gummy bears

yesterday i bought a little bag of gummy bears. i opened the package and to my delight, it was filled with nothing but red and white ones!!!!! goodness gracious, i nearly shed a tear. life doesn't get much better than that.

reunited.

my dear lisa madsen has returned to us from the independence missouri mission, and what a sweet reunion it was.

she had not been to the ocean for a year and a half, so we took her to the beach.

ash and i love having our friend back.

naked.

so, often times i find myself stripped down to my unmentionables in the morning. i usually start my slumber with sweatpants, a t-shirt, and socks if it's REALLY cold. i wake up with none of these items. the socks are always gone, always have been, but lately the rest has gone along with it. weird. sometimes i remember my middle of the night rush to get the clothes off my body, but most mornings i just wake up that way. i worry that there will be a fire, or some reason for us to have to rush outside in the middle of the night, and i am left pajama-less. i just cant keep my clothes on, and i don't know how to fix it.

these boots are made for walkin

i cannot explain my current fashion sense (or lack there of) but the purchases i've been making boggle my mind once i get home. its like something takes over me when i am under those harsh fluorescent lights. i am positive that someday i will be stoked to have these in my closet.

who wouldn't want hot pink napoleon dynamite boots?

husband of mine

for some reason, my husband's interests and special talents strike me as amusing. i get a kick out of the fact that he plays Pacman and does puzzles in his spare time. he gleaks on command and can play shoot the moon (an old game some of you aren't likely familiar with) with his feet. his yo-yo skills are top notch and he makes up songs (usually about me) that rhyme (kind of) on a regular basis. he says funny things that make my eyes cry from laughter and mixes up words. hilarious. i like him. i think i'll keep him.

sunset

one thing that i enjoy about our little home is the sunsets from our little balcony...

 

so peaceful and calming.

american apparel

along with my current decorating obsessions, i'm also being treated for the american apparel bug that has been going around. i cant help myself, that store speaks to my soul. it lures me in with its bright colors and shiny fabrics and wont let me leave without a purchase....or 5.

i bought this today.

oh how i love my new stretchy leatherish looking jacket (with a hood). so badass. haha. sweet husband says that this will certainly be one of those items of clothing that i look back on in pictures one day when we are wrinkled and regret with all of my heart. maybe he's right, but until then i fully enjoy this article of clothing.

mexico

we had a lovely weekend in mexico with ashley and jeremy. the monroes have a house down there and it makes for a wonderful little vacation. the surf was decent for the boys, and it was nice to just relax. not to mention, i made it back across the border safe and sound!! can't get better than that!

we played games and ate many oreos.

me and ashley

the view from the deck

jeremy surfing

gregory on his way out.

tanning our bods.

good bye mexico.

okay, so maybe i don't...

brush my hair.

 i just dont. it is such a bother and it gets all static, the brush is just not my friend. well my little friend vivien and i play beauty parlor. she does my hair which consists of a good 10 minute brush (maybe because she enjoys it, or maybe because this is how long it takes to make it smooth??) complete with about a million bows hanging from the hairs on my head. once i have "princess hair" she applies my make-up using crayons.  a few days ago, she requests to play beauty parlor so we get all situated and she starts with the brush. all i can hear behind me is this little sigh and a frustrated "arrrrrrgh! " she then continues to chew me out for not having smooth hair. she's all "NIKKI! you have to brush yous hair at yous home in the morning OKAY??" as if she cant work under these circumstances! haha where do 3 year olds get these things??? the funny thing is that the next day in the car after picking her up from preschool she asks, "nikkiiiiii you brush yous hair at yous home today????" oh goodness. thanks for checkin up on me viv. what a great kid!

I'm not so fond of...

certain words. the most commonly hated word in the world is moist. i can fully agree with the world on that one. a friend of mine cringes at the words plethora and beverage, so naturally we say them around her as much as possible. haha. i would have to say however, that the one word i cannot stand is blog. although i am an avid blogger and likely use this word on a weekly basis, i truly wish a different name could have been created for such an amusing past time. 

oh, and a special thank you to the cutest blog on the block website for providing such eye catching designs for free. i am happy with the outcome once again.

good night!

for arica

Arica and Andrew came to visit over christmas and we all played on new years day! why do you have to live in utah? honestly.

alex, arica, ashley and...nikki? shoot i ruin the A train.

arica's boyfriend skates. we watch. (as seen above)

none of the pictures from that day turned out well, but for your viewing pleasure greg has put some on flickr. go here.

tragic.

until "the cutest blog on the block" website is back up and running, my blog will remain very white...quite like my kitchen. cute background coming soon. don't judge.

2009 so far.

- Ashley and jeremy moved into the same apartments as us. oh the joy! we love it.

- michelle is in utah, steph is in hawaii, chris is in russia. i miss my siblings!

-90210 is BACK. oh how my life feels complete once again!

-i was reflecting on my name the other day. nichole nielsen...nikki nielsen. i like it. it has a nice ring to it. as much as i always wished to marry someone with the last name slaw or sore only because if you put it together (ni-colesore or ni-coleslaw) it makes me laugh. nielsen is for sure the way to go. sorry sores and slaws of the world.

- as for resolutions...i dont really have any.

pictures to come.