A Place of My Own!

Well the last time I blogged was when I had just barely made the decision to move out. Now it has been about a month and I am on my own and absolutely loving it. I still take my laundry to my mom because its a good excuse to be able to see her and well.. we all know she is the laundry queen. I took some pictures to do a little virtual tour. Don't mind the messes of the bad quality pictures I took them on my cell phone. We have girls moving in and moving out this week and I am not fully moved in.. thats why my clothes are still in laundry baskets! Here you go!

This is my bed.. sloppily made but atleast it is made! I love the bedding Tj Maxx special..

Some of the rest of my room.

Main bath

Half Bath

Kitchen/Laundry room. Haha

Kitchen/Dining room

Living Room

Well there is my cute little place! I love it so much!

Colorado 2011

Well our yearly trip to Leadville to visit Grandpa Croft has came to an end and I just wanted to share some of my pictures! I love going to Leadville it is so much fun and relaxing to be able to be out in the Belly Boat catching fish. This year was extra fun because I got to use my new pink fly rod my dad built me for Christmas! Don't get me wrong.. I love fishing but I also love the day we spend in Silverthorne shopping at the outlets. I have to keep to my girly side somehow right?

Here's my super cute get-up. Super fashionable right? At least the rod is pink. Next on my list.. Pink fishing vest.

Fishy face

Sisters- I love her! No fishing for her yet although she is a great cheerleader.

My boys- Love them to death.

Dad and Me- Love this pic!

I'm guessing one got a away or my line was tangled... Story of my life!

Wahooo!!! I got one on.

This was too cute not to share! Her crossed ankles.. with her twinkle toes and her sniffing her blanket like she has since she was born. Totally melts my heart.

Start of a long drive home.. Kade, Cooper, and me in front of the Ski Cooper sign.

Good Bye Leadville see you Summer of 2012!

I'm growing up!

So much has happened in the last month or even week that I can officially say I'm growing up!

I started my second job at Quik Check this week and I can say that I have been pretty darn busy between working there and at Famous. I sometimes work twelve hour days leaving my house at 9 and not getting home till 9 at night It is a little bit hard but the extra money is going to be great and I will have money to pay for RENT!

Yes, I did it! I never thought the day would happen but I am moving out! Things really just fell into place for me. One of my really good friends was talking about how she was looking for a new roommate because hers was moving out so I asked her about it and it just felt perfect for me, cheap rent, fun people, and I would have my own room! Even better!

Friday and Saturday I spent shopping for things I would need for my room and that's when it hit me that it was really going to happen. I mean you can talk about things all you want but when you finally become proactive about it that's when it seems real!

I am super excited to see what the next year of me being on my own brings to the table. I don't know who's going to have a harder time me or my mom. I am really going to miss her but I think it is something I need to do for me right now.. make new friends and just have the experience of being out on my own.

I am moving in in the next week or two and will post pictures when I am all settled! :)

Shout out to the Laundry Queen!

I totally stole this picture from Sara's blog but when I first saw it, it reminded me of my mother. My mom it known as the "Laundry Queen" in our house. I don't know what it is about her but she is honestly the best at doing laundry, our clothes are always so soft, they always smell so good, and she can get any stain out.

True story about the smell good part.. One night my Mom and I went to Wendy's to pick up a Frosty after she had been doing laundry and the girl at the drive-thru took a breath and said "You guys smell so good, it must be your clothes." We just looked at each other and kind of laughed. Everyone always comments on how good our clothes smell so that wasn't anything different.

I don't know what I'm going to do when I am on my own. Hopefully one day I will be able master doing laundry as good as her although there are going to be some days I'm going to have to give it to my mother she'll know what to do!

Colby to the Rescue!

Tuesday was going to be a good day I just just knew it. I was meeting up with Alyson for lunch, we were going to go shopping, and then that evening I had an interview with Bishop Wootton about getting my Patriarchal Blessing Recommend!

Well the day did start off great we met at Rumbi for lunch, then after we hopped into Alyson's car and headed for the mall! I had one mission in mind and that was to find me some new church clothes since I have started going to my YSA Ward. Don't get me wrong I do have church clothes but all of them are black.. black is good for winter but wearing black in summer makes me feel like I am headed for a funeral.

We ended up finding me some skirts at Head Over Heels and realized it was 4:30 and needed to head back home so Al could have enough time to make it to the Temple by 5:30 because my cousin Riley was going through before leaving on his mission. Al dropped me off at my car at Rumbi and went on her way because she was in a hurry. As I was backing out I knew something was terribly wrong with my car it felt like something was dragging underneath it. I pulled into the next parking stall and got out to see what was wrong and my tire was flat! How does a tire go flat that fast?

I tried calling my Mom with no answer, I called my Dad(he couldn't leave work), I called Andy(he is the one to always answer his phone) but he couldn't help because of needed to go to the temple, and then I called Colby(I didn't think he was home from work yet)and he was coming to my rescue!

Long story short Colby came to my rescue changed my tire and put my spare on well my spare didn't have any air in but we decided I was okay to drive across the street to Les Schwab and have them look at it. The guy at Les Schwab looked at my tire and told me I had a hole right in the center which was weird and that he doesn't see it very often! He fixed my tire for free and before it I was on my way home with enough time to spare to get ready for my interview.

It was honestly so weird how such a perfect day could go wrong like that I mean I was doing everything I should have been doing buying church clothes, going to a Bishops interview, and Andy and Alyson were going to the Temple. It was the first time that I had realized Satan was trying to bring me down and stop me from doing the things that I should be doing.. but after a little prayer my Heavenly Father helped me through.

***Sorry that my pictures are out of order and there are probably plenty of grammatical errors.. I had this typed up and done perfectly then a computer glitch happened and I had to start over without any patience!

Is it just me or is this obscene?

I mean seriously look at the size of that thing!

Isn't this the sweetest picture?

I just love this baby so much!

For those of you who know me I have always enjoyed being the only girl! I was quite used to and comfortable being the only girl in the middle of 4 boys! When I found out Jenn was pregnant again I was just sure it was going to be a girl.. I threw a fit and cried for days saying that I didn't want a little sister. Secretly it was because I knew I wouldn't be "Daddy's Little Girl" anymore.

Well long story short when Kaycie Lin was born on April 30, 2010 my whole world changed and the minute I met her about ten minutes after she was born I instantly fell in love and to this day I love her more and more! I honestly don't know where I would be without this baby girl in my life she recently just turned one and it breaks my heart to think how big she is getting, but at the same time I can't wait to see what kind of young woman she grows up to be!

I want Kaycie to know how much I love her and even though I'm a whole 18 Years older then her I will be there to support her in everything she does and I want her to know that when she gets bigger and is going through her teenage years(not for a long time) and has problems with her friends that her big sister will be here to help her through it! Kaycie I love you so much and I am so glad you came into my life I hope I can set a great example to you and be someone you look up to as you grow up. I love you so much babygirl!