July 11, 2014

10 Confessions of Brittney McMurray



Lately I have been drawing a blank on what to blog about. I thought hmmm... I haven't done like a get to know me post since I started my blog so let's do 10 confessions of me :)



#1 I have always wanted to be a craft expert. I have always wanted to have a couple of supplies in front of me and make the cutest creation with no direction at all. That's not me at all! I need directions the exact amount of supplies on those directions, I can't go out of order either everything goes in that order for a reason.


#2 I melt for baby animals. It doesn't matter what kind of animal, any baby animal is cute! I mean come on how could you not melt when you see a puppy, kitten, calf or even a baby elephant! All so cute! If I could get a animal I would wish it would stay small. But that's not how life works...bummer


#3 I feel awkward meeting new people. People that know me probably are shocked. I guess I can put on the face. When I am around new people I feel super awkward and feel like their judging me. Even though most people don't care and don't even notice me ha.


#4 I am literally addicted to Facebook, no joke ask my husband and family. I am on it CONSTANTLY! To right when I wake up, up till I am halfway asleep at night! I am always posting, stalking or scrolling. It's a bad addiction, I have tried to deactivate it to see if I can survive nope can't do it! I can't even hit the deactivate button! I'll get help I promise.


#5 I am a sugar junkie, seriously another addiction I have.  I crave any kind of sugar at any time of the day! I admit I have had some type of sugar for dinner. No shame! I don't see myself ever giving up sugar. Like if I ever got on a diet and I would have to cut sugar out, well shoot I guess I am getting fat. Sugar is a part of me!

#6 If I could move anywhere in the world it would be Disneyland. I have this secret fantasy that someday I will move into Cinderella's castle and the reason people are there are to see me and take pictures with me. Hey a girl can dream right?

#7 I can't wait to be a mother, I can wait for my kids to call me their mom. I can't wait to feel their love and show their love for their dad. Even though right now I am not a mother, I know I will be and I can't wait.

#8 My dream vacation is to go to France. I have watched my parents go and ever since then I have wanted to experience that.  My husband promised me clear back in high school that he will take me there. We don't know when, but he promised me that he will. I trust him that it will happen in our future :)

#9 I have always wanted to be a certified Zumba instructor! I love dance and love watching people have fun! I believe teaching Zumba would make me so happy. But I have never taken the effort to go ahead and get certified, maybe in the future we will see.

#10 I am very judgmental on myself, I am constantly judging on my appearance and character. I have had problems with self esteem for years. I know I am not the only one that deals with self esteem issues, I hope to someday release those issues and just be happy with me and how I am. Heavenly Father made me this way for a reason and I need to remember that always. It's not the easiest but hopefully someday I will get there.


Hope you enjoyed reading my confessions, their not the coolest confessions but it's really hard to think of confessions of yourself!

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July 9, 2014

Anniversary Trip Day 4: Time to come home!

Wow I didn't realize how long I haven't posted! I need to finish my last day of my anniversary trip!
Our 4th day was the saddest day, it was the day we had to come home and get back to regular everyday life. We woke up at 11:15 (oops) we realized we had to check out of the hotel at 12 so we had to hurry and get ready and clean the room up to be checked out on time. We had to plan a shuttle to pick us up from the hotel. Our flight was at 5:30 so the shuttle was going to pick us up at 3. Yeah, we checked out of our room at noon. So we had time to kill before our shuttle picked us up. We decided to go pick up some lunch before we headed to the airport. We couldn't decide what to get or where to go. So we used our map app and looked what was in the area. We found a Jack in the Box....OK extremely back story, we went to Jack in the Box in Idaho for our honeymoon and haven't been back since then. So we decided it would be fun to go for our anniversary trip. The walk wasn't too bad, probably the same distance we walked to Disneyland but in the opposite direction. So we got there ordered and ate and talked and ate and talked some more. (I can talk forever with my husband, we always get going on the best conversations)

So we got bored at the restaurant and decided to walk back to the hotel and wait for the shuttle to arrive. We got back to the hotel and had like 1 1/2 to kill before the shuttle. So I called my mom and told her about our trip and details about our flight (my parents were picking us up from the airport) Finally 3 arrived and our shuttle was on time! On our way to the airport we had other passengers, we had a lady from Vegas who was heading to Germany with her friend for a girl getaway trip (some getaway huh?) Then we met this adorable older couple heading back to their home in NEW ZEALAND! They talked to us about their home and how their flight is pretty much a 2 day thing (time difference). It was so cool meeting people from different places and how they are different from Utah.

We finally got to the airport and checked in, went through security and found our terminal.  Our flight was on time and PACKED! We had to sit on the floor and wait to board! We boarded and departed. Our flight was smooth and quick! We got back to the airport and saw my dad in the pick up area to take us home! That was a bitter sweet moment, I had missed home and my family BUT I wouldn't mind staying in Cali for a couple more days...Just saying! 


Hope you enjoyed reading about our 1 year vacation! If you missed any days...click here...

Here are some pictures of our last day :(


We need a Jack in the Box!

waiting for our shuttle 

our gorgeous hotel!


This fountain in this picture is gorgeous (pic doesn't do justice!)

sad to come home



gotta love free pretzels and orange juice!


Out plane had the movie CARS on it!

Utah from thousands of feet in the air is gorgeous! 


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June 27, 2014

Anniversary Trip Day 3: Downtown Disney

     I've been slacking in blogging this week! I've been meaning to finish my anniversary trip pictures! Anyway, where I left off day 3 spent at Downtown Disney! 

     Mickal and I were pretty exhausted by the third day of the trip. We had spent a total of 24 hours the first two days at the parks. Our feet hurt, we were sunburned (OK that was mostly me...burnt my scalp on our anniversary, yeah still paying for that one) but we didn't want to stop moving! Our third day was suppose to be spent at the beach but we didn't feel like paying for a shuttle to go to the beach. We decided to go to Downtown Disney. We went to Rain forest Cafe, which is AMAZING by the way! We then went to the Lego store, Build a Bear and A LOT of more stores! Mickal loved the Lego Store and I loved Build a Bear! We made the cutest little bear that we will cherish forever! 

     After a long day of shopping and having fun we walked back to the hotel to think about what we wanted to do for dinner! We decided to stay in the hotel room, save money and order Pizza Hut and have it delivered to our room! It was so fun! After dinner we went to the pool/hot tub and just relaxed. PS I totally would be OK with purchasing a hot tub in the future just sayin! Our third day was more relaxing but we had a blast! Here are some pictures from the third day!  photo BritSig3_zpsdf72b790.png
yup this was our breakfast! No regrets!

probably the best rice crispy ever!

wake up and eat a rice crispy! Please don't mind us we literally just woke up!

our walk to Downtown Disney...I didn't mind :)


Mickal's lunch at Rain forest cafe! HUGE MEAT PLATE!

Probably the best tomato basil soup EVER!

Lego Store!




Our dinner :) Dinner Box from Pizza Hut!

Off to the pool! :)












June 19, 2014

Anniversary Trip Day 2: Anniversary & Disneyland!



Day 2: Celebrating our Anniversary in the happiest place on earth.

Our day started off sleeping in and waking up and telling each other how much we loved one another, we also talked about how crazy it was to be married for a whole year! :) We got ready and headed to go to Disneyland. The day before we bought shirts for our anniversary! Mickal's said "I'll be your Mickey" and mine said "I'll be your Minnie" we got comments all day! I loved it!

Disneyland was CRAZY! So many people! There was a lot of graduates and families! Rides were pretty crazy but do-able! We got fast passes for Indiana Jones (which is my all time favorite ride!) and Splash Mountain! Both those fast pass lines were so quick! If you have never been make sure you get fass passes for the bigger rides! It will save you SO much time! We went on Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Madahorn, Astro Blaster (Buzz Lightyear), the Train roller coaster (I am drawing a blank right now on the name) and much more! I think it was the perfect way to spend my anniversary! My favorite place with my favorite person I was in Heaven! It was Mickal's first time at Disneyland! It was great being the person by his side during his first experience!

Here are pictures from Day 2!

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Our adorable shirts :)





Buzz Lightyear! Mickal loved this ride!


Happiest place on earth! 



Splash Mountain! 





Spent our anniversary dinner at IHOP decided to save money and go somewhere outside of Disneyland! Luckily this was right across the street!


Entrance with the lights on!



Probably the best ice cream ever!


Best picture of the fireworks...struggles of being a shortie! 












June 16, 2014

Anniversary Trip Day 1: Airport & California Adventures


Well we have been married officially for a year! This past year I have learned so much about my husband. We have definatly had our ups and downs but they have made us a stronger couple. For our one year anniversary we decided to go to DISNEYLAND! Which is my favorite place one earth!


Day 1: We woke up bright and early to head to the airport. Luckily I have the bestest friend ever, who woke up even earlier to take us up to Salt Lake! Thanks Candace! This flight was my first flight by myself and not with a dance group or my parents. Not going to lie I was pretty nervous. Once we got on the plane I thought to myself, "Oh that wasn't bad at all!" The flight was smooth and short! I love flying with my husband, we had some good laughs on that plane!
Once we landed in LAX we grabbed our luggage and went outside to wait for our shuttle to take us to the hotel. (So we thought) We had a funny experience dealing the shuttles. A week before our trip I called our hotel and asked about the shuttle service the lady said it was right outside the baggage claim. So we waited for awhile for our shuttle and finally a shuttle came with the Marriott on it. So we got on and the driver said Marriott on something we couldn't understand him (he had a heavy accent) we thought it sounded right....Long story short....WE WENT TO THE WRONG HOTEL!!! So after going back to the airport and getting on the right shuttle we FINALLY got to our hotel to check in.

After we checked in we headed to California Adventures! Which was perfect not to crowded and lines not to long EXCEPT the Cars ride! (2 hour wait not even joking)


All in all it was a great first day in Cali, here are some pictures of our first day!

Ready to take off :)


Eating at Flo's Diner in Cars Land :)



Cars land is AMAZING!





Toy Story ride! (One of Mickal's favorite)



Standing at the pier :)


Standing in line for cars for 2 HOURS!!



Finally on the ride!






Don't mind my face! Mickal looks so calm lol




Little mermaid ride...so cute!!




So I died and went to heaven! The best corn dogs ever!!




Yeah those apple slices are probably the healthiest thing we ate the whole trip!
 



Best corn dog ever!!!!!




































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June 10, 2014

Disneyland Tips!

Ok everyone out there reading my blog (if anyone really is) my husband and I leave tomorrow for Disneyland! I want to hear any last minute tips,experiences and advice you have. I have looked up Disneyland stuff galore regarding stuff like this but sometimes would like to hear from people I adore :) 

So...

GO!!!! 

Please and thank you!