This Summer....

I finally graduated!!.....from LPN school that is. The graduation ceremony might have been the weirdest thing I have ever taken place in. However, so exciting and such a relief I am at least this far.






This picture is posted because Robert lost his CTR ring during the ceremony and we seriously thought we were going to lose HIM. Thankfully we found it and he is still with us today.



Thanks everyone for all of your love and support...even when I was a total basketcase :)


VIVA LAS VEGAS

I have been fortunate enough to travel down to vegas a couple times since school got over. It was Ava's birthday and then she also had a dance recital and so on and so forth. Don't worry the next set of photos isn't actually going to make a lot of sense I am just combining several trips into one post.



So, you may have read the story on Lynsey's blog but we made cupcakes for Ava's birthday party and the first batch struggled. Our icing wasn't as *firm* as we needed it. I'm not blaming anyone! This lovely cupcake I called the areola cupcake when it was finished. I can say that...I'm a nurse.


Second batch....MUCH better. Fact of the matter is we were all WAY too stressed out about the way the cupcakes were gonna look. They were cupcakes for a bunch of three year old....not a celebrity wedding. It was so fun.





So I also had a birthday in May and it was the big two one!! My amazing family wanted to throw me a surprise party. I had no idea. In fact the night before my birthday I was driving home from provo with my mom and little brother when I had a little bit of a melt down. I cried about how I didn't have any friends and no one even knew it was my birthday. *A little dramatic* Robert even begged my mom to tell me about the surprise I was so sad. My plan was to go to a FRIEND's birthday party on my birthday. How lame. Anywho, the next day I went on this really fun scavenger hunt and next thing I know some girls from nursing school were at my door telling me we were driving down to vegas. Alecia had set everything up with the help of my mom and Sam.
The first night we stayed at the house in Pahrump and hung out in the mall and on the strip that day. I'll make note right now that when I got to our hotel for the next night the lady at the desk noticed it was my birthday from my license. When I told her it was my 21st she gave me a free upgrade to the penthouse suite. We were on the top floor and the view....amazing.
Anyway, once we got ready our first stop was Thunder from Down Under with VIP tickets. Yes you read right Thunder from Down Under. I have never seen so much pelvic thrusting in my life. I've also never laughed so hard. The music, the lights, the choreography, simply epic. Favorite part....one of the *aussies* jumps up on our table, grabs a lady's beer, dumps it all over himself, and whips his head around causing beer to fly every where. I'm slightly grossed out at this point but I'm also wiping tears away I am laughing so hard. It was fantastic.
After ALL that we went to a club at the Luxor where Sam had this really sweet hookup. The scene was unreal. SOOOO many people were trying to get in. Some lady, to no avail, even offered the bouncer like 250 bucks to let just her in (not even her friends). So I roll up, talk to the guy at the front, he checks the list, scans the crowd all secretively, and next thing I know there we are rolling into this big time club. When we were making our way to the front some girl got mad and said, "um there is a line here" without skipping a beat my friend Corey goes "um we're on the list" It was hilarious. Needless to say that was girl was pissed. Once we got into the club some randoms invited us to their table. So ANOTHER bouncer gives us a special stamp and from then on we had free food and drinks the entire time we were there. It was unbelievable. To top it off I look over and Chris Angel and Carrot top are right next to me. Alright.
As we were driving back to the hotel the sun started to come up. We seriously had SUCH a blast. The girls I went with were so awesome and it was a pretty unforgettable night. We got up like 2 hours later and drove back to Utah.

Literally like the only pictures I have from the trip. I totally forgot to take pictures and most of the places we went we weren't allowed to take any lol.


Yes one of the few pictures includes me posing like a giant stripper. Awe Vegas.


LIFE ON THE LAKE

Lynsey's blog has a much cuter post about Lake Powell but I had to make a note about it on my blog. We had so much fun!! The tubing and knee boarding and wakeboarding kicked all of our butts but it was totally worth it. Here are a few pics!






I think I have a new love and its called wakeboarding. Hopefully we will go boating more often so I can be boarding all year round!




I'm taking credit for this picture I was totally the photographer. Sums up the trip completely!


Check out the speedo he's rockin...

LAST ONE ALMOST THERE!

I've done a bad thing. Seriously bad. When it comes to my hair I kinda have done it all. I had this idea in my head it would be super cute to have all these crazy curls so my hair would be super easy to do. How do you get curly hair....you perm it right? My mom and I picked out the perm and the size of curlers we wanted (we had no idea what we were doing and the girl at sally's was an idiot). I called my grandma cause she's great at rolling perms and enlisted her help. She hesistated at first but was totally on board. It started out real positive.




Then the smelly burny stuff. This part sucked a little.




Then the horrific phase where you have to wash it out. I feel like I know a little about what its like to drown.





Before we go further, I'll let you know my grandma did an amazing job rolling it. No fish tails. Maybe my hair just wasn't ready for the task.
When we were done I thought I'll go blow dry my hair so I can see my lucious curly locks for the first time.

And here were the results.........



!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Surprised is any understatment. Since then I have spent a good chunk of change on some expensive conditioners and hot oil treatments. My stylist about flipped when I told her what I did. My hair is in fact on the mend but its gonna take a while. Till then lots of headbands and updo's :)