Lunch w/ the Girlies & IDAHO

I was so happy to be able to get together with my girls for the first time in way too long, before I had to go to Idaho for a month. Good food. Good laughs. Good friends. What makes a better day?

My October was spent in Boise, Idaho helping my aunt and her family. A month with my 5 little cousins, but it went by so fast. So I had

to make sure I was gettin kisses from my cute lil cousins.

Nurse to be...OFFICIALLY!

As if October 5th, I am officially a nursing student at Dixie State College of Utah! Got the acceptance letter into the program! Yay! Nursing, here I come!

No longer a TEEN

The only two pictures taken for my birthday....fantastic aren't they?! haha I had a good birthday! My mom baked me a cake while Me and Lex were eating dinner at a good family friend's house. Got a Macbook since my PC broke. My dad took me shopping for a few things. Friends baked me a cake and made dinner as we watched a movie. Went to El Coyote with a bunch of people! (and I didn't have to pay!) I'd say it was a pretty amazing 20th birthday (week lol) even though I only have these two ridiculous pictures! :)

San Diego Zoo/ Sea World :)

Ashley, Brian, and Bryton came to California for a weekend. Friday, I went with them to the San Diego Zoo. Saturday, I went to Sea World with them along with my mom, Ro, and Alexa. It was a good weekend. Got to see my sister, and the cutest boy in the world!

Bryton loved the monkeys/gorillas. We got

lots of exercise all over. :) Bryton and Brian got to feed

giraffes before leaving too!

The day at the zoo was

worthwhile!

Saturday at Sea World was fun. I hadn't been there in AGES. I felt like I did way back when, when I first went to Sea World. I just wanted to jump into the water and swim with Shamoo! haha Don't worry I

restrained myself :)

It was very hot

that day, so luckily

we sat in the soak zone at every show!

Piggy Visits with Noah!

I got to see Piggy's son, Noah, for the first time this summer. Piggy, her husband, and her baby were doing a cross-country trip to visit friends and family. Noah so cute, and so chunky! We went out to eat at Olive Garden, got dessert at Pinkberry, and Ro took Noah on the carousel. It was a good day.

Bryton's Birthday//4th of July

My mom, Ro, Alexa, and me went straight from the Volleyball Festival in Phoenix to St. George for Bryton's 1st birthday.  The weird thing is, the second we got all packed into the car and started driving me and Alexa both got this huge spurt of energy.  We we singing songs, laughing at everything and nothing, and just simple being the biggest dorks alive.  The picture below is a perfect example of the dorkiness I am talking about.

On the drive from

 Phoenix to St. George, you drive by the Hoover Dam.  As we are coming up to it, we started to talk about it.  I said some stupid joke about it being built to keep Megatron.  But then.....Alexa said the most hilarious thing.  She said, "Wait don't beavers make dams???"  Ro and I just started busting up laughing.  So when we got to the Hoover Dam, Ro pulled over and let us get out and get a good look at it (as good as we could at midnight in the pitch black haha).  Smart mom took a little picture of us :)  We then piled back into the

car for the rest of the drive...with Ro still cracking jokes about beavers and the Hoover Dam.

We got to St. George and celebrated Bryton's 1st birthday (his birthday is the 4th of July).  Ashley made and decorated a Nemo cake for his Finding Nemo theme swim 

party.  Bryton was so cute playing games with me while his party was getting set up.  He got more

presents than I think I have ever gotten in my life...and he loved them all.  He had his first bite of cake,

which ended up all over his face and chest and lap...let's just say it ended up everywhere.  At first he didn't know what to think of the cake, but he found he loved the frosting, and insisted on sharing it with "Mom."  Since he was then covered in frosting, we got into the pool, which was probably his favorite part of the party.

After getting cleaned up from the party and the pool, and it started to get a little darker, Brian, Ashley, Bryton, Alexa, and I got into the truck and headed towards the St. George temple.  We were gonna watch some fireworks from a parking lot just across from the temple.  It was fun, but after the long night and the long day, I was ready to get back to Ashley's house and get on my comfy clothes.

Phoenix Volleyball Festival

        The little sis, Alexa, had a week long volleyball tournament in Phoenix the last week of June. (Yeah I know, I'm a little behind).  It was my Mom, my dad-Ro, and me staying in the Hyatt with the rest of Alexa's team. All of Alexa's games were in the afternoon/evening.  So, we

would sleep in way late, get ready, go cheer on Alexa and the rest of the girls, eat dinner, and go to bed in the early hours of the morning.  My dad-Dave, and the rest of his family, was able to get to some of Alexa's games as well.  Even though Alexa would probably never admit it, she was happy to so many people there to watch her dominate. :)

         I honestly didn't get to spend much time with Alexa at all while in Arizona.  She was busy with her teammates and friends.  Not to mention after playing game after game, after game, for an entire week,

she was pretty tired, and needed to save up her energy for the next game.  But it was ok with me

for the most part because I enjoy watching volleyball.  And even more, I love to watch Alexa play, and get to cheer her on.  She did well the whole tournament.  She dominated as middle hitter, and she did great with keeping her teams spirits up and keeping the girl drama to a minimum.  My baby sister all grown up...tear. haha

           On top of the Hyatt there is a restaurant.  It was circular and the outside

walls were windows, and it slowly spins.  So while you are eating dinner, you get to overlook Phoenix-- in all different directions.  Pretty cool.  It was a nicer restaurant, so we got to dress up a little, which was nice since we've spent the week in a stuffy gym.  It was a totally different experience for me though, because I had to sit at the adult/parent table. haha Not gonna lie, I felt kind of out of place, considering I wasn't even 20 yet, and of course have no kids. haha.  But overall it was a nice night, and quite funny.