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SB XLVl

2012-02-06T19:14:00.001-07:00

Superbowl 46 was a success, due to the following...
*Food, Food and more food
*Spending time with most of my closest friends
*Even more food
*Meeting new people
*Reuniting with my high school crush
*Yep more food
*No wardrobe malfunctions
*Commercials I actually remember
*Giants won which means I lost a bet but one worth losing!

Hope everyone enjoyed my favorite holiday and remember all the food you consumed had 0 calories for the special day!

Bringing it back

2012-02-02T22:03:00.014-07:00

Last month we had a 90's party. Bradley was the DJ and I can't tell you how many hours we spent on perfecting the playlist! It turned out a success, and was definitely one we will always remember!
Bradley went as KRISS KROSS! The best part was we went to dinner before we went and set up, dressed like complete fools, and a kid came up to Bradley and said "Hey, your pants are on backwards" Bradley thinking the kid knew it was a joke said "Oh my gosh dude, that's so embarrassing! Thanks!" The kid replied with "No worries, I do it all the time..." Seriously?! How do you put JEANS on backwards?!
Let's get it started...oh boy!
Love this girl!
Danny and the fanny pack! Man we should bring those back!
Katie, Hawker, and I! I really don't know what I would do without these two!
Dustin and I
Zach and Drew! Words cannot describe how much I appreciate Mr. Zach! Boy band fedish!
Tres amigos!
An unexpected guest appeared, Connie!
Reegers!
The best part of the night! After the party we were cleaning up and there was still a big group standing around talking so Bradley put on "God Bless the U.S.A." and it led to everyone getting in a big circle singing and just being complete geeks!
The 90's were the greatest! I often wish I would have soaked up more of my childhood which consisted of Saturday cartoons (Recess, PepperAnn, Animaniacs), playing POGS, and watching the BOX....

6 months

2012-01-31T09:57:00.001-07:00

The other night Bradley and I were watching T.V. and he looked over at me and said "Guess what Saturday is"
I replied with "Ugh...the party?" "NO! Our six months" Ha of course that led to a review of how we met...
We met at the "Hollywood house" a few nights before, the next night he got my number from Hawker and called to see if I wanted to go shoot the tube. I kindly rejected due to previous plans. The next night he showed up at the 'tute for the summer bash and grabbed my new shirt out of my hands and put it on. I barely knew him and he wore it the whole night. Numerous friends approached me telling me some cute guy was wearing my shirt..haha but it was the start to our crazy friendship. We stayed there all night, went for a bike ride, ate and I'm pretty sure stayed out waaay to late. We went to Tim McGraw, Idaho for my cousins baby blessing (which is also where he served his mission) stayed up way to late again, watched a lot of movies, and went for A LOT of bike rides all in the first week. It's only getting more adventurous the longer we know each other. We put up with each others crap and fight almost constantly because we see the potential in each other but like Coleman says we are each others drug. Haha thanks Bro! Anyways we went shopping and to Olive Garden to celebrate, then later went to my friend Bo's birthday party! Thanks for being one of my best friends, love you!! Anxious to see what happens in the next 6 months!

Random night

2012-01-14T17:16:00.001-07:00

Last weekend we had a great spontaneous night full of random events! Bradley called and said we're going miniature golfing with our friends Dave, Jen, Katie and Steven! We were the first ones there so we kill time playing arcades. He was loving it while I was to stressed with the thought being on the west side. Ha we had so much fun even though we lost! We go home and get Sunnie and head over to pick up Regan because we were going to meet up with everyone and go bowling...over two hours later we are still at the "Hollywood House." The boys were having a rap battle and Bradley won with the rap he came up with on his mission, I was happy and impressed! Katie finally calls wondering where we were and asks if we wanted to go eat. Of course the boys do, ha can they ever turn down food?! Hours later, after we jam to music, eat, prevent fights, and have some fun in the snow we drop everyone off. But as soon as Bradley pulls in the driveway an ambulance pulls up and blocks us in. We don't say anything, look at each other and go inside and sit on the couch! A fire truck, and five cop cars have showed up and we still haven't said a word...then we hear a lady screaming/whining "I don't want to tell, I don't want to tell!" That broke our silence as we bust out laughing. I know we are horrible...we watch the cops give her a sobriety test, struggle as they cuff her, and they just sit in the ambulance. About 40 minutes later a man walks by and yells "mind your own business" Yikes! Ha I finally decide it's time for bed but I can't sleep. Bradley says "I'll be back" He comes back in and informs me that the lady tried to commit suicide and he locked all the doors. We both felt a little relieved that it wasn't something worse. I'm surprised the cops even told him but it definitely let my mind shut off and finally go to bed! Thank you friends for a great night and Bradley for reading my mind when I don't say anything!

Let's do this...

2012-01-04T22:12:00.004-07:00

Bradley gave us a resolution this year...be better and taking pictures/posting them, so here we go!
Tuesday and Thursday nights have become dedicated to Fat Cats for unlimited bowling!
Bradley and I! He gets mad when he doesn't bowl over a 200 and I celebrate for breaking 100 ha can't wait to improve my skills this year!
Katie and Sunnie
Jake and Sarah! So fun to have Jake hang out with us again and his girlfriend is so fun!
Bradley and Mark! Mark is Bradleys fashion icon! Tuesdays are now known as Tall-T Tuesday! (Got to love the V-Neck!)
We have some fun adventures planned and can't wait to post them!!!

Hero to zero

2011-11-26T11:02:00.001-07:00

Last game of the season was the most depressing game I have ever experienced. One of my best friends and "big brother" is the kicker for the UTES. He won the game for them lsst week in OT, it was insane. I am proud to not only know him but to have him as one of the most important people in my life. I got a taste of their life style and I don't know how they do it. Cole missed three field goals and my phone exploded with HATE calls/texts. My friends all know how close Cole and I are. Very rarely do I go a day without seeing/talking to him. When he missed the first field goal a "friend" yelled "He sucks!" and others join in and boo that we know him. Haley and I look at each other, laugh it off and continue to watch the game. Second field goal comes (which I agree he should have made this ne, easily) and he missed again. The same kid rages with fire! "How can you be happy to even know someone who sucks as bad as he does? Get out of here nobody that even likes that kid should even be allowed in this stadium" Of course I laugh at that also and the kid gets furious with me. "I'm serious, get out of here I can't even stand to look at you" I moved down a few rows before I say something I will regret later. Now it's the biggest and most important field goal of Colemans football career....he misses again. People are booing, I'm in shock, and that same "friend" comes down and starts yelling in my face. Others hear that I know him and start booing me again. I'm ignoring all the snide remarks and getting ready to leave when all of a sudden I hear my friend Danny say "Watch out Mace." I hurry and duck, turn around and see that the kid had thrown a hot chocolate at me. Cool dude.....and then the rage starts. Spencer is holding the kid back and telling him not to do anything more retarded than he already has. Everyone around us starts yelling at me, booing us and they won't let me leave the MUSS. Security came and got me out and I was so relieved. My friend Zach had called me and I hesitated to even call him back. I did and he said only positive things. I turned my phone off for the rest of the night and when I turned it on I had the sweetest Voicemail from Coleman. He felt so bad that he cost them the game but even more bad because of what had happened to me. I learned a lot about people that night. I'm grateful to know who my true friends are. One good thing about the season being over is that Cole and I get our movie nights back!!! UTAH man am I, until the day I die!!!!!

LP '11

2011-08-27T19:39:00.012-06:00

The week before I start school I get a text from my friend Warren asking if I wanted to go to Lake Powell. I already had prior commitments to go on a road trip with Katie, Jon, and Bradley. He convinces me to come and bring along the other three. DONE! The day we leave the boys bail, doesn't bother Katie and I though. As we were at the grocery store before we hit the road we get a phone call from Bradley, "I'm coming!" Perfect! Twenty minutes later he calls me back and says Justin is coming! YAY! Katie and I head up to pick the boys up and finally get on the road about 9:30. Drove all night and get to Powell around 4 the next morning. Wern told us where to go and to wait there until the sun comes up. We didn't think it would be to bad considering we only had about an hour and a half before that would happen. Katie is the only one that slept.Bradley and I talked and watched the sun rise and finally Wern says to meet them at the dock. As we were getting ready to unload the car Bradley is opening his Dr. Pepper, drops it and it goes EVERYWHERE! He starts crying (not literally, but blame the no sleep) ha and I am on the ground dying of laughter because he is drooling all down his shirt. It is one of those "had to be there" experiences but when you had no sleep everything is hilarious!
We got to the campground, set up our tent, and got out on the water. Wakeboarding, tubing wars, and just swimming! Lake Powell never gets boring!
I love tubing wars! They are not only great to watch but to be a part of! Apparently on one run I was getting tons of air and Wern asked if he should take it easy on me but of course not! I can handle it, we have to be as tough as the boys! ha
Saturday night we get a horrible storm! The boat got beached, we pushed it out, by the time everyone got on we were beached again. The boat almost tipped, we finally get everyone on board and go play in a canyon hoping it would settle down. About two hours later it finally had settled so it was bearable. We decided that we should just go home so we pack everything up, get our dinner started and decide to have a big bonfire before we The boys building our awesome bon fire!
Bradley and I. Love him and our great talks. One of my best friends!
WERN! The man that put it all together! Thanks for the great weekend! "Those to not be named" missed out! ha
Me, Bradley, Justin, and Katie! We missed you Jon! I couldn't ask for better friends!
The crew!

Bradley putting out the fire so we could start our journey back to the dock and get on our 6 hour drive home!
Katie and I had great talks on the way home with some old school music! ha We got home around 5 Sunday morning. A trip made short but worth it! I'm going again for fall break and I can't wait! I also got my sun in for the summer in those two days! I walk in to church that day and Jake looked at me and said "You finally look your race" To bad it doesn't last very long! ha

TIM!

2011-08-09T11:37:00.001-06:00

I know I've been a slacker, I've even been told that I should start a whole new blog since I will never catch up. I'll try to hit the high points of summer though at some point. For now here is Bradley and I at Tim McGraw last week! Katie and Jon were with us which was a great night with the best friends! As soon as I upload pictures I will have more to tell!

Peeves and names

2011-04-07T23:26:00.003-06:00

Day 3 & 4

Pet peeves, I hope you're ready because I have quite the list:

Open cabinets/drawers
Blinkers left on when they have already switched lanes
Two-face bananas
Know it alls-I will put you in your place
CHOMPERS. Learn to chew with your mouth closed, and quietly please!
When professors cancel class/test let us know in advance

I'm done listing, it"s just irritating me! ha

Now to my blog name...Sorry to disappoint but it's just my name. I am not creative in ANY way so don't get your hopes up that it may change because it's not. I've worked on it for the past 22 years!

Four years to soon

2011-04-06T01:05:00.001-06:00

I still can't believe that it's been four years since my mom passed. Some days I feel like it was forever ago since I last gave her a hug, and told her I loved her while at other times I feel like it was just last night that I was kneeling at her side while my dad was giving me a fathers blessing. The last words she said to me still seem so clear. They're words that motivate me to come over any trial I may be dealing with. "I can't do this anymore." Those words brought on a whole new meaning to me. She taught me to be a fighter! She faught to the end, she wanted to be the best at everything she tried and in my eyes she was succesful. I don't want to give up on the little things that are going to keep me from being with her and my family for eternity! I found a note awhile back that I wrote in response to one she gave me. Reading it makes me wish that we had a perfect relationship, and never disagreed on anything but it also makes me realize that she made me want to be a better person. It reads, 2 my eternal special mother! Hugs and kisses
Mom-
Thanks for always being there. I know we have our times but I want you to always remember that I love you with all my heart and soul. You always do what's best for me. Thanks for the letter you sent me while I was gone. It let me know how much you really care about me and I appreciate it alot. I didn't tell you how much I cared that you stsyed up all night last week to help me pack! In everything you do it shows how much you really love me, care for me, and try to do what's best for me! You are the greatest! You are the best mother no matter what, and noone can beat you for everything you've done not just for me but for everyone! You may not have the best health but I know if you keep trying your hardest heavenly father will do what you can't do and you're going to get through this life fine! With the wedding getting closer every day it puts more and more stress on you and you try your hardest. I know that I am kind of a poop head but I'll try harder and we'll make this the best wedding ever. I love you and don't forget. I'm going to keep trying,I love you tonz XOXOXOXOXO
-Macee-
I love you mom, and thank you for making me a who I am today! You're the worlds greatest!

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Movies

2011-04-05T00:14:00.008-06:00

I'm not very good with movies. I have my favorites but when it comes to watching new ones I struggle! I can't pick just one so here are my favorite movies in just about every genre...
1:Forever Strong-drama
It has such a good message, and what's better than adding cute guys to it?! I'd also like to brag that my dear friend Carly found out that her mission president is going to be Larry Gelwix himself!
2:Disturbia-suspense/horror
Where Shia Labeouf was no longer geeky Louis Stevens! ha It's so suspenseful and gets me every time!
3: Step up 3-musical...a little to obsessed with this one.
I know it's not technically a musical but I didn't know what else to put it under and it definitely has to be on my list! The acting is horrible but the dancing is AMAZING!!
4: Aladdin-cartoon
Jasmine is my favorite princess, and yes I am 22 years old and still love to watch this! Disney is my favorite!
5: The Proposal-chick flick
Sandra Bullock is one of my favorite actresses! Ee-ee-uu-oh! Oh Betty White cracks me up too!

Day 1

2011-04-04T10:33:00.004-06:00

Here we go!
Day 1:

Katie and I going hot tubbing at Mo's house!
5 not so interesting facts:
1. I'm adopted
2. I'm left handed
3. I've never had stitches or broken a bone
4.The church means the world to me, and the knowledge that I'll be with my family forever
5. I'm a little obsessed with school this semester! ha I've made the greatest friends!

Challenge

2011-03-12T15:12:00.002-07:00

I got sucked in to the "Blog Challenge" My girlfriends from high school are all doing it and are hoping this will get me back into the blogging world! I encourage you all to do it since it's fun to read them every day!

day 1: recent picture of yourself and 5 interesting facts about you

day 2: your favorite movie

day 3: pet peeves

day 4: meaning behind your blog name

day 5: your parents

day 6: your celebrity crush

day 7: an animal you'd love to keep as a pet

day 8: a hobby of yours

day 9: a place you love

day 10: a person you love

day 11: favorite tv shows

day 12: photo of you taken ten years ago

day 13: something you're afraid of

day 14: your makeup bag

day 15: your family

day 16: something you're looking forward to

day 17: favorite book

day 18: what makes you different from everyone else

day 19: something you bought recently

day 20: favorite song

day 21: your friends

day 22: a place you've traveled to

day 23: favorite recipe

day 24: favorite photo

day 25: plans/dreams/goals you have

day 26: a habit you wish you didn't have

day 27: a picture of you last year and a picture of you now

day 28: something that stresses you out

day 29: put your ipod on shuffle, what are the first ten songs

day 30: photo of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

2011..off to a good start!

2011-02-08T23:09:00.012-07:00

Since some of my guy friends blog more than I do I figured I better get back on top of my game:
2011 has been a wonderful year so far! I absolutely dislike the month of January, probably as much as I dislike byu fans during rivalry week....
DISNEYLAND WAS AMAZING! I LOVE MY BEST FRIEND AND LOVED the warm weather. Oh just thinking about it makes me want to go back...another month and a week and I will be back!
I LOVE jumping on beds! haha
Heidi and I hot tubbing! The girls I work with are some of my closest friends!
For sorority we have a retreat every month to just get away for a weekend and be girls! January's retreat was once again at Katies condo in Midway. I love these XI Babes and the many laughs we have!
Lindsay, Megan, Abbie, Janie and I at Dairy Keen, YUMMY!
NEVER do DG or CHI-O signs...you get put on a hit list on campus!
At the ice castles....it was FREEZING!
Doing the splits, on the ice, is VERY chilly!
I love these girls!
Fortunately I didn't go to the hot pots which landed ten of the girls with $623 trespassing tickets! Oh the possibilities of what I can do with that money I saved!
XI 'til I die! I love these girls and can't wait to see what adventures we have the rest of the year!
This semester has been the best one yet! I love my classes, the friends I have made are some of the most amazing people I have met, and can't wait to spend the next 3 months with them!
P.S. as for my byu comment, I went to the byu/UTAH dive meet last week, and actually cheered for byu BUT the exception was a kid on the dive team is a friend of a friends. GO UTES 'til I die and MO you will never get me to cheer for byu in FOOTBALL! haha
Speaking of football SUPERBOWL Sunday was crappy! My sister was making fun of me, but USHER was the best part, besides seeing SLY actually play in the big game! However I enjoyed stuffing my face, watching the ridiculous commercials, and then ending the night with more junk food, and a good movie with Coleman, Alonzo, and Katie!
There's my recap of January, and don't complain if that's all you get for awhile Bubba!

Single digits

2011-01-11T10:11:00.001-07:00

9 more days until I land here.......
.....to go back here!
Average weather in Anaheim in mid/late January....69 degrees. That seems SOOO warm compared to this single digit business!

The bets are on!

2011-01-11T09:52:00.001-07:00

Thank you NFL for overpaying your "employees" hahaha but seriously I love hearing everyday where my friends are going because they have nothing else to do with their spare time!
I seriously love my best friend! To bad they had a horrible season and didn't make it to the playoffs, but neither did Koa, and Sean with the Dolphins, RoJo with the Titans, or Danny with the rams. Point is we have bets going on...who will go farther in the playoffs...
Paul and the Baltimore Ravens...
....or Sly and the Pittsburgh Steelers?
I'm voting Sly because he is one of my favorite people, plus he plays with Threttons brother, who is another one of my favorites! haha I sure hope that I win! I'm the only one voting for the Steelers!! I LOVE SLY! hahaha I love hearing the bets, boys are crazy!

New year, new goals!

2011-01-06T23:24:00.007-07:00

Okay I'm going to be better this year! Work and school literally took over the rest of my year and I'll play catch up shortly, I PROMISE! For now take what you get!
For new years I had the whole day off which was really weird! I was lazy all day and then after I got ready I headed up to the Davis' for a fabulous dinner and some fun games with the family! After I headed down to the Neilsons and we hung out for a little bit and then headed up to the U for the big new years party! It was super lame this year but we made the most of it out on the dance floor!
I didn't take many pictures but here is a sneak peak!
Some girls from my sorority!

Justin, me and Jon!
After the party we went back to the Neilsons for games but then we were all exhausted because we aren't used to being up past 12 (well most of us!) Saturday night Katie, Justin, Jeremy, Jon and I went to see "How do you know" The boys tried to act like we dragged them there but really they didn't mind! After that Jon and I attempted my new skookie maker for christmas...lets just say it eventually worked out okay! ha I hope you all had a fabulous holiday season! Can't wait to get all caught up!

State fair

2010-09-28T10:37:00.007-06:00

I know I'm a slacker but school is taking over my life, and work is crazy right now! For our girls night a few weeks ago we went to the fair! It's very rare for the 4 of us to be together for just a few hours, so we enjoyed every minute of it!
By the seals! This is as close as we could get because we are to cheap to pay for a picture standing next to them.
We liked the hats they had so of course we took pictures, and then the guy who was in charge of the stand asked if he could take a picture too.
Ashley, me, Connie, Tanner, and Katie! We could be the new models haha
We got our caricatures done!
My best friends! I love our picture too!
Ashley, Connie, and I leaving the fair!
I love the fair! People watching never gets old and the weird things people pay to see, AND eat!

FINALLY HERE

2010-09-05T18:47:00.008-06:00

It's finally here, COLLEGE FOOTBALL! My passion in life and what makes fall semester so much more enjoyable! Thursday night the Runnin' UTES took on the #15 team in the country, PITT. We beat them before back in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl! Most intense game I can ever remember attending!
That's right 45,000 and I think I saw every person I DIDN'T want to see that night, how does that always happen? It's where's waldo but no worries I'm in the MUSS no way of telling who I am even though I'm down low and on the 25 yard line!
Haley, Ashley, Katie, Spencer and I! We LOVE Big Red and he loves all of his "XI babes" ha he looked out for Ashley and I all night, what a stud!
We almost lost an 11 point lead. I have never yelled that loud in my life. I have had a headache for about 4 days now. I told my friend Christian that if his games are like that every week he will kill me before the HOLY WAR gets here, I don't think my blood pressure can handle that!
We're going into OT baby! SO INTENSE!
THEY DID IT! THEY WON! It was amazing! Pitt had an interception their first play of OT and Phillips won it with a field goal! WOW is all I can say!
SEALVER and Matt. I love #98 Everytime we had the possession of the ball and he was out there Katie and I would scream his name! One of the funniest kids I have ever met!
A bunch of girls in our sorority got MUSS tickets together! It's so much fun to be there with all of our friends! We have a rep around campus of being the loudest, craziest, and most intimidating sorority. Well we definitely lived up to all three of those at the game! We had our whole section cheering for Connie who is an athletic trainer and was down on the field!
XI or die!
After the game we went up to the institute for the 5th quarter party! We were SOOO hungry! but why buy food though when you can get it for free?! No worries we didn't have to wait in line, Ash walked up and some guy handed her three hot dogs and we downed them! ha Eventually all the girls left but, Ash and I stayed and hung out with Spencer and Tanner. The two most entertaining boys on campus! Well somehow the last person we wanted to see there showed up (maybe because we didn't see him at the game like everyone else?) The boys were good to hide us from him. I hate boys, and drama! SO DUMB! Thanks guys for everything though we ended up having a fabulous night! This whole weekend has been so much fun too! Yesterday we had yummy pizza, watched more college football, and some delicious cake. Thanks Teri for letting us lounge at your house!
Oh and one more thing.......BUBBA made the practice squad in Minnesota!
He's going to kill me off by himself also! ha I LOVE YOU BF! And a BIG CONGRATS to all my friends in the NFL for making the final roster cuts! It's going to be a fun season!

To blessed to be stressed

2010-08-19T23:01:00.007-06:00

These last few weeks of summer have been crazy, full of drama! The funny thing is none of it is with the girls it's all between our B-town boys. I'm just glad that we talk with each other before we let the boys ruin any of our friendships.
I'm pretty sure that we have come to the conclusion that boys are liars and cowards. Yes people have a past, and they make mistakes but sometimes you just can't forgive them for being just plain idiots, especially when they know better! The boys have tried to tear us apart, make up lies, and hang out with others that we don't really "approve" of. I'm pretty lucky to have such great friends and we work through our battles together.
The other night Ash called me when she got off of work, and said we need to talk. Oh great, nothing good comes from those words. Not this time, I'm pretty sure that night changed my life! We talked for almost 3 hours about relationships, friends, and our future. When I got back to Jons house that night I talked to him for another hour or so. Jon and J are the most amazing friends! I can count on them for anything! They always tease me, but they will always have my back too. They keep me grounded and humble. Thanks friends for everything!
Another amazing friend, Freddie! He of all people could be selfish, and "to cool" for me, but just because he plays in the NFL doesn't mean he changed his attitude towards life.
He is now playing for the Minnesota Vikings and everyday he tells me how grateful he is for his career, family and friends, and most importantly his faith. Thanks Bubba for being there, no matter how far away you are!
Going through everything with the boys, I wish more and more that I had my mom to talk things through with. I know that I could trust her words and she wouldn't tell me what I wanted to hear, she told me what was best for me. I am so grateful that I even got to spend 18 years with her. Do I wish it was longer? Without a doubt but she will be my mommy forever and always!
I love her soooo much and I miss her more and more every day.
It's crazy what each of us go through in this crazy thing called life, but having friends and family there to support, helps so much. I got lucky with some pretty amazing friends. Katie, Ashley, Connie, Freddie, Justin, and Jon have spoiled me with open ears to listen, strong shoulders to lean on, and eyes to see the big picture when I am being blinded! I'm way to blessed to be stressed, and I'm so ready for school to start and fall to come, I'm ready for change! FOOTBALL EVERY weekend? Nothing better in my book!

GPW

2010-08-03T01:04:00.010-06:00

Sunday night we had our professional pictures taken for our sorority so we had to take a few pictures on our ouwn!
Connie and I on our way to the park!
I love my best friends!
Just the four of us!
Our star picture!
More girls just kept showing up and getting in our picture! Yay for girls coming!
We like cameras a little to much
We are such posers
Peek-a-boo
We were having problems since we all have the same "good side"
I love my XI babes
XI until I die

The second Red, White, and Blue weekend

2010-08-03T00:23:00.004-06:00

The 24th weekend was a little crazy! Matt got called in to work an L rep 4 (whatever that means, he doesn't even know) all we knew was that it meant it was mandatory. We were all bummed that he was going to miss out on our plans. Anyways Friday night his mom wanted me to go watch the Bountiful fireworks with his family, so I dragged Katie (thanks BFF) up there and we ended up meeting up with a few friends of ours. After the fireworks we headed to Applebees for our late night snack! While we were there Matt called and said he was on his way home! YAY! While waiting for him to get home we got asked by a cop if we were going to break in to a computer store. (Dumb story, if you ask I'll tell). Anyways Teeg was supposed to come with us but instead he went to Lava Hot Springs with Jamon. So the three of us hung out at Matts forever and then decided to head down to the Days of '47 parade to meet up with some of our friends.
Katie, David, and Brittney playing the skittles game!
We entertained ourselves with people watching and retarded delirious conversations!
David and Brittney
Matt hates parades and I told him he could stay home but he insisted on going. I felt bad because he works hard all week and really just wanted to sleep.
Mr. Grumpy pants (He was just grumpy that I took his picture)
I don't understand why people sleep out. I did enjoy people watching, other than that it's not worth it! Matt and I were so grumpy and Katie was starving so we didn't stay for the whole thing. As we were taking Matt home, Ric called him to go golfing. He asked if he could go and I've never been happier saying yes. ha I was so tired and I just wanted to eat, shower, and sleep! Well that night we had tickets to the rodeo and then we were going to go camping. Well Teeg was going to stay up there another night so Katie ended up going out with Brad and I went up to Bountiful to be with Matt. We had so much fun with good movies, yummy food, playing with Reggie, talking just us and with his mom (who is hilarious). It turned out to be a good weekend even if things didn't really go to plan!

Donut Falls

2010-08-02T23:42:00.006-06:00

Last Sunday after church my Davis family went on a Sunday night walk up to Donut Falls. It was so much fun and I can't wait to go on another hike! I don't want summer to end!
Us at the top of the hike
The kids! Becca is their cousin
Katie, Nard, Bearchy, Me, and Becca
We are retarded when it comes to going over the little stream!
We had a lot of fun just being outside enjoying nature. It's so beautiful outside!
Before we went in the cave
Inside the "falls"
After our hike we went to a rope swing in Salt Lake. Sallie, Nard, and Katie all went. Then it was Momma Kims turn. It was no good from the beginning. She fell off right from the start, tumbled down the mountain, her head hit a log and then landed in the river. I was ready to go next but we bagged it and went home. Oh and no worries she's okay! She's a trooper. I'm just ready to go on my next hike!

SURPRISE!

2010-07-23T20:05:00.007-06:00

Sunday Katie and I got home from Bear Lake, went to church, cleaned the car, and then headed up to Bountiful to meet up with Matt and Teeg. We had long talks with the boys about the weekend. No more girl weekends, they get in to much trouble! haha Finally it was time to head down to Katies surprise party at grandmas! We blindfolded her and she was mad! She fell asleep on the way down to Sandy and I directed Teeg to her house.
Katie and I! The hardest secret to keep from a BF!
After church I had asked Jake if he was coming and he said "No, I went to her family dinner" I replied with "So did I, you better be there, no excuses and bring your homies!" ha he just shook his head as I walked out the door. Guess who came?! ha thanks Jake for coming and playing! haha I love my big brother Jake!
Sallie is so cute! We played those fun games they play on Minute to Win it! Momma Kim is so creative!
Matt being a good sport participating in the games! He had no idea what was going on, he just let me drag him around town that day.
Katie, David, and Brittany!
Make a wish BFF
Rya, Katie, Carly, and Dottie!
Most of everybody who came. It was alot of fun!
No doubt there was drama. Ashley was mad because Dave wasn't there since Teeg, Matt, nor I answered our phones. Dave made it but then said something to irritate Matt, and then I said something to make Matt upset. It just slipped and it was about his weekend and so we along with Jake went on a nice Sunday night walk! These two boys are amazing and I love that we are so open about everything with each other! After the party we went back up to Bountiful and decided to go camping! ha It was so much fun and the boys always make sure we have a good time! Monday morning on our way home Katie and I got a flat tire. We called the boys, of course they were comfortable in their beds but they came right down and changed it for us. Thanks Matt, you are the best and Teeg we do owe you!

XI or die

2010-07-23T19:20:00.015-06:00

Last weekend I went to Bear Lake with my sorority. Lots of drama went down before so Katie and I were dreading our ride up there. We got food in our tummys, vented to Teeg and Matt, listened to our music, and put on our happy face! We finally arrived but we did have a car forget to get off in Evanston and drove almost to Cheyenne before they realized it! ha Typical girls, get to busy talking they forgot to pay attention!
Steph, Connie, Katie, Ashley, Alicia, and I waiting for our pizzas and the rest of the girls to get up there!
Nothing better than a trip with your best girlfriends!
Our yummy and very large pizzas!
After most of the girls got there we just talked for hours! Katie's birthday was Friday so I made sure to stay up until midnight to tell her HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Teeg tried to beat me to it but I definitely won!
Ashley and I bouncing on the bed
The four of us stayed in a room that had two beds while the rest of the girls slept out under the stars. We all fell asleep and were the last ones to wake up, oops!
At the lake on the second day! I love my XI babes!
All the girls went back to the cabin to have lunch but Ashley was out with Rob so Katie and I stayed back to wait for her and enjoy the sun rays!
Katie and I with our sandcastle while we waited for our friends to come back!
We enjoyed the beach! We talked to Matt and T.J. while they were home being boys! Ash and Rob finally came back so we had some fun in the water!
We love going out on the jet skis!
Katie and I were ready to head back earlier than the rest of the girls so we stopped and had on of Bear Lakes famous rasberry shakes!
We had lots of yummy food and enjoyed being the silly girls we all are!
Waiting for Connie. I love girl weekends!
When I was in Bear Lake with Matt we taught Katie and TJ how to eat grass so we had to share with our two best friends!
Best friends for life.
When we got back from one walk the girls kept going on theirs so Katie and I went back to the cabin and just hung out.
The amazing cake Katie and I made for her birthday! YUM I want more...
That night we went to bed fairly early. Katie, Ashley, and I together when we're tired is never a good thing. We feed off of each other and we were so giggly.
Saturday morning we headed back out to the lake. We have so much fun just playing volleyball, splashing in the water, and lots of girl talk!
XI till we die! Love my sorority girls!
We had a few jet skis to play on while we were up there, and we loved every second of it!
The four best friends loving our getaway
We dead lifted the jet skis in and out of the water, here is our model picture after a rough day on the water!
Thank you so much girls for a great weekend! I love my XI babes and I know how much work went into planning it. Memories to last a lifetime!

Picture Mania

2010-07-20T08:31:00.012-06:00

Lots of pictures from the first two weeks in July! We have so much fun and I don't want summer to end!
The night Matt and Teeg left us to go to Wendover. Never a dull moment with us!

Katie and I at the BBQ at Spens house! Thanks boys for yummy food!

Just the girls!

Tiana, Ash, Katie and I with our love sticks watching the fireworks in Sugarhouse

Matt and I in Bear Lake with his family and Katie and T.J.

Matt loves to take pictures of himself. Here he is eating grass on our hike.

I love my BFF!

I finally dryed off from playing in Bear Lake and we were at Bloomington Lake and Reggie decided to come right by me and shake. I was soaked!

T.J. climbing the tree at Bloomington Lake in Idaho, it was so pretty up there!

Matt and I after a long day and on our way to the Bees game with Katie and Teeg!

Matt, Katie, T.J. and I up in the mountains! The boys take us up here every week and it is so pretty, we love it!

Katie and I on our way to her family birthday dinner at Olive Garden!

Ugh quote books and hubba bubba! haha Thanks Matt!
They were trying to steal my blanket, well Matts blanket!
Me, Ashley, Connie, and Katie having our weekly fire!

More posts to come, this is just a summary!

LOVE this life!

2010-07-06T10:35:00.004-06:00

I haven't uploaded my pictures yet but I just had to write about my fabulous weekend! I have the greatest friends! Friday night I babysat my beautiful baby niece, I love her so much! Katie and I were going to hang out with Matt and TJ but because we didn't want to go to Toy Story 3 or Shrek they ended up going to Wendover with Dave and Travis and Katie and I went over to Connies and heard stories of her trip for 2 hours! ha Way to ditch out boys! Saturday morning I went to the Bountiful parade with my sister, Shaun, and Mia! I LOVE the 4th of JULY! We came home and all crashed, which was probably the most sleep I got the rest of the weekend! That night we went party hopping! We started out at Spens and played Volleyball, and the boys had A LOT of yummy food! We headed up to Bountiful and saw Dave, Trav, and TJ, and then headed out to Sugarhouse park for FIREWORKS! (My favorite part of the holiday) There was no way that we were going to meet up with all of our friends that were there so we found a spot and waited anxiously for them to start! Katie, Ashley, Tiana, and I really wanted glow sticks but none of us had cash let alone our handbags with us. I asked the man how much they were anyways and when he told us, I responded with an "oh shoot, to bad the boys are nowhere to be found" ha his response made my night, "do you want to get married tonight? Or engaged?" All four of us just laughed, he then said, "These are love sticks, so give them out tonight" So of course we were extremely happy that we got our "love sticks" for free! The fireworks of course were fantastic! Getting out of Sugarhouse took over an hour! Another reason I could NEVER live in a LARGE city. We had a lot of fun though. Ash and Tiana had to go to the restroom really bad so we played Chinese Firedrill! I scooted over to the drivers seat, Katie ran up and got shot gun and when they came out of Red Mango we had literally moved 3 feet! The cops were laughing at us which made it even better! We went to ICEBERG after to get out famous rasberry cocunut shake with sprinkles! Then we went and met up with Ashley's friend Rob and two of his friends at The Belgian Waffle. We people watched there until 4 am! All day Matt was wanting me to go up to Bear Lake with his family so Sunday morning at 7:30 Katie, TJ, Travis, and I headed up there to surprise him! His cabin is right on the beach so we had a lot of fun 4-wheeling, playing in the lake, went on a few hikes, and ate lots of yummy food! We can't wait to go back next weekend! Monday morning I went and played soccer with my guy friends! I love those boys, I've known most of them since elementary just because they played football with Chayden growing up so we dish it out, and always play hard! We played for 2 1/2 hours and then Matt, Katie, and TJ were ready to go so I headed up to Bountiful. We went to Caussy to go cliff jumping. Our hike to the restroom was a lot more successful! haha we went back to Matts house and got ready and headed to the BEES game! I ran into lots of friends and lucky for Matt and I we got free food! He said it finally payed off for being popular and meeting all these people! We watched the fireworks after from the baseball field, it was so much fun besides getting hit in the face from ashes! We then went to the Pie to end our fabulous weekend! I love my friends and how spontaneous we are! I'll upload pictures soon! Katie, Ashley, and I decided that we should just be on a reality show so we never have to work, and we can get paid to live our fun life! I think it's a great idea, at least in the summer! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

BSB

2010-06-24T20:07:00.019-06:00

Backstreets Back alright! That's right I went to the BACKTREET BOYS concert! It was so much fun and they were better than I ever remember them being! I was always more of a "N'sync kind of girl" but I still LOVED the idea of a boy band when I was younger!
Hanging out in front of the ESA!
Jenika, Chantel, Lori, Julie, and I
Before the party began!
You have to have fun with pictures or else it's boring!
Julie and I were being nerds!
They are so silly!
The prettiest ladies I work with!
Jenika and Lori waiting patiently for them to come out!
Chan is so silly!
I still remembered all the dances! I think I watched The BOX to much when I was younger!
Steal my heart again BSB! jk!
Drooling over "Zachary"
You can't tell from my pictures but they are more attractive now than they were in the 90's

We were loving it!
The most attractive man I have ever seen! haha The highlight of the night for sure!
The best night I've had in a long time!! Backstreet Boys can come again in another 12 years and I'll probably go again! haha

Gradiation.....

2010-06-02T17:41:00.009-06:00

Wow it's already graduation time again! Last week our "crew" went to dinner and the waiter thought that we just graduated. We quickly told him that he was off by 4 years but then started talking and I remember parts of my high school "glory years" ha My life was so simple back then and I loved every second of it!
I went to dance every day! I loved it and wouldn't have traded it for anything! I made so many life long friends, learned many life lessons, and most of all enjoyed it! I danced with the same studio since I was 3 and there were times that we were a closer family than we were with our real families because we spent so much time with each other.
High school dances! They were so much fun and I think that it makes a huge difference with who you go with! I had my favorites but overall I loved every single one of them!
Sweethearts 2006-Christon, Julie, Jon, Elise, Clayton, Melissa, Justin, Chelsee, Zach, and I
(That was the worst dance to go dress shopping for! Zach wanted to wear a pink tie and I refused to wear pink or red to sweethearts like every other girl!)

Chars in 2006 with Jon! That was definitely the scariest dance since one of our friends in our group had a seizure but the boys took good care of us and we ended up having a good night!
Jon is one of my favorite people ever! I remember I didn't want to go to seminary one day and so I talked him (sorry Teri) out of going too and we got another friend to sluff and we went to his house and watched Christmas Vacation! It's a favorite with us! Looking back I would have killed my child but I think my parents knew I didn't do it every day and when I graduated from Seminary, it didn't really matter that I missed that one day right?!
On the other hand I remember my very first time sluffing, I was with a few other cheerleaders, and some SBO's, and I called my mom almost in tears, I felt so bad. ha she laughed and said it was okay, but to just call her next time so if we got pulled over I wouldn't get in trouble. Hands down my mom was the best, who would do that?!
I did it! Thanks to my wonderful, amazing, supportive mother who made anything possible! Also thanks to my sister for all her help! There were many nights that she helped my mom to make everything perfect! And thank you Daddy for working so hard to support all of us!
My favorite teacher was Pinnock. He was my history teacher and our class was awesome! Nothing is better than having your whole group of friends in a class together. He gave us his cell and told us to text him if we were going to sluff and he'd excuse us! Did we ever go?! Not really or if we did we just sat and talked the whole time! ha
Graduation with Mace, ZT, Chay, and Steve-O! I loved these boys and even more surprisingly Chayden and I made it through without killing each other! These boys were all like brothers, and I miss cheering for them on the field, we had some fun years!
I have so many fun memories, and friends that I love dearly from those dreaded years! Thank you to all the wonderful parents that let us hang out at their house, feed us, use the car, thank you mommy and daddy for my own car, and thank you high school for not lasting longer than 3 years! ha College is so much better than high school I just wish I had my mom to share all my stories with, she was my best friend, and I know she would have thought some of the things I have done are extreme but I miss telling her secrets and her saying "we wont tell your dad about that!" haha it was a fun ride, but a one way ticket is all I needed!

MAY MADNESS

2010-05-26T09:16:00.017-06:00

The beginning of May we went paintballing for Nards birthday! It was so much fun and she's officially a teenager! We were there over two hours and I still have bruises from it!
The boys had a basketball night and worked on their dunks!
Jon is better at taking "action" shots so the boys have some cool pictures
I took the ones of Jon, not as cool, I know!
We had a day to fly kites!
Justin with Bumblebee!
Mine was Barbie, they didn't have TMNT or Power Ranger one, I was pretty upset!
Christon's Blue Angel got destroyed :(
Jeremy had a Yo Gabba Gabba one! We also got little Hayds a Spiderman one, but it wasn't windy when I finally gave it to him. I feel bad :(
We had a breakfast night.......yummy! J cooked pancakes, we also had eggs, hashbrowns, orange juice, Jon got me some chocolate milk (my favorite), and we had some delicious pie!
One night Jon, J, and I were going to drive up to the temple, and then we had the whole group come with us! It was so pretty but it was pretty cold so we didn't stay to long. I wanted to take a picture but I was to cold to walk back to the car, haha thanks Jon and J for sandwhiching me!
We also went hot tubbing one night, it was so fun and relaxing!
I also recommend going here..........
It is delicious! One pointer I do have, go the right way on a one way road!
Shaun and Ashleigh got married! It was a wonderful day and I am so happy for both of them!
After the wedding we took and put our flowers on my moms grave, she was sure missed and would have loved adding Shaun to our family!
I put my bouquet on my sisters grave!

I got to babysit while they were on their honeymoon! Alana played hooky Friday and we cleaned, went to In-n-Out, and just hung out mainly. Saturday I went to Shrek with my friends and Alana. She LOVED it and thought it was pretty funny! That night we had a fire and Jon and I made dinner for everyone. It was so much fun, and Alana just loves Jeremy! We are finally back to our routine and Ash and Shaun got home yesterday! We all missed them, and are so happy to have them back home!
It was also my moms birthday on Saturday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY, We love you sooooooo much!xoxo
Well I think that sums up most of the last few weeks, it sure has been a fun month and now I am ready for the warm weather, NO MORE SNOW! I'll try to be better this next month, and I can't wait for birthday celebrations that start tonight!

LV'10

2010-04-27T09:52:00.019-06:00

Last weekend my friend Brady got married down in Las Vegas! Thursday afternoon we met at Danny and Davids house, packed Davids clothes while he was on a "date" and then we headed out once he got home!
The classic stop for a picture!
We went and met up with Brady, and his friends when we got down there and the boys gambled. I still don't find the fun in it, I'd rather have something to show for my money, like SHOPPING!
Friday morning we played at the pool and then got ready to go play on the strip! We wanted to do a little shopping before the wedding!
The THREE best friends that anybody could have!
David LOVES to tickle Katie and I so I got him good and he ended up on the floor while we were getting gas.
When we found out it was snowing at home NBD we were all burnt from an hour by the pool!
We got a lot of GO JAZZ comments down there! HOLLA
I wanted these kicks and David ended up getting them :(
Katie finally got a DOKE
Walking back to get ready for the wedding!
I didn't take any pictures at the reception but it was fun! We ruled the dance floor and Steph and I had some good talks during it. I LOVE him and can't wait for our double dates this summer with BIG RED and Skwig! Luckily we had my phone for the boys so they had the JAZZ game going! (Also thanks to Jon at home for giving us details for any quesitions we had about the series!)
Danny asked the genius question where the Eiffel Tower was.... hahaha I literally almost peed my pants when I found out he was serious!
On our way to the Stratosphere! We got an unlimited day pass to ride the three rides up there. ha we're hoping to go back in the next couple months to bungee jump of the stratoshpere! I can't wait!
We have sass!
LV'10!
Connie, Christian, Me, David, Katie, Danny, and Kelsi
David and I going shopping! What I do best!
Go David Go
Dangerous D!
Davids baller shorts!
We found a tagged wall so we went back and took some pictures! Now the background is going on our shoes! I can't wait until they're done!
Our crew missing Connie
Yes we're pretty legit
The girls!
Christian chugged two Monsters before we entered the club at Monte Carlo
After we went clubbing, we went back to the stratosphere and rode rides until they closed, and then we went and met up with T-Pain and Sal and headed to the Venetian for some yummy food! We got back into our room and it was almost 6:00am. It was such a great weekend! We were going to go play at Sand Hollow before we headed home but we decided to get home for the JAZZ game! 3-1 we can do this! GO JAZZ GO!
We own Davids room!
ha Connie and Matt made an agreement to not hang out with us when each other is there, so we snuck her in the window and worked on our shoes. Drama is retarded. It was a fabulous weekend and Jon and J were just the people I needed to talk to as they drove me home! They're the best!! CONGRATS Birdman and Natalie!

Face is getting old

2010-04-15T00:11:00.006-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE!!!
We do lots of fun things together and I love every second of it!
Ice skating in February with his family and our friends!
Jake and I went camping at the Old Mill in Brigham City last December with some of his friends. BRRRR! It was so cold but tons of fun even though there weren't any ghosts! haha
We love having bonfires too!
He is so excited for boating season! Secretly I think he just wants to rally Katie and I again! Oh well we have fun and who doesn't love some great memories!
I love this picture! He's the best! I can talk to him about anything. He always has something to say that makes me laugh!
I can't wait to create some more memories this year! Thanks for everything you have done for me! I feel bad I always take everything out on you but you handle it so well! ha Space Cadet loves her Tweedledum! It's going to be another great year! LOVE YOU!

Season Opener

2010-04-12T22:01:00.007-06:00

I seriously am so blessed! I had a fabulous weekend and every day is the best day of my life! Friday night I went to The Last Song. It is one of the best movies! Even though I read the book I still cried! I never cry in movies. Saturday I spent the day with my wonderful sister doing wedding stuff! That night Jon, Justin, Marie, and I went to Cafe Rio for dinner and then to ReAls season opener!
Oh how I love coming here!
Raising the 2009 CHAMPIONSHIP flag!
Such a fun night! Never a dull moment with Jon, and Justin around!
Justin singing Ole Ole Ole Ole ReAl Salt Lake!
Oh yeah and david Archuleta sang at half....NBD
ReAl tied the game in the last second! It was amazing and a lot of fun! Since we had so much fun Jon, Justin, and I decided to purchase season tickets! Jon and I compared the schedule to Utah football and we should be okay and not miss any games! (Shows where our priorities are!) We decided that it would give us something to do every week!
Sunday after church I went over to my dads and we watched home videos! It was so fun to have time with just my dad like we used to! I love him and it's crazy how much everything has changed in 21 years! It was a great weekend! I seriously am so blessed!

3

2010-04-05T17:58:00.003-06:00

Three years ago I lost my best friend. The one true best friend that has your best interest and wants everything for you before she would have taken it for herself. I would give anything for one last hug, knowing the comfort it brings that everything is going to be okay, or to say I love you one last time. Nothing beats a mothers love, I wish everyone knew how lucky they were to have their mom just a phone call away. My mom was the most incredible woman and the older I get the more I realize it and realize how I am missing out on our mother daughter love growing. I hate priesthood session for this reason. I miss going out with my mom shopping, meeting my dad after for dinner, and you know the typical conference weekend stuff! I am blessed with wonderful friends who have allowed me in their family. Mom we love you! Finding out last night that dad was leaving for ANOTHER vacation ON my birthday made me miss you even more, we were your pride and joy and you always put us first. You raised an incredible daughter and Ash I love you! I would be completely helpless without you and your beautiful daughters! I know mom sent Mia straight to you! I wish she was here to get all excited for her first tooth or the first time she rolled over like she was for Alana. If I could be half as wonderful as my mom was I would be the luckiest person in the world! She was so caring about everyone around her, loved unconditionally, and made everyone want to be a better person. I was so selfish with her and wanted her just for me, but she was always willing to help others in whatever they needed. You are the greatest mom and will always be my #1! I LOVE YOU SOOOO much mommy and wish I could just cuddle up and watch a movie with you tonight. I can't wait until I get to see you again and because I want that so bad I am so lucky to have the gospel in my life. I'll keep my eyes on the prize, you in my heart, and go forward with faith. I am the luckiest daughter to walk this earth just because I even knew you! Everyone says it gets easier with time but I'm still waiting for that time to come because I swear it's only getting harder. I'm still wondering how heavenly father even thought I was strong enough because this has been the toughest battle I have faced in my life. I wouldn't wish this battle even on my worst enemy. Thank you to all my wonderful friends that have been there for me whenever I have a breakdown. I remember how fast word spread that she was gone and I still remember the scripture Jon sent me, I read it at least once a day to help ease the pain. WOW I truly have been blessed through all of this...I love you mom and I hope to never disappoint you. Your baby girl will NEVER forget you!
XOXOXOXOXO forever and eternity!!!!

FAB-U-LOUS!

2010-03-29T07:58:00.019-06:00

Last weekend was so much fun! Friday night I went to Dinner with my BFF Katie and my favorite boy David! We went to the Himalayan Kitchen downtown, YUM! After dinner we went to Connies and played pool which David dominated in every game and then when we played foosball and I'm happy to say that David and I killed Katie and Connie! We finally headed to a birthday party at Momentum! Who doesn't love going rock climbing at midnight!
David's so cute and buff! ha ha
Connie and I! I was so tired and who knew bed time was no where near!
Katie looks a little worn out!
Yes he is that awesome!
We finally got worn out of climbing and we didn't want to watch the movie there so we went to Davids and Dan and Travis came! Scary movies at 3 in the morning and David scared all of us more than the movie did! I also LOVE sleepovers with my friends! Thanks David for letting us use your bed!
Saturday night was Marks wedding! I am so happy for this boy! He was one of my best friends since middle school! Congrats Mark and Ashley! It was a high school reunion(Diggers have the reputation to marry another Beetdigger!)
Here's all the boys!
Chayden(he gets home in June!), Steve Haymond, Zach Tanner, Justin Mace, Mark Johnson, Stephen Halling, Erick Larson, and Mike Harris!
Saturday night after Marks wedding we went to the Neilsons and colored easter eggs! It was so much fun to be with just my favorite boys!
Jon and I made a modern art egg. We thought it was pretty cool.
The Joker and a Zombie!
The eggs after our awesome easter egg hunt! Thank you again Teri for hiding them for us! 6 college students having so much fun! It took us awhile to find all of them!
Sunday was Ashleys big 21st birthday! We just had cake and ice cream with our closest friends!
Ashley's cake! We forgot candles so instead we put 21 things on her cake! Really 20 and hid a candy in the cake! ha ha
So Ash strongly dislikes Lauren so we had to cut them out of a picture :( The rest of us LOVE them! Stupid drama....
Ash getting her 21 birthday spankings!
We made a collage for Ash! It was so fun to look back on the past year and look back on all of our memories!
Thanks to all my wonderful friends for a fabulous weekend! Sunday night when we got home from Ashleys , Katie and I were sitting in my car and Jake got home ha we ended up scaring him and then it turned into a 2 hour drive around the valley and give Jake our advice on his drama! I love him! Thanks to my favorite brother and best friend ever for ending the weekend with some good laughs!

Mad weekend of parties

2010-03-08T18:49:00.015-07:00

Last week was so much fun! Thursday night Kim had a Mad Hatter party, and then we all went to the premiere of Alice in Wonderland. I had a dream two days later that I was in the movie, CREEEEPY!
Pinky's out!
There were lots of goodies!

I was on an energy high (in reality it was probably lack of sleep)

Katie and Connie doing the BWAAH face!
Connie laughing so hard she almost peed her pants

Spinning their heads so their hair looked like.........

........this! "That's hot!"

Friday night Michelle, Connie, Jake and I drove up to Midway! We went and visited Katie at work while we waited for the rest of our group to get up there!
Connie and Michelle at Zermatt!
Jake decided he wanted a DP so we went camera happy while we waited for him!

That night was hilarious! We played games almost all night and we were all laughing at each other! I have some of the best friends out there! Saturday morning Matts phone woke me up so Jake and I decided to clean the condo before we headed to the barn! Katie rocked at her show wand got first and third! HOLLER! ha After her show Matt dropped Connie, Jake, and I back off at the condo while the rest of the car headed back to B-TOWN! We popped in a movie and all of us crashed! Jake woke me up telling me Katie text me and to call her before she left for the valley. Good call Jake, she almost left us in HEBER! ha We got home, got ready and headed to Rachels birthday party. I did not feel good but I was a trooper sitting at Training Table for almost 3 hours, grrr! Thanks to David he got us out of there, then we went and sat at Iceberg for another hour where I had my melt down (that's the next post), we finally got everyone out of there, lost the creeper that had been following us and went to Rachels for games!
Sunday afternoon the weather was AMAZING! Katie and I decided to take the little sisters to the park!
Sall and Nard on our way to the park!

Kim found Stomp Rocket earlier so we had some fun with that!
Katie on the phone with Matt and holding the rocket for us!

Nard playing Stomp Rocket

When we got home we had to hurry and change and head over to Connies for another party. Christian got accepted to flight school and we combined it with another party for Rachel.
BFFS! I definitely needed her this weekend!
BIG RED! I highly enjoy his company! He is so much like Steph it's hilarious! Thanks for letting me feed you alfredo Spence!
Spencer and I played against Katie and some other kid and we won!
After the party Matt, Katie, Jake, and I finished the night with a movie and I think Katie was the only one who stayed awake through the whole thing! ha Thank you Davis family for everything this weekend, I love you all!

A day in the car around the county

2010-03-04T18:59:00.011-07:00

Two weeks ago I had my friend Eriks wedding! We went to the ceremony up in Salt Lake and then drove down to American Fork for the reception! Congrats Cori and Erik!
Steph and I at the wedding! It was so nice to be with him all day!
Spencer, and Steph were the best DJs! Doesn't Spencer look like a stud?
We love pictures!
Megan, Christian, Ashley, Me, Danny, and Connie!
Steph and Spencer playing with the coolest little kid ever!
Ashley, Connie, and I playing with some little kids tiger! We kinds of have an obsession with them!
Nation and Big Red being studs
Most of the Chi guys came to support their President!
After the wedding everyone went home and changed and headed up to Rock the U! It's a 26.2 dance party, it was so much fun! We didn't stay long but we definitely had a good time!
Connie and I sporting Davids clothing!
Ashley and Christian playing energy drink pong
Mikey and I watching everyone play
I think it was harder to put the suits on than actually wrestling in it.
We had some crazy adventures that night, but it never fails that I have a good time with my friends!

Fun in the sun or should I say snow?!

2010-02-16T10:11:00.021-07:00

For Presidents day we decided we should go to Midway and go play! Katie, Jake, and I literally rolled out of bed, went and had breakfast, picked up Connie, and headed up there!
I LOVE my BFF!
When we got there the Davis' were headed to the ice skating rink so we decided we should join in on the fun!
I LOVE HER!!!
Jake,me, and Connie ice skating!
Jake, Me, Connie, and Katie on the ice! Don't mind that none of us got ready! ha
Sall and Austen
The girls trying to do a chorus line
The group doing a train
I'm not really sure what Jake and I were doing, but we were to cool for the rest of the group!
Our star picture!
So Kim was really excited for me to take her picture and then she fell. She gave us a good laugh all day!
We got stuck so Katie and Connie are pushing! Thanks for Jake saving the day!
"We're the three best friends that anyone could have!"
Katie and Connie having fun on their snowmobile
Jake being Jake!
Katie and I! We rolled but we're still alive! ha
Jake and Austen trying to figure out how to get the gas in the snowmobiles. I think Jake, Austen, and I were covered in gas by the end, SICK!

Jake ran me over! Our friendships all got a little closer yesterday!
Katie,Me, and Connie on the snowmobile! It was so fun to ride with all three on one!
Jake was pulling us on the snowmobile, I got brave with no hands!
Cheese!

We also did a little sledding on our own, and Katie and I both flew forward it was hilarious!
I was so tired waiting for Jake. I just wanted to go home ha

When we got home Jake, Katie, and I quickly showered and got ready to meet up with Matt, Dan, and Connie for dinner at Ichiban! Yum, we sure love our sushi! We went hot tubbing at Connies and then Katie, Jake, and I finished the night off with a movie! I think Presidents day needs to be at least once a month!

SuPeRbOwL

2010-02-09T09:39:00.018-07:00

We had a Superbowl party on Sunday! We had an awesome turn out! I don't know if you can ask for more than good entertainment, great food, and AWESOME company!
Katie, Connie, and I after making food all day!
Dadzo named one of these Gooch. It definately made me laugh!
Connie and Katie eating Dadzo's delicious salsa!
Liz and Megan!
Hey Dan!
Carlos thinks he's still a little boy!
Christian and Ashley
Matt and Katie, after the Saints won!
It looks like it was a party on the couch!
Blaze, Meg, and Lexi!!
One of my favorite people! I haven't seen him in so long and he made my day!
Megan, Michelle, and Blaze!
Do you have a platapus, monkey, AND the grinch as friends?!
Blaze, Carlos, and Raife! I have missed these boys!
Janie and Megan eating the cream cheese ha
I didn't get pictures of everyone that was there but thanks to everyone who made a showing, it was fun to see you all!

Happy Birthday Michelle!

2010-02-02T11:34:00.011-07:00

Michelle's birthday dinner at Ichiban!
XI...and Natalies alive!!!
The Peterson sisters and Christian!
All the girls for Michelle's birthday!
Our sushi for four girls and we still ordered more!
Mintalicious ice cream
Connie and Michelle with their awesome leggings!
EHHH

Where'd it go?
Yes girls are crazy we had SOOO much sushi, and ate the whole carton of ice cream in less than 20 minutes probably less than 10. ha I hope you had a good birthday Michelle!

Retreat

2010-02-02T10:28:00.020-07:00

Last weekend we had our sorority retreat! We went up to Midway and stayed at Katies condo! We went to dinner, saw the ice castles, played games, and laughed alot!
Dairy Keen...YUM!
I wanted my food...
Connie was fascinated with the ice on the sign
The cool XI babes that went to the ice castles ha ha
"I double dog dare you!"
I love my BFF!
Megan looks like Hermoine from Harry Potter! ha ha
Connie, Ash, and I
Poor Katie!
The icicle was stuck to her glove!
Ash and I freezing!
Some of the XI babes in the ice castles!
Janie during our game of truth or dare! She's so funny!
Well after hours of laughing we finally decided to attempt to go to bed. Some girls were upstairs already asleep and a bunch of girls were downstairs talking. Well CHI decided to dress in black, cover their faces in shaving cream, and come scare us. The video is on my facebook you should watch it! The screams were so loud and I will admit I hid like a little girl under my blanket thinking they wouldn't see me! ha
Chi left their mark on Connies car.
Thanks Katie for letting us all come up! I love my friends and we always have so much fun together! We're planning our payback for CHI and they have no idea what's coming!

Everyone needs a BF!

2010-01-24T17:40:00.006-07:00

Freddie had the sweetest post about me so I thought I should do the same:
Oh yes and wherever it says hate replace with STRONGLY DISLIKE it just was to long to write and Bubba Brown taught me about the word hate and he will be disappointed that I used it! ha

Dear Bubba, I miss you.
I miss our late night talks (face to face, the phone doesn't cut it).
I hate that I can't see you everyday.
I miss your laugh.
I hate when I'm mad you're not here to calm me down.
I miss your smile.
I hate when I cry I can't drive to your house.
I miss your hugs.
I hate that I don't get one everyday.
I miss my homework buddy.
I hate disciplining myself.
I miss shopping. (I hardly go anymore)
I hate going by myself or with anyone else.
I miss our days at the pool.
I hate that you're at the beach all week.
I miss winter days with you.
I hate scraping my own car now.
I miss you bringing me hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls.
I hate having nobody to call when I'm hungry!
I miss cheering for you. (even years ago when nobody knew who you were!)
I hate that I have nobody to cheer for anymore :(
I miss your notes on my car when I get out of school.
I hate that I don't enjoy school anymore.
I miss our temple drives.
I hate that nobody likes to run with me.
I miss our dance sessions in the car.
I hate looking like an idiot by myself!
I miss late nights and free food at the stadium!
I hate that you are so good at football that you had to move far away!
I miss our jamba runs.
I hate that I have to bribe Alana to go with me.
I miss making you listen to Rascal Flatts but you did and didn't complain because you love me!
I hate that nobody is as honest as you.
I miss being with you.
I hate that four years ago when I met you I had you and my mom to see everyday.
I miss my best friend.
I hate stupid people, one in particular! ha
March can't come soon enough. I love you bestie!
Love forever and always! SUGA

This is the night everyone in the state of UTAH and anybody who cared about the Mtn. West learned who Freddie was. I was so happy for him but I was also so scared that better things would come around and that he'd "drop me like last years shoes!" ha Now bigger and better things have come but he is still as humble as he was when I met him! Alana just said "Just marry him already! He'd be the best uncle!" ha reminds me of the jokes we'd play on your teammates! Even though you are far more sophisticated than I am I admire that you put up with my stupidity. I'm pretty sure MY BEST FRIEND BEATS YOURS HANDS DOWN!
P.S. He gave me the BEST christmas present and I have recieved countless compliments. I LOVE YOU BUBBA! You're my #1 forever and ever

Life is good!

2010-01-21T19:40:00.023-07:00

So I uploaded the past 8 months from Katies camera! WOW we have had so much fun with memories to last a life time! Here's a brief recap from those events!
Warning: LOTS of pictures and some things I've talked about before!
We're cool we just go to St. Geezy whenever we want!
Do you and your best friend have matching bracelets?!
Camera happy on the way down!
We thought we were pretty cool. The boys dropped us off at the store after abusing us on a boat all day
I had to use the restroom SOOOOOO bad!
Cruising down the boulevard with Jake and Christian after a loooong day of boating!
We're on a boat for Katies birthday!
Jake doing backflips off the boat! He's such a daredevil!
Jake is so cool and strong! This was on a Sunday night hike and we have so many memories from it!
Ha they spidered on the zip line! We laughed!
What is in the tree?!
Oh just my BFF Katie! ha
It was so scary but it's one of my favorite things to do now! Look hard I'm in there!
Katie had no idea how or when she got this!
I just have to show off my family! I love them all even when they are crazy! Jake was to cool to dress up for Halloween!
Ashley, Katie and I going who knows where!
Everyone that went to Kalai!
Natalie kept looking for the limo! She was very excited!
XI Babes!
We love pictures! I told you we took alot! ha

Sallie and Rey making their cake for the bake off!

Nard with her log of fudge!

My second adopted mother Kim! Helping us bring our roca to a "rock hard state!"

After we made ourselves sick we went to dinner! And then we played a joke on them and they thought we left them at Wendys!

Girls night! We went to Fat Cats for unlimited bowling!

I had some Diet Coke, it was nasty, end of story!
I hope the next six months are as fun as the last six months have been. I love my family. I love my friends. I love my life!

Jade-man!

2010-01-11T00:25:00.004-07:00

Here you go Jade.....
First meet my second family growing up...
The Wikstroms! These are all 7 kids and their awesome parentals! We lived across the street from each other and our families literally did everything together growing up. Now I remember before the oldest, Jeremy,(far right) left on his mission, our families went up to Park City together and spent the day riding the Alpine Slide, shopping, eating and playing! I also remember waking up when it was still dark outside and we went to the airport to say goodbye. Then a few years later I remember Josh(in the sunglasses) getting his mission call. Now if I remember right we just all went to dinner together and had a big celebration, however I remember the day he came home we couldn't believe it had been two years! Now it's been years later and Jadens(far left) time has come! We couldn't be happier! It's weird because I was only three but I can tell you exactly where I was standing when he came home from the hospital! I also remember his baptism like it just happened, I came late after a dance performance (of course!). Anyways Jaden and I have always been close, in fact I think there were days that I spent more time playing with him and Hannah(his best friend) spent more time playing with Carley growing up! I am so glad he decided to serve a mission! He did an awesome job at his farewell today, and it was fun to see everyone in the old neighborhood and some of his family again!
You're going to do awesome Jade and the people in Mexico are so privileged to have you serve them! I wish everyone could have heard your talk today because you did an amazing job! I can't wait to hear about your experiences and PLEASE write your mother at least once (that was more than Jer! ha) I can't wait to see where we'll all be when he gets home, hopefully he'll be an uncle! ha
P.S. Once you upload our pictures from today I'll delete this one!

We da we da best!

2010-01-04T09:14:00.003-07:00

Here you go Natalie!
We went cosmic bowling last week! It was so much fun, I don't think I've been since middle school either! Now I'm not about to brag but just ask Taylor what it feels like to lose to TWO girls!
He says it was just his warm up round but I would like to point out that we didn't need a warm up! The boys tried to delete any evidence but Natalie uploaded it to facebook first! ha Taylor won the rest of the games for the night but it still was fun to tease him about it!
I love her!
Thanks Nat for sending me the pic too! I hope you are having fun snowboarding! Tay it's okay it only happened once and you played great the rest of the night! Love you both!

Oh what a time in 2009!

2009-12-27T16:08:00.001-07:00

2009 was such a fun year. There weren't a lot of changes in my life or events to brag about but here is a little recap!
January- SUGAR BOWL CHAMPS! My favorite boys started the year out right! Way to go boys and thanks for all the memories! We sure had a fun run bhahaha Brad!
February- I have a new group of friends that I can't go a day without talking to! I love them all and we started going dancing EVERY Thursday night at Studio!
March- Moab with a few of my friends, thanks Steph!!
April- My best friend gets drafted in the NFL draft! Boys dream of this growing up and to be part of it was amazing! I wouldn't have traded this weekend for anything! Way to go Bubba, GO BENGALS!!!
May- Birthdays and week vacations with all of your friends! This month was priceless!
June- Summer nights with your best friends! I couldn't ask for better friends!
July- Freddie came out here for a week! It was so fun to have him back and that much harder to say goodbye again! It was fun to have Mike join us for a few days also!
August- Jon and Jeremy come home, and Corbin (my bff) transfers schools.
I was so excited for these boys to come home! They were the last of my closest friends to return home from their honorable two year missions! It's been fun hearing their stories and crazy how much has changed while they were gone!
I love Corbin and I can't wait until the reunion next year with the rest of the '08 undefeated football team! I miss you SHMORB!!!
Sly and Corb being punks!
September- Ash, Alana, and I went to Swiss days to watch Katie in the parade! Football season kicked off also!
October-I got a new niece, Mia Maline Macomber and a group of our friends went to the UTAH blackout game in the suite!
Jon, me, Natalie, Mike, Taylor,and Kim
November-New Moon parties, and concerts!
VIP Style with your best friends!
Lindie and I at the Davis' New Moon party for the premiere!
December- Nothing out of the ordinary lots of fun times with friends with games nights once a week and movie nights with Taylors family!
Thank you to everyone who made me part of their family. I honestly don't know what I'd do without my friends in my life. 2009 was an incredible year, I learned so much. Now I'm looking forward to the adventures in 2010!

It's already over?

2009-12-26T15:45:00.006-07:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I couldn't ask for better friends or family! I LOVE my sister and my nieces they are so cute! Tuesday night was the annual Davis bake off! Katie and I made almond roca! We somehow won first place also!
Trevor and Taylor came and picked us up and we went and saw Avatar 3D! It was good, but way long! Wednesday night was Kims family party! We even got to sit on Santas lap! It was one of those nights that you see in movies. Everyone was sitting around enjoying a wonderful dinner (thanks Grandma Margo!) and then Rob (Katies uncle) played the guitar and everyone was singing christmas songs while we waited for Santa to arrive! Oh yes and GO UTES! They still hold the longest game winning bowl streak in the nation! After the party we went hot tubbing at Connies! Thursday early evening I went to dinner with my dad, Ashleigh, and Shaun and then we went up to my moms grave, BRRR! It gets SOOO cold! I miss her so much and I don't know if the days are getting easier like everyone says they do. Anyways after I went to Taylors family party. His nieces and nephews were so excited to put on the nativity it was so cute! After we left Becky and Joshs' we went to Rex and Jenns and watched the Polar Express! I LOVE that movie! Christmas afternoon I picked Alana up on my way home so we could have our christmas! She LOVED what Santa brought her and I think it's safe to say Mia did too! After being home for a few hours the house emptied again. I went to Taylors to play pool with everyone and eat junk food until we felt sick! I had so much fun playing with his niece Katie and all the fun toys she got! Jenn, Shiloh, and I did a puzzle for awhile and then I left with the boys and we went to Sherlock Holmes, thanks Rex! It was fun to be with everyone and I LOVE the Christmas season! Now I better get started on plans for New Years, any suggestions?!
P.S. I'll post pictures once I get copies from the Goochs' and Davis'

Kalai in style

2009-12-16T23:10:00.017-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to the Kalai concert! I was SOOOOOO sick that day but I didn't want to miss out so I took my medicine (which I don't usually take) and headed up to meet with the group!
You had to have one of these.... ......to ride in this....escalade limo! We were pretty excited to "roll around the 801 in style" I was so thirsty so Taylor handed me one of these glasses and told me to pretend and as you can see the rest of the girls wanted to pretend to have a drink with me. My best friends, it was such a fun night with memories to last a lifetime!I LOVE MY FRIENDS!

Nothing better than limo rides with your best friends and LOTS of cameras!We were telling everyone they were missing out! Everybody on the love sacs! Thanks for taking the pic Ben!Taylor and I pulling who knows what kind of faces Kim, Natalie, Katie, Connie, Marie and I on the love sac. It was the best concert because I could sleep whenever I wanted. I haven't been that sick in a looong time and I blame it on the H1N1 shot!Connie, Natalie, me and Marie hanging around! The goup with Kalai!Leaving the concert in style

We had our own VIP section with food and drinks coming all night! The concert was a blast and I wouldn't trade that night for anything! Thanks Natalie for everything you're the best!

It's time

2009-11-28T12:04:00.010-07:00

Finally time for the HOLY WAR! LET'S GO UTES!!!
The week that tears families apart, friends don't speak, and byu fans open their mouth about a national championship 25 years ago and get mad when UTE fans talk about the SUGAR BOWL LAST YEAR or Fiesta bowl 5 years ago and say "don't talk about the past."
ROJO and Sly with the trophy last year! LOVE these boys and I'm going to miss them next year
I'm hoping to see more MAX HALL INTERCEPTIONS! Come on max throw to the team in WHITE this year we don't mind!
Good luck to the offense! WYNN is only a freshman and he's not doing to bad! Good luck EDDIE only 62 yards and you'll be at 1000 for the season! WAHOO!

The zoobs like to play dirty ha the best was after this happened last year he acted like it didn't happen! ha ha typical....

GOOD LUCK BOYS! I'm sad my family is at the game but I'll have fun with Alana! GO UTES boo the blue! Let's get this win so you guys can jam to "PARTY IN THE USA!"
Oh yeah Koa and Vil..."You da you da best!" haha
My prediction 24-27 UTES!

The "F" holiday!

2009-11-26T10:17:00.011-07:00

Okay my dad calls this the "F" holiday "Family, Food, and Football" Boys don't think that life gets better than this! Here are a few things of what I am thanful for......
Katie! My best friend and "sister!" We can count on each other for anything! She got into nursing school this week so it's been a week of celebrations! I love you Gertrude and look forward to all of the adventures coming our way!
FREDDIE!I'd be crazy not to thank this kid for everything he's done for me! I love you Bubba and like I say all the time I'm so proud of everything you've accomplished!
Alana Banana my little diva! If you didn't read her birthday post, do! ha She's my BFFFF!!
Jake and the rest of the Davis clan! I am so thankful for the Davis' and everything they have done for me! They treat me just like one of their daughters and I love them as much as I love my Garner family!
My mommy! Everyday I am so thankful for the example she was to me. I am also thankful for my sister she is amazing and I love her so much!
The gospel and the peace it brings to my life every day! I would be a complete mess without it. I'm also thankful for my sorority and the opportunity we have to be a teenage girls "Santa" this year. It reminds us all of the season of GIVING not recieving!
Most important I am thankful for a warm house to live in, a dependable car to drive, and a job that I love! I'm so sad I'm not going to Idaho this year to see my moms family but next year my cousin Marcus will be home from his mission and I'll go then! I love all my friends and family! Ones I didn't have a picture of are the Neilsons! I love you and am thankful for your wonderful friendships! HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE! gobble gobble!
(P.S. There will be lots of posts coming so check back!)
Oh and only 51 .5 hours until kickoff! GO UTESSSSSSSSSS!

CE-LE-BRATION C'MON!

2009-11-13T01:12:00.007-07:00

I LOVE this boy AND this picture! When he emailed it to me I busted out laughing and my family looked at me like I was some physcho laughing at my computer! He called me Monday afternoon and told me great news but I had to keep it a secret, until Tuesday morning.
Cincinatti resigned him! He's on the practice squad which Freddie is completely happy with. He loves the schedule and workouts and says he knows that's where he should be right now! Aren't their uniforms AWESOME?!Freddie celebrating with his best friend Mike!

I am so glad Mike and his contagious laugh have been able to keep Freddie company!

He works SO hard to get where he wants to be! He's been all over America working out with different NFL teams. His hard work is really paying off! It looks like your late nights are over and you're back to the days of this....I LOVED coming over to this when I went to school at night! He would try so hard to stay up for me, I think over the last 3 years we probably spent half of that time sleeping while we were together. Just ask our friends they're surprised if I'm still awake after 11:00! CONGRATULATIONS Bubba, I love you SO much! GO UTES and now GO BENGALS!!

Halloween fun!

2009-11-02T10:05:00.012-07:00

Katie and I at the bowling alley! I seriously don't know where I'd be without her or her family! I wish I would have gotten a picture of Jake in my coat it was pretty funny! After we went back to this girl kims house and played ping pong, and rock band!

ALANA'S BIRTHDAY! She chose Mcdonalds for her birthday dinner and then we had cake, ice cream, and presents at my dads house.

I think this is the first year in a LONG time I didn't do a UTE pumpkin.

For Halloween my friend Natalie got 8 tickets for the suites for the game on Halloween. Katie had work (like every weekend) and Jake was planning on going with Dadzo so we gave the two extra tickets to her little brother and his friend. I went and picked Jon up and we headed to Natalies and then to the game. We had a yummy dinner (which Jon doesn't know if he had chicken or ribs ha) and then my favorite hot chocolate! I was pretty nervous the first THREE quarters of the game. We were all getting pretty upset and none of us we're in a good mood. We finally started taking pictures once we took the lead in the fourth quarter.

Natalie and I rockin' the original BLACKOUT jerseys!Natalie, and I with her little brother John and his friendWe scored again! Jon went and stood in the back since the people behind us we're well in their 80's. One lady told me to sit because she couldn't see, I was discouraged we were at a FOOTBALL game it's okay to stand! The people in front of us even agreed! Jon, Me, Natalie, Mike, Kim, Taylor. Our UTES won!!!My view for the game. It was definately different than being on the 12th row in the MUSS. Jon and I used to talk how we would get seats on the 50 yard line when we were older but now we've changed our minds, and want to be with the people that stand the whole time!

GO UTES! Thank you for making my least favorite holiday a little better! Jon and I at the end of the game, he wasn't to happy about taking his picture...... After the game we went to Cafe Rio to meet up with a Columbus Crew soccer player. We were meeting up and running into celebrities all night! Jon and I ran up to the institute so I could make my appearance for XI. He was definatley the popular one there! After we decided we should go to his house for his brothers "get together" while everyone was at the game. Yeah glad we saved that for last, we never miss much! It turned out to be pretty fun. Thanks Natalie for letting us come, I can't wait until next week to STAND back in our MUSS seats!

7 years already?!

2009-10-30T23:01:00.019-06:00

I can't believe my little Alana Banana turned 7 today, I look back and try to find out where all the time has gone.

BABY NANNERS! I will never forget the day she was born, she entered the world at 2:05a.m. and I had a math test at 7:30 I checked out half way through because I was so tired I was sleeping in my classes and went back to the hospital. I loved her from the that day since she got me out of school! JK She reminds me almost daily that I'm going to see my mom again, and it's okay to cry when I miss her. We've learned that my mom was the keystone in this family and nothing is as "big and special" as a mother/grandma makes it. She is so excited that next year she can finally get baptized!

She LOVES to dress up and do makeovers! Nobody can come over without getting a makeover. I go to her for fashion advice even, it's sad but this girl has style! Sometimes she will tell me what to wear and go upstairs and put on something similar so we match! I love it!

She is so fun to have around for the holidays.... I must say she is a pretty cute UTAH cheerleader too! Children have a way of lighting up the room when they walk in and Alana does just that. She says the funniest things and I often wonder where she comes up with it!

She loves to come with my friends and I, she benefits from each of them, here is a little of what she gets: Katie gets her ice cream, Freddie does whatever she wants and he goes shopping with us, she thinks Jeremy is awesome because he can sing and play the guitar, Trenton is just cool because he is so tall and for everyone else "They are so nice!"

This was my 18th birthday breakfast at I.H.O.P.

I'm not a fan of the attitude that comes with the age but she can be such an angel! She has my back and doesn't let ANYBODY be mean to me.I can't help but smile when I see this picture, she's to cute! I miss our old family traditions.At some little pumpkin patch, October '06

She'll go eat with me, ANYTIME! We have little lunch dates when she is off track and it's so much fun! She feels very grown up and I love spending time with her, she makes me so happy!Her whole life she will like anything that Cee-Cee likes. When there is a game on she says "Who do we want to win?" I love teaching her about sports and how to play. It's so much fun to share all your passions with your best friend! I've taught her well. BOO THE BLUE I got her the cutest outfit a couple years ago, GO UTES!!!! I love buying anything for her, everything is cuter when it's small!She lets me be completely crazy with her, and just says " Oh cee-cee you're crazy, but that's why you're my favorite!" When we're both tired we just laugh at each other over the weirdest things, I love having sleepovers with her and listening to the stories she makes up! She LOVES christmas traditions, seeing the lights, shopping, sleepovers by the christmas tree, and anything that involves the family. We all love you so much Princess!

We do just about anything together! I don't think any of my friends understand why there are nights that I would rather hang out with Alana than go out. She is so fun to be around and we are closer than most aunts and nieces. One year she even told Santa to "bring something for my sister." She tells everyone I am more like a sister and I am her #1BFFFFFFFF. My nickname is Cee-Cee which can be confusing but she has called me that since she learned to talk!I can't imagine life without her. She brings so much happiness to all of our lives and helps ease the pain when things get rough. I tell her daily to enjoy being a kid because those are the best days and she says "Can I just be 16 so I can drive?" I laugh at the things she says!

I love kisses from my Goober! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL! I love you so much and I'm so glad that you are one of my bestest friends! #1BFFFF

Vegas baby!

2009-10-19T00:51:00.013-06:00

We've been planning on going to the UTAH/UNLV game for over a month and the closer it got the more people we found out planned on coming! We were pretty excited to have a little get away and be with my best friends!
We hung out in heber friday and before driving to St. Geezy!
You have to have junk food for a road trip!

Saturday morning we headed to Vegas! There were SO many UTAH fans it was crazy. The weather was perfect and we had so much fun walking around!
Walking the strip and apparently happy about something We went to the M&M factory, right before we headed to the game!
Katie and yellow, raise da roof! Red's the best! Kacie and blue yo! AGH it's spinning!
We got there early enough to do some tailgating and then once we got inside we met up with a bunch of our friends and created our own MUSS section!

Christian and Ashley as were were making our own MUSS section! I love my friends GO UTES! SWOOP The boys didn't play their best but we came out with the W! 35-15 UTES! The stadium was 3/4 full of UTAH fans so it was almost like a home game, I love cheering for the "men in red" as Tysen calls himself! On our way to our car two of our guy friends had a golf cart and gave us a ride to our car. I was SO scared but we made it safely!S

Everyone was meeting at the Bellagio at midnight to sing "UTAH MAN" well thanks to Christian/Ashley famous drama we spent over an hour at In-N-Out dealing with a crying boy. We still wanted to do something but by this time we were all very annoyed. . My friend said he would pay for me to gamble just so that I could say I've done it. That didn't happen. At this point everyone had split up so we decided we would just head back so we didn't have to deal with all of it. I'm still surprised Jon gambled ha it was only $1 but he was the last person I thought would even spend a dime on it! We still had fun, we just need to come back with OUT the drama!

Sunday we decided to write on Kims car while they were at church. Katie had a marker and thought it was dried out but then paint squirted on her face! ha

They kept saying they felt like hillbillies the whole weekend!

When they got home Austen and Jake wrote on my car. Austen being the immature 16 year old wrote inappropriate things so Katie cleaned it off immediately. This was the start of family drama. We decided we should just come home instead of dealing with the drama that occured from this and more information we found out. We got some more junk food but we were pretty full from our lunch.

Katie and Kacie with their suckers for the ride home

Coming home is never fun, especially when it was to short of a trip. I was also bummed I realized I didn't take any pictures with my favorite Neilson boys in Vegas either. Oh well maybe next time!

HAPPY BIRHTDAY NINNON!

2009-10-14T09:36:00.004-06:00

Trenton turns 16 today! Over the last two years Trenton and I got really close! He is like a little brother and we have so much fun together! He thinks I'm to cool now that the older brothers are back but really he is the one that is to cool! (He wouldn't even acknowledge Jon and I the other night at a football game!) Not that we were surprised since that's the thing to do in high school! I hope you are having fun in Disneyland today! You are the most spoiled boy I know and you still think you don't get anything and Jon and Jer get it all! ha ha

This was almost two years ago when we decided to go mini golfing when it was FREEZING!
16 reasons why I love my little brother!

16. He goes with me to hang out with my friends! It's cool since I'm in college I guess ha
15. He goes on Wendys runs with me (a Neilson tradition!)
14. He went with me to pick up a paycheck since I was scared. (Not that he could have done anything)
13. He gets scared FOR me (mazda man! It's a story that involves me trying to be a nice sister)
12. He plays games with me (dancing with the stars on the Wii!)
11. He runs errands with me, as long as it involves getting him food!
10. He got me into LOST! Such a good show!
9. He brings entertainment when he sees a spider!
8. SLY and LAWRENCE!
7. You went on the SPACE JAM hunt with me (I was determined to find it)
6. He fills my car with gas!
5. He is one of my favorite UTE fans!
4. I can talk football with him anytime!
3. He's pretty good at basketball
2. He's a Neilson (they are some of my favorite people!)
1. He's 16 so no more driving him everywhere! He's actually a good driver so I'm not scared like most people!

Picking up Jer, two months ago!
No birthday can be bad when you're in Disneyland! I will see you in a few days in VIVA LAS VEGAS! Thanks for being my favorite little brother! I can't wait until basketball season starts again, you'll have a bigger crowd this year!

DADDY is one year older!

2009-10-04T14:06:00.004-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY! I am the biggest daddy's girl ever well I was up until last year. I got teased by my friends ALL the time. If anything happened they would say "daddy" but that's exactly how it was I can trust him more than anything! I am so greatful for everything he has done for me. I always know that he is only a phone call away. He will do anything for his family or for our friends. I remember the first time and probably the only time he took me to a dance competition he didn't know what to do but Ashleigh had prom so my mom stayed home with her. I felt so bad that he had to deal with the stress that comes with it. I was probably stressing more because I knew he didn't know how to do my hair or put my costumes together but he's awesome and pulled through. I love football season. It is some time we have to bond (even though he is a cougar fan) we have fun when rival season comes around! GO NINERS DADDY! ha ha I loved going to the game with him a few years ago he gets so into it sometimes! I also love hearing "when I was a kid" stories ha they never get old I don't know how my grandparents put up with him he was the trouble child!

I am so greatful for the opportunities we have to just sit and talk. I have learned so much from him and the efforts he puts into our family. When I got set apart as an officer for XI I was so happy that he could be there for me and lay his hands on my head! He has taught me how important family is I remember one year he woke me up at 5 so we could drive to a family reunion. I thought he was crazy but he said I should be there and have the attitude that I want to be there, I look back and I think that's one of the most fun times I've had and a good bonding experience. (Shay remember when they wanted us to "rent" a swimming suit?) He also reminds me how important it is to stay close to the gospel so that we can be with my mom again. I never knew anyone who made him so happy and they had so much respect for each other. I don't remember my dad ever raising his voice at our house. I always felt bad that he was in a house of girls so I would sit on his lap every Sunday night and watch WALKER:Texas Ranger! ha I wish I could somehow repay you for all you have taught me dad. I love you and feel so bad that you have to put up with so much crap. When you gave me a big choice 16 months ago today more than ever I wish I would have said "yes" so I didn't have to see you so miserable. Remember the days that you used to say to me "keep a smile on your face it makes the world wonder what you are up to" I'll say that to you. I can tell you are trying your hardest but you aren't fooling the girls that know you best. I'm sure mom is shaking her head at you saying "Dell you don't have to please everyone" but Ash, and I along with Alana and now Mia will stay by your side. We ALL LOVE YOU!
I could talk about my dad for days but I think I've heard enough of how awful I am for one day so I should probably go out and enjoy his presence with everyone else. For anyone reading though NEVER talk about someones kids or their mom when they are at the house. We aren't stupid!

More to come: my favorite sisters birthday, and my new niece Mia!

Let it begin!

2009-09-22T22:29:00.006-06:00

21 days until we head here.... ......for this!
We're also trying to convince this boy to join us. I haven't seen him in over a month and it's killing me. He misses everyone but would rather kill himself than visit during the season.... I'm excited to go for more drives like this..... I know attractive picture of Jake and I but we all have so much fun!I can't figure out who is more excited the parents for having three of the kids gone for a few days or the kids to get away! It's nowhere spectacular but we like it because it's CHEAP, and as college students that is our favorite word!

LUV THOSE FOOTBALL BOYZ!

2009-09-06T14:17:00.014-06:00

Wow a lot happened in the past two-three weeks of summer...
First meet Corbin.....Corb was going to play for the UTES but then after the whole QB thing he decided to transfer schools. He has to redshirt this year and next year he will be playing safety for UNR. He says it's wild out there but he does like being closer to Cali! I miss you Shmorb but, RENO HERE WE COME!
Corb with his cupcakes!

John and Corb! How are they both single? Besties for life.......

Lisi, Keps, Pretty boy, Shmorb, Ed D

The coolest roomies, I miss O street! Jamel and Corb saying goodbye, and yes there were tears this night. I was heart broken when he told me he was leaving. He is a great friend and the first person I call when something good or bad happens. He has taken such good care of me since Freddie left. It's amazing how we haven't even known each other a year but feel like he have been friends since "kindergarten" You will always be my squishy shmorbin scott! ha I hope I find another friend that isn't mormon that is as funny as you to take to the lights this year! "I'm not even mormon and I'm going to see the lights!"

Well after Corbin left the next week was GAME DAY for the UTES! We didn't know who the starting quarterback would be and had to wait until game time to find out! I love playing Utah State every year, it's basically an automatic WIN!

The great view as we were walking into the stadium, 2 BCS games in 5 years!We were walking around the stadium when they introduced the starting players so we had to catch some quick photos!

VIL! My eternal marriage class buddy! ha ha "you da you da best!" John is now my favorite reciever since Freddie doesn't play for the U anymore. He had a TD and played a great game! Way to go PRETTY BOYDefense! I would like to also state that I called the final score before the game even started! UTES won 35-17. It was crazy that there were two safeties but all I have to say is FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE, WAHOO!!! I kept looking for #88 expecting to see Freddie and I was talking to Corb the whole game which kept confusing me. Freddie played the Indianapolis Colts and text me as soon as his game was over. It was weird at the end of game because I kept expecting to see at least one of them on the field when we were talking to some players. I miss you boys but hope every game will be like that game, talking to you both and the UTES coming out with a W!
Now the downfall of football season starting is that the NFL had to cut their rosters down to 53.

Freddie got cut from the active roster Saturday. This doesn't mean he still wont play. We're waiting to find out if his waiver will clear. But this opens a lot of doors......................... Until then we will just wait patiently. I'm so proud of you bubba! You achieved more than imagined and when they mentioned you at the game Thursday, I got excited and was so happy to say that you are not only my friend but one of my best friends! I LUV my BFFB!

RUSH

2009-08-29T12:33:00.011-06:00

Well my one week of the semester finally came! I'm RUSH officer in my sorority and of course the first week of school isn't stressful enough let's just add that to it! Monday was the only day we didn't have anything. Tuesday we rented out the Huntsman center and we put on skits and make ourselves look like complete idiots!
Katie and I at the beginning of a CRAZY week! Best friends really do everything together!Our vinyl backdrop, I'm so glad my one week of the semester is over!Duff, Katie, Me, Jordan, and Jessie! Our skit was to Britney Spears

My tutu fell off!
After we cleaned up Katie and I went up to Woods Cross to watch a soccer game and then we had a dance party in the parking lot!Wednesday night there was a big bbq at the institute and that is when the boys rushed! I was so excited to see my guy friends again since they are all home from summer sales! My friends Jon and Andrew rushed also and I was so excited about it! Thursday is my favorite event of the semester. The fraternities put on a carnival and have some of the most random events! We also got our new pledges and I'm proud to say that we're FULL!

Matt making bandanas, CHI is my favorite frat!

Katie and I after I got invaded with paint by Steph..

Erik and I having fun with the camera

I wish I had my camera for Katie and Lauren drinking goldfish, and Jon and Andrew at the dunking machine! It was so fun though. We didn't stay for the whole thing we ended up going and meeting up with our friend Vili and a few other guys. They are nothing but pure entertainment! Friday night was crimson nights and I'm still waiting for mine and Dave's pictures being out up on a website! I don't know why I end up going every semester because I am always disappointed but while Brett, Lauren, Dave and I were walking in we saw a boy get tazed and then when Jon, Andrew and I were walking to the car we saw him in an ambulance. That was definately the highlight of my night. Tonight is a stomp and then tomorrow I have to decide on going to the RUSH fireside (which is "mandatory" for officers) or a fireside with Coach Wittingham and some of my friends from the football team! Hmm... a fireside is a fireside right?! At least they are both church events! Oh yes Jon and Andrew got into the fraternity XI so now we can be "XI" buds too!

"The boys are back"

2009-08-09T16:46:00.029-06:00

Last week was one of the most exciting weeks I've had in a looong time! Two of my greatest friends returned from serving their missions! Tuesday night Jon was scheduled to fly in at 7:44, well due to complications in Miami he missed his flight from Dallas to Salt Lake so now we had to wait until 11:15 to see him. We filled in that time with some yummy Jamba, playing scum, and Rock Band and Tetris until our eyes hurt! Justins first time playing since he got home three weeks ago!

Finally the time came to head to the airport! Hayden and Brian with the cute sign he made for Jon! Teagan, Robyn, Hayden, and Trenton getting ready for him to walk out. This must have been before the family came and stood in front of the Hayden Dustin and Justin getting excited for his plane to land!Tanner looks so excited!There he is! (Sorry it's so dark) The first hug! Jon was in shock with how much Trenton grew it was so funny!We headed home after many welcome homes and around 1:00 we celebrated with some yummy cake and ice cream! The next day at work dragged on forever but it was worth every minute the night before! Thursday morning we headed to the airport one more time to pick up the other Elder Neilson!

Hayden with the cute sign he made for Jeremy!Jon and Trenton! They look more alike than I remember! (Also notice the girl in the background, we thought she was pretty stylish and would be perfect for Jeremys first girlfriend off the mission!) Excited they can spot him! There he is!First hug! Teri is so happy they're home!I love this picture! They're both so happy to be home and we all love having them back!

Same ole' Jer!Teagan getting some loves from Uncle Jon!Uncle Jon and Teagan hanging out at the airport!Jer talking to our friends!

We went back to the Neilsons for some lunch (Thank you so much Jeff and Teri!) and then Jeremy left with some friends to stop by his old work while Robyn, Teri, Trenton, Jon and I played Scum! It was pretty fun for Jon and I since we were mainly the King and Queen the whole time but poor Teri was stuck as scum for almost the whole game. While Jeremy was getting released Uncle Jon and Hayden "gigged for bugs." We had a hard time finding some but then Uncle Jon knew right where to look for some! The slugs Uncle Jon found, I forgot to get one of the centipede, but then Jon accidently killed it, so we made sure Hayden buried it!

Later that night we went to our friend Stuarts church so the boys could play basketball. I don't know if they were more excited to play for the first time in two years or to see how well Trenton plays now that he towers over both of them!

Trenton showing up the older brothers!
Jeremy brought his A game the day he got home! Jon shooting for teams!
It's so fun having them home! They've also adjusted for the most part (excluding minor slips into spanish!) I'm sure Teri doesn't love the full house again, or the music blaring but maybe we can change that! Thank you for letting us come over every night though! I know nobody loves having them home as much as you! Only two more weeks left until school starts and I have mixed emotions! Fall semester is my favorite, it flies by and COLLEGE FOOTBALL every Saturday! I can't wait! Anyways, WELCOME HOME JON and JEREMY!

Bearcheeks therapy

2009-07-24T12:07:00.013-06:00

Yesterday after work I headed up to the Davis' for Sallies "therapy session" I promised her! They have a recipe for the best cookie dough and we planned on eating a lot of it! Well "mom" got home from work as we were leaving and said she wanted to go to dinner so her,Noell, and Sallie rode the beach cruisers down to Cafe Rio and I waited for Jake to get out of the shower so we could meet them there. Well I ended up leaving him because he was gromposis, but we sure did enjoy our dinner! Two hours later we ended up going back home and Jake said his friend Gooch was coming over and then they were going to go get two boys for the girls and come make cookies with us. We went to the store and got the ingredients and FIREWORKS! Kim went crazy she loves fireworks and bought a ton! We finally started on the cookie dough and the boys got there. Gooch and Jake attempted to make bombs out of the fireworks and it scares me how good they are at it.
Jake lighting the bomb
The boys wanted to go do a bonfire up the canyon but by the time we got there and started the fire we got kicked out so we went to Gooch's aunts house and had our own fire!
Noell and Sallie
Jake is pro at roasting our mallows! (I think I made him do it to much in St. George)
Right after Nard licked my face
When we got to the house there were little 8 year olds outside and Jake whistled at them and they apparently thought he was hitting on them. Sallie, Noell, and I went to talk to them but they ran ha we were so bummed and when we came out to our cars they had left each of us a little present!
Our lovely job on our cars
We took them to the "Devil worship house" All through high school I went there and was familiar with the story, well Sallie and Lindie were scared out of their minds. Lindie wanted Jake but little did she know he was in the bushes preparing to scare us! ha they were holding on to me so tight it was hard to not laugh and tell them the real story.
These girls are to funny!
My new awesome sisters!
Silly Gooch on our way to the house!
Nard and Aspen decorating themselves with the TP Our "sister" picture, just missing Katie!
After that we went to Gooch's house and played Rock Band until 3 in the morning.
These three were so serious and into it Sallie and I were laughing pretty hard, it's just a game!
I have to admit is was weird without Katie, but I love this family and we are so crazy together! Jake was pretty grumpy all night and he didn't want any pictures, but he eventually came out of it. I showed him the car he is getting me for our wedding and he hated it, but Kim said she'll make sure that I get it! Thanks "MOM" I hope you feel better "bearcheek" and remember if you feel like punching someone I volunteer Jake but if you need more therapy come to the older sisters we've delt with many boys!

Gertrudes special weekend!

2009-07-21T11:01:00.013-06:00

Last Thursday was KATIES BIRTHDAY! We started out the afternoon with RED MANGO (we are so addicted it's depressing) After having the best birthday treat we headed up to Heber to ride horses! Kim bought this cake the day before and took it to the barn so we all sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY and ate half the cake before we left! We came home and changed, picked up Jake and headed to Olive Garden with her friends! The next day we left for St. George! I LOVE it down there! On our way down we watched Confessions of a Shopaholic and Jake and Brad will admit that they loved it! When we got down there we went to the Pizza Factory and had the most delicious pizza! Then the boys dropped us off at the grocery store so they could go hit on girls! Well it started off with Katie pushing our cart into the restroom because we had to go SOO bad! ha then as we were getting bread I told Katie to get the store brand because it's the cheapest and after I walked down the whole isle I turned to Katie and asked what store we were at! I swear there is blonde hair under my black hair! The next morning we decided to make muffins but we didn't have any muffin tins so we settled for a muffin cake!
It was quite an adventure to make this!

Later that day we went boating, but first we had to track down Jakes phone. Todd is not a smart redneck, instead of picking it up and turning it into the store he took it with him on his journey through town and called just about every family member. We finally got a hold of him and met up with him, but it was a lot of hassel! Katie and I were first up for tubing. Brad thought he had to go easy on us, after awhile Jake said "Let me rally them" that is exactly what he did. Katie almost got her ear cut off from my rope and she jumped me twice with her tube. The boys said that we had to have gotten a minor concussion from what we went through. We were dead by the end of the day. The boys said we earned a nice dinner so we went to my favorite down there, Samuri 21! We had soup, salad, sushi, chicken, steak, shrimp, rice, veggies, and the BEST cheesecake ever!This was the BEST birthday dessert Katie got! It was even better than Cheesecake Factory which we are regulars! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GERTRUDE! After we went home and put on our sweats Jake, Christian, and I went and got a redbox and Jake got us some ice cream which was delicious! Christian picked the movie and told us that we would love it, I don't even remember what it was called because I didn't watch one minute of it. All I remember is waking up to Jake saying it was time for bed, and telling me that noone ended up watching it. Jake said Confessions of a Shopaholic was better than what he saw of the war movie. We went back out on Sunday so the boys could get some wakeboarding in. Well Katie and I were still dead from the previous day and Jake started giving me crap."I thought you hated the girls that just sit on the boat and look good" So yes I had to get back out there and shut his mouth! I was all for wakeboarding but they wanted to see how much more they could rally us. Brads goal was to get me off and I have a grip when it comes to tubing so he had his work cut out. Katie was long gone and I was still holding on when I went flying in the air and Jake and Brad both said I got six feet of air and finally I let go. When I looked up and all three boys were giving each other a high five saying how awesome it was. Katie and I weren't done though. We went for a few more rides and then Brad finally did me over. I layed in the lake for about 35 seconds until Brad said "Mace face, are you okay? You ate it SO hard!" I layed in the boat for about 5 minutes when I said I was ready to go again but the boys refused because they knew I was just doing it to not be a baby!

I was wishing Jake goodluck, but he admits that I'm the tough one in our "relationship" ha ha Only when it comes to boating other than that I suck at being "tough" We were all pretty sick of Christians hypocritical statements by the end so Brad rallied him, but they didn't even get it as bad as Katie and I. Jake and Christian getting ready for battle!
Jake in the middle of a barrell roll
Brad getting ready to jump the wake!

Katie was the flag girl for Brad! Before we left Brad and Jake went cliff jumping while Katie and I were in charge of the boat. It meant nap time for me and Katie to take off with the boat! ha ha
The ride home was miserable because I was so sore, the night was even worse since I woke up everytime I moved because it hurt so bad! Katie and Jakes little sister Sallie got dumped by her boyfriend on our way home, and was heart broken. We went and picked her up and went to Brads house and had his moms homemade ice cream! It was the best weekend! Then last night we finally went to dinner with her family! Katie wanted CPK but Jake said no and we ended up going to Training Table, then we went and met up with Brad and went and saw I love you Beth Cooper! I hope you had the best birthday weekend Katie! I luff you and can't wait for our weekend adventures from now until school starts! I can't wait until Jake and I get to live off of you even though you'll be on my work schedule! lol Jake got some good videos of us tubing and we took better pictures on Katies camera so I'll post them as soon as I remember to upload them! I'm sad I missed Justin and Zachs homecoming though and I know I will NEVER live that down, but at least they are home now so we can play whenever we want!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2009-07-12T01:20:00.012-06:00

Sorry about Jon being cut off...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favorite twins and two of my favorite people in this world! They are completely opposite but it kind of makes it a little more fun!

Jeremy is the funny one! Whenever I need a good laugh he is definately the person to go to. Unfortunately he also likes to scare me to death so I always have to be aware of my surroundings. I'm excited for our midnight slurpee and breakfast runs to start again!
Jon is the opposite . He is one of the best friends I have ever had! I go to him for everything and I truly would be lost without him. He is also the biggest UTE fan I have ever met. I hope they have another incredible season so he will be here to experience it! I'll never forget about our flat tire experience on the freeway! Thank you for being there for me everyday!
I found this on my camera, silly boy!

Taking a Sunday night summer walk!

Dog pile on the Neilsons!
I can't believe that they will be home in 3 weeks! I remember the day Jon text me saying he was starting his papers! Wow so much has changed these last two years and I look forward to all the memories we will make! I could go on forever about them but I will just leave it with the HAPPY BIRTHDAY best friends! We'll celebrate when you get home!
This week is going to be a great week too since our friend Justin gets home from his mission WEDNESDAY and my best friend KATIE is having a birthday THURSDAY!

Zatch is back!

2009-07-07T14:32:00.006-06:00

Zach is home! WAHOO! It's so fun having all my closest friends from high school finally start coming home! Zach went to Mexico on his mission, and unfortunately speaks spanish with just about everyone else minus two or three people. I'm dreading the day I hang out with him, Jon, and Jeremy and they will all understand each other and leave Justin and I out in the dust! ha ha Zach is having a hard time adjusting with the english language. Every conversation takes twice as long because he can't remember the words, then he gets embarrassed and then we both start laughing for a few minutes. Welcome home Zacharias! This means my time to learn how to surf has now gotten closer, YEAH!
Zach and I at graduation! He was my little puppy dog back then and followed me everywhere! The rumor is we are getting married in 8 months, thanks to his friend John! I would consider it if he brought me flowers every now and then like he did in high school! ha ha Welcome back ZATCH, I can't wait to update you on the Media for the past 2 years, and the spanish lessons from your dad!

PaMpErEd

2009-07-01T09:13:00.006-06:00

Yesterday was Katies moms BIRTHDAY! Monday before I went to work the girls went shopping for her present! We got her a watch and while we were there we found these awesome sunglasses!
Lindie, Katie, Sallie, and I with our STUNNA SHADES!
When I got off work I went up to their house and he all had a sleepover on the tramp! The best part about it was that it was Kims idea! Nobody slept well except for me. We went back to the mall to do some more shopping and Kim bought us those sunglasses so we could wear them to the pool. We went swimming at Cottonwood Heights and had so much fun racing down the slides, swimming laps, and yes we even went off the platforms, all of us!
Henry and Katie taking a break! (Hen Man is one of Kims favorite boys) Katie and I after swimming!
When we got home from swimming Kims friend Suzie invited Katie and I to come with them to get pedicures, it's always fun to get pampered with your best friend!
Katie and I after our pedicures
When we got home both grandparents were there to open presents and then Sallie, Lindie, Henry, Katie, and I went to Olive Garden, YUM! After dinner Henry helped Katie study for her test, and Jake and I went and watched the new Fast and Furious. We decided that every day was going to be one of our birthdays, and we are going to get Henry a job and the boys will be our sugar daddys! Jake said okay as long as I give him a massage every night when he gets home! Henry said he needs some more convincing! Good luck Katie! Anyways HAPPY BIRTHDAY "MOM" and thanks for all you do for me and the rest of the family!

BuBbA's BIG day!

2009-06-24T18:54:00.009-06:00

Today is the BIGGEST birthday of the year! Freddie turns 23 today! Isn't he the cutest little boy? Ha ha I love the BIG hair bubba! Oh wait you had a fro when I met you!"Mr. Downtown" is no joke my best friend and no words can explain how happy I am for all that he has achieved this far! I love how miles apart he still makes me happy and helps me focus on the things that really matter in life. Thank you for letting me call you just so I can hear you're hello, or listen to me cry and making sure while you're gone the boys take care of me! We all miss you and I couldn't have asked for a better friend the past three years. You have been there every single day for me and I am so glad we are friends! For some reason I ALWAYS listen to chirstmas music on his birthday too. He doesn't love it but I have to get it out of my system for a day before going another 6 months and he just laughs because he thinks I am crazy, but this year HE had it playing!
The whole fam on the BIG draft day. I still don't think it has hit me yet and probably wont until I see his first game! In fact I don't think it has really hit a lot of us, although Brad googled his name and not only was he on the FIRST page but the FIRST image, and we thought that was a BIG deal! How many times do I have to tell you that you are famous?!This is one of my favorite photos, this was after the byu/UTAH game and I had to wait two LOOONG hours waiting for him to sign autographs. All I remember is meeting his cousin and how I kept reminding him to hurry because I was SO hungry!
Stan the security guard at UTAH games had to drag him in the locker room because we literally were all yelling "FREDDIE BROWN, COACH NEEDS YOU" and "FREDDIE BROWN GET IN THE LOCKER ROOM NOW!" but he can't say no to autographs or tell them he'll be back in 10 it was pretty funny. After a press conference he came back out and handed me a pizza not a slice but a WHOLE pizza. My hands were full but I should have gotten a picture. He always made sure I was taken care of even if it was to the EXTREME!
I love you bubba! Thank you SOOO much for everything you have done for me! I honestly wouldn't have made it through half the things without you. You'll always be my Best Friend Forever Ever Ever Ever!
The Utahns decided to go see Transformers to celebrate so we called him and sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY and Newman, Pretty boy John, Eli, Kepa, Mr. Kruger, and little brother Kruger, along with a few of my friends enjoyed the movie of the summer!

..::Summer Nights::..

2009-06-23T11:29:00.028-06:00

Here is an update on the past month. I'll get better I promise! ha The highlight of my month was one of my greatest friends coming home from his mission! Mark and I have been pretty good friends since middle school and are there for each other for everything! My personal favorite was when we went to Vegas for Thanksgiving when we were in 9th grade there was never a dull moment (he even got his first kiss down there) ha he doesn't like to talk about it! He is an amazing singer though and every night from 8th grade until the day he left for his mission he called to sing me a goodnight song, they have now picked back up and I absolutely love it! Marky Mark is the life of every party and the guy I compare every guy to!

We also went to the Miss Sandy pageant to see Lauren give up her crown. We decorated T-shirts and had some yummy Cafe Rio! Dave is not our gay friend he is just best friends with Laurens boyfriend Brett.

Davee and Connie getting pumped for the pageant
Pre-pageant fun! Davee, me, Katie, Jordan, and Connie

We have way to much fun
Girls just wanna have fun!
Taking up time waiting for Lauren
The cutest couple ever, Lauren and Brett. We're hoping they'll get married!
Our shirts said #1 I heart Miss Sandy on the front
And "We all HEART Lauren Robinson" on the backIt is also wedding season! Jordan, me, Ben, and Connie at Jenn and Mikes wedding! Brady was the awesome DJ and got everyone to dance even a table of 80 year old ladies it was SO funny!
Bens blue mouth from the cupcake
Also pictures from Mothers Day! This was taken before I went to St. George!Alana can be such a sweetheart
Just because we love you mom!
That's about everything that's worth blogging about. This summer has been the pitts since it's been raining every day for three weeks but I don't really care because by the end of summer all of my greatest friends will be home!!! Oh and so Freddie will stop bugging me that is a picture of my friend Jon holding up a flag NOT ME!

The BIG 21!!

2009-06-14T12:31:00.007-06:00

My birthday was okay 21 is overrated though. I went up to Heber with Katie and Jake and Katies mom Kim met us up there shortly after. The Davis' are like my second family. We rode horses, played, went on a nature walk, saw where Katie and Jake almost fell off a mountain the previous week, Katie and I are bookworms so we read and Jake did yardwork! We also went to lunch at the Zermatt Resort and walked around. We didn't take any pictures while we were up there but if you've never been there it's a little swedish resort and so much fun. The three of them spoiled me all day. We came back around 3 so Katie could get to school and then when Katie got home we met up with some friends and went to dinner.
Katie, Jake, and I at dinner! Nothing better than Cheesecake and 2 of my favorite people!
Davee look at the camera!
This is my "KATIE & JAKE I'm going to kill you for telling them it was my birthday face"
If you look close you can see whip cream in mid air right before it fell in Connies lapConnie and Dave had a little whip cream war
Jake on the bike and went 80 in the neighborhood. He scares me sometimes.
This is when the drama started though. We had to sit and watch softball which if you know me know that it's my least favorite sport, Jake tried to make things better and we went out and threw the football around and Lauren had to go to a Miss Utah meeting so we were trying to decide what to do when she got out. Davee was annoyed with Jordan so he left, Connie left because WE didn't want to go to Bountiful to play games with her friends and because Jordan can't do anything because of her concussion in March everything was getting vitoed. Finally we decided on going ice blocking and I told Jake to invite his friend Steve. We went down the hill TWICE before we were ready to go. Jordan left with Steve after we had made plans for the rest of the night so we went back to the Davis' and after an hour bash session we went home and went to bed.
I'm pretty sure the past two years birthdays haven't been the same probably because my mom always made them amazing but I am determined to do something better next year! My friends will all be home from their missions too so there will be NO EXCUSE! I'll leave the dramatic friends home too!

HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!!

2009-05-24T23:27:00.006-06:00

I'll do another much needed update as soon as I upload the pictures but for now I have to give a birthday shout out to STEPHAN JAMES! He is one of my greatest friends and best looking guy around! He doesn't come around much okay at all because girls are so dramatic but we talk daily and when we hang out we keep it on the D.L.
(He's going to kill me for using this picture because he was SOOO tired and being goofy but that's why I love it!)

He is one of the most caring and selfless guys I've met! He really gets along with anyone, in fact the other day we were doing a project together and an older lady called him from his mission just to talk to him and tell him how much she misses him! I love that we can talk about whatever with each other! He went down to St.George this weekend to help his grandma with another project and we talked the entire 4 hours it took him to get down there! He supports me with so many choices and gives me his honest opinion whether it's what I want to hear or not which I truly admire! Steph I know I tell you every day how much I love you and our friendship but now you have it written in words. Brady and I are two of the luckiest people to have you as our best friend! Our birthday week is going to be awesome, beware Utah!

He is always entertaining us and posing for pictures! Also last Friday was my moms birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY, LOVE YOU!

A mini vaca....

2009-05-15T09:19:00.029-06:00

Well now that school is out we decided to take a break and enjoy life for a few days! Friday Brett graduated from the U so we went up to Park City that night and stayed in his parents condo. We had fun just walking around the outlets, swimming, eating, and just being with each other! Sunday we came back down and finished packing for St. George and then hit the road later that day. Katie and Jakes family have a house at the Entrada where HSM 2 was filmed so that's where we stayed! We came home Thursday because I had to work or we would have possibly stayed another day or two! It was so fun to do whatever we wanted and on our own time. We made sure to hit up In-N-Out and I even ran into my awesome cousin Dean and his wife Lisa! I love my friends and how much fun we have just being our crazy selves! Here is a brief recap of all our fun! Trust me when I say brief we took over 850 pictures!
Swimming in Park City! Thanks Brett for graduating so you could invite all of us!
The girls on the big chair in Beaver!
Dr. Pepper fell out of the truck so Christian and Jake went and cleaned it up
Katie made us the best pancakes, YUM I'm hungry just thinking about them!
Relaxing eating our breakfast before heading to the pool
Our little photo shoot on the way to the pool
Riding our beach cruisers down to the pool Jackson stopped by to say hi on his way to Huntington Beach! I can't wait until we go visit him in August!

Swimming and relaxing at the Entrada.
Lauren found the best hair dryer on our way to dinner
On our way to Pizza factory! Poor Jake got stuck in the girl truck while Lauren was in the Boys truck!
Jake, Me, Jordan, Connie, and Dan hiking the narrows
The girls inside a little cave in the Narrows
Most of us on top (they'd be better if they were brighter) The girls on top of the arch We found a little river and so we had a little fun with it! Katies truck went first and then Bretts followed. Jake and Alex are in the back of Katies on top of the dirtbikes.

The bikes tipped over about a mile down the road on top of Jake and instead of Alex lifting the bikes up or even getting off of his he sat there. Thanks to Brett he jumped out of his truck quickly pushed Alex out of the way and lifted the bikes off of his leg. Jakes okay just a bruise on the side of his leg, close call though. The "sexy six" on top of the cliff Jake and Christian went dirtbiking for a few hours Dave and Brett bought us these HUGE steaks that took two days to eat and we still didn't finish them. They were delicious thanks guys! Lauren, Brett and Dan seem to be enjoying them!Christian, Jake, Me, and Dave eating the HUGE steaks Lauren, Me, Jord, and Katie on our way to In-N-Out AGAIN! The boys playing basketball right where Zac Efron played in HSM2 ha ha All you need is... Lauren and I jamming to Britney Dan and Jordan watching youtube videos Jake and I overly tired since we went to bed at 4:30 the night before and left the house at 9 the next morning Dave and I listening to Lauren tell about her worst date ever! Coming back to reality is the pitts but I just remind myself only 12 days until my big 21!

April in review....

2009-05-06T22:37:00.001-06:00

April was a crazy month dealing with goodbyes to half our group for the summer, finals, and a best friend in Ohio. Here's a quick recap...
Our band picture by the cool graffiti wall.
Date night to Hollywood Connection! Ashley, Darren(our home teacher), Kevin, and I after we went miniature golfing and ate Costa Vida for dinner, YUM!
Kenzie, Sarah, Me, Jordan, and Julie at our end of the year banquet!
Xi babes at our Unbirthday Party! There is nothing better than all your best girlfriends with pizza and cheesy pull aparts from the Pie! Katie, Lauren, Ashley, Jordan, and I at Macaroni Grill celebrating Laurens birthday! After we went to support our guys doing a pagaent and went to Studio then went back to the house and had ice cream, watched bedtime stories, and had a big sleepover with the group!
Jord and I during the Pageant the 5 girls did for our favorite 5 guys, Steph you owe me BIG time!
We had our YSA Stake Conference at Temple Square in the Assembly Hall which was amazing. It was so fun to walk around after and look at the beautiful flowers and realize how lucky we are to live in this amazing world!
At Chilis for Staci and Jenn's 21st BIRTHDAY! I can't believe we're all turning the big 21 I don't know where time has gone. It seems that everyone but Staci and I are getting married, married, pregnant, they already have kids, coming home from missions, or getting ready to leave, but we are just enjoying the college life and dating world! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to both of you. I can't believe Jenn and Kev have almost been married a year either, CRAZY!
Daddy and I made Nanners a build-a-bear to help her get better. (She had Strep, yuck!) Freddie sent me this Sunday night after the three day rookie mini camp over the weekend, I still can't get over how happy I am for him! We miss each other like crazy, I argue that I miss him more especially since finals just ended and I was literally almost in tears the other night because I'm so used to him helping me understand it all. I have to give it to him that he did try and explain it over the phone but I think it just made it worse, luckily I was at my "brother" Bens and his roommate Taylor took over and broke everything down for me just like Freddie does. I feel so bad that he goes home to an empty house every day in a new city and lets be honest his only friends are going to be fellow teammates which honestly most football players have been hit in the head one to many times (if you know what I mean!) He's trying to convince my friends into letting me transfer to Ohio State ha he has some tough competition! He says the one person he really has to convince is Alana, which he's right I mention Ohio and she starts crying thinking I'm leaving. Anyways now that finals are over our group of 12 is dying down to a group of 6. Most of our guy friends are doing summer sales in Texas, Ash is going to DC for an internship and then to Costa Rica to study abroad, and Christian is going to Egypt before heading to Texas with the rest. It's crazy how much we miss each other already and we haven't even been apart for a whole week. It's going to be a looong summer but on the bright side, all my best guy friends from high school are starting to come home from their missions!

*MaCeE*