So, pretty much my favourite thing to do right now while I'm at home is to go and spend time with my nephew Brody. I think he's just the cutest thing ever! I just love him so much. It's been so much fun every time I baby sit him and it allows Joe and Laura to go and do stuff without having to worry about Brody! He is such a great baby! He's so happy and content! It's so easy to make him smile and laugh but the second he sees the camera he stops smiling cause he's so enthralled by the camera! This makes it really difficult to get a cute picture of him actually smiling but it's fun to try. I watched him lastnight so I had fun taking pictures of him, these are 2 of my favourite ones. I'm sure there will be a ton more! I'll be sad when I go back to school in January. I know that I already have neices and nephews (Hey! I was born an Aunt!!) but growing up with them all being around the same age as me made it more like having siblings. Now that I'm older and I can actually enjoy being an Aunt, it's way more fun! And let's face it, I'm a pretty cool Aunty Em!! I love my little Moose!

A Little Change!

So, the other day I saw on Skip's facebook that he got his hair cut and I felt all inspired! So, I decided that I needed a hair cut too and then after I got my hair cut I decided it needed a new colour. During my Summer semester, Jaymi highlighted my hair and it turned out really good. I loved it! I like having lighter hair in the Summer and then having darker hair for the Winter. Plus, I just love playing with my hair colour. So, I got it cut and then coloured it. The colour is a little darker than I thought but my hair takes colour really well (it looks black) but it always fades to the colour I wanted in about a week. My Mom strongly dislikes my hair when it's dark but I love it so as long as I like it...guess that's all that matters! Change is good....sometimes!

P.N.E. and end of Summer!

The P.N.E. started this year on Saturday August 17th. It's the 17 day fair down in Vancouver which happens every year at the end of the Summer. We have a donut trailer and a hot dog trailer which are both in the PNE. This year Jaymi, Baylei and Amber came up to work in the donut trailer. Jaymi and I worked the day shift and Baylei and Amber were on the night shift so we didn't get to see much of them but we crossed paths every once in a while. I also had another friend of mine (Skip) fly out to work. When I was away from Temple Square for 4 months I seved in the Texas Dallas Mission and he was serving his mission there and he was one of the Elder's I served with while I was there. He got here on Friday August 22nd and flew back home on September 2nd. I loved having him here, even though we didn't get to do much 'cause we were either working or being tired from working. It was fun to have him here. He worked the day shift with Jaymi and I. Now the Summer is over and the girls have gone back to Rexburg for the Fall semester and Skip has gone back to Provo. Sad day! I'm stuck here for the remainder of the year. I'll head back to school in January and finish out school but for now I'm here at home to make some money and get some bills caught up. Isn't it just wonderful being an adult and having responsibilities!!! Gotta love it.

California Adventure!

I flew out of Spokane on Tuesday July 29th, right into the Oakland airport! My friends Natalie and Steve (and their little Lorelai) went to California to visit family and invited me to come along, so I did! The first few days we were at Steve's parents house and we just hung out and relaxed. Friday August 1st we went to a cabin with his 2 older sisters and their kids. The cabin was about 2 hours away and it was amazing, it belonged to some friends of one of his older sisters. This was like a mansion cabin! We stayed there until Sunday afternoon and then headed back to his parents house. On that Monday we headed out to L.A. to stay with Natalie's older brother and his wife and son. It was so much fun being with them. Her brother Rich bought us park hopper passes to Disney Land and California Adventure Park so we spent Wednesday at Disney Land and Thursday at California Adventure Park. I really don't know how any one could spend more than 2 days there! It was crazy and hot and we were so tired and grouchy by the time we got home but it was still fun! I got a little red from the sun but it was worth it. We then relaxed and hung out by the pool and watched Michael Phelps kick trash at the Olympics! Canada is definately out of their element at the Summer Olympics....good thing the Winter ones are coming in 2 years! We drove back to Steve's parents house the next Monday and then spent Tuesday in San Fransisco which was really fun. Natalie and I got to go see The Dark Knight the afternoon before I flew back to Spokane and it was amazing! All in all, I loved my vacation in California! It was perfect, we got to relax and just hang out but we also went and did stuff when we wanted. We stayed up late and slept in! It was perfect! I was soooo sad to leave, especially since I won't be down at school this Fall and it's their last semester so they won't be there when I go back to school in January. Sad day! I couldn't ask for a better friend. Natalie is the greatest, we just have so much fun together. We have NEVER even had a disagreement, we just get along so great and we have so much when we're together and we don't even have to be doing anything! She's the best! and I love my little Lorelai, she's just the cutest little girl with such a spunky personality, she always keeps us laughing. Steve's pretty cool too I guess! Although, he's not too fond of the camera! He hated the fact that we wanted to take pictures of everything and he was pretty grumpy about it, but he continued to buy us batteries for it when we needed more so I think he secretly liked all the pictures! I was sad to leave but I'm sure I'll see them soon. Bye for now California!

Next Stop...Pemberton!

So, my next adventure was in Pemberton, B.C. We took our donut trailer up there for the Pemberton Festival which was July 25th-July 27th. Jaymi came up there with me to work, we drove up there the Wednesday night before it started to help my sister finish setting up. We were able to have a 5th wheel trailer up there and it was right behind the donut trailer and it was air conditioned so that was a nice place to hang out when we weren't working in the donut trailer. Jaymi and I had to leave early Sunday night so we weren't able to see Cold Play but we got to see everyone else which included, Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers, Nine Inch Nails, Jay Z, The Tragically Hip, and a bunch of other smaller bands. Besides the issue with the portable showers and porta potties, it wasn't that bad, but hopefully they make some changes if they're gonna do it again next year. My 25th Birthday also happened to be on July 25th! I had to work of course but it wasn't that bad, I got a cake and a card! My brother in law also bought me a cool pemberton hoodie and my Mom and Jaymi bought me a new camera! So, not that bad at all! The reason Jay and I had to leave early was so that we could head back to Spokane. She needed to be back by dinner time on Monday and I was flying out of Spokane on Tuesday night to go to California! The drive from my house to Spokane is about 7 hours so we got back to my house around midnight on Sunday, packed up the car, took a quick nap, made our usual stop at Tim Horton's right before we hit the border and we were on our way!

Lessons Learned!!

Well, Summer semester started on April 21st! this year. I went down early so I could go to my mission reunion which was a little weird 'cause there were many people there I didn't know but I also stayed in Salt Lake for a week to visit with Sariah (former roommate). I then drove all the way back to Rexburg and stayed with Natalie (another former roommate). It was nice to just relax and visit with friends right before the semester started. I was able to move into my apartment Saturday April 19th which is definately not one of my most favourite things to do as I just hate unpacking. For this semester I lived in Royal Crest #316 with Jaymi and Baylei and we got 3 new roommates who happened to all be freshmen. 2 of them were from California and one was from Las Vegas. It was an interesting semester filled with roommates taking stuff that didn't belong to them and all the other things girls go through! Boyfriends and late nights!!! Good times! We also came to the conclusion that we were no longer allowed to date any boys with the name "Ryan"!! I had some good classes where I learned so much and then there were those classes that really seemed like just empty work but I made it through! (of course with a little help from the friends). Finally it was all over and time to head home! Gotta give props to my saving grace this semester though.....Natalie! What would I have done without you? and of course you're gonna be gone come January! So rude!! As some of you know I also started seeing someone this semester, now things were good at first but then it didn't turn out so well. I don't really wanna go into details cause there's a lot of details but let's just say that I learned so much from this experience so I can't be mad about it. Sometimes when you're in a relationship that's not so good, you know it needs to be over but for some reason you hang onto it, even when all your friends keep telling you how much of an idiot he is! I knew this all along but I needed to realize a few things on my own, so I say thank you to the 2 friends that never put down the situation but only told me that I deserved the best. Sometimes you just need to come to terms to things at your own pace and always having other people make the situation worse does not help. In the end though, I made the right decision and I got to learn a huge amount along the way so I guess it could have been worse. Lesson Learned!

So, I'm officially really bad at keeping up with this whole blogging thing. I've just been a little busy so I've slacked off a bit but I will try to keep up now 'cause I do follow a few of my friends blogs and I hate when they don't update so I'll try better now. Well, I guess it's time for an update but it will happen with a few blogs as I've been pretty busy the past few weeks. The updating will get done in the next few days so just be patient.