Monday, December 15, 2008

First Winter!

I am experiencing my first real winter out here in Wichita! Things I have learned so far about winter are...

1. Snow is pretty...


but icy roads are not worth it snowing!



2. Temperatures below zero actually exist!




3. Gloves are a necessity(I still do not have any! I have been using socks on my hands. Not working too well!)


4. 40-50 degree weather is beautiful and very much appreciated. You only need a light jacket!



5. I never truly knew what wind was til I moved here! And the wind makes 15 degree weather(like today) feel like temperatures that are just way too ridiculously cold!



6. That the feeling of being out of control on the icy roads becomes a normal everyday feeling! (Weird)




7. You actually need to own a ice scrapper to scrap and inch thick of ice off of your car every morning to even enter it! And possibly even a keyhole warmer to unfreeze your locks! who knew!


8. Everything freezes if left in your car! Even lip gloss!




9. Slipping and falling is still embarrasing even if everywhere you step is ice...


and last but not least...



10. I am not made to live in cold weather! Take me back to Arizona!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Jessica's Christmas Tree!
She'll finish decorating tomorrow (Monday) when Graham get's home from his tournament.
Which will be - snow sprayed on the window w/lights around it.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Jessica wants you to know the reason she hasn't posted is because their computer is broken.
She is alive and kicking in Kansas. She has sent Jen some pictures via her cell phone to post. When we receive them we will post them.

Jessica's update:
She took a Board Test last Wednesday and she passed. She'll start working out on the floor at Eric Fisher starting on Wednesday. She's a little nervous about that - she'll do great.
Pictures that I'll be posting for her are.

1. She got her hair cut - because that's what they do at her school .
2. She decorated a Christmas tree that a friend gave her. She loves it.
p.s. It snowed in Wichita this AM.
stay tuned for pictures.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Waxing Week


So this week in school was waxing week! We all had to grow all of our hair out for 3 weeks! EW! And this week we began to wax one another! We all have to wax everyhting and get waxed by the other students everywhere! Sometimes it's not so fun because we can tend to make a lot of painful mistakes when we are learning! I am not going to lie I thought I might end up coming out of class with an eyebrow missing or something, but luckily everyone caught on pretty easy!We started out on eyebrows...





so they actually didn't look like this but you get the idea. We also tinted eyebrows and eyelashes which i completely loved and would recommend...
Then we did nose waxing , yes I said nose waxing! Who knew! I am not sure of who this guy is (or any of these people are because I did not bring my camera to school),but I think you get the idea( I have to expereince this next week on myself, but I did wax a girls nose today!)...
We then went to arm, leg, bikini, and underarms... I got my legs done today! Let's just say it's not a painless procedure, but you for sure have smooth legs after and just like the picture I couldln't stop rubbing them all day! Goodbye razor hello long lasting smooth legs!
Overall waxing week was really fun, painful, and interesting all in one! I am just glad that we go into body treatments instead next week! It sounds a lot more realxing and a lot less painful!

Monday, October 13, 2008

My First Fall!

I love the fall here in Wichita so I decided to take some pictures of it on my run the other day! These are from my phone so they are not that great and do not give the gorgeous trees justice! And this first one is obviously from my car but the rest are from my run! I really like the red trees the best!
And these are the random animals I saw while I was running! I love these squirrels! They are everywhere! It's so cute they just stand and stare you down as you walk by! Graham says one even stood right in the middle of the side walk and would'nt let him pass! And that turtle is just really random and was just chillin in the pond on the golf course!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Eric Fisher Academy


My Esthetic school finally started last Monday Sept. 22nd! It has been so much fun! But what school wouldn't be when you get to do or get facials everyday or makeup done! Seriously amazing! I absolutely love it! We have 9 girls in my class which is supposedly larger for an esthetics class here! I am so lucky because every single girl in my class is so fun and sweet! We all get along really well and already consider eachother really good friends! We are already planning things to do for halloween, the day after Thanksgiving day shopping, and hanging out at WSU games! It's fun because I now have people to take all of my sweets to that I make throughout the week. They call me their Betty Crocker! I don't know about that but I am just happy that I am not the one eating them all, like before! Anyways, I couldn't be happier and I will try to find the camera connector to the computor so that I can post pictures!



Friday, September 19, 2008

Be-lated happy Birthday to Ashley!



Two days ago on Sept. 17th it was one of my good friends AShley's birthday!!! We have been friends for a long time now and I am so happy that we still are!


She is such a great person and has such a strong testimony! She is very inteligent and a hard woker! She is also always really fun to be around, especially when shopping!



Love you girl! Sorry it's late but Happy Birthday!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

I have been tagged!

I was tagged by my sister Courney so here it is...

1. What is his name?
Graham Jonanthon Hatch

2. Who eats more?
Definitley him! I thought that I was going to be hard to out eat, but he passes me by about 2 more dinners a night! He has a big appetite and loves EVERY type of food! Sometimes I think that if I fed him cardboard he would eat it!

3. Who said I love you first?
He did! But unfortunatley I was half asleep and said it back to him after a woke up! Poor guy, but I was really tired and didn't fully comprehend everything that was going on!

4. Who is taller?
Um... are you serious with this question!? He is of course by about a foot!

5. Who is smarter?
I think that we are even on this one! We both have the things that we are more knowledgeable about, but also we both have our spacey moments!

6. Who is more sensitive?
I am more sensitive in the fact that I can get hurt easier( which he is learning about and usually finds it funny and cute, surprisingly!), but he is more sensitive when it comes to my feelings! He always tries to make me happy again!

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
I do! But the other night I was getting sick of that side of the bed, so I switched sides without telling him beforehand. He didn't like it too much, but let me stay. The next night I switched back cuz I felt bad, but I probably won't switch it again for his sake!

9. Who pays the bills?
I do! I know what everyone is thinking, " Is he crazy for letting her handle the finances!?" I was scared at first too and tried to make him do it, but he is too busy and tired all the time! But I am happy to report that I am doing pretty good with it! It actually is kind of fun for me! and it makes it easier to save money! I am a changed woman!

10. Who cooks more?
That would be me! He has picked up some skills from watching his mom, but most of the time refuses to make anything! He rather just put in a frozen pizza or corn dogs instead of cooking! But it's a good thing, cuz I LOVE to cook! Cooking has really saved me in Kansas by keeping me so busy with something I love!

11. Who is more stubborn?
Me again! Like I said before Graham is too nice! I am not so nice and rarely give up! He calls me stubborn all the time! And surprisingly once again finds it frustrating and cute! Good thing, cuz I don't see it changing anytime soon!

12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong?
Him usually, but despite my stubborness I will usually admit it if I know I am wrong! But we are both pretty good at this! We both don't like to fight, so things get resolved really quickly!

13. Who has more siblings?
He does! He has 4 other children in his family and I only have 3, but it's pretty close! He does have way more nieces and nephews though!

14. Who wears the pants in the family?
We are both pretty even on this one, but I want to quote My Big Fat Greek Wedding for this answer! "The man, he is the head of the house. But the woman, she's the neck. And the neck can make the head turn any way she wants...."

15. What do you like to do together?
We are boring and can both be very lazy, so we enjoying watching movies or TV and eating lots of food together!

16. Who eats more sweets?
Me hands down! I eat way way way too many sweets! I have probably the biggest sugar tooth out of anybody I know! Graham will hardly ever eat sweets unless it's ice cream, and instead usually just eats another meal if he is hungry! When I, on the otherhand, will eat less of dinner so I can eat more sweets! Pathetic I know, but it's so good!

17. Guilty Pleasures?
Sleeping! He can sleep forever and at anytime! He is always tired, poor guy! Sometimes I go in and check on him to make sure he is still alive on weekends when he sleeps all night, morning, and afternoon!
Another one I just couldn't leave out is that he LOVES the smell of flowers! He would smell the flowers on his mission when he passed them! It took me a while to get over the shock of this one, but now I find it randomly cute! Strange what crazy things turn out to be cute to you when you get married!

18. How did you meet?
Well we supposedly knew eachother growing up cuz we did live down the street from one another our whole lives and were in the same ward growing up, but neither of us remember eachother! So I would say highscool on the way to seminary! He just started to walk and talk to me everyday on the way and I thought it was way cute and sweet of him!

19. Who proposed?
He did, or was it Becky!? Ha ha Becky did most of the arranging so we always tease that she did, but when it come down to it I married him, so it must have been him! He only had three days home for Christmas and I knew that he was going to propose, so he did it the only way he knew would surprise me! In the airport right out of the gate! I was mad cuz he made me come inside and I still wasn't use to parking and stuff at the airport, but it was worth it!

Graham is a fanstastic husband and I always think that I don't deserve such a wonderful guy! He is sweet, caring, loving, and is nearly impossibly to fight with. He does things all the time without complaining and is such a hard worker! I love you Graham! You are the best husband ever!

I tag Mom, Ashley, Kelsie, Katie Hatch,and Christy Hatch

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Happy Birthday Becky Boot!!!

Today is Miss Becky Hamblins 21st Birthday! She is one of my best friends and has been for 21 years now! Seriously love this girl! I could honestly say that my life is better just because she is in it!



She is the Sweetest, cutest...

craziest...



most fun...
creative,and caring person...



I have EVER met! Thanks for everything Becks! You really have helped me so much in every aspect of my life! I owe a lot to you girl! Have a great birthday!!!

Friday, September 5, 2008

Best series ever!!!

I have just finished the fourth book of the Twilight series! It was so amazing! I usually do not enjoy reading, but there was something about these books that drew me in! I seriously could not put any of them down! Obiviously I am not the only one here in Kansas. There was a 4 month minimum waiting list in every library here! Talk about crazy. So after about a week of trying to convince Graham that it would be worth it if I bought it instead of waiting the 4 months, he gave in! I tried to read it slow so that it would last, but I still finished it in a little less than a week after I bought it( this is including the weekend Courtney came so obviously I didn't get any reading then). Am I the only one who wanted to cry after finishing not just because it was the best book ever, but also because I was so sad that it was the last one! Graham thought I was crazy because I got a little teary eyed when I finished! Now I'll just have to wait for the movie to come out! I hope it is as amazing as the books!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

I got a computer!!!

I can finally start to post again because we finally got a computer!!!! After the last few weeks of begging graham for a computer he found a couple in our ward who said that they would lend us there old computer for the school year! I feel so much more connected to the outside world again ha ha! I just need to figure out how to download pics and stuff, but once i figure out that I will finally make another post! And my goal this time is to post more than just once every 3-5 months!

Sunday, April 13, 2008

sneak peek and poll...

Becky literally sat me down and forced me to make a new post! Here are some of the engagement pics vote for which one is your favorite...(Thanks for taking them Auburn! You did a great job! Seriously love them!)
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number 5...

Friday, January 11, 2008

Wichita

Sorry for the delay with the engagement pictures...but here they are!







Rings are seriously so hard to get a picture of! They are just too sparkly!!!(Which I love!)


A week later Becky and I went up to Wichita....


We got to go and watch a WSU game and Graham played amazing!

Sorry I don't know how to flip the picture, my computor genius(Becky) is in Uraguay right now! I wish I could wear my red snow boats all the time! Love them!
It was crazy to see snow all over the place! On a drive one day Becky and I found these already made snowmen and decided to take pictures by them pretending like we made them. We would have actually made some if it weren't so dang cold! We are Arizona girls what can we say!
He is going to kill me for posting this picture, but with a little persuasion we got graham as well as all of the other guys in the house to put the masks on with us girls!It was a fun "girls" night! Good thing that Graham is always a good sport!
and what would a trip be without a picture of Becky doing a crazy face! You have got to love it!
Overall it was a really fun trip! I was glad to spend some with Graham!I was also glad that
Becky was able to keep me company while he was at practice all day everyday! I can't wait to go back!