Glitz and Glam

Presley is all about accessorizing these days. She loves getting into my bathroom drawers and pulling out headbands and hair ties to accessorize herself with. Her latest obsession is shoes. Just like hers mama. Im proud to pass on such a deep love for shoes. The only problem is I like to buy them and she likes to wear them all the time!! It doesnt matter if they are hers, mine or Zachs. Shoes are her friends.

Here are a few vidoes of our little Miss. She totally has a mullet right now but I cant convince myself to cut it off cause she usually wears her hair in pig tails. She is trying really hard to master walking in high heels and this morning Zach took the last video cause he was so impressed with her head bobbing, Night at the Rocksberry moves. Get it girl!

Heat Wave

I have tried to start a post like 27 times but everytime I somehow get distracted with other things. Like right now, Im eating a Mint Dilly bar from DQ and My multi-tasking is struggling. We are barely alive right now. Not because of illness but because we live in a small place called the Heater. Today is a measly 113 degrees with what seems like 50% humidity. I have yet to see a drop of precipitation coming from the sky. Monsoon season My foot. Speaking of humidity. My mom has been wanting to sit in the steam room at the gym for a few days but what really sealed the deal for her was that you burn 300 and something calories in just 20 minutes. I didnt think it would be that bad until I sat down and after 30 seconds steam was blowing all over my body and it smelled like dead body. I stuck it out for 2 minutes folks. 2 minutes. In that time I calculated that I burned about a half a calorie and will never be entering the Steam room again. The steam part, I might be able to handle but dead body stench and I dont really mix well.

ANYWAYS... Presley and I have tried to stay cool as best as possible. She roams in mostly a diaper and I roam in mostly my underwear. We live close to AZ Mills so we go over to Rainforest Cafe and look at the fishys and eat Dippin Dots once a week because I cant bring myself to purchase an $18 ticket to the Aquarium at AZ mills for what I know will be an hour tops. We hang out at the pool almost everyday. We share popsicles, ice cream and cold water bottles. I make weekly runs to DQ and when I say runs I really mean purchase half of DQ, bring it home, stick it in the freezer and eat it throughout the week. Well that is unless your husband consumes it in about 24 hours and leaves you high and dry. Oh who am I kidding, I ate 5 out of the 6 dilly bars last week plus my vanilla cone covered in crunch coat and my Medium oreo blizzard. I have a slight problem. I have consumed more then my weight in ice cream in the last few weeks. I dont feel to bad because Im working my butt off everyday at the gym. So GET IN MY BELLAY!

Zach has recently informed me he will NOT, I repeat, WILL NOT be purchasing a home in Arizona. His suggestion was to move to the Andes Mountains and become Alpaca farmers. The Andes Mountains average climate is 64 degrees Farenheit. Some locations colder some warmer. I told him to be safe and dont forget to write often.

Other that avoiding heat stroke we are all doing fine. Presley has a mother again now that Musical theater Summer camp is over. She is quite the little terror at the gym by stealing crayons from the older kids and stealing all the kids identification stickers off their backs and putting them on herself. Her favorite word is No. Crazy I know. She loves twirling like a ballerina and her new favorite thing is Ring Around the Rosies. She sings Rock A By Baby to her dollies and kisses them. She knows what a cow, dog, chicken, bird, kitty, Duck, Horse and tiger says. She will carry on full conversations for about 10 minutes with you and you will only understand maybe 10 words total. She LOVES her grandpas. As soon as we pull up to my parents she asks for Grandpa even if he isnt there. She will point to his hummer when he has the mustang and wave and yell Bampa! She child eats every second of everyday unless she is asleep. My daily task is finding something for her to eat all the time preferably healthy. She is my little mini me and follows me around all day. She is into anything and everything. She runs away when I try to get her dressed, change her bum, brush her teeth, and just about anything else she doesnt want to do. She is so stinking cute though. And its a good thing too.

They're Tall and I'm Small

I stick out like a sore thumb in the Vance family. Im surrounded by tall super model type bodies and I stand a whopping 5'2" on a good day. I had set a goal as a young girl that I would marry a tall man who could give my children hope for a better life, a taller life. Ladies and Gentleman, I have been successful. With that also comes a tall family. Sure jokes fly around my height. Sure I get asked if I am able to reach a certain item. Sure its always made sure I can be seen in photos. I kinda like this family I married into. They kinda rock my world. I couldnt ask for a better one.

The Vance Family took a trip to Disneyland( only my favorite place on the earth) this past week. It has been a long time since we have ALL have been together in ONE place at the SAME time(all 24 of us to be exact). Mom Vance and I made super adorable shirts for each member of the family and we wore them to on our Disney Day. This is Presley's second time to Disneyland and this time was more fun with her for sure. She LOVED Jungle Cruise. She kept pointing at all the animals and laughing. She wasnt so enthusiastic about Pirates until I started pointing out the animals and singing the song in her ear and laughing. The carousel was a success for about 3 times around and then after that... not so much.

Have I mentioned how HAPPY I am to have Zach back? Cause I REALLY, REALLY am!

Pretty intense that carousel ride. Judging by Andrew's face they must have changed the speed or something.

On Wednesday we headed over to Laguna Beach where we basked in the sun and played

(or bathed in Presley's case) in the sand.


This is Presley giving herself a sand rub.



Highlights from the beach.

Thank you so much Mom and Dad Vance for the wonderful family trip. We had so much fun!!!


I had to post this video of Presley we took last night. Sorry for the lighting/sound issues but It was dark inside and out and this was taken on my phone. Presleys favorite word is "NO" right now and she is CONSTANTLY waving and saying "hi" to everyone she comes in contact with. Its pretty much adorable.

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Things are getting a little crazy

Zach has been gone for 8 days 4 hours and 49 minutes. But whos counting? Only 12 more days to go!! Woot Woot! He's been exhausted this last week. He sleeps during the day and works during the night because they want him to still work OUR hours. They are 15 hours ahead of us. His body is all mixed up. His mental state is a little off too. See....

I had to bribe him to give me a smile.

He really is having a good time. We are missing him but we love talking to him over Skype. Ive only "lost it" one time when talking to him. Out of 8 days Im pretty proud of myself.

Presley and I are doing great. She is finally starting to sleep better at night. Thank heavens! We start swimming lessons tomorrow and we go to the gym and she plays in the kids club everyday. Right now shes running up and down the hall laughing. Im so glad my family agreed to let us stay. I did have to do some arm twisting but they finally gave in. ;)

Hello World

Wow its been far to long. Does anybody still read my blog anyways? We've been busy. Presley and I are currently moved in to my parents house because Zach left me. Yep he left me ALL ALONE for 3 WHOLE weeks. Zach is in the Phillipines training new employees for Chase, So rather than worry that someone was going to come kill Presley and I in the night and no one would hear it, we moved in with my parents. Woo hoo! I can already tell they are TRULY loving it( HA!). By the way... Its only been 3 days since Zach left and it feels like 3 years. Being a single parent is Hard! I dont like it and wish never do it ever again. Living at my parents personally has been kinda nice. I get to be apart of everything again like Prayers and Scriptures in the morning and I even adopted my old Prayer day. Today. Weston, Kaytlyn, Presley and I pepper the volleyball in the afternoons and watch movies late together. I feel like a kid again.

Ive also joined the 24 hour Fitness "club" like the rest of the neighborhood. Jillian has become quite hard when you have a little one pulling on your legs the whole time and sitting on you when youre trying to do sit ups. Well at the gym... they watch my kid for me! *fist pump* Ive been going strong since Monday. Dont you wish there was instant results? Oh how I wish I could work out one day and my entire body would mold into perfection. Everything would be toned and perky. It used to be like that for me back in the day.What happened? Oh yeah, I had a baby! I told Zach by the time he got home I would be a "toned tanned Goddess". And he told me he would come home my "White stallion". Go figure.

Wish me luck that I actually dont stoop into a depression. I keep telling myself I can make it 3 weeks but then I remember how long 3 weeks is. I vow to not eat everything I see.

You are my Sunshine

Wasnt todays weather fantastic? Presley and I played outside all day! I love being able to stay home and spend time with Miss P. She sure is fun to play with.