New haircut and color....

Here is my newest hairstyle..Im also here to pimp out my hair dresser, Shelley, who works at Shear Talent in Huntington Beach. Hit her up! Shes rad and the only person who I allow to touch my hair.

HB Midsingles Conference

I had the opportunity to attend this years Huntington Beach Midsingles conference, and it was outstanding! I had so much fun. I was privileged to meet people from New Zealand, Australia, France, Russia, the Czech republic, New York, Arizona, etc...It was amazing. Here are a few high lites.

FRIDAY- My friend Ami from Camarillo came to stay with me. We registered and met a lady who would then call me Sassy the entire weekend. We danced to the cool tunes of my friend Jon McFerson (dj), speed dated, played rock Band, fake surfed, and socialized!

SATURDAY- Breakfast and off to workshops! We had three workshops to attend each lasting 35 minutes. My favorite was listening to Pres. Monson give the talk "Proclamation to the Family...and how it applies to the singles"...It was hysterical to listen to. He is a very passionate and comedic speaker. After ward we ate a great Tri Tip steak lunch and headed to the beach! That night we ate Mexican food and finally headed to a concert where we watched The 80's All Stars..They were an ok band, but the married bassist was very flirty with me, and at one point attempted to even grind with me on stage... Figures..The crowd was HUGE.Ive never seen so many people dancing, singing, and crowd surfing! We had a blast...

SUNDAY- An amazing sabbath! The speakers were wonderful and hilarious. My favorite quotes came from a bishop who decided his theme for the midsingles of "If you like it, you better put a ring on it" was just as good as "True to the Faith"..(the title they ultimately decided on.) He then proceeded to say he was impressed with the amount of diverse people showing up, ranging from 40 year old virgins to people who who have had multiple marriages..(ME ME). Then he couldnt stop himself from an embarrassing snowball effect of talking about the movie "The 40 year old virgin", which was so off the wall for sacrament meeting (being rated R and all), he finally had to stop and ask how he was to get off the stand? ..The next speaker stood up and shook his head, "How do I follow up after that?" We were dying with laughter. After such a crazy sacrament, we were blessed to hear the Orange County Mormon Choir (mini MoTab)in an intimate setting..I had goosebumps and the spirit definitely returned to the meeting. It was gorgeous.

I cant wait for next year!

Here are some pics....

Our beach group..


Branden, whom Ive talked with online for months, and finally got to meet!


My friend Todd, who lives down the street...


Ami who stayed with me the weekend.


My dancing partner, Bob..
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Steve taking pictures of me taking pictures of him..

Belated Birthday Wishes!

I feel like a horrible parent..and because my daughter is the middle child, she will probably never forgive me for forgetting to put my birthday wishes and thoughts about my very special girl. Even tho her birthday was the end of February, I still need to rectify my mistake. So...HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY ERIN ROSE! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! My little girl is getting so tall and really thinning out. She is becoming quite a beauty! That red hair makes her stand out all the more alongside her radiant personality. Ive never seen a more caring child. She truly has Christ-like love for all mankind, and you cant help but be swept away with her huge smile. Here are 6 things about my darling girl.

1.) She loves the computer!!! I cant get her to stop talking about it.

2.) She says to everyone "I love you, youre my best friend!"

3.) She has no coordination, but she tries her hardest to dance the minute music is on. She cant help herself...she wants to get down.

4.) She loves numbers! She will sit with a book in her lap, not to read, but to count each page..

5.) She will only take two bites at every meal then say she is fuuuuuull. Only to come back every 20 minutes saying she is starving.

6.) She has the most beautiful eyelashes and blue eyes...and red hair! Im so lucky to call her my own.

~Seeing the light~

Its April...An entire year has gone by since the tragedy that took over my life. In the past year I have been apart of the worst heart-ache, and i'm proud to say that i've started to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The depression is almost completely gone, i've made some wonderful friends since moving down to California, my children are extremely happy and settled, my finances are starting to recover, AND IM 3 MONTHS AWAY FROM GRADUATING COLLEGE! This has been a real growing experience for me. I'm focused. I'm driven. I'm passionate about what I do. I'm also grateful for those who call on me to do their body work for them. Life is starting to make sense again. :0)

The Cadaver Lab

Yesterday I had one of the most brilliantly educational days of my life! My class took a field trip to a nearby college so we could see Plastination, and what muscles looked like layer upon layer, using cadavers. I never thought in a million years I would be so happy to throw on some gloves and pull apart nerves, veins, tendons, ligaments, and muscles from the fascia of a corpse. It was AMAZING. The teachers in charge were very impressed with how many muscles we were familiar with, and could name at the drop of a hat just by looking at the bodies. I think we even shocked ourselves. To see how well each muscle laid neatly on top of the other and their various grains was awe inspiring. It was a true testimony to me that we are not mistakes on this earth and someone had to create us to be this perfect. I wont post all of my pictures of the plastination lab, even though they are AWESOME, because I know some people have week constitutions. I will, however, post pics of me and my very excited friends..haha. If you have the chance to learn about the human body, and take a tour of a Cadaver Lab, I highly recommend it..and thank the people who donated their bodies for our learning experience. Also if you have the chance to visit BODY WORKS at a nearby learning center or museum, (there is one going on in San Diego right now until October,) I HIGHLY RECOMMEND SEEING IT. You will be blown away.

Looking for Lloyd Dobbler...

If anyone fits the description of this fictional character in real life, id like to meet you. Im searching for the mac to my cheese, and well, I think this is it....or pretty darn close.

Family Zoo Day!

My mother bought us a zoo membership to the Santa Ana zoo. Its a tiny zoo not far from Huntington (slightly smaller than Point Defiance in Tacoma,) but it provided my kids with so much entertainment that we couldnt resist. What a fun way to spend the day! Eric and Erin got to ride on an elephant for the first time with their cousins. It was really a fun day for all! I cant wait until Skylar comes home so we can take her as well.