Nikki's 21st Birthday!

So the picture's are kind of out of order, but basically Brent took me to fabulous Las Vegas to celebrate my 21st birthday. This time around we did vegas right, it was such a blast. Brent and I and two of Brent's coworkers drove down in our fabulous rental car....a Toyota Prius! Got a speeding ticket even with a radar detector. (Luckily Brent and I weren't driving, but I still feel bad for his coworker.) We got to Vegas and went to the VIP check in at the Flamingo. Brent had the hook up as he worked with the (now former) manager of Donny and Marie. We got discounted, SUPER nice rooms. That is what a vegas hotel room should be, wayyy better than the Luxor. The room was complete with a tv in the bathroom mirror so you can watch from the tub or shower, (or toilet i guess).
We also got free tickets to the Donny and Marie show. We headed there and saw that the four of us were by far the youngest people attending to show. But we had really good seats and it was all still fun even though none of us have ever listened to Donny or Marie. Our parents were jealous of us. :)
Next Brent and I put our money into the slot machines for the first time in both of our lives! And of course we didn't win anything and realized the slots were pretty much a waste of time. Brents coworkers lucked out though it was just us that kept losing. After that we left the Flamingo and walked around the strip for awhile. We watched our friend play some roullette, and finally went back to our hotel room for the night.
The next day we did some more site seeing and browsing. Saw the lions at the MGM grand, went to an Arcade and saw Sonic the hedgehog, went to the Coca Cola store, then rested up for Brents big birthday surprise.
We had dinner at the rainforest cafe before heading over to the Hard Rock Hotel for my surprise. Brent tried to cover my eyes as we drove in because there was a huge bilboard with Dane Cook on it. My baby knows what I like and he knows how to spoil me! We enjoyed Dane Cook's Isolated Incident show as well as two comedians who opened for him who where actually really funny as well.
After the show brent played his first game of roullette as I looked on. I watched as some people next to us lost a LOT of money and I watched a lady win a good amount. I finally peeled Brent away while he was ahead 30 bucks. Brent was proud of his winnings and would proudly express that he had "beat the house" for the rest of the night.
we headed to margaritaville for kicks (in our friends cases' for drinks) When the bouncer handed back my ID he told me happy birthday. We watched all the drunks an the crazies below and I started getting the feeling that it was getting close to being time to leave. After awhile vegas makes me feel a little depressed for humanity. Two days was enough time.

It was a great vacation and it was an AMAZING birthday present. My husband knows how to treat me and show me a good time. :)

What I want for my birthday

Okay basically this year for my birthday I want all things superficial, makeup, clothes, shoes, and hair products. I don't know why but i just have the urge and need for this kinda stuff this year...

but my husband is taking me to vegas for an awesome vacation and we are seeing a show that he is keeping a surprise. And i basically have the most amazing husband in the world so that is all i need.....

but as far as want..
I am craving this stuff.

Bowzer

So there is a lot we need to update but now is not the time we are getting fast internet soon so that we can post pictures and they wont take forever to upload. but here is an important event in our life, particularly in the life of Bowzer...

One day we noticed Bowzer was scratching his eye a lot, and then it started not opening all the way, and then it was oozing gross stuff and we didn't know what had happened. We were all set to take him to the vet.

Then Brent calls me to tell me that he pulled a seed that was an inch long out of his eye! We saved the seed I can't believe it was in there all the way. We took him to the vet still but he was already getting better. And now he is fine

So Brent saved bowzer's life.
and we found out bowzer weights exactly 3.6 pounds! and he is 10 months old!

San Diego & Portland

So Brent & I went on vacation to San Diego and Portland to visit our families and friends. We took Bowzer along with us and he was very good in the car. It was really fun being home, not so much fun driving there. Bowzer loved his vacation too because he had tons of people to love him
and he had big backyards to run around free in.

My New Hobby...[DiSTRACTiON]

So I have this new thing where I have to go on youtube and watch different makeup tutorials. It is really detrimental to my productivity and homework completion but its a new obsession. My favorite ones to watch are the ones put out by XTeener, because she uses everyday makeup and finds cheaper alternatives to the really expensive kinds. And I do not have a lot of money to blow on M.A.C. or any of that fancy stuff. (If i did have money I would totally blow it on that though)

I also really like Michelle Phan's channel. (Yeah i know they are both asian girls) But Michelle just knows a lot of different things so she has a lot of variety to her tutorials.

You wouldn't really know it about me but I really am into makeup i just don't have money for it and I get too lazy to take the time on doing it in the morning or any other time really. But its definitely something that I'm interested in.

Bowzer's 4 months old!

Bowzer is now 4 months old and he weights 2.5 pounds. I can't believe he's grown. He's still tiny and adorable... He has gotten a lot better about going to the bathroom outside. Now he stands by the door and looks at us when he needs to go out. He also has gotten good at sitting and laying down on command.

Bowzer doesn't really like taking baths but he gets dirty a lot. The other day we started to teach him how to swim

Brent has two big boxes full of packing popcorn in front of our house and we decided to let Bowzer play in them today

We love him.

PUPPY!

About a month and a half ago we got a new addition to our family. .. his name is Bowzer!
He is a teacup Chihuahua/Maltese mix. Right now he is 1.6 pounds and the lady said he is only going to be 3 pounds. He is very playful and friendly and he loves people.

So basically, Brent wanted to get me an animal because he knows that I love them. First we got a ferret named Roxy. We had her for about four days and then realized she sucked. She bit me all of the time and I had scars all over my hands from her. She didn't bite Brent, only me. So we took her back and Brent put his Xbox 360 + 30 games up for trade for a puppy. We had lots of offers surprisingly, but this little guy was the best and cutest one! He is smaller than Brent's shoes!

Brent didn't even want a dog and he doesn't really like small dogs but he LOVES Bowzer. I am so amazed at how much Bowzer has changed his heart. Of course I adore Bowzer... how can you not? So if you have not met him yet please come by!

Semesters, Holidays, Updates etc.

Brent and I have been married for almost five months now. We are about to start the winter semester at BYU tomorrow :( Vacation wasn't long enough. But we haven't updated in awhile as was pointed out by our friend. Our first semester at school as a married couple was very hard for both of us. Not necessarily because we are married, pretty much because school was just really hard. We both had to drag ourselves out of bed at 7 on most days and walk to class. Brent had to work afterward and I had to look for jobs. I got one at Bath&Body Works but they hardly ever scheduled me so it wasn't like I worked there at all. We had fun cooking together and I discovered that I really like cooking I'm just not so great at grocery shopping. My favorite thing to make has been chocolate chip cookies.The first picture is my first official meal that i cooked. Deviled chicken. I didn't realize my eyes were half closed when i put it up.
Anyway, speaking of cooking, Brent is the real cook. I can follow recipes, he can make up his own and have them come out AMAZING. The best meals we've had, he has made up on his own.
So basically I went to school and sold hand soap and lotion and Brent went to school and sold iphones. We spent out nights watching movies and playing video games, occasionally going out to eat and hanging out with friends.
October 9th came around which means I turned 20! And Brent gave me an amazing Birthday the second year in a row. He came home with a Cheesecake saying "Happy Birthday Nikki". He also got me/us/Himself a PS3. He got my Pirates of the Carribbean on Blue ray. He took me out to Tucano's. And later on that Craig and Kim and their baby, came over to our house for cake.
Somehow the semester ended and somehow i ended up doing pretty well, and so did Brent. I was working a lot because of the Holidays. Then my mom and little brother came out to visit. That was great because I missed my family a lot.
Our first Christmas was great. Brent made it really special and we had a lot of fun together. Most of the presents under the tree were from Brent to me. But he did get a brand new car this year so that was his big present.


Anyway so that was our Christmas. We watched the Office for awhile and we had Ihop for dinner. Gizmo really liked our Christmas tree. I'll leave you with him. He wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.