life is crazy

Wow, I can't believe August is almost over. I have been a bit busy working and getting into that mode. I do enjoy work though and I work with awesome people, they make me laugh and sometimes I return the favor.
Tom is moving to Idaho, I can't believe baby brother is moving away, it's crazy.
My sweet little niece Sara turned 1 on August 14th, but I wasn't feeling well enough to go to her birthday party. But I'm sure I will be forgiven someday when she is old enough to understand. My sister forgave me.
I do have new pictures to post, but not with me currently, I'll have to bring them to work tomorrow, they're from my river raftin trips! The trips were so awesome!
And now my sweet little cousin Whitney is going on a mission, I hardly think she is old enough but apparently she is. Good luck sweet Whitney!

working

So I got a new job. I am now a temp in the office at my dad's business. It's not too bad. I get to be in a nice office all day, on day's I'm needed, answer phones and do filing, faxing, etc. And I get to see my dad a little bit more than usual, and get paid for that!
I am so tired today though, I guess 2 weekends spent camping and river rafting are catching up to me but that's ok, I can take a nap after work.
So to answer anyone's question, yes I did move back home with my parents, no longer living with Stacy. It would be kind of crazy to drive to north to work from Bountiful don't ya think.

The Zoo!

Saturday was so much fun, my 2 oldest sisters and their families, Tom and his girlfriend and her two cute kids, and I went to the zoo! We had so much fun wandering around lookin at the animals. There were certain ones the kids wanted to see. Of course we had to see the elephants and then the giraffes, we got to see the baby giraffe! We went on the carousel, it was so fun, I got to ride the tortoise!! The white alligator was sleeping when we saw him, the nerve of some animals, ya know.
After a hot day at the zoo, we took the kids swimming to cool them off and make sure they were really worn out so they would sleep well. It was really fun. I helped my sister, Stacy with her kids at the pool because my sister Nancy and her husband got a flat tire so my bro-in-laws were taking care of that like the entire time we were swimming. Stacy and I would trade off watching kids, Johnny kept me on my toes, he is fast on land, I just didn't know he would be so fast in the water. Not only were the kids worn out from an awesome day, but so was I. I'm sure the other 6 adults were too. I can't wait until I get some pictures from Nancy and Tiff!

YAY!

I am so proud of my sister, Stacy. She passed the state board and is now a nurse. She found out this morning and came running down the hall squealing,"I passed, I passed!" and woke me up, but I was way excited for her. So the 3 of us, me, her and her hubby.. the kids stayed at their grandparents last night.. went out for breakfast to celebrate!
It's been a good day. Tom is here and it's fun to have him hanging out with us. I miss hanging out with tom since I've come to stay at Stacy's. We went to dinner with him last night and he was making me laugh so hard that I thought I would die, or pee my pants and that just made him make even more jokes because he thinks that prospect is very funny.

I got bored!

So I got bored and decided to make a Meez avatar on photobucket. She dresses like I wish I had the budget to dress. How sad is that? I guess this is just how weird I can get when I am bored. I am hoping it could get worse than this, crazier than this.. I am sure there are crazier things than this!

Awesome!

I love the singles ward I'm attending. There are so many people who think I am still under 21, it's so awesome! They are so shocked when I tell them that I am actually 25. Today it was the Bishop's turn to be surprised and then he told me it was a great compliment that he thought I was younger, I was like, yes, I enjoyed it a lot. The average age that they think I am is like 19, so I guess I can pass for a teenager because 19 is still technically a teen!
I called my daddy first thing this morning, before I even crawled out of bed and wished him a Happy Father's Day. I knew he would be awake and not yet in church. My dad is the greatest guy and my dad's the coolest guy, he could throw a ball so high you think it's gonna break the sky, he knows the name of every kind of jet.. VROOOM!! My dad, my dad's the greatest guy I've met.. (that is what I remember from a song we used to sing to my dad)

FRIDAY THE 13TH

I love Friday the 13th, it's just a cool day. Yesterday just so happened to be my nephew Danny's 5th birthday! I was so excited for him, he finally got to have a birthday on Friday the 13th.
Me, I've been lucky enough to have a few as I am a wee bit older. My 8th and 25th birthdays all landed on Friday the 13th. My 8th birthday was by far one of the coolest though because I was baptized that day! I am not one for superstition now because I had one of the best experiences of my life happen on a day when it's supposed to be a crazy, weird, bad day. My 25th birthday was pretty good too, I went to the zoo with my brother and some friends and I got to see the white alligator, who is very much like me, if he stays out in the sun too long, he too will sunburn. So I have come to the conclusion, Friday the 13th rocks! But that could change, ask me again on my 30th birthday, and maybe I'll have changed my mind.

finally got pictures

I am so excited! Tiffany(Tom's girlfriend) finally posted the pictures she took Saturday at Stacy's graduation luau. I got my hands on them and now I am sharing them with whoever reads this blog. I just cut my hair a couple weeks ago and I know that some of you haven't seen me with short hair like this ever, it's weird for me too.Saturday was neat cause we finally got to meet Tiff, she's a nice girl. My nephews were like "Tom's got a girlfriend", it was awesome, I was very proud of them. We did tease Tom about eloping too, that was good fun. He was a good sport about it and she said she'll come back again, so we didn't scare her off like Tom was afraid we might. Of course he's had plenty of time to warn her about us too.

The graduation and luau...

So graduation was awesome! I don't feel bad that we didn't have an air horn to blow when Stacy's name got called, we are too cool for that. We had plenty of people to make noise though. It was so awesome, that is the only word I can think of to describe it.
We came back to the house and it was party time. We got our luau on!! There was so much food and there are so many leftovers, I think we were ready to pull people off the street to give them food so it would get eaten and not go bad. The kids had so much fun running around and Johnny boy bless his heart stuck his fingers in the icing on the cake as often as he could get to it. The hula dancers were quite good, I didn't even know you could take hula lessons here in Utah, pretty cool.
But what's a party without a trip to the ER?? My poor brother-in-law landed funny trying to jump off a small wall in the yard while cleaning up. He severely sprained his left ankle and is on crutches for about a week, I feel so bad for him. He is in a lot of pain and it made a long day even longer.
Another highlight was finally meeting Tom's girlfriend. She's way sweet and I think 2 of my nephews have crushes on her, they talked to her through most of the graduation ceremony. Of course they did get their teasing in too, we did tell them that they could tease Tom, tease Tom all they wanted!! It was great fun.

The Day Before!

It's the day before the big graduation luau and it's insane! I am so excited that my sister is graduating from college, she is so awesome. But I'm kind of tempted to put money down on some of the decorations blowing down in the night, possibly being destroyed... not that I'm hoping for this. But it's just what would happen when you set up the day before have basically no grace period to fix anything because we'll be getting ready for the ceremony and then we'll actually be there!!! But because my sister is so stressed I don't think I will say out loud that I'd bet decorations are gonna have a crazy night. I just really hope we have good weather tomorrow, it's nice today.
Part one of Stacy's graduation is taking place right now. It's a pinning ceremony for nurses, she is there and I am here watching her children. They entertain me! It's not all fun and games all the time but it's still a pretty good job that I feel lucky to have.