Life As Me...

Drum Roll Please!

2011-12-07T09:23:00.000-08:00

This post is dedicated to 2 of my friends, Dustin and Amber.
Due to my timing issues, I started my Bachelor's program late, so in reality, I was in 2 different 'groups'. I finished 1 group and had to take 2 classes with the next group of students. Dustin was in group 1, and Amber was in group 2.
One day in group 1 Dustin and I were discussing work and he mentioned that he had a position opening in his department that he would really like me to apply for, so I did. I had an interview, which went great, but someone swooped in with 20 years experience, and I just can't beat that. I would have had to start work at age 8.
Amber works in the HR department of the same organization Dustin works for. She also sat in on my interview, and is also in group 2 of school with me.
See where this is goin?
So months go by. Group 1 is completed. Group 2 starts. I complete my 2 courses with group 2. I get a call from Dustin who says Amber was really impressed with me in my interview and my presentations in class, there's another position open and she wants me to apply and she'll look for my application coming through. So I applied. I took an assessment test. I interviewed, which I may be bias, but I thought it went great!
Weeks go by. I get an email that says 'Thanks for your patience, you're still being considered." Fair enough. More weeks go by. I get a call from Amber who says they're going to check my references. And 2 days ago..... I get offered a job, using my education, with none other than:

It was bittersweet and sad to tell my current employer, they have been my family for the past 5 years and I checked in everyday for years while life's events were happening... but it's time for change and forward progression in life, and I'm so excited!
It is a nice added perk that my last day is Dec 21, after which I get to head home for Christmas, and I don't have orientation until Jan 9.... I haven't had a break from a job that long in 12 years! I'm overdue, thrilled, and couldn't feel more blessed for the changes coming in my life!

Agree or disagree, but I'm a firm believer of, "it's not what you know, it's who," That line has gotten me my past 4 jobs, my apartment, and a sweet deal on a flat screen tv.

Nontraditional

2011-12-07T08:47:00.000-08:00

This year, was a little nontraditional for me for Turkey Day. For effect lets just say, I spent it alone... "aaawww, poor Jules..."
Hold your tears.
Long story short, due to my job, I was unable to make it home for Thanksgiving. Jamaica was headed north, and Jen was spending the holiday with her in-laws, which leaves those of us without kids or spouses doin' the independent thing.
It was a sad reality at first, I felt a little sorry for myself in all honesty...
BUT, here's how the weekend panned out:
* I had a dear friend who flew into town and needed a place to crash, so we stayed up late, caught up on boys and girly issues, and I loved every minute of it!
* I have another friend who's working on her RN and had to work until 6AM Thanksgiving Day, and go back to work at 6PM for another 10 hour shift, so I invited her over for food.
* I spent the WHOLE day in my pj's.... yes, the ENTIRE day, it was awesome
* I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner, and only cooked the items I love about Thanksgiving, which excludes deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. For those of you in the family, I had an ENTIRE pan of Raspberry Snow to myself... you're getting jealous now aren't you? It went off without a hitch! I call it beginner's luck since my lil 9 lb turkey was in the over for almost 6 hours! BUT! Everything came out of the oven at the same time (which, lets be honest, NEVER happens with a crowd to feed), everything was warm, delicious, and the turkey was the most moist turkey I dare say I've ever had!
* I napped when I wanted to nap, I had leftovers about 4 times... on Thanksgiving Day, I watched movies, and relaxed until it was time to hit up Black Friday, which started at 10pm on Thanksgiving, but THAT is another post in itself.
* Confession: I don't know if I can go back to having a chaotic, big hoopla of a Thanksgiving dinner. I LOVED IT! Don't get me wrong, I love hangin with the fam, but sometimes it gets chaotic, the turkey ends up cold, and I end up having to make the deviled eggs. So this was AWESOME!
* And to top off the weekend I drove to Evanston and played volleyball ALL day with a group of really fun girls! Man, we played a lot of volleyball, and we were exhausted, but it was great!

I'm starting to realize that being single sometimes makes us 'exceptions to the rule' on a lot of levels. It somehow entitles us to some interesting situations. For example: If you have a spouse and kids and tell your entire family you want to cook your own Thanksgiving dinner entirely alone, they may say you're selfish or crazy! So see, being single has its perks!

All Caught Up and Ready For Fall!

2011-10-12T10:04:00.001-07:00

My FAVORITE thing about Fall is the crisp air, sweaters, scarves, baking, and the LEAVES! I LOVE THE FALL COLORS!!!
BUT.
We Don't have any of that here in the desert. So... my favorite thing about October in St. George, is the SG MARATHON!
Jamaica is the Captain over Clothing Retrieval, so of course I volunteer on her team!
It's kind of insane if you think about it... we get up at 3:30AM and drive 45 minutes up the Hwy to sit in a U-Haul truck while 7,000 runners HURL their belongings at you in a bag! I may be nuts.... but something about it... I LOVE!
Very few people get to see the start line of the marathon that don't have to run 26.2 miles back into town... I'm one of those lucky people, and it's awesome! Here's the view in the AM...And the fire dept even lights fires since the race basically starts in the mountains and they start bussing athletes out to the start line at 4am, so they bring blankets and sleep next to the fires, this is prior to everyone showing up
Daniel brings his scouts out to pick up clothes on the way back into town...
All these bags were AIMED right at my face hours earlier, after which they are stacked in the Uhaul and zipped into town where they are organized by the athlete's number and picked up at the finish line...
Last year we made friends with the radio announcer.... Ed Rogers... love that man, he's awesome! And then we ran into him volunteering for the Ironman in May too! So you could say we're race buddies, and a radio announcer is a guy to be friends with, cause they give you a legit 'shout out'... listen carefully, at the very beginning.... we have been coined as 'The Frahmettes' with Ed, and he lets everyone know where to bring their clothes! He started it last year because he thought it was so cool that our trio of sisterhood tackled the 'morning clothes' together. Thanks Ed! See ya in May at Ironman!

Jamaica refuses to relinquish her role as Captain of Clothing, so she does what she has to... even if that means truckin her kids around at 4am... luckily, they love it and take it like champs!

Playing Catch Up- September pt 3

2011-10-12T09:48:00.000-07:00

AND, to finish off September, we got together with the fam again..... for 2 BIG events!
Jen and Jimmy were able to be sealed in the SG temple. They've been working on this since they were married in 2009 and it was great to see them reach their goal
The lil Lindell FamAnd if you haven't learned this about our fam.. when we're together, we take pictures! But I decided to bring the props from me and Coll's photo booth... and have a fun family pic! I LOVE it!
I love this group of goofs! It's so fun to think all this started with the Fab Five.... and in 2012, our numbers will be a good, even, round 14! (Jen is expecting, if you hadn't heard...wahoo!)

And on Sunday the 25th, Daniel blessed Jaida... It was great to have mom and dad in town again and all be together celebrating all these milestones for our family! Love you guys

Playing Catch Up- September pt 2

2011-10-12T09:30:00.001-07:00

Another milestone was reached! I have officially lived with my FAVORITE roommate for 4 years!
Colls and I have made some very fond memories and we decided a 4th Anniversary Bash was in order to commemorate! Colls has had over 70 roommates, but none have lived with her has long as I! I am number 68 and holding strong! (Jen (#67) and Lana (#69) got married, and Amber (#70), moved out in May) We invited almost everyone we know over, and had a blast! We had outdoor movies going, a bonfire, and lots of good food. But my favorite part was turning our spare room into a photo booth! It was a hit!
Some of my favs....

This is why I love Sunny.... not to mention she did a voice with every outfit she put on!
My niece Mya, Ta'ai, Britt, Me, and Tom
Our friends Kelly and Kevin, they're so cute and fun!
Our friend Keena and Colls
Daniel and Michael were camping, so Jamaica brought the girls over and they all had a blast! I'm so glad they could come! Mya LOVED the photo booth and found herself in nearly 1/2 of the entire photo shoot!Thanks for all our friends who came to celebrate! Love ya Colls! Here's to another great year of fun and memories!

Playing Catch Up- September pt 1

2011-10-12T09:18:00.001-07:00

September brought my 2nd invitation to the 'Annual Bridger' trip! My friend Sunny's dad works for the Forrest Service, so we get to use the FS cabins up in the Uinta Mountains and enjoy one last hoorah to say farewell to the summer!
We ride 4-wheelers...
This year, we made the mistake of attaching the lunch cooler to one of the boy's machines.... BIG mistake. Boys will be boys, showing off, and going off jumps.... and dumping the cooler, and ruining our lovely packed lunch...
We play cards, eat LOTS of good foods, play volleyball, tell stories around the fire, and take an annual 'ROCK' picture...
We've all agreed life would just be more simple if we could all just live in Bridger.... but every year we load back up and say goodbye to summer and Bridger, and head back to reality. Thanks for the invite, and great memories!
This year was enjoyed by Sunny, Me, April, Rikki, Lisa, Clint, Dave, and Deamer

Playing Catch Up- August part 3

2011-10-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

What better way to finish off the month of August than a road trip back to my roots of ol' WY? It was SO nice to go home. Mom had a whole week off and I had a blast hanging with the parents and getting to spend time with friends I've had since kindergarten...
I went 4-wheeling with my parents and we found a HUGE herd of elk. May I just say, there is something simplistic and amazing in watching wild animals in their natural habitat. It made me so sad for every creature that is locked in a zoo. I could have watched these elk all day, it was phenominal! There was a patch of snow they kept prancing and playing on, it was so fun to witness!
And then they caught our scent, and suddenly, they were gone, like a flock of birds they moved so seamlessly together down the canyon... it was amazing
Mom, Dad, and I took a couple days and went to Yellowstone, I hadn't been there since I was probably 5, and it really is such a cool place! My dad was like a little kid in a candy shop, I could have mistaken that he was in Disneyland, it was so fun! I think it was 40-something degrees, and coming from 100+ in St. George, it was so rejuvenating!
Right after entering the park, we saw our first wildlife, up close and personal.... and right on the road... in the other lane to be precise...He was so pretty, and just truckin down the road, and then he glanced over at us... Dad panicked, and hit the gas and we were on our way on to the rest of Yellowstone!
We saw 5 or 6 waterfalls, a bunch of buffalo, a wolf (he was HUGE), 2 bears, Old Faithful Inn, and the famous Old Faithful... don't worry, it's still erupting!

And there were a few people there to witness the explosions with us...
to my left...

and to my right....
and in case you're wondering, yes, we ALL did 'The Wave' while we waited :)
Dad went to CO to do the Century ride so mom and I loaded the bikes in the truck and rode them down the old highway up above Ten Sleep... it's one of my favorite things to do... I love the Bighorn Mountains, they're where I grew up, and I truly believe they are a hidden treasure of WY!

Playing Catch Up! -August pt 2

2011-10-06T13:22:00.000-07:00

Since a picture is worth 1,000 words, I'll just post some pics... BUT! To set the scene: my Bro-in-law Daniel invited me on a repelling excursion with some of his work buddies and a neighbor... the destination- Water Canyon out by Colorado City, and it was AWESOME!
Those in attendance: Daniel (My Bro-in-law), Robert (Daniel's neighbor), Curt (Daniel's coworker), Carson (coworker), Jen & Jimmy (my sis and her husband), and Mark (Jimmy's friend).
Longest repel, it wouldn't even fit in 1 frame... 'Now I'm FREE... Free fallin'!'
Everyone's down, now we repack the ropes and on to the next repel
The only way out is through that slot.... think thin thoughts:

Now down into that crystal clear ... yellow water!
Overall we did 8 or 9 repels, it was a beautiful day and Water Canyon is amazing! We had a pretty big group, but we had a ton of fun together!

Playing Catch Up! - August pt 1

2011-10-06T13:15:00.000-07:00

Another milestone was marked in August... Colls and I will be roommates for 4 rockin years in September! That is the longest running roommate for both of us! We had some pictures taken for our invites for the bash...
and my favorite...
post from the bash on its way....

Playing Catch Up! - July pt 2

2011-10-06T11:23:00.001-07:00

With July came the hope for all the singles ladies.... my friend Sunny's sister decided it would be a good decision to get married... I have my own opinions about marriage, but when it comes to Stormy and Jim... there's no other way to describe them than 'perfect for each other!' It was such a perfect wedding nestled in my home state of WY! Congrats Storm and Jim, here's wishing you a future of great memories filled with love!
It all started with these 2 lovely folks: Ma and Pa Schu. These are Sunny and Stormy's parents and I love them dearly! They're my makeshift parents and have made me feel so welcome at many of their family events! Thanks for letting me tag along and congrats on the newest member of your family!
Gotta love the Schulers! They really are one of the coolest families I've ever met!

Playing Catch Up! - July part 1

2011-10-06T10:26:00.000-07:00

July was poppin' from the get go! No sooner did we roll in the month, our 13th member of the family arrived! My sister Jamaica gave birth to her 4th and last baby, Jaida J. Hansen! Just a disclaimer here: *I'm not biased, my sister really does make cute babies*
This was an exceptional experience because not only is she seasoned in the art of having babies, but she used a hospital sanctioned midwife... she was PHENOMINAL compared to the doctor she had with Mya... I wont mention any names Dr L. Jamaica was also lucky to get assigned with Shar as her RN.... OH MY GOSH! This lady was FULL of information and so cute and helpful! Sometime ask me the story Shar told us about Hogar and Helga... who knew you could relate childbirth to Vikings?
I'll save the hospital photos for the family album, but just know, she's here and there's no lack in love for this new little member of our family :)
With the new addition came the visit of the grandparents... that would be my mom and dad! Due to the growth of the family, I consider it luck that I'm the only one currently with a spare bedroom, so guess where the parentals got to rest their heads? I love bein able to have a little quiet one-on-one visits with my mom and dad before we all turn in for the night...quite possibly my favorite part of their visits!

Seriously... look how fun my parents are:

Playing Catch Up! -June Part 2

2011-10-06T09:43:00.000-07:00

Does doing something twice count as a tradition? I think yes! This was our second year entering the Utah Summer Games in Cedar City, UT. We had a rough start last year, and ended up taking first in the Bronze bracket... nothing to brag about. But this year we changed our name to the 'Servivors,' and did MUCH better! We got first in the Silver bracket, so hopefully we keep working our way up the chain as our tradition becomes more seasoned!
Interesting fact about me: I'm really not that competitive. Now, this might be surprising if you know my dad, or my oldest sister... but I just don't think I got that competitive gene... which is fine with me! I really do just simply enjoy playing the game! As long as everyone is doing their best, working together and having fun.... I honestly don't care about keeping score.
I've been lucky to find some amazing girls to play volleyball with here in Southern Utah and we have so much fun on and off the court! So here's a shout-out to the girls I love playin vball with: Rikki, Sunny, Stormy, Emilee, and Britt, you girls rock and roll and I'm glad I found ya!My Uncle Todd lives in Cedar City and is one of the best hosts I've ever met. He and his Fiancee Barb and their canine Murphy allowed all of the 'Servivors' to crash in their basement. And even let a couple of our fans (my roomie Colls and our friend Steph) join us for the 2nd night... Thank you SO much Todd and Barb, it is so fun staying at your beautiful home and getting to visit and hang out with you both.. and Murphy too, of course!
We stayed last year too and we started another tradition of having a sauna night! Yep! Todd has a sauna! We always smear our makeup and take an after shot... they're always hilarious!We were lucky to have so many fans come watch us! THE Best fan base by far compared to other teams! Here's a shout out to all of our awesome fans for coming to watch and cheer for us:
My Uncle Todd and Aunt Barb (our hosts), Ta'ai and Tom (Emilee's brother and his friend), Colls and Steph (my roomie and our friend)Even my sisters Jamaica and Jen came to a couple games while they were in Cedar dropping Haleigh off at science camp!Thanks everyone for playing or coming to cheer! It was another great year at the Utah Summer Games!

Playing Catch Up - June

2011-10-05T15:50:00.000-07:00

JUNE.... WAS A BLAST! I took a roadtrip with my best friend in SG (Sunny) and her roomie from college (Lisa). We left SG on Tue night after I got out of class, drove through the night and woke up parked in front of the fairgrounds in Monterrey, CA... not exactly sure how that happened, but it was an inexpensive way to catch some ZZ's.
Our first stop was the Monterrey Bay Aquarium.... for the record, due to the fact I grew up in WY and far far away from the ocean, I've never been to an aquarium before, and I'm pretty sure this was the creme de la creme of aquariums! It was PHENOMINAL!
I saw my first octopus... he was HUGE and very active!
The 'sea pens' were so cool! Apparently the base holds eggs... who knew?
My favorite part was the 'jelly garden' There were HUNDREDS of different kinds of jelly fish and the entire section of the aquarium was dark and lit only by the lights in the fish tanks... it was so peaceful and relaxing... I could have sat there and watched the jellies all day....
One of the most impressive sections of the aquarium was the 'Kelp Forrest'.... it was HUGE and had so many fish and we even caught the show of the biologist feeding the fish... notice the shark... and he had a microphone so he could talk to the crowd while he was in the tank... it was awesome!This was my favorite guy at the aquarium... he kept swimming back and forth in front of me so I just sat down and kept taking pictures... but finally he turned straight towards me and was completely motionless as if to say, 'ok lady, take your pic and get outta here...' he was so cute!We jaunted over to Carmel, it was BEAUTIFUL! Such a cute lil place, and timeless. Notice all the people in the water? NOPE! That's because the water was FREEZING! We got a hotel in Monterrey and the next day we trekked further north to San Francisco! A friend once told me that San Fran is the West Coast version of New York. Now that I've been to both, I completely agree... and I love them both! My cousin Valerie came over from Oakland and introduced us to Dim Sum.... it was interesting to say the least! But hey, we're all here to try new things right?We spent the afternoon checkin out San Fran. It was fun to remember all the places from the last time I was in San Fran a couple years ago. We rode the cable car, went to Pier 39, checked out Alcatraz, did a little shopping, went to Lombard St, bought Boudin sourdough, found the epic Haight Ashbury... which I was kind of disappointed, but it's legendary, so I'm glad we went, and ended the day engorging ourselves at our favorite... The Cheesecake Factory... that was a good day! I'm pretty sure I left my heart in San Fran..This was a first for me, we actually drove over the Golden Gate Bridge on our voyage north! It's breathtaking and crazy to think of all the work that went in to the construction before all the gizmos and technology were available.... it truly is a work of art....Have you seen 'The Other Sister?' Diane Keaton? It's so funny, but there's a scene where Diane is talking to her daughter and a Savage Garden song (Animal) comes on and they chase the birds and run around this crazy architecture... I've ALWAYS thought that scene was awesome and I wanted to find it ... well who knew it's in San Fran? Palace of Fine Arts anyone? It met every expectation I had ... it made the top 5 of my favorite places in San Fran... I only wish I had a picnic packed in a basket with a blanket to sit and enjoy the scenery all afternoon....We continued north.... destination: Napa Valley and the vineyards...It was straight out of the movies... 'A Walk In The Clouds' anyone? Keanu Reeves? Napa was awesome, my only regret is that we didn't spend more time here.... it really was it's own little little haven, that seemed untouched by the rest of the world.
Continuing north we had much anticipation for our next stop... The Redwoods! We had to pause overnight in what I now deem as the HOLE of northern Cali... it's a little place called Eureka. The only good thing it had was a US Bank with an ATM to get some more cash and .... nope, that was it!
Somewhere between Napa Valley and heading back towards to coast, Cali's atmosphere changes from sun and beach to cooler temperatures, overcast skies, and dense overgrowth... it's a beautiful transformation... We kept stopping along the way to check it out, it still baffles me how diverse the coast of Cali is...Just FYI... there's no 'official' entrance into Redwood National Park... all of a sudden you're looking around and realize.... the trees are H-U-G-E.... it's the weirdest thing!
We got a campsite in the park and loved every minute of it... the river ran right next to our site and I've NEVER seen a river more green and clear, you could see all the way across and all the way to the bottom... it was awesome!
It was hard to capture the vastness and gigantic size of these trees... but believe me, they're just huge....We turned inland and started truckin' to Reno. We took a short detour to check out Lake Tahoe, what a fun place! We had dinner at a cute diner and I just kept thinking how fun it would be to spend a summer at a place like this: what could be better than a mix of both the mountains and a sandy beach?
Then we drove through the night and rolled into St. George right as the sun was coming up .... it was a quick 5 day trip, but it was epic!
Drive the California coast... CHECK

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

2011-06-22T12:41:00.000-07:00

My Prof showed this in class last night, and I just love it!

Ford Ironman St. George, UT

2011-05-13T12:48:00.000-07:00

*Warning* This may be a LONG post. It has consumed my life since January, and when all was said and done, I had A TON of fun, got a lot of experience, met some amazing people, and feel very accomplish and proud of my contribution to this amazing event...
SO, in January, I contacted the Volunteer Director to see if he could use an intern. I needed to complete an intern for my schooling, and I thought the Ironman would be fun. That's when I met Colby 'Baggs' Neilson. He's amazing. He swallowed me up like a little sister and cracks me up. We started having meetings every week, coordinating with local businesses, gathering donations, prepping for Captain meetings, etc. I couldn't have asked for a more fun person to work with, he's the bee's knees, and totally made my experience rock.
Race week came, and I took the entire week off work. Good thing! I was busy!
Day 1 at the Dixie Center (which turned into local headquarters for the staff of Ironman) even this little family shuffled across from the river to check it out... they were so cute!
they had a hard time getting up the curb... but they all made it
Tue was our Captain's meeting where we met with our 100 local captains and they met with their Ironman Staff counterparts to ask questions. And we took our Captain's photo...
Wed and Thur was running around, organizing, coordinating, etc etc etc.
Fri we had our ALL volunteer meeting... which I heard last year was a disaster, and I was determined to remedy it this year.... I made it my baby. I made signs, coordinated with the Dixie Center for some poles, etc. there are our 100 captains, and 4,000 volunteers that show up and want instructions... it's mayhem, but it went SO good! i got a LOT of compliments that it was 100 times better than last year!
This is me and Baggs before everyone started showing up...
Sat was RACE DAY!!! I was so excited! I slept about 2 hours. And had to be downtown at 3am to shuttle athletes... I met a fun staff guy, JD, who let me fire the cannon to start the pro's race! It was the best milisecond ever!

And JD let me keep my shell from the cannon... for proof ;)

JD drives the lead vehicle in front of the lead pro... so I got to ride along! It was awesome!
This was our ride.. the new Ford Edge, with TIMEX race clock in tow!After we finished our loop, I hung out downtown with Baggs an Sunny ALL day. We did whatever we needed to, checking on our captains to make sure there werent' any disasters.... it was a well oiled machine....

Jen was Bike Aid #1 and Jamaica resumed her captain of Finish Line Catchers... we Frahmettes represented! ;)
This was my little family for the day... Josh, Baggs, Sunny, Bret and Me... we had SO much fun! We all hung out for the last 2 hours of the race (10pm-midnight) in VIP and cheered on the finishers.... once the sun goes down, the party starts at the finish line!
Mike Reilly is the COOLEST announcer EVER! He comes out from the booth and PUMPS up the crowd for the last couple hours! I thought he would just come out for a few minutes, but he ran up and down the shoot pumpin up the crowd and celebrating with the athletes as they came in to finish! I think he said it about 2,000 times.... 'YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!"
He was dancin and swingin a towel around and havin a great time!

In February when Baggs told me he needed me at the buses loading athletes at 3am I said, "I'll be there, but I apologize if I show up in the front page news and they assume I'm displaying public drunkiness as I'm passed out, face down in the Town Square fountain (finish line area)" so as things got stressful, we joked about it! And of course had to reinact it... even though we were wired and past the point of exhaustion
after 22 hours of being awake... all I can say is, I'd do it again tomorrow! It was my dream job, it was exhilarating, and I LOVED it! Baggs made it SO fun and reassured me I failed my intern, so I better be prepared to do it again next year ;)

April showers bring Vegas vacations

2011-05-13T12:44:00.000-07:00

My dad attends conferences in Vegas once a year... ok... so this was only his 2nd time, but we daughters leave our husbands and kids at home and hang out with my dad for a couple days. (ok, so I don't leave much behind, but its still fun to just be with my sisters and my dad) We hang out, shop, and eat.. oh do we eat! And it's always delicious!
Dad spoils us and we go to a 'nice' place. Last year it was Lawry's, which was PHENOMINAL! This year it was Del Frisco's... it was one of the best steaks I've ever had! Ranking overall experience, I think we all preferred Lawry's, but Del Frisco's was definitely delicious!
It was too chilly to lay out by the pool, but we had a great slumber party! Thanks again day! Sign up for next year! It's becoming quite the tradition!

Easter in Cali...

2011-05-13T12:27:00.000-07:00

My friend Sunny has a bro in San Diego... and cause she's a nice friend, she invited me on her family vaca to Coronado for Easter weekend. IT WAS AMAZING. The weather was perfect, it was SO relaxing, the house we stayed at was GORGEOUS, and Coronado is such a treasure...

the beach house where we stayed....
notice the ocean outside the upstairs window... this place seriously was heaven.
The Schulers... minus Stormy who was with Jim, her fiance in WY, and mama Schu... who was meeting some girlfriends..
Rick.. papa Schu, grandma and grandpa Schu, Rocky.. the littlest bro, Ricky.. the bro that lives in San Diego, and Sunny
I've seen a photo post war with a party on the streets and a sailor and a nurse totally making out... don't worry, they made a GIANT statue of it, it's romantic... I love it.
they had beach cruisers and we rode all over Coronado... it was SO much fun!
I've never seen such VIBRANT flowers... they were all so bright and beautiful...
roses EVERYWHERE and in full bloom.. they were so pretty and smelled delicious! They were so big a lot of them were drooping..
I actually forgot it was Easter ;) That's ok, it was worth EVERY minute.. so relaxing and enjoyable! Thanks Schulers for including me! I had a blast!

I'm in charge here, and you WILL have fun!

2011-03-28T14:00:00.001-07:00

Jamaica and Daniel flew to MT to attend a temple sealing and I got asked to watch the kids for 4 days while they were away... was it revenge? Last resort? Desperation? Whatever the reasoning...
WE HAD A TON OF FUN, and I was EXHAUSTED! I was bound and determined to make it fun though, so we did just that! I couldn't document all that we did, but man we kept busy for 4 days, that's fo sho!

We tried a new recipe I found for rainbow cupcakes on St Patty's Day and doorbell ditched 4 of me and Coll's neighbors
ps... the cupcakes were kind of a mess, but turned out AWESOME!
We had a bonfire in the backyard with Colls and Steph! We roasted hot dogs, smores, and told scary stories... Michael taught us a game from scouts where we create a story by going around the fire and only saying 1 word and adding on to the last person's word... it was so funny and Michael and Haleigh were very witty and funny!
We went swimming, and played at the park! The park had those 'can phones' around the equipment, so I made Mya stand by one and I ran over to another one and said, 'HI MYA!' and she freaked out! She kept saying, 'MOM! Hi Mom! You need to come home now.' and she'd run back to the slide and then run back to the phone and say, 'mom.... mom... mmmmmoooommmmom...?' until I RAN over and reassured her I'd be home soon! Sorry Jamaica, I pretended to be you... I had to, she was freakin out!!
My mom sent some St. Patty's Day crafts to make lil leprechauns from TP rolls... I tell ya, I think I'm creative, but who thinks of this stuff?! My mom sent an example... it's in front of Haleigh, isn't it cute?! Michael wasn't too interested, so me and the girls occupied a couple hours painting TP rolls! Who knew TP would have so many functions?! Thanks mom, our leprechauns turned out super cute! We went to RANGO... which was cute, and had some funny 1-liners... but save your money... Redbox it, it's worth $1, but not $20... especially when you take a 3-yr old with the smallest bladder in existence. I did buy the 'Deal' which consists of 2 drinks and a gigantic popcorn, and I won a $20 gift card! I NEVER win anything! So that was fun!
I also borrowed a movie projector from work and we projected movies on the wall at my house and blew up air mattresses and had popcorn galore! We watched Despicable Me... which was HYSTERICAL! I highly recommend it! These guys were hilarious!
and the 'villain' was SO funny!
and per Michael and Haleigh's choice, we watched this favorite...
we used to watch this ALL the time as girls... Its so funny... and lets just say the 'HE PERMED ME!' from this ditty, was my scary story around our bon fire! :)

Overall, I'd give our 4 days a 10, but I'm a little bias since I was the one planning all the festivities! Thanks Michael, Haleigh, and Mya for being the coolest nieces and nephew a girl could ask for! Love ya!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...

2011-03-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

No, I have not completely lost my marbles... yes, I realize it's March and not December, but I L-O-V-E this time of year in St. George! Everyone calls complaining about freezing temperatures, snow, and road closures, and we have sunshine and 70 degree temperatures! I say to myself daily, 'self.... THIS is why you live here!' I almost forget every year, but my favorite thing about March are these beauties....

I know, it's weird... but I love these trees! I have lived here 9 years and still don't know the name of them, but everyone in these parts calls them 'Popcorn Popping' trees... and very suiting... it looks like they're popping popcorn! They're ALL over town and they only bloom for a couple weeks, but I love them...
They with their almost BLACK trunks and tiny white buds are the first sign of spring! Up close they are tiny little flowers, which actually STINK, but from afar, they just make ya smile! Ode to spring in Dixie!

27 Years, and ALL's Well!

2011-03-09T15:57:00.000-08:00

Dear 2011! I can feel it in my bones it's gonna be a GREAT year! So, as my Granddad used to say: "get in, sit down, shut up, and hang on!" ... and enjoy the ride!

(I love dragging out awesome holidays... like my birthday!) Here's some highlights from my birth 'weekend' celebration:
Friday:
- show up to work and had a very festive desk!
- I got flowers from my dear friends Sunny and Rikki!
- A DOZEN beautiful roses from my new beau Brett! ... please note... this girl loves getting flowers at work... weird? Maybe, but there's just somethin about it!

- Dinner with my girlfriends Rikki and Sunny, we can do nothing and have a good time...
Saturday:
- it rained... it rained ALL day...
- I cheered for Rikki and Sunny who ran in the DogTown 1/2 Marathon... they did great!
- lunch and massages, it was a perfect afternoon!
Saturday night:
- Dinner with Brett, his sister and her hubby at Texas Roadhouse... it was delish!
* My pork came with these two GIANT onion rings... and this is why me and Brett's sister are friends...
Sunday:
- Dinner with my bday twinner/bro-in-law Daniel and the clan... thanks Jamaica for the cupcakes, dinner and strawberry shortcake!

All in all, I'd give my birthday 8 out of 10 stars! Bring on my 27th year!

L-town and Sunshine

2011-03-09T15:35:00.000-08:00

If you recall, I was going to move to Logan for school last year.... that didn't really happen, but my darling friend Sunny introduced me to some amazing people in Logan, and we thought it would be appropriate to visit over President's Day weekend...
I like road tripping with Sunny, she's a kick in the pants and one of the treasures I've found in St. George... and she's originally from WY, which makes her that much cooler!
We celebrated Sunny's birth...

we stayed with some friends and they have a basement with NO windows, which may be illegal, but it aided in my sleeping until 11 am... which hasn't been done since I was a freshman in college!
It DUMPED about 9 inches of snow one night, so at midnight, we loaded up a wrapped mattress and headed to Old Main and sledded to our heart's content! It was SO much fun!
please note the Aggie 'A'....

and of course the guys had to show off and there just so happened to be a jump... it was pretty hysterical!
This is our new friend Tommy... he was screaming, 'TACKLE ME!' So he wouldn't run in to the trees!

All in all, I'd say it was a successful trip to Logan!

She's a HER

2011-02-16T15:01:00.001-08:00

So last week we went to my sister Jamaica's LAST ultrasound... *tear*... her and my bro-in-law make cute babies, but I've been unstoppably reassured this is their LAST and they are done with a good round number 4. I think we are all a little sad HER wasn't a HIM, but we'll welcome her to the fam, little does she know what she's getting herself into!
Mya with the baby's first pics....
when we told Mya we were going to watch a movie, she looked up at the screen and saw the lungs moving and the heart beating and said, 'EW! LOOK! A MONSTER!'
I'm not biased, I DO have the coolest nieces and nephew

Christmas 2010

2011-02-09T13:42:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I realize it is now February 2011, but I've been sitting on the fence about staying up with my blog, and since I'm bored, I decided for now, I'll keep her up and runnin...
Christmas was fun this year! I flew home and got to spend almost 2 weeks in WY! It was SO relaxing and I love being home! Jen and I went to pick up Grandma to spend Christmas Eve with us and while she was in the bathroom we entertained ourselves... for the record, I have NEVER been in a wheelchair, and for everyone else's sake, I hope I never have to!

I had a GREAT time with family...
Got to hang out with my favorite friends...
and overall just had a great holiday! I love when people here get excited about 'the deer hunt' and scouting, etc.... I just smile and want to take them to WY, where this is not an unusual occurence:
I drove my parent's old van back down to sunny SG for them, which was therapeutic to just blare my music for 10 hours! Loved it! But the views were awesome.... I just love WY, it's got its hidden treasures I'm not sure you'd appreciate unless you are born and bred there! Goodbye 2010, I'm glad I survived you and that you are now in my past! Bring on 2011, you're gonna rock my socks off, I can feel it already!

Education Kills.

2011-02-09T12:11:00.000-08:00

So I have a ROCKING prof for the next 4 weeks, she's also my advisor for my intern, and she's just the bee's knees.... she showed this in class last night, it's entertaining, it's funny, it's interesting, and I think it holds a LOT of truth.... in short, I don't want to medicate my kids... whenever I get to actually have some

SG Marathon with the Frahmettes...

2010-10-08T08:45:00.000-07:00

I'm going to blame this entire post on my lovely sister Jamaica, who is gung-ho with being a team captain for the HUGE festivities St George sponsors.... and you'll never guess who gets their names volunteered at the top of her team.... YEP! Me and Jen! ;) That's ok, we've had some good laughs in the wee small hours of the morning together.... such wee small hours I don't think I'd ever know existed if it weren't for Jamaica draggin us out of bed to go volunteer for INSANE athletes... They have to be insane... who wakes up at 3AM to run 26 miles... ? Ya, not this girl. But I'll gladly haul all of your belongings back in to town for you!
3:30 came early but we had a slumber party at Jamaica's so we brushed our teeth, picked up the U-haul truck, and headed to Central, UT. We arrived just before the first bus of runners, unloaded all the mylar blankets and took a little walk around to check out the festivities. These are the little fires they started and runners huddle around to keep warm.... keep in mind the first bus of runners arrives at 4am and the race doesn't start until 6:45am.... some brought pillows, chairs, inflatable mattresses etc.... The perk with coming early is they get entered for prizes and massages etc... worth it? ... gosh I don't know!!
We had to hang out for a while, and people trickled in with their bags... We had fun people watching, there was a huge RV with music and our new friend Ed Rogers was announcing the entire time, he was So fun! He told the crowd: There was 20+ runners under 14, 18+ runners over 80, 6,500 runners total, every state was represented except Rhode Island, thousands and thousands of cups, hundreds of gallons of Gatorade and water, but the best part was that good ol Ed came over and met us before all hell broke loose! So listen ever so carefully and you'll hear Ed in the background telling everyone they need to come visit the FRAHMETTES at the Uhaul and give us their bags! He said it about 10 times throughout the morning, it was great!

The buses kept coming, and when I thought all the runners were there, another bus would show up! It was crazy! Look at all the people....
The fun thing is finding people you know that you never knew were running! One of my very first roomies came down from Salt Lake.... This was her 4th Marathon and she hasn't been training and she STILL finished in 5 hours! Way to go Can!! Love you!

Cody and the Santa Clara fire boys signed up to run... (they loved our mylar blankies!)
This was Cody's first marathon! he was SO nervous and he did awesome! I saw him with 3 miles to go and he was crampin up, but he still finished at about 5hr 15 min without any training for the past few months! Great Job Code!
Jamaica's boss, some family friends of Jen's, some friends from church... the list goes on! You're bound to find someone you know in a crowd of 6,500!
Then the fun started! We became the popular commodity at the venue because 6,500 people needed their stuff hauled to the finish line for them! IT WAS MASS HYSTERIA!!! Jen and I were laughing SO hard! People were throwing their bags at us and we stuffed 1 1/2 Uhauls FULL of bags! This guy forgot his GOO in his bag and actually thought he could find 'his' bag... ... he isn't from the US and apparently didn't understand when I told him he's never going to find it! He never found it, his goo had a comfy ride in a uhaul instead of stuffed in his shorts!
The race started... it was so awesome! Not many people see the start line without having to RUN back to town... I think I got the better end of the deal!
That many people create quite the mess.... they left loose clothing, mylar blankets, and trash EVERYWHERE. My bro-in-law Daniel and his scouts camped in Pine Valley and came to help out and they did a great job and I think they had a little fun along the way too!Here's the aftermath.... all the starting line volunteers having hot cocoa and picking up trash and loose clothes...this ENTIRE area was PACKED with runners just minutes prior.... notice the little black spots in the distance...those were the little fires, and the building down at the end... it was all overrun with runners. And the RV on the left, that's where good ol Ed rocked the morning! The sun came up and it turned out to be a perfect day!
We had to pick up 6 refrigerator boxes of clothes on the way back to town and had a great time! If you're ever bored, just hang out with the Frahmettes.... NEVER a dull moment! I love my sisters... we make a great team!
You really can get a LOT done if your day starts at 3am... I don't think I'll make a habit of it!
I headed to the finish line and watched the finishers for a while... I really love it, and it was a beautiful day!
Our local military helps with security so people aren't jumping the fences to run to the finish line with their significant other. I just thought this was inspiring... Thank you, for all your service, here and around the world, we couldn't do it without you... and apparently neither could this guy!
They really take care of ya at the finish line, here's Cody finishing, doesn't it look fun?! They have music blaring and crowds of people cheering you on... and notice the 'cool zone' misters at the end, then they give you a medal, and you enter the park where they give you toast, all the Blue Bunny ice cream you could ask for, drinks, massages, more food, more drinks, prizes, etc.... you could run the marathon just for the perks at the end.... or not! :)

We're Goin To Vegas...

2010-09-22T21:03:00.001-07:00

Sunny and I had a bugger of a week, and our good friend Karly had just moved to Vegas from Parump, so we went and stayed with her and had SUCH a great weekend! She had packed a bag for us for the pool and we relaxed by the pool. Then we went and had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. We visited on the patio and enjoyed our dinner and good girl time!
We found a carousal on our way home and stopped for a photo shoot, it was just good, goofy girly fun!
Sunny even kissed a frog...

I'm JAMMIN!

2010-09-22T20:48:00.000-07:00

What... you may ask does a single girl do with 200 lbs of peaches? After I got home with my loot I asked myself the same question! I let them ripen for a few days in the laundry room and then started to panic that they were going to rot! So... I took a day off of work and jammed for the first time in my whole life! ALL of my jars sealed! I made peach leather, 4 batches of jam (54 jars) and 12 jars of canned peaches. Then I gave a bunch of peaches to my peeps at work, my friend Sunny and the rest to Jamaica's friend Lisa... I'd say I'm set for at least a year with peaches and jam! It was so fun!

Millions of Peaches

2010-09-22T20:33:00.000-07:00

The church orchard's peaches were getting so ripe that they opened the orchard to the public for free peaches! Each household could take up to 200 lbs of peaches... so Jamaica, Michael, Jen, Taylor and I got up bright and early... enjoyed the sunrise on the way to the orchard...
It was such a peaceful morning and the peaches were perfect and everyone was so polite and it was just a lil slice of heaven seeing the fruits of the labors of everyone who helped with the whole crop

Bridger!!

2010-09-22T20:24:00.000-07:00

My friend Sunny invited to her annual Bridger trip! It was so nice to get up in the mountains! We had marshmallows, rode 4-wheelers, cooked dutch oven, and just relaxed in the crisp mountain air! It was so much fun!!
It rained every day we were in the mountains! We saw some awesome rainbows!!

Back to School...

2010-07-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

I think I posted about this at one time that I was contemplating going back to school... well it's official... I'm officially enrolled and actually completed 3 classes!
Can I also just say, 'degree completion' aka 'fast track' courses are pretty much bomb-diggity.... I take an entire course in 4 weeks, which sounds intense, but when it's a class that I have no desire to be in (Public Relations) 4 weeks is bearable. Not to mention the professors cut out a lot of the fat and we just get down to the nitty gritty, which is.... AWESOME! So, if I stay on track I'll be done with classes next July and then I have until October to write a thesis and I'll graduate with a Bachelor's in Communication- Leadership and Organizational. And after getting my feet wet, let me just say.... I actually like school. It makes my brain work, it gets me 'out of the box' and it's interesting to think of the possibilities. So here's to furthering education.... my current slogan: BE COOL, STAY IN SCHOOL

I'm Still Here!

2010-07-27T09:47:00.001-07:00

So, after a few emails I decided I better re-dedicate myself to updating my blog..... I always enjoy reading people's blogs and get annoyed when they don't update them.... that, and I always wish people would include pictures with their stories... ps.... I am a 'visual' learner... just fyi.
So here I am... I'm still alive....
I'm not in here.....

April in God's Country

2010-04-07T15:19:00.001-07:00

I didn't make it home for Christmas this year, so I've been a bit homesick.... so I flew home to WYO!! It was a rockin fun 10 days, it snowed in April.... that's WYO weather for ya!
We had a baby shower for my girlfriend Tanya...she's due in 6 weeks!
I got to hang out with my girlfriends that I've known since 6th grade, which is ALWAYS a hoot!
My dad and I did some shooting.... I'm not too bad with a gun it turns out! Now a bow and arrow.... run for cover! I can't even draw the thing back!
I got to shoot his S & W 500, and then I shot his swift, the coolest shot was a milk jug at 300 yards..
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but I had a great time with my dad!

and we got to fly his kite... it's a trick kite, and it's SO COOL!
And I went to Easter dinner in Riverton with a bunch of my aunts and uncles and both my Grandma's! It was a great trip, even if it was dramatic getting back to Utah!

My Golden Day...

2010-03-04T12:23:00.000-08:00

So someone once told me you have a GOLDEN BIRTHDAY when your age falls on the day of your bday, I don't know who comes up with this stuff, but because my 26th birthday fell on the 26th day of February this year, I'll play along! Not to mention, it only happens once in your lifetime!One of my favorite things about my birthday is that my bro-in-law Daniel and I have the same birthday! It's turned out to be quite fun! We usually do something together and he's not big on birthdays so he just plays along with whatever Jamaica and I get thrilled about! THIS YEAR... I wanted to go skiing! I've been wanting to ski at Brianhead since I moved to SG NINE years ago and just haven't been up there. So this year we made it a priority and it turned out great! We rented skis in Cedar City which was $10 cheaper than at the resort, and we have Dixie Direct so we got buy one/get one free skiing! lunch was great, the snow was awesome and fresh, even if the mountain wasn't the most challenging, it was fun to do something I haven't done in years, thanks dad, for teaching me to ski, I remember the day I learned, I hated you and thought you were just torturing me, but I've come to enjoy it ever so much! Recap of my day via pics... that's the only way to do things!Jamaica and I got twinner goggles when we were waiting for our skis ...
Cody and I on the lift..

The Hansens... thanks so much for comin and makin my birthday so fun guys!

A pic just for my dad, if any of you know him, when he buys something, he leave the tag on EVERYTHING.... except his hunting gear.... odd. Anyways, sorry, I couldn't sport the tag all day, I felt weird!
The birthday kids enjoyin lunch!
I tried a couple jumps...

but i don't know if I landed any of them....
After skiing we all went back to my house and had soup and cake and ice cream and presents...
it was such a fun GOLDEN BIRTHDAY! Thanks everyone for playing!

Ode to My Stone...

2010-03-04T10:06:00.000-08:00

Lets recap shall we?! So approximately THREE weeks ago I wake up on Friday morning and seriously can NOT move. I could have sworn someone had jabbed a knife in my back just below my lungs on my left side, the pain woke me up from sleeping at 6 am... a time which usually does NOT exist for me and nothing would help, not a hot pad, not laying down or standing or sitting... oh man, NO BUENO. So I wait until 9am and head to Insta-Care.... I wait FOREVER and in walks Mrs Nurse Practitioner. Asking me tons of questions and then saying my symptoms resemble those of a possible kidney stone. Great. I can thank my dad for that... wait, no, that is the one trait I DO NOT thank him for passing along! Mrs Nurse Practitioner offers a CAT scan and reports that there's a calcium something in there, so she's just going to treat me as if it's a stone. So basically she LOADED me up with my first ever Lortabs and 800 mg ibruprofen and sent me on my way... So I call my dad and do some research... lets just say NO one I know who has had stones are huge fans of them. So here's what I'm picturing...
My dad assures me it's gonna be painful but I'll be cool when I'm done cause I'll join a brotherhood of stone passers, which is always cool to be in a group right?! Ya, NOT WORTH IT! So I spend my whole President's Day Weekend and Valentine's day waking up in pain, laying around and doping up... lets just say ibruprofen 800 does nothing for me at this point... and if I have to see another glass of this I'm gonna puke...
On Sunday I woke up in the worst pain of my life. It hurt to breathe. It hurt to just be. I seriously felt like I was in labor... lets say, I'm in NO hurry to punch a kid out! I was puking and couldn't keep anything down, so Cody and I load up in the car and as we're getting ready to head to the ER, the pain stops.... so we go back in the house, I drink another glass of water, and pass out for a nap....
So a week goes by, I call in sick to work every morning Monday- Wed and then suck it up, dope myself up enough and work for the afternoons. I'm sorry for any tax payers that may have had to deal with me, hopefully it was entertaining!
Weekend #2 comes along and STILL in pain, and now I'm out of pain meds... so I go to Insta-care visit #2.... In walks Sports Med Dr... great, seriously.. do MD's even work at Insta-Care?! He confirms I had calcium in my kidney and a few other stones sitting in my OTHER kidney. Great. He fills me ANOTHER precription for pain and sends me on my way, telling me if it hasn't changed in a week to see a Urologist. Such hope from Insta-Care, and I still haven't gotten the bill....
SO! Now I'm studying more, hearing more horror stories and have images of this passing a tiny tube in my body...
PS... when i catch mine, I'm naming him SPIKE, it's official. (original, i know.)

So here's where my little 'jewel' has to travel...
Easy right? Ha ha ha, oh the irony. So now my dad, my friend Phil, my boss David... all of which are part of mentioned Stone Brotherhood are checking with me everyday to see if I've passed this literal pain in my back... nothing....
As you may know, my birthday is fast approaching by this time, and I've been anticipating a ski trip to Brianhead since about Christmas time, I'll be dipped if I don't get to go and have to spend my bday in bed! Anyways, my current status is wake up, eat 3 crackers, take a Lortab, sleep for 3 more hours and then I'm fine. A lovely routine... NOT. Luckily by my birthday I'm feeling better so we trudge up the mountain.... read my bday post for ski/bday details.
Anyways, back to my stone... so I wake up at 1am the day after my bday in WICKED pain. So I take a Lortab, walk around for 30 min, nothing. Take another Lortab, walk around my house for an HOUR... nothing. I'm exhausted and this just ain't right. So I wake up my roomies and we all pile in the car at 2:30 am and head to the ER. I was waiting to puke or passout.... they check me in, put me in a room, and the pain GOES AWAY. You've got to be kidding me. Not to mention this is my first time to the ER. FINALLY an actual MD walks in, bless my soul! He says, ok, so I saw your CAT scan from a couple weeks ago.... good news is.... you DON'T have a kidney stone, or any stones in your kidneys at all.... bad news is, you're still in pain. So he tested my blood, and my pee again and I he told me I'm a 'healthy speciman' in regards to my blood, but I have white blood cells in my urine. He says, you probably had a urinary tract infection and it's just gone untreated, so now it's just moved to your bladder... SERIOUSLY?! Not to mention, we get home from the ER at 6am.... our whole house took a bit of a nap!
SO, in conclusion....
1. it's official, I don't hate anything, butI HATE Insta-Care and will NOT go there again unless... no, pretty sure never.
2. Medicine works! The ER gave me some pills to numb my bladder, but also makes my pee the color of orange soda, which is kind of fun to see that it only takes about 20 minutes to kick in or cycle through or whatever you wanna call it!
3. It's been confirmed by an actual DOCTOR: I do not, nor never did have a kidney stone :( I thought I'd have something to show for my pain, shoot I probably would carry the thing around in a baggie bragging about what I'd just accomplished, or made a necklace out of it or something... but much to my dismay I will not be joining the Stone Brotherhood afterall... which is kind of a bummer, but not really.
4. I am SO grateful to my family, Cody and my 2 lovely roommates for seeing me at my worst and being so willing to help me, I REALLY couldn't have done it without you.

It's Coming!!

2010-02-09T15:48:00.000-08:00

I'm SUCH a girl, and I'm just gonna admit it... I'm excited for this one to come out! And I love that they're not making us wait too long between flicks! NO one bug me on June 30th, unless you wanna come to the show with me! ;)

MLK jr Day!

2010-01-20T14:14:00.000-08:00

Jamaica and I took the kids sledding on Monday, what a good way to celebrate MLK jr Day! We went just above Cedar, there was plenty of snow, actually, it WAS snowing! Mya was LESS than thrilled with her first sledding experience, I don't think she liked being confined to her snow suit and the snow and wind blowing in her face, so she and I retired early to the yukon for a bottle and watching Shrek. But we snapped a few pics before we hit the heated car! SO much fun! It made me miss home, the mountains and all the fun times we had playin outside with my parents.....

Michael loved bailing off about 1/2 way down for the dramatic effect and snow in his face! We kept telling him to... STAY ON YOUR SLED! I don't have any brothers so I have yet to understand the way boys think.... it's beyond me... But he laughed the day away until he couldn't feel his cheeks, so that's all that really matters!

Haleigh was timid until Jamaica and I made her ride with us.... then she freaked out, but still wore a smile!Thanks guys, for takin me with you, it's always a good time! :)

Viva Las Vegas!

2010-01-20T13:37:00.000-08:00

SO! My SG bestie Carrie got me tickets to Phantom in Vegas for Christmas! BOO YEAH! SO we went this past weekend! It was nice to get out of town for the day!
We had lunch at Serendipity 3, like the movie, and the only other location is in NYC, it was delicious and SUCH a cute lil place!
It's known for it's FFFrozen hot chocolate, and Carrie was SO excited to get it.... I didn't get it, why in the heck didn't they just call it a Frosty then?! Frozen hot chocolate isn't HOT anymore is it? I just didn't get it! BUT THEN IT CAME.... and it is the most chocolately deliciousness I've had in a LONG TIME!
The new city center Aria is open just north of NY NY, and we checked it out... the architecture is so cool, but the layout is BIZARRE! It's not completely finished yet, there are condos, a shopping center, and 2 hotels from what we could see, but it was SO confusing! BUT! They have this little feature in the middle of the shopping area... they had all these tubes with TORNADOES! They were so random and super cool!
Phantom of the Opera was PHENOMINAL! It was only 90 minutes, which was perfect, and when it first started, the auctioneer was so quiet, and I thought, oh no, this is gonna be awful... and then the music started and the bass was SO loud, it gave me goosebumps! I highly recommend checkin it out!

It Officially Froze Over....

2010-01-07T11:29:00.000-08:00

Yep, we have ICE in the desert! Dixie Igloo opened, SUPER late, but at least it's open! And $9.50 will get ya skates and loads of fun on the ice for 2 hours! The bad thing? They don't monitor those on the ice during a session, so if you feel like being dishonest, you could really skate all day and they'd never know... hence, there was a TON of people on the ice.... we still had fun! I haven't ice skated in YEARS, but it's like ridin a bike, it all comes back to ya, and it's SO FUN! Jamaica and I took Michael and Haleigh and they have NEVER skated before.... it was interesting, but they did GREAT!
Jamaica said, 'k, take a picture of us...' so I'm *click* *clicking* and then she said, 'k, FALL DOWN!' .....

So of course.... I did the same thing.....
..... and they fell for it again.... literally! And yes, we did 'help' them fall! :)
So I was reading this survey (I think it was on family feud) and it asked:
Name something people watch:
Of course in the heat of the game I wasn't thinking about THIS as an answer...
but it really is mesmerizing! And EVERYONE lined up and just watched it go in circles! (not the mention it was like 400 years old!) And come to think of it, the zamboni cleaning the ice in New York at the Ranger's game was awesome too!

WRAP IT!

2009-12-30T12:49:00.000-08:00

So this was my second Christmas away from home :( BUT! I had so much fun hangin with the Hansens for the holidays! It was fun to be around kids who get excited about Santa!
Before the kids go to bed, Daniel sat everyone down and they set up the nativity scene and discuss the real reason we celebrate Christmas, I think Haleigh got a little confused, but it was good...
Even Mya joined the crowd after she was done throwing all the laundry off the chair...
Christmas morning was so fun! Haleigh was STOKED.... it made me remember coming out to see what Santa had left for me!
We ALL got lots of super fun things...
I don't think Mya really understood what was going on, Daniel helped her open all of her presents and after a couple puppies and babies, she was done and had all she wanted... maybe she'll be more excited next year...
Cody and I decided (or so I thought) that since we just went to NYC and spent more than we thought we would, that we would consider that our Christmas to each other... I got him a couple little things, but the darn turd got me TWO 50 minute treatments at Green Valley Spa! I've never been to a spa before! Thanks sweetie, I can't wait!

Michele Kwan Ain't Got Nothin' On You

2009-12-30T10:12:00.000-08:00

So, the new CRAZE in St. George is our new indoor ice skating rink... ya, I'll admit, it's pretty cool and will be super fun if they stay frozen when it's 100+ degrees in mid July! Jamaica and I had lunch the other day and stopped by to check it out because we heard it FINALLY opened... we were laughing because EVERYONE was hangin on to the edges of the rink and falling... and this girl in the purple shirt... she's a natural!

March 2010...

2009-12-28T09:21:00.000-08:00

So I've seen pictures of this the past couple years on facebook, but I'm DEFINITELY going this year!

http://www.utahkrishnas.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100&Itemid=190

All December's a Party!

2009-12-22T11:11:00.001-08:00

This year I got to try something for the first time... We ROASTED CHESTNUTS! They smelled really good cooking and then we cracked them open and they look like little brains and I was wondering why in the world anyone would sing about 'chestnuts roasting on an open fire'... but they were pretty good and it was a fun tradition to start! Here's my roomies Lana and Colleen crackin some nuts...
Merry Christmas from 2620 East!
This past weekend Daniel and Jamaica spent the weekend in Salt Lake so I stayed with the kids, man alive they'll wear ya out, but we had a good time! Saturday I didn't know what to do and didn't just want to sit around, so we went to the Washington City Center and went swimming... it was a gamble, and I wondered if they were going to be SLAMMED... notice all the people in the background.... NOT! It was awesome! And Mya LOVED the slide! They heated the area, so it was pretty warm, but Mya's little lips kept turning blue and I'd say, 'do you want to go on the slide again?' to which she replied with a very enthusiastic 'YA!'

There's a GIANT buckets that dumps water and after each slide ride the kids would wait for it to dump so they wouldn't get drenched....
Which I thought was so funny when this is what they looked like shooting out of the slide...
don't worry Jamaica, she came up smilin from this... I promise...
Thanks guys, for wearin me out! I had a great time and I'm SO excited to spend Christmas at your house!!!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...

2009-12-11T15:00:00.000-08:00

SO, I haven't felt much of the Christmas spirit this year, ESPECIALLY after the ridiculous tax season we had this year, BUT! Nonetheless, the other day, I sucked it up and decked out our office! We regurgitated this lovely guy for the door (Jamaica helped me make him last year for the 'door contest') and everyone LOVES him and thinks he's well suited for our office's door!
And we have a very bare wall so we got a wreath 50% off at Robert's and used a few things from the tree we didn't want to put up.... PLEASE keep in mind this was my first wreath ever to decorate....

BEFORE:

AFTER:
Merry Christmas to all... and to all a goodnight....

SHEESH!

2009-11-13T15:09:00.000-08:00

Maui wowee, it's 1/2 way through November already and I feel the need to catch up on the end of October! It was busy and a whirlwind, but so fun! Here's a recap:

We had a girl's night out at Tuacahn and went to Thriller! It's one of my FAVORITE things to do around Halloween!
I have a new BRO IN LAW that lights my sister's fire in a way I haven't seen in... well, forever! It was cold all week and the blissful day turned out to be a perfect fall day for an outdoor wedding! Congrats Jen and Jimmy!
My parents flew down for the weekend for the wedding...

The FAB 5 ;)
And our family just keeps growin and growin!
We carved pumpkins with Jamaica and the crew...
(my HILARIOUS nephew Michael for those of you who haven't had the privilege)

The Hansens got all dolled up from Dr Seuss, The Wizard of Oz, Pepsi and the Dr's office...
My dad even started to feel the holiday after Michael got sick of wearin his hair...
and by the end of the night even Cody wanted to dress up... so he put on Michael's football gear!
It was a quick month, but MAN was October 09 one for the books! Bring on the holidays! I love 'em!

NEW YORK!

2009-10-30T00:24:00.000-07:00

WHEW! What a trip! :) NOTHING can top that! K, so I have to document with pics!
So off we go on our little trek on my first visit to the Big Apple!
Our first day, Channing's roomie Lexie and her friend Megan took us up to the Bronx.... we wont need to do that again, but the pizza was BOMB DIGGITY!

We left the Bronx and headed to Time Square. Since we lost our tickets to Wicked the night before, we heard of the Lottery for front row seats. We waited in line only to be disappointed again. BUT! We got in the cancellation line and got dead center seats on the 14th row, and I think they were PERFECT!
My very FIRST roomie Megan now lives in NY, so she came down and met us for dinner and took us to Vinyl in 'Hell's Kitchen' it was the cutest little place and SO good to catch up with her!

After the play we came out and it was DOWN POURING rain! BUT! We still got to meet Elpheba! She was AWESOME!

After the play we wondered the couple blocks to Time Square.... AND.... as they say, 'A picture's worth a thousand words!' well, here's my pic....
it couldn't have been more perfect!

That pretty much TOPPED my first trip to New York! :)
The rest was kind of a blur! We went to a NY Giants game (I've never been to pro football!)
We got tickets to a NY Rangers game! (Neither of us had seen NHL hockey!) and it was a BLAST! I LOVED it when they scored! Everyone was out of their seats!

We took a double-decker bus tour, which was pretty cool to see most of the touristy attractions in a short amount of time. We went to the Empire State Bldg, Macy's, Ground Zero, Rockafeller Center, Central Park, 34th St, Wall St, Time Square, Harlem, Hudson River, Apollo Theater, the Fashion district, etc etc etc... there's SO MUCH TO SEE IN NY!
Just a couple of my FAV pics that I had time to edit already:

seriously, how perfect is this picture?And who doesn't go to NY and 5th Ave without stopping at the FAO toy store?

and you HAVE to check out the famous BIG piano.

and I'm calling this PhotoShop meets Central Park... I LOVE the way it turned out!

NEEDLESS to say it was a VERY SUCCESSFUL first trip back east for me, and I had an absolute blast!!

Let's document, shall we?

2009-10-22T20:43:00.000-07:00

OK, so I figure if we have as much luck on our ENTIRE NY trip, this could get pretty comical by the end of me and Cody's visit to the Big Apple, so since I can hear him sawin logs and I'm completely not tired, lets start with Day 1, shall we?!
I'll admit up front that we were late to the airport. Problem #1. However, I thought, shoot, how busy will Sin City be at 5:30am? FYI, the streets are busy that early in the morning. It didn't help that Cody woke up sick and puked in the parking lot. And it didn't help that I led us to Long Term parking instead of Economy (the difference of about $20/day) so we had to LOOP the entire airport AGAIN to find parking. And it didn't help that the shuttle driver was on a Sunday stroll to get to the terminals... Lets skip the details of how we RAN to check-in, back and forth from Delta to American and back again... only to have the realization that we're NOT going to make it to NYC in time for our $500 tickets to WICKED (the main intent of our trip...) bad, bad, bad realization to have at 7am at the beginning of a vacation....
SO we call Gershwin Theater, they advise us to call Ticketmaster, we call Ticketmaster who advices us to call the insurance co. that we got for our tickets, SO we call the insurance co. only to find out that you can't refund OR reschedule tickets unless we have PROOF that the airline was cancelled or delayed OR a Dr's note saying our illness was too bad to attend the event. YES, I pretty much HATE Ticketmaster and their lame insurance policies at this point!
Anyways, we got bumped to another flight and made it to NY by 7:30pm and made it to our friend Channing's house just fine (thanks so much Chan, we love your place!) but we're just sick that we had to flush our tickets. :( Lets all pray for a better day than today started out!
Guess I wont forget MY FIRST TRIP TO THE CITY eh? I keep telling myself, 'I'll laugh about this one day.' (just not today)

A GREAT Weekend! :)

2009-10-17T23:29:00.000-07:00

SO! Friday night, Cody asks me if I want to go on a 'real date night' so I went home from work and cleaned up, and he came to my door and rang the doorbell and was dressed in his Sunday best and took me to dinner at a nice restaurant and after we were seated he handed me an envelope....
and inside .....
was....
A TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY!!!
It said:
One night stay in Las Vegas...
FIVE nights in NYC...
WICKED, NY Rangers, Central Park, sightseeing, etc....

SERIOUSLY?!!!

I've been wanting to go to NY since I was about 8 and I've just NEVER done it. I was telling Cody a couple months ago how I heard it's beautiful back east in the fall. And what does he do? Plans an ENTIRE trip! He even called my work and got the time off for me! :)
NEEDLESS to say, I'm a lil ecstatic and CAN"T WAIT!
Oh.... did I mention we leave next Wednesday?!

Sat Oct 10

2009-10-13T13:28:00.000-07:00

After climbing on Friday, Cody's friend said, 'hey, we should set up a zipline tomorrow...' Cody and I looked at each other and said, 'heck yes, that would be awesome!'
SO, out we go again on Saturday for a picnic and zip lining!
It was another beautiful day in SG, and it was so nice to enjoy the sunshine!

Rockin Weekend In Dixie!

2009-10-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

It was a PERFECT weekend to be outside!
I took Friday afternoon off at work and Cody and I asked Daniel and Jamaica to take us repelling! We went just north of SG and it was a pretty small repel, but they brought their kids and both Michael and Haleigh repelled, so that was fun!
I've repelled once, a few years ago, but Daniel refreshed me on all the safety of repelling... REPEL ON!
Cody's coworker Gabe came out with us too and he and Cody hung out on this other ledge and climbed like 'tough' guys do...
...so, after we were done repelling, Jamaica and I had to go show them that girls can climb too!
And it seems to be a re-occurring thing for me to make new friends while I'm outdoors... so why should this weekend be any different? My new friend, Cowalla (they're Cow Spiders, and we were at Chuckawalla):
It was so fun to hang out with family and be outside!
Thanks Hansens for taking us out!

Turkey Trot

2009-10-05T15:43:00.000-07:00

My SG-BFF has been training since about April for the SG Marathon, and she completed it this past weekend! Hurray for you Carrie! Take a load off now and enjoy! It was so fun to watch her complete something that has been a long time goal for her and she did it all just over 5 hours!

Family Pics

2009-10-05T15:04:00.000-07:00

Jamaica's friend Kristen recently took their family pics and guess who gets to mess around with them in PhotoShop?! THAT would be me... and I LOVE IT!
I love to see the before and afters.... Case in point:

BEFORE:

AFTER:
BEFORE:
AFTER:

BEFORE:
AFTER:
SO FUN! I just love it.... I'm still a work in progress, but I completely lose track of time editing pics!

A Lil Fire Story...

2009-09-18T13:55:00.000-07:00

So, the following story is about the culprit below... Cody, the guy I've been dating is a wildlands firefighter... if you don't know what that is... that's a whole different post.... ANYWAYS, he ran in to my office on Monday and said, 'We got called out, not sure when we'll be back, but I wanted to see you before I leave... see ya!' ... great. Monday comes, Monday goes... Tuesday comes, Tuesday goes... not a word...and to answer your question... yes, I am starting to miss dear ol' Cody by this point! Finally this morning (don't forget, it's now FRIDAY) I get a text that says he's in and out of service, but they're moving, so he'll try to call me tonight. Great. There goes the weekend we had sort of 'penciled' in consisting of going to the rodeo, bingo, camping, etc. Throw that out the window! Blah.
So I go to lunch with Jamaica and come back to work, and I'll admit, I'm sulking a lil bit. The County Clerk comes in and is explaining something to us, and the door opens, I glance up, prepare for, 'I'll be right with you sir....'
WAIT A SECOND!
Double take...
IT'S CODY!!!
He came strollin in to my office carrying these...
"surprise Jules... I'm home... and you look really cute today by the way!"
I lied before... I really do love surprises. :)

LET'S GO THUNDER!!!

2009-09-17T10:40:00.000-07:00

Last night was my nephew Michael's first tackle football game, it was so funny! I love watching little kid's sporting events.... honestly, soccer drives me nuts, but watching kids TACKLE each other was a riot! And they looked so professional in their gear with their names on their jerseys.... (ask Jamaica's opinion on THAT fiasco!) But here are a few pics from the game...

Michael on the sideline....
I LOVE that he's #8... that was my number in sports all through high school.... good choice!

Team Huddle....
It was funny to listen to the coaches try to get the kids excited... they would YELL, 'WHO WANTS TO PLAY FOOTBALL?' and the kids would reply in unison, 'we do coach...' to which the coach would YELL back, 'SHOW ME WHO WANTS TO PLAY FOOTBALL! Come on guys, get excited.' :)

Daniel and Mya, TRUE Thunder fans!

And we spent the first 1/2 of the game debating how you would properly pronounce this name.... poor kid.... maybe the X on his helmet was supposed to draw the attention away from the name on the jersey... ?

WHO DOESN'T LOVE FOOTBALL SEASON?! GO THUNDER!

Happy Labor Day!

2009-09-10T08:05:00.000-07:00

What a whirlwind of events this past weekend has had, sheesh!
First, my parents were in town for a couple days, which is always fun because they don't make it down here that often. My niece Ms Haleigh Hansen was baptized on Saturday, and it was so fun to watch her take that step in her life.... they grow up so fast *tear*
Overall, it was a rockin weekend that was anything from dull!
We got to play with my mom....
Hang out with my dad....

Mya let Cody color with her...
And Cody's dad came down and we got to take his bike our for a little ride...
It turned out to be a great Labor Day weekend!

What Are You Doing?!

2009-09-02T14:17:00.000-07:00

WAHOO! I'll give you ONE hint what I'M doing on September 24th!!!
BOO YEAH! I hear people die, Iz gets booted, and Ellen Pompeo is prego (in real life).... BRING ON THE DRAMA BABY!

SMILE!

2009-09-02T14:02:00.000-07:00

In case anyone wonders if I love my nieces and nephew... seriously.... who couldn't love this face?!

Say What?

2009-08-26T13:44:00.000-07:00

I had lunch with the girls today and got so excited to see what Mya can do! Melt my freakin heart, she knows my name! Well... sorta... it kinda comes out G.G, but I'm not picky!

My Weekend Update...

2009-08-24T14:38:00.000-07:00

Thurday night Jen and Colls and I had Roomie Dinner. We haven't done that since Christmas, so we were long over due! It was fun to just catch up.... and eat, of course!
I got off work early last Friday and Cody and I took a hike in Red Cliffs, it was HOT, but we walked in the dry creek bottom, so it was fun and always good to be outside!
Sunday afternoon Cody and I took a Sunday drive to Pine Valley. It was BEAUTIFUL! The weather was nice and cool and I LOVE the smell of the mountains! We both saw this lil church up there and had the same thought: shoot dang, this would be perfect for Jen and Jimmy.... it's my vote for gettin hitched, even with a dusting of snow, it would be timeless!
While we were driving home Cody slams on the brakes and says, 'DID YOU SEE THAT, OH MAN YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT!' He was so excited, I thought it was a buffalo or a moose or he had won the lottery right there on the road!
A stick of gum is all we had on us for a comparison, but OH MAN this tarantula was big, fast and hairy... ew... I officially hate spiders but was so glad I didn't find this in my room!

It's Official, I'm an AGGIE...

2009-08-20T07:58:00.001-07:00

Even though it has open enrollment... I got accepted and the ball is rollin, hello Logan, UT and USU! (click here to see more of Logan)

Family Home Evening...

2009-08-18T12:53:00.000-07:00

I'm in charge of activities and FHE for my lil branch here in St George, and I had so much fun last night! We had a little lesson about the brother of Jared and made little boats and went down to the river and had a boat race at the skim boarding park.
Then we had a tug o war (how long has it been since you've had a tug o war, seriously?!)
... my team lost.... don't worry, Colleen is just removing dirt, not wiping tears!
And we played ultimate frisbee, which was my FAV!
Check this out, and tell me if it doesn't make you laugh: (maybe it's only funny if you know these guys...) I've never played frisbee in the water, it was a blast after a long hot day...
even if my team lost!
Karl and I had a handstand contest.... Karl won.... but my pic is cooler cause I added a degree of difficulty and did mine one handed!
Snaps to Fossil Ridge Singles, and for a fun FHE!
Tune in next week for our bi-ward food fight!

Rick Rollers...

2009-08-17T14:24:00.000-07:00

So, I played in a vball tourney last weekend....lets just say we didn't take first.... BUT my team was hysterical and we had a good time in the sun playin some ball! It was so fun to get to know some new peeps, Marty, Kyle and Wes were such a crack up and fun to chill with all day on the courts.
Wes took a ball in the nose....like a typical guy, he made a bigger deal of his 'gash' than the scratch it really was! ;)

Go Big Blue!

2009-07-29T14:39:00.000-07:00

Well folks, I journeyed north for the first time ever! It was so much fun! I met my friend Sunny up in Logan and she introduced me to a ton of rockin' people and we had a blast! Saturday Sunny did a tri in Lyman, WY and she did GREAT!
I rode over with her and we stayed in Evanston for the fair... my OH my was that an adventure! We spent the first 1/2 taking pics of all the people coming out of the woodworks! It was hysterical! This only scratches the surface of our finds:However, Josh Turner was playin that night.... oh boy.... he's GOOD lookin' and I LOVE that deep voice!And we stayed in Logan Sunday and Monday, it was so FUN! We even floated the canal, holy cow, it was freezing, but SO MUCH FUN! The town is super cute and I checked out USU campus.... I may have to start 'bleedin blue' and I'm contemplating movin north and startin school again... but I'll keep you all informed! GO AGGIES! Thanks so much Sun, for showing me around and being such a great friend and so helpful and supportive!

On the Road Again...

2009-07-23T12:14:00.000-07:00

So 8 hours into our drive Jamaica and I, at the same time said, 'what the heck is that?' It was SO pretty and we saw it from SO far away because the colors were so vibrant!
Who knew they grow LAVENDER in Utah?! I didn't! They even have 'Lavender Days' with a 5k race and everything.... ya, that was pretty much the highlight of our trip home!

Always...

2009-07-23T12:04:00.000-07:00

A bit bittersweet to leave WY and have to come back to SG. I love SG, don't get me wrong, but there's just something about being home, among friends and family that have known me my whole life that fills me up and I always dread leaving, even if I know I'll be back.
Thanks mom and dad, for always letting us come home, even if we bust your house at the seams and drive you nuts while we're there! It's still home!

Meanwhile...

2009-07-23T11:51:00.001-07:00

So, even though I was at the wedding... my aunt across the field was throwing a Luau! My cousin Leigh is living in Maui and she was in town with her fiance Sid and their sweet baby Keala!
My niece Haleigh has been taking hula dancing lessons, and my aunt Robyn learned the 'Hukilau' dance on her latest trip to the islands.... so, they put on a little show for us, it was a riot! Thanks Aunt Shan, for throwin a good party!
ps... in case any of you don't know my dad... he loves chocolate... I mean LOVES it....
and in case you were wondering why I'm a bit goofy... most of it comes from this guy.... and I'm so grateful for that trait that I inherited! We enjoy the simple things in life! Thanks dad! :) (little disclaimer... YES, I am my dad's fashion consultant, and how he slipped into the Luau with his baseball cap on backwards in a shirt and tie with a lei on is beyond me!) jk Dad! Love ya!

Wrappin Up WY

2009-07-23T11:34:00.000-07:00

SO, I lost track and need to catch up! Anyways, my last night in Worland an old high school friend got married, and it was such a perfect night for it! Lindsey and Chad are so cute and I wish them the best!
AND! Besides that, my friend Nina Ersgard flew over from Sweden for the wedding!!! I haven't seen her since my Jr year of high school and we've kept in touch over the years and it was SO GREAT to see her and catch up! She brought her boyfriend Fredrik, and he was hysterical and so fun as well! I'm now pinching pennies to go visit them and stay in their 'flat' in downtown Stockholm! :) Fredrik and I were talking about something and he told me my way of thinking was, 'SO AMERICAN!' HA HA HA! It was great to experience a lil diversity!

How'd I Do That?!

2009-07-17T22:28:00.000-07:00

Oh boy... so I'm fallin hard into this whole digi scrap thing... well, confession... I haven't scrapped in MONTHS! Actually I'm SO intrigued with the photo editing and the possibilities are literally ENDLESS! There are free tutorials and classes online everywhere and sometimes I feel like my brain is on overload, but seriously, it's SO fun to see pics transform into cool stuff! Case in point, pic of my niece in WY...
Blah right? Nothin spectacular.... but.... just a couple clicks later...
And my friend Lindsey's wedding original...
SERIOUSLY? What's with the bald guy in the corner throwin the whole romantic scene off? Lets set the tone a bit and get to the point of why we took this darn pic shall we?!

I just learned how to make an authentic old school pic, age the colors, add texture, crop it to a square, add the stamps around the edges for effect, etc... you digi editors get my lingo!
The crazy thing is I'm SMALL FRIES when it comes to photo editing peeps, but it's just so stinkin much fun!

4-Wheelin in WYO!

2009-07-11T08:00:00.000-07:00

Me and dad took 'Vinson' up above Hyattville, it was SO nice to be up in the mountains....
I LOVE WYO mountains!Dad, tryin to find some Elk...
Paintrock Creek's finest...
Wahoo! Cruisin on the back of the wheeler, flyin down the road...

Back Where I Come From...

2009-07-10T11:13:00.000-07:00

THIS is what I love about WYO.... see that house over there... way back in the distance?
How bout in this one....
No? Me either.... isn't it great?! I LOVE IT!!

Casper Bound!

2009-07-10T10:48:00.000-07:00

So, these 3 are one of my fav things about WY:I've known these girls since about 6th grade and we've been friends ever since! They're like family to me and have been nothing but helpful and supportive through all my crizap I go through! Oh, and not to mention, they're hysterical and we ALWAYS have a rockin good time together!
We road tripped to Erika's new house in Casper and had a girl's night slumber party, it was a ton of fun! Thanks girls, just for bein you!