Lauren Elyse Hawkley

This is my new niece Lauren. She is Anthony and Candice's baby. She was born last night at 9:09 and weighed 7 lb 8 oz. She has red hair and is so very cute. We went up to see her this morning before Brandan had to go to work.

bridesmaid dress

So Hailey is getting married next weekend and I am one of the bridesmaids. This is the dress we all are wearing. It was about 3 inches too short for me so I had to lengthen it by that much. Here it is after the alterations. You can kind of tell but all in all I think it looks pretty good! It took like 3 hours to do which I was really surprised at but there were a ton of seams to do so I guess it makes sense. Anyways I'm excited for the wedding. Wes and Kiersten are coming to stay with us for it and they have a new baby so that should be fun, and it should be interesting having a baby in the house. It'll give us a small taste of what it will be like to be parents someday!

summer 08

Brandan is done with school for the semester! 2 more semesters to go! So we now have a couple months before the fall semester picks up and hopefully that means more time for fun! Summer plans so far include: camping trips, dutch oven cooking experiments, road trips, our 4th anniversary, and lots of craziness in between.

New Bed

I forgot to mention that at the Parking Lot Sale, my manager gave me an AMAZING deal on the floor model of our Celebrity Mattress by Tempurpedic. I had been eyeing this mattress for a while and Brandan and I talked about buying one a few times but it was still a little steep, even with an employee discount. So my manager finally gave me a deal I couldn't resist. The best news is it was only on the floor for about 2 weeks and the only reason they switched it out is because corporate wanted it displayed in a king suddenly, so it is practically brand new. It does take some time to adjust to the new mattress because it is totally different than "normal mattress technology" but I think it's going pretty well. I do feel more rested lately.
My schedule has changed a lot since I became a sales person which makes everything more difficult since I was kind of set in my routine. The thing that has suffered the most is our house. It is messier than ever. Good thing I have Wednesday off.
One more thing, my mom and I took a cooking class last week at Easy Cookin'. It was amazing. Jon Mortimer taught the class and I learned so much! He taught us how to make crepes, frittatas, bread pudding, and croissants and everything was absolutely delicious. I love to cook and can't wait to try some of his recipes on my own! I recommend cooking classes, they are fun.

Parking Lot Sale

So yesterday was the Parking Lot Sale and my official first day as a salesperson at RC Willey. It went really well. I sold quite a bit of stuff. I did get a pretty bad sunburn on my arms though. By the end of the day everyone was calling me Lobster. After work, Brandan and I went out to dinner to celebrate my success at McGrath's Fish House. We ordered the steak and king crab dinner which was really good. After that we got home and watched some Lost and then Brandan had to go to work.