mini marilyn

Indie, my cousin's little girl, found this air vent at my parents house and just couldn't resist how cool it was that it blew her skirt up. She was channeling her inner Marilyn Monroe.

TOMS

I just got a pair of TOMS and they are really comfortable. But-the best thing about them is when you buy a pair they give a pair to a child who has no shoes! It just makes you feel good when you put them on! You can get yourself a pair here or here. Come on....everyone is doing it!

i'm insane

I'm freaking out! I just signed Ryan and I up for the Utah Valley Marathon. WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!?? 26.2 miles of running-wow! It is on June 12 and it starts in Heber City and end at the Provo Towne Center Mall. That is a long way to run! I'm excited though. I'm mostly excited because Megan, Clayton, Ryan, and Holly (our friend from Vegas) will all be running it with us. I'm sure that will give me more moral support. Wish me luck!!

january shout outs!

Okay, well I realize January is now over (crazy) and Megan had her birthday on Jan 22 and Scott and Carly had their birthday on Jan 26..... Happy Happy Birthday to everyone! But I wanted to show my new favorite obsession. This delicious cake from The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook.

It is so good! I made it once here for Scott, then the other day for JT and Kali because of their new baby, and now I am making it on Thursday for a baby shower. LOVE IT! Everything seems yummy in the cookbook, try it out yourself.

2010

I know I am a little late with this post........but HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We had fun ringing in the new year with JT and Kali! We drank martinellis, watched the Times Square ball drop and played Yahtzee! I had never played Yahtzee before and it was sooooo fun!

Kali and JT actually had their baby yesterday and we are on our way to see them at the hospital. Happy New Year to everybody and congrats to JT and Kali!

i feel like i won the superbowl

Oh my gosh......I am so vindicated right now! Well as it was getting later and I was getting even madder think how they DID NOT give me my drivers license back at the Walgreen's, and I am supposed to leave for the airport in a few hours......

And how I don't want to wait in line for 3 hours at the DMV, and I don't want to pay the $20 to get a new one, and I don't want to be flashing my passport all around NYC as my proof of ID, and the plain simple fact that they are calling me crazy.....

I decided to call and talk to the manager on duty. I explained my predicament; I was leaving for the airport at 4:45 AM and I can't get on the plane without it (a little white lie), that "Scott" my pharmacy tech was not the most helpful (he basically thought I was crazy and didn't believe me and therefore was not giving it his full effort), that if he saw on the security tape himself putting it into the box, but I did not get it out of the box, well.....it must be in the box...yadda yadda yadda

Then the manager on duty says, "well I guess it never hurts to take a second look." And I am saying thank you so much, telling him really exact descriptions of places to look. I was telling him it could have fallen into the weirdest nook under the counter or under the computer or top of the box.

He puts me on hold....for five minutes...then his call ends. Well I figure I will just call back in twenty minutes because he is probably not going to check and just lie to me and say he has.

Two minutes later the phone rings, "Is this Mallory Christensen?"

Sure enough home boy found my license in the box tucked in some nook and cranny. If dear old "Scott" could have taken 2 seconds to check a little more thoroughly when this all happened hours ago, I could be packed and worry free right now.

Needless to say, I will be switching back to my nice friendly local pharmacy!

set your DVR's

Just a little reminder that some great TV watching is beginning now that it is January. The Bachelor premiered this week and is yet again sucking me in! Monday nights! Also American Idol on Jan. 11! I love this time of year!

texas here we come

Not to alarm anyone....but since it is now 2010, this is offically the year we will be moving to Texas! Yeee Haaaw!

I'm so excited I want to make a chain for all the weeks until we move!

i'm jealous

You have to read my sister-in-law's, blog about living in New York City. They just moved there about 2 weeks ago. They are LIVING THE DREAM! It is absolutely amazing the cool things they get to do and experiences they are already having! We can all live virtually through her :) Check it out here!

moving day

Megan and Clayton left from my parent's house to go to move to Canada. I went with them to help Megan in her car so she didn't have to drive plus take care of the kiddo's. And to keep her company for 15 hours. Especially during the part when Scarlett decided she didn't want to be in her car seat anymore and cried for 2 1/2 hours straight. It was soooo sad! She was just so tired and miserable to even go to sleep!

ryan's latest obsessions

Ryan's latest obsessions have been both golf and fly fishing. He really was golfing all the time during the summer, and now during the fall he has been fly fishing every semi-warm day. He LOVES it! It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. He spends hours at Eddie Robinson's fly fishing and is on a "first name bases" with Eddie. He even started a Fly Fishing club at BYU with his friend. Check out their blog!

Jensen and Ryan golfing this summer. I went along and drove the cart! This is kind of a mean shot of Ryan, but here he is in his fishing gear. I hope Texas fishing doesn't totally depress him. He says he is very excited for all the good bass fishing....it won't be as beautiful of a setting, but that is what vacations are for!

megan, eat your heart out

As many of you know, my sister Megan recently moved to Canada. Well the biggest complaint she has is that butter is only available in 1 lb. bricks. So they are not quartered like they are here in the states. Well my mom just bought this box of butter with not 4 but 8 sticks of butter. ha ha ha! Each stick was 1/4 cup. Looks like Megan will just have to bring a cooler across the border and hit up Costco every time she visits!

wilton cake decorating class

I love decorating cakes! It's my new favorite hobby. The only problem is that I am incapable of making my mom's devil's food cake from scratch. Every time I make it, it falls completely flat in the center. It is so sad. This picture is try #4. I mean are you kidding me?!!?? A home-EC teacher that can't make a home made cake. That is just sad! Luckily there are a million recipes to make the "perfect box cake recipe" slightly tweaked. You add more eggs and buttermilk. Anyways, I'm still working on my recipes, and I can make other cakes from scratch that don't fall in....I'm just saying :)

So I took the Wilton Method Cake Decorating class at Michale's with my friend Chelsea and her sister Sydney in October. It was so fun. It is 4 weeks and you learn so much about cakes and decorating properly. You can tell that my cake decorating skills DRAMATICALLY get better as the weeks go by.

Here is Week #1

Week #2

Week #3 .....could seriously be in a bakery! boooo ya! I mean check out those roses :)

new moon

Give me some of that! New Moon was FABULOUS! I saw it last night and loved it!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see it again! I liked it even more than Twilight!

BYU football

We have been able to go to basically all this seasons BYU football games. It has been really fun. We have gone with some of our friends. Here we are at the BYU vs. Colorado State game. We just so happened to be right next to the lone Colorado State fan who was heckling the whole time. It was so funny. That is Jeffery sitting right next to him. It was hilarious....

aubrey's creation

Aubrey has become quite crafty. Check out this adorable clip she made and gave me for my birthday. That is what I call talent.

cake wrecks

Seriously, check this website out. I saw it on my sister-in-laws blog. So so so funny!

hocus pocus

Halloween would just not be the same without watching the movie "Hocus Pocus". It is one of my favorite holiday traditions. Aubrey and I spent days searching to buy this movie back when we were roommates. It has come so in handy, since every Halloween season it is rented out of all the movie stores. Last year was the only year I haven't watched it in years and I was so sad. Aubrey better move to Houston for her masters so we can carry on this tradition!

i lied

Ok, so we we probably are not going to be Dog and Beth for Halloween, but what we ARE going to be is so good I can't ruin it. So you will just have to wait and see!!

penny jar

Guess how many pennies are in this jar? When my mom moved she gave it to me and I went to one of those coin star machines and cashed in. If you put it onto a gift card you get the full amount.

Well, there was $8.75 cents in here. Pretty cool huh?!