The Big 24!

On February 12, 1985 I was brought into this wonderful world. I am really grateful to be able to have been able to come here to my two wonderful parents Mike and Gwen Shaw. They are the best! This year I celebrated my birthday a little bit differently. I was able to go to Wyoming for the weekend and tend 4 beautiful girls! It was like a girls day for the whole weekend it was really fun. I was able to spend a little bit of time with my cousins Tanya, Wade, Avery, Weston, and baby Drew. They are such a cute family. The girls and I made cookies and played dress up and lots of games. Avery came with us one day to the recreational center where we they played and played forever with the big blocks. It was a lot of fun. The night before my birthday some of my friends surprised me and took me out to one of my favorite restaurants-Cafe Sabor it was great! I have some really great people in my life and I'm so lucky! Thanks for all the birthday wishes and for making it a great day.

Weekend Fun

As you all know I really am the worst blogger but I just had one of the funnest weekends. My companion from Australia flew in on Thursday for a couple of days before she went onto Colorado to get married. I decided to show her and her sister a good time. On Thursday night we went Country dancing-pretty much my favorite thing to do! I love it so much that I go every week. They wanted to come and watch but not really dance. We were off...well it was a lot of fun and they said they enjoyed it. I met up with some of my friends there and we all had a good time. On friday night some of my friends were going to Keys on Main. Well it's a famous place in salt lake. Here is where two guys play on dueling pianos it's amazing. We got there and waited for a bit for some people to show up and the night just got crazy from there! We had a good time singing and dancing and just livin it up. After we left, we got this homeless lady to take our picture, well she decided to follow us and thought she was going to get a ride. Well we tried to lose her but it didn't work out we finally told her that we had no room in our car and she turned away and started walking back well the next thing I know she is running back to my friend Trent and asking him if she could have some money because she's pregnant and 21. Well believe me she was not 21 nor did she look pregnant. She was in her 50's at least! Anyway we hurried off to Denny's and got a table well let me just say that it was pretty crazy there. It was about 8 blocks from where we had left the lady and guess who all of a sudden comes in the door..yep the crazy homeless lady. She starts yelling at us for no reason and then heads out the door. I have never seen so many "different" people in Denny's at one time it was so packed it was the craziest night and so now my australian friends have a different view of Utah! It was a fun filled weekend. We even found my companion a wedding dress so it was perfect.

Viva Las Vegas!!!

Hoover Dam

Me and Loto

Celia and I

Tapua, Me, Celia, and Loto at the Las Vegas Temple

Jumping off and trying hard not to fall!


Playing cards at 2 in the morning-Happy Birthday Celia

These are just some of the pictures at the beginning of our vegas trip. My friend Celia knows these guys that we hung out with our first few nights there. We stayed at the Hilton Grand Vacations Club and it was so nice! All week it was amazing weather-ha ha not! It snowed for the first time in Vegas in about 40 years and it was the first time the airport had ever closed. It was pretty cold all week but it was still way fun. We had our friend "Bubs" take us around to all the free shows and we got to see a ton!! She took us to the Bellagio water show, the Venetian, MGM Grand, and many more. We saw stomp out loud which was amazing I would definately recommend this for anyone who goes to Vegas it is well worth it. We went to Hoover Dam and went to a Karaoke Lounge. It was my first time ever and it was a blast. We were with a girl named Nina who is definately going to be the next American Idol. She is amazing. On Saturday we went to the Las Vegas Bowl and it was a good game but unfortunately BYU lost to Arizona! We went to ride the big shot on the stratosphere but it was closed. And of course who could go to Vegas without shopping-not me! We did plenty of that. I found some great deals. Overall the trip was amazing. I have plenty more to share but I will have to do that another day I could go on and on about how good this trip was! I will tell more later.

Wyoming Fun

Avery and Weston-aren't they the cutest kids ever!

I was able to spend a a few days with Wade, Tanya, Avery, Weston, and Drew and it was a lot of fun. I was able to attend Drew's baby blessing and it was so good. Wade gave a great blessing and the spirit was very strong. I am so glad to be a part of this wonderful family and am glad I get to attend special events like this. I loved spending time with my cousin Lana and Aunt Shauna as well. They are tons of fun!!

I am really bad at blogging!

So I have to say that blogging hasn't been the best for me because I never update it! I haven't written a post since Halloween. This Christmas I am going to try and get caught up. I just got done with my last final today and I am way excited about being done..well at least for a couple of weeks. I am going to Vegas on Sunday for a week with some friends and I am stoked..we have tickets to the Las Vegas bowl and I'm really excited. It should be a lot of fun. I am hoping to update this blog and get it going during the break so be patient and see what's next to come!!

Halloween

Well as you can tell my roommate Ruth and I had a lot of fun dressing up for Halloween. I went as a spider witch and she went as elf..doesn't her costume look great! It was so much fun, we went to a couple of fun parties and had a great night!

Well I can't believe it's been two years since I left on my mission to New Mexico-wow how time flies. I am celebrating the two year mark for when I left to the MTC tomorrow November 8. Life is good and I've just been busy with school, work, and of course my social life! I decided to start this new blog so let me know what you think!