the corn maze.

hahha I love this picture of Brady. I think it looks like he has a head full of curlers. He was so sweet and let me clip all of the hair bows I made while my mom was in town. I had so much fun sewing and making bows with mom while she was down here.
What do ya'll think of the bows? Now all I need is a little princess to put them on...

Thursday, October 22, 2009

:: Jillian Michaels ::

I have the sweetest husband ever! Tuesday night he came home with a little surprise for me...Yep! You guessed it. I have been talking about this workout since we moved to St. George and I no longer have Kwame to kick my butt into shape.
I bet you are wondering does it really work..... I was wondering the same thing and
YES
it does work and it works well. I for obvious reasons {I have only done one workout with her}
can not give you results yet other than my legs are KILLING ME today.
That is a very good sign to me!
So hopefully between this, running, and whatever my doctor finds out I will be able to finally shed all of this crazy weight I have gained.
Moral of my story... if you want an AMAZING home workout and you own a WII get this!
I normally don't like working out on my own and its working for me.
Love you all and happy exercising all of you! {Kell.a.bell keep up the good work!}

Friday, October 16, 2009

:: glorious friday ::

  • mom is spending the weekend with us and i get her all to myself {YES i am selfish when it comes to my mom - hey i am the baby still and always will be}
  • sewing party
  • pumpkin chocolate chip cookies - i must admit i am proud of myself for making these delights
  • brady does NOT have to work on saturday
  • games
  • tasty dinners
  • getting to see colby, whitney, and baby brixton {i can't believe he is so big already}
  • chick flicks
  • proactiv will you please arrive? it's been 2 weeks since i ordered you
  • slept better last night thank you dr. hubbard for the ambien - for being such a strong drug i thought you would have done a little more though -sigh

ha! sisters be jealous of all the fun mom and i are having!!!! but remember we still love ya'll!!

Monday, October 12, 2009

:: happy anniversary in the happiest place on earth::

my sweetheart brady and i just had our one year anniversary last weekend. we were able to sneak away to disneyland and california adventure for the weekend. it was so much fun to just play, play, and play for 3 days. neither of us had been to disneyland since we were about 13 so that made it even more fun.
we totally lucked out on not having to wait in very long lines thanks to the "fast pass". thank you to who ever invented this!! it was also perfect because after the fireworks on friday night we got to hit up all of the kiddie rides without all of the kids. we got to go on every ride we wanted at least once and the park was packed.
don't you think our new glasses are pretty sexy? i know we thought so also!
sulley was the only charter that i "had" to get a picture with. yep i pretty much love him! oh and i really love how brady is camouflaged in this picture. yeah he is in this picture with me in case you couldn't see him... look real close.
i could not pass up on a parent trap lindsey lohan picture in this phone booth.
brady decided to stop by sesame street for a rest.
this was our favorite ride of the trip - screaming california. and yes it did make me scream really loud! this picture is so funny... brady was trying to blow kisses to the camera and i was holding my hat on and totally look all posed for the picture. don't mind the glare its just that we took a picture of the TV screen showing the photo.
it was so funny friday night while walking around i decided that i really needed a lollipop. the funny part was we were looking in every shop and could not find them.... so sadly i didn't get one. but then on saturday brady spotted the shop full of them. i was such a happy girl with a lollipop in hand. this was while we were waiting in line to see the Aladdin play. it was so much fun! if you are ever at california adventure i recommend going to the show. we love Halloween and loved all of the festive decorations at both parks.
this is the HUGE do not enter sign that we walked by everyday on our way to the parks. yeah i guess they really want you to know that this is the wrong way to drive. that is brady's silhouette 6'3" and the sign is that much taller than him.
i am so grateful to have such an amazing husband as brady. he is always so sweet and loving and always looking out for me and what i want. this is to one amazing year and many, many more to come. i love you sweets!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

:: an afternoon in the park ::

yesterday i was able to enjoy a few hours in the park with all of these wonderful goods before i headed over to the doctors office. it was nice and relaxing to stretch out on a blanket in the nice fall weather with some lunch and a great book - The Pretties... i love it!
i also became friends with this cute guy! he came over and laied down by me. i loved it!

so after this wonderful afternoon at the park i headed over to the doctors office and found out some awful news... i have gained 20 lbs. (ok really only 15lbs. but i was 5lbs over weight before) since we were married a year ago. OUCH! i don't understand how this has happened since i exercise so much... so they took my blood and are checking my thyroid. i know it sounds crazy to say but i really hope that is what is wrong with me. because that if fixable and if its not that i don't know what else i can do. oh the joys of being a woman...NOT!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

for the past few weeks i have not been sleeping well at night so my mom being the wise woman she is told me to try and drink some sleepy tea just before bed and see if that helps. last night was my first night drinking the tea and i have not slept that good in months! so if any of you are having trouble sleeping maybe try this tea. it is working for me. oh just don't try it if you are pregos or nursing... that's what the box says.
since moving to st. george i had not found a grocery store i LOVED until yesterday. a friend (thanks falon) told me to check out harmos on the other side of town and that is where i will go for now on. i know most of you may think this is silly but i really i fresh produce, a good bakery, a fresh wide range of cheese, a good butcher, and over all good prices. i know it's a lot to ask for all in one place but i found it!!!! they even had yummy hummus... mmmmm!

Friday, October 2, 2009

:: happy friday ::


today is for sure a happy friday.


  • i actually had a person work on training with me at work... its about time!

  • i am leaving for springville for a quickie in 3 hours

  • playing games with my family

  • spending time with pete and shellie and the kids... we shall see after the 3 1/2 hours in the car with 3 kids if i still love them as much as right now.

  • it actually feels like fall today in st. george

  • i get to pack warm clothes to wear this weekend... i love my scarfs

  • decorating my house for halloween now that it is october... i love this month!

  • booked our hotel for disneyland next week :)

  • get to listen to general conference this weekend

  • making crafts with mom and megan.... i love making hair bows right now!

i hope everyone else has fun plans for this weekend. oh and i hope brady gets a lot of work done on his PT applications while i am gone... that is the plan any whoo.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

::Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation (Україна має талант / Ukraine's Got Talent) ::

so i really wish i was cool and knew how to do a link on here like all of the cool kids do where it just shows one word instead of the entire link {hint hint anyone who knows how to do that i would love your assistance in teaching me how to be cool also}.
if you have not watched this sand animation you are missing out and need to take the 10 minuets and watch it. she is amazing and the emotion is so strong.

enjoy friends :)

Sunday, September 27, 2009

:: saddle up cowboy ::

last weekend we went to the st. george rodeo. it was a fun night out although the rodeo clowns were pretty lame and did not give us much entertainment we still had a good time.
this part was really neat. for the national anthem they had fire men, police men, and military men holding a HUGE flag and then all of these little kids walked out and covered the arena with flags. it was an over whelming patriotic moment. i love how cowboys love their country and are not afraid to show it!

this little 5 year old was ridding around all by her self and I thought it was adorable. it made me want to get a horse someday so I can have a cute little princess like her ridding around like a BIG girl.


we had lots of time to kill before the rodeo started. it was first come first serve so of course I had to get there early so we could get good seats. if you didn't already know I am totally a want to be cowboy and have been for years. brady and I want to head to nationals in vegas this year since we are so close. last night we were watching the bulls and it reminded me of when I was a little girl and always said "I was going to marry a cowboy with curly hair". well that didn't quite happen but I found an even better guy than a cowboy!