independence day

THE PARADE!

my nephews thought the colonial guy was a pirateMy brother daron (on the left) poured water into everyone's lap so we looked like we wet our pants. Khyl (right) distracted him as I poured my whole water bottle down his pants.

FAMILY PARTY

Ethan set up an obstacle course in the field by our house.

serpenting through the obstacles
exploding through the stacked boxes for the finish
Then we danced the night away at the cul-de-sac of fire!

This fourth of July will go down in history as the BEST ever. seriously.

WALL-E

loved loved loved it!
I want to BE wall-e. I can totally relate. And I want his house.
GO SEE IT! Even if you are 2 years old or 97 years old.

Happy Canada Day!

What did you do for the weekend Hallie?

Friday: my idiot date cancelled on me but hey I am kind of glad that I got to just chillax at the parentals instead
Saturday: woke up. watched tennis. played softball. put together a 100 ft slip-n-slide and slipped down for 2 hours. went to the Ingrid Michaelson concert in SLC. went swimming in a saline pool outside. went to the grocery store at 1:30 am.
Sunday: church stuff from 7:30 am until 2:30 pm. nap from 2:30 until 6:30. dinner with family. ward prayer. dove deep with a close friend. bed.

I am so sore. I feel like someone beat the living you know what out of me. Seriously I am worse than a prego lady on bedrest. Just come over and give me a massage.

If you want to see my face

in a 95 different pictures, click here
Thanks Krystal, you are an amazing photographer!
(She will do a 1-hour session with you for $800) jk just ask her

"Consequences, even painful ones, protect us. So simple a thing as a child’s cry of pain when his finger touches fire can teach us that. Except for the pain, the child might be consumed."
Boyd K. Packer, March 2008 Ensign

miss you manda

Amanda: I am going to miss you! You're my favorite ward friend. You always write me an anonymous nice note, weekly, and I know it's you because of your handwriting. You never have anything negative to say and you put a smile on everyone's face. We have so much in common, including brusing our teeth!

My favorite g-chat with you:
Amanda: PAPER/ROCK/SCISSORS!!!!!!!!!
me: YEAH!!!!!! lets play online
Amanda: okay good idea
me: k on three.... rock!
Amanda: scissors!
me: crap
Amanda: shoot!
me: k one more time
Amanda: i didn't count very well okay
me: close your eyes
Amanda: ONE
me: TWO
Amanda: THREE! rock
me: paper!
Amanda: BWAAAA shoooooooooooot
me: hahaha I WIENNN!

LOVE YOU MANDA!

What's in your shower?

7:11 am

that is what time my alarm is set to wake me up in the mornings. Just in case you were wondering.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift — that is why it is called the present.

But do you ever just want to skip forward a few days...or months?

I do.

love you daddy

7 page paper and taco bell

BOOOO!

Cara and Carly

My favorite cousins are on their way! Their brother is getting married this weekend. Oh man I have the best memories of the three of us. Good memory making times coming this week for sure.

Death Cab for Cutie!

I went to their concert last night. And This is a picture I took of them from my cell phone. We were sooo close! There were only 3 people in between Ben Gibbard and I! The music was incredible, I am really happy I went.

boring people don't get bored

so why am I bored?

plastic cookies

I bought a pack of grandma's cookies from the vending machines and wanted them to be warm and soft. So I tore open the package for ventilation and put it in the microwave for 10 seconds. I looked in the microwave glass door and couldn't see the package, just the cookie. So I opened it and saw the package had shrunk tight agains the cookie and because the package was a picture of a cookie it looked like just the cookie in there. Funny huh. So yeah. Don't put cookies covered in plastic packages in the microwave. It was probably a warning...to not eat cookies.

roommate council

Last night our apartment gathered together and had roommate council. It was one of the best decisions I have made this year. It went so well, everything was laid out on the table (figuratively.) It's not like we were having issues, it is just for future issues, should they arise. We talked about pet peeves, curfew, cleaning, and emotions. I love emotions.

AND I really like my roommate Haley. She is so nice to me and lets me do whatever I want without getting mad.

Office Lango

Here are some things that have been said in my office:

"Let's all become anorexic!"
-a gathering of girls from the hotline

"There was an In-n-Out in Orem"
"No there wasn't"
"Yes there was, I remember going when I was younger!"
...silence...
"Seriously, there was an In-n-Out in Orem!"
she still thinks that.

"You can use it everday, just like you use makeup"
-Some guy talking about a website

"YOU'RE A SLUT, GOODBYE!"
- An old man making a personal call

21...and counting!

So I guess I am a year older than 20 now. To the rest of the world that means LEGAL! But I don't want to become addicted to a harmful liquid. So 21 is pretty boring I guess. I could go to vegas and gamble! That would be fun. This morning I called KOHS to request a song for my birthday and this is what they played me




Plans for the day:

Wake up whenever I want (which was 7am)
Wear my favorite clothes
keep juicy coutoure perfume in my purse to smell good ALL day long
Went to Kneaders on my way to work to get a berry croissant and a smoothie
Work until 2:00
Drive my scooter to class, take the quiz real quick, then leave
Go to SLC and buy myself an outfit from American Apparell and/or Forever 21
Get 21% off at Forever 21 because it is my 21st bday
Happy Sumo with my sister for dinner (Thanks in advance, Gina!)
Go out with friends for dessert (Thanks in advance, Veda!)
Watch Indiana Jones outside with my ward friends
Kiss a guy 21 times
It will be a good day, I just know it. And if it isn't I will MAKE it good. Like this morning I pulled a U-turn but didn't quite make it so I had to make it a 3-point turn. Traffic was approaching and had to wait for me. But I yelled out my window as I finished the turn: "IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!" Yep. I love birthdays.

MOMMY

I love you love you love you!