The Results

*Kaysen's picture all done and framed hanging up in his room. I love it!!!

*Kaysens painting in his room. It just makes the room and it is totally him and so cute. I love it.

*My eyes were really hurting yesterday. Well I woke up this morning and I looked awesome. My eyelids are totally swollen. I tried to take photos but you can't really tell in the photos but they are horribly swollen. They feel like they are really tired and like I need to sleep. They are red and just feel heavy. So as a result I will not be attending church today. John thinks that I am allergic to my make up but I've been wearing it for a long time so I don't know why I would just one day be allergic to it. I think it is because yesterday I went running 8 miles and I was sweating like crazy into my eyes and I could hardly open them during parts of the run. I think I am allergic to sweat in my eyes. I dont' know though. Hopefully it will be gone tomorrow because I start school.

So since I lost weight and had to get all new clothes I took my old clothes to Plato's Closet. Thank you to all of those who helped with info. It wasn't scary at all and I got 98$ for them!!! Yes! So now I need to take Kaysen's old stuff to once upon a closet since. Thanks everyone!

"I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me!"

So I need some advice. We are poor. I've heard people talking before at book club about selling old clothes and baby clothes. I've heard of plato's closet for adults but I don't know where to go for kids. Where do you go to sell old clothes and when do you go. What happens when you go. What can I expect. I get really nervous about things like this but I don't just want to give all that good stuff away especially since I could really use the money. If anyone has so pointers that would be really appreciated. Do you have to go on certain days at certain times or can you just show up whenever? Please help me!

Other Random Utah Photos!

*The Slater boy cousins just being boys. Kaysen, Hayden, and Jet!

Kasysen 3, Hayden, 4, and Jet 2.

Kaysen and John's mom Ellen playing an intense game of Othello. I'm pretty sure Kaysen let Grandma win. He is so nice like that.

"Utah we love Thee!"

*Kaysen playing at the cute water fountain in St. George Utah.

*This is my neice Aliyah and nephew Hayden. Alyiah makes this little body builder position when she is trying to hold her poop in.

*The boys playing at the water fountain in St. George, UT.

*It was all fun and games at the water playground until Kaysen poop his pants. Man that made me mad! He never does that!

*My sister Jen, me, my sister Heather, my mom, and my niece Aliyah. I know I looked really pissed I'll explain below why.

*So this photo was taken before Kaysen pooped his pants. I look pissed that is because of a few different factors. One: it was 111 degrees! Two: I had just gotten a parasite the day before and it was starting to take over my body. Three: I took some benadryil to stop the allergic reaction to the parasite. I don't do so well with benadryil. It makes me angry and lazy. My sister said that Day I just kind of phased out. What was going on in my head was I had things to say but I just thought it was going to be too much work to try to talk and get them out so I just didn't talk. When I did talk it was only because things were making me so mad. So basically I was really fun to be around. John wouldn't let me take any more benadryil unless it was right before bed.

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So we had a great time in Utah for 3 weeks. I forgot how beautiful it is there. I also forgot how huge the mountains are. I actually can say I miss Utah. We had so much fun visiting our families. We spent the first week and a half with John's parents in Orem. We got to see our friends Kevin and Malana while in Orem and we even went to Salt Lake to visit my brother Dan and his family. While in orem I went running a lot with Kevin and Malana. We ran a 11 mile run the first saturday I was there. That is the furthest I've ever run in my life. It wasn't bad at all. I was so proud of myself. I'm just glad I lost my 11 mile virtue to Kevin and Malana. I couldn't think of better people to loose it too. I also ran during the week and another 10 miler the next saturday. Yah me!

We went to Cedar and visited my family for a week. My sisters were both there so that was awesome. We went swimming at Sand Hallow. That was so much fun but of course it was bitter sweet. I got a freakin parasite from the water! I'm not joking either. It wasn't even a sweet parasite that would cause me to eat tons and still loose weight. It was a freakin pussy parasite that made me look like I had a horrendus (or however you spell it) case of the chicken pocks all over my body except my face. On my arms there seriously wasn't a spot that didn't have a red pimple looking dot on it. They said it was supposed to itch really bad but it didn't itch at all so that is good. I just go horrible looks wherever I went like I was a leper. Oh well I guess I'd rather have this parasite that one that would shoot out my butt or eyeballs it a few years. That would be gross. It lasted about a week and a half. You can still see a few marks on my arms.

After my family we went up to visit my brother Dan and his wife Melaney and their son Jet for a few days. Actually Dan wasn't there because he was off flying for a few days. My sister Jenn, her husband Brad, and their Son Hayden were with us. We had so much fun. I met my new love while we were in Salt Lake. And it's name is IKEA! It was so much fun. They freakin watch your kid for you while you shop!

We ended the trip in Orem with John's parents. The drive wasn't bad at all but I will say the Mullet is alive and well in Wyoming, very well. I never thought in all my life that I would have spent so many nights in Nebraska. It just didn't make the list of places I'd like to stay over night in. Paris, London, Tokyon, Austraila, Nebraska. It just didn't seem to fit but it was pretty nice.

I am excited to be back. I love my missouri, my house, and my friends. I missed my friends really bad.

I start hair school on the 11th. I'm really excited for that too. I'll post more now I promise!

Some cool photos especially the last one!

* We passed fields of these huge windmills in Wyoming. I just thought they were so cool. I made John take a butt load of photos because I just thought it was amazing. There were so many of them. They went on for miles. Lets just say I am easily pleased.

* This photo is of me and Kaysen before we went to the pool. This is before our big trip to Utah. Luckily now I am a lot tanner. I can't believe how tall Kaysen is getting. He is like half my size.

Painting 101

So we thought it would be cute to buy a cheap canvas and let Kaysen paint it. We picked out 3 cute colors that looked good together and let him go to town. Outside of course because we used oil paints. I wanted the texture to show up so that is why we didn't use water colors. Kaysen loved it. After a few days it dried and we put it in a cute wood frame and hung up his art work in his room for permant. It ended up being so cute. I'm really happy with it. I think we'll have to do this as a tradition. It is totally him and way better than anything I could do. We did this awhile ago but as many have commented I haven't posted in a while sorry!