Home At Last!

Due to popular demand (I think Ashley may have mentioned it in passing) I thought I’d put up some pictures of the artwork by Melissa and me….

Here I am with Nebuchadnezzar…he is the Snowman that we skewered and put on the grill…^

And here is our Snow Castle…^(please notice the mini-snowman we have guarding the entrance)

This last week wasn’t super exciting. I had my first week of college finals. I didn’t do too bad (Imagine me saying that like Dad). I got all A’s and B’s in my classes, so that’s good. The only real fun thing I did all week was hang out with Andrew. We study for Chemistry on Tuesday and then Biology Wednesday morning and French Wednesday night. On Thursday I helped Amy move into her new apartment, took Jamie to his babysitter’s for the Christmas break, cleaned the apartment for cleaning check, and then hung out with Andrew. I painted his nails black(him and his brother wanted to paint their nails black to freak out their mom) and then I helped him pack up all of his stuff (he’s not going back to BYU for winter semester :( )and clean his apartment for his cleaning check. Friday afternoon I drove home with a friend from our Boise ward and I am super happy to be home. It has already been lots of fun. I caught up on some SNL and Late Night shows with Paul and RaeAnn on Friday, visited Blue Sky Bagels, and then Dad got home on Saturday. And, of course, I have been getting in as much Baby J time as possible…

Last Real School Week…this semester at least…

Last week of classes!! I would be more excited that that part of the semester is over, except for the fact that it means I have finals all this week :(

Sunday (the last one): Amy, Andrew, Madisen, Melissa, and I had a yummy roast dinner (still not quite up to my dad’s standards, but what can you do?)

Monday: We had our last FHE activity :( I am really gonna miss my FHE group…they are so awesome. And I’m gonna miss being the mom. Anyway, for our last activity we had a Christmas party. We did a little gift exchange and then played the game 2 Truths and a Lie. Then, after it was all over, two of the boys (Andrew and Mike) pretty much sneak-attacked me. They were hiding behind a car and as soon as I walked out of the building they were running at me with arm-fulls of snow. Of course, I was not wearing a coat since I was just planning on walking up a flight of stairs to my apartment. Needless to say, I had snow down the front and back of my shirt and my hair was drenched.  The nice part was that they walked me back to my apartment at least.

Thursday: Finished Friday Night Lights :(

Friday: Watched 90210 with Amy, then did some physical science studying and then we had a waffle/pancake party with Melissa and Andrew (waffles because Amy loves waffles and pancakes because Andrew loves pancakes…Melissa and I are the only not-picky eaters I guess.)  Then Andrew and I went to the Ward Pot Luck, which was fun, and then we went roller skating with the ward, which was dangerous. I feel…a lot…7 times to be exact…and I’m still sore!  Andrew had to teach me how to do it because I can’t even think of the last time I went roller skating (all I remember is having a pair of roller skates when I was little that were adjustable, so I probably had them from like age 5 to age 10…) and then, all my FHE sons tried to help me become an independent skater. I don’t think that it’s the right sport for me.

Saturday: Melissa and I made a snow castle (like a sand castle) and then we made a mini-snowman and put him on a skewer and set him on the grill behind our apartments. It’s pretty funny, if you ask me. Andrew said we were cruel, but I could tell he really thought it was hilarious cuz he was really trying to hold in a laugh.  Then we went and got grapefruit, cuz it was on sale.

Pretty exciting week, right? Risky thing of the week: Trying to roller skate. That was definitely risky to my life!

This Week in P-Town

Well, I’m sorry Ashley, but I wasn’t super busy this week…but it’s kind of your fault!! Haha. So, here’s the highlights from this week:

Monday: For FHE we decorated sugar cookies (which, of course, I made because my husband can’t do anything…anyway..) and then delivered them to some other FHE groups in our ward. It was really fun!

Tuesday: Instead of doing homework, I fed my newest addiction…Friday Night Lights. It’s a SUPER good show that Ashley introduced to RaeAnn and I over Thanksgiving break (hence why the lack-of-riskiness was your fault, I was watching FNL instead of being risky! haha) Anyway, while I was watching, I was texting Andrew and so he came over to get me to stop watching. We hung out for like 4 hours… :)

Thursday: I saw Quinton Riches…the boy I loved Junior year of high school. That was super eventful!

Friday: Amy and I watched 90210, One Tree Hill, and Friday Night Lights together. I love having Amy watch Tv shows with me!! Then we went to California Pizza Company (?) with three of her friends from the dorms she lived in last Fall. (that’s kind of risky right??  I could’ve stayed home.) While we were there I saw some “friends” from Boise (Trevor Anderson and Andrew….don’t know his last name…he went to Eagle, but he was in our ward before we moved to AZ) so that was random. Then Amy and I went back to my apartment and just had girl-chat time. It was fun.

Saturday: We made cinnamon rolls for our physical science TA, Chad, cuz he’s awesome (when I say “we” I mean Melissa). Then I hung out with Camille, Saudalia, and Leslie, three friends of mine from Mountain View, because Leslie was visiting for the weekend. Then Melissa, Andrew, and I went grocery shopping to get a roast and stuff for Sunday dinner and I invited Andrew to join us for dinner! Then we hung out at our apartment with Melissa’s friend, Adrianne, and made pralenes and listened to music. Andrew’s taste in music reminds me of Brett/Ben. It’s kind of weird. haha.

Well, I hope ya’ll had a good week (that’s right, I said ya’ll…blame Friday Night Lights!!) Can’t wait for Finals to be done :)

My exciting Week:

Well, last week was pretty wicked…

On Monday for FHE, we took “family pictures” and I printed them out as Christmas cards!! We’re gonna write notes for the parents of all the kids in our group and then send them with the Christmas picture! Good idea? I thought so. Here are some of my fave pics that we got:

   

*I was definitely getting a rubber band flicked at my head…no worries* 

*All the daughters with Trevor (their Dad…) * 

*All the boys and their dad*

*Me and all the boys*    

*The whole fam (funny faces)*

 

*Here are all the kids lined up from “oldest to youngest” (Not literally, but they wanted us to make up the order according to how they acted)*

And here are some Roomie Pics (have we all seen that SNL skit, cuz it’s hilarous):   

Then on Friday, I went to Outback wit Madisen and we watched Crazy/Beautiful (which was a really weird movie…) and just hung out and chatted, so that was nice. On Saturday, I went shopping with Madisen (don’t worry, I didn’t purchase anything) and then I went to the Ward Talent Show with Andrew.  Then we watched Iron Man with Michelle and Michael. It was a super fun week and now I’m just waiting for my ride to come pick me up so I can go to Boise!!!! I’m so excited!!

I’M SORRY I’M SORRY I’M SORRY!!

Please forgive me….I’m not posting til TUESDAY!? Ridiculous. But I’m still doing my highlight from last week, and expect a Sunday post on the 22nd, like normal…

Okay, so last week, my exciting story is that I went to go see Harry Potter 6 with some pretty awesome people:

1. Melissa—My absolutely awesome roomie who’s actually never seen any of the Harry Potters all the way through. How has she been living her life? I don’t know. She’s only seen part of the 2nd one in Spanish class, so I was pretty much explaining the whole thing to her throughout.

2. Scott—My FHE son who looks EXACTLY like Harry Potter (see last post if you’re confused). He sat next to me and at the end of the movie, when Dumbledore is drinking the potion, I heard him sniffling, so I turned to him and said, “Scott, are you crying?” and he said, “No, are you?” and I said “umm….” and Melissa said “Yea she is!!” haha. But I feel cool because I watched Harry Potter WITH Harry Potter….

3. Andrew—Also and FHE son…but let’s not call him my son because he’s pretty much super attractive…. :) (Again, see last post-there’s a picture of him and I together).

4. Carter—FHE son, who thinks he’s a gangster, but Melissa and I think he’s really just a paper gangster (see Lady GaGa song…)

5. Trenton—FHE son; he was distracting Melissa during the movie…okay, maybe not “distracting” but he kept telling her things in the movie and she’d laugh and I was like, “Guys! Snape has just betrayed the Order of the Phoenix!” (that’s a fictional example).

It was really fun. I enjoyed it just as much as the first time (just kidding Nolan, it was way funnier when I watched it with you!! haha).  But the bummer was that half-way through the movie, I got a bloody nose!! I think I’ve only gotten a bloody nose one other time in my life (at my senior awards ceremony…never very good timing) and lost time I saw HP 6 I had the worst case of the hiccups all day. I don’t know what it is about HP, but something weird always happens when I go to watch him…weird.

Picture Scavenger Hunt

Since Ashley complained about me posting MONDAY instead of SUNDAY, I thought I’d make up for it by posting a second one this week…I know, ambitious.

So, this week for FHE we had a picture scavenger hunt! It was super fun…here are some of my face pictures from the night:

Half our group in a chair

The whole group in an elevator

Two lovers (we’re not REALLY lovers….though he is super cute…)

This is probably my fave—this is my son, Scott, who looks like Harry Potter standing next to a poster of Harry Potter…I know there’s a glare, but just look at that resemblance!! They’re even both wearing red jackets!!

The group under a bench (though Carter is not under…what a cheater)

Everyone in the air!

In front of a water fountain

In front of a movie theater…I just think this one is so funny cuz all the boys are making the funniest faces and Melissa and Sarah are just smiling…hahaha.

Anyway, sorry for the overload of pictures, but it was a super fun night!

Rexburg for the Weekend

So, this weekend I was in…Rexburg!! :) Amy and I drove up there on Friday after PS so that she could visit her sister in Idaho Falls and I could visit Kelsey (friend from Mesa) who’s going to school at BYU-I.  We all went out to dinner together at Red Robin (which made me think of RaeAnn, Paul, Kenna, and Jason…just fyi). Then, I spent the night in Rexburg—Kelsey and I stayed up late watching Just like Heaven and The Proposal and just chit-chatting :)

On Saturday we went to 2 soccer games that Kelsey’s roommate was playing in and then we went to the Harvest Bread Co. (which made me think of Whole Grain) and got some yummy soup and bread.  Then we met up with Amy and her sister and played some card games and went to a cupcake place called “The Cocoa Bean” (or something like that). They had the best cupcakes EVER and yummy steamers too (I guess it’s that time of year RaeAnn!)

Then I spent the night at Amy’s sister’s house and we watched The Office from last week and just hung out and then drove back to Provo…. It was a fun trip!

*Chelsi, Me, and Kelsey all bundled up at the soccer game*

*Amy, Kelsey, and me in Kelsey’s apartment*

Halloween in Tooele

Well, this weekend, Danny and Sarah were nice enough to let me crash their Halloween party since I was all alone in Provo. Plus I was going a little crazy; I needed a trip out of my apartment and away from BYU students.  Danny came and picked me up on Friday morning.  We got to Tooele just in time for some yummy lunch and then I got to have some quality play-time with Donald while the other kids were playing with their cousins.  Man, that little boy REALLY likes his cars/trucks/helicopters/all forms of transportation. And he loves to wrestle…and climb on top of my stomach when I’m laying on the ground and then jumping off. He could probably do that all night. Anyway, I had lots of fun playing with Donald.

On Saturday, for breakfast we had ORANGE pancakes…that’s right. They were good. Then we got everyone ready in their costumes (I wish I’d remembered to bring my camera!! We’ll all just have to check Sarah’s blog for pictures, hopefully).  Rebecca had me do her hair and make-up for her (she was a clown).  Then we had lunch with Sarah’s sister’s and their fams.  Then we hit up the trunk-or-treat (which I remember being much more exciting when I was a young one) and then I took Rebecca and Sherri trick or treating. I was having a lot of flashbacks all day of when we lived in Boise and RaeAnn would get me all ready for halloween (especially like 5th grade) and I wanted her to hang out with all of my friends and stuff like that. Anyway, it was lots of fun to go trick or treating with them, I hope they had fun too.  But I did feel kind of old for the first time.

I came back to Provo on Sunday and got to drive a car for the first time since August! I hadn’t realized how much I missed driving, but it was lovely to be in the car alone for an hour with just my thoughts and the road. Don’t make fun of me…haha.  And when I got home we started our roast and rolls for Sunday dinner, which was delicious if I do say so myself.

All in all, a great weekend.

Mini-Golfing with Christian Bale

Okay, I didn’t really go mini-golfing with Christian Bale (I wish!). I actually went on another date this weekend. This time, I actually knew the kid!! YEAH!!

His name is Scott. He’s the boy that I invited over to study physics (because Ashley told me I had to be risky) and he’s the FHE co-chair in our ward, so he’s like in charge of me since I’m an FHE group leader.  Anyway, we went on a double date with one of his friends and you know what Melissa and I decided? It’s so unfair that boys always get to go on dates with their friends, but the girls just have to go with their friends and never their own. lame. anyway, we went to play Mini-golf and didn’t take score, which was good because I was really not doing well. I was glad Dad wasn’t there to see because I don’t think he would’ve been to happy to admit I was his daughter. So then we played arcade games (which was not very fun, cuz arcade games are kind of boring…haha).  Then he bought me dippin’ dots (cuz I told him I haven’t had dippin’ dots since I lived in AZ). Oh, and when we were mini-golfing we played the “favorites” game, where you ask them what there favorite something is…it’s pretty self-explanitory…and I found out none of the people on my date had ever seen the Batman movies!! so we went and watched Batman Begins and then he said we’d have to go on another date and watch Dark Knight. haha. Anyway, all in all it was pretty fun…and it was good he asked me because otherwise I wouldn’t have had any risky stories to tell this week!! :)

I was SO outgoing this week…

So, on Friday I got asked on my first date ever. That’s right, I’ve never been asked on a date, and I don’t really think this one counted because a boy in my psych class said, “will you do me a favor? we’re having a group date tomorrow and my friend, John, doesn’t have a date, but he’s really nice and tall and attractive, will you go with him?”  keep in mind that I barely know the kid in my psych class who’s setting me up on a bind date. Anyway, so Amy and I looked him up on facebook and he has a mountain man picture! I guess he’d been living in Mesa (weird,right?) over the summer and grew out a nasty beard.  Luckily, that was shaved off for our date, but he was still really nerdy looking with his braces, and he was so nervous, which stinks because I was nervous, seeing as I’ve never done the dating thing. So, for our date we went to Wal-Mart and picked out 3 foods that we were gonna feed to another couple while they were blinded and they had to guess what it was. Then we went on a two mile walk to a park and did the food thing and then went to Costa Vida…

Breakdown:

The walk was a little too long for my liking because we didn’t talk as a group, we just talked as “couples.” Luckily, he was good at asking questions, and I’m pretty good at talking about myself! haha.  But I found out that he was like 26! Yep…his youngest sister is older than me (19).

Food eating: I was way nervous about being fed while blind folded, but luckily a girl fed me and was nice, while a guy fed John and was…not so nice. haha. I really liked all the girls that were there (there were 3 other couples), but I felt bad for one of them because she was like late 20’s and the other two girls were sophomores and I’m a freshman.  But all the boys were really weird, so I couldn’t flirt with any of them! haha.

Costa VIda: I really don’t like Costa…sorry to those that do. And, again, we all sat at like different tables because it was so crowded, so I had to sit alone with him again and make up conversation.  He seemed to think I was funny, but at this point, I found at that he’s a TREKKIE!! That’s right, he likes Star Trek and admits it. (I kept thinking of Luke Danes…what would Lorelia say if she knew?) Needless to say, since that wasn’t the only nerdy thing, I don’t really want to date him ever again. And when he walked me to my door (awkward) he asked for my number…

And Ashley told me I had to do 3 risky things this week, so then I was very outgoing and invited a boy over to study on Friday! I know right? Except, he kind of invited himself, but I agreed, so anyway, I’m pretty much super outgoing now. haha!! He’s the one that I agreed to do my physics homework with him and his friends and they were all jerks and it took like 2 extra hours. When he came over, he said they’d done the homework without him and it took them 3 hours, and we did it in 1 so I was like, ya…if we’re gonna study together we are not studying with them…but I didn’t say that.

The third thing I did (which, admittedly, I didn’t really have to do anything, but…you’ll see) was talk to this random boy. haha. He came to our apartment tonight and me, Melissa, Amy, and Madisen were just hanging out, well he knocked on the door and said that he was having a dance party at their apartment and he invited us and we just joked with him for a while, but then he left and we weren’t gonna go, and then he came back so we hung out with him for a bit and invited him to have cookie dough with us and he was way funny.

*Amy and Melissa in their aprons, making cookie dough*

Anyway, I hope you’re all very proud. I felt like such a college kid this weekend! haha…just kidding.

Oh, PS, I’m also entering a writing contest called the Stephenie Meyer Writing Contest..haha. You’re suppose to try to imitate Stephenie Meyer’s style of writing in 100 word or less entries and you can submit three, so that’s what I’m gonna do. If you win, you get dinner and tickets to New Moon for two, 2nd place gets 2 New Moon movie tickets and popcorn, and 3rd gets….2 NEW MOON TICKETS! haha.

Story of the Week: 2x

Well, this week was super eventful!! haha. On Thursday, I did something I never do…I hung out with boys. haha. Okay, not really “hung out,” we worked on Physics homework together. And, it was actually such a waste because it took me like 3 times as long to do my homework than it would’ve if I’d done it by myself, but this boy in my ward and in my physics class has invited to me to do homework like 4 times, and every time I’d already done my homework, so I said no and this time I hadn’t and I felt bad, so I went.  His a pretty cool kid and we’re on the FHE Council group together, so it was probably good to make a friend, even though his friends were super weird/rude.

The other exciting story from this week is that I went to an Institute dance for UVU with Madsien and Melissa. You’d think that would be risky enough, but I took it one notch further and invited a girl from my English class to come with us because we had an extra wristband.  It was pretty fun to people watch, let me tell you. And Lauren (English friend) got along well with Melissa and Madisen. I only got asked to dance one, and the boy was kind of weird, but it turned out that he’d gone to high school with my FHE husband, Trevor. What a small world. But then he was awkward after we found that similarity out because he was like, “you’ll have to say, ‘Trevor I met a guy named Logan and we were close to each other, and he was touching my hand and I was touching his shoulder, blah, blah, blah” Yeah, that was awkward…haha.

Oh, and on Saturday, Madisen came over to watch John Tucker Must Die (love it!) and her roommate asked her if it was okay if they invited some guys over and drank at their apartment. Yeah…So she told them it wasn’t okay with her and she was going to stay at our apartment, so we had a little sleepover. Poor girl, I’m so happy I don’t have to deal with that kind of thing. I would never want to.

Anyway, that was my exciting week…I hope you enjoyed my stories, I always try to do at least one exciting thing a week so I can blog about it. :)

**I didn’t really have any pictures from my exciting stories…but on Tuesday night Amy came over to watch 90210 with me, and then we made dinner and, while doing dishes, we did some pan dancing…yea. she’s hilarious.

Story of the Week #3: My Day in Arizona

Well, I think all of you who read my blog know this, but I was in Arizona for a day! It was a pretty spontaneous trip. Melissa called me before my Psych class on Friday and said, “Will you come to Arizona with me tonight?” so I asked Dad and he said “oh…okay…” So we packed and left and by three in the morning, there we were: Mesa, Arizona.  I slept in pretty late on Saturday because I’ve been feeling sick and I was exhausted from getting in so late.  I went and saw my high school friend, Laura, who’s going to ASU, and then Aunt Mae and Preston picked me up to go to Queen Creek with them. I got to see Whitney and Stelios, because they were in town, and got to see all of Tawny's family.  We had a bbq and played some card games and just got to hang out. Then I went back to Melissa’s, woke up at 7 and got ready to head back to school…

I hope no one ever tries to tell me I’m not spontaneous, because I will just tell them this story. :)

Story of the week

okay, I’m not gonna lie…this one actually happened LAST weekend, but I’ll also give an update from this week too.  So last Friday Amy, Melissa, and I had a girl’s night. We make waffles and buttermilk honey syrup. We then put ice cream on the waffle, and then syrup on that…YUM! Then we watched Twilight!! (cuz Melissa hasn’t seen it)  It was super fun to just have a pj’s night with them, it felt like we were in high school again! haha.

This week I was pretty busy with tests. I had to take my first Book of Mormon test and my first Physical Science test, and I took 2 tests in Psychology and a group test in that class and I had to study for a Physics tests that starts this week! I know, pretty busy, huh? Plus, Melissa’s parents came into town and they brought Melissa a car! We are so excited to go to Borders’s :) haha. But we took a trip to Salt Lake City with her parents yesterday, and we were pretty much there the whole day, so I got nothing done. Then, when we got home, I made Melissa watch Cat in the Hat with me, because I quoted it like 5 times on Saturday. Oh, and I wrote a paper for my English class that my teacher wrote “see me” on, and I was so scared! Then I went to a meeting with her and she told me my paper was really good and with some fine tuning, she thought it could go in the school newspaper! Pretty crazy! and I found out I got a 90 on my physical science test, so I was happy. I got my first missionary letter since I got here (Chandler) and so today me and Melissa are gonna take some pictures to send to him.

Well, I think that that’s about everything that happened this week. Oh, but I can’t remember, did I tell you guys about Ben? If not, then I have 2 more stories!! haha.

Vampire Diaries

Okay, okay, I know what you’re thinking. vampire diaries, kimberly? honestly? do you not already have enough vampire things to obsess over?  Well, up until a week ago, I would’ve agreed with you. I heard at the beginning of the summer that the CW was coming out with a new series called “Vampire Diaries” that was based on the book series and, I’ll admit, I was kind of annoyed and committed to not watching the show. Even though I’m a dedicated, and knowledgeable, Twilight fan, it really bugs me that it’s so popular. And it really bugs me that everything nowadays has to do with Twilight or vampires. Anyway, so I was really not going to watch this show so I could avoid yet another vampire thing that’s coming out right now.  But, I was sitting in my room, feeling the desire to procrastinate, and none of the new episodes for my shows (One Tree Hill or 90210) were up on the internet, but there was an episode of VD, so I gave in. and I LOVED IT!! Seriously, it’s so good. I’ve only seen 2 episodes and I’m hooked. It’s like Harper’s Island meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Twilight. It’s so good. It always starts the episode with something a little scary (you’ve been warned) but it has a really cute love story, a vampire struggling to be good, and a bad brother acting as the antagonist. I really like it and I’d recommend it. At least to my sisters, who I easily get addicted to new shows!! :) Well, there is my story of the week post for this week because nothing else too exciting happened this last week that I can think of…I hope you enjoyed!

Story of the Week #1

I GOT ATTACKED BY A BAT…no really, I did.

Here’s what happened. Melissa was the coolest roommie ever and agreed to go on a trip to Border’s with me to get a book that I’ve been waiting for that came out Sept. 1st (of course, they STILL didn’t have it in, so it was a complete waste of 2 hours of my life. We left our apartment at 3:45 and didn’t get home til 5:40). So after the failed Border’s attempt, we went to B&BW to get a wallflower thing with Melissa’s gift card to make our apartment smell nice. We still had half an hour before the next bus came, so we went to go sit on some benches in the shade. We went to this “alley” (not a scary one. It had like archways and vines and what-not…it was a kind of “cove…”) and we were walking through it to a bench that was in the alley and a bat swooped down on us and flew so close to my head. I had to seriously get down on all 4’s to avoid it. Melissa said: That was a BAT!! I said: No, that was just a bird with a big wingspan. Melissa: No, it was a bat. I’m telling you. When it attacked you I got a good look. Me: No way! Bat’s live in caves and they like the dark. It wouldn’t be out here in the open! Melissa: Whatever.

So, we went and sat down and I was looking up in the vines and then I saw it, hanging upside down! Me: Holy Crud!! That’s a bat! Melissa (calmly): I told you.

So, I start freaking out. I mean, I just got attacked by a bat! What if it had bitten me? Would I have become a vampire? Then Melissa went to take a picture with her phone (she was really upset she didn’t have her camera) and she was like: If it bites me, will you slay me before I become a vampire? Me: What if you’re like a Twilight vampire? Then I don’t have the powers needed to kill you. I’d have to get a werewolf. Melissa: Well then can we team together? Me: As long as you drink animal blood and not human blood. Melissa: Sounds good.

So, she got her picture and we hung out in the cave for a bit until some little girls came over with there Bajio’s. We decided to leave, but now that I think back on it, we really should’ve warned them. What if the bat was Mexican?

*Can you see him? He’s the black thing. He looks small when he’s all curled up but his wing span was HUGE!!*

Anyway, that’s my exciting story from the week. Also, some stuff you might be interested in:

-I got my first calling as FHE Group Leader (I’m the Mom).

-I’m sorry if I don’t call people enough. I just know you’re busy with work and the only time I have to call people is in between classes when you’re at work!

-A creepy RM gave me and Aimee his number after talking to us for like 5 minutes (and making sure we didn’t have boyfriends on missions…)

Okay, I think that’s it… I was feeling like there was more but…whatever.

The New Digs in Provo

Well, as you probably know, I am now in Provo, Utah because I’m starting school at BYU on Monday!! On Thursday, Dad, RaeAnn, and I made the trip down to Provo. We got all unloaded and RaeAnn help me set everything up in my bedroom and the kitchen. Then we did some serious grocery shopping! RaeAnn stayed the night in my apartment (pulling a Loreli, you know).  Then I took her to the Salt Lake Airport so she could head to Seattle for Paul’s 10 yr. reunion. (p.s. Utah drivers are crazy!) Then Danny, Sarah, Charlie, Donald, and Dad al came down to show me around campus and get my student ID, bus pass, and books. We went to dinner that night at Tucano’s, which was being hosted by our old family friends, the Billin’s.  And then, we got some ice cream from the BYU Creamery, because you just have to do that when at BYU! :)  On Saturday, Dad and I went to American Fork to visit Grandma and we did some more shopping for things that we needed at the apartment.  And then he took me back to the apartment and we said goodbye til Thanksgiving:(

Now, for the story portion of the blog: so, on Friday night when I got home from dinner, Aimee informed me that our fridge was broken. It was running, but all of our chicken in the freezer had thawed and everything was kind of warm. So we took the salvageable food to our neighbor's apartments and asked if we could borrow some fridge space.  Since it broke Friday night, we couldn’t call maintenance because they were closed til Monday, so we called our RA who got someone out to replace the fridge Saturday afternoon.  So, now we have  a working fridge but a huge load of chicken to eat, so last night I cooked it all and we had 3 guests join us for dinner (Madisen, Aimee’s friend Corbin and one of his friends). We still have like 7 pieces left, but I think we made some progress.  The real bummer was that Melissa had bought a bag of chicken  from Cosco, but since it was like “pre-cooked” her parents said it was probably a lost cause so we had to throw it away. But other than that, I think we were pretty lucky.  So, of course, after we got a working fridge, we took advantage of Melissa’s parent’s car and went to the grocery store to get everything I could think to get!

Well, here are some pictures of the apartment, so you can imagine that you are here…

*view from the door* We’re gonna hang that bulletin board/whiteboard on the wall that’s next to the door.

*The couch, which we actually have now moved…I’ll have to take another picture later…after everything’s been hung and what-not. but we got 2 pilliows from Ikea (the ones with the two stemmed flowers, see the bottom left-hand corner of this picture) and then got fabric to match them and Melissa’s mom made us all those cute pillows. Oh, and the white, pink, and green fabric on the floor is going to be used to put on those square wood frames and then we’ll put them on the wall above the couch*

*This is our kitchen*

*Bathroom, my towels are (go figure) the orange ones. and can you see James Lucas Scott in the bottom left-hand corner?*

*This is mine and Melissa’s bedroom. I have the bottom bunk and the desk right next to it. My closet is at the foot of my bed*

*And this is Aimee’s bed. Note the BYU Bookstore bags on all of our beds. It was obviously book day when I took these*

Me and My Roomies!!

Another Week in Arizona!

Last week, I got to go to a little “reunion” in Arizona with my 6 BFF’s from Mesa. (pictured above)

We went bowling,

made cupcakes (and Marshmallow fondant), had a photo scavenger hunt, watched Confessions of a Shopaholic, made Caramels, wrote letters to all of our missionaries, went school shopping at IKEA (I have pretty much everything for school now!!!), and had late-night chats.

I also got to go to lunch with all of my friends from Whole Grain,

Go shopping and to lunch with Aunt Mae (thank you again!), have dinner with Dawn and Hunter, and play some fun card games with most of my Glendale buddies,

All in all, it was a very fun-filled week. I got way more excited for college (I was staying with Melissa, who is going to be my roommate at BYU) and I got to catch up with my friends, some of which I hadn’t seen in a year! I had so much fun and I’m so happy I got to go, it was worth it! And this time, I didn’t miss my flight home (though it was a close one…why do they change the gates on me?!) Hope you enjoyed my quick overview…

Quick Question!

I do have a post coming about my fun-filled week in Arizona, but I do have a quick question. Can anyone help a sister out?! I want to know how you can make it so there are two columns on each side of your blog instead of having just one?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It's been a pretty exciting week!! On Monday, I came up to Washington with Dad to stay at Ashley and Nolan's for a couple of days. We've spent the days playing at the park with the kids, playing the Wii, baking zuccini bread, and going out to eat. But last night was the best!! Nolan and I went to midnight showing of Harry Potter, and oh boy- it was good! It was super funny. and while I did have some complaints about certain things being left out and certain inaccuracies, it was still an awesome movie. For those who have (or will) see it, let me tell you- the Felix Felicis part is definitely hilarious, don't even worry about it! :)

Graduation

Seminary Graduation was on May 17th, and I think all the graduating seniors in my stake was bigger than the number of seniors in my school!! It was very cool though, and I was excited to have made it through. The talks were great too. Here's a picture of Dad and I after the graduation...

For High School Graduation, I had Ben & Co. and Ashley & Co. visiting for the weekend. They both got here on Thursday and we all went night swimming.

On Friday, Ashley and I went shoe shopping for my Graduation shoes (which were way cute) and then I had to go to Graduation Practice. After practice, we went out on the lake and did some surfing/wakeboarding. I can finally get up on the wakeboard, and stay there for more than two seconds, so that was awesome. Plus, Ariel (aka Ruth) was able to go swimming with her mermaid friends, which is always fun.

On Saturday, we all went out to lunch at this "trailer park" restaurant Downtown.

The whole place was pretty cool and funny, and we got a whole room to ourselves to play around in. Ruth order Spagettios and literally got a can of Spagettios and a bag of cheetos. It was pretty funny, but they actually had really good burgers and onion rings.

And then there was graduation. May 30th, 2009. We had it at the Taco Bell Arena at BSU, so the venue was very big for my small class of 120. We took up 4 rows, compared to the other high schools that took up like 17. The nice thing was that the whole ceremony was pretty short and sweet. I was so happy to be able to have my family there to celebrate with me. I was actually pretty sad to leave our game of Imaginiff to go the the All-Night Graduation party! But it was definitely a fun and memorable weekend...

This is me getting my diploma and walking across the stage...

Here's one of me and Ben...
The 3 Sisters...

Me and my twin, Ruth E... Dad and I... The whole Fam...
And, while we're here, I just wanted to say Thank You to my loving and amazing family, for helping me get through the public education system, giving me support, and helping me laugh along the way. I really don't think I could've passed my math courses without my long, long, LONG calls to Danny at least once a week. And RaeAnn and Ashley both talked me into doing "high school" things that I thought were pretty lame, but am now glad I participated in (Football games, graduation party, etc.) And I've really appreciated the efforts to come see me to celebrate and the letters and love I have received from everyone.

Thank You!!!