for fun

 One day I took this pic of me wearing my new awesome lipstick...

{THEN}

One day I downloaded a fun app....

{AND THEN}

...another fun app

scary huh?? 

at least my lips still look good when I'm old.

thanksgiving weekend photo diary

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got to celebrate and spend time with loved ones.
Instead of doing an instagram post this week, I'm going to blog my Thanksgiving weekend photos. It was one of those events that when all is said and done, I wish I had taken more photos! I feel like I get so caught up in cooking and family and eating and games that I forgot to pull out my camera and document the little and BIG things. I did get a few though, so I'll share what I have with you all. 

TURKEY

Stan carving the turkey and Jordan mashing up the potatoes 

Eric's sister Anna has been planning a surprise anniversary party for Stan and Cathy for their 35th. It has been in the works for a couple months now and Saturday was the big day!! All of us kids have been doing all we can to help prepare for the big surprise. We had the party in the most beautiful barn. We snuck in some time to decorate and pick up some last minute things for the celebration. The first surprise was the limo that picked us up and took us to Twin Falls for dinner at Canyon Crest. We enjoyed some great food and a beautiful sunset over the canyon. We finished the night off by blindfolding the parents and driving them out to the barn where all their closest friends and family were waiting to shout SURPRISE and it was definitely a surprise. Their faces were priceless. Thanks Anna for all your hard work and wonderful time had by all! 

Oh- and Happy Anniversary Stan & Cathy! 

It was a wonderful Thanksgiving spent with some amazing people. I'm so Thankful to be a member of the Lott family! I cherish the time that we have when we are all together. I have so many things to be thankful for this year and am glad for this time of year where I reminded of how blessed I am. 

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We started the week out in Iowa and ended in Idaho! 

enjoy some INSTAGRAM

1. I found my stash of A&F receipts while we were packing...

I probably shouldn't work in retail.

2. Just working on a little project before we left

3. ROAD-TRIP snacks

4. The beautiful mountains of UTAH 

5. Eric holding sweet baby Gwinna 

6. Welcome to IDAHO 

7. The beginnings of a blanket

8. My new friend, Jack 

9. The Stick

Can't live without it during marathon training

Got my very own in the mail today

10. 

HMMMmmm can't get my last photo to upload, something about my photo space being full? 

Nuts. Guess I should look into that...

roadtrip

WE ARE IN IDAHO! 

Yippee! We got up at 5:30 AM on Friday morning and finished packing up our car and started our long trek to Idaho. We drove ALL day Friday and arrived in Provo, Utah just before midnight. 

We stayed with our incredible friends Michael and Hannah and stayed up late talking. It had been WAY too long since we'd seen them.

We got up in the morning and headed to breakfast at Denny's. We had fun playing with and holding sweet baby Gwinna. She finally got to meet Aunt Cara! : ) 

After breakfast we were on our way to Idaho! We are excited to be here in Jerome and spend the holidays with our family here.

It was SO great to see you guys! 

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{INSTAGRAM}

It was a great week! 

We had a fun time celebrating Mom's birthday on Tuesday and although the election didn't turn out how we hoped, we still made it a special day! I was busy during the week packing boxes and getting our things shipped off to Idaho and keeping up on the running as always

Saturday was pretty awesome getting to spend the evening with Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, twin sons of the great Ricky Nelson. Even though Eric and I don't remember him, we enjoyed a great show put on by the guys in tribute to their father. My mom is on the committee that put on the show so we got to meet them before and hang out with them after. Probably some of the coolest guys you'll ever meet! We had a blast. 

 1. Happy Birthday banner Eric & I made for Mom 

2. Birthday cupcakes! 

3. Happy Birthday to a great Mommy 

4. My election day nails

5. Dinner in the crock-pot for the missionaries 

6. 13 miles on Saturday in 73 degree weather! 

7. Matthew & Gunnar Nelson rockin' and rollin'

8. Really great guys! 

9. Matthew, Me, Eric and Gunnar 

10. Mom had the day off today so we went to 

Des Moines for lunch and a little shopping 

: ) 

Should be an eventful week! 

Stay tuned. 

birthday girl

Happy Birthday to my INCREDIBLE Mom! 

My mom is the best. 

Here are a few words to describe her: 

Outgoing

Spunky

Loving

Caring

Friend

Patient

Beautiful

Stylish

A few things I love about her: 

She snorts when she really gets laughing

She loves feet and gives great foot rubs 

She says she loves me every time we hang up the phone

She is aware of my needs 

She always takes me shopping

She has the best advice 

She is a hugger 

She takes 20 minutes to say goodbye 

I couldn't ask for a more amazing MOM and wish her only the best on her special day! 

Love you Mommy : ) 

Thanks for being a great MOM