Update On Siale

For those of you who don't know, Frank's best friend, and the best man at our wedding was in a horrible accident. About four weeks ago he was driving a kid to the airport, they slid on black ice and hit the middle divider. Everything and everyone seemed ok though, until Siale got out of the car to see if there was any damage. As he was looking, another car came along the highway, slid on the ice and hit Siale at full speed. Siale broke both his legs, pelvis, and three vertebra in his neck. Ever since that day Siale has been in the ICU and non-stop surgeries. About two weeks ago they said he would permanently lose his right leg. Siale had been heavily sedated and had no idea he was about to lose his leg. They woke him up before the surgery, and by a miracle he was moving his leg, but very slightly. He has had multiple surgeries since, the most recent they removed muscle from the thigh and placed it in his calf. We just found out the blood is clotting and rejecting the surgeries. It looks like he will lose the leg after all. This has been a very sad and hard thing for us, especially frank, to watch his best friend go through. He is in our daily prayers and we can't wait for him to be healed. The nurse cleared him for sitting in a wheel chair, so he is progressing. The last four weeks he has been bed ridden with a neck brace, tons of metal in his legs, and a metal brace on his right leg. Because of these circumstances he couldn't even have visitors for the first few weeks, moving his neck could of paralyzed or killed him. We are so happy to be able to visit him now and see how he is slowly but surely getting better. I can't imagine what it would be like to be in his position. However i truly believe Heavenly Father doesn't give us obstacles we can't over come. I know Siale is such a tough, strong, and an amazing guy, this won't stop him. As Frank and I were leaving the hospital on Saturday, Siale grabbed me by the hand and told me about the accident. He said the only thing he could think about when he got hit was his beautiful wife Nicole. With tears in his eyes he told me he knows how much Frank loves me and to cherish every moment together. Even with his circumstances he was giving me advice and encouraging me. I am so blessed to have him in our lives.

  We never know what life is going to throw at us. It's so important to cherish every moment, forgive and forget, love one another...including our enemies, and to keep that eternal perspective. Please keep Siale in your prayers as he spends the next three weeks or more recovering in the hospital.

Life Is What You Make It

So basically a lot is going on right now. Not like now now because right now frank is playing video games and i'm laying on the couch, but like now as in, this present time now. Today was my first day back to school and I wish i could report that it was a very productive day, but it wasn't. Because Frank's car is in the shop, i let him use mine, which lead to me forgetting to grab my mannequin. So today i helped McCall with her all over color client. This girl was a blast, we had so much fun hanging out and doing her hair, she stayed well after she was done just to talk with us. Then since i had no mannequin to do work on, i went to lunch. (which means i just sat in the break room for an hour, it's totally different from what i was doing before ;))After lunch our class got canceled so McCall and I went into the wax room and tried to take a nap on the beds. Trying to avoid trouble we ended up cleaning the whole room. We also tried waxing random parts of our body which led to swollen, red, painful patches of skin. But don't you worry, I wasn't going to do all of that out of the goodness of my heart. I had McCall bring my teacher into the wax room, she assumed i needed help with a wax. She was surprised to see me spot mopping the floor, funny how the timing was perfect for that. She was very impressed that we had spent the afternoon cleaning a room that wasn't our daily chore. (Our school is clever and makes the students do the cleaning at the end of each day).I was hoping to get a stamp on our monthly grids, but since i'm a huge teachers pet she gave me four random stamps. Now this is the kind of treatment i'm talking about. So technically it was a very productive day.
On the down side, i'm starting to get sick. Sore throat, weak body, and some delicious bloody bathroom visits. Living the dream basically. I would like to blame my severe lack of correct spelling on the sickness, but i can't fool anyone. Today I tried spelling "Awfully" like this..."Offley" hahaha WHOOPS. I swear my spelling isn't usually that bad, I must be really sick. At least in hair school, spelling, or math for that matter, aren't a necessity. If they were, I'm not quite sure I'd have a bright future ahead of me. But if there weren't people like me out there then we'd all be a bunch of goofy looking smart people....boring.

O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree

It's always hard saying goodbye to my family and friends, but I know i'll be home again soon. Frank and I had a great Thanksgiving in California. Frank loved playing football then joining the big family game of kickball. It was rainy and cold but it made for some good times. Like when Mike Nash rolled off first base and ate dirt, or the delicious donuts we ate before hand, or when the little kids made a home run. The down side was I limped away with a scratched right leg and a bitter heart because my team lost.
The good news is, frank and I made it home safely and with a little adventure. I told frank that Whataburger was in Phoenix, where we had our layover. This is his all time favorite place to eat at. So with only an hour and a half, we ran off the plane and into a cab. $50 and a half hour later our stomachs were full, frank was very happy, and we were back in our terminal. The things you do for a burger. After arriving in SLC around 4, we stopped by the hospital to visit frank's best man, Siale. Once we got back in the car, it was time for a pick-me-up. Who can turn a frown upside down quicker then my main man, Justin Bieber and his new Christmas CD (compliments of Kayci Wright). Feelin' the Christmas cheer, Frank and I left the bags at home and went out to do some holiday shopping. I believe I was way more excited then he was. At Lowes i wanted every reef, santa bathroom rug, blow up rainier, and all the christmas lights around. However with a $25 gift card we settled with two boxes of lights, a little 3 foot tree, and some delicious cinnamon smelling pine cones.
While I was gone, Frank exchanged some protein powder for a glass tv stand with his friend. So now we have a new tv stand, a little tree covered in colorful lights, stockings, and some white Christmas lights that are strung above our kitchen cabinet. I love christmas and I can't wait to spend this one with my best friend.

It's That Time Again

I figure it's about time i start writing again. I guess i waited too long to figure out what i should be writing about, thinking I had nothing to say. But we all know, I ALWAYS have something to say! I want to write about how awesome my daily life is, my four months of marriage, my struggles and accomplishments as a hairstylist, and the arrival of favorite holiday, Christmas. So you better start Keeping Up With The Chous, you don't want to miss what's goin' down in Utah's Winter Wonderland.