Another fun thing to do here in Logan is to go to the Trampoline Park or the Jump Zone. This place is fairly new and so much fun. Basically it is a place filled with trampolines from floor to the walls. They have a kid zone and a dodgeball/volleyball place/ and then a foam pit where you can do flips and not have to worry about hurting yourself. They also have a place where you can dunk and then just a bunch of trampolines and different ramps and things.
My cousins are really into gymnastics and things so this was what they wanted to do while they were here. In fact we are going back today! Which I have no problem with at all.
I am not very good at flips and things but I enjoyed jumping. In fact it is the first time I have been able to jump since my surgery back in July. I had so much fun! It is a great work out in case you were wondering.
Well instead of boring you with more typing I am going to post pictures of all of our family enjoying our time!
Cavin had so much fun!
Kaden
My dad just enjoying himself!
Me, Cavin, Mom
My brother Marcus
Holly....looking good!
Me just being me!
Im so good I can flip sideways!
Nice flip Jess!
Is that good Cavin?
Great uncle and nephew love.
Me and Kaden!
I love you dad!
Cousin Bradley (Boo)
Cousin Dominic (Doo)
My brother Jeffry!
As you can see we all had so much fun! We are definitely going to go more often!
Well, this Christmas I was home and able to enjoy all of the fun with my family! Not that I didn't miss having Christmas in Texas! For the past two weeks, My oldest brother Jeffry and his wife Holly and my cute nephew Kaden have been here! It has been so much fun hanging out with them and enjoying all of the holiday traditions my family has. We have been able to go shopping for last minute christmas gifts and just hang out and play rock band and just talk. Holly has been a gem and does girl things with me since I only have brothers....I have to enjoy that anywhere I can get it right?!
Christmas is definitely one of my favorite holidays so I enjoy being able to enjoy family time. Especially when I get to play with my nephews! It has been so much fun playing with Kaden every morning. We share lucky charms and just sit together! He even knows how to say my name. Its pretty awesome.
Here is us:
We have also jumped on my bed and a lot of other fun things. He always seems to find my bed and continue to jump....
He is just the cutest!
One of our holiday traditions is opening a pair of pajamas on Christmas eve. So that when we wake up we look all cozy and nice. It has become one of my favorite traditions and especially this year since I received a pajama outfit.
Arn't we so cute!
The next morning we opened all the presents and just enjoyed spending time together! I would say that it has been great this year presents wise. I got a bunch of Pink clothes and one of my all time favorites was a gourmet pop corn popper that goes in the microwave. I also received a bunch of nail polish(thanks grandma freida) and the first season of I love Lucy! All in all it was a wonderful day!
Here is my two cute nephews enjoying their presents!
Cavin and his play house!
Kaden and his go go's(cars)
A few days later we had a Christmas with the rest of our extended family! The rest of the Bruce/Demartino family came and we had another huge dinner and opened more presents and had a white elephant gift exchange. So much fun. Of course we had to have briskit for christmas dinner. Any Texan will understand why!
I am so grateful that I have such a wonderful family and for the time that we get to spend together and the fact that however far apart we are, we can get together and it feels like we pick up where we have left off. I am also thankful for the real reason of Christmas. It is to celebrate Jesus Christ and his life and what he has given us. Thank you!
Well for those of you who may know me, know that I have this insane ability of making people say wow! And as I've gone through life I have had many embarrassing experiences! Whether its dumping a slurpee on the floor of the 7-eleven, getting my pants stuck in the door way at school, tripping and falling down, you name it its most likely happened to me! Well today was one of those wow moments!
I had a job interview today, so I got all ready and I looked awesome! Some headed to the job interview and everything went awesome! So I drove home and walked in the door and found my mother. I started telling her about it and then she looks at me and goes"Evie your shirt is wide open! Did you know?" And then I looked down and said "it is!" And not only was it unbuttoned but the button fell off. I'm not sure when it exactly happened but what can I say! I'm not sure if I got the job for my skills or the fact that I may have flashed the doctor! We laughed so hard! I'm sure if it was like that for the interview, they must have died laughing after I left!
Well that's just another one of these experiences to add to my long list! As my family would say I just pulled another Evie! I sure did but hey look on the bright side, my life is never boring!
Today was a very awesome day! I was able to go to the local theatre today and I was able to attend the Bar J Wranglers Country Christmas show! If you have never heard of them I will fill you in on who they are.
The Bar J Wranglers are a famous group of men who come from Jackson Hole Wyoming. They sing old country songs and play a lot of different instruments. At their shows they often sings and tell jokes that have everyone in the theater laughing. They have many different songs and they are very talented at playing things like the banjo and the fiddle and they have many talented singers. In Jackson Hole they have a dinner place called the Bar J Chuckwagon, where you are able to eat and then they put on a show every night during the summer. I am so dying to go and eat and enjoy the show again.
Here is some of their goodness so that you can see it for yourself!
Here are some pics that I took before the show started!
That's right....I did go all out and wear my cowboy boots!
Me and the Mother just chilling before the show starts!
All in all it was a very enjoyable show and gave me something to do for a few hours. It really got me in the mood for christmas coming up. They did some really awesome country renditions of the christmas carols! It was awesome!
To top the day off I also got to babysit my nephew Cavin! His parents went out on a date so we were able to play and have some fun!
Here is a picture of us!
So I guess the next show that I am going to see is Drumline Live! Here is a video of them to get you all excited!
Can't wait honestly! It will be such a great show!
Alright so I am going to blog about this again. Seriously, this is the only perfume I wear now a days. I guess its the perk of my dad being the district manager for all the stores here in Utah. But I am beginning to think it really is boy repellent more and more each day.
And here is why! Another one of these episodes I seem to have now a days with different boys.
So I am heading to work and I pull into the mall parking lot....I had a few minutes to kill and so I was just listening to some music and checking my facebook from my phone, When I hear this knock on my window. It scared me half to death but I was surprised to see it was a cute boy and so I rolled down my window and he asked me if he could use my car to jump his. So I said sure and drove a few feet to where his car was. So he hooks everything up and I get out and we start a really nice conversation. I find out what his name is and what he is going to school for and where he is from and he asks me the same questions. Needless to say his car would not start and I needed to head into work. He called his roommates or friends or whatever and then he kinda stared at me awkwardly and so I said good luck. He said thanks and then looked at me like he wanted to ask me for my number. I have come to the conclusion that I don't ask them for their numbers because if they are not man enough then they do not deserve my number. I gave him all the signals and said I will see you around and hope to see you again soon.....and still nothing! Oh well his loss!
But seriously maybe it is the perfume.....but then again I still don't look like this!
Or this....
So....I just do not see what the problem is. I will continue to put the perfume to the test! One day it will work out to my advantage and then my view will change on the whole issue!
Holy cow! The month of November just flew right on by! Tomorrow is December 1st....and I promise to be better at updating my blog more often! Maybe that will be my goal for the month of December. So lets see the month of December and Christmas time has to be one of my favorite times of the year! Come on....all the christmas music. How can you not love this time of year!
Im one of those weirdos that listens to christmas music from about halloween till christmas so I guess I am a little bit biased. But I have to say that I love when 25 days of christmas starts on ABC Family! That really makes the whole month. There is nothing like the classic christmas claymation movies we all watched when we were little. If you have never tuned in you definitely should. I promise it will help make the season brighter.
Here watch this!
How can you not love the burgermiester! Tune in everyone!
As you all know for the past few months I have been working at Bath and Body Works! I am so blessed to be able to enjoy the job I have and I have loved everyone I have worked with so far! This job will also definitely make the holiday season so great. I hope they are able to keep me longer than just for the holiday season. Cross your fingers for me okay!
This past week I was able to have an adventure at the cache valley fun park! I totally rocked at the games and it was all with the help of one of my good friends Whitney. I thought I would post some pictures of how great I am and not to mention fun!
But first I have to explain how great I am at the jump roping game and if you dont believe me at all you can talk to Whitney and also Heath and Adriene Breinholt....They can attest to the truth of this statement! But of course you know what happens when the camera comes out to film your greatness!
This happens: First your friend hits the wrong button and misses it and then you feel so cool!
And then you redeem yourself!
Told you I was a pro!
Me and Whitney played a whole bunch of different games and just about died laughing....we got stuck on this one cabellas game for about a half hour because it told us to put in more coins for a better deal....little did we know we were in for the long haul. We also dominated at a tank game and totatlly kicked the computers butt! And after a few hours of playing games we got tons of tickets!
Look at my purse if you dont believe me!
We had over 500 tickets! Awesome winnings! So of course you feel like a kid at the candy store when you get to pick prizes. So we got a mystery bag and had so much fun playing with all the goodies we got! Of course no night is really complete without a visit to Chic-fil-a! We sure did damage there and this is why we are friends....we finished our own shakes and medium fries and that was just not enough so we shared a large fry. So three french fry boxes later and we just couldnt stop laughing that we finished them all along with the shakes!
Here is a picture of the damage!
We finished the night by watching some kid history on youtube! Guys I dont think I have every laughed so hard in my life! So to give you a taste and because its my favorite one....I actually have a few but still here is one to get you started!
Well anyway so that's how the beginning of December and end of November have been for me! I so can't wait to update more and more! Ill try and make this month a fun one! Im home for christmas this year! Enjoy every minute!
Okay okay...so I have pretty much stunk at updating! But before November flew out of sight I thought I should write about a few things I am thankful for! I'll try and think of at least 10 things!
So here goes!
1) I am very grateful for my family! My mom and dad especially! Then of course my brothers! Life would not be the same without the fun times we have had together!
Me and Mitchell
Typical Pose for us!
Me and Marcus
My brother Jeffry!
2) I am grateful for my nephews Kaden Bruce and Cavin Bruce! They are so cute and wonderful. How can I not want to spoil them!
My oldest Nephew Kaden!
My Second Nephew Cavin!
They are just the cutest!
3) I am grateful for awesome friends....you know who you are!
4) I am grateful for the freedom to do what I want! Thanks to all the military men and women! Freedom is not free!
5) I am grateful for our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ! Enough said there! What would we do without them!
6) I am grateful for a nice and warm bed! Especially for my mattress pad bed warmer during these cold nights!
7) I am grateful for popcorn! Seriously my favorite snack! So yummy!
8) I am grateful for music!
9) I am grateful for fin my iPad! My whole life is on this thing!
10) I am grateful for you because you are spending the time to read about my life!
I love the holiday season and can't help but think that I am home with my family this year! It's great! But man I sure do miss Texas and being a missionary at this time of year also! But remember that we are all celebrating being together and make sure to remember the real reason for the holiday season! And try to keep this happy and giving feeling all year long!
Its November....and so that means its time for us to take the photo challenge! If you have instagram then you may be wondering why everyone is posting things that have a certain tag line. Well it is your lucky day and also for all those who don't have instagram because you get in on the fun! There is a photo challenge going on for the month of November! So I will try my best to be faithful and update almost everyday.....bear with me I will most likely fail. Join in all the fun everyone and take the challenge. Come on what else have you got to do? Seriously!
Here is all of the challenges:
So I finished Day 1 yesterday! November 1st was something beginning with a "C":
"C" is for my cool bandaid that I received after shots at the doctors.
I have another cool bandaid to match on the other arm!
November 2nd is a color! Little did I know that me and my newphew Cavin would match! Guess that makes this my color!
The color for today is Blue!
Isn't he just the cutest!
I loved hanging out with him today!
Day 3 is take a picture of your breakfast! What can I say Corn Flakes have to be one of my favorites....after lucky charms of course!
This past week I was able to have a little vacation with my family and some family friends! Of course you know what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! So that means that this post should be pretty short right? But thats not the case here because I was with my family and family friends. Nothing crazy here! We left on Thursday, October 18. So my mom and my dad and I piled in our Ford Escape and hit the road! We drove 8 full hours and arrived in Vegas around 8 or so that night! All in all it wasn't a bad drive and I was able to catch up on some movie watching. That night we checked in to our hotel called the Silverton and after that we hit up the casino....crazy how many people spend all day there! I gambled for the first time in my life....of course I lost a few dollars and then we called it a night! Here is my first gambling experience:
We won big!
The next morning we were able to meet up with the Liufaus! I have known them since I was 8. They have 6 boys and I have three brothers....if you do the math that means I grew up with 9 brothers. Crazy! We haven't seen eachother in 5 years....seriously way too long! We walked around the strip in Vegas and just had so much fun. We visited the M&M store and enjoyed walking around the different sights and stores.
Here is the highlights of the all the fun:
I was finally able to meet Ka'iLi Liufau! She is the sweetest and I am happy to call her my sister. Of course they keep adding in the girls to the Brufau family!
This should be my new job! Model for Nascar!
My brother AJ. So tall and so cool. He leaves on his mission in like two weeks! We visited the Hard Rock Cafe.
That night we met up with the Harts. The Liufau clan went and helped with the wedding preparations. We went shopping and just walked around Ceasars palace and watched the water show at the Bellagio.
All of the crazy people also seem to come out at night so it was a blast just watching all the hustle and bustle. I guess what they say is true...Vegas is the busiest at night.
Sadly we didn't visit the buffet at the Billagio...but did I mention they have prime rib and lobster:)
My mother and I and Annie Hart
That's right the tree is flirting with me!
I just couldn't control myself!
Me and my cute mom!
My dad and his scooter Jazzy Jeff!
Look out Vegas!
The next morning was the day of Daniel and Salym's wedding so we headed to the Vegas temple and had a wonderful time! It was so fun to be a part of another one of my brothers weddings. Congrats Dan and Salym! Thanks for all of the fun memories! The reception and things that night were awesome! The dancing and getting down were once in a lifetime. I had no idea that Tighe and AJ Liufau had rhythm. I almost caught the bouque but of course some girls that were taller than I am had the advantage.
My brother Daniel and I
One of my mom's favorite memories of us when we were little.
The three of us used to watch tv just like this!
My second Dad and I
The Wisconsin Gang!
My second mom, David, Me, and AJ
After the reception has to be one of the funniest nights of the whole trip. We got mooned in the hallway of the silverton as were coming back to our room. I know I know you are all dying to read about this most awesome of events.
As we came down the hallway we ran into a group of about 5 people and they were all shhing us. And in the front row of us walking is me and my mom and annie hart and then all of a sudden we see this guy way ahead of us wearing a straw hat and a hawaiian shirt and he is pulling down his pants. My mom points and says what? and then annie says SIR SIR I AM ABOUT TO SEE YOUR BUTT! I am just staring in amazement as this is all going down. I mean we saw the whole moon! We were all laughing so hard and i mean harder than his friends were! That just about capped the whole night.
The next day we headed out to a really nice hotel called the JW Marriot. My Dad had some meeting so me and my mother and annie left her kids at home and sent her husband home to stay with us for a few extra days. This hotel was defintely the suite we were waiting for. The room was huge and the whole hotel was awesome! So relaxing. We spent the next few days just relaxing and shopping and just hanging out! They had the biggest pool and since the weather was so nice I got to swim. My mom and Annie didnt want to swim so I was a lone swimmer but not to mention the coolest one!
All alone in this giant pool:
That's me!
After three days of relaxing it was time to come back to real life! So we headed out and back in to the snowy weather. Snow in October....that's Utah.
So all in all my first trip to Vegas was a success! Thanks for all of the fun memories!
