My 21st Birthday Weekend

So the day finally arrived... My brother and I turned 21! To celebrate our birthday, we went to Hawthorne for a long weekend. Everyone kept asking why we were having our big 21st birthday bash in Hawthorne. But honestly we couldn't think of a better place to have it. A large majority of our family lives in Hawthorne and the other half of our family enjoys visiting Hawthorne a few times a year. We even had one of our Aunt's from Idaho fly in for the weekend and a few other family members from New Jersey. Plus its the only place I've actually tried to sneak in bars.:) So it was the perfect place to celebrate!

To Start off the night we opened our pre party gifts from Palmer's sister, Viv. I got a 21st birthday tiara, sash and mug. Andrew Got a mug too and I gave him my flashing ID necklace! We were ready to go out!

This is some of the crew making our way up to the El Cap.

The Good Ol' El Cap!

Palmer buying Andy and I our first drinks!!!

Palmer asked Ruth (the bartender) to come around the bar and hand us our beers for the picture. Doesn't she look enthused?

The next night, we of course went out again. We decided to play some blackjack. My brother Adam was there to teach me the exact rules. We didn't win any money but it was a lot of fun!

The next night was the BIG BIRTHDAY BASH! My parents threw Andrew and I a huge party at the Elks Lodge. There were over 100 people there. We were able to see almost all of our family and friends. It was an awesome. (This was also the night Palmer proposed! A post all about it coming soon!) I don't have a lot of pictures from this night because I was too busy being in shock about our engagement and visiting with everyone, but a lot of other people got pictures that I'm in the process of getting. So here are just a few of the ones I got...

Me and Addison in our "party" dresses!

Palmer with his Mom and Sisters!
We were exhausted, 3 late nights in a row! This is us getting ready to call it a night!

The whole weekend was more than I could have ever imagined! I had a wonderful time with all my family and friends. My only regret is that it was over so quickly and then Palmer and I had to return to work and school. But now we are planning another huge bash: Our Wedding!!!!!!

Summer Update

Ok, our summer is off to a BUSY start and its fully loaded from here until September. I did run into a very crappy problem, I broke not one camera, but two, in the middle of May. (I broke one, and then the cats knocked my other one off the counter.) Anyways, so I feel like our blog is gonna be a little boring since I don't have pictures to post until I get a new camera. (Hint Hint Palmer, I need a new camera!)

Our summer pretty much began in the middle of May; we went to Utah to visit Palmer's family. We went so that Palmer could golf in a golf tourney fundraiser that Viv (Palmer's sister) was running for Linnea's (Palmer's niece) drill team. So we spent Saturday at the golf course and then had dinner and games at Palmer's mom with the whole crew. It was a blast but, a really quick visit.

Then at the end of May I went to Hawthorne for 3 days for my cousin Jordan's 8th grade graduation. It was really nice to get to be there to kinda help my Aunt Mare out with Jordan. I drove her to get her hair done and that kind of stuff. She looked beautiful and grown-up. I got to see some of my family and I also got to see Jacqueline before she leaves for her 7 week trip to Europe.

When I got home from Hawthorne I had to directly leave for Ohio that next day. I went to Ohio with the people I work for; we were there for 8 days. So I was happy to finally get home to Palmer at the end of the trip.

Since I have been home, I've had 4 days off. Mike is here and we've done a lot of visiting, eating and drinking as usual. We had a great night last night, we went our new favorite buffalo wing place called Chicken Bonz. Then went to Rejavanate, a coffee house that Palmer's coworker, Brett was playing with his band, cheapPLASTIK. His band was so awesome and we had a blast! We have decided to become their new groupies and help spread the word about them! After we watched the band, Mike, Palmer and I went back to apartment to play some card games. David ended up coming over (now that he lives in our apartment complex and all) and we had a good night.

Now it's back to work for me but our summer calender is still PACKED!!!

School's Out!

Among all the chaos in my Mom's house this last Saturday, I took my last online final! (Thanks Mike) That's right I'm now done with this semester! I think I did pretty good, haven't got all my grades back yet. So I now have 7 weeks of freedom (from schoolwork) til my summer class starts in July!

Road Trip

For Mother's Day weekend, I decided to drive to Hawthorne to see my mom. This was the first time that took Tootsy in the car for the 5 hour drive without Palmer. We left after I got off of work on Friday, so we didn't get to Hawthorne til 11:00pm. Tootsy had no idea why the hell we were in the car so long and finally stopped whining about 45 mins into the drive. After her whining she slept the whole way, except for when we stopped in Beatty and she jumped into a fountain outside of the candy store. So I got to have a wet muddy dog in my car for the rest of the trip.

Here she is all twisted up in the seat belt. I had to buckle it behind her because my car will just beep if its not buckled. Somehow Tootsy got all wrapped in it.

The weekend was full of events, as always when I get to go home for 3 days. Saturday my mom and I went to get our cars washed. My interior was COVERED in Tootsy hair. Then I got to see Alexis and Norelle. Norelle is getting SO big. I didn't get any pictures of her though she was kinda cranky. Alexis, Elle, and I went over to see Calen and Mary's new baby girl. Caitlin is so cute and little; she looks just like Calen!

Here she is!

After I got some of my visiting done, I went back to my mom's and disaster had erupted! Something crazy had happened with her plumbing and all the toilets were overflowing and the water was coming out of the drains in the showers! So we could not use the bathrooms at all! My parents could not get a hold of any plumbers since it was Saturday and all. So I ended up going over to Palmer's Dad's and visiting them for a while. I got to see my chicken Seven, who now lives in Warren's backyard!

Seven blowing my hair all over!

Tootsy checking out Seven

Tootsy had no idea what to think of Seven. When Seven was flapping around on my lap Tootsy bit her! Nothing crazy mostly just in a playful way like how she plays with our cats, but I was glad Sally and Mike were there to help me calm Tootsy down!

Finally around 11:00pm my mom's house was functioning again, thanks to Gary & Rob! So I went home and went to bed.

On Sunday, I had breakfast with my mom and gave her her Mother's day stuff. We mostly just hung out all morning and then went to my little cousin Sydney's 2nd birthday party. The party was great! I got to see a bunch of my family. Its really cool to see all of my generation of the family, having babies and all those babies growing up together. There were little kids everywhere of course, and Sydney was so cute asking Diana to "open it" after she opened every present.

Sydney and Stevee trying on princess shoes

After the party I went to visit my cousin Ryan and his girlfriend Denise. They are also having a baby in October so I got to see the baby room and some of the baby stuff that they already have. I ended up staying over and visiting with them for 3 hours. It was really nice to get to just hang out with them, I haven't got to see them in a while.

Monday, Tootsy and I had to get in the car and drive home. I made Tootsy ride in the back this time because I didn't want her to get my clean car all dirty! Tootsy slept the whole ride! I was exhausted and had to call Palmer to keep me up for the last 30 mins of the trip!

Now we are home, but not for long; we are going to Utah this weekend to visit Palmer's family!

Our Family's Getting Bigger!

When I got out of my psych class today, I had missed calls from both my brothers. I thought this was odd because neither one of them normally calls me in the middle of the day. So I called my brother Adam back first.... And he was calling to tell me that He and Amber are having BABY MCCAHILL #2!!!!!! I'm going to be an AUNTIE again, and I am so excited I can barely contain myself. Addison (McCahill Baby #1/ Big Sister) is at the perfect age to have a younger sibling and she will be such a good big sister. I think a majority if the family is hoping for a boy this time but we will all be happy either way. I only wish I lived closer to them so I could be there to help them out more. Anyways, Congratulations ADAM, AMBER & ADDISON!

(Feel Free to leave your guess on whether the baby is gonna be a GIRL OR BOY!)

FINALS!

The most dreaded week of every college student's life has arrived yet again. I have 2 tests this week and 2 more next week. So needless to say I am swamped with studying and homework. There is a light at the end of this tunnel... I will be done with this semester in about 10 days! (If I survive.) YAY! I will have a 2 month break from school before my summer classes start in July.

The Heat Has Arrived

Well just thought I would let everyone know that the Las Vegas heat has finally arrived. There really is no such thing as spring in Vegas. We go from the mid 60's and low 70's to the mid 90's overnight. Seriously, the weather was in the 60's one day last week and then the next day it went up to the 90's! And the 90 degree heat is here to stay (well and it will rise another 10 degrees or so very soon) probably until September. I'm not complaining I like the usually like the heat, the 100's is a bit much but I deal. My only complaint is that they have not opened to pools at our apartment complex, WTF? But poor Palmer has to work in this blistering heat for the rest of the summer. Sorry Palmer:( This summer he has no vacation days because he has not been with the company for a year yet, but next summer we will take a vacation during the summer, so he can have a break from it. His only relief from the heat this year will be the two days we spend in Utah next month, hopefully its still cool there when we go. Everyone pray he does not suffer from any heat strokes! :)