Sister, Sister

Neva knew how much I missed ya.

So I like living out here in Utah, for the most part. The ONE thing I would change, is that I wish my sisters lived here. Life would be perfect. The last time we were all together was last December, and the next time will probably be this December. Without getting too sappy, just want to say these bitches are my best friends. Love them more than I can say. SO greatful for them, and would literally do anything and everything for them.

But don't get any ideas, I'm not moving home.

Roses are Red

1. excuse my ratty hair

2. excuse the poor photo quality

3. excuse the weird photo..tried to cover as much of my face as possible

Genevieve: this little girl that comes in to the gym with her mom everyday. She's about 5 years old and always comes in so happy and either gives me a flower from in front of the gym (dandelion usually) or a compliment (I like your hair, braid, etc.) One day I said "you always bring me flowers, I love it!", and she responded with "it's cause you're really pretty!" as she shyly ran away. Honestly made my day. So yesterday I'm in the pool area checking chlorine and pH levels (dad would be so proud) and the door opens and little Genny walks in and hands me this rose.

So greatful for little girls and the sweetness they bring to this world. There's something so special and precious about a little girl. Especially a little princess named Violet.

Awkward.

This guy literally made me uncomfortable. I had to go to a different page during their one-on-one time because I couldn't bare to watch it. Then he passes out drunk? Ew he really grosses me out.

Zac Attack

Just wanted to give a shout-out to this cute ball of fat ^^. Baby Zac-y turned 1 yesterday! Being in Utah I hardly get to see him, but I seriously miss/love this baby SOOOOOOOOO much. I love his temperament, he's always so happy. I love his blue eyes. I love his biiiig smile. I love his fat cheeks, and his even fatter legs. I love his long, wispy hair. I love his laugh. I seriously just love him, and I miss him a ton.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZAC.

George

There's this elderly man named George who comes into the gym every morning. He refuses to get set up on "cardless check-in" (people who refuse this service are difficult, because it means I have to manually check them in each day). Anyways, each and every day he walks in, hands me his drivers license, refuses any attempt at small talk, and carries on. I greet him every day, and say bye to him every day as well. I don't greet or say goodbye to every guest by name, but because of how cold George is to me I do it out of principle; I want to see how long it takes to crack him and get him to warm up to me.
Well, ladies and gentlemen (more like Cassie and Laura), today was the day! George came in and I greeted him as usual, and he left and I said "bye George", as usual. The difference is that a minute later I noticed George park his car in front of the gym, get out, and start talking to my manager. George and my manager walked up to the front desk where George asked my name. I told him, and he proceded to tell my manager how nice I am, and how I do such a great job. He said that he had been purposefully acting cold for a few weeks now to see how the staff would act (seriously though?) and that I always handled it so well, and I continued to be nice to him, check him in quickly, and always remember his name.
Yes, I'm tooting my own horn right now, but it was so nice to finally get through to this man! Seriously, there are a few people at the gym who I can't get to be friendly to me, and it's annoying. I felt victorious when George finally warmed up and was kind back to me. Actually I got super embarrased and started blushing, but afterwards it was nice.

Kill 'em with kindness people!

ALL About Eli

I know I have 3 other nephews and 1 niece, and yes I love them and miss them a lot, but I'm dedicating this post to Eli because I haven't seen him in SO LONG. It's been almost 5 months now. I went from living with this precious little boy, seeing him every day, to now not seeing him since January. It literally makes me cry sometimes to look at pictures or videos of him.
I miss seeing him in the mornings when I would come downstairs for work and he'd be watching cartoons (laura sleeping on the couch) and I would make breakfast and he'd always come sit on my lap and have bites of my eggs and toast. When I walked in the door after being gone for a while he would yell "NIE NIE" and give me a hug. I miss his dance parties at night before bed. I miss waking up to him slowly creeping open my bedroom door saying "nie nie?" and coming up on my bed. I miss his fat fat legs and cheeks, I miss his sweet little voice, I miss his tantrums, and his asian hair.
When I think about him or look at videos or pictures of him my heart feels so heavy. I need to see him. I NEEEEED to hold him and hug him and kiss him and hear him talk to me. So much so that I'm going to either pay $600 to fly to Boston to see him, or go home to California the next time he's there.

Laura and Mike, why don't you guys quit being so selfish and bring Eli back to the west coast where he belongs.

I LOVE this video. I laugh so hard whenever I watch it. At the end, Eli thinks Laura is taking a picture so he comes up and smiles at the camera. With his new asian hair cut. Ohh Eri.

It's Been a While.

I've been out of the blogging world for quite sometime now. It's weird because lately I've had more to blog about than ever before, which is probably why I've been MIA-too busy. I moved to Denver, came home, went travelling around Europe, moved to Utah...too much to catch up on now. I'm ready to tackle the world of blogging again; this time it'll be more journal-esque entries than anything else so most of you probably won't be interested in reading. My mind is going a million miles a minute these days so I have to find some way to organize my thoughts.

First things first. I have a list of tasks I want/need to accomplish before the year is up. Maybe if I post it online where everyone can read, I'll be more inclined to do it all.

In no particular order:

1. Family reunion in Boston

2. Trip to Washington

3. Back too Murrrrda to see my new baby niece/nephew

4. Go somewhere cool for my birthday-Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, Moab

5. Australia! I need another trip abroad, I'm craving it so bad. Australia seems the acceptable compromise between taking 3 months off to travel Europe again, and not doing anything at all.

6. Brandon- he gets home in December, gotta figure that one out

7. Get at least 15 credits done for my Associates. May not seem like a lot, but I am NOT school-focussed these days, so I need to take baby steps. I'm much more interested in travel and doing basically whatever I want right now; but I need to get on the ball

8. Make application video for the Amazing Race

9. Plan my next big backpacking trip. Destinations include: Ireland OR Eastern Europe OR Thailand

10. Run a 10K

Basically, I gots things ta do. It's going to require a lot of money saving, work, and patience.

On a side note: as I'm writing this post, Violet walks in my room and sits on my lap. GOODNESS how I miss this little girl while I'm away. Love her to death.

Jana's 21st!

My BFF Jana had her 21st in April..HUZZAH!!!

To celebrate we:
Stayed in Huntington for the night after hitting the beach all day..
Went to dinner at PF Changs...
Had cake at the hotel...

and had a Vegas-themed party,
I wiped em all out.


Love you Jana!

Look What I Found

I FINALLY uploaded pictures from my camera..it's seriously been about a year.
Anyways, I found some pictures that made me smile:


Me and Jana at Stagecoach last year! It was AMAZING. Me and Chaddy.
(He's smiling like this to be annoying)
"We're the three best friends that anyone could have"Me and Court on our trip to New York
a.k.a. concrete jungle where dreams are made of
At a Trevor Hall concert
I have a real crush on him and it makes me mad cause it'll never happen.Court and I went to Utah to visit some friends,
thanks Andrew, Jenna, and Q for letting us stay!

Seriously though, I'm obsessed with Texas Roadhouse.
If you live near one, go and order the Portabella Mushroom Chicken, with a house salad, and a sweet potato for your sides.
You won't be disappointed.

Pretty Pretty Princess

I'm allowed to say that Violet is my favorite girl in the whole wide world, and that she's my favorite niece, and I'm allowed to post a blog ALL about her-

because she's the only princess in our family.
(besides me)

Violet with her new "Julie Andrews" hair cut.

So cute I wanna pinch her cheeks!

V is obsessed with my makeup bag

She got jealous of her baby brothers hat, so she made us put it on her instead-
hence the elf look.

There's just something so special about little girls.

Don't get crazy, I still love Johnny Jay Eli and Zac.

Seriously?

Seems a bit dangerous to me.

3SOME

PREFACE: Brandon is in a tri-companionship right now. There is an odd number of elders in his mission, so his mission president put the oddball in with Brandon and his companion.

Anyways, he wrote me a letter that said this:

"Being in a threesome is challenging at times but also can be enjoyable."

That's what she said.