JeSsICa aNd LuLu's AdVenTurEs

KICK LIKE A GIRL

2011-04-06T00:52:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, I am a person who loves to help others. I find that my inner touch with emotion is why I connect with people and their pain so easily.
I am going to school because of my passion to help others and I am looking at graduating with my bachelors in psychology.
I first started in nursing then I switched to community health and now I am in behavioral science. When people ask me.. what is it that you want to do.. I never know a solid answer because the truth is I really dont know! All I know, is that I was sent here on earth to help others some how.

Due to the classes I have been taking lately, I have become obsessed with the idea of helping women. I have learned so much about the damage that occurs to women in every culture world wide. From the media to sexual exploitation to food. Women throughout the ages have been treated like slaves, hookers, and objects. From every angle in which we look at, women are constantly being damaged. Our media portrays women as objects; that are to be treated with little to not respect. Women are shown to be okay with the hypersexualization that our media portrays, and allows for our youth to over sexually express themselves at much younger ages. Girls dress like women and women dress like girls. What was at one point supposed to be kept in the bedroom is now exploited to sell a hamburger bun. The impact that this all has on women is astonishing and at the same time very sad.

Rape, Violence, Sexual Crimes, Murder, Eating Disorders, Self Esteem Issues, Depression and Suicide are all of the risk factors associated with the damage that our society has placed on women. The value system that our society has now portrayed to a young girl is this: "be innocent, be slutty, eat all you want, but only eat yogurt, and most of all to be hot you must be: skinny (preferably a size 0- which implies that you are a nothing), light skinned but bronzed, have big eyes, puffy lips, and flowing hair.

At this point in time when we turn to our youth and ask, who are your role models we need to be seriously concerned! Brittany Spears, Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan, Lady GaGa!?
Our society does not take smart, strong and empowering women to use as role models, and if they do, they strip their clothes down and pose them in very provocative poses.
We have become so obsessed with the idea that true beauty only comes from what can be bought, shaped, altered, and even cut into perfection. That true simple beauty no longer exists.

Today I attended my third Clothesline Project. For those of you who do not know what this is let me tell you what the Clothesline Project entails. This project has been put together to create awareness to all of us who live our lives in ignorance. The victims of crimes such as: rape, murder, incest, sexual assault as well as battery all write their stories on a t-shirt and hang them up on a clothesline for all to see and read.
The atmosphere is quiet and they have a dong, whistle and bell that rings. Every 10 seconds a dong sounds to represent a woman that is being beat. The Whistle blows every 2 minutes to indicate that a woman is being raped and a bell rings to indicate that 3-4 women in the united states are killed by her intimate partner each day. Yes it is as sad and heartwrenching as it sounds, but at this point in time I fear that we are so numb to violence that it may take more than this for us to wake up and realize the reality of violence.

I am sad to say but I see more t-shirts every year and this year I had to leave because after ten minutes of standing in a sea of these t-shirts I started to cry. To see the increase in white t-shirts (murder) made me sick to my stomach, and most of all angry.

After calming down and thinking, what can I do to feel like I can make a difference?! I have decided that I am going to try and convince as many of my friends and family to attend the WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES. This walk has been put together to help these victims! Women, men and children all go in their heals and walk for as long as their feet will take them to help create awareness for these crimes. It will be this saturday at 10 am at the city center in orem. I encourage everyone to go and help fight against these crimes. I want to start helping others become aware of our surroundings because knowing what's going on could help another woman out of a horrible situation.

WOMEN are BEAUTIFUL! In every shape, color and size! We have the ability to bring and take care of new little people and that is a gift that god especially gave all of us. Women are smart, empowering, creative, nurturing and the list goes on! Why should we sit back and not do something about the images that show our youth on what they believe represents women, why should we let men abuse our fellow women and treat them like object. Why should we let our society tell us that because of our sex, we cannot get paid and have employment that is just as good as men? We have come a long way but I know that the fight is not over.

I love women and I am proud that I am one! I am proud that I kick like a girl, throw like a girl and live like a girl. I am sick of seeing images that dehumanize women and the violence acted out on us. No one deserves to be treated as if they are less than only one else because the only one who decides that is God.

So for today, Women is what I am passionate about..

Until Next Time..
Love Jessy!

P.S Here is a Quiz for you to see if you can tell the difference between porn and teen images.
In the following I have 3 ads that have been taken from: 1. Porn magazine and 2. Teen magazine
Your job is to tell which ones have come from where, it should be easy right?

Image # 1.

Image # 2

Image # 3

To see if your answers are correct send me a message and ill write you back. Good luck

When Life Gives You Lemons.. Call a Missionary!!

2011-03-09T21:36:00.000-08:00

So for the past month I have been feeling not so great! As most of you already know, I have had a bad kidney infection and it has caused me to be in and out of the hospital quite often. At this point I feel like I have been on a terrible roller coaster ride because one day I feel ok enough to go to school and the next day I cant even make it out of bed. My life consists of water and pills all day.. where i feel like this picture describes exactly how i feel!!

Well yesterday was particularly bad because I got a fever of a 100.5 and my whole body hurt, I had the chills and was convinced that it would only be moments time that I would be sitting in heaven drinking sweet lemonade with my beloved grandma.

I guess after over dosing on Ibuprofen my fever came down and the chills went away. I made an appointment to see the doctors for today because the lymph nodes in my neck were getting pretty swollen and I was just worried all around. I found out today at the doctors that the infection in my kidneys has not gone away rather it has become worse. Which was devastating news because the last time I went to the doctors they had told me the infection was gone and all I had to deal with was the side effects of a swollen kidney.. nausea.. grose! So today they gave me a super yucky shot.. that felt like it came roaring from the depths of.. you get the point! Ouch!! I cried, screamed and cursed as usual.. The bad news is.. I get to go back again tomorrow for another shot!! I have had painful shots before the "peanut butter"shots is what we all like to call them.. well they are pleasant compared to the devolic thing they gave me today! This one in particular, stings, bites, burns, eats a portion of your skin right off as it numbs your whole leg and radiates pain up your hip and back!! Im telling you.. if this does not do the trick.. im making a direct call to heaven for a kidney replacement. haha check please!

Well disappointed, in pain and just not happy.. I felt like I had to give my missionary buddies a call just to see how they were doing. I had gotten a blessing from them a little more than a week ago and I miss them not coming around as often. We talked about the weather, life, and I asked for a refund on my health blessing! haha They are so fun to just joke around with.. they are not uptight at all so we have a great time. Well those sweet and caring souls came OVER!! they surprised me with a huge bag of chocolates!! Twix, almond joy, caramellos, fast break.. you name it! Its king sized and in that special little baggy! They are so sweet!! They said they felt like I need some chocolate to make me feel better!! They must have girlfriends back home because chocolate is always a good remedy for girls! :) They hung out with us for a about 20 mins before they went running out the door to beat their "clean" inspector! haha What funny guys! I invited them over for lunch on saturday just so we could hang out with them some more.

As for my chickies.. I believe that he is doing a whole nursing carrier with me!! He has been here through the thick and thin and I can say that im the luckiest girl alive to have such an amazing boyfriend. He missed class today just to make sure I felt better after my shot! Im actually pretty happy that I got him his Iphone because I cry and make a fuss and he holds my hand, rubs my head, pats my back, and still manages to catch glimpses of his games and sport stuff on his phone while I am having a moment.. haha I think god placed me in his life to teach him patience.. and after this month.. I realized that he has passed with flying colors. At this point no one can say that my chickies is not patient because he has truly proven the exact opposite! I had a horrible dream last night that my chickies left me.. When I woke up all I could do was be so grateful that he is still by my side and appreciate all that he does for me. :)

So to good boyfriends, a great family, and super awesome missionaries

Hugs and kisses

Jessy!

When Boy's Think Romantically!!

2011-03-04T14:13:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting to make a post about the amazing dinner that Gabe and the boys did for us on valentinesday!

I know we are now in march and talking about valentines day is old news, but it was so amazingly beautiful what these guys did that in my eyes they deserve a post! Even if its a little late. :)

So here it is:

Ok, so Gabriel, Juan, Eugene, dad Carlos, and little Carlos, all got together and planned an amazing valentines day surprise for us girls. They did such an amazing job at keeping it secret!! Everything they bought was stored in the garage, gabes room and in a variety of very interesting places! Througout the week they each managed to tell each one of us girls different lies to get around their plans. For example little carlos told andrea that he needed the fondu machine for some special reason, i cant clearly remember what, but I think he tied it in with school. Juan told Cinthia that they were going over to Gabes house to celebrate Mirna's birthday! haha and well big carlos is just good at being quiet all around! So here is the list of the lucky girls and their couple:

Mayra &Eugene

Mirna & Carlos

Andrea & Carlos

Cinthia & Juan

Jessica & Gabriel

These guys cooked, planned and even decorated! I cant even begin to express how impressed I was and still am with the way they made our valentines day so special. Our day began with us girls being told that we had to arrive at Gabes house at exactly 4:30pm! Gabe understands my difficulty with time.. so he threatened me and made sure I was the first to arrive! haha When I walked in I got sat in the office with mirna and they shut the doors! haha they were not quite yet ready.. and mirna was so excited that her husband was cooking!! Well soon enough came mayra, andrea and cinthia. We were told that the 5th course was being prepared and we were to wait just another minute.

While we waited the guys, chopped, seared, broiled and roasted!! I still cant believe they cooked all of that food in under two hours! They did manage to turn the kitchen inside out and use over 55 plates!

But it was all worth it in the end.

When the food was all ready, each of the boys came into the room and escorted us to the dinning room! The table was beautifully decorated!! they had wine cups and palate cleansers along with laminated menu's personalized to each girl. It was all very shocking! They showed us to our seats and told us they would be back in a minute!

Soon after they left, they all came in dressed so fancy!! With little red bowties!! they each were holding a red flower for each of us.. and chickes got me roses too!! Not only were these boys our dates.. they were our waiters and cooks! We had our own little ratatouilles for the night haha..

Our elegant 5 Course Meal included the following:

Lobster and Avocado Salad

Shrimp Cocktail with specialty sauces

Pan Seared Quail

Blue Cheese topped Filet Mignon

Chocolate fondue covered strawberries and bananas

The meal was so well thought out and just delicious! The remainder of the night we talked, cleaned and enjoyed each others company. It was definitely one of the most romantic evenings of my life.

Thank you chickies!! :)

Hugs and kisses

Jessy

If you want to see the rest of the pictures.. they are on facebook :)

Celebrating 25 years of Love!

2011-03-04T00:39:00.000-08:00

25 years of love:

On March 1st, 1986 my parents ran away from home and got married!!! haha its a long story that many of you know! I still cry every time she tells it.. haha which if any of you know my mom.. you would know that thats.. quite often! but the love and passion that they have for each other is amazing and despite anything that comes in their way.. they battle it out and surpass lives toughest battles.

Well March 1st, 2011 represented 25 years of their marriage!! What an accomplishment!! and to celebrate Lulu and I planned for them to have an amazing getaway!
so here is the story:

So by midnight of March 1st, Lulu and I had come to realize that my Mom and Dad had not made any official plans to celebrate their anniversary. We put a budget together and then started to see what we could do for them. We were not going to allow 25 years to just pass by!!

Well after much research we finally came across this amazing resort in Midway: The Zermatt Resort!!
We got them the Bed and Breakfast package and filled their day with activities and dinner.

Well we decided to present to them their amazing getaway in a pamphlet so I spent the remainder of the night writing them an Itinerary and exact details of what their package all entailed. I was able to finish all of the last details by nine in the morning. By then my mom had been walking around the house and doing her usual routine.

I could tell she was not sure what we were up to when we handed her the little red folder but as she came to realize what her day was about to entail.. she light up! :) That made me soo happy because my parents deserve an awesome night out for their 25th anniversary. Well she got my dad home as soon as he could and they left for a night of fun and relaxation at the Zermatt Resort. At this point lulu my mom and me started packing for their one night getaway! I love how excited she was!! :)

Once my dad came home they were ready to leave:

The Itinerary:

Their getaway started by swimming at the Homestead Crater at Midway, I had reserved for them to be there by three. I had originally planned for them to first go to the hotel and settle in and change, but time moved quicker than what we had planned and they managed to get to the crater at exactly three! The lucky love birds spent two hours in the crater! the place was so slow no one noticed they stayed so long. :)

They checked in to the hotel and got ready for dinner, Matty's Bistro :)

the view from the room

After dinner:

The love birds went to have an enchanted experience at the Ice Castles in Midway:

After freezing at the Ice Castles they went back to the resort to swim, hot tub and check out all of the amazing relaxation rooms that the resort has to offer.

The next day:

They watched a movie, went into all of the saunas and steam rooms.. sat in the relaxation rooms and ate breakfast at the bistro and hung out at the resort till about one or two in the afternoon. They even bought yummy fancy pastries from the bakery that they have on site. :)

On their way home.. my dad decided it would be fun to walk out onto the middle of Deer Creek. My mom was so scared! That lake is so big and I dont blame her for being scared of walking out on top of all of that ice. She said there were plenty of people fish camping! haha she said they were all in tents around holes they had made in the snow! to us... thats a little wierd.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY WONDERFUL PARENTS!!!!! MUAH!!!!

oh about two hours after they got home from their getaway.. my dad managed to cut and break his middle finger! My poor mom has been to the hospital way to much these past two weeks.. but hes ok now.. he just has to wear a cast and he got 5 stitches. I dont have a picture of his finger. Maybe on my next post ill put one. :)

HUGS AND KISSES!!!

Jessy

Sweet Treats and Loving Friends and Family

2011-02-27T17:41:00.000-08:00

Update Day 5

It feels like every hour im on a different roller coaster ride. I never know what to expect because I could be sitting in peace happy with my life and then two seconds later it feels like my body has decided to turn its self inside out. haha Today was a good day though compared to last night or even the last couple of days.
I had no sleep I watched every hour pass by on my phone it felt like time was mocking me! While everyone slept and coco snored I stared at the little glowing stars in my room waiting for the sun to rise.

At around 12 pm lulu came in and told me we were having lunch with Rachies!! I was soo excited.. I hardly get to ever see Rachel.. Growing up the only girls in the family were Lulu, Rachies and me. We did everything together, so getting to catch up with her is so exciting. Rachies has always been someone that I could count on for anything and I wish we could back to the days were we would sing spice girls and dance in my living room.

We ate a Gurus.. It was my first time there.. but absolutely not my last. As most of you know im such a food fan haha and my belly tends to show that too. I can be a little picky but I just love the art of food and as I get older I dream of doing culinary school just to learn how to cook amazing food. haha and my second wish is to be on the food network! haha but back to my day with Rachies!! I ate a grilled salmon in teriyaki sauce with wild rice and grilled veggies. It was so perfect and the best part was that i was able to keep it down!! We talked and laughed and while we were finishing up our meals one of the servers asked us if we would like dessert. We were unsure about what all entailed in their bread pudding, that the server managed to get us a free slice for being first time costumers. Well... I think I have found another item to put on my dessert list: Blue Berry Bread Pudding! mmmm

Our Rachies had to go back to school and finish some art projects so we dropped her off at school.. then lulu and I headed to a baptism that we had promised our missionaries we would attend. I also have been in need of a good health blessing.. so I figured we would kill two birds with one stone. We hung out with our cute missionaries and after a little I decided its best we go home. I had been out way too long.

I got to rest for about an hour.. and then Karina, (gabes little cousin) asked me to go over to her house.. we live less than a block apart and I adore her and her little sister. They remind me so much of lulu and me when we were little and psychotic! haha Karina and Annisa are such sweethearts so I try and see them as much as time allows. Well I helped her and her adorable friend.. Karina.. haha get ready for a quincenera that they were going to go to. We laughed and they made me feel young all over again! haha We did our nails and make up.. they looked super cute for the party! I was a little jealous its been ages since I have gotten ready for a party. I miss dancing! I think that will be my first request when I get better.. We are going Salsa Dancing!! :)

When I got home.. my super sweet and adorable Mayra and Gene showed up with the cutest balloon ever and cremebrulee!! Soon after that Rachies showed up to spend the night with us as well. It was the best get well get together.. ever! We stayed up watching Karate Kid and talking... It was a great ending to such a tough week. Being surrounded by all those that I love really helps me feel so much better

CHICKIES...

Im so spoiled by my little chickies on such a daily basis that when he leaves me I miss him as if he had left for years! haha Hes so cute though, he made sure to keep in contact with me and even escaped the wedding to say high to me on facebook.. :) I cant wait to see him and give him a big hug. I also feel soo much better about him leaving to mexico without me because 1. I realized he was not in mexico but rather in Arizona's back yard! haha they were exactly 10 minutes away from the boarder. So that does not count in my terms! haha and 2. there are no palm trees there.. and thats my second main reason to get out of utah. haha Although the weather is hotter and there is no snow a place with no palm trees is a sad place...

To sweet treats and loving friends and family!

Love Jessy

3rd Rock and Oxycodone

2011-02-25T23:02:00.000-08:00

Update on day 4:

Last night was a little rocky.. I stayed up waiting to hear that gabe had made it to vegas alive and I was just not feeling the best. So to distract myself I started watching 3rd Rock From the Sun.. seriously funniest show I have EVER seen. I can say it beats modern family! Its such a classic hit! It hits every single awkward possible moment anyone could have. So while waiting to get my final good night call from my chickies I watched the first three or four episodes.

Well seeing on how I got to bed so late.. I caught up on sleep and slept in. Which is fine because besides sleeping this past week I have done nothing but play on my computer and watch netflix! The doctors yesterday told me if my kidneys hurt to go back and get more antibiotics on top of what im taking orally. This morning I had quite a bit of discomfort but I get scared of becoming immune to the antibiotics and then in the future if something like this happens again.. I could be in a lot of trouble. So I have toughed out the day.. with my side kick.. Oxycodone and watched as much 3rd Rock a person could all in one day.

For dinner my parents, lulu and I went out to eat at this little chinese place that we eat at all the time. It felt good getting out of the house. This past week the only getting out was to go to the ER so a different setting was nice.

I dont know what it is but all of the meds they put you on always makes me grumpy, and my poor chickies got the short end of the stick today. I feel bad and miss him lots. We dont spend a lot of time apart and I guess feeling so yucky and him so far away has added to my grumpiness . Im happy he got to get away.. cuz i Love getting away.. haha thats what im all about. Im looking forward to all the yummy chilorio that he is bringing back! haha mmmm

I Love this picture because it has all of the things that I Love:

1. chickies

2. palm trees

3. Sunny clear skies

4. MEXICO!!

haha there are plenty of things missing like my lulu or my mama and daddy and my silly emmanuel. But I just wish i could be there right now.

dizzy hugs and kisses

Love..
JESSY!!

One Big Fat CRY baby.. and a Trooper!

2011-02-24T19:22:00.000-08:00

Update Day 3:

So I was able to get some good sleep last night which was nice. Maybe its because lulu slept with me and was keeping me company! :) This morning on the other hand was just not fun at all.. this whole time my right kidney had been bothering me, well this morning both my right and left kidney were just on fire. I was scheduled to go back to the hospital at three so I waited patiently for three o clock to come around!

My chickies came with me this time.. I told him I wanted to hold his hand today.. since he is leaving on a mini trip with rollies.. I wanted to have him around for as long as possible for today. So when we got to the ER they put us in the same room as yesterday but today my doctor was a Lady.

Well.. she had me pee in one of those fancy cups they give you and had us wait for the results to see if all of this IV stuff is working. Well bad news for today.. despite the load of IV antibiotics that they have been giving me, my pee showed up positive with still signs of infection. The bad news on top of that is my left kidney is starting to catch my right kidneys cold.

Well after waiting for about half an hour.. a woman with frizzy big hair and a purple outfit came in... holding a NEEDLE!!! ahhh haha im such a cry baby when it comes to needles!!! Im fine with IV's but shots.. ahhh I cant manage to look at them! since we took out the IV they had put in the first day the doctor thought it would be easier to give me a shot with plenty of antibiotics. :s So after a little bit of hyperventilating gabe told me.. just do it you big baby!!

It burned!! While I was getting the shot I managed to bite gabes hand and even give him a good punch.. or two! What a trooper! haha he was such a good support and he even helped rub it out.. while I cursed that frizzy haired women to the depths of... well you get the point!

We decided that his has been pay back for all the poking and probing I have done to people in the past! haha

After we left the ER we got my new set of meds and came back to my house. I have been craving Banana Cream Pie.. mmm.. So my chickies and I made mini banana cream pies. They looked better than the ones in this picture! haha im not much of a baker at all.. so when something finally turns out edible.. im proud of my self! haha I think a toddler could make these in his sleep! haha but it was a sweet ending to a rough day.

I know your dying to know how to make these! haha so my sweet treat to you today... A RECIPE!

1. ready to bake Pie Crust.. (The kind you can cut and shape)

2. Vanilla Pudding.. (the kind that comes in a box)... just add two cups of cold milk :)

3. Bananas

4. Whipping cream

5. Caramel

First cut your pie crust into squires that would fit inside of a cupcake pan. Its best if you have some dough hanging out.. we shaped those parts all wavy to give it a cool look.

Next put those in the oven at 450 degrees.. and they should take between 5-10 mins.

Next.. make your pudding.. Cut your banana into small circles.

When your dough looks nice and golden brown.. take them out of the oven.

Put your bananas at the bottom of your little crust then put the pudding, then add the whipping cream at a little banana on top and drizzle the caramel right on top.

The End!! hahah can you tell this is my first time making a recipe!?

Hugs and Kisses..

-Jessy

Antibiotics never sounded sweeter..

2011-02-23T18:55:00.000-08:00

Update:

So last night was a little tough.. it felt like my right kidney had a pretty strong heart beat and my bladder was not my biggest friend. The IV they had sent me home with was such a pain to deal with.. bending and moving around was such a struggle!!

So today my mom and me went back to the ER to see what the doctors would say.. turns out it must have been one crazy bacteria that decided to attack my kidneys and bladder. So they have me on IV antibiotics! which is great news because I was worried that they would never find anything! That is scarier than some crazy bacteria that is attacking me.. because not having "anything" and being in this much pain would just not be fair. So we got tumors, cysts, and bending ovaries all out of the way!

hahah i was so bored waiting for the doctors I started taking pictures with my phone.. I decided that for how long they make you wait... they dont give you much to look at.

Now I just get to lay back drink plenty of Gatorade.. take a pill that makes my pee super orange along with my pain meds and just wait to go to the hospital once again tomorrow..

I was not planning on having a relaxing week but my body had other plans. So for now ill try and catch up on some homework between the sleeping and the peeing haha (it feels like I have a bladder of an 80 year old!)

My beautiful mama gave me these get well roses!! she is so cute!! I got lucky with the best most beautiful mama in the whole world! She even got me a cute marshmallow bunny.

Thank you mama!!!

Hugs and kisses...

Jessy

Pricks Pokes and Plenty of Tears!

2011-02-23T12:18:00.000-08:00

So for the past three weeks I have had this pretty bad pain in my bladder and a feeling of it being really swollen and every day I hoped it would just magically go away.. well I have had no luck. Today I woke up and it was just enough to get me to go to the ER. I hate going to the hospital I always have believed its over priced and just not any good if your going in for a medical condition v.s a trauma condition. But I went.. well after 4 hours of poking and several scans and im not sure how many roller coster rides worth of drugs. I was sent home with an Iv in my arm and a package of pills.. to only return again tomorrow.

I was not very surprised when they said... "well we are not sure what it is.. but here are more pain killers for the night if you choose not to stay here." So being there, or being here and saving some money I knew there was not much they could do until tomorrow at two when I get to see the doctor once again. So spent the rest of the day cudding/ sleeping with my chickies and debating on ripping out this super annoying IV.

Its days like today.. where I enjoy being at school and having a normal life. I feel soo bad for those who end up spending months non end hospitalized trapped to a never ending sea of nurses and doctors all looking down at you with pity in their eyes. Tonight.. ill be praying for good results tomorrow but most of all.. health and wellness to all of those I love.

Tired hugs and kiss...

Jessy

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2011-02-20T02:11:00.001-08:00

Love, Flowers and a Bride To Be!

2011-02-19T18:14:00.000-08:00

When it comes to having a best friend, I can say I got lucky! Mayra has been my best friend for about 3 years now but it feels like we have known each other or whole lives. Mayra is Gabes little sister and I just LOVE her to death! to the point where luisa and I have formally accepted her to be our third sister! Well this blog post is all about her because she is getting MARRIED!!!!!!!! I seriously feel like my big sister is getting married, I have cried, laughed, cheered and cried some more knowing that my beautiful Mayra is going to get married to our wonderful EUGENE!!

Love story:

Our story first begins three years ago at the fanciest of all locations; the uvu shuttle bus. It was the middle of the school year and Mayra and Eugene managed to catch the same shuttle on this particular evening. Well the rest of it is history.. because three years later.. we are now planning for the I DO's!

I believe that it had to have been LOVE at first sight because since then these two love birds have been inseparable! For the past three years mayra and eugene have traveled together, camped, celebrated dozens of events and surpassed anything that has come their way! Congrats you two crazy love birds!!

DECEMBER 16, 2010

After a few white lies, gene and I took a day off and went ring shopping! Our first and last destination was Shane Co. The place was fancy and met all of Genes needs and wants! We had a blast looking for rings!! Our major concerns were: Will she love it?? Will she be able to wear it at work?? and will it be enough to convince her to say YES!!

WELL... we found it!! not only was our trip to Shane Co. Fun, but very educational! we learned about the different types of diamonds and what it takes to be placed on that special some ones finger! Im happy I got to go with gene we had such a fun day!

So now we had to keep things a SECRET!!

DECEMBER: 31, 2010

For new years, we packed our bags and drove out to California to watch gene propose to mayra at the happiest place on earth!! (Disneyland) The plan was to surprise mayra at midnight with the engagement ring and gene on one knee! Well it worked out great! she had no clue what we were up to!! Our poor gene was so nervous all he kept asking was.. so is that a yes?! haha while she was screaming YES!! I am so happy i was able to be there and watch them turn from boyfriend and girlfriend to: Fiancés!!

HAPPY: 1.1.11 ENGAGEMENT DATE!

Planning Time!! FEB 19, 2011

Now that all the asking has been done and all the YES's have been said! Its time to plan the wedding!! mayra and me spent the afternoon looking at dresses, food, flowers, photographers and wedding invitations!! There is so much to do in so little time! We set all sorts of appointments to pick out the official wedding dress and the invitations! We even WON free thank you post cards!! Until next time...

HUGS.. KISSES AND LOTS OF LOVE!!

JULY 9, 2011

LOVE JESSY.. XOX0

A SiLlY SPin on ONE BoRiNG BLOG!!!

2011-02-18T15:33:00.000-08:00

Well after looking through all of the adorable blogs that my friends have posted.. I have come to realize how embarrassingly boring my blog is!! So in hopes to better entertain you.. haha who ever it is that reads this thing besides me.. Ill make this a blog about the funny, random and weird pictures that we manage to get on camera!
I believe that everyone needs to laugh a little every day and on many gloomy days such as today where we get to see little to no sun, so its easy to feel down in the dumps. Looking back at all of these pictures and the memories tied with them.. made me laugh.

p.s Lulu is going to kill me!!

In hopes of making you laugh.. Enjoy!!

The following pictures were taken during the summer after spending the night with hector and at nicklecade. We were modeling our wonderful new prizes and ended up having a blast!

To Big Glasses and goofy models!

Love Jessy

In a mAcs WoRLd!

2010-01-27T18:57:00.003-08:00

Just because i fell in love, at first sight. I introduce you to the Ipad! this device is heaven and i want one! its a touch screen computer with all the iphone goodies added in! it has 10 hours of battery! It can be a TV and so many other things!! So for the mac lovers like my self.. take a minute and gaze at a beautiful device! :) http://images.apple.com/ipad/design/

ThAnKs ChIcKieS!

2010-01-24T23:01:00.000-08:00

Soooo we got our very first follower! And that to me is blog worthy! haha Thank you babe for adding! :) so in honor, for clicking that little add button on the side of our page.. you get your own post! :) love you!! -Jess

MUAH, MUAH, MUAH, MUAH!!!

LibRary CrazIes

2010-01-21T14:04:00.000-08:00

So I am still trying to figure out what is blogspot worthy, so i have decided to tell you guys about my random library moment! Right after walking in to the library and getting everything i needed, the alarm went off and everyone was rushed out side! The alarm said... ** Diiing diiing diiing... there has been an emergency reported in this building, please evacuate the building and DO NOT USE THE ELEVATORS.. Diiing Diiing Diiing*** i think i heard that about 30 times or more before we were all let back in. I still dont know what caused the random moment, but i was bored and took pictures. So enjoy my two random pictures of this morning library craziness! -love jess

BaBy ErIc

2010-01-20T23:54:00.000-08:00

I was not going to add anything else for today, but i just wrote eric and i had to share my love for this little guy with you guys!! :) hes got so much more to go, and i miss him LOTS! enjoy a couple of my favorite pictures of silly baby eric.

Jessy

2010-01-20T21:59:00.000-08:00

My sisters: Lulu, Rachies, and Nena
This is ME, Jessy
This is my "Chickies" in other words my babies :)

A LittLe BoUt LuLu

2010-01-20T21:46:00.001-08:00

This is Jorge

WeLCoMe To OuR SpOt

2010-01-20T20:36:00.000-08:00

So, Lulu and I (jessy) have decided to create our own blogspot! We are new to this, so our page might be boring for a little while! But help us enjoy this, while we share a little about our selves with you! :)

**JeSsICa aNd LuLu's AdVenTurEs**

KICK LIKE A GIRL

When Life Gives You Lemons.. Call a Missionary!!

When Boy's Think Romantically!!

Celebrating 25 years of Love!

Sweet Treats and Loving Friends and Family

3rd Rock and Oxycodone

One Big Fat CRY baby.. and a Trooper!

Antibiotics never sounded sweeter..

Pricks Pokes and Plenty of Tears!

Listen to Jesspcs Playlist

Love, Flowers and a Bride To Be!

A SiLlY SPin on ONE BoRiNG BLOG!!!

In a mAcs WoRLd!

ThAnKs ChIcKieS!

Soooo we got our very first follower! And that to me is blog worthy! haha Thank you babe for adding! :) so in honor, for clicking that little add button on the side of our page.. you get your own post! :) love you!! -Jess

LibRary CrazIes

BaBy ErIc

Jessy

A LittLe BoUt LuLu

WeLCoMe To OuR SpOt

JeSsICa aNd LuLu's AdVenTurEs