Catching up

I need to make a separate post for my little weekend get away to California a month ago.

Jonathan and I are intramural champions. I am so glad that I have a cool t-shirt, but most of all I'm glad I got one with my brother. 

Blake and I went to a baseball game and dyed eggs with his little brother, Mason. Blake knows everything about baseball. I just really enjoy the food. We had a hot dog and cracker jacks and I had my very first cougar tail =). I haven't dyed eggs in such a long time and I'm glad I finally got around to it this year. 

It's wedding season. I did Cassie's hair on Friday night for a wedding and she was able to salvage it for a wedding she was in on Saturday. Is it ok to say that I'm quite proud of my creation? I'm so excited to go to hair school when I graduate. 

Speaking of hair, I did a project in my Services Management class about a salon. I worked with a girl in my class, Maranda. 

This semester we had the option of taking a final exam or doing a project with a 20 page paper and 20-30 minute presentation. I didn't want to study a lot so I opted for the project. I had attended a Women in Business luncheon last spring and Maranda was also in attendance and we went around the room saying what we wanted to do with our business degree. I mentioned I wanted to go to hair school and maybe open a salon one day and she mentioned that she was a stylist and wanted to get a degree and maybe own her own salon one day. 

So, I noticed she was in my class this semester and thought maybe we could team up and talk hair and it wouldn't feel like work but more like fun. 

I was super nervous for my presentation 2 weeks ago and was ready to be done with it. By the end of the presentation, I thought we had done ok and I survived. Turns out my professor really liked it and asked us to do it again so he could film it and use it for future semesters as an example of what a good presentation is. So, we presented it again last week and were filmed. I'll let you all know when it's available for viewing =)

So, back to hair, Maranda, being the awesome stylist that she is, cut my hair this week. I love it.  

Tomorrow I'm leaving for La Ciudad de Mexico para visitar mi hermana y su familia! Estoy muy emocionada!

OH CANADA

I was doing so well for a while there, but it's now been almost 3 weeks since my last post. I know I have lots of disappointed readers. Ha. Anyway, reasons why I've been busy: school, church, work (yeah! I have a job! That is not the reason for this post, so I'll write about that later), and wedding festivities!

So, a little more than a year ago I was about to start my sophomore year and knew zero Canadians. A year later and I have Canadians as best friends. So, this post is for my dear friend, Cassie (MacLennan) Tremblay. She got engaged in July and I couldn't wait to be a part of planning and shopping. She threw the most lovely bridal shower for our friend, Jennica, so I wanted to do the same for her.

Two weeks ago, Jennica, Kylie, and I threw a bridal shower for Cassie. The food consisted of cake balls, spinach artichoke dip, fruit and dip, and a beautiful punch.

The rest of the evening consisted of games, prizes, presents, and laughs and smiles with friends. 

It was so much fun to put together and I hope Cassie enjoyed it =). 

The next week, Kylie, Payton, and I started our drive to Alberta, Canada at 4 PM on a Thursday. We arrived at 3 AM and boy, was it good to be out of the car. The next day, Kylie and I spent the morning hunting with our friend Ben.

 I must say I'm extremely bad at hunting because 

1. I can't hit anything and

2. it breaks my heart to see lifeless animals. 

After hunting, I ran some errands with Cassie and Ben and then we went over to Kylie's house for family dinner. 

Then it was time for the girls to spend some time together and do some girly things. I painted a total of 82 nails that night, but it was the least I could do for Cassie. 

I also did her makeup for her big day. I think it turned out well. She is stunning, isn't she?

We made our way to the Cardston temple and waited for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tremblay to exit. 

We took lots of pictures. 

This is the bridal party.

We went to the family dinner and reception. 

I caught the boquet. 

We danced. 

We said goodbye to the happy couple as they ran through our tunnel of sparklers.  

The festivities were fun and beautiful, but seeing them walk out of the temple was the best part. I can't wait to find that special someone who will take me to the temple so we can be married for time and all eternity.