Christmas 2010

This was a great Christmas!

On Christmas Eve we went to my grandpa's house in Hooper. We followed our usual tradition with dinner, presents, singing, and reading from the bible.

Christmas morning came and there was the mad rush of opening presents. I am such a spoiled little girl! My big gift this year was a new camera! Oh Yeah! I am way excited that I don't have to steal all of my roommates, friends, and families pictures anymore. As you very well may know, I am a Facebook picture up-loader junkie! I also got some movies, tv seasons, books (happy reading to me!), money, and a whole lot of other stuff as well. I am thinking I might look into getting a new phone with my money, because now that my mom finally has a new phone, mine is the oldest in the family. (I've had it for four years now, which is an all time new record for me!)

This year for Christmas Day, instead of us all driving to Preston, we had the party at my house in Fruit Heights. It was super nice not to have to drive such a long ways Christmas Day. It was a lot of fun and the food was a little TOO good if you know what I mean! :)

After the party everyone took nice long naps. And then that night I watched my new movie - "Despicable Me"- with my mommy. Um.... if you have not seen that movie, there is something seriously missing in your life. I can't even handle how funny it is! PLEASE go watch it! You won't regret it I promise!

I hope you all had an amazing holiday! If you are reading this know that I love you and I am grateful for you! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

X-MAS PJ'S

Stolen Christmas Wishes....

So I totally stole this from my friend Tyler's blog, cause I think it's super amazing. Hope he doesn't care too much haha. Merry Christmas Everyone!

Family Christmas Card...

Every year my family does a crazy awesome Christmas card. This year I think we have out done ourselves. Blog worthy? I think so! :) ..... I don't have the actual Christmas card, so I will just show you the pictures that went into the collage and the poem that went along with it. Here goes....

Every Wright in Fruit Heightville liked Christmas a lot
But the Grinch who just lived North of Fruit Heightville did not!
The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now please don’t ask why, no one quite knows the reason.

The Grinch contemplated Christmas with a sneer
“Tomorrow is Christmas! It’s practically here!”
Then he growled with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming
“I must find some way to stop Christmas from coming!”

“Why for fifty years I’ve put up with it now!
I must stop this Christmas from coming! But how?”
Then he got an idea! An awful idea!
The Grinch got a wonderful, awful idea!

The Grinch decided to steal Christmas, and you know the tale
He took all their presents, in hopes of hearing Wrights wail.
But that old Grinch’s plan was foiled
For the Wrights would not let their Christmas be spoiled!

And the Grinch puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before.
“Maybe Christmas”, he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe Christmas”, he thought…”Means a little bit more!”

Hoping your Christmas “Means a little bit more!”
Merry Christmas!
Love,
The Wright Family

The WRIGHT Place

On Friday night I spur of the moment decided to drive to Preston, Idaho to visit my grandparents and spend the night with them. I have been feeling guilty lately that it's been so long since I have seen them. I called them before hand to make sure that it was OK, and they just laughed at me for even asking. I love grandparents. I think they are the only people on the Earth that can make you feel THAT welcomed!

When I got there I was instantly bombarded with offers of diet coke, food, and Grandma's home made chocolates. (I said yes to the chocolates!) We then watched the Jazz game together. Watching basketball games with Grandma is always quite an experience! She gets so into it and she starts swearing up a storm! She is hilarious! She also comments on who she thinks is attractive, which players annoy her, and of course gives her own opinions on how the team should be run. It was so much fun!

After the game we sat around and talked for a while and then we were all exhausted so went to bed early. (Early for me. Late for them). When I went downstairs they had plugged in a heater in my room for me, set out a towel and washcloth, and had my favorite blanket ready and waiting. If you have not been pampered by Phil and Bonnie Wright, then you do not know what luxury is! They are so amazing!

That night I slept better than I have in such a long time! It's probably because their house is so clean and smells so good. Not to mention how quiet it is and the clean sheets definitely helped I'm sure! I bet the Wright home is way better than any five star hotel! Even their shower is amazing with its soft water and strong water pressure! I was totally loving my night away!

In the morning I had to work pretty early so I only had time to get ready, pack up, eat breakfast, and go. I wished I could have spent more time with them, but it was really nice to see them and get out of my apartment for a bit.

Well as for the rest of my weekend I just worked a lot. On Saturday night Emily and I went to the basketball game and got pizza which was a lot of fun. Other than that I studied for my finals --> One down, Three to go! I'm nervous. Pray for me! ;)

That's all for now. Peace out girl scout!

"So Quick Bright Things Come to Confusion"

Last night I had to go see USU's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream for both my Shakespeare and British Lit classes. I read the play twice this year, once for each class, and although I liked reading and analyzing it, nothing beats seeing the live performance!

The students of USU did such an amazing job! I absolutely loved this play! Everything was so great. The lights, costumes, actors, set, music, EVERYTHING! They are performing it again on Friday and Saturday night of this week, and if you have nothing to do I would highly reccomend going to this! It' super funny and FREE with your student ID! I was laughing so hard it was almost embarrassing!

Christmas Time

Gratitude Attitude

This is that Thanksgiving post. The one where I write about every little detail of my Thanksgiving break. It's mostly a journal entry, so will most likely be boring. I won't be offended if you don't make it through it, so don't feel bad.

On Tuesday I was supposed to work until four, but my boss let us close shop up at two because of the highly overrated 'blizzard'. I am not complaining in the slightest that the news people caused unnecessary panic. I am thankful for anything that gets me out of work two hours early! After work I rushed home, went into a packing frenzy and got the heck out of Logan before I got 'snowed in'. (Yes, I was one of those gullibles that believe everything the news people were telling us. Don't believe everything you hear = lesson learned!) :)

Wednesday afternoon we, my whole family plus Grandpa, drove down to Richfield to spend the holiday at my Aunt Cathy's house. We stopped to eat dinner in Nephi. The restaurant was decorated way cute, but the food was only so-so. When we got to Richfield we dropped Grandpa off at the house, said hello to everyone, then went to our hotel room. That night Jessica, Cassie, Zach, and I went hot tubbing with our cousin Tyler and our Uncle Chris. The hot tub was amazing after being in the negative 15 degree weather. Dude, it was cold down there!

Thursday morning we packed up, checked out of our hotel, and headed back to the Stringham house. We helped prepare dinner while watching the parade in the background. Dinner was pretty much amazing. I just love to eat! After dinner we cleaned up and kind of dispersed into different areas of the house. Most of the younger cousins... plus me and Cassie.... ended up in the living room away from all of the old people. It was fun to spend some time with my Paulsen cousins because I don't get to see them very often.

We did not miss out on the greatest tradition ever invented: The Turkey Run. The Turkey Run is a Paulsen Family invention, and it is pretty much amazing. Basically we thank the turkey for providing us with food by giving it one last flight. We tie the carcass to a broomstick, and run it around the yard. It's hilarious. This year we had two turkeys so it was a race. Sadly, my team lost, but it wasn't our fault. Our turkey fell off the stick so basically we were sabotaged! I just love this tradition with my whole heart, it's pretty fantastic!

The Stringham family made a "thankful tree'. It was so cute. They made paper leaves that everyone wrote what they were thankful for and then hung them on the tree. My leaf said:
The Church
Family
Friends
College
Buzz (my car)
Reeses
Harry Potter
We read the leaves out loud and it was neat to be reminded of all of the many blessings we have. After the thankful leaf reading somehow a game of hot pumpkin started. My family is crazy, but I totally love it. Hot pumpkin is another form of hot potato but you know, with a pumpkin. We had four or five pumpkins making their way around the circle and whenever the music would stop, whoever was holding the pumpkin would get sprayed with a squirt gun. I was sitting next to my cheater cousin Debbie who would be holding it when the music would stop and then throw it into my lap. Basically I got soaked. It was super funny. After that we had pie and then my family decided to leave because we had such a long drive. It was a good and fun Thanksgiving.

Thursday night Cassie invited me to have a sleepover in Provo with her. It was a lot of fun. We ended up going to Harry Potter again (my third time her second). And in the morning she bought me the most delicious heavenly french toast from Kneaders. Yummmm! If you haven't gotten french toast from Kneaders your life is not complete! After breakfast we went back to bed for a while, woke up, got ready, and met the rest of our fam at the fashion place mall in SLC. We walked around the mall, did a little shopping, and got plenty of Christmas gift ideas for one another. I got some desperately needed winter boots from American Eagle. I am not a big boot fan, but I really do like these! It's like my feet are floating on a cloud haha.

After shopping we went out to eat at Olive Garden and then to the movie Megamind. bahahaha that movie is freaking hilarious! Seriously. You HAVE to see it! I loved it!

I drove back to Logan that night. It took longer than expected seeing as I locked the keys in my car at the gas station in Brigham City. I had to get road side assistance to help me out, costing me a whopping 50 bucks. I was not happy about this. However while I was waiting for them to come rescue me I walked to the Walmart and looked at their black friday movie deals. I ended up getting a season of Punky Brewster and the movies Overboard, Raising Helen, and The Santa Clause for pretty cheap. Finding good movie deals always puts me in a good mood so I was relatively happy even though my predicament. haha. But I finally did make it back to Logan just fine so no worries.

Today I had to work the morning shift and I picked up a shift tomorrow too. It was a good break, I definitely needed it.

Its Been Decided... Men are Pigs

In case you haven't heard, I got a part time seasonal job at a calendar kiosk in the mall. The kiosk is divided into different sections, one of which is labeled 'models'. I hate this section. They should have just labeled it 'Porno for Pigs'! The company of course has everything censored with cardboard labels sitting in front of the rather riskay pictures, but I just feel like there is no place for this kind of thing in the middle of the mall, right in front of Kiddie Kandids no less. I won't go into detail about what is in these calendars, But I will say Playboy and Sports Illustrated and you get the picture.

I will just admit it right now: I don't understand guys. There is a lot of people watching involved in my job, and so I see the guys that go into this section. They all get stupid grins on their faces and start giggling like school girls. If they are alone they look around them to make sure it stays that way, and if they are with friends they point out different pictures and talk big and whatever. They drool all over themselves and act like complete idiots. I. Don't. Get. It. They are naked women. Big deal! The thing that kills me the most are the husbands that look at these calendars with their wives. I mean, really? That's sick.

And the sad thing is, is that they actually buy these stupid things. And all of them, and I do mean all of them, act really embarrassed when they hand me the calendar for me to ring up. Without fail they will turn it face down when they hand it to me. If you are that ashamed to buy it, shouldn't you be even more ashamed to have the thing hanging on your wall? I mean, what if your mother decided to give you a surprise visit? And honestly, can you really not find anything more appropriate for your wall? It's disgusting.

The worst was when four stupid teenage boys decided it would be funny to put every dirty calendar we had in the children's section. Well, that's just great folks! Barbie, Spongebob, and the Disney Princess's sure got an eye full! Is that supposed to be funny? Again, I don't get the joke.

Those calendars are more trouble then they are worth. I spend half my shifts covering up nude pictures. And I definitely do not need to see that!

I guess the point I am trying to make with my ranting is this: Men are stupid and I will never understand them.

Amazing Concert!

Tonight I went to the John Schmidt concert with my roommate Emily. Oh my goodness. It was so amazing! For those of you who don't know, John Schmidt is a concert pianist. He does a concert every year in Logan and this is my second year going. He also has a very talented cellist named Steven Sharp Nelson play with him. I have a CD of both of theirs (thanks to Em) and they are seriously so talented. But they are also hilarious! I was laughing so hard tonight. This was definitely not your run of the mill piano concert by any means!

Here is a mash up they did of Taylor Swift's 'Love Story' and Coldplays 'Viva la Vida'. It is one of my favorite songs that they performed tonight. And if you ever get the chance to see these two in concert, take it! You won't be disappointed I promise!

Deathly Hallows

This movie was AMAZING! I loved loved loved it! This movie followed the book closer to any other movies so far. I was so happy with how they did it. There were some parts left out, but that is bound to happen and I didn't miss them as much as previous parts left out in previous movies. I think they did an awesome job and I can't wait to see it again! I am so happy that they cut this movie into two parts because too much happens in this book. To fit it into one movie would have had to cut out so many good things. Oh man, I want to see it again like right NOW!

On a side note: While we were standing in line last night we hear this car honking. So the whole line turns around and pressed up against the glass in the passenger seat is this huge (and we are talking HUGE) bare naked butt mooning us away. It was kind of disgusting. I feel like the image is burned into my eyes and I just might have to rip them out and get new ones! Gross.

Workin' , Sleepin', Harry Potter'n

I started my new job last night. I already love it.

Last night we went to the mall after hours and actually built the kiosk and stacked the shelves. We didn't finish everything so I finished unloading all of the boxes at work today. My boss is awesome. He is so chill about the whole thing. I love bosses like that. And I love jobs where there is little to no supervision. It's still early, but as far as I can tell I think I'm really going to like this job.

So I was up late last night building a kiosk. Up early this morning for work. I'm exhausted. My eyelids are so heavy. I am going to Harry Potter at THREE O'CLOCK in the AM!, so I have to wait until nine to take my nap. Did I mention that my eyelids are so heavy! My blanket is so soft. My pillow so gushy! NO! I have to stay awake! Only three more hours until my nice long nap and then I have a date with Harry Potter! I can't wait to see my old friends Ron and Hermione again, Oh how I have missed them!


(Get it? Calendar? Harry Potter? Harry Potter Calendar?!... Don't judge me, I'm tired!)haha

PS- Is it just me or is Harry's scar on the wrong side of his face in this picture?

The Shakespearean Happy Dance!

Today I finally got my Shakespeare mid-term back. I was pretty nervous for this test because it was HUGE!

96% BABY!

This is me doing my Happy Dance!

I Hate When I'm an Idiot!

I was talking to a girl in my anthropology of religion class and she asked me if my major was anthropology. I said no, but that I was considering doing it as a minor since it is so closely related to English. I should have put my foot in my mouth and stopped talking. But no. I then said, "But I don't know if anthropology would really get me anywhere in life."

I asked her what her major is....


Her response: "Um... Anthropology."


....Crickets Chirping.....


Me: "Oh. That's cool."

I hate when I am an idiot like that! Seriously. Why am I so socially clueless?! Bah! I feel SO bad!!!

Excitement and Anticipation!

ONLY NINE DAYS LEFT!

Happy Birthday President Uchtdorf!

Today is President Uchtdorf’s birthday. As a present to him everyone around the world is bearing their testimony and sharing it with the world. So here is mine: I know without a doubt that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the only church on the Earth that contains all truth. I know that Joseph Smith saw and spoke with God and His son Jesus Christ, and that he translated the Book of Mormon, which is a living testament of Christ. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God, and the apostles are men of God. I stand by them and love them. They are great men. The priesthood is God’s power on the Earth. I know this because of the many times that it has not only blessed my life, but saved it as well. I know that my Father in Heaven knows and loves me personally. I know that He knows and loves you personally as well. I don’t know where I would be without the church. I am so grateful for how it has changed my life and made me a better person. I am also grateful that when I mess up and make mistakes I can use the atonement to repent and be forgiven. I am eternally grateful for the sacrifice that Christ made for all of us so that we can become clean of our sins. I know this to be true. Happy Birthday President Uchtdorf. We love you!

To Learn More Visit:
lds.org

In Love...

I'm in love all over again. If you haven't heard his new album, you need to! It's amazing! .... Did I mention I love him? Cause, yeah its hit an obsession level. haha.

New Job

Yesterday I got a new job. It's seasonal so only lasts until the first week of January but I am kind of excited for it. I will be working at a calendar kiosk in the mall. It might sound lame but I think it will be fun because most of the time I will be working by myself and my boss is running the kiosks in the Layton and Provo mall as well so he won't be there very much. Plus I love people watching and what better time and place than the mall during the Christmas season?

Not gonna lie I am kind of relieved to get this job because on Tuesday I had told Honey Baked Ham that I would work for them again, which I was not all that thrilled to do again to be honest. Plus, HBH was only a few weeks here and there, but the calendar job is steady for two months and pays a dollar more.

All in all I am happy for this new opportunity and think it will be a good experience, not to mention help me out financially. I know that working two jobs and going to school full time will be difficult, but I am ready for the challenge, so bring it on!

Happy Halloween!

Trick Or Treat!
Smell My Feat!
Give Me Something Good to Eat!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

My Halloween this year totally rocked! I'll admit I didn't really do anything over the top exciting, but that's good for me because I am not a hardcore partier anyway.

Saturday morning:
-Slept In
-Cleaned my Apartment
-Made Sugar Cookies with my roommates while watching Disney's House of Mouse: Villains take Over. :)
-Got Ready for the Day and Into my Costume: (With the 'Goonies' playing in the background) I was a 'Loser' for Halloween this year. aka I dressed up in BYU clothes, wrote loser across my forehead, and the scores of the football games on my cheeks

Saturday Afternoon:
-Carved Pumpkins: Mine was Harry Potter! ('Casper' playing in background)
-Colored in Halloween Coloring Books ('Hocus Pocus' playing in background)
-Took Lots of Pictures

Saturday Night:
-Went to the first USU Basketball game of the season: SO MUCH FUN! AND WE WON!
-Ate Dinner at Fredricos. Oh My YUMMY!
-Decorated Sugar Cookies (Thanks Grandma Petersen for leaving us the BEST RECIPE EVER!!!)('Charlie Brown' playing in background)
-Ate said sugar cookies, candy, pop, and pumpkin seeds until I was almost sick!
-There was an attempt made to watch 'What Lies Beneath' but we were too hyper so we played Nightmare and Smurfing instead. Both games were pretty much hilarious.
-Sat up all night talking to friends
-Went to bed at 7:30am.

All activities above = One of the best Halloweens EVER!

Pictures to Come!

I blame D.W.

On Thursday I was watching Arthur (yes I still watch and LOVE that show!) and it was the Halloween one where D.W. gets the hiccups and no matter what she does, she can't get rid of them. Arthur makes her do all sorts of things that are scary, but still, the hiccups persist.

On Friday I got the hiccups SEVEN TIMES! It was starting to get ridiculous!

..... I blame D.W. hahahaha

By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Something Wicked This Way Comes

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,—
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
Scale of dragon; tooth of wolf;
Witches' mummy; maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark;
Root of hemlock digg'd i the dark;
Liver of blaspheming Jew;
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse;
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips;
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,—
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingrediants of our caldron.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.

-William Shakespeare, 'Macbeth'-

Losing Faith in Humanity

Don't you hate when you have high expectations for something and then it turns into an epic fail? That's kind of how this weekend was for me.

Well, excluding Friday. Friday night was a lot of fun. We had this HUGE group go to the pumpkin walk and yeah. It was fun.

Saturday kind of sucked butt though. Saturday morning I came to the realization that most people are very selfish and self-centered. I can't even talk about it without becoming angry and disappointed in humanity all over again.

I spent all of Saturday afternoon curled into a ball feeling super sick, wishing that I could just throw-up and get it over with. Lame.

Saturday night we went to the hockey game. We were playing against BYU and so I was way excited for the game. A lot of my friends were going so three of us went super early to save a bunch of seats for everyone else. We didn't have a lot to save them with so I just put my purse in the middle of the saved ones and we would just tell people when they asked. Well this dad came with his little boy and sat down in our saved seats and my cousin Kylie goes over and tells them that they are saved. But he doesn't move. So I go over to talk to him. I tell him that they are saved and he is like, "Well there is nothing on these two and your friends are just going to have to find seats like I did." I told him that we had gotten there early specifically to save seats we just didn't have a ton of stuff to put on them. But he refused to move. What a good impression you are making for your son! He seriously was the biggest jerk on the planet! I could not even believe he was being so ridiculous. Finally the guy behind him pointed out that there was plenty of room on their row so they finally ended up moving, but oh my. What an A-hole (pardon my french). That guy just really pissed me off. I was already ticked off from the morning, feeling sick, and annoyed with some of my friends so it was just kind of the icing on the cake.

After the game we were supposed to meet another friend who had planned something, but he didn't even bother to show up or have the courtesy to let us know that he wasn't coming. It was rude of him, but at least I could just go home and go to bed and end this terrible rotten, no good for nothing, very bad day!

All I have to say is thank heavens we beat BYU that night cause if we hadn't I definitely would have cried!

Working Hard. Playing Harder.

Here is a quickie update on my life. I am loving school this semester. My classes rock. I am doing pretty good in school too. (Pretty sure I just aced my first Anthro of Religion test so I am pretty stoked about that.)

I am still working at the bug job and although my boss tells us that we will be running out of work soon, we haven't yet, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

After watching conference I realized the areas that I needed to work on in my life. I have fixed some relationships and am working on others. I love how conference always motivates me to fix the areas that need to be fixed. There were some really good reminders. I think my favorite was the talk that said the most important things you need to focus on are 1. Your relationship with Heavenly Father 2. Your relationship with your family 3. Your relationship with your fellowmen and 4. Your relationship with yourself. .... This is the talk I needed and this is what I am currently focusing on.

Alright. So that was the 'work' part of my life. As for the playing. Well. I am playing hard! Life is just so fantastic! For example: This past weekend was way fun. On Friday night I went to the hockey game with Kylie and Kylie's friend Lauren. Sadly, we lost. (I know! I was shocked too!) But it was still so much fun and I am still a hardcore hockey lover. Then on Saturday I went to the bug lab. This may not sound like play, but the way I did it, it totally was! I am not a fan of going to work on Saturday because the BNR (Biology and Natural Resources Building) is way creepy building anyway, but on Saturday's it is completely empty and very spooky. Especially because our lab is under the cadaver lab! EEK! But anyway, I needed hours so I went to work but brought my ipod speaker with me. Since there wasn't anyone there I blasted my music super loud and rocked out (and yes, even sang a little) while I sorted bugs. It was actually kind of fun. That night I went to the haunted corn maze with Amanda, Alex, Kylie and Lauren. It was scary but a total blast! Afterwards we went to Seven Elven for hot chocolate (because theirs is the best on the planet!) and went back to my apartment to watch Hocus Pocus. Eric and Leisha joined us for the movie so it was pretty much a party in my apartment! Sunday was a great day of church (of course!) and Sunday night's we have a weekly roommate bonding session and watch the new show on TLC, 'Sister Wives'. That show is addicting and oh so much fun to make fun of! Check it out. You won't be able to stop.

So yeah. That's my life in a nut-shell. School, Work, Friends, Roommates, but most importantly, HOCKEY! (Come to a game with me! Your life will never be the same!)

WWJD?

This message is something that I think everyone needs to hear. I don't want this to turn into a political debate, but in case you were wondering, this is where I stand on gay rights.....

I believe that marriage is sacred between a man and woman and this union is ordained of God. HOWEVER, I ALSO believe that I, being an insignificant human being, have NO RIGHT to tell someone who they can and cannot love. I believe God has the right, but I do not. I sincerely hope that my views do not go against that of the church. It is for that reason that I refuse to vote on gay issues. I do not want to go against the church, nor do I want to pretend like I am superior to others by telling them what they can and can not do with their lives. I feel like voting against gay marriage is voting against agency. Sorry, that's how I feel folks.

I have quite a few friends who have same gender attraction, some have acted on it, some have not. But guess what guys? They are still the same people, they are still some of my best friends whom I love very very much. News flash: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEM TO BE FRIENDS WITH THEM!!!

This bullying thing has gotten completely out of hand. What is terrible is that most of the people doing the bullying come from RELIGIOUS families who teach that being gay is wrong. And maybe it is. But I don't care what you teach your children as long as you are teaching them to love EVERYONE and be nice to EVERYONE! Whatever happened to "What would Jesus do?" Maybe it is time we ask ourselves this question once again.

Last week at stake conference my stake president said, "I think this world has replaced love with tolerance." I couldn't agree more. We no longer love our neighbors. We tolerate them.

The Many Adventures of the Three Musketeers

Every time Emily, Kylie and I are together we always manage to have some sort of grand adventure. This weekend the three of us decided to go camping. It was a blast and a half. We decided we didn't want to waste any money on gas so we drove about five miles into Logan canyon and found the prettiest campsite. We got there kind of late so had to set up the tent in the dark, which was our first adventure of the trip seeing as I had never used my tent before.

Adventure number two happened while we were eating dinner around the campfire. We are sitting there and all of a sudden we hear this "crunch crunch. nibble nibble. crunch." We start looking for the source of the sound and conclude that there is some kind of animal in the bushes behind us. We try to scare it off but never see it so we go back to eating dinner. (Keep in mind that after we hear this noise, Kylie and Emily get more chips.) So then we hear it again. Crunch nibble crunch. Emily says that she thinks she saw the bag of chips move a little, but then we just decide that it's the bag untwisting itself. Nope. I look back and the bag gives this huge lurch. I jump to my feet, with Emily and Kylie right behind me. Kylie picks up a rock and chucks it at the bag of chips and we see this mouse run out of there. We started freaking out. We sneak up to the bag and poke and prod at it making sure there was nothing else in there. Luckily there wasn't. But how gross! Especially because Kylie and Emily ate the chips after we heard the noise the first time! Ewww!

Our third adventure was much less exciting but still somewhat intense. It happened while we were sleeping. I woke up to hear something walking through our campground. It sounded like it was right next to our tent. When we woke up the next morning there were two huge piles of different kinds of poo right in our campsite. Which means we had TWO large animals only a few feet away from us. Scary!

The rest of the day was not as full of adventure but it was still a lot of fun. We all took a nap around the campfire and I read Harry Potter. We played Quiddler. And then we went on a walk and found this really cool amphitheater with scary rooms underneath it. We also saw the biggest rabbit I have ever seen. And lastly, we found this trail and went on a hike which was absolutely gorgeous. We were all tired by the end of the hike but I am glad we went on it.

It was a really fun weekend and it makes me want to go camping again and again and again.

Lion King

Favorite Moments....

This week has been full of some really good moments. Here are a few of my favorites....

- A girl was sitting on a bench in front of the TSC crying. A boy sits down next to her and says: "Hi. My name is Tyler. Are you okay? You need to smile. There is no reason to be sad at Utah State University!"

- In Shakespeare we are reading 'Much Ado About Nothing'. In this play there is a character named Don John who is the bastard brother to Don Pedro. We started discussing Don John and my teacher screams at the top of her lungs, "THAT BASTARD!....Oh. You can say those kinds of things when it comes to Shakespeare. That's why I love him!" haha

- My Anthropology of Religion teacher pointed out that Brigham Young would not be able to attend Brigham Young University with his hair and beard. Very True!

- My roommate Kenzi gave the rest of the roommates a maturation lesson. "Well. See. You're a woman."

- My roommate Emily made the most delicious "upside down disaster cake". Both funny and good.

- In my math class a girl had a question that the teacher was not doing a very good job at answering. When he asked her if she was okay, she said "Im.... fine." His response was, "Yeah. I have been married long enough to know what that means. --> Just shut up and leave me alone!"

-On Friday all of my siblings and I went to The Lion King at the capitol theater. There just are not words to describe a Broadway. I LOVED it!

- On Saturday I went to my little brother's football game. I am such a proud sister. He is getting really good. There was one play where he tackled a kid and put him flat on the ground with one arm. They totally slaughtered the other team. I am so happy I got to see him.

I know there were others but that's all I can remember for now. This week has just been full of very funny moments. If I think of the rest of them I will add to the list. All I have to say is, I LOVE COLLEGE!

Labor Day Weekend Happenings

This weekend was such a good weekend!

It started out with a bang on Thursday. Thursday was my birthday and although I am not a fan of getting older I had a great birthday. The festivities started on Wednesday night when my roommate Emily gave me my birthday present. She made me a home made quilt! I was so excited! I absolutely love it and have slept with it every night since. I can't even believe she did that for me. Then we had Otter Pops at midnight complete with a candle. (There is a story behind the candle but it's too embarrassing to tell so if you want the dirty details you'll have to talk to Emily! haha) Thursday morning I slept in, made myself a nice big breakfast, and then drove home to Fruit Heights. Mom and I went shopping for some stuff and then that night we had a BBQ outside with some extended fam and some of my favorite foods: steak, corn on the cob, funeral potatoes, and pink goop. It was deeee-licious. I then opened presents and we ate cake and ice cream. I am happy to announce that I am now a certified camper! I got a tent, sleeping bag, air mattress, air mattress blower upper thingy, lantern, and cooler. I am so excited to go test out all my new gear! Anyone wanna go camping with me?! :) I drove home that night and when I got to my apartment there was a big candy poster waiting for me. Oh Emily. She is such a good friend. So since my birthday was not quite over yet Emily and I went to McDonalds and got hot fudge Sundays. We came back to our apartment to eat them and watched an episode of Punky Brewster. "Oh Henry"

Saturday was another Bear Lake day. SO much fun! The weather was fantastic! And in case Emily hadn't done enough for me already, she made me a birthday cake and brought it to Bear Lake. This cake was very 'Cake Boss'. It depicted a lake scene complete with a sun, sky, lake, and ground up graham crackers for the sandy beach. Yum!

On Sunday I drove to Clear Creek to go camping with my family and the Butt family. It was a lot of fun. We rode four wheelers, played with the dogs, sat by the campfire, ate a ton, and played lots and lots of games. I taught my mom and Jessica how to play Nerts and they are totally addicted now. We played a lot of Pirates and even got my dad to join in on a couple of rounds. We also played Farkle, Skipbo, and Slap Jack. Jessica pulled a prank on me that was epic. We were sitting around the campfire and she gets up and asks me to hold her drink, which I do. As I take it I start wondering why its warm but just assume that it must be hot apple cider. Then the smell hits me. Yup. That's right. I am sitting there holding her pee! That dirty rotten skunk! She got me good! I can't even tell you how nasty that was! I think I washed my hands for a good ten minutes! SICK! If you have any ideas on how to prank her back let me know!

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school up here at USU and besides the rain, it was a pretty good one!

This semester I am taking British Lit, Anthropology of Religion, Intro to Shakespeare, and Math. I know someone in every class except for my math class which is pretty cool. I like all of my teachers so far, except for my math class. I think the homework load with be pretty manageable, except for my math class. And I am super excited for all of my subjects, except for, you guessed it, my math class!

I think my favorite teacher by far is my Intro to Shakespeare professor. She is such a hoot. I think she must work nights as a comedian. She spent the first ten minutes of class today discussing how attractive she thinks William Shakespeare is.

My British Lit professor seems pretty awesome too. She offered to convince anyone who comes to talk to her to become an English Major and why it is the best possible major during these difficult times. She even offered to call anyone's parents up and convince them we made the right major choice as well. I think I might need to take her up on that offer haha.

So besides my math class, I am super excited for the subjects I will be learning this year.

The only bad part of today, besides my math class :), is the rain. Holy buckets! I also got caught in the wicked hail storm as I was walking across campus. I might as well have jumped into a swimming pool for how wet I was. So for my last two classes I was dripping wet and shivering out of control. I came home directly after school and put on my flannel pants, a hoodie, and some dry socks. As I was making myself a nice warm meal I couldn't believe that I was this cold in August!! It was almost like the Earth was mourning the end of summer, by proving to us that it really is the end of summer. Sad bunny!

Tarzan

My mom decided to plan her own birthday this year and she definitely did an excellent job. This last weekend my family was able to drive down to St. George and see 'Tarzan' at the Tuacahn theater. For those of you who have never been to the Tuacahn, put it on your bucket list! This is an outdoor amphitheater and the backdrop is the breathtaking red rock mountains. I LOVE this theater with all of my heart! This is my second time going, two years ago my mom and I went to Les Miserables, and it definitely will not be my last! (Especially because next year they are doing..... THE LITTLE MERMAID! Sign me UP!)

Tarzan was amazing!!! All of the apes were acrobats and professional dancers and I still do not understand how they were so good at not only walking, but dancing as well, like apes for the entire show. They obviously have core muscles that I can't even begin to fathom! The new songs were awesome, and the actors did a wonderful job as well. I was stunned by the talent coming out of the young tarzan. He was such a cute kid! The special effects were unbelievable, but I can't even begin to describe it so you'll just have to use your imagination. Anyway, seeing as I just wrote my own critics review -- "Kristi gives it two thumbs up!" :)

While we were in St. George we also did a little shopping, went to see 'Despicable Me' (Funniest movie of all time. I nearly died from laughing), went out to eat, and got some serious sun while chillaxin' by the pool. I don't know how St. Georgians handle that kind of heat, but whew! I thought I was going to melt!

One of the funniest parts of the weekend (I thought anyway) was when we were stuck in traffic coming out of the theater and we decided to play the game, "If we were in Tarzan, what characters would we be?" So here is what we came up with:

Dad: Kerchak- because he is big, strong, the leader, sometimes scary, sometimes angry, and sometimes has quite the temper. But can also be a big marshallow on the inside, especially when it comes to playing with the little kids.

Mom: Kala- because she is motherly, will do anything for her kids, and lies to her husband to cover for the kids when they misbehave. And yet, she is the strong, supportive wife who loves her husband despite his flaws.

Cassie: Terk- Because she likes to be the center of attention. She makes people laugh and is always a hoot to be around. And she's the kind of person thats got your back.

Me: We didn't discuss me too much. I think we decided I was Tantor the elephant even though he wasn't in the play. I don't know why we decided this. haha

Jessica: The Jaguar- because she is more than a little bit scary. She has spots (had to be there moment). She steals babies. And she has the Jaguar's roar down to a tee!

Zach: Tarzan- because he is a total ladies man. Not to mention sometimes he acts like he was raised by wild animals. And sometimes his hygeine is something less than to be desired. But he is also really funny and dang that boy is a hottie! haha

Oh Happy Day!

Remember when I said life happens fast? ha ha Oh Gosh. My life is fun.

So I am all geared up to move. Last night I packed about 8 boxes. All of my shelves and drawers and closet are now empty. I have piles of boxes all lined up around the walls of my room - labeled and taped shut and everything.

This morning I got a visit from my landlord. He told me he really wanted me to stay and that he would be willing to work with me on the payment schedule. When he told me this I was a little more than stunned. When I had spoken to him earlier this week he would not budge an inch! So he starts calculating numbers and we compromise on a price that we both can live with. Which means....

I DON'T HAVE TO MOVE!

True I will be living pretty tight for a while. But it is so so so worth it! I get to keep my room. My bathroom. My walking distance to campus. My ward. My bishopric. My EMILY! Boo-Frickin-Yeah Baby!

I guess it's time to start UN-packing now haha.

Life Comes At You Fast

This has been kind of an insane couple of weeks. So many ups and downs.

I absolutely love summer. But one thing I am not so fond of is how much money I dish out this time of year. Is it just me or does August seem like 'the biggest drain on your wallet' month?! You have to pay for tuition, rent, security deposits, books, utilities - The list goes on and on!

I am still working at my bug job, but the work has been slower than I anticipated this summer. I went almost an entire month with no work, something I was definitely not planning on. I have been trying to take out a student loan - geez. What a fiasco that turned out to be! So anyway. When it finally came down to it I just could not afford my apartment's rent. I came to this conclusion yesterday when like the 10'th bank turned me down for my student loan. (Stupid banks! Stupid money! Stupid co-signer rule!) Ah-hem. Anywho....

Moving should not be a big deal right? Wrong! I am seriously so distraught about this move. I have moved a lot up here in Logan. But I couldn't wait for those moves. I was always way past done with those apartments. But it just is not the case with Highlander D. I think the hardest part is leaving my roommate Emily. She is my best friend. We both cried when I told her. (Again- Stupid Banks!!) I am also really going to miss my ward. Dang I have an amazing ward and bishopric. Not to mention Highlander's convenience of being a hop skip and jump away from campus. Another thing I will miss is having my own room and bathroom.

I keep telling myself that change is good. And maybe this one will be too. Life has gone kind of downhill lately so maybe some new scenery is exactly what I need. My new apartment is called Cambridge Courts. The apartment has 2 bedrooms (4 girls) and 1.5 bathrooms. Utilities are paid for (thank goodness). But the best part is that it has an INDOOR pool and hot tub. So yeah. This change is kind of a bitter-sweet one.

I have to be out of my apartment by this Saturday but can't move in until the 27'th. Homelessness is always fun. It's just so crazy how fast life can change. I didn't even have a weeks notice of this one.

Other than moving I have just been working and playing. My Bear Lake trips are still going strong - I am at 9 out of my 15 goal so I think I can make it. We went to the Preston Rodeo last weekend which was a total riot! Movie Parties start back up again this week which I am excited for. The rest of this month will include: -One massive bear lake day (everyone's invited!) -A Friend Camping Trip -A weekend in St. George with my fam to see Tarzan at the Toucan Theater -A New Apartment -School Starts

August may have started out a little rough but I think it will end with a bang!

Forgiveness: My Burden Was Made Light

My friend Jack shared this video with me. I just think it is so amazing!

My Favorite Quote from this clip:
"I’m grateful that God allows tragedies and trials to occur in our lives. Not because they are easy or because they are desired, but because they help us love."

The Window Opened

This blog is kind of a personal one, but I really wanted to write it.

There are times in your life when you have to realize that some friendships are just not good for you anymore. They hurt and hinder more than help. Lately I have been faced with one of these times, and this week I finally decided it was time to call it quits with one of my best friends. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do.

The day that our friendship ended I felt like I was walking through my own personal hell. That night our apartment was having a movie party and I was dreading it. I knew that I would have to put on a facade. Be friendly and smile. And pretend like I was happy and having fun. When all I really wanted to do was curl up in a ball and cry my eyes out.

That day my roommate thought it would be a good idea to put a flier on our neighbors doors inviting them to the party that night, which we did, and amazingly enough, they came!

That night was a miracle. I was actually laughing, joking around, and having a good time. I made five new friends that are a lot of fun to be with. I went from hell to heaven in just a few hours.

"When God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window."

Alaska

This year was my grandparents 50'th anniversary and they decided that they wanted to celebrate by taking their entire family on an Alaskan cruise. So here is the official itinerary of said cruise:

DAY ONE: SATURDAY
This day was 'travel to Seattle' day. We had a later flight, which was kind of nice. We went through all of the airport jazz, which I won't bore you with. When we got into Seattle it was pretty late so all we had time to do was catch the shuttle to our hotel, check-in, and go to bed.

DAY TWO: SUNDAY
This is the 'board the ship' day. We woke up, ate breakfast at Denny's across the street from our hotel, and got picked up by some fancy car service that the hotel recommended for us. They dropped us off right next to our port so it was pretty convenient. Then we waited in line after line. First the baggage check. Then security. Then check in. Then get your picture taken. Whew! Lots of lines. We finally get on board and this thing is HUGE! We are talking 13 floors huge! So everyone finds their rooms and heads to the 12'th floor for some lunch. We find a good window seat and start the first gorging ourselves with food session. Right out our window is the space needle which was pretty cool. Seattle is such a pretty city. We then have to meet for the safety drill which was not as bad as everyone said it was going to be. We just sat in a restaurant for like five minutes while they showed us how to use the life jackets. Pretty simple stuff. That night there was kind of a "pre-show" of what was to come. All the shows are in the Stardust Theater, which is a massive theater which you just wouldn't imagine could fit on a boat! The show that night was pretty good and it got everyone excited for the rest of the week. That's all I really remember about that day. There was a lot of exploring of the ship. Here are some of the things our ship had: two pools, four hot tubs, lots of restaurants (I don't even know how many) a bowling alley, gym, spa, arcade, kid zone, shopping center, two clubs/lounges, multiple bars,art gallery, library, game room, theater, sports area with basketball and tennis courts, golf, and a rock climbing wall. And....that's all I can remember.

DAY TWO: MONDAY
So not gonna lie, Monday kinda sucked butt for me. It was a day at sea, which actually worked out perfect because I threw my back out that morning. It was a bad one too. I couldn't even walk without wanting to rip my eyeballs out. That day I sat in bed, ordered room service, and mourned a little at my bad luck. Usually when I throw my back out its out for many days, sometimes even weeks. I kind of went into panic mode on Monday. I think I offered up a continual prayer the entire day. Please oh please oh please let this get better so that I can enjoy this trip!!! That night we had reservations at one of the restaurants for the whole family to get together and have dinner. It was the one and only dress up dinner, and the one and only dinner where everyone would be together at the same time. I forced myself to go. Walking to the restaurant was pure agony. I broke a sweat just getting there. Then sitting there was even more agony. I hit panic mode even worse than before. Especially because tomorrow I was scheduled to go zip lining in Juneau, which is a lot of non-refundable money!! I decided to skip the show and all the entertainment going on that night so that I could rest my back. I went to bed freaking a ding dong.

DAY THREE: TUESDAY
YESSSSSSS!!!!! While I was asleep my back pain traveled from my lower back to my upper back which is SO SO SO much easier to deal with! Upper back pain means that I could walk! YESSSSSS!! prayers are answered..... thank heavens!! My back was still sore and tender but manageable. Definitely manageable. So that day we made port in Juneau. Wow. Not what I was expecting at all. ha ha Juneau is probably the smallest state capitol I have ever seen. It reminded me of the city in "The Proposal", except for maybe smaller ha ha. So of course, it is down pouring rain. We are talking buckets. I wore a poncho. I looked like a big green blob. It was lovely. We get on a bus which takes us to a boat. The boat ride was cool because we got to drive up the canal around Juneau and see all of the pretty waterfalls coming down the mountain. Alaska is a gorgeous state! Zip lining was a RIOT!!! Oh. My. Gosh. I can't even describe how much fun it was. There were a total of nine zip lines. You go from platform to platform and every time your feet leave solid ground you get yet another adrenaline rush. Not to mention we were zip lining in one of the most beautiful forests I have ever seen. Picture the movie Twilight -- that's what the forest looked like. (I was half expecting to see some vampires and werewolves running around beneath me!) And of course, it is raining, so we were pretty much taking showers on each zip line because we reached up to speeds of 35mph! So yeah, it was cold. And it was wet. But it was the funnest thing I have ever done! Oddly enough I think the scariest part for me was at the very end. We had to repel off of our last platform which stood maybe about thirty or forty feet off the ground. Yikes. And it wasn't like there was a wall or anything, it was a straight drop. And you know my luck, I of course somehow tangled my rope and the guy told me I had to go hands free so he could fix it. That was.....hard. To just let go while you are dangling on a thin rope way up in the air with your life depending on someone else. Yup. Hard. But I survived. Whew. GO me! =)

DAY FOUR: WEDNESDAY
Wednesday was the 'Skagway' day. In Skagway we didn't have any excursions planned so we just walked around the small town taking pictures, shopping, and of course getting drenched. Skagway is also really pretty. As we were walking back to our ship a police officer on a bike stops us to talk to us. He had noticed my mom's BYU jacket and wanted to know if any of us had gone there. Cassie said that she did and he tells us that he went to BYUI and served a mission in Maine. Wow. Us mormons really know how to find each other in a crowd! ha ha. So we start talking to him and he tells us that half this town (which consists of only 600 people) are LDS. He then points to like five stores on the main street that are all run by LDS families. I thought that was super cool. They don't have a church building to meet in, so they meet in three different log cabin looking things. It was fun talking to him.

DAY FIVE: THURSDAY
Thursday is another day at sea. I mostly wandered around the ship, ate, and played shuffle board with my cousins and grandpa. I lost terribly.

DAY SIX: FRIDAY
Friday we sailed to Ketchikan. It was my favorite city we went to in Alaska. It was a lot bigger than the other ones but still just as pretty. We walked around the town and shopped for a while, and then we went to the Lumberjack show. Which was freaking awesome and super hilarious. They split us into two teams and were then assigned two lumberjacks to root for. It was quite the competition. The lumberjacks were dang cute and way funny. It was the first time I ever considered the idea of maybe marrying me a lumberjack. ha ha totally just kidding.

DAY SEVEN: SATURDAY
Saturday we went to Victoria, Canada. I LOVE that city! I told my mom that if I was ever forced to live in Canada I would definitely choose to live in Victoria. Not that I have seen much of Canada, this was actually my first time ever going to another country. But Still. It was the prettiest city I have ever seen! We went and checked out China town, which was super lame to New York's China town in comparison. We then did a little shopping in the main part of town. There were street performers everywhere, even little kids, maybe ages 10-15, were out there playing instruments. They were seriously adorable and so much fun to watch. We even saw a fire juggler. We went to the wax museum (which again doesn't even compare to NYC) but it was still pretty cool and something fun and different to do. I was impressed that Brigham Young had made it into that wax museum. He was featured in the 'World's Religious Leaders' room which I thought was pretty neat seeing as he was there with Mother Teresa and Gandhi. Not that they are better than he is by any means, just that they are more well known, which is why it is so cool that he was in there! We got out of the museum in perfect timing to see the sun set over the water. It was such a gorgeous view. I already want to go back to Victoria!

DAY EIGHT:SUNDAY
Sunday is sadly the day we get off the boat. We had room service deliver us breakfast in bed and then it was an early morning of last minute packing and waiting in line to get off the boat. We again got a ride back to our hotel where we all proceeded to collapse and fall asleep. When our naps were over we called our cousin Shawn who lives about thirty minutes outside of Seattle. She came and picked us up and took us to Pikes Place Market, which is by far my favorite place in all of Seattle! Pikes Place is a huge farmer's market. The fruit is huge and fresh and delicious! I bought a pound of cherries that pretty much exploded in my mouth with deliciousness. I also bought a cream cheese chocolate chip cinnamon roll which you had to see and taste to appreciate the real heaven that it was. We then went to lunch with Shawn to a place called Cutters. After lunch we all looked like walking zombies so Shawn dropped us off at our hotel and we went to sleep.... insanely early.

DAY NINE: MONDAY
Today we woke up at 3:30 to catch our early morning flight. Whew. That was early! The only thing of interest that happened today was that our plane's computer broke and we sat in the plane on the ground for about an hour while they tried to fix it. I sometimes get nervous on plane rides when things go wrong. We will leave it at that. It was a long morning. From Fruit Heights I drove straight to Logan and collapsed in bed and slept for ages. And that is the end of my trip.

EXTRA STUFF:
So because I have a bad memory here is some other stuff that happened on the cruise that I can't remember which day it belongs to. The days all kind of blended together ya know? So my favorite show was some professional jugglers who called themselves Sharkbait. They went to professional clown college and then worked at Barnum and Bailey's Circus for a while. They were just as funny as they were talented and I got a kick out of them. There was also a whiteout party that was a lot of fun. Everyone wore white and there was a big dance. One of my favorite game shows was the Quest game. We split into eight teams and each team had a two team captains, male and female. So the host (our cruise director Andy who I forgot to mention earlier but who I absolutely LOVE) would call out things that we had to find in our group faster than the rest of the other teams. Andy asked for things like false teeth, car keys (who carries those around on a boat?), girls wearing boy shoes, boys wearing high heels. One of my favorite ones was when Andy asked the boy team captain to run up with three bras on his head. (Two of the three bras that made it up there were my mothers and little sisters thank you very much!) The last quest was for our team to turn our manliest man into the girliest girl that we could. That produced some interesting results let me tell ya!

So my other favorite part of the cruise was the FOOD! I have never eaten so much in my entire existence. We had three course meals, three times a day, and snack and desserts in between that! One night we even had a chocolate buffet with more chocolate than even Willy Wonka possesses! My favorite foods there was a chocolate cake with fresh raspberries on it and the cheesecake. Oh the cheesecake! I think I might have had that at least three times a day everyday! YUM!
(And that's where I will end this blog. With happy thoughts of the world's best cheesecake!)

Cheating

When I was 15 years old I broke my knee in gym class jumping hurdles. I had surgery and to this day have two big screws in my knee. My doctor told me that I am not allowed to run ever again... well in this lifetime anyway. I was not hurt by this pronouncement however. Running for exercise was first introduced to me by a She-Devil named Ms. Alvarez. She made running hell on earth and I loathed running almost as much as I loathed her. In fact, it was kind of a relief. My high school gym classes consisted of me walking around the track while everyone else passed me by. Which is how it always was, but at least everyone knew I had an excuse this time.

There have been a few times since the broken knee incident that I have cheated and gone running. These instances usually happen when I am feeling really stressed or have high anxiety levels. The last time I cheated was about four years ago. Well, for some reason this week I have felt the strongest urge to cheat again. And I did.... twice. As I am running the streets of Logan, ipod on, out of breath (cause I haven't gone running in 4 years) I feel SOOOO good! I feel like I am gonna freakin' die, but somehow at the same time it feels SOOOOO good!!!! Maybe this whole "not allowed to run" thing is not such a good thing after all. Running is addicting. But somehow I need to stop this addiction because if I don't my knee is gonna swell like the stinkin' Goodyear Blimp!

Summer Goals

This summer Emily and I have two goals: Go to Bear Lake as many times as possible. (We are shooting for at least 15 times this summer). And having as many campfires as possible. So far the count is Bear Lake: 1 , Campfires: 2

Here are some pictures from Campfire 2:

Crazy Busy but Fun Week

Last Friday my best friend and old roommate Kelsey (who currently lives in Canada) came to stay with me for a week. We had a blast and a half! Here is some of what we did this week:


Ate at The Pie


Went to the Cheesecake Factory


Made a Delicious Sunday Dinner


Picnic at Bear Lake


Letter A Movie Party


Fire at Second Dam


Played Nerts... a lot!!!


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Had a killer game of Killer Bunnies


Ate at Pounders

We also finished our Harry Potter movie marathon with Harry Potter 5 and 6, went to Cafe Rio, Ikea, three different malls in the SLC area, watched all of Gossip Girl season one, went shopping around Logan, and played quite a few games. This week was seriously so much fun and I really wish Kels didn't live so far away!!!