All About ME!

I saw this little questionnaire at a friend's blog and decided to do it too. It kills time and updates my blog, so there ya go! Have fun getting to know me better! ;)
P.S.- Some questions are very random!

Name: Marina
Birthday: May 12 (year not necessary)
Birthplace: Santo André. São Paulo - Brazil
Current location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brownish/Black
Height: 5'5 (pushing it)
Right or left handed: Right
Your weakness: Chocolate
Perfect Pizza: Grilled chicken Alfredo from The Pie!
Goal you would like to achieve this year: Find a job
Your most overused phrase on a instant message: "hahaha"
Thoughts first waking up: Do I have to???
Your best physical feature: hmmm... smile?
Your bedtime: after midnight
Your most missed memory: Hanging out with my grandma
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi
Favorite beverage: COLD WATER! (not tap water though)
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither
Target or Walmart: Target
Do you smoke: No
Do you swear: I try really hard not to
Do you sing: Oh boy, ask my family home evening friends!
Do you shower daily: Yes
Have you ever been in love: Yes
Are you a health freak: No but I should
Do you get along with your family: Yes (as long as we don't live together)
Do you like thunderstorms: Yes, I love them!
Do you play an instrument: No... and I regret that very much
What country would you like to visit: There are so many... Australia, Italy, England, France, Spain, New Zealand, Fiji Islands, Greece, Japan
What was your favorite toy as a kid: My barbie dolls
When you were a kid did you sleep in a bunk bed: Only when we were at our ranch house
Have you every cried watching a movie: Hahaha ALL THE TIME! Not just movies, try watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition and see if YOU don't cry!!!
Are you going to vote: I wish I could, but I'm not an American citizen yet.
Have you ever broken a bone: Yes
Ok, so who are you tagging: All my friends... do it if you're bored!

Babysitting Fun!

We offered our friends Kathryn and Jonathan to babysit their little girl Karlie so they could go out on a nice date. They think we are such nice people to do such thing, they just don't realize how much fun we have hanging out with her.
She loves going to the park so I decided it would be fun to go to one... of course we didn't end up going to the one I was planning on going to because I couldn't really find it; but as we were looking for it (in the wrong direction) we found the one we actually went to. She had a good time swinging and sliding. And since she is the only niece I pretend to have, we took some pictures because she is just SOOOOOO cute!

Notice how "staticky" her hair gets when she is on the slide!

The pictures aren't that great because they were taken with Dustin's cell phone, but you can still see how adorable she is!Everytime she saw me holding the phone she would say "cheeeeese" and smile big at the camera! We love little Karlie! Thanks J and Katee for letting us spend some quality time with her! :)

My favorite things- Part 1

I know I'm not Oprah and unfortunately all of you who read this blog will not get all the items I post, but I decided it would be fun to share some of my favorite things since I don't have anything interesting to say.

DVR
If you have one or Tivo you know what I'm talking about! I can't believe I survived without it for so long. I absolutely love my DVR! You don't have to watch commercials anymore, you don't have to miss your favorite show... it's great! One negative thing: You do end up watching a lot more TV than you should.


Smoothies

It's been so hot in Las Vegas and there's nothing more refreshing than a fruit Smoothie! I tried Juice it Up! a couple of months ago and loved their options. It's better than Jamba Juice, Keva Juice and Tropical Smoothie!

Juice it Up! has different sizes so if you don't need 24oz. you can buy a smaller one. I can't say enough how yummy their smoothies are! To find a location near you go to: http://www.juiceitup.com/ (I feel like they should be paying me to advertise).


Mary Kay® Ultimate Mascara

Exclusive, all-in-one formula delivers long, thick, voluminous-looking lashes. And it has Smart Wiper™ technology that delivers the exact amount of mascara you need for maximum plumping – without the clumping!

I copied that from their homepage because I thought it was funny! "Maximum plumping - without the clumping" hahahaha. All jokes aside, I love this mascara! Yes, it's a little bit pricier than the stuff you can buy at the grocery store but I promise it's worth it. It really doesn't clump!

Happy Birthday Kathryn!

Just wanted to wish Kathryn a very good birthday! Finally you've turned OUR age... of course that age will not be disclosed on this blog!

Thanks for being such a wonderful friend! I miss living 2 minutes away from you, but we're at least in the same state and can still hang out once a week right? Not enough but still...

I don't know what would have been of me when we first moved to Vegas if you weren't here. Thank you so much for everything you do! We love you tons and can't wait to spend more birthdays with you, maybe until we have grey hair?! (of course mine will be hidden under some crazy fake hair color!!!). Oh also, I can't forget to thank you for giving us Karlie!!!! Our lives would be so boring without her in them!

Cub Scouts... AGAIN!

So, last Sunday one of the bishopric counselors wanted to meet with me and Dustin. Of course we knew no good could come out of that meeting. But since we had just gotten a calling, we thought it would be a talk... but Dustin had JUST talked last week... so we thought... they will ask ME to give a talk. I also wondered if they were giving me another calling and I thought to myself, I will have to say NO if they call me to teach Sunday School or cub scouts leader, since I had that calling in Williamsburg and did NOT like it!

After a lot of talking he finally mentioned that our names kept popping up when they were talking about this specific calling, but since we had just been called to be ward missionaries they tried to think of other people... WELL, they obviously didn't think hard enough because they called us both to be Cub Scout Leaders. Dustin looked at me right away when the counselor said that and I just closed my eyes and thought to myself "NO NO NO NO NO NO". Dustin said he would accept the calling but that the counselor would have to convince me to do it. SO, obviously I didn't learn my lesson (or was punished enough) when I had that calling last time so I'll have to do it again! Come on, I could not say no.

Funny thing is that we were released from being ward missionaries that same day when we had not even been set apart yet. They thanked us for "all our service"! Kind of embarrassing...I didn't look, but I bet the ward mission leader did not rise his right hand!