Memorial Day weekend

Don't be yealous, but...THIS is how I spent the majority of my Memorial Day weekend:Oh...and like THIS too:

My weekend was pretty great, I can't lie. The roomie was gone so I soaked up every minute of freedom in my house that I had. It was joyful!

When I wasn't home, though, I was out having fun with the girls. On Friday we had a little party which was followed by a late night shopping trip to Kohls. Hello cute swimsuits! And what better way to break in a new swimsuit that with a nice, relaxing {and/or freezing cold} swim? On Saturday we did just that. Ordered pizza, swam to our little heart's desires and then finished off the day with a dip in the jacuzzi. It was lovely. Except for the moment when I decided to be nice and play ball with the dogs. I was holding the ball in the water while the 2 dogs were outside the pool patiently waiting for me to throw the ball {I may or may not have been taunting them}. I turn my back and then hear this loud splash, followed by a shockingly painful feeling in my finger. The freaking dog jumped in the pool to take the ball from my hand, and took a bit of my finger with it. Ok, so it wasn't that bad, but it hurt like crap. Even today, it is a little sore to the touch and a little bothersome to type with. I now have an ugly bruise under my fingernail:Ouch!

When I wasn't swimming I was sewing my brains out. I decided it was time to focus on my quilt again and thought it would be the perfect weekend to do so. I change my mind every three minutes about how I want the quilt to look, but I finally decided on a brown border in the front and the back, like so:

Word of advice to any of you beginning sewers who think you can teach yourself to sew and create a quilt that will be perfect: DON'T put borders on the back of your quilt. Or atleast don't expect them to line up with the borders on the front of your quilt. I tried my hardest to figure out a way to make them line up, but they didn't. And you know what? I'm ok with it. I actually quilted the quilt this weekend, so all that is left is the binding.I thought the quilting was stressful, but the binding is what really freaks me out. Oh well. It will be cute when all is said and done. I am happy so far. It's not as nice and perfect as I hoped it would be, but for not knowing anything about sewing and/or quilting, I think it's to-die-for!

{Yay for me!}

Oh yes, the rest of the weekend was exactly the same as the beginning. Sewing, swimming and pizza. Oh, and I watched three movies on Sunday. Good times...

awwww...

This is me, breathing a BIG sigh of relief. I feel great today! Nope, no explanation will be given...

Speaking of great things, I have a co-worker who loves drawing random things and posting them all over my office. He has decided that he is going to fill my entire office with little post-it note drawings. He started a wall of minotaurs last week and they just make me smile whenever I see them. Here are a few of my favorite pics:

Awesome right?? Ignore the photo quality/weirdness. I was trying some new camera effects on my phone because most of the drawings are on pink post-its and are harder to see. Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed this small journey of minotaurs. After seeing this next picture, I think I have decided that minotaurs are my new favorite animal.{LOVE}

sometimes...

Sometimes I hate that I am old, that I have a mortgage, and that I have no prospects. And likewise, I get jealous when I see people who are living it up and who get to move to new areas and meet people. I am longing for an adventure so badly! But alas, I have a mortgage to pay so the funds aren't available to take a vacation. And I also realize that there is no hope for me in the Branch. All the boys like perfect little 18 year olds. I am not either of those things. Oh well. This is just me venting.

{Pity, party of one}

boredom

I am not sure if it's because I am super bored at work today, but this video cracks me up!

{Sorry, you will have to click on the link. The video won't post for some reason...}

eat dessert first

Well, since my computer won't let me download the pictures for my main course post, we will just skip right to the fun stuff. This is really the only thing I cared to blog about anyway...

Ladies and Gentlemen, eat dessert first!

This post is dedicated to my adorable friend, Cara Fun Kleiner...who just got married. Yes, I am slightly jealous, but couldn't be more happy for her! She is a great gal and deserves all the best!

The festivities began a week before the wedding with a bachelorette party. Let's just say, some of the pictures are a little embarrassing and/or inappropriate...so I will just tease you with this one: Right! We are good girls. The night was great! We had a yummy dinner at Oreganos and then went back to a house to open gifts. We did get a "special delivery" from the guy pictured above in the midst of our gift opening. No, he was not a professional, and the dance only lasted about one minute...but it was a joyous minute full of blushing and laughter! After our guest excused himself, we popped in a video to learn a couple of dance routines. Enough about that...

The night before the wedding we had a little dinner with close friends and family to celebrate the happy couple. Here we are with Cara on her last night as a single woman:
And then the blessed day arrived. Cara and Justin were sealed for time and all eternity in the Mesa LDS Temple on Friday, April 29th, 2011. It was such a special day for them...and for me! It was the first time I have actually been to a temple wedding and I am so thankful for the opportunity I had to be there. I bawled, of course...but then again, so did everyone else. Happy tears for sure! Speaking of happy, look how happy they are when they walked out of the temple:

Yay!!!!

The reception that night was beautiful! I know this picture doesn't do it justice, but look how cute everything was: The happy couple greeted guests while we ate a delicious spread of food and sipped down on some Jones Soda. The cake cutting was memorable. I have never seen one this vicious before:
After the cake cutting we danced our little hearts out. I have never had so much fun dancing at a wedding in my life! And then the bouquet and garter were tossed. I was the lucky girl to catch the bouquet. Woohoo! This is a first for me. Usually I just stand back and let someone else catch it. I mean, it's usually pretty embarrassing standing in the crowd of single ladies anyway. But this time, I was going to be aggressive and throw elbows if needed. I am not getting any younger, and they say that the girl who catches the bouquet gets married next. Well guess what? I'm getting married! Sure, I haven't met the man yet, but it is my new quest. Yay for me!

I kick myself that we didn't take any photos of our group with the bride, but here is a fantastic group shot, including the prized bouquet:

Emily, Gabi, myself, Jay Frederick, Andrew and Daja

{I love love}

soup and salad

This is the story of an evening spent with men...and lots of them! It all started when Daja and I got an invite to go bowling with some friends. Turns out, the only friends that came were men. We loved every minute of it!

{don't we look excited?!}

me...gettin' my bowl on

Andrew "The Strike Master" Decker. Seriously, this boy was on fire!!! This shot was taken after he got a strike, obvi.

me and New Kid

some of the boys...

Michael and Jordan. Not to be confused with Michael Jordan. I am not sure why they are so sad. Maybe because I wasn't batting my eyes at them enough...?

I love me some Daja and Andrew

And who could forget the frame when all members of the PLCNKM team got spares.

Good times were had by all (I think). And, of course, my team won. No thanks to myself. Despite the fact that I own pink bowling shoes and a pink bowling ball...I really suck at bowling! But I enjoy doing it and I especially love playing with the boys!

After bowling Daja and I got invited to a game night. You guessed it...only boys were there! No pictures were taken, but you have to believe that it's true.

And after a few games, we met up with some other boys at IHOP for some deliciousness.

Proof that boys really were present...

And despite what you may interpret by my facial expression, this was me relishing every minute of it!

{I love boys}