Las Vegas!

I am a little late on this post... our trip was the very beginning of March. Someday I will start blogging on time. We had a combination B-day trip for me & my cousin Andrea. There were 6 of us that went down to Vegas. I think I got a total of 10 hours of sleep the whole weekend. We went to shows and walked the strip. We piled all 6 of us in my Honda civic and drove to Freemont street. It was cool to see the old part of Vegas, plus I got an amazing knock of purse :D Yup I am too cheap to buy a real one but its an adorable pink snake skin guess bag. I had so much fun being with the girls and we decided it has to be a yearly tradition to get away with the ladies.

This was our last night in Vegas, We pulled an all-nighter! Andrea, Darcie, & Terri had to be at the airport by like 4 so we stayed up all night. We were definitely a little delirious by the end of the night.


This was @ the cirque de solei show! A little weird but definitely entertaining.


Andrea & I in front of the Mandalay Bay event center. Sadly there was not a UFC fight that weekend. Although our significant others would have left us if we went without them...Next time for sure!


Crystal & I on Freemont street. A little provocative....

The whole crew! We were somewhere between the Venetian and the Palazzo hotel. They have this amazing waterfall.

Crystal & I showing a little sisterly love.

Terri, Andrea, and Darcie. This was the day we walked what felt like 20 miles. My legs were so sore.

Mom & I, such a good pic I love this one!





This was me putting my first money ever into a slot. I am definitely not a gambling woman. I did save my cashout voucher, I won a whole 22 cents. Woo Hoo! Needless to say I wont be quitting my day job. I will just be leaving the gambling to John.

Happy 21st Birthday to ME!

I was lucky this year I had a Birth-week! On Saturday we went to a movie and celebrated at California Pizza Kitchen with most of my family, then we came back to the house for presents. Then on Sunday Dad, Andrew, Aleta, & John came over for dinner. Aleta surprised me by making me a cake. It was beautiful and oh so tasty!! Connor hated the candles! He was on my lap while I was blowing the candles out and he kept leaning away. You can kind of see him in the pictures. What a cutie! Later we watched Madagascar 2. He kept laughing and dancing it was adorable I have a couple videos of him dancing. It was funnier to see everyone else trying to get him to dance though! Connor was actually Dancing to the beat though... it was so much fun.
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Then on Monday (My actual Birthday) I had to work (BUMMER) it was not too bad. Mom and Crystal had flowers deliverd to me. My favorite Gerber Daisies. At work the girls surprised me with lunch, it was so nice! Then later on we went up to the Cheesecake Factory, which is now my very favorite restauraunt. I forgot to mention all these nights I was not getting to bed early enough so I was so tired I was already 2 coffee trips into the day by the time we got home from dinner to open more gifts. I think the first few pictures I look normal, but I started to get so loopy. It made for lots of fun though! Just Mom, Crystal, John, and I were together on my birthday. It was such a blast. I appreciate everyone so much! Birthdays when you are older are not quite as fun as they used to be but this one tops the charts. Plus next week we are off to Vegas... I am sure I will have lots of fun pictures to post

My cute family

These pictures are from the Saturday we spent trying on wedding dresses. Mom, Crystal, and my cute adopted Grandma Lucille came with me to share in the moment. Is was an emotional, exhausting day!! But so much fun. We did take pictures of me in some of the dresses but I will post them at another day. I want John to wait to see me in a wedding dress! (I know I am a cheese ball!)
I have to throw in a Connor video. He is laughing so good now. He was having a ball that night! He turned 8 months on the 21st, and Aleta says he is close to 20lbs. We get to babysit him usually once a week. Its been so much fun. He is army crawling now, and he loves to move around. What a busy boy!

I'm Back!

As you may have noticed in my last few posts I decided to go blonde! After about 4 months and 6 inches of fried off hair I realized blonde hair is not for me. So now I am back to myself again. I missed my brown hair so much!! Here is my before and afters.... brown hair is definately me!

I am engaged!!!! and I have a new Puppy!

Yup thats right John and I will be tying the knot! We went out to the Bombay house for dinner on New Years Eve. It was totally casual I had no idea what was going on. We ate our dinner and talked nothing out of the ordinary. Then when we got our check I started scooting out of the bench to leave and John said," Wait a minute, I've got a question for ya." I just sat there dumbfounded. Then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him and I just said, "Are you serious?" ha ha Then if you know me very well as you might have expected i started crying and I could not get the smile off my face. The ring is amazing!!! He did such a good job. It was so unexpected, props to John and his sneakiness!

We also got a puppy the Saturday after Christmas. His name is Ace and he is a boxer. He is so adorable! I am having so much fun.

Update....

I have not been a good Blogger lately!!! News John bought a house for us to live in!!! (Don't

worry I am not moving in yet!!) We are planning to get married in September 2009(Not official just tentative), so I will have lots of time to have fun getting it ready. It is in Lehi, just off the 1200 West exit. I have a lame picture of the outside, my inside pictures don't do it justice!

We are pretty DARN excited!!!



Next up Thanksgiving. It was a blast Grandpa & Darla came up the Wednesday before, and spent time with the family, Andrew, Aleta, and the baby were there as well. I did get up at 4am on Black friday and did the INSANE shopping thing but it was still a blast. It was just so extremely nice to be away from work for a while.. I am so looking forward to the Christmas time off!!

Yes our little guy discovered the Kitties... he loves screaming at them its hilarious. He is still not crawling so he just rolls around and grins at them.

This weekend Connor had his first sleepover away from Mom & Dad. He did so great. It was a lot of fun, really strange to wake up at night with a baby though. Andrew and Aleta went to a work Christmas party and Stayed at the Little America in SLC. Crystal and I got the girls ready doing hair and Make up on Saturday. They look gorgeous! We sure played though. Our adopted Grandma Lucille stayed with us this weekend and got in some good baby time. It was thie first time I was around when we gave Connor a bath. He is just too cute. I am a proud Auntie! My favorite thing is to watch Connor and John together, He loves John. He gets the biggest brightest eyes and just giggles its adorable.

Connor got his first tooth this weekend! One on the bottom and the second looks like it working through. He is rolling all over and sitting up on his own. December 21 he will be 7 months old and tipping that scales at over 17 pounds. I just love him to pieces!!

Connor and Grandpa Jeff!! He loves Grandpa's Scruff!

We love you Lucille!

Making cereal messes at the bottom of his sweet potatoes he started getting that gags... I don't blame ya buddy they look pretty nasty!

Can you believe those eyes?
I hope everyone had a good holiday and is having fun getty ready for the up and coming Christmas!

The quiz

I just took the twilight quiz... I think its very fitting

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Movie Watch

Two amazing Must see movies!! Twilight of course I love love loved it! I have not read the books (I am still working on Harry Potter...) But the movie was great. I loved the actors loved the story, so cute and romantic! I am totally going again. And of course James Bond!! Daniel Craig... Whoa HOTTIE! He is rugged and fantastic.

What a Month!

Yes... finally an update! What a crazy month. Well at least the past few weeks. The 24th was John's birthday. The big 21... now he is a legal gambling man! On his birthday we ate at the Bombay house, our favorite restraunt. Then I took him to Saw V... ya I know its pretty disgusting, but they are his favorite. I must say I was surprised it was not quite as grusome as the first 4 haha. He loved it then I surprised him on Saturday by throwing a little b-day bash and renting the UFC fight (which was amazing!) We had some friends, some pizza, and of course cupcakes.
Then for Halloween Crystal dressed up as a peacock and Mom dressed up as a black widow. I of course had to wear scrubs. I did deck myself out w/ some orange jewelry and an orange undershirt. I stopped by Mom's work on the way home and saw all the girls costumes. Other than that we just spent a quiet night at home. Kathy Manly, Andrew, Aleta, and the baby all stopped by. Connor was such a doll as a tiger! I just can't get enough of that kid.
All in all it been a good month. Hopefully November will be a little slower(not likely)...

Cutest little Nephew EVER!

Connor has started laughing... so of course I caught a video! He is almost 5 months. What a doll!

CATS

So Mom, Crystal, and I got tickets to see CATS at the Capitol theater. I must say I am surprised it was the longest running play on Broadway. Definitely a weird one, I was confused a lot! But at least we got the experience. We had a really fun dinner at BenniHanna before the play. I recommend it the food was great!

I had gone boating with work earlier that day. Seriously, I got home at 4 showered, straightened my hair, put on makeup, got dressed, and was out the door by 4:45. Now thats impressive!

Thanks Mom & Crystal for a fun night!

Can you believe it?!?

On Sept. 21 Connor will be 4 months old... it is so strange to me how fast time flies when there is a baby around. Needless to say I am still loving being an Aunt. It brings out the inner mommy in me. He is just growing and changing, and chunking up if you can't tell.


Getting a little Grandma Love

He loves sitting up on the couch like that, it is so cute.


As you can see when he comes to Grandma's house he is definately not lacking in attention. There is just something so special about having a little guy around. I am very excited to have my own kids...



I just can't get enough Connor