My awesome family!

My family is seriously SO cool! On Tuesday my dad decided that we should drive to California for some Chick-fil-A for lunch. For those of you who don't know, the 3 hour drive for lunch at Chick-fil-A is more than worth it! So my mom, dad, kennadi, and myself drove to Upland, CA for lunch. It was a great day!

Kennadi was REALLY excited :)

Kennadi brought this for her, but being her older sister I had the rights to it. (the neck pillow)

The Chick-fil-A cow! He is our near and dear friend!

Me, Kennadi, and the cow!

Me and the cow! (He is so HOTT)

Jake took me on a date :) This is after the date and funny picture time.

This is my dresser. I have a new addition :)

Jake gave me a few studly pictures of himself!! I have been looking for just the right frame and then today at Target (gotta love that place) I found the most perfect frame! A purple one! My room is purple and green so this was a wonderful discovery :)

AND THEN...I found the second most perfect frame! A green one! This is my night stand so now every morning when I wake up I see his handsome face :)

This is Jakes little picture on my vanity so when I am getting ready I can remember the reason I am trying to look so good :)

Oh, and that might be the Justin Bieber perfume I just bought :)

This is the pink penguin Jake got for me when I was having a not so great week. He wrote the sweetest poem to go with it! WOW am I lucky or what :)

I am truly so blessed to live the life that I live. I have a great family and an awesome boyfriend :) I am so thankful every day for the blessings I continue to get.

Shout out to Kami and Jordan who are currently in Wyoming on a pioneer Trek!

A week full of events

This past week has been on of the best weeks of my summer :)

My aunt Kim also known as Bobo and her lovely daughters were here so there was lots of shopping, pool time, and games played! It was awesome!

The fourth of July was fabulous! I love having family :) We made lots of food and had a really relaxed day. At about 8 p.m. my family (there was 8 of us) went over to Jakes house :) It was great to have both families together and they have a perfect view of the fireworks show. It was probably one of the best fourths ever!

Look at my hott parents! Today is their anniversary and they have been married for 20 years! I love them :D
A day at the Stratosphere! This was sweet, we all got the unlimited ride passes and rode for over 5 hours...money well spent!

Gettin' ready to ride!

This is my beautiful mom and aunt :) These two hotties are SO much fun!
I finally got my toe ring!

Jake rockin' the shirt I got him when I went shopping. Okay...um...he is SO HOT! He totally owns this shirt :D

Date night with my man! He took me to see Transformers 3.

We were so brave riding the Big Shot!
All the girls and Jake went to see Monte Carlo, what a great sport :)
This is why the fourth of July rocked! Look at who I got to watch the fireworks with :)
One of these things is not like the other...
Me and my girls :)
Aunt Bobo and I...I miss her...
The awesome cake that my mom and Bobo made...this was one of the best parts of the week :)

I absolutely love having family in town, shopping, watchin movies, spending time with Jake, eating, and playing! These are just a few of the reasons why this week has been so spectacular!

old car-new car

Many of you know I drove a 1990 Mazda. This car was older than I am. I drove her for over 2 and 1/2 years and she finished with a grand total of 157,388. We have some wonderful memories....

One day I went to drive my car to school. I got in and noticed a few things were not quite right. For example: I did an awful job of parking, when I turned the car on the radio was off (I always leave it on), she was left in 3rd gear, and was lower on gas than I thought. Since these few things were slightly off, I asked my parents if they had driven my car, both of them didn't do it. Turns out my 14 year old brother decided to go for a drive to 7/11. Not surprising.

My car has been decorated for dances, swim meets...everything you can imagine!

This car has been so good to me.

1) I have made multiple road trips in this car, including through snow storms. She doesn't have cruise control so often times my leg would be pretty tired after long drives.

2) Once the radio went out so the kids in auto shop at Sierra Vista High fixed it for me.

3)This car is a stick shift...I kind of pride myself in being able to know how to drive one. The air conditioner was totally sweet! It did this rotating thing where it would change directions on its own. However, for whatever reason, it seemed to favor the passenger side.

4) This is the back. There is a hitch...not quite sure what this little car can tow....

5) Here is the driver window that has been stuck this way for over a year now. When it first broke my dad thought he could fix it...it's been this way ever since

6) This spoon me sticker is from a frozen yogurt place in Utah. I LOVE frozen yogurt. Whenever my dad drove my car he got lots of stares and texts from people who saw him. The "Itri" sticker my dad got for me after I did my first triathlon...which I won :)

7) This is the front of my car...cool huh?

8)There is a missing hub cap. Last summer my tire blew and the hub cap got lost along the way....

This car has been such a blessing in my life! I have driven friends all over and she has smelled strongly of chlorine and burritos.

Every once in a while something would go wrong and she would break down. My dad ALWAYS came to the rescue.

I cried a little when she broke down for good.

This was the perfect first car!

Hopefully my new car will be the perfect second car!

This is my new (new to me) 2005 Hyundai with only 40,000 miles! And in perfect condition!

1) An arm rest. I didn't have any of those before. Cup holders. Didn't have those either. Automatic.

2) Side view. Note that this car has all four hub caps.

3) No hitch. I don't know how I'm going to tow my boat now...

Now when I pull up to places, I don't sound like a go-kart.

I am VERY excited for my new car. Jake says it is little and cute just like me :D He's so sweet!

the blog bandwagon

It's about time I jump on the blog bandwagon.
Mostly because I have so much to say and everyone should hear it.
But really because I like writing things down, like journaling in a way.

Ten facts about me:
1) I am in love! His name is Jacob Riley Hansen.
2) I just finished my first year at UNLV.
3) I am a Meetings and Events Major. Maybe I'll plan weddings or travel with and events company one day.
4) I am the oldest of four kids. Jordan (16), Kennadi (13), and Kami (11)
5) I am a professional swim instructor! I can teach anyone and everyone to swim! And I love it!
6) I absolutely love Las Vegas!
7) I spent over 13 years of my life swimming competitively but have recently decided to try other things and I am very happy!
8) I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and proud of it!
9) My mom, dad, sisters, and Jake are my closest and best friends :)
10) My little 1990 Mazda has reached and end :( RIP!

There are sooo many more facts but I should really only limit it to 10 for now...

Summer has been fabulous! My family moved to a new house at the beginning of summer so we have a big beautiful home with a pool! We love it!

I am a primary teacher to the cutest 4 year olds! I am pretty much ALWAYS with kids. I teach swim lessons, work a kids camp, teach primary, and babysit...I love those little munchkins :)

Jake is going to MEXICO! He reports to the MTC on October 26, 2011. Yes, I will be waiting for him :) who wouldn't?!

Fathers Day was yesterday! In my opinion, my dad really is the best! He is the hardest most amazing man I know! My mom is the luckiest woman alive to have a man like him. My siblings and I are very blessed to have such a good role model! P.S Firehouse on Ft. Apache and Flamigo just opened!

I should stop now before I have a 500 page blog post, although I can easily do that with all I have to say.

Follow your own Yellow Brick Road.