abcs...

MY ABC'S

A = Age: 24
B = Bed size: queen
C = Chore(s) you hate: laundry and vaccuming
D = Dessert you love: cheesecake and ice cream
E = Essential start your day item: my cell phone alarm
F = Favorite actor(s): steve martin, jack nicholson
G = Gold or Silver: silver
H = Height: 5'5"
I = Instruments you play: piano
J = Job title: office administrator
K = Kitchen color(s): white, black, red, and light blue
L = Living arrangements: duplex with thomas, gracy and marley
M = My name is: lindsay newsome warren
N = Nicknames: linds, pixar, pix, pixie... you get the point
O = Overnight hospital stay(s): i was there for 3 nights i think?...
P = Pets: trousers and marley
Q = Favorite quote: "patience young grasshopper"
R = Right or left handed: right
S = Siblings: sister; lisa and bro-in-law; chris, and half-bros; mike and jeff and lots of in-laws!
T = Time you woke up today: 7:38 am
U= Unique about you: i can fold my togue like a clam shell...
V = Vegetable you love: asparagus
W = Worst habit: i have lots of bad habits.... i press snooze for at least an hour every morning
X = X-Rays you've had: abdomin, neck, arm, knee. probably more!
Y = Yummy food you make: spaghetti sauce
Z = Zodiac Sign: taurus

my mom.

today is my mom's birthday, and i wanted to do a special blog just for her! first of all, i want to say...

there are soooo many reasons why i love my mom. so many i can't even list them all, but i will try to put down some of the most important ones:

*she is the most understanding person i know

*she has an amazing voice (thanks mom, for the talent you have given me)

*she has always supported our family it whatever we have decided to do in our lives

*she has a great sense of humor... i LOVE LOVE LOVE when my mom gets laughing really hard, it's so contagious!

*she is a great cook and always works hard to give us kids a good home-cooked meal

*she has always allowed me to wake her up at any time just to talk... i love our talks mom.

*she knows all the fun places to go in hawaii i.e. chuck's cellar!

*she used to be a beach bum

*she is a great golfer

*she is a great friend and has had the same friends for years

*she is so classy

*she loves my dad

*she is a breast cancer survivor!

*she loves her family... <3

*she has taken to being a grandmother so well, and she is the best!

*she ALWAYS has perfectly painted finger nails

*she always paints gracy's finger and toe nails and gracy always looks forward to it

*she has never missed one of my dance or choir concerts and ehs even came on all of our dance co. trips. they are some of my favorite memories

*she has aged so beautifully... so much that my dad still looks at her like this...

*she has a stong testimony of the gospel and isn't afraid to share it

*she is one of the strongest people i know...

*she is sensitive

*she helped me get everything for my wedding together, let me tell you... that is not an easy feat!

*she helped me get ready on all the most important days

*she has always been the best mother that she knows how to be

mom, you are one of the most important people in my life... you have always been there for me and our family. you have always been stong in your beliefs, and i'm so proud of that. you are the definition of class and beauty. you are so creative. you are so determined. people always tell me that i look like you, and i couldn't be more proud. you have taught me so much and look forward to many more years of lessons and experiences with you. i love you so much and i'm proud to be "my mother's daughter."

i will always be your "most-a-precious"

happy birthday mom!

a few of my favorite things.

i was thinking... there are a lot of things that i really love right now. so i thought i'd share them!

first of all, i'm really loving the show "it's always sunny in philadelphia." it's wildly inappropriate, however, it's so hilarious. when i say inappropriate, it's just the type of stuff that makes you feel really awkward and uncomfortable when you are watching it. to help you better understand, some of the titles of the shows are: "charlie has cancer," "the gang finds a dead guy," "the gang goes jihad," charlie wants an abortion," "the gang finds a dumpster baby."

heroes, if you haven't watched this show before, i HIGHLY recommend it. it's so creative and fun to watch much like the show "lost" which i also really love and can't wait for it to come back on!

knitting, my mom recently taught me how to knit. just basic knitting skills, nothing fancy. but i'm in the process of making two scarves right now!

yahtzee! i love yahtzee! thomas and i used to play all the time and haven't played for a while until last night. i love that game! such a fun way to spend time with the people you love.

as you all know, i'm a HUGE twilight fan. still completely loving the books too! i'm also reading the book marley and me right now. it is SO good! i would recommend it to anyone. it makes me laugh out loud so you KNOW it's gotta be good. the stories he tells of marley remind me of my little marley. he such an out of control dog but he's the most lovable creature.

i'm really loving the fact that gracy is starting to like watching real people shows. so yes, i don't mind watching them either! we have been watching a lot of drake and josh lately. it's such a cute show and i'm glad we get to watch non-cartoon shows once in a while, altough i've always been a fan of spongebob.

those are just a few of my favorite things right now...i'm also really loving scarves, boots, the bread from iggy's, starting to scrapbook again, thomas' new electric razor... now, if i can only get him to use it!, blankets, my new scentsy snowflake warmer, and many many other things! i'm looking forward to going home tonight; play a rousing game of yahtzee and cuddle up with thomas and watch it's always sunny in philadelphia!

lots to catch up on.

hello friends and family. okay. i FINALLY got some pics on my work computer so i can blog at work when i'm bored. so, here we go! there is a lot to catch up on! prepare for lots of photos! christmas was wonderful this year! first of the festivities was our second annual ugly sweater party, hosted by jenny and brett, thanks guys!

the party was complete with treats, white elephant gifts, and of course UGLY SWEATERS!

i also wanted to add some pics of thomas and i from earlier that day that i thought were cute.

every year, our family on my mom's side has a big christmas party. this year thomas and i weren't able to make it, but my parents, lisa and chris took gracy to it. gracy had a blast! she got to play with all of her cousins and sit on santa's lap. she didn't want to leave santa's side all night long! how cute is that!?

"i want a laptop with a little wand..."
when gracy told santa that's what she wanted, he said, "dream on!" haha. he thought she wanted a real laptop. gracy with her cousin madison. i can't believe how old you've gotten madison!!!! you are sooo cute!

on christmas eve, we all went over to my mom and dad's house for some christmas festivities! we had marian, clair and clair sr. over as well. the more the merrier!

christmas morning came, and so did santa! gracy was so great this year, she stayed up til 10:30 on christmas eve, so she slept in and we didn't have to get up until 10! thanks gracy! we love you!


gracy got a lot of great gifts this year... she got two barbies, some books, pj's, clothes, slippers, toys, movies and best of all she got her laptop with a little wand!! the funny thing is, i got this for her at the beginning of october before she ever even said she wanted it. i must have a great instinct! this is a picture of her when she realized what it was, she was squealing like i've never heard anyone squeal before! it was so much fun!


santa was good to thomas this year too! he got some really cool sweaters, a hoodie, the first and second season of "it's always sunny in philidelphia", this cute purple beanie, a TIME book with lots of super cool pictures. my parents got him a really nice electric razor and his parents got gave us each a check to get whatever we want! thanks mary ann and john!
these are the nice pj's thomas and i got each other (minus the hoodies) don't we look so cute!?this year i got some great presents as well! thomas gave me a really cute pair of shoes, and a nice new scrapbooking desk!! i love it! it's so perfect! and to make it all complete, my parents gave me my much wanted cricut!! i'm so excited i can hardly contain myself! i went home last night and tried it out, and i love it! my sister and chris gave us some pretty sweet presents too.

and of course we couldn't forget our little puppy marley on christmas! we got him a new bed, some toys and this cute little red hoodie!! he is so cute i just want to SQUEEZE him!

all in all, it was a pretty fantastic christmas! thanks everyone for all you do for us! we love you all so much.