tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59424645845446069602024-03-05T15:10:49.860-08:00The Fabulous Life of AmberAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-32089983551455883862012-04-26T15:01:00.000-07:002012-04-26T15:01:04.454-07:00Recent changes, travel, and..... ALASKA!Ok ladies and gents, here's the news that I can't wait to share so I'm putting it first. I'm going back to Alaska for the summer! Exciting right?? So let me start in the middle of my ramblings and tell you how it came to be that I'm headed back to paradise :) So in Feb I lost my job with Jared which was bittersweet. Bitter for obvious reasons like losing my job, a cool boss and not having any money. But sweet because I got kinda excited for the new possibilities. So I start applying for jobs in the area and Rach, being the smartypants that she is, says 'why don't you apply for Alaska?' At first I just think yeah that could be fun, but probably not the most rational job choice. So i keep applying for jobs in the Rigby/Rexburg area. I actually get hired at an Arthritis Specialty Center as the receptionist and finish up my first day when I get home and just get the overwhelming feeling that I NEED to apply for jobs in AK. So I hop online, start applying and hear back from a gent on Kodiak Island within minutes. He needed some reference letters so I call up my old boss Kelly and ask him to make me sound good! lol. About a week later I still haven't heard back from Kelly so I start to bug him like my charming personality demands. lol. The next morning he has called, text, and emailed to offer me a job with his new lodge!!! HELL YEAH!!! hehe. I may or may not have spent the rest of the day bursting out in spontaneous screaming I was so excited! It's been four years since I've been back and I can't wait for the adventure to begin! I leave June 3rd and I am counting down the days (38). <br />
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Ok on to other news. Let me think back to all the happenings since I last blogged.... Umm so I finished up fall semester... celebrated holidays.... quite honestly I can't really remember what I did last fall so we'll fast forward. lol. So like I said I lost my job end of Feb, moved back home with my parents which was a really good thing since my house was sucking all my money (but that's a different story) and got my new job. I went to Vegas for spring break and just relaxed. It was exactly what I needed. I laid out in the sun, spent time with friends, went to a fair and hit up a rodeo, did a little shopping and hung out with family. It was perfect. Since finding out about my job in AK it seems like time is creeping by/ flying past. Is that even possible?? I have so many plans to see friends and play before I leave that I don't know how I'm going to get it all in. So far I've played in Vegas, like stated previously, spent time with Lacy and her kids and the baby pigs!, seen friends from out of town and played with my sisters. Up on the docket I'm going camping this weekend, SLC next weekend to help my best friend Calaigh celebrate the sealing of her little fam and blessing her baby girl, the following weekend I'm headed back to SF to celebrate my 25th birthday (HOLY SMOKES when did I get so old?! lol), then another camping trip with my family at Lagoon, my cousin's graduation and anything else I can fit in in the next 5 1/2 weeks. lol. It's kinda crazy but I'm loving it and so freakin excited I can't really describe it without using a million exclamation points... which might become tedious to type. lol. So yeah... I think that's about everything. OH! I went rock climbing last night. First time ever and I dominated that wall! haha. Ok I really think that's it. Peace out!<br />
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P.s. Sometimes I lie in bed at night and think of super witty things that I could write on my blog, but by the time morning has come my wittiness has left me, along with the memory of what I wanted to say. So I just end up writing things that I think are<em> kinda</em> funny and hope that everyone who reads this thinks it's<em> really</em> funny. haha. Does that ever happend to anyone else?? lolAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-49143966775394095722011-09-29T12:59:00.001-07:002011-09-29T13:15:28.844-07:00Hey Good Lookin'Deke came back to me!!! My sweet handsome boy is back with his mama, right where he belongs :) It has been two and a half weeks, some of the longest most stressful weeks of my life, and I was feeling pretty dang hopeless. But yesterday morning, whilest eating my Raisin Nut Bran (yummy!) I heard a kitty meow outside my kitchen window. It sounded a little familiar, but I thought 'all cats kinda sound the same'. But when I heard it again, I thought what the heck. So I popped open the window, said hello, heard that familiar cry, looked out and my little man was sitting right under my window looking up at me! I went racing out the front door yelling his name and he came running. Best. Moment. Ever. He couldn't stop talking and rubbing all over me. I think he missed me just as much as I missed him since he didn't leave me for one moment when I was home yesterday. We vegged out on the couch all night. Me stretched out on the couch and him snuggled up under my arm. He wasn't skinny so he was finding food somewhere, which is something I am extremely grateful for. I have to confess to having an emotional moment when I finally held him. I called my mom (at 6:45 am) and I was crying my eyes out. She thought something awful had happened, but I reassured her that I was crying because I was so happy. I've never had that happen before. Where you are so happy that you burst into tears. Kinda a great feeling :) Lol. I never go into religion on my blog, but I have to say that prayers really do get answered. So thank you to all my friends and family who prayed for a cat that they've never even met, I know it's a big reason that he came home safely :)YAY!!!!!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-78150045973545612222011-09-14T08:47:00.000-07:002011-09-14T09:00:47.295-07:00Life as I know itSo. School has officially started. I'm on my third day back and it's going pretty good. I think this semester is going to be easier than I originally thought. I'm not sure if I'm happy about this or not. Right now all the classes just seem to be more of a review of previous things I've learned, so I'm hoping they get a little more in-depth within the next couple of weeks. I'm shocked to find myself admitting such a thing, but my Ecology class is actually quite interesting. I know! I feel like I'm betraying my beloved biology but you can't help what your heart decides to love. lol.<br /><br />Rach had her beautiful baby boy on Sept 6th at 11:03 pm. It was a very long labor. She started labor on Sunday, the 4th, went to the hospital and they sent her home since she wasn't very far along. And then her labor decided to stop. Lame-sauce :P So me and Beaner took her and Taytum for a walk around the greenbelt to see if exercise would speed things along. It didn't. She made it all the way to Tuesday morning where she went in and got induced. It was a very long day full of waiting for the little turkey to get here. He was quite content to just stay inside mom all day and laze around. lol. We finally talked some sense into him and convinced him how awesome the outside world really is and he made his appearance! :) He's the total opposite of Taytum. She is a wild child in every definition of the word and this little dude just sleeps and lets you snuggle on him all day. He's pretty much the coolest kid ever. lol<br /><br />I have moved into my house! I found an adorable 3 bed/2 bath house in a craftsman style setting that I am in love with. I love having a place that I look forward to coming home to every day. My two roommates are pretty awesome as well. Me and Kacy obviously have a lot of fun and we convince Jess to hang out with us when she's home. For the most part we all do our own thing which I really love, because me and my quiet time are must haves. lol. On a much more serious note, one that has had me crying everyday, is that Deke, my sweet handsome baby, has gotten lost. I put him in the backyard on our first night and a board was missing in the fence. I went out the next morning to find him gone and my heart totally broken. I've been going out every night for hours walking around and calling for him but no luck so far. All the animal shelters, vet clinics and police station have his photo and description. I'm hoping some family will find him and realize that he's someone's baby and turn him in. So please keep in your prayers! I'll keep you updated on his return. Because I will find him. Everything else just isn't an option.<br /><br />That's a very depressing thought to end on so some more exciting news is my uncle Chaddy is finally tying the knot. The wedding is at the end of the month and I'm excited because weddings in our family our pretty much the party of the year type quality. lol. Okay maybe not that high up, but we do have a DJ, a dance floor and yummy food. And really, what more can you ask for?Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-26752717972827522292011-07-07T15:29:00.000-07:002011-07-07T15:36:29.394-07:00A whole lotta naddaTaytum knows my name! I know this doesn't sound like a blog worthy post, but trust me, it is! She has been able to say Brianna's name for months. I was starting to feel left out. Granted, she sees Bean almost every day and she's lucky if she sees me once every two weeks, but she finally has my name down! Ok, so she calls me Ber, just like she calls Bean, Bee. I walked in her house to babysit her for a few hours this morning and she said my name. It was awesome :)<br /><br />On another random note, I think I've caught Rachael's pregnancy brain. Last week I pull out of a parking lot and I forgot which side of the road I was supposed to drive on! I kid you not. I had a full 30 seconds of panic before I saw a car coming and figured I should be on the side opposite of them. My mind totally betrayed me and went blank! It was nuts. lol.<br /><br />Also. House hunting is frustrating. We've probably looked at over a dozen homes and can't find one that we love. Luckily there are new homes popping up everday. We just have to be patient.. something that I have never succeeded at! lol<br />The End.Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-45002767214260713112011-06-15T12:26:00.000-07:002011-06-15T12:46:55.567-07:00Brainy... the new adjective to describe moiJust kidding. lol. I wish this was true. It would make my next semester so much easier. Three lectures plus three labs. And each lab is 3 hours long. Can't figure out if that is a good thing or not. lol. Up on the block we've got Invertebrate Zoology, Ecology (ick) and Bio Part 2. I'm excited about the zoology class. I took an invertebrate/vertebrate zoology class last semester so this one is just more in-depth. It'll be wicked cool. Not sure why I just said wicked... it just came to me. lol. The Ecology one... hmmmm. I hate plants. I hate learning about the biospheres, the cycle of life, etc. But such is life that I have to suffer through such a class to save the whales. Yuck. But you know me, I'm no complainer! hahahaha. Today I am cracking myself up! Bio #2.... Not sure what to say about it. It's just more biology. Which I love. Duh :P Mostly I'm just looking forward to the classes I get to take AFTER I finish the Bio class. Like Genetics & Molecular Biology. That class is up next semester and I'm pretty excited for it. I know, I know. I'm a geek. It's one of the things that makes me charming. lol. Of course we've got a religion class thrown in. The school doesn't want me to forget my place in the world... but no worries. I'm sticking it to the man (school lol). I'll die before they get me into Prep for Eternal Marriage. I kid you not. This is a class that they offer/highly recommend. But it's this or Family Foundations. Choices, choices. Pretty sure I won't be able to decide until my final semester when I'm forced to choose. Maybe by then I'll have better options..? lol<br /><br />P.s. I got out of a $100 Parking ticket today. That's right. I'm hot stuff :P<br />P.P.s. Is anyone watching the Bachelor? Poor Ashley. She's gonna feel like a prize idiot when she watches the show back and sees what a doucher Bentley was and how she just went on and on <em>and on </em>about how amazing he was, how he totally filled her heart with rainbows and unicorns... I almost feel sorry for her. But she's got hotties like JP to make up for it. Seriously. YUM. lolAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-15310171366341600802011-06-10T13:03:00.000-07:002011-06-10T14:19:17.859-07:00I'm AliVe!!Hehe. Yes it's true. I'm still here. I've just been busy people. Sheesh... cut me a little slack... and by a little I of course mean the past 6 months. lol. Holy smokes a lot has happened. Where to begin... the beginning? Sounds good to me! Clearly I'm in a weird mood. lol<br /><br />So New Year's. SAN FRANCISCO!! I know. We all did the countdown and then I went and never reported back. Sorry to keep you hanging in such suspense for sooo long. But here it is... without pics cuz my aunt has my camera... I fell completely head-over-feet in L-O-V-E with this city. Like seriously. And it wasn't because of the bridge.. which was cool if you like bridges... I don't really understand the big deal, except it was red. lol. I love the people, the places we got to see, the different cultures. It was amazing. I've always loved cities just because you get the opportunity to be anonymous and do your thing without worrying what others think. It was heaven. Everyday we'd go explore a different part of the city. I did the touristy thing, like Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, and the bridge. But my favorite parts where walking the Embarcadero every day, trying new restaurants (I'm crazy about Indian food. YUM!), discovering some mural painted on an alley wall. It was so overwhelming. You really can't take it all in in one trip sooo... I went again :) In April. Katie was turning the big 30 so I flew out for her birthday and to spend some more time with the city I fell in love with. I was more comfortable doing my own thing this time. I knew the places that I loved, Yuerba Buena park being a favorite, and I would just walk and explore all day. It was perfect. I got to meet new people on my flights, in the park, at the beach. Richard and KD were always shocked that I made a new friend. They thought I was way too friendly with people. But KD is kinda paranoid that every person is out to get me... lol. It was nice that she worried I guess. lol<br /><br />It was the best two vacations ever. I never wanted to leave. But I still have things to finish up here in the Burg before I can move on. So I guess for now SF will just be my new go-to vacay spot. lol.... And quite possibly there might be another trip coming up end of July... :)<br /><br />On to less exciting things. Right after I got back from my first SF trip I headed down to Las Vegas a week later to help my great-grandma celebrate her 91st birthday! I always love these trips. The whole family goes down. We eat, play, sunbathe. It's always a good escape.<br /><br />I've decided this is going to be my year of travel. I think I'm doing pretty good so far. 2 trips to SF, possibly 3, 4 days in Vegas, a weekend in Park City with my mom and sisters for our birthdays, a weekend in Jackson Hole WY just to get away, 3 different trips down to Logan to see family and just recently I spent Memorial Weekend in Tooele, UT at the superbike races. That was a lot of fun. Me, Kendell, Ashley and Kelsey headed down on Sunday and spent the night with an old friend Tyler. Woke up Monday morning and hit the tracks, drove home that night. I love road trips, even if they're short ones. I've been invited to hit up Ireland in August. We'll see if I can come up with the money for it, but somehow I'm thinking I won't be making that trip. Which really bums me out because I'd love to see that place. But I'll get there eventually. lol<br /><br />We finally hit the water for the first time of the season! It was so much fun. Me, Ash and Kendell spent most of the day getting the boat ready. Who knew you had to wash, buff, polish, wash again and then wax it just to put it in the water.... doesn't make much sense to me. By the end of all that work my arms felt like wet noodles! All that wax on, wax off stuff really gets ya. lol. And to top off all this hard work we ended up taking someone else's boat! Hopefully tomorrow is a decent day and we can take this baby out! I love being on the water. Not so much behind the boat as in it, but I'm working on that fear. lol. What else.... I'm going to be an aunt again!! Rach is popping out a boy right around Taytum's 2nd birthday. I'm so excited for the little man to get here!<br /><br />I can't really think of anything else. Life is going good. I seem to be constantly busy. I'm loving my life right now. And I'm way excited that summer is finally starting to show up. Who knows what adventures this summer will give me. lol. So far we have two camping trips planned, a white water rafting trip, a car show in Tooele and Logan, and endless bonfires and spurlunking in caves... It's gonna be a good summer :) And if you made it this far, thanks caring about my life. lol. xoxoxoAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-57948385044050381792010-12-27T09:11:00.000-08:002010-12-27T09:32:05.162-08:00ChristmasChristmas this year was amazing. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed this holiday so much. This year has been one of the craziest, busiest, hardest, most rewarding years I've had in... probably ever. lol. I'm so excited for a new year and to see what challenges and adventures await!<br /><br />But on to the holiday. We did lunch with my G. Patti in Poky on the way down to logan on christmas eve. Rach, Ben and Taterbug met us down there and we ate at Mama Inez. It was pretty good. I had this cream cheese chicken burrito.. YUM! After hanging out with grandma we headed down to utah to the rest of the fam. We dropped off my dad and bean, picked up my aunt crissy and headed into town. We had some last minute shopping that needed to get done. Every year my family provides christmas for a family that can't afford it. This year we got to help out a family that we actually knew and it was amazing. After we dropped off the presents and food we had to circle around to get back home and as we drove past the house we were able to see everyone gathered around the table looking through the boxes with the kids going through the presents. It was an emotional sight. I think we all got a little choked up. This is my favorite tradition that my family does. Every year I look forward to it. It will definitely be one that I carry on with my family. :)<br /><br />But before we did that we had the christmas eve dinner. It was the usual turkey, ham (ick), green bean casserole (yummy).... basically all the food you eat at THanksgiving. I've already shared my opinion on THAT particular subject so moving on. lol. After dinner we did the secret santa and then went caroling at a family friend. I love my fam! We do the 12 days of christmas song every year. We even have poster signs to hold up when it comes to our day. lol. And the boys do 5 golden rings and it's hilarious! One year I'll have to record them so I can share it with everyone. lol. They really get into it. After that we opened up our pjs and played the christmas game. Everyone starts with a present, sits in a circle and GG reads us The Night Before Christmas. Every time she says the word 'the' we have to rotate the gift to our left. Then when the book is done the littlest go first. They either open the gift they have or exchange it for a different one. It's always funny to see who wants what. This year I got.... drum roll please.... a 5lb container of Dubble Bubble Gum. 380 pieces to be exact. lol. I've been fighting for this gift for three years and I finally got it! YAHOOO!! lol.<br /><br />Christmas morning my dad woke us up around 8 because he couldn't stand lying in bed any longer. lol. He's more of a kid than we are. This year was awesome. My mom got the Nook! I'm super jealous because her's is the new NookColor one that is a full touch screen. And my dad got a laptop since he's going back to school in January :) I got lots of goodies and beaner definitely got hooked up as well. I think she's probably most excited about her Michael Jackson dance thingy for the Wii. lol. That day consisted of watching movies, taking naps and eating leftovers. It was very relaxing. We packed up and headed home the next morning. All in all it was a fabulous holiday and this was a ridiculously long post. Hope you enjoyed! lol.<br /><br />P.s. Has anyone else being counting down the days? Because there are only three!! Excitement doesn't even come close to describing how I'm feeling :)Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-12119923325030216632010-12-13T14:15:00.000-08:002010-12-13T14:31:15.287-08:00SaN FraNcisCoI'M GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR NEW YEARS!!! I am so freakin excited! Bought my plane tickets a couple weeks ago and have been lying awake every night thinking of all the fun things we are going to do and see. I have two friends out there, Katie and Richard. They both work on the blog that we have for reviews and interviews and such. They are pretty much two of the coolest people ever and I can't wait to finally meet them in person. We talk everyday, text all night and me and KD occasionally web chat. It's going to be awesome!<br /><br />All three of us are currently suffering from lack-of-sleep-christmas-eve-type feelings. lol. Literally the first four or five nights I would lie awake for HOURS because my brain wouldn't shut off. I'd keep going over everything that I was going to experience and see and all the possibilities. It made me feel better when I called KD at 2:45 am and she was still awake too. lol. Her little boy was sick, but I like to tell myself it's because she is so excited as well. I'm pretty sure that there will be lots of screaming, laughing, hugging and crying (on KD's end. lol) when we see each other at the airport. It's going to be quite the spectacle. I CAN"T WAIT!!!<br /><br />As far as the touristy things go, the only thing I really want to do is tour Alcatraz. I love touring old prisons. Of course we'll spend a day at Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf but other than that I have no definite plans. So if anybody has any suggestions of things that are a must see, feel free to leave a comment. lol.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550297674566814434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnACxDA1Pz5HpM1dCcQSmpBvQTrRgezmmT1FAMPDKHF_k5JjxNtRRNeGTc1cgL4IoP3NfbynL_oD3r1jJOdNKAK7f3eI71B0BvaRMAITgLJRMLItlvCzKjSPbQmV7Axn3MEodzxb5hqJ9C/s400/sanfrancisco3.jpg" border="0" />The next 17 days can't go by fast enough! YAYAYAYAYAY!!!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-87362000067992360152010-12-02T11:37:00.000-08:002010-12-02T11:55:20.584-08:00Christmas is in the airSo as many of you know (maybe?) I am not a huge Christmas fan. I love the reason for the season (obviously) but I don't like the music, the traffic or the decorating. I appreciate the decorations, I just don't like having to put them up and then take them back down a month later. Maybe because in my family decorating for Christmas was this grueling, hours long process in which everyone became frustrated at one point or another. However, now that I'm on my own I felt my townhouse needed a little christmas cheer. Or rather my roommates did. Lol. They are christmas fanatics! A week after Halloween the tree went up. Stockings were hung on the wall, snowflake lights were wrapped around the kitchen window, my christmas wreath was adorning the dining room wall and little christmas-y trinkets were scattered about. Deep breath in and out. lol. I don't mind the decorations, really, but that was a little too early for me. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>So I did it the right way with Kelsey, Kyleur and Cameron. The four of us are together pretty much all the time. Kels has her own home and she, of course, needed a tree. So we rallied up the boys and borrowed a tree from Mama Horman, along with all the decorations we would need. It was actually a lot of fun. And the tree turned out beautiful! After the lights went up we realized that we didn't have any hooks for the ornaments! So off to WallyWorld we go. lol. We made a pit stop at Maverick for some hot cocoa and then headed to finish the tree. The end result was awesome :) After that we watched a chick flick and chatted until 3 am. It was a perfect evening. And the boys learned how to decorate a tree!.... kinda. lol. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, about 2 weeks ago me and my fam did a craft day where we made christmas wreaths. Here are some pics, along with pics from Kelsey's house. </div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546174426098310242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 244px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtNfKGVv8cBtTnbkrkVOm-2VgbZiwT67ETGKXvSqMDJrt4Cpp3DUX_HeoE8QW5bJEtqxusjJGnN57UVF-HYlHO6a9vTU3K0g-F6yxOq8qy8JgNXObOta1kp44JPOUsqcY699gmWVg3u7W/s400/77170_10150096092725821_630905820_7848074_3177095_n.jpg" border="0" /><br />Craft DAy!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546174517754015858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 244px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSozA1kjnu7NKLII8CjvDHzbbRbqnniUz0yMbP0kJW0g_ryBR68K1wuzKZT_likJgXGtGAMkHP5DFe4kywILpKX7MfkEXI7MetwdkZNfVnr_f2G4MIj6UFNlVg_jDZUm17KkvBj92pUX1/s400/156349_10150096092610821_630905820_7848071_8284453_n.jpg" border="0" /><br />Our beautiful wreaths. lol<br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546174615381621874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_5C_akice8oUPgcAdl6d2rpyshQdhMaFtyG1zZ8GP-EqC2hp4M-NeG7um2immwOjCkPJxDkSbGvVnguapvatDbtnEckIbncKocxqZHPkCx1ANbAHWLQRrNbjj9w8Fag_caUp2nQq2zn1/s400/1291178691054__ec6649535c84.jpg" border="0" />Cam being silly for the camera<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546174959634088514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfSdMF7pd2I7rU4YKO3kfjUOeqdakzIFgH0DJwzHvkbtIiiiVQZc0XboaRR9KL21_DBHqzfeTTyuzrvSjseGq_lKEk_oVXSIcWQvfbGkul6A6MEVA_MSxqPky3X5ic0XlAP-PLhTWoJIG/s400/1291182823341__429b853946d6.jpg" border="0" />The four musketeers! :)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546175092218090178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIv_yjMkwPw8VCvYt4D2oKaTZpO4OjUgxiSiLggxY5DAGvRg47sVIFQefPE6I7TwUzVqggsciD49i55Mxlcslo_gZlH0AdkFRjHUTuXuz5TYATkAyi8JVWpPuSxzRi4KZmkPy-PlnzTUW/s400/1291231948000__eb70351e753a.jpg" border="0" /><br />Huggin our Christmas Tree!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546175219105973954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzymWhtLW9rpl_c5tONTac76umC-4W8_6p_w1O0HPCJZmh8NQEARi5AUtfBKgz2Y6DYRP_f-0MPaT6eVr8ko9FJesESoHHFl22xE2SSCjdbo7hRGYXTcKPiySmHEfgs3SuazWiEeqopdK/s400/1291231956000__ca1a49a2fe00.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546175323944856178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtv7MHjeXPnQsBC-PCS29G7C_VZfPA_oS6RuSgxEWRPCn36VFlWFdfyQgohbuKHoNFHhkLq66mjdf0SZODSBfNo4RpLY_kDn-DcLh5bWgUSNRH-CsBfJQ4PCSeXEmx_eYLEiWQYHwierM/s400/148864_10150096091920821_630905820_7848052_4413263_n.jpg" border="0" />And I couldn't resist putting in this cute pic of my favorite little snow bunny :)<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-75805672929024713182010-11-08T14:50:00.000-08:002010-11-08T15:49:04.014-08:00Random Happenings of my Life :)Alrighty. Random seems to be my life lately. Nothing huge or notable has happened but lots of fun little things have. This isn't really fun but I have just started a book written by none other than Hilary Duff. Yeah, the girl who played Lizzie Maguire and had a few albums come out. The one and only Disney star. Who woulda thunk she could ever write? I'll let you know if it's any good. I feel like if it sucks then she was the author of it, but if it is pretty decent then someone else wrote it and she paid lots of money to have her name put on the cover. lol. Jaded much? hehe<br /><br />Let's see... what else? Halloween this year kinda fell flat for me. The idea of Halloween being on a Sunday was good because then everyone can party all weekend and have an excuse for it. But I'm not sure that the execution of it was so great. Dressed up on Friday and did a party with some friends. Then we all went back to my place and watched a movie. Saturday I didn't have the energy to dress up again so we decided to scratch The Howl and just hung out in the burg. Played with friends, went spotlighting.. the usual Saturday night shenanigans. So it didn't feel like anything special. And of course living in Mormonville there was absolutely nothing to do on Sunday, even if it is one of the biggest holidays of the year. So yeah... Halloween just wasn't as grand as I thought it was gonna be. Not that I didn't have fun, because I did, it just wasn't as WOW as I thought it should have been. Does that make sense?<br /><br />Woke up this morning to SNOW! It was just a sprinkling at first but it has been snowing non-stop all day and has now accumulated about 2 inches. And it doesn't look like it's stopping anytime soon... which means... drumroll please..... Demolition Derby of the Burg '10 has officially started! I swear they need to have people pass a separate driving test to be allowed to drive in snow. The students up here are dipsh*ts who have no idea how to handle the roads if they have any sort of precipitation. They either drive slower than a slug or are completely reckless and take out three cars while making a right hand turn. It brings out my violent side having to be on the road with these people. We'll see how this winter turns out. Wish me luck!<br /><br />Ummm... I think that's all. So now on to the pictures! They are of course random (duh. lol) but what's a post without pics right? Don't worry, I'll narrate :)<br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537327116136427986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgbb05niqDTAJ8I-axCVXJ6uGwIhEX0_Q11lpRTHaA6t6WmD5sDDn6P886wfsZ0zw85gFEI1tir9EA059Cke99EcLBWeqmSPcUsX8lb0HCxuUNPur5cVEDOAi-0HrKufopRbXiTmXJtS4/s400/232323232%257Ffp%253A%253A2%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D33%253B4%253B98746335nu0mrj.jpg" border="0" />Me and my little man taking a nap on a rainy day. How cute is he?! Love him :) I think he loves me too. lol<br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537327553371633586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAYrfYhoDn1MId130m0QbsjodVdSIzpKHDZMrmGR30vpVmryyWxskdDfovW_QldykPhyphenhyphenbbi5AByUhsP78vddmgRaQxEB1MAFC_MsMmCmXMcQ9msCsI9XvvXczoziZIIe6_BnnjoNr0Cdd/s400/232323232%257Ffp%253A%253B5%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D33%253B4%253B96599335nu0mrj.jpg" border="0" />Here's my new favorite pic of my beautiful niece! I love this girl to pieces. I don't think there is one member of our family who isn't wrapped around her finger. lol</p><p>I have pics of the snow but we've all seen snow so I'll pass on those. So I guess that all folks!</p>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-33218879454198136462010-10-21T13:14:00.000-07:002010-10-21T14:13:16.090-07:00Afton, WyomingWent to Afton over the past weekend. It's really pretty there. It's only about 30 minutes past palisades. Most people think that Wyoming is full of sagebrush but I didn't see any where we were. lol. My friend Katie is from there and invited us home for the weekend. She went down a day earlier than me and Kacy... or that was the plan. But she ended up "needing" us a little early so Thursday night at around 11 me and Kacy loaded up the car and took off! Let me tell you.. we had the BIGGEST sugar high when we finally got there. I'm talking a bag of iced oatmeal cookies, bag of jerky, a box of little debbie zebra cakes, two apples and some milk. We went a little overboard but we didn't want to chance falling asleep. Or this is the excuse we gave ourselves. lol. When Katie pulled into the Maverick, which is the ONLY place open after 8 even on weekends (I'm not kidding), Kace and I were laughing so hard people were looking at us like we were drunk. And then the inevitable happened. Our sugar high crashed around 2 am and we passed out. lol. But it was totally worth it.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Friday we went hiking! It was my kind of hike. A leisurely stroll through some pretty trees with a creek running next to it. We hiked up to this intermittent spring. It stops and goes every 15 minutes, kinda like Old Faithful. It was steep hiking up the waterfall part but totally worth it! The moss on the rocks was almost neon green and the water tasted just like melted snow! Which it probably was... lol. We passed under a glacier to get to the top which freaked Katie out, but not nearly as bad as walking across it to get back down. lol. That night we just chilled and watched Jackass 2.5. I love Jackass. It makes me laugh so hard! We are going to see Jackass 3D sometime in the next week! I can't wait for that! lol. Okay I got sidetracked.</div><div> </div><div>Saturday we woke up early (10 lol) to go to the local animal shelter and snuggle all the homeless creatures. This is not something that I like to do because then I feel awful when I can't take any of them home. But oh well. There was a kitten there who was crazy! I loved her instantly but couldn't convince anyone to take her home... :( Later that day me and Kacy explored the town while Katie did homework. This town has about 1800 people so it's not huge. We found a super cute second hand bookstore where we spent about an hour looking through everything. I was in heaven. I could have spent all day there! Then we hit up a local mexican joint. I noticed that in super small towns everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE, stares at new people. I can't count how many people stared at us as we walked the street. lol. Oh well.</div><br /><div>Sunday we went to a farewell and then headed home. Me and Kace took our time and stopped for some pics and square ice cream! You can't go through Swan Valley and not get square ice cream! It blew Kacy away that it was actually square. lol. So here is the picture overload. Enjoy! lol</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530606104514944770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJSiqr_KzTb-97MLjSVEHT3qHynEQOjPlRbEklokA3kygHbxTuR0rNvtcYP97vA3UaecmSJ8ZYnAe36tczIXrP-i4XVTEXwJwBJMYvO3RyVSUX-wRE1FTIoHRwwfW3XgUBC-C4Fnrx6em/s320/33694_450414357862_676032862_5167744_6788793_n.jpg" border="0" /></div></div><div>Waiting for the spring to come back on<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530606256758836130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxFM5pHyfOcq3tJahVcL-qIpyLmXyYt8NASP83oU9WhiNPnPDTwGBX2-DnWBE86r7SHyEZAQEHdeU0xte8GjXhES3UIO8qbtPZQYBLNsmPV1zznyGV3MwyfgJ5ekr08oYf66KsdZgT770/s320/37153_450412402862_676032862_5167704_6579019_n.jpg" border="0" />Embracing nature?? Lol</div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530606507097823394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgmxsabihElDWPa1mzLdVFoHolPQ3_nDRWis3C-lR6DuD_8weoOaFLiEkOdBLF4aRfi9Ixn58S7uILrSc4JQ3OrRRvFNEKc1jOOvki5Xq8v9wBcEySCsrKHGDCZTXBxTLroPBqzDLcHBE/s320/37183_450414747862_676032862_5167761_1767564_n.jpg" border="0" /> Me and Katie at the spring</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530606666551811490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6DHTnLuWPlkSpyJ-92PZcmf2tUzFte_yE5jKKMiQiVr18pHo_E9UBVaA4WQpxOhxWxaKWVBQCeVJUeUTdO2vjkalk_0GfhgLc1_P3rcItMwat0YWiXSwwPMB2JP1j5apVfhCRSYgII3r/s320/68803_450413102862_676032862_5167723_1528514_n.jpg" border="0" />Kacy is a picture nazi and made us all take portraits with the pretty rocks. lol<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530606855687790994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19OCQzIK9ZTmTMfmgPvqpAnNN9quHDoBn5zHmI4NHWrsHcFtz5cn88KTewupwFIV921nKJcyZMpo9pcfxRj5puEU8GcMM-NCc_AnVuQ4Zg3klynOcVJPa1rul5nKjAzLCj6N8y70gq_u3/s320/69391_450412977862_676032862_5167717_6743276_n.jpg" border="0" /></p></div></div></div><p>Drinking from the spring :)</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530607501719633362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuwnVO-zBpawgNtO5hXL_yq239LASz0Lq6YdCxSx9pt9wGz4b9sRKmNh34m-cQu3bKlUMKUSeh5S7wTY9S6LKyNDsYvrXEb_2klzbKfKoKvDDT0FE81QpGPpiDeWaVvUWi7XOXuy4lYc2/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></p></div><p>Hiking under the glacier!</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530608029872313058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwR8lT_ptvK9ElJQ7vhBNJHZ5oxBAXO9y8TDrpDHq-QuaZQQti42FqVT7tGs1kP9fS9bkHvklylxPMpJpu0nrRhIVQKoXg843xAMlwgpPYnCgDQ64NqclXF7oWk1oeT495Bj1VDJQOgfu/s320/69468_450414997862_676032862_5167771_2765176_n.jpg" border="0" /></p></div><p>Exploring the big town of Afton! Kacy looks like an alien! lol</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530608298084742274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQxY66hFWB9g7d-fXEqPspMWdLuz_zKsu0KhoZnai2HK_JnvmaVVnrTlY3RaLWwa1f2nTYesbo2vkTU6fxQcxURHiSq7nH1vFK0mCiqV4vlZlf__odmrJt-emD9cdcuHG-QVQ7TfKWMDf/s320/72554_450582187862_676032862_5170547_5168183_n.jpg" border="0" />Four wheeler ride!<br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530608754310962450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5oSHx7szUU1tvaplGjrHNUJy2vNmtPMJ5LgO9LntXRKVhUdrfu8gI9PgsFtyOQJHmwWAcL1S6LaDCNPpO7kC1X-p-qwD1Jdj5NoMc-pHiKaitNM1EH29r4Zo_hDjHpWEKtoLsnPBmzwC/s320/three+girls.bmp" border="0" /></p></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530608967881045202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhyFt9zOQbvbS7wuo1hyphenhyphenJZF5hzN3mThS5D5iTrT7y6R0u0KGG6fNoetWvMqH1YtNZofppQENLkWKjYn0uYqdCaFtx-z4n6uwgNKKvBEje6_GPeAwDAK_uNypYM5K3U6zbY4VpLIUSEHig/s320/69480_450584257862_676032862_5170591_167872_n.jpg" border="0" />Headed Home!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-66460206090357079152010-10-14T10:15:00.000-07:002010-10-14T10:49:36.931-07:00Random is my Middle nameSo this is just bits and pieces of all the thoughts floating around in my head. lol. My life is crazy busy these days and I'm LOVING it! Working two jobs, school and socializing are taking up all my time, the socializing more so than the other stuff (hehe). My other blog is rockin and we are booked for the rest of the year with interviews! It's crazy how fast everything is happening with that blog! Me and my blog sister started it up in April (May? not sure. lol) and it started out as just a place for us to write reviews and share our opinion on books and movies. And now we work with authors and their publicists to do reviews of the books before they even hit the shelves! It's so much fun, but a lot of hard work. It's almost like working another full time job but it's definitely worth it, :) <br /><br />I went grocery shopping last night. I'm not sure why everyone hates it. Maybe they just hate having to take their kids with them? IDK. I love it. I get excited thinking about all the fun meals I get to make and what I could add to make it even better! lol. I'm weird like that. lol. My sis, Rach, she hates grocery shopping. Puts it off until she literally has nothing left in her fridge. Next time she should just go with me. I'll make it fun!<br /><br />I also went to B&N last night, love that store :) I sat and read for a couple of hours, drank my coffee (I'm a sinner like that :P )and just watched people. It's one of my favorite things to do. And apparently my mexican heritage is peeking through. I got stopped by a little mexican man on my way to the cafe and he asked if I speak spanish. I felt bad saying no. Maybe I should learn it? My dad has the Rosetta Stone tapes, maybs I should borrow them. Food for thought I guess.<br /><br />I also took pics of my new place. But it was with my phone camera and the pics aren't bright and cute like they should be so I'll work on getting new ones. But don't hold your breath for them. It takes me awhile to get anything done. lol. Just ask Rach. It drives her crazy. I simply look at it as the hippie approach. Everything happens in good time. lol :)<br /><br />Hmmm... what else? Oh yeah! Calaigh got married two weeks ago. I was a bridesmaid. And I've decided that I'm going to elope. Yep. It seems like the safer/saner approach. lol. It was fun, but we literally ran around like chickens with our heads cut off. I don't know who was happier that the wedding day had finally arrived, me or the bride! lol. Calaigh was awesome about it though. She wasn't the bridezilla, it was her mom. I love Sharon but I could have killed her and her brothers would have been next. It reaffirmed my desire to not have kids. lol. Okay maybe one day... ten years down the road... when I can afford a nanny.... haha. That's something else that's funny about going to school up here. People ask how many kids I want, not if I want them, and all I can say is I love my niece. lol. They look at me like they are waiting for me to actually answer the question but I find that when I do answer and say I don't really want them, people give me funny looks. Like maybe I'm possessed by satan or something pleasant like that. lol<br />I'm in a weird mood today. Forgive my ramblings. hehe<br /><br />I'm going to Star Valley Wyoming tomorrow. I'm not sure what's there but I'm told that it's a lot of fun. lol. I guess we'll see what adventures arise and base my opinion on that. lol. <br /><br />Well I guess that's all for now. This was random in every definition of the word but oh well. That's how it goes some days. :)Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-72391092793678732772010-09-10T13:54:00.001-07:002010-09-10T14:04:51.445-07:00I Moved!I FINALLY moved out of my parents house! Living there was great. Free rent, free food, pretty much free everything. But I hated driving to Rexburg everyday. Hated having to drive home at night when we were done playing, basically it was the driving that drove me crazy. Lol. Even though my parents were way cool about no curfews, not buggin me about where I'm going, who with, when I'll be home type stuff it's still their house and way different from being out on your own. My little sister decided she was ready to move out, found some friends and got an apartment. That was kinda a boot to my rear end to do the same thing. At first I wanted to get my own place, a one bedroom for me and my kitty. But the prices around here were crazy! And finding a place that would let me have a pet was insane. So in the end I found a place that has two roommates and doesn't let you have pets. It's not my favorite scenario but I love my townhouse. I love my roommates. And while I'm super sad that my kitty has to stay at my parents house I know he is getting lots of love from my madre. And I go home and see him at least twice a week. :) <br /><br />When I first moved in i knew me and my roommates would get along fantastically because I found this on the fridge:<br /><br />9 Things I Hate About Everyone<br /><br />1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?<br /><br />2. People who are willing to get off their ass to search the entire room for the tv remote because they refuse to walk to the tv and change the channel manually.<br /><br />3. When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too".?Damn right! What good is cake if you can't eat it?<br /><br />4. When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where <br />are they? Gonna Kick their asses!<br /><br />5. When people say while watching a film "did you see that?". No Loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damn floor.<br /><br />6. People who ask "Can I ask you a question?".... Didn't really give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?<br /><br />7. When something is 'new and improved!'. Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it, couldn't be new.<br /><br />8. When people say "life is short". What the hell?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?<br /><br />9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?<br /><br />These girls are awesome! They both have crazy/funny personalities and I can't wait to get to know them better! We have already planned road trips and crazy activities and it's only been four days! lol. I'll get some pics up of my new place. It is bomb-diggity. I get the master bedroom which rocks! I have two closets! I don't have enough stuff to fill both, but it's a goal of mine to do so. Lol. I'm excited to be in a new ward and meet new people. The girls say this ward is a ton of fun. And since it's a singles ward instead of a student ward I'm thinkin it might have older guys.. not too shabby. lol. Not that church is about the guys and socializing... lol. <br />And school has officially started! That's about all I have to say about it. lolAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-42574982331453507152010-08-09T15:07:00.000-07:002010-08-09T15:35:34.681-07:00Happy Birthday Deke!It was his birthday yesterday. My little man is 2! And before we start on all the things I love about him let's just get this out of everyone's system who doesn't understand aka Rach. Yes I'm obsessed with my cat, it's just a cat get over him- never gonna happen, why do you like cats so much- way more personality than a dog... blah blah blah. All done? Good! Now we can talk about my handsome guy :)<br />I know I say this alot but I seriously love him! I'm totally wrapped around his fuzzy paw. He just looks at me and I melt. I give in to whatever he wants. Just this morning I shared my slimfast with him because he wanted it. Who gives their cat slimfast? I hope it's not bad for him... lol. I just can't get enough of him. He follows me everywhere when I'm outside. I have to say he's not a huge fan of the hammock. He can't figure out why his feet fall through certain places. lol. He snuggles with me when he wants a nap and he's not afraid to give me attitude if he doesn't like what I'm doing aka snuggling him when he's trying to sleep. hehe. I can't believe it's been two years! It's gone by so fast but at the same time it feels like forever. All you married people have your babies and I have my cat. I think it's perfect. Just the way it should be :) Some pics of him when we first got him, at one year and at two. I just don't see how anyone could say no to this face! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu78CJDlyXWxWJjKCgyORsuPTGlspiQHd0ILhOqL36lJQDPXQkmwH8hjJEm2UfMoOfFjDnlfQNL6Yvo4swO7ZGUO_gvT0_KsaCmLYf8OC_iPrinPrmlvvj1gsI_KmyrbhHv_vQpzF5i0r/s1600/DSC02057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu78CJDlyXWxWJjKCgyORsuPTGlspiQHd0ILhOqL36lJQDPXQkmwH8hjJEm2UfMoOfFjDnlfQNL6Yvo4swO7ZGUO_gvT0_KsaCmLYf8OC_iPrinPrmlvvj1gsI_KmyrbhHv_vQpzF5i0r/s400/DSC02057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503540180069900402" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4G_ifsrzn2yN7LR9NjH0UxQKGaRA66kJsJlb520O3-Be1t8SE6aCO_vvL-YFUDEdCE03m1Zm7dl-VoDI4-Hka9nw3-4xaNEuLHlUoNRV5-A_gnKC-sPopiB6OdrujH2X2OlBKz0vF1xRS/s1600/DSC02106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4G_ifsrzn2yN7LR9NjH0UxQKGaRA66kJsJlb520O3-Be1t8SE6aCO_vvL-YFUDEdCE03m1Zm7dl-VoDI4-Hka9nw3-4xaNEuLHlUoNRV5-A_gnKC-sPopiB6OdrujH2X2OlBKz0vF1xRS/s400/DSC02106.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503540280269762178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtZfrjD4etsA8x5rMNeBYz5ESaqWSMcj7o-H9UtOAhv45VasMwuDZQGMmSOO_j0T8-A9QPl9VJf3wUSgdCOWRm9g1BqS2evVx089E0D-QSKR6AROuzIgob6dR5zk6AwzqUM7rHsBddQZ8/s1600/232323232%257Ffp939%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D32%253B684885%253B335nu0mrj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtZfrjD4etsA8x5rMNeBYz5ESaqWSMcj7o-H9UtOAhv45VasMwuDZQGMmSOO_j0T8-A9QPl9VJf3wUSgdCOWRm9g1BqS2evVx089E0D-QSKR6AROuzIgob6dR5zk6AwzqUM7rHsBddQZ8/s400/232323232%257Ffp939%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D32%253B684885%253B335nu0mrj.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503542349807884962" /></a>Happy Birthday Bubba!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-1370470997063030872010-08-04T11:26:00.001-07:002010-08-09T15:53:23.844-07:00Reason #51 Why Calaigh is my BestEST FRienD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqX83WXiMd6WMFW3sYgKYUtH5Cqzqx3XXymOLH7MApigq31i0mG_xKOQrIZaRy3oF-Xz33lKeFU2AfnwcNEPiieAa1W5QCy8HtiBZywnuQKDfhSGoCsJWCsdy80VXGwuAibfxeW3ohzbs/s1600/calaigh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqX83WXiMd6WMFW3sYgKYUtH5Cqzqx3XXymOLH7MApigq31i0mG_xKOQrIZaRy3oF-Xz33lKeFU2AfnwcNEPiieAa1W5QCy8HtiBZywnuQKDfhSGoCsJWCsdy80VXGwuAibfxeW3ohzbs/s400/calaigh.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501623028151834930" /></a>I got this in a text from her last night while finishing up work. MAde me laugh out loud. It's a perfect description of me, her, Ann and Chris. LOVE IT!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :)<br />P.s. For everyone who doesn't know why this picture is funny they are doing the YMCA. Blasphemous and still so funny :)Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-32614911951317060252010-07-30T12:29:00.001-07:002010-07-30T13:01:52.246-07:00Girls Trip + Utah with the Besties :)So as promised this is the post to catch you up on the all girls camping trip. It was fun. Definitely an adventure. lol. We went to a hot springs so it wasn't really 'roughing it'. I'm not sure we could have handled roughing it. lol. And before you get too amazed that we went all alone I have to confess that my dad and uncle drove the campers (yep we were camping hardcore hahahaha) up for us, since I have no idea how to reverse one of those things. But after that we were on our own. Rach's hubby Ben was pretty worried about us. "How are you guys going to hook up the propane?" "How are you guys going to start a fire?" "How are you guys going to cook food?" Just a few of his questions. But fear not, although we don't know how to park a camper, we are fully capable of setting it up. I'll admit that we had trouble the first night cooking, but it really wasn't our faults! My uncle steve cross threaded the propane line so when you turned it on it just hissed and let out the propane instead of sending it into the cooker. We couldn't figure out what was going on so we had to ask our neighbor. He was really nice about it, although he did laugh when he discovered it was all girls camping.<br /><br /> I wish I could say that was the only mishap that occurred, but alas it wasn't. I was in charge of bringing up firewood since everyone else had forgotten it and I came up later. But it didn't occur to me that the wood had to be CHOPPED... lol. Good thing my aunt cristal had an ax... although no one really knew how to use it. My little cousin McKenzie said she did, but I think it was more luck when she finally cracked one. Beaner tried to give it a go and I about peed my pants laughing. We got it on video. hahaha. Somehow she hit the log and launched it at herself while still swinging the ax around. She's lucky she didn't cut her leg off. lol. AFter that we just threw the logs on the fire whole.. and it worked... after lots of bug spray and paper plates were thrown in. lol. After that first night it was pretty smooth sailing. :) My best friend from high school, Lacy, came up with her little man Kael and went swimming with us. It was so good to see her again! I haven't seen her since Christmas. We had a lot to catch up on :) <br /><br />Now I love hot water probably more than the next person (lol) but it just wasn't doing it for me on this trip. It was around 90 degrees out so I'd jump in the water to cool down. Only problem was that the water was the same temp! I could have done with cooler water but oh well. It was still a lot of fun and I got me an awesome tan! Yay for skin cancer! lol. My grandma came up the last day and went swimming with us. That was probably the funnest day. We did all kinds of competitions, most of them having to do with the bottom of the pool. lol. My grandma was showing off when she did the splits down there... lol. <br /><br />The next day I headed off to SLC to see my besties and help Calaigh with wedding plans! It was so much fun! Saturday was pretty low key with reading at B&N, dinner at a super yummy sandwich shop and a party with our friend Ann. I love meeting new people and I seem to do it everytime I'm down there! It's awesome! lol. Sunday my friend from Alaska, Parker, had his mission farewell so I drove out to Tooele to hear him talk. I was late... of course. lol. But Booner rescued me in the lobby and had saved me a seat. Then it was back to the city to do brunch with Calaigh, Ann and our good friend Chris. Love this kid! He wasn't quite awake when we sat down but he came around since we were all laughing so much. :) Seriously love these people! I wish I lived there... I guess it'll just have to be my second home for now :)Then I went back out to Tooele to hang with Parker and Sydney. It was good catching up on everything. I haven't seen these guys since last summer! Then I swung by the cemetery to make a special stop and then it was back to the city! Whoa.. lots of driving that day. lol :)<br /><br />Monday we accomplished ALOT! Me and Calaigh met with the invitation people and designed her announcements, they look awesome! Then it was off to Bed, Bath and Beyond to register. We were there for around 2.5 hours. It was kinda ridiculous. My ankles were slightly swollen. lol. But they gave us two guns! hahaha. She registered for all sorts of good stuff and then some goofy fun stuff as well. I think when we turned our guns in there was over 450 items scanned. hahahaha. We went out to the Fashion Place mall to get her ring cleaned and to pick up a present from Vicky's for her soon to be sis-in-law who is getting married a month before her. The bridal shower was that night and then I headed home.<br />All in all it was a super fun/eventful loooonnnggg weekend. I loved it. It was much needed! Hope everyone else had an awesome Pioneer weekend!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIBFtX-Ok9W7-8_yut-AV8puQIr2U_GRD0cgTdztLVOwfOhnReiapnYPP-CNWQZFtEzKEOWR5daeD4zBkitDcginNRssXHfbEjTM6r0R1Zg_Jxt2gabG6LaV6zOcEL5v_m_O5Lmgp-nau/s1600/232323232%257Ffp%253A8%253A%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D338292%253B758335nu0mrj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIBFtX-Ok9W7-8_yut-AV8puQIr2U_GRD0cgTdztLVOwfOhnReiapnYPP-CNWQZFtEzKEOWR5daeD4zBkitDcginNRssXHfbEjTM6r0R1Zg_Jxt2gabG6LaV6zOcEL5v_m_O5Lmgp-nau/s400/232323232%257Ffp%253A8%253A%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D338292%253B758335nu0mrj.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499790464236479362" /></a><br />Just hanging out/ trying to take a nap on sunday... Didn't really work out. lol<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq-y5EABxrzdl76L0y2DfdS0Gqi-CqiqWUnUhHwTvOhYXINhn38rySZlQZc8KK3cZ-0J00biuaPLBfKx4SY_DMrOky3VXFbgNbsh6cOdg5JRdCPKNz9lnR0a4Q5-KzaFyJj_uvOfCQpLA/s1600/232323232%257Ffp%253A94%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D338292%253A%253A49335nu0mrj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq-y5EABxrzdl76L0y2DfdS0Gqi-CqiqWUnUhHwTvOhYXINhn38rySZlQZc8KK3cZ-0J00biuaPLBfKx4SY_DMrOky3VXFbgNbsh6cOdg5JRdCPKNz9lnR0a4Q5-KzaFyJj_uvOfCQpLA/s400/232323232%257Ffp%253A94%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D338292%253A%253A49335nu0mrj.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499790615185118898" /></a><br />Bomb diggity massage chair we found in brookstone. Pretty cool place. lolAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-58564249749412542352010-07-27T12:57:00.000-07:002010-07-27T13:27:23.495-07:00Me and my kitty kat :)So last week we did a girls camping trip... that's a post for another time. lol. Anyways it's a wednesday and I have to work in the morning and then I'm supposed to head up to Downata Hot Springs when I get off. My mom forgot about half the camping items so I have to swing by my house to pick stuff up. I get inside the house, head upstairs to grab a few more items and I walk into my room. I see my bed. It's totally calling to me. I lay down thinking I'll just rest for a few minutes. I close my eyes. And then Deke crawls out from under the bed, jumps up and starts snuggling with me. This lasted for maybe two minutes before he completely passed out. I'm talking snoring and twitching. It was pretty dang cute. So I took a little cat nap (hehe) with him. It was pretty bomb. Here are some pics.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDB4cnYNGZhWT0iTgwapjTSPE0qz9RVPVbaBrQGCTDGXicz95YHbTykHQUsUOoz_MUfIxbjPnJTNndS0upmOxz8S7JDqIeVXO6tACHcXQ5-dlJ2rxAr-pWCdZyTv20sO5XMd8_f5u7RoV5/s1600/232323232%257Ffp%253A8%253B%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D337%253B%253C55%253A56335nu0mrj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDB4cnYNGZhWT0iTgwapjTSPE0qz9RVPVbaBrQGCTDGXicz95YHbTykHQUsUOoz_MUfIxbjPnJTNndS0upmOxz8S7JDqIeVXO6tACHcXQ5-dlJ2rxAr-pWCdZyTv20sO5XMd8_f5u7RoV5/s400/232323232%257Ffp%253A8%253B%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D337%253B%253C55%253A56335nu0mrj.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498684581560634402" /></a><br />Please ignore the yucky sleepy face I have and focus on the cutie pie furball :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsnm0PM46cmBQ4GCiQ-8fKq1ePBCx-IWrpS46O-yMKvJ3V7XxAocRBupVX1yshkYCHizjkxGDQjjnT5qq2KJaDOm2-0RPOkDwthV-z9u-1UPbzEO8LIpiJfbtw-bizv4MlxPdMFVHgfW5/s1600/232323232%257Ffp%253A82%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D337%253B%253C55697335nu0mrj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsnm0PM46cmBQ4GCiQ-8fKq1ePBCx-IWrpS46O-yMKvJ3V7XxAocRBupVX1yshkYCHizjkxGDQjjnT5qq2KJaDOm2-0RPOkDwthV-z9u-1UPbzEO8LIpiJfbtw-bizv4MlxPdMFVHgfW5/s400/232323232%257Ffp%253A82%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D337%253B%253C55697335nu0mrj.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498684817922486066" /></a><br />He woke up and switched positions when he heard me taking pics. He's not a huge fan of the camera. lol<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5B22JqjwsqBQz8-vBg7mteDhNUdhXMuGJOPub2EHpPe9FwQ8tLlURASMFrYpOLb7F7D_ear8PAK0ipK3HXkr5BTVCbtq6tJqzerw2Dlvt57OzpoaV170myM2YLao519bYv2_taw5Uphb/s1600/232323232%257Ffp63399%253Enu%253D32%253A8%253E994%253E677%253E2399994768257ot1lsi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5B22JqjwsqBQz8-vBg7mteDhNUdhXMuGJOPub2EHpPe9FwQ8tLlURASMFrYpOLb7F7D_ear8PAK0ipK3HXkr5BTVCbtq6tJqzerw2Dlvt57OzpoaV170myM2YLao519bYv2_taw5Uphb/s400/232323232%257Ffp63399%253Enu%253D32%253A8%253E994%253E677%253E2399994768257ot1lsi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498685179679455426" /></a><br />Love this kitty! <3Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-1775871779181542452010-07-12T15:30:00.000-07:002010-07-12T15:32:20.353-07:00Bathrooms...Totally random post, like most of them are, but I felt I had to share. I LOVE the way the bathroom smells at my work. Does that make me crazy? I seriously wish my whole house smelled this way. Yum! It's like a cucumber melony type smell. SO good! I've searched the whole thing and can't find where this wonderful smell is coming from.. Guess I'll have to search harder. Just thought you should know. LoL :)Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-66296811671768919712010-07-09T12:06:00.000-07:002010-07-09T12:48:28.014-07:004th of JulyNot a very original title but it sums it up. lol. So our 4th of july was very eventful. Thursday night me, Rach, Bean and Taytum drove down to logan to see my grandparents and to see the Cruise-In. It's this big car show and parade where people get to show off old cars they've restored or new ones that they love. Pretty much anyone can be in the parade. We didn't stay for the parade this year since they had it on saturday and we had places to be, people to see, things to do in Idaho. lol. Anywhoo, driving to Logan was.... stressful. Taytum had gotten shots that week and I guess she was reacting to them or something because she cried almost the entire drive. I love this little girl but I was at my patience's end. So I switched with Rach and drove while she sat in back with her baby. She's such a good mommy :) Once we got there it was time for bed. Needless to say, it was a rough night for mom and Tater. Next day we sleep in, get ready and head out to lunch with the family. Our fam loves food. I love it! :) We ate at Cafe Sabor, it's a mexican restaurant in an old train station. Mmmmm. We head back to the house and just as Rach and I are falling asleep for a much needed nap my aunt, uncle and kids arrive for the BBQ. I was determined to keep sleeping, but Rach didn't want to socialize alone... lol.<br />We ate some yummy hot dogs, mixed fruit and chips and then packed up the car to head home. Unfortunately we only made it to Preston. That's about 30 minutes from Logan. Rachael's AC kept going hot and cold and then her check engine light came on and then her engine temp went HOT. So we turned around and headed back to Logan with no AC in 90+ weather. Not fun. Especially since we could only go about 25 MPH, only make it about 1/2 a mile and then have to pull over for the engine to cool back down. It took us 2 hours to make the 20 mile drive. And not once did anyone stop to help us! Okay that's a lie. Some guy stopped when we had been on the road for 1h 45m. And he only stopped because of our license plates. He used to live in Rexburg or something. Three girls and a baby pulled off the road staring under the hood with confused expressions, since none of us know anything about anything when it comes to cars, and no one offered help. Ridiculous. We all vowed to take an automotive class this fall. :) We'll see if it actually happens. lol. <br /><br />Anyways we made it home the next day to see our dad in the parade. Him and his Pipes and Drums band were in it. Then it was off to Smitty's for the best pancakes in the world! Seriously so good :) Then it was swimming with friends and a BBQ before heading to IF for the fireworks. We walked the green belt, bought cotton candy and kettle corn and settled in for an awesome show! Seriously the best fireworks I have seen. Way better than Logan's the night before. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerSoE7MVUy9wlTuLXlkYNeJm3n2yuG-eLFs3H4tmCf3__pADZOl76ZxTTt4p1_DJEC6-MYX7YSPBUQeN08FmY4xi3uiY5qsCp_Ic7GHLDas2_EoCw38_J_ypqrDPhlLh-x6zgS5J9ycGf/s1600/Untitled_0_02_31-13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerSoE7MVUy9wlTuLXlkYNeJm3n2yuG-eLFs3H4tmCf3__pADZOl76ZxTTt4p1_DJEC6-MYX7YSPBUQeN08FmY4xi3uiY5qsCp_Ic7GHLDas2_EoCw38_J_ypqrDPhlLh-x6zgS5J9ycGf/s400/Untitled_0_02_31-13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491995484520198738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnzQP2PPLrdGR3qQFpfSs9TmVoWowoK3bC-lO6d13IwPKf6QuVBAqoE8uQqzw9yeAiN0BmYnQ7BT_eSss1IGLQ6kmVoDyzUAJ0Zj0dHPeOJgn5PUGOeWrm_BSqI9kruamNWP_oHd7bf7F/s1600/Untitled_0_02_24-05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnzQP2PPLrdGR3qQFpfSs9TmVoWowoK3bC-lO6d13IwPKf6QuVBAqoE8uQqzw9yeAiN0BmYnQ7BT_eSss1IGLQ6kmVoDyzUAJ0Zj0dHPeOJgn5PUGOeWrm_BSqI9kruamNWP_oHd7bf7F/s400/Untitled_0_02_24-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491995645207918210" /></a><br /><br />Monday was an eventful day. And not a good one. I went to work and lasted until about 3. Why you ask? Because I thought I was having a heart attack. Okay not really. I know the odds of a 23 y.o. is pretty slim, but I don't know how else to describe it. Sunday night I started having chest pains and Rach was determined it was either heartburn or anxiety. I knew it wasn't heartburn and I couldn't think of anything I should be anxious about. Sunday night was rough. I would get sharp pains whenever I would roll over or change positions in bed. But I didn't want to be a baby so I went to work. Bad move on my part. I went home, told my mom and we went to the doc. I was poked, prodded, xrayed, EKGed and the end result was a discovery of an infection in my chest wall... Say what? Didn't know that was possible but apparently it is. So I got a nice big shot in my hip to jump start antibiotics and sent home with pain meds, antibiotics and instructions to rest. And total bonus! Ready for this? My mono has come back! yay! They ran some panel test and you have to score below 18 to be considered mono-free and healthy. I was at a whopping 328. Yes! So excited for that news! Ha! My doc said medically speaking you aren't supposed to be able to get mono twice. Well. Apparently the medical books are wrong, cuz I did. I'm just cool like that. lol. Anywhoo I'm feeling better chest wise, but still dog tired. But I'll get over that too. Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!<br /><br />P.s. I'm going to be a bridesmaid!!! In Calaigh's wedding! YIPPY! So excited! :)Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-42858253252984578882010-06-14T15:07:00.000-07:002010-06-14T15:39:38.371-07:00Holy Smokes!~ It's been ForEver!Another month has come and gone! I can't believe it! Where has all the time gone? I feel like my birthday just happened! lol. So here's recap on the last month. <br />Memorial weekend was so much fun! First camping trip of the year and I can't wait for the rest of them! It was so much fun seeing family that I haven't seen in forever! And of course it being Idaho and all, it snowed and/or rained everyday we were there. Which was okay with me! lol. Spent a lot of time inside the campers playing games, eating junk food and having dance parties! Can I just say how much I LOVE camping food? Breakfasts are full of french toast and garbage eggs and pancakes and hash browns and fruit.. so good! Lunches are normal. Sandwiches and such.. nothing to brag about there. lol. But dinner! Oh My. YUMMY! Dutch oven potatoes and BBQ chicken. Scones, soups, burgers, hot dogs... I could eat this stuff all the time! But then it wouldn't taste as good so I guess I can wait. Here's a pic of the snow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BPGVsxm_oerNa8jyoD4beK4W4cmA_A6ygMboJwV1_35uqXLEA4b1X_aXhZB5l4PWvZhwzrtU637tw3Jrq_HmL3wkfapCLV7MDyCx1dZwEaSlcxZCGj3Is7IK5jDRXfL7WiIRwr-xrV_X/s1600/32525_1482739474236_1406311338_1335691_6349681_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BPGVsxm_oerNa8jyoD4beK4W4cmA_A6ygMboJwV1_35uqXLEA4b1X_aXhZB5l4PWvZhwzrtU637tw3Jrq_HmL3wkfapCLV7MDyCx1dZwEaSlcxZCGj3Is7IK5jDRXfL7WiIRwr-xrV_X/s400/32525_1482739474236_1406311338_1335691_6349681_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482756259206299154" /></a><br />And here's my sweet baby niece Taytum! Love this baby girl soooo much! :) Makes me want one of my own... Kinda. lol<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9TuJlpQh2AHLiL5y-K1F9FUppN0Cg1GFVorkVOmFm4S1qvDs8T1bvF5GPstpImzFymUPASLAlvYUR_bqzf0nhhTy59ueCmDBCg6WWkCWJ6STPcl2Jc0a8D2KvD8qyBox6_4sHo7eZO5r/s1600/32525_1482739154228_1406311338_1335686_1685947_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9TuJlpQh2AHLiL5y-K1F9FUppN0Cg1GFVorkVOmFm4S1qvDs8T1bvF5GPstpImzFymUPASLAlvYUR_bqzf0nhhTy59ueCmDBCg6WWkCWJ6STPcl2Jc0a8D2KvD8qyBox6_4sHo7eZO5r/s400/32525_1482739154228_1406311338_1335686_1685947_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482756554051117394" /></a><br />On the one nice sunshiney day we wanted to ride bikes. My mother apparently has forgotten the art of bike riding and Bean tried to give her a "pump". Do you remember those? ahahahaha. Why do we call them "pumps"? So funny trying to watch her balance on that seat! hahaha<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4knWTWSkinK-GJTakOIzLVTQ6NJDmfUMerKj7SnR4O_874SiToLOJyS_0hyphenhyphenpoJ_-CakNeVhbQPvS4Eka-RCN4GuLM3aQ1HkThFIHaijBlqVuxwtWhWcKTlzrKE4FlP3TTHfgITASHDKf/s1600/32525_1482738674216_1406311338_1335682_3309304_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4knWTWSkinK-GJTakOIzLVTQ6NJDmfUMerKj7SnR4O_874SiToLOJyS_0hyphenhyphenpoJ_-CakNeVhbQPvS4Eka-RCN4GuLM3aQ1HkThFIHaijBlqVuxwtWhWcKTlzrKE4FlP3TTHfgITASHDKf/s400/32525_1482738674216_1406311338_1335682_3309304_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482757493430619650" /></a><br />On memorial day I went hiking with two of my girlfriends up to Mesa Falls. It was so much fun! We goofed off way more than we probably should have but that's what we do. lol. On the drive up there I saw an abandoned train tunnel and I talked them into exploring it with me when we were finished with the falls. Sarah is scared of heights so she stayed at the bottom of the tunnel, but Allison and me climbed up the rocks to sit on top of it. It was crazy fun! lol. Of course when we got down we noticed that the beam we had to balance on to cross the tunnel was rotting through so it's a good thing we noticed that After the fact. Otherwise they might have talked some sense into me. Driving home I saw a sign for Cave Falls (I think I was looking for an adventure.) Allison turned around and we started down the road. It said it was only 19 miles.. About 40 minutes later on a muddy dirt road Allison called it quits. Me and Sarah begged for her to keep driving but she didn't think her car would make it up the hill. We looked up the falls when we got home. It would have been awesome!... If we had been traveling on the right road! Guess we missed our turn off somewhere... Who knew you had to drive through a golf course to get there! I bet a man came up with those directions. lol. That next weekend we were still in the mood for caves. So we took a big group up to the civil defense caves. And after three trips down the wrong roads we made it! So much fun! We took glow sticks and played hide and seek! And Maybe we had a dance party... :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroIAzejO-1MBp7rcYFmE6svJCQNOGScXwgSBIT69MHKe8dh6V2_yCwI64z7wYkvuJxGgMQXPAjJdGU0KqB44LR4vYF1eJs38kzs5jJrYdWazqMD5LUoJtasiIH6c-z0wKE0CYy2HwNJHa/s1600/32267_1309328780742_1456260130_30702046_4795429_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroIAzejO-1MBp7rcYFmE6svJCQNOGScXwgSBIT69MHKe8dh6V2_yCwI64z7wYkvuJxGgMQXPAjJdGU0KqB44LR4vYF1eJs38kzs5jJrYdWazqMD5LUoJtasiIH6c-z0wKE0CYy2HwNJHa/s400/32267_1309328780742_1456260130_30702046_4795429_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482762609383774338" /></a><br /><br />I finally finished up school for the summer! yaya! So excited not to have homework or classes that I feel guilty about skipping (hehe). To celebrate I went to Las Vegas for a week with my madre! We had so much fun! Stayed with my cousin Jessica who rocks for letting us stay at her house and eat her food. I slept in, ate lots of Eggos (been craving those for some odd reason lol)and lounged by the pool. Of course I had to share the pool with her five children and it was fun, but slightly disturbing. The two youngest had this thing about taking their clothes off and swimming naked. Vandi (who's four) wasn't too bad. But Cash (who just turned 3) had to take his diaper off to get in the pool. Made me feel like we should use more chlorine in the pool! lol <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_XJdG8mVAZ95bQ6cKiUgRhGTzupQ3Z4c7DSffZHhd0NoD3BWrOn8NPKTyHWjdlZ-_pKkqGtjSu0rRZIsvcWrR94eqsUm5yFoGniY5lnwnXrrUGoBN6drhthE-e67rsseh8tGMgfgrugd/s1600/232323232%257Ffp9%253A8%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D3368357869335nu0mrj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_XJdG8mVAZ95bQ6cKiUgRhGTzupQ3Z4c7DSffZHhd0NoD3BWrOn8NPKTyHWjdlZ-_pKkqGtjSu0rRZIsvcWrR94eqsUm5yFoGniY5lnwnXrrUGoBN6drhthE-e67rsseh8tGMgfgrugd/s400/232323232%257Ffp9%253A8%253Enu%253D3%253A8%253B%253E2%253C7%253E257%253EWSNRCG%253D3368357869335nu0mrj.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482758433331137506" /></a><br />We visited my great grandma and my great aunt Kay and her daughter Shannon (who's so funny! Love this lady!). Dinner at REd Lobster is always called for when we get these ladies together. lol. Did a lot of shopping and eating out. Wish we had even 1/4 the number of restaurants they have down there! Me and my mom went country dancing Thursday night. Love line dancing! I can't seem to remember any of the steps at the moment, but when the music comes on it all comes back to me. Crazy how that works. lol. Friday I went dancing (noticing a theme yet? haha) with my friend Rylee. We met some people who turned out to be a lot of fun and we all went out for breakfast! Gotta love IHOP for being open 24 hours. lol. We got home just as the sun came up. :) Of course I started to regret that decision when I got woken up at 11 to go shopping for a wedding dress. I thought it could have waited until after 2 but oh well. It was a lot of fun. Some super pretty dresses and some not so pretty ones. Rylee was ready to buy a dress she found... we talked her out of it since she's currently single. hahaha. That night RY and I drove up to St. George for dinner and a party with the same people we had met the night before. Not as fun as the previous night, but still good to get out and laugh. Rylee and Al had a rap off. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe! A pretty common occurence for me, but still! So funny! We got home around 5 am. And then I woke up two hours later to drive home. Not fun. But the week and all it's crazy events were totally worth it! <br />I think that's pretty much all that's happened so far. I'll keep you posted on any other exciting happenings of the summer... Think All Girls Camping Trip. It's gonna be gooooooood! hahahahaAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-55458681886818820812010-05-14T12:40:00.001-07:002010-05-14T12:53:00.626-07:00One year older and Wiser too?Yep it that's day of the year again. My birthday. I can't believe that another year has come and gone. It feels like I was just celebrating my 22nd birthday and now I'm at 23. It's already turning into one of the best ones yet and the day is just starting! In our house our birthday celebration is pretty much a week long. Mine and Rachael's birthday, Bean's birthday and Mother's day all usually fall within the same week so we just keep on celebrating. We did a Mother's day dinner/birthday dinner with my grandma in Pocatello on Saturday. Tuesday we did a girls day with shopping and lunch and then a family dinner that night to celebrate. Wednesday my other grandma and aunt came up from Logan and we did dinner, ice cream cake and presents. Thursday I went shopping with my mom for my best friend's birthday... just two days after mine! lol. And then there's today. Dinner with Calaigh! She's coming into town to help me celebrate. Tomorrow we're celebrating her birthday since she won't be here on Sunday. All in all a crazy busy week but so much fun! I think all birthdays should be celebrated for a week at a time. <br /><br />23 just sounds so old to me. Rach says it sounds young. Maybe a kid makes a difference? lol. I think I'm having a mid-midlife crisis. I keep thinking about all the things I haven't accomplished yet and it makes me feel panicky. But then I have moments of clarity when I realize that I'm not THAT old. I still have a good fifty (hopefully, lol) years left. My life is just starting. I'm trying to be positive. I'm just happy that three of the most important people in my life get to help me celebrate! <br />HAPPY BIRTHDAY Twin, Beaner and Calaigh! Love you guys!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-82537503439062165862010-05-07T15:35:00.000-07:002010-05-07T16:05:51.880-07:00NEw LovesWent to the midnight premier of Iron Man 2. It was AWESOME! I think I might love it even better than the first. Waiting in line wasn't the most fun I've ever had, and the commercials we had to sit through were pretty torturous. But the movie and company I was with were definitely worth it. I love going to new movies on opening day. There's just a different energy to the audience. You know that every person in that room wants to see it just as badly as you do. I love that people call out things and applaud when something awesome happens. It's great! :)<br /><br />Lately I've been on a Miley Cyrus kick. Who knew? lol. I watched the Hannah Montana movie last week and it was pretty good. Does anyone else think she has fantastic hair?? lol. Also watched THe Last Song, twice, in theaters. I just love that movie. It's not the typical romance. There's the unexpected twist that added some depth to it. Loved it! Especially this music video. :)<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8wxOVn99FTE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8wxOVn99FTE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-90403481545075954582010-04-23T11:30:00.001-07:002010-04-23T12:27:49.651-07:00A little bit of everything.. and then someSo much has happened this month and I haven't blogged any of it! I guess I just haven't been in a bloggin mood. But last night I was with my girls reminiscing about happenings these past few weeks and I decided I should probably blog them so I can remember them.<br />Last night we had our stake opening social for the new semester. It was refreshments and drum roll please............. A dance. What? Yes I said it. A dance. Like the kind where boys put on their good smelling axe bodyspray, girls put on their nicest/skimpiest/still modest shirt that they own and we all try and catch each others eyes without being too obvious about it. It was a complete flashback to stake dances from when you are 14 and it's the coolest thing to do on a saturday night. Unfortunately no one showed up in a prom dress. I was kinda hoping this would happen. Alas, it did not. However I was privy to witness a boy/girl interaction that had me biting my lip so I wouldn't burst out laughing while the guy was still within hearing distance. It happened to my good friend Sarah. Poor, unfortunate Sarah. hahahaha. There's this guy who we shall call Fred. And he has been crushing on Sarah for at least a semester. The moment a slow song came on, he waltzes on over, in a plaid sports jacket no less, and rubs, yes rubs, his shoulder along her back. Like a cat marking it's territory. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! And then he just keeps on walking like now it's her turn to make a move. Did I mention that he's a drama major? HA! I wish we had a camera there so we could have captured mine and Allison's looks when he did this. Or best yet, Sarah's. lol. Sarah I love you, but this is just too funny not to share! hahaha :) I wonder if he actually thought something like that would work? <br />We lasted at this social event for a solid 15 minutes before we called it quits. We consoled ourselves with some ColdStone. While there we were talking about something.. I can't really remember. Anyways I said something to Jenense about how weird it is that her minor is herbology when her major is dance. I guess Herbology is a Harry Potter term, humans (haha) call it horticulture. We all got a kick out of it and then proceeded to give ourselves a Harry Potter major. I am Care of Magical Creatures since I'm a zoology major, and so forth. I thought it was funny until I look over at the next table and this girl is looking at us like "No wonder these girls aren't married!" I had the girls look at her face and we all cracked up. Looks like I've turned into one of the weird people at this school... CRAP!! hahaha. Love you girls!<br /><br />Two weeks ago I was down in SLC, no shocker there lol, and hung out with my best friend Calaigh and our group. I love these people. We ended up going to a Skid Row concert.. Never heard of these guys but Calaigh's parents had all access passes so we figured what the heck. They ended up being some heavy metal band full of wannabe rockstars. The lead singer could actually sing, which surprised me. But the guitar player had the longest hair that he just kept flipping all over the place and the drummer was only wearing tight leather (probably pleather) pants, with lots of tattoos covering his upper body. And he wasn't exactly in tip-top shape either. Did i mention that none of these band members are under the age of 35? We were backstage and I ended up requesting ear plugs from the tech dude. haha. He was wearing them too! The people who showed up for this concert where crazy. Mostly old people wanting to pretend they were young by wearing short, tight skirts, lots of leather and lots of tats and piercings. And lots of mullets. Not the best concert I've ever been to. After the concert we went home and youtubed the Cinnamon Challege. Lots of good footage, enough laughter that Calaigh, Courtney and Chris decided they wanted to do it. Ann and myself were the only smart ones and said no thanks. lol. I recorded the whole thing, and I'm laughing the entire time. It's on my facebook page. I don't know how to put it here to share. Sorry.. lol.<br /><br />It's felt like a crazy month but I can't think of anything else. This post is already a doozy so it's all good! <br /><br />p.s. Is anyone else LOVING all this rain?! No? Hmm... guess it's just me then! haha :)Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-57515816897967842442010-04-02T13:52:00.000-07:002010-04-02T14:02:24.287-07:00April FoolsHmmm... I'm reading all these blogs about pranks that people played on each other and I have to admit that I'm just not that creative..Or maybe I'm just lazy? No one played a prank on me this year or last year or the one before that.. The one and only prank I can remember ever being played on me was when I was younger. Probably 10 or 11 and my mom sat us down and told us my dad got a job in Chicago and we were moving there at the end of the school year. We were crushed! Okay maybe RAch was more crushed than me... She ran crying from the room. I was suspicious of the whole thing so I wasn't that upset. And then it turned out to be a joke and I laughed really hard because Rach couldn't stop crying! hahahaha. GUess she didn't want to move eh? lol! <br />Woke up to Deke running around the house with a plastic shopping bag stuck to his head. It was really nosy. I was laughing so hard I couldn't even get it off him. No idea how he got it stuck there! Poor cat. It's making me giggle just thinking about it!hahahahaha<br />What else?..... We are babysitting Taytum while Rach is off in Park City on a shopping spree. Not sure how it's going to go. Good thing my mom's here to get up with her in the middle of the night... and feed her.. and change her... Okay maybe my job is only to give her snuggles and kisses. lol. <br />It's Easter this weekend! YAYAY! I love Easter! I think it's all about the candy for me. I was watching Jim Gaffigan last night and his holiday speal came on and I was laughing hysterically.. nothing unusual about that. Everyone should watch it. IT rocks! haha<br />Hmmm... I think that's about it. HAPPY EASTER!!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942464584544606960.post-60046043079041638782010-03-16T12:23:00.000-07:002010-03-16T13:15:03.040-07:00Spring is in the AIR!!SPRING IS HERE!! Okay probably not for long, but for today it's here and I'm loving it! I've been wearing flip flops all week ( I know it's only Tuesday.. lol)and it's been amazing. I just can't bring myself to put on socks and stuffy shoes when the sun is shining, most of the snow has melted and it's in the forties! Haha. Talking with some friends last night and we discussed the weather. I was laughing really hard when one of the them pointed out that if it was 10 degrees cooler it could be snowing and yet everyone was walking around in shorts and sandals just soaking up the sun. Today is no exception. I even saw some girls laying on the sidewalk sunbathing.. The temp was 41 degrees. Gotta love Idaho. Anything over 30 is considered warm. Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine! HAPPY SPRING!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgW0cgjekDnhyaVrZ6ITtOHa9npJnGMqJ14T6oFx0Gm3gcdi1x_1lwCzmB0qZe9FU6QxpSvoGjzoe4eUvK9appCL3ue0P_DG-P6Tdfhj-3yKqXmkyHtVz8FA7PVNBUmhonlzHCT_Nisk6/s1600-h/NPF2861.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgW0cgjekDnhyaVrZ6ITtOHa9npJnGMqJ14T6oFx0Gm3gcdi1x_1lwCzmB0qZe9FU6QxpSvoGjzoe4eUvK9appCL3ue0P_DG-P6Tdfhj-3yKqXmkyHtVz8FA7PVNBUmhonlzHCT_Nisk6/s400/NPF2861.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449327738147326978" /></a>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345679792906928039noreply@blogger.com0