Famiy is the best EVER!

Recap on the last week with the fam = SO MUCH FREAKIN FUN!

Vacation part 1: Huntsville, UT to visit Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie and Cousins. Mommy, Brother, Sister, niece and nephews met me there.

Cute Grammy, Grampy and cousin Darian




Darling Darian and Adorable Ashten (nephew) ridin



Radical Rhett hanging with the horsey



Ry and pretty Mama



Grammy's shoulder and a porch swing makes a very content granddaughter



Cute girl with some MAJOR TUDE = Chaney



In the left corner we have 4'11 Grammy and in the right 6'4 Jason. Sorry Grammy, you're a shorty...



One adorable face, one window and a pretty Mommy to hold me up and SMOOSH! Pretty much the cutest!



Yep, they are my grandparents and they ARE SOOOOOOOO CUTE! I want to be this cute when I'm OLD.



Vacation part 2: Driggs, ID for rock climbing, hiking, craigo's buffet, dutch oven cobler, wienie roasts, fishing, a trip Yip-i-o candy co, Yellowstone and some shopping.

Gearin up




GO LISA, GO LISA!! You'd never know she's TERRIFIED OF HEIGHTS!



Da Boys!



Here's Jay



Rhett and Addy having a cuddle moment



Jason Bolleighing (can't spell that)for the first time, FREAKING HILARIOUS!



CUTENESS



One of my FAVES! You'd Never know that five seconds prior to this photo, Chaney was SCREAMING!



To be continued... I don't have the attention span to sit here anymore...

Think your rich??

Well, we are quite sure that we're richer.


The pup with our riches



This heap of berries if from one, yes ONE day of picking in our raspberry patch!!! Life is wonderful!!

My First Job as an Esthetician

I did my friend Dawn's makeup for her wedding last weekend, along wit her Sister Lori's Makeup who was her Maid of Honor. It was so much fun to be apart of her big day and to get some practice in with makeup, I really enjoyed it.



Lori before



Lori after



Dawn (the Bride) before



Dawn after

Guess What...?

TAYLOR AND I ARE REMODELING A HOUSE IN VICTOR, ID!!! We are so excited that after almost FOUR YEARS of living in Taylor's Mom and Dads house(s) (Thanks Mom & Dad, you are the best), we are going to have a place of our very own come spring!!!! And what's even more fun about all of this is that we get to make it look exactly how we want it and we will get TO TAKE ALL OF OUR WEDDING GIFTS OUT OF THEIR BOXES AND USE THEM!!! It will be like Christmas time! Can you tell I'm excited? We will keep you guys posted with pictures of the remodel as it progresses with OUR NEW CAMERA!!! Taylor and I spent today tearing down more of the drywall and pulling nails out of the studs, fun eh? Not so much, but totally worth it!

Now for a little story about tearing out the drywall. Last week Taylor's Dad was tearing the wall and insulation out around the bathtub and found a cigar box--he's thinking "there is gonna be something cool inside!" He opens the box to reveal a HUGE STACK OF $1 BILLS... Not that great right? So he keeps tearing the walls down and FINDS TWO BANK BAGS FULL OF 20'S, 10'S, 5'S, DOLLAR COINS, AND 50 CENT PIECES!! Pretty rad!!!! Shorty after, Taylor finds a 5th of vodka in the walls (not that we had any use for that) so he, his Dad and his Sister Lauren spent the rest of the day coming up with stories about Don and Faye (those are the names of the previous owners R.I.P) and Lauren came up with this: "Don had a drinking problem, so Faye was stashin the cash." HAH! I love it! They brought the money home and thought there was maybe a 3 hundred bucks, so I counted it--$1200.00 LADIES AND GENTS!!! Just to prove that I'm not making it up, here are a couple photos of what we affectionately named "THE LOOT."

Boston June 2009

Well, as I said in my last post we went to Boston to see Taylor's Mom graduate from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. We are so proud of her and all she has accomplished.

We had so much fun in Boston seeing all the sites that we didn't get to during our last visit in October. There were ten of us staying in Mom's one bedroom apartment and though it was a little cramped at times, it was really enjoyable! Mom and Dad slept in a friend's basement, but other than that all ten of us were there at the same time.

Here are some pictures!!! Enjoy!!



Here is our Harvard Graduate!





I just think this photo is darling with two of her three kids and oldest grand child



Striking a pose at the Kennedy School before Mom had to return her cap and gown



It wouldn't be a trip to Boston without going to Mike's Pastry!! Look how beautiful everything is!!!

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YUM!!



We love this city!!!



Bunker Hill



Taylor on the Mayflower II. This ship was built specifically to do the same voyage the original Mayflower did.



Plymouth Rock



Lexington and Concord "the shot heard around the world"



The U.S.S. Constitution "Old Iron Sides"



On Board an Old WWII Ship

What we've been up to...

It has been way too long since I have posted!! We do have an excuse though, we have been all over the place, or at least I have!! This last month has been a whirlwind, so let's talk about it.

Taylor and I got to go to Boston and see his Mom graduate from Harvard on June 4th and spend a few days with his family in a one bedroom apartment (pictures to come, but I will save that for another post. Not too worry though, it was loads of fun!

I finished school on June 11th, YEAH!! We moved back to Idaho on Monday June, 15th and on the way we got to spend a few days with Taylor's wonderful Aunt Lisa and also we met up with Taylor's parents who were traveling back from Boston and spent a few days together in Utah at Lisa's. We stopped in Rexburg on our way home and spent the evening with some friends and then the rest of the week was spent seeing more friends and unpacking.

I left for Portland on June 25th and stayed there with my fam for two and a half weeks! It was wonderful, six months is way too long! We had great fun going to the beach, having birthday celebrations, having bbq's, laughing, going on bike rides, going to the temple, going shopping and laughing a little more. It went by so quickly and I wish Taylor had been there, because he was the piece that I was missing from my vacation. I also wish I had a camera so you all could see pictures of my beautiful family!!

I left Portland on July 12th and flew to Arizona to take my boards, which were SOOO nerve wracking, but I passed my theory (written) exam and I will find out if I passed my practical (hands-on) in a few days. I crammed and studied Sunday, took my practical on Monday, studied some more, and then Tuesday studied some more and took my theory exam that afternoon. I celebrated afterward by going to dinner with some of the awesome girls I met while going to school and Erin spent the night and after being up until 3amtalkign and watching movies, we got up and met Sadie to go see Harry Potter!! It was a way good movie. I went from the movie to get my hair colored by my friend Shaela's Sister Ericka (who is fabulous)and then ended the day packing. I left early Thursday morning and drove to Draper to spend the night with one of my dearest friends, Merissa and her hilarious boyfriend Jason. We had a great time and I will do another post about the "cinnamon challenge" that I did while I was there. I left Mer's at noon and headed home. Whew!! Crazy eh?? It's nice to sit down and actually have time to do a blog post.

Meanwhile, Taylor has been working hard, bless his heart; guiding and working on his website. His family came into town about two weeks ago, so his Mommy was here to take good care of him, thanks goodness!!! Let me just say that three and half weeks is way too long to be away!! I missed Taylor SOOOOOO much!!! We all had a great time together these last three days and Taylor's Sisters Natalie, Lauren and his Mom were so sweet and put together a delicious dinner and desert to celebrate my graduating! It was so sweet and our Niece Bailey made a sign that said "congrats Celeste" and colorful paper chain, complete with glittery rocks to represent the Tetons to make me feel even more special! Scott, Natalie and the girls left this morning sadly, but all in all in was a great way to be welcomed home and it was fun to be with family and make s'mores and giggle with the ladies!

Taylor and I are so happy to be reunited!! He left this morning also to go on a overnight guiding trip... :-( I admire his hard work so much, he is the best ever!!!

That's all for now!

Michale Jackson R.I.P.

Okay so, I probably haven't been mourning the death of Michael Jackson as much as I should. I just want to take a quick moment to say that I LOVE THE KING OF POP and that HE IS THE BEST EVER!!!!!!!!! Seriously though, I know he may have been a child molester and that is horrid and pretty unforgivable, but at this sad time cut the man some slack, he never had a childhood!  The molestation charges were never proven by the way, so I think it was just a bunch of money hungry savages trying to make a buck. 

No matter how anyone feels about him, it can't be denied that he had SERIOUS talent.  I have been a fan of his music and music videos since I was like 5! It's true that even to this day if I had the opportunity to see him in concert before he passed, that I probably would have fainted.  The music industry will NEVER be the same without him, and I know that there will be those who try to copy him and be better than him, but they will NEVER be able to achieve that sort of talent.






So in closing, Michael--I will miss you dearly.  Rest in Peace.  OOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!