Summer's Heating Up!

Since my last post, I have decided to have a better attitude towards my situation and make the best of what I'm dealt with. So with all of the extra time I have had doing nothing, I have made an effort to clean my house, exercise more and get back into the shape I want to be, think about wanting to learn how to cook (I am starting today, by picking recipes I like and going to the store to get groceries for the week), catch up on some reading, and finding a job.

I start each day with a personalized to do list...and try my best to stay busy all day! Its been working, and instead of moping, I've been getting a lot done.

Since I have not posted any pictures from the end of my internship till now, I will do so with subtitles of what I have been up to lately!

Warning: Lots of pictures ahead!

The Aria - The beautiful hotel room we stayed in after 5 Weeks of not seeing each other!

It was gorgeous and we definitely had so much fun!

We got all dressed up for a night out on the town.

Then we ate at one of my favorite places - Serendipity 3

Their frozen hot chocolate is to die for!

We finished up the weekend with a family reunion in St. George
We hiked to see the Grand Canyon -Gorgeous and oh so windy!

We had some family photos done - The 3 girls!

The whole fam damily! (aunts & cousins visiting from Brasil)

Mike and I

Snow Canyon Hike

That orange blob on me is my baby niece I carried all the way in.

Olivia's Baby Blessing

Brasil World Cup Game

The fans!

Big Screen

The girls in LA - day before we left - Dockweiler BeachLast Day at Kelly Wearstler - Kwang Wei & Leana (architect & designer)

Kelly & I - She made sure we took this picture full body so you could see our shoes...so funny!
She also gave me a signed book and thanked me for my work there. I had a great experience.

Fourth of July weekend with the Watts'!

Sitting around the fire roasting 'mallows

Waiting for the Cache Valley Cruise-In to start!

I named this one the Barbie Mobile

Bear Lake Fun

So here comes a story. On sunday at church our ward announced that at the end of the month they would be holding a mini biathlon for fun. The biathlon included a 2 mile run followed by a 6 mile bike ride. I told Mike about it and said I might want to do it. He laughed and said, "you could never finish that." I told him I could do it today without even training, and he bet me $100 bucks that I could not even finish the run. Well with a lot of egging on from Watts family members and my desire to spite him, it was on! The rules were 2 mile run followed by a 6 mile bike in under an hour!
Leslie set out the track. It would be a one mile in on the River walk and one mile out, then she tracked a 6 mile bike round through neighborhoods and windy roads to keep us out of busy streets. Amy & Charlie decided to help me along and ride with me for support. I had lots of cheerleaders! Mike couldn't believe I was actually going to do it without any training at all and after 2 months of eating Junk food in LA and not doing an ounce of exercise.
Monday morning I woke up bright and early and we all headed down to see what would happen.

Amy & I stretching before our 2 mile run! (No I am not an amputee, streching...)

Finishing 2 miles after about 25 minutes. (I was kind of regretting it all at this point, legs were Jello and I could barely keep up with miss marathon runner Amy)

6 Miles on a bike. I have never in my life ridden a rode bike, and definitely not for that long.

The conclusion of our race - 45 minutes!

The award ceremony - mike presenting me with my $100 dollar check!
(All done at McDonald's of course, breakfast of champions!)
I'm sure he was eating his words right about then, but I bet he'll never challenge me again, My competitiveness overcomes all pain!

Mike and his new barbecuing technique. Skewer in Fire pit. It was actually pretty good.

Going out of my mind!

So I guess I was too excited to come home from LA, I forgot what I was coming back to. Now before people start getting all sorts of offended, Logan is a great place, but coming from LA with so many things to do and so many opportunities, it's definitely a change of pace. I came back expecting to have an amazing summer filled with romance, sunshine, and excitement, and all though I have had some of those things, I am just flat our bored all of the time!

I've been trying to find a job, which is a bummer. I have no friends in Logan who are available to just hang out and keep me entertained, and have I mentioned .... I'm just flat our bored.

Ugghhhh.....its pretty frustrating. I can't blame Mike, he's just too busy trying to keep us afloat to hang out with me, and I have been exercising and dieting for something to do (to gain the extra lbs I gained in LA), that I might be going out of my mind.

Not only that but the fact that since I have moved back I feel like I really need to go see a shrink, I don't know if that's crazy or if its normal for one to feel like they're losing all sanity at one point in life, but I definitely have lost mind. I can't clean my house any more than I have, the plants can't be watered anymore before they drown, and Bella cannot be brushed, bathed, tooth-brushed ear cleaned, every day (really she hates it). I also have had some pretty crazy realistic dreams that wake me up in sweats and rage. I hate it!

So really, If this post makes any sense at all....HELP!!! I need suggestions on how to stay busy, things I can do on my own considering the situation, and how to bring back the romance, sunshine, and excitement that I am so longing for this summer.

Please?

Week in review

So this week has been pretty fun considering we only had to work 3 days & 3 hours.On Monday for Memorial day we went to The Dodgers game. Not my favorite activity of choice, but it wasn't terrible. What made the whole experience was having a churro and a coke (shhh, don't tell mike) ha. Friday was so slow that we were sent home. So we spent the day shopping, which I love, and I found some awesome deals! My receipt said I saved $160. Wow! I got some shoes (don't tell mike), and a cute blazer. I also got mike a little present.

Then we headed home to pick up Kait for dinner. Cheesecake Factory it was. We got there an as we waited I saw someone who looked familiar. After a few minutes of deliberation (and stepping back to see his face on a huge billboard) we decided it was Jonah Hill. We asked for a picture, and being the jerk that he is, he said, "you can go see my movie instead!" WRONG!!! Not going to ever see another movie with him in it. Lame! That aside, we had a nice night.

Then on Saturday Kylee was not up for the beach, and Kait and I really wanted to go, so we did. It was a really great time. We got to Venice Beach, found FREE street parking, which is a small miracle. The weather was nice, not to hot not to cold. We laid out for a little bit then decided to rent some bikes and ride around the boardwalk in search of Frank Gehry's famous Norton House located right on Venice Beach.

I really wanted to see this house because I did a school project on it. We had to build a famous building in 3D virtual Lego pieces. I picked this house because it already looked like it was made of lego's with its cool shapes and colors. I felt complete seeing it in person! It was SUPER cool. After a great deal of people watching and soaking in the sun, we headed home to get ready for dinner and a movie. We had the best Crepes ever and then saw Killers. Needless to say, it was lame. But it's expected from a Kutcher/Heigl flick. Not a big deal, it was ok.

Today has been nice. We went to the park and enjoyed a good nap & some Hand and Foot card game. I won! It was fun and so nice to get out of the house.

Anyway...have a good week and pray that the next couple of them go by quickly! I'm really starting to miss home! Only 10 more days till I see my family in Vegas, and only 19 more days till I'm home for good! HOORAY!

check out how gorgeous these are!

Mike sent me flowers, is he sweet?!

Love & Miss you! Kisses!

My life in Los Angeles

So I'm going to try to keep this brief considering I am exhausted for some reason. Our first week of work was a little slow and kind of boring. Kelly Wearstler was out of town with 2 other head designers, so we were basically bobbing around and asking anyone in the office if they needed help with anything. But this week she's back and it was quite busy. We have learned a lot. We have gotten to go to cool antique stores and see furniture I don't think I'll ever be able to afford, learn about the business side of design like purchase orders, invoices, schedules, etc., and we have learned a lot about the design process and working with clients.

So far we have had lots of fun too. Our place is little, but cozy. Other than the one cockroach experience we had, it has not been so bad. Its a guest house behind this lady's house and this past week they have been filming a movie at the house. Its been crazy. So many trailers and equipment, lights, cameras, and action! It was kind of fun to watch and see, but a little hectic considering we couldn't even park in our driveway or anywhere near our house as a matter of fact. Our landlord is really nice, her name is Stacy and she's an artist/make up artist.

We have done a variety of things for fun. We have gone to the beach, hiked up to the hollywood sign, done some shopping (SOME...for Mike's sake), went to a single's ward dance (yeah, we go to a single's ward for Kylee's sake), and we are just loving soaking up the sun. Oh, and don't let me forget we went to GLEE LIVE!!!!! It was amazing!!! Best money I've ever paid! They were so much better live and I didn't think it was possible.

Here are some pictures of our adventures so far!

First Day of work attire!

Walk of the Stars

Single's ward dance at an industrial site!

Glee Live!!! I (heart) Puck & Finn!

They were so amazing!

We got to see the GAGA performance a week early!

Hike up to the Hollywood Sign

Cool Organ Pipe chair. If you listen quietly when the wind blows, it plays a little tune.

Kelly Wearstler Office. The great thing is that she sits out with us and not in her office!

Cool antique store we got to go to and shop around for Kelly. JF Chen

The Village Idiot - Good Food!

Beach Time!

Hard Rock after Glee!

Its Sugar store. Really cool candy store with a variety of fun things!

FRUSTRATED!

That's all.

New Hair and Family Weekend

So Mike has been trying to convince me to chop all my hair off for the summer. Which is strange, considering last summer all he wanted me to do was grow my hair out, anyway, I did it! I was brave enough to go in and just do something different. There weren't even any tears. I like it, but there will take some getting used to.



Also, this weekend my parents came to Logan to visit. We had such a fun time just hanging out and being together. It was nice to have them here, I hadn't seen them in a while. We went on a hike, then to Lava Hot Springs.



Lastly, school is almost out and I am getting more and more excited to see my newest baby niece, Olivia Grace Loveland, and then move to LA. But with the conclusion of school comes finals, projects, and so much more stress. So till then, I'll be running around like a crazy person trying to get everything done, turned in, packed, then I'm off.





Standby for pictures of my upcoming adventures.

Love ya!