Three up a Tree

Christmas Eve Eve

2011-01-04T20:37:00.000-08:00

It wouldn't be Christmas without Christmas sugar cookies.

This is my favorite picture of Rachel.
She really gets into her frosting of her cookies.

We celebrate Christmas Eve Eve, since the Henshaw's were leaving on Christmas Eve day.

Of course, we had the Olson traditional chicken scampi dinner. Joy had to do Mel's job of the dipping the chicken in the egg and she really missed you Mel!!

Rachel was a big fan of the linguini for sure!

After dinner and singing traditional song from our repertoire, Grandpa Bob read from Luke 2 by candlelight and then it was present time.

We were trying to get all the girls to hold up their pictures and smile. This one is Rachel's response to "Where's your smiley face?"

I had cross-stitched all the girls a Disney princess. They had watched the process and Lizzie even asked me if she could see
the "Snow White cloth" when I was finished. The girls were thrilled with the finished product and Lizzie even asked if I could make her another "cloth". All in all it was a wonderful celebration!

Christmas Fun!

2011-01-04T20:03:00.000-08:00

My Christmas vacation began exactly a week early since Shannon had the foresight to have her baby on December 12th. My school district was striking so I left the picket line to come be with the Bowles family and was able to stay for the whole week :-) I got home in time to direct my SCCC concert. It was special this year because we were doing all the songs from our Snowball family repertoire. The kids were so excited to sing for Grandma Snowball. We started with We Need a Little Christmas, then Who Would Send a Baby, with a wonderful boy soprano soloists, followed by A Child is Born in Bethlehem, and end with Silent Night Lullaby with the audience joining in, just like the Snowball tradition. The kids did beautifully and it was a nice tribute for my mom.

Wednesday before Christmas Joy and family arrived and stayed until Christmas Eve. We had a great time. After visiting the great grandparents they came to play at Grandma B's and Grandpa Bob's. (Rachel's mostly excited to see Chloe!) There were presents under the tree to open and start the fun. . .paint with water books and Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas. Since Joy had told them that I had planned fun things, Mimi kept asking after every activity what we were doing next. Pheww, I was really pressured to keep up the fun!! Fortunately Jules helped me in the fun department. She is truly a super fun auntie!

After visiting with Joy's friend Aimee and her cute little family and a pizza dinner we headed out for a tour of the fun neighborhood with the lights (to keep Mimi happy!!)

Then it was home for hot chocolate with as many marshmallows as you could fit in the cup ;-)

Welcome to our New Blog!

2011-01-04T19:25:00.000-08:00

For Christmas this year Julianna gave us a new camera. She even let us open it up three days early when Joy forgot her camera while visiting us. Since Jules is such a wonderful blogger and posts so often . . . she mentioned that now with the camera and ALL these pictures that maybe we should start a family blog and all three of us work on it. So that is what we've done and we hope you enjoy!

Catching Up

2010-08-19T10:20:00.001-07:00

ok this is an ugly old picture of me and robin, but it does show what my room use to look like. so please not the blue walls.
Newly painted walls! There is one brown wall and 3 tan(ish) walls. I love the way it turned out, I just need to get some pictures or something up on the walls and the blinds back up.

Having no blinds makes it really hard for me to sleep in. And if you know me at all... you know I like to sleep in.

OK so I started back in school. my original plan was to take 4 classes, but when I went to register I was only able to get into 1. That class was monday night. I had planned on taking my other 3 classes on Tues and thursdays. So I spent all day Tuesday trying to petition classes. I tried petitioning 6 classes but was only able to get one. It is crazy how crowded Fullerton College is. Half the people in each class were petitioners. Oh well. It might be better only taking 8 units my first semester back to get use to school/work/life again. Anyway I will try to keep up with little posts here and there but if you dont hear from my for awhile, that is prob why.

Seaworld

2010-07-19T14:20:00.001-07:00

Friday morning my mom, Paige, Aunt Cindy and I all drove down to san diego to spend the day at the Sea World. Months ago, somehow Sea World came up in conversation at my grandma's birthday dinner, Paige and I made our moms pinky swear they would take up this summer. It was a fun outing and I enjoyed the day with everyone.
We got there right when it opened at nine. We first checked out the polar bear exhibit (which might have been poor planning cuz it got hot that day and this exhibit was one of the cooler places to go) There was a ride you can take that was very similar to the star trek ride at disneyland. We ended up with a bunch of day care kids who screamed at the top of their lungs the whole time. it was actually pretty funny. you would think the world was ending or something. haha it didnt help that Paige thought she could out scream all the kids, (which she could and proved it to them the whole time!)
The polar bear exhibit was fun, they had an ice wall where people had pushed pennies into the ice, so we tried it too!
After the polar bear exhibit we went and saw the penguins, then headed over to the dolphin show. This show was probably my favorite. First, i love dolphins and think the stuff they do is amazing! Second, this new show incorporated acrobatic tricks and dives done by people. It mixed it up a bit and was definitely entertaining. after that we pretty much went straight to the Shamu show. This one was not my favorite. Maybe even my least favorite. It was SUPER hot and crowded, and it was a lot slower then i remember as a kid. Maybe i am just harder to impress in my old age ;)
After Shamu we were all ready for lunch. we all split club sandwiches and jello at mango joes and sat outside in the shade. It was soo nice with the breeze, so we sat for awhile chatting and enjoying the day. After lunch we went to the Sea Lion show. (SLL-Sea Lions Live) the preshow was my favorite part. Some guy came out and was messing around with the crowd. Then we pretended to watch Tv and kept changing the channel, everytime he would a different theme song would play. everyone would sing along while he did some silly dance. super cute. Paige was soo happy after, I think it was her favorite. When we walked out the flamingos were right in front of us. There was "flamingo" food you could buy for 50 cents, but after trying to feed the flamingos i think it was more for the ducks.
Paige and I were trying to waste a lot of time at the tide pools cuz the water was soo cold and it felt so good!!
check out our necklaces, we all got one. It is a wooden whales tale. It was part of the shamu show. they gave one away to a little girl during the show. me and paige were jealous until we realized we could just buy one!
These were shamu hats, kinda like santa hats but with fins.

The rest of the day was good. We went through the shark encounter, which brought back memories of being in girl scouts and spending the night there. At the end of the shark encounter there was a huge shark jaw with all the teeth, Paige wanted to touch a tooth, so reached in to feel it. An alarm went off! She bolted and i just pointed at her. so funny! Last We saw the cirque del mar show which i had mixed feelings about. The acrobatic stuff was amazing but i hated the pre show and the clowns. We were basically done after that so headed back towards the car, but not before we stopped and got some dippin' dots!

It was a very fun day! I have become very close with my cousin Paige over the past couple years and she really makes me laugh. Glad we were able to make it to Sea World.

Team San Juan Hills

2010-06-27T18:37:00.000-07:00

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TRC/RelayForLife/RFLFY10CA?pg=peditor&fr_id=20546&px=16901557

My work is doing a cancer walk July 10th and 11th. I joined the team and signed up to walk 3 hours straight from 9pm until midnight on the 10th. Each team member has a goal of reaching 100 dollars in donations. If anyone can help me reach that goal I would be soo appreciative. Thank You!

New Bedding!!

2010-06-19T14:26:00.000-07:00

I have been searching and searching online for the past 2 weeks for new bedding. My summer goal is to redecorate my room. Right now it is a mix matched mess of random stuff. I want to work on making it mine, and once I am gone, a decent spare bedroom. I am hoping the bedding will motivate me to paint, since this comforter will clash with my current bright baby blue walls. I am excited about this project! I will make sure to take before and after shots so you can see the transformation.

monday, monday

2010-06-14T16:38:00.000-07:00

I work the early shift on Monday mornings, from 6am-noon. Its rough getting up so early but I enjoy having the rest of my day free. I always make a list of a bunch of things I plan to get done for the day but sometimes end up coming home, maybe starting laundry then falling asleep to make up for the couple hours of sleep the night before. My goal the past couple weeks have been to really use my monday afternoons. So today I did!

After work I drove over to Fullerton College to talk to a counselor. It has been about 4 or so years since I have been in school, and I am WAY overdue to go back. I am finally motivated and excited about it too. After talking to the counselor I realized exactly how much I have left to do. I am basically starting at the beginning. Oh well. I want to kick myself for my first few lazy and unmotivated semesters at Cypress, but whats done is done and now I have to deal with the consequences. I really liked my counselor and plan on making appointments with him through out the next semesters.

I then went home, ordered a memory foam matress pad from walmart. I havent been sleeping really well lately and my bed is pretty hard, so i am hoping this will help with my headaches, back aches and sleep. I am also going to invest in some new pillows. Hopefully that will help!

The rest of the afternoon has been spent taking care of random things that were on my list and in a couple hours Kurt and I are going to head to downtown disney to get coloring books for my nephews and a birthday present for my niece Rachel. Lizzie's birthday present came in the mail today and I am super excited to give it to her!

I hope everyone else's monday has been good!

Lately

2010-06-11T09:22:00.000-07:00

I feel like I have been really busy lately... but when I think back on what I have been up too the past couple weeks its really not much. I made sure I went to Disneyland a couple times since my pass expired yesterday. I plan on renewing it but prob not til the end of summer. I really dont like going during the summer months when its really crowded and hot. By the end of the day too many people close to you in line have B.O., so I tend to wait until fall again to enjoy disneyland. The picture above is Kurt enjoying his two churros at Disneyland. Yes two. He never thinks one is enough.

I have been working a lot!! I forgot how much I love my job during summer. It gets super busy and a 10 hour day passes suprisingly fast. My friend Ashlee was hired to work a couple days a week to make a little extra money on the days she isn't doing hair. She has had 3 days of training the past two weeks and I think she is already getting overwhelmed between the two jobs so we will see if she stays or not. My boss Chris had me train her. Training in the resturant was kinda stressful, since I was training on 2 of my really busy days. My last Saturday I was able to train her on the beverage cart. It was a lot of fun to have company while driving around the course.
This is us at the end of the day feeling gross and wind blown. Below is the beginning of the day
My mom's birthday was yesterday!! She had a pretty busy work day but we were able get lunch together. I took her to Alicia's which is always a yummy treat. Seriously its my favorite little cafe in Brea. She then went back to school and I went and ran errands. I was at the mall that afternoon and decided to stop in the pet store cuz its always fun to look at the puppies. There was a Papillon dog. So i asked if i could hold him. Chloe is part papillon and [art chiwuawua so I wanted to see the difference between this dog and chloe. It was such a sweet little guy, and reminded me soo much of Chloe. I think she is mainly Papillon. The main difference was the size. this dog was 7.5 lbs. at 3 months old and Chloe is 4.5 lbs. full grown. Later that afternoon I took my mom to the pet store to check him out too. We also got my mom her free baskin robins ice cream for her birthday. That night my dad my taco salad and me kurt and my parents had dinner, open presents, ate cake and played games. All in all I think she had a great day! I know I had fun celebrating with her!
My mom and Chloe. Chloe seems to like to cuddle up to my mom every night, and gets upset if my mom is busy working and doesn't have a free lap for Chloe to curl up in.

Wild Times

2010-05-23T15:24:00.001-07:00

Saturday Kurt and I spent the day in San Diego. It was kinda a late birthday/schools done and a Kurt passed Stats celebration (we had found out the day before) We started the day off with breakfast, which after enjoying a nice meal went back to my car to realize I had a flat tire. bummer. Kurt took care of business and put the donut tire I had in my trunk on, and carefully drove my car to firestone. A small delay and kind of annoying but oh well. We arrived at the Wild Animal park around 12. Kurt had never been and it had been YEARS since I had been there. We decided to do a photo caravan tour where you get to feed griaffes and rhinos, however the normal 2 hour tour was sold out, so we opted for the 1 hour. It was perfect I think any longer would have been too much. We were able to feed griaffes but not rhinos. It was fun and totally worth it. Best part of both of our days.
Me feeding the griaffe. This guy was only 2 years old but still about 10 feet tall! My hand was covered in griaffe slober after the feeding but it was soo cute.
Kurt feeding the griaffe. This is one of my favorite pictures.
The elephants! There were 3 new babies in the last 2 months. This was one of them.
Such a big gorilla!! I loved watching them play and interact with each other.
ya... I am pretty much a gorilla.
Me and Kurt towards the end of the day... We were pretty worn out by the end. :)

It was nice to have a fun relaxing day together after the craziness of finals, work, and life.

Oh and below are just little clips of the gorillas and elephants. I apologize now for zooming in on the elephants back side.

I got it from my mama...

2010-05-14T17:45:00.000-07:00

Showing off the little train on the back of the skirt

My mom was trying on her new concert dress for SCCC and looked soo pretty I thought I would take a picture to share with all of you!

Getting High

2010-04-18T18:46:00.000-07:00

Saturday night Kurt, Robin and I went and rode the big balloon at the great Park in Irvine. I have seen this balloon in the air on my way either to or from work and have been wanting to ride it for some time now. Kurt and I have tried to go seriously 5 times now. It was finally a success. We got there and went to register and the girl working was kinda of a brat, she told it would be 2 hours and they were expecting a marine layer at about that time so the chances of the balloon not flying were actually pretty high. We decided to try for it anyway so filled out the paper work. When we went to turn it in for a pager the guy told us it would be about an hour. Much better. We passed some time by walking around the park area, but that lasted 20 mins. Kurt then remembered he had bananagrams in his car so we played that until our pager when off. It was a lot of fun, and I am glad I was finally able to get up there!

Watch!

2010-04-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

I like watches. I don't usually wear them simply because I dont own any, yet I find myself admiring peoples watches. I decided a couple months ago I was going to start wearing watches. I bought the first one at Vans for pretty cheap and liked it because it went with my work outfit.

Then on Easter my mom gave my an old school mickey watch from disneyland, it is a limited edition. I never really thought I would like a Disney item but I love it. It is soo cute!

My newest edition to my watch family, is a Nixon watch from Kurt. It is the picture above. I love it, its simple and nice. My next watch investment is going to be more of a brownish color. I am soo excited how my collection is growing!

Hold On!

2010-04-12T22:43:00.000-07:00

I love music. Especially music that brings me happiness.

Right now this includes:

Matt and Kim... Daylight

Passion Pit.... Little Secrets

Ingrid Michaelson... You and I

The Weepies... Gotta Have You

Wilson Phillips.... Hold On (haha this song will forever and always remind me of my sisters! and our Sister Nights)

What songs make YOU happy??

Roadshow!

2010-04-02T10:48:00.000-07:00

Me, Jessica, and Ashlee.

We had our roadshow performances this past Tuesday and Wednesday. I was soo glad I had decided to participate, I am guilty of wishing I hadn't gotten involved as I was driving to late night practices after long days at work. But like most things in life it is worth it if you just stick it out. Tuesday my mom and dad came to see the performance. According to them ours was one of the cuter ones! I was able to spot them out in the crowd right away then had a hard time not looking at them the whole time. I felt like I was five again. Just be proud I didnt wave and inappropriately adjust my tights.

Wednesday night was the second and last night. Ashlee had missed the tuesday performance but was there on wednesday. She brought Daniel with her and Kurt met us there. They hung out with us before hand in the primary room where we passed the time playing Mash and other games. We had another great performance, and plenty of new inside jokes. Kurt was sweet and brought me roses and raisenettes (one of my favorite candies) after the performance we all headed over to the bishops house for ice cream sundae's and a chance to watch the show.

I am glad I decided to do the roadshow, sometimes I feel like I only ever talk to a handful of people at church but now have new friendships and bonds with people.

The whole cast after the Wednesday night show.
me, ashlee, kurt and daniel. Playing games on the chalkboard, We were drawing letters of the alphabet then another person had to draw a picture using that letter. Always a fun way to pass the time.

All in all roadshows are the best! (until I actually have to be in charge of writting or directing one... lol jk!)

March Madness

2010-03-27T09:49:00.000-07:00

No, I am not talking about basketball. I am talking about the craziness I call March. Between getting sick twice, having family in town for over a week (which i loved and was a blast), A Busy work schedule since we are currently understaffed, Roadshow, and all of the other little things in life that keep you going I have been exhausted. I feel so lame because any free time I have I just want to spend it watching a movie or reading. I am hoping April slows things down just a bit and just by the looks of it I am thinking it will.

Today I have an eye appointment which I am really excited about since I have been wearing the same pair of contacts for over 2 months now. I tried ordering some new contacts but sadly couldnt without a new perscription. So annoying. But as I am typing this wearing my glasses my eyes are just aching. They are looking forward to a fresh pair of contacts.

Well now I am off to roadshow practice!! I will post more later

Cruella De Vil

2010-03-09T16:45:00.000-08:00

Scary right??
I decided to post a picture of me in my work clothes because I sometimes feel like its all I ever wear.

I love dressing up and am kinda jealous my mom gets to wear that fabulous Cruella De Vile costume next week to choir. It will be even better with Chloe as one of her props.

So we are short staffed at work, and its even worse when someone is on vacation, so this week I have a nice 6 days schedule. Its only tuesday but after working the 6 am shift two days in a row i am exhausted. At least after this long week I will be able to finish the weekend off with family. SOO excited for Shannon and her family to come to Cali, also glad the Henshaws are coming down for a couple days.

Roadshow Practice

2010-03-02T00:28:00.000-08:00

I love Roadshows I think they are fabulously ridiculous. My stake is throwing a roadshow and I am so excited to be a part of it. The singles ward's roadshow takes place at linger longer and has many typical single ward jokes. Here is a little video at rehearsal. (we are singing glorious food from Oliver, but we changed the words)

Sunday Evenings

2010-02-28T21:25:00.000-08:00

Now that I have picked up the Monday morning 6 am shift at work I love nothing more then spending quiet Sunday evenings at home. We all lounge around and work on whatever things we need to to start the week. Currently I am sitting on the couch typing on the laptop while my mom is working on her newsletter for SCCC at the computer. The closing ceremonies are on and my dad is sitting in his recliner playing with Chloe. To me this is picture perfect.
Today at church I was having a hard time talking to some people without getting offended. I know it was me and not them but I found myself walking away from a few conversations completely bugged. I hate feeling like that, but after a day like that it was so nice to come home to a great smelling house and enjoy a nice dinner with my parents. To me it is the perfect way to start a new week!

On another note... I was just my bank account and my tax return was deposited! woot!

Starting New

2010-02-25T22:27:00.000-08:00

All right so I am aware I have been the world's worst blogger. But I am putting all of that behind me and starting new. So beware.

Just a quick update on my life.

I am living back at home with the world's 2 best roommates. So many thing I enjoy about living at home but a few things I miss about being on my own. Right now living at home outweighs living on my own by far so whenever I feel annoyed or like a 16 year old again I quickly remember how lucky I am that I was about to come home in the first place.

I am dating the best guy ever. His name is Kurt, we have been friends for many years before we started dating. Things are good and I am happy.

I also have realized that I need to work on finding hobbies. I started thinking of things I enjoy doing or want to start doing and the 2 main ones are baking and piano. I am still working on getting back into the habbit of just thinking about going to the piano on my spare time but I have enjoyed the times I have. Its sad to me how much I have forgotten. I can sightread some right handed stuff but my left hand is hopeless. *sigh* I guess I need to just start playing when my mom is around. As for the baking, I have never been big on baking before, but lately I have found myself making cookies for fun and really enjoying sharing them with friends. I am really excited because I am going to sign up for a cake decorating class. Its something I really want to do so I am finally going for it. I am starting with a basic 4 week class through michael's.

I have discovered an obsession with Hummas. Random I know but lately its all I ever feel like.

I am excited to start blogging again- I have missed you all.

My Baby turned ONE!!!

2009-12-10T22:26:00.000-08:00

Today was Chloe's First Birthday! We ordered some puppy cupcakes from Beverly's best. Mom got her a sweater (since its starting to get soo cold outside) and I got her some nutrident bones and some fun treats. I think Chloe enjoyed her special day, she got extra loves and play time. When we put the sweater on she immediately started jumping around trying to get it off, which we expected. Suprisingly that only last about a minute, then I think she really started to enjoy it and the rest of the night she was extra cuddly and cute. I tried to get a video of Chloe jumping around with her sweater on but she had calmed down by the time i got the camera.
Me, mom and Chloe with the puppy cupcakes.

Halloween

2009-10-24T20:34:00.000-07:00

Ok... First of all I have to say I LOVE dressing up. For anything. I think it is soo fun to find a costume and get all ready. This year I had been trying to think of something to be for Halloween that was fun and different. I had a halloween party to go to last night, and still had no ideas, which disappointed me. Then Friday morning it just came to me... The McDonalds Hamburglar!! I figured I could just round everything up after work, and even though it was harder then I thought I had a costumes (minus the bright red tie) ready by that night. Above is a picture of me and ashlee. She was a Georgia Peach from A League of Their Own... her favorite movie. Below is a picture of me at Mc Donalds getting some hamburgers for the night... the workers had no idea who I was, how lame is that?! ohhh well... I still had fun dressing up!

dressing myself

2009-10-21T12:22:00.000-07:00

You would think about 20ish years of dressing myself that I would be able to get the same shoes on my feet. Ashlee and I went to downtown disney to watch the angels game last night (such a sad game) and it wasn't until we were walking back to the car that I looked down and realized I had 2 different shoes on my feet. My toes look funny because I have a bright silver nailpolish on them and my toes must have been moving. oh well!

Pumpkin Carving!

2009-10-20T08:22:00.001-07:00

Last night for FHE we carved pumpkins. I am very unpatient when it comes to this yet feel like I must carve a pumpkin every year. Dad said they kind of look like burt and ernie. lol. Ashlee's is the long tall pumpkin on the left and mine is the short squatty pumpkin on the right.

Where's Jules and Ashlee??

2009-10-10T09:54:00.001-07:00

Obsessed

2009-10-09T12:14:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hpiwPXkbVc

I first saw this video in St. George with my sisters and mom. We mocked the video and Mariah Carey. I thought it was the stupidest song ever. Well... to my own disbelief I find myself singing along to it when it comes on the radio and even liking it. what the heck?! when did this happen?? I need answers!!

Costume Time!

2009-10-07T08:11:00.001-07:00

Ashlee and I went costume shopping the other night. These were too good to pass up! We honestly probably would have gotten them if they weren't 50 bucks. haha loved it!

dancing queens!

2009-10-04T12:16:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday afternoon, after conference I was getting ready in my room listening to music. Mimi came in to visit then started dancing, Lizzie heard the music and came in to join. They were soo funny, Mimi can really shake those hips!! My favorite part was when a song i thought was good came on I would say... OoOo This is a good song. Mimi would then go... "but this isnt a good song for me" so I would flip through until she found a song that was "good for her" I have so much playing with Lizzie and Mimi, especially as they get older.

A 3 Hour Tour!

2009-09-20T11:52:00.000-07:00

Saturday night there a Boat party. Two girls from my old ward were having a birthday party on a docked boat, the theme was a nautical theme. Some friends and I decided we should dress up at the characters from Gilligans Island. It was soo much fun and I think everyone did a really good job! Everyone at the party thought it was hilarious! Here is what everyone was...
Julianna- Mary Ann
Ashlee- Gilligan
Sugar- Ginger
Lisa- Mrs. Howell
Steven- Mr. Howell
Matt Sonne- Skipper
Ben- The Professor

Original Gilligan Island Crew
New Gilligan Island Crew

Bike Rides

2009-09-17T08:51:00.000-07:00

This bike is a newer version of mine but they basically look the same.

I can honestly say one of my favorite things about living in Huntington Beach has been being able to ride my beach cruiser around pretty much everywhere. For my 19th birthday 3 of my friends, Andrew, Cheyne and Kurt went in together and got me a Paul Frank "Scurvy" beach cruiser. I would pull it out and ride it around randomly but it never got the use that it does now. I will definately miss the nights of hoping on my bike (ashlee on Lisa's bike) and riding down the boardwalk getting some fresh air and just talking. I am glad I have been able to get some good use out of it.

Daddy Daughter Date!

2009-09-09T08:28:00.000-07:00

Last night I was able to go to the Angels game with my dad. It was kind of a last minute thing so sadly I didnt have my angels gear with me. Luckly it was free hat day so I was able to sport something. My parents won tickets at a silent auction a while ago and since it was on a Tuesday my mother couldnt go which worked out nicely for me. I had so much fun, it had been awhile since me and my dad did something just the two of us and I loved the time together, it reminded me of our daddy daughter dates we had when we were younger. Thanks dad for taking me to the game!

Weekend with Ryan

2009-09-02T21:01:00.000-07:00

I met Ryan about 4 weeks ago at my house in Huntington. He was down with some friends (one of whom which I already knew) We hit it off but since he was from arizona I didnt think too much of it. Well... he has since been back down every weekend since. I know its because he likes to get away from the Arizona heat but I know this past weekend he came down to hang out with me. We had a lot of fun! He flew into San Diego since he was going to be flying home with his dad who was flying out of san diego. It worked out nicely because there was a YSA Luau in SD that I had wanted to go too. We met up there and had a lot of fun. That night he came back to Huntington with me.
Saturday was fun and busy! We got breakfast at a little cafe by my house then walked down to the beach. We lasted about 2 or 3 hours there before it was unbearably hot. (saturday was a really really hot day) We got ready and decided to go to Disneyland since I had a pass and he hadnt been to California Adventures in awhile. I was shocked how empty it was for a Saturday, so we were able to do everything we wanted too and some things twice!

Us on the Maliboomer... there was absolutely NO line for this ride, and I think I know why. Its kinda lame.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new toy story ride at CA Adventures. I made him go on it twice with me and won both times! whoot whoot! (he said his gun was broken both times... i dont think so)

Tower of Terror. I was extremely sweaty. hot.. i know.

We stayed at California Adventures for a few hours then Ryan had gotten tickets to the Angels game. So we hurried over to the game, It was fun even though the Angels lost. By the time we were done at the game we were both SOOO exhausted. There is a sushi place by myself that we had gone to the weekend before and loved, so we got some sushi to take home, and rented a movie. It was a perfect way to end the day. Sunday morning we woke up and headed out to SD. His dad decided to leave a little later then planned so we went to Sacrament then I dropped him off. I decided to stay and hang out in SD a little longer, I met up with my friend Dewey at his ward and finished up Sunday School there, then went to his house and had family dinner with his family. By the time I got home I was SOOO tired, only to start a busy week on Monday.
Us at the Angels game, by this point in the night I was soo tired and I think it is starting to show.

Idea's!!

2009-08-28T08:13:00.000-07:00

SO my friend Ryan is coming into town this weekend and we are trying to think of fun but different things to do this saturday night, We were thinking a concert or something along that line but I couldnt find anyone good playing. Does anyone have any ideas??

I am a slacker!

2009-08-21T14:31:00.000-07:00

OK OK.... I know i have been a bum on my blog BIG time. But I am back! So much has happened I dont even know where to start. I guess for starters, I have moved out again and am living in a house in Huntington Beach about 3 blocks from the beach. I live with 4 other great girls and love it. But I am thinking I will be back home by October. I moved out a little too early and need to save a little more. So thats that.
I started a new job at Consolidated Design West, Inc. I work as an assistant/planner for Sam Ridge. So far I absolutely love my job. There is so much that goes into it, I have spent the week getting to know our clients and started training on the billing. Sam and Joe (another sales rep) are starting a side company, JS3 Displays, and the website will be up and running in about a month. I will be in charge of blogging on that each month about whatever projects we have going on at the time. Which is what motivated me to start blogging again on my personal blog. I will make another post soon which includes the finished website! I am really excited about this job and can't wait to see how it goes!!
Here is my new e-mail address, if you need a quick response from me, this si the best way to reach me mon-fri 8-5 ;) JOlson@consolidateddesign.com

Chloe!

2009-04-15T07:11:00.001-07:00

2 weeks ago when I went to Magic Mountain with Jasons family his mom stayed home with Chloe, they took an outing to the park and his mom took pictures. These are the best pictures I have seen yet! Thanks Lori!!!
Gotta love those ears! When she is alert they stick straight up!

Wisdom Teeth and Eggs!

2009-04-11T21:29:00.000-07:00

This past Friday Ashlee had to get her wisdom teeth taken out. Her parents couldnt take her since her dad had a surgery that day too, so I took her to her appointment that morning. It was funny talking to her right after surgery. We then spent the rest of the day just hanging out at the apartment. This is a picture of us by the end of the night.

Today I picked up my parents from the airport, they had been in Nauvoo area all week. By the time we got home it was 6ish, so we order applebees to go. Dinner was delicious. After dinner me and mom dyed easter eggs while dad went to the store to get some stuff for the week. Wehad melanie on speaker phone the whole time we were dying eggs so it was like she was with us!
Me! on the phone with Melanie!
mommy!

Kings and Donating Blood

2009-04-02T10:40:00.000-07:00

These are the flowers Ashlee and Eric got me tuesday night. It was sweet of them to think of something nice like that. Plus they are very pretty!! :)
Yesterday Ashlee got off work a little early and wanted to donate blood. I use to donate blood a lot but havent lately so I thought I would go with her. Ashlee had never donated before and it was funny seeing her so nervous. This picture is after ashlee finished donating she felt shakey so they immediately threw wet paper towels all over her. It was funny.
When they tried to find my veins they were too small so tried one side but just ended up poking the needle around in there. when they looked at the other arm the veins were even smaller so I got poked for nothing. this is me sad with a huge icepack that they strapped to my arm.
Ashlee at the beginning still feeling fine. :)
My friend Austin... the guy next to me there always has Kings tickets so Tuesday night me, Ashlee, him and our other friend Kui went to the game. It was soo much fun even though the Kings lost (I am not the biggest Kings fan so I didnt really care)
Ashlee and me!!! Austin had 2 girl jerseys so me and ashlee were twins for the game!!

Yesterday after we donated blood some of our friends were at Disneyland so Ashlee and I met then there. It was fun we managed to get on 3 rides plus a short train trip and it was a fun little outing.

Mustaches, 6 Flags and saying goodbye

2009-04-01T14:22:00.000-07:00

This is me and jason messing around at their Dodgeball Tournament Saturday night.

Saturday night there was a HUGE dodgeball tournament in Huntington Beach. So Ashlee and I met everyone down there. It was soo fun, we basically just played on the sidelines, then when the tournament was over we tried to get a game of knock out started... which didnt really work so we just messed around with basketballs. After the tournament there was a mustache party in Long Beach. Jason is obsessed with mustaches (trust me i know its weird) so he was very excited. We all drew on mustaches with some eye liner and headed out. It was pretty fun but to be totally honest I think it was more fun just getting ready for it. :)
me and my dirty stache.... sick I know!

Sunday was Jasons farewell. I thought it was VERY nice. Because General COnference is this next weekend it was actually fast sunday. So Jason spoke and then everyone bore their testimonies. So both of his parents were able to bear their testimonies and some of his friends. Then that night there was a little open house at his sisters place. There was a good turn out but by the end of the night Jason was sooo tired. His family invited me to go to 6 Flags with them the next day so we both went to bed early since Monday would be a LONG day.

Monday morning I met everyone in Huntington at 9am. Jason's mom Lori decided to sit out of Magic Mountain since she doesnt really like rollercoasters and had a lot to do so she stayed home and watched Chloe. Magic Mountain was so fun and it was soo nice being able to spend all day with Jason before he got set apart. We got home that night around 7, and Jason was getting set apart at 9. We were still with his family til about 8 then we went back to his house to say goodbye. It was very tearful but sweet. I will miss him soo much but know he will be an amazing missionary. I am soo proud of his decision and am so grateful for the time we had together.
Jason's sister Lisa and me.
The whole group (minus Dan, Jasons dad) at the beginning of the day.

Since Jason has left all my friends and family have been soo grate. I went straight to my parents monday night to get a little cuddle session in with my parents and just be with them. Then the next day I heard from Joy and Shannon, Jason's mom called me, and tons of friends either have called or texted me these past 2 days. Ashlee and my friend Eric got me a dozen white roses last night. I am just so grateful for my friends and family who have been sooo supportive and just amazing to me these past 2 months. I love you all!!!

Dive, Duck, Dip, Dodge!!

2009-03-25T15:21:00.000-07:00

from left to right: Greg Wishart, Freddy Grether, Aaron Valdes, Ryan Huff, and Ryan Anderson. Representing Placentia 4th ward.
The ball busters playing against the Punishers. Both were the teams we were rooting for in our ward.
Me and Ashlee playing on the sidelines
Jason and Danny being good sports before the game.

Monday night for FHE we had a dodgeball tournament against the Huntington Beach wards. It was soo much fun! Me and Ashlee were starting to regret our decision in just watching and not playing (until we played a game after the tournament and remembered why we hate playing dodgeball with boys) Anyway none of our friends teams won (in our ward or Huntington beach) so i guess in the end its ok. since they were all losers. Sadly the team that DID win was fron Huntington Beach. Anyway it was a very fun night! I love FHE's like that!

I'M BACK!!

2009-03-23T16:13:00.000-07:00

This is me and Jason's last week together before he leaves for his mission, I am soo excited for him but will miss him soo much. I know the first little bit he is gone will be really hard on me. So we are spending as much time together as we can. Saturday night I had plans to help my friends DJ EL Dorado HS sadie hawkins dance. But afterwards me and Ashlee went down to Huntington to see Jason and friends. Then Sunday night was game night down there. Tonight our ward is playing against HB in a dodgeball tournament which should be pretty fun!

Chloe is still as cute as ever. Yesterday my friend Ryan Muirhead came over. He is a professional photographer and took some pictures of Chloe so hopefully some of them turned out ok... She was pretty hyper and wouldnt sit still.

This past weekend I was in SD for Bretts wedding. It was soo much fun seeing the familyand also to go to Blakes Baseball game. It was the first one I had been too and I had so much fun!

Anyway sorry I have been soo bad at updating! I should be better now!

Fun with Blake and Paige!

2009-02-25T09:16:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday Jason and I went down to Laguna to help out Blake and Paige, they needed a couple for a shoot they were doing and we filled in. It was a lot of fun! Kinda funny since they were kinda like engagement pictures and we are clearly NOT engaged. But we had fun with it and I am excited to now have nice pictures of me and Jason together. Anyway go to Paige's blog and check out some of the ones she edited... I think they turned out great!

Chloe and High Valley

2009-02-16T14:49:00.001-08:00

We were hanging out at the apartment and I looked over and found her asleep like this... she had been playing with my boots and I think it wore her out.

I like this picture because it gives you an idea on how small she is.

My mom helped me give Chloe her first bath.... then she shivered in her arms for the next 20 mins... poor thing. (I think she was playing it up a lot too.) After her bath she was extra fluffy and clean... super cute!

After her bath... Chloe LOVES grandma... I swear all she does whenever we are over here is sleep on her lap. I think mom is ok with it ;)

Its been awhile since I have updated my blog simply because I am no longer constantly around a computer. Last Tuesday I was laid off at High Valley. I cant say I didnt really see it coming since construction is REALLY slow right now and we werent doing that good. But I was bummed. I grew to love my co-workers and will miss being around them everyday. I called Jason when I was driving home that morning and let him know and he asked if he could come over that night. When he got to my apartment he had me turn around cuz he had a suprise for me. I had an idea that he MIGHT be getting me a puppy for Valentines day but he brought her over early to cheer me up. It worked. I named her Chloe. She's a pomeranian Chuwuawua mix and is absolutely adorable. She's 9 weeks old now and weighs 1.33 pounds (the lady at petco weighed her today) She will probably only get about 4 pounds. I would be lying if I said it was super easy all the time... I first tried house training but I think tonight jason and I are going to get a crate for her and start with crate training cuz I felt like a new mother... waking up a couple times in the night to go to the bathroom with her... then early in the morning cuz she was up and wanting to play. But I love her :)

Mission Calls and Superbowl

2009-02-02T08:29:00.000-08:00

Friday Jason got his mission call!! He was called to the.... wait for it.... Pocatello Idaho Mission!! hahaha!! He has been joking about being called there for weeks now so when he read that everyone (especially himself) just started laughing. He reports to the MTC April 1st and is very excited! I am excited for him. I will miss him soo much but I am so proud of his decision to serve a mission.

Sunday we had a big Superbowl potluck party at Jason's house. They recored the game that way we could all go to church (mom...) since singles wards start at 1. There was probably about 20-25 people there and everyone brought something so there was a bunch of food! I had such a stomach ache by the end of the night just from eating all the random food. blahh. But it was such a good game and sooo much fun!! I was sad the Cardinal's lost, they are Jason's favorite football team... and he honestly looked like he wanted to cry when the Steelers got that last touchdown in the final 50 seconds. haha oh well.

New Hair!

2009-01-30T08:31:00.000-08:00

So I did it... I cut bangs. I am still getting use to them and most the time like them. I think I am just adjusting. They are already growing on me more and more. I took some pictures on my computer at work so you can have a visual. EnjoY!

Bangs??

2009-01-20T08:24:00.000-08:00

The guy who does my hair, Tony, is moving to Chile next month so I have one more time chance for him to color and cut it. So far I have never had a complaint with what he has done. I have been working on growing my hair out but I kinda want to do one more change to it before he leaves and Ashlee takes over doing my hair. So I was thinking bangs... I would pretty much go by this picture, I like her style bangs. Plus this way I can still work on growing out my hair... anyway, I am kinda nervous about it. What are your thoughts?

Vegas!

2009-01-14T11:20:00.000-08:00

This past weekend was a girls trip to Vegas. I am probably the worst person about taking pictures. I just always forget my camera or just dont think to pull it out so all the pictures posted are thanks to my friend Aryn! Anyway so Friday when we got off work me and Ashlee started the drive up to Vegas. We didnt hit much traffic and was there by 10. That night we actually hung out with her cousin and his friends instead of going out since right when we got there they were leaving to go out, and we werent ready. Plus I think Doug (ashlee's cousin) was excited to have us in town. He works for a wedding chapel on the strip driving limo's so picked us up in the limo. We then went to some 80's cover band, del taco then back to Dougs to hang out.

The next day was a total girls day. We woke up all starving so got ready and then got food. Then we spent the rest of the day walking around shopping and doing touristy things on the strip. We ended up walking SOO FAR!! our feet were killing up so we took a taxi back to our hotel (the Monte Carlo) and rested up before dinner. For dinner we went to some sushi place that we had heard was soo good. Well they had since changed the menu. it was not good at all. Oh well. We knew some people that could get us into a new club at the Wynn XS so we tried that out. We saw Snoop Dogg there and got to dance with him for like 5 mins!! That was fun... After that we went to New York New York to this place Rok. We ended up spending the rest of the night there. It was pretty fun. We were going to try one more place after that but all our feet hurt soo bad we just said forget lets put on pajama's and get food.

Sunday all the other girls were leaving so they got ready and went to get food then head out. Me and Ashlee took our time and got ready then Doug called and invited us to church so we met up with him and went to his ward with him and his friends. One of his friends Brandon invited us over for family dinner, so after church we all went over there. There was a CES broadcast that night with Pres. Monson that his dad really wanted him to go too so we all went to that after. The rest of the night we just hung out. Brandon's parents let us stay at their grandparents house that they bought. No one ever stays there so me and ashlee had our own place Sunday night which was nice. We woke up monday morning got ready got lunch on the strip, walked around a little bit then headed home. All in all it was a very fun weekend! It had been awhile since I had been to Vegas and this trip was exactly what I needed!

Us getting breakfast/lunch Saturday afternoon!
These people were giving out free hugs... we gave them all free hugs then took pictures with them. They all seemed semi normal except the guy with the shirt that said peace for cats (far left)

White Man!! I love these guys!! at the Venetian!
In Paris! I had never actually been in this hotel. its soo cute!
This was Saturday night. we went to the hotel cafe in pajama's and socks to eat and they wouldnt let us walk like 10 feet to our table to eat without shoes so we sent Larisa and Anna to get shoes for us all. This is what we all got.

New Years Eve!

2009-01-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

This year for New Years Eve we went to San Diego for a big YSA thing down there. I had to work that day but ended up getting off at 12 which was nice cuz I had time to meet Ashlee for lunch and go home watch a movie, take a nap then get ready before, we headed down to Huntington to meet up with Jason, Austin, Kui, and Todd. Before going to the dance we stopped by the hotel we were staying at to drop off our stuff and meet up with some other people. (there were like 20+ people staying at the Sheridan) The dance was a lot of fun. This year they had Subway and Golden Spoon, laser tag (which i didnt get to do cuz there was too long of a line), I guess they also had rockband set up but I didnt see that. I just had fun dancing with friends.

There was an after party that was at some church but first a band played then the DJ's were going to start. But while the bands were playing someone pulled the fire alarm (lame... i know) so by the time the DJ's were about the start the fire department showed up and we all had to leave. So we all went back to the hotel. Messed around there for awhile. Finally about 6:30 I decided I was too tired to stay awake anymore I crashed.

Everyone was up by 9:30 and wanting to get breakfast. Mimi's won so pretty much all of us went over there for breakfast then headed home. I was soo tired we went home slept for a few hours. I then got up, showered, and Jason picked me up and I hung out in Huntington that night. All in all I had a great new years and was glad i was able to spend it with friends and Jason.

This is actually from the Friday after New Years, the Huntington Beach dance was a Rockstar Theme.
Most of us at breakfast... looking happy once we had eaten.
Lisa, me, Haidy, and Ashlee at the dance :)
Some of the group after the dance...

Late Night Karaoke!

2008-12-30T12:24:00.000-08:00

Saturday night everyone was looking for something to do. So we decided to try out this little karaoke place in Garden Grove. Basically you pay per hour and you and your group have your own room (you can choose the small, medium, or large room). Well we ended up having a pretty large group so we had the largest room they had. It was SOO fun! For an hour we all sung and danced. I am so glad we found this place...

Me and Ashlee picking out our next song! (ignore the crazy who jumped in the way, I stole these from some girls camera so ya... we got what we got)
Some of us on the couches... (again with the crazy) I think Jason was about to go... he LOVES karaoke.

Team Party Christmas Party

2008-12-22T15:30:00.000-08:00

On friday night our Huntington group of friends (team party) had a Christmas party. We had dinner (tacos) and had a white elephant gift exchange then made "awards" for each other. but mainly we all hung out and talked. It was a lot of fun to say the least.

Me, Ashlee, David, Becky, and Andy hanging out after all the games.
The whole group. I have a stupid face cuz I am of course laughing at something no one else is... typical.

Jason and me not paying attention. Ashlee and Todd White
Me, Todd White, and Ashlee. Becky, Ashlee and me went to the store earlier to get stuff for italian cream soda's then settled with shirley temples. Todd then started drinking straight grenadine.... soo gross.

Blanket!

2008-12-18T09:29:00.000-08:00

So yesterday Jason texted me telling me had made me something, luckily I was able to get it last night cuz he was soo excited to give it to me. I guess it took him hours to make me this blanket. It turned out soo cute! one side is bright green and the other side is pink with monkeys on it and SUPER soft. I seriously love it and its Super warm. He also made it a little bigger then normal so I can totally wrap myself up into it!

HM

2008-12-15T15:03:00.000-08:00

So everyone at work makes fun of me for being 22 and liking Hannah Montana. So I will randomly get Hannah Montana stuff at work... balloon, pen, candy with hannah montana's face on it. Well here is the most recent... I just think its soo funny. (and my hannah montana pen writes better then any other pen thank you very much!!)

O Christmas Tree!!

2008-12-09T08:32:00.001-08:00

Our Finished Christmas Tree! It looks really pretty when the lights are on. Also we all need to gather our personal ornaments to put on it!
Me next to Jason and all the branches we trimmed off!
Jason dealing with the base and the tree.
Trisha keeping it steady, Jason tighting the base and me.....?? helping??

Last night Jason and I went and visited with Grandma Snowball and helped her with some decorations. After we were looking for something to and decided to get a tree, Jason has been wanting to get one for our apartment for awhile now and everyone (ashlee trisha and errissa) were home so it was the perfect time! I am bummed I didnt take any pictures of the finished tree, but by the time we finished I was soo tried! We turned Elf on while we decoarted and made hot chocolate. Trisha's parents donated some pretty ribbon (which Trisha and I made into bows!) and a set of 86 ornaments. They are pretty all red, green, silver and gold. and some are a cool glittered design. Then we will also add whatever little ornaments we have from our house.

Gingerbread Houses Round 2

2008-12-09T08:18:00.001-08:00

Todd and Wendy.... I had to post this cuz Todd's house makes ours look a lot better!! There was a contest between the 6 houses. Mine and Jason's tied for 1st!!
One side of the house.
Other side of the house!

Sunday night we got a group together and made gingerbread houses. It was a lot of fun. There was probably about 12 of us over there and 6 houses were made. We put them all together and made a gingerbread village. As soon as I get pictures of those I will prob post them. Anyway Ashlee and Sterling couldnt come so they want to make them again which I am totally down! I am finally starting to get into the christmas spirit, We even decorated in the office! So fun!

Magic Mountain!!

2008-12-08T12:49:00.001-08:00

Jason's brother was in town this past weekend with some friends and made plans to go to 6 Flags, so me and Jason went with them along with our friends Erin and Andy. It was soo fun! and not at all crowded! We were able to go on pretty much every ride and even some twice! My favorite was Tatsu and X2. Those two had the longest lines but even that was only 45 mins at the most and luckily enough of us had cool games on our phones to keep us entertained. :) I was so tired from the night before then waking up early but still managed to make it from opening to closing!

Me and Jason on our first ride of the day! Dont worry the kid you see in front of us started throwing up towards the end. SO GROSS!! I had to RUN off the ride.
Andy, Erin, me and Jason on Tatsu.... So fun!!

Decorating the Tree

2008-12-05T11:43:00.000-08:00

The final product!
The top of the tree turned out really cute!

Me and some of the bows I made!

Wednesday night was so nice! I went to my parents house and right when I walked through the door it smelt soo good! (my dad made up some new pasta recipe) and John Denver and the Muppets was playing. Me and my parents had dinner together then after everything was cleaned up me and my mom worked on decorating the Christmas tree. My mom was really excited because she bought some new ribbon to make new bows and some new fun ornaments for the tree. She taught me how to make bows... I was really excited to learn how too. and I must say our tree turned out really cute! I cant wait to get a tree for the apartment! Jason told me yesterday he is going to get us one! Trisha's parents gave us a bunch of ornaments since they changed their tree theme this year. So out tree will be all silver gold and light pink, which I think is appropriate for a girls apartment! :) I will post pictures will that happens.

Breaking all my Rules....

2008-11-24T11:19:00.000-08:00

Ok so I absolutely LOVE Christmas! But I have weird thing about starting Christmas before Thanksgiving. I refuse to put in my Christmas CD's of turn on any radio stations that listen to Christmas music until the Friday after. Then its game on. Well Saturday Jason suggested we make a gingerbread house (I had mentioned I wanted to do it) I know we will have other opportunities to make them with a couple different groups of friends but I still couldnt help myself I said yes. So we got candy, frosting, graham crackers and went to town. Jason's sister Lisa and her friend Chelsea stopped by and helped. Our friend Austin also popped in a helped a little. It was so much fun and I was so proud of our house!

This is the christmas tree in the backyard.... made all our of frosting. Jason made that since me and Chelsea both tried to squeeze that stupid green frosting out but it was too hard.
This picture doesn't even do it justice. This house was soo good. Two story. graham cracker entry way, open door, noo glue completely edible. amazing.

Zippy

2008-11-21T14:02:00.000-08:00

Me and Ashlee got a fish last Saturday... well two. Zippy and Poppy! They were soo cute and we loved them (enough to spend over 5 bucks on them plus food and water!!) anyway i was doing the dishes yesterday and there was Poppy swimming around Zippy's floating upside body.... SOO SAD!!! We had a little memorial service for him. He was a good pet.

Fire! Fire! Fire!

2008-11-17T13:39:00.000-08:00

This weekend was soo weird, mainly because of all of the Southern California fires. Saturday there was one in Brea and Yorba Linda which caused for a lot of smoke and ash in Fullerton. It continued into Sunday and Monday. The fires have moved through Carbon canyon (still there) and into Chino Hills and Diamond Bar. Saturday Night we were suppose to go to an Austism Benefit in Chino Hills that Ashlee's family puts on every year. She left at 4:30 to try and find a way to get over there... at 7:30 she gave up after only making it 10 miles. Then Sunday we only had sacrament meeting since there were many people in our ward who were evacuated from their houses. That night Jason and Austin came over for dinner, and after dinner we decided to drive around to see if we can see any of the fires still. We went to Yorba Linda and I was driving through a random neighborhood just trying to get to the top of a hill and suddenly we noticed random houses burnt to the ground. It was so crazy how one house would be completely destroyed and then the one next to it was fine. Anyways I hope the fires start to slow down and that everyone is staying safe. I am pretty sure everyone in our area is pretty much good now...

Picture from the 91 freeway....

I stole this picture from my friend Ryan. He took this from his backyard in Yorba Linda

Jason

2008-11-07T14:26:00.000-08:00

I dont really like to talk about boys so much on here cuz they usually come and go so fast but me and Jason decided that we are exclusively dating. It wont get too serious since he is turning in his papers to go on a mission in the next couple weeks (he is 21). Anyway he is a really fun guy, his roommates or old roommates are always asking us to go on double dates with them and whatever new girl they are interested in. So thats basically the scoop if you hear the name Jason often now.

On that note last night Jason, his old roommate Taylor, Trisha and me went on a double date. Way back in September Taylor told me he thought Trisha was cute but nothing was ever done about it. Well finally we set up a double date. They took us to this nice resturant at Belmount Shores right on the water. We ate outside right by a fire so it was still nice and warm. It was really nice until the end of the dinner when me and trisha saw a cockroach on the floor. It kept coming towards us. I dont know why the server didnt just kill it but instead she chased it away. Anyway like 5 or 10 mins went by and we were all talking and suddenly i saw it under trisha's feet so I jumped which made trisha spaz out and spill water all over Taylor. I dont know why were are so retarded.

We decided to leave right after that and go to the queen mary, Trisha had never been and I have really only been on the merry go round on the outside and walked around it a few times with Mel. This is probably really bad but Jason knew where all the old supposedly haunted rooms were so we went there and Jason picked the locks. I won't lie... it was WAY creepy. Trisha didnt get past the first room so most the time it was just me and jason. I think I got the most scared when we were at the spot were the pool was. Right when we got back these 3 older people and their little kid were trying to look around so Jason reunlocked the door for them to look around where we had just been (I honestly think its just where they take people on tours) Trisha thought it would be safe with the 3 year old girl there so we went with them and all 8 of us explored. It was funny. We decided that was probably enough for one night. (i have an overactive imagination) So we headed to yogurtland and called it a night! I sorta hope Trisha likes Taylor... they would be fun to double with.... oh well if not!

Haircut!

2008-10-24T08:38:00.000-07:00

Last night Tony came over and we had another hair party. Mine and Ashlee's roots were outta control so we were excited. Tyler came over to hang out too since he was friends with Tony in HS. My plan was to just trim my hair. But then I realized in 2 weeks it would be longer then I liked. So I told tony to just cut it like before. We started talking and decided it was time for something new. He pretty much gave me bangs and a new style. I have to blow dry my hair forward for this one... which is easy since my hair just does that. However with this hair cut I realized I have a huge cowlick in the back of my hair that I now have to deal with, oh well... thank goodness for product. Next time we are going to change up the color a little bit! I love changing my hair (not as much as shannon though!) o0o0 Last night me, Trisha and Tyler had a jump roping contest.... ya I won! After a lot of smack talk from Tyler. muwhaha!

I took this at work and didnt want anyone to know I was taking a picture hence the retarded face...
Side view.
other side!

funny randomness

2008-10-23T11:34:00.000-07:00

Kevin at work is one of the mormon guys who works here and is always giving me a hard time about my dating life and boys. I thought it was pretty funny when he sent me this...

Softball

2008-10-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

I made it to first everytime I hit this game! Whoot Whoot!
I make friends with "blue" each game. By the end We are BFF
Andrew took a picture of me throwing cuz he said its the funniest thing he's ever seen. I dont see the humor.
Me, Ashlee and Geoff hanging out in the dugout. We are the best cheerleaders ever! Go team Bull Moose!!

Like mentioned before I have joined a co-ed softball team for the city of Tustin. Nooo I did not join because it was "co-ed" (mom...) I just wanted to do something new and fun. This has been soo fun! We've had two games so far... I think I have gotten better since our first game. Which honestly isnt saying much but oh well... This last game we played Andrew took pictures. Our friend Ryan also videotaped the game but I havent seen it yet and honestly dont care too...

Sonora High Pride!

2008-10-02T15:42:00.000-07:00

So I dont really have anything new to say... I went to Palm Desert this past weekend and stayed at the JW Marriott, It was a lot of fun but everyone either forgot their camera or had no more batteries so sadly not a lot of pictures. Anyway I got this off of my sisters blog...

1. Did you date someone from your high school? not really... I few little flings here and there. My main "high school boyfriend" had already graduated and went to a different school before that. So my senior year was mostly spent with him and his friends (who I am still friends with... haha funny how that works out)

2. What kind of car did you drive? Red '93 Ford Mustang. I loved this car... it was pretty much a piece but still had so many funny memories in it since I was usually the driver of my friends.

3. What is your most embarrassing moment in high school? I was helping out with a boys swim invatational so there were tons of cute boys from different schools. I was walking and not paying attention and walked into the diving board that was leaned back against the wall. I feel on my butt and had a huge red mark on my forehead. Most of the guys laughed and a few offered to help me up. Worst part was when I got up my jeans were covered in water from the ground. ugh i think i just walked straight home (actually i probably called for a ride... who am i kidding)

4. Were you a party animal? not at all. I knew people but didnt do the whole party scene. My senior year me and robin stopped by a couple but everyone made such a big deal that we were actually at a party that we hated doing it.

5. Were you considered a flirt? Probably. I know I am flirty by nature. So ya...

6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Choir. I did Vocal Ensemble. I lasted two years until i realized I really hated the instructor and quit.

7. Were you a nerd? yes in my own goofy way. But in HS i thought I was sooo cool. I wasnt. haha I think i have become more of a nerd through out the years

8. Were you on any varsity teams? yes... but usually played in JV that was a could start. Oh waterpolo. Maybe if i played for more then 2 years I would have actually played in Varsity games.

9. Did you get suspended/expelled? nope. I got a detention once but Mr. Hawkins was dean of attendance so I was able to serve it one day at lunch. I think i was there a total of 10 mins.

10. Can you still sing the fight song? nope, never could...

11. Who were your favorite teachers? ummm I like mr. rodriquez (my yearbook advisor) he was such a dork who could debate about american idol for hours and also had a really good taste in music which was nice when we would have to stay all night to meet a deadline.

12. Where did you sit during lunch? upper commons middle block. Thats if we stayed around for lunch I usually left.

13. School Mascot? Zapata. It is a Mexican Raider. So we were usually called the Raiders, but the people who dressed up were called Zapatas and they wore flirty, flouncy little Mexican looking dresses and big sombreros. It was pretty lame. Also, they made the school repaint the mascot on the building so you couldn't "tell" it was carrying guns and wearing bullets. LAME. You could totally still tell.... shannon basically said it all.

14. Did you go to homecoming and with who? Junior year I went with Mike Boyd to his schools, it was pretty lame i didnt really know anyone and his friend got all mad that we went together ( i was friends with both of them) Senior year I went with Blake Luitwieller it was a lot of fun. but a week or two before it i started crushing on this other guy. luckily blake was on the homecoming court so I had time to hang out with Nate. :)

15. If you could go back and do it again, would you? no i don't think so. unless i can go back and do it know with everything i know. I was WAY too insecure.

16. What do you remember most about graduation? umm it was hot and boring.

17. Where did you go senior skip day? I didnt go on the offical day since all the teachers had speciall assignments. but i ditched plenty on my own. Disneyland... Home... Out to lunch...

18. Have you gained weight since then? i think so...

19. Who was your prom date? i actually never went to prom. me and jay broke up right before my senior prom, we ended up getting back together but i still had made plans to go to palm desert with my mom that weekend, We hung out at the pool went out to dinner and shopped! It was more fun then the prom.

20. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? hmmm 2014?! who knows where i will be then

21. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? dont be so insecure. I think i would have enjoyed HS a lot more if i didnt stress about what people thought.

RA Sushi

2008-09-24T15:40:00.000-07:00

Me and Jason before dinner
Two of my roomates Ashlee and Errissa! Trisha had class so had to meet us later

Ok so I have wanted to try this place for awhile. I saw they were building one in Chino Hills, so I thought we would have my birthday dinner there. It was a cool place. We sat outside on the patio/lounge area.... but the food was only ok. Oh well now I know! It was still fun hanging out...

Camping pictures

2008-09-24T15:32:00.000-07:00

Us eating dinner... thanks to cheyne for the great dinner!
me and ashlee attempting to give eskimo kissed with frosting on our noses... we couldnt do it due to uncontrollable laughter.
Us in the morning... Andrew and Danielle took off before 8 so they didnt make the picture.
The frosting was my favorite part.

Camping!!

2008-09-22T15:16:00.000-07:00

Me and Cheyne with my cupcakes...
This isnt from camping but from the week before... I just love my guy friends. So heres a cute one with cheyne and kurt.

I absolutely LOVE beach camping so I was soo excited when my friend Andrew booked a spot and it was on a day when I was able to go! So Saturday morning I woke up (I was even to sleep in!!) and got ready then headed over to my parents... Joy and the girls were there visiting and then Kathy and Julianne came over and we had a little birthday party. My mom made these chicken croissant (sp?!) sandwiches that I love and I had funfetti cake! It was a very nice afternoon! Then I went home packed a little bag and me and ashlee headed over to my friend Cheyne's house. From there the 3 of us carpooled to Carlsbad. When we got there it was freezing. Too cold to hang out at the beach so while cheyne surfed before it got dark me and ashlee andrew and danielle walked around and set up the camp. Cheyne got back and got going on dinner for me ashlee and him. He was put together really good shrimp and chick and steak ka-bobs. Also made this delicious salad. We all helped with dinner. By the time dinner was ready Kurt showed up. I have so much fun with Kurt so I immediately got really hyper. When dinner ended me and ashlee were dancing around to some music when suddenly cheyne and kurt came out with some cupcakes with candles on them for my birthday, everyone sang then we all sorta got into a frosting fight. Then me and kurt wanted to do something so I jumped on kurts bike and he grabbed a longboard and we went for a ride. When we got back ashlee and cheyne were MIA (they had gone for a walk) and Andrew and Danielle were ready for bed (it was WAYY too early for bed) so me and kurt played on longboards (i am getting SOO much better) then left the camp to adventure out we visited downtown Carlsbad which was lame. By the time we got back to camp ashlee and cheyne were back and we all went to In N OUt. I know... we are such lame campers. Anyway in the morning it was still too cold to do the beach thing so me and ashlee practiced our softball skills by playing catch while cheyne surfed then we basically packed up and went home...

Softball

2008-09-10T12:24:00.000-07:00

My friend Cheyne called me a couple days ago and said he had two openings for his co-ed softball team. Me and Ashlee thought it would be sooo much fun, who cares if we didnt know how to play! So we joined the team! Our games start in 2 weeks. They will be either Monday or Friday nights. I am soo excited. I think it will just be fun to play a game of softball once a week and be on a team. Ashlee's brother played baseball for UCLA so Sunday he is going to give us lessons, we are just hoping we are not the worst on the team. I will keep you posted!

Priceline!!

2008-09-08T15:16:00.000-07:00

I have had the BEST luck with Priceline! Ok... So maybe I have only tried it twice. But still. I wanted to go to Palm Springs the weekend after my birthday (its on a monday). I really wanted to stay at the JW Marriott in Palm Desert but when I looked up rooms they were WAYY too expensive, even after spliting it 3 ways (between me trisha and ashlee) So I thought I would just gamble with Priceline for a nice hotel for cheap and hope for the best. So I put in palm springs/palm desert, 4 star hotels and 100 since they said the median price was 170. I was hoping it would go through. Sure enough it went through AND we got a room at the JW marriott!!! What are the odds!! I was sooo excited! So we will be staying 2 nights there each night only 100 bucks... after you split that 3 ways its super cheap! Last time I used Priceline I not only had good luck getting a room, but once we got there we were upgraded.... I am not holding my breath for that BUT who knows!! yayy!

going out!

2008-09-03T12:22:00.000-07:00

This is actually us getting ready for a 90's party... but same thing!

Getting ready with my roommates is one of my favorite things to do. It reminds me of getting ready with my sisters. The other day me and Ashlee both had dates so we both took 2 hours prepping. Both of our dates were a lot of fun, but the getting ready is also soo fun. Sometimes its just fun prepping!

Weekend Fun

2008-08-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

All five of us at the tea party!!
Dad, Mimi, Lizzie, and Becca playing in the water.
Lizzie was SOO brave in the water!
All of the "scavengers"
Figuring our the next clue...

This past weekend was a lot of fun. Friday night a big group of us went to a karaoke place. It was something different for us, we had a blast! We want to do it like once a month, and get a huge group.... like whoever wants to come. Me, Ashlee and Errissa were the only ones who got up and sang though! oh well maybe next we will have more people in our group go up!

Saturday morning I got up early (then got a phone call basically saying i could have slept in an hour and a half, oh well...) and went to my parents house for a tea party with lizzie, mimi, my mom and joy. We had lemonade and fruit punch instead of tea so there was no confusion with Lizzie. We also had yummy sandwhiches, cookies, veggies, grapes, candies, and cheese and crackers. It was very fun.

Saturday afternoon/evening was the Olson family beach party. I love this beach party so much every year. This year the Oversons were here and the Henshaws so we had plenty of younger kids which makes it even more fun. Especially the scavenger hunt. Aunt leeDean put together a really cute scavenger hunt for the kids, the boys were pirates and the girls were princesses. The adults had a good time visiting with each other!

Babysitting

2008-08-14T14:14:00.001-07:00

Last night i helped my dad babysit since mom is still in Utah. I was having so much fun Chalking and playing outside with the girls... Mimi was my little buddy all night, constantly cuddling up to me and following me around. So fun.. here are some pictures from my favorite Mimi moments...

this was after Mimi was whining about something and my dad very sarcastic said, "just lay down and cry about it." she is such a good girl.
In lizzie's "scooter gear" she had more fun wearing the pads and helmet then riding the scooter.
She attempted to take off the helmet by herself... it got stuck like this...

Utah Trip!

2008-08-14T13:29:00.000-07:00

My first time meeting Davin... we bonded right away.
Dad was trying to mess up mom... believe it or not i was trying to stop him.
Melanie, Shannon and me at temple square!
Rock Band!!
Dinner with the Millers!

This past weekend I went up to utah with my dad and met up with the Bowles, Curnow's and my mom. We had so much fun! Friday we went Mini Golfing... Weston won by getting 2 everytime... I lost but only by one! (I think I would have done a lot better if i wasn't sweating my body weight) Then we all had dinner together and swam at the hotel.

Saturday morning we all woke up early and met at the train station... which we took to Salt lake to see the new Joseph Smith movie and get lunch. While everyone saw the movie me and mom took weston and davin which was good times since Weston is seriously a funny little kid. My favorite moment was when he asked to tickle angel moroni's toes... I would love to be in his head.... Then we went back and while the seniors and juniors (mom, dad and the boys) napped us youthful ones went and played rockband at Ians work which was soo much fun! I love Rockband... I think they last song of the afternoon... when me, mel and shannon all sang/screamed together was my favorite... Then we spent the rest of the night playing games, watching Kearns fireworks, and watching Flight of the Concords.... seriously funny stuff.

Sunday We went to church with Shannon and Ian... and every senior citizen in Kearns. Then the Millers came over for dinner. It was sooo fun seeing them and the boys! Then we headed back to the hotel pretty early... I finally had a bed so I didnt mind...

Monday we went to these pools! It was soo much fun! Me and Shannon tried swimming laps but really its been forever for me and I was sucking.... Otherwise one of the highlights from the pools was mom going down the waterslide... Screaming the WHOLE way down! Here are some pictures to highlight the trip!

Earthquake

2008-07-30T08:32:00.000-07:00

I honestly was shocked how much it broke my heart that I missed out on the earthquake rumble. I was driving and must have thought I was driving on a bumpy road or something. I would have thought I would have felt something but I guess not. Anyway I was the first to come home to our apartment and was suprised that everything stayed on the walls... we did have some issues with stuff falling off of our entertainment center though... mainly candles and holders (which broke) :( and my plaque that mom made me that says "FAMILIES we may not have it all together but together we have it all" fell and broke everywhere... also sorta scratched up the entertainment center a little (opps!) Besides that just little things knocked over like picture frames, stuff off medicine cabinets and things in cupboards. So all in all I survived just fine!

My new Baby- CJ

2008-07-22T10:32:00.000-07:00

Me bonding with CJ :D It was love at first sight.
Close up at her little face...
She is seriously the size of our hands... awww

Yesterday was a normal day, I got off work and was relaxing before I went off for the rest of the night. Trisha called and asked me to open the garage, I thought it was a little weird since she has a car port now... but I didnt question it. Then in walks trisha with her arms full. She was leaving work and saw a little kitty in the middle of a busy street (Tustin... by the Calvery Chapel mom has her SCCC concerts at) So she threw her car in park and ran across the street and grabbed the kitty. We named her CJ. She is soo cute. By the evening she had warmed up to us a lot, and definately knew that me and trisha were her Mommies. Trisha had gone to Petsmart while I was at the movies and got EVERYTHING CJ needed so hopefully Cj will be able to stay with us for awhile. Errissa loves him, but Ashlee wasnt too keen on the idea, so we will see. ;(

Memories!!

2008-07-18T15:13:00.001-07:00

1. Leave one memory that you and I had together, as a comment on my blog. Anything goes.

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll check to see if you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

super short hair!

2008-07-11T14:19:00.001-07:00

I definitely sure this is the shortest it has EVER been... but I love it... i was having an ugly face day so you dont get to see the front yet. sorry i am so vain!

Current Favorite Song

2008-07-08T13:02:00.000-07:00

I can honestly listen to this song over and over. I think it will be my song for the summer... I LOVE it... o0o0o this one too....

UTAH!!!

2008-07-02T16:18:00.000-07:00

I am SOOOO excited but I finally have a trip to Utah planned to visit Shannon and BOYS!!!! I havent seen davin since he was born so I CAN'T wait!! I will fly up with my dad friday morning on August 8th and stay until AUgust 11th ... that evening. We will meet my mom, Mel and Brad there! So it will be a nice little family vacation! I am just soooo excited! and i still have a month. BOOOO!!

Angels Game!

2008-07-02T15:43:00.000-07:00

Me and Brady in our seats... you can see Glady behind us!

So I seriously LOVE baseball games! They are sooo much fun! Last night my friend invited me to go with him to a game and we were in the front row! it was sooo much fun! We were more towards outfield but I had a clear view of Glady the whole game... very nice!

RollerBlading....

2008-06-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

Me and Ashlee sporting our new rollerblades! :)
Trisha was having some issues in the beginning... but once she got going she was totally better then me and was even helping me off the curbs and stuff. ha ha

Yesterday Ashlee, Trisha, and I bought rollerblades at Target. It had been a LOONNNGGG time since I had been on rollerblades... and toook me awhile to get use to it. Eventually I started getting the hang of it though. We even managed to skate all the way to In N Out for dinner. But as the nerds we are forgot spare shoes, so then had to eat in our socks. They were nice though and at least brought us our food and drinks! After we skated back to the apartment we went in the spa and went swimming. Since I was seriously a hot sweaty mess (I never realized how much of an excerise it is!) The pool felt SOO nice! We we actually played around for awhile which was fun! Our next fun buy will be a baseball set so we can start playing little games of baseball.... or basketball. we havent decided which it will be yet ;)

Mormon Night at Angels Stadium

2008-06-16T12:47:00.000-07:00

All of us... decked out in our Angels gear!
We got the BIGGEST hotdogs! me and trisha SPLIT ours and couldnt finish! Ashlee and Andrew got their own and almost finished but then felt sick the rest of the game.... Fools
Andrew has a large head... me wearing his hat. It took us forever to get out of the parking lot!

Friday night was Mormon Night at Angels Stadium... in typical fashion... we did not get tickets in time but wanted to go (we truly are lame) our ward had no more available but Amy was able to give me 2 from her husbands boss.... score! It was going to work out perfectly since Trisha was suppose to have a date that night me and Ashlee were going to take those 2 tickets. Then her date called and rescheduled to Saturday so we needed to find one more ticket. Luckily, Alex Scott from our ward called that same day and had 3 extra tickets last min. We told him we would take them. So now we had 5. Ashlee's boyfriend and Andrew then were going to come... well last min Tony had to work late but everything still worked out fine and in our really good seats there were plenty of open seats around us so all 4 of us were on the field level! score again!

water Balloon fights!

2008-06-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

Amy had to put together a class party for her son, and one of the games she came up with involved water balloons. So there has been now 3 incidents this week where we will randomly have a little water balloon fight. Someone will be talking on their cell outside so we will get them with like 2-3 balloons. Today Amy had the day off with the kids so this afternoon brought them by the office and we all had a major water balloon fight. It was fun and innocent until Kevin (one of our estimators) taught Amy's son, Nathan how to fill a water balloon but not TIE it... just run around and spray us.... much more efficient. SOooo now I am sitting at my desk soaking wet. Awesome. haha But really. I love having a job where I can take a 30-45 min "water break" randomly!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

2008-06-10T09:11:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken on my phone and came out pretty blurring but its the only one I had on my work computer of me and my parents.... I need to work on that ;(

Today is my mom's 50th birthday! For the past couple weeks anytime she messes up a name, date or time in an e-mail she would blame it on being 50... well now its legit :D I know she has been looking forward for this birthday for sometime now sooo HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

Our New Pets!

2008-06-04T16:40:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Ashlee, Trisha, and I were eating dinner when some of the smaller ducks appeared on our dock. We usually like to feed them so i grabbed a piece of bread and open our door, well they decided to just let themselves in!! They have never done that before. I had trisha grab my camera and we got a little video of it... what you hear it trisha's narration! hahaha. we have to get our carpets cleaned!

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-05-27T15:44:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have been AWFUL about updating... but here is a quick update about my weekend. it was pretty lame. I wasnt really in the mood to do anything, plus the weather was all gloomy. anyway so friday night me and trisha seriously stayed home all night. One highlight from the weekend was dusting off my bike from my parents garage and going with Andrew and Trisha to ride bikes down at the beach, we took our bikes across the ferry to balboa and rode around there then rode back to our truck and got dinner and a little diner. I think it got trisha thinking more about getting a bike! Which would be fun cuz then we can ride bikes to the close places that we go out to eat and random stuff like that! Plus more Beach rides! yayY!

Mormon Parties

2008-05-13T10:04:00.000-07:00

Hanging out in the backyard of the most recent Long Beach party... The guy in the picture is a lot cuter then the picture gives him credit for...
Trying to get out of the dance floor... I saw a camera poke around the corner and ducked my head. The guy whose back is in the picture and the one next to him Brady and Greg are our new dental school friends from LA.
If you can spot me and trisha in the mass of the dance floor your amazing. This is just one room of the party....
Ok so I almost hate the question, "what'd you do this weekend?" because it is pretty much the same thing every weekend.... Mormon Parties. Here in Southern California someone is throwing a party every weekend. You would think it would get old... and occasionally a weekend off is nice, but its also surprising how each time there are new people (there are always the usuals, which sadly we have turned into) but at least every weekend we meet someone new. Some people better then others.

Las Vegas

2008-05-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

Ok... so this is a little late but a couple weeks ago Trisha, Ashlee and I went to Las Vegas for a little vacation. We basically just went to the pools, shopped, went out to fun places to eat and went out dancing at nights! It was the perfect little weekend get-a-way. Now we just have 10,000 times more inside jokes... We also were able to meet Brody Jenner (he is on the show The Hills) one night. I was able to find a really good deal at the Venetian so we stayed there. Its always fun staying at a nice hotel, even the hallways always smelled good, which is unusal for a Vegas hotel. hahaha.... Anyway sorry its taken me forever to get a post up, work has been more strict about internet use, so I have to use slip online on lunch, or breaks.

New Hair!

2008-05-01T09:58:00.000-07:00

My friend Ashlee's boyfriend Tony does my hair, and last week when he was over at the apartment he was looking at my hair then asked if i ever thought about going shorter. Which I had but couldn't really picture it so just kept up the same thing... But I gave him permission to cut my hair. So last night we had a little hair party where he did mine and Ashlee's hair. I really like the way mine turned out! Here are some pictures so you can get an idea. I took then real quick at work so I look like a goon.... but enjoy!

and the award goes too....

2008-04-29T12:49:00.000-07:00

ME!!!

I would like to announce (mainly to my fellow sisters) that I, Julianna Olson, won Best Daughter this week! (!!!!)

thats it. :)

Administrative Professionals Day

2008-04-23T15:46:00.000-07:00

So today is Administrative Professionals Day aka Secretaries Day. So Amy, Corey and Dave sent Amanda and I flowers! It was such a nice suprise! Also to celebrate tomorrow us girls are going out to lunch (probably sushi :D ) Anyway it was a nice way to brighten up my already good day! I am so grateful for such a good job, I work for great people who make sure our office is always a positive place, and have learned so many skills that could help me in future jobs if needs be.

Angel's Games!

2008-04-21T08:43:00.000-07:00

Baseball is probably the only sport (besides waterpolo) that I understand all the rules. And the Angels is probably the only team where I know the players, which makes Angels games soo much fun to go too. So far this season I've only made it to 2 games. But my friend Kyle has season tickets so hopefully I will be able to go a couple more times, plus mormon night, plus when we get tickets from trisha's dad. Angels games are also fun because you run into sooo many people you know there! Thursday I ran into Quinn and Greg, and my old Hair guy Justin.

smile

2008-04-17T11:05:00.000-07:00

Ok so today I've just been in a super mood. Work is pretty slow which has left a lot of time for messing around online. I came across this photography blog and was looking around at all the pictures. I like all of them but when I came to this picture I seriously laughed out loud. It is sooo cute and sooo precious. Awww it makes me really want to hold a baby. anyway.... enjoy!

Billabong XXL Awards

2008-04-14T08:34:00.000-07:00

My friend Troy is a designer at Billabong and invited me to go to these Big Wave Surfing Awards with him. Then last minute he said I could bring a friend so Ashlee came with me, which I was glad since I didnt want to be tagging along with Troy and his friend Ryan. It was fun... and different. It was a global awards show so there were people from ALL over. We made friends with people from Australia, Peru, and Germany. It was fun to do something different for a change.

Bored at Work

2008-04-09T15:57:00.000-07:00

Friday afternoon was really slow here at High Valley Construction.... so Amanda and I started playing with our Photo Booth on our computer... The Pictures really make me laugh. Here are a few...

American Idol!!

2008-04-09T14:39:00.000-07:00

Last night Amanda and I had tickets to go to American Idol! I was really excited cuz this season I have actually been a faithful watcher. It ended up being sooo fun! There was a lot of waiting... but once the show started it went by pretty fast. the 2 davids are my favorite, although David Cook went down a few points after I realized he might be a little cocky. The best part was when I realized Taylor Swift was sitting about 3 people behind me. I kept turning around any chance I got so I can see her. She is so pretty in real life. At the end of the show I noticed a few people getting autographs so I ran over. She gladly signed my american idol sticker... after a few more people got autographs a security guy walked up and she left. I was soo glad I was able to meet her. Eric McCormick (Will from Will and Grace) was also there right behind taylor swift... during one of my longing glances at Taylor me and Eric made eye contact and I got a smile. I was very very excited! Overall it was such a great afternoon and I would gladly do it again!

Its Over

2008-04-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

HahaHa well.... me and Alex broke up. After spending more time with him in person I realized I dont like him enough to ever move to utah... which then leaves why still continue the long distance. We still had a fun weekend. Saturday night going to LA and walking around then eating at Roscoe's. Sunday we watched conference with Mom and Dad then had the Olson Family over and Grandma Snowball. Monday we went to the Angels game which Alex really liked. I guess it had been awhile since he had been to a pro baseball game. and the Angels won! which makes it more fun (grand slam in the 9th!) I dropped him off at the airport this morning... and everything was still good. He was more happy we realized it before it got more serious. so yayy....

Ok so here's a pretty funny story about a week or so ago I got a carport and was soo excited, cuz I had been searching for parking in the 6 24 hour spots or on the street which didnt mean I wouldnt get a parking ticket. So Sunday night I was soooo mad to see someone in my car port. Me and Ashlee tried calling a towing company but they couldnt do anything since i didnt have proof it was mine with me. I was still upset when I moved my car out to the street that night. The next day me and Alex went to go to Fashion Island and Pei Wei. We got back that afternoon and the car was in my spot AGAIN!! (or still) but i think they had moved once since the note we left on the car was gone. I was VERY mad this time. I went straight to the leasing office to get proof that it was mine and get that car towed. So the towing company came and I signed the paper and left. About 2 hours later, the leasing office called.... I guess they had double booked my car port with another car so I got a car towed that did belong there too! (opps!) The apartment complex had to pay to get the car back (since it was their fault anyway) and I got assigned a new port.... I just felt soo bad for getting sooo mad at this innocent car. oh well alls well that ends well.

Tonight me and amanda are going to american idol! we actually both get off work at 12 (i came in at 9 today so its a super short day!) Anyway I am very excited it should be a lot of fun!!

BIG THANKS!

2008-04-03T14:22:00.000-07:00

Thank you Shannon for helping me make my blog pretty like everybody else's! ha ha... Your the best!

Well Alex comes this weekend... He will fly in Friday night and stay til Tuesday. We have some fun things planned so I am really excited. I am sure I will be updating on Tuesday with pictures and stories.

Addiction

2008-03-28T14:55:00.000-07:00

I have a new addiction... Sushi. Anyone who goes out to eat with me a lot knows I use to never eat it... use to hate it (especially my parents and melanie, they would even make special sushi trips for when I was not around) For some reason the past few weeks I have been able to tolerate it and then through out the past few days have learned to really like it. So much so that I've had it for lunch the past two days and dinner last night. I dont know where this sudden change in taste came from... (I also found myself snacking on almonds at work... almonds?!) but I am not complaining.

Spring

2008-03-24T08:41:00.000-07:00

Spring is definately my favorite season by far. The weather is nice and warm and everything is cheers me up. A couple days ago me and trisha stepped out on our dock to check the weather for the day and noticed 8 little ducklings swimming around our lake. We were soo excited. They are the cutest little things. Everyday we go out and count them to make sure they are all there, feed them some bread crumbs, then just sit on the dock and watch them. During the day they all swim around and do there own thing, but everynight we see them they are clustered together and all stay by each others side. Its seriously precious. Here are some pictures of the normal ducks then a picture of the ducklings... They are taken on my phone so they arent the best, but at least you can see how tiny they are.

ABC's!!

2008-03-13T16:19:00.000-07:00

I want to be cool too!! Plus I have some spare time on my hands....

A - Attached or Single? I guess more attached then single :D
B- Best Friend? Sisters, Trisha, and Robin
C- Cake or Pie? Definately cake! I like FUNfetti! We make it in cupcake form at least every other week.... which is why i now must go to the gym every day
D- Day of Choice? Probably Saturdays... get to sleep in and usually something fun is going on!
E- Essential Item? my contacts. I dont get very far without them
F- Favorite Color? I like all colors... mainly depends on my mood... but I do enjoy blue red and brown.
G- Gummy Bears or Worms? either one! I like the bears cuz it reminds me of G and G snowballs house :D
H-Hometown? La Habra, CA
I- Favorite Indulgence? pedicures...speaking of which... next paycheck i am SOOO getting one
J- January or July? I do like January in California.... Its usually pretty decent and I can wear fun jackets and stuff yet not freeze. But July DOES mean summer.... its a toughie
K- Kids? none yet!
L- Life isn't complete without? my family and friends
M- Marriage date? ha ha who knows!
N- Number of brothers and sisters? 3 sisters... and we need to start planning a sisters reunion
O- Oranges or Apples? gala or fuji apples
P- Phobias and Fears? Heights... loosing a loved one too soon.
Q- Quote? i cant choose one off the top of my head... ok its a lie a couple days ago me and ashlee were watching simpsons and agnus and the comic book guy were dating... and watching a sunset...

AGNUS: "glad there's only one of these a day"

COMIC BOOK GUY: "could it BEEE anymore orange?"

I dunno why it made us laugh SOOO hard
R- Reason to smile? I have a great family. Great friends and room mates and Alex comes to CA in a few weeks!
S- Season of choice? Spring and Fall. I love the mild temps... I am with Shannon on this one
T- Tag three people? Joy, Carly and Paige?
U- Unknown fact about me? hmmm ummm I cant cook for the life of me. I burnt myself the other day microwaving soup. i am making an apron tonight i am hoping that will inspire me to learn...
V- Vegetable? zucchini.... green beans.... salad. sooo good!
W- Worst Habit? procrastination.
X-ray or Ultrasound? I've never had either...

Y- Your favorite food? frozen yogurt... it use to be yogurt land then I had pinkberry which i think took first place. golden spoon has been pushed down to 3rd...
Z- Zodiac Sign? Virgo!