Temple Square

I have been terrible at updating this lately. I apologize. So much has happened!

I graduated from Dental Assisting school on December 11! YAY! I have been job searching and I had an interview today at a prosthodontic clinic. Hopefully it went ok. I won't find out anything until January 4, if not sooner, just because they won't be in the clinic until then after Christmas.

Parker, Lindsey and I went to see Ballet West's performance of the Nutcracker at Capitol Theatre this past Saturday. It was fun! I've decided I wouldn't be able to do a ballet all the time, once a year is good for me. Haha! It's not quite my cup of tea haha! Then afterwards we, along with our parents, went and walked around Temple Square and looked at the lights! It was so fun! Here are some pictures...

Lindsey and I just realized on Saturday that this is Parker's last Christmas at home before he goes on his mission. Sad day! But we'll make it good until he comes home!

Another update, Whitney found out what she's having in April. I am proud to announce that I will get to be the aunt of TWO boys! Hehe!

If I don't write until after christmas, then I want to say...

Merry Christmas!

Here We Go Again.

Yeah. This is all the explanation you need probably. HAHA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVERETT!

Yes... Everett is one. Enough said. :(

ABOVE - Everett on the day he was born: OCt. 23, 2008

BELOW - Everett about 2 weeks ago. With his crazy Aunt Shelby.

I LOVE YOU EVERETT! HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!

The World Through Everett's Eyes... Literally.

I was filming Everett today when they came over for piano. He got a hold of my phone while I was filming it. I decided to let it go because it would be a fun blog video... well I thought so at least hehe!

Oh I love that kid! He makes me smile! Here's another fun video... then I got some pictures...

Now here are some pictures...

Crisis.

I'm in a crisis. I'm gonna make it a long story short.

Two of my best friends from work were dating. One of them was having issues with the other. Not bad issues... issues that bug the crap out of her because she's a go-go-goer and doer... plus there was something going on with her parents about him which is a stupid reason cause they don't even know the kid. :(

Well. They broke up this morning. She was bawling to me last night cause she knew she needed to do it but she didn't want to. He called me this morning crying before I went to school because he didn't know what to do.

That's not the crisis.

Here's the crisis.

I have a crush on this kid. I have since before these two started dating... after I broke up with Cody. I had a crush on him even while I was dating Austin... :0( But neither one of these people know about this because I knew they both liked each other... I even helped the one ask the other one out. And I want them both to be happy. I decided that I would be happy just havin him as a friend then not at all. But now... I want to be with him. I want to make him happy. But I don't want my other friend to have a fit because she is a besty... see my dilemma?

I think I'm not gonna tell the one... for a while... just to see if my feelings subside. And I don't know about the other one...

I would feel bad if all of this goes down bad because of this. That's why neither one are gonna know... right now.

UGH!

In the meantime... Everett's starting posing while he eats. Look at this...

Cute little booger!

What is this!?

So I get on my facebook today and start looking at some of my friends profiles just to find that quite a few good friends from school that I've known since elementary school and junior high...

... HAVE LEFT ON THEIR MISSIONS...

How did I get left out of this exciting news!? haha! Punks... I'll get them back someday... hmmm....

You're Not Caught Up!

So... there was something I realized the other night while I was laying in bed. It was that I haven't caught you up on some things. First off...

Whitney's pregnant again! YAY! She's due at the end of April. This baby and Everett with be 18 months apart... which isn't bad. Parker and I are 16 months apart... so it's nothing. Haha! I guessed Everett right, so I'm gonna guess that this baby is a boy. Let's see if I get it right.

Also, I quit hair school. I was having issues with my instructors and the owner of the school. I didn't wanna call it verbal abuse because I didn't know if it really was, I still don't know if it is. They were always yelling at me for things that weren't even my fault, I didn't feel like I was learning anything for $460.00 a month, it was a drag to go to school. Whenever my name was called for an appointment I hated going and getting that client. It was a drag. I didn't wanna go anymore because of the way that I was being treated by the instructors. I decided to pull myself out of it. But... I feel like I'm in a way better situation now. I started Dental Assisting school about 2 weeks ago. And so far I LOVE IT! It's a little harder then hair... but only because it's a lot of information to take in. My program is only 12 weeks long, so I will be graduated by middle or end of December. Then I can quit Sam's Club too! I'm excited... so far it's awesome! I love the girls and I love my instructor. It'll be better for me then hair.

Anyways, now that I have you caught up... I have nothing else to say haha! Talk to you later!

Mom?

So... I just got a calling for this semester in my singles ward. Instead of being in the Relief Society presidency hehe.... I've been called as an FHE Mom.

Me? A Mom? hehe! It's not really mothering those kids... though some of them might need it. haha! It's just being a supervisor over a group of kids for Family Home Evening. I don't know what it all entails... but I guess we'll find out.

Smackin' and Eatin'

While Everett eats, he smacks his lips. It's so cute... and he also thinks he's funny hehe actually he knows he's funny and he knows that whenever he laughs we laugh... cute video!

Random Sentimentalness

So... I don't know why I decided to blog about this, but I am. HAHA! I have nothing else to blog about. Nothing else real exciting is going on right now. I just decided to write about my family members that I'm close to and that have a big impact in my life.

First off.... LINDSEY!

Lindsey and I are really really close! She's like a sister to me. I know that I can tell her anything and she won't judge me, I know that I can trust her with anything, and I know that she will always give me my opinion on things... whether I take them or not she gives them to me. She is a senior this year at Riverton High School... and she's taking a CNA class at their school that's like the MATC of Orem. HAHA did that make any sense? I'm really proud of her and her accomplishments, and I'm thankful that she's my cousin and my "little sister."

NASH...

Nash is my other little sister. She lives next door to us, so she's over all the time! I love it! She's so much fun! We've been tending her since she was like... oh I dunno between 6 and 9 months old... I don't remember, and so she really is like our little sister. She's always over, playing, drawing, using the bathroom (even though her house is just as close when she has to go when she's playing outside) and I'm really proud of her as well. She made it onto a club soccer team this year. She's a good little player if I might add. Poor thing is always getting hurt though somehow. First she broke her arm, then her elbow, she always has bruises up and down her legs. The other day she got kicked in the shin and now her poor knee's swollen, she always twists her ankles... I mean she's just accident prone. But she loves being a tom boy and she loves playing dirty! I love my Nash!

MY SISTER, WHITNEY, MY BROTHER IN LAW, CHRIS, AND MY NEPHEW EVERETT...

I love my sister! She's always been there for me, and even more so ever since she moved out before her and Chris got married! I know I can tell her anything, I can vent to her, tell her exciting stories, talk to her even if I just need someone to talk to but don't know about what, I know I can tell random funny stories to her and she'll listen, even if sometimes they don't make sense. I know that she is always there for me, by just the push of a button (on my phone). I can always count on her. And, she's an amazing mother to Everett and wife to Chris! Whit... I love our sisterly relationship and I'm so glad it is the way it is! I always hear stories about sisters that don't get along and don't ever talk. I know that we will never ever be like that and I know I can always count on you... you can always count on me too. I love ya sis!

Now Chris... He's like my older brother. Seriously. He's like Whitney. I know that I can talk to him about anything, count on him for anything, he would always be there for me if I felt like I could never talk to anyone else. I don't think I could ask for a better brother in law. :0) I love my relationship that I have with him.

Everett... What can I say? I love him to bits and pieces! Everytime I see him... no matter how bad or good of a day I'm having... he always makes me smile! ALWAYS! And I can't believe how much he's grown! I love that boy! Rett... your aunt Shelby will always love you! Love ya!

MY BROTHER... PARKER...

Parker and I have gotten so close in the past few years... I love it! We always use to fight but not anymore. We love hanging out with each other and we always have so much fun everytime that we do! Parker and I also have that relationship where I know I can tell him anything that I need to and I know that he would do anything for me. I know he would drop everything he was doing to come to my aid if I needed! I am so very proud of him and all of his accomplisments! Being a senior this year, he's still dancing to his hearts content... winning competitions and placing high in them. Keeping up on his homework, while dreaming of becoming a Biotechnologist and working towards a Ballroom scholarship to BYU. I am so very proud of him and all of his hardwork! I love ya bud!

I love my family! They have done so much for me and I don't know where I would be without them! I love them all! I just don't have time to write about all of them!

BYU Knittin' Lady

When Muriel Thole immigrated to the United States from England in 1954, she had never seen a basketball game or a game of American football. That soon changed after she became a BYU Fan. Not only was she one of the first members of the club, prior to the formal organization of the Cougar Club, Muriel started her own booster group consisting of 400 female BYU fans called the Down Town Coacherettes. Muriel has served on the Cougar Club Board of Directors and her love for BYU teams has taken her around the world to cheer for the Cougars on three continents. For example, she was in Hawaii with Ty Detmer when the team received the announcement that Ty won the Heisman Trophy.
Including team trips, Cougar Club tours and traveling on her own, Muriel has traveled well over 150,000 miles to attend BYU Games. That is more than six times around the world and half-way to the moon. A constant fixture in section 9 row 5 seat 21 which has been her seat since the Marriott Center opened, Muriel is internationally known for what she does during the games. While visiting Australia with the basketball team she was shocked when approached by a complete stranger who said "I know you, you’re the Cougars' knitt'n lady".
Over the decades she has watched the Cougars while knitting thousands and thousands of hats, sweaters, mittens, and scarves which she donates to community charities including homeless shelters and centers for abused women. Appropriately, on last week’s Cougar Club tour to the Washington game, Muriel celebrated her birthday. When asked which one, she would only say it was a multi-year anniversary of the day she turned 29.
When it comes to being a BYU fan, there are few Cougar Club members that have been involved with the club as long or traveled more with the teams. Muriel has clearly demonstrated her love for the Cougars and for countless strangers who have received a warm scarf or hand-made hat that she knitted for them while cheering BYU on to victory.
- http://www.byucougars.com/Filing.jsp?ID=11109

Now you might be wondering why one of my blog posts is about Muriel Thole, the BYU Knitting Lady. Well... it's because I... do her hair every Wednesday at school.
The girl that usually does her is graduating in about 3 weeks, and she has passed Muriel onto me for one of my shampoo set regulars. I have gotten to know Muriel for the past 3 weeks, and I absolutely adore her! She is so straight forward, honest, funny, loving, and one of the best darn knitters I have ever known. She really is into giving to the homeless, and helping the women in the abused shelters and she loves talking and telling me all about her old college boyfriends and the fun trips she has been on and what she's collecting for the homeless this week.
It's kind of stressful... knowing that I have to make her hair look nice for when she's on the news and in newspapers and such. Her hair is not easy I will tell you that. It is super hard. But... I love ya Muriel!

Scripture Stories

Today in Relief Society, our teacher didn't show up. So the president had a back up lesson. It was our favorite scripture stories, and what treasures and thoughts we get from them. A lot of the girls gave a lot of good stories. Two of them really stood out to me.

The first one was from 1 Nephi 19:7,9. It says:

Vs. 7: "For the things which some men esteem to be of great worth, both to the body and the soul, others set at naught and trample under their feet...."

vs. 9: "And the world because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long suffereing towards the children of men."

The girl that shared this applied it to all women in general. By worldly opinion, women are supposed to be beautiful, gorgeous, and certain body shape and size, have certain looks about them. And us women are "trampled" if we dont' meet that criteria, and we suffer. The Lord loves all women, no matter what we look like, who we are, what our likes and dislikes are, etc. He holds a special place in his heart for women. One of the wives of the bishopric pointed this out to us all during this discussion about this scripture. She said something to this effect, "Who was entrusted to carry the son of God in her womb? A woman. Who was there when Christ was crucified? Women. Who was there when Christ was resurrected? A woman." If you think about it, women have been there for Christ through all of his trials. Not that his apostles weren't there. We don't know why they weren't there. But it was always a woman or many women there. Christ holds a special place in his heart for women, so therefore, we know we are special. And we should be treated as such. We do have worth. No matter what the world says. We are special.

President Gordon B. Hinckley said this about women:

"Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue..., who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind..., who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth."

The second story was from Alma 48:11-13,17. It says:

Vs 11: "And Moroni was a strong and mighty man; he was a man of a perfect understanding; yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed; a man whose soul did joy in the liberty and the freedom of his country, and his brethren from bondage and slavery;

Vs. 12: "Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God, for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people; a man who did labor exceedingly for the welfare and safety of his people.

Vs. 13: "Yea, he was a man who was firm in the faith of Christ, and he had sworn an oath to defend his people, his rights, and his country, and his religion, even to the loss of his blood.

Vs. 17: " Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men."

All I have to say about this story, is that I WANT A MAN LIKE MORONI. I can only hope that one day I will be able to say that I married a man that had such faith, courage, and gratitude in him. I also would like to apply this scripture to any member of the church. We all should have attitudes and attributes like Moroni. This is a model member of what we should be doing with our faith and our lives. I don't even know what else to say... it's pretty self explanatory.

Ride 'em, Cowboy!

Parker, Lindsey, Austin and I went to the Spanish Fork Fiesta Day's Rodeo last night! I had so much stinkin' fun! And... it was my first rodeo haha! I loved all the events! Bareback and Bullriding were my favorites, but the Mutton Busting, Steer Racing, Tie Down Roping, and Barrell Racing were awesome as well! There was also a guy there named Blake from Texas that had to Oxen with him, Apache and Geronimo, and they did this little skit thingy. This cowboy had been training these two oxes for 10 years! It was sweet!

We are all planning on going back next year! And we wanna hit the Day's of 47 Rodeo, and the Herriman Rodeo as well. It was so much fun! This might just be a new tradition!

SORRY!

Hey everybody! I'm so sorry that I haven't been on for sooo long! I've been busy with school and work... it's been crazy! But I finally have a minute to sit down and let you all in on the scoop.

In May, my family went down to Moab for a trip before I started school. It was soo much fun! I had never been down there until then, and now I want to keep going back! We went to the secret spire, Dellen Baugh Tunnel, Dead Horse Point, we hiked up to Delicate Arch, and we went rock crawling. It was one of the funnest weekends I've ever had...

My 19th birthday was on June 18th. I had a BBQ with my family, Kenzie, Chris, Erika, Zac and my boyfriend, Austin. The pictures will explain all... hehe!

That's the jist of all that's happened. We are going to Lagoon tomorrow... so more pictures and everything to come! Oh one more thing... I chopped my hair! You'll see pictures tomorrow!

Instead of "Dude, Where's My Car"...

....What happened to your car!?Erika and I were driving around the other day and we saw this car while we were at a stop light. We were laughing so hard that I had to get a pic to put up here... Makes you wonder how that happened. That's not a "ding" you see everyday!

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know

My sister did this on her blog. And it sounded kind of fun. So I thought I would give it a try. Here it goes.

#1) I love sitting in the warm bath tub and reading a good book at the same time. Something about that is... well relaxing. I do that all the time.

#2) I absolutely hate doing the dishes! I hate the smell of the grime and the food that isn't rinsed off the dishes all the way. I hate the smell of the grease on pans after you make, like eggs, or bacon. I hate the look of the food when it's been soaked in water and dish soap after a while. I hate the feel when you have to rinse it off, or when you have to dunk your hand into a grimey, greasy pot to get silverware that is dumped in there. I gag! The whole time that I am doing the dishes, I am gagging! My mom loves watching me do the dishes. She laughs at me the whole time. I'll do the dishes, but I hate doing them.

#3) I tell people that I don't ever care what anyone thinks about me. And in a lot of situations, I really don't care. I don't care that people think I'm crazy, loud, wild, love to have fun. But I do care in other situations. I've never been that popular of a girl. I've always wanted to just fit in with people. I worry about what I look like a lot of the time, and if I'm good looking for some people... I've always worried if I'm good enough for some people or not.

#4) For those that don't know, I am LDS. In my sophomore year of high school, I was acutally beginning to doubt the church because of some things that had happened to me. I wondered why the Lord made these things happen to me and I wondered if He cared about me. I wondered if the church was true. If the scriptures were true. But with the help of mainly my parents, I began to see the truth and the light again. I learned why the trials that happened to me had happened to me and to this day I am continuing to learn and grow from them. I had always heard stories of members of the church that had doubted. But I never actually thought it would happen to me. But it did. And I'm glad it did. I am a better member and a better person because of it. I have a super strong testimony and if that hadn't happened to me, my testimony probably wouldn't be as strong as it is now.

#5) I ever wonder if I'll end up dying old and alone. And instead of having 20 cats, I will have 20 dogs. Ha ha!

#6) Whenever I get a new cd, or hear a song on the radio that I like, I have to read the lyrics while listening to that song. A lot of the time, I'll pull the cover out of the cd case, and just read the lyrics along with the cd. Other times I'll look up the song and the words on the internet, and play it while looking at the words. I always want to have a connection with a lot of the songs, and I always end up having a connection with a lot of the songs that I listen to.

#7) I hate my own handwriting. Everyone says that it's really cute and that they wished that their handwriting looked like mine, but I hate my handwriting. I think it's really sloppy. Judge for yourself...

#8) I am a true blue, hard core cowgirl at heart. I don't always show it, but I really am. I have boots and I love my boots. I love country music! I love watching rodeos on tv, and I love watching PBR on tv when it's in season. And the few times that I have ridden a horse, I have absolutely loved it! AND! I've always wanted to be in a rodeo! I've always wanted to ride bareback or do barrell racing. It'll never happen but I can dream right?

#9) I am addicted. To shoes. And purses. And pepsi! It's so bad. I have about 15 purses. And I have about 20 pairs of shoes. And pepsi... that's about all I drink. Besides the few glasses of water and milk every day.

#10) I love sports! I love football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball... that's not the thing you didn't know. I've always wanted to be a gymnist. Sometimes I've wished that I would have gotten into gymnastics. I wanna be flexible. I wanna be able to do all those cool rolls, twists, flips, flying, and whatever else they do. Plus, it just looks like fun! And, I would be in really good shape if I did that! Ha ha!

Chris Crane turns 22!

One of my friend's, Chris, birthday was on Wednesday, the 15th. Kenz and I decided we wanted to do something special for him, because he said no one really remembered his birthday. We decided to bake him a cake, heart attack his car, and then take him to dinner. On the night before, we made him a sweet awesome Batman cake (Batman's his favorite super hero) and then we threw foil and paper shreds, balloons, cut out hearts and random candy in his car. Then the night of his birthday we kidnapped him and took him to dinner.. which ended up being Del Taco because that's where he chose. It was so much fun!!!! ... here's pictures ...

Chris' Batman Cake

Me and Kenz posing with our masterpiece.

Kenz and her Laffy Taffy Boogers.

Chris laughing after we revealed his cake to him.

Aaahhhh... good times. Good times.

No More Cali

Some of my friends from work invited me to go to California with them the second weekend of May. I went into work once I got the ok from my parents, and I requested it off.

It got rejected.

Ok... tell me this... how does someone like me... who's stayed after work sometimes more then an hour, only missed one day ever in the 10 months, been to work on time everyday and volunteer to do more jobs around the club all the time... gets four days from work rejected? When people who are always late, never stay after, never help anywhere else in the club always get everytime they want a vaca approved?

I'm irritated.

Everytime I try to go and have fun, I can't. It's always thrown in the trash or flushed down the toilet. So... no more Cali.

Here's my trip...
Fun huh?

Tied Down?

The other night, Erika and I went to the mall when we were hanging out. We went into the Lids store, which is just a hat store, and I found these hats. I fell in love with them and since I've been so into hats lately, I got them. The black one is a Burton snowboarding one, and the other is just a Puma hat. They are so cute though! And get this... see the curve in the brim!? I acutally bought hats with a curvy brim!

I went on a date last night with a kid that I've been out with once before. He's a really cute kid! He's almost 22 years old, he's a returned missionary, comes from a really great family, almost done with his schooling, he's shy but a really great guy. I have a crush on him as well as liking him as a friend. BUT... I also have a crush on this other kid that I know from work. I became friends with his friend that works with us as well, and now I've started talking to him and started to become his friend. He's also a returned missionary, about 22, going to school and will be graduated in a few years. He's not shy, he's got a lot of friends and he's really outgoing, and he's so cute and really really nice and a really great guy! ............

.............Well after my date last night, I decided that I didn't wanna be tied down and "claimed" by anyone right now. I want to be able to like a lot of guys at one time, and I want to be able to date a lot of guys. When school starts up, I might not have a lot of time to devote to a boyfriend, especially with work and stuff. I want to be able to see different guys, think they are cute, go on a date with them, hang out with them and just be single and free for right now. I am only 18. I want to be free and be able to do whatever I want to do. I need to "find" myself for these next few months and just be able to have fun and not be devoted to one guy. Before I can do that, I need to devote time to myself. Not a bad idea huh? Probably one of the best decisions I ever made for myself... I'm off to a good start.