Trip to DC and New York!

Hey friends! I am back from New York/Washigton DC and it was SOOO Fun! But the hardest thing I could have done two days after getting engaged! Warning, tons of pictures ahead! and they are in no particular order!

This is me looking sexy in Central Park

Me in central Park again

Emily and Jen in Central Park

Brink sitting in the airport waiting to check in our luggage before going home! By time the end of our trip came, sitting down was the most exciting thing we could have done. We were exhausted!

Brink and I with almost matching beanies! There are tons of stores just on the street with way good deals for beanies and I love NY t-shirts!

This is Ground Zero. I was expecting something a little bit different like flags or something but for right now it is just construction. But if you ever have the chance you should google the future plans for it. It should be was super cool.

Me outside the New York Temple where we had church. It is cool because it is just on the corner of some busy street in New York.

I went and saw Wicked! and it was so stinking amazing! I heard it is coming to Utah next year and I am definitely going! It was well worth the arm and leg I paid to go see it.

Emily and I on top of the Empire State Building looking down on the rest of New York. It really was an amazing view! Although New York is very smoggy (if that is a word) so it wasn't as clear of a view as I had imagined.

View from the top of Empire State building. If you look closely you can see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Emily, Jen , Me Brinkley and Lady Liberty

Brink and me in front of this flag that from the other side has a bunch of pictures of immigrants. I really like this picture because you can see the pictures of the immigrants through the flag.

Here is a picture of the back of the white house! Sorry no picture of the front of it. Its a long embarrassing story, that I may and may not decide to tell you if you ask.

Emily, Jen, Me and Brink outside the DC Temple

Emily and Brink waiting for the China Town Bus to pick us up and take us to New York!

Everybody honks at everybody in New York! Sorry this sign is sideways but I wish I could have actually fined people for honking because it was insane! But this is a real sign.

Lulu, I took this picture for you. "Sarabell was scared to ..."

This is me knocking on some random door close to the tomb of the unknown soldier.

Lincoln Monument

Brinkley being tired from running all over Washington DC (we were both so tired!)

Wall of Remembrance at the Holocaust Museum. Which the Holocaust Museum is amazing! But very depressing!

This is Brinkley (my friend from work who went with me) and myself in our 4 hour layover (which turned into a 5 hour layover). It was so boring being stuck in a silly airport in denver for that long so we entertained ourselfs by taking pictures of us.

This is me on Emily's partio. It was so warm and humid and Brink and I slept in this little room off Emily's house that was just screens all the way around it. It was so fun! Thanks again Emily for letting us stay!

This is us the next morning on the bus with emily on our way into town (DC).

Picture of us after we caught the wrong metro and headed in the opposite direction of where we wanted to go! No worries by the time we left we were pro's when it came to the metro system!

This is a random stop sign for pedestrians! I had never seen one before so I just had to get a picture of it

And last but most definently not least. This is a picture of Westin an I the night he proposed. We were so tired after both of us having such big days that we came home to his house and crashed. His mom was nice enough to make me a copy of this picture so I just had to show you! plus I really needed to post a picture of Westin for all of you to see! Isn't he so stinking cute!

I'm Engaged!

Yes it's true. I know it is going to be really hard for some to believe but I have fallen madly deeply in love with the cutest red head you have ever seen! (Sorry no picture of him, stay tuned and there will be). His name is Westin Smith and I met him in my singles ward (yes they do work). Here is a picture of my ring. The big day should be around December 14th! As long as we can get the temple booked. I'll keep you updated with more details. Hooray!

5 Days till DC! And other exciting things

Top Ten Things Happening in My Life

1. In 5 little days I hop on a plane and fly to Washington DC with my dear friend Brinkley. Then I will meet up with my favorite sister just older than me, Emily, and we will PARTY for the next 5 or so days! I am so excited!
2. School started on monday :( I'm not super thrilled about it. But this should be a pretty good semester, so that makes me happy.
3. I went and got my hair done last saturday, and even though it didn't turn out just like I wanted it to it is still cute. It now has lost of red highlights. (No picture sorry)
4. I am still dating Westin. I know some of you might not have known that I was dating someone, now you do.
5. While house sitting last week it made me miss having my dog a part of my life. I miss her! Leisa please tell cordi momma loves her.
6. I have been considering getting permenant eye liner. Any thoughts?
7. I love the weather right now. It's just starting to cool off a little bit, and it is so nice to hang out outside.
8. I learned a new word its schistosomiasis. It makes me smile when I say it.
9. I can't think of anything else going on right now that you would care about...or even not care about.

10. Thanks for reading. Please post a comment. Nothing makes me feel loved like someone posting a comment does.

I just had to show you this! I almost died of laughter! Crystal, I'm sure you wouldn't be this stupid when answering a question for your Jr. Miss Pageant. Just click on it and it should redirect you You Tube

Broken Toes and House Sitting

Okay so this past week has been really crazy. First I told my nurse friend Jodie that I would house/dog sit for her sister while they went on vacation. Then the day before I was supposed to do that I fell down the stairs and broke my pinky toe. Luckily one of the perks of working where I do is that I have easy access to orthopedic surgeons and x-ray machines. So Dr. Goucher was kind enough to take a quick look at my toe between surgeries and told me it was broken and what to do to make it better. And he was so nice about it. I even saw him today and he was nice enough to ask me how my toe was and if it felt better. Anyway, here are pictures.

This is my right pinky toe next to its fellow left pinky toes. Sorry it so blurry!


Here it is all by its lonesome. These pictures really don't do it any justice. But it really was huge and black an blue!



And this is Scottie, one of the dogs i watched for a week. I tried to get a picture of both of them together but it was just to hard to get a cute one. So just pretend that they are playing with each other.


THis is Gretta, the other dog I watched. She was so fun to sleep with.


Anyway, thanks for looking. Don't for get to post a comment!

Trip to Jackson Hole

Okay Friends, I know I have been a completely terrible blogger but I just barely got back from Jackson Hole with my singles ward and I am now repenting of my wrong doings and I am posting pictures from my trip to Jackson. You may ask me how my trip to Jackson Hole was, I think I can sum it up in one sentence. IT RAINED ALMOST THE WHOLE TIME! We were there for 3 days and 2 nights and the first night it poured and I was sharing a tent with some friends and it had a huge hole in it so when we woke up all of our sleeping bags and pads and pajamas were wet. Luckily I had brought about a million changes of clothes and all our our bags with clothes and stuff in we had put in my tent that didn't have any holes. Anyway, so I was a little crabby the rest of the trip but we did have some fun times too. Here are some pictures. I didn't take very many 'cause I was so crabby but here are some of the ones I did take.


This is me and Jessica waiting for the Bar J Wranglers to Start. It was hilarious!




Me, Jessica and Ainsley waiting in down town Jackson Hole for the guys to find a bathroom!




This is just a group of girls sitting in front of an arch of antlers. Why did they make an arch fulll of antlers? I have no idea but it sure is cool looking.

Anyway, thanks for looking make sure to post a comment and I promise I will be a better blogger starting today!

Still new to Blogging

Okay so I am still new to the whole blogging thing but I just saw that a whole bunch of other people posted a new blog and since I don't know for sure how often I should post a new blog I decided that it is better to do it more often than less often because I love it when other people post new stuff so I decided I would as well. So this is what I have to say.

1. I just got done working three 12 hour shifts in a row and I am so exausted! I am so glad that I don't have to work again until Tuesday! I have no Idea what I am going to do between now and then but I am so super excited!
2. I just realized that I only have 35 days left untill I go on my trip to see my sister Emily in DC and I am so excited!
3. My camera is still broken but the repair people just informed me that it would be cheaper to buy a "new" reconditioned one from them than it will be to fix it. Plus if I get a reconditioned one it will have a warranty that goes with it so I should hopefully be getting a "new" camera soon so I can update with more cool pictures

That is really all I have to say I just wanted to be cool and have a new post for people to look at. Oh and here is a random picture of me and some girls in my ward. We wanted a picture taken of us with the "popcorn" falling down on us so we shook the tree and had someone take a picture. If you look closely you can see the little blossoms falling.