The New Do

Before (Blah)

After (Wah-lah)

Anniversary Cruise (Part 2)

the Carnival Splendor

The Water Slide

Our Cabin

Cabo Wabo (aka. Cabo San Lucas)


I took the most pictures here. Why? I have no idea.


Morning sun in Cabo...

I like the one below TONS.

Here are some random port pictures...

                                                                      

        Lucha Libre masks! Stellar!

                                                   

Us in the boat, on our way to what we thought was going to be snorkeling, NOT!

We saw sea lions. So cute!
    
                                                        

The waves were awesome, crashing against the rocks. 

 Lover's Beach (ooh la la)

And the tip of Baja California!

Mazatlan again,

and our ghetto panoramac of Mazatlan with the ship.

New News

Nope again not what you think. I love starting to tell people this... "I don't know if I should tell you yet because no one else really knows." It without fail ended with a "are you pregnant?" from people. Ha ha. Nope, not for a while.

Well I said it that way because I had only talked to the Bishop and told Tyler but now that I'm set apart...

(drum roll)...I am the new Country Park 1st ward MiaMaid and Beehive Advisor. (scream) yikes! What a surprise. I told Bishop that I hadn't even been off the radar that much. I was released from being a Nursery leader at the end of August and just barely recieved my new calling, so almost 2 months. I guess that's good. I just didn't know what I'd be called to do. They totally reorganized the YW program. Not to mention I am the youngest leader of the group, being only 6-7 years older than the Laurel's, and 10 years older than my oldest girls. Which is still quite an age gap but only a fraction than that of the other leaders and the girls.

Bishop told me that it'd be my Sunday's and Wednesday nights. At first I was like oh, but I got used to the idea. Then I went home and told Tyler and he was like, yeah and don't forget Girls Camp. And I was like oh crap-again. Then last sunday Rosalyn told me, yeah and Youth Conference. Oh man it never ends. How could I forget about all of this, when I've been the one there most recently.

The more I think about it or look over everything the more comforted I get. At first it was really scary and a lot to take in. But I've had a lot of reassurances. We'll see how this sunday goes when I teach them. At least it's not sunday school, those boys are difficult, I think just teaching girls will be tons better for me.

All I know is that there is a lot of work to be done. I barely know who these girls are. I have a lot to learn about them and what is going on in the program in the ward. I'm still a little shell shocked and we all still feel a little overwhelmed.

One Year Anniversary

                                                                    
Nope you aren't mistaken, we didn't get married in October, it was May. I'm just finally posting about it. I'll get pictures up here later, once I really figure that out and once the image uploads get out of maintenance.

Tyler and I went on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera in May. Looking back of course it was fun, but I still remember how sensitive my body was to the swaying motions. I kinda got used to it, but let's just say how excited I was to be back on solid ground that definately didn't move.


Our first stop was Puerta Vallarta.

                                                                            
We moved from the ship to a catamaran and then went another hour and a half to some Mexico National Park islands. So basically, we went from the catamaran to the water where we had about an hour or so of snorkeling. Can I just tell you how AMAZING that was. This was the best experience we had on our shore excursions. Everything we saw was beautiful. Luckily we saw tons of stuff because when we got to Cabo we heard that snorkeling was awesome there too and we had a great first experience so we decided why not. Well it wasnt' that great. The water was too rough and was kicking up the sand and so needless to say we couldn't see a dang thing. But I have to say that Cabo has the best tourist set up. Puerto Vallarta wasn't to shabby either, if you stay inside the port. :)  We got fried from our long day in the sun in Puerto Vallarta. Well not super fried but just enough for my white skin in the Mexican sun.

We didn't even get off the boat in Mazatlan.  Here is the beautiful sunset in Mazatlan...

                                                                                                         

                                                                                                        
                                                                                                           
Cabo was definately my favorite so that one will have to get a post all on it's own.
We did get some really cool souveniers though! (I'll have to post my fav.)

We did take Carnival and I have to say that it was pretty dang fun. We'd do it again but not for a while. Maybe the Caribbean. ooh... that just sounds too nice. We'll get there.
    
               Fun for All. All for Fun. ~ carnival

                                                                                                                                                                                                              


                                                                                                   
               

Bahaha...

I figure it's about time since it's been almost a year. I guess I really did have stuff to update. For example, I got a 25 on my previous ACT, so I did do better than a 24. Only problem is that UVU says that to better my chances I should take the ACT AGAIN to get a higher score than a 25. We will really see this time. I proved myself wrong last year, so let's do this and at least get a 26. (sigh)

I love my job! It's the best. I love everyone I work with. I've been there for about 10 months and it feels a lot longer than that. I know I'll be there until I get into Hygiene school, as much as I love it I hope I'm there for only another 10 months. We'll see how Hygiene school apps go this time around. I have my apps for Weber and UVU. Both due about Feb 1st to the 15th-ish. I applied to SLCC and since they actually have a waiting list I have a start date of 2014. Whoop-ti-do! It could shorten but hopefully I get into Weber or UVU sooner than later and then my life can get a move on. I have everything to UVU that I need except this ACT score and all I need for Weber is my 3 page essay. Yikes! We'll see how much I can really say about myself or my "life" experiences.

Just Amazing!

Ok so it's been a while and my goal of at least one post a month is now out of the question, I move on out from here. Final's time is near for the both of us and in two days from now I'm re-taking the ACT. One of the universities I am applying to for Dental Hygiene says it will up my chances, especially if I can get a higher score. Who are you kidding? I have been out of high school for just over 6 years, I can't remember all of that stuff. I think I'll be lucky if I end up with something higher than a 24. Oye! I am excited though that school will be done with for at least 2 or 3 weeks.

And on an even better note.... I HAVE A JOB!!!! YAY! I start tomorrow training at a Dental office Downtown SLC (yikes!) I am super excited that someone would want to hire me knowing that I am applying to Dental Hygiene schools, and that I pray to get in this upcoming Fall. It will be really nice. I will only be working PT-MWF, assisting MF and front office on W- (which I hear is somewhat slow paced-nice!) I start my training on Friday and then I won't be back in the office until next Wed. bc they know I have a final on Tuesday and that I want to be able to use Monday to study. How great! I already love the environment and the people. I am super excited! Especially now it will keep me busy but not super busy where I don't feel like I can't get things around the house done, but also I can participate in the money making/saving, and thus save me from constant moments of boredom... lol! What a new adventure.

Cat-Nap

Nope! I'm not talking about a day-time 10 min. power nap. It's fairly comparable to kid-nap, minus the kid. Our neighbors have a cat that has had a few litters. Well since they are our neighbors and there is a space between the concrete and vinyl fencing, the kitten's are always in the backyard and meandering around everywhere. So for a number of weeks now we have been trying to get close enough to where they will let us pet them. No matter how much we dangle sticks or other items, it's never worked. They've been pretty curious and coming closer but still haven't allowed any contact...until yesterday. Tyler has usually been the instigator but yesterday I was saying good-bye to my sister, holding the screen door open and one of the kittens was getting closer and closer. I called to Tyler and he came. He knelt down holding the screen door open saying, "Here kitty, kitty, kitty." And trying to tap his finger on the porch trying to attract some sort of attention. It was at least on the walkway to the porch. He told me to go and grab the mac and cheese we had made that had bits of ham in it. Mmm... good idea, trick and bribe the animal. So I do it and I hold the door, while Tyler flicks pieces of ham onto the concrete, drawing the kitten closer. Finally he put a piece on the threshold and then just inside the door on the rug. Meanwhile, I'm trying to close the door little by little. So even though I expect it, it still threw me off but Tyler just grabs the kitten, it's poor little claws grasping for dear life as it let itself be tempted and lured into unknown territory. (Luckily we know we are good people.) He kept feeding it some pieces of ham, and boy was it hungry, and totally freightened. It just kept right up against the screen door trying to stay as far away from us as possible. It would let us pet it and everything. It was soooo adorable!! Anyways, after a literal 4-5 mins Tyler picked it up and put it outside. I'm sure the kitten was super happy to know it didn't have to stay with us FOREVER! Poor thing!

So basically... this is what happens when you want a pet and you don't get one. I hope this phase of trying to "trap" a kitten has stopped until we finally decide that we want and can actually get an animal we decide on.