The Flanagan's Shenanigans

Friday, January 20, 2012

When you wish upon a star...

I love Disneyland! I was able to meet Kyle in California for the weekend of a business trip he had there. It was such a fun weekend! The fun started when I got to California. Kyle had set up a car to pick me up from the airport to take me to the hotel. Not only did I feel pretty important that I had my own guy in a suit and sunglasses holding a card with my name on it at the baggage claim, but then I end up riding in a stretch limo! All I needed was huge sunglasses and stilettos heels to be signed on to my own reality show.

So, once I got to hotel, I just hung out with kyle and followed him around while he worked. He and his team work so hard at these events, I don't know if I could do it! Kyle does great though! Saturday morning I went to a meeting where JR Martinez and Karina from Dancing with the Stars were there to speak and do a dance from the show. I am a huge fan of DWTS, so I was SO excited to meet them! I was able to go back stage before and meet them, get pictures, and watch their rehearsal. JR gave a great motivation speech at the meeting and of course had me in tears. If you don't know his story, Google him. He's awesome. Karina was great too. Kyle now has a huge crush on her, but that's okay because so do I. She's beautiful and so sweet. That was definitely a highlight of the trip.

On Sunday morning, Kyle was done with work, so we spent most of the day at Disneyland. It was so fun! We rode a few of the small rides, I ate a Dole Whip Float (yum), and we walked around. It's such a fun place!

I had so much fun and I'm so happy I was able to go!

Baby Update: I'm currently 20 weeks along. HALF WAY THERE! Currently cravings: oranges and chocolate milk. I can now feel Baby move and kick. Words can not describe how amazing it is. It is the best feeling in the whole world. Baby moves and kicks the most when I'm in the car and "Moves like Jagger" comes on. I'm not a fan of the song, but I guess Baby is.

I'm feeling so much better. The nausea is pretty much gone (awesome!), but I'm still tired all the time.

I'm loving this and can't wait until June!

Monday, December 19, 2011

The Flan Dad

Many people know already from Facebook and whatnot, but WE ARE HAVING A BABY! :) We are so so so happy and excited. I'm not very good at writing things down and keeping people posted, but Kyle is. He has started a blog about the pregnancy from the dad's perspective. If you'd like to keep up with that the link is...

The FlanDad

As of right now, I'm 15 weeks along. Due June 8th. I've been really sick, but the last few days I've felt a TINY bit better. I hope to start having more energy and feeling less nauseous soon. Besides that, I've never been so happy to be sick and tired all the time. :)

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Randi

Here is a preview of my cousin, Randi Lynn. She asked me to take some new head shots for her. She is so beautiful! Thanks for asking me Randi!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Beautiful!

Last week I went on a week long vacation with my family to visit the New England area. (Kyle couldn't go due to work...boo.) My brother served his mission there, so we went and saw some places he served and met some people he knew there. It was really cool to see where he was for 2 years! We did a lot while we were there. We spent some time in a town called Framingham which was one of his areas he lived in. It is really close to Cape Cod, so we went there and took a ferry to Martha's Vineyard. It was beautiful there! From there we went to Boston. In Boston we toured Fenway Park and went on some historical tours in the downtown area. After Boston we drove up to Maine for a couple of days. It was beautiful and I loved seeing the ocean. We then went to New Hampshire and stayed with my brother-in-law's family for a night. Its such a beautiful place with TONS of trees! I had a ton of fun with my family! Here are some pictures I took on the trip (more on the artistic side).

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

It's finally OVER!!!

That's all I've been thinking since Saturday morning. That was the morning of the half marathon that Sarah and I have been training for. It was fun, but cold and a little painful too. We started out by waking up at 4am and heading up to Park City. This was the all women's Pink Half Marathon, so we tried to deck out in pink, which we felt like we were the only ones that did. We eventually saw some girls in tu-tu's, so that made us feel a little better about dressing a little crazy. We got to Park City and took the bus up to the starting line. It was snowing, windy, and FREEZING! The night before I had gone to Saver's and picked up some cheap coats we could wear and then just ditch when and if it warmed up. We ran about the first 5 miles in these ridiculous coats (see picture below!), but I was grateful we had them, they helped a lot. So we ran the race and ended up coming in at 2 hours 45 minutes, not the best time ever, but I was happy with it. I was pretty sore the next day, but I'm now feeling back to normal. I'm really glad I did it. It was a great feeling crossing that finish line and seeing Kyle, Jon and my parents cheering us on. I had a great time, but I think I'm good for another few years before running another one. :)