Ashley Hansen

CHANGES-PLEASE TAKE NOTE

2011-06-13T14:24:00.000-07:00

ATTENTION FELLOW BLOGGERS:

I REALLY do like to blog; despite, the lack of blog pots in this blog. I would like to try and do better now that I am entering this new stage of life. I decided to move my blog into a different site that follows both Kevin and I since my "single" days are over! Hope all of you will still continue to follow my blog!!

The new blog address is: kevashpowell.blogspot.com

Check us out! :)

yes, we have creep eyes

2011-03-20T21:35:00.000-07:00

***BEWARE OF THE RED EYE***

So....yes, I know it has been a WAY long time since my last blog post...but it's hard to find stuff to post about that is interesting. My life is pretty much work and school, so that is pretty BORING stuff to post about.

Nevertheless, work is going pretty good! We just did some shift changes that are working out so much nicer for me, so I don't have to work as late anymore which is awesome. I really like my co-workers and it is a really good atmosphere. I've been working 30ish hours a week (sometimes a little less and sometimes more) but typically 30. So add that along with school and it keeps me going all day.

School is going really good, though I am lacking motivation right now to finish. I think this is probably pretty typical of all grad school students (or at least I'm hoping so to make me feel better about feeling this way), but I am ready to be DONE with school. I'm somewhat burnt out and getting really nervous about finding a job when I'm done and all that jazz. But my program is still really good and I am liking it overall. So, I will endure :)

As for everything else in my life...it is GOOD! So I thought I'd put up a pic of me and Kevin for everyone to see...I think most everyone has heard that we are dating again but I haven't posted about him yet. I showed him my blog a while ago and he was wondering why he wasn't mentioned yet, so I figured I better post to make him happy, although I know he won't ever read this haha..But me and Kevin have a very long and crazy story. I have known Kevin all my life..we are in the same grade and grow up together :) We have always been really good friends. I knew in jr.high and high school that Kevin really liked me, but I just thought of him as a friend. Until the end of our senior year, I started to really like him. We finally started dating towards the end of the summer right after we graduated high school. We dated for about 7 months when broke up for reasons that are way to complicated to blog about, so I will spare everyone the details of that :) Lets just say that it was a very hard break up for me because I was still way in love with him....pretty much I have been for the last 4 years and I've been trying way hard (unsuccessfully) to get over him. We haven't kept in touch at all over the years, although I would get an occasional phone call, text, or email from him telling me how much he loved me and missed me. Well I moved up to Provo and found out a few months after that Kevin lived in Provo as well. Something told me that I needed to forgive and just be friends with him. After all, we had been really good friends for our whole life. So, I wrote him asking to be friends. It was still a month or so after that when we started to hang out. The first night we just got a group of friends together and hit up the local NickelCade...Me and Kevin ended up staying out with each other talking all night about everything..He took me on a date the next night and pretty much we've been together non-stop since..There is alot of details that have been left out and so it's probably somewhat of a confusing story and it is hard for some people to accept that we are dating again. However, I know that being with Kevin is right for me. I'm SOO glad to have him back in my life. He really is so good to me and we have an absolute blast together. It's been a long, hard road for us but we finally have figured out what we want out of life and that we want to be in each other's life.He definitely makes me very happy :) We have been dating for about 3 months now and it feels like we never stopped dating. It's crazy! We'll see where the relationship goes in the future (hopefully soon) But for now I am having fun just dating him.

Welp, burned my face off..

2010-12-04T08:26:00.000-08:00

So...a couple of weeks ago I used a certain type of face wash that my skin did NOT like at all..I had a little (ok not very little) reaction to this wash and literally burned my face off..That night when it happened, once i put it in it was burning, I took it off and my face was bright red all over and stung so bad. So I had cold rags on my face for a few hours..I honestly thought the next morning it would be gone..Wrong-O! I woke up the next morning and my face was not only still red, but had huge burn marks all over my face..Wow did I ever look beautiful that day :) It not only looked great, but it was pretty painful. I was able to get into a dermatologist that day, thank goodness..They gave me a very lovely shot in my hip and put me on some steroids..Thankfully this did the trick and knocked out the redness and burns fairly quickly. After a few days my face was back to normal..I should have took a picture of my face at its worst, but I couldn't bare to look at myself like that so I couldn't bring myself to take the pic haha...However, my roommate Chelsey took this lovely picture of me laying on my bed that night with my cold rags..so cute :)

Roommates!!

2010-12-04T08:21:00.000-08:00

Chelsey, Emily, and ME!
These are the 2 lovely ladies that live with me right now...They are great! Chelsey I've known for a few years, we also roomed together for almost a year when I was going to SUU. She is so much fun and one of my very good friends :) She's working on her bachelor in accounting at UVU and is gonna do great. Emily is from Florida and I just met her a few months ago when I moved in..she just started in the law program at BYU and is married to the library haha, but it has been good living wither her.

Christmas Decorating :)

2010-12-04T08:17:00.000-08:00

Usually I'm not huge on decorating my apartment all out for christmas..I don't like to spend money on decorations and usually I am able to go home for a week or so for Christmas break so it just seems a little pointless to me. This year I'm feeling a little different though, maybe because I am only going home for a few days...but I got some fun Christmas decorations and me and my roomy Chelsey decided to make our apartment very festive..It turned out great and I love it!

Me

2010-11-08T15:35:00.000-08:00

“I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it -- I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.”

-Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir is one of my fave marriage and family therapists! I'm studying her theory and contributions to the marriage and family field in one of my classes and came across this quote of hers and really liked it.

Free Jazz tickets anyone??

2010-10-25T10:49:00.000-07:00

So thanks to Uncle Boyd and Matt at Mckesson (the pharmacy's drug rep), I scored some free tickets to the Jazz game this weekend..I took my friend Brittany and then our friend Riley had some free tickets so we had a few others join us as well..We went up a little bit before and hit up Gateway and did some dinner at california pizza kitchen. Such a fun night! I love jazz games, they are always a blast to watch and we had some really nice tickets (way to go mckesson)!

Snoop Dog

2010-10-25T10:42:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago a girl that lives next door to us threw a huge "Katy Perry" party....She likes to throw big themed events and is a huge Katy Perry fan, so she meshed the two..I was a little big sketchy about going because I just thought it would probably be dumb haha, I like Katy Perry but I'm not like so huge a fan as to throw a party themed around her. So since all of the girls were dressing up like Katy Perry, me and Chelsey wanted to be different so we dressed up like Snoop Dog who sings the song California girls with Katy Perry...Lets just say Gen-X is the best store to go to if you want some gangsta clothes, I especially like the blue flames on my pocket..It was actually a really fun party and there was a ton of people that showed..I would have to say that we actually got quite a bit of attention over the snoop dog look versus the katy perry look that most of the girls were rocking..nice :)

Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple

2010-10-25T10:25:00.000-07:00

One of the statue set ups that they pray to

This is the chant that they say quite a few times every time they meet

This is the statue of their leader Krishna..they bow before this guy and pray to him

This is their temple..looks like a castle to me, and there is a bunch of llamas and animals on the outside that they take care of.

So I'm in a cultural class right now and as an assignment we had to have a multicultural immersion experience. Basically just be around people of a different culture (could be religion, racial, or even social class) and write a paper about the experience. I chose to visit the Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple which is in Spanish Fork. It was quite the experience. When you first get there, they have you take off your shoes to walk around the temple (I'm sorry, but this was disgusting to me because the temple was not the cleanest place in the world). They talked to us for a little bit and answered questions that we had about their religion and then just let us loose to look around their temple and anything we wanted. It was very interesting to see the kinds of things that they believed in. Definitely different from what I am used to. They had a million of the statue things like the pictures that I showed above and they chant and pray to these statues regularly....I felt bad thinking this, but it was all somewhat creepy to me. It was overall a good experience, I enjoyed learning about how other people view religion and spirituality and to see how other people worship. I would definitely say I'm in kinda LDS bubble because I don't really branch out and see what else is out there..Because I know that its true :) However, I think it's good to know what else is out there and be educated on other religions and cultures..especially because as a counselor I will be meeting with people who have different views than myself and it is important to validate what they feel instead of disregard it because I don't believe the same. This class has really helped me to see the importance of knowing, understanding, and validating what other people are feeling especially those who are different than myself.

Life in Provo

2010-09-17T11:07:00.000-07:00

Went to sushi night with some friends last night...this was a big step for me..I HATE fish and all sea-food pretty much. I've never tried sushi, but pretty much swore that I never would because it looks so disgusting and the thought of raw fish makes me want to vomit..For some reason though, I was feeling a little crazy last night. How can I say I hate something if I've never tried it right?? I was actually very surprised that I didn't mind it, in fact there were a few kinds that I even liked. I'm not saying I would crave sushi, but if people wanted to go eat there, I don't think I'd be mad.
Been spending alot of my time hanging out at this place and doing homework :)...school is taking over my life, which is pretty much what I expected so its ok. The hard thing is that I have some weekend classes...so 6 Saturdays out of the semester I am in class from 8-5, 8 hours of class is rough going. The Saturdays when I'm not in class, I have to work all day because I have to take the time off for class, so basically I don't have a free weekend for a long, long time...I'm not sure when I'll be able to go home next, but hopefully atleast a day for Thanksgiving! I am just trying to be greatful that I am getting a good education and working at a good job, who needs a life right??

look who landed a job here? i just started working this week at Macey's Pharmacy, which is like 2 blocks from my apartment, so nice! I am working part time and they are so flexible with my school schedule, which is AWESOME :) I really like my boss he is a really nice guy and somewhat reminds me of Uncle Boyd..especially when he brought to work cucumbers and tomatoes from his garden haha..It will take me a while to get used to their system and the way that their pharmacy does things, but I feel confident that I will have it down in no time! Such a relief to get a job, I was getting nervous I wouldn't find something. Count my blessings :)

Provo in General: When I first moved here, I was wondering why I had. I moved up a week before school started so I could start job searching..so pretty much for a week, I didn't have a whole lot going on while everyone else was working and in school..Made me feel like a big loser even though I knew I was going to be start doing the same thing very soon..Now That I have started school and got a job I'm wishing I had more of that free time haha...Funny that your never satisfied with what you have, right? Now that I'm more settled in and started doing things, I feel alot better about Provo. It has been a lot of fun here, I have very cute and fun roommates. Our apartment is really cute and has a very homelike feeling to it. My ward is HUGE, biggest ward I've been in by far, but I should have figured that with being BYU's 202 ward haha..but I have met quite a few people in the ward already and it everyone is really nice and fun. School is taking up alot of time, but I wouldn't change that because I love it..Its such a good feeling when every class you feel so good that you are making the right decision. Being a therapist requires alot of time building empathy for other people. I am taught in every class how to love and understand ALL people. This is so good for everyone, not just therapists. How can I hate a field that teaches me so much love and understanding? I LOVE it! My job is really nice as I talked about above and I'm so grateful that I found such a good atmosphere to work in. So for right now, life is good and I am doing really well!

Tan Fan Makes a Return

2010-07-21T20:29:00.000-07:00

We didn't want Tanner to think that just because he is graduated and no longer playing sports that we weren't his biggest fans anymore. So when he came home late one night from playing with friends, he found this in his bed.

Just for Gentry hahaha ok and everyone else too

2010-07-10T09:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it has been a while since my last post I know..but I just don't know what to post these days because it seems like my life has been work lately. So here it is, a long boring post about work! If you hate this, blame Gentry because she wanted to know what my doings were lately haha...Since I have moved home I have been living in the pharmacy, atleast it feels that way. I have moved I have been working a TON. My hours kinda vary,but i've been putting in about 50 hours a week...sometimes more, sometimes less. I can't complain though, because the paychecks have been nice and I definitely need the money! Working at a pharmacy in a small town is sometimes a little crazy though haha...I just love running into everyone and their dogs from Emery county (catch the sarcasm?)..but it really is a great job. I like what I do and I like who I work with, seeing as how most of my co-workers are my family :) Other than work, my summer in emery county has been pretty good! I have just been hanging with my family alot, which is so nice...I never get to see them when I'm down at school so it's nice to spend a lot of time with them. (for the most part haha) Not a ton of people are around this summer, I think there was more last summer..but I still have enough friends around to hang out with and that has been fun too! I've also just been getting stuff ready for school next fall..I decided I will be living in Provo and commuting a few nights a week to Draper for my classes. I know its a little bit of a drive, but I don't have to do it every day or anything..I have quite a few friends in the Provo slash Orem area, so I think I will just have more fun living there..Hopefully I will be able to find a good job at a pharmacy in that area too! I'm definitely getting excited to move, it's going to be completely different from what I'm used to because I've been down south forever, but I think it'll be a good change!

Dancing with the Stars Application

2010-05-10T19:54:00.000-07:00

Since I have moved home, I have quickly realized that to survive in this household, I must take a liking to Dancing with the stars. I used to like the show, like 3 seasons ago.....not it has just gotten old for me, I'm a little sick of it. But the family is huge into it, so every monday I am forced to watch it. Well me and Brandon decided that we honestly have the right moves and style so its time to just go for it. So here is our video we are going to send in as part of our application to dancing with the stars. Maybe you will see us on there next season, who knows!

SUU Graduation 2010

2010-05-04T11:15:00.000-07:00

So this last weekend was my graduation from SUU. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology. Can I just say....Wahoo!!!!! I am so excited. It feels so good to have accomplished this. It is definitely crazy to be at this point in my life though, it makes me feel very old although I know I am not. It was such a nice weekend though..All of my family was able to make it down for the ceremonies and it meant so much to me. I have such an awesome family, I love them! The next stage of my life is a little scary, but also very exciting at the same time. Who knows what will come my way? haha...But hopefully I'll figure it out soon :)

Just Some Pics from Events of Late

2010-04-25T15:48:00.000-07:00

Who You've Always Been--Sheri Dew/Katherine Nelson

2010-04-25T13:50:00.000-07:00

So a girl that lives next door to me made this video and I think its just amazing so I wanted to share it. She took all the photos and edited it with music and words from an inspiring talk from Sheri Dew. It has such a good, strong message about knowing who we are. I am so grateful to know who I am and what my purpose is. Sometimes in this world it is hard to remember that and things can be distracting. Sometimes it is easy to get down on ourselves for our weaknesses or to be discouraged because of trials. But knowing that we have a purpose and a mission in life, that we have a heavenly father who loves us and understands, makes it possible for us to overcome anything that we face. I actually had the opportunity yesterday to listen to Sheri Dew speak in person! She came to SUU and gave a fireside for the Relief Society sisters. It was incredible! I love Sheri Dew and have read several of her books. What an amazing sister! She has such a way of reaching out to the sisters and letting us know of our divine potential and influence. She spoke to us about how important we are as sisters and daughters of God. How important we are as woman. She talked to us about the importance of knowing who we are and what we are supposed to do. I know that as a daughter of God I can have an amazing influence on the people around me and I want to constantly strive to be aware of that fact. Anyways, sorry for this long post because the main focus of this post is the video. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do! Remember to pause my playlist at the bottom of the screen :)

Oh the places the Tan Fan has been....

2010-03-01T19:40:00.001-08:00

Soo...lots of pics and I can't figure out how to write next to each one. So hopefully you'll get the gist for each one. This last weekend so was sooo much fun! I absolutely love spending time with my family and watching my little brother play basketball. He is such a talented athlete and fun to watch. This weekend was state basketball and his team ended up taking 4th, which is pretty good, I am very proud of him! After Thursday's win, me and Lace were catching the emery fever and tanner pride haha, so we decided that night to go all out for their next game, since they were playing to see who would go to the championship game. So we made some way sweeet t-shirts, too bad we didn't take pics of us in them that was dumb! But all of the siblings had a t-shirt with tanner's number and something else on it, such as i'm a tan fan, tan is the man, we love tan, "poke", "roni", etc..we also decided to make what we like to call the "Tan Fan". we blew up a 8 by 10 of tanner's head and taped it to a ruler. Everytime Tan did something good in the game we would wave the Tan fan at him, it was HILarious! and a big hit I might add. We had alot of fun Thursday with the Tan fan and took him all around Provo..we definitely weirded some cars out by sticking it out the window while passing...So here is some of the different places the Tan fan has been..

First, with me (co-creator)

Taking a nap with Edward (aka..dad)

chilling with Maddie (aka #1 fan, that was her shirt we made, she also had fun coloring on it)

Grandma loves tan fan

Even Tan Fan has to do the vacuuming

Tan Fan just chilling by the fish tank

Tan Fan loves the hot tub (never mind me in the swim suit please eew)

Need a Tan Fan for lunch?? Just pack it in your sack. easy access

Tan Fan is exhausted and needs a nap

What the? Tan Fan in the microwave

Tan Fan loves Hampton Inn

and Last Tan Fan with Lace (co-creator)

New Computer!

2010-02-10T18:49:00.000-08:00

Basically I have the best parents ever! I got a little early birthday slash graduation present because my old computer crashed..so they helped me to buy a new macbook pro! I just got it today and so I've been playing around with it alot. I still don't know how to use it really ha, it's a little difficult for me, but i'm sure i will get the hang of it in no time. It will be so nice to take to class and keep notes on and such, i'm super excited about it . It has a pretty fun phone booth on it, so im sure i'll get alot of use out of that haha..As you can see from the pic of me!

Back in Cedar

2010-01-04T21:21:00.000-08:00

A great psychologist (sorry thats what my major is, so this is what I hear everyday :)) Abraham Maslow said once, "When I am anxious it is because I am living in the future. When I am depressed it is because I am living in the past.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness." I think I have been feeling both the depression and the anxiety lately in my life. Mostly towards the anxiety side. I worry about my future all the time. There are so many unanswered questions I have now. Such as marriage, career, grad school, possibly a mission, even down to where am I going to live this summer? I drive myself crazy thinking about these things, but I need to worry more about what is going on right now in my life so that I can get that complete "mental wellness" I'm so worried about what the next step after Cedar is that I'm not letting myself enjoy the time I have here in Cedar. So for my goal of 2010 and this new (and also last) semester at SUU is to enjoy the time I have here. I'm going to try and not worry about things that are beyond my control at this point.

PS Sorry no pictures in the last two posts, I will try and put up some from over the christmas break soon..but for now i just felt like posting how I've been feeling lately! School just started today and I'm very excited to graduate in May!

Finals Week!!! :)

2009-12-07T17:22:00.000-08:00

YAY! It's finals week...good and bad news about finals. Good, semester is almost over and I am so ready for this semester to be over with (18 credits of some pretty hard classes was not the best idea!) But Bad news...18 credits worth of finals haha...kinda stressful! I've been working super hard this semester to keep up in all of my classes and I feel like I've been doing pretty good. This semester has almost burnt me out of school completely, but i'm just about done..It seriously has flown by, time just goes way to fast for me. End of semesters are always the hardest because thats when professors decide to pile everything on! (because the rest of the semester was soo easy right? haha) So if I can just make it through this next week I will be golden!

Lace & DJ-Disco Divas

2009-11-22T22:20:00.000-08:00

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Canyon View Volleyball

2009-11-17T15:43:00.000-08:00

So the season ended a few weeks ago..and i'm just barely posting this..oops! These are our team pictures (completes of Nia haha). I had so much fun coaching this year! I absolutely love the girls I coach, and the other girls I coach with! I'm going to miss it alot. It's been nice to have more time to spend on my homework because I have ALOT. I hate end of semesters! Teachers feel like they should have big huge projects due the end of the semester so I'm trying to keep up and get everything finished..Lets hope I don't fail any classes so I can graduate on time! However, next week is Thanskgiving break!!!!! WOOT WOOT! I'm so excited to get a little break off of school-well atleast I'll be home, but I'll be doing homework while at home :( I'm so excited to see all the family and hang out in Emery county, and be in the new house!

80s video dating montage

2009-09-26T00:10:00.000-07:00

Now, where are these types of men now a days???? hahaha..

VolLeYBaLl

2009-09-15T21:14:00.000-07:00

So just a little update! I am coaching the sophomore volleyball team at Canyon View High School again this year. This is a pic of me and Heather (she coaches the freshman team). We spent all day at a freshman/sophomore volleyball tournament in Hurricane! A long day with no wins, dang it! So far our team has not been winning, but they have improved so much since day 1 of tryouts, so I'm hoping for the best. I absolutely love coaching, don't get me wrong it is really hard and frustrating at times, but it is also so fun! I love being with the girls and playing volleyball and teaching them to play. They always crack me up. I really like the other coaches also. Teresa is our head coach and then Nia (she coached freshman last year, and now does JV) and then Heather (our freshman coach) and me (sophohomre coach :) ). They are alot of fun! I like being able to play volleyball everyday with the girls, and it's good to help keep me a little in shape with the occasional conditiong I do with them. Pretty much you could say that lately volleyball has been my life. I practice everyday and then the last 3 weekends, i have played in 2 1o hour volleyball tournys and coached 1 10 hour tourny! Crazy...I'm looking forward to this weekend because there is actually no tourny-not that I don't love playing in them, but it's time for a break! I think I will get some cleaning, laundry, and homework done...Yay!!

Fires in New Harmony

2009-09-03T22:02:00.000-07:00

So this is what our sunset has looked like for the past few days in Cedar, not a way good pic but it's from my cell phone so it's the best I could do, but it gives you an idea! Pretty much the whole town of New Harmony is on fire! New Harmony is a small town fifteen minutes south of Cedar City. The other day they had to evacuate alot of the town because the fires had reached town, and a few homes got burnt. so sad and scary! Some people in Cedar had ashes on their cars from the wind blowing over, crazy! The sky has looked crazy and you can smell the smoke way bad. Well last night we got a huge burst of rain for about a half hour and the sky today looks sooo much better, we needed it way bad! I feel really bad for the families in New Harmony that lost their homes! How sad! We drove and watched the fires for a bit just off the exit, and it was so crazy to see everything on fire like that, I have never seen so much fire. I'm glad that they aren't spreading faster, and hopefully our fire fighters are able to stop it from going any further.

Enterprise Has-Been Tourny!

2009-09-03T21:52:00.000-07:00

So last weekend, it was Enterprises "Corn Fest Days" equivalent to Huntington Heritage days, or ferron peach days ha. but enterprise is a pretty small town, so its funny that corn fest is like a huge deal. I guess they have really good fried corn on the cob-like the kind you get at lagoon, but we never had time to go grab some, so i'm kinda mad that I missed that, but oh well! These are some girls that go to SUU, we decided to put a team together and play in the volleyball tourny that was a part of Enterprise's corn fest. There was 10 teams total in the tournament, and it went from 8:00 Am on Saturday to 9:00 Pm! Such a long day, but soo fun!! We had a couple breaks here and there, but we pretty much were playing or reffing non-stop all day. So needless to say, I was so sore for the next few days, kinda threw my shoulder out, but it was worth it. We have never played with each other before, so its kinda hard to play together when you don't know how each other play, but this team really clicked well together, so we had a strong team which made it alot of fun. We ended up winning the whole thing! Yay! The last few games of the tourny were so intense, pretty much went point for point, so it was a tiring game, but we came out on top! So we got t-shirts just for playing in the tourny-which were not that cute btw, and then for winning we got a gift certificate to Kohls! SWEET! I'm going shopping :) Coming up this next weekend, I have another tourny with a different team in Hurricane, for Hurricane's Days-I think they call theirs peach days too.....but hopefully we do good as well, I'm excited! I love playing all the time..

ShOUt ouT to Grandma!

2009-08-28T10:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday it was my Grandma Nielson's 81st birthday! I had so much fun hanging out with grandma over the summer while I was home, she is such an awesome lady! I admire her so much and love spending time with her. I miss her now that I'm down in Cedar! Here are just a few fun pics of her! Happy Birthday Gram!!

PS-She would kill me if she knew that I put the pirate picture, and the funny wig picture up here, so don't tell!

Some PeoplE!

2009-08-27T23:16:00.000-07:00

So I was at Subway just waiting in line to get a sandwhich when I saw this delightful outfit. Who would have thought to pair ankle length nylons with flats?! Genius! And the bunched up capris to top it off...Dang! OK so this may be a little rude of me, but I thought it was funny and couldn't help taking a pic.....Admit it you laughed.

PhArMaCy TeSt!

2009-07-21T16:38:00.000-07:00

So Last Week I went up to Salt Lake to take my pharmacy tech test...I was soo nervous! I've been studying alot the last few weeks and I didn't feel ready, I almost rescheduled it, but then I told myself I just need to get it over with so I can relax the rest of the summer and stop stressing. So all of us kids (Me, Tan, Hay, and Burg) headed up to stay at Lace's for the weekend. The testing center was really nice. It was really quiet in there and I had my own little cubicle and computer, they even gave me ear plugs so I wouldn't hear the computers by me. And they were hard core too, I had to get fingerprinted everytime I entered and left the room, and get my picture taken. But good news.............I passed!!!! I'm really excited. So now I just have to fill out some paperwork to get my state license and I'll be all certified! This is going to be a really good oppurtunity for me to have to work my way through school and it'll be something I can always fall back on. So to celebrate, me burg tanner and my friend Gentry took off to LagooN!! Yay, I haven't been in forever, but it was a blast! We just basically rode rides all day..I really like the Wicked, it's the first I've rode that roller coaster because i haven't been to lagoon in like 5 years, but it was fun. Brandon was going to pay me 50 bucks if I'd do the sky coaster, because I'm TERRIFIEd of heights! I really came close to doing it, because 50 bucks sounds pretty nice haha, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it, I know i'm a wimp! But then me and my friend Gentry went out to dinner at the Mayan which is a way fun place, and the food was good. So it was a really good weekend for me!!

SliP N SlIdE! 4th weekend!

2009-07-16T21:18:00.001-07:00

Just standing in the pool-Not room enough for all three of us to swim around.

Just Splashing in the pool-Can't believe I didn't wear a life jacket. CLose one!

Sweet Jump-We did all sorts of stunts on the slip n slide. I almost didn't make it over DJ-who is sliding underneath.

Just being tough-I realize my swimsuit does not match my shorts-I did it on purpose..I have a skirt that matches that swim suit, but I didn't think a skirt would be appropriate sliding on the slip n slide so I just grabbed a pair of shorts and went.

Sweet Slide-barrel roll

Waiting for DJ to jump over

The onlookers-These Lame Wads didnt want to get wet. They missed out as you can tell.

At the Parade!!

So I'm a little late putting these up...Sorry! I've been pretty busy lately getting ready for my test. Wish me luck it's in 2 days! I'm definitely not ready for it, but I just want to take it and get it over with. Anyways it was a really fun 4th of July weekend. We also celebrated Lace's birthday (all week hahaha JK Lace). But that was alot of fun. We built a fire outside the house and did some of our own fireworks on top of a way nice dinner (Thanks MOm :) ). The next day was the parade and of course a Begay's navajo Taco Yum..and then on to some sweet wakeboarding-I totally redeemed myself from last time I went so I felt much better about my wakeboarding skills..Not a pro definitely, but I did pretty good. That night I hit up the fireworks with some friends at the Lake, so all in all it was a really good weekend.

Crested Butte, CO

2009-06-22T18:23:00.000-07:00

Four Wheeling-Sweet Helmets~

Very pretty waterfall..it was really pretty there~

In The car!

Cute Mom & Dad

Getting ready to river raft, I don't have any of us on the raft because we didn't want to get our cameras wet!

Being way cool haha..

Sitting outside Olive Garden, it was a bit windy which explains why my hair is so pretty ha.

Sorry, picture is turned sideways, but this is me measured up to the shoulder blade of a supersaurus! haha...The museum was actually pretty interesting.

Me & My cute mommy

Shhhh....haha

Model posing

Me & Hay-just chillin in the condo

After we got poured on for an hour of four wheeling..SOO cold!

So I just got back from Crested Butte, CO..MY family finally planned a vacation and it was so fun! I love spending time with my family, they are the best! We stayed at this condo in Crested Butte, thursday-sunday, and then stayed in grand junction sunday night. We went river rafting, rented 4 wheelers and rode around the rocky mountains (which was soo gorgeous! Everything was really green and pretty!) It was a blast until it started to rain, which was cool, but then it got really really cold! ha..we almost froze to death! but still lots of fun..We did some sight seeing and hit up some fun little shops! Then in grand junction we ate at the olive garden, and went swimming! Then before we left, we took Maddie to the dinosaur musueum and she loved it! It was so fun to see her so excited, she is so dang cute I just love her! We had a blast, I wish we could have stayed there for a lot longer! Now it's time to get back to work, YAY!

Memorial Weekend-Lake Mead/Vegas!

2009-06-01T21:07:00.000-07:00

On our way to Vegas after hitting the lake all day-I got FRIED! haha..I thought that sunscreening twice would be enough, but I should have known that I burn like crazy and it definitely was not enough! I was pretty miserable at this point in time ha, but it was a way fun day at the lake!

Brooks driving along, he told us several times that he is a "professional" driver. So I guess I should feel very safe with him driving hahaha.

Redneck's turn to drive-you can tell he is really focused...probably on trying to not fall asleep since we got like zero sleep the night before. Also yes I was being a creeper with the last couple of pics haha, I think I'm funny.

Me & Shay attempting a cute picture, but keep in mind we had no sleep and then spent the whole day on the lake so this is as good as it gets!

So basically memorial weekend was a blast!! I'm so mad though because I made sure to charge my camera up really good so that I could take a lot of pictures of the weekend and then I forgot to take my camera out on the boat so I couldn't take any of all the fun lake stuff, and then basically I forgot to take pics all weekend-I guess I got caught up in all the fun! So I have 4 pictures sorry! But it was a really fun weekend. My friend Redneck had some friends down in Vegas so we decided to get some people together and head down there for the weekend. So me, Redneck, our friends Brooks and Shay came with us. Me & Brooks drove to Salina and then Red picked us up there and then we picked up Shay in St.George (She was one of my roomies down in St.George!) We didnt leave till we got off of work on Friday so not till like 5, so needless to say we were driving all night! We decided to camp out at Lake Mead Friday night because we were going to spend all saturday at the lake. We finally made it to the lake at about 1 in the morning (Vegas time- so like 2 our time! ) So we drove FOREVER! So we were dead tired by the time we got there..but we were really smart and just packed a tarp and sleeping bags so we layed the tarp out and just slept on top of it, but the ground was SOO hard! Also it started to rain for like 10 minutes so we all had to huddle up for awhile underneath the tarp..Everyone else was sweating to death all night after the rain let up, but for some reason I was freezing!! So needless to say none of us got any sleep, I think I maybe got 10 minutes haha..So we ended up hitting the lake at like 5 in the morning! We met some more friends out at the lake so we had quite a few people out there..It was so fun! We wakeboarded, tubed, fished, and swam!! I didn't do to good wakeboarding so I was a little frustrated with myself, but it's the first time back this season so I guess I just need to get warmed up or something! But it was alot of fun, other than I got soo burnt! I was in alot of pain all weekend because of it. So then after the lake we headed up to Vegas which was like another hour long drive! We got there and took a much needed nap and then got ready to hit the town! We went to Red Rock Casino, it's a really nice casino (As nice as a casino can be anyways haha) but I did my first slot machine- I figured out how to use the machines this time! and I'm out 5 bucks! Dang, I'm no good, but don't worry i'm not a big fan of gambling so it won't be happening again..The boys got a little caught up with all that gambling stuff haha so us girls hit the Arcade!! And I won big time there haha 247 tickets, it was alot of fun..We ended up starting to head back sunday, so we spent Sunday night in St.George just chilling with some friends in St.George and then we got up early Monday and headed back to Emery!! I got to Huntington around two and my family was out to the desert, so I headed out to the desert and did a little 4 wheeling, and wiffle ball!! It was alot of fun..I had such a good weekend and had a blast with friends and family!! I love weekends like this where it's just non stop fun-however I was very worn out after it was over!! I definitely didn't want to get up to work the next day, but oh well, thats how it goes!!

July 11

2009-05-13T19:24:00.000-07:00

SO I registered to take the pharmacy tech test today! So my test date is July 11th, at 8 a.m.! I'm excited to take it, but a little nervous..I know there is a lot I need to know and I haven't started studying yet..OOPS.SO I gave myself 2 months to get myself ready. It'll be really nice to have my tech license to help work my way through school. It'll be a job I can find anywhere and always something to fall back on. So lets hope I pass!

VIva Las VeGas!

2009-05-01T09:23:00.000-07:00

I'm 21 now! So I wanted to give the slot machines a try, just to say that I did it..However, we couldn't figure out how to use the machines!! You could definitely tell we are Utah girls that don't gamble ha. We sat there for 10 minutes trying to figure out how to put the coin in it, and couldn't. Than figured out that you need to buy a ticket to use them, but we didn't know how to use the ticket machine! oh well..I didn't need to waste that penny anyways, I'll save it for something better. PS.Look at Chelsey in the background, she's only 19 so she couldn't be caught "loitering" haha..so she just kept circling around us while we were trying to gamble.

Me & Melanie at dinner. We went to Trevi at Ceasars Palace..Very good itailan place.

Me & Gen

HAHAHAH-Love Gentry's face in this picture! So we went into this store at Fashion Show Mall and saw some pretty expensive dresses, so we decided to just try them on for fun and have our own little fashion show! It was fun!

Chelsey & Melanie

This dress was a tad big haha, i had to try hard to make it so my bra wasn't totally hanging out.

So we went to the Fashion Show Mall, it's on the strip just off spring mt. exit. Every hour they do a runway show through the middle of the mall, its a fun idea. This show was plus size models modeling some Dilliards clothing..They were getting way into it, it was hilarious

On the Road!

Just loving my life cruising to Vegas! haha..

Chelsey fell asleep for a little bit! Caught ya :)

Ya I know I'm gangsta.

So last Saturday we decided to make a little Vegas Trip! It's been awhile since I've been down there and we were all not to busy on Saturday so we thought, why not?? So we woke up and just headed out! It was such a fun day! We went shopping at the fashion show mall, ate at Trevi (a way nice place) and then tried to gamble and then just headed home! It was really nice down there, and it was a fun way to spend the day.

Game Time

2009-04-19T23:23:00.000-07:00

Thats right, It's the week before finals week!!! Or in other words as me and my roommates say, it's Game Time!! Time to crack down harder than ever before and study, study, study! Everyone thinks finals week is so rough, but I'm going to have to disagree and say that it is the week before finals week that is rough-atleast in my experiences. It's the preperation for finals that is hard work. I hate how teachers feel the need to have all these last minute projects, and papers, and comprehensive tests at the end of the semester, it would be alot easier to handle if it was spread out throughout the whole semester.I have alot of work to do this week with finishing up some final projects and studying for a few tests, and I'm definitely not looking forward to it. It'll be so nice to be done! However, I decided that I need to have a better attitue about finals because they are unavoidable. So I'm gonna take my roommates mottoe to heart, it is game time! So I'm officially kicking finals in the face! Bring it on finals.

The big 21, I'm now legal!

2009-03-31T13:44:00.000-07:00

The birthday group at Red Robin!

The waiter thought it'd be best if got both angles haha..so here is the other side of the table closer up..

Me & Gentch on the way to St.George..
SO last week was my 21st birthday!! It's crazy to think that I am this old! Time seriously flies by.. I am now legal, but don't worry I don't plan on drinking! I have really good family and friends that made it a great birthday! I woke up to a big poster hanging on my door that I ran into haha, Thanks Gentch! Gentry also got me a really cute frame with a fun pic of me and her..Then Mist came over and visited and brought Addison and some home made reeses bars (soo good) It was fun to visit with her and play with little Addy! Lace sent me a package that I got a little bit after, it was a fun goody basket with lots of fun treats! Maddie also drew me a picture that I got in the mail that was so cute, I love her little drawings :) Then Miranda and Shari got me some really cute undies and a cute wallet! My parents got me a really nice bike, which there is a pic on one of my other posts you can see, but it is so cute! Then all of my roomies and Miranda drove down to St.George to eat at red robin and meet up with my friends down there, Chelsey was so sweet and bought me dinner..and then they made the waiters sing to me! So embarassing, they gave me balloons and free ice cream though! Then after my friends down in St.George had cup cakes and I blew out candles! Very fun! Thanks everyone, it was a great birthday!

Panaca Volleyball Tourny

2009-03-29T18:56:00.000-07:00

Michelle, Melanie, Me, and Amber just hanging out before the games started

Me Setting the ball

Me, Mel, and Amanda is squished in the back of the truck- on our way to make tinfoil dinners!

Going up for a block! Not sure if I got it or not haha, I can't remember,but still a cool pic. oh and funny story my shorts are kinda baggy and I don't have a draw string on them so a couple of times when I was jumping up to block or hit they almost fell off!! No worries though I kept them in place!

Our team-"Easy Does It" amber, michelle, melanie, me, bethany, and alissa.

So this weekend one of my friends from down in St.George, melanie, asked me to play in a volleyball tournament in Panaca,NV with her (thats where she's from). Its a tiny town about an hour and fifteen minutes west of Cedar (middle of nowhere, kinda like Emery COunty haha!) So we headed down Friday and spent the night and then woke up bright and early on Saturday morning for the tourny. We played from 7:30 to 4, pretty much non-stop other than a lunch break for a half hour! So by the end of the day I was definitely sore and tired! We ended up taking 2nd place, not to bad but we seriously should have won! Oh well, could of, should of, would of...Then after we got done playing the weather was so nice so we decided to take a dip in the springs there. They were really warm, but kinda gross because there was alot of moss and such! haha..then we got some people together and had a fire and made tinfoil dinners and later that night we watched Austraila, its a really good movie.. Anyways it was a really fun weekend!

Tanner's Prom

2009-03-24T17:22:00.000-07:00

Me & Tan Tan before prom!

Tanner and his friends got together before prom and had a very nice dinner at Shari's house--her little bro and Tanner are friends so me and Shari drove down together to watch prom and we also surprised the boys and served them their dinner! haha..I'm pretty sure Tanner wanted to kill me, but I couldn't help myself :)

Me & Shari, Waitressing the dinner

Tanner and his date Courtney Sitterud

Well I didn't think I was going to make it to Tanner's prom because I had been out of town alot lately so I wanted to spend a weekend in Cedar. But me and Shari (my roomy) both got out of class at two on Friday and had no plans for the night so we said heck lets go watch our little brothers promenade! Tanner his friends with Shari's little brother Derek and they were doubling together so it worked out nice that we went together and watched them. We also waitressed their dinner haha..It was alot of fun to see Tanner all dressed up in his tux he looked very handsome, and it was fun to watch him dance ( I didn't think he knew how, but he surprised me and did very well! ) Their prom theme was something with Pirates and it was decorated very cute. It seems like just yesterday that it was my prom so it brought back alot of memories! It definitely made me feel really old haha! My little bro is growing up and before you know it he'll be graduating! It's crazy how fast time flies!

Razor PIcs and New Bike

2009-03-24T17:14:00.001-07:00

This is my new bike I got for my birthday!! Yay!! I'm so excited, its way cute I love it! I brought it down to Cedar so now I will be cruising around campus in style..

Tanner before we headed out on the razor..He is tough stuff.

Look what I did!! ah! Big Trouble!

Spring Break 09'

2009-03-21T16:22:00.000-07:00

So I'm an idiot and didn't bring my camera charger home for spring break so unfortunately I don't have any pictures to post! But I did want to write about my spring break, which is almost over, danged it!! It went by way way to fast (as always!) Well I went and stayed at Lacy's house for the whole first weekend of the break, it was so fun! Lace had to work on Sat. so I got to babysit Maddie for a few hours and it was so fun!! I love playing with Maddie, she is so stinking cute and funny! Then after Lace got off work, Dj took Maddie and me and Lace headed up to Park City! woot woot..I haven't been to Park City since I was really little and I don't really remember anything so me and Lace decided to head on out for a little adventure. We went shopping at the outlets and found some cute stuff and good deals! You gotta love shopping! ( I told myself since it was my birthday coming up soon that I could get a few clothes for myself haha) Then we went out to eat at this place called the Baja Cantina, its a mexican place thats on the ski resort..We felt a little out of place cuz we were the only ones there without skis or snowboards strapped to their backs ha but it was a pretty nice place and the food was sooo good! It was crazy to see all the different people that go to Park city, you could tell that most of the people on the tables by us were not from America..It's crazy. We decided that Park City is like a "get away without getting away" it was alot of fun. We strolled down historic main street too and that was really neat to see all the fun shops, but way too expensive for us..a pair of pants was like 200 bucks! crazy! But it was still fun to look. Then on Tuesday I decided to head to good ole huntington! So I drove down and brought Maddie with me because Lace had to work and then Lace drove down after work later that night. Wednesday was Emery's drill team spring show and Tanner was dancing with Kelcey Faimolo in the Co Ed dance so we wanted to go watch him dance..He did such a good job! I didn't think he was much of a dancer, but I think he did really well..it was so fun to watch! Thursday we decided to take Maddie swimming and Mel joined us and brought Griffin and Gavin! It was so fun. I haven't been to the new pool in Castle Dale yet, so I was excited to see what all the buzz about it was and it was so nice! i think it's awesome we have something like that for the kids to do! We had a blast swimming with all the little kids! Then forward on to today, which is Saturday and I was in a dodgeball tournament in Castle dale! Mandi's dad works for Emery Rec and he organized a dodgeball tourny for the county so Mand asked me to play on a team with them. So of course I made Tanner play with us too! So it was me, Tanner, Mandi, Her husband Jarvis, her brother Taylor, and her dad Tab. Pretty good team if you ask me! However, we ended up taking 3rd place, danged it! It was a close one, we should have won atleast 2nd, but we didn't pull it out haha..I'm not a huge dodgeballer I haven't played since high school, but it was a lot of fun! It was especially fun to see the 40 year old guys that were flipping out over every little thing, its dodgeball people! haha..but it was alot of fun, I'm glad I played! And I didn't do half bad! Well after the tournament me and Tanner decided it'd be fun to take our dad's razor for a ride up blacks hill by our house! So we were just riding over the hills having a good time, and I decided to go up this one hill, it didn't look to scary and I didn't think we should have any problems getting up the hill, but I was wrong! I got us stuck so Tanner got out to push us out, but it started to roll backwards which was so scary! So I hopped off because I knew we were going to roll, so after I jumped out sure enough it rolled all the way down the hill and landed on its side! So scary, and it was too heavy for us to pick up so we were stuck with it! Well my dad is always really iffy about letting me take the razor cuz it's his "baby" so he gave me a lecture before about how I need to be careful and drive slow and what not, so I did not want him to know what I did..but he was the only one home at the time so we had no one else to call haha..so I had to call my dad to come bail us out, and he did, but he definitely wasn't happy with me, I think it's safe to say I won't be able to drive the razor for quite a while! haha...kinda bad, but kinda funny at the same time. I've never rolled a four wheeler, so I was really scared, but luckily both me and tanner were ok, and no damage to the razor so that's a huge plus! I took a pic on my phone, but my memory card is in Cedar so I will put up a picture when I get back to Cedar, so you can see what I did! But anyways thats about my spring break, nothing too exciting, but it was a really nice week to not have to worry about school and such, it was so fun to be with the family all week, they are great!

Boys = Cooties

2009-03-11T19:15:00.000-07:00

Ok so just gonna vent a little....i hate the dating world! I mean dont't get me wrong, I really do like being single and I'm having fun with it and I really honestly can't imagine myself married right now ( I feel way to young and def. not ready ) but still dating is no fun. I'm getting pretty sick of it..It's always the same story, you like a boy and he doesn't like you..or you don't like a boy and he won't leave you alone. Why doesn't it just ever work out, you like a boy and he likes you back? i mean come on. But dating in Cedar City has not been that easy...my mom says that I'm just too picky, but I don't think I am...There hasn't really been any guys that I've thought is for me and the ones that I could see myself liking are married! I hate it..I go into class and there is a way cute guy sitting across the room, so I get myself all ready to go flirt it up and then I notice...the RING! Every time...but don't get me wrong, I don't want this post to seem like I hate boys and am like anti-dating, but it gets frustrating! But I will endure it and I know one day eventually it will work out for me and it'll be worth the wait.

Moab Volleyball Tourny

2009-03-08T22:35:00.000-07:00

Me, Gentry, and Jess-We took about fifty pictures on the way to moab, long drive! ha we got bored..so Tanna took the pics and just had us make different model pics..i only put two up because it takes forever to upload..but this face is just "extra happy"

--Not sure what this one is supposed to be haha, but it could either be confused or constipated

we just set up chairs in the gym because there was no where to sit in the gym and we usually had a few games to wait in between our games...so here is where we chilled!

OUr team at some Mexican restaurant after we lost out :(

L-R: Me, Brooke, Gentry, Jessica, Tiffany, Brittney, and Tanna

Me, Gentry, and Brooke just chillin

So last weekend I went down to Moab and played in a volleyball tournament. It was alot of fun!! We drove down Friday got there about 5 and then played volleyball from 6 to midnight..then we woke up early and played from 7 to six! I was worn out after, but it was worth it! There was 43 teams there, so it was crazy packed at the gym, but we won all our games (minus 1 match) in our pool play so we made it into the A league!! Heck yes!! But then once the tourny started we went down hill, we were getting tired and didn't play the best ( we could have done alot better) We ended up taking like 10th??? ( I think ) out of 43 teams..so pretty good! It was alot of fun!

Changing the hair yet again!

2009-02-23T23:07:00.000-08:00

A pic of how the color turned out, pretty cute i think i like it! red is a way fun color, i think i might do it more often!

So basically i love to change my hair color, i just can't decide where I like it the best...light or dark, short or long??? such a hard decision! so i always change it up! so i left it the same length just trimmed it up, but i dyed it a little darker, and also lots of red copper in it! I look like a red head! but it's way fun i love it!

Looking like a cyclops!

2009-02-23T23:02:00.000-08:00

ok so i had to take this pic myself so it's not the greatest pic, it was hard to take on my phone, but i did get a pretty good view of my head! hahaha....i don't know how this happened, it was crazy! so the other morning i was getting ready to go to the gym and i kinda felt sick, but i thought i was ok so i continue to get ready. So i head downstairs to eat a banana for breakfast and didn't finish the banana when I realize that I am going to throw up like right then! So i run up the stairs and I'm trying to make it to the bathroom in time, so i'm hurrying way fast to get the toilet seat up and as i'm lifting the seat up i'm putting my head down to throw up and i slammed my head on the toilet bowl seat! i know who does that seriously?! so this was the end result! i looked so stupid! luckily my bangs covered it up, but it was pretty traumatic all the same!

Gotcha Lace! haha..Fun weekend!

2009-02-02T15:41:00.000-08:00

This is Typical Lace! Haha..she sent this pic. to my phone and it made me laugh so hard so I posted it..sorry Lace, but thats what ya get for sending me pics (you can't trust me :) )...

Me & Maddie riding on Grandma Nielson's Chair Lift...I love that thing! I can get up the stairs just fine, but still ride that thing up them, it is sweet! Me & Maddie had fun riding up and down, up and down...

This weekend I went home, it was so nice! I like Cedar and it's been fun, but I always love coming home to Emery county and spending time with the family! I really do have the best family ever! Friday night was the big Carbon-Emery basketball game, the gym was packed! It was crazy, but it was so fun to watch Tanner play basketball. He really is a very good player, he is fun to watch. And we killed Carbon by like 30 points so that was way sweet! After we just wend home and played games and made no-bake cookies (my fave :) )! Then Saturday me and Lace went out to lunch with Whit and Chelsea. It's fun that Lace's friend's sister is my good friend too (wow that was confusing to say haha...!) But it makes for fun times when we are all down and go to lunch together, and you gotta love R Pizza Place's calzones! Then we just hung out, we didn't do a whole lot, but it was so fun to just kick back, relax, and laugh with the fam! I swear I have the funniest family too, I could just laugh at them all day! Plus I have the cutest niece in the whole world! She was soo fun and on Sat. let me hold her alot ( she wouldn't go to anyone else for a bit :) ) I loved it! Then sunday was the big superbowl, woot woot! I like watching football, but I'm not a fanatic or anything about it and I didn't really care who won, but it's a good excuse to make fun treats! ( I am glad that the steelers won though)..Me and my mom and Lace found a recipe for Cafe rio pork, ranch dressing, and rice! So we had cafe rio salads for lunch and it was soo good! I have to say we got pretty dang close! I had to drive back to Cedar so I actually missed the last quarter of the game ( I probably should have left alot sooner, but oh well!) I got home late and was tired, but I made it safely so thats good! All in all it was a very fun weekend and I love my fam!

Snowboarding!

2009-01-20T10:18:00.000-08:00

Me & Michael just getting ready to "surf the white waves"..haha..

Michael doing a back flip, I don't know how to rotate the video sorry you have to see it side ways. I have a few more videos of him doing some pretty sweet tricks, but I just put this one up.

So yesterday Michael took me snowboarding, I was soo scared! haha...I've only been snowboarding once before and that was like 4 years ago and I knew i was not very good all I can remember is that I fell alot! So needless to say I was a little bit nervous about going snowboarding because I knew I would get hurt and also probably just embarass myself. But Michael insisted that I needed to try again and learn how to do it. So I gave in and went. It was actually a really fun day! I'm definitely still not good at snowboarding, but I did alot better than I did the first time I went. I kinda started to get the hang of it! So it was fun, I think if I get better at it, it'll be something I want to do more of. I did fall on my butt a few times though and so today I can barely sit, my tailbone is soo bruised! It has definitely not been fun sitting in the hard desks in class, but oh well I will live. As you can tell from the video Michael is really good at it, so it was fun to see him do his tricks. He was a pretty good teacher as well and was patient with me, so it was good that he helped me learn. However he did give himself a concussion that day and scared me pretty bad! He was going off these jumps and hitting them pretty hard and when he got to the last one he crashed pretty hard and was knocked unconscious. It was really scary, he was out for a little over a minute, so I thought for a second he was dead, but then he started to come around thank goodness...But it was really scary for a minute, and I remembered why I don't like snowboarding! haha...but he of course was ok with getting knocked out. The first thing he said when he woke up was, "Was that cool?" haha, which I told him it definitely was not. But other than that it was a really fun day and I have to say I think I will try going again!

Ice Skating at Millsite

2009-01-06T20:16:00.000-08:00

Redneck, Lexis, Brooks, and me

Me, Chelsea, and Callie on our way to ice skate

New Years day we had an ice skating party at Millsite. This was only my second time ice skating, so therefore I was not the best! haha....I only fell twice! I did get a big cut on my hand though, it was sad! But worth it..We built a fire out on the lake and I was a little nervous we'd melt through the ice, but we didn't! It was way fun...Consider me the next Michelle Kwan!

New Years Eve...2009!!

2009-01-06T20:06:00.000-08:00

Logan sandwich! Logan Debry, me, and Logan Huntsman

This is pretty much everyone that came to Chelsea's to play games, some are missing, but this is the gist of who was there..

Me & Callie playing a little guitar hero, I won of course! haha...

Me, Callie, Oz, Logan, and Bruce

Alexis, Chelsea, me, Callie, Oz, Brandt, and Dane. This was in the back of Brooks Behling's Semi! Ya he bought a semi truck! haha..it was awesome so we shoved a ton of people in there and cruised around Huntington at twelve thirty on New Years Eve, it was crazy!

New Years Eve was a blast! I saw a lot of my friends from high school that I haven't seen in a really long time so it was good! We went to my friend Chelsea Killian's house and played games! We had guitar hero, american idol, scene it, and then played cranium all night! It was soo fun, I love playing games and I have some really fun friends! We also had a bunch of treats of course that were good! I made 7 layer dip (thanks Mel for the good recipe :) ) and puppy chow, it was a big hit! New Years Eve is kinda an overrated holiday to me, but still a fun reason to get everyone together! I didn't really set resolutions this year, I guess I should have! But I did decide that I want to do better with exercising and eating better so I can lose the 15 I gained from my freshman/sophomore year, so I gave in and bought a pass to Gold's Gym! Two of my roommates have a pass there so I figured if I had people to go with I would be more motivated to go work out, so I'm excited to start working out everyday! And for signing up I get a free meeting with a personal trainer so tomorrow at five I get to meet with a trainer and he can whipe me in shape! ha..I'm a little nervous, but excited too!

Miranda's Wedding!

2008-12-21T10:10:00.000-08:00

So last week was Miranda's wedding! We are all so excited for her and Brooks! I definitely miss having her as a roommate, but I'm so happy for her too! These are some pics. of the temple, them first coming out, and us waiting outside, I did get some pretty cute pics.! She looked so pretty and happy! It was such a nice day, after the temple she had a luncheon at the Entrada (where high school musical was filmed) and it was really nice, way good food! It's crazy to think that I'm getting old enough to where my friends are getting married, time flies by way to fast! I'm glad that I have the wonderful friends that I do! This day was good, but also a little sad as well because two of our roommates are now gone...Miranda is now married and is Mrs. Shurtliff, and our other roommate Brittney is getting ready to leave on her mission to New York in a month..We have so much fun and it's going to be weird without them in the apt.but i'm excited for them to go on with their lives. Brittney is going to be a great missionary! Shari and Gentry will still be living with me, so I'm glad not everyone is leaving, and we have a new roommate Chelsey and she is alot of fun too, I'm not sure if we're going to have someone else move in or not, but I'm sure we'll have fun with her too. Anyways Miranda's wedding was a nice day with all of us together for the last time..After the wedding and luncheon, we went Christmas shopping in St.George all day and that night we had tickets to the Forgotten Carols. I went last year and absolutely loved it! So I looked into getting tickets for all of us to go and it worked out perfect because we were all ready in St.George for the wedding. If you haven't gotten the chance to go see the forgotten caorls play, I would really recommend it. The music is beautiful!! And the message is soo good. It really makes you think of the true meaning of Christmas and how important Christ is in our lives. After the play I really reflected on my life and thought of how greatful I am for all the blessings that I have. I love the Savior and all that he has done for me! I know that he is always there for me and that he loves me. I need to do better to keep him close to me at all times and to love and serve others, because that is what Christmas is all about! I'm greatful for my family and how close we are, we have alot of fun together, and they've always been there for me. I'm greatful for my friends and the fun times that we have, they always keep me laughing! I'm greatful for this gospel and the love that it brings! Anyways this is a way long post...sorry, but I had a lot of thoughts after this day, it was just a really good day. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and remember Christ at this time of year!

Chopped my Hair!!

2008-12-21T10:05:00.000-08:00

So I decided that it was time for a little change in my hair, I've been lazy so it's been a long time since I've done anything with it! I know I keep changing between short and long hair, but I guess I just can't decide which way I like it better! haha..Once I cut it I want to grow it out, but once it's starting to grow out I just want to cut it! Oh well, I like mixing it up! I also lightened it quite a bit so that was fun too! I went up north to visit Lace, so I had Lori cut my hair and I think she did a great job! and it was fun to visit with her!

Photo Booth

2008-12-06T18:36:00.000-08:00

My roommate Chelsey has this photo booth on her computer that distorts your faces, needless to say we had alot of fun with it!

Cedar Christmas Parade

2008-12-06T18:03:00.000-08:00

--What we were SuPposed to be originally, these are the costume stealers!

---The yellow chicken was the costume she wanted me to wear that I ditched!

-Before the parade, getting pumped up to be in it

-During the parade, me, shari, and eve, watching instead of being in it! ha.

-The costume Shari was supposed to wear, WAY creepy haha...

So Today was a huge parade in Cedar City. The newspaper said that no other city in the West has a parade like this haha..so it's a pretty big deal for Cedar and there was TONs of people there...Me and my roommate Shari were supposed to be a part of it, our ward was asked to do a float and so Shari volunteered me to do it with her, gotta love that! ha..so we were assigned to be 2 of the 3 muskateers. So we show up and the lady had decided to give our muskateer costumes away to these three boys, she thought it'd be better to have boys be muskateers, so she decided to fish around in her car and see what else she had for us. Well she came up with a chicken costume, and some weird joker costume! So we would have had to been split up by ourselves in way embarassing costumes! So when the lady walked away we just took off haha..we just couldn't do it, so we went and watched the parade instead! It was much funner to watch than be in I"m sure, we took pictures of the costumes we were supposed to be so obviously they found someone else to wear them so thats good! It was a way fun parade though, I was wishing that Maddie was there, she would have loved it! They had shrek, buzz lightyear and woody, the hulk, snow white, cinderella, the incredibles, and all sorts of celebrities, and they had a huge gingerbread man and rocking horse helium balloons it took 9 people to hold them down! It was way fun for the whole town!
It was a fun parade, but from the pics. you can tell why we decided to watch!

Never Think

2008-12-03T18:07:00.000-08:00

This is from the movie Twilight!! I loved this song! And it's also cool because it was written and sang by Rob Pattinson who plays Edward the main character! Before I went to see Twilight I didn't think he was very cute and I thought they could have found someone cuter to play Edward, but after the movie I thought he was way cute! haha...so him singing and playing is a double bonus...Make sure to pause my music before you listen, it's a way pretty song!

Nat's Baby Shower!

2008-12-01T21:12:00.000-08:00

So this last weekend I had a baby shower and a bridal shower one right after the other..It's crazy to think that my friends are starting to have babies and get married!! I feel so old...Alot of my friends from high school were down because it was Thanksgiving break so I got to see alot of them that I haven't seen in quite a while. It was so fun to catch up and visit with them. We talked about all the fun times we had in high school, we have so many fun memories! This is at Natalee Hanson's baby shower and then I went to my friend Miranda Fauver's bridal shower right after. Both were lots of fun and very nice. I'm very excited for both of them!

Wal-Mart Trip

2008-12-01T21:05:00.000-08:00

So I was looking through some of my old videos and I have to say there are some pretty funny ones I have, I'm going to have to post some more later, but I thought I'd put this one up cuz it was making me laugh. This is me and my friend Logan at wal-mart down in St.George. A bunch of us made a wal-mart run and when we were walking around there was this random boom box playing dude looks like a lady and it was pretty loud. So we decided to start dancing with the canes that were propped up there. We had quite the crowd watching and the boom box just had to be in the tampon area! haha....hope you enjoy!

Tagged!

2008-11-24T16:42:00.000-08:00

There is a rage of tags going around! This is an easy one. You go to the 6th folder in your pictures and pick the 6th picture in that folder, then tag 5 other people.

This was such a good day! These were my best friends down in St.George, we hung out pretty much everyday, we had some good times! This was near the end of the semester when all of us were getting ready to move and such so it was kinda sad..but this was a great road trip for us! Our friend Kaleb got his call to Mexico and this was at his farewell. He's from Green River, so we all drove down together Sat. and spent the night and then went to his farewell the next day. It was alot of fun, we went four-wheeling and had a bon fire out at the lake. Then spent the whole Sunday just chilling and relaxing, it was a good day..
From L-R, Kelli, me, Rachel, Kaleb, Shay, and Brooks

I tag: Miranda, Gentry, Casey, and Mandi!

Yoga!

2008-11-08T15:29:00.000-08:00

So I took a yoga class last year at Dixie and Shari is in yoga now at SUU. So the other day I decided to go to yoga with Shari and sit in on the class..The teacher was not that happy about me coming, she almost made me leave, cuz I'm not actually in the class. She said it was an advanced class and didn't want me to get hurt haha..but I explained to her that I have taken yoga before and then she was fine with me staying, weird..but she did end up letting me stay and I got a good work out! This is me and Shar practicing our balance at home!

Halloween

2008-11-03T11:16:00.000-08:00

This is Gentry, me, Rachel and Jenny. Gentry is my roommate now, and Rachel and Jenny were my roommates down in St.George! This last weekend for Halloween, I decided to go down to St.George and visit all my friends down there, it's been a long time since I've seen them! It was a lot of fun! We went to a dance at the Staheli barn and then a bunch of people came over to my old apt. and hung out, it was fun, I love dances! It was really good to see all of my old friends, I miss them..We all decided to dress up like barbies! I know I have brown hair, so I'm not the best barbie! haha..so I am Teresa barbie, she is barbie's brunette friend! My shoes were the best part, but you can't really see them in this pic. but I found a pair of hot pink, glittery, jelly shoes at wal-mart! I haven't had a pair since I was little so they were way fun to wear!

Job Searching Equals No Fun

2008-10-23T14:17:00.000-07:00

So this is pretty much my last week of volleyball practice so I am in the process of job hunting right now...Not fun! I did get a job as an income tax preparor, but I have to do alot of training on my own time before I start, the guy signed me into tax school and I have 2 classes I have to finish and I started yesterday, but there is soo much work, it is going to take me atleast a month I'm thinking to finish them so I'm still keeping my eyes open for a better job that does not require so much training (because I'm not getting paid to do these classes). So I have been looking online, but there aren't alot of way good jobs available in Cedar, especially at this time of year, most of them open up in the summer when students leave. But I have applied to a few places that I'm waiting to hear back from, hopefully something opens up for me..Today I had an interview with Primerica, I saw that they were looking for someone on the SUU website so I sent them a resume and they called me up for an interview. Well it was probably the worst interview of my life! I did good at it because they want me to come in for a second interview, but the guy was kinda a jerk so it's def. not a job that I'm interested in. I didn't really know what Primerica was before I went, but it's like a sales job, basically I'd have to try and sale insurance and then do debt consolodation. It's like a pyramid scheme kinda, you get people to work under you haha..so not really my thing. But basically he went off on me because I want to be a school counselor, he tried to tell me that school counseling is the worst field to go into, that I wouldn't be any good at it, and I'll never make enough money to survive doing it. Then he just said a few other things that bothered me, so I left the interview wanting to cry haha...It was bad, so basically he's going to call me today to set up a second interview and I am going to have to turn it down, it's just not for me. But he made me feel like a complete idiot for wanting to be a school counselor, so after the interview I was questioning if I was doing the right thing. But then I had an appointment with my academic advisor, who has a pyschology degree and she reassured me that it is a good field to go into and shared some of her experiences and I feel alot better now haha...Anyways wish me luck on finding a job, I'm hoping I can find something good!

Designer Handbags-For Free!

2008-10-11T10:50:00.000-07:00

Ok---so Gentry's sister found this cool website that is giving away free designer handbags! To celebrate the October 15, 2008 launch, they are giving away a free handbag every hour for 24 hours on the day of the launch. These handbags are usually priced between $30 and $80! After signing-up you can select the handbag you would like to win and it's so easy to sign-up! There's absolutely no catch - this means no shipping/handling fees or credit card required, so go do it!!

Here's a link to their website:

www.handbagplanet.com

All About Me

2008-10-04T21:14:00.000-07:00

**Get to know me**

Three things I am afraid of:
1. Heights
2. Birds (or really anything that flaps is creepy)
3. Moths

Three people who make me laugh:
1. Burg
2. Lacy
3. Roommates

Three things I love:
1. Family & Friends
2. Basketball
3. Food

Three things I hate:
1. Planning things way in advance
2. Making decisions
3. Long car rides

Three things I don't understand:
1. If the moon is made of barbecue spare ribs or cheese??
2. Why it only rains the day that you wash your car
3. Stock Market

Three things on my desk:
1. My laptop
2. Family Pictures
3. Night Lamp

Three things I'm doing right now:
1. Writing things about me duh
2. Talking to Burg
3. Eating a cookie

Three things I want to do before I die:
1. Travel, see the world
2. Finish school , feels like I have forever left :(
3. Go golfing and or scuba diving

Three things I can do:
1. Play piano
2. Play variety of sports
3. Text with my toes, haha.

Three things I think you should listen to:
1. The song so what by pink
2. Conference tomorrow :)
3. ME

Three things I'd like to learn:
1. Another Language
2. How to drive stick shift better
3. How to golf and or scuba dive

Yard Sales & Fall Cleaning-What a weekend!

2008-09-29T15:43:00.000-07:00

Ok so this weekend me and my roomies decided to hit up some yard sales...Misty goes to them all the time and if you've ever seen Misty's place it is decorated way cute! And she says most of her stuff she gets at yard sales and fixes it up...So I decided to try it out..So me and my roommates saw some signs with some yard sales that were going on so we went on an adventure on Sat. So I guess I need Misty to come with me next time because I'm not really sure how to pick stuff out or what yard sales to hit up because I didn't find a lot, but we did find a really cute shelf for five bucks! Heck ya! So..it just needed a good paint job and it'd look brand new. So I bought some black spray paint and Misty helped me to paint it and sand it to give it an antique look and it's a really cute shelf if I say so myself..So I got a shelf for only five bucks that could have cost me like 40 at quilted bear or something and it looks just as good! So my new thing is hitting up yard sales, and it's fun to paint and decorate and make it your own. After the yard sales me and my roommate decided that our apt. is looking pretty gross so a little Fall cleaning was in order. We went yard sale-ing from 9-10, and then from 10-5 we cleaned the whole apt.! It was pretty exhausting, but we re-arranged, dusted, washed walls, cleaned cupboards, bathrooms, did laundry and the whole shebang! And our place feels and looks soooo much better! There really is nothing like a clean house! The one thing that I don't like about our apt. is that our kitchen is all white! White tile, white cupboards and everthing, so it gets dirty really fast..so hopefully after we spent all day cleaning it will stay clean for awhile! After this long day of work we had to hurry and get ready for the Relief Society Broadcast at six. and it was soo good! I loved it..If you didn't get a chance to watch it go online and watch it because it was good. I especially liked Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk. He talked about how sometimes we don't think that our efforts are good enough, but that we need to be more satisfied with what we do because we are daughters of god and have infinite worth. It was really good and something that I def. needed to hear. So this weekend was alot of work and play, but it was really good! Sorry to my fam though for missing out on Lagoon, I heard it was alot of fun!

New Hair

2008-09-23T20:50:00.000-07:00

Ok so here's a funny story! I decided that I wanted to die my hair just a tad darker, so I bought some dye from wal-mart and had my roommate do it for me. The color turned out pretty good I think, I like my hair better dark ( sorry mom ). So then I decided my bangs were getting just a little too long, so I asked my roommate to trim them, well she did, but accidentally went shorter than planned haha..so then all of the roommates got in on it and tried to help fix it, but they were still a little scary..so the next day I went over to Misty's house to see if she could even them out and guess who ended up fixing them?? Haha..Nate actually helped my bangs out alot! I told him he's going to have to open up a shop on the side now..haha, we ended up having to do a full front bang which is a little different for me, but I think it will be a fun change. What do ya think?? The last pic is the end result, I can't figure out how to rotate it, so it's sideways sorry!

Cards!

2008-09-23T20:39:00.001-07:00

Me & My friends like to play cards alot!! The last pic. is of my roommates Brittany and Miranda, they were too busy watching Star Wars to join in this card game ( it was too intense for them anyways haha..)

HOMeComIng!

2008-09-23T20:18:00.000-07:00

HOMECOMING PARADE!!!!!

(Above) Me & Miranda, she is always taking care of me haha..

SO this last week was homecoming for SUU! These are some pics of the homecoming parade, it was lots of fun..

Egg Toss

2008-09-23T20:07:00.000-07:00

Me & Nia, or Coach Cool and Coach Genius as the girls call us, haha..
This is Heather, she comes and helps out sometimes. She's trying to break this egg with her two fingers haha..
So Our girls have been having a little trouble with passing! So me and Nia(the girl I coach with) thought it would be a good idea to have them practice with eggs to teach them how to cushion the volleyball. So we had them each get a partner and toss the egg back and forth. You have to cushion the egg when you catch it or else it will break all over, which some of the girls figured out the hard way! haha.. It was a really fun activity and the girls did show some improvements with passing after we did it.

School is SOooo Fun!

2008-09-17T10:33:00.000-07:00

Ok so I didn't get pics. of the tournament :( I was too busy coaching and helping with book keeping and such! So I am sorry you have to keep reading the lame posts with no pics! So I found this pic online so I could show ya what my last couple days have been like! School is so stressful this week! I don't know what it is about teachers, but it's like they all get together and decide to have the same things due on the same day! I won't have anything to do for like a week and then bam, the next week its' crazy! Which is this week for me! I have two really big tests, one of which I'm pretty sure I bombed today! And the other one is on Friday..I also have a big project due for my class on Thursday! This wouldn't be a problem, if I wasn't gone all the time with volleyball! We traveled to Pine View yesterday which isn't far away, but we didn't get home till 11:30! It was ridiculous, and then we have a home game tomorrow so I will be at the gym till like 9 or so tomorrow...So this doens't leave me very much time to study..I'm just hoping that I can get it all in...Speaking of which I should probably be studying and working on my project instead of blogging, but I had to vent for a sec! So anyways I'm off to do some homework!

Volleyball Tournament

2008-09-12T12:40:00.001-07:00

So...It's the weekend!! Yay!! I'm headed to St.George for the weekend because my volleyball girls have a tournament in Hurricane! I'm excited it should be lots of fun. I am going to visit all my friends down there and then watch a lot of volleybal games haha...I'm hoping my girls do good, they should do great. My sophomore team has alot of talent so I think we should win it. As for the freshman team, they probably will not do as good haha..but it'll be alot of good experience both for them and me as a coach seeing as how I'm still new to everything! I'll try to take some pics. of the tournament and get them up next week or something!

1988

2008-09-11T12:39:00.000-07:00

This was the number 1 song in the Nation the year I was born..It's kinda fun to see what was popular when I was born..Thanks Jess for the idea haha..I am pretty sure that Bobby McFarrin was high when he was in this video

Soul Woman

2008-09-09T17:53:00.000-07:00

I have moves like you wouldn't believe haha...she cut the camera off early, but you can imagine how it finished..

Errand of Angels

2008-09-05T10:43:00.000-07:00

So I went to the movie the Errand of Angels last night...I was a bit skeptical about going because it looked pretty cheesy and I had heard that it wasn't the greatest. I'm not sure that I would recommend paying 7 bucks to see it, but I still thought it was worth seeing. I actually ended up liking it. I thought it had a really good message. It talked alot about loving others. I think that everyone needs to learn how to love others better. The main girl had a mission companion that she could just not get along with, but once she started looking at her with love and as someone special they started to love and appreciate each other. If we constantly look for the negative in people that is what we will see, but if we look for the positive then we will see that everyone has good in them, and if we see that positive they will continue to become better and better people to us! I want to make it a goal to really try and find the good in everyone no matter how much they drive me crazy!

Orange Peel

2008-09-04T09:47:00.000-07:00

I miss Orange Peel! One of my favorite things about St.George is that it has the best 2 smoothies places in the world...yes better than Jamba Juice I think anyways..Orange Peel and IntaJuice. This was at Orange Peel and I am obviously drinking an excellent smoothie! I want a smoothie way bad right now..but no Orange Peel in Cedar :(

Cedar/Volleyball

2008-09-03T23:10:00.000-07:00

I'm just getting started so you'll have to bear with me while I figure everything out!! Also I don't have a whole lot of time right now, school and volleyball is keeping me busy so I will try and update it better, but it might take some time! But anyways....as for school I am really liking Cedar alot so far. It is smaller than St.George and I like that, its actually really pretty down here! It's been pretty hot down here too, so I haven't noticed a huge difference from here and St.George...Everyone in Cedar is really nice and it's a little more relaxed here which I really like, but I do miss St.George and some of my friends down there! Coaching volleyball has been really good for me. Its keeping me in shape because I like to try and work out with the girls and it is alot of fun. The only thing I don't like about it is having to travel! I'm too old for bus trips anymore haha.. but my girls are improving and I think that with some more experience they will be better players! We've played 4 games and only won one so we definitely have alot of work to do before region play starts. Anyways that is about all for now so like I said it might be awhile before I update more, but just be patient with me!