I shot a gun!

For Halloween this year I shot a gun! Actually three guns to be exact. Me, two of my roommates, and a good friend all went up to Kara's hometown of Burley, Idaho. Kara's dad was nice enough to take us out Saturday morning shooting. It was my first time ever shooting a real gun. Yeah I have been paintballing, but that doesn't compare to a 'real' gun! I was so nervous the entire time. Then all of a sudden I had a gun in my hands, and I was shooting! I shot a 22, a shotgun, and a pistol. I actually didn't do too bad. I shot one clay pigeon out of the air, and I killed a couple of stationary ones too. :)

Update on the Ear

As of August 2nd I'm tumor free, and as of August 26th I'm completely healed. My hair is also growing back, and quite rapidly at that! Within the next year my hair will be fully grown.... okay maybe not, but i'm wishing! Here are two pictures of my shave a month after the surgery.

Vegas Baby

I went to Vegas this past weekend with my roommates, and David. So all together there were five of us that went down. We left Thursday afternoon, and came back Sunday morning. Friday and Saturday we walked the strip all day, and looked at the different architecture of those hotels and casinos. No I did not gamble, get married, or drink. But with my roommates it was a blast! Here are just a few pictures of our little vacation!

Wierd Haircut

On August 2nd I went down to the LDS hospital in Salt Lake, and I got my surgery, and with that sugery I got the wierdest haircut.

In my ear/head I had what they call a Cholesteatoma, which is basically a tumor made up of skin cells. The good thing about this thing is that it is begnin, meaning that it is non-cancerous. But still it could be very scary.

Mom, Dad, and I took the trip early monday morning down to Salt Lake for the surgery. I was so nervous the entire time! Luckily on Sunday, the day before, I was able to get a priesthood blessing from my brother, dad, and grandpa. That sure did help with the nerves, but for some random reason my stomach was churning the entire time!

After the surgery all I really remember is being really tired, and people constantly coming in and trying to talk to me. I spent that night in the hospital for observations, which is a good thing. I had some complications, but not major ones... The next morning, Tuesday, I got to go home. I spent all week at my parentals, and I must admit I miss living there. I sure do have a good family.

Well here are some pictures that show my awesome headdress, and my weird new haircut that I'm still trying to figure out.

Summer Before your Eyes

About the third week in May, Bree and I decided to head on over to Factory Pizzaria. I had never been there before, so I was more than suprised at what it actually was. The floor was nasty, and covered in peanut shells, but the food was absolutely delicious! I would recommend it to people in a heart beat!

The second week in June the girls and dad went to Cedar City to support Kelsey's soccer team. While Kels was at the opening ceremony, dad took us up to Cedar Breaks. It was beautiful!



The night after the third Twilight came out to theaters, some old friends from high school decided we should get together and go see it. Here is us waiting for the previous show to get out so they can let us in.


On July 2nd my beloved sister got married! We are so happy for her! These are just pics that I took from my own camera. Isn't she just beautiful?!?



I even got a good picture with Grandpa Rounds!
And now a picture of the beautiful bride, and me!


The night of Nat's wedding Kelsey and I, along with some of my friends, sat on the roof of my apartment and watched the fireworks. Afterwards we went to Caspers and got their 85 cent cones.


The last weekend in July Bree and I traveled to Salt Lake to go to the Tim McGraw concert. It was my first real concert, and it was awesome!!! Funny little story... Our windshield was really dirty, and there was no window cleaning fluid in the tank. So while we were waiting in the line to park I crawled through the window and poured some water on it. I guess it kind of helped!



The next night Kiliegh and the roommates and I all traveled up to Preston to see the rodeo. I have to say I like the Cache County Rodeo more, but we'll let them think what ever they want.
Check out this kids mullet!

Hair Be-Gone

They are taking it off... almost all off.

Okay so that is a little dramatic, but that is definitely how I feel. Take four fingers and put it right above the ear. Yep! That is how much hair they are shaving off from above my ear. Now take three fingers and place them behind the ear, that is how much hair they will be shaving off. So pretty much my entire side of my head will be shaved. I'm gonna look funny! So I guess that means I will definitely post pictures! Who doesn't want the world to see how funny I look?

Surgery is still scheduled for August 2nd, but who knows what time. Apparently they are going to call us tomorrow to tell us a time. I guess the good news is that I might be able to have an outpatient surgery, meaning I can go home the same day of surgery. Depending on what they find when they do the surgery decides when I get to go home. I feel that since the news just keeps getting worse I may just stay in the hospital for a week! But i really hope that isn't the case. I don't mind one night, but I don't think I can handle any more than that.

I don't really like my ears... just take them off

If every thing goes as currently planned I'll be getting surgery down at the LDS hospital on August 2nd. But unfortunately nothing ever goes as planned, so who knows what will happen.

It turns out the doctor that was going to do my surgery isn't in my network. So we are in the process of finding another doctor. I think my ear is not worth this much stress!!! Let's really cut them off!