goodbye blog!

To whom it may concern (if anyone even checks our blog anymore haha): For now on you can find our updates/pics on facebook :-) Its been a fun few years but its so much easier to post all your stuff on one website. Goodbye blog!

LaKe MaRy

hello summer!

I am so happy to say that it is finally the perfect weather in Flagstaff and we are soo looking forward to this summer! Don't get me wrong, the winter was fun for awhile and puts you in the holiday spirit, but NOT when it randomly keeps snowing till May and you're dreaming about outdoor activities and summer time! :-/ The temp is between 70-80's right now, and its beautiful outside! Poor Brandon is back in school again for the summer but he did have a nice little break for a few weeks (mostly playing music non-stop!). He is super excited to graduate at NAU DECEMBER 17TH! Woohoo! Anyone want to come to his graduation and also come play in the snow ? :-) Sorry we can fit you all in our 1 bedroom apartment though haha. But there are some nice hotels or cabins close by!

Not much is new with me. Just anxious to do an internship soon so I can finally get my Registered Dietitian credential. I'm applying to internships again this fall and I'll find out in Nov. I'm applying to one in Phx, AZ, Madison, WI, and Houston, TX. Its super competitive to get into one mostly because the # of students in this field has doubled in the past 2 years and the # of internships spots remains the same. If I don't get into one I have no clue what to do next! Either try again? Or go another direction? Go to Grad school? Its so frustrating not knowing what you will be doing with your life after working so hard for your degree but then again its kind of exciting! I know it will all work out in the end. I'll be doing what I was meant to do. Brandon and I are pretty flexible as to what we will do and where to go so we'll see!

Last weekend we took a mini vaca to Pinetop where my parents were selling in a art show. We helped them sell and stayed in a friends cabin in Heber which was pretty fun too. Next time we need to find the hookups for ATVs or a boat though ;-)

Well here's just some pics from last weekend.

Brandon helping my dad sell these pictures frames who he sells for a friend. They are silly personalized frames but sell like hotcakes! Believe it or not but the lady who started this business is now making the big bucks.

My mom and I selling her jewelry

brandon rockin out in the cabin

upstairs loft where we slept. it looks like linkin logs! hehe

kitchen

Happenings

Well I finally sat myself down to blog again! I don't know what to put up right now so it will be random happenings in the past year but I'll put up cooler things later :-)

Happy 24th birthday to Brandon a week and half ago!! :-) My mom and I got him his own guitar and I have not heard him stop playing since!

We helped my parents sell in an art show last weekend in Prescott. My mom was selling her jewelry and my dad just started selling these picture frames for this lady. Lucky their booths were next to each other. Brandon was quite the salesman selling earrings to some ladies too :-)

Mom to the right and dad to the left

My parents came up for my bday last month. We went to Sedona and this is Oak Creek Canyon between Sedona and Flag

Looking down on oak creek canyon

My mom and I at Lake Mary, only 10 minutes down the street from our apt! Now I just need a boat!

Cool wall downtown

frisbee at the park. glad to see the snow is gone and summer is almost here!

Bike riding. I barely have the lungs to make it up some of the hills! Of course Brandon's a pro

looking at some deer through a screen door at work

Jennifer and Vanessa visited in January

We snuck in the haunted hotel downtown. ah!

NAU campus

brrr cold! Look how high the snow was up to this window!

Tis' the Season, Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra!

Our first big storm hit today! It started real early and has not stopped once all day/night long. It is so pretty and peaceful, I love it! Except for the driving part! I held my breath the entire time going to and from work. The main roads weren't so bad, but my work is up towards Snow Bowl in the mountains so that was kinda scary! The schools here get a snow day today and tomorrow, and Brandon might have work off. Lucky! Anyone who wants to come sledding, our backyard has some great hills! ;-)

Pardon the blurriness of the pictures...

behind the apartment

Brandon and his truck

Completely full of snow!

Sledding in the back! The flash makes it look like nighttime but it wasn't

Got our first real tree! Smells yummy

Newly Weds First Christmas Ornament from last year :-)

Thanksgiving Week

Some happenings from Thanksgiving Week...
Didn't actually take any on Thanksgiving but it was a good day! And with the Jensen's that weekend too. The remainder of the weekend was spent helping my parents move to Fountain Hills.

We painted a wall in our dining room to spice it up a bit ;-)
(before)

After..tadaaa!

What would a guy do without his laptop computer and cellphone in hand? Caught this funny picture of Brandon and my brother Austin in the act

Chandler Mall at MIDNIGHT before Black Friday! I went with some friends just to see what the big deal was all about. There were sales in most stores, but nothing too amazing. It was just all the shopping hype, but it was fun! Before opening there were hundred of people outside all the entrances. The lines were way to long to want to even wait in them! Within 5 minutes of opening there were lines! People had it planned out what they wanted, then got it fast and went in another line in the middle of the mall to get a free $50 giftcard if they spent $100 shopping that night. Crazy people! :-)

Tempe APS Lights Parade

Lighting of the tree

just because i like this...

1 Timothy 12,15-16

"Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity....Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers."

:-)

Funny Video I forgot to Post :-)

Workin Hard For The Money

A family friend of mine makes very creative Halloween costumes every year and enters them in contests, and sometimes even goes to Vegas. So this year he asked if we'd like to join in on the fun and wear his costumes and if we win, we split the $ with him. The first night he wore his Obama mask he made, Brandon was the secret service, and I was the "healthcare" nurse. We had lots of fun with it, and it was like walking around with a celebrity!! We went to Martini Ranch that night in Scottsdale and EVERYONE got their picture with Obama. Sadly we didn't win but we made it pretty far. In my opinion it was the best group costume and very clever! The young kids love Obama. But the stupid bar people who voted were not accurate in their voting (even though when we saw people individually they all loooved it! ). It was right after a metal band played and they were just yelling for whoever. Didn't make sense. But some robot guy beat us. But he was a nice guy so its ok :-)

So then the next night we decided to dress differently. He has a Ghost Rider costume that has won a lot so we had Brandon dress up in it. It's basically an invisible cowboy that is super tall and does TONS of tricks!! He has strobe lights, smoke, he can spit water, and pee. :-) Brandon had sooo much fun walking around and dancing in it. Our first contest was at Toby Keiths in Tempe. Such a fun place!! It made me want to be a cowgirl (I was wearing a cowgirl outfit too, to match Brandon) haha. So that place was an EASY win because its a western place and there wasn't much competition. We got there and no ones on the dance floor yet because the band was on in like 30min so Brandon starts dancing by himself on the floor to play his costume so we win :-) haha it was soooooooo funny. I'll post the video if it lets me. Ok so we ended up winning $500 there and then headed straight over to McFaddens in Glendale. This place was much more packed and CRAZZZYY! Lots of good costumes but we definitely had the most creative and crazy one. So we waited about 3 hours until they actually announced the results and this whole time Brandon is dancing with like everyone in the whole club, giving them high fives, whatever. Again, so funny! Because he is like 7 feet tall in this and he is invisible. So it gets to be the end and they announce the final 3.... 1) the tall skeleton guy thats in the night before xmas 2) the ghost rider (brandon) and 3) a guy in a chicken costume holding a cage with a person in it. The crowd had the biggest cheer for Brandon!! So then they eliminate the skeleton guy and re-do it with Brandon and the chicken. Don't ask me why they did this!! I still think Brandons was louder but they were close and they completely turned down the music for the chicken and...the stupid chicken wins $1,000!! GRRR!! So not fare! Even the DJ said that Brandon had the best in his opinion. But at least we all had fun, just sad that we totally should have won that and poor Brandon worked so hard and was sore in it.

My parents went out as well...my dad wore a grim reeper costume that does crazy effects too, and they ended up winning $1,500 total Lucky!!

Ok here's the pics!.........

Secret Service and Obama

One of the many pictures we took with people.

Metal Heads band

Obama and I

Ghost Rider! Bill is standing behind him in this one so those aren't Brandons legs (in the jeans).

Me on the first night

Look how tall he is!! Everyone couldnt figure out how tall he really is and where he sees.
Wheres his body??

chillin at Toby Keiths, yeehaw

on stage at Toby Keiths for the final 3 contests. What the heck is with the mammogram machine? hahah Brandon danced to Thriller up there!! Soo funny

Sweaty and sore on our way to the next place!

Brandon, my aunt Lisa, and I at Mcfaddens. My grandparents made it out too

Brandon and skeleton guy. Same height! Except skeleton is on stilts

My dad as the grimreeper. Much better looking in the dark and showing his tricks, but overall really creepy!! That head pops up and out...and the body guy can hide under his jacket

eeep!