Grass, Funerals and Faces.

So today is the FIRST day we have spotted grass on our lawn. we planted it and watered it , but not enough, so after like 2 or 3 weeks, we started watering it A LOT. and i think its been like one week, we , and when i say we, i mean me, spotted grass. i was the first to spot grass. dan was pretty excited, i think this makes his summer. anyways, so thats always good. now we might have a backyard afterall!
so we are heading to Utah this thursday, first think in the morning, to see grandma Ruby's funeral. She died friday. But it was a good thing, she was ready, and think of all the fun she's having now. She's finished her time on Earth. wow. that would be a wierd, and amazing feeling. to realize you are finished with your Earthly experience.
so school is going well. i have given one facial , to Tamra , another new student. and i have gotten 2. We use Dermalogica products. very top of the line. my face feels GREAT after one of those treatments. i have a test tomarrow, but i dont think it will be too bad. its kinda wierd, everybody in my class cares about school a lot! i forget that once you hit college and people are paying for it, they try hard. being in grade school i was lucky if i had one or two in the class were really cared about school. but its really interesting stuff we learn about the skin. like did you know that chap sticks actually dry your lips out? i know some of you knew this, and you dont use it for that reason, but i checked on my chapstick, which is Natural Ice, and it even says it "TEMPORARILY protects lips". and you should always check your lotions, most of them are comedogenic, which means they cause things like blackheads, whiteheads and breakouts, because they are like a bar of soap, they have waxes or articial things making their shelf life longer. you can use essential oils, like sesame seed oil for lotion and it wont clog your pores. and face soaps like clean and clear, actually cause breakouts. they are like a bar of soap. and you should always use a toner, because when you wash your face, its sometimes feels really dry after, and your skin tells itself to make more sebum (oil, that causes breakouts if too much is there), and then you put on a moisterizer because your skin is dry, and then you have too much moisture and you break out, or get blackheads and the like. anyways interesting stuff huh? and after only one week! oh, and if you do have breakout, dont scrub your face hard, if you scrub hard, you only increase blood flow and make it really red and puffy. VERY soft scrubbing, so as not to increase blood flow.
Well, im gona go! as soon as i find my camera i will take some pictures of maggie and the kids and maaret to post!

Start of a New Day

So this morning has been one of those long mornings, where by 6:13 am you feel like it should be at least 9. it all started when i woke up for no reason at all around 4. i layed in bed for a while trying to go back to sleep, but couldnt...so a little later i got up and read thinking that would get me to sleep. but i ended up just reading for a while until about 5:20 , and then decided maybe i would try my luck running with emily. we have been running lately, but i didnt talk to her about what time this morning so i went over there at 5:45, but she was sick. so i thought . okay, thats okay because i dont know if i really have time for that anyways. so then i saw an older couple from our ward walking and said hi to them, and then ran to safeway to get some bagels (for lunch). and then i came home. and had half a bagel, but im saving room for breakfast. audrey said if i got over to her place early she would have french toast! i got some garden vegtable cream cheese, but i dont really like it that well...im still very uneasy about that. but jenny did you say it was good? anyways. so i start school today. i hope i dont need anything from that folder because i dont have it. i cant find it. its been a couple months since i enrolled, so being as they pushed it back they should not be upset if i lost it right? i dont think theres anything but enrollment things...but today i will find out exactly what an aesthetician does. or what i will do. and its always fun to be in school. you learn something new literally everyday. i loved that about school. i love classes that teach you new and interesting things every single day. Well. its 6:20 now, about time for me to get going and get ready for school. i have to be all "made up" for school everyday. and i think theres no sandals. which stinks in summer... but i cant find my folder so im not sure. but i think i remember them saying that. and my hair and makeup have to be professionally styled and done. i can do them, i think it just means i have to do it everyday. Well. i will post later when i have done my first day!

What a Trip!

i should note, that one that one picture of mountains(red rock), dave and chaden climbed up to those huge boulders, you can barely see them in the picture...hope you enjoy all these pictures ! they took forever to post!

More of Utah

Southern Utah!

Here we are in southern utah, on our trip to visit grandma! There are some more of the bunnies before we left. and then there is one of parker on the 4 wheeler, he loved that! and then tom and olivia. it was nice we got to see nearly everybody! all of our brothers and sisters , tom and michelle, mary, maaret and maggie (not jerry though), jenny, parker and olivia (not garry though), audrey and dave and emma and me, and my mom! and my aunt diane, joyce, cathy, uncle stewy, cousins celeste, chris, tammy, mike and his wife...lets see i dont want to forget anybody, we saw melanie and chaden and challie, grandma ruby and florence... and that pretty much sums it up.

Bunnies

So these pictures basically speak for themselve! they are pictures of the kids (a lot of livi, she was just too cute) with the bunnies the day we went to utah. livi calls bunnies "monies". she LOVEs animals, and these bunnies let her do whatever she wants with them.. its pretty funny what they put up with.