WeDneSdaY!....a beautiful day

Things that make me HAPPY....

Rain drops. umbrellas. rain boots :) Walking early in the morning to school when no one is there and splashing through puddles. Scarves. Listening to the rain fall. The smell of the outdoors during a rain storm. Cardigans. Frosted mountains. Pitter-patter sound. Being warm inside, curled up in a blanket after a long day. Hot chocolate..........Bring oN fALL mother nature :)

The GREAT Salt Lake

My BeEuTiFuL mom and cute niece Bergen!

My BEST friends in the whole world! My awesome, beautiful, and talented sisters. :)

My handsome husband! Love love love him! :) :)

fUn FaMiLy PiCs :)

The angel of the family! I love this picture because it totally captures Tiffany. She is so fun and free spirited! I have a blast when I hang out with her! Love you Tiff!

Stetson and Brittny! Check out that beautiful blue sky and that beautiful baby!

KiNgS iSlaNd and rEds gAmE!

Since I am heading back to Utah Joel and I thought we would have one party day before I left. I was way excited for this day because Joel works everyday(except sunday :)...) all day l0ng! So you can imagine what a treat it was to chill with my awesome husband all day! WONDERFUL!

So, to celebrate this sweet day we went to Kings Island! It is a water park and an amusement park all bottled up in one! It was awesome! The rides were sooo much fun and I love waterparks, so it was a blast!! Thanks hun for partying with me! :)

Joels hair after riding "The BEAST" ha ha. The name of the ride is NO exaggeration!!! It was the most intense ride I have ever been on in my LIFE! We were holding on for dear life! It is a rickety 30 yr old ride. But don't let it fool you! We waited in line forever and I thought we were in line for a different ride and when we got in the cart, I was like oh, this is probably gonna be lame! But OH was I wrong!!!! It was 4 minutes long and scary!!! haha. It was sooo fast my whole body was flexing holding on sooo tight and then it was zoom into dark tunnels and the whole ride was shaking!!! HOLY COW! Ok, so I think you get the point now so I'll stop. lol. But you'll definitely have to check it out if you are ever in Ohio!! :) It's the bomb!

This is on Diamond Back. It's the highest rollercoaster around! You'll notice Joels crazy hair once again. lol. His hair was standing straight up all day! :)

After all of that fun, we hit up the Cincinnati Reds game! It was so fun to watch them play. I'm not a fan of watching baseball on TV because I think it is super boring. But I love love to watch it in real life! They played an awesome game and there were tons of sweet home runs! The Reds won and they shot off huge fireworks in the stadium. It was cool to watch!

After the game we went on a stroll across one of the Cinci bridges. The city is so pretty at night. It's all lit up and awesome.

View of the Reds Stadium from the bridge.

Greatest date ever! Thanks Honey!

MaKeOveR nIgHt!

Kyrsten CuRlY Q's!

A bunch of us Apex wives got together and did a maveover night. It was blast! We painted our nails and toes, made and ate pizza :), did eachothers hair, and makeup. It was so fun getting together with the girls and getting to know each other better. We even got a little crazy with the bright red lipstick! ha ha. And I got to experiment with my eyeshadows on everyone! It was so fun! Thanks girls!

Picture of the pizza right before it went into the oven.

Kyrsten has amazing braiding skills and did some awesome stuff with our hair. This is a picture of Karlee sporting her sweet do!

This is Cathi wipping up her homemade alfredo sauce for the pizza. YUM! Thanks Cathi!

This is Nicole showing off her crown braid, done by Kyrsten. I think it looks awesome!

Diving fOr dOLLaRs

Coins anyone??

So, for a little summer fun, Joel's work decided it would be fun to go diving and earn a little cash while at it! They put $900 worth of coins in a swimming pool and the guys all got to dive for it! haha. It was hilarious!!! Have you ever seen a pool FULL of oversized men??? Well...if not, these pictures will give you an idea of how funny it is! I was laughing my head off!

It was a lot of fun and Joel ended up getting the most money!! Woot! I'm sure it was a really hard task with 27 other guys in the pool all splashing and kicking to get to the bottom! Most of the guys ended up with about $30 or less, but Joel banked $60. Not bad eh?

So, if you want a little summer fun.....grab some goggles and go diving :)

Can I have YoUR autograph??

Ok, so the funniest thing happened at work today! I am currently working at the Gap Outlet and while I was in the back sorting through some clothes a cute girl came up to me and very eagerly asked if I was Indian! I laughed and said, well....a tiny tiny bit (remembering what my dad told me about all of the different blood that is in our family) and she got the biggest grin on her face and asked me what tribe I was in, and as soon as I answered her question she ran away and came back with a piece of paper and a pen and asked if she could please have my autograph! I was a little taken back and wasn't sure if she was serious....but she waited patiently, very seriously until I put my cursive John Hancock down on her square paper. She smiled happily and asked what my Indian name was. I laughed and said, "Well, my name is Chantell." She looked at me a little confused and said, "You mean you don't have an Indian name?" I replied, "well I guess not." She quickly resolved the problem by saying, that's ok! I'll just give you one! :) So....now my new name is Tepee! :) That is what she came up with and she was very pleased with herself! ha ha. She made my whole day!

Maybe if I grow my hair out really long, I'll get lucky and she'll think I'm Pocahontas next time? ha ha jk.
Sometimes I feel like I disappoint people when they ask me what ethnicity I am and I answer Caucasian! Some people really have an imagination :) I have been labeled as Indian, Hawaiian, Hispanic, Polynesian, and even Asian (I think that one came about because I squint when I smile! ha ha who knows!). Maybe my parents just haven't told me something???