Digital Scrapbooking

Crop 'til you drop!

Julie, Mom, and Sharise! It was fun to have the girls together! My family is the best!

Camille and Charise

Sarah, Renee, and Jen! We love the crazy faces! Shanna, Lyndi and I went with a few of their other friends out to dinner too, but I didn't have my camera with me! It was so much fun to have a day with the girls!

My sister Alisha taught a digital scrapbooking class yesterday from 2pm-midnight. It was so much fun and she is amazing with photoshop! I have taken a few classes from her, but haven't really had time to play with it to make pages of my own. It was a miracle that I got to use the computer for something other than homework! :) It was so fun to have some of my friends there too! This page is my first page I have completed on my very own! I hope I can do more with digital now. It is fun to know how to do both! If anyone is interested in finding out more about Alisha's product or classes check out www.onememoryatatime.com

General Conference

I absolutely LOVE General Conference! I love to hear the words of our prophets and apostles! The womens broadcast and the talks yesterday were amamzing! I'm so excited to hear more today! I loved so many things, that I'm not sure what thought to share. I loved President Uchdorf's talk about hope and I really enjoyed Elder Worthlin's talk! I'm excited to hear from our wonderful Prophet, President Monson today!

Yesterday my roommate ran the Marathon, and our front door is almost the finish line! It was fun to wait for her right in front of our house yesterday morning! A marathon- what an amazing accomplishment! I'm not a runner, so this was amazing to me!

Life has been good, really busy, but good! I'm always going from one thing to the next, but I would rather be busy than bored! :) My Masters will be done at the end of this summer, so there is an end in sight! I am so excited for Fall and the Holidays! I can't believe October is already here! My sister Andee is due this month with her little one, so we will have another little one in the family!

Wow! Moving takes a lot of time and energy! We are finally settled into our new cute place! It is great! School has been going great and homework and my internship keep me busy! I just tell everyone to put up with me until December and hopefully my life will calm down a little after that. This weekend our friends decided we needed to play! Friday night we had a great girls night! :) Saturday afternoon a group of our friends went to the Art Museum and saw the art exhibit about Zion's national park. It was really cool. Then we ate at pasta factory for dinner- one of my most favorites! We later decided to go for ice cream and bowling- it was so nice to have me time to relax and play. Ok, the coolest thing about bowling, which I have NEVER done before is that I scored a 182!!!! YEAH! I couldn't believe it! I got a turkey and two other strikes! Here are some pictures to show my excitement! :) OH and I love that it is Sunday! It seems that Sundays help me get through the rest of the craziness during the week! So I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday! :)

Record Breaking Score! 182 (at least for me)

Nicole and I after the Art Museum! We always have great times!

The Bowling Gang!

We had grandparents day at school and my Grandma Bev came! She is the best! It was so much fun to have her meet my kids this year!

August Update

Well, as most of you know this time of year is super crazy for me! School started on August 12th with my cute class! I'm excited for a new school year! My master's classes and internship started on August 25th and I am moving to a new house this weekend. Busy Busy Busy! This school year is going to be jam packed with hard work and fun! I keep telling myself if I can make it through this year, I can make it through anything! Here are a few fun things I have packed into my life lately. The first week of school my roommate Annie got married! I'm way excited for her and Blake to start their lives together. I really enjoy their friendships. I helped with the wedding planning and decorating, so here are a few pictures for you to enjoy! And thanks to Amy and Amy for helping with the wedding too! Last weekend a group of our friends went to our friend Chad's cabin on Cedar Mountain and played for the weekend! It was SO much FUN! :) We went hiking, caving, played horse shoes, chased sheep, made yummy food, relaxed in the hammock, gazed at the stars, played games around the campfire, and lots of laughing. It was so nice to get away even for the weekend and just play! This weekend has consisted of packing and moving! :) Tomorrow we will have everything moved hopfully-I'm grateful for a long weekend! :)

Annie & Blake- Bride and Groom


My camera battery died at the cabin, so I'll have to get more pics from my friends! Here is one of Deon, Chris, Charise and Paul!

Is it that time again?

So, I can't believe it is back to school already! It is crazy how time flies! This is Shelly and I at back to school night! I love teaching first grade! It is already my fourth year teaching!

My cute classroom!

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!

Advice...

Ok, so I'm a little Paranoid! Ever since I started my blog I have greatly considered making it a private blog! I don't like it easily accessible to anyone on the internet... it kind of freaks me out.. to be honest. Well, I want opinions on what you think if I should go private or not. One reason why I haven't wanted to go private is I have found so many of my friends and they have found me. One REQUEST I have for all of you before I make my decision is on the link to my blog if you will only put my first name, and not my last name, I would appreciate it greatly! My sisters decided to google me to see if they could find my blog (because of my small paranoia) and they way they found it is through other's people's blogs who have my first and last name on the link to my page. I know this may be a stupid request, but I would love it if you could do that small favor for me. I removed all last names from my side bar after I had thought about this more.... and I guess if I made it a private blog it would solve the whole issue, but I'm not sure if I want to quite yet... it will be in the future :) Thanks for listening and I would love feedback!