brittanyzoe

New Years Eve

2012-01-07T16:10:00.000-08:00

Ashley was dying, to see the snow I mean really, when we pulled up to the cabin and she saw the miles and miles of snow she looked like a puppy at Christmas. ha She romped around in the snow tirelessly for hours even after her boots were soaked through. We went sledding and built a snowman, drank cocoa, went exploring, it was so fun! We topped it off by a dance party in the car, and Pei Wei. I don't think it could have been better.

This was taken before I accidentally destroyed poor Leonard, I also think it's a pretty flattering picture of all of us too.

We went to Snowflake for Payton's homecoming talk! We ate at our favorite ice cream parlor which sadly is closing down!

It was so great to see grandma and grandpa and be up in Snowflake, I've had so many good times there!

We lit off lots of fireworks with the boys this year. Our backyard was filled with smoke! They ran around crazily, I'm glad nobody caught on fire this year.

I love, love, love my new long board! We went on a 4 mile ride on a trail by our house and it was so fun!

Oh, and this week was my first week at my new job as a Physical Therapy Technician! I absolutely love it! It feels good to have a job where I am actually helping people and doing something meaningful and I love the people I work with. It is in Sun City/Surprise so there are a lot of old people who are so nice! Having this job was a major blessing and I couldn't be more happy about it. It just seems like everything is coming together right after it seemed like everything was falling apart. I love being home and just relaxing, working, and taking an online class while I wait to either get into the nursing program or transfer to BYU.

Christmas

2012-01-07T15:37:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so fun this year because everyone was here! Melissa, Sam, Jenna, and Ashley came from Hawaii and I came home from Idaho. I got to see my new niece baby Jenna for the first time! I don't think she was even put down once the whole trip because she is so dang cute, she was such a happy baby the whole time.

We held the traditional white elephant party, Kade received a lovely cheerleading uniform which he thought was a jersey so he loved it and Corinn got some interesting bird earrings. The big hit of the night was the giant Shrek from a thrift store which I'm sure has numerous diseases on it, but Rhett, Ethan, and Kade didn't seem to mind and its new home is in their backyard where it has become a new chew toy for socks.

We had Christmas dinner at Brooke and Cody's and Don and Kathy came down from California too!

The weather was perfect on Christmas Day. We went to church, then came home and rode down to the park.

Rhett as a Shepard during the Christmas eve nativity play.

We went hiking at Thunderbird Mountain, made gingerbread houses, and we went to my favorite restaurant, Chili's on my birthday!

Thanksgiving

2012-01-07T14:37:00.000-08:00

I had planned on staying in Idaho for Thanksgiving and just spending it with friends, but at about 11:30 Tuesday night Alisha and I decided to ride down with some friends! It was a long drive, but it didn't seem too bad because we drove through the night and this time there wasn't any scary ice like last year! I am so glad that I was able to come down and
spend Thanksgiving with my family, I really needed it and I had so much fun seeing all my cousins and surprising Rhett, Ethan, and Kade!

We went to their baseball games and I surprised them with their favorite drink--coke in a glass bottle. Kade just called it his caffeine and downed it in about 15 minutes.

Last Night

2011-11-19T10:31:00.000-08:00

Last night was exactly what I needed after a long stressful week and 5 hours of calling people asking them about their political opinions. I was also put on a survey where one of the questions that we were required to ask was asking them to confirm their gender. People usually get offended at that one (I agree it's a stupid question) They think that I can't tell if they are male or female. So when I got home my ladies and some other friends went to Wingers. I haven't been around or at my apartment that much this semester so I really needed this. Katie and I shared my favorite food: boneless buffalo wings drenched in ranch, and a pie that had mint ice cream, oreos, fudge and, whipped cream. I definitely enjoyed the catch up time, it was perfect.

Tonight Jill and I are going to the Collegiate Dance Showcase. We are both sad that we aren't in it this semester. It has really just been too busy with school, work, and some other things. Lately I have been dying because it feels like I haven't danced in forever!! Not since August. I have class at the time that the teacher up here teaches classes and her other classes are early in the morning when I am usually catching up on assignments. I saw this picture and it brought back all the memories of high school when dance saturated my life. I miss that.

Crazy Semester

2011-11-13T15:25:00.000-08:00

So many things have happened this semester I don't even know where to start. It has been fun living with my friends at Tuscany and I will never forget all the good times!

We went to Craigo's Pizza for Lyndee's 21st birthday!

This is at our ward party, for Halloween this year we were hobbits from Lord of the Rings!
Shelly was Frotto, I was Pipen, and Jill was Sam: hence the pillow stuffed in her shirt. We used black cobwebs to put fake hair on our feet and chest, disgusting I know. ha if I wasn't already dating someone at the time-I probably would have been really embarrassed to be seen by the ward boys, but it was fun to get all gross. The downside was that the hair-sprayed on hair on the feet kept falling off and I would find it random places.

Sick!! At least the hair stuck to one foot.

The whole group on Saturday night. I'd say we did pretty good, we have almost every character! First we went to taco bell and got lots of crazy looks, and I ate taco bell for the first time in years...it was gross. Then we went to a dance party! After that I ditched my hobbit costume and watched a movie with Jared who was feeling sick, sad, it reminded me of last Halloween when I was sick. We watched "The Others". Overall, I think it was a pretty successful night. I had a ton of fun, it was the best college Halloween yet!

So, if I am writing about this semester I should probably write about Jared, since practically the whole first half was dating him. We aren't dating anymore though. We did lots of fun stuff, I don't have any pictures of it sadly. We went to the haunted mill, it's not Halloween without a haunted house-I love being scared! We watched "The Ring" which wasn't as scary as I remembered it. We went to a demolition derby-where a bunch of people with old cars crash them into each other and the last one standing wins. It was a fun place to people watch. I have learned a lot, looking back I would have done a lot of things different. I have made a lot of mistakes. It's hard because you have so many people surrounding you trying to give you all this advice, it can be overwhelming. I think at this point in my life I need to focus on being ready to take big steps and move forward with faith and I feel like now I am finally ready for that. That is the main thing I have learned. It's too bad you can't go back and change things, but maybe I wouldn't have learned as much if I did that. There comes a point where you make so many wrong choices that you are beyond fixing something. But I accept that I need to face the consequences of my actions which means being sad, but being grateful for the lessons I learned and being hopeful towards the future.

There are so many directions my life can go right now and I am going to have a lot of big decisions to make! I know everything will turn out right though and that everything happens for a reason. One of my favorite quotes right now is one by President Gordan B. Hinckley it says:

"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our Prayers."

There have been so many instances especially up here at college that I have seen my prayers answered. Sometimes it is even something that I have wanted to pray about, but figured it wasn't big enough or important so I didn't pray about it, but it was answered anyway because the Lord knows our thoughts and desires. ah, I am just growing so much here at school and I am so grateful to be here, for the people I have met, for the relationships I have had, for the things I have learned, and for the experiences I have had that have shaped me into who I am today. I think writing this out is more for me than anything ha, but I know that everything will work out, faith is key!

Home!

2011-08-01T23:41:00.000-07:00

I came home on allegiant air, it flies straight from Idaho Falls to Mesa! Let me tell ya, I am never going back to driving, the plane ride was 1 1/2 hours instead of 5 hrs to the SLC airport and then flying home. My wonderful family came and picked me up (mom, dad, ally, ashley, and brooke) and we went to eat at Oreganos! It felt so good to have real food, I used up too much money at the beginning of my semester so I ended up eating PB sandwiches and cereal for like 2 weeks. Then the next day we went to Slide Rock! I love that place, did dad follow through on the tradition and rip his shorts again you ask? Nope! He wore two pairs and they both survived.

We picked blackberries by the bridge and I ate a few...then dad said that people pee onto them from the top of the bridge and I lost my appetite. We had a perfect spot right by the end of the slippery slide and saw enough wipe outs to give my abs a work out, people never learn that it is not a good idea to walk on algae...who doesn't know that? ha

Other highlights of the week:
*Harry Potter 7 Part 2-Best movie ever!
*hiking
*Mimi's cafe

We went to wet and wild this Saturday and it was so fun, Me, mom, dad, and Ally went during the day and came home and then Brooke, Ally, and I went back and went on one ride before lightening started and the park closed down. Good news is...we got a rain check so we can go back sometime next week.

Sadly, Ashley had to go back to Hawaii last Monday, and I will miss her!! I am glad that I was able to come home early enough to see her for a couple days though.

Expelliarmus

2011-08-01T23:33:00.000-07:00

So my roommates were obsessed with HP. Very Obsessed. (Don't get me wrong I loved them, it was just funny) Some facts about the semester:

*we watched at least 2 HP movies a week
*Each room in our apartment was a different house (Slytherin, Griffindor, etc)
*they had authentic wands purchased online
*The Hogwarts crest resided in our living room

Have they converted me? maybe. I probably know every spell there is now, so I would watch out if I were you...

Palladio Escala

2011-08-01T23:03:00.000-07:00

I took a ballet class from my amazing teacher up at byui and she told me about the collegiate dance team doing a ballet/clogging dance, and so I joined the dance! It sounds like a weird combo, but it looked really cool. There were SO many rehearsals, but the end result and being on stage again was worth it, it was tons of fun!

The end of this semester was such a relief! I got a lot of hard classes out of the way though and next semester should be easy! I am going to be a lab TA for my Anat & Phys teacher. I am so excited to be roommates with Jill, Lyndee, Katie, and Shelly this semester. I will have my own room, which will be weird. I kind of like having a roommate to stay up late talking to. Anyway-this semester overall was a success and I loved my harry potter loving roommates and will miss them so much!

Spring Semester

2011-06-13T17:13:00.000-07:00

I am finally posting pictures of my apartment! I am staying at Nauvoo house this semester and I love it!! They are brand new and I have the nicest roommates! Sadly I haven't taken that many picture yet this semester, but I will post the ones I have. So this semester it seems like I have had a lot of boys I don't like ask me out and text constantly and I have had to try very hard to be nice and not just blow them off like I used to do. The process of getting them to finally get the hint is longer,but it's okay. I still am waiting for the liking to be mutual, it's always better that way.

The picture is at Cade's house. We decorated easter eggs and then watched Harry Potter 7 Part 2. Cade's egg says E=mc2, go figure haha.

Here's a quick update on the semest so far:

1. Lyndee had a BYOB party-Idaho style-Bring your own Boy. I was stressed that whole week and couldn't think of who I wanted to bring, and then I thought of Christian, I invited him and it was super fun, he's a really nice guy and very cute ;) We had an amazing dinner and played lots of games, it was so fun!

2. For Jill's b-day we went to a restaurant called "Jill's place" in St. Anthony, it was so fun to spend time with all the girls and celebrate the best friend in the world Jillian Price!

3. We have lots of roommate game nights which are really fun, I have the nicest/funnest roommates they are all so great!

4. Study dates, those are always fun...

5. New work-out plan-Jill, Lyndee, Hailey, and I went running the other night and it was way fun! I am starting a new work out schedule to get in shape and get nice abs, yes.

6. We went to body world! It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen, lots of real people's muscles, bones, and body organs on display and preserved, I loved it.

7. Saturday night we watched J. Biebs, Never say Never, I have a new respect for him, such a cute nice kid. I have beiber fever folks. Ally, if you want to buy me the cd, you know the address ;)

8. Pointe/Clogging dance- I am in the collegiate showcase and am doing ballet in a pointe/clogging dance! Jill and Hailey are in the clogging part, it is so fun to go to be able to be in the same dance as them and have the styles mixed, it is flippin' awesome.

9. Life is good, although it hailed last Friday and it is the middle of June, why do people willingly choose to live in Idaho? I am still trying to figure it out.

Back to School

2011-04-28T12:59:00.000-07:00

So I am finally back up at Idaho for the spring semester. This semester started very good, I love my roommates, and my apartment is new and everything is clean and pretty! The classes I am taking are Microbiology and the lab which is a separate class, Psychology, Child Development, Book of Mormon, and Jazz Dance! So far these classes have been really stressful, Each one has lots of quizzes, most before every class, and like 40 pages of reading for the next class, so when you add all that up it turns out to be a lot! I have been studying a lot at the library with Jill and Cade.

Thursday Night I went to Cade's and played sting ping and games, then on Friday hung out with Jill and the new roomies, Saturday I studied the day away, got really good fro yo with my roommates, and then went to Cade's and decorated Easter eggs and watched Harry Potter 7.

Then Sunday was Easter! I love this day to reflect upon the life and resurrection of my Savior and I am so thankful for Christ and all He has done for me and continues to do to help me in my life.

We had a big Easter dinner and went to some guys apt in our ward to play games. So it has been fun! Today I just took my first psych test and it went really good! In micro lab this morning we studied slides with blood, bacteria, yeast, hair, and fruit fly wings, it was awesome! Although it is probably going to get pretty stressful, I know that everything is going to be great and I love being a student!

My Worst Fear

2011-04-13T22:15:00.000-07:00

I love the spring here, but they bring the grossest, worst, and most scary bugs, mosquito eaters! Ew just thinking about them makes me squirm. They are worse than spiders because they fly and chase you everywhere! There never seems to be a way to keep them out of the house and really one of the reasons I am excited to go to Idaho is because it is too cold there for them. I freak out whenever I see one and always hurt myself trying to get away from them. One time one flew at my face at the dinner table and I ran backwards not realizing that the dishwasher was open, I tripped over it and sat on all the dishes barely missing a fork, ouch. Another time one was attracted to the computer screen and I stubbed my toe, tripped over the computer chair and rolled to the ground. Tonight I went to get a plate and one was in the cupboard and flew at my face! They really are horrible, I would rather be bitten by mosquitos than have these nasty things flying through the house searching for me. I don't know where the one flying in here went and I can't stop looking over my shoulder ha

Happy Birthday Mom!

2011-04-05T20:54:00.001-07:00

I have the best mom in the world, really I do. She is so beautiful, kind, unselfish, caring... and April 1st was her birthday! Mom sends us a package every month when we are away at college, She would wake up and make us a nice breakfast every morning before seminary, without her I wouldn't have been able to ever do ballet classes because she helped me pay! I also would have probably starved up at college! This break from school has been fun because mom spoils me and takes me out to eat and we get redboxs and watch them during the day, I love you so much mom, you're the best!! I am going to miss you when I go away to school!

Kade

2011-04-05T20:25:00.000-07:00

I will miss this little cutie when I leave for college in a few weeks! I have had the priviledge of watching Kade every Friday when he gets home from preschool while Brooke goes to nursing school. Kade is so cute and sweet and is always saying the funniest things. We took trips to McDonalds for ice cream, fed the ducks, played Lego Star Wars, Wingo, and Candyland, made playdoh, played store, croquet, and watched movies. I am glad I got the chance to grow closer to Kade and I will miss him when I leave!

Grand Canyon

2011-04-03T21:06:00.000-07:00

So it's pretty sad that I have lived in Arizona my whole life and never been to the Grand Canyon. Dad had the idea to go on a little family vaca there a couple weekends ago so we loaded up the car and drove to Flagstaff. It was really gorgeous and I am glad a got to see it finally. We hiked a little bit of the Bright Angel trail which was really pretty.

Pizza Pizza

2011-04-03T20:59:00.000-07:00

A couple Sunday's ago I made a favorite recipe of ours, Barbeque Chicken Pizza. It is a lot of work to make and takes a lot of time, but it tasted so so good!! It's kind of a weird shape though. I am trying to perfect my cooking skills...

Go Suns!

2011-03-08T20:51:00.000-08:00

Sun's Game #1: Sun's vs. Bobcats
I am a lucky girl! I was able to go to 2 Sun's games this season so far. I wanted to go so badly and so Brooke and Cody bought me a ticket and I went with Ethan, Rhett, and Cody, they are so nice! It was so much fun and cute to see how into the game Rhett gets yelling "defense!!" at the top of his lungs and watching intently. Ethan is not a big Sun's fan, in fact he hates them haha, so he cheered for the Bobcats. Sun's lost this one, but it was still so fun!

Sun's Game #2: Suns's vs. Utah Jazz

This was the best Sun's game I have ever seen! I loved it. My favorite part of being at a game is when the lights go out and it is pitch black and then lights start flashing, with music, and the players are announced. I was so happy I almost cried, having season tickets would be so amazing...when I am older! We convinced Dad to get us tickets for Valentines Day and we went with Mom, Ally, Dad, Cody, Ethan, and Rhett. Rhett made us all cute little signs that said "Sun's" really small and he waved his excitedly, he is such a big fan! Ethan and Cody were cheering for the Jazz. It was a close game, but the Sun's won by 1 point! 102-101! Ethan was crying when they lost which was funny, he is so competitive. We were all hyped up on cotton candy and cookies that by the time we got in the car we crashed. It was a great night! I think we are going to get tickets to one more before I leave!

Ethan doing a thumbs down for the picture haha!

Holiday in the Sun

2011-01-30T21:37:00.000-08:00

I have been waiting to post about this glorious trip until I felt like blogging, blog posts are exhausting for me, it's like a chore, but I need to keep my life documented so I can make this into a book! I think I am just going to give a general summary of the trip because the days all seem to blur into one there, and I was born with an exceptionally bad memory, here goes starting with the ever exciting airport. Oh and it's kinda detailed just for my own memory to remember it. :)

After an exhausting week of finals I reached the Salt Lake City Airport at 2pm for a flight at 7:50pm. I saw one of my good friends Ali there and she was in the same terminal, so it wasn't so bad talking with her until her plane left and I was informed that my plane was delayed 2 1/2 hours. I was so sick of being at the airport I was about to cry, but thankfully I discovered a starbucks and got a mint chocolate chip frappachino instead. Finally I boarded my plane and Brooke picked me up in Phoenix since the rest of my family was already in Hawaii. When we got to her house it was a little after 1am and I had to switch all my bags into a carry on because, as you all know dad, he didn't want to pay baggage fees haha! So by the time I got packed, showered, and prepared it was 3:30am and I got 1 hr of sleep before waking up and going to the airport for an early morning flight to Honolulu.

When I got to the airport and got to my terminal it was about 7 and then I was informed of something that no one wants to hear when they are about to board a 7 hour flight over the Pacific. The plane was being delayed 3 hours because they needed to wait for a part to arrive that was on another plane and then they needed to fix our plane so we could take off. The time slowly ticked by and I people watched and played episodes of full house on my lap top. Once we were on the plane I happened to have a cute Hawaiian boy my age sitting next to me and we talked for awhile so the ride went quickly. I get the best luck on planes because I have never sat by anyone weird (knock on wood)

Once in Hawaii I changed into my swim suit in the airport bathroom and was picked up in our cute jeep rental car and we were headed straight to Sunset beach!! It was so great to see Ashley since it had been a year! We went back to the condo after the sun went down and enjoyed dinner at Ted's Bakery. I think I could live on their pulled pork bbq sandwiches and never get tired of them. We also got a Ted's Chocolate Haupia pie-soo good!

We celebrated Dad's birthday at the beach and with another pie...
I love dad! I am thankful for how hard he works for our family and for lending me some money for college so I can attend while I am young, ha! you are the best!

One day we went paddleboarding over in Halewia for the day, me, Ally, and Ashley paddled under this bridge and into this river-like area and we found a rope swing. We took turns swinging off of that which was really cool. We also saw lots of turtles poking their heads up next to the boards. We had Killer Tacos for lunch and then just relaxed on the beach, this was one of my favorite days.

Another day we went surfing! This was after my parents left and we went to Castles with Ashley, Lowell, Katie, Jake, and Jeremy. It was so fun, but the water was choppy and so it was hard to paddle out. I got pretty smashed up as the waves kept flipping my board and then my fin jabbed my arm and left a bloody bruise with a big lump that is still on my arm, it won't go away ha.

One day we went to Wiamea and sun-bathed and dove into the big waves and rode them, with Ted's Bakery and Sunset Cake for lunch.

We ate at Waialua Bakery for lunch(Best sandwiches in the world and coconut cookies) several times and of course got Matsumotos shave ice!

On my birthday we went downtown to Waikiki and went on Sheila's boat, it so fun and as we were coming back in they stopped the boat and we were able to jump out and swim in the beautiful blue water. We then went to Dukes and had Nacho's for lunch and the traditional Hula pie. After that we went shopping and got some cute Christmas pajama shorts and necklaces. We headed back to Halewia and ate at my favorite restaurant in the whole world- Halewia Eats. I always get the pad thai and it was heavenly. Then we got a Ted's chocolate haupia pie and ate it back at the condo while watching a Christmas movie. It was perfect.

Christmas day was spent at the beach and we had a nice dinner, it was a great way to celebrate Christmas and I wouldn't mind spending every Christmas in Hawaii!

We went to the macadamia nut farm, the Dole Pineapple plantation, and the soap factory which used to be the sugar mill that my grandparents worked at when they migrated over to Hawaii in the 1900's. We also met up with some Hawaii cousins that we had there and it was fun to meet them and talk with them.

After two weeks my parents went home and I got to stay with Ashley for an extra week and half! It was fun going to the beach, eating good food, going on bike rides , and meeting her super fun roommates and friends.

On New Years Eve we went to a party at the Red house for an hour and then went to a party with Jeremy and his roommates and some other girls. New Years in Hawaii is incredible. It was bigger than any Fourth of July I had ever seen and smoke covers the whole island. As we were standing on the street lighting off fireworks and sparklers someone 15 ft away lit a HUGE one that probably almost blinded me, burst an ear drum, and scared the heck out of me and ash, ha if a bomb ever hit me I imagined it would be something like that. Then we had apple cider and headed home at about 1:30am. When we arrived home Ashley's friend jake and his other friend Nate were sitting in Ashley's house waiting for us. They wanted to hang so we were up until about 4:30am playing cards. I was a little scared off by his friend when he stated his age, 30! um no thanks....

One night when we were hanging out with Jake we went on a bike ride and we went and picked up his friend Lowell (tall, dark, handsome, and muscular)-this is why I need to move to Hawaii. Ashley is probably rolling her eyes as she reads this because I had a crush on all the cute Hawaiian boys, but come on who wouldn't! She must be used to it. Anyway we went to Jake's house and hung out, then we went on the roof and we looked at the stars. Then we went to Ashley's house and we watched surf movies, it was a very, very good night. ;)

On one of my last days in Hawaii we attempted to hike out to Chinaman's hat. We started to, but then decided we should just wait until we had better shoes or boards to paddle out because the coral was so sharp it was torture walking out there.

Ashley took me out to this really nice restaurant, Halewia Joes and we had a really nice dinner there it was so fun to get dressed up and eat at such a nice place right on the ocean :)

Beau and his mom came on my last night and we went out to Halewia Eats and then had Ted's Pie again. By this point though it was hard to enjoy because we discovered it has trans fat so we could only eat a little without feeling disgusting. what a shame...

As I wrote this out now I realize how much I talk about eating, I probably sound like a pig. ha

home sweet home

2011-01-17T14:21:00.000-08:00

I haven't blogged in a while and I think it's because I am dreading updating on everything that has happened and haven't had time to take a breath since finals! At the end of the semester I was actually looking forward to spending sometime at home, in my own room, and with my trusty car the Corolla. Since being home I am doing the dreaded job of looking for a job. I have an interview next week so that's good! I also got a scholarship!!! This is definitely a blessing from the Lord and I know I wouldn't have gotten it if He hadn't helped me learn so much in my classes last semester by increasing my understanding and ability to learn the concepts. I am also teaching dance classes at my old studio again and taking classes so that's always fun for me to do. Brooke has also inspired me to find good deals and free things on all these web sites she checks...a favorite of mine became Groupon when they had this deal in November for half off Nordstrom Rack! After that none really caught my attention until today which now leads me to my guilty pleasure....Thrifty Joes!! Everyone else in my family hates this little old pathetic used book store because according to Ally-there are weird people there, and it wreaks with germs haha, but I love going there and getting really good classic books for super cheap! my best find there was the book Beauty by Robin McKinley that Sister Nally let me borrow once and it instantly became one of my favorite books, It is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast and I couldn't put it down. Anyway... today the groupon is pay $10 for $20 worth of books! that is like 6 new books! today is a good day :)

Thanksgiving

2010-12-04T14:37:00.000-08:00

Melissa and Sam were nice enough to let me drive down with them for thanksgiving and I had such a great time with my family! We had a great time shopping, going to namebrands and Oreganos, baseball and soccer games, playing minute to win it(notice the great picture of Brooke competing in her challenge-please don't kill me Brooke...)amazing food, and just spending time with everyone. On the way back to Utah we stopped in Las Vegas had in-and-out, and walked around for 2 hours. I loved it there! We walked through the Bellagio and Caesars Palace, and countless casinos. I don't know why, but I have always loved the oceans movies and 21, so it was cool to see where some of the scenes were filmed. All the statues and decorations everywhere were so cool and I definitely want to go back again soon, maybe when I have some gambling money....ha jk

I was definitely glad to get back to Rexburg safely because those roads were icy and scary! There were about 10 cars that had slid off the road while we were heading back.

I love these ladies so much!! We had a fun night last night, we drove around in Lyndee's creeper van with tinted windows doing what we call "heckling people". We just yell things out the window, pick people up sometimes, and go around party crashing. It's entertaining. Then we went to Sammy's and watched a band play. The lead singer turned out to be the teacher of the yoga class Alisha and I go to. I have to say it was a shock to see him rocking out like a mad man when in yoga he is very calm and collected. Peace, love, and rock and roll. Then we made muddie buddies and watched honey.

On Thursday we also had a girls night at my old roommate Whitney's house because she is married now!! So crazy! We had fun talking and catching up over tons of dessert.

Alisha and I have fun sending weird text messages to people from a secret number and seeing how they respond. This never gets old, we spend several nights laughing until we cry at some of these peoples responses. Ah I love it. I also think its that time of the semester where there is a little tension in the Apt and we all wanna get out and get on with our lives. Don't get me wrong we all are polite, but lets just say that the thing I will most look forward to is a clean shower with no dark hair in it. If I can just get through these last weeks and finals then I will be chillin' in Hawaii!! After that I can start teaching ballet again which will be great because I miss it!

Tricking the Roommates

2010-11-01T11:34:00.000-07:00

Our apartment is full of tons of sweets, all the time!!! Alisha and I are sugar addicts so we are always making and eating them. It's funny though because the roommates only seem to notice Alisha eating them...

Experience #1: Laura brings home a really good chocolate cake with cheesecake and chocolate chips. Alisha and I arrived home and Laura offers us some, we eat some, and Alisha keeps saying how good it is. Laura suddenly clamps the top on the container and says "that's enough girls!"-staring particularly at Alisha. The next afternoon Laura exclaims that her huge cake is almost gone and then threatens the apartment saying, "if anyone eats anymore of this I'll rip your face off!"

Experience #2: Laura makes cookies and begins to take them off the pan, Alisha asks if she can have one. Laura nods and then adds "I only ask that you don't eat them all."

Experience #3: Our FHE sisters bring a cake over for us to hide from their roommate since they want to have a surprise party for her. Laura and Kylee walk in the door and Alisha and I are in the kitchen. They say something about the cake and I jokingly reply "Oh that was for her birthday? Alisha already had a slice!" Alisha puts on a guilty expression. They exchange looks, then I say "Just kidding, Alisha would never do that!" Then Kylee replys "welll...there does always seem to be a lot of food gone when we leave it out at night....."

Once we discovered that they thought Alisha ate a lot, we decided to dramatize it a little.
Sunday Night-8pm

I come into the kitchen and grab a Popsicle, then head to my room.

(20 minutes later)

Alisha walks into the kitchen and opens the freezer
A: "Are these Brittany's Popsicles?"
Kylee: "Yeah, yes I think so."
A: "Okay" (pulls out two)
K: "Are you eating two??!!!"
A: "haha yeah!"
(Alisha finishes off one and then starts to unwrap the second one)
K: "You really are eating two aren't you!?"
Ben: "Hey at least its no trans fat, you can eat five popsicles"
A: "yeah, no trans fat"
(Alisha takes one lick)
A: "Well, these are kinda sour"
(heads to the trash)
K: "Your just throwing it away!? Give me one!"

Alisha retreats to our room and five minutes later she heads out and grabs a bag of m&m's from the cupboard

Laura: "Dang, are you really hungry or something?"
A: "I guess so, I guess I'm just craving things"
K: "You should drink water, it's much healthier"
L: "Yeah, water has no trans fat"
A: "Ya, and no calories, oh well."
(Alisha begins tossing the M&M's up in the air and catching them in her mouth, then she grabs a huge handful of candy corn from the apartment candy bowl and begins to walk toward her room"
Ben: "ALISHA!!!"
Kylee and Laura: "Oh my GOSH!!"

Haha! We have lots of fun tricking our roommates, they probably think we are pigs, but it's so funny, after all we only will live with them one more month, so we might as well have fun and make some good memories!

Halloween

2010-10-31T14:35:00.000-07:00

This Halloween has been fun, although my being sick put somewhat of a damper on it :(. On Friday we went to our ward party, Alisha and I were Egyptians. We went to the infamous D.I and picked out a nice gold sheet, then as we searched for a gold belt, it seemed like fate that there were 2 of exactly the same belt, haha! Then we went to Wal-mart and got ribbon and such. We had fun doing all our make-up and I loved using false eye-lashes for the first time! 2 of our roommates said Alisha's eyes didn't look "Egyptian" enough and pinned her down and added a ton!! haha! At our ward party this girl came up to Alisha and was like, "OH your such a cute little shepherd girl!!" haha! We were a mix between Egyptian, Indian, and I guess shepherd girls...

Then we were exhausted and came home and made huge bowls of potatoes and gravy, and pulled out our mattresses and watched a movie on my huge 17" laptop screen. I guess having a screen that big really hasn't turned out to be bad, in fact that combined with a Netflix membership has been invaluable up here at school, well when we have time anyway.

On Saturday we went party hopping with Jill, Shelly, and some other girls, we also went to Sammy's and there was a cool band playing. Then we went back to Jill's and watched "The Village" because every other scary movie had been checked out, go figure. Oh it was also Lyndee's birthday on Thursday so I went over there with Jill and Katie and we had dinner and a party!

The picture above is before the Ward Party-2 of my roommates and Ben.

My New Love = Zumba

2010-10-21T09:29:00.000-07:00

Alisha and I have been going to Zumba every Wednesday night and I am in love! It is like a latin workout dance class with fun and modern music. It is so much fun! We had our friend JT go to it the other night and lets just say he was a little out of place! I must say its pretty funny to watch all these girls trying to move their hips!

The weather has actually not been as cold as last fall! Some native Idahoan's may even call it warm. It is still cold in the mornings though and lets be honest, anything below 85 degrees is below my comfort level!

Easy

2010-10-06T12:24:00.001-07:00

One word for this semester= easy. Maybe to easy...I am so used to having homework all day everyday that I kinda miss having tons of homework all the time. Weird huh? I complain when I have a ton, and miss it when I don't. Truth is, I love to learn, I have been able to go to anat & phys tutoring for about 4 hours a week and study for it in the library another 6 and I am loving it! I love the teacher, the subject, the human body, and my Heavenly Father for creating such a masterpiece.

I am just so so happy right now and I think back to those times in my life where I was disappointed and upset and I try to think of why I was unhappy. I have come to the conclusion that you can be happy in every circumstance that you are in. Whenever I am having a bad day or looking at things negatively, I have found that service is the one way, for me anyway, to make things better. My being able to truly accept that I don't need things to happen right now and that trusting in God is a source of true happiness, has helped my to find the beauty in life and the beauty in people, rather than the small disappointments that bring me down.

5 Favorites

2010-09-30T23:53:00.000-07:00

Don't you just hate running out of your favorite products and not having enough money to buy them again? I am running out
of all my body cream, anyway I thought it would be fun to post what my 5 favorite products are:

1. Dolce & Gabbana: Light Blue-the best perfume, it has a citrus like smell, people always ask what I am wearing when I put on this heavenly stuff.

2. Winter Candy Apple: This lotion has such a great sweet scent, and its a perfect fall/winter scent. I am almost out of it, sad day.

3. Clinique Pore Minimizer: Brooke gave me a tiny bottle of this, I think it was a sample or something and it is a miracle worker! I am serious, I put a tiny dot of this on my nose and my pores disappear.

4. Coastal Scents Camo Concealer Quad: I love love love this product! I used to have to buy pretty pricey concealer, I have tried so many kinds, Clinique and Bobby Brown were among the better ones, but why spend over $20 on one when this one is only $8! It has lasted half a year and I am sure that it will last for at least 3 more months. The green and yellow cancels out red spots, also on blemishes to make them virtually disappear. I found out about it on my favorite beauty blog: http://www.blairfowler.blogspot.com/

5. Catwalk Headshot Shampoo and Conditioner: This stuff works so good! It smells like strawberries and fudge and is a great hydrate for my dry highlighted hair.

Anyway that was fun, and a waste of time, oh well. I got a 95% on the hardest math test of the semester by the way, so I guess this can be counted as my break from studying, Me and Alisha are heading to Utah for Conference tomorrow and we are staying with Melissa, I am SO excited!

i love it here!!

2010-09-22T15:33:00.000-07:00

College life is great! Alisha and I are having tons of fun! As requested, mom, I have included pictures of what our room looks like...

Call me selfish, but its nice to have a roommate who has as much homework as I do! Since Alisha is doing nursing too, she is experiencing the full joy of anatomy and physiology. College is a shock from high school.

I am having fun in my anatomy and physiology class, I really just love learning about it and so its not hard to study. Except the biochem part. I went on a date last Saturday with a cute guy named Cade, we met in Anatomy and Physiology 265 last semester. It was lots of fun, we played frisbee golf and won, made pizza bombs (calzones) and played an interesting game where everyone had to look stupid, ha... Anyway Alisha has a hot date this Friday with a kid who we met at devotional last week!

We already have like a million inside jokes and are always cracking each other up, our other roommates always ask us what is wrong. We enjoy frequent dance parties, late night subway runs, soccer, movies, we went to a Jon Schmid concert two weeks ago which was super good as well.

We enjoy the opera singer who practices two hours a day in the apartment next door and the harp selections of our roommate across the hall, never a quiet moment here! haha.

Alisha's Side:

My Side:

back in the saddle

2010-09-12T19:13:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a long week! It has been so fun! On Saturday I flew into Salt Lake City and stayed with Melissa for a couple of days, we had fun going to cafe rio multiple times, thank to mom :) and shopping, blading a fun trail, and watching movies. Melissa is such a great hostess and I love staying with her and Sam! She even gave me a nice present when I left. I then headed up to school and arrived on Tuesday at around 2pm. I was nervous about meeting my roommates because 4 of them were surprises, but they are all so nice! We are all going to take turns making dinner for everyone on Sundays so I better freshen up my cooking skills! We all get along so good and just hang out and talk a lot so its fun. The classes I am taking are New Testament and the teacher seems really cool, Anatomy and Physiology 264 again! since I got an 86% last time I have to retake it to get an A :( My friend Lyndee is retaking it with me though so it should be fun... I love the subject so there is always more you can get out of it. I am also taking Math, English, Jazz, and auditing a ballet class which basically means I can just go take class whenever I want and it doesn't count towards credit so that will be nice. I think I will drop my jazz class though because the teacher does not seem like the nicest person, she told us she was the meanest in the department and that she would only give you an A if she would pay money to see you perform, sooo I don't think I will risk getting lower than that!

Alisha and I met some really cool people that were Caitlin's friends in Tucson so we have been hanging out with them and their apartment. This weekend has been a blur of watching movies, playing soccer, hot tubbing, the Jon Schmit concert and a Mindy Gledhill performance. I just got called as the Relief Society Secretary for this semester so we'll see how that goes! I have never had a big calling like that so it makes me a little nervous!

This is random, but as I was walking home from church today I was thinking about how crazy it is that I am in Idaho of all places! I just feel so good about being here its comforting to know that it is where I am supposed to be, I look back at my experiences these past three semesters and I can really see how the Lord has blessed my life with the friendships I have made and the people I have met. I feel like my every move has been inspired by the Lord whether it be the classes I have taken, the professors I have had, it has just been a great experience and I love it!

Cake

2010-09-02T17:38:00.000-07:00

If I never see another cake again, it will be too soon. So my friend Kamala and the food network inspired me to try to make a fondant cake! It is quite typical of myself to jump right into complex things instead of starting with something simple. So I decided I was going to make a 3 layer fondant ocean cake with chocolate cake filled with chocolate chip buttercream, sugar coral and gram cracker sand. I set out to work at about 4 and worked until about 7. I used a great fondant recipe that involved marshmellows and tasted really good. Lets just say, food network is deceiveing because it is not as easy as it looks!! The filling tasted really good, but it was not firm enough so as I layed the fondant, it seeped out the sides making part of the fondant tear. I decided to take off the top layer and make that a separate cake, and then make the bottom two layers into a birthday cake for Rhett, he loved it!

Not quite was was intended... The top represents the beach...

I knew that Rhett, Ethan, and Kade would like any cake with juju fish on it. haha!

Home Sweet Home

2010-08-12T15:05:00.000-07:00

I had a great flight home and met the nicest girl on my plane, she is also attempting the nursing major and told me about volunteering at Phoenix Children's Hospital which made me really want to volunteer there when I am off in the winter! I am also going to get my CNA during that time so I can work other places and get a little experience in the field I want to go into. It was so fun to have Melissa here when I got home, so we shopped, swam, ate, and played lots and lots of board games. (by the way I am the "Clue" champion) haha! anyway it was so fun! Then we went to wet 'n' wild the following Saturday and I got an awesome tan! may I just say that 2/3 of the people wearing their swimwear show wayy to much! eh, that is the downside to waterparks. We went to In and Out for lunch, which I missed so much since there isn't one in Idaho! Then we took a break and Brooke and I went back at night. I had so much fun, thanks for the tickets dad! I have also been working at Cody's office a lot for Edward Jones! It has been so nice to have so much work during the break, a great blessing! I also have been nannying for Stacy and her two cute kids. Erin is going to be a neurosurgeon, I mean what kid can spell the numbers 1-11 on command at 2 years old, well shes almost three, but still!

I have also been taking dance classes at my old studio and teaching some so it has been great! When I came into teach the cute(and dramatic haha!) little 3rd graders that I used to teach a long time ago they were so funny, I was immediatly hit with a million hugs and questions: "Brittany!!! You're here!" "You smell good" "I like your shorts" "you look So cute!" "Why did you go to alaska?" "You came back because you missed us huh?" "Why are you going back?" "You don't drink beer do you?" that one was pretty random haha! I love those girls! I am taking advantage of having my car again and drive everywhere! I also love shopping for back to school stuff and can't wait to use my new catwalk shampoo it smells SO good! Its also nice to have time to read for fun now! So I am currently rereading "To Kill A Mockingbird" -love that one! and "A Separate Peace" -love that one too. and a new one "The Help" which I heard was really good. I'm also really excited for the new book in the hunger games series, I think it comes out this month. haha I am such a nerd I used to make weekly trips to Thrifty Joes(used book store) and drag Ally with me, still do occasionally and she hates it haha! SYTYCD finale tonight! I am rooting for Kent or Lauren they are both really good. ciao!

blessings

2010-07-29T20:12:00.000-07:00

I would be very ungrateful if I didn't recognize the Lord's hand in my life this past semester, and my whole college experience to be honest, I am constantly amazed at how much I have been given, the blessings I receive, and the tender mercies of the Lord. I just got my grades back from last semester and am happy to say that I got straight A's! except for a B+ in chemistry which I am very grateful for because it was such a hard class, I thought I was going to get a B so that was a huge blessing in itself. This semester I made a goal to go to the temple every week, let me tell you that was the best decision I ever made. I never knew all the blessings that could come from it because my first semester I only went like 3 times. I could physically tell a difference in my ability to learn when I started going, I was able to understand the hard concepts that I had a hard time with before and they came easily to me.

Next, my ward. I had an amazing ward and bishopric and also got a very interesting calling. Relief Society Chorister. When I was called to this I was very confused to be honest haha! seeing that I had never led anything in my life. Every sunday my roommate Katie would show me how to lead the songs we were singing! During being set apart I was promised that I would see the tender mercies of the Lord everyday, and I really did. People would say things to me when I was having a hard day that was exactly what I needed to hear, a lady that I didn't even know wrote me such a sweet message on facebook because she was looking for another "brittany flake" but felt prompted to tell me what she did.

Lastly, my best friends. Jill, Lyndee, and Katie. I have never met crazier or funner girls in my life!! We all met last semester and are all trying to get into the nursing program, applying for the spring and decided to be roommates! I really don't know what I would do if I hadn't met them, they are the best thing about college! I have never had such good friends as they have been to me. We talked about everything, we helped each other through our anatomy class, we studied together at the library for hours on end, Lyndee and Katie went to our end of the year dance showcase even though it was probably so boring for them and took us out to get fro yo afterwards. We made videos, had dance parties. late night taco bell runs, picked up random guys off the street(prob not that smart, but oh well!), pricked each others fingers in lab, gave EKG's. I don't think I can write how much these girls mean to me!! When we were all super stressed we would talk about how much mulah we will make as nurses!

I couldn't have been more blessed and I am so thankful for everything!! I am sure next semester will be just as fun because Alisha will be here! :)

Summer Wish List: A girl can dream can't she?

2010-07-06T15:16:00.000-07:00

I'll be the first to admit that I am obsessed with online shopping. But..since being in college I have had to treat this condition, so instead these are the things that I would buy, if I had some mulah!
1. A pair of cropped white pants.

Lately I have been obsessed with gold accessories and light purple, I think its really cute and have seen it around lately. I have never been a fan of gold, but I think it looks really cute with purple.

2. Lavendar Top

3. Gold Heart Necklace

4. Destroyed Denim Shorts. I used to have a pair that were my favorite ever, but then they got a big hole in the butt for wearing them so much.

As an update on lately...Jill and I went to guitars unplugged a couple weeks ago which was fun and Lyndee and I went to the David Arch book signing. I also went to the midnight showing of Eclipse with Katie, Brittany, and Janelle. It was so good! We have been studying like crazy for our leukocytes test, and I am trying to juggle chemistry tests, labs, digestive paper, 6 hour heart test, endocrine, respiritory, digestive, reproductive, and urinary system tests!! ah! I am going insane from studying so much.

We also started to watch all the seasons of Lost when we need a break from studying so that has been fun! Lifes good and I LOVE my roommates!!

We gave Elizabeth a make-over for her BIG date!! Katie did her hair, I did her make-up, Jill lent clothes and perfume, it was so fun!

Poor

2010-06-21T21:45:00.000-07:00

It's a sad thing looking at your bank account and seeing that you have $24.66. It was fun being poor for a while, but that was then, this is now. I am ready for my scrubs, $50/hr job, bachelors degree, and New Honda Civic. I have never been one with much patience. Instead I guess I'll have a bowl of cereal, chemistry homework, and multiple study guides. I know this is pretty pathetic and I really should be thankful for this opportunity for college life, but I had to tell someone, I HATE BEING POOR!!! Okay moving on.

Today we had a ward FHE, a flour war. I thought the idea sounded fun, until I was hit square between the eyes with a huge nylon flour sack. (I hope they weren't so cheap as to buy the nylons from DI) Eyes watering, lungs of inhaled flour, and face white as snow I staggared to the side lines and then got my revenge. Overall I guess you could say I had fun, still scratching flour from my scalp, but hey I guess seeing the look on the girls face as my not so good aim brought her a nylon sack straight to the tush was worth it.

I hate you chemistry..Really bad.

2010-05-29T20:38:00.000-07:00

You have forced me to spend 6 hours of my friday night in the library and to wake up at 9 on a Saturday, study some more, and go take a 2 hour test. This weekend has kinda been a downer, and to top it off the Suns lost twice and are done with the season :(
Next week is an anatomy and physiology test and then the week after that is chemistry again. I hope it will all pay off one day when I become a nurse, just have to work my butt off for a couple of years. My dance classes have been a relief from the stress of these, I love my ballet teacher so much, she is about 65 and and is more flexible than half the class! She is the sweetest person and talks in a high soft voice so you can hardly hear her, so its always surprising by what witty comment comes out of her mouth. My favorite one was what she said to these girls last week, they were standing in the back leaning against the wall resting while another group was performing a combination and she came up to them and said, "Why aren't you guys practicing? Don't just stand there getting fat!!" I am also loving my scripture study class, I am learning so much from it! At first I thought that it was going to be impossible to study for 30 minutes a day and was going to drop it, but after doing it I realize how much more I learn and get out of it. Each week we have to practice different scripture study skills and record them in a skills log. Our mid-term is to go meet with him in his office, eat cheez-its, and to talk about ourselves. haha! This weather is crazy, one day it snows the next it is 70! It rained all week and I loved it! I love the walk up to the temple, it looks so pretty against the dark sky. My roommates are tons of fun and we are all helping my engaged roommate with wedding plans!

Photo Shoot

2010-05-15T16:25:00.000-07:00

So my friend Suz, is taking photo this semester and wanted to take some ballet pictures. She is so so talented and I had a lot of fun, the ones on the train track were actually taken right before a train came kinda creepy, here are some of the pictures from the shoot:

Back to Potato Land

2010-04-26T19:36:00.000-07:00

I just got back up here about a week ago, its been good my roommates are super nice, and I am sugar deprived. I am taking Anatomy & Physiology II, Chemistry, Scripture Study, Ballet, and Modern. It's going to be a stressful semester! My Anat & phys class has 240 people in it and about 90% of those are nursing majors! They only accept 30 a semester and the GPA cut off last semester was 3.95! I am so stressed about it! I think this semester will require a lot of time for studying. I went to my ballet class today and found out that for 45 minutes after class our teacher is teaching a more advanced class, I stayed today and it was so fun! There are actually a lot of boys who are taking it and we are going to do pas de deux!!! So that will be super fun! We met our FHE brothers tonight...The first thing that this guy says to us when we walk in is, "can you guys take your shoes off, I just cleaned the carpet." He then informed us he is thinking about changing his major to interior design and has like all these decorations (2 old-fashioned suitcase trunks stacked with a melting candle and ornate open trunk with a key inside) around the apartment. There are also many classical paintings and rugs inside. During FHE he excused himself to go take a shower. When he was finished he asked all the girls to avert their eyes while he ran to his bedroom in his towel, haha. The rest seem nice and fun. Well... I am almost out of food. Last semester all my roommates had cars so it kinda sucks because I have been living off of mac and cheese, cereal, pasta, and cheese.

Surprise, Surprise

2010-03-29T22:30:00.000-07:00

I came home from an exhausting day at work, and from teaching dance to find an unexpected surprise, Brooke, Cody, and the boys had come for dinner on a weekday which was unusual. Then Ally kept telling me to go to my room and change because everybody was waiting for me to eat dinner. I went into my room and was about to change when my closet opened by itself and Melissa jumped out and yelled Boo! I was SO shocked I just started screaming half from being freaked out and the other half from pure joy that Melissa was here in my room! I never ever expected this surprise, but it was a great one! I was also greatful that she chose to pop out of the closet when she did, if not it would have been awkward. Anyway we had a fun week of sleepovers, food, volleyball, badmitten, Cheesecake Factory, tennis, and home videos, we also made a funny music video. Those who know me well know how much fun I have filming and producing videos. I am usually a minor role so I this one was a bit different. Unfortunatly during Melissa's visit I came down with a cold so I look horrible in all the pictures taken. :( We missed you ash!

I love Kade! I hope to one day be as cute as he is!

I made this BBQ chicken pizza that is just like California Pizza Kitchen's! One of my favorite recipes. Ashley makes it the best though!

I thought I would also share a product that I am dying to try and will find a way, even if it means eating mac and cheese for a week at college! It is for blondes and supposed to be amazing for damaged hair, make it shine, lighten it and make it look as if you just got your hair done! Oh and I also discovered that nothing makes me happier than driving home from a hard ballet class with the windows down, and singing to loud music on the radio. :)

2010-03-12T05:53:00.000-08:00

Since I haven't been able to get a steady job, I have been working for many little jobs such as, edward jones, baby-sitting, school district, respit. So the other day one of the secretaries from Frontier called and wanted me to do cafeteria duty, I did not want to do it, but I did anyway with a big push from my mom. Anyway, the kids would raise their hands and ask you to open something or ask to go to the bathroom, and other random things.

One kid raise his hand and in an angry tone said "That kid keeps eating my cheese!!" He turned and pointed a stubby finger at the little chinese kid next to him. The chinese kid replied in a sad tone "I just really love cheese."

I also was in charge of playground duty. When the 8th grade came out a group of boys and a couple girls came up to me trying to show off, one of them asked "do you date younger men?" Um NO.

I also had my last orthodontist appointment retainer check. While there I thought back on my braces day and defintely do not miss them! I was in the chair next to this kid who had a mouth widener in forcing him to have his mouth open huge and had gigantic braces, he was squirming from side to side in panic, wondering what he could be doing I glanced over and saw his dad standing over him with his iphone trying to take a picture of him that would soon be posted to facebook. poor kid.

American Idol, I am so sad that alex and katelyn got voted off! I think that tim urban has little talent compared to those who were voted off. And I am not a fan of lacy either. I wonder why American Idol keeps Ryan Seacrest on the show after all his corny jokes and inappropriate comments though haha anyway its been a okay week chao

Outdated, just a little

2010-03-03T21:11:00.000-08:00

I finally got these pictures sent to me :) thanks melis! haha so I thought I would post them. One of the things I miss most about not living in Idaho is how close I lived to Melissa and Sam. They were so nice to let me come visit so much and I always had so much fun. They were also nice enough to let me come to Thanksgiving with them in St. George with Sam's family. It was nice to have someone to share thanksgiving with while my family was so far away. Here are some pictures,

American Idol

2010-02-09T20:51:00.000-08:00

I seriously am in love with this show!! I am so excited for the new season! I really like the panel of the judges this season, at first I thought that Ellen was a weird choice for a judge, but after watching it tonight I decided that she is pretty funny and will make the show better. Tonight a contestant sang a song written by Jason Reeves and Kara Dioguardi called "Terrified" They sold it to Katherine McPhee and she sings a really pretty rendition of it! It is now one of my fav. songs go listen to it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iADtRvJ7v4

January

2010-02-07T21:22:00.000-08:00

I love to give make-overs, I unloaded the camera and found some make-overs I gave to Ally and Ash, earlier this January. I was so excited that Ashley agreed maybe I went overboard with the eyeshadow. I also realized that I liked Ashley without the make-up better, she has so much natural beauty already :) love ya ash! you are beautiful!

This is Ally's make-over done before heading off to a risque boy/girl new years party...

She is gorgeous as well and has the best olive skin tone and long eyelashes, I am jealous ;)

I recently began training to be an Edward Jones secretary, so it has been fun getting to dress up in secretary clothes, all I need are cute glasses. I have just been happy to have a little work to do because I feel so useless just staying home all day.

Overall, life is good between working, dancing, movies, blizzard runs, late night games with friends, and american idol. I am going to be sad to leave home when I go back to college, but am also excited to room with my good friends lyndee and jill! I have been enjoying these amazing homecooked meals my mom makes because I know when I go back to college it will be bread, salad, and mac & cheese. If I eat cheap I may have enough money to go back in the fall without getting a bank loan, i was also thinking about transfering to BYU-Hawaii for a semester or going there to work!

Good News!

2010-01-14T22:13:00.000-08:00

Things here are picking up! Jamie's surgery went really well and Kade is out of the hospital!

I also have some really good news about dance! I was really sad and upset because I thought that I would have to stop dancing when I came back home because there is no way I would ever be able to pay for it, while trying to find a job to pay for college. I had been praying about it, but nothing was happening. Ally, being the amazing sister that she is, offered to pay for me to go to class tonight, annndd when I went to pay for it, my teacher offered to let me assist her in 4 classes and take 4 classes in exchange! Exactly what I prayed about, I love answers to prayers! I am so grateful that no matter what, God is looking out for us because he knows our hearts and desires and wants us to be happy!

Lately

2010-01-05T12:49:00.000-08:00

Things haven't been going so well here lately, its really true what they say, it all happens at once and its incredibly overwhelming. Mom just flew to Idaho this morning with her brother Don after getting a call from her sister yesterday that she has ovarian cancer and it is extremely advanced. The surgery is scheduled for Wednesday. The doctor said the surgery would be very complex and he was not sure if she would even make it out of the surgery because they are taking her ovaries, colon, and part of her stomach out. We all cried together all night long last night. I love Aunt Jamie, she is so sweet and nice I wish we lived closer. Her and my mom are extremly close, so it kills me to see my mom cry. This morning I also found out that my little nephew Kade who is only 3, had over 60 seizures this morning and has been admitted to the Phoenix Childrens Hospital. It is so sad to think of sweet Kade having to go through all this and having all these doctors surrounding him doing tests, taking blood, giving him IV's again and again. I feel so helpless, like I have no control over anything. I wish there was something I could do. We prayed and fasted for both Kade and Jamie on Sunday, so I know that everything is in the Lord's hands and I need t trust him.

Catch Up

2010-01-04T07:44:00.000-08:00

I have been procrastinating blogging because I have so much I need to catch up on! this is gonna be a long post... I am going to have to post the thanksgiving stuff later because I am waiting for pictures from Melissa.

They are all jumbled up so here goes:

What would Idaho be like without snow? Actually livable haha! On one of my last weekends in Idaho we went sledding in potato feilds haha! It was so fun! afterwards we went to the apartment and had cocoa,

I know this is a really old one, but I forgot to post about the ward FHE halloween dance :) Justine and I were cowgirls

David Archuleta concert #3! I had really nice seats so it was super fun! I went with Kamala and Ashley :)

Benton Paul opened for David and he was really good! I got to meet him and he signed my ticket.

Me, Kamala, and Ashley at the David Archuleta concert!

The Midnight 5K- We had a fun night of bowling at the MC and afterwards my friends decide to do the 5K at midnight! so somehow they convinced me to do it with them and it was actually a lot of fun! It was freezing though! like 5 degrees! They are such great people I love them all!

Change

2010-01-04T07:11:00.000-08:00

I hate change. it ruins everything. I wish that no one had to work, no one went away, and that we could all just live near each other and have fun all the time. Its completely unrealistic, but thats how I wish it was, and how I imagine heaven will be somewhat like. I am so glad I can be with my family forever. Today we dropped Ashley off at the airport. There are certain places that I hate being: airports, hospitals, and downtown. My mom is so nice and we go to the starbucks in the airport and she buys scones, muffins, and a big mint chocolate chip frappachino and then we say goodbye to Ashley, we watch until we can no longer see her blonde hair. I hold back tears because I don't want to smear my make-up for school and then we make the long drive back to Peoria feeling sick from all the sugar for breakfast. Today however, I don't have high school anymore. So I enter the dark house, and head for Ashley's room, read the letter she wrote me, curl up in a ball and cry. "I'm just too far, from where you are, I want to come home..."

Stressed.

2009-11-17T10:56:00.000-08:00

Who knew college would be so stressful. I guess I was expecting some amount of stress, but never pictured it would be this hard. I just need to get through this week so I can enjoy Thanksgiving at Melissa and Sam's! I am so excited! I currently have a 10 page paper due tomorrow, I am only on page 3! A muscle test covering all the muscles,orgins,insertions, and actions-on the models as well as the cadavers-which I haven't studied much because the smell makes me nautious. A chemistry test and lab.

I am going to miss this lovely, freezing, windy place! and all my wonderful roommates! I never knew I would love this place so much and I will be sad to leave it! There is always so much going on and so many fun people! I feel like I have grown up so much, I no longer miss high school because college is way better! I like being in charge of myself and doing whatever I want! I sometimes miss those days when I had 8 hours of sleep instead of 5, but you have to have a social life! Better get back to that paper....

Enchilada's

2009-10-30T10:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had the sudden urge to cook, so I went to the store and got the stuff for honey-lime enchiladas, little did I know how expensive it would be! looks like I will be eating cereal for the next 2 weeks! After phoning mom and getting precise instructions on how to handle the discusting raw chicken I was able to cook it surprisingly easily. The spanish rice, sadly turned out a bit crunchy which could have been one of several factors. haha! But the enchiladas turned out very good! While at the store I saw some sparkling apple cider and I was really thirsty so I bought it. While I cooked I drank it and because I was so thirsty kept refilling my cup. Before I new it the whole bottle-minus 1/2 inch was empty! Um..I would not recommend doing that... Later as I was telling Ashley about it on the phone she remarked "Good thing you're not an alcoholic!" I began the meal at about 7:15 and ended at 9:15. whew it was hard work and I don't think I want to do it again for a LONG time! It was good experience though.

Sand Dunes

2009-10-25T13:19:00.000-07:00

I thought Saturday was going to be really boring, but it turned out to be super fun! I seriously love my FHE group! I went over to Kamala and Ashley's apartment to get help with my Excel project and Jesse was over and wanted to go to the dunes with everyone! So after we all finished our homework we headed over to the dunes around 3! It was me, Kamala, Ashley, Valene, Stacy, and Jesse. The dunes are gorgeous! The minute I stepped on the freezing sand I felt like I was in Egypt! We walked for a ways and trudged up giant hills and found the perfect spot! We had fun jumping off the giant hills and landing in the soft sand! Being around all the sand reminded me of the poem "footprints in the sand"

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,other times there were one set of footprints. This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering fromanguish, sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints. So I said to the Lord, “You promised me Lord,that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always. But I have
noticed that during the most trying periods of my life
there have only been one set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?” The Lord replied,“The times when you have seen only
one set of footprints in the sand,is when I carried you.” -Mary Stevenson)

So I had the idea for the perfect picture! Me and Kamala walked next to each other and then just Kamala walked up the hardest part-the hill. Symbolic of how the Lord helps us during the hardest parts of our life! I took the picture and added this quote! I want to make it bigger and put it in my room!

Here are some pictures from the rest of the day:

We tried to take this picture from a cool angle with the camera timer, but it was really windy and the sand was blowing in our eyes. I like it though!

Lovin' the Idaho wind! haha not!

We also had a rad time turning Ashley and Valene into Mermaids! Jess, wasn't so lucky, I tried to convince him to be a merman, but he didn't have quite that much confidence. haha! Sooo he started out as a muscle man, but ended up a sumo type blob.

The sand was SO cold! I thought my feet would freeze!

After the sand dunes we went to see UP at the dollar theater! It was so fun! Have I said how much I love byu idaho? haha! its the best!

Fun, Fun, Fun!

2009-10-23T23:33:00.001-07:00

I have been bad about updating! So this is going to be a long post! Life has been crazy! Especially with midterms this week! I don't know how I have been handling all this stress! I will have grey hairs before the semester is over if it continues! I had 3 midterms/tests this week and one on Tuesday! 2 anat and phys.-1 over the cell and metabolism and all that fun stuff, and the other one was on the bones, we had to memorize over 200 terms each of which has 4 words such as the Posterior Superior Illiac Fossa, external acustic meatus, and the external occipital protrubrance, sound familiar Brooke?I also had a chem test. I think I spend more time in the testing center than in my apartment! Ok onto the fun stuff! The week before midterms I got a little distracted. Those who know me know how much I LOVE haunted houses! So far I have been to 3 which is a record since it is not even halloween yet!

Last Monday we had FHE which was really fun, we did the ropes course! It was scary at parts because you were so high up, but I had fun rock climbing up the poles and jumping off the top at the end!

On Wednesday we went country dancing with some of our FHE brothers and then decided to go to The Haunted Mill afterwards which was awesome! I had such a fun time! I do miss going to fear farm every year though, this one wasn't quite as scary. Just the usual people with masks chasing you over an unsteady bridge over rushing water haha! I was scared! especially since they could touch you! One of them put his arm around my shoulders, others grabbed my arms and legs and followed close behind you in dark tunnels. So close you could smell the bad breathe..ew! After that we went to the guys apartment and watched a lame scary movie called The Return? Something like that, and had brownies. Brownies are like a staple here at Idaho, I have them like 3 times a week! I don't mind though because they are my favorite dessert!

On Thursday we decided to hit up the Slaughter Mill! It was really fun as well, but not as scary as the Haunted Mill. There were people with flamethrowers and chainsaws, I am surprised the guy with the flamethrower hasn't accidently lit someone on fire because it really is pitch black in there! I think the scariest part of that one was at the end. We had to crawl through a tunnel and the floor below you is glass, at first you just pass over reptiles, but you come to this part where a lady is laying below you in the glass with her eyes closed and looks dead, then she opens her eyes and glares all freaky!

On Friday we had a bonfire! We went to a park and lit a bunch of wood and just told funny stories, it was fun! Then we went to our FHE brothers house and watched "Taken" and had brownies.

I have the best roommates!

On Saturday, I went to a study group for the first half of the day and then went to the ice caves with some girls and guys from my FHE group! It was the coolest thing ever! To get to them it was 3 miles of offroading on very bumpy dirt, I am glad to be alive! haha The cave was very narrow and low so we were crawling and scooting most of the time! We got soaked, but it was totally worth it because there were awesome ice slides everywhere! Later that night I went to Guitars Unplugged with Sozel's sister Laura! She is super fun and nice and it was so fun! Guitar Unplugged is basically a bunch of cool bands that tried out and they chose the best ones to perform. Then there was a fun dance afterwards. Then I met up with some girls and guys from my FHE group and played Spazz!!

This Monday we carved pumpkins for FHE! We had a lot of fun dancing to Backstreet boys, Nick Lachey, and Lady Antebellum! We had a competition between apartments, out apartment carved the witch from wicked and Me and Justine cooked the seeds! It was really fun, the other girls apartment carved a tree, and the boys carved a skull and then dropped it three stories to its fate.

Monday Night-Thursday Night was basically tutoring groups, studying, class, study groups, labs, and the testing center!

Thursday I meant to study for chem with Aubrey, but we got distracted and just talked for 2 hours. Then I skipped dance to study more and told myself I would just take a 30 minute power nap. 3 hours later I woke up in a panic and crammed before taking the 2 1/2 hour test! By the night my brain was fried so I had to have a little fun. We went to the Haunted mill again with our FHE brothers! It was scarier since I was forced to be in the front for part of it! I looked behind me to make sure everyone was still there one time and when I turned back around some creepy smeigal guy from Lord of the Rings was in my face! I think I jumped a foot and woke up the whole neighborhood!

Today has been a long day of studying the bones and taking a test. Tonight I went to Idaho Falls with Vicki and we went dress shopping! Then we came home and ate brownies and watched How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days , My favorite movie, we watched it with Kara and her fiance Ryan. I love byui!! I am having a blast! I miss everyone at home and am excited to see everyone at Christmas!

Conference Weekend

2009-10-11T22:05:00.001-07:00

I have the best sisters! Last weekend I rode down to Utah to visit Melissa! I got a ride with a girl off the ride board. Thankfully, she was normal! This is the conversation I had with my dad right before the trip:
D: Does she have a reliable car?
B: Daaddd, I am sure she does...
The next day I meet her in the parking lot of the Hinkley, I am not sure who she is, but surely she is not the girl with the 1985 teal Honda hatchback... Yep. As we turn onto the freeways she says "lets say a prayer" she told me to say it so I said it and afterwards she enthusiatically remarks "ok good, now we can relax, this cars livin' on a dream and a prayer!" Lets just say I am surprised we even made it out of town, haha! Everytime we entered onto a freeway she put the petal to the metal and the car sounded like it was a rocketship about to explode, it probably looked like one too! haha but I'm not complaining I am grateful that I got a ride to visit Meliss!!
While we were driving we saw numerous BYUI students heading up to Utah for conference as well. One of which was a car with 2 guys who were holding up a sign with their phone number on it. One of the girls made a sign with her number on it and sped up until we were even with the car. They called her phone and as she was talking, I realized that they looked familiar. I figured out that they were in my ward!
We made it to Ogden, and Melissa picked me up at a Best Western. We then went to a fun bonfire with her friends and roasted marshmallows!
The next day Melissa, being the amazing cook that she is, made swetish pancakes with raspberries and coconut syrup!! It was SO good! We then watched conference, longboarded, and ate at cafe rio! We went shopping and went to costco where I got enough food to last for a couple weeks! That night we watched The Bourne Identity and ate pizookies! The next day we headed out bright and early to try and get tickets to conference! We made two signs: One said we needed tickets and the other was slightly desperate : "from out of state and have never been" haha It worked like a charm, even though we were standing by tons of other people with signs, we only had to smile big and within 20 minutes we had 6 tickets-3 for the morning session, and 3 for the afternoon!! I was really excited, going to conference was an amazing experience, there is such a cool spirit there, I want to go every year now! Afterwards we had a really good lunch on temple square and then drove back to Odgen. Melissa made the best dinner ever!-honey-lime enchiladas!! I miss her good cooking now that I am back at my apartment, but she sent me home with my fav bread, raspberries, and the leftovers! Melissa is so fun, nice, and an amazing cook! I had such a fun time!

Another Great Week at BYU-I!!

2009-10-01T09:57:00.000-07:00

I love byui! When we were in 8th grade we would all talk about where we wanted to go to college and my friend Natalie always said she wanted to go to byui, I was like "psh no flip flops are you kidding me? I would never go there!" Well....I am here and its amazing! No flip flops and cold weather is a small price to pay for the amazing atmosphere that is felt. I have the best roommates, a cool FHE group, and a fun ward! I love how there is always a spiritual feeling here and how everyone is so happy and says hi to everyone!

Last night was super fun! We went country dancing which I thought was not going to be that fun, it was!! I went with some girls in my FHE group and one of my roommates and the guys from our FHE group came. There are lots of cute boys here, which is good haha! We stayed country dancing for an hour and then went over to swing dancing. Fun, but country dancing was better! Then we went out to the agricultural gardens which are super cool, there are pillars, steps, gardens, fountains, ponds, and huge trees and played sardines! Then at about 11:00 it started to snow!!!! yaa!! It was so pretty to watch the flakes fall from the sky! It was my first time actually seeing them fall! This morning I woke up and it was SO cold! I don't like to picture what its going to be like in December! My classes are going okay, I feel like I am in over my head, I don't know why I thought that I would be able to handle anat & phys, chem, and math, along with other classes and still have a social life! Its all good, I miss everyone at home, but am also learning a lot about living on my own!

CES Fireside

2009-09-19T20:54:00.000-07:00

We had the coolest fireside last sunday it was broadcast to BYU-I. Elaine S. Dalton spoke and I wanted to share some of the amazing things she said and some of my thoughts!

*She spoke a lot about how we live in a time where we must lead the world in a return to virtue. She said, If we do not have integrity we cannot have virtue.

* Integrity in our dress, in our swim wear-Satan tries to tempt us into thinking that we need to show off our bodies, how we choose to dress when those who we know would disapprove of our appearance arn't there to see us. We must be worthy to enter the temple.

* There were no neutral spirits in the war in heaven and there can be none now. She said we are an organic generation, our society takes measures to stop pollution and contamination of water, but we allow it in our media.

I love being at a church school! The devotionals and firesides are all so inspirational, I think starting each class with a prayer is so cool! Calling our professors brother and sister is a little weird, but I am getting used to it haha!

College Life

2009-09-11T18:44:00.000-07:00

College is super fun! I am really excited because I just got into a biology class that I was trying to get into!! We left on Friday the 4th and visited Melissa and Sam for a few days! We had fun longboarding, shopping, eating out, and hiking! Their apartment is so cute I loved it there!

Monday the 7th:
We left for Idaho. When we arrived I started to get very nervous, we checked into my apartment and got my key. My mom and sisters helped me unpack and set up my stuff! My roommates are all so nice! Then we went to a BBQ which was really kinda gross, then we went to Wal-mart which was crazy and full of college students and their parents. Then we went to Albertsons and my dad helped pay for some of my groceries! We then went to "Get Connected", the parents sat in a meeting and the students split into I-groups depending on where they lived. I met some really nice girls and we played games and got to know everyone. Then we went to dinner at Sozel's sisters house which was super good, my last homecooked meal. Since then I have been living on tortellini, cereal, and turkey sandwiches. We then went to good ol' Best Western and went in the hot tub. I spend my last night with my family.

Tuesday the 8th
We woke up bright and early and went to breakfast at a place called "Frontier Pies" it was really good, but I couldn't eat much and was near tears because I knew in a few hours my family would leave and I would be on my own. We went back to my apartment and we all cried. Then my family left, and I went to "Get Connected" The whole day was filled with info about byui how to study effectively, and spiritual messages. We played more games on the field, ate lunch, and did a service project. We then had a little break before we returned for some good chinese food and a dance. I really don't like dances thankfully neither did my new friends, so we only stayed for a little because it was freezing!!!

Wednesday the 9th
We had a morningside and then split into groups depending on our careers and were told about the classes we should take and stuff. Then I went home ate lunch and took a nap. Me and Talia went and found our classes so we wouldn't look like totally lost freshman the next day. The byui campus is so pretty! They have all these gardens and fountains! Then we went back to our apartments. We then went to I-night! It was so fun! we played laser tag and met up with Kamala and Ashley and watched people play the dating game. It was so funny! Then we got cotton candy and went to part of a dance. The me and Talia went to the Kirby Heyborne concert/comedy. It was super funny! It cool how much stuff there is to do here!

Thursday the 10th
My first day of classes! My chemistry lab was cancelled and so I slept in until 9 and then went to a class called global hotspot about pakistan which was really cool, I have since had to drop it so I can focus more of my time on bio and chem! Then I went to my first ballet class which was so good! The teacher is like 65 years old! She is the cutest thing ever and so nice, she danced in New York during her glory days and is such a good teacher. She wears legwarmers, and ballet shoes everyday with her grey hair in a bun haha!.

Friday the 11th

I went to and early morning chemistry class at 7:45, The teacher is extremely difficult and informed us that we must study at least 8 hours a week if we want to get a C! There goes my social life! I then went to a jazz class with an extremely mean teacher that I planned to drop as soon as I found out if I made it into biology or not. I then went to biology and it was really interesting I think I am going to enjoy that class a lot. There were tons of people who wanted to be added also so I prayed that I would be able to get in it. I came home and wrote and email to the teacher and was added! Ya! An answer to prayer! I then did some laundry and cami came over. It was fun to see a familiar face! Then I went to a party with my roommate.

Saturday 12-18th

I went on a hike to cress creek which was kinda fun, it looked like Arizona, very hot and dry and most of it was paved. But we still had a good time! I have been really busy with school work. I have Chem everyday, but Thursdays which is our 2 hour chem lab, I have math 3 days a week, Book of Mormon, Ballet-which is so fun! I have biology 3 days a week Mon, Wed, Fri, On friday I have biology for 1 hour and then a 2 hour lab. So I have been keeping pretty busy. I think my hardest class is bio, right now we are working on cells, to give you some idea of what they are named here is one out of like 15: keritinized stratified squamous epithilim. We are also doing some complex chem in bio so it is killing my brain! I usually study 4 hours (at least) outside of class. I can't believe its only been a week! We went to our ward for the first time! Everyone seems really nice! We also went to FHE and it was this barbeque. We are going to meet out FHE groups on Sunday! I hope we have a good one! Tonight I am may be going to ballroom dance or a birthday party or both haha!

Here are some pictures of my apartment and Utah:

My Dream

2009-09-02T17:15:00.001-07:00

Someday, I would LOVE to have a major in archeology and travel to Egypt and discover old tombs and pyramids. That has always been my dream! I wish that BYU-Idaho had a program with archeology, but they don't so for now I will work towards a nursing degree. I am so mixed up right now about what to major in. I mean I am signed up for all the nursing pre-reqs, but I am still not very sure if I can handle inserting IV's into people veins. EW. My parents do not think that it is practical to major in something like archeology because I will always be traveling which is probably true, but right now I just want to do the spontanious thing and travel the world! I have always been interested in the old traditions of the people who lived in Egypt forever ago. Someday, I will discover lost cultures in Ancient Egypt and Pompeii! Like that internship that Bridget goes on to Turkey in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2? That will be me someday! haha

Song of the Day

2009-08-24T09:34:00.000-07:00

"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum. Go Listen to it, it's really cute!

I Love California

2009-08-23T22:16:00.001-07:00

I have been lazy so I really need to post about our california trip! We went to Disneyland for Ashley's birthday and it was so fun!! and hot! note to self:never wear jeans there again! I was dying! I love Disneyland it never changes! My favorite rides were Splash Mountain and Space Mountain! We also got Dole Pineapple whip which was SO GOOD! During the fireworks we decided to go on this spaceship ride in tomorrowland that flys up really high and spins in a circle. We got on right during the finale so it was really cool to see all the fireworks from up high! The last two days we went to the beach, boogie boarded, ate super good hamburgers from Jack's, and watched the US Open! It was fun to see people you just see in pictures like coco ho! We also went to Duke's twice and got the amazing Hula Pie! My mom planned the whole thing with tons of really fun stuff. We also got to see my Uncle Don and Aunt Kathy and eat dinner at their house which was cool! Besides almost getting raped at 11pm walking in dark alleyways it was a trip to remember!

Post-Graduate

2009-08-18T22:48:00.000-07:00

So I am going to try to make this blog a bit more personal, I usually write on this and then in a journal because it is hard for me to really say what I feel on something that other people read haha but writing in my journal makes my hand tired. So here goes:

I wasn't really that excited to graduate high school more nervous of what would come after it. Its nice not having to go back to school, but I miss waiting to get out of the senior parking lot in the hot sun and calling Melissa and talking to her everyday during her break at work while I waited. I miss laughing so hard my stomach hurt at lunch with Kendra, Jake, and Sam Junior year. I miss being in dance with Kristen and Kaitlin, I miss long rehearsals, I miss taking funny pictures in ballet with Cara and Lainie, During track I miss how fun our girls team was. We would jump in someone's pool and go to play basketball instead of doing the run when the coach was gone. Someone would always tell on us and we would get punished for it the next day. I remember feeling like I was gonna die, but doing it again a few weeks later. I miss waiting in the junior parking lot because it was freezing and listening to funny talk shows with jake, I miss sister roses seminary class and me and kendra always making jokes.

After Graduation its like everywhere that I thought was familiar became unfamiliar and new people came and took my place. Places where I used to belong, I didn't belong anymore. I feel more unsecure now than I did in high school and I am very scared to move away for the first time to a place where I do not know anyone and live with people that I have never met. At times I get really excited and can't wait and then other times I want to savor the last moments I have in my house, with my family. I feel like I am going to miss out on everything, most importantly Rhett's baptism. Ally's Birthday, Rhett's Birthday, Thanksgiving. I am sad that I am not going to really continue dance because all the college offers is a Ballet II, but at least it has that! and the teacher said that I could take it on pointe! When I think about not dancing it makes me want to cry! On a different note. I am having fun picking out plates, bowls, and other fun things for my apartment! I know I will make really good friends and have lots of fun! I feel like BYU-Idaho is where I am suppost to be and that everything will work out!

Andersen Family Reunion

2009-08-02T12:49:00.001-07:00

The Andersen Reunion was lots of fun, it was held in St. George. I think my favorite part was hiking the Narrows. We left at about 10am, it was a really cool hike we were hiking through a stream most of the time and there were ladders you had to climb up with the waterfall spilling over it! We finished at about 1pm and went to cafe rio! yum! perfect ending to the day! My and ash also spotted jon from jon &kate plus 8, but didn't bother going up to him or taking a picture because he is a jerk haha! The rest of the reunion we hung out by the pool and went out to eat, and talked with Grandpa. It was really fun catching up with everyone!

Flake Family Reunion

2009-08-02T12:25:00.001-07:00

The Flake Family reunion was lots of fun! Complete with the usual rodeo, luncheon, parade, ice cream at the flake store, booths at the park, subway, I even consented to go to the dance by persuasion by my cousins(you guys know how much I love dances haha not) Overall it was a fun reunion Alisha's dog had super cute puppies and they also had an evil barn owl pet haha! Keatons little pony was adorable! and we also got to play with Jon and Dawniel's baby chicks and try to persuade Keaton not eat the cute little things when they get older! It was so fun to hang out with all my cousins and to catch up!

fierce winds in Snowflake

Recital

2009-06-29T11:26:00.000-07:00

On June 20th I had my last recital! It's always kind of a relief to finally perform after rehearsing for months, but this time it was kinda sad! I am not sure what I am going to be doing with ballet when I go to college besides taking 1 class next semester! Thinking about stopping makes me want to cry! I love the feeling I get when I am performing, its so fun. The first act was the ballet Coppelia and I was in chardust-a hungarian dance of some sort, and then I had a solo as Prayer and then the finale. Usually the music for Prayer is sped up 20%, but at both rehearsals they were having problems with it so I was practicing with the slow version! My dance has TONS of bourrées on pointe so my feet were pretty blistery! I am also starting to get bunions-ew! Luckily, they had it fixed on the day of the recital! The second act was called Coast to Coast and I did a jazz solo to a song called bottle it up. I am so glad that I decided to do dance, it has opened up so many doors, I have made many friends, and it is so much fun! After the recital, we went to see UP which is a cute movie! It was the best day ever!

After the Show:

Father's Day

2009-06-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

This is a little late, I have been so busy with the recital and everything! I will post some pictures of that later.

My Dad:

I have the best dad, he works so hard for our family everyday and comes home and works some more in the yard! He is really good at gardening, cooking, landscaping, computers, jeopardy, politics, and making funny jokes. He always plans the funnest trips to Hawaii. On Valentines Day he writes us sweet poems. He is at every recital we have encouraging us and there to greet us afterwards with a dozen roses. He teaches us responsibilty and how to save our money. It was his dream to name one of his kids Zoe, but my mom never let him, finally she agreed to let it be my middle name and I love it! When we were little he would make up fun things for us to do at home. My favorite was "Dive-in" movies where he would bring a T.V. out by the pool and we would watch a movie and he would throw swedish fish into the pool and we would dive for them and eat them. When we went to Snowflake my favorite thing to do would be to go golfing with dad. Except I didn't want to golf I just liked driving the golf carts. :) I love my dad so much and will miss him a lot when I go off to college. You're the best dad thanks for always being there for me! I love you! love brittany zoe

Graduate!

2009-06-02T22:12:00.001-07:00

I am officially a high school graduate! It feels kind of weird I don't really want to grow up. haha The day before my grandparents came over and we had a party with an amazing ice cream cake from cold stone! Then the next day I graduated in the University of Phoenix stadium which was really cool and my grandparents came and so did my Aunt Laraine! Then we went to The Cheesecake Factory-my favorite!!

The graduation group

My Wonderful, Amazing Parents

Me and my adorable nephews!

We saw my best friend Natalie at Cheesecake!

My graduation party the night before, sorry these are out of order.

After we ate lunch at The Cheesecake Factory me and Natalie headed off to the Taylor Swift Concert, which was so good!

Kellie Pickler

The boys have been staying with us for the past week while Brooke and Cody partied it up in Hawaii, It has been so much fun they are so cute and say the cutest things! It was sad to see them go on Saturday!

Lastly-This is a funny music video that me, Ally, and Ashley made to the Taylor Swift Song "Love Story"!

Dance Concert

2009-05-09T11:31:00.000-07:00

We had our final high school dance concert Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. It was so sad to know on our last night that it was the last time that we would ever do those dances! Performance Dance has been such a fun experience and I will never forget the friends I have made and the fun I have had. Here are my best memories of Performance Dance:

*CALIFORNIA TRIP-This was seriously so amazing, we traveled to California, stayed in a really nice hotel, performed at Disneyland, took dance classes at an LA studio, and went to Phantom of the Opera at the Pantages theatre!
*Assemblies-We always performed our main group dance at the assemblies.

*Performances-We worked all semester making up dances and it was always so fun to be on stage and perform them in front of a crowd.

*Friends-I met so many nice people

It has been one of the best experience of my life and I will never forget it, it made my senior year amazing! Below are some pictures from the last night! Thanks to everyone who came to the shows it is so much more fun to perform when you have someone you know in the crowd! I don't have a picture of my favorite dance (80's senior dance) so I will put it up when a friend emails it to me!

A tribute to MOM!

2009-04-02T14:05:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Mom!

My mom is the best mom ever! She is so amazing and yesterday was her birthday! We woke up early and dad made her breakfast then we went to Mimi's for lunch and then (since I work at Cold Stone) we decided to try one of the cakes since I get them for half off, I went and picked it up and decorated it and we ate it that night! It was so good!! We then went to a YW broadcast and watched American Idol! Here are some of the millions of things I love about my mom!

*She wakes up with me every morning and makes me a big breakfast everyday before early morning seminary!

*A couple times a month she comes home from work and buys me lunch and we eat it together!

*She is the most unselfish, kind, loving person I know! I want to be just like her.

*She cooks amazing dinners

*She is always using her preschool money for us and never for herself

*When I get off work really late she is always there waiting for me to keep me company!

*She helps me fund my ballet!

*She is so thoughful and always leaving us nice cards and treats

*She went with us to the David Archuleta concert and waited in line for 5 hours in the hot sun!

*She makes us all feel special and loved!

There are so many more things these are just a few! I love you mom you are amazing! I am going to miss you sooo much when I am away at college! Love Brittany

David Archuleta

2009-03-18T00:12:00.001-07:00

Let me just start off with saying that I LOVE David Archuleta! He is just a genuinely nice person who is so cute! i was so excited when Aunt Laraine told us that he was giving a fireside in Mesa! We booked it down there, it was so worth it! It was funny because one of the questions was "What do you look for in an eternal companion?" His answer was a pizza analogy about how if you just ate the pizzas at the 7-11's then you would never know what other pizzas were out there and then he went on to say that someday you might go to Italy and try a real pizza...haha! what he was trying to say-date lots of people, he just took a while to make his point haha! its so funny how he gets side tracked. Now you will understand the sign I made below

We arrived at the Marquee Theatre at 1:30 and prepared ourselves for the long wait! At our place in line we should have gotten front row seats, but by the time we were about to go inside people had snuck up in front of us so we were about 4 rows back, it was still really fun, but let me tell you, David Arcuhleta fans are mean! Me and my friend Kendra were watching the concert and all of a sudden these moms with a group of about 7 screaming 13 year olds wanted to let all them go in front of us because they were shorter. (they had only waited in line for 30 minutes) When we said no they were angry and throughout the concert they would push and shove and one pulled Kendra's ponytail, rude! finally I told them that if they wanted to see they should have come earlier than us. haha!

Leslie Roy sang first, but I think all the girls were more interested in her band members than her. She sang good though and had more of a rocker tone.

Finally David kicked off the concert with my fav song of his "Touch My Hand" It was really exciting and he had so much energy that it made the whole concert amazing! My favorite song of his during the concert was this new single coming out called "Zero Gravity". After the concert we met up with Caitlin, Ally, my mom, Morgan, and Shannon and we waited for him to sign our posters! It was the best night of my life! I am always reminded of how fun concerts are after I go to them and always wonder why I haven't been to more! This summer I will defidently be going to a ton!!

impatient...

Our Creative little sign...

He put so much emotion and energy into his singing it is so fun to watch him perform!

While we were waiting for David to come out Leslie Roy and her band members came out and took pictures, my favorite of them was the guy with the nose ring (the drummer) he was so nice and even took a second picture when the first picture didn't turn out. Leslie Roy was also super nice she is from Ireland.

This is the bass guitar band member.

This is a picture of David signing my poster!

Such a fun experience concerts are the best if anyone knows any good ones let me know! I am ready to go again!

2009-03-08T17:34:00.000-07:00

I am officially going to BYU-Idaho on the Fall-Spring track! I am currently searching for a ballet studio within walking distance, an apartment, a lap top, and clothes to survive the freezing weather. I was a bit astonished when I found out that the only type of dance they offer is advanced clogging, international dance, modern, square dancing, etc. My plan is to transfer to Hawaii within a year and room with Ashley! I compiled a list of positives and negatives of Idaho:

Positives:

1. learning to snowboard

2. friendly farmers

3.new winter wardrobe!

4. clogging

Negatives:

1. cold

2. no flip flops!

3. farther away

4.no ballet program :((

ok so this list is extremely sarcastic clogging is def not a positive... Any how, I have heard good things about BYU-Idaho and many people love it there. I know this is where I am suppost to be because I felt that I should go to this school instead of Ballet Arizona so I know it will all work out!

CaLiFoRniA!!

2009-02-17T10:44:00.000-08:00

California was so fun! It was cool to be able to go backstage at Disneyland and see how everything was put together and then perform! It was freezing in our little tutus and tanks, but it was still really exciting. I loved going to Califonia Adventure for the first time, my favorite ride was Tower of Terror! We were also able to go see Phantom of the Opera, which was so cool! I loved the singing and dancing and they had really cool special effects. On our last day we went to the Beach which was really cool to see even though it was to cold to go in, we had a great view of the 50 year old surfers! haha JK ew. We also went shopping and then prepared ourselves for the 8 hour bus ride home...imagine this with around 40 girls talking, laughing, being VERY loud.

It was soo fun and I am glad I was able to go!

SNOW!

2009-01-31T22:25:00.001-08:00

Our ward had a super fun snow trip a couple weeks ago so I thought I would post some pictures from it. We went up to flagstaff and found a popular sledding spot and had tons of fun! It was kinda icy though so it really hurt when we crashed. We went down at least 30 times so I was so sore the next morning! One of the leaders made scones, chili, and cocoa so that was super good! On the ride home we all fell asleep in the car, my last snow trip with my ward before I grow up! I will miss these fun activities!

Ok so Ethan and Kade come over almost every Friday for a couple of hours so we can play with them and they are always doing funny things. Last Friday Ethan grabbed a big pound of meat and was balancing it on his head while walking around the house. Then he wanted a picture of him and his amazing skill so we took it on the web cam. Then Kade also insisted on a picture. haha! They are so random!

Winter Break

2009-01-13T10:45:00.000-08:00

It was super fun to have everyone here for Winter Break! We saw tons of movies, shopped, and played games. It is was so fun to have everyone together and was really sad when they all left!

This is from when we had just finished putting up all the ordaments on the christmas tree. We wrap them in toilet paper, hence the huge pile. haha!

The annual christmas play was super fun! The boys were wisemen and Ally was a shephard.

There's always one.....j/k Cody couldn't get enough of the strong apple cider! If you look closely you will also see a grandma in the background wearing clogs... haha jk brooke!

Dad's Birthday! It was a fun day, he is opening a hawaiian christmas cd from ash.

Things I love about dad: He is kind to us, He holds the priesthood and gives us blessings when we need them, He works hard for our family, he always cooks really good salsa, potstickers, and lettuce wraps, he takes us to see movies, he is an excellent gardener.

I am now officially an adult!
On my birthday my mom took us all to The Nutcraker it was so fun! This picture is from a couple of days earlier we went to Oreganos and namebrands for shopping! so fun!

Below are my three best presents! they are so cute and thoughtful! I hung them up in my room.

Senior Pictures

2008-12-16T15:46:00.000-08:00

I was so excited for these! 3 weeks of waiting! I love them, I don't know how I will choose which ones to send out. I am putting a lot on, but if you want to see more they are at: http://www.svbphoto.com/Galleries

Glendale Glitters

2008-12-07T20:26:00.000-08:00

We went to Glendale Glitters on Saturday to perform The Nutcracker! It was really fun to perform with so many people watching! Also very nerve-wracking! Ally is a soldier and a chinese and I am a flute. It was crazy trying to find parking and I made us late, but luckily we made it about 30 min. before the performance! I am such a disorganized person and Ally is the opposite so it doesn't go so well when we have to get to places at the same time haha! Luckily, she and my mom are organizing a system that will help me become more organized...hehe not sure if it will work, but I try!

These are some pictures that Brooke took for us:

Us and Mom! She is the best mom ever! And we don't have a picture of the best dad ever he was waiting for us outside! He bought us roses! thanks guys you are the best!

Us and Brooke! She was so very nice to come see us even though she had a lot of finals to do! I don't know why my face is so shiny eh! hopefully that was just the flash!

The Flute dance...we couldn't do it on pointe because of the cement and all the cracks :(

Ally doing her chinese dance, Shes so cute, she is the one in the middle! She can hop like a grasshopper!

Thankful

2008-12-02T10:47:00.000-08:00

This is a little late, but better than never! here are some of the things I am most thankful for, there are a ton so I thought I would just do 5-

*My Family

I love my family so much! It is so fun when we all get together. We have so many fun traditions and things that we do together! I am so thankful for them! I am so excited for Christmas when we can all get together and talk and have fun together. I thought I would write some things that I like most about each family member:

1. My Dad- He is such a hard worker! I am amazed at how much he does for our family and he is such a good dad. He is kind, fun, and intelligent. He is also a great chef and I love when he makes his salsa and lettuce wraps!

2. My Mom-She is amazing! She is the most unselfish person I know and always so generous! She is patient, kind and caring. She makes everyone of us feel special and does so much service! She is also a very good cook especially when she makes lemon chicken!

3. Brooke-She is an amazing sister and mother and has raised 3 cute boys. I don't know how she does everything she does! She is stylish, funny, and creative. Everytime we are together I get an ab workout from laughing so hard!

4. Melissa- She is an inspiration! She's an amazing college graduate who is a super fast runner. She is very considerate, fun, and nice and is always finding ways to make people happy and feel better when they are sad.

5. Ashley- She is very laid back, calm, and perfect (lol!) She is so fun to do stuff with and is my rock climbing buddy! When me and Ally were little we called her "Life of the Party" and we used to march around outside her bedroom door and have her autograph all our stuff haha!

6. Ally Ally is an excellent ballet dancer and is always spinning and dancing where ever she goes! She is very thoughtful, graceful, and creative. She is always thinking of creative things to do and fun to be around.

There is a better picture of us all, but I could not find it because our files were switched to another folder!

*The Gospel

I am so thankful for the gospel in my life. I do not know what I would do without it and it is just so amazing! I love everything about it! Everything in this church is just so right and true and I am so thankful that I am a part of the true gospel of Jesus Christ! I am also very thankful for our prophet President Thomas S. Monson!

*Friends

Then: Here is a picture from back in the day! haha! This is 7th grade. We had so much fun together and were so entertained with taking pictures the whole night! This was before a church dance I believe!

Now: Here is a more recent photo.We have so much fun together and always find ways to make boring Arizona fun! I love these girls they mean so much to me!

* A Job

As many of you know... I finally got a job! I work at Hollister now and had a memorable first shift on Friday night/Saturday morning from 9pm-2am folding clothes after the black friday rush! 5 hours of it! But I am not complaining, I am so thankful to have a job now! The people I work with are super nice and I have already become close friends with a couple of them!

* The newest member of our family: Coconut (coco)

We got him on Thanksgiving and he is the cutest little bunny! He even has blue eyes! He loves to be held and to hop around outside. Everytime you walk by his cage he will hop toward you and stand up because he loves attention!

* Dance- I am sooo grateful for the opportunity I have to take dance classes. I have been so blessed and always seem to have just enough money to pay for it. It would not be possible without my mom! She helps me finance it and I am so grateful! Dancing means the world to me and I never want to stop!

TAG

2008-11-17T21:01:00.000-08:00

7 things I can do-

1-Dance

2-Write essays, I love English!

3-Style peoples hair-It is so fun! I love having Ally be my model and curling her hair and doing it different ways, It doesn't always end well sometimes it gets tramatic, but It turns out good 95% of the time!

4-Talk on the Phone for hours and text at lightning speed! haha!

5-Spend all my money in one shopping trip, feel guilty about it, and end up returning half the stuff! haha!

6-Read, I love to read!

7-Photography, I love to take pictures of everything and capture really cool scenes.

7 things I cannot do-

1- Wake up without pressing the snooze.

2-Math, I hate it, its so confusing to me!

3-Go to bed at a reasonable time-I'll have to say the same thing as Brooke because it is so true I go to bed at at least 11 almost every night and I wake up for seminary at 5!

4- Get a job! The economy is really bugging me right now because *no joke I have applied at over 20 places and have not gotten a job.

5-Change my hair style- I have had the same style for so long! I want side bangs and a different hair color, but I am always a wimp and never drastically change my hair when I go to get it done.

6-Keep my room clean

7-Eat any fast food meat, excluding in-and-out because they are fresh, it grosses me out!

7 Products I love

1-Clinique Concealer and Foundation-this stuff is amazing! I love it because it covers blemishes so well!

2-Dolce & Gabbana Perfume-Light Blue-This is the BEST perfume in the world! I love it sooo much the scent it amazing! It stays on the whole day.

3-Victoria's Secret Mosiac Bronzer-It is a really good shade and makes you look really tan.

4. Cover Girl Eye Enhancer in Champaigne- This is the best color and it is the foundation for every eye shadow color that I use it goes so well with everything and brightens up your eyes.

5. Rusk Thermal Serum- It protects your hair from the heat of styling and gives it shine.

6. Lotions from Bath and Body Works-Black Raspberry Vanilla is my favorite.

7. The new David Archuleta CD-really good!

7 Things I love to eat

1-Boneless Barbeque Buffalo Wings from Applebees

2. Haagan Daz White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Ice Cream

3-Simply Orange-Orange Juice

4-German Chocolate Pie from Marie Callendar's

5-Cajun Chicken Pasta from Chilis

6-Pizza and pizuki from Oregano's

7-Stuffed Tortillas at The Cheesecake Factory

The list could go on and on! I struggled with some of the other ones, but I had no problem with this one! Everyone should do this Tag because it was really fun and I like to read them! Anyone who has make-up suggestions I would love them! I always like to try new brands!

A Tribute to John McCain

2008-11-05T20:17:00.000-08:00

I was never really into politics until recently, I am not sure what sparked my interest, but since the summer I have been really into researching both the candidates and their stances on the issues, researching propositions, etc. I love it! I didn't miss a debate and was the first one in our family to know the 411 about each candidate.-i know its strange haha! Our class at school is even doing a Fantasy Congress league! I had been following the race very closly and was estatic when I heard that we were invited to attend John McCain's election party-thanks to Jeff! It was so fun with all our cousins and the cool atmosphere of a Presidential election party. I kinda knew what was coming and was sad to find out that McCain's speech would not be one of victory, but one of concession :( I have been thinking about it all day and it makes me really sad! To me John McCain was the best choice for President, but people overlooked it because of Obamas eloquent way of phrasing his pointless plans that our country just doesn't have the money for. Anyway I won't bore you with my views on these haha! I really admire John McCain's love for our country and his service as a Navy Pilot. I can't even imagine what he must have gone through at those camps, but it is undeniable the love he has for the U.S.A. He had so much to bring to the table and would have been way more prepared to deal with the war in Iraq. Here are some pictures and videos from the party last night. It was a night I will never forget! Here's to McCain!

In the ballroom listening to John Rich, He sang his song "Raisin' McCain"

This is one of those moments where I wish I had a really good camera!

Below is a video I took of his speech:

Ward Youth Conference

2008-10-19T00:22:00.000-07:00

We had the ward youth conference this weekend which was super fun! We just got back tonight and for some reason I am not tired even though I got like 3 hours of sleep last night! On Friday we all met at the church at 5pm and then we drove up to Prescott and we got to stay in The Franklin's cabin, Well the girls did anyway! It was sooo nice, 3 stories and probably like 15x's bigger than our real house and it looked like a model home. The boys had to stay in an old warehouse that was super dusty and had attack dogs surrounding it that barked the whole night, sad! When we got there it was dark so we had a short fireside and then we went back to the cabin. There were like 30 girls sleeping in sleeping bags all over the basement and it was impossible to sleep! haha! The next day we had this really good breakfast with french toast made out of homemade bread it was so good! Then we did a service project painting picnic tables at the little park that is in the middle of all the cabins around there. Then we had lunch, went to little classes, and just hung out until dinner. Then we ate and had a testimony meeting. It was so fun and I am so thankful for all the leaders who went to so much work to put it together it was amazing! Here are some pictures from the conference:

Team Rockstars!

Kendra and I

Kendra, me, and Lindsey before the service activity

Going HOME!

The Twisted Big Top

2008-10-12T12:39:00.000-07:00

Near halloween me and my friends usually go to fear farm (a haunted corn maze)-I know some of you might think it is weird to pay to be chased around a corn maze by evil looking clowns...but it is one of the things I look forward to the most near halloween! This year though, we heard about a haunted house called "The Twisted Big Top" -It is about this girl who never got to go to the circus and so she imagined up all these demented things of what the circus must be like. The haunted house was centered around clowns. The best thing about it was there was a very short line, but it pretty much ended there. We paid $23 dollars to be slightly scared through a pretty lame haunted house which was supposed to be the best in AZ! The first attraction we sat in this room which was supposed to be a funeral and these statues with projected faces talked and then a skeleton flung out of a coffin. The next attraction was a mirror maze that lasted 3 minutes where only two people popped out. The last attraction was the best part. You began being led through one of those places where there is a big air bag being pushed against you to make you feel claustrophobic, then you went through several rooms where clowns followed you and popped out at you and such. I thought that the clown statues were freakier than the people. I have to hand it to them the statues were really realistic and the scary part was you could not tell if they were going to move and grab you, or if they were just fake. There was this nerd clown statue with HUGE teeth that was so freaky. All in all, if you were planning to go to a haunted house this October, i would recommend fear farm! Sorry this post is really long, I want to be able to remember everything!

Homecoming

2008-10-05T18:05:00.000-07:00

Okay so I have lots and lots of pictures of homecoming! It has been such of fun week!

Homecoming Day! It was so fun the whole week because it was spirit week! The best day was friday beacause of the pep assembly and the game. My dance group danced at the assembly so that was super fun! We also had another interesting dance group perform-The Sun City Dancers! Haha! They were so funny doing the splits and headstands! Very entertaining! I hope I look that good when I'm older haha!

Me and Jake at the game. Even though we lost it was really fun, we stayed until half time and then we went with kendra, natalie, david, bryan and jordan to applebees and cold stone.

We picked up the guys super early in the morning and we surprised them with breakfast!

The boys made us lunch instead of going out to dinner because they went to the Priesthood session. Then they picked us up later and we went to the dance.

Okay so it was kinda sad because I ordered this dress for homecoming a little over a week before the dance hoping it would get here in time but it never did! Sad! I absolutely loved it though! I ended up just buying new shoes and red ribbon and wearing the dress that I wore at Melissa's wedding.

I went with Jake, one of my good friends so it was really fun!

The corsage...

Okay so it is really hard to put on a boutonniere! I think I stabbed him a couple of times haha!

The group- it was funny we didn't plan to all match, but it turned out that we all wore red and black.

Life!

2008-09-18T09:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so I haven't posted in a while, mainly because I didn't have any pictures to put up! so here's a little update on whats been happening lately. Last week I tried out for The Nutcracker and I got a solo as a flute! Rehearsals start next week so I will be busy with that. Schools been going good also, I hardly have homework because I am just taking economics and dance! A few weeks ago I started helping my dance teacher teach two ballet classes a week so that has been really neat learning how to teach and watching all the little girls learn technique! Basically dance is taking over my life haha! but I love it so its all good! I have also been busy searching for a job and deciding which colleges I want to apply for. I am loving life and know that I will be guided in whichever direction is best for me! It was also Ally's birthday yesterday so she got lots of cute clothes and such!
Happy Birthday Ally!

no braces!

2008-08-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

ya!! finally the day that I have been waiting two years for (since the day I got them on haha!). Yesterday I got my braces off which was very exciting! here is a picture!

VISIT!

2008-08-21T14:29:00.000-07:00

Melissa and Sam visited this week and it was so much fun! We went to sunsplash and slide rock. It is so sad now because they just left and in two days Ashley is leaving! :( Well I have been searching for a job for two weeks now and it is not fun! Usually a typical day is seminary, school, home at 10:30, fill out applications :(, dance. haha! here are some pictures from lately:

The Family on Melissa and Sam's last night. I don't know what Ally is trying to do....

We went to target and picked out weird outfits for each other. I think mine won for the weirdest, maternity shorts and a giant leopard print swim shirt. haha!

We also went to slide rock on Monday and swam and had a picnic it was tons of fun!

New Blog

2008-08-11T20:38:00.000-07:00

I've decided to start blogging since I thought i'd be a fun way to keep in touch with everyone especially ashley going to hawaii and melissa away in Utah. I will miss them :( Here are some of the best moments of summer! It is really sad to realize that it is over and that school will not be over until May! But who am I to complain I only have to go to school until 10:30 :) and let me say that I am lovin' it! I can't believe that it is my senior year already, it seems I was just barely a freshman. I am reluctant to accept that starting tomorrow I will have to start getting up at 5:00 for seminary!! It's a big leap considering I am used to going to bed at 12 and waking up at 10!

Hanging out at Kendra's

American Idol Concert

Sparkler's on the 4th of July

David Archuleta singing at the concert