Happy 50th Mom!

About a month ago my dad sat me down and said "what is your choice of work in life?" and I said "I'm going to be a wedding planner." He said "correct. You are in charge of your mother's 50th birthday party." And so I went to work. for the next three weeks I ordered the cake, ordered the food, got decorations ready, got plates, cups, napkins, forks, etc. and proceeded to put it all together in my head.

The weekend of the party, we had Brianna call Mom and tell her that she wanted to take her out to dinner for her birthday. This was quite an excellent ploy to get her out of the house so I could get the house ready for the party.

The day of her party rolled around and from the moment I rolled out of bed it was go go go to get everything done. I went to a local department store earlier in the week and borrowed a few mannequins so that I could put her wedding dress, flag team uniforms, and the dress she wore in her engagement pictures on display. I also set up a table in our music room with framed pictures of Mom from age 1 to 2o. I lined both sides of the stairs with black and white balloons put balloons all through out the house.

The outside of the house was also decorated with black and white ribbon, balloons, tissue paper balls, and I had Dad line the sidewalk to the front door with clear lights.

All in all it was an awesome party and I proved to myself that I am going to be awesome at my career. Thanks to everyone who came!

The Cake

The Dresses

Mom through the years

The food table

Summer time

I, like many college students, have moved home for the summer to save a few dollars. Working 3 jobs should do it don't you think?

Job 1: Lab work at Dad's office. It has never been my favorite, but it is damn (pardon the french) good money.

Job 2: Knightsbridge Hall. I help with weddings and such which is perfect since I am going to be a wedding planner when I grow up. :)

Job 3: Winger's. I have always wanted to wait tables so I thought I would give it a shot. I haven't been on my own yet but hopefully I will be soon. The people I work with are fun too (for the most part). One thing I found that I don't like however is when people decide it's a good idea to come in 5 minutes before we close...no bueno...

Here she is now, Ellen Degeneres!

Oh my fun and love! At the beginning of the month I got to go to the Ellen Degeneres show with my cousin Shanalee and a couple of her friends. Before the show starts a guy comes out and gets the crowd all pumped and excited and during this little party he would hand the microphone to people to sing along with a song that they were playing and he TOTALLY gave the mic to me! It was awesome! AND I got to go down and dance on the set in front of everyone. I got a free t-shirt for that. ;) It seriously was on of the most fun things I've done. When Ellen came out I almost freaked out! I was like "Oh my gosh! It's really Ellen!"

Before we went to the studio, we were able to walk around the WB lot for a little while and we walked past the Ellen Show offices and there was a car parked right outside and we were joking around that it was Ellen's car, well we walked by again after the show and it was TOTALLY Ellen's parking space! We could have taken a picture by Ellen's car! We also saw George Clooney's parking space. So rad!

Remember the Magic

The week before my spring break my parents took my brother and sister and I to Disneyland for a couple of days and it was oober fun! It had been about 5 years since my last Disney experience so it was nice to go back and Remember the Magic...and it was nice to get away from life for a couple of days. After Disneyland we went to Vegas for the weekend and went to a couple of the Mountain West Conference basketball games and watched the boys team take the championship. Saturday after the championship game the rents took Brianna and me to go and see Phantom. It was awesome! Thanks for such a fun week Mom and Dad! Love yer faces!

Spring Break consisted of working all week for my dad. It was all good though because I made the mega bucks! I love huge paychecks.

Here are some pictures of Disneyland and Vegas.

Just a reminder for all of you who want to continue to read my blog, I am going private so get me your e-mail addresses asap!

On that note...the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines school as an organization that provides instruction. The Andrew Barnett dicitionary defines school as an organization that provides on-going stress and hair loss accompanied with assignments, quizzes and exams. This semester I decided that I was going to do my best to stay caught up and on top of my classes so that I had more time to do the things that I want, but it turns out I am just as busy if not busier than if I was behind. Sometimes I wonder if graduation day will ever come...

On a happier note, I got a 91% on my most recent accounting exam which totally rocks! I secretly love that class...don't ask me why...

Going Private

Hey everyone. I'm joining the ranks and going private just for that extra security measure. So let me know your e-mail addresses and I will add you to my readers list. If you know of anyone whom I know well that would like to be added just let me know! Thanks everyone!

Parade of Homes

Over President's Day weekend a group of friends and I went down to St. George to go to the Parade of homes. Holy Moly!!! There were some nice houses! There were also some not so nice houses...and some houses that we went through that weren't even part of the parade of homes (love me some open houses!) The not so nice houses were decorated all southwestern style...yuck...if you are going to own a 3 million dollar house, make it look like one.

One of the last houses we went to was 3.5 million and was absolutely amazing! The basement had at LEAST 30 foot ceilings (yes, I said the basement) and it held a basketball court, a raquet ball court, a climbing wall, a putting green, a two level weight lifting area and a 216 inch movie screen. It was AMAZING! The pool was awesome too. It had a little cave thing that went around it with a hot tub at one part and a little alcove with a TV in it at the end. It is for sale if any of you are interested.

Here are some drawings of my 2 favorite houses. They don't really do them justice though. Sorry! I didn't take any pictures.









I also tried out for SUU Idol this week and didn't even make it past round one. I missed my dad's 50th birthday party for it too. I was a little mad about that. One of the judges actually flat out told me that she hated my voice. Maybe I should take a hint and stop trying out for stuff. I may give it a rest for a while. I'll still sing when asked to though so if any of you need a musical number for church or whatever, I'm your guy! :)