Thursday, July 24, 2008

Arizona Fun

The past week I have been having tons of fun in Mesa Arizona with Famiy and Friends! Mom and Dad, Julie and Kaulin, and I went down on the 16th for my cousin Shauna's Wedding on the 17th. The wedding was great! My first time in the Mesa Temple, it was amazing! Shauna and Josh seem so happy! Then I stayed til the 22nd and played with the cousins and my friend Shandra! She moved down there last summer and I miss her so! We had tons of fun! We went swimming and shopping- two musts when on vacation! I helped Shandra get some new stuff to decorate her new place! I love decorating! :)
The Girls-best of friends! Jason and Shandra-Cute!
So Shandra's birthday is on the 24th and Jason was so cute and gave her a gift certificate for a pedicure and manicure for her birthday. Then he gave her one for me too so we could go togther while I was visiting, it was so cute of him! We loved it! Here are our cute toes and hands-(kinda a random pic).
I love getting pampered, but I don't do it often. I enjoy pedicures, but I am tickilish, so it makes it not so relaxing. If you ever want to be entertained, just take me to get a pedicure :) The facial expressions are great. Oh and this time, they used hot river rocks to massage the legs, it was interesting, but lovely!
Charise & Shandra!
Monday night we were just chillin at Shandra's place and a strom hit ! The power went out for about a half an hour. Well the crazy girls that we are, we decided to go and run in the rain! It was so much fun! The pic above is the before picture of Shandra, Lauralie (her roommate), and me.
We ran through puddles, splashed everywhere, did cartwheels! I felt like I was 10 again- it was great! I love those carefree moments in life! We were soaked to the bone!

Shauna & Josh! Congratulations! My cousin Rachel and her little one- Jace!
My cousins: Shellee, Brielle, and Abbey, and my sister Julie! Hanging out after the luncheon.
We had some fun with the camera! Silly Faces- the kids joined in on the fun!




5 comments:

Megan said...

Charise...
Through a bit of jumping from one blog to another (ok, ok...call it what you will...blogstoking) I came across your blog! :D It's so cute! I LOVE those pics of you girls in AZ! Thank Heaven for amazing friendships! Also, the ones of you, Julie and the little ones are darling too!
It was fun hangin out at the pool with you, Sham and the fam today! See ya at Ultimate/Volleball hopefully!

Josh, Lindsie, and Ava said...

How fun! Hopefully that rain storm helped cool things off down there!

stgrunninmom said...

Looks like so much fun! How are you Charise? I hope you're back from Arizona, cause I wanted to invite you and Julie to my baby shower...the countdown is four more weeks until baby boy Cope is due! It would be so much fun to see you! My e-mail is lauracope143@hotmail.com, send me your address, k? You look great!

Dalton Family said...

You have had a BUSY summer! 1 week till school AHHHH! Sami is so excited, she has her backpack and school clothes on today! She tells everyone one week until Ms. Gardner's school!

Frei Family said...

Looks like the wedding was fun! It was so good to see you!! I am glad you ahve fun this summer!!