They Say it's your Birthday...

WoW! How does a girl say a BIG ENOUGH Thank You to all family & Friends? The evening for my Birthday was AMAZING! I felt so loved and so BLESSED to have so many wonderful friends their tonight. I love my family beyond words. I'm so happy to have small part in it.

Well, everyone...If you didn't think Tierra liked her picture being taken then I guess you could say tonight opened the door. I have never had so MANY pictures taken at one event with me in every single one. I had pure fun tonight and truly you all made a great kick off to being 23. My theme tonight was black & white with polka dots! With yummy food and of course...the famous yearly cookie cake. This year we decided on two! Enjoy the pictures.

My WONDERFUL Mama # 2! Aunt Caroyln, I love you is never enough to say.

Dad & Me. Gee. I wonder where I get my looks from?

Classy of the House Ladies. Carrie, you made my night by surprising me and coming!

Mary, you were stylin in the blond!

Lee & Me. He hates to get his picture taken so we black mailed him.

I have his Star Wars book. Haha!

Mary & Me. Do we look like sisters??? More like a sister in law. My birthday would not have been complete without you! When Lee brought you home 7 yrs. ago...It's a good thing I decided I liked you...LOL

Leah & Me. Oh Leah, you truly make my life shine like a million stars.

Jenny B. & Me. The BEST photography for the evening. All picture credit goes to you my dear! May I remind you again that your Rockin the Red lipgloss!!!

That's how we roll. In Da House.

Dude, Noah...You were stylin high with that look sweet one! Look at the hair...Little GQ

Arie & Me. Oh how wonderful it is to have you home!

CHRISPERS!!!!!! Life doesn't WORK without you. I just heart you!

Joe, confession to make...crush on you my dear friend. I'm gonna miss you!

Jenners & Me. I know you. You know me. And I know myself.

Rockin the first wee glimpses of a Baby Bump!

Sergei & Me. Aww look it's part of the Ukraine Mafia...Haha

Carrie lighting the candles. All 23!

I did it again..I forgot to make a wish! Can we do a retake???

Bristol Girls. Hey wait...Wheres Chrispers in this picture???

Picture Award for Best & Most Favorite:

My Aunt Carolyn got me the Edward & Bella Movie poster!

Heck YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Look at that Face! Wee bit obsessed...Who me? Never! LOL

November 5th

Today at 3:21 am a little black haired, little lady entered the world. I weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces. My mother would always remind me to remember that she went into labor before getting to finish her hostess Snowball cupcakes! I was early and like most mothers would say, I came with a strong set of lungs. Really? Who me? Talk and scream so much?? Why a lady would NEVER do that! I was as naked as they come and demanded to be warm! My mother recalls that when she finally got to hold me that I gave her a nasty look as if to say...."Oh my goodness, Your my mom? And you look like that?....She went on to write in my little birth diary that she had decided not to wear makeup that day and right from that moment, she new this little lady was going to be prissy. My name was suppose to be Tara or Ashley Nicole. My dad and her were trying out different names and different sounds of names and then my mom said she just blurted out "Tierra" and my eyes opened, As if on cue and then they new that that was it. Now lookie lookie I'm 23. And so Mom...Thank You for giving me life.

I know your with me today.

I'll go eat a hostess snowball just for you.... A pink One LOL

Music Theme Chocie: EveryBody Wants to Rule the World by Tears For Fears. My mom would play this me while pregnant. Said I would go all over the place!
Bonus Picture: Me after ripping through my birthday cake on my 1st Birthday

I Voted

I am so proud to be an American.

I'm proud to be a Young Women living in America.

I'm proud of my freedom.

I'm proud I can Vote.

God Bless America

Letter to a Mean Old Lady

Author Side Note: Before Reading take notice to new song choice playing in the background. Tread on to Reading.

Dear Yvonne {75 yr. old Coworker},
For over the past two years at my first working experience, I have endured the mean stares, the slight hissing going down the hallway and the rude comments made to me that I am just a fill in employee by you. This weekend you came to a big blow up with our boss because she asked me to do a job over you that we both do at different times. You were already on the schedule to do something else..but what did you do… you blew up in front of the whole staff putting me down to our boss and chewing her out ! You even resorted to being an immature teenager and telling her that you were not her friend anymore if she still kept me on that job. Well you know what you old hag…. Now you’ve done it! I’m mad! Pissed off! I have done nothing to you. Nothing! From day 1 you decided I was not your cup of tea. Well guess what lady I don’t drink tea so that makes two of us!!!! There have been rumors around work that this has something to do with my religion. Religious facts? Oh get over yourself Lady. I have NOT once brought my religious views into the work space because we have much diversity in religions going on that it would just be like walking into war. So, I’ve always kept my mouth shut and only spoken when I agreed on something or been asked a question. I have always been taught to respect my elders and you ----May I point out--- are my elder by a long shot at 75 yrs. Old! Aren’t you supposed to know better by now???? What did your parents teach you? I know what my mother taught me and that’s for sure is you always respect your elders. Two, be kind to all just like you would want to be treated. I have had NO ONE EVER treat me with such disgust as if the air I breathe offends you. And fore what??? I have asked all my bosses, all coworkers and NO one seems to know where this came from and why??? I have ALWAYS treated everyone with respect at work. I have never been called into the office over an argument and I can honestly say I get along with every one …EXCEPT you but yet have still tried to be nice to you. Ignoring you like my grandmother taught me when my boy cousins were driving me insane. Well, do you know what? I AM my mothers daughter and if any one was every told off by her then you know what I’m talking about. I can dish it out just like you can dearie. So you bring it on if you like. I have decided to take you head on. And you know how??? I Going to KILL YA WITH KINDNESS. PURE Miss Mary Sunshine or Mary Poppins--- what ever you choose ----KINDNESS. BUT, if you dare get in my face with a rude comment….I will dish it out grandma. And just maybe I get to use that famous Rhett Butler line from Gone With the Wind to your Face as I walk away and leave you in your darkness……

“Frankly my Dear, I don’t give a $%*# !!”
~With MUCH regard,
Tierra

PS. May I send you a Christmas Card??? OR… I know…How about some Sugar cookies????? An Apple Pie for Thanksgiving?? Were going to be SUCH good friends :)

"The" List

Don't We all have a wish List? Let's be honest here...You know you do. But, what kind of a list? Material things? Wish List for your Family? For your House? A wish list just for your life to make sense and be sane? A wish list of dreams you seek to come true? I am a 100% dreamer and believer that through this life it's okay to wish for things. To let yourself be giddy and dream. As I approach my 23 birthday, I'll be honest an say I've thought about what am I going to ask for. But, throughout all the materials things I would love to have, What I would really wish for is something no one can give me. To hold my mothers hands. There's something so special about the touch of a mothers hands and linking it to yours. There beautiful and soothing and those hands have helped you in every way possible. This will be my 2nd birthday without her and is it easier or harder...I'm not sure. But what I do know is that she would wish for me to keep on wishing. So this is Tierra's Ultimate Birthday Wish List{s}.

{Wish List for My Life}

• To find my Edward Cullen or I'd settled for...Nope not settling. Edward Cullen, Please?
• To meet President Monson
• To have a pass port and Stay in England for two months
• To walk and take pictures at The Hundred Fountains (Villa d'Este) In Rome
• Revisit New York with my Aunt Carolyn
• To marry in the DC Temple
• To have HEALTHY pregnancies and HEALTHY babies
• Learn How to make Bread and Apple Pie
• Angelus to grow up Strong in the church and Be a leader in his own way
• To have my Mini Van dream with 4 children, husband, On a Saturday at the baseball game vision come True
• Plant a garden and have it be successful
• Revisit Nauvoo
• Have a portrait done of all the granddaughters Together
• Decorate a home with all the history of the worlds events and Church History
• To tour a Haunted Plantation

{Tierra's Birthday Material List}

• Old Navy Green Apple Winter Coat
• Houndstooth Black & White Scarf
• Edward & Bella Movie Poster
• BBC Movie Version of Jane Austins "Persuasion"
• Twilight Movie Companion Picture Book
• Damask Bedspread at Target
• Taylor Swift New Cd "FearLess"
• Damask Journal at Books A Million

Notice the Black & White with Green accent in my choices? HAHA! Now this is BY NO MEANS a "Please BUY me these things" Plea. A Simple card will do just fine, Did you know I LOVE to get cards? I collect them and it all started with my Dad. Final Countdown has begun.

Pumpkin 2008

Halloween would not be Halloween without my own pumpkin that I carved.

To all my Readers, I hope you have a Very Haunting Happy Halloween.

I'm off to go meet my Very own Darth Vader for a Halloween Party.

The Nie Love Story

…There I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.
Doctrine & Covenants 84:88

A few weeks ago I came across a story that just stilled my heart. In this life, part of my testimony is based on all the beautiful things Heavenly Father has created for our eyes to see. There’s nothing like finding that special moment that leaves an imprint to your soul. If there’s anything that I would hope you remember about me, I hope that you remember my love for all of the lovely things in this life. Like my intensity for a good love story. This story is about a beautiful soul who’s blog that has touched thousands to keep returning and hearing what she had to say about the joys of motherhood, The romance and love for her husband and the essence that makes this world beautiful. Please take a moment to read this.

Their names are Christian & Stephanie Nielson. An LDS family based out of Arizona and since 2006 Stephanie has been blogging about her life. The Nie Nie Dialogs. Her blog has sparked so many readers to keep coming back each day to see what she had to say through her colorful eyes for the good things in life and her vintage style for color. In August she and he beloved Mr. Nielson as she refers to her husband on her blog were in a devastating plane crash . Her husband was left with about 35 % burns on his body while Stephanie sustained over 83 % burns. Since August she has been kept in a coma state induced by her doctors . She has gone through tremendous graft surgeries and just yesterday it was announced that the doctors are beginning to wake her up. Her Husband Christian has now been able to go home and see their children.

As I sit here typing I wonder what I want you the reader to take out of this message. For me I’m taking it as more then just a sad heart breaking story. Over the past few days I’ve been going back into Stephanie’s blog that her sister keeps open for anyone to read and getting to know who she is. And what I’ve found is this colorful soul who has a love story that I simply am envious of. The kind that means more then just your average notebook for the soul romance. Her love for colorful things. Bright colors and being your children’s best friends and reading them stories and letting them dance out in the rain. And then comes her beautiful sweet and funny racy love letters she wrote to her husband. Besides the fact that this is such terrible thing to happen, it’s still a life that’s still going for her. I cannot imagine what all the things that will de different for her. And my heart aches for those 4 small children all under the age of six who have been separated from there parents But most of all separated from their mother who was teaching their spirits to soar. I hope that if you find sometime that you will look through her blog and see for yourself this wonderful woman and all the things she would see in each day of their lives and find it meaningful. Her Love Story.

Right now her Family have made a website that you can go to get updates on their progress and a donation site to raise money for the medical costs. Her sister keeps her blog open and friends and family have taken some of their favorite post an reposted them on her blog to keep her blogging spirit alive. My. Personal favorites are the love Letters to Mr. Nielson. Each and every day I find fault with myself. I’m not perfect but I do dream. I hope. I love. I have faith. And most of all I pray for myself to remember to seek out the good things. The beautiful things. And now from the Nie Nie story, to seek out the colorful things. As I posted in previous post …Say what you need to say. Take a picture when you have nothing special to really take. Read a great book that will let your imagination fly. Sing a song while your on the elevator to lift your mood. Hold someone’s hand and look at them really close. But most of all love every chance you get and remember that the little things are the things that truly truly matter.

If you have some time, Please Read this Letter from the Nie Nie Archives--Labeled Letters to Mr. Nielson & Watch this touching video That is posted on the Recorvery Site

Dearest Mr. Nielson
A few things today encouraged me to write you a love letter today.Maybe it was that you have been gone- away on a fancy business trip and left me for a few days.I missed you very much my pet.****I had a really difficult time sleeping whilst you were away. I tossed and turned in our bed and then last night, unexpectedly Lenny Kravitz ‘It Ain't Over Till It's Over ‘song came into my head and wouldn’t go away. I pictured you in a white shirt with your skinny jeans on smooching me and boom,off to dreamland I went.****You came home today.It was fun letting Claire stay home from school for no good reason, sleeping in with you and eating breakfast together. Life is so sweet.Then you had to go to work.****0600 came and it was such a delightful feeling to hear your motorcycle come zooming down First place and to our domicile (where a very fatigued wife was anxiously waiting for you).Your presence was much welcomed. After hugging each child you came to me and said“What are the top three things you need right now”To which I relied:1. Dinner.(can't do it, no not tonight)2. Put on you’re good listing ears and turn up the volume, I’ve got a lot on my mind. (Sadness in the world, homesickness, Mitt Romney, my ideas about service and motherhood, projects, ideas, my Mac woes, missionary work and challenges I am feeling, and my yoga class I am teaching on Tuesday-to name a few)3. Hold Nicholas the rest of the evening(since 2:00 he has been a crying whirlwind.On the patience scale, I am about a 0%)****Then I asked you if I could have one more. And of course you said yes and then I requested something that I can’t type on a count that it is much toopersonal and of a rather delicate status.Sorry.Cheesy? Sure. Effective? Yes.****Now we have put the children to bed, each child a warm embrace, drink of water and prayers. The wind is blowing outside and we have the rest of the evening to do what we like and you have on yourcrisp white shirt and skinny jeans and baby,‘It aint over till it’s over’

Bonfire & Smores

I have another confession to make, it's a small one but no less I just have to say this before getting into this post. Here it is...I cant stand being in the YSA activities at church ---YSA, Young SINGLE Adults--{In other words...Hey lookie there lets see if we can find you a husband and bond} Ok maybe that was alittle harsh BUT no less I'm just not into going to the activities. I guess that would label me as a YSA party Pooper. Shame on me right? Oh well. So, very RARELY will I go to the monthly activities. So to uplift this post I'm sharing pictures from this past Saturday. It was INDEED a YSA activity. I did this with much hesitation because I would have much preferred doing anything but this BUT dear sweet Ariel was relentless in begging me to come. So this Saturday at our YSA reps Home--- who I DO like and have much respect for...We went to their BEAUTIFUL farm for a Bonfire. And I'll say it....I enjoyed myself. There! I hope every ones happy. Their farm is SOoOOOoooOOOooo Beautiful with the fall colors and the wind blowing that I couldn't help but start snapping away pictures. When the bonfire started the night was stunning. The stars are so clear that we all decided we could have slept out there...Okay well for me maybe stayed really late but I'm NOT a camper and that is another post all together...Moving on...We roasted hotdogs and smores and OooH Me & Kirstie majorly decided that everything taste better when it's roasted outside. Even though it was cold it was warm with girlfriend friendship, Star Gazing, laughter, gossip, and SMORES!!!! So of course I had a great time. So maybe theres hope yet but I'm not holding my breath...
Pictures, Take it away and enjoy :)


This photo makes me laugh! My head looks like a flaming Halo! And if you hit this photo to make it go bigger...Yes my dear friend Jenny's hair is Blue with sparkles from the Halloween party the night before. Jenny you were majorly ROCKIN the blue hair!

AwWww my lovely Friend Kirstie. Caption: "Let me just dip my head back here into the fire as I gaze at the stars." Your such a lovely girl Kirstie. I wish I could be as nice to everyone as you are.

SMORES! That's All that needs Said!

Bonus Picture for Leah: Leah Dear take a guess who this is??? And NOPE everyone this is NOT my boyfriend--------------> Far from it! Remember me mentioning awhile back ago that I have the WORST embarrassing story that would surly top anyone ...Well he's apart of it and someone I was really hoping to never EVER see again at least until the next life but NO such luck. Call me sometime and I'll share the story and I DARE you to try and top mine! Double Dare you! Any takers????