Babies

My best friend just had her second child and he is so adorable. I call him Riggles (His name is Rigby) He'll have fun with his crazy older brother! 

And the week before Thanksgiving I got to go to DC and visit some of my favorite children. Here are my favorites kids! :)

I can't believe how big they get! I've told every single one to stop growing and they just ignore Aunt Hilaree. We have some discipline issues to sort out! :)

Scary Movies

I'm the biggest wuss when it comes to scary movies.  In fact I don't ever go to scary movies. The movies that are scary to me don't actually scare others. I avoid scary.
My top 5 scary films:
Jarrasic park
Snow white
Jaws
Iamlegend
The mummy

I do love Halloween even though I'm a baby. And I love the classic movies. Here are a few I really enjoy.
My top Halloween movies:
Charlie Brown and the great pumpkin
Casper the friendly ghost
Beetlejuice
Hocus pocus
Halloweentown

October is here!!!

So it's October and time to start all the holiday decorating! I love the holidays and I love decorating.

Best things about October:

1. Pumpkin in everything

2. Colors changing

3. Weather changing/fall clothes

4. Decorating for the holidays

5. Everything is scary

6. Candy has no calories :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Pinterest Exercise!

So I still love pinning. One of my favorite boards is my fitness board. It's so motivational. Every picture just makes me want to work harder and be healthier. It's hard to motivate yourself and to eat right when food is just so good! My sister and I are trying this quick start diet and I've already lost some weight. We're done with Insanity and now just pick and choose whatever workouts we want. Just stay active! So I've done every workout on my board at least once. These are the pictures of my favorites.





It's time to feel great about yourself and life!

Summer Love- 100th Post!!!

HAPPY 100TH POST!!! Whoever comments 1st wins a liter IV bag of normal saline!!! :)

So... Summer is great! It's one of my top 4 favorite seasons! There are just certain things that make it wonderful and here are the things I love about the season!

1) Food: lemonade, popsicles, ice cream, BBQ, corn on the cob, & watermelon!!! A lot of food, but most of the things in life that I love have to do with food.

2) 4th of July! Yay USA!!!

3) Swim Parties: a necessity in AZ

4) Traveling: I have already been to DC and Utah this summer!

5) No school: Now that I am no longer a student, but a graduate...it doesn't seem to big a deal. I do love that some of my family members are not in school.

Summer is great! HAGS everybody!!! :)

Yo soy...

Holly did this on her site and told me to do it as well. It's a cool idea. This is for you Holly and I miss you dearly!

• Name: Hilaree
• Age:  In my mind 18, but according to my driver’s license: older
• Height: 5’8” when I stretch
• Relationship status: single
• Birthday: January 21st
• Favorite color: Red and Gold
• Favorite musicians: U2, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon...These are the guys I can listen to whenever and forever!
• Last song listened: “Wind of Change” Scorpions
• Favorite movies: Back to the Future, Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, and October Sky
• Last movie watched: Where the Heart Is
• Favorite book: Little Women
• Last book read: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• # of siblings: 6
• # of pets: 3, Charcoal, Dot, and Goob (he’s a cat!)
• Best school subject: Anatomy and Physiology, Science
• Mac or PC?: Mac
• Cell phone type: Alias 2, hopefully soon to be an iPhone
• Current shirt color: Blue
• Gamer?: no.
• Day or night?: Day, I love sunlight, especially coming through windows warming up the room.
• Summer or winter?: Winter=Christmas
• Most-visited website?: pinterest and blogger
• Celebrity crushes: Tom Hiddleston and Richard Armitage
• Biggest Turn On/s: a sense of humor and a laid back personality (Holly had this and I agree!)

Last Post of 2011! A Good Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Just want to reflect on this last year! I made a lot of new discoveries about life and myself. I made new friends and connected with old ones. It was a good year!

NOW TIME FOR HILAREE'S TOP 10 FOR 2011!!!! (blue are links)

10. Blog! -Metro Mondays

9. Westwood 50 years

8. Community Nursing: This was an awesome class and it started me thinking about do public or global health a little later in life.

7. Shoulder Surgery again: I had surgery in 2008 because of a torn rotator cuff. It tore again in May and I have been grinding down the bone over time. It dislocated at the end of the spring semester this year and had surgery a week later. Kept me from doing much this summer.

6. September 11th 10 years

5. Girls Camp

4. Heart Surgery: In my adult health clinicals I was able to be in the OR during an open heart surgery and it was amazing. When I was in 9th grade, my English teacher told a story about when he saw open heart surgery and that it was a very intense experience. It's true. It was awesome and I won't ever forget it!

3. General Conference

2. Trip Out East

1. 3 new baby girls (I love my nieces...and nephews!)

Kayli Mae

Alexandra Kensington

Phoebe Ariona (I actually haven't met her yet, but I already love her and think she is super cute!)

It was a great year overall and I am really looking forward to 2012!!!

Halloween Favorites!

Halloween is coming! I love this holiday! There are 6 big reasons why! Let's discuss them...

1. Decorating my mom's house! I love this part of the holiday season! It makes my house feel like it is really October! (And yes, I still live with my parents! :)

2. Dressing up! You can be whoever and whatever you want to be! This is Margaret and I last year. We went crazy with the pink hair spray!

3. Everything Pumpkin/pumpkin pie. The flavor is getting into everything and I love it all! I got frozen yogurt that was pumpkin pie and cheescake! Yummy!

4.The Great Pumpkin! You are a good man Charlie Brown...and Linus who stays up and waits for the Great Pumpkin! I love that InStyle (my fave magazine) listed this as one of their fave fall things and it is one of mine too!

5. Candy corn/pumpkins! Need I say more?! No. My Father, a candy corn vampire!

6. It begins the Holiday Season!!! The goal is Christmas. It's always Christmas! (at least for me!)

Can't wait to trick or treat! Only 26 days...

Fall Fever!

I am seriously suffering from fall fever! (hence blog background!) I can't handle it! The leaves need to change colors, the holidays need to start, and Psych needs to be on again! I am excited that it's September already, but there's still 2 months till Halloween... (and only 1 till Psych!)

I love Fall and there are a few reasons why!

1. Fall colors, including red Arizona mountains!

2. Pumpkins (for carving and Pie!)

3. Trick or treating (preferably a treat!)

4. Candy Corn (makes me smile!)

5. Fall Fashion... Yes!

6. Thanksgiving Feast... Yum!

7. (which is really #1) Christmas is on it's way!!!

Fall just gives me a happy feeling! When I see fall colors and "cozy" things I feel wonderful! Try it out... how do you feel when you look at these photos?

Looking forward to the holidays!!! ...and the Great Pumpkin!!! :)