grateful!

Today as I was walking out to my car from work to go to the bank I noticed my tire was looking kinda flat. I had no idea what to do so I called dad and the girl I was with just laughed at me and said I was fine. When we got back to the dealership I told one of the other girls I work with that I had an (almost) flat tire and she was so excited to help me go check the tire pressure. I'm sure it was a sight to see trying to watch two girl's check that while they had no idea what they were doing. We finally got some help and yep my tire was pretty much flat. So we went to one of the boy's inside and asked him if there was someone that could fill my tire up and he took my car keys and said he would find someone. When I went out to my car later they had filled ALL my tires with air, washed it and vacuumed the inside of my car! I love the boys I work with!! [:

228 days!

On...I'm going to...

And I CANNOT wait! I love Wicked :)

baby its cold in here!

This is way too true right now. I'm so cold I can't even sleep! Seriously though. I think my apartment is about 5 degrees. I can literally see my breath- and the roomies won't turn the heat on. I hope I can last 2 more weeks, then I'm out of here! I've missed my mum and pop. And now that the Bachelor is starting again, dad will be glad I'm back! Let's get back to Pasta Monday's complete with the Bachelor! Woot! Life is good at home [:

change?

Definitely needing to hear this right now. Couldn't have found this quote at a better time.

woot woot

I've always wanted to be able to curl my hair cute, but never have been able to figure out how (haha). But last night I tried a new way to curl your hair without heat! It's super easy and it's way cute! Yay for knowing how to curl my hair now!

homee

Sitting by the fire
Listening to Taylor Swift christmas music- best ever
Looking at baby crafts on pinterest
And watching Just Like Heaven.
Life is good at home.
I am missing me some babies though. 4 of the cutest babies around.

ugh. boys.

December 1st, I'm totally doing this. Then it ends just in time for me to eat junk food for Christmas! Yay!

Now for the update on my weekend- boys are dumb. I don't really know what to think. Back in August I met this boy that had been home from his mission for only 2 weeks, we went on a date and I thought we totally hit it off (but maybe that was just me). Then a couple days after our date he came over to my apartment just to talk and we cuddled and I was the twitterpated little 18 year old that I am. I went over to his apartment the next day and saw him cuddling with some other girl on the couch. To say the least- I was pretty crushed and haven't talked to him since then. Well on Thursday as Caitlyn and I were running out the door to go to Breaking Dawn (SO GOOD!) we saw him. He stopped and gave me a hug and said "hey, let's do something Friday". I had so many mixed feelings. I was so excited, cause I think he is the cutest kid, but so nervous cause of what happened last time. Well its Saturday, I lived to tell the tale and I'm trying not to be the twitterpated little 18 year old again. Boys. Are. Dumb.

checkk it...

I'm feeling crafty lately and totally going to make this for baby this weekend. Cannot wait!

college life

Story of my life. Seriously though. UVU needs some more attractive guys.

fall break

This week was Fall Break, which has been a much needed break. I was supposed to go to Indiana, but the flights were full- so I stayed home and have the entire apartment to myself! Which is so nice not to have to worry about my roommates and being too loud! My cute best friend has slept over everyday this week and we have loads of fun. She is seriously the greatest and I love her! I can't wait for you all to meet her!
On Thursday we went to her mom's work party. Her mom works at a movie theater, so we just went an hung out. One of the other managers is a legit ghost hunter, so we sat in the big theater with all the lights off while she told us real ghost stories- SO scary!! I screamed a lot. I'm a baby when it comes to that stuff! haha but check out her website! (dcpit.net) It's dang creepy :)
After work on Friday I went up the canyon with a bunch of people to watch the meteor shower. We had so much fun, but I do have to admit that was the lamest meteor shower I've ever seen. Maybe I didn't know what to expect, but I seriously only saw 3 meteor/shooting star things. I imagined it like a shower! Like tons falling! But it was still fun nonetheless!
Tonight my cute best friend is coming to sleep over and we are going to party hard core! Now if only we knew cute boys ;)

i love awkward situations..

Caitlyn and I have been planning to go to the haunted forest for probably 3 weeks now, but every time we try to go we get bailed on- and we definitely don't want to go by ourselves! We need cute boys, right? :) So on Tuesday we started inviting tons of people to go, and by the day we were going there was only going to be 4 of us. Lame. Caitlyn's "guy friend" said he didn't have the money, so she was going to pay for him, so we decided to just make it a double date anyway. Well about an hour before we were leaving the lame-o I was going to go with called and canceled because another girl had just called and asked him on a date. Rude. We didn't want to have to cancel again, so we had to find another guy for me to go with! We called CJ (Caitlyn's date) and asked if he had any cute friends and he said he had one! So yay for a blind date. haha. It was good though. It was way fun! He was way cute, and even held my hand- ha. However, in the course of the awkward getting to know you conversation, I asked him where he lived and he said Ventana! Crazy! So he told me what building he lived in and said come visit sometime. After the haunted forest, we took the boy's back to CJ's house and they said they were having a sleepover and were tired so we left. Us girls decided to be creeps and find this kid's apartment, just for future reference since he was sleeping over at CJ's house anyway! :) After we found it and as we were getting off the elevator to leave, the elevator doors open and guess who is standing there. My date. Most awkward thing of my entire life! It would have been different if we lived in the same building, but no. Then he gave me a hug and was like "long time no see, eh?" I am traumatized. He probably thinks I'm the biggest creep. Thank goodness one of these days I'll be able to look back on it and laugh. And hopefully sooner than later.

checkk it...

I dyed my hair last night with my best friend! :)

life is good

I want you all to meet my best friend, Caitlyn... She is seriously the cutest thing ever. We have so much fun together. We have 2 classes together- that's how we met- so we see each other everyday. We have sleepovers all the time and hang out any free time that we have. I love her so much. She is seriously so great. I'm so glad that I have found a real best friend that I can have so much fun with! She is a friend that I hope to keep forever. And when you all come for Christmas, you better believe you will be meeting her!

Knock Knock

These two had way too much fun with the camera on my computer. This is the cutest video, and makes me laugh every time!! Enjoy!

Benson's face when the video ends is priceless. I seriously have the cutest nieces and nephew around!

Da Doo Ron Ron

This salesman me and Juli work with overheard us talking about some oldies the other day so he shared his favorite "oldies but goodies" with us. He showed us this one and it brought back memories of mom singing so I had to share! Enjoy!!

Moving out is over-rated!

It's silly that I'm saying this already, but I am seriously counting down the days till I move back home. Only 219! *Sigh* That feels forever away. (mom and dad probably feel differently, but I am so ready to move back home already and honestly cannot wait) I miss my mom and dad more than anything. Sunday dinner today was just the three of us and I miss those days. I took for granted having my mom and dad so close when I needed them so badly. I cherish every moment I get to spend with them now, as those days are not so often. I am lucky to live so close to them that I can go see them whenever I want. I couldn't wait to move out and start this college adventure and see what life was like on my own, but I don't like it. I don't like the change. I want to have my mom watching my every move, making sure I do my homework when I need to, and I want to be there to cook for dad on Monday nights (and of course have someone to watch the bachelor with :)! I want to watch movies with mom and dad (or watch one while they sleep on the couch) and play games with them and go for walks. I miss sitting by mom at church every week- church just isn't the same anymore. Moving out made me realize I had life so good. It made me realize that mom and dad really care about me and love me more than anything. It made me realize how much I love them too! Whenever I have a rough day and am missing the parents, I listen to that song mom has on her blog and look at any pictures of them I can find. I just want to be with them! Basically I just want to be back at home. I miss those days :( I can't wait for these next 219 days to be over. I find myself not being able to sleep at night, because I just wish I was home. If gas wasn't so dang expensive I would come home more often than they would be able to handle. Today is just one of those days that I miss my mom and dad a whole lot :(

freshman 15

You know why people gain the freshman 15??Cause they're people like me and sit in their room when they don't have class and eat a box of See's! For me it's going to be the freshman 50! YUM!

party on!

This is our new favorite activity. Watching "Miranda Sings"- We have watched all her videos and she rocks. Watch it! But skip to like 1 minute or you'll hate it :) Enjoy!

Tonight we...

Watched the sunset...
Had a little lip action with Justin Bieber...

Went scuba diving...

And had a personal Michael Jackson concert...

Yep... This girl is my very best friend! And yep, I love her!
(Sorry our video is a little behind the music... you'll just have to enjoy it for all it's worth!)

party on!

It's going to be a great weekend :) I can already tell! After work today I'm heading to Arizona to see the cutest little babies. No school Monday. And even better yet... I'm moving out Monday! Looks like mom and dad are going to be empty nesters sooner than they thought!

Blah

I went to the honors program orientation yesterday. I was nervous and didn't want to go. At all. I didn't know anyone going and definitely didn't want to go by myself. But- I am so so so glad I went. I made tons of new friends in the honors program and I can't hardly wait for classes to start! I just wish that I had applied for the housing scholarship... Next time. Anyway, I am so excited! For my colloquium class we are required to go to certain events throughout the year that are AWESOME! I am totally going to go to the Rascall Flatts concert! Yay for college! I can't wait to meet cute new boys :) Too bad there aren't any cute boys in the honors program. Major bummer. I can't wait for what's in store for me this semester!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my Daddy!

I love you!

summer dreams

Sometimes on days like today I wish I was here...

or here...

or even here too!

watching Dora with this little girl...
and painting this little girls nails...
and playing UNO with this little girl...
and swimming with this little boy...
and playing family feud with these two lovelies...
Am I missing my family right now?? No, not at all...

summer days

I am just loving this picture right now...

yummy!

2 words. Cake. Bites.
I am SO craving these right now. I could seriously eat a hundred of these in one sitting. I am way too tempted to just order them online! This may be bad that I have my own credit card ;)

Tokyo!!

I tried to post my pictures backwards this time so they would be in order, but then in went funky on me and they are out of order anyway- sorry!

We had a blast for the 18 hours we were in Toyko! It was crazy, but tons of fun!

The toilets. Yikes. Luckily they had a couple american toilets, cause I probably would not have squatted.

This was the group we went with- so fun!
Tokyo Tower! I would have liked to see it, but this was the closest we got.
The way over we were lucky enough to get business elite and it was terrific! I have never been so excited for a flight. I dreamed about it for 4 days before we left and seriously never slept. The seats laid out into beds that were quite comfy, they had a nice pillow and blanket (not the crappy little red one!) and you had your own tv that had well over a hundred movies. It was the best flight I've ever been on. I could easily do that again. However, the food was nasty. They brought us this appetizer and it looked repulsive (I don't even know if I'm using that right, but it did anyway) but I tried to be good and just eat it. First I ate nasty, cold couscous with dried fruit and almonds. Gag. Then they had nasty corn chili soup that I tried dipping a gross roll into and I literally gagged. THEN- there was this nasty meat. It was cold, looked gross and had mushrooms or something on the top. Mom told me it was chicken so I decided to try it. I ate one quarter size piece when I gagged again and mom finally told me it was duck. SICK. Never doing that again. It made me sick- luckily while I was puking my guts out, the bathroom was a nice one! Other than the nasty food the flight was awesome, I probably slept 8 of the 12 hour flight. Heaven. I could sit in those seats on every flight.
Fish market!

They had these funny little high chairs in every bathroom so that you can put your baby in there while you use the bathroom. Clever!


The gas stations are awesome- the pumps pull down from the ceiling!
The stop lights are sideways!

The moat around the Imperial Palace
Chaos at the fish market
Part of the Imperial Palace
Imperial Garden

Part of the group in front of the Imperial Garden
We found the Tokyo Temple!!

Tokyo Time Square
The busiest intersection in the world- but it wasn't really busy when we saw it


We went to the 45th floor of the government building and got this awesome view!
Mom's favorite part. She liked to call this Teen Tokyo. It was insanely crowded with weirdly dressed teens. But my favorite part- the street name :)

We went to this yummy noodle house for lunch!