FYI

I LOVE this new background! I've never been able to figure out how to get a cute header on and I finally figured it out. And it matches which makes it even more cuter! Can you tell I'm excited?!

Tanning? No!

Saturday my new roommate, Katie, and I went swimming at our friend Wendy's house. Wendy had told us a time she'd be back home so we headed over 20 minutes early because she lives that far. Well, we get there. No one is home. So Katie lays out her beach towel under the tree on the front lawn. I had brought a half inflated plastic tube so I sprawled out on that in the driveway. Two sets of neighbors asked us if we were trying to tan or what we were doing. It was funny that they'd think we were tanning seeing that we were under a huge tree with LOTS of shade. Made the time go by quick non the less and Wendy got home 20 minutes later. We swam for 2 hours and then talked for while inside. It was a very fun afternoon.

Roommates

Coming to this month of June was hard for me. It meant big changes around here. Beks was getting married in July and Camille was moving to Utah. Both left at the end of May. My other roommate Beth and I had to decide whether to leave too or find 2 more roommates. We ended up staying and finding 2 roommates within a week. What a blessing. It reiterated to me that we were meant to stay in this house. I can't begin to tell you how much I have enjoyed and loved living here. The house is perfect, but the roommates are amazing, one of a kind! We have laughed till we cried, partied, shed tears, and had some very funny moments. I have been SO over abundantly blessed these past 2 past years. Anything I write I feel can't explain the amount of gratitude I have to my Heavenly Father for guiding me to these friends/roommates. People who come over comment about how warm and inviting our home is. It may sound cheesy, but we have had family prayer every night the past 2 years being here and I know that is why they feel that. The thought of moving out and maybe not having that at the next place really got to me. It is what has made us so close and has also helped the spirit to reside here. I will miss Camille and Bekah, but we'll keep in touch. We now have 2 new girls living with us and their great. They are so nice! We again have been very blessed. Here's a few pictures we took the last month we were all together.

The last Sunday we were all together

Special Friend

Last November I signed up to be a mentor to a foster child through the state foster care center; they call us special friends. I had to go to a few orientation meetings, get my house and car looked at, get a fingerprint card, show that my car is registered and insured before I could be placed with a foster child. Then I waited a few months before I got matched. For security I'm not going say her name, but she's 9 yrs. old and such a sweet girl. She likes earrings, music, movies, shoes, clothes, water parks, and reading. So do I!! I've only hung out with her twice so I'm still getting to know her, but I can tell we'll have lots of fun together. CPS and the other workers would like me to help her learn math and reading since she's struggling with those subjects in school. I hope that I can be one person in her life that she knows she can trust because one thing I learned during the meetings is that a child has a hard time gaining someone's trust because they've been hurt so much. I pray that she will feel my love for her and we can build a friendship together.

Tomato

So I have been growing a tomato plant since March. It finally started producing a few tomato's in April. Well, guess what... it's dying! I don't know what I did to it. I watered it everyday. I think it might be too hot now. So right now there is a mini one almost ripe and that's the last of them. Oh well. It was exciting while it lasted. At least it produced something; better than nothing!

Happy 25th to Me!!

Back on May 9th I turned the big 2.5. Crazy how time flies. I had such a fun and memorable day!

It started out with a bang at exactly 12 a.m. Here's the story... Two friends, Maya & Christina, and I had just gotten back from a movie at 11:45 p.m. May 8th and they kept asking me what I wanted to do to celebrate my birthday. So I said go for a bike ride. (Maya has 3 vintage beach cruisers that I love! I wish I had one too) So were strolling down the street and I stopped to take a breather for a minute. Meanwhile Maya pulls out a princess crown (that lights up non-the-less), a lighter, and sparklers from her bag! It was SO awesome! The best part is it ended up being exactly 12 a.m. when she lit them! It was a great start to a fabulous birthday!


I woke up that morning to the house decorated with streamers, balloons, and signs that had sweet and funny inside jokes all over the walls.


I went to Chipotle for lunch with my friend Alison. I ended up getting mine paid for by the manager/owner. Here's the deal... he just started talking to us because he could tell I couldn't decide on what to get. Alison ended up telling him it was my birthday so he said my meal was on him, but Alison had to pay for her own. For dessert we went to Cold Stone and got ice cream. They were both so yummy and I was SO full after!

For dinner my rommates and I went to Joe's BBQ. Another free meal for me! Anyone can get a free meal on their birthday there. They just have to show some proof so in my case it was my driver's license. I love homestyle BBQ!! It had been quite a while since I'd had it so it tasted extra delicious!

Heading out...

Friends came over that night to help celebrate! We had oreo cake, ice cream, played mofia (old school I know, but fun), and chatted. Anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE oreos; A friend gave me a huge box of oreos from Cosco. They're just about gone now. Haha, but I did share so that's part of the reason.

1st home teacher

2nd cousin

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! It meant a lot to me.

Catching Up

I just realized I haven't blogged in almost a month. That is on my to-do list for tomorrow. But it'll have to wait until at least early evening because I'm volunteering at the Temple and going to see the foster child that I mentor. We're going to watch a movie and eat popcorn; that's what she requested we do on our next hang out. After work today I checked out some movies for her to pick from. She wanted to watch College Road Trip, but I had to put it on hold because it wasn't in. Hopefully it'll be there by the time I need to go. I don't want to disappoint her at only the 2nd visit.
Check back Sunday for all the updates like my birthday, tomato's, roommates, and changing bedrooms.