Hooray!!!

Well, I finally did it!! I'm updating my blog for the first time in two months!! I guess you know what that means..... yep, I'm engaged! JUST KIDDING!!! Hahaha! Nope, it means I finally have new pictures and new things to talk about! Life is good - I'm still trying to get adjusted to living here in La Verkin and having Mom and Dad gone..... It has been a rougher transition that I thought (big surprise right?) Tys and I are still dating - taking turns driving back and forth between La Verky and Cedar City.
Also, for those of you who don't know, I am starting a performing group for kids ( a 'Mini Acclamation' if you will.....), and our first classes will begin next week!! I'm really excited! It should be a lot of fun, and I thank Martha for motivating me to do it, and Nikki and Martha for their help!
The Miss UT pageant is in July, so it's sneaking up on me pretty quickly!! I've been working with Karmen Wilson (My pageant director) a little, but I need to bump it up into high speed now if I want to be fully prepared! Other than that I've just been working (at Cross Creek) and spending time at home. I know what you're all thinking; Lucky girl. Right? Ha ha j/k.
Well, that's about it. From now on I will try to keep this as updated as possible! Thanks Leesh for putting the pressure on me!! I'll try not to let it happen again! Love you all!!!




On Monday, Tyson, Me and our friend Isaac went to Toquerville falls. Here are some pics. It was a lot of fun!!!

Sand Hollow Resort

Well, the past ten days have been a little crazy for me! Karmen Wilson (my pageant director) was one of the event coordinators for the 'Sand Hollow Resort Block Party' (which was kind of in conjunction with the St. George Parade of Homes), and she asked me to be a part of this event. So from Friday the 15th up until Sunday the 24th I have been bouncing back and forth between spending the entire day out at Sand Hollow Resort (with my crown and banner on, which made me feel kind of silly), and over at a booth in the Red Cliffs Mall handing out brochures and spreading the word about the block party. The first two days out at the Resort (Fri. and Sat.), Karmen arranged for G.I. Jill (Miss UT, Jill Stevens) to come out and spend the day with me meeting and greeting people and passing out free FatBoy ice cream sandwiches. It was a lot of fun having her there - the only problem was I had lost my banner and had to re-order another one and it hadn't come yet - so of course EVERYONE knew who Jill was, and they all wanted to come talk to her..... so here I am hanging out with her, and all I have is a crown on. Nine times out of ten, after a person or group of people would finish their conversation with Jill, they would turn to me and say "Who are you?" After a while I finally just started to answer them by saying "Well, I'm Miss Fat Boy!!" There were actually quite a few people who believed me, and a couple of older women said "Oh how cute! They give you a Tiara for that?" Ha Ha Ha!! It was fun :)

So let me explain a little bit about the whole Block Party shin-dig. What happened was people were welcome to come out to the resort and tour the three model homes out there, and also tour the new golf course they have out there. There were free self-guided tours of the course, and free helicopter rides that flew over the entire resort (of which I had the opportunity to do, and it was AWESOME!!) Anyway, they had a number of events going on out there: Live entertainment, putting contests, temporary Steak and Seafood restaurant, different vendors, Harley giveaways.... it was pretty cool. The best part was this: During this time we (Karmen, myself and a few others) where selling Golf Balls with the Sand Hollow Resort Logo for two dollars a piece as a fund raiser for The Children's Miracle Network. They could take the golf ball out onto the green and putt it for a number of prizes (free lunch, discount at the pro-shop, fast pass to ride the helicopter etc.) We ended up raising a total of $7,000 for the Children's Miracle Network, and was able present a check to Renita Revill, who is a representative for the Children's Miracle Network, this past Saturday!!! So, even though these past ten days have been a little draining, it was all worth it in the end!

Fun Date, Fun Day!!!

That's right! BAMMM!!

Well, about a week and 1/2 ago Tyson and I went on a super awesome fun day date. It was on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Matt's favorite holiday), and it really was a blast! First we went to Wal-Mart (exciting huh!!!) and we bought a little plastic sled for $7. Then we drove up the canyon a little ways and found the perfect spot for snow sledding! I did most of the sledding, because Tyson's weight hindered the sled from going down very quickly (if at all) :) Ha ha, what do you expect, it's a child's sled!! I was lucky to even make it down on it! Also, neither one of us had "Real" snow clothes (I left my home in LaVerkin) so by the time we were finished, we were both soaked and on the verge of frost bite! I did, however, have a wonderfully warm coat that protected the upper half of my body (thanks Matt and Kim :) Anyway, after returning from the mountain we changed into warm, dry clothes, ate lunch, then set off to go shooting! That was also tons of fun! Tyson has a really good shot, and he hardly missed a target! I was really embarrassed because I wasn't even remotely close to hitting any of the targets, until I realized that I wasn't using the aiming guidelines built on to the gun, so once I figured that out I was ripping it up!! Yep, so then we went home, ate dinner and watched the news! Ha ha, I know that sounds kind of lame, but it really was a fun day for us!

Just admit it.... we're awesome!!!
























Fun In The Snow!!!

Tyson Is Going To Kill Me When He See's This!!!!

Hey guys!! I bet you all thought you'd never see me up-date this thing again!! Well, don't worry, Nikki (along with many others) reminded me that I'm way past due on up-dating it!! These past couple of weeks have been crazy with Welcome Back Week and SUU Idol, which has pretty much consumed my entire being!! But, the good news is, it's finally over!!! Yay!!! I gotta say though, it was a lot of fun and well worth the hard work! We started off the week with giving away free stuff, hosting the Dash 4 Cash at the Women's Basketball Half-time, held auditions for SUU Idol on Tues. Night (We had 20 people compete and lot's of people just there to watch) a dance afterward, Wednesday we had the first official round of SUU Idol at noon then brought a Comedian in for the evening activity and passed out free subs, Thurs. we had the second round of SUU Idol at noon, and then set up for a drive-in movie with hot chocolate and cider later that night. Yesterday was the last day of Welcome Back Week where we had the final round for SUU Idol!! It was great! After that we served free pizza before opening up the 'Mentalist' show. We had a mentalist come and perform last night, and he read minds and moved tables and spoons with his 'mind's energy'..... Kind of like Matilda...... Anyway, I don't really believe any of that crap, but it was still fun to watch :) And it was a big success!! The Ballroom was nearly full! So I'm feeling pretty good about the outcome of the Welcome Back Week! Unfortunately I never took any pictures :( But I am going to post some pictures I have from Christmas and Thanksgiving Break, so I hope you enjoy!!!

CHRISTMAS!!!!

These pictures were taken at the Jubilee of Trees Festival in St. George. It was actually taken back in November, so that just goes to show how bad I am at keeping up with this thing!


The Jubilee of Trees!!!

This is me and my adorable niece Krissia! This was taken Christmas Eve right after Nikki gave
that sweet christmas devotional! We both were crying after that....Thanks a lot Nic!! J/k :)


Krissia is so pretty!!! My face looks fat! Ha ha


Too bad we couldn't get Jaylee to stay for any of the pictures!! The cow costume I made for her was so cute!!! Oh well :)

I love all of my nieces and nephews so much!!!


Tyson helped me put this Christmas tree up in my apartment...... I didn't have many decorations, but it still worked out ok!! I was just glad to have one. However, I didn't have a star, and I asked him to make one for me.... so I gave him what I had from my scrapbooking collection and he came up with this! Isn't it nice? :)

My Tree!! (Tyson made the star! Nice huh :)


My Apartment Decorations (Thanks Mom :)

I didn't have much to work with, but I was grateful anyway for the decorations Mom provided me with!!! I still need to take them down......

Thanksgiving!!

Collie Roo and Aunt Shawnee


Cute Kids!!!


Kissing Cousins!!!