Its Been Awhile....

My life has been a bit crazy the past couple of months. There has been so much going on that I've barely had any time to breathe! So here is a little bit of what you missed out on. 

October was pretty awesome.  Besides school and work, I was having a great time being single and having fun.  I was hanging out alot with my friend Alana.   One night she took me to this party at the "Man Cave". (long story)  The party was okay, but it got even better when I met Chase.  Long story short, I was helpless against his good looks and charm, and had no choice but to become completley enamored by him.  Needless to say, I am no longer single. ;)

Chase and I at my parents house before heading out to a Halloween party.

A Greek Goddess and her Spartan. ( and my cowboy nephew )

 

November rolled around and it came time for turkey day!  I'm not going to lie, I look forward to Thanksgiving mainly for the green bean casserole.  I think I only had about a forkful of turkey. Sad, I know. The whole family went to James and Kates house and chowed down on all the good grub.  I have to say that I am pretty thankful for having awesome cooks in my family :)

Me, trying to herd the rabid Nichols babies at my brother James' house. 

Eden and Matzen

Asher and I playing with the camera.  This kid cracks me up!

James with the lovely turkey. (and my mamma in the bottom left corner of the mirror!)

The whole fam damily!

so, while all of the crazyness of Halloween and Thanksgiving was going on, I was going through Nutcracker preparations.  As if my life was not busy enough.  I was lucky enough to be able to do it with some of my closest friends Shalina and Alana.  Somehow I landed the part of Sugar Plum Fairy, and I had sooooooo much fun with it. Word to the wise, if you want to get your butt kicked by a ballet role, I would say Sugar Plum Fairy is pretty up there on the list.

Me as the Sugar Plum Fairy with my Cavalier, Travis. 

I promise we didn't look like that on stage.

Me and my awesome parents!

Shalina and I! BFF's and Roomates!  She was the Dew Drop Fairy, and did an awesome job. 

Me and my real prince charming.  Don't judge us, we had like 5 cameras pointing at us and had no idea where to look.

Marenique my sis in law and Matzen with his classic look.

All the nephews and the niece on Christmas Eve

Eden, Asher, Jayden, and Matzen

Matzen got an awesome (and slightly annoying) bouncing horse from my parents for Christmas. Jayden wanted to play along too.

So that was the past three months in a Nutshell. Im sure there will be MUCH more to tell about in a couple of weeks.

Nice Sticky Salt

Awhile back my good friend Alana and I decided to take a spontaneous ballet photo trip to the Salt Flats! It was then that I realized how much I absolutely love being random. We set out on our adventure with nothing but a camera, a tutu, and our pointe shoes!  The drive was long and would have been absolutely boring if it wasn't for the fact that when we are together, our personalities combine to make very loud, random, and interesting situations.   We got some great shots........

........and some that weren't so great.

 But, It doesn't matter because we had a blast!  

Spontaneous Boredom

So, I'm sitting here in my apartment alone.  Recently my life has gone through some changes that have freed up my schedule quite a bit.  So what to do?  It's my last days before my schooling starts up again (I can't say that I'm dreading it, but I do feel like my summer was a complete waste) I had amazing plans for the summer, but it just so happened that every last one of them fell through. How the heck does that happen?! Thanks to a couple good friends I've been able to salvage a few good weeks of fun out of this desolate wasteland of boredom. The only way that I've found I can survive is to live spontaneously.  Go hiking? Sure! Pedicure? Why not?  Drive 3 hours to the Salt Flats and take pictures? Nobody's stopping me! Right now the best way to make decisions is to go with my gut.  No mulling over the possibilities or options. Just go have fun and live it up.  I want to go out and make the most of the last bit of summer. The problem is, that I'm not adventurous enough to do it, at least not on my own.  So what is a single, lonely girl like me to do?  I secretly am hoping some prince charming will come and sweep me off my feet and save me from this torture of having nothing to do. Any takers? I promise I'm not as desperate as I sound, I'm just bored enough to actually blog about how bored I am.

Sanctuary

I love interior design.  When I walk into an empty room with white walls its screams "Make me incredible!"  To me, an empty room is like a piece of art that I can create all around me.  There are so many possibilities.  Colors, textures, finishes, lighting... It all excites me.  You can make any environment you wish.  If I wanted to be surrounded by Hawaii, but actually live in Utah.. I could easily transform my apartment into a tropical getaway.  Vibrant colors, strategic lighting, tribal art, shells, potted plants.  These would be the ingredients for my vacation apartment.  There is no limit to all the possibilities (wallet permitting).  Give me a room, and I will make it a sanctuary.

Cats and Dogs

I don't understand why everybody has to decide between cats and dogs.  It's actually quite sad.  I own a cat. I grew up with both cats and dogs. There have been multiple times when people find out that I have a cat and said "eww, I hate cats"  I cannot see any reason for anyone to hate a cat. (Unless of course they once were mauled by a cougar. That individual has the right to all the excuses in the world to hate cats.)  I can understand not wanting a cat, or maybe disliking them.  But hate?  That's harsh.  Same goes for dogs.  You can't just condemn an entire species because of one or two bad experiences.  If every woman were to form their opinions about men off of one experience, the world as we know it would come to an end. I guess what I am trying to say, is that you can't condemn the species because of an individual, no matter how bad the experience was.