Christmas shopping...

I found the best Christmas present!!
But I can't exactly tell you what it is in case a certain someone stumbles upon my blog before Christmas, sorry.
But, I will tell you, I was SO excited to open it when it came in the mail...



OPPS! LOL

WHO IS THIS???! I DO NOT KNOW!!

They sent me the wrong present!!

I HAD to laugh when I opened the package!!! LOL LOL

Birthday Bash 2010

Happy Birthday to Mike!
I try to do something fun and clever for Mike's birthday, but this year I didn't have a ton of money, so I had to be a little more creative. This is what I came up with; I put it on his apartment door. His roommates were jealous ;)


I also took him to the local Museum of Idaho; Decoding DaVinci was the theme this term. It was a very fun, learning experience about DaVinci and what he invented, helped invent and tried to perfect. Part of the museum was hands on so you could see how it worked. We had fun!

I know you all know about the Shade clothing company.
Well they were having a going out of business sale. It started EARLY and a lot of items were only $5, so of course I got there a few minutes early and started shopping and just started grabbing clothes. By they time my friend Courtney and her sisters and mom got there I had a bunch of clothes but they also grabbed and grabbed! After we think we got everything we want/wanted we satt down, tried on and tossed out. So...this is our pile!! :)
Girls love shopping! ESPECIALLY cheap sales!


Kelsey was our lovely model

Cars

Here are a few examples of cars you see in Idaho...

Monster truck in the middle of the mall


Stretch bug limo at the bank


Four wheeler at the pump getting gas

(Sorry this one is a little harder to see)

Pink Lady


Dune buggy in your front yard

Fall 2010

Since I live with Terressa and her five kids I see, hear, and experience some fun, crazy hilarious things!! Ah, the joys of kids. Here is a small example of what I saw one day...

Kayelynn decided to sit in the laundry basket and play; it was pretty funny because she is just not like that.

More with the kids...
Kayelynn and I with pom pom's on our heads :)



Lydia pretending she is sleeping in this baby crib.
But she was just too cute and fit perfectly!
Oh Lydia...







Since being in Idaho Falls I have done some fun things; some I would never do back home, or just some things I never did do because I had no one to share it with or any one who would enjoy it.

I started working at Elison Orthodontics the last Monday of September, so by the time Halloween came I had only been working there for a month and they informed me that they dress up for Halloween and that I have to dress up!! (this is one of those things I NEVER do). So they decided they wanted to dress up in 80's, oh man seriously?? but they kept telling me that yes I had to dress up...Crap! So two days before I was to dress up I went to the DI during my lunch break and found a shirt to wear and decided that was as far as I was going to go. Well that night I went to Walmart and found some sweet earrings that I had to get to go with my outfit. This is how I looked...

I also found this sweet Halloween dinner recipe for Halloween and HAD to make it! I made mice, eye balls, and then made some pile of...stuff...
The kids thought it was gross and didn't want to eat it, but we made them try it and they actually really liked it!

I was pretty excited and happy how it all turned out!

Catch Up

I just have to say I'm sorry I didn't post as many photos as I was hoping. My computer ran out of memory so all the pictures are on Mike's computer and I just can't use his computer all the time; aka school, so I apologize. But maybe i'll sneak his computer one of these days and add more, so be on the look out!! China was amazing and beautiful, most of the time. hehe

When I got back from China I just wouldn't do long distance again. I decided I wanted and needed to be close to Mike; long distance is hard! So I searched and searched for jobs in Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Rigby, etc. Finally after about a month of searching I had some interviews and found an amazing job as an Orthodontic Assistant in Idaho Falls! I work at Elison Orthodontic in Idaho Falls and love it! The doctors are father and son and they are very nice and fun! And the whole staff is all very nice and friendly! I am so grateful and thankful I have a wonderful job with wonderful people!

I live in Idaho Falls with Terressa and it's so fun! I love my nieces and nephew and they have built me a room in the basement, they love me :)

Working and living in Idaho Falls is so nice, because I get to meet new people and make new friends and live with family, but most of all and most important it's so nice to be so close to Mike and see him more often!!

We have done a lot of fun stuff together and I LOVE it!!

When I was in Meridian searching for a job Mike was in Seattle waiting to be in his friends wedding, so he could finally see his parents, in Kentucky, after getting home from China.
So this is him at the wedding



And this is his fohawk mullet he tried to get while in Kentucky!