happy wife, happy life!

So I decided to write another blog about my amazing weekend, celebrating an amazing kind hearted person, Ashley Cole.

On Friday after work, Moberg and I ventured back to Moses lake in pursuit of the exciting festivities in store for us for the weekend. I spent the first night at home visiting with my family since some of my family from my dads side came to visit. Though most of the time I sit there and nod while they all speak, since they are speaking Farsi. I pick up on a few phrases and hear my name every once in a while, but besides all that I kind of just sit there quietly pretending to know what is going on.. besides the communication barrier it is always nice to see my grandma.

Well Saturday rolled around which was the day of the more "personal" shower where Ashley opened all her unmentionables :) This party was hosted by our friend Carmen and she did such an amazing job. It was so much fun, the games were awesome, and we all bonded and took pictures and talked "girl talk". We went out on the boat and stuck Ashley out on the jet ski and we cruised around trying not to spill our margaritas.. that was very unsuccessful I might add since a few of us ended up wearing our own drinks or someone else's. We came back to an amazing dinner and talked and had fun until the sun went down.. then we all had a sleepover at ashleys which we all discovered we are old women. Its not like high school where we would stay up all night and sleep all day... We rented two movies and were SO exhausted we decided against even putting a movie in and instead we all crashed out.. thus concluded the first shower.

 The second shower was put on by Anne Sandberg, and I was amazed. It was so classy and elegant. The orderves were not only delectable but they looked beautiful! There was champagne, iced tea, and also a chocolate fondue fountain! The set up was so sophisticated, and the games were so fun! We played 2 games.  I won one of the games, of course. We played a game where we had a check list of all the things we might have in our purse and we get points for each one. I blew everyone out of the water. You DON'T want to know all of the things I had in there.. but that's besides the point. Everyone had a great time, Ashley got amazing gifts, and all of us even helped get her a jump start on a scrap book! It was an amazing bridal shower and we all had a great time.

 

I would just like to say how blessed I am to be a part of this wedding, and to be Ashley's maid of honor. She has been my best friend for years, and I couldn't ask for a better friend. I can't believe she is getting married and to my brother of all people! Now no matter what she has no excuse, and she HAS to be in my life. Poor girl ;) no escaping me! But anyways.. she is an amazing person with a heart full of love. She is one person I know that will give to others before thinking about herself, and that's a rare quality to find. Kameron you hit the jackpot with this girl. Treat her amazing forever, because she deserves the world. I love you my little dude, my woman. You are the most beautiful bride. 

Our bachelorette party is next weekend and I can't wait for the shenanigans to begin :) We all got our own condo at crescent bar.. and it is going to be fun.

On another note... I am back home in Pullman and I work the next two days till I head BACK to moses again to get the little shihtzus groomed  :) then go to crescent bar. But I know we were supposed to have moved into our townhouse but we are having huge issues with the management and the flooring.. and things aren't what I want. So im super frustrated and trying to figure things out.. Im very picky and im not satisfied with the way our townhouse is right now.. so im not settling until things are the way we paid for! Ill give more details when we figure out whats going on... anyways... I am still missing Brandon like crazy and it's only getting harder to be away from him. I thought if I kept busy it wouldn't be as hard, but there isn't a second he isn't on my mind. It is so hard to spend a summer away from him, when I have spent two of the best summers of my life with him.. We have been skyping but I wish more than anything I could kiss him through the screen.. I love him so much and I am pretty sure I will continue to miss him more and more by the day. I love him more than all the stars in the sky and I can't wait to spend forever with him :)

"Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss."

not so simply me

Well, I finally decided (after much debate) that I would finally sign my life over to a blog. Many of you probably aren't really that interested in the things I have to say, yet again maybe some of you are. Honestly, I could really care less. Sometimes it feels good to write all your thoughts down regardless of if anyone is reading them or not. Well I guess I'll give you the rundown of my life currently.

For starters...I am a determined student, a loving daughter, a best friend, a motherly like sister, a mother of two shih-tzus, an obsessed aunt, a devout girlfriend, and most recently an employee. These are the main components of my life that are the very essence of who I am, and the ingredients that compose my not so average life.

Well I currently JUST finished my very first summer session at WSU, and let me tell you...I am so relieved. I took 4 classes in 6 weeks, and it was almost the death of me. I decided that two bachelor degrees are better than one, and I have decided to pursue political science with a pre-law emphasis, and criminal justice. So I have to do summer sessions so that I can not only graduate on time, but I might even be able to graduate a year or a semester early. So I am pretty stoked about that.

Aside from the boring school aspect of my life that consumes most of my time, I also recently just got a job! I got the one job in Pullman I really wanted at a boutique called Flirt. I am HOPING all of my paychecks don't go right back into the store, but I won't make any promises. Since jeans, dresses, wedges, heels, and basically every other form of fashion is my weakness, not spending my money will be a struggle. However, I have only worked one day, but I absolutely loved every minute of it. I love my boss, and my co-workers. Its an amazing environment to be in, and I am so blessed to be a part of the flirt crew!

Probably the biggest chunk that consumes me is my family. I have a father, a mother, a brother, a sister, a step mother, a step brother, two step sisters, a nephew, and a niece. I also have the Coles and the Williams who are my second families, who have just about equally put up with me and all my craziness. Well, it was just recently fathers day, and I was so lucky to have been home to spend the entire day with the best daddy in the whole world. In case you didn't know.. I am the WORLDS biggest daddies girl. I literally don't know what I would ever do without him. Well I drove back from Seattle and surprised him with cards, a redbull (he's obsessed) and a nice bouquet of flowers since I know he loves to have them in the house. We all went out to dinner and a movie after, and it was just nice to spend an entire day with my dad celebrating him and all that he means to me. Now onto my brother... my crazy determined motivated hard working inspirational brother. He has always been my best friend and now he is getting married to MY best friend Ashley Cole. Could it be anymore perfect? I am the maid of honor in the wedding that is taking place THIS July 16th and I couldn't be more happy. Speaking of marriage, my little baby sister also got engaged. I have always babied my sister and acted like her mother, so letting her go is not easy, but I have got to let her grow up one day... maybe :)

Brandon Taylor Williams. He has been a huge reason why I am who I am currently. I met him the summer before my first year of college, and I am thankful everyday for that because he helped me to be a better person. He helped me to discover where my priorities should be, and I haven't strayed from them since. We have been "Officially" together for over a year and a half now, and it feels like I've known him my whole life. He is my other half, and my best friend. We recently moved in together, and it has been an amazing experience. We understand each other on a whole new level, and I don't get sick of waking up to his face in the morning, or falling asleep to it at night. We have our little nightly traditions "eskimos, butterflies, .....punchies!" and I wouldn't trade them for the world! Just recently... he left me for the entire summer. He is in Chico, California for the next two months playing Summer ball, and he left me and the shih-tzus to face Pullman...Alone. I anticipated the day he was leaving even months before, and it still didn't prepare me for the day that he left. I stood there at the airport trying to sustain my composure and to not cry like a baby. All he had to do was hug me and whisper in my ear "I love you pooky.." and I felt the lump in my throat and the burning tears run down my face. I watched him walk away until I couldn't see him anymore and his parents and I ventured back home. I went straight to his room and was confronted with his smell and instantly broke into tears.. it hasn't been easy with him gone, but I think I will survive two months with our beautiful shih-tzus..

Last, and most certainly not least.. Maci and Sadie. These two little rugrats are my life these days. They are the one thing that just a glance at them can INSTANTLY put the biggest smile on my face. They are definitely a lot of work... and cost a lot of money, but they are worth every second and every penny. I have secretly been hiding them in my apartment but we finally move to our townhouse on the 23rd of this month and they will finally be able to go outside and run around instead of cooped up in my small place.. These girls are full of excitement and I have my fair share of stories about them.. but I will save them for later since I just typed a novel..

Well I am going to do my best to write these, but I tend to get sick of stuff like this after a while, but hey it's Summer and I don't have much else to do.. so hopefully SOMEONE out there got to the end of this.. but if not oh well.

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."
— C.S. Lewis