He's A Tramp and I dont know If I love him

Well Hello!!! Miss me? Oh wait, no one reads my blog anymore? Well to those 3 people who do this ones for you! We have been SOOO busy and when I have a Presley free moment Blogging is the last thing on the list. In the last couple of weeks Presley has been OBSESSED with this movie....

She loves Dogs and Animals so this is the perfect movie for her. I Love Lady and the Tramp but like I said she is obsessed and asks to watch it 20 times a day. So In the last couple of weeks I have seen it plenty. Too much. I kind of never want to see it again. Which kills me to even say.

Presley also has been completely obsessed with planes. She is constantly looking up to find one and when she does its like the best day of her life. She shouts "plane" and does a "I found a plane" dance and wiggle. She asks to hold it too.

Presley talks NON STOP. Payback maybe? Apparently I was quite the chatter box as well. As helpful it is to know what she wants, sometimes.... I wish she didnt.

Hopefully I'll be better at this.

When the camera is out....

Presley's smile is not. "Seriously mom?" "I will not look at the camera"
"Fine, Ill look but Im not going to smile"

Presley was Anti family pictures. She hardly cooperated. Atleast shes cute even when shes being a stinker. Maybe Ill give her a few pointers.

Murder Mystery Take 2

Have I ever mentioned how fun my friends are? Well, They really are!! We went to the 2nd Annual Murder Mystery party last night and it was SOO fun!! Last years was awesome but this year was beyond amazing. Alana and Bethany worked so hard and were so prepared. We loved it! This years theme was the 50's so naturally Zach and I were a suburban couple where I tend to the children and have supper on the table at 5 o'clock on the dot and Zach is a business man.

Meet Walt and June Cleaver. We know that the real Cleavers were June and Ward but we didnt really find that out until a few weeks ago after we had turned in our names and stories. Zach ended up being the killer of Mr. Francis Finnigan Foxworth and he used none other than the Cleaver. Gasp! *Walt Cleaver is the hedge fund manager for Foxworth who is his Uncle. It is a career that allows him to support his family in style. But he often feels dissatisfied with his position in life.

*June Cleaver is the epitome of an all American suburban housewife. She works hard to create a wonderful home for her family. She has very ladylike pastimes like needlepoint and flower arranging. Her only outside social events are her children’s school events and plays which she attends with her husband Walt Cleaver. She does have a secret addiction to medication and Alcohol.

The time I was in comatose

My friends, a Christmas miracle has taken place today. While driving in my fathers Mustang convertible today, I beheld a wonderful sight. After eating a handful of Pita chips, I was in need of something to cure my breath. My father is the keeper of gum. If you need some, he has some. My father also discovers all of earths goodnesses. He is the one that introduced me to Coconut m&m's, Sobe lifewater, Poore Brothers Salt and Vinegar chips( at the age of 2) and all sorts of other wonderful things. While looking for some gum I had the choice between 2 kinds. One was in a differnt color box that I dont recall ever seeing so I was quick to investigate. Behold!

As I read the title, a great pilar of light came from the sky, the clouds parted and Angels sang. Seriously? Was I dreaming? I pinched myself just to make sure. I was in fact awake. As I peeled back the tin wrapper, my lips pursed, my mouth salivated and I could hardly contain my excitement. I ever so gently placed the piece of deliciousness inside my mouth and began to chew. And then I died. My eyes glazed over and I wasnt thinking properly. How could something so wonderful be on this earth without my knowing? How could my father, who is supposed to love me unconditionally keep this a secret? I kept chewing, I gently swallowed my saliva. It felt like I was eating a bowl of ice cream everytime I would swallow. I quickly texted my father. Then I called Zach. My friends, I could not keep this a secret from you. You must partake. As of this moment I only know of one place where you can find it, QT( Got to love the QT) My father was going to explore other options. He went to Walgreens and was supposed to return and report. He has not reported yet so I will report his findings hopefully soon.

You're Welcome.

Familiar Expression

Remember this face?

Halloween 2009

Halloween 2010

Seems to be annual thing. She busts it out every Halloween.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the Little Lady bug!

Portland / Washington

Zach, Presley and I had the opportunity to go up to visit family in the Portland area. OH.MY.GOSH! We love it there. Zach is determined we are moving there. I dont think I would mind it so much either. I took too many pictures which is totally unlike me because I seriously always forget to take pictures. So there are a lot of collages.

Presley LOVED being around her cousins. She and I flew up last Tuesday. We had been fighting Hand, Foot and Mouth disease the week we were SUPPOSE to go up so we rescheduled our flight and I missed out on the Girls Renezvous my Sister in laws and Mother in law had planned. Im still trying not to cry about it. But so is the life of a mother. When you have something special planned your child has something different planned.


Liza and Scott live out in the country. They had so much space and even horses in their backyard. Presley loves "neighs". She absolutely loved going outside everyday and feeding them. She absolutely loved being able to go outside. Come on AZ! ITS OCTOBER! Time to cool down.


The whole purpose of the trip was to see our nephew Denmark get baptized into our church. I met Denmark when he was 4 and he sang to me at my wedding luncheon. Now he is all grown up!

Zach served his mission up in Washington, Spanish speaking and with it only being 5 hours away from Portland we had to make the trip up. Scott and Liza were kind enough to watch Presley for a few days while Zach and I galavanted around Cashmere, Wenatchee and Leavenworth Washington. Since we only really had 1 full day, which was Sunday we didnt get to hit up all the people he wanted to. But I did get to meet a few families that held special places in Zachs heart and who thought he was the greatest too. Leavenworth is really Small Town Germany. Everything is decorated and over the top. Even the McDonalds and Wells Fargo signs were all Germaned out. Since my family is originally from Germany I was totally in awe the whole time. We even found a place called Gustav's and we had to take a picture of it for my Great Grandfather Gustave( came over on the boat), Grandpa R. Gustave, my father K. Gustave and my younger brother K. Gustave.



Zach loves tunnels like the below. As we drove over to Seattle the clouds were incredible.


On the way back to Portland we decided to spend some time in Seattle. Zach really wanted to go up the Space Needle so we did and then cruised down Pike Place and The Pier. Seattle really is beautiful and full of crazies! We ate Chowder( Salmon and Clam) at a quaint little restaurant and enjoyed the alone time.





Our last day in Portland we went a wildlife refuge. We walked around for a little while basking in the nature around us. Our nephew Vance was really into collecting Catepillars and Grasshoppers. The funniest part was when Andrew had found a catepillar for Vance and then Zach caught a Gardner Snake at the exact same time. Vance was a little more into the snake and Andrew totally felt rejected. Vance excitedly screamed, "Hurry! Everyone help me get all these catepillars out of here so I can have this snake."

We REALLY had a great time! I cant wait to go back.

Holy Catastrophe

I was born with as much hair as Presley has now. It was quite surprising to me when Presley made her appearance that she didnt have TONS of dark hair. No our sweet Miss P was born with blonde hair and somedays it even looks red. The other day I was going through my picture box at my parents house looking for a particular picture. I had a few goodlaughs that led to crying because I was DIEING at what I was wearing or how my hair was done. Ive had many different hairstyles through the years I figured out. Most of the time I am just wondering why on earth anyone let me out of the house.

If there is a big gap between years it only means my hair was the same. Except between 9th and Senior my hair got longer and lighter than shorter and darker after I decided to back to brown at my cousins wedding on a whim. I didnt have any good pictures of just me and my hair so you will just have to imagine it.

For your viewing pleasure. Hopefully I keep friends after this.

Bum budda Dum...

"Hairstyles throughout Whitneys life"...


Dont Worry in 5th Grade that stinking sunflower shirt was my all time favorite shirt and now I hang my head in Shame. Please also excuse 5th grade in general. Im sure everyone had that one particular awkard brace face permed hair year. Right?..........right? In 6th grade I was trying to grow my hair out therefore leading to half permed half straight hair that remained in a ponytail the entire year until the hairdresser I went to "accidently" cut my hair off at the permed hair. I cried for days. It was horrible. I still blame my mother.

After Senior Year I continued to grow out my hair. It got longer. I havent colored it since 11th grade. Im actually afraid to get it cut more than an inch for fear my hair will never be the same.
I am happy to say my style has gotten better. Oh the awkward years. Thank heavens Zach and I werent childhood friends. Im sure he could never look at me the same way.