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Well I decided to change something else about my hair. I GOT BANGS!!! Well those side bangs. I like them a lot! (Although I can't get a good picture of them!)

What do you think!?

The only thing is they keep getting in my eyes which is quite difficult for me! I do love them though. It is a love hate relationship!

Jake and I also have a new addition to our family...!!! Ellie! The cutest puppy ever!

She is 5 months old, and is a black lab border collie mix. We went to PetCo and the Humane Society was there with some dogs and cats. It was quite sad. I wanted to take them all home with me! There was a dog there with 3 legs. I wanted to cry, it was the first time I saw that in person. :( Tears...But there were two puppies, Ellie and Bob. Brother and sister.

It was sad having to separate them, but we didn't think 2 dogs would be good! Haha. One is enough. She is a great puppy! She is so calm. If we aren't playing with her, she sits there and sleeps or just watches. She follows us EVERYWHERE! Every time we move an inch she looks up to see where we are going and she moves that inch too. She is so sweet! She loves to do puppy things, but is so mellow it is amazing! I am so happy we got her! She is just so adorable!! :D

PROUD PARENTS!!! <3

Britney Spears Concert

Well Jake bought me those Britney Spears tickets for my birthday...and FINALLY the concert came!! YAY! It was in Salt Lake City at the energy solutions arena...ROAD TRIPP!!!! (okay its a 3.5 hour drive...but its the most he will drive!)

Well we took a half day off from work and left around one thirty or so. I drove the whole way to SLC. On our way we stopped in Pocatello for a quick bite at Red Lobster (because it is his favorite and that is the closest one to us). The drive was quiet because he brought his Harry Potter books and read the whole way while I listened to my Britney Spears cd (AMAZING!)

This is me before the Pussycat Dolls came on stage...!

We got to SLC and we were quite early so we drove up by the capitol building to see the HUGE houses up there! They were gorgeous! (They had no backyards and were on the hill/cliff but they were still beautiful!) Because the hill was so steep I made Jake drive cause I was too scared. Then we went and found a parking spot and got our seats. Anxiously I waited. It was fun people watching. There were some odd people let me tell you, but it is a Britney concert. Haha.

The concert started at 8:00 with the Pussycat Dolls. They were awesome too! They danced quite a bit and had really good voices. I like them a lot too so it was nice that they were opening for Britney! Both are in my top 10!

After their show we watched some "circus acts" because that is the theme of Britney's newest album. That was way awesome. There were some amazing scary acts! It was way fun cause I haven't been to a circus (well that I can remember).

Britney came on and sang and danced the ENTIRE TIME! She never stopped. And she changed her outfit like 12 times! Crazy. When she would go change they would have more circus acts. It was way cool. The crowd kept screaming everytime she left, and they'd scream louder when she would come back. I almost went deaf cause on top of that the music was SOOO loud.

After the show we walked out and still had to scream to talk because our ears were half broken! Haha. We got to our car and began our drive home. We stopped to get gas and food in Ogden and then headed off. I fell asleep quite soon...sorry Jake. About an hour into our drive Jake couldn't stay awake so we pulled over to a rest stop and he slept. He wanted to sleep for 30 mins, but it turned into 2 hours. Haha. We finally left again and arrived home at 4:30am. I finally went to bed at 5:00am and we didn't wake up until 1:00pm that day!

It was an amazing trip and an amazing concert! I wanted to get a T-shirt, but they were $30 or more, and we are broke. It was way fun though and I didn't want it to end! :( Sad. Maybe I will get the chance to go to another...!??? :D

Moving??

Well I finished another semester...well half semester...at BYU-Idaho! It was pretty relaxing and nice to get some credits and be able to work too. Now I am hopefully going back full time. If I can get classes. But Jake transferred to Idaho State University (ISU). He will be attending there this summer for about 2 months (it does have a better medical program). That will be nice for him to go back to school too. Except we are definitely going to go broke! Haha.

ISU is in Pocatello which is about 45 minutes away from where we live, and BYUI is about 30 minutes away, in the opposite direction. Hmmm. Therefore, I believe I am going to transfer to ISU as well! And then when we both start school again this fall, we are looking into moving to Pocatello. That way we won't have to travel so much. Jakes dad has some work there for Jake, and I can just try to find a job there too.

I am kind of excited for both of us to start school and our lives. It gets kind of boring coming home from work and sitting around for hours, which causes us to go to bed by 9:00. Probably part of my troubles falling asleep! It will definitely mean our "honeymoon" period is over! :( sad.

Troubles Sleeping

Well things have been great, except the fact that I CANNOT sleep at night! I don't know what it is. I usually have the blankets tucked all nice, but for some reason .... cough cough jake cough cough .... they come undone every night and it drives me crazy!

The first time I remember it happening it actually was very unpleasant! I had the worst nightmare ever. It was weird and made no sense, and apparently I was crying in my sleep. Jake woke me up, and I felt like there was the most evil spirit around me. I wanted to curl up and cry. Jake helped me to calm down (of course we said a prayer to get rid of that nasty feeling, it helped a ton!) and then I was able to fall back asleep.


The other night my mind was going crazy! I was replaying my day at work in my head (as a dream) for some reason, and I was going over the names and numbers which caused me to wake up! Of course, I can't stop thinking about it when I wake up either! I try everything there is, but for some reason I just can't sleep! Until I wake up at 5:45 to make Jakes lunch for the day and then go back to bed for an hour until I get up for work. That one hour I can sleep perfect. I have no idea what it is all about, but I REALLY DON'T like it! Not one bit!

I try taking melatonin at night so I can sleep through it, but for some reason my legs get so antsy that I wake up around the same time every night. And because the covers are all messy, I can't ever go back to sleep!

Of course the Melatonin doesn't work either. But my oh so sweet and caring husband (who I wake up every night with my spazy legs and constant tossing and turning) takes care of me. The other night he massaged my head so I would relax right before I fell asleep. That was the first time in a LONG time that I slept through the night. And then last night when I woke up in the middle of the night he massaged my head and legs again. It was so sweet! (I don't think he remembers it too much though, which makes it so much sweeter!) I love him. . .!

If you have any ideas of how I can possibly relax my mind and body before bed so I can sleep through the night, please, let me know! I am DYING to know! (Mostly because I feel bad I keep waking up Jake every night, and most the time I end up leaving and going to the couch so he can get his rest and not be tired at work!)


I would LOVE to be able to sleep like a baby again...!