The CRAZINESS of the last 4 Months! :-)

I can't believe it's December already! Holy cow. The last 4 months have had there ups and downs for this CRAZY girl. Let's just say LIFE happened and some days are better than others.

Here's what has been happening in my CRAZY but AMAZING life:

Still looking for a job but have decided to go towards starting my own business. I am in the process of trying to get a license to do Child Care. It only took me a few months to decide that this is what needed to happen right now. I was applying for all the nanny/child care jobs I could find (but nothing was working out even when I did get an interview). My parent's offered me the part of the house (basement and kitchen) during the week when everyone is gone to work. I JUMPED on the opportunity and am working on all the paperwork. The GOAL is to be licensed by Februray (but my mom would like everything done by Janurary). I'm waiting to hear on my business name hopefully in the next couple days.

It has been almost 7 months since I started Scentsy. I was an Escential Consultant until October when I moved up to Certified Consultant. I am seriously liking what I am doing and hoping my business gets going more in the next little while. I was hoping to get to Hawaii in June but I don't think I will be able to make it. Oh well there's always the next trip. I am trying to get my team started so if there is anybody interested in joining Scentsy or knows of anybody who would be interested let more know. I have met tons of amazing ladies since I started and I am having a blast.

I am taking a computer class on-line and hopefully will be done with it by Februray.

I'm a huge Twilight fan so I had every intention of going to see New Moon but I'm not one who would go on opening night or the first few weeks. The best time to go to a movie is early afternoon (there's never anyone in the theater), so I decided to go and see it yesterday and I LOVED IT! It was a nice change from the normal everyday rountine. I also saw Love Happens not to long ago and LOVED it as well.

I spent a day with some friends close to Halloween. We went and did a Corn Maze in the afternoon. The funny thing is we were in and out in less then 20 minutes. We also went over and walked through the Pumpkin Walk. It was a lot of fun to spend the afternoon together.

My sister-in-law just had a baby about 2 weeks ago. We are enjoying having Aruthur in the family.

Aruthur Scott Nielsen

My sister is expecting her first child and is due July 2. We are so excited to also have this addition in the family as well. I am so excited for her.

I am so excited to spend the holidays with the family in St. George and Las Vegas. We haven't had a family vacation for a long time. It should been a fun and relaxing week. We leave the day after Christmas and won't be back until the 2nd of Janruary. Now that's what I call a vacation.

I have the best family and friends anyone could ask for.

I colored my hair and then chopped it off. Isn't it cute? It's time to have it done again.

My CRAZY Summer!

I just realized I haven't posted anything since the end of May. It has been an interesting summer. For the most part I just worked but I was only getting part time hours. We were lucky if we had 10 kids each day.

Here's some of the fun things I was able to do:

• I started going to the Logan Stampede semi-pro football games with a friend but was only able to go to the last like 4 games. I really enjoyed it and kind of miss it now that the season is over. Hopefully next season I can go to more games.
  
• My friend was going to set me up with one of the football players who saw my picture and thought I was cute. I was able to meet him at an after party but nothing else happened with that (at least not yet).
  
• I went to Bear Lake for vacation in July with the family. It was a nice relaxing week.
  
• Two of my friends got married (one in June and one in July) so I had a couple weddings to attend.
  
• I was able to attend the Draper and Oquriah Mountain Temple Open Houses and Dedications.
  
• I went to the temple the beginning of August and did my Endowments.
  
• I was able to go to Scentsy Convention at the Salt Palace in SLC and had a blast. I met a lot of cool Scentsy sisters. I came home with so much free stuff it was crazy. I'm hoping it helped and I can get things going

• I was able to visit some friends in West Jordan while I was in the area for Convention.
  
• I quit my job and don't know what I'm going to do with myself now. My friend and I are trying to brain storm ideas to make money since we're both in need of a job.

This is me with my Director at Scentsy Convention.

A Week full of Fun!

This week was a lot of fun. I had Monday off for Memorial Day and spent the week with the family (icluding Grandparents, aunt and uncle and 1 year old cousin). On Saturday we went to Lunch and spent the afternoon together. Sunday we had dinner and went to the cemetery. Monday morning we went to breakfast at Village Inn and went back to the cemetery. After we stopped at Aggie Ice Cream. It was a great Memorial Day weekend.

Thursday the State came to the Day Care I work at to inspect us. Everything went well and we passed inspection. We also had CPR and First Aid training so I am now certified again. It was only a couple hours and my boss bought us pizza for dinner before the training started.

Friday I got the day off and got my oil changed in my car and cleaned. I also was able to go to a friends Bridal Shower which was a lot of fun.

I spent Saturday with a friend. She did my hair and make up and we went to a park to take pictures that turned out great. I will post some below. I was able to go to the Logan Stampede Football game which was a lot of fun and will probably go again next weekend. Thanks Shannon for letting me spend the day with you and your kids (and Nick of course).

My brother moved back home this weekend from Mississippi where he has been working for the past 2 years and 4 months. I'm excited to have him home and spend sometime with him this summer.

All in all it was an amazing week and I am excited for the week ahead.

Here are a sample of pictures from the other day:

My New Business!

I am starting a new business (Well to me it's new).

I got signed up with Scentsy today. I'm so EXCITED. I am waiting to get my supplies. Hopefully this weekend I can get everything organized. If you are interested in any products from Scentsy let me know.

Life is Great!

It has been an interesting week and a half. I have had an amazing week with friends and family. For Cinco de Mayo last week I went to my parent's for dinner. Of course we had Mexican and it was really good. When we first sat down to eat there was this amazing bright rainbow that we had to go outside and look at. It was so cool. My mom got pictures of it and so when I can get those I will post them.

I had a Scentsy party on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. I am going to become a consultant later on in the month and I'm really excited.

For Mother's Day my sister and brother-in-law came up. We had Steak and Baked Potatoes and it was so good. I haven't had steak for a long time and it was yummy.

We had Enrichment on Tuesday. We played games and had a lot of fun. I got to talk to several people later on and had a good conversation with some of my friends. Earlier in the day I helped my friends deliver her wedding annoucements. It took us 4 hours to get them all delivered but we had fun too.

It has been a fantastic week and I especially enjoyed having the day off today. It's nice to have a chance to relax once in a while. I'm looking forward to the rest of my weekend. Tomorrow I'm going down to Salt Lake to see the Joseph Smith movie (I haven't seen it yet) so I'm really excited to finally be able to see it. On Sunday our bishop is getting released. I'm excited to see who the new bishop will be.

Life is Amazing

The last couple weeks have been amazing. I am really enjoying all the experiences I am able to have.

I have been doing a lot of activities with friends. My friend had a Mary Kay and Lia Sophia party a couple weeks ago which was so much fun. I absolutely love Mary Kay and I have gotten more and more in to wearing all the jewelry I get from Lia Sophia. Another friend had a Scentsy party last weekend and I will enjoyed that as well.

I really enjoy getting my nails done and being able to see Shannon and her kids. I love the conversations we have together. I love that we have a really close friendship.

I was able to have a day off last week and got a lot of things done and even had time for some fun. I went to see Monsters vs. Aliens and really liked it. I also went to Lunch and had a good conversation. We also went to a movie on Saturday as well and we saw Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and went to Lunch as well. I was so glad for a break from work and that Steph was able to go see a movie with me.

I am so excited for my new schedule at work which starts tomorrow. I now go in at 7:30 and get off around 1. I am hoping to find something to keep me busy during the afternoons so I'm not bored. It will be nice to have some free time to get things done.

I am so excited for summer to get here. I am looking forward to a fun filled summer and lots of time with my friends.

A Very Busy 3 Weeks!

It has been a while since I last posted on my Blog. I have been busy with a lot of things during the past few weeks.

April Fool's day was just another day for me. Nobody really played any tricks on me. It was hard to believe that it was April already.

I really enjoyed General Confernece a few weekends ago. I was able to spend the weekend at my Grandparent's house in Bountiful. We celebrated birthdays for the past 3 months and it was a huge party. My cousin turned 1 and everyone (excpet my dad and brother, and a couple cousins) were able to be there.

My mom's birthday was on the 8th and I was able to join my mom. brother, sister-in-law, and nephew for dinner at Olive Garden. It was really good and we even had dessert! I even got some really cute pictures of my nephew.

My Nephew (Emery). He's the cutest 3 year old ever!

Emery and his favorite food: Mac & Cheese (Of Course!)

Emery eating all of Grandma's strawberries.

Emery in the car. He was being very silly.

My sister and brother-in-law came up for Easter weekend. We celebrated Easter and my mom's and brother-in-law's birthdays. My dad was in Washington D C for the week so he wasn't able to be there for Easter. We missed him a lot as well as my brother who is in Mississippi. Saturday night we had pizza and watched Bolt. We also went through old pictures and had a fun time looking back at our childhood.

The Easter Bunny came to our house and brought everyone a book and some chocolate.

We had a Ward Talent show on Monday night. It was really funny.

I had a very crazy couple days this week. I watched my friend's three boys. I still had to go in to work so it made for a really long couple days. The boys (for the most part) were really good.

Two of my really good friends got engaged this week. I am so happy for them. I guess I'm going to be busy with weddings this summer. :)