Hey ya'll! Well as you can see Texas has made me more beautiful than EVER!! :) Anywho, I'm getting excited to come see ya'll next week. things are going pretty good here, Im getting comfortable and trying to get settled in. Even better you would b soooo proud with how social I'm willing to be ;). Well, I love and miss you girls alot. I hope everyone is doing good, and well be playing again soon. Love Ya!

California!

Okay, so I don't know how to rearrange these, but here are some pictures from mine and Brandon's trip to California!

Brandon is a princess!

The Angels Game!

I am being brave going on Space Mountain!

Even though this is saved upright it won't load that way! So of course I had to get my picture taken by Michael Jackson's star to show my love for him. Who knew that he would pass away four days later! Oh Miguel! Thriller forever!

(And now here is where I started the blog - hee hee!) Hi Girls! Well, Brandon and I just got home from California a couple of days ago and I thought I'd post a couple of pictures so you can see our trip!

Here is our first day at Huntington Beach! We also rented boogie boards and beach cruisers! It was so fun! I got pretty beat up by the waves! I wasn't even deep (the water was probably to my knees), I was trying to get deep to ride a wave. I'm standing there and suddenly I was rolling and tumbling forever because a wave got me. When I stood up the water was only to my ankles. Not sure what happened, but apparently I looked like a tumble weed flying across the beach. I was scratched and bruised. My hair was crazy and I think I still have sand in my right ear that likes to squeak! Hopefully it's not some ocean bug!!

Love you all! Jia

The Surprise...

Oh, and I forgot, one more important thing....

Last Saturday my baby sister had her bundle of joy just over two weeks early! My mom called when I was leaving the gym and said we had a new baby in the family. I took a shower and ran to Logan to meet the new tike. He's cute as can be and a welcome bundle of blankets and bibs for Brittney and Brandon. His name will be Raiden and I already love him. Here are a few pics...

Ugliest Shirt Contest

Working for Del Sol I never had to think about PTO. Maybe that was because I spent so much time working I didn't have time to think about time off.... who knows? At the new job they watch your hours meticulously so there are few things more precious than PTO. Part of "Employee Appreciation Week" included 'Ugliest Shirt Day' -- winner receiving 4 blessed hours of paid time away from your cubicle cell.

Here's a picture of the beauty I picked up. And, YES those are GIANT St. Bernard's, and YES the silky shirt comes complete with shoulder pads. (This pic is of the back of the shirt. The front is covered in the same beautiful flowers you see beneath the dog and stunning gold buttons.)


Needless to say she was the hit of the party. I'm not sure whether or not I should be insulted by how many votes I got, but it was a dang funny day regardless. Thank yous go out to Tanya for loaning the shirt and of course, to the big blue dogs.

My Trip out East....

Hey girls! Well I finally was able to get my hands on some of the pics/videos from my trip. Don't worry the videos show how much I've matured and grown in the month I've been gone :)...or show how much my family really is alike haha. Anyways, I've already talked about how great the trip was but wanted to show some of it. Love and miss yall!! SEE YOU SOON!

Rose

Ok the videos will come later, it takes FOREVER to upload!

Beware of Phone Thieves at Church!

You will never guess what happened in the church parking lot today. My car was broken into (again!). They took my phone, my charger and a pair of my favorite jeans. So sad. Ty was also in the car, but luckily they didn't take him. Whew. So anyway I will have a new phone tomorrow and I am able to keep my number but I need everyone's phone number!!!

Kristie

Oh Hey!!

Hi everyone, it's Nat! So...great idea Rose and Haylie! It's been so fun reading all your posts! So we are back in Utah, yea! Nate graduated and now we are just looking for a house. We are living at Nate's parents until we find one. We are sort of settled at the moment...so I would love to see any of you that are around Salt Lake.

As an update...I think most of you know I had a baby boy in January. We named him Jack and he is such a sweetie. Grace will be 2 in July. Crazy! Here are some pics!