OREGON

Our cute little house

Be AFRAID of Sasquatch!!

Me and Arlene on a Bridge

The beautiful temple (note the red leaves)

The Column in Astoria

This is us in front of the Bayview bakery

By far our fav place to eat

This is where the cute old man stopped to take our pic!

Multnomah Falls

So I have been a bad blogger lately...for anyone who reads Tonja and Arlene's blogs....I am slacking! Two weeks ago the 3 of us went to Oregon for 4 fabulous days! We had the greatest time - words can't even describe how perfect this trip was! I could write for pages and pages everything we saw and did but I'll leave it to the pictures and highlights!

Highlights of the trip include.....

*Seeing and hiking to AMAZING waterfalls
*Staying in a cute little beach house for $20 ( for the whole weekend)
*Listening to Christmas music as we drove
*Watching Christmas movies every night
*Going to Tilamook Cheese Factory
*Seeing the Goonies house and other places from the Goonies

*Seeing the angry ocean hit up against the rocky beaches
*Meeting a sweet old man who just pulled over on the side of the road just to take our picture and proceed to tell us all the best places to eat on the coast (loved him)

*Seeing the end of the Oregon trail
*Facing my fears and eating at the BIG FOOT pub and grub YIKES
*Seeing the beutiful fall leaves everywhere
*Seeing the Portland temple (Pretty sure its my new favorite)
*Traveling with Arlene and Tonja (we make quite the combination)

I absolutely loved this trip! Oregon was beautiful! Cant wait to go back!

FEELING GOOD

I VOTED today - don't know if it is because I live in Phoenix or what but there was no waiting at all I walked in....voted....and left within 5 minutes! It was a beutiful thing!! Just wanna say it feels good to vote - sounds cheesy and cliche...but I am proud to be an American... Glad we have the oppurtunity to live in this country -Im grateful for the founding fathers who I know were men of God - who fought hard to make this country what it is. I realize this country is not in the best of situations right now - but it could be so much worse! It makes me proud that so many people are getting so involved in this election. I think it is awesome! I hope it all turns out for the best! I am excited to see history be made one way or another today.
I also find incredible peace in knowing that good, bad, or indifferent in the world, the church will always stand fast and unwavering. Im grateful to have that foundation in my life. It brings incredible peace of mind - no matter what happens around us the church teachings and leaders will not change and will always lead us in the right direction.

Disneyland

As you can tell by pictures and for those of you who read Kathy's blog...I went to Disneyland with the Trev and Kat fam! We had the funnest time! I loved being there with Parks, Ev, Fletch, and Joss - they made it so much fun! (Trev and Kat you guys were ok to be with :) JK!!) Actually I have been to Dland more times with Kathy than I have anyone else - we first went to Dland together when we were 14 years old! Who knew 15 years later we would still be going and this time with her 4 kids! The boys were so cute and they braved all the big kid rides - we somehow talked/tricked them into the Tower of Terror! I never thought I would go to the haunted mansion 6+ times... but I did and I loved it more everytime! It even made me teary eyed (get help!) dont know if it was because that is Parker and Ev's fav movie and they were excited or if I just got excited for Christmas - prob a combo of both!! Can't wait to go at Christmas time although I may lose my mind (in a good way) because two of my favorite things...Christmas + Disneyland = OVERWHELMING!! Thanks Trev and Kat for letting me tag along!

Some excitement in My Life!

So as many of you know my dental career started back in the day right after high school when good ol' Dr Stapley so graciously offered to train me to be his assistant (still do not know what possessed him to do such a thing) But boy am I grateful! so long story short...I worked there for several years until I decided to do the hygiene thing - when I started school - not working for Stapley felt like the weirdest thing in the world...after all it was all I knew for ten years - After I graduated I started temping -- this made me really really miss the comfort of Dr. Stapley's office! Unfortunately, for me, his hygienists have both been there for several years and there was not a position open there......UNTIL LAST WEEK!!! One of his hygienists has decided to move to California....And guess who is headed back!! YEP TRACIE!! I could not be happier! This has been such a blessing because temping has been SO SLOW right now I have not really been working enough! So I am super grateful for this opportunity and cant wait to start on the 20th for Dr. Stapley and crew.....again!!

My other exciting news is that I am going to Oregon in November! Arlene, Tonja, and I are headed to Seaside to stay on the coast in a beach house for 5 days! We are going to celebrate Arlene's big 3-0!! I am super excited although I think we might freeze to death! But I cant wait!! I love traveling with these two...we have been to Cali a few times together and we conquered a ten day trip with 6 girls in NYC! I'm excited for our new adventure! If anyone has been there or has suggestions of what we should do lmk! Tonja and Arlene don't worry I have the count down going we leave in 26 days!

NOT GOOD!!

What beats getting pulled over???

Having your 2 nieces with you when it happens...

What beats that???

Having your Brother Sister-in-law there to watch the whole thing

And what can beat that.....

Having Chad send me this picture message while the cop is writing my ticket!!

Thanks for documenting Chad....

Yep that is me....Congrats!

Now this happened about a month ago... HOWEVER...I got the privelege of going to the Mesa court house today! HATED IT!!! I do not know if anyone has had this wonderous oppurtunity...but turns out it was pretty gross! I wanted to bathe in hand sanitizer after I left! Luckily I ended up with a bargain priced ticket of $173 and I made a friend named Angel... who is not only 20 and headed to prison but has been been there 2 times before...Don't worry he assured me he was a good person and not to be afraid him! And I wasn't....FALSE!! There was a dude who looked like Snoop Dogg and was yelling obscenities at the top of his lungs...Also met a pregnant girl who proceeded to tell me she had to see a judge because she had a suspended license because she had 3 unpaid tickets....Not sure why everyone decided to tell me there legal issues...But it was FULL ENTERTAINMENT!!! Lets just say I was more than grateful to get the heck out of there! And I have renewed my commitment to be a law abiding citizen!!

Random Highlights

Apparently I never posted this....and it is not really finished but..... here is a partial blog I started awhile ago and never finished! I promise a better blog will follow - but I will at least put this half one out there....

So I have been a terrible blogger lately - and everytime I have something to blog about I decide it will take too long to do...So anyway...Thought I would give a few randome highlights of my life in the last few months...so here goes

Moved to Phoenix in July....FULL entertainment ....staying at my Dads while he is in Colorado...

I live down the street from Chris, Heather, and Madi (Best part of being here!)

Went to Utah...to see April and Michelle - SO much fun!!

Started temping for work - Now that is an adventure...

First Dr. I tempted for apparently wasn't into that whole professional Doctor attire...he wore sandals, sweatpants, and a half way unbuttoned shirt - GOO!!

The Second Dr. I temped for...well...lets see...had rings on every finger, a watch with more bling on it than who knows what, and he had more product in his hair than I put in mine in a week.....and lets just say his assistant was introduced to me as the Doctor's lover...and he would be of the male gender... HIGHLY ENTERTAINING....

Its a freaky world out there!

I NEVER knew how much I would miss good ol Mesa...and the "normal" dentists that have practices there

Also discovered I HATE Phoenix Walmarts....at least the one on Thomas! I VOW TO NEVER GO THERE AGAIN!!

A Shout out to Arlene, Tonja and Mr. Phelps

I Can't lie....I am smitten!!
I just can't deal with this guy! He has been the highlight of my days for the last week! And last night just topped it off! So this post is dedicated to him - How do you describe this guy? He is a killer swimmer, he's humble, his body is easy on the eyes, and he is cute about his Mom, I even like his crazy teeth! i just love him! This post is also a shout out for Arlene and Tonja....we went to dinner last night and they were giving me a hard time for not posting on my blog....so this one is for you girls too! They both became fully aware of my obsession on Sat. night when we watched his last race at their house...We had a great time at dinner and watching my boyfriend get his 8th gold! So I realize this is a random update....(I promise I will give an overview update soon!) But Arlene and Tonja this is for you....and yes you guys can both be bridesmaids at our wedding....(no worries it will be after our Seaside trip...and the primary program!)