Brooklyn Ruth

Here she is! We didn't think she was going to come until next week, but instead she came yesterday.  She weighed 8lbs 7oz. and she is 19 1/4 in. long  Her hair is curly when wet, and is very sweet little girl.  Big brother was a little upset when he first saw mom holding her, but he soon realized who it was and gave her kisses.  Momma and Daddy are little tired but are doing great! 

Life...

I've been thinking about summer sales lately, it's not what you think though.   I can't say that I will never do it again, however I am almost positive that I will never do it again.  I was thinking about summer sales because of the way it makes me feel.  I have always been closer to my Heavenly Father and Savior.  I'm not sure I can explain it but I am going to try.   Doing  a summer of sales entails  6 days of work and at least 12 hours a day(at least as a technician).   You have very little time to do anything besides work, and when you do have time to just hang out you hang out with someone who has just work just as hard as you.  You usually don't have TV, and don't watch TV.   Some apartments may have a TV and a DVD player so you can watch movies occasionally.  What I am trying to get to is that you live in your own little world, and you stay in it. It is sometimes hard to get out of it and into the real world.  As the summer slowly comes to an end you are so anxious to be back into the real world and be a normal person again.  It is so easy to get back into the real world.  What I miss about the summer is being in that little world.   Not having all the temptations of the world.  I know that it can be accomplished in the real world, its just a matter of finding that in a world you've lived in for so long and are comfortable with.   I know that my Heavenly Father is aware of me and knows what I need in my life.  He has sent me a great family and some of the greatest friends, who are always there in a time of need.  His Tender Mercies are not going unnoticed.  I am so grateful for the knowledge I have and the opportunity I have to continue to gain that knowledge and share it with those around me. 

Three Great Days!

This past weekend was so great! Shells and I attended three sporting events.   First we started with some football.  The U vs TCU.  It wasn't the game I thought it would be, I was upset that the Utes couldn't pull of a better game. But a W is a W.  We had some really great encounters, one a old friend from High school.  He was So drunk! He said some of the funniest things. YAY! for High school friends. 

I really couldn't believe that they pulled it off. I was getting anxious.

The second event was the Jazz game against the Okalahoma City Thunder. Who? Yay that's right Okalahoma City has a NBA team.  They put up a decent fight, not to bad for first timers.   The Jazz pulled off the 1000th win for Jerry Sloan.  GO JAZZ! 
And my most favorite was the rugby games.  One of the my most favorite things in the world. The U has a fall rugby season, which was so great! They played St. Mary's College from the Bay area.  The B side pulled off a W, the A side had to put up a bigger fight however, I do believe the pulled a W as well. GO UTES! 
The most exciting event was at the RioTinto.  The USA Rugby Teams played a New Zealand team and Uruguay.  SO GREAT!!  New Zealand won the first game against USA Select.  Then the USA Eagles won there game against  Uruguay.  I'm not sure what it was about Rugby but I just love it. I could be a happy girl watching rugby for the rest of my life.  I had  a moment during one of the games where I thought,  "What will happen when I can't watch rugby anymore?" I may have panicked for a moment.  I know that someday it will probably happen and I will handle it just fine. For now I will be watching as much as I can because I love it so much!! 

The New Zealand team doing the Haka (I'm not sure if that is spelled right) 

Another shoot

One of my longest and best friends asked me to take pictures of her and her sweet little family before the snow comes and the welcome a new little one to the family.  The day was perfect.  Micka had a hard time seating, so we did what we could.  I think we got some good ones. 

This is one of my favorites of Andre and Micka,  It's very genuine, he is one happy man, and Micka is smiling. 

This is one of my favorites, they are looking somewhere different. 

Coco tagged along, he(I think Coco is a boy) calmed Micka down when she had to sit. 

Halloween

Here is our little Monkey, he was a very cute pirate.  Hannah made his outfit.  I tag along to make visits to Charlie at work, and then the Grandma's, both of which really loved showing him off.  

Wiikend!

I should have blog about this last weekend, but I didn't, big surprise.  The company I work for during the summer has an end of the year banquet.  It was last weekend, I didn't find out about it until 3 days before, that is what happens when you are just a technician.  I had a friend fly in on Friday night,  I had spent the day with a friend in Provo on Friday, I stayed until the very last moment possible before I had to be at the airport.  I had been on the freeway for like 100 yards and this semi starts to come over in my lane.  All I could do was slam on my brakes, honk my horn and swerve into the emergency lane.  I left some skid marks that were probably like 10 feet long.  I sat in my car for a minute to get my heart back to a normal pace.  I then got out of my car to make sure everything was ok.  It looked to be fine.  When I started driving again my wheel shook a little bit, I called my dad who was in Vegas, he didn't answer.  Which is unusual for him, he always answers.  I try again, nothing.  So I call my brother, he assures me that I am ok to drive home, but if it gets worse to stop and call him.   I thought about crying, but didn't cause I was ok, I wasn't hurt and my car was fine.  So I try to rush home, so that I can make it to the airport on time.  I run home and switch cars and make to airport on time.  As I'm getting to the airport my dad finally calls me back, apparently his phone didn't ring and he got my message an hour after I had called, he told me not to drive my car and to have my brother drive it the next day.  I was totally fine with that, I love driving my moms car, so it was  good excuse. 

Saturday Ash and I just hung out, got our hair done, then I went to the Banquet with my friend. The banquet is usually filled with good food, and reminiscing about the summer.  They give away really good prizes.  The first year Steph won a Mountain Bike ( which she is now using on her mission) Last year we both won a ticket on to the Cruise,  and this year I won a Wii, and rockband for the Wii.  So great!! Ash has been saving her baby-sitting money for rockband and the wii.  So as soon as I won it I called her to let her know.  She was so excited!  I couldn't get home fast enough to set it all up.   It is so fun!  I love Tennis, and bowling. I am not so good at rockband, but I'm sure it is only a matter of time.   Smash is really good at it.  We have had several people over to enjoy the great win.