Goody goody gumdrops!

I went into Sally's the other day to buy a golden yellow nail polish. I've just been on a yellow kick lately and the only yellow nail polish I have is from junior high. So I start looking at the yellows and walk out with this color:

Not exactly yellow, but I fell in love with it for multiple reasons. 1- I've been looking for a color like this for awhile. 2- It had a label around the top that read *NEW COLOR*. Who the heck doesn't want a brand new color?! 3- It was the last one there. So I couldn't pass it up... what if it never comes back and I miss my chance to own it?! And 4- It's called Gumdrop!! Seriously, how could I not buy it?! Just saying it makes me giddy inside!

That's all for now! Have a nice rest of the night. Ü

Maybe. Possibly. Wait... Probably?

I may or may not have a slight obsession with Taylor Swift.

I may or may not want to be her bff.

I may or may not sing my flaming heart out to Taylor Swift in the shower.

My phone may or may not look like this:

My camera may or may not have dust in the lenses so it takes crappy photos now.

Just maybe. But it's quite possible. Yeah, it's probably true.

I had a dream about this girl:

My bff, Sister Alicia Marie Crozier.

She's on a mission. I dreamed that she came home and I was sooo super excited. I even made her a scene of the baby Jesus in the manger out of my fried rice. No, I'm not kidding. Somehow I managed to have a giant to-go container full of fried rice and apparently I'm really talented at making in into art. Anyways... it ended sadly cuz my dad ate the rice before I had the chance to show Alicia. I bawled. I was so devastated. Then I woke up.

Yes, this was the most random post you'll ever read, and no, I'm not sorry.

As of late...

...I've been obsessing over the following things:

Keith Urban's newest album, Get Closer. I listen to it over and over. I just can't help myself. I mean, come on!! Look at that face!!

Iggy's. So I know you AZ peeps don't have Iggy's and I'm sorry. Their food is pretty good, but what I really love the best is the bread and dip they bring to your table. It's divine! I'm pretty sure Alex almost died when I told him I just might pick that over an Oregano's pizza cookie. He may have even cried a little bit. Idk what's in it (it's like a spicy vinaigrette sauce dip), but I wanna savor every drop of it. Even after our meal, when I was completely and miserably stuffed, I kept dipping my finger in it just to taste it. Yeah, it's that good.

Orange julius. Mmmmm. I make one for me and Alex almost everyday. It's like tradition, halfway through a movie, to pause it so I can go make us one. Soooo good.

Salad. With ranch dressing. Random, I know. I have noooo idea why. But seriously, salad for breakfast, lunch, and dinner is perfectly ok with me.

Chocolate Malt Ovaltine. My dad got me hooked on this stuff when I was younger. I don't think he knows what he started. It's the best. Drinking this along side my salad with an orange julius for dessert, just might be a little piece of heaven.

What are you obsessing over as of late??

Meet The Arringtons

Ok, so this is all I have from my AZ trip last month. Aside from the friends post I did earlier. And these aren't even from my camera. I didn't want to run inside and grab mine. Yes, I'm that lazy. Anywho... here's us kids and my parents.

Us in order from oldest to youngest. Ps, don't let Keta fool you... she's on her tippy toes. She's normally like 3 inches shorter than me. lol

(Keta, Randa, Jimmie, Scott, me, Dad, and Mom)

Of course you gotta get the jumping sibling picture. Yes it DOES look like Maranda is fighting herself. Nobody knows what she was really doing though. I don't think she even knows. lol

Idk whose idea this was but it went something like this,"Hey lets get a picture of us holding Lisa in our arms!" Then Keta decides to hold the heaviest part of my body...

Fail.

So we turn Malisa around.

Better. But I was still scared for my life.

Here's me with alll my nieces and nephews. Gotta love em!!

(Cash, Jet holding Navy, Dylan, me holding Porter, Rosy, & Vance)

Being silly wasn't hard to do.

Isn't Navy the cutest girl in the world?! Check out that blonde hair!! Side note: When I was younger, my DREAM was to have a blonde girl with bright green eyes (Yes I know Navy's eyes are blue). I married a Japanese guy. That dream died. lol

So this was the whole purpose of this photo shoot.... to get a cute picture of us sisters. That was it. But it turn into a 30 minute CRAZY family photo shoot.

There were A LOT of funny ones of us. But I seriously would have had like 30 pictures on this post. That's too many. lol. So I just picked a few.

This is Jill with us girls. She's gonna be one of us soon so we grabbed her for a couple photos. We LOVE her. She's amazing and is going to be an awesome sister in law. This photo session didn't scare her off, so she's golden. =)

Here's Jimmie and Jill. They were still just dating while I was down there, but he recently proposed and are getting married here in Utah possibly in the fall. (She's from Utah, in case you didn't know.) I'm sooo excited that for once the family will have to come up here for something instead of my having to go down there. It's gonna be fun! I love weddings! =)

Just because

So sometimes (or all the time) when we're in the car I like to stare at Alex. He's hot. Then he goes and puts on his sunglasses and he's 12x hotter. It's ridic! So this time I decided to take a picture.

I love this man.

Anyways, so then I thought... I want a picture of myself! Well, I HATE taking pictures of myself. Seriously, it hurts me to do it. That's why I often make ugly faces in pictures of myself. Cuz then when I or somebody else thinks, "EW she's ugly", it's ok cuz I'm making an ugly face. Get it?

So I snapped this sucker. It scared me. There's so many things wrong with it. lol

So I talked myself into TRYING to take a normal one. And this was the result:

Not much better. Lol

I think I've pinpointed it down to my eyes. And I blame that on the fact that we just spend the previous 90 minutes watching Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D. Those glasses aren't my friends. Just sayin.

Ps, this wasn't a "feel sorry for me, fishin for complements, I'm ugly" kind of post. I've accepted my face just the way it is Ü. It was just a "I'm bored and I found some new pictures on my camera" kind of post. lol

Happy Friday!!

Love at first sight. Or second.

How many of you can recall the VERY FIRST time you laid eyes on your husband?

I can. Malisa Nishijima Apr 25, 2007 at 12:34 PM

My family has a private family website where we can post pictures, news, dates, recipes, etc. For those of you who know our story , you know it all started with a picture. To be more specific, this picture:

Doesn't he look so cute and elder-ish?! lol. My very first comment on the picture was:

ya, i just decided that i want the elder on the right! haha... i win! Jun 6, 2007

How funny is that?! It's crazy to think that almost exactly 2 years later, we'd be getting married. Ps, I have no idea why I first saw this picture in April but didn't comment on it till June. I'm thinking I may have had a bf in April, so I wasn't interested? Idk. That's not important though. =)

Here's the rest of the conversation on the family website. Make sure you notice the date changes in the comments. Some are months or years later. Enjoy! It certainly made me laugh. =)

Malisa Nishijima - Jun 6, 2007 ya, i just decided that i want the elder on the right! haha... i win!

Debbie - Jun 7, 2007 He just got transferred today! I have his email! I'll send your pic to him! xo

Keta - June 7, 2007 Yeah, Malisa, you can start writing him. Aunt Deb, where is he from?

Debbie - Jun 7, 2007 Utah!

Stephanie - Jun 7, 2007 He is really cute too.. Malisa I thought you had a boyfriend?

Malisa Nishijima - Jun 11, 2007 nah, negative on the boyfriend. and aunt deb are you serious??? you're gonna send my picture to him???? cuz im down with that as long as it's not an ugly one, ya know??

Debbie - Jun 11, 2007 You got it baby! Your Sr. pic ok?

Malisa Nishijima - Jun 11, 2007 the one i sent with my graduation announcements???

Debbie - Jun 11, 2007 yea

Malisa Nishijima - Jun 11, 2007 uh....okie dokie.

Debbie - Jun 11, 2007 cool and groovy!

Malisa Nishijima - Jun 11, 2007 is he white?? cuz he looks like he's got something else in him.

Debbie - Jun 11, 2007 His skin is white! Not sure what nationality he is!

Malisa Nishijima - Jun 11, 2007 fine! lol...

Keta - Jun 11, 2007 Who cares what he is. He's definitely a cutie!

Debbie - Jun 12, 2007 Really great missionary too! Very nice!

Debbie- Jun 12, 2007 Elder S. is the one that looks like Wayne and Malisa's pen pal is Elder Nishijima.

Malisa Nishijima - Jun 13, 2007 how much longer does he have left of his mission?

Debbie - Jun 13, 2007 About a year and a half! He's a newbie! I think! He just got transferred. He was so nice! So ask him when you email him.

Keta - Jul 14, 2007 Aunt Deb, is Elder Nishijima's name pronounced just like it's spelled? I was just curious.

Malisa Nishijima - Jul 14, 2007 he said thats how it's pronouced.

Debbie - Jul 15, 2007 Yeppers!

Debbie - Jan 25, 2009 This is the pic that got it all started!!!!!!!!!!!! You can thank me after the Wedding! xo

Malisa Nishijima - Jan 25, 2009 haha.. or i can thank u now???

Debbie - Jan 25, 2009 Sure

Malisa Nishijima - Jan 26, 2009 THANK YOU!!! =)

Debbie - Jan 28, 2009 xoxo

Malisa Nishijima - Jun 18, 2009 haha... hey, i'm gonna marry this guy in less than a month now. 23 days =)

Maranda - Jun 18, 2009 Haha, you win!! Yay!! This is funny too, hahahaha! "is he white?? cuz he looks like he's got something else in him."

Keta - Jun 18, 2009 Ha Ha! That makes me laugh too! And if you remember... I pushed you to start writing him.

Debbie - Jun 18, 2009 And i put this pic on here! Yea me!

Maranda- Jun 18, 2009 I know, not a lot of people can say they know the very 1st time, they saw their husband! You should keep this picture forver and put it somewhere safe! ________________________________________________________________________________

Just a last ps, this is the picture Aunt Deb sent to him. The first picture he ever saw of me. Special!!

Sorry this blog has been allll about Alex and me. But that's pretty much all my life is right now. No job, no school, no kids. Just us. Ü