Delaware trip!

Okay whatever this thing is being gay. It isn't letting me move my pictures back into order, so please forgive it. Well I went to Delaware as a surprise to my friend Emily to help her plan for her wedding. Her fiancee and I set it up in January and we had kept it a secret from her til the end of March. So much fun! The picture above is a beautiful CTR ring that Jake bought me. I got it three days before my trip well while I was at TJ Friday's I put it next to the sink to wash my hands I left and not even two minutes later I remembered it and came back. It was gone! I felt so bad! Sorry Jake! The picture below was when we had a 2:30AM icecream craving!Thank goodness Walmart was open!


This is Angie! She was so much fun! The Saturday after I arrived (I was there from March 20-28) we had dinner with Angie and then we went to watch Spiderwick. We hit up TJ Fridays before that for dessert. Here she is at Em's surprise bridal shower.
Emily and her Mother

Emily and me
On Thursday we went to the beach. Nathan decided to model some of the clothing at the shop. It was pretty funny. Oh and I almost got hit by a car. I just kept walking and then noticed the car and screamed. Crazy crazy.

The truth is that water was soooooooo cold!

Thursday we went to Washington Dc. We were very impressed by the cherry blossom trees. Very pretty!

The Washington Monument
WWII Memorial

Standing by the reflecting pool and some of the memorials

The highlight for me was the HOlocaust Memorial Museum. What an experience! They did a great job in making the museum have an impact on you. THere were a couple things that stood out to me. First this photo of a young girl before the Final Solution. I borrowed this picture off the internet because you weren't allowed to take pictures in the museum. I just think it is such a beautiful photograph.

This woman Irene Gut Opdyke (picture also borrowed from the internet) lived with a Nazi officer. She hid jews in this man's own home. If he stayed upstairs she would keep them downstairs and visa versa. One day he came home early and she was caught. She became his mistress in order for him to keep her secret. There is one room in the museum dedicated to the rescuers. What sacrifice and strength. One man said something to the fact of "I didn't do anything spectacular, I just did what everyone should have done.
As you left the museum etched in the wall was the saying YOU ARE OUR WITNESSES. It struck me that we are then accountable for what we have just seen and it is our responsibility to make sure history isn't repeated. A very neat experience!

The Washington DC temple

Emily's ring. On Thursday night when we went to bed Emily pulled back the covers to find this in her side of the bed. She is very scared of spiders and well Nathan knows that so he planted her yet another surprise.
Friday Emily burned Nate's toast.
My packing! Might I draw your attention to the cute polka dot shoes on top there. They were new on this trip! Yay!
When I got into Billings we went bowling that next day!

I made Em's sealing announcements. Here they are:

Here are the other pics to the icecream craving

And here are the culprits who planned the surprise visit for Em! Nate picked me up from the airport and we went to surprise Em. She screamed and ran towards me, knocked my earring out of my ear and then she just started crying. It was so much fun! We have it recorded so if Nathan is able to send it to me I will post it!

On the coldest day, Sister Costea wanted us to go on a picnic. It actuallywas a lot of fun!


A few fun sayings with lots of memories:

"Do any of you have a credit card? Want to buy a man his dinner?"---the drunk guy at Denny's

"Can't you take a compliment? He was giving you a compliment"--the annoying lady yelling at the waitress

"um you guys? hey you guys. . . ahem! hey guys"---Emily calling to the waitress in her 1cm voice

"You know who you should date? You should date ______."---Nate knows how to pick those real winners

I am sure there are a lot more

For those of you involved in this joke. You will enjoy it! Dedications to my old boss. Haha!

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Paul I heard about the misfortune with your leg. That must have been the biggest fly! However so you don't have to wrestle another one out of Hi-Line with your bare hands I have provided a free bottle for you to defend yourself with. Haha! Hope you heal quickly!

Birthday and Katy's home!

Okay so I had to work on my 20th birthday. I was really surprised because work surprised me with a hott pink cake! I didn't know that anyone even knew it was my bday. The charge nurse made me wear a blue ribbon all day haha. Then they bought pizza for dinner and Mom surprised me with a boston creme pie--my favorite! It was a great night!
Jake also surprised me right before work by showing up with pink and white flowers (I love pink) and a sweet card/ He said he can't make a card but he can buy a pretty good one haha.

On Sunday the family celebrated our birthday. We picked Mom's delicious turkey enchiladas for dinner and Katie made her yummy eclair cake. Mmmmm!

Thank you to everyone who made my birthday so much fun and just brightened my day! You guys are the best!
So I declared earlier that I am a sucker for cute shoes. Ash discovered these ones and since she didn't buy them I had to go get them. Cute huh!Katy Marie FINALLY came home from bootcamp training. We had to keep tradition and meet at Dairy Queen and take pics. Welcome back Katy Marie!
She called on Sunday to see if I wanted to meet her. I told her sure but that I was lounging in my pjs and I wasn't changing. Everyone loved my slippers.

Dinner on Sunday

I had a great time on Sunday. We had dinner at Jeff and Katie's as usual, but Parker was full of personality that night. Grandma DiAnn had one of those candles that lights up due to battery power. She would twist it on and Parker would "blow it out" as Grandma turned it off. He was so proud of himself. Haha!

Then Parker and I played a little bit of hide and seek where I would hide and scare him when he came to find me. He found a ball and decided it would be more fun to roll the ball back and forth.

I think Parker's highlight was helping Grandma wash the dishes. He was rinsing the spatula off when he got too close to the faucet opening and sprayed Grandma. He then progressed to splash the water onto Grandma. He just laughed and laughed. When Grandma took away the spatula he tried his hand, but it didn't quite have the same effect.






Katie you should be able to just take these off the blog. Let me know if you have troubles.

Okay so I was tired of looking at chipped nail polish. So I painted my toe nails! I love polka dots!

Everyone keeps asking me what I am up to and for another update. I don't want to post any birthday pics until after we celebrate with the family, but I promise to post those. Okay what am I doing with my time?
*I am currently working at the hospital as a CNA on Surgical floor and I enjoy the experience that I am gaining. No regrets with taking that opportunity. I am taking this semester off from school to try and figure some other things out. Since I am not in school I am up at the hospital full time.
*I am going to school at the MSU-College of Technology and I am studying to be a neonatal nurse or maybe even a neonatalogist! We will see but as of now I am taking pre-reqs for the program. I am doing it through Bozeman.
*I am the primary chorister at church, which means I teach the children ages 3-11 to sing, but now I also have the privilege of being First Counselor in the Primary presidency. I am hoping to do well and to make an impression on these very important and outrageously fun children. They are all so strong willed and just have such strong personalities that I always leave with a smile on my face, due to the negotiations and compromises that are presented before us. Haha.
I think that is really the big part of my current life. If you have any questions just ask!