The Paye Family

Random Post from October

2010-01-09T19:30:00.004-07:00

So Amanda and cousin Morgan have the same birthday and are the exact same age, so for their 16th b-day I went with them and my mom and aunt Donna to the BAHAMAS!!! It was a lot of fun, anddd I got to drink there! haha. We tanned for hours, and of course I got THE worst sunburn of my life! haha

Paradise!

Halloween Party @ Becca's House

2009-11-11T20:57:00.003-07:00

We had some friends over this Halloween. I really enjoyed handing out candy to the kids, decorating my own house and carving our pumpkins..

Becca's 20th Birthday @ Mt. Lemmon

2009-11-11T20:44:00.003-07:00

Sooo as a tradition, my friends and I have been going to Mt. Lemmon to celebrate my birthday for the past 3 years. The last couple times we've stayed in the same cabin. However, it was booked this time so we got to check out another cabin (which turned out to be better in my opinion) it had a bigger balcony outside, amazing views, and most importantly for us ladies..two bathrooms! haha. Here are some pics from the trip...

Here's us girls on the balcony

(Michaela, me, Robbin, Amanda)

Me & my boyfriend Jeremy
Amanda & Michaela
We find this exact rock every year haha. Notice the background is um..boringggg, that's because of the fire from a few years ago, but we still had to take the pic. after all, it is a tradition, right?
This is one of my favs..we were attacking Jeremy. I was trying to jump kick him in the head haha. we had him cornered. sucker! haha

We had a lot of fun & the weather was perfect :)

My Gall Bladder Surgery

2009-11-08T15:13:00.002-07:00

Here are some pictures of my stitches from surgery...

Becca Needs Surgery

2009-09-27T17:39:00.003-07:00

Soooo the last time I was in Utah I started having these horrible pains in my stomach and my back. I could barely breathe or even move, it was really bad! I had another painful attack a month after that, so I went to the doctor and got blood work done. Then they scheduled an ultrasound and discovered I had multiple gall stones. Lucky me right?! I had a visit with the surgeon and he said that I need surgery to remove my gallbladder. I have heard some pretty scary stuff about this, and i'm freaked out, not gonna lie about that! I will have about 4 incisions and I will be out of school and work for up to 2 weeks. On the bright side, I will have time to sleep and relax haha. I go in for surgery on Monday November 2nd at 5:30 in the morning. I can't eat or drink anything after midnight the night before surgery. I will keep you posted and I will upload some pics after surgery. Wish me luck!!!

New Addition to the Family

2009-07-14T21:52:00.003-07:00

This is Natalie! She is a Shetland Sheep dog and she will be 5 months on the 22nd! I got her last night at Petland. Sammy still doesn't know what to think about her. He is giving me the cold shoulder because he thinks I've replaced him. Poor Sammy haha. It will take him a while, but he will adjust to it. Natalie sits in Sammy's spot on the couch, and on my bed, so that might be part of the problem haha. She and Sammy are both going with me to my house! :) My cute little family!

Meet Natalie!

Of course I had to get her a hot pink collar....and leash haha. She's my dog after all

One day they will get along haha, just not today

Her new bed. We used Sammy's old kennel

I had to buy these bowls because they reminded me of Victoria's Secret! haha

Tile/Painting My Room

2009-07-14T21:37:00.003-07:00

So the tile is coming out great and they should be done within a few days! Here's how it looks...

The tile is the same color, it just looks different in the pics

My Room.....BEFORE

I painted it black to match with my black and white zebra bed set :)

My bathroom is next to come! I am painting/decorating it Victoria's Secret themed! :) I'm way excited!

Staining My Cabinets/New Paint

2009-07-14T21:06:00.004-07:00

Sooo to go with the whole color theme of my house, I couldn't leave the cabinets a light color, so of course I had to do something about it....stain them of course! Welllll I thought it would be a breeze, but this is no easy task. We started off with brushes, like it recommends on the can, but it came out really streaky and not how I wanted...as you will see in the pics haha. Luckily, Dad came with the sprayer and helped us out! Dad to the rescue! Thanks to him my cabinets turned out perfect! :) Check it out!....

BEFORE
How it looked with the paint brushes...

And Dad saving the day!!!

AFTER....

You can see the difference from the left cabinets and the ones on the right. Thanks dad! haha

Here's a look at the colors I chose to have my house!

Robbin's room...

BEFORE

Robbin's Room After
My Livingroom...

BEFORE

AFTER....

(don't mind the fridge haha)

The first thrifty thing i've done haha

2009-06-27T20:52:00.004-07:00

Well Christie, you will be proud of me! I needed black furniture for my new bedroom, so instead of buying new ones, spending more $ and wasting the furniture I have now, I sanded and painted my desk myself! and I will paint the other ones soon! (with this sprayer/can and of course with dad's help and supervision haha)

Here's the before pic:

Ok I supervised sometimes too haha. doing good dad!!!

Dad showing me how

My turn now! ha

Holding the light and spraying at the same time...skills! haha

And the final product! :) i'm proud of myself haha. Now only 3 more to go haha ohhh goshh

Stuff for My House!!!

2009-06-27T20:18:00.004-07:00

So lately i've been spending a lot of time in Home Depot, and I pretty much found what I was looking for!...Here's what i'm thinking of doing...

Here's the carpet i'm getting in the livingroom, Jeremy's room (roommate), and then my bedroom.

The maroon "red red wine" will be the color of my livingroom, and the 2nd tanish color is the kitchen and game room, and the darkest color is the hallway and laundry room. p.s. the carpet looks darker in this pic, but it's actually lighter like in the pic above this. f.y.i haha.

Here's the paint colors against the tile i'm getting in the gameroom (entry way), kitchen, hallway, laundry room, and both bathrooms!

Here's the tile again...
Here's the lock/handle that I want for my front door. I still have to see if it would match.
and one of these lights will be above my kitchen table!
Potential guest bathroom light. (above the sink)
Livingroom fan. the blades are reversible, so of course I would have them black to match with everything else haha
The 3 light one will go in my kitchen, I might have to find a black one though. we'll see.

I really really want a black sink, but i would have to measure it and see :)

Potential kitchen faucet

p.s. My house is getting painted on Monday, and we come back from vacay on the 8th and it will be painted by then :) so i get to see the beginning of the transformation! I am beyond excited!!! :)

I wish you guys were here to see it and give me your opinion, but you will have to see it when it's done! :)

Megan's 21st Birthday in Vegas

2009-06-14T18:21:00.006-07:00

So Dad and Mom went to vegas with Megan and her boyfriend Jon, Aunt Kathy and her boyfriend Tom.

Dad & Beyonce. Apparently he does like black girls haha
Megan & Mom with Hef ;) Megan has the boobies to go with it ;)
Megan, Jon, Aunt Kathy & Tom in the gondola

Okay so this picture is funny, but yet disturbing at the same time haha
Dad and The Rock

Dad and Snoop Dogg...i don't even think dad knows who he is haha

Mom marrying George Clooney

Tom and Aunt Kathy getting "Married"

Dad wishing he was really playing with Tiger Woods

Dad with Goerge BushDad and Jessica Simpson. You see how he's grabbing all of these wax ladies inappropriately...pshh i hope he was drunk haha nice one dad

I bet this brings back memories for her ;) hahahaha

Megan and Mom doing American Idol. boooo you suck, get off the stageee hahaa

Mom getting eaten by the tiger

Just wait until next year in October when I go for my 21st birthday :D hahaha ohh will I have some pictures for you!!!! hahaha

Amanda's Car!!!

2009-06-14T16:51:00.003-07:00

Ok so here they are, the pictures of Amanda's first car. It's cute right? Let's hope she keeps it that way haha, just kidding amanda.

Dad's New Toy

2009-06-14T16:23:00.006-07:00

He's been waiting soo long to finally buy this, and now he has it :)

I hope you enjoy this Scott :)

Dad, Eric and Daniel took a trip to the backside of Mt. Lemmon with the go-carts and they had a blast.

Amanda's Family
Beautiful View

It's a beastDaniel with "Amanda Moo"

Now there is no comparison! haha

Dad's baby
Running Water

Daniel and Eric
Dad and Eric

Our San Diego Trip Last March

2009-05-25T20:33:00.015-07:00

So Amanda and I officially decided that we are moving to Cali after she graduates high school :) hahah hey it's nice to dream

In our hotel room

A huge outdoor wave pool thingy. with hottt cali boys :D

Whaaaaaat???

My whiteeee legs really stand out. haha they aren't that white anymore :)

My future house

Amanda doing what she does best...texting

Austin's 1st Birthday Party

2009-05-25T12:39:00.010-07:00

Audrey trying to put the necklace in Amanda's mouth

Daniel the giant, and mom..well, the shorty

Austin's cake..it's a truck
Me and Daniel
haha sexy..???
We always manage to turn everything into a photo opp

Grandma Karen and Birthday boy
Brittany getting some practice with Jessica's baby :)

Christie's Baby Shower

2009-05-25T12:03:00.011-07:00

Yess these pictures are lateeee I know haha but I still thought I would post them because I have the cutest preggo sister ever :)

Audrey and Austin

Grandma Karen and Carter The Tan Babes

I'm Back :)

2009-05-25T11:44:00.004-07:00

Sooo as you can see I have been slacking, to say the least. But now that school is over (for the semester), and summer is finally here, I actually have time to enjoy myself. Here are just a few things that have happened since the last post.

1) Amanda: got her permit, bought a car, won state for track, got accepted on TSA (Tucson Soccer Academy), is no longer a freshman in high school, has a new 18 year old boy toy (mmhmm 18), is going to work with me at the preschool for the summer (i'm gonna put this girl to work), andddd she has gotten tanner (jerk) haha.

2) Becca: got to drive amanda's new car, realized that amanda can't drive with me because i'm not 21 (dumb new law), passed all my classes this semester (i'm not sure how) I got 3 C's and an A, (hey i'll take it), I am now working full time back with my kids and I am absolutely loving it, they are no longer taking naps, so I have to keep them occupied for the WHOLE day haha, challenging but fun. I am still single (what's new haha), but I am still looking. I got a new phone (the blackberry storm, with a hot pink case of course), I started tanning (well with the help of fakeness), my legs are no longer blinding (you can put your sunglasses away), and yeahhhh haha.

3) Dad: is dad. haha. well he had an exciting golf tournament, he practiced way before hand and was ready to take the championship, unfortunately it didn't happen but he got 2nd place i think. and i'm very proud of him. Tiger Woods. He just recently caught a squirrel in the cage in our backyard, and we just "relocated it". I'm going to laugh if it comes back.

4) Pamela Anderson: is busy with work, soooo relieved that she doesn't have to help me with my school work! And she's ready for a Va-cay :)

A White Christmas

2008-12-28T12:16:00.007-07:00

Our visit to Utah was amazing like always. We had so much fun visiting Scott, Christie and cute little Carter A.K.A. Gooody..and of course, Timmy:] Carter's growing up so fast. One of my favorite sayings from Carter is.."I likeee itttt" and how he says "Grandma Pan" Priceless Haha. We love that kid. I really wish that we all lived closer, but when we visit eachother we are sure to create lots of memories :] Me in like 3643246 pounds of equipment. haha
Amanda the fearless underage driver

Getting stuck..
Getting stuck..again.. ha

The end of snow mobiling..plus I saw a hott guy ;]

Amanda. Do work.
Ugg boots and fur jacket weather
Speedin

Say whaaaa?

Snowman
Dad wearing Grandma Pan's sun glasses over his glasses. eww

some random skinny blonde girl haha jk
Carter wearing my boots

"Hide" says Carter

Look at this little stud :]

Update on A-Man-Duh

2008-11-30T19:24:00.004-07:00

Here are just some recent random pics of Amanda :] soccer/friends/etc.

Kathy, Amanda and Michaela
she's #7
Arizona Rush Soccer- Phoenix Tournament
Amanda and Kathy being super heroes with dad's underwear hahahaa

Quinceanera

2008-11-30T16:21:00.004-07:00

On November 8th I photographed my first Quinceanera! It was for Amanda's friend Dani. I was soo excited yet nervous about it! But these pics will look great in my portfolio. Andddd..they got the best deal EVER!!! I only charged them $200 and I was there from about 1:30 pm to 8:30 pm, I took over 1,000 pictures, they got every single picture on a cd, they got more than 200 pics in an album plus the same 200 pics printed out for them to have, I made a slideshow for them, which is on a cd for them to keep and I did separate pics at this beautiful park! yeahhh for $200. I was being nice..but next time, heck nooo i'm charging wayyy more. haha.

Our New "Addition"

2008-09-12T17:06:00.003-07:00

So for Amanda's Class she had to bring home a baby. She named it Jamal. It cries and you are supposed to stick a key in its back and hold it there until it stops crying..yeahh well Amanda's baby was broke. haha. thank god! I didn't have to hear it crying for the whole weekend! ha. Even though it was broken, her teacher still gave her an A. What's with that? I had to take one home before and mine kept me up the whole night. how does that work?? haha. ohhh well.

Grandpa and Jamal

Photo Shoot With Audrey & Austin

2008-09-07T18:08:00.002-07:00

so this weekend Audrey and Austin spent the night and of course I had to start taking pics right away! :] They still aren't professional but it's a start.. The adorable baby Austin
She is so beautiful
This is what she does when you tell her to "smile"

more are on the way.. :]

p.s. I love you Christie! And Amanda thinks you're amazing :]

Be strong :]

Hiking..Well kind of

2008-09-01T20:43:00.008-07:00

Soo today we decided that we needed to get out of the house, so we jumped in the truck, stopped to pick up some sandwiches and we headed out to Catalina State Park. Amanda was in one of her "i hate everything" moods..so it took a while for her to lighten up about it. All we heard was "it's too freaking hot," "why did we even come here," "ewww i'm not eating that." Yeahhh so I ignored it and she got over it. I thought it was a good little trip for us :] whether she agrees or not doesn't really matter to me. haha.

Dad saying "Let's eat!"

My Lunch :]

Quiznos :]Then we started our "hike"

Photo Opp!

Amanda trying to beat Dad with a huge stick.Amanda thinking about how she can get across the water without getting wet. hmm. good luck.She made it across. But she got wet. hahaIf you look WAY in the back you will see my mom trying to find an easier path to get around the water. umm yeah she didn't find one..""Mom just go across!"

"Fine I will just have to pull you across"Just me enjoying our hike :]Amanda got down and dirty once she figured out that she had to get wetBaseball. haha yeah we are dorksAmanda and her big stickShe was throwing rocks at dad...and trying to hide behind my mom. ammoamanda had a rock in her pocket. dad wasn't the only one with ammo haha

Random Facts of the Day

2008-08-29T18:36:00.002-07:00

In Charleston, West Virginia it is still legal to beat your wife on the steps on the court house.

Horses have no gag reflex and are incapable of throwing up.

Swans are the only birds with penises.

On average, 63 people each year in the UK die due to inhalation of animal hair

(Because you just couldn't live without knowing these facts, haha)

First Day of College

2008-08-27T19:49:00.004-07:00

Ok I have to admit, I was soooo nervous for college to start. It came faster than I expected! But I was excited to have the chance for a new start in life. I'm enrolled in four classes (Mondays and Wednesdays) at the East Campus: Spanish, Math 86 (yeahhh one of the lowest ones haha, it's not exactly my best subject), Art 105, and Writing 101. I wanted to make sure I had enough time to get there so I left around 7:35. But my mom told me the wrong street, so I ended up going through two different school zones and through some random neighborhood. Yeahh I was lost. So I started freaking out and I called my mom. I ended up finding the right street and I knew where to go from there. But wow I wasn't off to a good start! That could have been bad. haha. so I still got there early, I walked around and looked at my classes again.

My Pima shirt :]]

Overall, my spanish class seems like it will be bearable, my math class seems like I will do really good with that teacher if I pay attention (and plus they have really cool swivel chairs in that class haha) and my art class was a disappointment because I found out that it's more of an art history class so we won't be doing any actual art. My teacher even said that she can't draw stick figures. GREATTT! So that class might suck for me, but hopefully after that class I can take a REAL art class. K thanks! haha. and then my writing class will be ok I guess. There are some weird people in there, and this one girl who I went to middle school with and she wasn't the nicest person. Who knows, maybe she changed..?? But the teacher is a nice guy. So that's good :]

I don't have class until next wednesday because of the holiday on monday so i'm wayy excited I get a break haha. I had a lot of homework already. Like 7462764 math problems, I had to get a journal and write a journal entry, I had to finish this student conduct letter, register online for my spanish class so I can do stuff on the computer, anddddd I had to read 83282 pages for my writing class. I think I covered it all....But yeahhh overall it was pretty good :]]

Photography!

2008-08-26T18:06:00.005-07:00

So I was sitting at home watching Women on Death Row when the door bell rang. It was the guy from FedEx! You know what that means! My photography backdrops and stand! I was wayy excited to put it all together right away. So I grabbed the scissors and went to work :]

This is how it looked when it arrived

The stand is HUGE! It's only up about half way. It's tall!!

These are the 2 backdrops...

I can't wait to get started!

Finding Becca a House

2008-08-26T17:49:00.006-07:00

Sooo recently we've been looking at some houses because i'm planning on moving out in about a year (we'll see how that goes) ha. but yeahh we've seen some nice houses and we've seen some gross houses. You just never know what to expect when you walk into someone else's house. But it was cool to see how some people decorated their houses. I got some good ideas. So it's a good experience. We looked at two houses that are very nice, but one has a huge backyard and we are pretty much sold on that one.

House #1- This one has a smaller backyard (obviously)..but it's still nice. And also the master bedroom is also smaller than the other house. But it's about the same size as my room right now.

House #2- I fell in love...with the backyard. haha. Unfortunately I would have to cut a lot of grass but it's worth it. And this one also has tons of pretty flowers already planted and a good sized shed. There is also a hot tub but we don't know if it works, because it was just kinda sitting there. Let's keep our fingers crossed for that one! I hope I get this house. We put verbal offers in for both of the houses and the owners of this one said they would think about it.

Wish me luck!

Olympics

2008-08-24T17:35:00.004-07:00

I'm soo sad to see the olympics come to an end. But it was fun watching the hotties while it lasted. Gotta love speedos ;]

Need I say more?

I didn't think so :]

Ebay :]

2008-08-23T12:41:00.005-07:00

Soo i'm hooked on Ebay, and I just bought these baby angel wings and halo for my own little photo studio. I just thought they were adorable, soo I bought them. mmhmm, but anyways I was excited :] P.s. I didn't take this pic...but it's cute though.

ALSO..I bought this stand and two photography backdrops..you know the backgrounds, one is a 10x20 white one and a 10x20 black one. I can't wait for them to come in so I can use them!! :]

Yeahh the people are kinda scary looking. I'm not quite sure that I would take pictures of chicks with white wigs but yeahhhh. haha. It will be fun!

Toys R Us

2008-08-23T12:35:00.002-07:00

Sooo we went to Toys R Us to buy a gift for this girl at the preschool, and it just brought out the kids in us, well amanda is 14, soo she's pretty much a kid. haha. but it was fun until two "spanish speaking" ladies squeezed right by us and interrupted our picture taking. rudeee. but don't worry I said "Excuse You" for them :] someones gotta have manners. haha

Kevinnnn, Michaelaaaa, Meee, Amandaaaa

The Old Days

2008-08-16T12:36:00.004-07:00

I found these old pics and just had to post them

Art

2008-08-14T18:27:00.003-07:00

So recently I just got back into doing art. It takes my mind off of things and it's my way to relax and express myself. The past two nights I have been working on this piece I found online. All I needed was my tracer, sharpies, colored pencils, and a lot of patience.

This is what it looked like after I drew it..... Day One:

Add some color: Day 2

this is pretty much the final picture:

A Visit with the Morris'

2008-07-24T19:20:00.002-07:00

We absolutely Y to visit Christie, Scott, Carter and of course Tim. Utah is a beautiful place full of amazing family, scenic mountains, GREEN, good weather, GREEN, and did I mention GREEN? We aren't used to a place without any cactus, and Y it!

I wish we all could live closer because it's always hard to say goodbye. Carter is growing up so fast! He's such an amazing nephew and I Y him to death. I would like to visit as much as I can so I can be a big part of his life!

Today, by the time we all got ready and got out of the house, it was about 12:30, but it takes time for us girls to get ready, DUH. haha sorry dad. We drove to the Rainbow Garden and had lunch- which I ended up almost falling asleep at the table because of the benadryl that my mom gave me, of course she failed to mention the fact that it isn't non drowsy, and it was in the middle of the day. So as we drove back to the house, I was trying so hard to keep my eyes open, we got inside and I went straight downstairs and climbed in bed. two and a half hours later I woke up, played with Carter, had a mountain dew, and a frappacino, and I was definitely awake by then. Thanks mom.

On a different note, there is this book Twilight, that Christie bought for Amanda, which I ended up reading first. Anyways it's an amazing book that once you start reading it you can't put it down! Christie read it, I read it and then Amanda read it. The movie is coming out this December and we are so excited about it! As I was blogging I heard amanda and christie explaining the whole thing to my mom, they were getting sooo into it. funny. amazing what a book can do to you. You would have to read it to understand it. I have read about 15 books in the past few months. I love it. Random fact I learned while in the Morris house: freezing water in any plastic containers gives you cancer. Just so you know. And..according to Scott, Obama blows. I second that one for sure.

In just a few mins we are about to set off our own fireworks. The illegal ones are for sure the best. Gotta Y the border for that one. I'm excited about tonight. Carter is going to Y it! It's like a holiday for Utah so that explains the fireworks. We can see some of the fireworks being set off from Weber State University from their front yard. Lets hope no ones body parts get blown off. I'm not picking up any limbs off the lawn. Not exactly my thing. k thanks! So good luck guys. haha :]
haha k so much for the Weber State fireworks, someones face must have been blown off because they never happened. so we did our own and this beer belly hick comes walking up to us while we are doing fireworks. hick dude: "heyy that (beep) landed on my roof, keep that away from my house!!!"- Scott "okay jeez we heard you the first time! go get another 6 pack, you drunk (beep)"- good times :] Cute little Carter

The Utah "Beach".... yummy