Fountain Hills

My friend came to visit on her spring break. We took Friday night to go have some fun. While she was here, she went exploring while I had to work. I told her I would take her to Fountain Hills. So here are some fun pictures we took while we were out there. Some are kinda goofy!

Friday night Party!

The family decided to head up to Utah to see Zach come home and go to Kortnee's birthday party. I couldn't go, so I stayed home and decided to have some friends over. It was fun!

Pictures with Meg, Heath and the Kids.

This was the Saturday in Utah. I spent the day hanging out with Meg and her family. I loved playing with the kids and got some great pictures. We went out to eat and Kylee did not want to sit next to me, but Kaleb did. He was even eating off of my plate. So Cute! When it was time to go, Kylee asked me when am I going to come out to her house, and I got hugs and kisses from all 3 of the kids. I miss them! So cute!

Trip to Vegas!

One week we decided to take a trip to Utah but in the process we decided to stay in Las Vegas. We stayed at the Circus Circus. As we arrived we were excited to get out and experience the strip. The 3 of us, Ashley, Candice and I, set out on foot. We happened to stop on teh sidewalk decided where to begin and a taxi pulled up. Thoughts ran through our heads, why not? We got in, and shortly arrived at The Mirage Hotel. When we walked in we saw a beautiful garden and had the choice of going right or left. If we went left we had the opportunity to play a game of chance and if we went right we would head into the lobby of the hotel. We wanted some excitement! The choice was made and left it was. We headed off into the Casino. I had no clue of what I was even supposed to do. I watched Candice for a minute and then got onto the slot machine. I put in $20. I began playing. I won that first time. I kept playing. The amount kept getting bigger. So I moved to a new machine. There I played another game. The prize kept getting larger and larger until I reached $160. WOW! What a thrill. I thought I better stop playing and cashed out. Candice and Ashley were playing but didn't have as much luck as I did unfortunately. We then walked around the hotel to explore but found that the shops were closed. It was then decided that we would leave and walk the strip. As we were walking we saw the many different casinos and enjoyes taking pictures. When we got to the Bellagio, I feel the desire to play the machines again. As I did, I felt the thrill again of winning. I made it to the point of another $160! AMAZING!!! But then I felt like I was able to continue, so I did. I started to loosing that $160 I just made. It got to only $60. That was the end. I had to cash out and I did. I got up, cashed out and finished walking through the hotel. After we left the hotel, we started heading back to our hotel. We had a long walk ahead of us. It was getting late but we kept going and going and going and going and going. I think it was about 3:30 and we could see the hotel we were staying at but it wasn't quite there yet. So we kept going like the energizer bunny. Then it was right there! We finally made it. I don't think I was more happy to see a hotel as I was then. My feet were in pain and filthy since I was wearing my flip flops! Yikes. We were tired. The next morning we woke early and made ready to leave, bought some souvenirs and headed to Utah. We made it to about Cedar City and it began snowing. We took pictures and made it to Utah. What an experience!

Catching the Boquet!

I thought this was interesting. I went to a friends wedding reception and as we got there, they were throwing the boquet. My friend and I decided we weren't going to go up there unless we were called out. Next thing we knew, the Bride was calling out our names, so we had to go up there. As we stood, I felt "singled" out. There were only a couple of little girls and some that were possibly in HS. So the Bride threw it. It just so happened to land in my hands as I held them out. Lucky me! Had my picture taken with the bride. The next day at church, I mentioned it to one of the branch presidency's wives and she decided to tell it as a good news moment. So I was yet again embarrassed! I thought the boquet was very pretty!

This is Really Neat!

Happy Birthday Jamie!

This past week was my birthday week! CRAZY!! Wednesday was my birthday and had a great day. Mom, Mere and I went to lunch. Friend from the neighboring business at work, brought me a birthday cake. It was great! Then for dinner, Dad and I went to Red, White and Brew! very nice restaurant. I go the dinner that mom always tells us about. It was good, but I was full! So I brought the rest of the dinner home to Mom! Then the fam, sang to me and we had cake and ice cream. A few of my friends came over. We enjoyed playing Apples to Apples and that was the day of my birthday!
Saturday came around and Mere and I went and got a pedicure. It was great! Later in the evening we had a party with alot of friends that I've made here in AZ and a few from UT that have moved here too! These are the pictures. I unfortunately didn't get all of the people who came, I forgot about the camera 'til half way thru the night!