The update

Things here at the "No, Don't and stop residence have been somewhat similar to what they normally are, Trevor is just growing, and changing, and becoming more and more bright and amazing as each day passes...Him being in a Pre-School environment has changed him so much. It's like he's a little flower being watered each day that he's there, and he just keeps growing and becoming more beautiful. He's so smart it amazes me, not sometimes, but all the time. He is just so special, and so the light of my life...I love talking to him, and listening to him talk about the things he's learning. I love picking him up from school and hearing him say good bye to all of his buddies each by name, I love his beautiful masterpieces that he slaved over with water based paint...he specializes in abstract art and has become quite skilled in feather and macaroni gluing.  I love everything about it! He is getting so darned big, and I demand a giant "pause" button!

As for myself....the work shenanigans continue as normal, getting busier daily, as tourist season encroaches. I've been going to Angels games pretty much every week, which is funny considering I hadn't been to any sort of ball game since the Padres game in, ohhhhhh I think 2000? 1999? Hell, it was a LONG time ago. And I considered myself, one of those people who "doesn't do sports" WELLLLL I was wrong... I love the games, and the atmosphere is amazing. So that's been great!

 The biggest news was winning a scholarship to Kandee Johnson's Glaminar. For those of you who read my blog regularly, kandee Johnson is my idol. I look up to her so much, and have been continually inspired by her, she's touched my heart in so many ways, and continues to do so. On June 12th she wrote this blog post, saying she was giving away a scholarship to her Pasadena Glaminar... I have been wanting to go to one of these things foreverrrrrrrr. But I could never do it. I told myself, "get over it, you can't afford it" The same thing I would tell myself every time I thought of being a make-up artist. But when I read that post, I wrote to her immediately, I figured the chances were slim, but what's the worst that could happen? There was a HUGE response, and she wound up picking 41 people, because she couldn't just pick one. (the girl's got a HUGE heart!) I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Words could never describe how I felt when I saw the email from her, and in the subject box was "You're a winner!" I was given such an amazing opportunity and it was such a blessing to be hand picked out of SO many entries....there were hundreds and hudreds! 

This honestly changed my life...I have always had a love for makeup, but just considered the idea of it something that would just be one of those things I'd always wish and dream I could do, but it wouldn't ever happen. I learned so much from her, and was so inspired and pumped after this. It was so much more than just makeup classes. It was a boost up, someone standing behind me telling me "YOU CAN DO THIS and I'm going to get you started"  I have become SO on fire passionate about this, more passionate than I have ever been about anything I've wanted to do. So now, I'm in pursuit of a dream. A dream which will be fufilled. I won't stop untill I reach it (which I will)!  

And gosh, on top of everything I met and made friendships with so many amazing girls along the way!!! One of the other winners started a group on Facebook and we all got to know each other as we waited for the Glaminar day to come! It was a blessing all around!! It's to wonderful to be amongst a group of such fantastic and talented girls, we're going through the journey together, and the comradery has just meant the world to me! And I could go one for hours about Kandee....she's beautiful (inside and out) and is one of the most wonderful souls I've had the pleasure of coming across... I felt like an idiot meeting her cause all I could say was "thank you!" I was literally speechless, and dumb founded.  So thus starts my makeup journey!!!

And now for pictures to go along with the post!

Trevors hair "on end" for crazy hair day!

My ball game buddy Sean, and I at the last game

My little moment in the sun... Kandee and I!!

Glaminar!!!!!!

The sweet little cuppy cakes she had for us

Getting ready to teach and inspire!

Some of my AMAZING new bff's

My wing man for the day Brittnie...the day

would not have been the same w/o her!!!

One of the only 2 guys there, and a fellow

scholarship winner Matt

Me with the lovely Starla (her boyfriend proposed to her

while she was on stage for a tutorial on bridal makeup!)

The day was one I will NEVER forget!! 

And in the words of Kandee......

remember:
you're more beautiful than you know,
more talented than you think,
and more LOVED than you can IMAGINE!!!