A Girls Night Out...

... with my girl Candis. We had such a great time, talking, laughing, and more talking. I think I was laughing the entire night.

Candis asked to meet up for a few drinks last night (gosh knows we needed them). She lives in the east valley so we decided to meet somewhere in the middle. Of course all I could come up with was- Hurricane Bay. This was just suppose to be our starting point, but with all of our talking we never made it anywhere else. I was having so much fun that the entire night slipped right by us. I think we both stayed out a bit longer than we intended. We even had our dancing shoes on and never found the time to break them in ;).

Before we said our goodbyes it dawned on us that we missed out on some photo opps and lost that fresh look when you first set foot in the clubs.

Here was take one. Believe it or not we couldn't find anyone to help take a picture.

Take 5 (found a not-so-good photographer)
This one is my favorite!!

Candis~ Thank you so much for the night out. I had so much fun with you. I feel like we have been friends for 20 years. Next up- your neck of the woods and maybe a spot on your couch- HA- and I will have to go kidnap Jenni so she can't say NO (we love our Jenni)!

Thank you Mykol for being Mr. Mom so we could have a much needed girls night.

"BAUBOOLS" Bath

We introduced Jayla to bubble baths and now she can't live with out them. She is a big fan of her "baubools". This gives her all the more reason to love her baths (not that she didn't already). Jayla even got to move in on mommy's bath tub. It is like a mini swimming pool for her. As you can imagine she is in water heaven.

This is my new favorite picture of Jayla. She is such a "cheesse" head- he he.

(I love seeing all her big girl teeth, especially her molars)

Time To Pack Up My Backpack

~insert song here from Dora the Explorer "Back pack-Back pack"...OH BOY I need to get out of the house more~

Yep it is back to school I go! Jayla and I had a very fun summer together. She is looking forward to getting back to her Grandma's houses and I am ready to get to work. I went to visit with an ASU academic advisor over the summer to start the process of transferring over to their Upper Division Nursing program. Thanks to a very good friend of mine, Nicole, who gave me a boost in that direction. If all goes well I will be in the nursing program Spring of 2011. It seems so far away but it is actually faster to get your BSN, than just your RN at a community college (the wait list is 1 1/2 years). I will be attending GCC one last semester and it's off to ASU to finish my pre-req's. Then I will go straight into the upper division nursing program (no waiting). Your grades play a huge roll in who gets in and who doesn't. You can pretty much say if I don't maintain a 4.0 I will not be getting into their program. It is very competitive but I am so ready for the challenge. I have a full load this semester and with the looks of it, lots of homework in my near future. Poor Jearel, I will need to apologize to him ahead of time for what is to come (buckle your seat belt babe)!
And for those of you who are wondering, yes we are still trying for baby #2. Might as well make it more challenging!!

Headband OBSESSION

Jayla takes it upon herself to play with the things in my bathroom cabinets while I am blow drying my hair. This time she made it all the way to the back of the cabinets to where I neatly stack all of my headbands. She always takes them off my head (when I wear them) just to put them around her neck. Why?! I am not sure because I rarely ever wear one. I never thought in a million years she would put every single one of them around her neck. I know it is hard to tell in the pictures but there are at least 10 around her neck. I was dying laughing when I saw her like this. Then she couldn't stop laughing with me. She is such a goof ball.

Oops one fell off. Time to put it back.
HE HE!! This is so fun mommy!

Family BBQ

Jearel and I invited some of my family over for a BBQ and swimming this past Sunday. I was feeling pretty guilty that my Aunti Suzy and Uncle Phil have not seen Jay since her birthday. So we finally got our butts in gear and made it happen. My cousin Candy came with her boyfriend Tom as well as my brother and his two oldest boys. It was the weekend after my brother's birthday so my Aunt had the brilliant idea to bake him a birthday cake (it was so yummy).

My Aunti Suzy trying to light 32 candles.

Happy Birthday Adam
All of us :) (Jayla was yelling CHEESE)

My Uncle Phil, Aunti Suzy, cousin Candy and Jayla

Jayla was trying to blow help blow up her water wings (my Aunt thought they would work but NO Bueno, she couldn't move her arms)

Jearel being crazy with AJ

Jumping over the rafts.

Cameron showing off his muscles.

Jayla was wiped out by the end of the day. This is the best snuggle time for us!

Thank you so much Aunti Suzy and Uncle Phil for bringing all the goodies (presents to the yummy food). Thank you to Candy for the cookies and fruit. We love you guys so much. Lets get together again soon :)

Vanessa's an Old Lady

Well not really, as we celebrated her 29th birthday at Lisa G's Wine Bar (I wish I was 29 again). It was a perfect night with just the girls. I was hoping someone (Camille, Sarah, Vanessa or my second mom, Cathy) would have emailed me some pictures by now. This is the only one I got of the night, I guess I was too busy having FUN to remember to take pictures.

Camille, Sarah, Vanessa, and Me

Thank you girls for a great night. Happy Birthday again to my little sista, Vanessa. I love you girl!!

Sleepy Head

Jayla fell asleep while eating her chicken nuggets (her lunch). I wish every nap was this easy!!!

She looked so peaceful and awkwardly comfortable in her high chair.