ThE BoWmaNs

crafting...

2010-07-24T11:25:00.000-07:00

I have been a crafting fool latley! I love mod podge and there is a blog dedicated to it! And I am so excited to get some pictures posted of what I have done. My wonderful sister Adrienne gave me the letter "B" for Christmas a while back. After several moves poor "B" got beaten up. So I stripped it of its beauty and re-beautified it! But the wall it is hanging on needed a little more umph. So I was chit chatting with Adrienne brainstorming and she gave me an awesome idea via her sister in law Tori! So drum roll....I now have a "B Wall"...SOSOSO cute and fun. So I spent afternoon with my friend Jeni and collected some "B" s. And then last night I went crazy and stayed up way too late fixing them up.

So next two projects are a door wreath and mod podging my kitchen table with fabric (I did a small test run on one of my letters and works great!)...

In other news we are doing super duper great. Vance is still busy with sports, work, young mens, me...His other best friend is engaged and talking about getting married in October. By that time he will have exhausted all of this time off for the year probably. So we will be having a Texas Thanksgiving and Christmas! Ok I guess I should get back to work...Love you all tons

Guns

2010-06-29T15:27:00.000-07:00

Here in Texas it is HUGE, to the point of people canning their ammo. Guns were not a topic in southern California. I remember being told guns are bad. So to my dismay Vance has become friends with some gun lovers. They have tried to sway me to let Vance get a gun. I have ferventley said no, no oh and NO!
Unfortunatley there have been some events that have caused me to question our saftey, especially since we are considering having children. SO...we will be getting a gun as well as installing a security system...

I love my husband

2010-06-14T08:03:00.001-07:00

I love that he feels it would be SO funny to put of picture of snot hanging out of my nose on the blog. But it will stay there for all posterity to see, because I promised not to remove it before I saw it! In all fairness he did have to deal with all of the snot coming out of my nose for two weeks...

In other news I have been in a crafty mood! I am in the process of decking out some tanks and making some jewelry inspired by something I saw from Anthro. It is just a matter of assembling it(better yet figuring out HOW to assemble it). Once I am done I will take some pictures. I am REALLY excited for the out come.

At 4:45am we will be heading to the airport via our amazing friend Jeni! Our destination is Portland, Oregon. Vance's best friend is getting married in the Portland Temple on Saturday. Before the wedding festivities begin we are going to Yakima, WA to see Mason and Kim and their cute boys!!! And we are hoping to see little Tessa. This trip is much needed and Vance and I are so excited. It is truly going to be a special week.

On the downside today is going to be crazy busy! Vance and I are both working. After work I have to run some errands, do my cousins hair, mow the lawn, run more errands, having a family over for dinner and the pool (they are watching the pups while we are gone!), pack, clean up, shower! I can do this right? YES I CAN!!!

Cold

2010-06-10T21:18:00.000-07:00

So Julianne had a cold. She was blowing her nose in the car. Well, the picture tells the rest of the story.

Quick Note

2010-05-10T09:01:00.001-07:00

I look nothing like that picture above...I really should update this thing.

Vance

2010-05-10T08:45:00.000-07:00

He is just really great. The poor guy has to deal with crazy me. For example my parents are coming to town at the end of the month. My house HAS to be perfect! So I decided that would be a great time to set some goals...like getting our tile laid before they come. However before that can even be laid what is currently on our floor has to be ripped up...what is there has been there for 27 years. I attempted to help rip up stuff but to no avail. My lack of muscles makes it really difficult. SO once again the poor guy is doing all of the hard stuff. So just to list off a couple of the things he has done all by his lonesome: all of the closet organizers, texturizing the dining room and both bathrooms, sanding all the woodwork, staining and sealing the majority of the woodwork, installing all of the pulls and knobs....WOW he is pretty great.

Ode to Lolita

2010-05-08T12:37:00.000-07:00

So I love all of my sisters. I mean if you know my sisters how can't you, really? But there is Loralee and of all of my sisters we are most the most alike, kindred spirits. So I just have to say that I miss her like crazy. I call her at least once and day if not more. I have to tell her all of the nutty random things that I do. And of course talk to her about all of my frustrations. So I love her SO much that I get jealous when she is with other people, even if they are my own sisters that are with her.
She is the most amazing person ever. I LOVE HER!!! All right I am done now...
And to my other sisters, I love you just as much too. I am blessed to have such an amazing family. And I am so excited to see you all so soon for our Girls Getaway!

New Goal

2010-04-27T09:38:00.001-07:00

So my new goal is Birthday's. If I physically see you I am great at remembering them. But everyone else is neglected. So starting May I will be doing my best to get cards out! I love getting a card and I love giving cards so I am super excited!!!

2010-04-25T14:06:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I didn't have to work. We decided to have some fun. YARD WORK (the joys of owning a home)!!! While Vance was working in the backyard I took on the front yard. I did an amazing job at mowing my front yard. Because I am SO nice I decided to mow my neighbors yard(Nice meaning I didn't want an ugly yard next to my nice yard). Well half way through their yard I feel this burning pain on my foot(Did I mention I was barefoot?). I looked down to find fireants on my left foot. I killed the mower and in a panic ran to the front door, which was locked. Ran to the back gate to find the padlock locked. I was in such a panic that I was not capable of getting the code in properly to open the garage door. So I am running frantically back and forth my house yelling crazy things trying to get him to open the door. At this point I am thinking my neighbors think that there is some domestic dispute occuring.
**So side note some of you may not know but I have severe reactions to pretty much any biting bug. Hence the dislike for camping or anything like that.**
So I ended up going to Care Now and got two shots. And have since been doped up on Benadryl. And my neighbors yard is only half mowed. And that is my exciting story.

2010-03-11T20:33:00.000-08:00

I have pictures from Valentines Day, just haven't posted them!
I have pictures of the puppies, just haven't posted them!
I have pictures of all of the things we have finished on the house, just haven't posted them!

I am pretty sure that I am a lazy bum. In other news Vance turned 27 on Sunday. We had a birthday bash that was totally wicked. Good food, great people and lots of laughs. Tuesday night he left for New Mexico (somewhere near Santa Fe, and yes I started to sing the song) to go snowboarding. He will be back sometime on Saturday...Sunday...maybe never. He LOVES snow + boarding just about as much as me. I had to pleasure of taking Chuck to the vet for his last shots. I felt bad leaving Elsie home that I thought what the heck lets take them both...I am stupid. My puppies may be small in stature but they are crazy. They love people and other animals. So naturally they wanted to meet everyone and thing. NEVER NEVER NEVER AGAIN. That was the longest hour of my life. Chuck now out weighs Elsie by 2 pounds! Love it. Elsie is just crazy and became more crazy when she got spayed. The doctors say she won't calm down for about 6 months. Chuck is the snuggler of the group and also our little guardian. I will find him in his room next to the window barking at the people outside. Can the people hear him, no! But the poor guy can't catch a break from Elsie. She will wait for him to come outside to go to the bathroom. He has to brace himself for the attack he faces once he leaves the house. And no matter how fast he runs he can't keep up with her yet. Elsie prances around the back yard with her head in the air like a brat taunting Chuck with "you can't catch me." Ok enough about my pups. I love them but no one really wants to read about that. I am going to sleep now I think.

It is official!!!!

2010-02-22T08:03:00.000-08:00

Vance and I will be going to Cancun, Mexico in September!!! And this is all thanks to two amazing sisters who we will be going with. By the time we go we will be married just about 4 years and not had a real trip of honeymoon and I am thinking that this is long over due!!!! And I am pretty sure that there are not enough exclamation points to show how excited I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So my checklist to prepare is this...
Save, save, save money (Starting the budget tonight)
Work out a ton (I have my work out buddies and am getting my gym membership today)
Get a tan (People tell me how much they like my porcelain skin)
Find cute swimwear and sundresses (would love suggestions)

Ok now I need to take some very deep breathes...

2010-02-14T16:12:00.000-08:00

I came home from a long day of work to this...

a trip

2010-02-01T09:44:00.000-08:00

So Vance and I have been thinking that it is about time that we take a trip together, alone! This has been attempted many a times, but people just seem to want to get married. So yesterday I spent a good half of the afternoon looking up various vacation spots. We are thinking of going to San Padre Island down in southwest Texas. YAYA!!!!! BUT we got a call late last night ...Kent (Vance's brother) is getting married in June. Go figure. I pretty much screamed.

Weight Update

2010-01-29T20:09:00.001-08:00

So Vance decided to find out how much Elsie and Chuck weigh. They are about 8 months apart so you think there would be a big difference, BUT there isn't. He is able to eat all of his food and then goes in search for hers in one sitting! So here are the weights...
Elsie : 14lbs.
Chuck: 10lbs.
He is a fatty but so cute!

2010-01-18T20:12:00.001-08:00

can you tell that I suck at this?

My name is Chuck

2010-01-18T19:58:00.000-08:00

Chuck(above) and Elsie ---->

Hey you guys...
Here is the little guy. His name is Chuck and he is hilarious. He doesn't back down from Elsie and sometimes even runs her off. He manages to eat all of his food as well as hers. The awesome thing about him is when he gets tired he lays in his bed!!!
Anyway things for us have been great. Kimmy and Garrett are here in the Dallas area and we have been having a ton of fun with them. They were even WILLING to help us around the house!!! So here are pictures of the pups and soon to come will pictures of the house, promise. Hope everyone is well. We loved seeing all of you guys!

Love,
Vance and Julianne

2009-11-16T20:53:00.001-08:00

I feel disconnected from everyone and everything. I do read all of your blogs to keep myself updated! I am thinking of all of you and want to let you know that I love you. I working a lot and to make it more hectic Vance and I both have new callings in the ward. I am so grateful for the holidays coming up because I need them.

surprise!

2009-10-03T10:28:00.000-07:00

So we the proud parents of an adorable little boston terrier named Elsie. We have had her for a while I am just lame and posting!

Our next big announcement is that we are also proud homeowners. We closed on the house in early September! It's 1300 sqft, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, and it has a pool! We have been working really hard to get as much done inside before we have to move out of our apartment on the 17th of this month.

Sadly the third day of owning our home we were robbed. Luckily we only had two boxes in the house full of tools and other odds and ends. But my digital camera was in one of the boxes. So I can't show you any of the things that we have done. So just to give you an idea we....

stripped the wallpaper out of the bathroomS, and dining area...then sealed the walls
painted all of the baseboards and trim
sanded all the cabinetry and so far have stained and sealed all of the frame work in the house
painted the master bedroom and kitchen
spray painted all of the vents
and instead of replacing the fixtures in the house we spray painted them a bronze/brown color!

Our bodies are sore and our hands feel like they are going to fall off. But it is awesome to see results. It looks awesome so far and once I can get my hands on a camera I will post some pictures.

We also were in Utah last week for the wedding of Kimmy and Garrett. It was an exhausting trip but well worth it. I can't wait until Christmas!!!! And in other news I got a job!

Major Milestones

2009-07-23T10:22:00.000-07:00

Vance got accepted to graduate school at UTA.
On July 2 I took my state boards. I PASSED!!!!
We have put an offer in on a house, which means we will be in Texas for at least 3 years!
I had an "exciting" procedure done...
I have taken my resume to various high end salons. I got a call back today for an interview.
My baby sister is getting married!

Things have been slowly falling into place...

Oh how the time passes by

2009-06-12T08:49:00.000-07:00

Since April a lot of stuff has happened! Vance got a new calling in addition to our current one. He now works with the deacons. Softball season ended and now the summer league has begun. Vance missed his second game and last nights game was rained out!
From May 14 - June 7 I was in beautiful California. My sister had some major surgery and I offered to go out and help her. The initial recovery takes about 6 weeks but on top of that she has 4 boys! And then on top of that her husband has a dental practice to run and is the bishop in their ward!
There were moments when I wanted to cry but in the end I wouldn't have traded my time there for anything. I saw two parents actively involved in the lives of their children and one another. Collins is a successful business man but more importantly a loving father and husband. When he gets home it is all about his wife and boys. And once everyone is tucked in bed he then gets back to work on his practice or church calling.
My sister is a great example of strength and perseverance to me. Despite the pain that she was in, she would have her children gathered around her to read scriptures with her. She would go over homework with them, talk about their days, and constantly tell them how great they are and that she loves them so much.
We live in a society where the family is falling apart.
Despite the trials we face it is possible to raise a righteous family. It is possible to be successful in your career to provide for your family as well as being there for your family. My sister and her husband are great examples of this is, as well as my other sisters.

Fun filled week

2009-04-26T19:14:00.000-07:00

MONDAY I had the great opportunity to finally take part of my licencing test. I was in and out in about and hour and passed the written portion of my exam. I am now scheduled to take my practical on May 11th. I am a little nervous!

TUESDAY the missionaries had a Zone Conference. Our ward had the wonderful assignment to feed them. So I had the opportunity to go and serve them. It was a lot of fun. I was able to get to know some of the sisters in the ward better. Later that evening we went to tutor. And afterwards we went out to dinner for my birthday! Vance and my friend Katie surprised me with some beautiful flowers and a very cute balloon (Vance picked it out).

WEDNESDAY I was able to go to a Substitute Teaching Training. I am offically able to sub in the Grand Prairie Idependent School District. In the evening Vance went out with the missionaries to visit some part member families in the ward. It was great that he went because he ended up going to a family with a son in our class!

THURSDAY is softball day. Vance had two games. The weather had cooled down which was nice, but the wind was insane. But they won both games. We think that they are second in the league! Afterwards we had dinner at our house with our friends the Meadors.

FRIDAY was a girls craft night. I am used to going to the DI for my crafts so I felt a little disoriented. So I just grabbed random things and took them with me. I stripped a canvas that I had covered and painted it. Then I helped with other peoples projects. We also made to amazing choclated covered strawberries. It was a blast and I look forward to the next craft night! And don't worry, Vance ended up doing fun stuff too.

SATURDAY we got up bright and early to help our friends move! The moving only took a few hours to do and it's always nice when the people your helping are awesome. And we were then rewared by Kevins parents with great burgers and chips! I just have to say that I love the whole Meador Family! Later that evening we went bowling with some friends from the ward!

A few pictures of the happenings in Texas

2009-04-19T16:33:00.000-07:00

So Vance and I teach a 14-15 year old Sunday school class. Did I mention that they are all boys? We we decided to have a class party which = lots of food and X-Box! We love our calling and will be even more involved with the boys because Vance has been called as the Assistant Decon Quorem Assistant!

Vance is on a city softball team called the "Has Beens." He was invited to be on the team from a member of the ward. Next to him is our great friend Kevin (who is also in our ward and in the bishopric!) This picture was from this past week. They won their game 18-10!

The remaining three pictures are from Saturday evening. We have made friends with a great couple in the ward, Katie and Kevin. Kevins parents have a REALLY nice boat that they dock at Lake Grapevine. Saturday was beautiful. The water was like glass. The boys and Katie wakeboared while I stayed dry with Kevin's parents. After they played in the water we enjoyed a dinner on the boat thanks to Kev's parents. I promise pictures of me in the water next time!

The hair has been

2009-04-16T15:18:00.000-07:00

CUT...and now I am sad.

Easter

2009-04-12T21:45:00.000-07:00

So we have had a wonderful Easter weekend. I feel that one of the many great things that comes from Easter is it's ablity to excite kids. For example, we had dinner at a friends house. To keep the kids entertained the women went outside to "hide" the eggs. Once they were all found one of the kids took the basket to the dad. What did they do? They held onto the basket handle and swung it over their heads and the eggs went flying all over the lawn. And that made the kids even more excited. Sometimes men just have the better idea, right?
So my next great example is my cute neice Emma. It is a rare and treasured moment to speak with her on the phone. But I have figured out the right times to call her. That would be when she takes a trip to California, Christmas time, and of course EASTER! She was so excited about the day that she even invited me to come stay with her. And not for just a short visit. I could stay with her FOREVER. And to top the whole deal off she would share her candy with me. Later Vance asked her if he could come too, she said ok.

The Hair DILEMNA

2009-04-12T21:40:00.000-07:00

Ok so you must me thinking that this has to do with me...but you are wrong. I told Vance a while ago that I would not cut his hair short. So what does he do? He has not let me touch his hair. Really, I have not been allowed to do anything with it. So much so that he has a mullet forming in the back.

He just informed me a few minutes ago that he wants a cut. NOT a trim but cut. I don't want to do it! Some people are just meant to have longer hair, and he is one of them. And I am growing my hair out so shouldn't he also?

Happy Happy Birthdays!!!

2009-03-08T22:38:00.000-07:00

Vance turned 26 on Saturday! We went out and did some fun stuff during the day and by dinner time we were starving. We went to a place called Buffalo Bills Wild Wings. So we were eating and having a great time. The waitress comes by towards the end and asks us if we wanted any dessert. I told her we would pass because I had a birthday cake at home. She quickly asked Vance how old he was and of course he said 26! She called him a liar and said there was no way he was that old. She thought he was no older than 19 until she saw the drivers license. So I decided to have her take a guess at my age....16. Yep we can fool em' all!
And happy birthday to my wonderful mother! I hope your day was wonderful and I wish that I could have been with you!

Our poor Honda part 2

2009-03-06T21:09:00.000-08:00

Well these birds left two ginormous white turds on our front and rear bumper. Oddly enough they look just like Texas License plates. Go figure even the birds here must love Texas.

Our poor Honda

2009-03-06T20:56:00.000-08:00

So I know everyone has seen or been in our Honda at one point or another. Well... most of you know that last Febuary I got a free ski pass (compliments of Ryan) at Kelly Canyon (the local ski resort). It was a great day until Ryans mom dislocated her thumb and was hanging out in the ski patol. I remembered that I had some ibuprophine in the car and went to go get it just to discover that my car had the passenger window broke out and lots of things stolen.
Well just last Thursday I found a sticker on my window telling me that they were going to tow my car in 10 days if I did not fix my expired license tags (they were not expired the tow guy does not know how to read idaho plates). I figured I should get the car registered here anyway, that way they would have no reason to tow my car. Well Friday morning I woke up early to get my cars safety and emmisions inspections when I saw my passanger window broke out again, ugh. This time they only took the CD player. We really do not like theifs because they seem to like our car.

Texas

2009-02-18T13:05:00.001-08:00

My mom called my just to tell me to blog and post pictures...I said I would try...and she said "No just do it."
-So here I go. Vance and I moved to Grand Prairie, Texas (just west of Dallas) at the end of last month. The drive was long, long, long, and boring, boring, boring. So we made it here in two days I think? We live in wonderful, CLEAN, new, GATED apartment. The complex has a pool, hot tub, tennis courts, sand volleyball court, and fitness center. I LOVE THIS PLACE!
-To the south of us a few miles away we have the Rangers staduim, the new Dallas Cowboys staduim, 6 Flags, and 6 Flags Hurricane Harbor. And just east of us in Dallas we have the Dallas Stars and Maverkis...Vance is in sport heaven.
-We are in a great ward. Vance and I have been called to teach the 14 and 15 year old Sunday school class. It has been a neat and new experience. And I got cornered by the bishop yesterday and I am now giving a talk Sunday.
-We have family here and it has been fun to hang out with them and get to know them. They have been great in making us feel welcome and showing us around.
-Vance and I have also noticed that here in Texas some people take great pride in their ride. I will have to post some pictures so you can see what I mean. It is different.
-Vance's job is going well. I on the other hand have been having a difficult time getting the correct information on how to go about getting licensed here.
Well that is all for now!

WE ARE OUT OF THE...

2008-12-30T23:14:00.001-08:00

TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE apartment that we had been living in for over the past year and a few months!!!!! Let me just clarify that the apartment may not have been SO bad if we did not have CRAZY (and that is an understatement) landlords. We have some big thanks to the amazing people who helped us move, clean, and the Vance's amazing parents who are letting us store pretty much all of our stuff in their house. Vance keeps reminding me that before he was married he could fit his life in the back of his jeep. I however feel that is an extreme exaggeration. For example his large and smelly ice hockey bag already takes up that backseat for the most part...

So anyway I haven't blogged in a long time, what's new? Vance and I are done with school!!! Christmas week was hectic with moving and family events. The snowstorms didn't help out the situation at all. I am pretty sure that we pick the WORST weeks to move. But we did it. Of course the day we were done with everything the snow decided to melt and the sun was out the whole time. Christmas eve and Christmas day was spent with The Bowmans and friends. It was great to spend time with everyone before we headed out.

We are now currently in Orem, UT. We arrived late last night and are staying with my wonderful parents. It is funny how they finally end up close to us and we are going to be moving further away. So we are going to enjoy the time relaxing, Vance will be interviewing, and helping around the house. Here are the potential areas that we may end up in : Dallas, TX Albany, NY Wichita, KS Seattle, WA Roy, UT. Vance has been given an offer from the company in Texas but he still has to fly out to New York and Kansas. So he is waiting for his on site interviews before making any decisions. The holidays have also slowed down the hiring process. We are hoping to know where we are going or be there by the end of Jan. Once Vance and I have made a decision on where we will be going I will then get my license to I can begin working!!! We are excited for what is to come.

Love you all!!! I tried to put the pictures on the bottom...

Interviews!!!

2008-11-10T12:08:00.000-08:00

So just to update you all Vance left for Dallas, Texas early Sunday morning! He is interviewing with an engineering company called Lockheed Martin (spelling?!). I have no news as to how the interview went this morning! He is roaming in Texas and the bill will be outrageous if we talk. So later on tonight I will know more details. Keep us in your prayers that the right job will come along. I am getting really anxious with what is to come at the end of December! I know that the Lord will guide us as to where we are supposed to be. Love you all.

2008-10-20T10:00:00.000-07:00

So I must thank you all for helping me out in my quest to meet John Paul, etc. The contest is ended and of course I have no clue who has won or anything!
My parents came up October 10-12. It was so much fun to have them up here. Friday night we went out to dinner and visited. Saturday morning we went to the Rexburg Temple. That was the first time Vance and I had gone through for a session and it was so neat to share that with my parents. Afterwards we went down the hill so I could show off the amazing school that I go to. Later that day I treated mom to a pedicure and I got my hair colored for a fashion show that evening. I then ran mom home where we ate some dinner and then I was off to school to get my model and myself ready for the fashion show! It was so neat to see everything come together. And more importantly it made me feel so great to share this with not only my parents but Vance, Devin, Andrea, and Grandma Bowman. I was a little bummed out that I couldn't sit next to Dad though! The looks on his face were priceless. Andrea was lucky enough to sit next to him and said that it was funny listening to his reactions. All in all it was a great night. The room was packed and it was just awesome! Mom and Dad left Sunday afternoon and so we were put back into normal life again!
Monday the 13th was our 2 year anniversary! The first part of the day Vance spent at school. He came home around 4pm and we were off. He blindfolded me and drove around town in circles. We finally ended up at the AmericInn. He got the most amazing room ever! We went out to eat at a Thai restaurant (it is so good) and then just spent time together the rest of the night. It was so simple but so great! I love you Vance!!!
So the end is in sight now! School will be over and done for the both of us in December. Vance has applied to a lot of different companies. He has interviewed with two in Texas and has another interview this week for a position in New York! As of now we have no clue where we will end up. Our new adventure will soon begin and I can not wait.
Heavenly Father has blessed us this past year so abundantly. I am so grateful for the love and support of family and friends. I know that I wouldn't be this happy without your love. I have to get going now but I will try to be better at updating!

Paul Mitchell Contest

2008-09-24T19:37:00.000-07:00

Paul Mitchell is having a you tube contest that all Future Professionals in all of the schools nationwide is invited to participate in. And I really really really want to win!!! The grand prize is an all paid airfare, hotel, and dinner with John Paul Dejoria and Winn Claybaugh. So here is the deal. The winners are picked by the HIGHEST NUMBER OF VIEWS and HIGHEST RANKING. So here is where all of you come into play and your friends and family that their friends and family! I am going to post the link as soon as I get my video up and running. You will all need to view JUST my video as often as possible and then rank it high!!! You can view it as much as you want (please view it a lot) and then I would love you to tag everyone on your blog list with it. Voting goes from the time my video is uploaded until October 18. This is so important to me. Love you all!!!!!!! So keep your eyes open for the link!

2008-09-17T18:41:00.001-07:00

I am alive and well...just busy! School owns me hence never hearing from me. Currently I am set to graduate on December 17th but I am shooting for the end of November. Vance is on his last semester!!!! We have to be out of our apartment December 30th. We love you all!! And I have two of the cutest new nieces...!!! FYI Vance and I are going to rock you at th ebiggest loser!!

I got bored at work.

2008-08-28T12:37:00.000-07:00

There is this game online called "Fantastic Contrapton". The objective is for you to get a block from area to another using contraptions which you make. Check out my greatest feat at http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1002314.
Enjoy

PS Be careful or you might spend too much time playing this game.

Picture Update

2008-05-08T21:45:00.000-07:00

This is twice in once night but I am on a role. When my best friend was coming out of the temple I had my camera ready to take pictures. After a few shots my camera beeped at me. My memory card was full. Later on I went through my pictures and discovered that I had pictures on my camera from ALMOST two years ago! So here are some pictures of last summer up until a couple of weeks ago!

2008-05-08T21:02:00.000-07:00

All right! So much has happened these past three weeks! But in order for me to blog more often each event has to be strategically blogged.

So my first big thing that I did was go to Arizona. I was there for about 5 days and I welcomed the warmth with open arms....but would I ever live there??? I got to spend time with my amazing family.

Thursday I saw my first ultrasound ever and it was the most amazing thing. My face was pretty much right up next to the monitor.
Friday was the big day, the reason I was there. My best friend Marissa got married to her sweetheart. She has been my best friend since 7th grade and she has become part of the family.

Saturday Adrienne had her first piano recital for her students. They all did really well and you could tell by her students performances that she is an amazing teacher. Later on that afternoon the kids went swimming in an ice cold pool as a just soaked up the sun and watched them.
Sunday Von and Lindsey were finishing up their packing for their move to Ohio. We all loaded in the car to go and help them.
Monday I flew back to Salt Lake City. From there I loaded onto a bus to Rexburg. That was the worst part of my trip. The bus was late and there was no air conditioning.

The trip was amazing. I managed to eat In-N-Out 3 times and called Vance on all of those occasions to gloat. And it was great to see family and old friends.

I know that I am loved

2008-04-22T07:01:00.000-07:00

I had such a great birthday yesterday. I went into school to get my hair cut and when I walked in I had friends run up and give me big birthday hugs. Yesterday there was a big hair competition in Pocatello. My friend Amy entered to compete so I stayed at school when my hair was done and helped her out. It was actually really fun and exciting. It helped me to step out of my box and be more creative. Once we were done my friend Regina took me down to Idaho Falls and Vance picked me up. We spent part of our time looking around downtown Idaho Falls and then went and got dinner. When we got home Devin and Andrea were waiting for us and they had a birthday treat, lemon bars! It was low key but really fun.
My phone rang a lot yesterday. I got such wonderful calls from my family. I even had a conversation with my neice Emma, and I loved it. If you know Emma that is a really big deal. I got text messages from friends.and family. I am surrounded by such loving people, and I feel so lucky. Thanks for making it such a great day!!

I am so bad at this

2008-04-09T20:05:00.000-07:00

Wow, I am sure that no one reads my blog because I NEVER EVER POST!!! So right now Vance and I are spending time together at his best friends apartment. We are currently getting all of our exercise from "Rockband." I must say that I am an amazing drummer. And my foot gets some great movement. Soon one leg will be bigger than the other. We have also discovered that if we don't blink enough when we play our eyes get dry and we get headaches.
So you all must be now thinking that we are lame and lazy...well we live in Rexburg, ID. This is the place that April (rain) showers are actually snow and hail showers. For instance Monday was a perfectly normal day and I was just doing my thing with my flip flops on. Then out of no where hail and snow come pouring down on me!!! Ok I am now done venting about cold weather and nothing to do.
Vance will be done with winter semester on Friday!!! Vance has interviewed with four different companies to intern with over the summer. Three are based in Idaho Falls and one in Blackfoot. So we are just waiting to hear back. Because of my schooling we will not be moving until we are completely done with school.
Well I am tired so I will write something more interesting later...

The Happenings

2008-03-09T23:07:00.000-07:00

Happenings since February 17th!

I finally made it back to school the following week!!! That was a victory. I still have a slight cough but other than that I was good to go. BUT things just don't work out that peachy do they? Instead another health problem occurred, and no I am not sharing it on this blog. I will tell you this. I thought that I was dieing and my sweet sister Adrienne told me I wasn't. Aren't we all relieved? My family got a good kick out of it. I just have to laugh at the uncomfortable things in life!
February 29th we got together with Vance's friend Ryan and my friend Sarah. We had been playing different games for a couple hours and Sarah just kept winning. So she decided to raise the stakes and add a couple twists to the game. The loser had a food dare they had to do or another dare of the groups choice. Sarah was the first to lose! And then Ryan...and then Vance. Now Vance refused to drink our concoctions. So his dare was to dance to: a song of our choice, in the clothing of our choice, and he could not stop. Now if you know Vance then you know that he does not dance (at least in front of people). I have NEVER laughed so hard in my entire life. The video will be posted as soon as we can get it for your entertainment!
March 1st Vance and his friend Ryan went snowboarding at a small place called Kelley Canyon. They went to the car to get some stuff and found our window busted out. There were two backpacks in the car that were taken. One of them had all of Vance's school stuff. Luckily Vance got a call from some guy saying he found his bag ditched on the side of the road! All that was missing were the electronics from his bag.
March 7th Vance turned 25!!! He had an ice hockey game and he wanted to play. So we packed our things and loaded the bus to Missuola, Montana. It was really fun in Missuola. Vance and his team played really well and had so much fun.
March 8th my mom found me a great deal on a plane ticket to fly down to Arizona for my best friends wedding! And I can't wait to see everyone and be in warm weather. It was also my amazing and beautiful mothers birthday!!!

I think that just about sums it up!

An Uneventful Week

2008-02-15T11:14:00.000-08:00

I am addicted to reading everyones blogs. They are all so funny and entertaining! So I am intimidated to write because I know that mine aren't going to be that funny. Ok I have proclaimed my fear of the blogging world. Now I have to get over it and move on.

Like I said in my previous post I have been planning a fundraiser for school. Well it happened on Saturday and was a great success. We raised just under $1700!!! We averaged everything out and we had at least 180 little girls come through to be made up into princesses. I started with 30 crowns at 10am and they were gone by 10:30! It was nuts. So that was my victory for the month. (you can see pics on my friend Stephanie Mitchells blog)

Well in all of the stress of organizing a fundraiser in less than two weeks I got sick. Sunday morning I woke up with a fever, congestion...the works. We went to the doctors and I found out that I had caught bronchitis. So I had been cooped up in my room with not much to do. But I finally began to feel well again so I decided to go to school. BIG MISTAKE. I, out of all the girls in school, got a client with thick hair to her butt. Now the length of hair is important. My ticket said "all over color." My heart sank as she explained that she wanted us to go through the weave that had been done on her head and recolor the browns that were ruined by the previous
stylist she had gone to. This is such a tedious job. I had to go through at a little smaller than 1/4in sections and then slice off that and weave out the discolored browns. Once I got that far I had to place the foil beneath it, paint the color on and make a packet. Well I started getting really hot and sick again and had to leave my client and go home. If only I had had a cut or scalp treatment! But let me just tell you out of love to all of you who get weaves...DON"T! There are other ways of achieving that natural look, and they take half the time! And to my sisters, I will never do a weaves for you there is way too much hair on all of your heads.

Oh I have to say that Vance took great care of me. And Loralee thanks for such a cute blog!

The Hitch

2008-02-06T18:54:00.000-08:00

Ok so today was a hectic day. So at school we have student run programs and I am part of student council. Until the end of April we are having fundraisers for four different foundations. Now the really neat thing about this is that it is not just my school that is participating but all other Paul Mitchell partner schools. Now the fun thing for my school is that we just started planning events in January and all other schools have been planning since November! STRESS!!!
So I am one of the creative masters over Princess Days which is this Saturday, and I do have to say that it is going to rock. But we have been a little behind on having everything that we have needed. So I gathered some girls from my team and we went out to do some advertising and pick up some supplies. Oh, did I mention that it snowed at least six inches last night? So with all the snow the roads were slick and blindingly bright. So I was backing out of our final destination to return to school. I checked behind me to make sure that I was clear. So I am going and CRUNCH! I hit a parked car....not a moving car...a parked car. The car was white and everything behind me was so bright I missed it. Luckily my hitch just went into her passenger headlight. Now some people may say "luckily??" But if the hitch was not there is could have been much worse. So I am grateful for hitches. Anyway one of the other girls on my team had rearended someone so it also could have been much worse.
So that was my adventure for the day. Surprisingly enough Vance wasn't even mad! What a great day.

2008-02-04T17:11:00.000-08:00

Vance and I finally have internet in our apartment due to some wonderful new neighbors. So here I go with blogging...

Vance is going to BYU-Idaho and stuyding Mechanical Engineering. He will have one more semester after this and is so excited. He is also playing on a competive ice hockey team called the Rexburg Bulldogs. Within the past two weeks they played in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. I was able to go this past weekend to watch them play in Montana. I have now decided that I get too "into" the game AKA angry that it isn't healthy for me to go to anymore games! But Vance loves playing so that is all that matters.

Right now I am going to The Hair Academy and am loving every minute of it. I am surrouned by great people and amazing energy. I am also involved with student council which has helped me to get more involved with school and the community.