SINGLE DIGITS!!

I am officially on the SINGLE DIGIT COUNTDOWN!!!!
9 DAYS!!!!

I missed it 3 times!!!

Yesterday was Christmas as of 7 min ago!!! Now something special happens on Christmas for all missioniares....they get to call home!!! Well it just so happens that my nearest & dearest friend from Snow College is serving a mission in West Virginia, she has been out for 13 months & is a major inspiration in my life, truly!! Well because of my decision to serve a mission it means that we will not see each other for 2 years & 8 months which truly breaks my heart!!! This girl is like my other half! As cheesy as this is I call her peanut butter & she calls me strawberry jam! Because we go together like peanut butter & strawberry jam on white bread!! Here she is!!!



Bobbi, Dave, Dallin, Me, Jessica



She is the kinda girl that will curl her hair, put on a fancy dress & heels to go eat dinner at THE PIE!!!! & not care one bit!!

Graduation Day!! Worst day ever....the day we parted!!!

Bobbi, Dallin & I were what we liked to call the 3 AMIGOS, well this one time Bobbi stole Dallin's car keys & it started a huge escapade of pranks.....here we are removing Dallin's tire at 2 am!! Mind you Bobbi remained the middle mad through the entire escapade & I was the only one that didn't know! However she is impossible to be angry with so I quickly forgave her!! Plus her & I totally dominated the prank war!!!

She LOVES small towns as much as I do!!

Sorry to get off on that random tangent, but now you understand this girl a little bit & why I love her with all my heart!! Well because we will not be seeing each other in so long she had this brilliant idea to call me on Christmas after she talked to her family!! Well I kept my phone next to me all morning awaiting this phone call because the last time she called me a year ago from the airport i missed her call by 8 min & still to this day I get angry with myself when I think about it!! Well the morning passes on & my family always goes snowboarding on Christmas day so I got ready for that & we left. Well I have no service where we go so when I get home & turn my phone on I have 3 voicemails!! I seriously almost cried!!! ALL of them were from Sister Clement!!! I found out that I received the message at 12:35 pm, I arrived up the mountain at 12:30 pm....meaning if we would have waited 10 more min at my house I would have been able to talk to my Dearest Sister Clement!!! She called 2 other times & left one random message that I don't think she knew she left & then another one an hour or so later!!!

Although she is going to give me her phone number as soon as she is transfered so when I fly to Washington at the end of January & I get a phone call at the airport you better believe I will be calling her!!!
So now I have hanging over my head that she has called me a total of 4 times & not once have I answered!! Can we call me the worst friend in the world?? I think so!!!

Oh how I miss my dearest BOBBI!! I can't wait to see her again!! I LOVE her with all my HEART & SOUL!!!

Dear Sister Clement,

Please oh please forgive me for not answering when you called me on Christmas, for I was up a mtn with no service, almost dying!! I wish with all my heart we could have talked today & you could have given me all the great tips on being an amazing missionary!!! Please don't treat me the way I have treated you when you have called! Answer your phone pretty please!!

Love,

Caitlin

Farewell talk

You could consider my farewell talk WRITTEN!!! Yes you are reading this correct it is written & ready to be given!! Consider #1 stress gone, so face can you let up a little now! This is extremely surprising considering I usually write the talk the morning before church! but with 9 am church & a ton of other things to do I buckled right on down & just did it!!! YAY!!!

Dear Stress in my life,

I would greatly appreciate it if you would let up a little bit! My poor face seems to have taken the brunt of it. Please don't continue to do this to me, as much as I love Dr. Hansen I don't want to pay him a visit before the mission.
Love,
Poor broken out Caitlin

Last day in the NICU....

Today was my last day in the Newborn ICU, where I have worked for the past 20 months & where I have met some of the greatest people EVER!!! In celebration of my leaving the WONDERFUL Kari & Donna put together an AMAZING "Waffle Wednesday" in my honor!!

I walked into the break room to find TONS of delicious breakfast food! (my favorite meal) The break room has never looked so good!! Table clothes & centerpieces!! They truly went above & beyond!!! I love them so very dearly!!! So many people came in to wish me well & of course eat some delicious food!! I really wish I would have taken more pictures!!! bah...

I love this girl!! She is a total crack up!! oh my! Everything she says I laugh at!! I wish she would have come to the unit a year ago so I could have gotten to know her better!!! Along with many of the other new nurses!! I wish I could have gotten to know many others better!!

Me, Amber & Donna! I love Amber to death! One of the housekeepers asked our clerk if her & I were sisters....YES!! I would claim Amber as my sister any day!! She is the greatest EVER!! I just love her & will miss her oh so very much....except she told me that she is going to write me everyday so that way I will never miss her!!!

Now Kari!! I love her with all of my heart!! She has been like my mom away from my mom!!! She has always been there for me & is the greatest support EVER!!! I always loved coming in to see her name on the long sheet because it always comforted me to know she was there if I needed her!! I love her to pieces!!!

They gave me a Willow Tree angel, the Angel of Remembrance, I will always remember my time in the NICU! Thank you all so very much!!

I really wish I had a picture with many of my other friends in the NICU! I just love them all & will miss all of them so very much!!! Along with the 25 cent refill of diet coke, snuggling with the babies, being made fun of for not liking to read, making fun of strange baby names, having wonderful nurses always willing to listen to my strange stories & laugh as stupid as they always are, many hours of conscious sedation....NOT & oh so many other things!!!

Even though I don't think I will ever be a NICU nurse the NICU will always be near & dear to my heart! So thank you staff of the NICU at IMC for all you love, support, knowledge & laughter that we have shared!!!

Addictions

Ok confession time....I have 2 horrible addictions. Both of which I was going to try & kick before I entered the MTC....um probably not going to happen!!! So addiction #1 is coloring my hair!!

I LOVE it!!! I love that the color looks so much richer, I love the scent & I love the way it feels! So this last week I realized that my roots have not looked so bad & that they sorta match my color...so I took a moment & thought about maybe taking the mission as an opportunity to grow out my natrual hair color. Then saturday rolled around.....I walk into the bathroom, looked in the mirror & saw a shiny white hair. Yes WHITE hair. I am only 21 years old!!! How in the world is this happening to me???? As I look through my hair I proceed to find 3 more!!! Are you kidding me?? I immediately got into my car, drove to sally's & bought new hair dye! I guess that conquering that addiction has now failed!!! I CANNOT be a white haired sister missionary!!! Now for addiction #2.....I LOVE diet coke oh so very much!!!!

I have also considered giving up on this guilty pleasure in life. I actually may still be able to do it! Bah it is just oh so very difficult!!! I LOVE it with all my heart & soul! Time will tell. They do not offer it in the MTC which may or may not be the end of my life! I do have great friends & family who are willing to help me with my addiction & sent me DC packages! But a year & a half without might be a good thing. As I said before, we shall see.....

LDS Hospital & Gamma Christmas Party

Yesterday I experienced a couple lasts that were rather difficult.....My last shift at LDS hospital. I was rather excited about it being my last, I feel as though I don't know the staff all that well so it wasn't hard to leave, until the CNA that I always work with showed up to replace me that day! She is so so nice & has been so fun to work with! She gave me a hug & told me how I will be an amazing missionary & how a mission is going to change my life & be the best part of my life so far!! I held back tears until I walked out of the hospital & I lost it!!! I cried until I went to pick up my friend to shop for some fantastic Christmas attire!! Thank you staff at LDS Labor & Delivery! It has been such a great experience to work there!!!

Here are my wonderful GAMMA GIRLS!!! I LOVE them with all of my heart & soul!!! Every Thursday night I will think of what my wonderful Gamma girls are doing & wish I was there! They are the sweetest bunch of girls ever!! This is where I have met some of my very best friends & this is what has made me love living in the city!! Each one has touched my heart in numerous ways!

Dear Gamma Girls,

You will always be near & dear to my heart! I will think of you always & the fun time that we shared together!!! I will miss you more than you will ever know! Thank you for all being you & being such great friends!!! I love you all so much!!

Love,

Sister Caitlin Miller

26 more days!!!

Final Countdown

I guess you could say I am on the FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!
30 DAYS!!!!!!

Happy Drugs!

I am just sitting here in the delightful living room of the Kenwood Residence thinking about my day. Kinda feeling a little weird, more tired. I went in for a scope this morning & got what I like to call happy drugs....or as the nurse called in the Michael Jackson drug. Well Michael I don't really like you but apparently we both have a similar love in life! It was the best sleep I have ever had!! My memory still feels rather foggy of what really happened this morning, but I remember being very happy! Plus I am just generally happy that there really is nothing wrong with me!!! (beside being delusional half the time in my life!) Received a delightful FREE caramel apple from the wonderful Candies on Main!!!! Then for lunch I went to my favorite mexican restaurant ever Los Amigos with my wonderful mom & headed back to the 801. Came in the door & as far as I got was the couch, called my mom to tell her I didn't die on the way home & had her tell me what to write for my 2 weeks notice e-mail, then hit sent! Yep thats right 2 weeks from today I will no longer be employed. I will be like most of the population & will probably begin begging for food on the street! So if you see me put a quarter in my cup & maybe give me a little smile, possibly a wink! hahaha! JK!
I really just can't believe how fast time is flying these days!! Here is the finally countdown
*2 more weeks of work approx 7 more shifts!
*15-17 more nights to sleep at the Kenwood Residence!
*25 days until my non farewell!
*5 weeks until I enter the MTC!!!

Things left to do....
*shop
*pack
*read the rest of the BOM
*get all of my playing out
*attend the Oquirrah Mtn, Timpanogos & Manti Temple
*write another talk

I hope that is everything, probably not but its the just!
This is really happening! I can't even wait! I am stoked to go play in Washington/Oregon maybe become a little more green friendly/granola like (actually that would kill my father) so maybe not! haha! Last night however I decided a goal I have while on my mission! Here it is....Change the mindset that elders have about sister missionaries. I hate it, it is a horrible stereotype & mark my words Sister Caitlin Fran Miller will change their minds!!!
Now that this post is totally & completely odd I shall end it. You can all probably tell I was given some sort of drug today!! bah hahaha!!

until 2011

Alright so I report to the MTC in approx 47 days! That is not far off at all....but at the same time it is. This last week I have began to see all these changes coming forward, while exciting, at the same time hard to believe!!! I went to the premiere of NEW MOON last night & as I was watching the previews I realized I will not see any of these movies until 2011!!! Every Thursday the Kenwood Residence is all about watching the latest GREY'S ANATOMY episode & after last nights episode I realized it was my last one until 2011!!!! I am moving in 31 days!!! I have already started packing some things up to help with the efforts so I don't have as much to do when Dec. 21st comes around!! Then everything will remained packed up until 2011!!! I feel like time is flying by & not showing any sign of stopping or as Dierks Bentley put it... settling for a slowdown! I will miss country music so much. I have always been so up to date on it & now I won't know which artist is coming out with great new songs until 2011!!! The mission has been so surreal! I feel like it isn't really happening & now it is! I am realizing many little things I will not do until 2011!!! All of these are definitely just the dumb little thing I will be missing & not the big things I know I will miss more than anything else!! I just try not to think about those!!! But this is what the Lord needs me to do & has asked me to do. So I will give up these little things until 2011 because I know the Lord knows what's best for my life right now & right now my life is to be spent in Washington/Oregon. In a recent letter from my mission president it said there are people here that we know only YOU can reach. So I will give up these little things until 2011 so that I can be an instrument in the Lord's hands & find those people who have been searching & desiring the gospel in their lives!! Even though this is the hardest decision I have EVER made & I cry multiple times a day thinking of how hard it has been & how hard it is going to be. But at the same time I will make it!! The Lord doesn't give us anything we can't handle so I know I can make the neccessary sacrifices!! If he trusts me enough to go find my brothers & sisters in Washington/Oregon & bring/teach them the truth, then I trust him that I can do this!!!

The BIG 21

I guess this means I am now considered an adult! What a frightful thought!! But it was a good day all in all! I started the morning by dismissing my alarm thinking it was text messages I was ignoring & I woke up at 6:36 & raced to work! WHY?? Not really sure considering I only have 14 more shifts so why worry about being tardy? Sleeping in is just a horrible feeling! So I worked until approx 3 pm & then I headed home, hung out, then got ready for the evening! Which was going to be spent at the 1 & only TEXAS ROADHOUSE!!!!!! Greatest night of my life!!! I could not even wait to sit on that saddle!!!!

My dearest friends Leah, Jess & Me!

My other dear friend found these rockin' cow balloons which they have not sold since 1992 which was the greatest gift EVER!!! I have such great friend!!!

I LOVE TEXAS ROADHOUSE with all of my HEART, especially the saddle they let me sit on!!!!

It's My Birthday!

Happy Birthday Caitlin! You are a great sister and aunt, we love you!
Ricky, Chelsey & Sophie

I woke up this morning....

.....& saw how much laundry I desperately need to do, so I began to sort it. While sorting it I realized today is the last day to wear my cute underwear!!! For tomorrow I will be going to through the temple to receive what some people call, "magic underwear or Jesus jamies." What is a girl to do with the large amounts of cute underwear now that she can't wear it??? I am at a loss, but I need to do something because come tues my underwear drawer is going to have some new occupants!! (sorry if this grosses some of you out) Anyway the moral of this story is that my whole life I sang a song that went a little something like this, "I love to see the temple, I am going there someday." Considering the fact that I lived in Manti & saw the temple on a daily occurence, I have always dreamed of entering that beautiful, white, sacred castle!! & today I can sing the song with a few different lyrics, "I love to see the temple, I am going there TOMORROW!!!!!" I am so so excited!!! This is something I have waited my whole life for & now I just can't believe I am already here!!!

Grey's Anatomy

Yes I am blogging about Grey's Anatomy!!! I love it!!! One of the reasons why I love it so so much is that they manage to come up with the absolute best songs to add that extra emotional connection!! If any of you fellow Grey's lovers recall the scene where Alex is talking to Izzy on the phone & he has to hang up on her to go save that women's life....aah! The song is called 'Out of the Dark' by Matt Hire. Listen to it! Love it!! Embrace it!!! Watch Grey's!!!!!

Car SOLD!!!

Ok I am still in complete shock about this!!! So in preparation for my mission I thought it would be appropriate to put my car up for sale, thinking it will probably take a month or so to sell it. I have been thinking about it for a couple weeks & for some reason I just started getting it ready to be listed today. Went to the car wash, cleaned it all out & took some pictures. Came in the house, put it on KSL & put a couple FOR SALE signs in my windows!! Well before I left to a baby shower this evening I checked my e-mail & found someone who was very intersted!! Very excited about it, I gave them a call & they wanted to see it tonight. I made some arrangements & went to meet them & they want it as soon as possible!!! WHAT!?!?! They actually wanted it tonight, but I could really swing that, plus I don't have the title! A total of 4 hours on KSL & my car is sold for the exact price I listed it at!! I seriously can't believe it!! It's so crazy how all these things keep working out, I must really be supposed to serve a misison! I keep getting told I will be extremely blessed for serving the Lord, but I haven't even began my mission & I have already been blessed so much!!! My car is SOLD, which really helps out the mission fund!!!!! Only 75 more days!!!!

How did I forget to blog about the OH SO AMAZING BRAD PAISLEY!?!?!?

9*19*09 Was the day that I saw Brad Paisley and fell even more in LOVE with that man!!! The evening started by getting dressed up as cowgirls & me singing 'I got my boots on' to Jessica. We then jumped in the car & headed to the oh so wonderful Usana Ampatheatre. On the way out we decided we better get something to eat, so we went to 5 guys burgers and fries! While there I experienced one of my most embarassing moments of my life! So we all know I lOVE Brad Paisley & could not even wait to go to his show! I am standing in the line at 5 guys, I finish my order & turn around to see this couple DECKED out in cowboy attire: wranglers, belt buckle, hat, button up shirt & boots, the whole 9 yards!! So very enthusiastically I ask, "Are you guys going to Brad Paisley?!?!?!" They both kind of laugh & said no!! Oh my did I feel like a fool? YES!!! Then they ended up sitting on a table next to us! Seriously!! I was humilaited!! Well we leave & finally arrive at our destination, park and go stand in line! There were so many people there, well randomly I turn around to see guess who?? The freaking couple from 5 guys!!!! Seriously they made me feel like a fool in front of a lot of people! So my dear friend Leah waves to them and the lady comes over to explain herself, apparently they were surprising their son with tickets & they hadn't told him yet, hence that is why they LIED!!!! oh well I was about to see Brad Paisley himself!!! We just had lawn seats, they were alright, but next time I will be sitting as close as possible!!!!


He whispered in my ear,
"hold my hand & rest your head on my shoulder."
So I did!!


I think that JIMMY WAYNE is ADORABLE!! LOVE HIM!!

We got our boots' on

I stongely feel like Dierks Bently should perform more acoustic songs!!
He is AMAZING acoustic!!

Waiting for the 1 & only BRAD PAISLEY to hit the stage!

Rochelle & Leah & Jessica & Me

I could stare at that face ALL day!!


Waitin' on a Woman, I LOVE this picture!!

OH MY! This is him performing 'THEN' Greatest song ever, I will dance to this at my wedding!

Alcohol anyone?

Mud on the tires

9*19*09 What an AMAZING night, it even started to rain a little bit, which of course made it even better!!! AAH!! I can't wait till summer 2011 so that I can see this man again!!!

Finally when & where!!!

Approximately 6 days after my call letter was sent it arrived in Manti, Utah, with 1 little problem.....I was in Mesa, AZ!!! Not good! My wonderful neighbor checked our mail for us that day, because I didn't feel comfortable keeping it in the mailbox all weekend! She also came up with this brilliant idea to have it faxed to the hotel we were staying at! My mom of course was all about having her fax it! The great thing about this day was that my mom was going absolutely crazy!! She couldn't handle it & it was so so fun to tease! I knew as soon as faxing it was suggested I would have Jeri (the wonderful neighbor) fax it!! But torturing my mom for a good 5 hours was so great so I kept telling her I was going to be the 1st to open in the envelope, so faxing it was not going to happen! Once we arrived at our hotel, I quickly got ready & called Jeri and told her to fax it but keep it a secret because I wanted to surprise my family! Well I didn't give it enough time because after I told her to do it, my mom was like we are leaving for the viewing!!! NO!!! I had gotten in the car & we were pulling away from the hotel, I get a text, I did it!!! So there my mission call sits at the hotel while I am across town!! & then I realize that my sister was not going to be coming back to the hotel with us that night!! NO!! I finally decided to ruin the surprise and tell my mom that it was at the hotel. After much deliberation we decided to just go meet my sister where she was staying!

This is the parking lot, right under that light, that I open my faxed copy of my mission call!! With my ENTIRE FAMILY!! Late at night as this gangsta, low rider, drives by!!!

I opened up the paper and quickly glanced & saw where I was going, then I began to read aloud:

Dear Sister Miller:

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the

Washington Kennewick Mission.

You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on

Wednesday, January 6, 2010.

At the bottom of this letter it read Sincerely, Thomas S Monson The prophet touched this paper & signed it, well not this paper exactly, but you get the idea!! I had a good friend tell me, once you open it pay close attention to what it feels like!! So after all of the excitement of me announcing it & I was walking back to the car I remembered that I was supposed to pay attention to the feeling, but no worries it was still there!! It is the feeling like yep this is right, that is exactly where I am supposed to go, burning in my heart with the feeling of peace!!! Even though it is only 11 hours from Manti & 9 from Salt Lake, it is where the Lord knows I will do the best & where he wants me to be!!! So I couldn't be more excited & I can't wait to go!!!

Now if you were like me at all, I had NO idea where Kennewick was. It is the southeastern part of Washington & my mission includes some of Oregon.

Here is where I will spend the next 18 months of my life!

& some random facts about the wonderful Kennewick!!

*Population:65,680

*It is part of the tri-cities, which include Pasco and Richland.

*The name "Kennewick" is believed to be a native word meaning "grassy place." It has also been called "winter paradise," mostly because of the mild winters in the area. In the past, Kennewick has also been known by other names. Arguably the strangest was "Tehe" which was allegedly attributed to the reaction from a native girl's laughter when asked the name of the region.

*Every year during the summer, hydroplane racing takes place at the Water Follies event on the Columbia River.

*They have been aspiring to be the slurpee capitol of the world!!!

I can't wait to serve the fine, outstanding people Washington/Oregon!!! I leave in approx 85 days!!!!

CALL LETTER SENT!!!!!!

This is a true statement!!!! While I was in Manti yesterday I thought it would be appropriate for me to stop in & see my Bishop, considering he told me they mail mission calls on Fridays........& mine has been mailed!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! I had a dream about it last night, it cost $2.53 to mail so I figured I had to be going out of the country & speaking a foreign language! Well I didn't get as far as opening it!! TOO BAD!!!! Although it is is only 4 DAYS until it should be in MANTI, then I can really open it!!!!! I haven't really felt like this is really happening until I woke up this morning & now I am all sorts of anxious!! I am dying to know where I am going & also when I am going so I can start planning for it!!! Well I shall keep you all posted!!!!

Life is too short & fragile

The Lord's timing has never been something that I have understood, but I believe he needs some great people in heaven right now! All of which will be missed greatly down on earth, although it leaves many of us grieving! I have always known that life is fragile, but sometimes it takes something like this to remind you what really matters in life! Your family, what would I do without my family?? I wouldn't be able to do anything! Your friends, the family that you choose!!! I am so greatful for these people in my life!!! We need to find "Joy in the Journey", not worry about all the little things in life & most importantly LOVE ALL! All weekend I have wondered why some people have to suffer so much, compared to them my life is so easy! I know we are not given anything that we can not handle, it truly amazes me what people can handle!!! My heart has ached for them, because I don't know how they go on with life! I am so greatful that families can be together forever!! & all those that have passed on this week and in the near future I will be able to see again!!

MY MISSION PAPERS ARE IN!!!!

Really they are!! The day has finally come!!! I got up made a fantastic breakfast for myself, talked to my Stake President and they are going in!!!!! YAY!!!! Took a nap and now am getting ready to go to BRAD PAISLEY!!!! What a day!!! September 19th....a great day to remember!!!!

Where oh where will Caitlin go????

Yes it is finally within reach!! 4 whole days until my mission papers go in!!! HOLY MOLY!!! I can't even believe it is here!! So here is the deal....there is a huge map in my living room for everyone to put up a guess of where oh where they think I will go!! You can guess as many times as you would like & the WINNER, whoever guesses the closest to where I really go, are you ready for this??? Gets to take me to dinner!!! YAY!!! GOOD LUCK to all!!!!

The night I saw Keith Urban

Was the greatest night of my life!!! Keith Urban is the greatest man ever brought into this world!!! It started out getting all our cowgirl gear on!!

Heading to the ESA, where we would find the sexy man!

Found him & decided to just have a small cookout before the show!! Such a nice guy!

I then found this make your own video with Keith! Here I am getting ready to perform!!

Then the show began!!! I had goosebumps when he came out!!! I LOVE HIM!!!
Greatest show EVER!

He came to a smaller stage and performed a few songs for us!!! I wish I had a word to describe how great the night was, but I just don't!! It was AMAZING & UNFORGETABLE!!! I sang my little heart out & wish it went on all night long!


Then it ended & I wanted to cry!! Keith Urban 09*09*09!! The night I will never forget!

Frannie Foo Foo

If you didn't already know, Caity poo prefers to be called Frannie Foo Foo by all who know her. Even better sometimes is Foofie. She loves the name so much she insisted we name a large male cat after her, Francis. That is the cat that came years after she murdered our beloved family cat June by "playing" "hide and seek" and shoving her in a cooler in the summer heat. What a sweet girl our Foofie.

p.s. Thanks Cait, for making me an admin on your blog!

Look son! Its Joe Dirt!!

So this wonderful labor day weekend I somehow ended up in DENVER!!! I had 2 other trips planned for the weekend but by friday night they were all no go! & I worked way too hard to get work off to not be going anywhere as well as my dear friend Jessica did!! At approximately 9:30pm Friday night we decide we should go to DENVER, why?? we have no idea? So we booked a hotel, went and hung out with some friends, got up early the next morning & began our adventure to DENVER! Not having any idea what we were going to do when we got there, flying by the seat of our pants I guess you could say! We drove up into Wyoming which has nothing but Little America hotels that serve $.50 ice cream cones....so we stopped! While driving in Wyoming we came across a delightful highway patrol with absolutely no sympathy on us! Nailed us with a $120 speeding ticket and told us we could go to court and fight it! Yes lets just drive to Rawlins again!!! As we continued on our scenic drive of Wyoming sage brush we finally made it to DENVER!!! As Jess checked us in I made sure to grab one of every brochure they had, we went up to our room to plan our weekend! That night we decided to go to the heart of DENVER.....WOW is the only words that explains DOWNTOWN DENVER! There were so so many homeless people, but also many many firefighters!! sexiest men alive!!! They have been doing fill the boot for muscular dystrophy! So we followed down the 16th street mall just to look at them! Then we started getting scared by all the strange strange people we decided to leave! We get back to our car & back it out of the smallest car stall you have ever seen in your life and find a $70 parking ticket!!! Which we will not pay! They gave us the ticket 6 min after we paid for the parking!! Great day ending it with a total of $190 in traffic citations! We are truly outstanding citizens!

Sunday someone was feeling bad for us and we ended up finding $15 tickets to Elitch Gardens aka the old 6 Flags! Steal of a deal! Beautiful day to be in an amusement park with the strange strange people of DENVER!!! Played in the hat store, fought the children for a picture with Bob the Builder, spun in the tea cups, & saw some people rocking bump its!

Monday we woke up at wanted to tour this candy factory but got there a realized they were closed for Labor Day! So we went shopping! I wasn't in the best shopping mood, but it was still very fun! Then we decided to take the scenic route home that my father said would be faster well 10 hours later we pull into Salt Lake City!!! This route was definitely more scenic than Wyoming, however we did make plenty of stops, like in Edwards where we made friends with some more firefighters!! Then in Eagle where we stopped for lunch and received the worst service from our pregnant waitress!! Driving through many many tunnels!! All in all it was a GREAT weekend filled with many adventures!! LOVE IT!!!!

How many days???

Just so you are all aware....

*9 days till Keith Urban!

**18 days till mission papers go in!

***19 days till Brad Paisley!

****24 days till Grey's Anatomy!

Someone please explain how September could get any better? Is till a word??? meh oh well!

I told myself I wasn't going to count......

But only 20 more days!!!!! Until the mission papers FINALLY go in!!! my oh my!! It has been a LONG 4 months!! Long & Hard! You hear how hard satan works on you while you are getting ready, but until you experience it, reach your lowest low & plan to give up. You don't really understand. We all have our own trials & weaknesses & satan knows them & he hits them all very hard!! Going on a mission has probably been the hardest decision I have ever made, however I know it won't be one I will ever ever regret!!! I am going to be a little missionary here & share a scripture its one I have read probably 33 times in the last 2 weeks!!! A friend on a mission shared this with me, it's one I have always known & loved but it definitely has taken different meaning in my life now!! Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not, for I am with thee be not dismayed for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea I will help the, yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." Now jump down to 13 "For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee." He is always there to hold our hand, I know this because he has been holding mine very tightly lately!!
oh I will be getting a map & putting everyone's guesses of where they think I will be going. Who ever guesess the closest gets to take me to dinner!! YAY!!!!

I have ANOTHER date.....with a sexy Australian!!!!!

I know I know how can 1 girl have SO many dates with these BEAUTIFUL men??? I really don't know how I have become so lucky!!! Today I bought tickets for the 1 & only KEITH URBAN. Sept 9th is the big day!!!! I can't even wait!!!!

And.......

Summer is now coming to an end, which means my favorite seasons are on their way in!!! I LOVE fall and winter!!!! School has started, although I am not in school (feels so so wierd), but along with school means a new season of television! However I am not a huge fan of tv I have an addiction and that is........ GREY'S ANATOMY!! Season premiere tomorrow night!!!!! Are Izzy and George coming back?? I just don't know! The season finale had me on edge and I have been dying to see what happens this season!!! Oh how I love GREY'S!!! and FALL AND WINTER!!!!

I have a date....with BRAD PAISLEY!!!!

Yes, the rumor is true!!! I have a date with Brad Paisley!!!! Sept 19th @ 7:30 pm we will begin our evening together!!! I can hardle believe it!!!

He also asked me to bring some friends along so they can meet up with his! So we have Leah & Jimmy Wayne, Jessica & Dierks Bentley!! It is going to be the best night of my life!

We can hardly wait!!!!!!

HELP!!!!

SERIOUSLY?!?! SERIOUSLY!?!?! I feel like it takes a rocket science to figure this blogging thing out!! Why is my picture the size of TEXAS???? The next thing I know I am following all these blogs.....I have no idea what this even means!!! I am totally stuck. SERIOUSLY!!!!

I have NO idea what I have just done!!!

Hey hey!!! Well I have decided to join the blogging world, don't really know why?? Possibly because I frequently find myself stalking blogs!! Maybe more than I should......what can I say I LOVE THEM!! It's like people watching without them knowing and you feeling all awkward for watching them!!! I apologize if I sound all sorts a creepy saying that. Well basically I have no idea how to do this, wing it I guess??? Work in 6 hours!!! I just love it when your mind is just so so busy when your laying in bed that you just can't manage to fall asleep even though your body is completely exhausted!!! And then it says,"hey why don't you create a blog??" even though its not the time to be making decisions like this (not that it is that big of a decision.) Anyway time to play with this and work on going to sleep!!!