Thanks Britt!

My sister shared this lovely quote with my last night! I am hoping it helps me!

Thanks for a fun night sissy!

I love you!

Beginning of Summer

Well I have been at my job two months and LOVE IT!!

I love my boss and the assistant manager.

I just love the girls I work with.

We work hard but we also have fun.

It's so nice to be in a stress free environment!

Well I moved into my new apartment.

I am loving it, so far.

It's so nice to have my own room even tho it is kinda small.

I have been keeping busy with work, play dates with my daycare kids, working out, eathing heathy. I have only had a few sodas in the past two weeks and I have lost 8 pounds! Hope it keeps coming off!

I have been thinking soo much about MY life lately.

What I wanna do?

Where I wanna be in 1,5,10 years.

How I graduated High School 4 years ago...

How different I am and how much I have changed..

The fact that I am 22 years old. CRAZY!

How only 4 of my good friends from high school aren't married.

Me and Morg and Ky are holding down the fort Lol.

How many people have come and gone out of my life.

How crazy it is that people change.

How I secretly want to be married...

How bad that I want to experience new fun crazy things in life.

How much I love my family. Close and Extended.

My parents.

Grandparents.

Aunts.

Uncles.

Cousins.

Sisters..

Gosh life is so crazy and so short.

I wanna make sure I am doing everything I can and be the best TORI I can be...

I had a break down a couple weeks ago.

And my mom and I had a great talk.

After we got of the phone she sent me this text.

"I named you 'Victoria'--do you know what your name means? Winner-- you are 'patient, reliable, warm hearted and loving'." I love you Tori. Luv mom...

Sometimes I need to forget about all the crazy things and life and remember the small simple things in life.

I have been thinking about that so much.

I am still contemplating what I wanna be when I "grow up".

Where I wanna be next year, 5 years, or 10...

So here's to the changes...

Good and bad.

Learning and moving on.

Life is too short to keep remember the "bad" things.

So here's to being 22!!!

And many more good memories and learning experiences...

 Me on my 22nd Birthday!!!

 Me and Baby Ava

 Addie and me doing "deuces" for my b-day

 Me

 My birthday cake!!!!

Always going to remember this!!!!

Uncle Nathan's Wedding

Over Mother's Day Weekend/my birthday... my Uncle Nathan and his Wife Stephanie got married in the Salt Lake Temple.

It was a beautiful day.

My parents and Addie drove up to STG on Friday.

We went into my work and bought my mom some stuff.

Then Addie and I went and got "SWiG" drinks for everyone.

We met my parents at Costco and ate a little pizza.

Then we went to Britts to pack up the car and we were off to Richfield.

We got to Richfield and visited with the grandparents, Aunt She, Diane and The Barclays.

It's not a trip to Richy without the Dairy.

We watched a really awesome movie my dad's cousin Eric made about our great grandma Addie in celebration of her 100th b-day.

It was neat to see our great, great-great grandparents and hear the stories that my dad and grandparents told about them.

Then we had a good family talk in the basement at Grandma C's

Woke up bright and early Saturday morning to get up north.

My cousin Trevor received his endowments that morning.

So my parents and Britt went to that while Addie and I got ready at our uncle's

Then it was time for the wedding.

Addie, Sophie and I hung out during the ceremony.

And took a TON of pictures.

The day was beautiful and it was great to be with the family.

By the end of the day we were pooped and headed back to Uncle Kyle's ate some b-day cake, watched some b-ball and hit the hay.

The next day was Mothers Day.

It was so good to be with Grandma C and my Mom on that special day.

Now enjoy some pictures...

 My pretty baby sissy.

 BEST PARENTS in the WORLD

 Us with nanny and gpa

 PRIMA

 Family

 Mom and Sissies

 Chloe Me and Lauren

 Cute sisters

 LOVE this pic!!!!

 The happy couple

 Girls with Nanny

 Top of Conf center

 Me and Mimi

first week of the new job

Well my first week of work went AMAZING!!!

I am on my feet all day so it's hard getting used to that, cuz I was used to sitting for most of my day.

I did a little shopping this past week.

Got two pairs of black skinny jeans and some black flats.

Here is me on my first day of work.

All the girls at my work wear TOMS.

And to be honest they weren't really my style and I didn't think they were the cutest shoes

but all the girls love them.

And when I am on my feet 7 or more hours a day 5 days a week I better get something comfortable.

So.... I think I may be getting an early Birthday present from my parents...

These are the kind I want.

So I guess we will see if I like them or not.

The dress code at work is black pants... dressy... or skinny... or black jeans and a cute top.

SO it was nice to get some new pants.

I will post pictures of them sometime this week.

I can't even begin to tell you that I don't know what I am going to do with all my free time...

Well actually yes, I do. I am going to start dieting and working out.

I have realized so much that diet and exercise is a huge way of life and if I want to live a happy healthy lifestyle and look good and feel good I have got to make some changes...

I found 3 new stretch marks on my tummy and it completely devastated me...

I am not gonna lie I have cried about this a few times...

I just don't want to get big and be big and stay big because food makes me happy and I love to eat...

I was on pintrest.... which OMG I love it... It's my new addiction.

Hence why I have neglected my blog so badly.

But I came across a pin and it was pictures of a girl who looked like this...

I read her story and it made me cry and it motivated me and moved me in many many ways.

If you'd like to you can read it here...

She has recipes, meal ideas and so many other great things.

I seriously wouldn't mind looking like that.

I just know I have got to buckle down and do it....

I know I have been telling myself that for a long time and I have done it on and off but if I am not going to do it now when will i do it???

When it's too late or I have gotten too big or the people of Richfield think I am prego hahaha

Oh wait that one has already happened!!!!

I am ready to look good in a bikini again.

And to feel comfortable and sexy..

And wear types of clothes that I can feel ok to wear.

I really can't wait.

It's my time and I will NOT gain the wait and some more back.

Anyway... this is what is on my mind this Sunday night...

I am looking forward to an amazing week of work, working out. and eating good.

Hope ya'll enjoyed!

 

A LITTLE MiA

As I am sitting here watching a movie, on facebook, pintrest and looking for a dress for my Uncle's wedding in May... I happened to look at a few blogs and have realized that....  I have been a little MIA since what NOVEMBER...

What the heck?

I feel so lost from the blogging world....

So much has happened since November.

I am sure most of you know what has happened...

Chris and I broke up.

My job was stressing the CRAP outta me.

Had an amazing Christmas with my family.

Lived with a place where I had no internet so it was really hard to blog..

Reffed tons of basketball.

In January my boss opened another daycare so she asked me to open it so I was working at two day-cares in a day kinda like having two jobs.

Wanting to loose weight and work out.

Getting motivated to lose weight and work out.

Went to a Big Time Rush concert in Vegas with Mikayli

Had some really rough times with work...

So about a few weeks ago Dre's buddy Luke texted him asking him if I was interested in a job because his wife's work was hiring.

 Someone was truly looking out for me...

He was saying "HELLO TORI here is your opportunity for a new job".

So I applied, had an interview, then a second with the DM, had to do a drug test and a background check

and I got a call last week saying I got the job.

Salon Centric say hello to your newest employee.

Salon Centric is not a salon.

It's a beauty supply store that only licensed  professionals may shop.

They have tons of nice things and I get 40% off too! Woo Hoo.

I start tomorrow (Monday) and I am so excited!

Also I found someone to color my hair and this is how I wanna do it...

I am so excited!

Here are more pictures of what's been going on...

Anyways. Hope you enjoy the post.

Until next time.

Peace and Love

Thankful Posts A-F

So I was talking to Chris and I wanted to start a fun new tradition for us to do this year for Thanksgiving.

So I was on pintrest. 

Which I am OBSESSED with, like maybe even more obsessed with PINTREST that I am FACEBOOK. 

Can you believe that.

Well I saw this cute little pin that had a thankful tree on  there like this one...

And I decided we should do a Thankful tree.

But I never really got around to it.

So I have been posting our thankful posts on facebook and I also wanna blog about it.

I know I am really behind on my blog. They are saved and unfinished.

Life has been crazy and hectic.

So I am going to do my thankful posts.

Letter A.

I am thankful for Attitude and how its your own choice how your attitude is and how your attitude will be for your day and for your life. And everyone who has helped me build up my attitude.

Chris is thankful for the attention that I give to him.

How cute :)

Letter B

I am thankful for all the many blessing I have received and will receive.

And Chris well he is thankful for breasts. Go figure lol.

Letter C.

I am thankful for CHRIS and the amazing man he is to me.

I am so happy he is mine and all the great things he does for me and Lola.

He cooks for me, cleans, works so hard for us. And he motivates me to do so much better with myself and my life. I love you so much!

Chris is thankful for Christ because if it weren't for him we wouldn't be here today.

Letter D

I am thankful for my DAD. He is such an awesome guy that does so much for me and my family and everyone he is around. His selflesness and his patience with me.

I love you dad!

Chris is thankful for the determination that we have in our relationship to do better and move forward.

Letter E

I am thankful for exercise and the motivation Chris is to me and that I have to want to exercise and have a healthy happy lifestyle.

Chris is thankful for encouragement. For all the people in his life who encouraged him in his good and bad times and never giving up on him. I am grateful that he encourages me as well.

Letter F

I am so thankful for my family. From my extended family, my aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, parents, sisters.

And my little family of me Chris and Lola. I love you all so much. And miss you all too!

Thanks for always supporting me and caring for me and never giving up on me.

Thanks for everything Fam(ily).

Chris is thankful for forgiveness. Because everyone messes up so we all need to be forgiven . That's what the power of forgiveness is for.

Yup... I did it again/ Chris' 22nd Birthday

Well I dyed my hair brown again..

I was ready and needed a change and my hair was FRIED from all the bleach in it.

So I thought why not go brown.

Plus Chris LOVES it so thats good too, right?

On a side note nothing too exciting happened in August.
Volleyball started so I am reffing that and working.
Chris is keeping busy with work and taking good care of me.
He turned 22 on September 1st.
His original plan for his birthday was I bought him a ticket to go to Seattle to see his old friends and just spend some time up there. But we ended up having to move out of out place and a few other things came up so we had to put his trip on hold.
But I acted like we weren't doing much for his birthday.
So he thought I was just bringing him breakfast to his work.
But I ended up going to the dollar store and getting a bunch of balloons and candy and some other stuff along with his breakfast to take to his work.
I also got him a card with some gift cards in it and the new Lil Wayne Carter 4 cd.
His face was priceless going into his work.
After work we went to Applebees for dinner.
It wasn't a huge special birthday but I tried my hardest.
Here are 22 reasons why I LOVE CHRIS!

1. He always gives me great advice
2. He helps build me up when I am down.
3. He plans stuff out for our future.
4. He helps me remember the important things in life.
5. He is a hard worker.
6. He inspires me to do better.
7. He loves me for me.
8. Even when he is right he still will listen to me, usually he is always right.
9. Family is as important to him as it is to me.
10. He LOVES sports and so do I.
11. He is athletic.
12. He helps us remember to say our prayers every night.
13. He is always willing to help me out.
14. He moved us both times on his own.
15. His physical features: smile, eyes, body, tan skin, dark hair, etc.
16. How he tires to better himself and us daily
17. How he is willing to change and do things for me even tho he doesn't always love it,
18. How strong he has become, emitionally.
19. His positive attitude.
20. His happiness with himself.
21. He helps me remember how much the little things count in life.

22.I love him for him and I wouldn't change anyting about him ever.

I am so glad I have spent another b-day and another year with this boy.

We have been through a lot and I wouldn't change any of it for the world.

I am so thankful and grateful to have you in my life.

Thanks for everything.

I love you!