I'm a slacker....

A Cool Thunderstorm in Redding

View from our Hotel room at the Luxor Las Vegas


Jake Owen performing on Freemont Street

Having fun at the free concerts

Aaron on Freemont Street

Me and my yummy Margarita

Aaron and I at the Tournament of Kings dinner

Tournament of Kings at the Excaliber

Las Vegas!

Kellie Pickler performing on Freemont Street

Aaron at Bass pro shops, Las Vegas

One of my fav pics... Aaron watching all the fish in the big tank at BPS

Me in front of the big fish tank

The shooting game at Bass Pro Shops

Trying to figure it out.....

The Bass Bench

Aaron winning big money on my favorite Machine, Jackpot Party

The girls at the Red Lion in Redding

At Johnny's in Redding

My bestie April and I

Riding my bicycle.....

A beautiful Anderson Evening.....

Aaron and I taking a break at the Sacramento River

Well i've been keeping myself pretty busy these days and my schedule is only getting busier.... April 2-7 Aaron and I went to Vegas for a vacation and to visit some of my family. It was a great trip other than the flying part (I just hate flying!) I was able to visit with my Aunt, Uncle and Cousins, so that was really nice. We got there Thursday and went to dinner with my Cousins for my cousin Jen's b-day, it was super good! Then Friday Aaron and I went to a Cirque de Soleil show "Ka" at the MGM Grand, it was okay, but I think Mystere is better. Then we went down to Freemont Street to the free concerts by Jake Owen and Jason Aldean. Saturday we went to the tournament of Kings at the Excaliber and then headed back down to Freemont Street for free concerts by Kellie Pickler and Leann Rimes. Sunday we went bowling and to dinner with my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin Jen, I love buffets :) Monday was Bass Pro Shops day, we spent over 3 hours in that store and then gambled a little at the Casino there and ate dinner since it was much cheaper than on the strip. Tuesday we had a nice breakfast and then got ready to head home. We slept in late and did a little gambling here and there, i mostly stick to the penny machines, lol. And just an FYI, never use the public transportation bus in Vegas! Its called the deuce and its horrible, we rode it twice and it took us an hour to get from the strip to Freemont Street! Will never ride it again, not to mention the annoying drunk people that ride it. The $20 taxi ride is so worth it!

April 17-18 was the Kool April Nights car show in Redding. I had a bunch of friends come into town and visit so that was fun. I had to work friday night so I slept most of Saturday but we all went out to dinner Saturday and then to the bar.... it was a fun night but the bars just aren't as fun as they used to be. I was missing Aaron the whole time we were there...( he had gotten up really early to go fishing and was too tired to go out) But I did have a blast with all my girl friends that were in town, it was great to see them all.

Aaron and I were able to go on a few bike rides this last weekend through the Anderson River park area. There are some really fun trails and its a great work out. Aaron and I are still getting used to riding but we're getting better. Aaron has been going a lot after work with some of his co-workers, finding new trails for us to ride on.

Other than that I've been working, cooking yummy dinners and spending time with Aaron cuddled up on the couch watching tv. I'm going on a cruise this sunday for 4 days for a bachelorette party. We are flying down to San diego on Sunday (yikes!) and then the ship docks at Catalina for a day and Ensenada for a day, however as of right now, Carnival is not docking in Mexican ports so we may not go to Ensenada. Even if we do dock there, I don't plan on getting off the ship, but i'm sure if one person picks up the swine flu, everyone on board will get it because ships are such close quarters. I'm not very concerned about it though, no one in the US has even died from the swine flu yet and the regular human flu kills 40,000 people in the US every year. I'm just watching the news and seeing what happens by this weekend.....

I love daylight savings!

Not much going on..... Aaron had a big FLW Stren Series tournament last week at Clear Lake. He did okay, about middle of the pack..... He has another tournament this Sunday at Clear lake, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed because he really wants to do great at this one... AND also on Sunday is our 1 year anniversary since our First Date. This past year has flown by so fast and it has been absolutely wonderful. I'm still as excited to see him everyday as I was when we first started dating :) We don't have anything big planned because he won't be home till late that night but we are going to Vegas in about 3 weeks so we can celebrate then.... other than that, it's just been the normal grind. I've been off for 4 days so tomorrow is my monday :( but it pays the bills so I can't complain.... Aaron will be going out of town on Saturday morning anyway. Oh and did I mention how much I absolutely love the time change?! I don't know why but it just puts me in a much better mood when it's lighter later, I love it! And hopefully Aaron and I will be able to go on some more bike rides soon, the weather has been gorgeous (however we still need a lot of rain to fill up the lake).... that's about it :)

Just another week.....

Well I don't have any new pictures since last post but I decided to post anyways to keep up with it. I worked a few days this week, then was on call thursday night and Friday I headed to Sacramento with Autumn to look for dresses for her wedding. We got there friday evening, went to dinner at Elephant Bar (it was really good) and then went back to her brothers house and we played Tripoly (a card and chip game) and spoons (another card game) until 3 in the morning..... We went to brunch at a restaurant called Roxy that her brother works at and that was super good too, and then went dress shopping at 3 different places, I think I tried on about 40 or 50 dresses, there are several that we both liked..... I got to use Autumns portable navagation device in my car while we were driving around Sac and now I want one! That thing helped a lot, maybe I wouldn't get lost so much if I get one, lol! I came home Saturday night and watched a movie. Today I slept in and just ran some errands etc, nothing too exciting to report. Just working on my Journal and watching TV......Hope everyone has a great week!

Finally feels like winter

My new specialized bike

My flowers :)

Our first mountain bike ride

Kelsey and I

Woopsie, its been a little while since i've posted. The last month has been great. It finally started raining and hasn't let up much since but that's okay because we really need it to fill up the lake.

A couple of my friends came back from Humboldt and visisted again, which was really nice. Kelsey and I got to catch up a lot and play lots of card games (we were friends back in grade school but haven't seen much of each other since) and Breanne did my hair while they were here (she is my hairstylist back in Humboldt). So it was a good weekend.

Aaron finally bought a mountain bike, I bought one (a cheap one...) about 5 months ago and had been waiting for Aaron to get one but of course since he's so tall, it took awhile to find one that would fit him. So we went for our first ride a couple weeks ago, it was just supposed to be a mellow ride and it turned into 8 miles! But that's okay, it was really fun and we only had to get off the bikes and walk up hill a few times. I did however realize that there is a BIG difference between a cheap Wal mart mountain bike and a "real" mountain bike. Needless to say, I now have a "real" mountain bike and it works great! We love to ride now, especially off rode. We are really lucky because there are a ton of trails in this area and it has been really fun exploring them.

Valentines day was great. I really wasn't expecting anything, I told him I didn't want anything except for a card. Then the door bell rang, and it was flowers :) 2 dozen to be exact. I'm sure you'll like our improv vase.... lol, its a bachelor pad! We went bike shopping for me and later had dinner at applebees and got to have our fav desert, a blondie and it was delicious! So we had a great first Valentines day together.

Aaron and I are planning a trip to Vegas in April to get away together and visit family and I can't wait! I'm also planning a cruise to Mexico for a bachelorette party for Autumn in May so I have a lot going on this spring. Also going to Sacramento this weekend to dress shop with Autumn for bridesmaids dresses, so i'm definitely keeping myself very busy :)

Beautiful Weekend.....

Aaron and I went fishing on Saturday, it was a beautiful day but of course i was still cold, lol. I like it when it's about 80 outside. That day is was about 70 I think, but it felt a lot colder..... The fish aren't really biting right now, I think they are confused..... it's January and it's been sunny and warm for a week and a half now..... I didn't catch anything, only got a few bites, but I only fished for maybe an hour total. I just relaxed and enjoyed the outdoors. Aaron caught a few of course.....

Yesterday we went out to his parents house and went hiking out to the small creek behind his parents house. Aaron taught me how to gold pan, we only found two VERY small pieces but it was fun. Next time we will take some kind of box that makes it go a lot faster...... It was kind of a coincedence that in the paper yesterday the "today in history" section read.... On this day in 1909..... Since Jan 1, 150 new gold mines had been located and filed for record. The mines were located at Shasta, Old Diggings, Backbone, Whiskeytown, Flat Creek, Ono, Centerville, Spring Creek, Lower Springs, Upper Sacramento, Quartz Hill, Churntown, Muletown, Dog Creek, Igo, South Fork, Harrison Gulch, French Gulch, Pittsburg, Stella, Buckeye, Slate Creek and Echo Lake.

I read that after we had already gone gold panning, and we were panning at a place that was on the list "muletown". I thought that was very interesting.

Well it's back to work tonight for the next three days, maybe four if I decide to pick up an extra shift..... Hope everyone is having a good January :)

The lake is still sooooo low.... we need rain!

My sweet face mask to wear when we are going fast down the lake

The trees that are usually at the bottom of the lake......

Fishing in the trees

A little piece of land where Aaron grew up

Teaching me how to gold pan

Eating lunch..... we had a little picnic

Me, gold panning

Didn't find much

Nearly 80 degrees in January???

Its been a little while since I've updated..... have been waiting until I got the christmas pics from Aaron's camera but I gave up so i'll just post those later. We had a good christmas, I was able to have christmas eve and christmas night off work so that was nice. I made a nice christmas eve dinner for Aaron, his roomate and I, then Aaron and I went to the movies. The next morning we opened our presents to each other and then headed over to his parents house for Christmas with all his Aunts, Uncles, cousins, neice, nephew and Grandparents. It was really nice, I had a good time.

For new years we went to one of Aarons friends house, we had a little potluck with all of his close friends, it was nice and we had waaaayyy too much food. I'm definitely looking forward to this year, I hope its a good one. Can't believe its already 2009, almost 10 years since I graduated high school, yikes.

Aaron's been fishing in a lot of tournaments lately. We finally have a weekend to hang out coming up, I can't wait, however he is trying to get me to go fishing with him on one of the days, lol. But its been warm enough lately (78 degrees!!) so I think i'll be able to handle it..... We are also going to go gold panning up by his parents house, i've never done that before so i'm excited to see what it's like and just be able to learn something new with Aaron.

This last weekend was really fun. I had three of my good friends come into town and visit me, we just had a girls weekend. We went to dinner, drank wine, watched chic flics, went shopping, played guitar hero and just relaxed so that was really nice. Can't wait for them to come back and visit!

Well that about sums up the last 3 weeks, not a whole lot of new stuff to report... oh, Aaron and I celebrated 10 months together yesterday! Its been an awesome 10 months, I am so happy and excited to see what the future holds for us.

My Friends Breanne, Kelsey and Rachel came to visit last weekend

Playing Guitar Hero, so much fun :)

We miss you G

Happy Holidays

Aaraon's boat last sunday when it was snowing in Redding

Aaron and I at my christmas party

Aaron and I at his Christmas party

Well it's been a busy holiday season. I'm still thinking about Rachel and Garrett everyday and wondering why a tragedy has to happen around the holidays, or why is has to happen at all..... I'm really missing my friends in Eureka right now, wishing I could see them and be there to support them..... but unfortunately I don't have 4 wheel drive and I don't feel safe driving over the mountain by myself. I'm wishing Rachel some peace and comfort this holiday season.

In other news, i've been busy getting ready for christmas, i'm finally finished shopping, wrapping and got all my packages shipped. I also did all of Aaron's shopping for him as he's a man and hates shopping, lol. We had both our christmas parties last weekend, his was friday night, mine was Saturday and then Aaron had a tournament Sunday. He got up at 3:30 am to go fishing in the snow, I don't get it, lol. He placed fifth at this tournament. I was amazed it started snowing in Redding on Sunday. I was wrapping presents and didn't even realize it till i looked outside after several hours. All the cars in my neighborhood and the ground was covered in a couple inches but it melted overnight.

I've been wanting to buy a Wii for almost a year now, so I finally broke down and bought one. They are so much fun, I feel like a big kid. I just like how they are so interactive. I also broke down last night and gave Aaron one of his christmas presents early. It was a bass fishing game for the Wii. It's actually really fun, I was playing it today. I like it better than real fishing cause I can actually catch fish! Lol. Aaron was getting mad though cause the line kept breaking and he didn't understand why he couldn't upgrade to a stronger fishing line, lol. Maybe they should make that an option in the game..... I love the bowling and golf games, they're pretty fun.

Work is getting busier, it's respiratory season so all the little ones are coming in. RSV season also started so we'll be busy for the next several months. RSV is a respiratory virus that is very serious in infants and makes them extremely sick. There isn't any medicine to treat it, just supportive care like IV fluids, oxygen and lots of nose suctioning (which they hate!) So i'll be honing my suctioning skills again.... This week is a little slower because of the holidays so i'm actually on call right now, i'll be up for several more hours though because I slept in today expecting to work and I'm working tomorrow night, maybe i'll play the wii a bit......

I hope everyone has a happy holidays, Aaron and I are headed over to his parents house on Christmas, so i'm excited for that, he has such a wonderful family. My thoughts and prayers are with Rachel and Garretts Family and friends during this holiday season.....