BELATED update!!! (FINALLY)

SOOOO......I have been bugged by many people "when are you gonna update your blog" "update your blog...I am sick of reading 'Sunday Sweetness'". =0) Well, my computer has been having issues...maybe it's hormonal, who knows. But, it finally decided to work for me today, so even though it's almost 2am, I figured I'd better get this updated in case it doesn't work again tomorrow. =)

SOOOO much has happened since my last update. Well, maybe not so much...but things have definitely changed, for the better. I will just go through this update quickly and try to not bore you too much. Some already know of the changes in my life.....

For Mother's day this year, Kennedy and I just got to hang out and spend the day together. We had a lot of fun just hanging out. After church we went to Rock Canyon Park in Provo and played for a couple of hours. I had to document it with photo's of course. =) She is such a sweetheart and I am so blessed to have her in my life! I love her sassy side....though sometimes it does tend to get a little out of hand. (we are still learning how to properly deal with that....) She keeps me laughing with the things she says and does.

On May 30th, Kennedy had her very first dance recital! I was actually quite nervous....for her, and also hoping she'd do more than just stand there and look cute, though I would have still been just as proud had she done that. To my enjoyment, she did GREAT!! She did far better for the performance than she ever had during her weekly classes. Even though she was standing in the wrong place for the dance.....she still did fine and was able to carry on, even with a different spinning partner. (if I can figure out how to get the video on here one day, you will be able to see for yourself and understand what I am saying) But, basically she was supposed to be 3rd from the right....instead she stood 2nd from the right, which threw her partner totally off when it came time to spin, and the girl who's spot she was in was also confused.....she was even trying to tell Kennedy that she was in the wrong spot before the music started....Kennedy just told her she needed to get down, into their starting position. =) Here are a few pics from the recital. All the combo classes did dances to music from Seussical the Musical.

Next thing to "change" is......I am dating somebody. His name is McKay Phelon, and he is a GREAT guy!! We met through some mutual friends....in fact, a fun little side note.....we actually had our first conversation the day of the 1st pics in this update....Mother's Day. We had met once before a few weeks prior, but he and his friend were in a hurry to leave cause they were on their motorcycles and it was cold.....so all that was said that night was "hi". I won't give the whole story of how our "first conversation" went.....but then we ended up hanging out the following weekend. He came with our friends to a party my friend was having....then the next day we hung out....and we have hung out everyday since then. Minus my 4 day trip to Arizona. (which I don't have pics on here....but I went for my b-day and had a blast!) McKay is from Orem, and we have found so many family connections, it's insane! (don't worry....none that make us related) My favorite is the one that involves his Uncle Tim. On the 4th of July Tim and McKay were talking, and Tim was asking about me....after a bit, he made the connection, came to the back and found me and said "You don't remember me??" I felt a little bad, thinking I should...I knew he looked familiar, but I was racking my brain and had NO clue why! Turns out, he was one of my dad's students and apparently my dad really worked hard and helped him get a college scholarship. My dad made such an impact on his life, that he named his son Garrett.....after my dad. He even came to my dad's funeral back in 2003 and talked to me and my brother's....thus the reason he looked familiar. =) That is just one of the SEVERAL crazy connections. McKay is such a good guy and soooooo sweet to me and great with Kennedy! We have a lot of fun together and can talk about anything and everything. We can click and relate on so many levels.....things are good!! =) He makes me really happy! (a couple pics of us)

The NEXT new change....... MY HAIR!!!!! I chopped it! FINALLY! After 2 yrs of talking bout chopping it into an A-line, and cutting 10 inches off on 2 seperate occasions....yet never cutting it above the shoulders, I finally got the guts! I LOVE it!!!!! I don't know why I was such a wuss for so long! Sure, sometimes I miss my long hair....but I love my hair the way it is now! So....here is the before and after pic. Of course....being the wuss that I am, it took 3 haircuts to actually get it this short. I didn't want to do anything too drastic at first.

The LAST thing to update you all on for now, is my job. I am NOT working at Pirate Island. They took forever to open. They hired me in what....March??? And they JUST barely opened last week. Anyway, I actually got the job I was wanting, in the career that I trained for when I first moved up here. I work for a Dr in Provo, Dr Bruce Hathaway. He is a Dr of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. I am his medical biller, and I LOVE my job!!! I actually saw the job posting for it back in April, when I was only 3 weeks into my training, & I was bummed cause I felt I had wasted my first 3 weeks of being here, looking for a job and then working for stupid Gary Powell for 2 weeks. Had I immediately started my 6-8 week training when I moved here, I would have been able to apply for the job. I even told my mom about the job and that I was bummed.....then a week and half later, Melinda (the gal that was training me) told me to just look around online, and if I found anything to just apply for it, for the heck of it. She told me that I had enough basic knowledge that it was really just a matter of going in and hitting it off with the Dr, and having them like ME. So I went home that day and applied for the job. I got a call about a week and 1/2 later to set up an interview. The interview went really well, I felt great about it, but of course didn't want to get my hopes up. I called the next week to follow up, nothing...called the next week, nothing....same thing the next...and the next.... then, FINALLY 5 weeks, yes....5 weeks, after my first interview, they called to set up a 2nd interview. I still remember where I was when they called. (it was a Thurs and i was at Julie's house....) So I had my interview the next day.....and felt like it went really well. I just felt like this was "my job". Everything about it seemed so perfect. They told me they would let me know either that day or the next....the rest of the day I was a nervous wreck. You can imagine my excitement when they called the next morning offering me the job! My life was starting to fall into place!!! I knew things would work out, I had that confirmation in the temple back in December.....but it's still scary to take that blind leap of faith! So, I started working there the first week in July and absolutely love going to work everyday!! I also have some nice perks to the job.....drug reps bring yummy food for lunch every Tues & Wed....and I burned my leg on McKay's motorcycle July 24th....and it got really infected!! The Dr checked on it every few days and gave me new meds to try and get rid of the infection!! I love not having to pay an office visit, and also getting free meds! =)

Kennedy starts her dance class again next week. She is soooooo excited! When we went to go register her, on her way into the building, she said "I'm so excited to dance, and see my teacher, and show her my new moves!" ---and she DOES have new moves! =) hahahaha....she watched SYTYCD every week....good times, good times!! I loved watching her try to do the moves she saw the dancers doing. =) On that note.....I will finish this forever long update for now....but hopefully will be able to update more often. However, right now my camera battery is dead, and I can't find the charger......so, I can't promise any pics for awhile. =) Hope you enjoyed the update..... We are doing really, really, well.....and couldn't be happier at this time.