*~*Small World*~*: 05/30/11

Well a lot has happened since my last post! Life has just been a little crazy. A week before semester got out Eric and I went to Las Vegas. It was soooo much fun. I had never been to Vegas and it was an eye opening experience that is for sure. We saw a lot of interesting things. the outfits some of the girls wore were pretty nasty. Shoot some of the outfits the guys wore there were nasty! But despite all the interesting people there, there were a lot of cool things to see too! Eric and I literally walked the entire strip at least 4 times. Mainly because I did not want to have to pay for a stupid expensive taxi. The strip was insanely long! I did not realize how long it was until we started walking. But we did do a lot of neat things. We went to the Cocoa-Cola factory and tried 16 different flavors of Coke found around the world. There were some really yummy ones and some that were gross. There were 2 that we especially did not like. One tasted like mouth wash and the other one tasted like hair spray. SICK!!! We also went to the M&M factory, rode the roller coaster at one of the casinos that I can't remember, went to the shark aquarium, walked through a ton of casinos and hotels to see all the cool things in them, ate at the cheese cake factory, went to dueling pianos where they sang me a really embarrassing birhtday song when it wasn't even my birthday, rode 2 of the 3 rides that were open on the stratosphere (it was super windy up there. SCARY), ate at an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet, and played the slot machines at midnight for my 21st birthday! It was a pretty neat trip. We had a lot of fun.

When I got home from Vegas I still had a week left of school. Eric got to stay in Vegas and play Mr. Shooter Man at a gun range while I had to finish up my classes. No Fun. I was pretty stressed out seeming as how I had missed some days since we went to Vegas but it all worked out in the end because I finished this semester with a 4.0! Yahooo! It was nice finishing school because I finally had some time to deep clean my house. It wasn't messy but it wasn't spotless either. I drive Eric crazy because I am seriously a clean freak! I love having a really really clean house. I can't handle dust and dog hair very well. I love Roxy but she does cause me to have A LOT of stress because she sheds. I was raised in a house with dogs that did not shed and if they did you couldn't tell. I HATE dog hair more than anything else I think. I don't like sitting down on a couch and getting covered in dog hair. Gross. Because of that, I vacuum my floor and couches with the hand tools on the vacuum cleaner. I do this because then I know all the dog hair got sucked up. When I just vacuum normally not all the dog hair gets picked up and it seriously gets me so stressed and worked up about it that I get sick to my stomach! Eric thinks I am a weirdo but I can't help it!!!!

A few days after school got out one of my really good friends passed away. He was in the stadium and he fell through a little hole and it killed him. He fell from 4 stories so I hope he passed away quickly. They found him on the morning of the day he was supposed to graduate. His parents were on their way to Laramie when a cop had to pull them over to tell them that they had found their sons body. So sad! I had a really hard time dealing with his death but I am so thankful for my beliefs. I knew David because he was on the swim team with me. He was one of my very best friends my freshman year of college. A few people on the team do not believe in God. I don't know how they handle sad things like this. I can't imagine thinking that I would never get to see my friends and loved ones ever again when they passed away. I was comforted because I know where David is and who he is with. I wish all my friends could have the same comfort.

On a brighter note...my cousin had a perfect little baby boy 9 days ago! He is seriously one of the cutest babies I have ever seen in my entire life. I am so happy for Jesika and Lane! They make great parents and they make really really cute babies!!! I Just love the little guy so much!!! I am going to be soooo sad when they move :(

But here are some pictures from our Vegas trip!

Oooh I Love Him!