I love boys!

(Alex) this one...

(Owen) and this one...

(last but definitely not least) and this one!!

O how fun it is to have 2 new nephews. And Jeff Palmer.

Utah alert

Tonight I met Jimmy who has a sister who has a shop who has a new customer. Well in May when I'm in Utah. Janie we've got to go. The sweet tooth fairy has an adorable website. Just make sure you ate before entering the site or you could have a serious problem. They are located in Draper (Marti-have you been?) and in Provo. Apparently it's better than Sprinkles and Yummy Cupcakes. I like that it's locally owned by a mom of 3. I'm curious to see if anyone's tried them out? What's the census?

really?

To be honest tonight wasn't a complete shocker. A combination of speculation/rumors and watching the show myself made it pretty clear that Jake was more into Vienna... so I was over it... but what I was really bummed about is Alie being named the next Bachelorette. Seriously why? Could they not get Gia or Tinley?

If you would have asked me at the start of the season, never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that Jake was going to pick Vienna. Shocking that Jake would choose her over Tinley. If it was any other girl besides Vienna I'd say you can't always explain it, but the girl lacks so many qualities that someone would be looking for in a marriage partner. Vienna seems to have more qualities of that of a "woman of the night" (originally I used porn star but that's kind of mean). Maybe thats just how they made her out to look. But that's how it looked.

All I ask is that Jake get new ties. Monday nights will not be the same...

Happy Valentine's Day

This sweet little Valentine arrived on my doorstep. I was completely surprised, Elly and Scott were going to start trying for number 2 after the holidays, or so I thought. So both of my sisters are pregnant, due just a few short days apart. Janie is due August 31 and Elly September 5. It will be fun to have 2 new babies in the family. I'm sure they will be close cousins which is the absolute best. I'm really excited for Drew to have a little brother or sister, he will be such a great big brother. Oh how I love a good surprise!

Rachel Thurston

Everybody within the sight of my blog... please, please check out Rachel's new website and tell all of your friends.

Rachel is launching her new website and blog... she's giving away a weekend trip to Seattle. You could be the lucky winner...

Rachel has unique style and a killer talent for telling a story through her photographs. There are so many photographers out there these days... what's nice about Rachel is that her pictures don't ever get boring. She takes incredible shots time after time. She was the photographer at both my sisters weddings. Extremely warm and fun to have around. Rachel knows how to make you look good! AND she doesn't just do weddings...

Who wouldn't want to head to Seattle for a long weekend.?.?.?.

enter to win on her blog:

RACHEL THURSTON PHOTOGRAPHY

www.rachelthurston.com

The Young Victoria

Click here. Hit Video. Wait a minute and the trailer will start to play.

Emily Blunt is amazing in this movie!

It's this beautiful historical yet modern romance.

Go see it! It's playing in select cities in the US.

If you live in a big city you should be safe.

Pretty sure it's playing in Houston / SLC / Cary / Chapel Hill /

and for sure in Cali.

Men, you can handle it. It's only 100 minutes.

Kind of an abrupt ending.

I think it's because I liked it so much I wanted it to keep going.

Last thing, It's PG. I was so impressed with how appropriate it was. No sex scenes but there's no doubt you will feel the passion, commitment, and deep love that these two people had for each other.

It takes your breath away...

This is what happens when you text while driving

me: Thanks for coming last night! It was so good seeing you. Your quac was a hit!

Brittany: Thanks. It was great seeing u too. I need your fruit pizza recipe.

Sweet Brittany didn't say anything about what quac I was referring to. Pretty sure I meant to say guac as in guacamole. That night I caught a glance of the text I had sent, and an instant burst of out-loud laughter followed.

Brittany- your guac was a hit! I need your recipe...

My seriously so beautiful sister turns 30 today.

Happy Birthday I-E-boo!

Thank you thank you thank you for letting this one be my big sister! Kinda neat to know you will always be an important part of my life!

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Davis

Saturday, January 16, 2010 was a beautiful day! For many reasons but especially because Erin and Warren were sealed for eternity! Congratulations you two!

BYUI girls.

We love you Erin. You have been and are an amazing friend. May this new chapter of your lives bring you both great joy and of course, great fun as you start forever together!

Happy Birthday Jill!

This picture was taken last weekend... I'm just glad you can't see the score.

Jill is a good friend of mine from college. She is actually one of the first girls I met up at BYUI. My first recollection of meeting her was right outside the Manwaring Center. During the first day or two of orientation we had all met someone that linked us together so here we were waiting to get into our first college dance! Jill and I quickly introduced ourselves as we piled in the building.

Learned pretty quickly that night that we both LOVE to dance. So I guess you could say we became fast friends!

Funny story... we both decided to go to our ward welcome picnic together and our conversation goes something like this (okay that's not funny but keep reading)-

Jill: What's your last name again?

me: Kendrick

Jill: That's a really common last name

me: Not really..

Jill: Do you have any relatives in Dallas?

me: My aunt and uncle live there.

Jill: Does your aunt have really pretty eyes?

me: YES!

We put it together. Basically our families go way back. On our way home we stopped in to pick up our mail and Jill had a package from Julie Kendrick. My Aunt Julie Kendrick! She had sent her a late HS graduation gift... we were dying. Funny, right?! Or maybe just really kinda cool! Guess we were destined to be friends!

Happy Birthday Jill!!! I hope you can't help but smile all day, have outbursts of laughter, of course dance, and feel a downpour of love and not rain (looks like you may have both)! You are amazing!

Look how cute her little man is! I will be seeing Dane-boo this week! Jealous? I would be.

Well photo me pretty...

I got a brand spankin' new SLR camera for Christmas. Can I just say that I'm so excited about it?! And even more excited to learn how to use it! Nicole's classes are coming to LA! I'm in ... anyone want to join??

can't sleep

A few things I'm thinking about as I'm lying in bed...

1) Jay Z's new rap song about ny has a line that goes, "BK is from Texas" and I get really excited since I'm a BK ... just realized it stands for Beyonce Knowles who is also a BK from Texas. That is neat.

2) Is it just me or did Elizabeth on the bachelor really bug tonight. Last episode she explained to Jake that she didn't want him to kiss her until she was the last one standing. I think he totally respected her for it and thought it was sweet until he realized it had nothing to do with her value system, just a game she wanted to play. The girl totally teased him and kept asking him if he wanted to kiss her and then told him not to in the same breathe. Dumb. So dumb. And frankly a little awkward.

THEN tonight she does it again. I cringed with embarrassment for her. Jake nailed it when he said that Elizabeth hasn't yet figured herself out. Not a direct quote: she's scared and feels like if she controls the situation it would be less painful. It's not about who is in control, it's about falling in love and letting things happen. Totally agree! Love is not a control thing. Love is about taking risks and putting yourself out there. And yes Elizabeth, sometimes you get hurt but it's also how you come together with the love of your life. I was totally impressed that he called her on it... Jake is obviously not into games and sent Elizabeth home!

3) I hope it rains a little softer tomorrow!

Time to try falling asleep again!

Night,

BK from Texas

Ladies leave your man at home...

cause it's Erin's bachelorette party!!

11 of us girls headed to LA for a night of fun and mayhem to celebrate Erin's 2nd to last night of being single!

We had dinner downtown LA at Rosa Mexicana...

couldn't have been a more fun group...

Look for us on the LA Kings website coming soon!

Erin showing us her moves at the hotel... all I can say is Warren is going to flip out!

The Standard awaits 11 girls ready to get down on the dance floor...

(he would wear that suit)

And that’s exactly what we did! The club is on the roof of The Standard hotel in downtown LA. It felt like we were in nyc with skyscrapers on every side. There’s funky lounge seating areas all over the roof, a full on swimming pool, and a DJ that did not disappoint!

Safe to say that everyone had a good time!

We all love Ms. E Hawley... now MRS. E DAVIS!

Good news!

The Bachelor is back on Mondays...

Cafe Rio came to California...

AND that Sandra Bullock is on fire!