Prom Season

I officially hate prom season and can't wait for it to be over. I have had enough of the whiney prom girls that think their prom is going to be the most important day of their lives and the moms that want to barter with 500 dollar dresses!!! We are not Mexico, we don't barter! Not to mention that least week was Spring Break out here and a lot of employees were gone so I worked 9 days straight had a day off and then worked 8 days straight. Yuck! At least the paycheck will be be nice. Also, I am not sure when prom dresses became so scandalous. The worst part of it is the moms that are encouraging their daughters to dress like this, and telling me that they want to order a smaller size because their daughter is going to lose weight. Pressure much? Why are these moms teaching their daughters at such a young age that you need to be skinny to succeed. Enough of my ranting though. I though that I would share some pictures of some popular styles this year and you can get a glimpse into my little prom world.



First we have some serious slits...




Then on to the open backs...




and then the open sides that go down way too far...




This one was our best seller this year...not as bad as the rest



All in all, I have to say Yikes!!! I did get a break from it all by going to Chicago to help Kim and Chris move in. It was a nice break from work and a lot of fun to see them.

The River

Last week Jonathan and I decided to go for a walk, since it was finally warm enough to be outside longer than two seconds. We are just a couple blocks away from the river and really enjoy walking over there. Since we have had such a crazy winter, there were these huge ice chunks floating around. They were really awesome. There is a mini little water fall, so we were watching the ice chunks get destroyed. Not a very exciting story, but we had fun and it was nice to get out for a bit. Here are some pics from the walk.

Tagged

So I know that I am way behind the curve on this one, but I still thought that it would be fun. I have actually had the images for this blog on my desktop for a week or two and am just finally getting to it and Cory tagged me like 3 weeks ago. Lazy much...I think so.

Age you will be on your next birthday

24



A place you would like to visit

Disneyworld!!!



One of your favorite places

Wonderful Colorado



Your favorite object

My real Kate Spade



and my bed...



Favorite Food

Chocolate!



Favorite Color

Green



Favorite Animal

Panda




Name of past pet

Claiborne



Where you live

Coralville, Iowa



Middle Name

Elizabeth




College Major

Undecided



A bad habit you have

Staring



Favorite Holiday

4th of July




Hopefully I will get a real blog out soon, but knowing me I wouldn't hold your breath!!

Shocking I know...

Surprise, surprise, surprise!!! New post! Shocker I know. Just thought that I would give a little update since it has been so long. Jonathan and I were able to make it home to Colorado for Thanksgiving and Christmas, what a treat! We haven't been able to spend Thanksgiving with family since we have been married. It was fun to be able to see everyone and just spend time with family. Now unfortunately we are back to reality. I started school and this will be my last semester through Utah, thank goodness! Jonathan also started school and so things are definitely back in full swing. It is also Prom season, so work is interesting to say the very least. Things are going well, minus the way below freezing temperatures, and Jonathan and I really do enjoy being in Iowa. A couple weeks ago we decided to go out and explore a little bit of Iowa that we haven't seen yet. So, we ventured to Riverside Iowa which is the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. This is where they hold Star Trek conventions every year on his birthday. It was a really small town though, so I'm not quite sure how there is room for a whole convention. Not too far from Riverside is Kalona, which is a Amish community. It was kinda wild. As we were driving towards Kalona you could see all these horse and buggy tracks off the highway and then we saw a horse and buggy off the highway. It was crazy! Then we saw they kids that all go to school together, in what looked like a one room school house, outside playing in the rain during recess. It was so cool to see. We then passed the cheese factory and we had to stop. We bought some delicious cheese and then made our way back home. It was a fun little excursion. Well, hopefully this is a start or some more regular blogging...



Us at Thanksgiving



Jonathan at the Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk



Amish horse and buggy!



Kalona Cheese Factory

Chicago

So, time for a new post. For Jonathan's birthday we went to Chicago to see the Symphony play the Mahler 6 Symphony. Since Mahler is Jonathan's favorite composer and the Chicago Symphony one of his favorite orchestras, it was perfect. So Friday we afternoon we drove out, it took about 4 hours, parked at a parking garage that was way too expensive, and then walked around Chicago. What a fun City! We walked around downtown, then walked around Lake Michigan and walked over to the Navy Pier for
dinner. We then took a cab back to the Orchestra hall, and listened to the pre-concert lecture. The concert was amazing and our seats were right above and behind the trombones, so Jonathan got a good view. It was really exciting. Here are some pictures. There is one of Lake Michigan, with all the boats and then a picture of orchestra hall.

So, Jonathan and I were a little slap happy and childish the other day and made a fort of blankets on our bed. We started by running and jumping on the bed before we discovered doing summersaults on top of the bed and falling on the other side onto a bunch of couch cushions. Anywho...here are some blurry unattractive pictures of our little extravaganza.

Here is the fort a.k.a a huge pile of blankets and pillows



Here I am, about ready to go...



On my way...



Blurry, but there I am sitting on the floor after flinging myself across the bed....Awesome.




So that is some fun that we have been up to lately...crazy, but we have decided that we aren't quite ready to grow up!

Rough Video

So, not much new going on. However, Jonathan found this video, and we were laughing hysterically for about an hour, it seemed like, well maybe not... Enjoy!!