What a busy life!

My life has been so chaotic lately! Working and going to school can be so stressful. I am just crossing my fingers that I pass my math class. So the sad news is Snowball (the car) died last week. So Justin and I are on the look out for a new car--maybe even something with A/C. How cool would that be! I haven't ever owned one with that...which is crazy living in St. George. I am thinking about getting a summer job or spending time reading by the pool offered at our apartment complex.

Last weekend My mom, Sisters, Justin and myself waited in line opening day to watch "Hunger Games." No one listened to me that we should go about two hours early to sit in line. We went an hour early and were towards the back of the line. I plan to go see it again this weekend and take my dad to it since he is a fan too.

Wedding

Oh, how so much happens so fast. I can not believe that another year has passed and a lot has happened since last the last time I wrote on this blog. I had a wonderful wedding in September (don't worry I am going to put some pictures up of that), got an apartment, and taking more classes at Dixie State College. I had thought about writing a Christmas letter of my own, but it was a busy season at work so I never got around to it. We have over 1000 pictures of the wedding and so I have only chose some to put and though I am not much of scrapbooker I will probably starting make some cute and artsy wedding album.

Why I love this picture is because most people are not looking at the camera which is what happens when you have a bunch of kids (with older kids trying to get them to look at the camera) in a picture and I wouldn't change it.
Now I will let you know that I am short, but not that short. Laura is wearing heels, something I never do, thus why I wore moccasins to my wedding.
And what would a nice picture be without a silly one. I think Laura is trying to be a raptor or some kind of strange dinosaur.
Justin doesn't like being in pictures so he kind of ran away when it was picture time. I am looking at the pictures and thinking, man I hope people don't think this is my sweet sixteen or something. So this picture is one with him in it...usually he just covers his face with his hat.
This is my lovely bouquet that my cousin, Danielle, made for me. Yellow/orange roses and sunflowers--my favorite. I guess it is a new trend to take a picture of the rings with the bouquet. I didn't realize the work that goes into planning and executing a wedding.
This is my beautiful cake (I felt bad cutting it) that Kayleen, my coworker, made for me. I couldn't have been more pleased with the way it looked. It also tasted very good. Chocolate with real raspberry filling. The only thing better would have been cheesecake, but I didn't think that cheesecake and fondant would taste great together.
And here are the children. When I went looking for place to have the wedding is was a big deal for me to find a place that would be kid friendly. I wanted my whole wedding to be that way. As much as I love formal events I know that kids hate it (unless its a tea party for little girls). Plus I knew that it if went with formal it would be a really small wedding and I wanted all the people I care about there.

And we can still not get the red paint off of Snowball, which made Justin sad. I told him we should have taken the motorcycle, but oh well, we will just have to buy another care eventually and now we can just be one of those cars that everyone in town is like "Woah, have you seen that Geo Metro with red writing on it! So cool!" or so we hope. The best part was that in the morning my cousin, Spencer asks me if we liked the confetti that came out of the air conditioning vents. I replied with a "I didn't know that was there" and Justin ran out to the car to check it out. They had put the air on full blast, but it never went off on us the night before when driving to the hotel, which is for the best because it probably would have scared the crap out of us. So now I am still finding it in the car. Poor Snowball.
One of my favorite things, that we didn't even intend on doing, was staying in the same hotel as all of the relatives and getting to go eat breakfast with them and say goodbye. I would recommend that to anyone planning a wedding. It is so chaotic the night before that saying goodbye is a blur and you barely remember who all was even at your wedding. Plus I was so hungry and tired. I am glad we had a wedding, but I am very much glad that it is all behind us and we can move on in life.
We went to downtown Salt Lake City for our honeymoon and it was a blast. Went out for sushi and shopping--I really didn't want it to end. The funniest part to me was that I hardly ever want Taco Bell and when we stopped in Ceder City I turned to Justin and said "Please stop at Taco Bell. I am so hungry!" I had been so nervous about everything going right (downside of planning your own wedding) that I hadn't eaten much.
We moved into a nice apartment in the center of town which great cause I can walk to the college and Justin is closer to work. I am taking math and anthropology (which is finally being offered down here). I am excited about that, not so much math. Homework takes up a lot of time and so does working full time, but it will all be worth it someday, right? Haha. In about a year and half we are going to move up north so that I can go into Interior Design and Justin is going to finish up some classes so that he can get into the PharmD program at University of Utah. It will be cold, but I think it will be fun to be close to some family since everyone moved away from St. George.
I also turned 22 a week or so ago. We went to eat Habachi with my sisters, mom, and Sandra, my friend since the 7th grade.

Of course Justin knows that we are taking a picture so he pretends to be some kind of crazy man eating Asian food.

Surprise!

Okay so I know I haven't been on this for awhile, but I have some awesome news and I figured that some people don't have facebook so I'll have to say it on here too. On 9/9/10 I got engaged to Justin Williamson! :) I am super happy, excited, and giddy!
Love, Janae

New Year

So I haven't wrote on this for awhile and I felt like doing so...here it goes. I can't believe I am twenty now! I have moved out of student housing and into a house with some girls. I am almost done moving into there and I'll put my address up when I know it (as well as pictures). I am almost done paying off my laptop which makes me happy. Work has been pretty good for me. I got a raise recently and will be getting another one in May (which will be my second year at Barnes and Noble). I really love being the Kid's lead. I get to pick story time and plan Fancy Nancy parties.
My favorite book is the Hunger Games. I have probably hand sold 700 copies of it...no joke (I even made Danielle read it cause Cynthia bought it for her for Christmas). The third (and last) book of this series comes out in August and because it is a teen book I am in charge of the Midnight release party, plus all of my plans for it will be used for the other Barnes and Noble stores...So I am kind of nervous.

I also have a boyfriend, Justin, who is nerdy like me. I met him at Barnes and Noble. We have been dating for almost a year now. He's really funny and nice. He is getting his associates degree of Science at the end of this semester. I am still going to college, just not this semester. I am going for English, but I would really like something more along the lines of Creative writing for a degree. (He didn't know I was taking a picture so he is watching TV)



Laura is doing well and I think she is feeling excited to be 18 and almost out of high school. She is also in another play, but I can't remember what it is called. Carol Ann has arthritis, which sucks, and she hates it. She has to take meds for it. The cold really hurts it right now, but hopefully it wont be so painful for her in the summer. On a more positive note, she is turning 16 soon and we are renting a big space to have a Sweet Sixteen party for her. It is going to be formal dress and dancing to her favorite music. Cynthia is liking school, which she must because she gets up at 6 each day so that she can ride the public city bus so that she can go to Fossil Ridge (instead of the one she is suppose to go to according to boundaries). She really likes football, but she is become a really girly preteen. She puts curliers in her hair every night.

My new place

Okay so this is well overdue. I totally moved out and it rocks. I live with two of my best friends from high school and two other girls. It is a lot fun. Okay so hear are some pictures.This is my living room. I have a freaking brick wall lol!
and this is the other side of the living room. I love that bean bag!This is my kitchen...dont look to close cause it is kinda messy lolalrighty the bathroom area! woot! look its me...

Last but not least is my awesome side of the bedroom. Please admire my harry potter poster.

Okay so now you have seen it! haha. Work is going well too. I just bought a laptop that is totally awesome and now I am saving to buy a car. I also am working on a novel and my goal is to finish it by the end of 2009! Yippy! School is good. I am just taking the stupidest computer class. I am reading a lot. I read like four to five books a week. It's fun! I totally got a hair cut today too. Well I will try and post more now seeing as I have a lap top now.

Lots of new things

Alright, I will start with the best news first. I got a job promotion! I am now the manager of the children's department at Barnes and Noble! I alsogot a raise for it too! I also move out the day before my birthday and I ampretty excited. I will be living with my awesome friends: Sandra and Kathy.

Thanksgiving was a pretty fun event this year. My dad came to visit for the first time since he moved. We ate at his friend's, Terry, house. His two sons are Cynthia's best friends. I also went to Jeremy's Thanksgiving Dinner. I am basically part of there family now. Jeremy's nefew, Jackson, was there too. He is just the cutest little boy and he can finally say my name now (although he has a hard time saying it like most children do). Me, Laura, and Carol Ann took a lot of pictures (Cynthia had already gone over to Terry's house to play).


Oh, I have also redone the pink in my hair so that is more bold and bright. I love it! My dad was not so sure about it though. I am pretty excited for Christmas. I sorta plan on just buying books for people because I have so many good recommendations. Speaking of which this is an awesome book I just finished a few days ago.

The Hunger Games
by Suzanna Collins
Summery: America no longer exists. In its place is a new,
very controlling government. There is the capital and thirteen
districts. Eventually the districts rebel against the capital in an
attempt to earn freedom. They lose and the capital wipes out
district thirteen. The Hunger Games are put in place, as a
reminder to the people of who is in charge. From each district
a boy and girl is chosen to be tributes to the games. They are
put in an arena where they fight to the death--the last one to live
wins the games.
Just give it a chance. I promise it is full of adventure and keeps you
up at night thinking about it and what might happen next. It feels
so real that you feel like you are in the games too trying to survive!
If you do end up reading it please (I beg you) tell me what you think
of it! Thanks!


Rewiews:

"I couldn't stop reading...Addictive..."
--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly Review
Read Full EW Review:
http://www. ew. com/ew/article/0,,20223443,00. html


"I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me out to dinner and hide it under the edge of the table so I wouldn't have to stop reading. The story kept me up for several nights in a row, because even after I was finished, I just lay in bed wide awake thinking about it...The Hunger Games is amazing."
- -Stephenie Meyer, author of The Twilight Saga


"...as close to perfect an adventure novel as I've ever read."
- -Rick Riordan, author of The Percy Jackson Series and The 39 Clues

College

I am taking two college classes at Dixie State College: Basic drawing and History of Europe. Both classes are really fun to go too. Right now we are drawing corn and working with color pastels. My favorite drawing so far is a mushroom that I drew with pen. It is all dots and it took forever! I watched Star Wars movies while drawing it.

Working at Barnes and Noble is still just as fun as the opening weeks. My store is number one in the region (which means all the west! Woah!). In January I will hopefully get the job of being the Children's department lead (kind of like a manager). The book I recommend that you read if you are bored is called the City of Ember . They have just recently made a movie of it, which I have already seen twice. I highly recommend it because it is packed with adventure and good for all ages (well it might be a little scary for 8 and under)! This is the trailer, so please watch it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffd0jrgcbuE

Also I have dyed my hair light blonde and put more pink in! It looks way cool in my opinion. I also pierced my ears.

I am moving out into student housing in January (a birthday present to myself). My friends: Sandra, Kathy, Kenna, and Estephany are moving with me. I am really excited to live with them!
The place we are moving into has a pool and hot tube. It also includes free internet, cable, and a tanning bed (which is silly because there is enough ways to get a real tan in Saint George, but whatever). It has a club house and a laundry place as well. These are me and my friends being silly!

For Halloween Carol Ann and Cynthia bought me a pink silk Japaneses outfit. We went to a Halloween party tonight and Cynthia's pumpkin won third place. She is really proud of it. Cynthia is being Trinity from the Matrix (though without the tight clothing lol), Carol Ann is some kind of dark fairy, and Laura is a brunette Marylin Monroe. On Friday I am going to watch Cynthia in her school's Halloween parade than help her teacher with a class party.