You Are Oregano

You have are charming, funny, witty, and smart. You love to party - and people love to party with you. You are always friendly and warm. You are able to help people get along.

What Spice Are You?

BoooHoooHooo!!!!!!!!!!!

OK i am so sad about the Jazz game tonight they played thier worst game of the playoffs. So now they will be coming back to Utah to play game 6. Well enough said.

GO JAZZ

As some of you know i am a huge Jazz fan and i have watched every play off game so far. They are playing so well i just hope they can get it done tonight in Houston. GO JAZZ!!!!!!!!!!!

Think Spring

Ahhhhh it feels like spring. FINALLY!!!!!!

They're Back

Hey the newlyweds are back home. They stopped by tonight to see us and to tell us all about thier honeymoon(well almost everything). When i saw my boy i hugged him so tight, i just missed him so much.It was so good to see them they are so in love.

Training Kaylene

Well Kaylene got the job at Spankys and yesterday was her first day there. They want her to train at least for 4 days before she does it on her own, so she asked me if i would train her (since i have worked there for a little over three months now and i have more experiance then these other people, yeah right HA HA HA )i was so thrilled that she asked me. So i tarined her last night from 3-6pm and it was so much fun. I hate to sound like a bragging mom but she is a joy to work with. I even asked her at one point last night if she ever thought that she would be working right beside her mom, she just shook her head no. But she did tell me later that she enjoyed working with me and that she's excited to start this new job. After i get done training her she will then be working from 3-6 everyday and i'll be working M,TU,F during the day. I really hope i get the oppurtunity to work with her in the summer.

Girls Night 4/22/08

These are the new cards i made last night at Hollys. We have girls night each week and we ( Holly, Mandi, Kaylene and myself) each bring things to work on while we talk and have fun. Last night Amy Ambler joined us and it was alot of fun to catch up with her and to meet her new baby girl. This is baby Elizabeth. What a Cutie! I am also adding a picture of our yummy rice krispy treat that i made for our night. This is one of Holly's favorite.

Cards

Just showing the cards i made.

My New Laptop & Desk

Just showing off my new work station.I can now look up card ideas and work on cards in the same room. YAY!!!!!

The Internet

I know this isn't the most exciting news for most of you, but Reese ( my sweet hubby) finally got the internet on my new laptop. We had some issues with the DSL,he wasn't quite sure how to set it up. So anyway he finally got it workin and i am so excited to be able to work on my laptop. Told you it wasn't the greatest news but i am happy. As the qoute says if momma aint happy, aint no one happy

;)

A Message from the Newlyweds

Hey Ya'll !!

What an adventure!!!

But we are here, safe in Miami! We were able to board the plane that led to Atlanta on the 6:00 a.m. flight on Thursday morning. What a long flight! We did not make it on the First Class (bummer!) but hey, at least we made it. I did not get any sleep on this flight. I really hoped that I would because I got less than 1 hr of sleep the night before because we needed to pack like crazy. Reese got about 2 hrs. (lucky dog!) Reese was able to get approx 25 minutes of sleep on the plane- 'It wasn't too comfortable,' he says. The movie that was playing on the plane was 'The Golden Compass.' That movie was really good. I liked it.
After we landed in Atlanta, we then dashed like blind mice around the airport, not knowing where we were supposed to go for our next tickets, etc. We spotted a kiosk and got lucky. This really nice lady helped us out and gave us our tickets. We had to catch a shuttle to get to our next gate. Get that! We had to catch a SHUTTLE to get to our next gate. Atlanta, apparently, is the busiest airport in America. And it really is. I believe it. People EVERYWHERE!
We tried to catch the 12:12 flight. There was only one seat left. We didn't want to split. We decided to stay. The next flight wasn't for an hour and a half and so we grabbed some Burger King. We both got the double whopper with bacon. It cost twice as much as in SLC but it was twice as small. We then tried to catch the 1:50, 3:05, and the 4:05 flight. As time went on, we went further and further down on the standby list. Our hopes were draining as time went. And our bellies were growling at us.
FINALLY! We made the 4:05 flight. The standby list was huge. We were listed on as number 20 and 21. A huge family didn't show for the flight and so all of the standby people were able to board. That meant us! We jumped for joy, sang 'Halelujah! and 'Praise the Lord!' I'm glad we were able to get on this flight. Reese and I were past the point of tired and we were both getting really hyper. I don't know what we would've done next.
This flight was only an hour and a half long, thank goodness! Reese watched ESPN while I watched E! on the screens that were on the seats in font of us. Reese sat at a window seat. It was so fun to watch us travel through the clouds. The first flight that we took, Reese's eyes lit up like a little boy's when going on a roller coaster for the first time. It was so cute. Both landings were rough. I got scared a little.
Now, the new task was to find our baggage that went straight to Miami. That means that it arrived before we did, especially with our delays. We went to the baggage claim. We stood and looked for about 25 minutes not seeing it. Then, we found a guy and asked him if this was where our baggage would be. He went to the back room and came out asking if we were going on a Carnival Cruise. We said, 'Yes.' Then he came out of the back with our suitcases. He pulled them together because of the bright orange tags that I had put on there for the cruise. I'm glad I did that now.
We then went to the pick up, where all the shuttles pick up passengers. We waited there for about 25-30 minutes. Then I grabbed our hotel conformation paper and called the hotel. I guess that we are supposed to call the hotel to be picked up. They don't run like other shuttles, every hour, on the hour, etc. I'm glad we finally became impatient and called, otherwise we would've been there for a while. We took a tour of downtown city of Miami, with all the palm trees and such. What a beautiful city! As we drove, we got farther and farther away from the city. We arrived 15 minutes later to our Travel Inn hotel. Reese and I think that we are in the slums of Miami by the looks of everything.
Can you say 'Wow!' Not a good kind of wow though. This place is so run down. But hey, its $85 bucks a night. Can't complain. We had to talk to the desk lady because we were checking in a night early. We ran into some complications with that. I reserved it under Rebecca Nielsen. On my debit and drivers license it is Rebecca Larrabee. What was I thinking!? I was thinking about Reese Jay, I know, I know. But yeah, I had to call the hotels.com travel agency about another night, have them fax over a page of confirmation, then charge for another night. Etc. It was long and complicated.
They finally gave us our key to our room. We drug our tired bodies to the third floor. Our room isn't the nicest, but it could be worse. After getting out of our 'nice khaki's', we jumped in jeans and went downstairs to a Greek restaurant called 'University Restaurant' and ate some dinner. We were starved!!! It was manna to our empty bellies. We then went back to the room and fell right asleep. We were so tired.
We slept in today till 1 o'clock. It felt so good. By the way, these beds are teeny! They are a tiny bit bigger than a twin but smaller than a full and Reese isn't exactly a sound sleeper. He he he. But yeah, sleeping in felt great. We decided to go for a walk. Our bellies were screaming at us again. We looked on MapQuest for a McDonald's or Wendy's but they were forever away. Across the street, behind some buildings was a Subway. We grabbed that for lunch.
Of course we got lost walking! DUH! We walked around in circles for sometime. In and out of different Hospitals. Reese, I love Reese, he found the Subway. After eating, we decided to become recluse's and hide in our hotel room till tomorrow. We brought cards and such to entertain us. We also looked up a Domino's Pizza number and we'll be calling them tonight for our wonderful gourmet dinner! Yum!
Asking the front desk, the shuttle leaves for the port of Miami ever hour on the hour. We will be grabbing some breakfast at Subway then head out for the Port tomorrow afternoon. We'll keep ya posted on our adventure. Ya'll take care. We love ya and miss you all. Well, almost miss ya. ;)

Reese and Beccie Nielsen

Scrapbook Expo Night

Kaylen, Holly Mandi and I went to the Scrapbook expo Friday Night. We have a very funny story about it, if you want a good laugh and would like to read the best story ever go to my friend Holly Hydes family blog. your in for a treat.

The Newlyweds

Well just thought i would update you all. We heard from Reese Jay and Beccie today they are safely in Miami, they will hang there till Saturday then be on thier way to the Carribian. Oh by the way this was Reese Jays first time in an airplane and he loved it.

The Day After

Well the wedding is over, and i am in such a funk! I really don't know why i feel like this, but i just feel so depressed, even though i am so happy for Reese Jay and Beccie. The wedding was so beautiful, the day was really long but worth every minute of it. We had so many friends that came and showed their support and we want to thank all of them for that. I saw friends that i haven't seen in years and it was so nice to see them and catch up with what's been happening in their lives. Later that night after everyone had gone home there was only a couple of us left and the music was still playing, Wally (her dad) went up to Beccie and asked her to dance it was so sweet. He then took her by the hand over to Reese Jay and handed her to him to dance with. Oh my gosh i thought i was going to lose it but i did't. I was very proud of myself that i didn't cry all day. ( well except i did cry after they were sealed together) After the dance was over I went over and gave Beccie a hug and we both just started to cry. It was a great day and i am so glad that i can now call Rebecca Nielsen my daughter-in-law.

The kids are leaving on their honeymoon in the morning. They are flying to Miami and then on Saturday they will board the ship and cruise the eastern carribian. They'll be home on the 26th.

"MOM"

I am way excited for today, my mom will fly in at 3:45.

Around the world in 80 minutes

Tonight i had the oppurtunity to go see the North Davis Area Mutual for Special Needs perform, Around The World in 80 Minutes. It was such a cute play. One of the actors in the play was Tyler Holgreen, i work with him at Spanky's. He invited me to go and i am so glad he did, i had a great time. They did such a great job dancing and singing, the crowd was really getting into it. We clapped to the beat of the music and that seemed to get these kids really excited to be perfoming for us. I am so glad that i went, and for the support of all the people that go their plays and make them feel special.

"IDOL"

American Idol Gives Back is on Tonight at 6:30. YAY!!!!!

Girls Night Thursday :)

Tonight Mandi, Holly,Kaylene and I hung out at Holly's house. We made a card that turned out so cute. Then we decided that we were all in the mood for some Joy Luck so off to the resturant we went. Again I ordered the Tangerine chicken (very yummmmmmy). W e had alot of fun,we talked and ate then talked a whole lot more. I love girls night. You girls mean alot to me and i look forward to girls night each week. I love you guys. Well I wish i had a picture of the card holly and I made, but maybe i'll post it tomorrow.