Weekend with Kassi aka my favorite niece!

Kassi came to stay with me last weekend and we had so much fun. Megan was sweet enough to watch her while I was at work on Thursday and Friday. Kassi had a lot of fun with Livie and Megan. Thursday night me, Kassi, and Livie went to Andrew's softball game and to dinner. Then we went with Meg and Livie to Hoggle Zoo on Friday Evening and then went to Lagoon on Saturday. Saturday night me and Kassi went with Andrew to see the movie, "Up." On Sunday the fun ended and I took her back to Idaho!!

The Twins Graduated!!

I still can't believe that Brianne and Ben are old enough to graduate. It seriously doesn't seem that long ago when my mom was pregnant with them...but I guess it has been 18 years! I was glad that I was able to take a half day off work to go home and see them get their diplomas, even though it meant waking up at 5:15 am the next morning to hurry back to Utah for work. Congrats Bri and Ben, I love you guys!!!



Getting their diplomas!!

Andrew came to Idaho with me. As a side note: No, we didn't match on purpose!

It was fun to see Malory and Jana at graduation. Malory is one of my best friends from high school and Jana was our roommate at BYU-Idaho and then married someone from our high school.

I love New York!!

I was so excited when one of my friends invited me to go to New York City with him and a few of our friends. I’ve always wanted to go to New York and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I am always hesitant to take time off from work, but fortunately we were leaving on a red eye on Wednesday night and I could come back on Sunday, resulting in only missing 2 days at work. New York is unlike any city I have ever been to. It’s so fast paced and there is so much to do there. My favorite part of the trip was going to a Yankees game at the new stadium, I had never been to a Major League Baseball game and it was so fun to be surrounded by tons of diehard fans. I also loved riding bikes in Central Park. Some of the other things we did were: shopping in China Town, walking the Brooklyn Bridge, riding in taxis, rode the Subway for the first time, ate at yummy restaurants, got a pedicure, went to Times Square, and walked around the city. There were so many other things I wanted to do but there just wasn’t time…guess I’ll have to go back another time!

Rode-o

I'm behind on blogging so now I'm playing catch up. A few weeks ago I went to Idaho to the Dodge Circut Finals Rodeo in Pocatello, Idaho. My Grandpa Hillman buys tickets for us every year and it's so much fun. This year I bought Kassi pink cowgirl boots and she looked adorable.

San Fran

Recently I got to go to San Francisco for a very last minute work trip. This was my first time in San Francisco (unless you count the time I had a layover there). I got to stay at the Four Seasons and the guy at the front desk gave me a complimentary upgrade to an Executive Suite. I was also able to spend an afternoon walking around Union Park. My mom was very nervous to have me wandering the city all by myself but it was a cool experience. It probably would have been a little more exciting if I was with people, but I still had a good time. I'm off to an even bigger city tomorrow...New York City!!

Cats

A few weekends ago I went home to Idaho to watch my little sister Brianne perform in the Snake River High School performance of "Cats." The play was a lot of fun. I loved the costumes and make up. Brianne of course did an amazing job and in my mind stole the show with her song "McCavity" It has been a lot of fun to go home and watch Brianne perform through out the years, she is very talented! Love you Bri.

Super Bowl Party

When I was growing up one of the reasons I loved Super Bowl Sunday was because it was one of the only Sunday's that we didn't have to eat dinner around the table. Plus my dad was a high school football coach and so I always enjoyed watching football with him. Anyway, this year some of my friends had a huge Super Bowl party. I'm not necessarily a huge Steelers or Cardinals fan, so when I was deciding who to cheer for I remembered that my brother Nate use to have a Steelers pillow in his bedroom so I decided to cheer for them! I made a bet with one of my friends that the Steelers would win...so now he owes me dinner...sorry Johnny!