Pampering and shopping

Saturdays around my house usually consist of some kind of cleaning, laundry doing, and yard work on nice days. Well this past Saturday i didn't do one of those things!! YAY!! MY mom and I went and got.....

           PEDICURES.

I took my mom and went to this cute little nail place in Salt Lake called Nailed. We both had pedicures I had a manicure and had my eyebrows waxed. Oh let me tell you this was HEAVENLY. My feet feel so much better and they look real cute too and my eyebrows...WOW amazing. My eyebrows have been unruly, I HATE plucking so i have just been shaving them. Haha- i dont recommend this. I would however recommend waxing to anyone. It felt so good. If you are a pedicure person i recommend this place. They are awesome! The shop is cute, clean and the ladies are all so nice!! It is cheap but, the service is anything but cheap. I found them online. They have a website and i fell in love with them. NAILED is my new favorite place.

After our pampering we went to JcPenny. They are having amazing sales right now on these cute little sundresses. I got a cute black and white one for $20.00. They had this cute brown and blue one (the in colors right now) I tried it on and almost bought it but i couldn't justify the purchase when i already have a brown sundress and cute blue jacket cover up thing. If you are in need or just want a cute new dress or two, go to JcPenny!! You won't be sorry. 

All in all it was a great weekend. Wish it would have lasted longer. It sounds like an expensive weekend but i only spent $137.42. $80.00 at Nailed (2 pedicures, 1 manicure and an eyebrow waxing) $20.00 (for oh so cute dress) and boo $37.42 (for 12 gallons of precious gas...yuck!)

Life

So this picture doesn't really have much to do with what I am going to post about, but I really liked it.  Thats just my disclaimer. 

So I have been thinking again- I know some what amazing for me to be thinking. I have had so much go on the past few weeks. Not sure how i feel about all of it. 

The boy and I officially ended our dating relationship. I figured that this was probably coming seeing that we haven't been on a "date, date" in like 2 weeks. Even though i thought it was coming i don't think i was ready. I think the boy was my first true love. I know he was my first kiss, my first hand holding thing, my first feeling of love outside of my family.  Love is a funny thing, it feels good but can also cause heartache.  Right now im feeling the heartache it brings. The boy and i have an amazing friend relationship and I hope that remains because i do enjoy just being around him. 

 

The other change is not here but is coming. My little brother D. just sent his mission papers in. I have been counting down this day for along time but now that its here im kind of sad. He has really matured and become an amazing young man. Im so proud of the choices and decisions that he makes. He has awesome friends that are all leaving on missions as well. He is such an example to me and my 2 younger brothers. He will be missed! Ill let you know where he goes as soon as he gets his call.

My second youngest brother C. turned 16. Holy mother. Scary!! No actually he is a great driver. Where has 16 years gone? I remember the time he was born. My parents left in the middle of the night and my aunt came over. I remember waking up and being so excited when my aunt told me where the parentals were. He was such a cute baby. Blonde hair, blue eyes. We had a special bond from day one. We are super close to this day. I feel like i can tell him anything and he usually does the same. Happy Birthday C!!! Love ya to pieces. 

My grandparents basement flooded today. What a mess. They had 3 inches of standing water in the kitchen. The water spread to the family room, storage room, piano room, computer room, bathroom and the playroom. So yeah the whole basement just covered in water. Luckily all of the important "old stuff" was taken care of. They have so many treasures, im glad they are all safe and sound. They have a long road ahead of them to get back to "normal". Maybe I can help decorate down there when the time comes.

School starts in the fall. So this June i will be graduated from high school for 4 years. Wow time flies. I haven't gone to any college at all. I haven't had the desire to do so. I didn't know what i wanted to go into. I do now!!!! FINALLY. Im going to go into Interior Design. Everyone keeps telling me to go for it so alright im going for it!! Thats what im doing with my tax money is registering for classes. YAY!!!!

So i need some advice. There is this guy in my stake, who i think is pretty darn attractive. I have had a little thing for him for like a year. He is so handsome and so nice. I want to talk to him so bad. According to my crazy mom, she thinks that we are meant to be together. She says our names together and then goes oh that just sounds right ash. How can i talk to him? I am deathly shy. Like kill me shy. Any tips on how i can talk to him or what to say to make it less "weird"?  I know i am a dork, but please any advice would be helpful.

Thats pretty much life right now. Things are ok. I think im finally figuring somethings out and that is making life bearable. I have learned that asking for help is OK and doesn't make me less of a person. I have learned to ask for a priesthood blessing. Wow so helpful. Hope all is well with everyone!!

Family

As I sit here and look at this picture, so many emotions are running through my heart and my mind. This picture was taken Feb of 2005, we are already missing 9 people. Holy mother of pearl. Can you say crazy!!

Each one of the people in this picture(and those missing)hold a very special place in my heart. They have all been there for me in times of need. It brings me such comfort knowing that i will be with them FOREVER. 

As i have gotten older and *haha* "wiser" i have come to realize that family will be the ones that are always there. Much like the seasons we go through, friends will come and go but family will be there no matter what! My family has gone through weddings, deaths, births, drug addiction, serious illness and most recently evil camp hosts!! All times i hold close to my heart and treasure-even the evil camp hosts at Bryce Canyon. 

Love you family and thank you for standing by me. "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!

For the love of hair

      Yeah this post is about me and my obsession for my hair its color and they way its cut. 

              Can you say Red light?

        I get HBO do you?

Lovin it!

So I am obsessed with coloring and cutting my hair. I have a hair appointment with my wonderful hair dresser Tami every 3 months. She has a little card that she keeps all my info on such as the colors we put in my hair, how many inches we chop off and things like that. 

That little card is filled on the back and front and now we are on a new card. I never do the same thing twice. NEVER. When this obsession first began, i just had an inch cut off and had blonde added. 3 months later chopped off the new growth and and another inch. Added red-lots of red! YIKES. The Boy told me it was so red we could play red light green light with my hair. Thanks, love you to boy.

3 months later didn't want so much red. Added more blonde, but it still looked red. Just did a trim this time.  I know shocker, but i liked the length of it.

Fast forward to 2 weeks ago. Added lots of blonde and a rich brown. cut off new growth plus an inch and did a slight A line in the back. This is my favorite hair cut and color EVER!! I have gotten so many compliments on this hair do. Even master hair dresser Tami said she loves this length on me. 

I think that The Boy doesn't know when to shut up sometimes. He saw me the Monday after i did the new do and he told me i kind of looked like a boy. What the crap?  I think that he looked like pooh that day. I told him that he laughed i laughed and we were ok. 

Will this love for cutting and coloring my hair stop? Nope and im okay with that thank you very much.

THE BOY.

The Boy.  It will be a year next month that he and have been on and off again dating. Why is that when he is ready for a relationship I am not and when i am ready he is not? Im not sure how much more of the up and down relationship thing with him i can take. 

Do i care for the boy? You ask. Why yes, yes i do. I care for him very much. Not sure if these feelings i have for him are love, but it is a very deep caring thats for sure. He is so kind and caring oh and lets not forget handsome. 

The boy has been gone for almost 2 weeks. He went home  to visit some of his family. I didn't think that i would miss him, but oh geesh i have sure missed him. I miss not seeing him everyday at work, i miss not hearing his goofy laugh and seeing the "Roger Rabbit" smile he gives me. 

He called me yesterday and we talked for about an hour (if you know me, you know i hate the phone). We talked about how life was going, what we had been up too. Just life in general. I have been struggling with somethings lately and the boy has been there for me. He has given me some great advice. He gives me an honest opinion on things, he gives me a guys point of view- which by the way is so screwed up sometimes! 

The boy has the greatest blue eyes, that i just love to stare at. This boy has the deepest voice for a 23 year old. When i hear this voice it gives me butterflies. The boy gives the best hugs. This boy was my first kiss. Yes i know you are thinking wow Ash you are almost 22 and he was your first kiss? Yep i know lame, but 'tis true.  This boy is so GREAT with little kids.  My family loves this boy! Which makes it that much harder. 

Is it a bad thing that i can see myself spending the rest of my life with this boy; when i don't know how he feels? The other question i ask is, should i tell him how i feel or just let my feelings stay at bay for now? The other thing that crosses my mind alot, is what if i tell him and it gets weird and ruin the amazing friendship that we have built? AH sometimes i just want to tell him hello I am here and i like you alot!!

Although, my feelings are somewhat scattered there is one thing i do know. The boy will be back today!!! After almost 2 weeks of just texting and a few phone calls , i get to pick him up from the airport and drive him to home.  I hoping for a kiss on the cheek. If i get a kiss i won't charge him gas money. No kiss?  Well then he is so paying me! 

Trip to Macaroni Grill

Last night as the men in my family went to the priesthood session of General Conference the woman went to dinner. I went with my mom, my grandma, my aunt Kelly and the 3 rug rats; Madi, Masen, and Peyton. My moms bestfriend Joan, Joan's mom Jane and Joan's daughter Jenny came along too. 

We had decided earlier yesterday that we wanted to go The Macaroni Grill. Well we got to the Macaroni Grill around 6:30ish. We went in and the wait time we were given for our large party was 65-75 minutes. Yes over an hour. Not all that surprising on a Saturday night. We decided to wait. The time flew by, I talked to Jenny the whole time we waited. Jenny is the cutest girl. 

The time finally came for us to have a table. Masen was holding the pager thing and was so excited when it went off. He jumped up and down and said to my mom, "aunt Toni, its finally our turn yes!! Hurry lets go, come on." 

We sat at our table and the waitress informed us that it was there 20 year anniversary this month and that they would be giving away free meal for 2 tables. Our table was table 21, now mind you we had just sat down and ordered our drinks. The time came for them to give away the free meals. Everyone started clapping and the chef came out and took a bow. He thanked us all for coming and supporting the Macaroni Grill for 20 years yada yada yada. He then pulled out the first table number to win the free meal. TABLE 43. Dang not us. The next table to win is....TABLE 21. Table 21, wait that is us!! YAY!!!  Lots of clapping and cheering at our table. 

Now when i say free meal, you are probably thinking like 2 meals per table right? WRONG! EVERYONE at our table got the following FREE: drinks, meals(including salad) and desert. Oh and Jenny and Madi got Speciality drinks. They brought the bill just so we could see what we needed to tip. The bill came to 200+ dollars. We paid nothing. We did leave a nice tip, but ill tip alot if my meal is free!!

Thanks Macaroni Grill, you are my new favorite over Olive Garden. 

Sugar cookies and girls

Yesterday for Young Woman's we made homemade sugar cookies. I didn't think that activity would go so well, but suprisingly it did. We made these little gems from scratch.

We had girls rolling out the dough, cutting the shapes, and then everyone had a turn to ice some cookies. They tasted so yummy, i had one okay i had two.

I enjoy my calling so much, the girls i work with are so cute and have the most amazing testimonies. Like i mentioned earlier i am now the beehive advisor, so i work with the 12-14 year old girls.

If you ever need to feel loved and appreciated come to young woman's. My cute girls are so sweet and i love them to death. Let me give you an example of the free love they give. I have never thought i was very fashion savy, however since being in young woman's i feel better about myself. Cute Abby is always telling me how cute i look and how much she loves my jewlery. Thanks girls for the compliments!