Up, Up, & Away

The time has finally come....
I am going to the east coast in T minus 4 days for the first time in my life&  I'm so excited!!!!

grave yard?? maybe... snagged it off good ol' Google 

My first stop will be the beautiful town...city...(I'm honestly not really sure) of Lynchburg, VA. I only know it's beautiful because I am putting full faith and hope in Christopher & Google images. As I began looking for pictures I realized that I know absolutely nothing about Virginia(besides that it is for lovers)...or Lynchburg and it's Chris's home town. I have done a horrible job of being inquisitive  about something so crucial in Chris's life and vow to get more details from here on out.
I love love love old houses. I could walk through them all day and just hear the history behind each one & look at the architecture. Chris says there is a lot of these houses out there. This will be a dream come true.

Next stop is....... drum roll please. badadadadadadadabadabaddadadda
The Capitol Building!

Tilt head to the side to get the full experience.

I have pretty much fantasized about this ever since 6th grade when we were offered a trip to travel to Washington DC for the summer & my family said no. I will probably not be able to sleep the whole night before. I never show it but I am secretly a government nerd. We the People, Sun Youth Forum, and 2 years of AP government can do that to you.

I am most excited of course to see Chris and spend time with his family and get to know more about Lynchburg. His family has a book store up there, pretty much the coolest thing ever! & Chris mentions it a lot so finally connecting a place with all the stories will be so much fun!
What is your favorite part of the East Coast?? Any Must sees?

R.I.P Newman

I thought about writing an obituary, but then I would just be sitting on my bed crying over something that Chris and  Lori think is crap; so I have turned to writing a short memoir(still crying on my bed over something I don't think is all that crappy) about someone who has always been there for me until..... yesterday.

My Car Newman
I got Newman when I was 16 years old...sadly I could only look at him because
1. I didn't have my license until I turned 17
2. I refused to learn to drive stick
After I got my license Newman and I were instant enemies.He was a stick shift & I had no desire to learn. I could not get anywhere because he was born with manual transmission. Poor guy couldn't help it that's just how he was made, but at the time I didn't care.

My dad's theory was to put me in the car and I would figure it out. Thats how I learned to swim and I became pretty darn good at it so the obvious answer would be to do that when driving....or so he thought.

Newman and I had an awful first drive to school together. I stalled at least 17 times. Rolled backwards down a hill and almost took out 4 cars oh, and lets not forget almost getting hit by a bus. My house is 8 minutes from my high school and I arrived an hour and a half late, sputtering into the parking lot. Tears were rolling down my eyes as I cursed my car for not being an automatic.

I of course learned to drive my car and it took me everywhere. It even brought me to the ice land of Logan, Utah and stuck with me there through snow and wind. We had a few tires blow, okay maybe 7 to be exact & the axle replaced 3 times. I may or may not have re bought my car twice. Yet, he still got me from point A to B safely with my tunes blasting and AC or heat always working,  and thats what mattered.

Sadly, Newman had his last trip home to Vegas with me yesterday. Chris and I were heading to my home in Vegas to see my family & get him to the airport the following day. Chris drove most of the way and I drove the last stretch. Life was fine and dandy Newman and I had made this trip together more times than I can count. Then, all of the sudden the car started to shake. I feared we were going to get whoop lash so I pulled over. I knew that feeling well, my tire was going to blow. I am pretty much a professional when it comes to Newman and his tires so I figured meh, ill just change it now. Lo and behold every single tire was perfectly fine. So I get back in the car & Chris reassures me that will make the last 40 miles home to Vegas and be just fine. I went about 40 to 50 mph with my hazards on the whole way & made it home alive.

The next day I take Newman out to lunch and he is still shaking but drivable. Once my dad gets home he takes it out for a drive to see whats wrong. He pulls up at the end of his drive and Newman is a HOT MESS! Literally he smells bad, my brother has to push him the rest of the way home and he will no longer move.

Newman lived a long life, and a good one. He may not have been a Luxury car but he did what he needed too. I always complained about wanting to buy a new car, I guess you really never know what you have until it is gone. I am now car-less, for the first time in my life with no prospects of getting a new car until my job starts paying me more, which probably wont happen.

Good thing Logan has a bus system, Lori is taking Chris and I back after school starts, and Walter is a great enough friend to lend me his car until I find a way to fix my situation.
R.I.P Newman you are one missed car.

My Programmers & I at the food pantry

#1 Reason I have not touched my blog in weeks

Stuff-a-Bus

This is an event put on by the Val R. Christensen service center at Utah State. Myself, Keni, Trent, & Maddi run this beast. Every Monday in November we would go out with volunteers collecting cans for the Cache Valley food pantry that supplies families who don't have enough money to buy food. Then 3 Saturday's and a Friday we stood outside local grocery stores all day collecting food and money for sub for Santa and the food pantry. Last but not least we held a penny wars on campus for a week between the colleges and organizations. None of us have had a life outside of this..and occasionally school but its now over and kids will get Christmas and families will have food & that is what matters. 

Look @ that concentration

9er 9er Over & out 10-4

This handsome pilot flew Lori & I around yesterday; and it was a blast. He even said 9er! I've been flying with Chris before but it was so fun to go with Lori and  hear how she reacted to different things. 

She is also less intimidating to have in the plane then a flight instructor so I felt like I could talk more. 

This was the plane we went on called the arrow. How cool is that!!!!!! Flash back to the 20's. Hi sometimes I wish I was born then so all my pictures could look like this & I could wear fancy old fashion dresses.

Chris flew us over campus. HELLOO OLD MAIN!

Lori's reaction: "I see our house, I see our house! Thats my car, this is sooo awesome."

Chris just making sure we don't die, such a professional. 

The coolest part was I got to sit in front this time!!!!! 

There was even a steering wheel..if thats what they are called in planes, on my side. Don't fret though I didn't touch it. I kept my hands and legs inside the plane and on my lap at all times

ROOMMATE CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!

Obviously we are a house that loves roommate parties and it's hard to get all 10 of us together at one time so this is a good excuse to do just that. We exchanged names weeks ago. Yes, it takes this long to have everyone plan on getting together. 

& then...WE PARTIED! 

Top ten things you need to party at Paradise Cove with the rickity 10:

1. Delicious sugar cookies baked by Chelsea Babbitt

2. 5 Random couches that have been here since who knows when, to seat all 10 of us.

3. Natalie's professional photography skills to catch out individual jump shots.

4. Amanda Please's photography skills to catch our group jumping picture.

5. A fancy kitchen white board to constantly write updates to roommates to remind them to come to the Christmas party.

6. A pair of colorful warm socks, preferably Christmas themed.

7. An amazing caroling voice to go sing to random neighbors & maybe even a cop or two.

8. Mad jumping skills w/ great faces to make it look even better.

9. Only one DVD player in the whole house, so you can have movie nights crammed into Lori's room all the time.

10. The most important: A rickity house full of absolutely awesome girls+1 furry white puppy dog. Accompanied with a picture of Paradise Cove in the entry way.

Harry Potter Harry Potter

So, Harry Potter obviously took precedence over the rest of my life meaning I was incapable of touching a computer for a day or two because I was drooling over my favorite movies and books. Life must continue though & I have realized that I can't live at Hogwarts and cast spells so I will now post 2 days of my 30 day challenge. 
Day 07 - A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

Funny story, I don't know how to make this picture go right side up so it is forever wrong side up. 

Mommy and Daddio!

Dad's a little red neck. Mom's a little silly (little is an understatement for each of these) but I love them both and respect the decisions they have made to help me grow up to the woman I am today. They have taught me how to have fun. I have learned what true love is and how to love unconditionally, as well as how to make the hard decisions in life and still make it through. They are both shining examples to me and I love them.

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh

You will not understand why this picture makes me laugh so hard but Mindy will. This was Mindy's first trip to Vegas and we spent hours on the strip in 115 degree weather soaking up the Vegas atmosphere. This of course included the homeless people. Mindy really wanted to get a picture of a homeless guy without him seeing so she tried to be sneaky and ended up falling up the stairs and snatching this picture mid fall. This then leads me to remember a memorable Mindy quote: "Kayde has pants."

Inside joke but I'm still laughing.

A Picture that shows your true self:

I don't think there is really one picture that describes everything about my true self but this is a picture that describes a small portion.

I'm horribly clumsy and people tend to capture it on video and in pictures ALL THE TIME! I can literally fall over nothing. 

This picture describes that and that is really just a part of who I am.

Aloha!!!

Dear 30 day challenge,
 I got a little challenge happy and decided to do my own personal challenges in real life for a week; and also to get out of the land of ice (Logan) and go to 80 degree Cali for a while, for a conference. I have decided instead of doing 8 catch up days to just start back up from where I left off.
Sincerely,
Me
Picture of somewhere you have been:

This is one of my most favorite places. I have not traveled a lot, and plan on changing that once I get rich and can actually leave campus for more than 6 hours a day. Maui, Hawaii, I love it here its green, its warm, I can swim all I want and I even have little friends like sea turtles that swim next to me, and the food is always amazing! 

Poof!

Day 4: A habit that you wish you did not have
        
If you have ever seen the TV show bewitched when she twitches her nose and great things happen. Well that's my habit. 
I can twitch my nose just like that but nothing great ever comes out of it. 
I used to only do it when my nose itched but now I have been noticing I do it a lot even when my nose does not itch at all. 
It has become a bad habit and probably looks weird. 
My goal: Find a way to become magical like my life long idol Harry Potter and make great things happen whenever I twitch my nose .....or find some way to try and stop. If you have some breaking bad habits tips I could use one for this. 

Day 3: A picture of you and your craziest friend
                                      
Lets just say all of my friends are crazy, and I fit in perfectly with them but, I don't want to bore you with a huge list of all my crazy friends and why so I picked two of the craziest.
Lexy Loo my twin sister
*When it comes to making brownies and splattering it all over the kitchen...we rock!
*When it comes to laughing until we cry, we are good at that as well.
*We broke so many rules & possibly laws in the little town of Durango it's not even funny. Don't worry they weren't huge laws, more like curfew laws and such.
* If you want to see two girls dancing around their room in all the clothes (literally) in their closet and jewelry come to one of our sleep overs.
There is just to much to say about our craziness that I am not even going to start and just leave it at that.      
    

Lori Truman 
No matter when it is or how we are both feeling, something complete random and new always happens. I can honestly say I have some of my best times with this woman. & I am the craziest when I am with her. One of the craziest times is when she picked me up from the airport. We picked up a random stranger and took him to his car because she thought he was hot. & then went to sonic at 2am with John Farley. Lori had to use the restroom and could not get into one inside so she went on a little walk and comes sprinting back to the car gets in and proceeds to tell us some guys caught her peeing by his apartment complex and was freaking out. The joys of being friends with Lori Truman... your life is never boring....ever!

This weekend is a prime example. We decided to road trip down to Rexburg to stay with my friend Mindy. It was a blast!!!! We talked about all the things married couples do...Mindy is married Lori and I are not. We went to our first Rail Jam..if you don't know what that is we watched snowboarders and skiers do some sweet tricks and also some even sweeter falls. 

We discovered we are famous!!!

That's right claim to fame on the Utah State website!

& then we came home to these lovely boys and had the funniest night ever.

I laughed so hard I cried...THREE TIMES!

We got attacked by a blow dryer and realized just how funny the male species can be. 

Need a date? Send your mom to match.com...

Day 2- A reeeaaallllyyy good memory.

I am taking two memories both involve my high school advisor Coach Collins.

Numero uno: Prom was around the corner and the administration and I decided it would be great to find coach a date. So we blew up the lovely picture above and then wrote on it: 

"Need a date to Prom? send your mom to match.com." 

and the best part.....posted it around school! LAWYERED! 

Numero Dos: The night of Senior Awards night. It was an amazing awards ceremony & the best part was Coach presented an award and as he began describing the person who was the recipient he began crying. Everyone was soo shocked because Coach just does not cry. The recipient of this award was me. The thing I remember most besides the crying was Coach saying that one day I would make a huge difference and the world would see it on TV. From then on it set the bar for me to be the best I can be and make that difference.

I have billions of other amazing memories but those two stand out tonight. 

Hopping on the 30 day challange train...

So, I have decided to be like everyone else and their mom and their mom's dog and hop on this 30 day challenge to get to know myself better and to blog everyday. So here goes... You should join in this new phenomenon.. hop on the bandwagon... its the cool thing to do.

1. I went to 3 different High schools in 3 different states.

2. I love love dogs minus, really little ones. As the picture already shows.

3. I am scared to death of bugs, spiders is a small amount of fear. Bugs...is a huge amount of fear.

4. I hated chocolate until I was 12 years old then one day I just started loving it.

5. I have never liked cake.. I think its gross.

6. I do Cross Fit & love every second of it...if you don't know what that is go here.

7. I love summer and I love living somewhere where it is 120 degrees outside. It does not phase me at all.

8. I was born with a very curly afro.

9. I am a dual major in business administration and speech communications.

10. I love public speaking & even have a job doing it.

11. I have never been outside of the west coast.

12. Relationships scare me, although I may act contrary to this belief.

13. I have swam competitively since I was 5.

14. If I could read books for a living I would do it in a second.

15. I love reading self help books and am obsessed with constantly improving myself as a person, and as a leader.

Day 01 - A recent photo of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02 - A really good memory.
Day 03 - A picture of you and your craziest friend
Day 04 - A habit that you wish you didn't have
Day 05 - A picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 06 - A picture that shows your true self
Day 07 - A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
Day 10 - A picture of someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 11 - Your celebrity crush
Day 12 - A picture of something you love
Day 13 - A picture of something you hate
Day 14 - Picture of someone you could never imagine your life without
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die
Day 16 - Someone you would want to switch lives w/ for one day and why
Day 17 - Your favorite song
Day 18 - A picture of the cast of your favourite show.
Day 19 - A picture of someone you miss
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel
Day 21 - A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22 - A picture that confuses you
Day 23 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest
Day 24- A picture of yourself and a family member
Day 25 - Picture of yourself and a family member
Day 26 - A picture of something that means alot to you.
Day 27 - A picture of something your afraid of
Day 28 - A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile
Day 30 - Who are you?

National Last Day of Shorts Day...

Last year Lori Truman and I created this day called last day of shorts day.
 It was right before the weather got really cold and we just rocked shorts all day long!
We also made a mix of music that Incorporated all of the latest jams we were into at the time.
This year we officially dubbed November 4th last day of shorts day and rocked our shorts (and warm boots to fight away the winter cold that was creeping in).
 We also will be making a mix tape of this amazing day with all the new latest jams.

So from now on EVERY November 4th will be rocked with shorts on. Join the party!

Hybernation

It's started, and by it I mean the nasty cold weather that comes with living in Utah.
There are many things that I crave as soon as I see snow and rain falling. #1 being my beautiful, always has a normal temperature, home of Vegas but besides that obvious answer I have my winter usuals.

Harry Potter...I have this crazy desire to watch all of the movies and read all of the books all over again for like the five hundredth time. I literally every day just want to come home curl up in a blanket and watch the movies& read each book over and over again. Good news is November 18th....is right around the corner.

Earmuffs!!! I need a pair of these babies right here, right now. But... I don't want any of the above pairs of earmuffs I want those cute headband earmuffs, to stay stylish, of course, and to keep more poor ears from turning pink when the cold canyon winds blow. Sadly, I have no clue where those headband crocheted beauties come from, soon I will find them though.

The final thing I need when the weather takes a turn for the worse is.....

My lovely space heater(dubbed: THE HOTNESS in all caps for emphasis)... identical to the one pictured above. My loving daddy bought this for me about a week ago after hearing how cold my room got and I am pretty sure I haven't turned THE HOTNESS off since. If I was not worried of catching the house, or myself on fire I would cuddle with him in bed every night. He does such a great job of keeping my room and I nice and toasty all day long.

What are some of your winter cravings? 

To come: Our Roommate Halloween party & how much it rocked!!

Pastrana... you are my dream.

This weekend I must say was pretty much a blast.
& no, sadly, I did not wear rain boots and a hoodie to the APX dance.
Heres what went down.
We went to a fancy dinner with all of Chris's office, and then drove up to the Salt Lake Country Club for the dance.
It was a great time with Madison, Lori, and all my friends, Chris's office, and some of his family.

The funniest part of the night was the raffle. Upon entering the dance you would get $1,000 dollars of raffle tickets. With these you could just put them in the raffle or try to get more by black jack and other games they had there. So long story short when it came time for the raffle there were tonz of things you could put your tickets into to win. Chris wanted to put them all into the drawing for the macbook, and I was down with that. Yet, I begged and pleaded to put just one lonely ticket in the drawing for the $500 of Nordstrom's stuff.

As the night came to an end we found out the winners. Guess who got the Nordstrom's bag... Yes we did!! Our one lonely ticket had so much power behind it! & Anneli also won 3 American Eagle gift cards and Chris got a Cold Stones gift card. Successful night, I would vote yes.

After the night ended we prepared for another day where some pretty cool things happened. Numero Uno............

Thats right Travis Pastrana was in Utah with Nitro Circus and I loved every second of it. This man is my celebrity crush.  If I could do cool flippity whoopity things on bikes all day long we would do them together..

& don't you worry that was just him skydiving into the arena thing...what a pimp!

Of course there were two pimps in my life that night. Good ol' Pastrana and then this hunky man as well. What a lucky girl I was that night!

&&&&& then.......... I came home to a suprise....

The newest addition to our family of 10 in Paradise Cove...

I'd like you to meet

Koda!

The cutest furriest (he has fat fur) puppy EVER! & we all LOVE him (Natalie is the one exception but he will grow on her)

27 Dresses

Yesterday I felt like I was living in the movie 27 dresses.

Tomorrow there is a big formal; ball, black and white, Grammy, whatever you would like to deem this event, thing for APX, the security company Chris works for. Meaning the men our in Tuxes and the woman in "evening gowns."

After struggling for many hours over what exactly defines an evening gown I decided to just have my mom send every single one of my formal dresses (Thank you Mom!) My closet now looks a lot like the picture above.

Madison & Lori will also be going with their dates so we decided the best way to decide what dress to wear would be to host a fashion show for us three, and Madison's roommates, at Madison's house.

I feel like we literally tried on 27 dresses or more, and yet, none of us have a clue what we are wearing tomorrow.

So for now I've decided: work out shorts, a hoodie, and rain boots are my best option for a formal event, and the most comfortable.

Guess who's back

After over 4 months of Vegas lovin I have decided I better get back to the world of blogger.

Here is my story.

Wyoming....eats your soul!!!!

After making 3 lovely plane rides down to the town of Casper & Gillette, Wyoming. I decided, it was not that bad. Until..... Lori and I decided to drive to Gillette Wyoming one lovely Labor Day.

10 hours.... 10 long hours of pure torture.

2 lane road

nasty smoking old men hitting on you from their cars or in gas stations

Getting lost in ghost town Wyoming at midnight

Really slow buses and semi's that I am just to scared to pass.

Lori playing kiss me through the phone the whole way there.

Why you might be asking, why would I subject myself to such torture?

For a hunk of a man name Chris who is currently selling his soul in Wyoming, poor guy. 

At this point in the story I would now like to introduce GiGi into the blogging world. Her full name is Gertrude Gale Garmin and she is the GPS Chris so lovingly bought me after I got lost in Wyoming. GiGi is now my constant car companion and tells me everywhere to go. Lori, GiGi and I developed a tight knit bond on the long drive back to Logan. I am forever indebted to Chris for helping me never get lost again.

I now reside in a house with 10 amazing roommates....yes that is a lot of girls with only 2 bathrooms. No we have not gotten into a fight, I can hardly even tell they are here sometimes and we all love each other!  

& although my bed does not rock as much as my bed at home it still holds a special place in my heart.

Lori and I decided to be red necks for a day because, it was crucial that I have a mattress before the end of the night and there was just not a truck in sight. Luckily we summoned all our brain power and decided this was the best way to get the mattress home....

Just kidding!!!! we got a little bit more redneck then that and got my jumper cables out of the trunk and strung them on top while Lori held each side through the window. Only a true best friend would do this. 

Lesson learned: Next serious purchase I make will probably be a truck.

Last weekend Lori and I decided to pack up and leave the streets of Logan for a nice girls weekend out in Salt Lake. The best part....Staying with Chani or course and then......

Fun. in concert!!!

Lori snagged this beautiful shot from my phone. Yes it was amazing. Yes Fun. did play a Format song "Dog Problems" which made the concert rock even more. Yes we did get free snow cones, 

and yes the concert was outside. All of this equals up to how amazing the weekend was!

Last but not least... 

Life as an Aggie

I am back to being an Aggie again meaning lots of hours spent on the 3rd floor planning events & doing service, school work, and now amazing friends and roommates to spend my time with. Aggie football is back in season and is, well... as good as last year and we still love them. Ben, Trent, Lori, and I spend almost every waking moment together and have Sunday dinners together every Sunday (our tradition carried on from last year).

All in all life as an Aggie is just great minus the gaping hole named Chris that is not back yet from selling his soul in Wyoming. Once he gets back my life as an Aggie will continue.

4th of July Prayer

Vegas is the best place to Celebrate the 4th of July there is only one reason for this.

I can sit on my balcony with the family and watch over 50 firework shows at one time its amazing and a beautiful show with all the hotels lighting off their fireworks from the strip absolutely perfect!


This 4th of July I had the privilege of sitting in primary with all the kids and heard one of the best prayers by the cutest little girl who was about 4 or 5 and in a huge frilly red dress. Here is how it went: (word for word)

"Dear Heavenly Father, Please bless we don't go crazy. Tonight at fireworks bless they wont come out of the sky and catch me on fire. Please take my brother back I don't like him. Thank you for the flag. Amen"
Needless to say I bet Heavenly Father was laughing just as hard as we were.

This was a good 4th of July and the first one I have spent with my family in 5 years!! I do miss it. Although at the end of the night we had a bit of a scare. I was walking out the front door looking for my cat and as I stepped out I saw something HUGE scuttle passed my foot. I screamed and jumped then slammed the door so whatever it was would not get in the house. By this time the whole neighborhood was watching since fireworks were being done in front of our house.

I went inside to grab a few friends and show them just how large this...thing was. (if I didn't mention...it was HUGE!!!!) We were all huddled around looking at it on my doorstep when my mom opens the door... At this time I feel like a dialog is the only appropriate way to continue this story.
Myself and a 4 other girls: NOOOO DON'T OPEN THE DOOR IT WILL GET IN CLOSE IT FAST! (all of this said as a scream)
Door closes


Door opens again
Myself and girls: NOOOO!! WE ARE SERIOUS THIS THING IS HUGE CLOSE THE DOOR.
Marie: Kayde, can I squash it?
Kayde: Marie no way are you crazy that thing will go through your shoe!!
The HUGENESS scuttles away.
Kayde: Marie I think we are good you open the door and we all run in.
Door opens...the hugeness scuttles towards door.
The Hugeness enters the house...
Kayde, Mom, Girls, Brandon (the brother):OMYGOSH!! ITS IN THE HOUSE THAT THING IS HUGE HURRY GET IT OUT GET IT OUT!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSS AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH BAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH GGAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
The girlie screaming even from Brandon continues throughout this whole 20 minute ordeal.
Brandon comes running into the entryway with Febreeze trying to spray it. The hugeness gets angry...
At this point Brandon is running around with Febreeze screaming like a girl... I am hiding behind the couch with the other girls peeking out and my mom is screaming something about a creature of heavenly father and not to squish it but just herd it outside to eat cockroaches.(did I mention this thing is HUGE...and unidentifiable)
Suddenly Woody (German Shepherd..the puppy one) decided it looks pretty tasty and attempts to eat it.
We all scream again...
He drops THE HUGENESS and suddenly 5 BILLION (not exaggerating)little things come flying off its back and go scuttling around the house...hello Indiana Jones experience.
This thing had babies and now they were infesting our house. The one good thing...THE HUGENESS had lost all of its extra weight, we scared the babies right out of it, and realized that it was a spider the size of a baseball.
After more screaming and freaking out Brandon floods the house with a container of spider, cockroach, and any other nasty bug poison. The whole time my mom is still screaming about not killing the hugeness. In the end it died and so did all its babies.
I did feel a little sad for the poor massive momma spider until that night when I woke up 6 times from dreams about little spiders crawling all over me. All in All it was pretty eventful night and a lot of fun.

My attempt at sparkler writing. D was the only letter that would work... o and C, K's are just way to hard. To bad I don't spell my name Cayde I would be sparkler queen.

Patriotic Fingers and toes one of the best ways to celebrate the 4th of July.

Fireworks from the balcony with Marie and the Boehme's.


HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AMERICA!

Lets Talk

First of all this is the worst phrase you will ever hear in a relationship...usually. That is besides the point though, I actually just want to share a lovely quote.

"God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore it is vital that we serve each other."
-Spencer W. Kimball

Smart man smart man, and something I needed to hear; I am now off to a week full of service towards strangers and those most important to me.

This weekend I had the opportunity to take a day off work and go to Casper, Wyoming (it's a much bigger place than you think) to see and meet some very amazing people. I had a pretty fun time and learned a bit of new information, as well as getting a lot to think about.

I learned that selling security is a very very hard job and I would not want to do it everyday for the summer. I am much better at coloring in coloirng books with little kids and making friends with dogs, while Chris sells security, which he is very good at, and I am not. It is not for the faint of heart thats for sure. I was secretly having a minature heart attack everytime we knocked on a new door, while I imagined that someone would come out with a machette and attempt to kill us. (Don't tell Chris, I really tried to act and look brave; and since I'm pretty sure he doesn't read this, we are ok there)
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I learned that I love antique shopping in Casper there are some precious jewels waiting to be discovered in the Antique Mall that resides there. Mindy and I spent over 6 hours Antique shopping and I basically found my new favorite person to talk with and shop with. It was such a blast! (the precious earings I found to be talked about and pictured later)
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I learned that when guys are together with a bunch of other guys they have this weird tendency to act really, just weird, and a bit gay(that is a huge understatment) around eachother. It's actually a blast to listen to and watch. Such silly boys.
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I learned that I will never go swimming in the Wyoming river because it is like swimming in a bath of dry ice; and mom says never to touch dry ice so I listen to what mom says... for the most part.
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I discovered that car wash water fights are the best kind and will be way more intense next time.
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And last but not least I need to take more pictures. I am a very lucky girl.And cannot wait for next weeks episode of the bachelorette! Yes Please! Can we talk about how much I just love Roberto, Frank, and Kurt...that is all.

The best thing that has ever happened to me...

Happened last night. I will probably change this bold declaration after I get married and have kids and blah blah blah all that mooshy gooshy stuff but for now that just doesnt matter.
So what happened last night?
Well.. I did not win a million dollars but this was almost better then that. I also did not discover a hidden city.
I did go play lazer tag with 24 friends and David Copperfield at his wearhouse from midnight until 5:30 AM.

This is not just ordinary Lazer tag this is extreme lazertag like lazertag on steriods. I will never play regular lazer tag again and enjoy it, I am pretty sure.
It was so awesome playing all the different types of games and Garrett and I were both so little we played on the front lines and it was war.
I have never had a sore hand before but today my hand is killing me and I have bruises all over but ever single second was worth it and I would play at least once a week. The goal is to take this game to David Copperfields islands in the Bahamas and have people pay to play there. I would pay to play lazer tag like that any day it was such a good work out and the most fun I have had in a long time.


These guns cost almost as much as a Macbook

We are one crazy group!!

Special thanks to Case and Pappa Stags for inviting all of us and Chris who works with David for taking these amazing pictures and David Copperfield for allowing us to play lazertag and staying up to watch us play all night long.

To many options

I love being home in Vegas. So many people complain about the +115 weather but I am just soaking it up. I love having tan lines all over the place from different swimsuits. I love working out in the pool for 2 to 6 hours a day and I love wearing shorts at night and not freezing to death. I love my students they are such a blast to teach and can always make me smile.

The one problem with soaking up the things I love is that besides having 5 different shades of skin my hair turns dry and brittle from being out in the sun for 6 or so hours and the chlorine then showering every 12 hours or less. This kind of treatment is just not good for a girls hair. It is probably the number one way to make your hair jank nasty. Last summer I learned firsthand that having the regular conditioner and shampoo will just not make my hair soft and shiny after such harsh treatment. So prior to starting my next week out in the sun I went shampoo and conditioner shopping.
My brain almost exploded.
Once upon a time in my small shampoo and conditioner world there existed one brand, Herbal Essences. Sadly this brand was not good enough to fix my summer hair. Leading me to discover a whole new world where there are over 1,000 brands of shampoo and conditioner.

(multiply this picture by 1million and you can see my predicament)
I spent over 30 minutes in the shampoo and conditioner isle completely confused on what brand will really fix my hair for the summer. After my brain exploding I decided the best way to fix this problem would be to call one of my friends who does hair and ask her what the best type of shampoo and conditioner would be. She told me and I bought it having full faith that dropping enough money to buy myself 4 new outfits would make for some amazing hair. We will see how this big purchase works. Next weeks extravaganza....purchasing good face wash.
Computer update: I got it back from the computer doctor but that same day it was broken again so I took it in for a diagnostic and they called today and have to ship if off for 6 weeks!!! 6 weeks. I don't have it in my to purchase a mac yet because I am soo hooked on my PC but BestBuy is not helping me want my PC very much right now..basically I will be computer less until I go back to school unless I am sold by a Mac.
So in conclusion, do you know any good face wash? and convince me to buy a Macbook Pro..ready go!