Spiritual Sunday

Switch-It-Up Saturday

Today we went to the zoo!

We went bright & early as to avoid the crowds and the incoming storm.

We saw orangutans, 600 pound turtles, sheep, goats, horses, cows, donkeys, beetles, birds and elephants!

We played hard but came home once it started getting "breezy"...which, in Arizona, means dirt and leaves were blowing up into our faces, making us sneeze constantly.

We hit up Carl's Jr. (gotta love that $6 Guacamole Bacon Burger...also known as the #8 on the menu, thankyouverymuch) so that Derek could try that Southwest Patty Melt. You know, the one where in the commercial this nice little girl dressed in a pink sweater and cute headband at the drive through theater ends up basically making love to her patty melt and in the end is dressed like a prostitute, sprawled across the front seat of her car? Yeah, that one. Those commercials sure do strike the males where it counts, eh? Needless to say, the $6 burger beat out the prostitute patty melt and there is just no use in branching out at restaurants when you already know what the best thing on the menu is.

Happy Saturday!

Favorite Friday

My favorite Disney movie used to be this:



Now I think it might be this. I just love this movie!

Thankful Thursday

I'm starting with the obvious, I know. This little group of people honestly means the most to me in the entire world. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for them. Being a wife to Derek has been the easiest & most rewarding job imaginable. Being a mother, on the other hand, could not come any more unnaturally! But I'm proud to say that with much perseverance, patience, prayers and love...I've become a more satisfying mother. And one that will continue to progress. I love this family so much & for them I am THANKFUL.

Whaddya Know Wednesday

Fifteen more fun facts about this crazy girl. (Pictured above is Nina Dobrev. Reason: Read #14)

1. If you are standing in front of a bed, I always sleep on the left side.

2. My favorite word is "rubbish".

3. Growing up, I lived across the street from the aunt and uncle of the Black Spice Girl, also known as Scary Spice!

4. One of the feelings I CANNOT STAND is being soaking wet with my clothes on & having them stick to me. Barf.

5. My mom's nickname for me is Luby-Doo and my dad's is Ferb.

6. I always put the toilet paper on so that it rolls UNDER, not OVER.

7. I'm a stomach sleeper. (Which makes life so difficult at 7+ months pregnant.)

8. I don't like the crust on bread, or the heels at either end of the loaf.

9. I've watched every episode of every season of: Alias, 24, Prison Break, Arrested Development, Army Wives (minus this season), & Vampire Diaries (up to today).

10. When I was 18 and dating Derek, I'd come home after an amazing date with him (they were all amazing) and I'd practice writing "Lauren Hargrove" on little pieces of paper. Now, 7 years later, it's my real signature!

11. When I was about 14, I built a zipline from one high end of our tree to a low end of another tree, using rope. We'd put on gardening gloves as to not burn our hands, and slide all the way down. One day I decided not to use the gloves and burned a rope mark into all 10 fingers.

12. Derek and I keep a Mason jar full of change and dollars which we call our "Cruise Fund". We've filled it and emptied it twice now in our 3.5 years of marriage and been able to go on vacation because of it.

13. The book I'm currently reading is "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks so that I'll know exactly what's going on when I see the movie which comes out next month!

14. People think I look exactly like Nina Dobrev for some reason. I guess I used to while in high school, seeing as I had a skinnier face and parted my hair down the middle. I'll take it as a compliment since I love The Vampire Diaries!

15. I hate classical music, but love jazzy elevator type music, especially the Christmas jazz.

Tune in tomorrow for Thankful Thursday!

Terrific Tuesday

My mom introduced me to this delightful dessert. Just grab a box of Ding-Dong's (DISCLAIMER: The Walmart knock off version of these taste way better...no lie) and stack them up in the freezer. Let them freeze for a day or so, then eat them while the chocolate is super crispy.

DE-LICIOUS!

Manic Monday

Here's to wishing that today didn't involve the following:

*Dishes

*Cleaning out the fridge

*Laundry

*Picking up our car at the shop, only to switch it out with our OTHER car

*Daddy working

*My chubby belly


Hey, I can wish right?

P.S. Since my last post, I decided that each day of the week I am going to blog about something specific. If you want to keep up, here are the categories!

-Manic Monday

-Terrific Tuesday

-Whaddya Know Wednesday

-Thankful Thursday

-Favorite Friday

-Switch-it-up Saturday

-Spiritual Sunday

See you around!