Vogue!

Man, I am slacking lately! Last week my friend Missy and her salon put on a fashion show to support Aids at the Beauty Bar in downtown Las Vegas. It was really cool! Missy and her fellow hair stylists did the hair for all of the girls in the show, and Missy's girl was a geisha. She rocked! She totally looked the best, but unfortunately I didn't get a picture of her geisha. :(

Megan, Me, Annette (Missy's mom) and Missy in all her burlesque-themed glory!

I did, however, get this little photo gem. My friends and I couldn't stop watching these two all night. I thought the girl would have rocked her outfit better with roller skates, but I dug every bit of the guys outfit...even down to his man purse!

So, needless to say, Friday was fun! Saturday I spent the whole day in the temple with a couple of my friends - literally the whole day. It was really nice. I was supposed to go out to a birthday party and country dancing after, but I was exhausted so I hung out with Harry Potter until I fell asleep. I'm on the last book! Woot Woot!

I don't really know if anything else exciting has happened, except that I think I have our whole Europe trip planned now. I think we're cutting out Spain, so if anyone has any reasons why we should or should not keep it in the plan, please let us know. Oh - we're having a big girl's night sleepover at my friend's apartment tonight, so I'm sure I'll have more fun pics to share next week.

Make-Overs!

So, I gave my mom and Renee MAC make-overs for Christmas, and we've never used them, so we finally decided to last Friday. We took the hideous, no smile Before shot, and then the beautiful After shot. It was a lot of fun and we learned lots of new tips. We also ended up spending a little bit, but that's expected. Ok, I know I'm not the girliest girl, but I'm really trying to be more girly lately. We were discussing on the way home that even though none of us wears a lot of make-up (I probably wear the most), it makes us feel pretty when we have even a little bit on. It just enhances the features. :)

Before

After

We had a nice relaxing Easter too. Mom made Mark and Michael Easter boxes and mailed them to them with all sorts of goodies, and she even got Jonas a cute little basket with a bunny. Renee has the pic on their blog. It's adorable.

Oooh, I got to drive the Desoto to church on Sunday too and it was soooo fun! Man, I love that car. Tedd and Laurel are in town, so they came over for dinner on Sunday after an eventful day trying to see the Grand Canyon - long story! Then I went over to my friend Christy's house and we dyed Easter Eggs and had an egg derby. It was a lot of fun, but my egg lost in the first round. Bummer. My friend, Spencer, let me put his hair in pigtails though. So cute! ;) hehe

And of course I have to update on how cute and fat my little nephew is getting!

Conference!

So, I was just about to say that nothing super exciting has happened lately, but that would be a lie. Megan and I had Conference tickets for Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. It was awesome! We were in the Conference Center Saturday afternoon, when the session was actually being held in the old Tabernacle, so that was kind of a bummer. It was still really cool though. Sunday morning clearly topped it! It was so neat to be there with all of the First Presidency and the full conference center. Amazing talks, amazing spirit! Good times.

Megan and I drove up to Utah Friday night, hung out with her fam, went to a little get together at our friend Tim's house, went longboarding (I represented for the women and threw a couple of power slides!). We went to dinner with my old roomie, Emily, after Saturday's session and then went and saw her cute house! Her husband did an awesome job of fixing it up. It was sooooo good to see her again and we had fun reminiscing about old times. Oh man, I miss the college days. Oh, and I have finished the 5th Harry Potter book, so I have one more to go before the 7th one comes out in July in all it's glory! Sorry, no pics of Jonas this week. He talked to me on the phone on Sunday, but I didn't get to see him until Monday.

Good Times!

Oh man, did I have an entertaining week! So, first of all I am excited to say that we got a new receptionist in record time! Never in the history of LOC Las Vegas have we found a receptionist so quickly. I'm really excited about it. She's super nice and very smart, so it's a good fit and I'm excited to work with her. I have to make sure we get good receptionists because she's the only other girl in the office besides me. Ok, so enough of that.

Mitchel had a lacrosse game last Tuesday playing Faith Lutheran, who is the second ranked team so they are determined to beat Bonanza. Unfortunately Bonanza lost by 2 points, but it's ok because they'll play them again this season. Thursday's game was against Centennial and Bonanza beat them in quadruple overtime. Too bad I missed that game.

So, Friday we went to a small party at our friend Josh's house and it was a blast! We had to leave early though to go play Bingo with Brian for his birthday. Brian won $50 and he was sooo excited! It was hilarious! Afterward, when we were walking out to the car, I was walking behind my friend Missy when she suddenly slipped and flailed around to catch herself on the car next to her. I looked down to see what she had stepped on, and when I saw what it was she and I were laughing so hard we couldn't breathe. A banana. Seriously. Like the cartoons. If she hadn't been next to that car she would have gone down! O'doyle Rules!

Saturday I went to my friend Kaitlin's bridal shower and it was beautiful and so much fun. I'm so excited for her, because she's marrying the nicest guy. Awww.



I watched The Secret with my mom Saturday afternoon and it was really good. There are a lot of things in there that can be tied to gospel principles. It talks about how we're in control of our own happiness, and so my new goal is to remember to always be positive. Sometimes I struggle with that at work.

Saturday night we went out and did karaoke for Brian's continued birthday celebration and it was hilarious! Missy and Josh did a duet to Total Eclipse of the Heart and it was fantastic!!



I got a new calling on Sunday that I'm super excited about, but I can't tell until they sustain me in two weeks. ;) Luckily I get to keep teaching RS and do my new calling. Whew! I'm super stoked to go to conference with Megan this weekend, too.



What blog entry would be complete without a picture of my adorable nephew?! Isn't he getting so big? I love his cute little jeans.

Spring has Sprung!

Lacrosse season has finally started and I'm sooo excited! I love going to Mitchel's games. His team has done really well so far this year and is the team to beat! They got second in the Best of the West tournament a few weeks ago and only lost to a very brutal Canadian team. Boo for Canada. Just kidding :) Pretty good though! So, now that Jonas is finally here, Matt and Renee brought him to his first game and I'm pretty sure he loved it. It's getting really warm here - too warm already, if you ask me - so they had him dressed in his cute little shorts.

Not much super exciting happened last week. Hmm...well, actually... My mom went to Canada because my Grandma Heggie was sick and in the hospital again. It's ok though. She's doing a lot better now and my mom and aunt Sonya are coming home tomorrow. The day after my mom went to Canada, the receptionist at my work quit which really sucks because it leaves me stuck doing two jobs for the third time in the last year. Don't worry, I had a complete break down at work, so things are moving to get somebody new hired!

I had a super fun weekend though, despite my week! I helped my dad watch Jonas a little bit Friday night, before Missy and I picked Megan up from the airport. We had our typical Friday night where we ate ice cream, watched a movie, and fell asleep on the couches. We're pathetic. Saturday I went to lunch with one of my best friends from high school, which was a lot of fun, and then Saturday night I hung out with a hot guy I might have a bit of a crush on. ;) We played at his house for a while waiting for his roommate, and then went to a St. Patty's day party. I really had a lot of fun! Melinda and I went to a barbeque on Sunday, and then game night at this guy Graham's house. We were super social and it was a lot of fun! I got socialled out right before I moved out of my house, so I've just been lazy with the girls lately, but I had loads of fun this weekend!

This is Jonas's squish-face. Missy got him to fall asleep for a few minutes while we were hanging out with him and Dad. Oh, and on Sunday he smiled at Renee! A real smile!! She was so excited, and she tried capturing it on film, but he just wasn't cooperating. Bummer. I'm sure she'll catch him doing it in the next few days. Until then, this is the closest we've come!

Relaxing Weekend...

The girls are all in DC this weekend so I had to entertain myself. Boo for that! Just kidding. I had kind of a relaxing weekend, which was nice. I took half the day off Friday and hung out with my friend Chad, who was in town on business from Detroit. I haven't seen him since college, so it was really fun to see him again. We went and got sushi and it was tasty! Then later Friday night I watched the Warnick's girls. Alli had her friend Siri come over, so they were well entertained all night, and the babies were sooooo good! They're becoming more fun to play with now that they're getting older too. They were both cracking me up while they were awake. So fun!

Lydia is on the left, and Lucy is on the right.

Saturday I prepared my lesson for RS, and then went to my friend Ashley's bridal shower. It was really nice, and a lot of fun. I saw an old friend from high school, and Ashley got some really great stuff for her new married life! I'm so excited for her and Aaron. Oh, and I met Aaron's mom - loved her! I feel as if she and I are kindred spirits. We're the only ones, besides her daughters, who got Ashley somewhat trashy stuff. The shower was a blast!

Anyway, so Saturday night Heather's brother, Jeff, and her mom were in town, so we went out for sushi and then went and saw Mystere. It was really good and I had a lot of fun hanging out with them. It was good to see them. Too bad Heather couldn't come. :(

My lesson went really well on Sunday, and church was really good. Sadly though, I was beginning to think I had the best immune system in the world, but I started getting achy and my throat started hurting worse last night, and I'm afraid I'm getting one of the diseases that's been floating around our death house over the past few weeks. Hopefully it will pass quickly! Oh man, Matt and Renee and Jonas came over for dinner, as they do every Sunday, and Renee had dressed Jonas in one of the little Sunday outfits I got him. Don't worry, he looks adorable!!! We even got some Risky Business shots too!

I swear he goes comatose every time he's around me. But seriously, how cute is that outfit?

It even has a cute little tie! See - Risky Business!

I'm not gonna lie, he loves his Aunt Melissa! :)

Babysitting

I got to babysit for Jonas Friday and Saturday night last week! Matt and Renee went out with Renee's mom Reggie, and her husband John, both nights. They had a blast and so did I! I felt really bad because Mom and Dad were supposed to be his first babysitters, but they were both home sick. Really, I only got to do it by default. Sadly. Mom was really sad she didn't get to do it, but she was really in no condition. So anyway, we had a lot of fun! I watched movies and Jonas slept, half-woke-up long enough to be fed, and slept some more. The longest he was awake was when I changed his diapers. Little stinker! He's usually awake between 7 and 10 at night, but he decided to sleep the whole time for me. Oh well, I had fun watching him sleep. He's so cute! He makes me happy. :) Here are some pictures of our exciting evening.

Seriously, this is pretty much as awake as he got!

I love his little hands, and can we just note that he's darker than I am? Pathetic.