i'm a little embarrassed.

Here I am confessing I like Justin Beiber's

Mistletoe

it's a cute little song and it kinda makes me want to hang out under the mistletoe with

Mike!

By the way...

I searched Shawty on Urban Dictionary.

I thought it wasn't a good thing

and I couldn't figure out why someone would want

to hang out under the mistletoe with

something/someone that wasn't good.

But a Shawty is actually a good thing to be called.

The first definition was:

A fine a-- woman or girl.

I laughed out loud.

Dear Justin,

Thanks for such a cute little song. I love it. And also you are one lucky boy/man to have that adorable (Shawty) Selena Gomez hanging on your arm.

Love,

CoRi dAwN

It's 2 pm and I'm.....

Sitting in my PJ's still.

Dang.

And since I am still in my PJ's

I feel like I need to shake myself up a little bit and to help me shake it up

I am going to watch this video.

And I think I'm going to try and post a new

Video every single day this month.

I'll probably fail. But I'm going to try anyway.

Dear Train,

Love the song and the video! Thanks for helping me "Shake it Up"!

Love,

CoRi dAwN

Blog blog bloggity blog....what do I blog about today?

Do you want to know how I was with a patient this week while she went to heaven?

It was (and is) special for me to be by someones side when they move on.

I don't love it but I do feel honored.

Or

Do you want to know about the middle school-ers in my life and how they messed up this week??

I don't want to embarrass or humiliate anyone so I'll just say I think 7th and 8th graders have lots of growing up to do. And until they do it's gonna be stressful.

Or perhaps...

I should just remind all ya'll that's it's

December!!

I love this month!

The thoughts, the smells, the lights,

and of course family.

Dear December,

You might be my favorite. I am happy when it's your turn. I wish it was December until March and that we could skip January and February altogether.

Love,

CoRi dAwN



CIVIL DEFENSE CAVES!

OMGOSH!

While we were on vacation in Idaho

we went "caving"!

We went to the

Civil Defense Caves

Near Rexburg.

So fun!!

When we got there the sun was just setting and it was beautiful.
It didn't matter that it was getting dark
because the caves are dark anyway.

OK...Sometimes I make myself laugh...really hard.

Usually I laugh at myself when I do something that isn't so smart.

And while hiking in the caves I made myself laugh.

Instead of using the flashlight app on my phone I used my cameras pre-flash for light.

And while doing that I took an amazing amount of pictures of my feet, Mike's feet, and the rocks.

They are some really nice pictures.

The kids had a blast hiking through the pitch black caves.

I was impressed with their ability to scale rocks in darkness.

While in there we tripped, bumped our heads, got a little scared, and some of us may or may not have voided, but it was a super amount of fun and one of our fondest memories of our vacation.

We also had just about the best excursion guides ever!

My cousin Ike and his lovely wife Shauna.

They and their kids were super fun and made us laugh.

And the stars!!

 I wish everyone could see stars like we saw when we came out.

It was more than amazing.

Dear Ike and Shauna,
Thank you for helping me make some memories! We had a blast that night and my kids are still talking about it. You two are the best tour guides ever and I love you.
Love,
CoRi dAwN

Gosh it's been long...

Sure has been a while since I've posted on my little blog.

Miss me much?

I thought so.

It's Thanksgiving weekend.

I love this weekend.

I love to eat,

and laugh,

and love on my kids.

And I have done all of that these last couple of days.

And now we have to move on to

Christmas.

I love Christmas.

Everything about it.

Mostly I love kids and Christmas.

And my dangity kids are growing up and changing Christmas for me.

And so this season while I am trying to wrap my brain around my ever changing life, I'll try and keep this song stuck in my head.

Dear Christmas,

I have always loved you~ everything about you.

Please don't fade away.

Love,

CoRi dAwN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYCHAEL-ANN!!

Today my heart belongs to my sister

Mychael-Ann.

Today is her birthday.

She is super talented and an amazing mother.

She is a great example

and I hope I am just like her someday.

She makes me laugh and I think she's smart.

Dear Mychael-Ann,

I hope your day is really wonderful!! I hope you get a few minutes to yourself and that the rest of your day you celebrate with your cute family. I miss you more than I miss sleep. I love you more than I love chocolate.

Love,

CoRi dAwN

I missed it

It being my Mike's Birthday.

I cannot believe I missed a post about his birthday.

He is the one who loves me the most in the world.

He is good and kind.

He is the BEST dad ever.

He also happens to be very handsome.

I am thankful for him.

Dear Mike,

I am sorry I missed your birthday. I'm sorry for lots of things. But I love you and I'm thankful for you.

Love,

CoRi dAwN