More Crazy Fun...

So our roommate Megan was in California for her birthday and we decided to decorate her room for her when she got back. We blew up 70 something balloons [with our mouths I might add], decorated her window and mirror, made her cards, gave her a boyfriend [his name is Devon...with a little line above the o], and then proceeded to take pictures in her room. :) It was so much fun to do this and even more fun to see her reaction to it all. WE LOVE MEGAN! :) 

We grew very fond of Devon and were pretty sad to give him over to Megan. [Throughout the next week: Megan put all the balloons in our living room and kitchen. Then Jenny thought it would be funny to shove some in our coat closet. Then Jenny also thought it would be funny to shove them in Kellie's bathtub while she was gone. Which led to Kellie putting them in Jenny's bathtub while she was gone. Then, Jenny put them in mine and Chelsey's bathtub because she didn't want us to feel left out. Then we decided to put them back in Megan's room because it just felt right....The first week anniversary: After we put them back in Megan's room, she freaked and started popping them all! I told her she better not pop Devon so she left him alone. In the meanwhile, I was in my room and I hear popping going on in the kitchen (Megan had put some out there again). I go out to find that Taylor has popped Devon. Such a sad day.]

We are so weird...

I just love how Kellie's eyes are open and the fact that she was so excited to kiss him...ha ha And I also just love these girls! :)

There is seriously never a dull moment here. I have the best roommates ever! I really get to lucky every single year because I have never once had a bad roommate. They have all been awesome and easy to get along with, and I feel like we're all super close even though we've only known each other for a couple of months. Crazy how fast relationships can grow. :)

This last Thursday we went to the Pumpkin Walk...I had never even heard of this and it was really, really cool. The theme of it was "Let the games begin" so every one was a game. These are a few of my favorite ones...can you guess them? :)

Hungry, Hungry Hippos

Clue

Duck, Duck Goose...I absolutely love that they had this one! There were a ton more like Candy Land, The Hunger Games, Mario Super Bros, Whipeout, and just really fun games. 

This one made me laugh so hard. Right before it there were these two dogs holding signs. The first one said something about Romney strapping a dog to a car (hence why he is now strapped to the car), and the other one said how Obama ate dog as a child (hence why he is being cooked to eat). It was pretty sweet. 

"You've Got a Friend In Me" I LOVE these two! They crack me up every single day! :) I can't get over the fact that Woody's hand it up to his face...I honestly thought it was Jenny's hand to begin with. It's much funnier when you look at it that way!

Our Pumpkin Walk group...These pop outs were so much fun! There was a Harry Potter one so we all did that one. I would have to say that we all fit it pretty perfectly...it was so funny!!! You'll have to look at all the other pictures from this day on my facebook...when they are put on that is. :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Utah State [thus far] in a really big nutshell

I have absolutely no idea why my pictures are going in the order I want them to. It's very frustrating...but oh well. I guess you'll just get to hear about Utah State in a jumbled up kind of way. :)

For my birthday, my roommates made me a surprise cake...boy was it good! We happened to have candles but no lighter, so we just pretended. :)

This was probably the coolest game ever...wait, scratch that. This WAS the coolest game ever! We beat the Utes after 15 years of them beating us! Let's just say, it got crazy up in the Romney Stadium that night! We had so much fun...well at least I did. :)

This was our homecoming game and was a "white out". We pretty much kicked trash...I felt really smart during this game because Megan kept asking me what everything meant. I'd say that I did a pretty good job of describing things for her! :) The only bummer was that we got to the game later so we weren't able to sit in the student section. Believe me, we definitely learned our lesson and you better believe we'll be extra early to the next game to get awesome seats!

We did it! We actually went to Western Swing! Takoma was nice enough to invite us. Then he showed up at our door and said he had bad news...he had assignments due that night that he hadn't done yet. But that didn't stop us. Me and Kellie showed him how excited we were and that we were still gonna go. Like two minutes after he left, he knocked on our door, once more, and said that he had to go because we were too excited. Needless to say, we all went and "cowboy'd" up. It was so much FUN! He taught us some pretty awesome moves...so, so cool! :)

So it was National Taco Day today! We obviously had to go get us some tacos...which I was the only one who actually got tacos *cough* *cough*...it was pretty tastey. Then we just had to get some pictures next to the tacos sign. I have no idea what we're doing in this one...are we weird? You betcha!

Then we lifted out legs? Don't ask me, it was Kellie's idea. But it was a fun idea nonetheless. After wards...like after the pictures were on facebook...Jenny realized that the sign says "5 rolled tacos" and there are 5 of us. "Hawk"ward... ;) ha ha If you want to understand the "Hawk"ward comment, please go to my facebook page. You will surely get a laugh out of it! It's a picture, with sayings, with tons of different animals...8 to be exact. It's quite hilarious if you ask me!

So James taught me how to make some chocolates. Holy cow, I'm now going over to his house every night to make these! They were so delicious! Just thinking about them makes my mouth water! :) We made peanut butter cups, mint patties (more like mint balls ha ha) and then added some rasberry extract to the left over chocolate. Have I ever mentioned how much I love chocolate? This was a real fun night! :)

Oh my goodness...so pretty much I have the craziest roommates ever! It's great though because I feel right at home. Yes, I am implying that I have the craziest family as well. ;) ha ha But for real, these girls (plus Kellie-jo and Taylor...and every roommate I've ever had #KyleeMaudLexieTiffanyLaurenKenzie) are absolutely the best! Pretty much we're ninjas and have a few moves up our sleeves. 

We're also animal lovers! No worries, no animals were harmed during the making of this picture. Holy cow, I just realized how cheesy I am. I'm blaming it on the fact that it is midnightish. I should probably go to sleep. :) Anyway, I just really love this picture. We took a gazillion pictures from this night...we were so crazy! Later I acted as a yoga instructor and meditated with Megan and Chelsey. We also tried doing some headstands...I've never been able to do these, but I would have to say I'm getting closer! We did some handstands against a wall. We had to walk our feet up an opposite wall because that's how good we are. Then we ended the night with singing the Scottsman while doing the arm movements with our legs. (If you ever want to see the video...come see me and I'll sure you. No way will that ever be shown on public!)

One night we decided to compare the lengths of our legs. This was brought on because we (Kellie and I) were talking about how Kellie is taller than me but I have longer legs than her. So then we all sat against a wall to see who, indeed had the longer legs. Then, with roommates like these, there's no way we could just take a picture of our legs and be done. We had to get a little crazy and show our true sides. :)

See, I win. :) 

This was on my birthday...we wanted to take pictures of all of us roommates before the CES fireside but we were the only ones home. I just love these girls!

We couldn't just take a funny one. Sometimes nice pictures are needed. Although I really enjoy funny/awful ones. Like this next one.......

So we were riding the bus to school. There are only two seats by each other, but I made them scoot over so I could fit. Then Kellie whipped out her iTouch and we took some pictures. I don't know how this one came about but I would have to say it is pretty darn hilarious! This was probably the most fun/funnest...potato/pototo...bus ride. EVER. 

Well there ya have it. I'm obviously enjoying my time here at Utah State. Just wait until my next post...I have a lot of new pictures and stories to share. Pretty much I play all day and work...never! Nah, just kidding. I get my homework done and then play...sometimes. :) Peace, yo!

So I decided I'm going to do this "Photo A Day" thing at my own pace because one each day is just too much! But this one actually did happen on day two...

So a few of my roommates and myself went to St. George for the first little bit of Spring Break. Like any other normal college students, we decided to make this beautiful, wonderful sign. Then we decided to really find out how people truly feel about Justin Bieber. Overall we only had 8 people really notice the sign (I may or may have not counted some because of their reaction) and we tallied their thoughts on the top of the sign.

It was so funny to see people's reactions! This one family in particular was very amusing! The dad was driving and the mom was in the passenger seat and then they had kids in the back seat. The dad saw the sign and then showed the wife and she just life and mouthed "NO". Then the dad just shrugged and looked at us. Also, you could see the kids peeking in the front seat to see what was going on. Once everyone caught a glimpse of it, they just laughed and we were on our way.

The other funny encounter was with this old guy drinking his shake. We were neck-to-neck with him and it took him FOREVER to look over! When he finally looked over, he had to do this little double take to make sure he looked at the sign right. We don't think he knows who Justin Bieber was but he just laughed and we continued onward.

Needless to say, not very many people honked. 7 just laughed at us and shook their head, but 1 brave soul admitted to his love for Justin Bieber. This soul was an older man who happened to be driving a Diesel Truck...he was our favorite person we passed! :)

So I'm taking this idea from my wonderful sister-in-law Kelli! I don't know how well I'll do with keeping up, but I'm going to give it a shot! Here's the list...

So for day one I kind of got off to a not so good start. Therefore, my view for today was...

ANNOYED!!

Don't get me wrong, it's been a great day! But there's just been a few things that have happened to give me this view. I'm not going to go into detail because I don't like being negative, but let's just say that I'm very annoyed with a certain college and their leadership advisers (don't worry, it's not Snow!). Things just happened that wasn't fair and I'm not a big fan of it...especially because some of my teammates and myself are being treated unfair. Anyway, that's the main thing that gave me this view but there's a few more things. No worries though because I my view of today ended like this...

Reminiscing on all the fun times I've had with my roommates so far, and just the fact that I have wonderful roommates!

Feeling so grateful and blessed to be part of such an AMAZING team and being able to learn and accomplish everything that I have.

Thinking of my sister Lori,

my sister Amy,

Matt, Vic, Spencer, Steven, Brock and Brian. They all have such great families! I couldn't be more proud to be part of such an awesome family and be able to say that I have technically 10 siblings, 7 in-laws who are the best in-laws anyone could ask for, 31 nieces and nephews (so far), and pretty soon I'll have two great nephews! :)

And last but not least, I thought of my parents.

They seriously do so much for me! They always lend their ear and let me be a typically teenager and complain to them. They are such great strengths to me and although I'm loving being away and experience college, I miss them terribly and always look forward to when I get to see them!

I have been blessed by being able to spend my life with such wonderful people. I've been so blessed in fact, that just THINKING of my friends and family can get me out of bad moods.

Just Another Fish Story...

So I was able to go fishing with my mom and dad before Fall Break and let me just say that it was so much fun! I didn't realize how much I missed fishing. Anyway, we went out to Yuba and found a shallow place that was just crowded with fish! It honestly didn't take long at all reel in my first catch...This was a pretty gross looking fish! It wasn't until later that we figured out this "beaut's" name. Are you ready for it? Here is Icky Vicky-she didn't look well at all. Hence her name. We decided to let her swim freely in Yuba Lake once again and then returned to fishing.

This time I decided that I was going to name my fish before I caught them; to make it more personal ya know? Please don't judge me...it was just one of those days. :) I don't know where it came from, but I just felt like fish #2 was a Stephanie. It didn't take much to convince her she wanted my worm. Once again, don't judge me but I talked to the fish... After a few minutes, Stephanie decided to show herself, and of course I just had to get another picture.

Stephanie was a pretty hefty girl, but I was still stoked by her presence. The real reason for turning Icky Vicky loose was that she was a carp. Well, as you can see, Stephanie is also a carp so we set her free as well. But guess what that meant? It was time to figure out a new name and catch another fish!

This time I chose the name Preston. I would tell him things like, "Here Preston, you know you want to eat my worm." My mom being the sweet person she is, she decided to talk to the fish as well and told Preston not to listen to me. Basically, she thought I was the devil on this trip and she even admitted to it. So then I said, "Preston, I don't want to eat you. I just want to meet you." I hoped that would make it better with my mom, but she still told Preston to say away. He just couldn't do it though so here he is. I caught three fish so fast that I just couldn't believe it. I went from being a horrible fisherman to catching three so close together! I never imagined something like this would happen. I had a nice time "meeting" Preston and then we put him back into his natural habitat.

This whole time my dad had caught nothing and I felt horrible. My next fish I named Bruno, but I whispered to him and told him not to come until my dad at least caught one. Well, it wasn't long until my dad finally caught one! It was really funny though because he swore that this fish wasn't a carp by the way it was fighting. He said on and on that it was going to be a big walleye (which is what he really wanted to catch). Well, according to the picture (which pictures don't lie) that "walleye" was indeed a carp. He just couldn't believe it though because it was such a fighter. Since I was naming my fish, I told my dad he needed to name his as well. I thought Hercules was very appropriate because of the strength he had.

Not much later...my dad caught another fish! Just like last time, he was sure that this fish wasn't a carp as well. It was so jumpy and sparatic that it was just too different than what a carp would fight like. Much to his dismay, his fish was yet again a carp. My dad found another fitting name, Jupitor, to describe the kind of fight he gave. After my dad caught Jupitor, I whispered to Bruno again and told him that he could now come. In the meantime, my mom was reading a book on her kindle so I decided to read it for her. After a handful of pages I got pretty bored and stopped reading. I kid you not, the second I stopped I had Bruno! It was pretty crazy. My mom said that that was his way of letting me know I wasn't supposed to stop reading...silly mom. :) When we were getting the hook out of him and getting him on the chains, we somehow managed to cut him. Oh yeah, he also had a tracker or something on him. Weird right? Poor Bruno...he started bleeding and I felt super bad! But what a trooper he was! My dad then caught another fish. I know you're probably wondering what reason he had for it not being a carp, but this time he said nothing while catching it. Once this little guy was caught, my dad said his name would be Frederick. I have absolutely no idea where he got this name, but here is Frederick! :)At this point, we were all kind of ready to go home. I had to catch at least one more to make it five fish (which is half of a perfect ten) rather than just four (which was just too less of a number). I asked my mom what fish I should catch and she told me Scotty. I went along with it at first, but there were two times where he was nibbling and I just couldn't hook him. This led me to change to catching Goldie instead. Plus, it all just made sense. Let's think back to the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas." On the fifth day, what did the true love give? 5 GOLDEN RINGS! Therefore, I couldn't catch any fish other than Goldie. Once this was decided, it wasn't long until I had her. This is the fish that was going to end my fishing trip. Or would it be? While we were getting Goldie on the chain we simply set the hook back in the water. (I would say the line was only a foot and a half or so deep) All of a sudden, the fishing pole was taken to the end of the boat. I hurried and grabbed it and to our surprise, there was a fish on the end! This was totally unexpected, but we welcomed Scotty with open arms. I guess he really wanted to meet us; just on his own time and on his own terms. While we were taking this picture of Scotty, my dad decided to put the hook back in the water. Even though we put it back in wondering if something would happen, it still came by quite a surprise when the fishing pole moved again. But before we could catch it, it was in the water! I tried to grab it but missed and so my dad reached in his whole arm in to grab it. Luckily he was able to get ahold of the fishing pole which once again had another fish on the end! It was quite a sad scene when I noticed that Sebastian was bleeding all over. I had to hold him over the boat to take my sympathy photo with him. I was very worried that Sebastian was going to die, but thankfully when we put him back he swam away. But before we put him back, I just had to get a picture with the three fish I magically caught in the end. These three made my number jump from four fish clear to seven! Who knew I could catch that many right? :)This fishing trip was so much fun! It was spent with two of the most important people in my life and its sure to be interesting when I'm with those two. :) They are just so silly! Anyway, here is my fish story. Some say that it is just that; a fish story, but to three people this truly happened! I leave it up to you to really decide or not. Let me just leave you with a thought though...How else would I have gotten a picture with three fish at a time if I threw them all back right after I caught them? :)

He's Been There Before

Recently, I received a letter from a good friend on his mission. With his letter, he enclosed a poem written from an Elder on his mission. This particular Elder was having a hard time and just woke up one morning and started writing. It's called "He's Been There Before" by Elder Troy Whittle. I hope you guys enjoy; I sure did!

The alarm bell rings at 6:30, I stumble to my feet

I grab my companions bedding and pull off his sheets

A groan fills the room, is it already time to arise?

It seems like just a second ago I was able to shut my eyes

The morning activities follow-study, prayer and such

When it's time to leave the apartment, you feel you haven't accomplished much

"We have a super day planned," My comp. says with a grin

I lowly utter a faithless breath, "Yeah, if anyone lets us in."

With the word of God and my faithful Schwinn, we ride off in the street

prepared to face another day of humidity and heat

It's 9:30 in the evening, the day is almost through

My companion and I are riding home not accomplishing what we thought to do

We ride up to the mailbox, hoping to receive a lot

Only to look inside and hear my echo reverberate "air box"

We go up to our apartment, the day is now complete

The only thing to show for our work is a case of blistery feet

It's past 10:30 p.m. My companion is fast asleep,

Silence engulfs me all about and I began to weep

In the midst of sadness, I kneel down to pray

I need to talk to Father, but Im' not sure what to say

"Oh, Father" I begin, "What happened to us today"

I thought we'd teach somebody, but everyone was away

My hands, my aching hands-worn, hurt and beat;

If our area was any smaller, we'd have knocked every street"

"Why on missions are the days so much alike?

The only difference about today was the flat tire on my bike

Will you send some cooler weather? The heat is killing me

I sweat so bad, it gets in my eyes, it's very hard to see."

"Why do I have to wear a helmet, isn't your protection enough?

People always laugh at me, and call me stuped stuff

Please send us investigators so I may give them what they lack

I want to give them Books of Mormon, the weight of them hurts my back"

"And what about my family; they don't have much to say

I'm sick of not hearing from hom day after day after day

Oh Father, Why am I here? Am I just wasting time?

Sometimes I just want to go home, I'm sorry but that's on my mind"

"My companion, Heavenly Father, what are you giving me?

The way he rides his bicycle, I don't think he can see

Now you have it, I can't go on. I don't know what to do

That, my Father in Heaven, is the prayer I have for you"

My prayer now finished, I stand up, then jump right into bed

I need my rest for tomorrow, we have another long day ahead

Sleep starts to overtake me, I seem to drift away

Then it seems a vision takes me to another time in another day

I'm standing alone on the hill. The view is very nice

A man walks towards me and says, "My name is Jesus Christ."

Tears of joy well up inside, I fall down to His feet

"Arise," He states, "Follow me to the shade. You and I need to speak."

My attention's towards my Savior, total and complete

He says, "Your mission is similar of what happened to me

I understand how you feel, I now what you're going through

In fact, it would be fair to say I've felt the same as you."

"I even know how you felt when no one listened to you

At times I felt not quite sure what else I could do

I know you don't like to ride a bicycle, for you a car would be sweet

Just remember the donkey I rode wasn't equipped with 21 speeds."

"I understand you don't like sweating, in fact it's something you hate

I remember when I sweat blood from ev'ry pore, oh the agony was great!

I see you don't like your companion-you'd rather have someone else-

I once had a companion named Judas who sold my life for wealth."

"It's hard to wear a helmet and have people make fun of you

I remember when they put thorns on my head and called me 'King of the Jews'

So you feel burdened down by the weight of your pack

I recall how heavy the cross was when the slammed in on my back."

"Your hands hurt from tracting and knocking on doors all day

I guess when they pounded nails into mine, I ached in a similar way

It's hard not to hear from home when your family's not there to see

I lost communication on the cross and cried, "Father, why hast Thou forsaken me?"

"We have a lot in common, but there's a difference between us you see

I endured to the end and finished my mission. so follow and do like me."

He embraced me with His arms and His light filled me with His love

With tears in my eyes I watched as He went back to the Father above

I stood with awe and wonder when a beep rang in my head

I listened and heard the alarm, then realized I was in my bed

My companion let out a groan, "6:30 already, no way!"

I sat up and said, "Come on, I'll even carry your scriptures today!"

No matter what we go through, when we feel we can't take more

Just stop and think about Jesus Christ, He's been there before.

I hope we always remember that He went through everything He did for us. There is nothing we go through where we will be completely alone. He DOES know what we're going through and He DOES understand and will ALWAYS be here for us; His arms are outstretched to us. We just need to remember to trust in Him and always keep Him in our lives. I have a tile that I keep in my room which says: Just BELIEVE, and let Him in. Also, one of my favorite quotes is 'When life gets too tough to stand, KNEEL.' I hope that you always remember this and know that when life is hard, we should definitely turn to Him to find strength and comfort. I'm so grateful for His atoning sacrifice and for everything He has and continues to do for me. I hope you all will be able to find the comfort needed in this poem.

Victory! Sweet, Sweet Victory!

Well my fellow blog followers, I decided to go out on a limb and do something that I very much dislike...CAMPAIGN! That's right, I ran for a position known as Student Advocate. I had to do all the nasty stuff like make posters, fliers, and a video. But, it was all worth it in the end.

Thursday morning at 5:45 a.m., I was woken up by two crazy girls banging on some pots, dancing around my room, and singing to me. Once I was awake, they told me to hurry and come with them, and put a pillow case over my head...I was being kidnapped! Once I realized that the two girls were SBO's this year, I felt a little less confused, but I was still so delusional! I remember asking them if I could put on my jacket and some shoes. Pretty smart questions huh! I also wanted to ask them if this meant I made it, but at the same time I knew I had. :)

They then made me put on the pillow case and get in the car. There was already a girl in there and we were going to pick up one more. When we got to her apartment, I took off the pillow case and talked to Paige, another student advocate. We talked about how excited we were and I was relieved to find out she asked similar questions when she was picked up too. We got in trouble when our kidnappers arrived though because we had taken off our pillow cases...it was all pretend though, so it made it that much more funny.

After we had a full car, they decided to drive around for a while so we wouldn't know where we were. I had an advantage though because I could kind of see through my pillow case and saw the light for McDonald's. That's not cheating, right? :) But we also had a little dance/sing party on our way there with none other than Justin Bieber! You could say that we had a little bit of Bieber fever that morning...we sang "Baby" at the top of our lungs while dancing as much as we could with our pillow cases still covering our heads.

We finally made it to our destination though, and we were all guided into a big cirlce in the lobby of McDonald's. After the count of three, our pillow cases were removed to see who we would be working with. The group that made the cut is full of people who know how to work hard and get things done, but they know how to do that while having fun. We're already so close, and I can't wait to get started planning out next year!

So there you have it, I'm actually a SBO for Snow College! I'm still on cloud nine and I'm just so stinking excited!! I don't regret putting myself out there at all because sometimes it really does work out. Hmmm...maybe I've learned something from this experience. I guess we'll just have to see. :)