I fell off the face of the earth..........

No not really. I finally finished school on March 10th, 2009, studied my "you know what" off for 9 days. Took the 110 (10 were freebies) question written state board exam(passed with a 97%). 3 days later took the practical exam in Pocatello (was fine til she said "you may start" and I could not stop shaking. This has never happened before when I've taken a test. I was a little freaked out at myself for shaking so bad.) Passed with an 85% (not bad at all, but I really wanted to pass with a 95% or higher...I blame the shakes...). Now I'm just waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for the state board to send me my license. They say they did not receive the stuff from my school, my school said they sent it on the 13th of March. I asked the school to please send all my info again, so now I might actually have my license in my hand by next week sometime, we'll see. I'm just excited that i passed and I'm an officially licensed nail technician.......Yeah!!!!!
I have a picture of the first set of acrylic nails i did. I think they turned out really good. The toes are KaDences that i did at Christmas time. They are gels with glitter under them. The fingers are KaDences as well, also gels. I had some other pictures of some good nails i did, but our computer crashed and i lost those pictures.


Kids are doing pretty well right now. They are very glad I'm done with school and things are somewhat a little more normal around here. Kyle was a wonderful husband and a lot of help while i was in school and working. I could never had made it with out him. Thanks babe!

5 days and counting......

Only 5 more days and I start Nail Tech school. I am soooo excited for Dec. 8th to get here!!! :) Kids are doing good right now and we are trudging along. That's it for this post. :)

"After All These Years"

On Dec. 2nd it will be 20 years since Kyle and I first met. It's incredibly hard to believe that this much time has gone by already. It feels like yesterday sometimes and other times it feels like we've always been with each other and I don't remember being without him. We met Dec. 2nd, 1988 and became engaged 2 1/2 weeks later on Dec. 20th, 1988. We married 6 months later on June 30th, 1989. There have been times when I have wanted a divorce, but I have learned through some really hard times, that I REALLY LOVE HIM and those hard times are when we grow the most, and when we discover that, it's because we love each other that we work through it and grow closer together. I'm glad I've learned how to work out the rough times b/c I have a real GEM, he's the BEST thing that has EVER happened to me, and b/c of that..... we have 3 beautiful children who are a reflection of our love. "After All These Years" is the new Journey song. If you have a minute, listen to it on my playlist. I encourage everyone who reads this to take a minute and think about all the GOOD things about the one YOU love.... :)

Life.....

I'm still at D.I., but I get to start Nail tech school Dec. 8th finally! I can't wait! We went to Kyle's niece's wedding Halloween weekend and decided to drive to Rock Springs, WY to see if we could see ourselves living there if Kyle took a job with Haliburton. It was much more urban then we had expected. I told kyle we needed to make the trip during winter when it's -50F. THAT would be the test....only problem is I don't want to try to drive there in the winter. :) Not much else going on right now.....just.........Life.

KARSTON'S 15th B-day!!!

Karston finally turned 15 on the 9th of Sept. For his b-day he had asked for a punching bag with gloves. We went to Wally world and got one for him. It is now hanging in the garage where he can "release" ALL of his frustrations. He wanted a snickers cake from Alberstons so that's the cake we had. Here's a pic with the cake.

WORKING....uuugghhh!

So, I haven't posted for a while. I started working at Deseret Industries the day after Labor Day (Sept. 2nd.) DI is making money and they're not supposed to b/c they are a non-profit org. So they have a scholarship program that will pay up to $3k toward schooling. I want to get my nail tech license and I have to work 30-90 days to prove my work ethics to them and then they will pay some or all of my schooling. So...I'm working 40hrs/wk to get my schooling paid for. I'm a cashier/merchandiser. Nothing major but it is exhausting on Saturdays when I'm head cashier. Hope to be in school ASAP!! and that's my update.

First year @ High School...already...really..?????

All morning long Karston kept whining "I don't want to go to school". I can't believe he's starting at CHS this year....where did the time go? Funny thing is...when he got home all he could say was "High School ROCKS!!" "Can I just say that High School ROOOOOOOCKS!!" My sweet little boy who was always helping others, constantly saying "look at me mom", and just enjoying life....has officially turned into a High Schooler. I hope he has a GREAT year and continues to think that High School ROOOCKS!!! This is a pic from when he got home from school.