TrYiNg to be PaTiEnT!!!!

Well it has been a very crazy couple of past weeks. We moved out of our apartment and we have all been couch surfing ever since. I guess that really isn't the term I should use because I have been staying with my brother and sister-in-law and they have been more than good to me! I even have my own room and a bed! It hasn't been bad at all! I haven't had time to update my blog, with moving, making sure everything is good for graduation, and work... It has been pretty intense! Everything is going great with my new home... only a little while longer till I get some stability back in my life, I have a hard time with lack of stability. My house pasted the inspection so now we are just waiting till closing! I wish it would come faster! I have been having dreams about how cute my house will be... after a LOT of yard work!!! Good thing I like that kind of stuff! I just got back from a training in Boise! It was a great experience but I had no time for anything that might have been considered fun! I did get paid to stay in the nicest hotels and eat in the nicest restaurants... all paid for! So I really can not complain! Life is good and getting better with each passing day!

I'm graduating!!!!

Well... It's finally here! Graduation! I graduate tomorrow but I decided not to walk... simply because I might walk when I get my masters and I would rather save my money for my house! Time is an issue too, I really don't have time to be at ISU for a long boring ceremony! What a relief! Life is good!

I am buying a house!!!!

I am so excited and nervous at the same time! I guess it is time to grow up and make some grown up decisions! I am buying this house and I am so pumped and excited! It was pretty stressful getting everything in order but I did it and I will be closing on the house on June 2nd if everything goes as planned! It has 4 bedrooms, a dining room, a computer room, two living rooms with fireplaces and I LOVE it! Lots of changes taking place in my life, a little nerve racking but so much fun and so crazy!

I'm an AUNT!!!

My little sister Savana had her baby today! He is such a sweet little angel! He was born at 11:22 this morning. I love him!

This when he was just a few minutes old! Isn't he ADORABLE?!?!


Grandma with her very first grandbaby!!!

Me with my very first NEPHEW!!! I LOVE HIM SOO MUCH!

What a PROUD DADDY!!!

He is gonna be a BINKI BABY!

Savana with her brand new baby boy!!! SO SWEET!

Ryan's Birthday!!!

My brother, Ryan, had his birthday on April 13th. We went to the park and had a BBQ!It was so much fun! I am thankful for my brother and for his love and support. He always seems to be a voice of reason for me when I get a little stressed out and start acting a little crazy. He is supportive of me and encourages me to strive to reach the goals that I have set for myself. I am so thankful for his birthday because he has blessed my life in so many ways! I love ya Ry!

Life is GOOD!

These past few weeks have been INTENSE! At work we have been super busy moving into our new facility, it was a lot of work and took a ton of time but were all in now and trying to get things settled down. I found out that I need to test for my CADC in June, I thought I had a lot more time than that but I don't. I had to find a course in case management on line and earn some of my hours that way, it worked out great and I am ever so thankful for the help of my friend and co-worker Jen... She's amazing! Thank you Jen! I got my office pretty well set up the way I like it, there are still a few things I'd like to do but they aren't very high on my priority list right now, it can wait! I'm looking into buying a home, that is super stressful, but I feel really good about it right now in my life. I'll keep you posted on my progress of buying a home. I am looking at one right now and I LOVE it but we'll see what happens! My trainer from the mission and friend Heather introduced me to Craig's List on line and I found a washer and a dryer for $100.00 for both of them!!!! I am so excited about them and they work great! Thank you Heather! I really am very thankful for all of the blessings that I now enjoy! It seems as if everything is working out perfect! Life is so GOOD!

A vacation to REMEMBER!

I left for Salt Lake City on Thursday afternoon with my roommate, Melissa, to meet one of my really good friends, Brooke, who flew in from Spokane Washington and her sister, Kate. Girls weekend out! Wahoo! I went tanning that morning and they had just changed thier bulbs... I got BURNT! But I wasn't gonna let that put a damper on our AMAZING WEEKEND that we had all planed out! We like to party! We kept it pretty low key Thursday night, we just sat in the hot tub of the hotel... VERY relaxing and much needed!

The next morning we got up and got ready for our EXCITING DAY! Here Brooke and Kate are getting ready to break some hearts...

We went to the Hogle Zoo and I loved it! I haven't been there in SO LONG! It was so much fun!

Look... The girl elephant is stealing the water out of the boy elepahant's mouth! I thought that was so funny!











Have you ever been to an arena football game? This was my fist one and it was SO MUCH FUN! I will for sure go to another one! We went to the Utah Blaze game and had the best time ever!




The Blaze lost! :( It was tied and the other team kicked a feild goal with 1.2 seconds left. They won by 3 points.

Brooke and I got home from the Blaze game and we were BEAT! I fell right to sleep! The next morning I got up to get ready and go visit some of my companions from the mission. When I went out to my car I noticed a black trash bag over my passanger window. At 1st I thought that it had just blown there from the wind but when I got closer I saw glass EVERYWHERE! My window had been broken out and someone had stolen my IPOD. I was pretty disappointed and upset. The hotel workers were worried that it was going to rain so they put some plastic on my window to protect my car. Whoever broke into my car went through my jockey box but didn't find anything. My wallet was on the back seat, they didn't see that because it was covered by my coat. I know I shouldn't be too upset because it could have been way WORSE if they had seen my wallet, but I was still pretty mad. The hotel workers were so sweet! They vaccumed out all of the glass... It was EVERYWHERE and put some clear plastic wrap on it till I made it to the glass repair shop. It blew off when I got on the freeway and it scared me almost half to death! I got my window fixed but it's not tinted yet... It looks kinda scary but I'll get it fixed soon enough. It wasn't cheap to fix either, but it's all good. The only thing that I am frustrated with now would be that they messed something up when they took my door covering off, my handle won't go down and the door wont stay shut unless I SLAM IT HARD! Oh my! Bless my HEART! I'm still pretty mad!

Trisha, a companion from the mission, and her son Eli came to pick me up while I was waiting for my car window to get fixed. We went to ColdStone's and I got some chocolate ice cream... Chocolate fixes EVERYTHING! It was so good to see her and her son was so dang cute! He is a very happy boy with the cutest personality! Just like his mommy!



I got to visit another companions from the mission and good friend, Lindsay and her sweet son, Porter! It was so good to see them and he got her eyes! How adorable! He was a little busy body!


The hotel felt so bad about what had happened to my car that they bought us Jazz ticket... SAWEET! The tickets said section 21 row 2 seats 4-6 which was 2 rows from the court... WOW! I was so excited! When we went down to get our seats one of the guys who was trying to help us said that there must have been a misprint on our tickets because there was no row 2 in section 21 so they took us into the tunnels where the locker rooms are and made us wait till they figured out where we were supposed to be. Turns out that our seats were in section 109 row 19! Yep! It was really 2 rows from the very TOP! Wow! Could my luck possible get any better? At least we got free Jazz tickets, Right?

The Jazz won and it really was a GREAT game!

Well there ya have it! A vacation to remember! I guess ya gotta take the good with the bad! Overall I had a great time with a few minor set backs!