Santa Monica Bliss!

The weekend that my amazing mother and wonderful aunt brought the car out, after bringing all my stuff in, we headed to Santa Monica for the weekend! It was SO much fun and I can assure you all we were rollin' around in style! 

The lovely '98 gold Maxima that I get to drive around in, aka: Leo the Limo, was always a hoot to the doormen at the lovely, 5 star hotel, Casa Del Mar. Thanks to our good family friend, Scott Evans! We couldn't owe him more :) 

I could go into detail about just how fun our weekend was, but I'll let the pictures do the telling.....

Hanging out on the beach!

It was GOREGOUS

My "sexy speedo" friend! Haha this guy was a hoot! And thanks Shawna for telling him it was okay to put his hand on my butt....AH!

Our many late nights...Shawn was a trooper even! But she sure knew how to hit the pillow and be OUT (Snaggle Junior)

The "twins" let me "dress them up." In my jewels and all! Ravishing right!?

Perfect weekend!

It really was the BEST! LOVE YOU BOTH WITH ALL MY HEART!!!! Thanks for all you do for me!

Crafting!

About a week before I came out to Cali, my sister and I spent many late nights updating all the decor in my room. Everything I had was so outdated and I wanted to take some things with me to actually have a cute room instead of just staring at white walls! I failed to take pictures of everything up close, but you can check those out on my sister's blog (as well as getting to see the cutest nieces and nephew in the world) but I do however have before and after pictures of my room. 

For the first couple of weeks out here, I didn't have a car, half of my clothes, or any of my decorations. Not to mention, I had none of my jewelry which drove me crazy!! Anyway, this all came out at a later date when my sweet, sweet mom and aunt drove Dustin's dad's car out for me. Here are my living quarters :)....

Before:

After:

Oh and here's my bathroom:

A few things have changed...I've put up more pictures, changed a few frames, put a cuter looking blanket on my bed...but for the most part you get the idea! Nothing to luxurious but plenty nice and it works for me! I'm so glad my sister is one of my best friends and am so grateful for her example in my life!! Love you sister! Thanks for teaching me how to craft too :)

California Livin....

Boy have I been terrible at updating this thing! But hey, about 2 weeks ago I had a big, long post typed up and was posting pictures when all of a sudden it just froze on me and I lost the WHOLE thing! Talk about frustrating....

Give me some credit for it though! Anyway, you won't be getting as detailed as that post was, but I figured it was about time to play catch up... :)

As you all probably know by now, I've been living in Aliso Viejo, California as a nanny for the past 2 months. When I first got the idea, I pushed and pushed the idea away. I had just got accepted into the Special Ed program at USU, I had a missionary coming home in a couple months and I had a job that I really didn't mind. 

Why would I want to leave all that?
I'm not exactly sure.
But I followed what the Spirit was telling me and dear OC, here I came!

Bentley, Dustin, Kartchner, & Andrea  Bouwhuis

I had a dozen of interviews and a couple families offer me the job. But this LDS family with their two little boys just wouldn't let me tell them no.

 Eventually, I couldn't refuse and although they had the youngest children and lowest pay, I accepted the job. I have come to love and adore these two little guys and hopefully have brought some good into their lives!

Squeezing both boys into the single stroller! This was before my mom and Shawna were able to bring me my sister's double stroller

Here are some of our fun adventures we've been on so far....

Pinkberry one day while Bentley was at preschool

Before going to the beach

Eating PB & J's on the beach

We LOVE beach days!

Park day!

There is always going to be good days and there will always be bad days. I'm now learning why the Lord sent me here and am so grateful to have the whisperings of the Holy Ghost to guide me in day to day life!