Why I'm "YOUNIQUE"

As you may or may not know, I am a Younique Presenter. 

I have been thinking about making a post about my new business for a while now but... life got in the way. We've all been there. 

Now, before I became a presenter or even tried their products, I was SUPER skeptical. I had my mind set on getting a specific brand of makeup for YEARS ("someday I'll get ________" as I would always say as I passed the shop every dang time!) and nothing could sway my decision. 

Then I debated for MONTHS about getting eyelash extensions, but the price and upkeep always made me cringe! I needed to find something more simple that was cost effective and a more natural product.

My mom is a Younique  presenter and tried, and tried, and tried to get me to try these products. I resisted because I knew I would be hooked since I knew it was natural based make up which I had been so attracted to before. So I finally tried them and I'll admit, I liked the product but I didn't allow myself to fully love the products because I'm stubborn. Bottom line.

Well, I finally "caved" if you can even call it that. I was hooked like a fish. I wanted to spread the word of these amazing products because once I tried them I felt so good about myself! I wanted all in and now here I am!

On the Younique website it gives you their mission statement which says:

"Younique's mission is to uplift, empower, validate, and ultimately build self-esteem in women around the world through high-quality products that encourage both inner and outer beauty and spiritual enlightenment while also providing opportunities for personal growth and financial reward"

HOW MUCH MORE AMAZING CAN THAT MISSION STATEMENT GET?!

I would be lying if I said I wasn't in this business for the money, because honestly, who's not into money?! Money makes the world go 'round but it sure as hell doesn't make people fully happy in my opinion. The money I make is just a FRACTION of why I'm actually a makeup presenter.

Building self-esteem and confidence is what gets me going the most. 

Every woman deserves to feel confident and every girl should love themselves inside and out! And that my friends, is why I LOVE this company. 

Don't worry, I'm not turning my blog into an advertising site. I just felt I should explain more about the business side of me!

You can check out all the products here!!

 If you have any questions about Younique or the products don't hesitate to ask! You can email me at: jordanfpetersen@gmail.com

2014 Year in Review

Good grief! Where in the hell did time go?!

This year has been a rollercoaster to say the least. It has been good and bad. I don't want people to think my life is rainbows and unicorns all the time... because it's definitely not! I just don't want to write about the bad right now.

Here is our recap of our year according to past blog posts!

January-
*D and I finished off our trip to Vegas and went to Utah to see our Nephew's baby blessing.
*Here is January according to my I-phone!-

February-
*We did a lot of sitting and watching my sister kick butt at her dance competitions and hung out.

March-
*Watched THE OSCARS!!! Who's excited to watch the award show this year?!
*Enjoyed our "Spring Break" at the cabin!

April-
*Celebrated mine and Dallan's birthdays! Yay for April birthdays! Double the party!

May-
*Well, May was my blogging break it looks like! But summer arrived and work started up so we were super busy!

June-
*Dallan and I celebrated our 2 wedding anniversary and got our pictures taken from my awesome cousin! (Y'all!! Go check her out. Her work is AMAZING! And she is living in Southern California now so if you want pictures from her, book with Briar Photography!)

July-
*Filmed my first wedding gig and it was so fun!!! The couple made my job SO easy!
Ps. This was also our last month in Alaska before our move to Virginia.

August-
*We started and ended our roadtrip from Las Vegas! As exhausting as it was... it was also a BLAST! Part 1 and Part 2
*We got to tour DC while D's parents and little brother after the roadtrip.
*Dallan started law school and that weekend we went to an amusement park before life got too crazy with my job and his schooling.
*We went to see Alan Jackson in concert and also went to the zoo the same weekend! (holy hell... did we ever rest!?)
*Unpacking, unpacking unpacking!!! I also was waiting for my job to start so this was my life until September.
*My brother came home from his 2 year mission in London at the end of August!

September-
*Once things settled down for 5 minutes, we decided to head up to the DC Temple, It's definitely a favorite of mine.
*We headed down to Virginia Beach for the weekend! I want to go back so bad.
*We got to explore Baltimore and I got to experience my first drive-in theater!

October-
*This was another whirlwind month! We got to go to NYC for Columbus Day weekend! NYC Part 1, 2& 3
*The weekend after NYC we headed to Upstate New York to see the fall colors and church history sites.
*The end of the month we headed to North Carolina to see Paul McCartney play!!!

November- (blog posts soon!)
*Dallan's brother came to visit us! We haven't been able to hang with him for 2 years because he was on his mission (a mere 40 minutes away from us... the struggle was real y'all) He showed us a couple different areas he served in and then we explored Gettysburg!! (I'll blog about that soon)
*My mom and sister also came to visit! Unfortunately, it was not a well documented trip. Fail.
*We then went to Vegas to see Dallan's family for Thanksgiving! That's always a good time.

December-(blog posts soon!)
*Dallan finished his first semester of law school and are now currently in Alaska for Christmas break!

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN INSANE!!!!!! My Wanderlust has magnified since living on the East Coast and I hope it continues to grow. There's so much to see in this world. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Here's a TINY glimpse of our year! 

That One Time We Won.....

FRONT ROW SEATS TO THE PAUL MCCARTNEY CONCERT!!!!

Over the summer, D randomly checked Paul's website to see his concert tour dates. Paul had added another date to play a show in Greensboro, NC so we bought tickets! Row Z the last row. but we didn't care because it's freaking PAUL MCCARTNEY!

After a pretty exhausting, heavy weekend in Utah, we had one day to regroup and then drive to NC from VA. We got to Greensboro, checked into our hotel, and headed to the arena.

I couldn't believe the amount of "old" people! It was so fun and cool to see! There was even a lady with a walker that went! You go girl.

We waited in line to enter the arena and once we got in we decided to go to the restroom (because we knew neither of us would go because we didn't want to miss one second!) and decided to buy some merchandise because we still had about an hour to kill before the show start.

Thank goodness we bought merchandise because once we bought it we headed up to the balcony section and were kind of standing in an open area trying to figure out where to go to find our seats.

A lady dressed in all black and had some offical looking gear on (walkie talkie, badges, etc) came up to us and asked, "Hey! Are you guys huge Paul McCartney fans?"

I was kind of confused but I responded, "Well yeah..."

She said, "What seat are you guys sitting in?"

I showed her our tickets and said, "In the nosebleeds"

She then said, "Oh okay.... How about I give you guys better seats?"

Me: "Wait what..."

She fumbles through some envelopes: "How does front row sound?"

Me as she hands me the tickets: "are you serious?! Are these fake?"

Lady: "They're real! Paul is going to see you so go crazy! Head downstairs and the workers will show you to your seats."

Me: "Oh. My. Gosh. Are you serious this is not real!!! Can I give you a hug?! Oh my gosh."

So I give the lady a hug and look at Dallan and he is just in shock. Mouth wide open. I start to cry and keep saying, "This is not real!?!"

So we head down and sure enough, tickets are NOT fake. We get to our seats and are still in complete shock. I'm still in shock writing this. This was a dream come true.

In shock!!

   Paul in the flesh! You guys, he sounds SO GOOD! I wish I could've brought my good camera....  but Iphone photos and video will have to do...

 At one point in the concert there was another mini stage that raised and he was literally 5 feet from us! Cutest old man in the world! #mancrush....

 I would see him again in a heart beat! BEST CONCERT EVER (and not because we had the best seats in the house). The length of the concert (3 hours... and Paul NEVER took a break. His band did, but he didn't! Amazing.), the audience participation, the stories. He even brought an older lady on stage because she had a sign that said, "Trick or Treat, please sign my feet" He brought her up stage and actually signed her foot! A week later we were looking up videos people took from the concert and an article came up and she got the autograph tattooed!! I would do that too!! HAHA!

This video I put together is more for myself and D then for you guys but feel free to watch if you want! These videos are from my Iphone and like a dummy I didn't hold the phone horizontal when I filmed him for most of the clips. I must've had too much adrenaline to think or something! Oh well, and also if you watch this... there is a 6 second blank spot between 4:00-5:00 for some reason. I don't know why but what ever! Enjoy!

Paul McCartney 2014 from Jordan Petersen on Vimeo.

Upstate New York

The weekend after we visited New York City, we wanted to go to upstate New York! We timed the fall colors PERFECTLY! I was in awe the entire time. I probably said, "Wow Dallan! This is so pretty!" over 100 times. It was unreal and DID NOT disappoint! 

Our first stop was Palmyra, NY. Our church has a TON of history here so it has been on our bucket list for a long time. The spirit we felt was so amazing. It is my top 3 most spiritual experiences I've ever had. I still get chills thinking about it. 

Driving to the first church history site we came across this! I'm serious, the colors were SO vibrant and pretty! 

The Smith's House

Walking around the Smith's Farm

We took some time to get pictures of us two. It was on my "to do" list, especially with fall colors like these!

The Sacred Grove.... UNREAL! 

Smith Farm

Downtown Palmyra was so cute! There are 4 huge churches on each corner of some cross streets. It was insane. It was so cool seeing where The Book of Mormon was published too! It was such a long, tedious process.

After Palmyra, we drove to Niagara Falls to stay the night. We woke up bright and early to get tickets for the boat. When we got to the ticket booth a HUGE tour group of Asians were in line. One of the workers was hilarious and told us to wait an hour to get tickets because "they'll get on the boat then back on the plane to China!" HAHA that comment took us by surprise but we took his advice and waited. I'm so glad we did too because our boat wasn't nearly as crowded as the first couple boats! 

Horseshoe Falls. The whole middle you couldn't see because of the mist but it was so fun! We got soaked! Thank goodness for those ponchos they give you!

On the drive back to Virginia, I probably pulled over 10 times to take pictures of the colors! Gosh! it was so pretty.