Americas Got Talent?

I feel like I have posted this video before but I can't find it on my blog. Anyways the coolest thing happened today. My brother Andrew got a call from a lady from "America's Got Talent." She found his video on my sisters youtube page, watched it and loved it! She is sending it to the producers of the show and the will decide if he gets a private audition for the show. How cool is that? The show starts filming in March so I'm sure he will hear something in the next few weeks! My little brother is practically famous!

And if the lady was on my sisters youtube page she must have been watching videos of her as well. She actually asked Andrew if he sang with KT and he said he was a solo act. But anyway I do have to say my sister has a pretty good voice to. As I've mentioned before she writes her own song but hasn't posted any of them online yet. At any rate here is a video of her singing her lungs out!

Just so you know...

My friend Natalie made most of these questions up and put them on her blog awhile ago. I don't have a lot to blog about these days (well I could complain about how busy I am, but no one likes that, or cares.) So I remembered these questions and Mike and I did them this afternoon. So enjoys and Thanks Natalie!

1) If you had $5000 you had to spend today, what would you buy?

M: Invest in the stock market

K: Buy a trip to Europe (Italy and France)

2) Dream car would be...

M: Don't really have one. But if I have to pick then an '83 Mustang (It sounds cool)

K: Lexus LX

3) Favorite restaurant

M: Olive Garden

K: Mama Mexico

4) Celebrity Crush

M: Giada D'Laurentis

K: Ryan Reynolds

5) My Biggest Pet Peve

M: Slow Drivers

K: When people turn into the wrong lane/ fake people.

6) If I could change one body part it would be

M: I'd have my bleached blond hair back

K: Thighs

7) You have 4 kids, name them:

M: Dayton, Mayson, Kayden, Brielle

K: Dayton, Brooklyn, Mayson, Kamryn

(I guess we'll probably have a mayson and dayton since we both love those names. Hopefully we don't have all girls)

8) Best candy in the whole world is

M: Twix

K: Lindt Cookies and Cream truffles

9) Best soda pop is

M: Dr. Pepper

K: Root Beer

10) If you have to wear one color forever it would be

M: Green

K: Pink

11) What do you love about your spouse?

M: Beauty, Diligent in responsibilities (housework, calling, work taking care of me.

K: Athlete, Comedian, Hard Worker and Kind Heart

12) What do you love most about yourself?

M: Athletic Ability

K: "Pleasing Personality" (ability to make friends easily)

13) What's one thing you want to change about your life?

M: Be more goal oriented

K: Follow through with all my goals

14) What is your favorite TV Show

M: The Office

K: Modern Family

15) What was the happiest moments in life (excluding our wedding)

M: Won State Tennis Title

K: Taking Mike to Disney World for a week

16) If you could go anywhere in the world for a Vacation were would it be

M: Australia

K: Jerusalem or Greece

17) If money wasn't an problem what would your dream job be?

M: Sports Center as an announcer

K: Work at Disney World

18) Favorite Board Game

M: Acquire

K: Settlers of America

19) Guilty Pleasure

M: Cuddling with the cats

K: I watch Days of Our Lives (soap opera) daily

20) On a scale of 1-10 how much did you dislike this (1 being you liked it 10 being you hated it)

M: 10

K: 1

He gets a lot of extra points for doing this and letting me put it on the blog. He doesn't like "putting himself out there." So, thanks dear. I love my Mikes!

Snow Day - Round 2

I am learning that when you work at a school snow is your friend! And we got plenty of it last night. We woke up to about a foot of snow this morning. School was cancelled and Mike couldn't even try to go to work until they plowed out driveway. So we made omelets and hot coco and watched the morning news together. It was so nice! After shoveling for about an hour Mike had dug our cars out and he we off to work. What did I do with my day off? I didn't leave the couch! I have to say working from 7:45am-8:30pm is killing me. I'm so tired every day and I've only been doing it for a week and a half! So I needed the day to veg out and do NOTHING! I'm guessing that I'm getting a really good idea of what Motherhood is like though. Not much sleep, long days, not much is getting done at home, my patience is very thin by the end of the day and phrases like "No that's yucky" are used more frequently than I should!

On a brighter note. I'm working my hardest to convince mike that we need to go on another cruise in March! All this snow is really helping my case! And the fact I'm working my butt off doing two jobs doesn't hurt either. There is no place I'd rather be right now than on one of the islands in the southern Caribbean. Keep your fingers crossed for me! Maybe I'll be sipping a pina colada {virgin} in 2 months from now on here {St. Thomas.}

Happy 2011 (12 days late!)

We spent our new years in Ohio this year. We drove home on Wed Dec 29th and left on Sunday Jan 2nd. It took us about 8 1/2 hours to get there and 7 1/2 hours to get home. (I don't know how that works.) At any rate it was a fun, but quick trip.

We watched the ball drop with my family at home. I have to say New Years Eve is pretty anti-climactic for me. So what the clock strikes midnight and all 8 of us cheer have some bubbly then what? I fall asleep because its already 2 1/2 hours past my bedtime. Oh well maybe we'll do it in Time Square next year and we'll see how I feel about it then.

Andrew came home from his party with his friends to watch the ball drop with us. Then he went back to hang out with his friends. Way to balance family and friends Andy!

Grandma and Grandpa came up from Columbus to spend the weekend with us. I LOVE them!

Mike and I with our bubbly.

Katie having more than her fair share!

On New Years day we all went bowling. Mike promised Andrew that if could beat him he would give him $5. Mike won the first game and Andrew won the second so Andrew got some cash after all.

My mom and sisters. Which one of these is not like the other? Liz is the only brunet girl in the family.

Siblings (- Bry)

We also played a lot of games while I was at home. Dad was pretty frustrated while playing settlers... but it turns out he won.

It got pretty intense at times.

And of course when you hang with Andrew you get very few serious moments... I sure love this kid!

It was a great time but we were sad to have to leave so soon. The good news is I'll be back in March to see them AND BRYANT!!

Misprint

When I posted my pictures from Christmas I'm afraid my camera didn't quite capture the reality of the moment... Here is what the camera should have reflected!

WE LOVE YOU STOKES FAMILY!!

COME BACK TO US!

NOW!!

PLEASE?!?

Goodbye 2010

I know this year in review thing is a few days late, but seeing as I'm working 12 hours a day I feel like I'm doing good to even post it!

2010 was a great year for Mike and I. As I thought about all we have done and learned this year I feel really blessed for all the Lord has given to us. As well as the lessons we have learned.

January

(I picked this picture so the family could get another laugh out if it :)

- We rang in 2010 with Mikes Family in Utah.

- I started my last class online.

February

- It snowed a lot...

-Mike and I went on a fabulous cruise to the western Caribbean where we swam with Dolphins and sting rays, laid on the beach, zip lined and ate more than we should have.

March

-Mikes Brother and his family came to visit us

-We had a huge wind storm that caused major damage and knocked power out for a lot of people for 4 days. We were lucky to have had power the whole time.

-The butt cake was invented and enjoyed.

April

-Mike's sister Becca and her then boyfriend (now husband) Aaron came to visit us. We love having our family around!

-I finished my last class and Graduated with a BS in General Studies from BYU-Idaho.

-Mikes work league basketball team won the championship!
May

-I ran my 1st 5K race

-Met Martha Stewart at a book signing
June

-Went to my first yankees game

-Spent a weekend in Cape Cod (where it rained the whole time)

-Went home to Ohio

-Went on a road trip with mom and two sisters. We drove to Utah while stopping in Nauvoo, IL and Independence MO.

-My dad joined us in Utah. We stayed with Mike's Family and I was able to spend a lot of quality time with BOTH my families!

-Then we drove all the way back to Ohio
July

-Mike drove to Ohio to spend the 4th of July with my family

-I ran another 5k with my brother and sister on the 4th of July.

-Said a really sad goodbye to our good friends Lindsey, Jared and Kerrigan Stokes.

-I officially quit my job as a nanny

(We miss you guys!!)

August

-We traveled to Utah for Becca's wedding

-We went to Aspen Grove for a week with Mike's whole family

-Mike and I climbed Mt. Timpanogus

-Learned that unemployment isn't all it is cracked up to be

September

-Looked for a job

-Interviewed for jobs

-We broke our contract with our apartment complex to move 2 blocks down to a town home (which we love)

-My childhood best friend Brittany came to NYC and I was able to hang out with her in the city

-My mom came at the end of the month and we had a perfect NYC day complete with "Wicked" lottery tickets!

October

-Went home to Ohio

-Sang my High School alma matter at a football game with other Alumni members of my high school choir

-Started working as a Substitute at a Private School in the area.

-Was brave enough to have 8 beehives over for an activity one friday night

-Went to my first Knicks basketball game
November

-Started babysitting weeknights for a family in the area

-Went to the Regis and Kelly Show

-Went to the Martha Stewart Show

-Hosted another Thanksgiving dinnerDecember

-Attended the Rockefeller Center Tree Lightning

-Got offered a full time Teachers Assistant job at the school starting in Jan.

-Hosted my first Christmas Dinner

-Got snowed in for Mikes Birthday

-Drove home to Ohio to celebrate New Years

What a great year and even better that I got to spend it with my best friend. Here's to a fantastic 2011!!

Mike's Birthday (a few days later)

I felt so bad about the way we spent Mike's Birthday this year (snowed in and alone.) That I have been trying pretty hard to make up for it the past few days. On Thursday night we went to dinner at Red Robin with my grandparents, brother and some extended family. We told our server it was Mike's birthday and they brought him a sundae and sang him a birthday song. It was pretty nice.

Mike with his sundae and balloons

The hubby and I

Two of my absolute favorite guys ever (brother Andrew and Mikes)

Kim and I. We figured out that Kim is my second cousin once removed. I really love spending time with her but don't get to do it to often. When I got stuck in Denver a few winters ago I stayed with my Uncle and Aunt who Kim was renting a room from. She hung out with me the whole 3 days I was there. She took me to the mall, red robin and to the theater to see a performance of "A Christmas Carol." She is also way funny and pretty cool. So I was pretty excited to catch up with her!

My Grandma and her cousin Cindy. (Cindy is the mother of Kim.)

After spending the night out celebrating Mike's birthday I still felt we were missing a birthday cake and formal gifts. So I made a double layered rainbow chip cake. I thought it turned out pretty well. I would really love to learn how to decorate cakes.

About to blow out candles.

And he blows them out all in one big breath!

I'm really excited to play family feud on the Wii

Mike and his birthday gifts.

So after 2 whole days of celebration I think we have finally made up for not having the best birthday this past Sunday. We are having fun in Ohio. I'm not ready to go home to CT and go back to working my life away. Oh well, such is life. I've been thinking about my new years resolution these past few days so I'll have to write those down soon.