jack jack

i know we have all seen pictures of jack jack.

but i have some i needed to post and finally have the internet to do it!

i was the first one to meet jack jack on the lapierre side (except for grandma) and this is the proof!!

falling asleep sitting up. cutie patootie!

he's super happy that i visited him!

apparently jim has never had a baby suck on his finger before. i think he almost cried from the excitement!

i didn't take too many pictures but enough to have proof i was there first! :)

why i LOVE Make-A-Wish

friday was not a typical day for me at work.

i was out of the office all day working on a wish.

one of our kids' wish was to have an army jeep he could play on.

friday was the day of granting his wish. and it was AMAZING!

he had no clue it was happening that day, and was sent out with his family while volunteers set up his backyard as an army base complete with a restored WWII jeep.

i don't actually have any pictures but here are links for you to read about the story...

http://prayformarky.blogspot.com/

http://sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50025983-76/mark-army-guard-disease.html.csp?page=2

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700052403/Jeep-fulfills-ailing-childs-fondest-wish.html

my personal favorite part of the wish was after he was sworn in by the army captain. this captain had been to afghanistan and had received a medal that symbolized his being in battle. this captain took the medal off of his uniform and pinned it on our wish kid, saying that he had been through many battles and would have more to face and this would symbolize that.

AND THEN this same captain had another award for our wish kids and said that this award was a symbol of bravery and courage. he then proceeded to pull out a bronze star he had been awarded and GAVE IT TO THIS KID!

it was totally amazing to see the outpouring of support from family and friends that all showed up to be a part of the surprise.

and that is why i LOVE Make-A-Wish!

p.s. i have finally been assigned a partner and get to start working on granting my own wish this week!! i'm really excited!

well...

i haven't cut my hair in a while. so split ends were getting pretty gross.

therefore, i decided to cut it.

and it went a little shorter than i meant it to.

and i'll probably have to buy a straightener now so i can make it look decent.

but here's the first picture of it....

p.s. blogging is quite difficult at the moment. when i can i will try to update on goings on of the past few weeks but until then this is the best i can do.

teaser trailer :)

let's play catch up

it's been a while...

i have started my internship at make-a-wish.

and i LOVE it!

i help plan out the kids' wishes, filling out forms, sending requests, and also closing off wishes by making sure all the receipts and forms we need have been received.

i even get to go shopping sometimes for the wishes.

this last week i went to toys r us and bought every single star wars lego they had.

a few weeks ago i went to wal mart and bought $200 worth of toy story items.

it's been fun and i really enjoy it.

they're very good to me and i am very comfortable there now that i have gotten the swing of things.

it is kind of depressing, because as you know in order to qualify for a wish a child has to have a life-threatening illness. since starting there have been about 6 children who have passed away. i luck out in that i haven't met any of the children so i haven't formed the attachment but i see all their paperwork and get to know them through those and what it is they have asked for as a wish. the families are usually very grateful for the wish and often state it as one of their happiest moments in their child's life, as it is a time away from doctors, needles, pain and sickness. there are some very touching stories and i love hearing them all.

outside of working there i have been getting ready for the wedding. invitations have been sent out and at this point it's just waiting for the week of to plan out all those itty bitty details.

we took pictures around the temple yesterday. when i get those back i'll post them for you!

see you all soon!

model

i model for the visual arts department. one of the girls in a class i did head modeling for told me that she had entered a painting of me into the show that was going on in march. so i found it, with help from laree's roommate katie (the one not getting married). it looks like me. but not at the same time...
and i was having difficulty trying to re-create the pose. so sorry....

yeah...same as above...

ENGAGED!

St. Patrick's Day, 2010

and i guess you want to hear the story? too bad, i'm going to tell you anyways:
wednesday evening (st. patrick's day) i went up to west jordan to visit steven for a couple hours.
he picked me up at the trax station and we started going a weird way i was unfamiliar with. which isn't saying much because i really don't know my way around the area anyways. so he pulled into the west jordan city park, right near the police station, and said he thought since the weather was nice we should go to a park. so we played a little on the playground, then went to the swings, then walked around the whole place. (there's a ton of open fields and baseball diamonds, as well as 6 playgrounds)
we ended up at another playground, where no one else was playing and went to the swings again. he was pushing me on a swing and eventually just let it come to a stop.
when it did, he knelt in front of me and asked me to marry him. and the answer is yes!!

so the date: june 12th, hopefully in manti (that's the temple he grew up with, and since boston would be harder to get family to, we went with the temple that meant something to him)
time is still undetermined but will be soon!!
we're really excited!!