Happy Birthday to ME!!

So a couple weeks ago I turned the big 21 lol. It was such a great, relaxing day!! I went into work for a few hours in the morning but after that I spent the whole day with my sisters! They are soooo cute! They turned our family room into a spa!! The had everything! Manis, Pedis, face masks! Sooo fun! They know me good! I just love getting my nails done! lol. They got me some movies for my birthday and so during the mani's and pedi's we watched The House Bunny!

Such a funny movie! I love it! We spent most of the day just pampering ourselves, eating pizza, taking pictures (I don't have any right now but will put some up as soon as I do,) laughing, just having a good time! Later that night we ended the day by going to Denny's. It was just a fun way to end the night! We were laughing the whole time! Of course took more picutres and made a little video lol. (again will be posted once I have them.) Thank you girls for a wonderful birthday! I wouldn't have wanted to spend it with anyone but you guys! I LOVE you all!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Jason!!

Last Thursday was my Uncle Jason's birthday! Happy Birthday! We all got together at my grandmas restaurant for a surprise dinner. It was so much fun! I hadn't seen a lot of my family since Thanksgiving so it was good to see and play with them all! Have fun in Cali guys! Drive safe! See you on New Year's Eve!! Merry Christmas to you and all the family in Peru! Love you all! :D

Happy Late Thanksgiving!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving!!! Mine was great! Somewhat stressful with having so many places that I needed to be but overall it was a good year!!

Just an update on my cute nephew... They put a shunt in his head and has been on some meds for a bladder infection but is doing soo good!! They were going to be able to take him home today but they have to wait until monday for a doctor to come and do one last check up on him. I am so excited for them to FINALLY be able to take that sweet little boy home!! Here are some newer pics of him!! He is sooo cute and sweet!!

He is soo cute!!!

He has to keep the NJ tube to help with feedings for a while.

He is sooo sweet!!!

Look at that SMILE!!! I LOVE IT!!!

It is so exciting that he will be home for Christmas!! I can't believe that he is over 2 months old! The time sure has flown by!!

Currently I am up in Park City with some friends and family!! It has been so fun! We are staying in the NICEST condo and we went SHOOTING today! It was so fun! I loved it and can't wait to go again!! It has been a great ending to the Thanksgiving break! I will put up pics as soon as I have them on the computer! I hope you all are having as much fun as I am.

Happy Birthday TWINS (on thursday!) I love you Tyler and Dallen!! :D

October Fun!!

October has been a very fun filled month for me! From vacations to birthdays and more. Nothing to exciting to start mostly just working. UEA started for my siblings on Oct. 16th which happens to be my little sisters birthday. We sang Happy Birthday to Vanessa at midnight and than home I went to pack and color my sister Kathy's hair. We had bought this box of color and her hair turned a deep RED! It was not like it showed on the box at all! Luckily I had a box of brown that we put on the next day. After we had finished her hair and I had packed it was 3 AM! The next day I went on vacation for the weekend! It was tons of fun!! I drove home Monday and made it just in time for my nephews birthday party. I had tons of fun playing games with my nephew at Chuck E. Cheese... than it was time to open presents. After he had unwrapped all the gifts I began to help him open a few for him to play... well in the process of opening gifts I stabbed my hand with a knife. I headed to the ER where I spent 3 hours and got 4 stitches. Luckily I missed all the good stuff in my hand so there was no major damage. Yay me! :D Last Friday was my cousin Urs' birthday party. Happy Birthday URS! So... Amanda and I took her to The Dreaded Grove where we went to a fortune teller, rode on the swamp ride, and went through the Haunted Forest and saw Will's band play. It was sooo much fun! Perfect for Halloween! After we than went to her house and sang Happy Birthday with the fam. Great Night!! The following week started out good but ended up be not so exciting... Filled with a lot of stress and not so happy moments. On Monday I was able to take my dog Buddy home!! It was so fun! He is a cute, old, grumpy dog. He has been with my family for about 10 years now! My mom and step dad want to get some pitt bulls and so I took Buddy so he wouldn't have to be an outside dog anymore! His body is to old for the cold! lol. Following that the not so fun part of my week started. First my debit card was stolen and used by some guy and the following day my sister was in a car accident that totaled her truck. Luckily everyone was fine! She is a little soar but that's about it! Thankfully!!! We all used the weekend to relax!! Today I was able to get my stitches out! My hand hurts somewhat and I have to keep it wrapped for the next couple of weeks to keep it from reopening... and it is currently hurting at the moment so I am going to call it a day... Her are some pictures of my cousins birthday, I will get others posted soon!! Enjoy!!!

The Strength of a Baby

Last month a child was born. He was given the name Timothy James "TJ" Ranagan. He was born 3 lbs. 13 oz. and 16 inches long. I can't believe all that he has been through in the past month. He has been proded and poked, tested over and over, been through so much pain, and through it all he has been such a fighter! He has more strength than anyone I have ever met! He was born 10 weeks early. He has been diagnosed with a handful of different things and being tested for each of them. He was born at Utah Valley Medical Center and later transfered to Primary Children's where is currently is. Through all of the craziness going on around him he has overcome so much. It's amazing to me how a baby can have so much strength! Much more strength than I ever have had! He truly is a miracle! He is doing so good right now! The swelling in his brain has gone down and the blot clot is diminishing. He has gained weight again and the color in his skin is back. He is now off the ventilator and breathing on his own with just a little bit of oxygen to help. From what I have been told he is happy and smiling! What great news! I am amazed every day I hear news about this wonderful amazing little boy who has such a strength it is unbelievable! I can't wait to watch him grow up and become such a wonderful man I know he will be! Here are some pictures of cute baby TJ!

Patience and Love

Everyone says that the best things in life are worth waiting for. When I think about that I agree but than I wonder if something does come a long how do you know if that is what you were waiting for and not just another test.... Life is full of challenges and I love that fact! Life wouldn't be as enjoyable if we just went through everything with no problems. We wouldn't learn, we wouldn't enjoy things as much, we wouldn't understand the true value of what we have in our lives. Already in life there is so much to be taken for granted. I know I take way to much for granted! I just wanted to write this and thank everyone for your patience with me. I have so much going in my life right now that I don't stop and smell the roses as much as I would like and I know that it doesn't only effect me. Today would have been the one year birthday for my sisters dog Nala. She was such a sweet loving little dog! She was so curious about everything. She accidently got into something she shouldn't have and passed away in August. Than two weeks ago my great grandmother passed away after living a long and wonderful life. I don't remember much about her but what I do makes me wish I took the time to get to know her better. Even though she lived in Peru we have many things in our lives that make communication so easy! Even though Nala was just a dog and I didn't know Mamita Cata very much they both made me realize that I need to take time to let those I love know that I do love them and how much I appreciate them. We also need to take the time appreciate the little things is life. Some of my favorite things in life: Family, Movies, Silly Faces, Friends, Blogs, Shoes (lol), Flowers, Memories, Birds, New and Old Traditions, Sunrises, Nephews, Rainbows, Sunsets, Kisses, Rain Dancing, Music, Hugs, Different Cultures, Oceans, One on One Moments, Baking, Reading, Holidays, Cloud watching, Drives, Calls to just say hello, Laying on the ground, Pictures, Mornings, Conversations, Love, Evenings, Missing someone, Rain, The Sun and Moon, New Beginnings, Dancing, Laughing, Scrapbooks, Culture, Smiles, New Babies, Pets, Children, Laughing, Stars, Silly Laughs, and Children's LOVES!!!! I have many more but here are just a few that I have been enjoying recently. Here are also a few pictures of the ones that mean the most to me!

My and my 3 Sisters!!

Last christmas for my mom's christmas present my sisters and I decide we would go out and take some pictures of her girls. We had so much fun and we can't wait to do it again this year! Maybe this year we can get an early start and have more than just one days worth of pictures :) Here are some of my favs!

My amazing sister!

Well as most of you know my sister Amanda is an amazing singer! Music is her life! She is always playing her guitar, singing songs, or writing lyrics to her new songs! Well something happened yesterday that was pretty cool. She was sitting on the porch at my moms house singing and playing on her guitar when she looked up and saw this guy watching her. Well she started talking to him and he began telling her how good she was and told her that she was exactly what they were looking for. He said she should come and sing at their open mic night! He gave her his card and said if she was interested to give him a call! I have been trying her to get her to go try out for American Idol and so maybe this will be the push she needs. I will keep you posted on when she is going to perform and would love for all of you to come out and cheer her on!! Yay Amanda! You can check her out at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=385141606&MyToken=f92b9353-4b49-4c6d-9a5b-f9dc3f03adf8