this last week....

so as of lately, all i have wanted to do is seriously rip out my hair. i have been sooo stressed its killing me! since i took a medical leave this last quarter, i learned that 3 days before my final that i had to make up every test that i missed, which in 4 weeks, i missed 6 tests. so my instructor says to me, study for the final, but i wont make you make up all those tests this week....which really doesnt solve anything because i never learned the chapters so i had to teach myself anatomy and physiology and skin structures blah blah all in one week. so i seriously got to studying. in 2 days i attended about 18 hours of school and put in 10 hours of straight studying. i left early for school so i could study for my final one last time and guess how i did?? not great. frustrated?! yes, to the point i cried a little in class. embarrassed? dont care. and you all know how i have anxiety issues...the morning of my final i was soooooooo sick. dizzy to the point i fell over in the shower, nauseous, couldnt eat, and terrible stomach ache. so i went, took  my final, and then came back home to calm down a bit. so that test was last friday. so now this week i want to get all my tests DONE. so studying, studying is allllll i have been doing. i feel like i have been a caged animal even towards my husband. i feel like i never see him, never see anybody or do anything but school and sleep. anyways, enough of my rambling of school, lets just say i am more than ready to be done.

my goals after these tests is to find some time to exercise. even if its takin my dog on a walk. or to simply just get outside. where we live in a basement appartment right now kinda stinks because truely, you never see outside the windows are so small and the blinds are always shut. and at school you are in a building all day with not too many windows to look out of. so i love to just go outside and enjoy some fresh air. sad thing is, is that its starting to get darker early which makes me sad.

as for other news, i came down with a cold...just my luck right? pretty sure its all the stress. im sure it cant be helping. ive gained like 3 pounds cause all i want to eat lately is little ceazars pizza. dont know why but it has just HIT the spot lately. yesterday (monday) before work me and shandell got to play with out little buddy talon. always so much fun! and last but not least, i bawled to my sister at work the other night and when i woke up the next morning i realized that the reason i was bawling to her was quite embarrassing and really pathetic of me. im not tellin you peeps why cause its just too embarrassing. haha well, other than that, its just been me, caleb, and libbie just hangin around the house being our cute little family of 3. :)

we went to the pound, and i could have taken every single one of those pupps. so cute.

feeding the ducks.

me and my libbers.

2 years baby!!

two years ago today was the best day ever! somewhat boring at times to be honest and excited and nervous all at the same time. The past two years of marriage have been more than perfect. i have one amazing guy. this year for our anniversary we were in a pickle on how to celebrate. first off, i had school from 8 till 5:30 this evening. so really all we could think of was dinner. well, i got home, exhausted as usual and we were deciding what we wanted to do. and to be honest, we did what we love to do best. take out and a movie. yes we're weird but i love the fact that we dont expect some huge fancy celebration to be happy. simply food  and a movie in our comfy sweats is probably our favorite thing to do together. fancy dinner is fun too but, its just not us. really, if i didnt have school, we'd be out campin or somethin. but anyways, i officially decided that i am a horrible wife. the one day i want to stay awake during a movie i zonk out within the first half hour...on our anniversary celebration!!! arent i horrible!??! i seriously just cant help it though. in order for me to stay awake id have to pry my eyes open with toothpicks. school just wipes me out to the point im just exhausted. poor hubby. hes such a trooper. so yeah, this year was definately on the simple side. just the way i like it! Happy anniversary to my sweet sweet husband. Love him with alllll of my whole heart!!

a little bit of nothing

i almost forgot i that i had a blog its been so long since my last post. my bad peeps. probably because not a whole lot has gone on. just the usual. school, work, sleep. repeat. seriously, thats it. i have had long days at school lately. like 10 hour days and some of those days without a lunch break. its been pretty exhausting. i sometimes wish that half those hours are sitting times, but nope. on my feet that whole time. so by the time i get home, make dinner, its like almost 8. and if i have homework, then i do that, then go to bed and do it alll over again. cool life huh!! I have had horrible luck these last couple weeks at school. i even tell myself before i go that its going to be a great day and then someone/something just has to ruin it. like the other day, i turned on the sink to wash my hands and some idiot had put a rubber band around the hose thingy and yep...im sure you can picture the rest. it left me soaked with a puddle on the floor which i didnt even bother to clean up. January cannot be here soon enough!! i am SO beyond ready for 2013. its not even funny anymore. im ok skipping the holidays and everything if it could just be january already. other than school, ive still been working part time. and same with Caleb. His website is coming along so hopefully it works out so we can move onto the next part of our lives.

I have been watchin TONS of tv lately. thats all i want to do when i get home. So, in the last 2 weeks, i have seen every episode of pretty little liars. 3 plus seasons worth. Ive been keeping up with bachelor pad. and now im watching Life unexpected. Plus a few other shows inbetween.

Couple of weeks ago i got to go to the fair with my sister and our buddy Talon and his little sister. i met up with my family, went to the rodeo, and then ended the night with some Nielsons frozen custard. which is delicious.

I weighed myself yesterday and i have lost a total of 14 pounds. SO happy. my clothes are starting to fit better and im starting to feel better. i still want to lost another 10-15 pounds. so im just gonna keep on workin. 

other than that, here are some things that make me laugh every single day:

1. My dog. i seriously love our little animal. i cant immagine life without her. She randomly gets in these hyper modes and will run as fast as she can throughout the whole house. she digs in our bed for who knows what. usually nothing. haha. she tries to sneak off our bed at night cause she is never ready to sleep and constantly wants to play. the second i open my eyes in the morning she is laying on my chest with a toy of some sort ready to play. she LOVES to go on walks. she pretends she needs to go potty, so we take her outside and she never goes. shes a little trickster i tell ya. haha she seriously makes me laugh all the time.

2. My husband. He is the funniest man i know. hes so goofy and i just love that about him. i tell people at school how lucky i am and i hear these awful stories about young couples and it just makes me realize how truely blessed i am to have Caleb in my life and how lucky i am. Love him to death!

3. The little boy Talon that i see often. I love kids so much. the things they say and do just crack  me up. they make my heart melt. i cannot WAIT to have my own someday. 

Isnt she just the cutest?

family pictures

yesterday me and caleb went and finally got some nice pictures taken. caleb is such a trooper. he hates taking pictures and i dont give him much of a choice weather he wants to come or not. because i LOVE having up to date pictures throughout my home. here are a few out of like a 100 that we took :) enjoy!

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs kiss :)

Loves my hubby <3

there you go! walla! 

oh the memories...

so as most of you know, my grandma past away from her 4th time of reoccurring breast cancer last monday night. i unfortunately found out at work and i was waitressing that night so im sure people gave me some interesting looks because my eyes were bloodshot and puffy. by the end of the night i called my mom and bawled like a little baby. i am actually somewhat relieved that she is no longer suffering. and i cant help but think that her and my grandpa are now holding hands, giving eachother kisses on the cheek, and dancing. my grandma's funeral date and my grandpas passing date was exactly 5 months apart. yes, two funerals not even within a half a year. hard stuff. i got the privilege to tend my grandma a little bit before she passed. and i feel as though we drew alot closer just by me sitting in her room holding her hand and haveing some very close talks. we laughed together, and cried together.

I now have alot of memories going through my head of me and my grandma. here are some:

she sewed absolutely everything. i remember walking a pair of black jeans over to her because i had a great big hole in the crotch. she of course could work her magic and fix em right up. when i later went back to pick them up, i got so mad because she had sewn them up with bright blue stiching so it was totally noticable. and the worst part, was that she had also patched up a meant to be whole in the pocket with the same stiching. needless to say, they are still hanging in my closet and i never wore them after that. haha and now that i look back on it, i think its hillarious.

I used to sneak into her raspberry patch and she seemed to always have a way to catch me.

riding home from church with her.

eating her delicious home made bread and jam.

having sleepovers

her coming on vacations with us

having sunday dinners with her and grandpa

her and grandpa coming over every christmas to see what santa brought

going over there every christmas eve for stories and rootbeer floats

helping her can basically everything

helping me sew a baby blanket for my dolls

how she came into school and got a pedicure with her sister :)

and just sooooo many more. i could go on forever. i love that i got to grow up next house to theirs. i saw her about every day. what i loved most about my grandma was that she was the sweetest, caring, most humble lady i know. i miss her warm bear hugs, and kisses on the cheek. but now she is reunited with her dear husband and im greatful for that. i love you and miss you sooo much grandma!


as for other news, i started school again this last week. and my first day back, they scheduled me a spiral perm 1/2 hour before my lunch. cool right? no. i never eat breakfast so i didnt get to eat till 5:30 that night. i thought i was going to die. welcome back shalei right? ugggh. i made it through a week. and im proud. i usually have to take it week at a time, day at a time, hour at a time and sometimes minutes at a time. i have to tell myself all the time, "ok, i made it through class, now if i can make it to lunch im ok. ok i had my lunch break, i can finish this, ok its time for duties" ya know, i realllly have to break it down. school is sooo tough i just almost cannot stand it. oh well, im half way through. ill put my big girl panies on and get it done.

Where all the family is up for the funeral, i got to see all of my cousins. I especially loved my little cousin Isaac. He's 2 and so sweet. i read him stories while we snuggled until he fell asleep on my shoulder, went outside to look at the lambs multiple times, swang in the swing, ate yummy food and hung out with the family.

well, thats basically all thats new here. im greatful for a great husband thats helped me through this rough week. and this rough year. boy am i ready for something great to happen. i love him so much.

i unfortunately only have one picture from all this.

what a cute little bug huh :)

family camping trip!

so my family went camping this last weekend and let me tell ya, it was fabulous! i had been wanting to go camping all summer and we finally found time to go! We drove up to Box Canyon which is in Island Park. it was a nice campground and me and Caleb were so excited to try out our new 8 person tent, new air mattress, and new sleeping bags. they all work perfectly! especially the tent. LOVE it! anywho.
Day 1: Drove up to camp, set up camp, sat around the fire, roasted hot dogs and relaxed for the night.

Day 2: Slept in, ate fantastic camp breakfast (eggs, sausage, pancakes) loaded up and hiked up to the fire watch tower which is roughly 2 miles or so. and then went to big springs to feed the fish.

On the hike

Top of the tower with an AWESOME view

the whole family minus my mom who is takin the picture

feeding the fish

my cute parents.

Once we were done feeding the fish, we took another small hike to see Johny sacks cabin along the spring. it was kinda neat. After all that, we went back to camp to have lunch. and then for the rest of the day we just simply hung out at camp, explored trails and walked down to the gorgeous river where we decided to take a bath. trust me, it was MUCHLY needed. we all smelled so bad. haha crazy how bathing in river water can make you feel so much better. We had tin foil dinners and made us some scones and all just laughed around the fire till our cheeks hurt.

Day 3: Slept in, ate breakfast, packed up our camp and then drove to yellowstone for the day. which honestly turned out to be somewhat of a disaster. throughout the whole day i did not see a single buffalo. WHAT!? right?! and it was so crouded everywhere!! not a single parking spot at any park or anything. we had to wait about a half hour just to go to the bathroom. We saw the geysers and bubbling pot thingys and also Old Faithful and by the time we were done seeing that we all were done with yellowstone. way to hecktic. only saw 2 elk sitting next to eachother in a far off field, we were hungry, getting cranky, tired, and kinda ready to just be done. so we pulled off to a place we could set up a picnik and had some lunch and then shot for home. 

Just relaxin

haha my little brother

the many games of Uno we played

my dadios

love this boy :)

oy. please ignore my hair. i cant just pull it up and call it good anymore. so i look like ive been through a tornado. dont judge.

Old Faithful

Shandell, Lane, Kristie :)

I love camping!!

Double date..

Yesterday me and Caleb got to double date with my sister and her date Clark. it was SO much fun! we first off went to subway, then to the ice caves where i unfortunately didnt get any pictures of. we then went to my parents house, played some fruit ninja, roasted hot dogs, went fourwheeling, and then last but not least went to the drive in. Whew! talk about a full day. but SO much fun! here are some pics. and sorry they are out of order.

Doing what men do best

This is our buddy Clark

i tried roasting a mamba. success!

my gorgeous sister

Love this guy :)

hahhaha after forwheeling, our hair looked like so...we especially loved Calebs :)

the drive in

and of coarse it was time for a hair change. heres the new do.

Gorgeous sunset up on the hill. crappy quality.