Throwback Thursday: Drill Days

     Lately I have been missing dancing like no other. I have had dreams about dancing again (yes dreams like more than one). I wish I could dance myself or teach again! Those were the times that I felt the happiest honestly is when I was dancing. I haven't danced for awhile and don't even know if I am even decent anymore!

     I was going through my old pictures on Facebook the other day and found the picture below. I can't remember which competition we were at (Clearfield maybe?) We were getting ready for our dance routine and had some extra time to catch a quick picture. I love this picture because it has so much personality in one shot! These girls will always have a place in my heart. We were together 24/7. I never got sick of them (being honest). All the girls I ever danced with from studio to drill and the girls I taught will have a special in my heart. 

     This dance was one of my favorite dances. It was dark and different, not the average drill routine. I LOVED IT!!! I remember we performed this routine at our competition at Northridge and we felt the energy the whole time we KILLED IT! We came back into the dressing room and our coach had tears in her eyes! We all got so excited and squealed like little girls. Honestly I don't remember what place we took with this routine but seeing and feeling that was enough for me! I just miss dancing so much, I watch dance shows like So You Think You Can Dance and Dance Moms and just get so jealous of the people performing and do that art of dance. If I could rewind my years dancing i totally would!

Dear Husband,

All I can say right now is thank you, thank you for being my husband.  I know I can be a handful at times (OK all the time) but you love me for me regardless of what I do. 

You take all the knifes out of sight for me because you know how much they scare me.

 You cover me up with blankets at night because even if our room is 80 degrees you know I still get cold.

 You let me cry on your shoulder when ever life gets to tough to stand. 

You laugh at my weird sense of humor even though I am not that funny. 

You eat all my left over food when I don't finish my food (because I never do).

You surprise me at work with my favorite drinks, ice cream and food. (You should probably stop because you're making me fat)

You can't wait to have a family and get excited when we talk about our future children.

 You have a strong love for the gospel just like me.

This is just a short list of what you do for me and there is many more I can list. I just want to thank you for being you and loving me for me.

Forever and Always Mickal 

Temple Date

Going to the temple with my husband is probably the best date I could have with my husband. Lately life has been crazy and we don't get our date night every week like we usually do! So earlier this week Mickal told me he booked a sealing appointment at the Bountiful temple for us! I was so excited! Doing temple work with your husband is the best! But then he mentioned the time he booked the appointment for 6 am sealings! Wooooow, anyone who knows me knows that I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON! But I didn't let me down, I was going to the temple and it doesn't matter what time I go all that matters is that I go.

Satan has a way to get me to not go to the temple, every time I go to the temple he tries everything in his power to make sure I don't get there. My alarm went off at 4:30 and Mickal turned to me and said "are you sure you want to go? I know you are so tired" in my head yes, it would be nice to stay in bed and sleep. But, I know that was Satan trying to make sure I didn't go. I got right up and told Mickal we are going! Then when I was trying to get ready my straighter stopped working (nice try again Satan). But I threw my hair in a braid, got dressed and headed out on time! 

The drive was perfect and the freeway was clear! The moon was still out and it was a full moon! It's so cool seeing a full moon to me! It's just beautiful! We pulled up to the temple and I got the feeling that this is where I was suppose to be, this is where my happy place is.  It's an amazing feeling! When we got there we were the first people in the temple! I walked into the dressing room and the room was filled with temple workers. I love temple workers they are so nice and helpful! After getting dressed and meeting Mickal outside we headed up to do the work! We were right on time (we thought) we get upstairs and a temple worker let us know the sealer had not arrived yet and we would have to wait till he got there! We didn't mind we picked up our scriptures and read them. Reading my scriptures in the temple makes life better, Heavenly Father makes sure you read what your suppose to at that time in your life!

Finally the sealer got there and we did our temple work! I love doing sealings with my husband, it makes me remember our sealing on our wedding day. Such a special day that I will never forget. It's also fun that I wear what I got married in every time I go to the temple.

After we left the temple we headed to breakfast and right home! After we got home you better believe I took a LONG nap! Totally worth it though. Going to the temple especially with my husband is the best date ever. :)  

Bad picture but the full moon on the way to the temple!

Love my husband so much :)

The House of The Lord 

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!

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! 

                                                                 

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! 

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! :)

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!

 

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!