Las Vegas Visit!

During the long weekend a week ago, I got to go visit Lisa and John and the boys! It was so much fun. The plane ride over was.... an adventure, to say the least. The people I was sitting by were nuts! But it makes for fun stories to tell, right? But when I got to Vegas, Lisa and I got to go shopping in this beautiful outdoor mall. We ate the most delicious sandwich I have ever had, tried different smells and lotions at Bath and Body works, bought cute new jewelry and pants at H&M (my new favorite store that, of course, Arizona doesn't have), and ate the LARGEST dessert I have ever seen called, "I Declaire". When the waiter brought it out to us, Lisa and I both gasped. It was as big as a birthday cake! So I said in a fun southern accent (a little more loudly than I intended), "Well, I Declare!" We laughed so hard we couldn't breathe and Lisa was grunting (making the snooty women behind us glare). We had a blast! Then Saturday, after playing with the cutest little boys ever, we got to go to the temple. Oh my! It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! The Celestial Room was so breathtaking! Oh it was amazing. Then Lisa & John and Amy & Jared (Amy is John's sister) and I went out to dinner at Chiles. Then the boys went home to play the wii and us girls went shopping at Ross, where I purchased the $5 vest, and a new shirt with sparkly sleeves. The evening ended with...ICE CREAM of course. But not just any ice cream COLDSTONE! Oh and Lisa also cut my hair and added some fun highlights in my bangs. We just had such a good time. I love visiting the Ferrin Fam!

Eating at Chiles.













I love this picture of Lisa and I because we are laughing!

Vests and Bangs...

A few weeks ago one of my students asked if she could do my bangs. Which normally is not a big deal, a lot of my students want to do my make-up and hair (I guess that tells you something about how much I care at work). But this specific girl does her make-up very thick, you know, drawn on eyebrows and really thick eyeliner that peaks out on the sides. She also does a REALLY thick line around her lips...with no chapstick and no other color, and doesn't blend. And HER bangs...well they are certainly unique. So now that I have painted this picture for you, when she first asked if she could do my bangs the initial response in my head was, "Yeah NO!" But I thought I would give her a chance. So after a LOT of hairspray and a big round curling iron...here's what I looked like.

I know I know. Don't be jealous.
The truth is...I laughed so hard I nearly wet myself. But because my student does her hair like that she thinks it's cute and didn't understand why I thought it was so funny. Flashback to the 90's anyone? Yikes!

Then on Tuesday this week, my mom came in to town to bring a suitcase for my Aunt Jayna who was in the hospital. I met her at Ross on her way back to Safford and we shopped for a while together. We had a blast. I love being with my mom. Anyway...on to the vest part. My whole life my mother has been wearing vests...not the new kind of vests that are cute...oh no! The kind that are knitted or colorful or beaded. Oh yes they were treasures. We have alwyas teased her about them. But recently vests have come back into style. So when I was at Ross with my sister Lisa the other day (more details on that trip to come) she told me I had to get one. I have been making fun of vests my WHOLE life, but I agreed to try one on...and to my great joy it fit nicely and was actually really cute. So I bought it for $5. That's right people $5. Soooo to make a long story even longer, I pulled up in the Ross parking lot to meet my mom and what is she wearing? Oh yes...one of her many treasury vests. And I laughed. And I told her that I had just bought a vest, and then described the difference, and we both laughed. So after she was all done trying stuff on in Ross she gave me her vest and told me to keep it for fun memories. So here are the pictures I took of the two vests. I love you mom!

Mine is the top one in case you couldn't tell.

The Lion King

I already wrote that my parents got Randon and I and most of my siblings tickets to see The Lion King, but I didn't get to post any pictures. So here they are. The morning of the show, those of us that could, went to the temple and did a session. And then we all went to Olive Garden and had a fun lunch together...minus the stupid waitress. Anyway, the show was amazing! The way they made people into animals was the just so fantastic. The beginning and end were my favorite parts because that's when all the animals come parading out! So Phenominal! We had a good time together as a family!

Leslie, Lela, Tawny, Cara and Alan in the row above us.

Matt, Me, Randon, Jacob and Dena

Oh...I love this boy!

And whose idea do you suppose this little pose was? Mine of course, and all my sisters were embarassed about it...but hello? How Cute are we? It's funny and silly! I sure love these girls!

The Wizard of Oz!

Okay so I'm kind of backtracking here, but I realized I never posted anything about the fall musical my students did. We performed the Wizard of Oz. And just like any other year, they scared me up until the day we performed. I was so worried we wouldn't be able to pull it off, but in the end it was great! Opening night was fantastic! I don't think I have ever been more proud. The second night, however, was not so fantastic. The student who was supposed to play the wizard just didn't show up. He didn't call or let us know where we was or anything. And having such a small school, we didn't have enough people to have understudies. SO....when six-thirty rolled around (with the performance starting at seven) I started running over his lines with other students. I found a costume, smeared some old age make-up on my face and got ready to perform. It was awful! Not only was I still in charge of all the backstage stuff, but I also had to remember lines and perform! Oh dear, it was a mess. I did fine but...yikes. There was definitely a different feeling in the air that night... negativity for the student not showing, lack of energy, and a high level of stress! But I will say again that the first night was wonderful! Hooray for pulling it together!

Christmas and New Years!

Sorry I'm a little behind on posting this! So after our little trip to Heber we spent Christmas with the Walters. Always lots of fun! We started a new tradition this year where we have a mexican food feast on Christmas eve...and we always watch "It's a Wonderful Life". We played a lot of games and ate a lot of food and just had such a good time with Randon's family! We love spending time there! Then for New Years Eve we played at my family's house. My parents have a party every year with the same people. We eat finger foods and play ten to one! It was loads of fun this year. We got to spend a few days in Safford. We played racket ball, ate at La Casita (only the BEST Mexican food ever!), and just had a good time together! I love being in good ol' Safford! Then we went back to Mesa becuase my parents got all of us tickets to see "The Lion King" and Gammage. It was awsome and we had a great time together! Also, Tylon's Eagle Court of Honor was Sunday night so we got to go to that! It was so neat! We are proud of you Ty!

Christmas night Chelsea, Krissa, Mom and I crimped our hair and took some pictures. It was a lot of fun!

Making Mom Laugh....Below are pictures from Tylon's Court of Honor! Yeah, that is me and Randon Dancing!

Getaway to Heber!

So Randon and I got to go away for four days just before Christmas. We went to Heber, and stayed in a little place called Bison Ranch. (It's actually where we went on our Honey Moon). We stayed in a nice little condo with a kitchen and a fireplace...so we never had to go anywhere. It was so nice and relaxing. We got to just lay around and watch movies and play games and just be lazy...something both of us DESPERATELY needed. And while we were there we got a lovely surprise. It snowed from about 4 in the afternoon to 4 in the morning. It was beautiful! Our own little Winter Wonderland.