Random Shopping

These are a few of my random shopping adventures lately. I'm really not much of a shopper, I consider myself pretty thrifty-- I always love a good deal!

This first is a picture of a really random shopping trip lately-- I was looking for something for my friends wedding stuff and instead I walked out with all of this-- which isn't usually what I do-- but all of it was only $43!
*A knife set- which we needed badly
*Art Decoration- (my roommate said it is totally you! And I said because it is a 2!-- for those who will get that just smile! )
*A 4G Memory Card for my Camera
*Laundry Detergent
*3 boxes of Cereal to go bars (for my upcoming trip)
*2 boxes of Pop tarts (also for the trip!)
ALL for a total of $43- I was rather proud! :)

My other shopping adventure wa thanks to my good friend Shanna! She is trying to keep me up on sales and coupons- I need to get into the coupon thing more! :) Walmart had Frosted Mini Wheats on Sale (my most favorite cereal) and it ended up being 50 cents a box with a coupon for each box. I got me 14, my roommate 10, my dad and mom 25, and my other friend 10 boxes. I think I ended up with 66 boxes! It was great! :) I at least stocked up on my cereal for food storage! You can't beat that price!

Lake Trip

FIRST LAKE TRIP OF THE SEASON....
I love going to the lake and go boating! Amy and Jayson were great to take a few of us girls out for the afternoon on Saturday! It was so much fun! We decided it was good thearpy for all of us to chill on the boat, enjoy the sun rays, and play our little hearts out! :) Cami came down for the weekend from up north so we played a ton! I've learned in the past few weeks that dating is always a new adventure, and there is always something to learn from every situation. Dating: sometimes fun and sometimes not fun!- but what is new about that statement- right!

Cami & Charise
Jayson & Aiden

Cherie & Charise- I met Cherie in January when she moved down here,

it has been so much fun getting to know her!

Amy & Aiden- Chillin on the boat! You guys are the best!

Jayson & Charise- Surfing behind the boat - Double time!

Cami and I have crazy fun when we get together!

Girls-- Just wanna have fun! :)

Official Graduation

So I have updated my blog quite a bit today- so keep scrolling down! :) Here are a few pictures from my Graduation from SUU. It was yesterday! President Monson was the speaker- it was great! I was on the 4th row-- and I don't think I have ever been that close to the prophet before. It was a great day! I have one class to finish this summer- so officially I will be done in July-- but the hardest part (my internships) are done! Two years flies by fast! I have played a lot this week with all of my fun friends!

Mom, Me, & Grandma Bev- Love you!


I want to thank my amazing parent for supporting me- I love you mom and dad- You're the best! :)

Randomness!

Life has been super crazy the past few weeks! I'm excited that summer is coming and that I am done with the hardest part of my school stuff- now I just need to finish up! :) Here are a few random pictures and stories from my life lately:

So this past week at work has been teacher appreciation week! My wonderful room moms spoiled me- as usual! These are the bulletin boards they made for Shelly and I outside our classroom doors. We are super heroes in training! Everyone has gotten a kick out of them! And wow- I turn into Wonder Woman on the weekends and Shelly is Bat Girl! I thought they were very creative! All of the wonderful parents of my students spoiled me this week! Thanks to ALL for everything! You guys are the best!

One of my cute students wrote me this note and left it on my desk on Tuesday this week. He said "Thank you for being my teacher- you are the best!" and inside was a dollar bill! I got a kick out of this one! I told his mom about it and later when she asked him about giving me a note, he said, "She deserves it! She is my teacher!". He is so cute! So I got paid twice this week! :) I just love my job!

This is Lacee and I shopping at Lowes! And we weren't shopping for home improvement projects- we are shopping for her wedding. I am now named her official wedding planner! I love helping my friends do creative things! Her wedding is in June and her friend Cindee and I have been helping her plan everything. We were getting some wood for her back drop- do I'll have to share with you the final outcome- in June! :) (We weren't having fun at all) ha ha.

Easter

Easter Weekend! All of the grandkids had an Easter Egg Hunt over at the Hoopes house before the Family BBQ. It is always fun to get the family together! I love living so close to my family! They are the best! Rushton, Paige, & Ethan hunting for eggs! I was walking around helping Miss Paige and it was cute--she really wanted the pink ones! The older kids got as much as they could, and well, little Ethan only needed one (he is holding it like his own little football). :)

Graduation

Just to let everyone know-- I am walking on May 2nd to receive my Masters Degree! It has been two years of hard hard work, but I appreciate all of the support and love from everyone! It will be nice to take up a few of my hobbies again and to see my friends more often! :) I still have a class this summer so I will be officially done by the end of June! Yeah!

March Update

Wow it has been a busy busy month- and it flew by fast! Here are a few updates! My brother Jeff married Lexie White on March 14th. They are such a cute couple! So we had all of the wedding adventures and family gatherings! Then Spring Break was the next week, I had a few papers to finish for my Masters homework and then from Wednesday to Saturday that week a small group of my friends went down to San Diego to play! It was so nice to play and relax for a few days. We played frisbee and football on the beach and just enjoyed sunny California. Last weekend my brother Jeff's band, City of Ashburn, opened at Tuachan for the band "Boys like Girls". Me and my roommates and a few friends decided to go and enjoy something fun! And I have loved conference weekend this weekend- some good times with family and friends and listening to the prophet! As you can see it as been a fun filled month! Work is going great- my class is so cute! I can't believe this school year is almost over! Time flies too fast! One of my cute students brought me a bag of 4 strawberries all cut up and ready to eat. His mom said he washed and cut them all by himself and he wanted to bring them to school because they are Miss Gardner's favorite! How thoughtful! :) I just look around at all aspects of my life and I am blessed in so many ways! I'm so thankful for all of the amazing people in my life!

The Boys like Girls Concert- I was just introduced to their music a few weeks ago- but I really like it! Jeff's band did awesome too!

The whole gang: Kason, Chase, Kelsey, Kristin, Deon, Scott, and Me

Silly Roomies!
Crazy friends! We have so much fun together!
This picture below reminds me of all the crazy nights at our apartment- for some odd reason when 11:00pm hits- it is a whole new world at our house! The fun/crazy house! :)

Kelsey, Kristin, Deon, & Charise

Our trip to San Diego was a blast! We stayed in Oceanside and played on the beach, ate good food, relaxed, played sports, and enjoyed the hot tub! :)

Adam, Me, Jen, Deon, & Ashley (nice legs!)

Me & Dee on the beach!

Jamba Juice! I can't live without my smoothies! :)
Charise, Adam, & Scott
We stopped to see the temple- some of our friends had never seen it before! It is so beautiful!

The whole gang!

These are just some fun snap shots from the wedding. Julie has some other pictures that Alisha took from all of the festivities! Julie planned everything, and the whole family helped! Alisha did their announcments and photography. Angie Hoopes did thier amazing cake! Pretty much it was a family affair! :)

Julie had this great idea to do this with the chandelier! It turned out gorgeous!

Lexie and Baby Ethan

The Bride and Groom- These were big canvas pictures up on the wall!

Coming out of the temple!

All of the sisters! C-Reese, S-Reese, Alisha, Julie, & Andee