Friends....

I love them! I have made such good friends and I seriously have to ask myself how it is I lived 23 years without them in my life. I heart them and appreciate them so stinking much. It is nice to have a few close people to laugh with and cry with and just be with any day, any time! It is interesting at this age of life the trials that we go through. Sometimes they are similar and sometimes they are completely different. I have recently watched some close friends go through some hard times. With school, work, family, boys, friends. There is so much going on in our lives these days and sometimes it gets overwhelming!!

One of the hardest things for me is to watch a close friend struggle, whatever the struggle may be, it is hard to watch them hurt! I just hope that even though I may or may not have experienced exactly how they feel that they know I am there for them. I recently have had some hard situations that I have been trying to deal with and I know that they are truly there for me and would be anytime I needed them. I heart them and thank my heavenly father so much for the friends that I have been blessed with!

In August 07 when my contract ended at the last place I was living, I was looking for a new place for me and my roommates to go, I had looked at like 20 different apartments and had called about 20 more than that and I was going to this place across the street from where I live now. I looked there and wasn't impressed. Then as I was leaving I saw my complex. It looked really nice and out of my price range and I thought to myself, even if I could afford it they probably don't have an empty apartment for all 4 of us to move into (that had been my main problem). I decided to stop but was already set up for disappointment. I walked in and talked to the lady and I had the STRONGEST feeling that I was supposed to live there. I got the pamphlets and contracts and went home to talk the roommates. I pretty much told them that even if they didn't move there I felt like I was supposed to and I was going to! We all ended up moving there and I have been there for a year and a half and will resign my contract when it is up. I feel like although I am not certain what the purpose of living there was that there indeed was a purpose! I think that I was supposed to move there to meet the friends that I have made. I don't think I could have made it through the last few months without their love and support! It is such a testimony of following promptings and being in tune with the spirit!

Super Hero!

Meriam came stayed with me for a week while her mom was out of town. We had so much fun. We played and went ice skating, ate treats, played rock band, and watched lots of chick flicks! I am the best "mom" ever! LOL! But one of my favorite times was Sunday afternoon we were bored and so we decided to dress up like Super Heros! You might be thinking we are too old for that and that we are slightly lame, but don't knock it til you try it! We dressed up and then we went out in the town. We went and saw my grandparents and they were quite entertained. It was a really fun night. We laughed really hard. I loved having her there and think Lori needs to go on more business trips so that we can play again!

I should strike out!!!!

The GAME.... It stinks! I swear that no matter how you play, you are never playing it "right". Maybe that is the point! Maybe, it is some cruel joke that I have not caught on too... Seriously though, if you don't play it, then you don't get dates. But even if you do play it, you get screwed over! Either you play "too" hard to get and ruin  your chances or you don't play hard enough and then you are pushy and they aren't attracted to you anymore! What the heck is a girl suppose to do??? I don't get it. Who made up the game anyways? Who decided what the "rules" are? Maybe, I should just make up a NEW game LOL! The whole dating thing makes me laugh. I don't know who actually enjoys it. Did you enjoy dating? I don't think I have ever met anyone who would give anything to be back in the dating world. Seriously, I know it is part of life and I will learn from it blah blah blah but it is hard!! It is NOT fun! I think I have this 'gift' of attracting or being attracted to guys that might as well be girls. For real... can you say drama KING?!? Most of the time girls get blamed for the drama and to be honest that is usually true and fair... but I swear some dudes are worse than girls. It is ridiculous!!! WOW! So tell me, what is a girl suppose to do when she can't seem to play the game right and she is liking a guy who might as well be a girl?!? LOL!!!

Finally some Fun!!

I have been working like crazy and I have been trying to get some sleep in when I was not working so I have not done too many fun things lately! But last night we went bowling then to AppleBees and it was so fun! It was great to get all of my friends together and go out and do something fun! We had a blast. We bowled guys against girls and it was 4 on 4. We made a bet that the loser bought chocolate cake and Applebees for the winners after. Well, not that I need to even say it, but the girls KICKED BUTT! We rocked their socks! First game was pretty even, second game was no contest. Jamie got a turkey (3 strikes in a row) and she ended with a 170 and Nicole got a hambone ( I think that is what the guy called it, but that is 4 strikes in a row) she ended with a 183! It was INSANE! They did awesome and when it comes to bowling, I have 2 new heros! LOL! We went to Applebees after and we went around with the waiters and sang Happy Birhtday to people, needless to say , it was a VERY entertaining night! I had so much fun and it was great to see friends I had not seen in a while!

Updates....

I have not blogged since before Christmas. I have been sooo busy with work and the holidays that this was the last thing on my mind, but now that things have settled down, there have been some exciting things happening. First, my baby brother got engaged! He and Marie are getting married on February 21st. We are very excited to welcome her to our family and get to know her better. You all will love her she is very sweet! I took their engagement pictures. Here is the happy couple!

Also, my aunt had her baby on the 4th and I am very excited! I have been waiting for baby Courtney to come and I am very excited she is here. Nicole is doing great and the baby is adorable. I am going to get better pics but here is one that I took the day she was born...

I am excited for both new additions to our family!!!!!

Mannassas Virginia

My work sent me back east to Mannassas to do a Cricut Demo at an AC MOORE store back there. It was so much fun! I have never been east of Colorado and I have never flown on a plane before so this was quite and exciteing event for me. It was an experience I will never forget. I loved flying and enjoyed the traveling alot. I landed in Mannassas where they had a limo service waiting to take me to my hotel. I really traveled in style and loved every minute of it! Kayla flew out and met me there. We went to dinner and played at the hotel friday night. Then I went and did my Demo on Saturday and met a lady named Sheila who was Demoing with me. She was fabulous!!

After the Demo we went to the Mannassas Mall and did a little shopping and then we went to dinner and back to the hotel! Sunday morning we woke up EARLY and we checked out of the Hotel and drove into Washington DC where we took a 3 hour tour of the City and got to see a ton of amazing places....

This was the Washington Monument. It was one of the first things we saw as we drove into town.The capital building was beautiful and it was soooo big!!

I also loved the Lincoln Memorial. It was amazing!

I would LOVE to live in a house like this. The streets were amazing!

I also got to see the white house. I didnt think I would ever get the chance to see it and I did and I loved it! It was really cool!

The rest of the pictures are just of me and me and kayla chillin in DC. I was glad she came with me so I could spend the weekend with her! We had a lot of fun!

I loved every second of it! I will get to be going back this next weekend and I am very excited!

Other Fun Stuff....

What else have I been up to? Well most of you probably dont care but since this is kind of a journal to me, well it is better than nothing and I am way to tired in the wee hours of the morning that I now call bedtime to actually write in a journal, so I use this in a way as a
journal-ish thing! LOL! Anyways, We went to temple square for FHE and it was so much fun, we watched the new Joseph Smith movie (which isnt new, but I had not seen it) and I LOVED it! It was so good, I cried through the whole thing, the poor guy next to me kept asking me if I was ok or if I needed anything, I think it was making him uncomfortable. We walked around and visited the reflection pool and it was gorgeous and luckily on the night we went it was not that cold. It was perfect!

We have also been PARTYING it up! Our friend Lauren had a birthday and I LOVE birthdays, we really use any excuse we can to stay up all night and party! It was a blast! All though I will admit that even though we threw the confetti outside, somehow the little peices found their way into my bra and set up camp with out my knowledge, so that night when I went to change it was like a celebration all over agian as they all came flying out.... now my room is covered and they really dont like to vacuum up nicley! LOL!

Another fun night was when we went to a BYU basketball game and we tried all night to get up on the big screen and finally we made it! We were up Rocking the chicken dance and we got on the big screen it was so fun! Also, pretty sure Cosmo was hitting on us, I just hope it was a guy in there (you never can be sure) It was a really fun night!
That is pretty much what I have been doing lately, I work then play and then dont sleep then I play some more, then I usually work and play after that!!! LOL! One of these days I am going to go to bed and not wake up for at least 2 days! That would be so nice... but I would miss out on so much fun!