Road trip! Went to Utah for my "big sister's" wedding

My best friend Heather, has been my best friend since we were 11. Her house was like my home away from home growing up and her family was like an extension to my own. They are some of the greatest people a person could ever know. Anyway, Heather's big sister Jen was getting married and I hadn't seen them in FOREVER! So, Steven and I decided to drive to Utah for her wedding reception. We decided to take Lilly with us. She claimed her spot right off and stayed there the whole trip. I wanted her to come to me, because it would be safer and because I was super jealous of the attention she was giving Steven, but she wouldn't leave Steven's lap. I don't know if she just felt safer there or if she was convinced she was the driver.... We had a sweet little setup for her Eventually, she settled down enough to take a bath and snooze for a bit Until we hid a bump in the road. Lilly - "What's that?!?!" We finally got to the reception, but I left my camera in the car, so no pictures. Sorry! Her dress was amazing though! The Next day, we went over to spend some time with them before we headed back to Colorado. It was a lot of fun! Heather, Nate, Steven, and I were playing some Bad mitten until the guys got out of control. After Heather and I had both been attacked by the shuttlecock or bird or whatever it's called, we decide to beat the guys up and move on to a more friendly, less painful game of Croquet. Nate, Heather's hubby, shows off his Karate Kid approach This is Jen and Heather's little boy, Anthony. So, stinkin' cute! My second family! I miss you guys!!! There are a couple people missing in this picture though. Jen and her new hubby had to take off and Josh had to go to work. We totally have to get together again soon!

Halloween 2009

I know, it's already waaaay past Halloween, but like I said, I'm trying to catch up. We actually had a lot of fun with Halloween this year. We did some really fun decorating and had a small get together. Good times! Here are the decorations....I'm pretty pleased with myself, so I feel obligated to share. ha ha This is our VAAARY SCAAARY front door. I had a great pattern for a spooky wreath, but we had limited funds. Maybe I'll make it next year....I made the spider! Here's a close up of Mr. Spider I made this huge spider web that draped across the entire living room out of yarn. It took like 5 hours! It looked a lot cooler in person. Everyone was trying to convince me that it would make a great permanent addition to our home decor. ha ha This is Steven and my first Halloween decoration! I made it the Halloween before last. Like how I captured part of Casper the movie in the background to add to the creepiness? That wasn't on purpose! ha ha $4 sheets from Walmart made for some cool looking window dressings. Here's a close up of our pumpkins. Steven's is the scarecrow...he basically did all the work on mine too. I cut out one of the eyes and was done. ha ha Such a sweet, talented guy! Can't leave out the kitchen table! Tiger was really enjoying the decorations too...until he got stuck in them. Poor thing got all tangled up. I was to was to busy trying to get him out to realize what a great photo opportunity I was missing until after it was over. Lucky for me the nerd didn't learn his lesson and got back up there, so we got to recreate the moment. These are a couple of our friends, Jeff and Lisa. He was the cookie monster and she was a cookie. I thought it was so cute. We had another friend, Lia over who was pregnant at the time. She was wearing an orange shirt with a Jack-O-Lantern face on her baby bump. They had to leave before I thought to whip out the camera tho. This is our count down calendar. I saw it in a Crate and Barrel catalog for way more than I was going to pay for it, but I really liked it, so I recreated it. Steven helped. It was a lot of fun! I think it turned out pretty good. There was some cool stuff going on in the bathroom and kitchen, but I didn't get pictures of it for some reason. Maybe next year....

A long day in Keeleyville

So...yesterday was quite an eventful day! But all is well that ends well right? It all started on my way home from my morning class. There was a detour that had the traffic turn right into a neighborhood I have never cared to visit before this day, so I didn't know my way around. Well, I missed the next turn to stay on the detour route and knowing my knack for getting lost, I thought the best things to do would flip around and get back on route...at least that would have been the best thing if the road I was on WASN'T a ONE WAY road!!! I flip around and start heading back to the road I missed wondering what the heck the idiot ahead of me was doing in "my lane". Then, it hit me. Thankfully, the "idiot" took pity on the poor, dumb girl that can't read road signs and stopped so I could pull into the driveway on my left and get heading back in the right direction. UGH! THEN! I was on my way to my afternoon class. I was talking on the phone, not paying attention, threw my keys onto the driver seat, tossed my backpack into the car, locked the door (so no crazy could open my passenger door and attack me of course!) and headed around the car to take off. The horror hit me like a ton of bricks when I realized the error of my ways. Frantically, I run around the car, freaking out, checking all the doors, not giving a hoot about what the people walking their dog beside me must have been thinking at the sight of me. All that was really going through my mind is the fact that I CANNOT BE LATE TO BIOLOGY!!! I thought to call someone for a ride, but my backpack was in the car with all of my notes and labs and it would do me no good at all to be there without notes or my lab or even a stinkin sheet of paper to write things down. FINALLY, I gathered myself...slightly and realized the office would have a spare key to my apartment. At least I could get in the house and...that's where my plan ended. Funny story....Another person...in my same building, no less, also locked herself out and needed a spare key. She walked in about 1 minutes after me.... Anyway, I tell the guy in the office about my dilemma. He then informs me that he has broken into a couple of cars before (that's a comforting thought) and that he could help if I wanted. I was panicked people! So, of course I said that would be wonderful! As he gets to my apartment/car I let him know that I might have a spare in my apartment and that I wanted to look before he did anything drastic (I can't afford to replace another broken window on my car). So, turns out we did have a spare! Don't you go thinking I wasted even a second before pouring my heart out in gratitude to my Heavenly Father...THANK YOU AGAIN by the way!!! The office guy was happy to hear I had a spare, because apparently he has better luck breaking into partially open cars than fully locked cars....Me too actually! ha ha He was super nice though. He even offered to let me use his AAA card. So, I'm finally on my way to class...late. So, I was speeding just a smidgen. To my horror, I hear sirens.........YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN ME! Come on!...Don't fret too much. It was just an ambulance. My poor frazzled heart. I'm surprised I didn't keel over with all the stress I put it through that day. Anyway, I made it to class just in time to find out I did the wrong lab. DAH!!! Apparently, the teacher thought it was a good idea to jump from lab 2 to labs 9 and 10 instead. These labs, by the way, were due in less than an hour. Needless to say, I didn't hear squat in the lecture. Hopefully, she didn't say anything too terribly important...hopefully. It wasn't just me though. Like, 95% of the class overlooked this crazy shuffle in the syllabus. Steven and I decided to meet up for dinner before he headed out of town because he needed his pillows. We had a really nice dinner. It was good to see him. I miss him so much when he's gone. After postponing the inevitable as long as we could, Steven finally took off. Almost all the way back to our apartment, I realize...I STILL HAVE THE PILLOWS IN MY CAR! In the mist of our "I love you's" and "I'm going to miss you's" and just the discussion of our eventful day, we had forgotten to transfer the pillows from my car to his....I QUIT THIS DAY! ha ha Sorry this is so long...I warned you in the title though...I was noooot joking. But, like I said, all is well that ends well. I got into my car, got to spend quality time with my honey and had one grrrreat story to share with all of you. What can I say? I'm just a cup half full kinda girl these days...sometimes. ;0)