Goodbye, Dr. Duncan!

Last night a couple friends and I threw a surprise goodbye party for our friend Nick, who is heading off to med school in Texas. I think this is the first surprise party I've helped with where the person was actually surprised. It was great. :) Here are a few pics...

Here's the good future-doctor...I went to a party store and got the letters to make the "Dr Duncan" sign...I'm sure it will hang in his office someday :) The banner was made by a bunch of kids at a day care where my friend Shelley works. It was so cute! They wrote things like "You are special" on it, along with several other non-related pictures and words :)

Two of my favorite people...Kaylene and Shelley, waiting for Nick to arrive

My future roommate, the Great Alisha Geary (I do believe her dad was in the bishopric of Paul and Amy's old ward in Logan) (I was all sweaty from salsa dancing before this...I'm sure you wanted to know that)

I think this started out as a cute picture of the three girls in the middle. Then we all jumped on. I have fun friends. :)

My latest splurge...

Today I was at a party supply store buying some stuff for a party tonight, and I saw one of those Wilton molds for the doll cakes! The last few cakes I've made haven't turned out because I haven't been able to find a bowl that works well enough. So I bought it. :) I'm so excited! Now all I need is a reason to make a princess cake. :) If anyone wants one, let me know :) ha ha!

Here's the last one I made for my friend Jaime's princess-themed birthday party. Did you know that they make Barbies now that don't allow you to take the legs off? That would have been convenient when my brothers used to rip the legs off our dolls, but it's hard to shove the legs into a cake without making the cake fall apart. :)

Shannon did what?

I ran a 5k today! That most certainly was a first! A friend asked me on Sunday if I wanted to do it...and apparently I said yes! It was fun, though. I only walked for about 2 blocks...but only because the last few blocks were up hill! How rude! But I didn't get last place...that was my goal. :) There were so many people running (including a couple of students...how embarassing to see Miss Lacey all sweaty!), and it was on the parade route for Provo's 4th of July parade, so there were a lot of people cheering just for me! :) ha ha! If you need proof, here are my results.

And here are some pictures! Here we are (Jed, Rebecca, Kaylene, James, and I) getting ready for the race (no, of course this wasn't posed...haha!)

Post race...we're obviously exhausted! :) (Photo may be dramatized)

Señorita Rosalita!

Back in May, the different family home evening groups were all assigned to make a piñata. We were given balloons, newspaper, tissue paper, and a whole lot of flour/water mixture. I was a little sceptical about my group's decision to make a frog, but look how cute it turned out to be! We named her Señorita Rosalita!

We love you Rosalita! (well, loved...we smashed her later) :)

Edward's First Road Trip!

Well, Edward and I are in the middle of our first road trip together. Now in case you missed it, Edward is my car's name...I don't want any of you starting rumors that I'm going to marry a man named Edward (though how amazing would that be!) :) Let me start off by saying that Edward is amazing...

Now I don't know if you can see that, but it says 40.4 miles per gallon! This was after driving from Utah to Bozeman (on one tank of gas, of course!) Amazing!

The first stop on my roadtrip was to see Tessa in Idaho. We grew up together, and she was having a baby shower. I stayed at her house for a couple days and had fun chatting with her and seeing all the cute baby stuff she has gotten! I'm crossing my fingers that she'll have the baby before I head back down to Utah on Wednesday....you better get going, girl! :)

My next stop was in Bozeman, Montana to visit my friend Sally (also from Drummond). I got to see her ridiculously cute little girl, Annabelle, for the first time. She's about the same age as my nieces, Sophie and Anna, so it was fun to see her and know that my nieces are going through the same cute (but very busy!) stage. She looks so much like Sally did, and she can just melt your heart! I forgot to get my camera out until the last minute, so you'll just have to check out Sally's blog to see more pictures.

After a couple days in Bozeman, I headed over to see my good friend, Megan. She was my roommate for a couple of years before she got married. This was my first time seeing her little 9 week old Cameron. He is so sweet!! Sorry Sally and Tessa, I took more pictures of him...it's nothing against you. It's just that I remembered my camera :) Megan and Cameron...seriously Meg, you are such a cute, little mom!!!

I took this one for my family...at least the younger half. Recognize this? It's the Midland place in Columbus where we used to have our cattle sales once a year. Brent spent a couple of his birthdays here. Oh the days. :)

Wii are having fun!

For Father's Day, my siblings and I all chipped in to get a Wii for my dad! Perfect timing, considering I came up two days later. :) We tried it out last night after Mom and Dad's good friends, Pat and Paul Tucker and family, drove through town.

Mom had a little too much fun while playing tennis with Pat. Check out this video, and have a little chuckle...

Dad and Paul had fun as well...

Look how skinny Dad is getting. What a good lookin' guy!

A name for my car...

"Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn't get used to it, though I'd been staring at him all afternoon. His skin...literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface...A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal."
-Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer

As I sat outside this afternoon reading a book (oddly enough, another Stephanie Meyer book...The Host), I kept looking over at my pretty new car. It literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. :) So I've decided to name my car Edward. :) For those of you who haven't read the Twilight books, you should. :) They're super easy to read, and they're fun! Plus you would have a greater understanding of the name choice for my car.

Goodbye, stupid shiny Volvo. Hello, beautiful shiny Corolla! :)