Karleigh Rose

Swarley Stinson Rose!

2011-07-23T22:45:00.000-07:00

It has been great to be home for the summer. One awesome thing about it was that I was able to go to the surplus auto auction in Davis. As soon as I laid eyes on this car I loved it! I honestly didn't have much hope that I would actually get it, but we bid on it and....I got a car!!! So this is my ford focus wagon.

With a little tune up he's running like a champ and I totally love this car! It took me a little while to decide on a name for him. But after help from my friends, trying it out, and a final vote from Mary!... I decided on Swarley Stinson Rose. For those who don't know the name comes from How I Met Your Mother. And I think the car is worthy of the AWESOMENESS its name expects of it. :)

Monterey

2011-07-01T22:21:00.000-07:00

I'm home for a couple months for the summer and Taryn has been home too this past week. We took a little overnight trip to Monterey. The day we got there it was cloudy cloudy cloudy so we just looked at the beach a bit in our jackets then went on the 17mile drive. It was a nice drive and we saw some cool stuff.

Taryn and me before the wet coastal air made our hair crazy.

And along the coast.

The lone cypress.

I was the one driving and during the drive I saw two young bucks(deer not boys) on the side so I pulled over quick and snapped a shot.

We stayed in an awesome bungalow at The Sanctuary Beach Resort. It was really nice and we had a great beach view.
And maybe my favorite part was the robes in the room! Oh and the fact that we got our own golf cart to drive around!

Day 2 was sunny so we got some beach time and we stopped at Phil's Fish Market for lunch.

I'm only a little burned and I enjoyed our time there.

Back From the Break

2011-01-26T15:47:00.000-08:00

Now that it is close to February I figure I might as well put up a little post about Christmas break. I know it is very after the fact but I figured I'd get some up caused I'm sick of going on my page to link to other peoples blogs and seeing the same last post! So here is a very quick recap of Christmas break:

Went home to Davis and it was wonderful! All the family was home for at least part of the break so it was great to be with everyone. We got to make a stop at the Farmer's Market I was super excited I love it! I didn't realize how much I really liked Davis until I moved away to Provo. It is always nice to come home and visit the hometown. And even better to get to see family and friends. I got to spend some time with my friends from home and it was so good to see them and catch up I've missed them lots. And I of course spent most of my time with my family which was wonderful!

Christmas was great as always! Except for the fact that I got sick and felt miserable for most of the day. But still it was good and we got fun stuff and it was good to be with the family. We all got our Christmas PJs and sported them together:)

While we were all home together we also took family pictures for the Christmas card. These are just a few...

And the while in the oh so lovely California....we took a trip to the coast! We went to Monterey and Santa Cruz it was the best. Unfortunately Holly had already gone back to Utah so we missed her there.

2:13:48

2010-11-07T19:10:00.000-08:00

My first half-marathon time!!! This weekend I ran my first half-marathon. I ran in the Indianapolis Monumental half-marathon with Taryn. At the end of summer, for some reason I got the urge to start running and decided I wanted to try and train for a half. (The influence of my awesome roommate over the summer miss Hilary Collins for sure). So I talked to T to ask her for some tips since she has run some before. She told me I should go do one with her Nov 6 in Indianapolis. I said OK! So I started training and a couple months later it was time:)

I left Provo on Thursday afternoon and flew to Lexington to stay with Taryn and Grant for the weekend. I got in pretty late on Thursday night so we stayed up and chatted a bit then headed to bed. Then Friday we slept in a little then Taryn and I had the day to hangout. It was great to get to spend some time with her:) We did some shopping (went to goodwill and got jackets for cheap we were willing to part with on the run) and hungout. Then we went to dinner at Saul Good. It was a way cute restaurant and the food was all good. We has some yummy pizza, salad, and nachos. Then we needed to get to bed early cause we had a race the next day! So we watched a little TV and got to bed.

RACE DAY! We left Taryn and Grants at 3am. Taryn and I went to sleeping in the car while Grant was awesome and drove us over to Indianapolis. We got there and got our packets and made sure we were all ready for our run. Then at 8am we were off! The run was through the streets of downtown Indianapolis. It was a cool run I liked it. We saw Grant between mile 2 and 3 and so we were able to throw our throwaway jackets to him. Taryn and I ran together and it went really well. We went pretty steady and strong. I'm happy I did it with her because she helped me keep pace. I think I did really well and I was feeling pretty good for a lot of it. But by like mile 10 I was pretty much ready for it to be over and I was starting to hurt. But I accomplished my goal and I did the whole thing running! And I did really well and did it in 2:13:48 I was for sure happy with that. I told Taryn to go ahead during the last mile and she got a personal best for herself! So we both did awesome and it was a great experience.

When I ran it in, I ran it too hard for too long at the end. I started full out sprinting way before I should have, but it's all good. So right when I finished I was pretty nauseous and light headed. But I took a minute to recuperate and was better. The medical people made me get checked because I bent down by the puke buckets:p I didn't throw up but I was a little woosy so they checked me out. I was ok with it because the med boy was a cutie;)

I'm so happy I did it. It is a goal that in the past I never thought I would accomplish so I feel really good about doing it. Thanks to everyone who supported me and helped me along the way. Thanks Hilary for being amazing and an inspiration, thank you Katrina for helping me during training, and also Holly&Jonny, and thank you Mom and Dad for helping make it possible for me to get to Kentucky, and thank you so much Taryn and Grant for the great weekend, Taryn thanks so much for running it with me and encouraging me and Grant thanks for cheering us on and getting us there!

I DID IT! :)

Another birthday...Kirstin

2010-10-23T11:22:00.001-07:00

And the month of October keeps bring the birthdays. The 23rd of October is Kirstin's birthday and so I got the chance to celebrate another birthday with a loved one :) I've known Kirstin for a long time now and been close with her for so many awesome years. She is an amazing girl. She has an inspiring passion for life, she is an example to many, she is one of the sweetest people I know, she has a sparkling personality that everyone can't help but love, and she is beautiful of course:) We've had a lot of good times in the past and continue to have more out here together in Provo.

I'm blessed to have such a great friend in Kirstin. I love you miss!

Luckily this lady lives in Utah so I actually got to celebrate her birthday with her as well! Holly and I were excited as always to bake for the birthday. We tried something new that we thought was fun(to match Kirstin) and made cookies and cream cupcakes. They were pretty darn good and cool. She had a fun birthday party. A group met up at her place for cake and some hangout time. Then we headed out onto campus to play night games. It was a lot of fun even though we got pretty wet from laying in puddles and sliding down wet grassy hills. And a group of us went and grabbed some Earth Fruits afterward (best frozen yogurt place all around ever!). It was a lot of fun and I'm so happy I was able to celebrate with her!

Birthdays

2010-10-17T15:21:00.000-07:00

Birthdays are always so much fun and these past couple weeks there have been quite a few birthdays of people close to me.
First off it was my daddy's birthday on the 3rd :) I'm sad I couldn't be there to help celebrate. Freshman year Holly and I were able to go home and surprise him for his birthday weekend which was super fun. I fell asleep early on his birthday but I got to talk to him for awhile the next day which is always good. I'm so lucky to have him as a dad, he is the best! I've been lucky enough to have been taught in and out of the home by him and let me tell you he is a great teacher. We are different in ways and the same in ways...I for sure did not inherit his sarcasm though...;) Happy Birthday and wishes to another great year for you daddy. I love you!

Then on the 6th is was Miss Collins' birthday. Hilary was my roommate over the summer and she is awesome times 10 plus a slice of raspberry chocolate cheesecake. I love her! We found out how much we have in common living together and had a lot of fun times together. She is an amazing girl. This birthday she turned 21 which is significant to her for reasons different than most. Hilary will be serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Argentina! I'm so excited for her she is going to be an amazing sister missionary. Hilary got to come visit us here in Provo the day after her birthday so we got to see her it was awesome! I love you Hil I hope your year being 21 is great (especially after Nov 17!)

Then on the 12th it was my cousin Breanne's birthday. Miss Breanne Pann is a Rose before marriage. I've grown up seeing her whenever we went to San Diego and a few times in between. I always looked forward to the times I got to spend with her. We always had some fun times catching up on Christmas Eve's. We have lots of great memories from La Jolla beach to the 'elevator' in our grandparents house that led to the carpeted garage. We got to spend these times together and with our other cousins and siblings. The two of us got to go to EFY together twice which were both great experiences where we got closer. Having a cousin so close in age was always a great thing. I love this girl so much. This was her 21st birthday and her first birthday as a married woman! It's crazy how old we are getting...Happy birthday Breanne.

Then on the 13th is was my cousin Brittany's birthday (known to a few of us special friends as Brookney). I love this girl like crazy. She is a firework of fun and excitement. We also share a lot of memeories from growing up, I remember cuddling her when she was scared in a thunderstorm, all nighters at Christmas and summer time, grabbing the butter or catchup before she could get her hands on it at family dinners, picture time at Christmas Eve (with Breanne), and so much more. Recently she has been able to come and visit me in Provo a couple times and it has been a blast. Brit and I have always been close but in the recent visits we have become so much closer and it has been so great. We basically can't go a day without talking to each other now. She is a beautiful, strong, compassionate, totally crazy awesome fun girl! Anytime she visits we know we are in for a good and crazy time! I can't wait for the next time. She makes me smile and I love her so much! Happy birthday Brookney and enjoy being 19 I love you!

Then on the 15th it was my roommate Katrina's birthday. Miss Katrina also turned 21. Katrina is the best roommate anyone could ask for. She and I have pretty different personalities but we are so crazy close. We call each other mirror twins cause we are. I love that girl. It took me awhile to get her to decided what she wanted to do for her birthday, but we finally decided and had a lot of fun. In the morning we both had some school stuff to take care of but then at lunch time, I took her to lunch at Cafe Rio. We both got the delicious pork salads. Then she relaxed for awhile and I made birthday cupcakes (chocolate peanut butter they were yummy) and dinner (pizza I made a mock CPK california club pizza, so good). We had a couple friends join us for dinner and then we went to Despicable Me in the dollar theater. I love that movie it's so good. Then we came back to our place for cupcakes. It was fun. Happy birthday Kat, love you girl :)

Shirts and Such

2010-07-20T14:34:00.000-07:00

For Taryn's birthday I decided to make her a shirt(ok decorate might be a better word). And I decided I liked it so much that I wanted one. And then I got inspired and started making more. These are a couple that I've made and I have others in the process.

And this is a hairclip I made...

I'm having tons of fun making stuff and I have plans for more. I have a couple shirts in the process and ideas for more as well as more hair accessories.

Epic Nights

2010-07-15T12:59:00.000-07:00

I've been having a blast out here in Provo during the summer. The 2 classes I'm taking have been way chill and left plenty of time for fun! I've been doing lots of fun stuff just a little update on a couple of epic nights that have happened.

Eclipse with the wolfpack: Well when Eclipse came out we of course were willing to pay the full amount and not wait til the dollar theater for that one. So Katrina and I met the most amazing wolf pack ever and def got our in with them when we became their tattoo artists. Kat and I printed out the Jacob/wolfpack tattoo and made a stencil out of it and the wolfpack all went to Eclipse in jean shorts w/ tattoos. It was pretty legit. It was a great time and a lot of fun, and I loved the movie. There may have been a bit of howling from our group when Jacob appeared on the screen ;) And a little bit of wolfpack romping after the movie was over. It was an epic night for sure. And of course Katrina and I had to be good wolfbabe's and made muffins the following Sunday for the pack.

Shaving Cream Slip n Slide:

Another epic night occurred last night out at Rock Canyon Park. A huge party with shaving cream slip n slides. There were a few slides with water and lots of shaving cream. We got pretty lathered up and had a blast! It was quite a success. Luckily I made it through the night without sustaining any injuries. Definitely another epic night!

Elder Anderson

2010-06-08T17:58:00.000-07:00

Today I said my goodbye to Steven at the airport as he left to get on his plane for the MTC. He will be in the MTC for a couple months and then go to serve in the Mexico City North Mexico Mission. He is both excited and nervous. Although I will miss him so much I am so excited for him and proud of him. Now I am looking forward to his return in 2 years. Until then I'll miss him and support him with emails and letters.

These are a few of our last pictures we took.

Davis Traditions

2010-05-18T16:08:00.000-07:00

Once a year Davis is host to the Whole Earth Festival. Basically it is an ultimate hippie festival.

I'm not really the hippie type much but I absolutely love Whole Earth Festival. Its was fun and way different. Pretty much they just set up a festival on UCD campus and there is a lot of incense and smells in the air. And there is a whole LOT of tie-dye everywhere. This year I went with Steven and Kirstin. Kirstin and I dressed to the occasion. We had fun looking at all the cool jewelry, and tie-dye, and everything else. It was fun I'm happy I got to be home for it.

Back in Davis

2010-04-26T20:05:00.001-07:00

I'm home now for 2 months. This is my second day home, and I've already seen the Davis wild turkeys....right outside on our street (we live in a circle mind you). Thye were just a few houses across the street down the circle. I snapped a couple pictures of the crazy guys and luckily didn't get attacked (dont worry Jenn I'm ok in case you read this!). Fun times at home

14 layers of Wow

2010-03-14T18:40:00.000-07:00

For Jonny's Birthday Holly and I turned this

Into this....

Which we turned into this...

Which ended up like this...

That we then frosted to make this...

That finally came out like this...

!!!

It was crazy and took oh you know like 5 hours or so! It is 14 complete layers with hommade sticky goey choclate icing inbetween. We had fun with it and we were both really happy that our ambitious endeavor turned out as a tasty and pleasing success.

Girls Night

2010-03-13T14:53:00.000-08:00

Friday night Jenessa, Katrina, and I had a much needed and amazing girls night! First we headed out for some dinner because we were starving. We decided on Cafe Rio, when we got there it was very obviously Friday Night at Cafe Rio (the line was out the door)! So, we did my favorite way to get around that and called in our order. We went to Jenessa's new found love, the Dollar Store, for 20min while we waited for our food to be ready. She was amazed and got a few fun things, she was especially phsyced about a little red basket she found. Then we went back over and got our delicious Cafe Rio and ate it in the car.

Then we headed out shopping! A girls night must of course. We went to Plato's closet, Jenessa's first time. It was sorta a miss night for Plato's but we did find some good stuff for some good pictures. There was one little pink and purple dress geometric that was totally 60s/70s whatever it was awesome and I wanted it but didnt really wanna pay $12 for it so let it stay there. Then we headed over to Target because Jenessa wanted to get a purse. She ended up with 2 and with a couple new shirts! She was pretty excited and we had fun being with her getting it all. Then we went back home and did makeovers! Another girls night absolute must! We had lots of fun doing it. We went for a sparkly smoky eye with Jenessa, very different for her but she seemed to have some fun. Then we did some color with Kat and a little more eyeliner dolled her up. And I went for the dark red lip with the leather jacket. Then we went out and got some ice cream. Then just took some pics for fun. We had a ton of fun. Love those girls and love girls night!

Not a Teenager Anymore

2010-03-06T21:16:00.000-08:00

I turned 20 on Monday, my parents last baby isnt a teenager anymore. But I'm still the baby of course :) It was an awesome birthday. I got lots of great presents but probably my best present was having Steven here. He came to visit for a whole week and was here for my birthday it was the first birthday we got to spend together in person. It was so fun/good to have him here for an entire week. He went to classes with me which was nice (classes are way better w/someone's shoulder to lay on and walk to campus is a lot nicer not carrying my backpack haha).

Monday was my actual birthday and it was great. We went to my 2 classes which were fine, then had a relaxing day. My lovely roommates made me dinner and dessert and we had an apt dinner and out 'other roommates'/the guys came for dinner. We had delicious calzones for dinner with salad and fruit it was way good. Then we went of to FHE. Then we all came back to the apt for bday dessert. Pizookie! Chocolate Chip cookie w/mint chip ice cream...so yummy! And I got a pizza pan! Kitchen stuff is incredibly exciting for me and Katrina and I dont have to steal Holly's pan all the time now.

We did my family celebration the next day on Tuesday since FHE wouldnt take a chunk out of the time. We went to California Pizza Kitchen mainly because I was craving the California Club Pizza. It is so delicous! Mayo spread with lettuce bacon and avacado on top, it sounds super weird and gross, but it is delicous! We also got cheeseburger pizza and Santa Fe chicken Pizza all were way good. And I happened to be one of 3 tables in a row there for a birthday and got a free ice cream sundae. Then we went back to Holly's for presents and dessert. Holly made an awesome and delicious cake for me! I got lots of awesome stuff thank you family for all my presents! :)

Later in the week Steven took me to get the second part of my present. He gave me a legit In n out safety pin on my birthday!!! For my present he took me shopping :) I got 2 new pairs of shoes and a perfume. Steven is amazing it was super fun to get to shop and pick stuff out and I love the stuff. We had a lot of fun during the whole week and did lots of fun stuff. Steven got his first experience of Cafe Rio and he enjoyed it of course.

It was an awesome birthday and an awesome week thank you to all of you who helped to make it awesome:)

Apple Crisp

2010-02-25T12:18:00.000-08:00

So I bake every Sunday night and sometimes even more often but I dont ever blog about it enough. I was talking to Taryn before I made last Sunday's dessert and she told me to blog about it if it was good and it was so here it is...

Apple Crip

I got the recipie off a blog(thegirlwhoateeverything) that Taryn recommnded to me and it was delicious! It was a hit with out usual Sunday visitors/dessert eaters/bestest friends :)

The pics arent the best but it was very tasty!

Just in case you wanna try this is the recipie we used:

10 cups all-purpose apples, peeled, cored and sliced (I used about 6 Granny Smith apples)
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2 cups quick-cooking oats
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter, melted

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2.Place the sliced apples in a 9x13 inch pan. Mix the white sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, nutmeg, and ground cinnamon together, and sprinkle over apples.
3.Combine the oats, 2 cups flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and melted butter together. Crumble evenly over the apple mixture.
4.Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.
5. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!

Shooting

2010-02-16T13:35:00.000-08:00

So taking a little study break to blog bout my Monday per Taryn's request :)

So I had Monday off from school (so wonderful) and part of the holdiay I spent shooting things. Lexi and I went with a few guys from our ward and another girl over to the other side of Utah Lake and shot a bunch of random junk. We had a 22 rifle and a 9mm and a 40cal (i think). They were all way fun to shoot. The handguns had some kick but not enough to hurt any of us...even Lexi (although she did scream the first time...and second time she shot the 40cal). We shot a few rootbeer bottles and some old shotgun shells and at targets and we shot up a ridiculous little stuffed animal chicken that andrew had. We messed up the chicken pretty good, Andrew was very proud. Nobody got shot so that was a plus too! I had fun I've always wanted to go shooting so it was exciting and I felt so awesome holding an actual gun (never thought anyone would actually hand one to me!).

After sooting we went to FHE and did service painting a bunch of stuff for a lady who runs a daycare. So that was a good end to the day off.

Playing in Heber

2010-02-14T13:13:00.000-08:00

This weekend a group of us went to Heber to and stayed and played at my roommate Jenessa's house. It was so much fun, Jenessa has a very nice house with lots and lots to do. We went up Friday evening and got right to playing. We played volleyball and walleyball Friday night it was fun I do not play volleyball and most of them do but I still had a lot of fun, even though it inflicted pain haha. For dinner Friday night we made traditional Italian pizzas in the Roney's awesome brick pizza oven. They were super yummy and obviously fun to make. Then we played around some more. That night Lexi and I shared an air mattress. When we went to bed we could hear it might be leaking but dealt with it...woke up several times during the night each time closer to the ground and more pushed against Lexi. We woke up in the morning to our friends taking pictures of us totally on the grouned with walls of airmattres next to us. It was actually quite cozy, Lexi and I like to cuddle so it was perfect.

Saturday was a day full of play. We played volleyball and walleyball again. Then we went snowmobiling which was awesome. They have mini size snowmobiles and a beautiful property to ride them on. It was so much fun. We decked out pretty awesome for our snowmobiling adventure, we looked like we belonged in Heber. Then we went back in and played even more. Jacob taught me how to play raquetball and that was lots of fun...I got um better at it but for my first time I did alright. Then after a long day of all play we headed back. It was so much fun and Jenessa and her family were way awesome to let us all come and stay. Today I'm sore all over my body but I love it because I feel all good for being so active haha and because it was so fun.

Sorta Haircut

2010-01-31T16:23:00.000-08:00

I got my hair cut a couple weeks ago. Nothing drastic I just wanted to get a few more layers and got a trim just to get it healthy. These are the before and after pics, like I said nothing drastic but it is exactly what I wanted so I was happy with it :)

Before

After

Watch out for the yellow ones they don't stop!

2010-01-06T20:33:00.001-08:00

AKA Christmas Break!

It was so good to have a break from school and SO good to go home! I got to be home for about 2 1/2 weeks so it was a pretty good break, of course I wish it was longer but it was still nice. I did lots of fun stuff mostly just enjoyed being home and being with Steven and my family and getting to see other friends from home.

Steven and I went ice skating at the outdoor rink in Sacramento and that was a fun experience. It was raining lightly so that made it even more fun we thought :)

Winter break is always fun since there are two holidays to celebrate. Christmas Eve was nice, I got to go spend it with Steven's family. Christmas was great although I got sick and had the worst migraine ever during the night but otherwise it was good. I got lots of fun stuff that I love and it was fun to spend time with friends and family.

New Year's Eve Steven and I hung out with Holly and Jonny and Kirstin and their family. We went to catch a short fireworks show in Sacramento at 9 and then went back to Jonny and Kirstin's to play games and hangout and countdown to the new year. Kirstin and I had some fun sporting our new red coats while everyone else was playing a game.

New Year's day Mom and Dad took me Steven and Holly and Jonny out to a delicious dinner. Steven and I saw Blind side over the break it was great however, the picture of us pinching their butts is us waiting to go into Avatar which was also really good.

I wish I could still be home but it was a great break and I had a wonderful time!

Steven's Halloween Visit :D

2009-11-01T20:46:00.000-08:00

Steven came to visit me this weekend which was conveniently Halloween so that was extra fun. It was so nice to have him here :) We had a lot of fun but mostly just enjoyed being together. He came Wednesday night and left Sunday evening so it was a nice extended weekend trip!

We made dinner and ate dinner together on Thursday night it was yummy! We made apricot coconut chicken, with baked cinnamon apples and salad. We had martinelli's mixed w/peach nector for our drink it was delicous and fun. We got to go to California Pizza Kitchen (thanks mom and dad!) and that was yummy and we of course hit up the dollar theater while he was here. He went to most of my classes with me which was nice for me :) And we went to a Young Ambassadors performance I had to go to for my tap class it was really good.

And of course Satruday was Halloween

so we dressed up and had fun at the Halloween party at my apt. We were thunder and lightening it turned out pretty awesome we thought. There will forever be glitter all over my apt b/c of me it's hard to see in the pics but I was COVERED in gold glitter. We had lots of fun and good food at the party and just had fun hanging out. It was a wonderful weekend and now I unfortunatley have to go back to real life :p haha

More Baking Fun :)

2009-10-10T20:01:00.001-07:00

So I basically developed an addiction to baking :) It is so much fun and plus you get to eat yummy food after :D One of our most recent baking endeavors was Apple Tart. We got the recipe out of my everyday FOOD cookbook. It was so yummy

It looked so good we devoured it before I could take and after picture! So I took a pic of the part of it that was still left (I zoomed in so it looks bigger but one edge isn't there b/c its only part)

Fall Decor :)

2009-10-03T23:32:00.001-07:00

Well it is October, so we decided we were allowed to get our Halloween decorations out! I just have a couple things but I put them up and we were excited to decorate our place :) So since it's fall we get to do the whole Halloween for October then fall for November. We made ourselves a Fall wreath for our door!

We went to Michaels during the big 50% off fall stuff sale and pretty much made our wreath for $7 (so cute and way cheaper than buying one)

We started with just the basic wreath then added on the fall leaves...

and added on the yellow poppies...

And the final product!

Pizza Time!

2009-10-03T23:22:00.001-07:00

So since it is Conference Weekend of course we are making yummy food! We had crepes for breakfast this morning--thanks Lexi! Then tonight for dinner Katrina and I were craving pizza and wanting to make it so we made hommade pizza :)

We made the dough and then put yummyness on top! This us us with our dough all rolled out, thanks Holly for letting us use the pizza pan.

Then we stuck it in the oven and out came this....

It was absolutely delicous! We loved it :) We of course served it up w/ ranch dressing and ate it while watching a chick flick ;) The Wedding Planner tonight!

Breadcrumbs!

2009-09-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

So last Sunday I had Holly, Jonny, and Kirstin over to my apt for dinner. I've been making good dinners for myself everyday but this was my first real all out Sunday Dinner. I decided to make stuffed chicken. So I got all the stuff I needed to make the chicken with and was excited til Satruday night when I was going to bed and realized that I didn't have breadcrumbs! I wanted to make the chicken breaded, so that was a problem....Sunday after church while trying to decide what to do instead I thought why not make my own!? So I did....so I decided to put the recipe I used up:)

I breaded 3 chicken breasts and 5 slices of normal bread was just a little more than enough...

So I took 5 slices of bread and put them on an ungreased cookie sheet...

Bake the bread on 300 for 10-15 min...turn them over halfway through to make sure it gets dried evenly throughout.

Then the insides of the bread were still a little bit moist so I broke them apart and put them back in the oven for about 5 min til it all crumbled easily... Then place the pieces in a blender/chopper/food processor and pulse them until they are at the desired consistency. (make sure to shake it up every once in awhile to get the bigger chunks to the bottom so you aren't turning some into dust while leaving others as big chunks)

And then when you have all of the bread blended to the consistency you like add any spices you like depending on what you are making and what bread you use. I just used normal wheat bread and I added Italian seasoning and garlic salt for a bit of extra flavor :) It was fun and ended up being really tasty!

#104

2009-09-07T21:05:00.001-07:00

Ok as promised here is a post about the new apartment #104! Lexi, Katrina, Jenna, and I are all getting along very well and loving our new place :) It is so nice to be able to sit in the living room and cook good dinners for ourselves and all of that. The pictures aren't the best but they give at least an idea of how it is!

Here is the kitchen, to the right when you walk in the front door. Lexi is cleaning :) The washing machine/dryer is in the closet next to lexi across from the fridge.

Here is the entry way to the dining and living room and the dining room.

This is our living room w/ some guests over watching the BYU v OK game! Yeah cougars :D

And this is the sink part of mine and lexi's bathroom. The toilet and shower is a room to the right...we went for a yellow and blue beach theme for the bathroom

And finally my room! Which is across the hall from the bathroom

Seville's Wedding!

2009-08-31T20:12:00.000-07:00

I'm a little behind and posting about Seville's wedding because I have been moving into my new apartment which I will try to update on later. Back to the point Seville's wedding was simply wonderful! Steven and I drove up Thursday and got their in the afternoon for a wonderful reunion with my freshman 'roommate'!

Friday Seville and Sebastian became Mr. and Mrs. Strickler at the Portland Oregon Temple. When they walked out of the temple they were beaming and so cute! We went to Fuddruckers afterwards and it was fun and delicious.

The happy couple met up with the rest of the wedding party again later on Saturday afternoon while we set up for the ring ceremony and reception. The ceremony was lovely and so sweet. They are the cutest newlyweds and beamed with happiness all the time! The reception was way cute and everyone had a great time. I love the happy couple and wish them only the best in their eternal marriage!

The Mushroom Chair!

2009-08-14T16:27:00.000-07:00

The famous (among my cousins and siblings on my mom's side) mushroom chair! For as long as I can remember this chair was in my Great Aunt Joan's house. (it unfortunately matched the shag carpet in the living room) but was kept mostly in the den. Joan passed away recently and things got divided up among the family. The one thing I really wanted was the mushroom chair :) I found out that it was actually my mom's when she was a teenager. Yes, her room was green and orange (very popular in the 70s she assures me). As much as we all love the green mushroom chair it doesn't quite fit in my brown and pink theme room so my mom and I went to work today recovering it (we also had to do it because the foam was disintegrating :p) Here are the results...

First we took apart the chair (fabric and foam):

It left residue all over the place!

Then we cleaned it and restuffed and recovered it!

Boston was curious and wanted to help :)

And voila!

But don't worry! A little bit of the loveable green fuzz is still there it was stuck so some nails we reused to secure the top to the base :) A little hard to see in this pic but it's there!

Mini Golf and Boating!

2009-08-08T12:14:00.001-07:00

Steven and I decided to go mini golfing at Scandia for a date night this week. We had lots of fun and played both of the courses they had. Both of us cheat...a lot :) But in my opinion cheating is what mini golf is really all about! I'm pretty sure that on a lot of the holes they shot really strong air out the hole as I was putting cause the ball would jump away! I lost one of my golf balls in the water when we got to the castle...oops! But we had a ton of fun cheating and missing the hole half the time. Although we both did got a hole in one on the first hole of the second course we played. It was pretty exciting :) Even more exciting was the Steven got a hole in one on the 18th hole where it is like the caged in giant volcano thing and won a free drink! Yay!

Also this week I went boating with Alison, Travis, and Brett. Sadly, Steven had to work :( We missed having him there but did still have lots of fun. We were tubing most of the time and it was so much fun. Alison and I went together a bunch of times. It was a blast we scream like crazy but it is way fun. We mostly went next to each other but when the boat was going straight we tried some other ways. It was quite interesting but fun :) The water was so warm it was amazing. I'm happy it was because when it is freezing cold being in it isn't so much fun. I also got to drive the boat so Travis could get a chance to go tubing as well. I also towed him when he was skiing. Brett and Travis tried water skiing. Alison and I didn't cause it was getting late and we were getting tired so we went ahead and passed for that day. It was way fun even though both Ali and I were super sored the next day!

Carpinteria Fun

2009-07-25T17:24:00.000-07:00

My mom's side of the family has a reunion type vactation every couple years camping at Carpinteria Beach and we went once again this summer :) I love it there and Steven got to come this year so it made it that much better eventhough my cousin Weston had to miss it since he is on his mission. We had a lot of fun at the beach and in town and just chilling around the campfire. It was fun to see the extended family and catch up with everyone and just spend time there.

All the youngins were fun to see play. One of the more entertaining moments was when Jonny shined the laser pointer and we told the little kids it was a firefly and they chased it around :D Also Steven and I took little Kent on a walk around the campsite and a Ranger asked us how old we were because he thought Kent was ours. We were kind and told him he was my cousin not our son. Although we should have told him our ages and left it at that ;)

We did all of the classic Carpinteria traditions visitng the candy store and beach shop and of course Fosters Freeze. And enjoyed the beach a ton! We even caught a few good waves boogie boarding the few times I got in the water (it was a bit cold for me). It was loads of fun and I was sad to go but it was nice to sleep in my bed and step out of the shower and not be dirty right away:)

Babes in Berkeley

2009-07-25T17:11:00.000-07:00

Katie is doing summer school at Cal...boo :p however it did give Jenn and I the opportunity for a roadtrip! We went to visit her and it was so fun to all be together. Jenn and I made it safely to Berkeley with not too much stress. The GPS is basically our new best friend! Parking was a little confusing but we put our brains together and figured it out :) It was so much fun to visit and just hang out being ourselves. Our stomachs got a good worout from laughing as always. People only came to check on what the heck the noises coming from her room were a couple times :)
We had some good food and went to legendary Yogurt Park and everything was delicious. Jenn and I learned that our favorite word is falafel. We came equiped to visit Katie with blue index cards and lemon juice....don't ask. It was a blast and I love my girls :)

I'm dating a college guy

2009-06-06T18:30:00.001-07:00

Steven graduated from high school yesterday. I went along w/ a big bunch of his big family :) The ceremony was fairly short for a graduation so it was nice. It got really windy and we were sitting in the top of the bleachers so it was a little cold but not terrible. We were on the other side of the field from the actual place where they walked so we couldn't see way too well but we yelled loud for him when they called his name :) He did walk in front of us so we got to see him well there. The wind made my hair crazy so pics were a bit difficult w/ us but we got some cute pics anyway.

After the graduation we all headed back to Steven's house and had pizza and cake w/the family. A LOT of pizza too, it was good. And Melissa, his sister, made a delicious and beautiful oreo ice cream cake. It was a lot of fun, and I was very happy for Steven. Now I can't tell people I'm dating a high school student...O well cause now I'm dating a college guy ;)

My Man's Prom :)

2009-05-19T20:02:00.001-07:00

My wonderful boy toy is a senior in high school
and my getting out of school so early made it so I could go to Steven's Senior Prom! Basically all of my BYU friends were super jealous I got to go to another prom:) I got a dress from Black and White, I decided I didn't want a princess ballgown or whatever this year. I love my dress.

Jenn was home for the weekend so she came over for a bit before to see me off :)

Prom was super fun. It was awesome to go to another prom and get introduced to Steven's friends, they seemed pretty interested to see Steven's hot college girlfriend ;) We went to Bistro 33 for dinner and then went to the dance just us two and we had lots of fun being the only couple there that wasn't trashy :)

Finally the end is near...

2009-04-02T19:17:00.000-07:00

So this semester is a LONG one with virtually no break...we had one maybe 2(?) three day weekends this semester and that was it. Luckily that means however that b/c we start early in Jan and have no spring break we are DONE in the end of April!!! It is FINALLY April :) As of yesterday I have exactly 3 weeks left of my freshman year then I get to go HOME!!!! California, home, STEVEN :) I can't wait to get back...I'll have more time and more stuff to post over the summer

Yay it finally is April!

San Diego Trip

2009-02-26T14:40:00.000-08:00

So the trip was a few weekends ago during the 3 day weekend but Holly, Jonny, Seville, and I went down to San Diego. Mom and Dad were down there that weekend so it was nice to see them. It was wonderful the day we had sun! We of course went to the beach and soaked up some of the sun. The beach is so not a good in Winter as it is in Summer but when you have been stuck in Utah...it's heaven! haha And we got In n Out!!!(the second best thing in California that I could put to my lips...) It was nice to see the family and to get in n out and some sun!

Seville's Birthday aka Clubbin

2009-02-10T15:02:00.000-08:00

So for Seville's 19th birthday we went dancing at Studio 600. It was way fun. It happened to be salsa night apparently, so we were like 5 of 10 white people in the whole club, everyone else was mexican.

Right when we got there a few guys came up to us and asked us to dance and they taught us how to salsa so that was pretty fun. Then we went into the next room where they played just fun dance music in a language we could understand.

It was way fun I'm pretty sure the whole night everyone was trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with those white girls, but we had lots of fun!

When You Give A Girl A Meal Plan

2009-01-27T14:36:00.001-08:00

When you give a girl an on campus meal plan...

*She will squeal with joy because she doesn't have to cook for herself yet and sorta gets free food

*But then she will probably get sick of the Cannon Center really fast, and so she'll eat at the cougar eat...but then get sick of that

*So then she will start wishing she could get off campus so she'll eat out sometimes but then she'll just want to make her own food

*So when she knows who she is living with next semester, she will probably get together with them and make dinner

*And if she makes herself dinner she will want to make herself dessert

*And if she makes herself dessert she will probably want another

*And another...:D

So Lexi, Jenna, Katrina, and I are living together next year in Old Academy. Lexi's dad owns an appt there so we get it at a little bit friendlier price than you usually have to pay there so we are all way excited cause it is way nice. We want to make sure we know how to cook food when we get to for ourselves next year so we got together and made alfredo pasta w/chicken. It was dilicious and nobody got food poisoning! Then for dessert we had chocolate waffle cakes with neoploitan ice cream. We devoured them together. We timed one and the 4 of us took 1 min 28sec from taking it out the the waffle maker to putting ice cream on it to the last bite. It was way fun and we're overly excited for more fun times!

Scrunched

2009-01-22T21:21:00.000-08:00

Alright so I promised I would put a picture up when I did my hair scrunchy/curly so here it is :)
It's not the cutest picture of me ever but you can see the hair pretty well

The New Hair Before and After

2009-01-20T19:15:00.000-08:00

Alrighty here are the much promised pictures of the haircut...I needed a trim waay bad so I decided just to go ahead and cut it and try something fun and new...I'm happy w/it hopefully everyone thinks it is cute! :)

Before: straight style

from the back...the length

So I did my hair curly and straight about even amounts of time so I figured I should get before and after pictures of both...the curly/scrunch after pics will come later I haven't tried it yet...

Before: curly style

And now...the after pictures like I said I don't have a scrunch one yet, but I have it straight and in pigtails and a ponytail...I think the pig/pony tails are way cute and fun:) but ya I really like my haircut so here it is...

After: straight style

So this is what it looks like now I just had the girl who did my hair straighten it and today is the first day I've had it cut, so I haven't tried much with it yet, but here I have it jut down from and back...waaaay short for me, prolly the shortest I've ever cut it.

Then these are the little pigtails and ponytail...I think they are cute and fun:)

Seeing Stars :D

2009-01-19T22:04:00.000-08:00

So Holly Ahsley and I went to Sundance Film Festival twice this 3 day weekend! It was so so so much fun! Lexi, Cecily, and Haley came on Friday. First of all Park City is just way cute and I love it:) But it was fun to go and see famous people!!! Like seriously you can walk down the street and be right next to a famous person. It's insane and way fun!

So might as well just give the list now:(i'll sorta borrow from holly just to make it easier)

Saturday: Patton Oswalt (Spence from King of Queens), Alia Shawkat (Maeby from Arrested Development), a guy from the Ringer who has the ice cream line, Samantha Brown (from travel channel apparently), Nick Cannon, Paris Hilton, and Daniel Franzese (Damian the gay friend from Mean Girls).

Monday: Robin Williams (we were like 2 ft away on the sidewalk), Kristen Stewart (Bella!!!), Peter Gallagher (Sandy from the O.C.), Andie MacDowell (she was in Groundhog Day), John Cleese, Chris Rock (we were way close he looked freaking mad), Daniel Franzese again (we got a picture with this time), Matthew Gray Gubler (Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds), Edward Herrmann (the grandpa from Gilmore Girls), Christopher McDonald (he is in Happy Gilmore), Aisha Tyler (we were told but we weren't sure, she was on Friends), Eliza Dushku (from Bring it On) and Benjamin Bratt (he was in Miss Congeniality).

The picture above is with Matthew Gray Gubler...he is seriously SO nice! He was way cool :) The picture on the left is Kristen Stewart being interviewed:) Basically it was way way fun to go and just walk around and look for famous people:)

Thanksgiving Break!

2008-12-09T18:53:00.001-08:00

I know I know everyone keeps telling me I never update my blog...sorry... So I got to go home for thanksgiving break and it was amazing! It was nice to just have a break from school of course, but it was soo nice to see everyone at home :) Steven came to the airport w/ my parents to get me and basically I attacked him. :) So the night I got home I didn't actually go to the house, I stopped at my second home and spent the night at Alison's first tehehe. We had a super good time of course, what else.

Then the next morning she had to leave for Idaho, so we said bye and I went home. Then after a couple hours headed back out to Woodland for food and Steven! Then went home for a bit again, it was nice to be at home and to be w/ mom and dad and Boston and Toks and Lassen. Then I got to be with Steven again...we basically spent every possible waking moment together during the break. We messed around w/ the webcam and worked on our modeling skills as you can see.

Thursday was Thanksgiving obviously. I was up early pretty much everyday of break including this day. I went to watch the Woodland boys play football for a while :) Then was pretty lazy most of the day. And we saw Twilight for the Thanksgiving movie!!! I'm def a fan! Then had a wonderful dinner, real food is just so good to me these days...and the fact it's thanksgiving food makes it that much better!

Then Friday of course it was time to get the Christmas tree!!! Steven and Jonny got to come w/ us this year :) It was wonderful! We headed up to Carson Ridge as always and scoped out the perfect tree in the wonderful tree farm. Then we stopped by Able's Acres for our apple fritters, and carmel apples, and apple cider! Delicious! Then we had a relaxing day after that, and Steven and Brett came over after Steven got off work and I got to hangout w/ the and Katie! Like Prom all over again, except not...lol. OH HOW could I forget! I finally got In n Out again for the first time since I'd been home! I was literally shaking b/c I was so excited for my delicious double double:) So ya Friday was a good day.

Saturday was one of the best days of my life just because I spent the entire day w/ Steven. We had the best day date ever ever ever ever ever! He came over at 8 and we made and ate breakfast, pancakes and sausages, and yummy hot chocolate. We listened to good music while we cooked and ate our candlelit breakfast and it was absolutely magnificent. Then we went for a nice long walk in the wonderful fog which we both love and I have missed since I've been here in Utah and there is absolutely no moisture in the air... It was very nice and oh so enjoyable :) Then we came back and packed up a picnic and had a picnic at Northstar Park by the pond and it was very nice. Then we chilled at the house for just a bit and we headed out to Downtown Sac to go Ice Skating...long story short we didn't go but it was alright cause we got a yummy shake and then we got to go home and decorate the Christmas Tree!!! And then we had an always delicious dinner at In n Out then watched Enchanted!!!!!! It was the perfect day and I love it :)

Alison/Halloween Weekend!!!

2008-11-09T18:47:00.000-08:00

So for Halloween weekend, Alison came up to visit me and it was AWESOME!!! We were just talking on the phone one day and saying we wanted her to come visit and how cool it would be if she came during Halloween and then she checked tickets and got em and came! She got here Thursday evening, and we went to the ward Halloween party...it was um alright...then Friday she went to one of my classes w/ me and it was Halloween!!! For Halloween I was Cupid, Alison was Pebbles, and Lexi was the toothfairy:) We had lots of fun, we went to the Helamanoween for an hour maybe then us girls and Ben went to Jonny's Halloween Party at his house and had a blast! We watched What Lies Beneath and just hung out and had fun. The kitties were dressed up in little Halloween onesies and it was super dooper cute:) I was just getting over being sick, and well still was sick actually, and I randomly lost my voice on Halloween night. It just all of a sudden started to get scratchy and kept going the rest of the night. Then when I woke up on Saturday morning when I talked normally all that came out was basically a whisper...it was insane, pretty funny but sorta annoying by the end of the day. Saturday we went shopping and did random stuff. Sunday was Sunday, and Alison went to my classes w/ me on Monday and she had to go home Monday night...it was so much fun to have her here! And Halloween was a blast, so it was def a good weekend. Now I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving break!!!

The 3 of us girls @ Halloween:)

Sickness Sucks...

2008-10-26T14:48:00.000-07:00

So this particular weekend I've been sick with a cold :p it pretty much sucks, I did manage to get most of my homework done when i was just getting sick and wasn't sick yet, but I still had to write a paper with this cold that makes it so I can barely think...When I started feeling like I was getting sick, I had Holly take me out to get some Zicam, cause apparently it makes the symptoms less severe and makes the cold shorter. I'm not quite sure yet if it worked or not, hopefully I'll be back to normal real soon though.

So pretty much I'm sick which means....movies, movies, MOVIES!!! It is always fun for the first couple, I watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Prince and Me, Music and Lyrics, by the late afternoon I was bored out of my mind but so sick I couldn't go out and do much really. Then I decided to watch TV episodes online, I watched some Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies, Ugly Betty...ya I watched a lot and it was pretty nice to mix it up w/ shows since they're shorter than movies. Oh Lexi is in San Diego(lucky) this weekend, so I'm here alone, prolly makes it way more boring for me, but at least I probably won't get her sick this way. So ya most of my weekend was pretty uneventful from being sick and all but Friday night when I was just getting sick I did have fun. Travis came to Provo! So I got to hang out w/ him and catch up and that was awesome:)

Random Happenings at the Y

2008-10-26T14:22:00.001-07:00

So I updated about my life in general here at BYU, but I thought I'd put up a little post about just random stuff that we do. Sometimes we have random little parties, the picture on the left is at a gansta dance party we had early on, it was fun. Bascially we do totally random stuff all the time. Lexi and I pretty much hang out all of the time, and we do a lot with the girls on the floor. We do some of the on campus activities, there were a lot in the begining of the semester obviously. Just random dances or parites or concert things put on by BYU organizations and stuff. They were fun. We don't get off campus a whole ton not having a car and all. But we do manage to get off sometimes walking or going w/ friends who do have cars. We've of course hit up the dollar theater, we saw WallE which was super cute just like everybody always says it is. The mall is of course a fun place to go to, well until 9 when it closes :p. But we did go engagement ring shopping one weekend which was incredibly fun, we founds some gorgeous rings too! We had an FHE activity there one night where we did a video scavenger hunt and one thing was to cross dress basically and get a pic...so that's me dressed up as a guy in Forever XXI, I could've fit like 5 of me in those clothes! But it was lots of fun. We like to go out to eat sometimes on the weekends to get some good food and to get off campus and have some fun. We've tried a few places and enjoyed all of them, unfortunately nothing will ever be as good as In n Out, but we make it with what we have here:) Sometimes we like to just have quiet weekend nights in the dorm and we just watch movies on out laptops which is always fun. The past like 2 or 3 Sundays I was reading Breaking Dawn cause I hadn't finished it before I came out here, I did finish it, one Sunday I just read for a long time and sped through the last like 150 or so pages. I love that book! I love all of them but ya now I'm making Lexi read it, we are going slow and we read a few pages as a bed time story!!! Like I said I get to hang out with and see Holly a lot more since we're out here together now so that's lots of fun. I got to her house to watch the Office most Thursdays, and sometimes go there for dinner on Sundays, and sometimes we do stuff together. We've done some different random things together and with her roommates, it's been fun. The picture is us at a bonfire pretending to be scared at...absolutley nothing haha. So ya I'm managing to have lots of fun out here at BYU. I do miss my friends from home a ton, and I miss all the good times with them but I'm having fun and just looking forward to seeing them and having fun with them on breaks:)

Life at the Y

2008-10-15T21:33:00.000-07:00

So I figured I needed a college life update on my blog, and Taryn wanted me to put up a new post to keep her entertained:) So here's the lowdown on my BYU life so far! I'm a freshman here at BYU, Provo and I'm loving it!.

I'm taking Physical Science, so far I'm doing well and the class isn't as bad as I expected my teacher is fun so that makes it better. I also have Intro to Sociology, I liked it at first now it's getting a little boring and my first midterm and only paper are coming up and they are going to be killer so wish me luck with that. Then I have American Heritage, one of my favorite classes, Dr. Kimball is amazing and hilarious! I love going to that class. One of my other favorite classes is Human Development my teacher is SO good and I love going to that class and I really enjoy the material. It's such a good class, the emphasis is on child development and I love it! I also have Book of Mormon, it's a pretty good class my teacher is a nice guy sometimes it's a bit boring other times it's really cool. It's nice to have a class to explain more about the Book of Mormon and I'm enjoying reading it again. Then because I'm in Freshmen Academy(helped me get housing and the girls on my floor are in 4 of my classes) I have to take Freshmen Seminar, the most ridiculous complete waste of time, but hey whatever only have to go once a week. So far I'm doing really well in all my classes, it's been stressful at times and very challenging but really rewarding and I'm enjoying it a lot.

Ok Enough about classes...so my roommate Lexi is amazing! She is from San Diego(like my second home growin up lol) and she and I get along so incredibly well. We have similar class schedules b/c of Freshmen Academy so that is nice to study together and stuff. And we also just have similar daily schedules and stuff, like we study at the same time, eat at the same time, shower at the same time(not together though...), have fun at the same time and ya pretty much we were meant to live together! We have super compatible personalities and we are together like all the time it's fun. :)

So the girls on my floor are completely amazing too! We are all really close really fun really nice girls. We don't have any of that stupid girl drama, we all just get along so it's really nice! We all have bonded quickly and we do random fun stuff together. We created a fake sorority for our

floor, fake cause they're against BYU policy or whatever. It's Tau Lambda Roe...we took the greek letters for TLR for Taylor(our Hall) and made that our sorority name. The greek letters look like TAP lol ya...so we made floor shirts and I love them they are super cute! The picture is Lexi and me in our doorway in our awesome shirts:) They say TAP obviously then next to that it says BYU Taylorettes, and the back says 3200(our floor #). So ya we are all really good together and we have some fun times making shirts and going out and dressing up crazy and just chillin in the hallway. It has been nice to all have at least some shared classes so we can help each other with papers and vent about our stupid classes.

I miss my friends from high school and home a super lot! And I miss Steven like crazy of course, I've gotten excellent at bringing him up in conversation so those crazy BYU boys know to lay off! tehehe But mostly I've had a blast and I'm loving college life and everything that comes with it! It is really nice to have Holly out here with me, we've hung out quite a bit and that has been tons of fun:) I wish Taryn and Grant were sitll here but they are having fun in KY so that is good too:) Ya BYU is awesome and I'm doing great!!!

California Roadtrip!!!

2008-10-10T11:17:00.000-07:00

So this last month was the longest I've even been away from home since I'm out here at BYU. But last weekend Holly and I got to go roadtrip home!!! It was our dad's birthday, so we decided to surprise him. I'd say we were pretty freaking awesome presents:) So we have the Corolla out here w/ us and I've driven stick like once before when Grant taught me how. Holly took me out for a refresher lesson and then I did fine. There was a construction zone and I sorta freaked out but everything was fine and we made it home safe. Of course we stopped the first chance we got for the always delicious In-n-out!

Thank you Sparks!!!

So we got home about 8 California time and said hi to mom and dad and then headed over the DHS football field. Holly's boyfriend was there watching homecoming, and Steven was there on the opposing side for drumline! So we got to see our boys and it was wonderful! Then we went back and had a little bday party for dad and hungout at home.

Then on Saturday I got to go to Woodland! yay! I know who ever thought I'd miss Woodland...haha jk. I got to hangout with Alison and Steven most of Saturday. It was the best weekend just being able to see them again. It was awesome! We pretty much just got to hangout and mess around w/ my webcam which did a very good job of keeping us entertained:) We went through this super sweet car wash too, but it didn't get all the nasty poo of Ali's car so that sucked but it was still fun. Then of course Saturday night again, I got my fix of In-n-out! It was delicious and this time I got a double double....double double and Steven=heaven!

Then Sunday afternoon I had to come back to Provo:( But it's ok cause it was a great weekend and I'm doing great up here back at BYU now. I can't wait til the next time I get to go home!!!

Alright I'll do it too...

2008-10-04T20:14:00.000-07:00

Ok so pretty much everyone in my family has a blog and I thought it would be fun to do too, so here it is.