GoOd bYe SumMeR!!

Its been an amazing summer at the echols house, and i'm so sad to see it come to an end, but... I LOVE THE FALL, so its bitter sweet. its a little harder to go boating when its 60 degrees outside and the water temperatures lower then that, but how do complain about the smell of fall, snow skiing and all the holidays to come? You dont!!! you just embrace every season while it lasts.....thats why i live in UTAH!!!

So what better way to send summer out with a bang then to go to one of my favorite places on earth with some of my favorite people. Arron and i took a bunch of our friends up to our cabin and even though the weather was a little less then perfect, we still got in plenty of boating, tubing, water skiing and wake boarding to hold us over until next summer, along with a sufficient amount of eating, playing games and relaxing. We had such a blast!!!!! So i'm saying good bye to summer and hello to fall. Thanks for the great memories!

CONGRATULATIONS BABE!!!

Arron passed the final section of the CPA exam, we found out today, and i'm freaking out. i'm so proud of him, he has worked so hard over the past 18 months studying his little butt off. He is officially a certified public accountant. So for everyone who has supported him and been pulling for him, its finally over. HE DID IT.
~Great job babe, i love your guts!!!!!!!!!

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I got bored, what can i say? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

so i was just sitting at my computer listening to the radio one morning and i thought to myself, i want to go see how they produce this show (the Z morning zoo)....so i emailed them and just said, I have friday off can i come in and do the show with you? and about 3 hours later Frankie emailed me back and said, "sure, see you friday" so thats what happens when i get bored, i come up with some crazy idea, and end up at a radio station. I had a lot of fun. its pretty cool how everything works, and Frankie, DB and Jessica were super cool and way funny. i might just do it again. :)

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Breaking Dawn at Midnight * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Tiffany, Megan, Shanna and myself went to deseret book at midnight to get "breaking dawn". I think it got a little late for us "old ladies" cuz bye the time they let us in to get the book we were all losing our minds. Megan couldn't stop screaming, Tiffany who hasent even read eclipse yet, was there just for the ride, and didn't even get a book. However started reading eclipse on the way home (note the book is upside down). shanna couldn't wait to get home to read it, so started and finished the book on the drive home... she was driving, that was a problem. On the way home we drove past the line at Barnes and Noble which was about 1000 sorry losers deep and taunted them with our screams, waving our books in their faces. hahaha. we didn't get a very warm reception. Hmmm i wonder why. to sum it all up, we are hip and cool. ha ha love you girls.

**************** Flash back 10 years, what were you up to? ***************

so this past weekend was my 10 year high school reunion, i cant believe its really been 10 years. it honestly feels like only yesterday i was worrying whether or not arron would ask me to prom. haha.. anyway, i thought this would be a fun time to pull out the scrapbooks and go down memory lane, and i decided to take you all with me.... enjoy the journey back to 1998!!

arron, my girlfriends and softball were pretty much my whole life...........if you cant tell.

senior trip to hawaii and lake powell.

i taught swimming lessons and was a life guard all through high school.

2008- right before the high school reunion. Its been an amazing 10 years!!!! GO VIKES!!!!!

**************************************BeaR LaKe 2008***********************************************

another fun filled week at the cabin comes to an end!! :( its always sad. We have such a great time, boating, playing tennis,eating, playing games, reading (yes i read the whole twilight series again while laying on the beach) watching movies and just being on vacation. I love hanging out with all my nieces and nephews they are so fun, and i'm pretty sure i'm their favorite aunt. haha. Well the pictures pretty much say it all. So until next post...

~catch ya on the flip side.

.....................................................In Loving Memory................................................................

My good friend James Taylor passed away this past Friday, he was the only survivor of the medical helicopter crash in Arizona, but died 6 days after the crash, when his family made the impossible decision to take him off of life support, and let his struggle end.

James and I went through nursing school together and both had the goal to one day work on life flight. He recently got the job of flying with the medical team outside of flagstaff, AZ. He was soooooo excited and called to let me know that he got the job, i was so jealous, but so excited for him. He will be missed, he was a great nurse and a great friend. Although this is a tragedy, I'm glad he was able to accomplish a life long goal and die doing something he loved......

We'll all miss you James, thanks for making those long 2 years in school more bearable!