out of the green....and into the green? :)

during the summers i work for the Forest Service as an information receptionist. to sum it up i work in the office all day, and deal with the public, answer phones and questions, sell stuff and do office work. its not a bad job at all, and i love my boss! she is so amazing! i think that sometimes though i distract her with too many of my stories! ahha, but i love Lori she is a great friend to me and i share a lot of my life with her!!! ANYWAYS, my job is not bad at all, no complaints here. however, it is a bummer that i am always in the office and never out in the forest. well lucky for me i work with my dad, so yesterday i was fortunate enough to take the day off from the office and try working in the field for a change! hence the title, out of my green uniform i have to wear and into the green forest. :) hahah! lame attempt at a joke?

it was so gorgeous! i love being in the mountains! i was able to take a few awesome pictures while we were out! it was such an awesome day with my dad! we had a lot of fun together! i love him so much!!!! he took me to all of the projects that he is in charge of, and we covered A LOT of ground! my dads job is very complex, and it was a good learning experience for me to see what he does virtually everyday! it gives me alot of respect for him! it was a great time! i even saw a ROCK CHUCK! i thought that it was pretty sweet! thanks for the GRRRRREAT day dad! i sure love you! :) :)

Alpine Slides

brenden and i were fortunate enough to have a free weekend together. so we decided after much deliberation to go hit up the alpine slides in park city! it was so so hot, and my car doesnt have any air conditioning, so that was the only bad thing about it. other than that it was an absolute blast!!!! we hit up the slides and then went to SLC to go shopping, but we were beat and STARVING! so we went to olive garden, and i dont think that either of us has ever eaten that much food! it was so funny to see how full our table was and especially to see people's faces looking at our table! it was a great time! we had a lot of fun together! i love brenden! im really going to miss him while im at school this year! :( he is just growing up too fast!

*Bachelorette*

Jake......MY FAVORITE!! whew, a hottie for sure!

Michael....the fun guy! Awesome personality!!!!
Jillian and Ed

ok, so i will admit.... i had a slight addiciton this summer! i was hooked on watching the bachelorette!!!! i just could not get enough. each week i would find myself so excited for the next monday in which it would be time for another episode. sad isn't it? NO WAY! :) it was a fun season to watch. however, sometimes i became more involved than what was probably necessary! haha. overall it was so much fun!!!! i was ok with jillian decision in the end. i would have been happier with kyptin...but i think he is too good for her. haha, better for me! :) haha ANYWAYS! Jake and Michael were my favorite!!! hopefully jake, or michael or kyptin will be the next bachelore!!!! i will be a devoted fan! haha. i loved the season, it was awesome!

summatime!

i love summer time! and i love being with my family during summer!!!! they mean so much to me! and i have so much fun with everyone during this time!!! i take a lot for granted. i had a friend pass away recently from injuries sustained in a car wreck. it has made me take a step back and evaluate my life. i have so much to be grateful for! i go day to day just going through the motions, when in fact i should be living each day to the fullest! i am so thankful for the people in my life who better me and who help guide me along the way!!! i love you all!!!! :)

**Dancing with the Prince**

So lets be honest, Ashlynn is probably my most favorite person on this earth! We had the oportunity to have Ashlynn for a few weeks this summer, all by herself! Despite it being hard for her mom and dad, we (and ashlynn i might add) ABSOLUTELY loved it! we had a blast! Ashlynn would always come in and put make up on with me! sometimes i came out with some eyeliner on my cheek, but Ashlynn would get done putting it on me, and stare into my eyes and say "oh, Gorgeous!" :) hahah! so how could i then...take it off? :)

Ashlynn is a little princess! And i mean that literally, she dresses up like the princesses off of the disney shows all the time. One day in paticular was one that i will always remember! I asked Ashlynn if the princess (being her) wanted to go to the ball (getting ice cream at the local pizza place). Without a moments hesitations she exclaimed, " (GASP) Come on BEANA lets go put on make up!!!" I did her hair and her "makeup" we put on her dress. She had a cute purse and some gloves to match and i let her borrow some of the jewelry that i wore for prom. She looked and needless to say, felt like a princess. However, that wasn't enough for little Ashlynn. She told me that she needed to go find prince charming and dance with him!! So out the door we went to find prince charming! And just as soon as we walked out the door, there he stood! PRINCE CHARMING.... (mowing the lawn!) haha ;) She walked up to my dad (PRINCE CHARMING) and shyly asked him if he wanted to dance with her. Of course the answer was yes! It was one of the cutest moments i have ever seen and will remember forever!

I took Ashlynn to the "Ball" and she danced and ate pink ice cream. Which she ordered herself. haha

"UM, the princess wants pink ice cream please!"

It was superman ice cream and she loved it! It was so much fun, and people made such a fuss over her, which made it even more special!

I had so much fun with her that day! and i miss her so so much!!!!

photos!

i have not edited these very well. but i will post some more when i get them off of my laptop onto a normal computer! but i am just giving you a preview! :)

*::photos::*

here are some pictures that i did some editing to. i didnt take the pictures, but i just put a new twist on some of them! :)

--fun at the zoo--

before dez and barry made the big move to Mountain Home Idaho, we made a few pit stops. and one of them (lucky us) happened to be at the Zoo! :) it was so much fun!!! i think we each rode the Merri-go-round about 5 times with Ashlynn! haha. it was fun!

** SpRinG bREak**

one of the best things about this last semester was that two of my best friends came to visit me for our spring break. they go to school in laramie wyoming, so i am very far away from them. so i was SOOOOO excited to see them!!! they had never been to st. george or vegas. so needless to say it was a memory that we will always remember!! it was an abosolute BLAST!!!!!!!!! we wore ourselves completely out! we played so hard and hit up just about everything (it felt like anyways) that vegas had to offer!!! this has been by far one of my most favorite memories! i love you girls!!! :)