Back from Hawaii

This is not the BIG post I have planned to do for this trip because I'm too burned out to do it right now. I'll do it later. We got back at 1am this morning after a hellish day of travelling. Our plane from Honolulu to LAX ended up just flying in circles around the island for over an hour trying to burn and dump enough fuel to land again because some valve wasn't working right. Consequence; we missed our connecting flight in LAX to SLC. We finally arrived in SLC and discovered that our luggage never made it and we still don't know where it is. Needless to say, SUCKY! But on a positive note, I HAD AN AMAZING TIME! I'm sad to be home and not there anymore but at the same time, it feels so good to be home. It was a ton of fun and we have lots and lots of pictures. Keep watching for the HAWAII blog.

TAG, YOU'RE IT!

The Game of Tag
1. Who is your man? Shay, aka Shayken
2. How long have you been together? Almost 2 1/2 years. (1 1/2 years married)
3. How long dated? We dated 10 months before we got married
4. How old is your man? 27
5. Who eats more? HIM
6. Who said "I love you" first? He did. =)
7. Who is taller? He totally is!
8. Who sings better? Well after all the training I've had I'd say I do, but my talent has declined over the years so in truth we are probably on the same level of horrible! LOL!
9. Who is smarter? Who knows, probably me! HEEHEE
10. Who's temper is worse? MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11. Who does the laundry? Both of us. He usually starts them and one of us ends up folding them.
12.Who takes out the garbage? Shay would say I never take out the garbage but I can count on my hand at least 4 or 5 times...
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? What way are you looking at the bed? On it, I do. Looking at it straight on, he does.
14. Who pays the bills? I do. Once in awhile he does. I'd say it's the same answer as #12 but reversed.
15. Who is better with the computer? Me? We're probably the same.
16. Who mows the lawn? HOORAY FOR US! NO LAWN!
17. Who cooks dinner? Some restaurant. I try to cook dinner and it never works out and then I'm embarrassed and feel like a bad wife so we usually eat out. I'm great at boxed dinners though! Mac and Cheese anyone?
18. Who drives when you are together? If we take his car he drives, if we take mine, I drive.
19. Who pays when you go out? It all comes out of the same checking account, but usually I grab my wallet first. And I would leave much better tips if he would let me.
20. Who is most stubborn? ME! sigh... I think I have some things to work on. WAIT! No I don't. I'm perfect!
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I think we are about even on that one. But I think he's better at it.
22. Whose parents do you see the most? HIS
23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me. He would've kissed me the day we met but I told him I didn't want him too cuz I didn't know him. So he waited till we knew each other 3 days. HAHAHA!!!
24. Who asked who out? Neither of us. His friends wife (who are also my clients...) talked me into going out with them that night. Boy am I glad she did.
25. Who proposed? He did, at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The story is in my Vegas blog if you're interested.
26. Who is more sensitive? We're both pretty sensitive, but I get my feelings hurt over anything.
27. Who has more friends? I would say I do. Mostly cuz I know way more people through doing their hair.
28. Who has more siblings? I do. By one. He has one sister, I have one brother and one sister.
29. Who wears the pants in the family? Sigh, who knows. I don't.

Now I have to tag 3 people so, Cort, Kory, and Rylee. No big deal if you don't play along, but it's kinda fun! LOVE YA!

Reminiscing

I was looking at all my friends various pages tonight. (Blogs, Myspace) Guess what I discovered? I miss everyone! I haven't seen so many people I love for such a long time! Life gets crazy and I get so caught up in the day to day routine. Just thought I'd take a moment to let you all know I love you and miss you! See ya soon! XOXO, D

P.S. Shay went camping with the guys last weekend and here is one of my favorite pictures he took of where they camped. Hopefully it brings some peace and calm into your day! =)

I'M BURSTING!

Oh my gosh! I finally finished Eclipse and I'm bursting! I'm dying! It's ridiculous how a book can make me feel exactly how the characters do. I laughed, I cried, I worried... I barely can contain myself. I know there are people who don't care much for this series but I cannot detach myself from it. Someone please help me! HAHAHA

ECLIPSE!

Eclipse was released today and even though I have not had time to go buy it I can't wait to read it! I got to touch it at the salon today and I shivered... I know, CRAZY DESTINY. So what, I love me! It's nice to have things to be excited about. Hope all of you that are reading it now are loving it. Serves me right for teasing you about knowing how Harry Potter ends the day it came out. HA! XOXO

OUR TRIP TO VEGAS!

We went to Las Vegas this past weekend and had so much fun. We decided to go see KA, by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand and it was amazing. It was the first time either of us had been to a show in Vegas. The last time we went to Vegas together was in November of 2005 when we got engaged. Needless to say it was much needed and a blast! We left Thursday night and stayed in St. George, UT at my friend Tanya's, she just had a baby so it was a lot of fun to see them. Then Friday we drove the rest of the way to Vegas and we checked into the MGM. It was a really cool room, it had a TV in the bathroom mirror, these crazy glass doors that opened up to reveal the toilet on the left side and the shower on the right, and the bed was so comfortable I honestly didn't want to leave. Too bad check out comes so early! Anyhow, Saturday night we stayed at my friend Mindy's house. We had a lot of fun just relaxing and doing some shopping. Well, sorry this blog is so long. Here's some pictures!

This is the ceiling at the Bellagio.
This is a video of the gardens they have at the Bellagio. They change it every season and it is unbelievable the amount of work that must go into it. Every time I've been there it looks ENTIRELY different. This video is mostly of the water jumping around but at one point I pan over to where Shay proposed to me. I had never seen the inside of the Bellagio so he took me there after he took me on a Gondola ride at the Venetian. We were just looking around and he said, "What's that over there?" So I turned and looked and he had the ring in the box open behind me. Then he got on his knee and asked me to marry him. Then we hugged and he put the ring on my finger and everyone that was watching clapped and cheered. It was so cute! It was fun to see the area again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bresWtNSqu4
This is a picture of Shay standing by a car that was on display at the Bellagio.

Me in front of the landscape at the Wynn. That is a BEAUTIFUL hotel.

Shay in front of the Wynn waterfalls.
Sleepy Lions at the MGM. I think it's neat that we can see such exotic creatures so close, but I feel like they are asleep all the time! Could it be they are depressed from the captivity? Shay standing by the Sphinx at the Luxor. He was hoping to run into Criss Angel. No luck!See, he loves Criss Angel... this is one of his motorcycles on display.Here's a video of our hotel room at the MGM. It was so cool. Very "modern. "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgvOIRZICKE

Hope you enjoyed! Love ya much! Destiny

Vegas!

HOORAY! The countdown is on. We leave for Vegas in 4 days!

Time for me to preach...

Faith Hill looks amazing. She is a beautiful woman and I think it is sad that they changed her so much for the cover of this magazine. They made her eye makeup stronger, they thickened her hair, made her jawline smaller, softened her smile lines, made her neck/shoulders smaller, got rid of her collarbone, made her back and waist smaller, added an arm, and made her other arm look like an unhealthy stick. What was so wrong with the original? Imagine what they would do to me! It's sad how our images and expectations of ourselves (this very much includes me) have become distorted because of the media. And I'm sure there are other influences, but really, I consider media one of the strongest influences in the world. It's time to not let it be. I want to try really hard to just accept me and be as healthy as I can. Anyone up for joining me?

July 4th...

So I know this holiday was over a week ago but I just got these pictures so enjoy! We had a nice and relaxing day at home, well I did, Shay went golfing. And then that evening we went to his Aunts house in Mapleton and had a BBQ and fireworks. This year was a lot of fun. Shays' father has started this tradition (if you call it that) that involves a fireworks display competition. His dad always puts on these amazing shows with music and the fireworks timed to go off just at the right moment with the music. This year he had a leftover firework (that he got in Wyoming) and he let Shay light it off. Well, while it was going off a cop walks into the back yard where we all were. It was super funny to us that were there. Probably not as much to you. But we were all laughing pretty hard. Luckily he gave us a warning but we never did get to see his dads display because we didn't want to get in more trouble. Hope you had fun and were safe! LOVE YA!

SMOKEY DAY!

There is a huge fire burning about 80 miles south of Utah County. It has burned about 400,000 acres now and is 0% contained. Lightening started it on Friday. I can see the smoke plumes from here and our valley is full of smoke! I tried rollerblading outside and I could taste the smoke and now my lungs burn. It's crazy! Here are some pictures. They closed the freeway on Saturday and Sunday because the fire has jumped over it. I'm going to run some errands and I'll take some pictures of the air quality here so I can post those too.