Happy Thoughts

Chris and I went to Vegas a couple weeks ago and had such an amazing time with my family. It was his first time meeting my family so it was a little nerve wrecking, but he loved them, they loved him....it all worked out great! We spent time at the pool, eating lots of food, going to the strip, and just loving being together. Thank you Doug and Beth for letting us crash at your place! It was also really nice to see Sarah and Cuyler whom I haven't seen since their wedding. I miss you guys!! I spent this last weekend in Island Park with a bunch of friends. We had a blast! We went to the Playmill and saw "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", played truth or dare, had a bbq, went 4 wheeling, and just had so much fun together. It was really nice to be able to get away for a little bit.

Summer!!

Well, I think it's safe to say that it's finally summer! Yet, we have had lots of rain the past couple days and the "First Day of Summer" isn't really until the 21st....BUT, the other day I put on my bathing suit and Chris and I laid out by the pool! Even though it was gloomy and a little windy, to me, that means it's SUMMER! :) I am so excited to go to Vegas this weekend and see my family and little babies. Maybe I will be lucky enough to get a little color since that is pretty much impossible here in Idaho. But, I bought a new bathing suit which looks a little like this:

Chris and I laid out by the pool. He fell asleep:I tried to do as he did, but it just didn't happen for me (I was too cold!)So I just tried to entertain myself by taking lots of pictures of us and watching the pool that nobody was in :)Vegas in 56 1/2 hours! YAY! Maybe Chris and I will be making a stop by the little wedding chapel and get married by Elvis! :)

Life As We Know It

Well, I have been out of schoolf or 2 weeks, haven't really done a whole lot. You would think I would update this thing more because of it, but I have just been REALLY REALLY lazy! haha sleeping in (almost) everyday has been nice but I feel like a bum. And here is a really bad picture of me and Chris: :)I had a job interview yesterday at a spa in Blackfoot (which is about a 25 minute drive). It was a really cute place and the people were really nice, but I just had a really bad feeling about it on my drive back to town. I don't think I should make that drive everyday and I feel like I would lose a bunch of clients if I went out of town. I have so many people who have been so good to me and kept coming back to me while I was in school, I want them to keep coming! :) But funny thing happened after the interview...I got back in town and went to the gym to workout and clear my head and get rid of the bad feelings I had. I was super bummed cause I didn't know what I was going to do and I have been struggling lately with knowing where I belong and what I need to be doing with my life. Anyway, after I finished my run I was walking to the locker room and I get a call from Retreat Day Spa asking me to come in for an interview on Saturday!! That is the place that I have been wanting to work this whole time and I had talked to them a week before and they told me they didn't have any spots open. So I was so happy that they called me! So I will be going in on Saturday for the interview. Everyone please include me in your prayers! :) I really hope I get that job.

Well, not much else has been going on. Chris and I are getting super excited for our trip to Vegas next weekend! I can't wait to see my family and for them to meet Chris! Other than that I have just been working out,

Playing with the horses,

I finally got my season 6 of The Office so I have been catching up on that,Chris and I watch A LOT of movies,And making sure I keep learning stuff about hair so I don't lose my knowledge! :)

I did it!

Well guys...it's official. I am a Beauty School graduate! I really can't believe I actually did it. It was the hardest and best year of my life. Learning cosmetology was something that was always in the back of my head of something that I would love to do, but never thought it could become a reality. But then a year ago, I guess you could call it a nudge or a maybe even a push telling me that I needed to sign up. So I called and told them that I was going to start the next week! I was grateful to have it cause it helped me get through a really hard time in my life and let me just focus on myself for a little bit. I have learned so much and have had such an amazing cheerleading squad who has pushed me to keep going when I wanted to quit. So thank you to everyone who pushed me through! I am so happy I did it!

Life just feels so good right now. I have an amazing family, amazing friends, an amazing boyfriend, and an amazing gospel. I couldn't ask for anything more! I am so excited to go to Vegas in a few weeks for Chris to meet my family, excited to go to Canada in July, excited to find a job and start getting paid doing what I love to do! :)

Sick Day

I am sitting here with my lemon poppy seed muffin, a quart of Simply Orange juice, a liter of water, a box of Dayquil, and a box of Airborne. It feels like it's going to be an eternity before Chris gets off work. I hate being alone when I am sick. I tried going to school and studying for my State Boards tomorrow, but couldn't concentrate at all cause I kept coughing and sniffling. So here I am taking a sick day. That means I will be at school for another day longer, but I would rather get some rest and be able to pass my exam tomorrow! I took my school written exam on tuesday and passed with an 84. It was probably one of the hardest tests I have ever taken, but everyone says that the school test is harder then the state test so hopefully I will do just fine tomrorow.
I haven't posted on here for a while. Life has been crazy busy. Trying to finish up school, studying a lot, and figuring out where I belong once school gets out. We had our hair show a coupel weeks ago and I am so glad it's finally over! It was really fun the day of, doing crazy hair and watching the awesome dancers. But it was also very stressful, tiring, and a lot of work. Here is a picture of my Charlie's Angels models: I am thinking of working here at Retreat Day Spa and Salon when I get done with school. I still need to take over my resume, but I have a friend who works there so hopefully I can have an in through her! :)

Easter was a lot of fun! For one of our classes at school, we each got 2 hard boiled eggs and then we had to show that we can make a warm color and a cool color just using the primary colors (red, yellow, and blue). We then had to color them with our concoctions, decorate them, and then make deviled eggs afterwards! Very yummy! The night before Easter, Chris and I went and bought a bunch of plastic eggs and candy and then filled the eggs so we could be all ready for Easter morning. Sunday morning we woke up, chris "hid" all of the eggs around his house, and then his sister and I raced to see who could get the most eggs! I won of course haha and Chris was laughing so hard watching us run around trying to fill our bowls :) The rest of the day was filled with eating lots of chocolate and yummy food, sleeping, watching movies, and taking a bike ride over to the hospital to visit his grandma. It was a blast!

Needing a break...

I am here at school on my instructors computer working on my resume. It's crazy to think that I will be done with school in 7 weeks. I can't believe how fast this past year has gone! I feel like I just started and now I am about to be thrown out to the wolves and am completely terrified. Dont' get me wrong, I am super excited to get to start working and making money for what I have been trained to do. I just don't know how I am going to do without being able to rely on an instructor any time I need one to tell me if I am doing something right or to fix what I have screwed up. :) But I have confidence that I will learn a whole lot more whereever I decide to go. There is ALWAYS something to learn! I am trying to decide between Master Cuts or JC Penny salon at the mall, or Sitting Pretty salon. I just need to go in and check them out to see what would be best for me.

I have an awesome support team. My mom, who has done so much that I cant even list everything. Bethany and Doug, who has let me practice on them :) My bestie Sarah, who is there at any time of day, even at 2 in the morning just to vent. My close friends here in Idaho Falls who come to my school regularly to help me learn and give me motivation to keep going. And Chris. He is the best boyfriend I have ever had and brings me so much happiness. He makes me lunches, stops by to give me hugs, lets me cut his hair even though I shaved off his side burns :), rents me chick flicks so I can relax after a long day, and is just so amazing! I just gotta get through this last push!

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Last weekend Chris and I went to Island Park with our singles branch, stayed at our branch presidents cabin, and went snowmobiling! It was super fun, super cold, and super awesome!

We are going to go see The Bodies exhibit tonight that came in town. I am a little nervous about it but I think it will be pretty cool. I guess it's a big thing in Vegas and the tickets are super expensive. My work is taking all of us for a long overdue Christmas Party. haha :}

I am still waiting for my new phone to come in the mail since mine fell in the toilet a week ago and hasn't worked the same since. My communication has been a little off this week so hopefully it will get here in the next couple days!

I have 500 more hours of school! I really wish it was less cause I want to be done but I also get super nervous when I start thinking about finishing and having to go out on my own. I don't feel ready enough yet.

Our snow is melting! It makes me really excited to think about that, but then I get back to reality and remember that I live in Idaho and of course we aren't done getting snow. We will probably get it way into May!