Life at Twenty Something.....

S is for....

2012-02-01T21:40:00.000-08:00

Single- I have been single for a couple months and although it is very weird it was needed and I am happy....

Stressed- Becuase it is nearly impossible to find patients for school stuff.... SUCKAGE (yet another S!)

Sick- I have a head cold and it is not fun...

So- Ready to move!!!! Home and then to Utah with my wonderful sis Em and hopefully Sarah..

Sleepy- I am sick of school all the time and need to sleep even though I took a sick day yesterday and slept for like 12 hours two nights ago, last night it was 2.5... SWEET!!!

preSchoolers- I am gonna get to talk to some of my old preschool kiddos about teeth and things to keep teeth healthy. (February along with the month of love it is also Dental Health Month or something.)

SOOOO gonna change my profession ASAP, I don't like placing and removing Dental Dams... they are not fun and hurt, thus I am gonna change to something that doesn't include placing and removing them. :)

HOPE you enjoy my post all about words that start with an S.

And so it is decided...

2011-12-28T13:58:00.000-08:00

In about one year, my dear sister Emily (and Sarah if she wants to come!) are going to be moving..... to a place that is a bit of a change for me... considering I have only lived in Minnesota... Here are some hints... because I am sure you don't need them.

1. There are beautiful mountain views.

2. In the southern part of this state there are beautiful red rock structures.

3. If we want we can go on hikes or camping in places like this.

4. These 3 WONDERFUL monkeys live there. And I miss them daily.

5. Oh yeah and these 2 live there too.... :) plus I haven't lived by Allison in I don't know how long... so that just sounds fun.

So just in case you haven't figured out where I could possibly be talking about... here is the final destination that Em and I will be moving to until atleast 2016 (if I get to start dental hygiene school in 2014)

There are still details to plan and smooth out, but regardless Emily and I are SUPER excited and can hardly wait!!!!

future....

2011-12-24T20:29:00.000-08:00

SO I am semi thinking about possibly going back to school after I work for maybe 6 months to a year, after I complete my Dental Assisting Degree and MAYBE going and finding a 2 year Dental Hygienist Degree..... I am sure once I go back to school for the spring semester I will change my mind. This is very hard at times but I know that I have learned A LOT already in the one semester I have spent learning. ANYWAYS that is all i have to really say besides....

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mastiff Mess

2011-10-30T14:27:00.000-07:00

Adorable puppy....

CUTEST THING EVER!!!!

2011-10-23T02:01:00.000-07:00

I saw this while wasting time instead of sleeping like these two adorable kitty cats....... but i HAD to share it.

Cat Hugs Baby Kitten Having Nightmare - Watch MoreFunny Videos

If i didn't want a kitty before (which i totally did by the way.... i am currently accepting that as a birthday present.....) i want one now!!!!!!!!

just thought i'd share.

2011-10-13T14:37:00.000-07:00

Brilliance Loose Diamonds

For Emmy!

2011-10-08T21:16:00.000-07:00

I hope that when Emily gets home she likes this video. She loves Troy and I think she would have loved to be there for this. haha!

3 years and counting….

2011-09-11T20:58:00.001-07:00

Tyson and I have gone to the fair for the past 3 years together. We usually go with a couple of his roommates. This year we went alone… just the two of us! And it was so much fun just wandering around the "Great Minnesota Get-together"! We knew what we wanted to do for sure… turkey leg, cotton candy, the chair ride thing, sweet martha's cookies and milk to go along with it, and of course (my favorite tradition) getting a caricature done. We typically save our caricature as one of the last things that we do so that we don't have to carry it around for to long during the day. And we did this year too! I love getting to hangout with Tyson doing random things and that was this year for sure! So here the caricatures for the past 3 years, we decided that every other year we would get a colored one done. Well we sat on opposite sides the first 2 years so we tried to get it so that for the black and white ones we were sitting on the same sides but the artist just decided to switch us up… butt head!

year one

year two

year three

Pintrest

2011-09-05T21:33:00.000-07:00

My sissy, Emily, asked me today if I had ever heard of this pintrest.com site. I never had.... then I checked it out and I think I am addicted to looking at this sight. The following are some of my favorite items. The first 3 dresses (and the last one too) remind me of the ones from the movie "The Help" which I LOVED!!!!!

Source: etsy.com via Juliana on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Faith on Pinterest

Source: google.com via J on Pinterest

Source: polyvore.com via Robin on Pinterest

Source: polyvore.com via Lyla on Pinterest

Source: frenchconnection.com via Katherine on Pinterest

Source: polyvore.com via Faith on Pinterest

Source: None via Faith on Pinterest

it made me laugh!

2011-09-04T18:52:00.000-07:00

I saw this and laughed.... then proceeded for a couple minutes watching clips of babies farting and then laughing.... it was kind of cute!

Yep, that's how I spent my Sunday night back in Mankato,,, What did you do?!

... Except my sister.....

2011-09-03T10:51:00.000-07:00

I saw this commercial one day in while watching t.v. with Tyson one day in Mankato and it made me laugh! And I finally found it off of youtube and thought I would share it with whoever reads my blog....

ENJOY!!

this was just another one. but my favorite one is the first one.

Look what I made!!

2011-08-30T21:33:00.000-07:00

So School has started! It started on August 22nd. I am majoring in Dental Assisting. And the first week was boring! We had not started learning much yet or doing much. We hadn't begun our schedule as it will be for this whole semester. Well yesterday was when we started doing the lab/clinical part of the program. I had started my day with my chairside lab, we learned how to wash our hands and disinfect the area that the patient sits and such. Then I had some classes and next was my radiology lab. With the program we have CREEPY looking heads that we practice our x-rays (or radiographs... yep I learned that...) on. So I got to attempt 2 x-rays and we also got to develop them as well to see just how well we did! Today I had my dental materials lab. We worked with plasters and molds and got to make molds! It was possibly the coolest thing! The point is to not get any air bubbles in the mold or it will will have holes in it. If you look closely at the smaller of the molds you can see just a few holes in the front couple teeth. I was sad to see that but was SO glad that my adult teeth mold worked so well!!

That was about all that we have done so far! Next week we get to do more molds with a different type of plaster so I am excited to try again and NOT get any air bubbles in it. I hope you are having a GREAT week so far!

Two!

2011-07-28T20:29:00.000-07:00

It has been 2 years since Tyson and I have begun dating. Although it has been two years it seems as like alot less time. I have learned a lot about myself and him over the last 2 years and it has been so much fun continuing to get to know him!! When people ask how long we have been together and I say "almost two years" it tends to shock me just a little that it has actually been that long.

Above is a picture of Tyson and I around the time we started dating.

Tyson has been doing an internship at a insurance firm in Kansas City, Missouri and has been fortunate enough to be living with his wonderful Aunt, Uncle and cousins in Lake Quirvia, Kansas. I have been fortunate enough that they are very welcoming and have allowed me the chance to come and visit Tyson and the extended family as well! Tyson is finishing his internship on our anniversary so I am here with him and we will be celebrating in Shawnee Kansas!

Above is a picture of Tyson and I in Kansas City a couple of weeks ago.

Some people may wonder when and if we plan to marry the answer to that is YES! But not for a while. We would both like to have completed college and have steady jobs and have started paying back our student loans before we go and have a wedding... So my guess (with no definate promise to anyone) is in roughly another 2 years or so I will be in a beautiful wedding dress and he will be in a tux (or suit.. I am not to picky) saying I DO! So until then (or his birthday or our next anniversary) I will say this... I love Tyson very much and I am very glad that he and I are still together and going STRONG!

YouTube

2011-05-04T12:58:00.000-07:00

So in my Lifespan Psychology class my teacher LOVES youtube and I thought I would share some of the video clips that she shared with the class.

Here is one that is called the MOM song. There are phrases that I KNOW that I heard growing up and I thought it was very funny

Here is another one that is a parody of the Taylor Swift song Love Story, and I thought this was really funny as well.....

There were alot more because she seems to spend quite a bit on youtube. Hope you enjoy these videos!!!

ALSO search on YouTube for young @ heart. There is a trailer for the movie and some of the songs that they have done! We watched the movie for 2 days during class!

Yep... it is true....

2011-04-28T20:20:00.000-07:00

I am one of the people who will be awake for theROYAL WEDDING! If I fall asleep, I have my alarm set and it is ready to make sure I don't miss it!

I have been very excited about the wedding since i heard about it. I got a crown to wear... it is a sequined crown on a headband, but I got it on and I am ready to FINALLY see Kate's dress... and for Prince William and Kate get married! YAY!

As I mentioned I have been excited, but perhaps not as much as the fellow pictured below! He got TATTOOS of Prince William and the future Princess Catherine. They are temporary.... luckily, however I think that he is a little more excited than I am.

On TLC all week they have had many different specials about the wedding, and the Royal family. One thing that was very interesting for me was to watch Princess Diana and Prince Charles' wedding, they even had some cool little facts about the wedding pop up and it was very fun to get to see a glimpse into the life and planning of the Royal Wedding!

Well if you are going to stay up, here is a link for some tips on helpful ways to stay awake:

http://royalwedding.yahoo.com/blogs/how-to-stay-awake-for-the-royal-wedding-6107

Cute little video!

2011-04-20T13:59:00.000-07:00

I saw this video online and thought this little guy was so CUTE!!!

Hand Writing Game

2011-03-23T18:46:00.001-07:00

My wonderful sissy called me and asked if I had seen the handwriting game..... SO we thought we would give it a try!

THE QUESTIONS:

1. What's your name and your blogs name?

2. What's your blog's URL?

3. Write, "A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

4. What's your favorite quote?

5. What's your favorite song?

6. What's your favorite band/singer(s)?

7. Anything you want to say.

8. Tag someone.

I usually don't really like my handwriting... unless I have been taking tons of notes in classes.... then I think it is kinda cute....but OH WELL!

Hope you ENJOY!

HELP!

2011-02-27T15:43:00.000-08:00

I am thinking about changing my major, dental assisting is great cause everyone has teeth but I have no passion for it. I LOVE kids, I always have, one of the best jobs I have had in my life was at a daycare. I got to play with kids all day, help them do art projects, play outside and learn letters and numbers (I even got one kid who would literally run into the parking lot when his dad was leaving to not cry at all when he was dropped off.... I also got him to eat food too.... anyways). I am thinking about changing my major to Child Development. It is something that really struck me when sitting in lifespan psych and learning about kids and all about pretty much what makes them tick. It is something that I think I would love so much more!

I told this to Tyson and his reaction was "Wow, its like I told you a year ago!" Last year when I would go with him on pickups and deliveries there quite often were children that would be watching and I would play with them and kind of distract them while Tyson was working. One night we were driving back to the warehouse and he told me he thinks I should be going to school for child development instead of dental assisting, I should have listened.....

So what are your thoughts!?!? or suggestions?!?! or advice at all?!?!

Hope you are having a less confusing week than I am.

Best Superbowl Commercial!!!!

2011-02-07T18:34:00.000-08:00

I LOOOVED this commercial, I didn't really see it during the superbowl because where I was we were loud and laughing and talking. However I did see the end and wanted to see the whole thing so I youtubed it!

Happy Birthday

2011-02-02T22:24:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WONDERFUL BOYFRIEND
William Tyson Wood!!!!

I love this guy! He is AMAZING!!!!

Tyson's mom posted this picture on
facebook and I fell in LOVE with it! SO adorable

Tyson has been the most wonderful man in the world and I am the luckiest girl in the world to get to be with him. He loves video games and watching netflix, he loves pizza and the banana bread I made the other night. He likes the food I try to make for dinners (atleast pretends he does... not quite sure on that one.) He makes me smile, laugh and have fun! He works very hard and is very focused on getting a good job when he is done with school. He is so WONDERFUL to me!!!! I love this man so much and always will, and wanted to wish him a public display of birthday wishes!

:D

This is a picture taken while we were in Kansas with his family
for his Grandparent's 60th Wedding anniversary!

Recent Happenings For Emily!!

2010-11-19T21:15:00.000-08:00

I have been working on making dinner. And not just dinner from a box cause even though that is easy it probably isn't super healthy. Some of the stuff I have made are Steak (real steak) and baked potatoes, Spaghetti and meatballs, sunnyside up eggs and cut up oranges and finally Chicken pot pie. The pot pie was quite complicated because neither Tyson or I have pie pans. SOOOO I got semi creative and made it in a small cake pan.... here is a picture of the nice little pot pie:

Tyson is in a business Fraternity and they had initiation for the new members and they have a party for it as well. This past Saturday we had quite a bit of snow and the roads in the morning were crap. Tyson took 45 minutes to get out of the parking lot in which he was parked in. The party got canceled and so instead the fraternity decided to go to Buffalo Wild Wings. Here is a picture of Tyson and I at Buffalo Wild Wings.

My Birthday has come and gone. And I feel old sometimes. I am falling apart one day at a time.... not really but sometimes it feels like it. Well anyways for my birthday I got this georgous ring from my wonderful boyfriend Tyson. I adore it. He picked it out all on his own and I think he did a pretty good job at picking it out.

SOOO FUNNY!!!

2010-11-08T20:50:00.000-08:00

I saw this on some random blog and watched it. I was laughing so hard that there were tears pooling in my eyes. SO HILARIOUS!!!!!

My Contribution

2010-11-05T14:32:00.000-07:00

Shayla cuddled in the blanket I made her!

MY SISTER HAD THE BABY!!!! Almost two weeks ago now. Well my whole family gets to go see her for her blessing, but I have school and work so I could not meet her yet. Well anyways, I made my baby niece Shayla Kenly Rock 2 blankets. and my mom was kind enough to take pictures for me and send them to me!

Allison and Nate have called their kids monkey so I thought this was perfect for them.

I thought I would make a nicer one and one that wasn't pink. I figured she would have tons of pink. This one is my favorite. I tried to do a fancy edge but I don't think it turned out very well.

Also I had a birthday too. I am now 21 and that just sounds weird!!

hmmm...

2010-10-22T22:22:00.000-07:00

I feel like I should post something but I don't exactly have anything to really post about. I am just kinda bored I guess. Right now I am greatly missing my other half (aka Tyson). He is in Indianapolis for a business fraternity thing till Sunday morning. So I came home to pass the time and to see my wonderful family. But now I am just sitting on my bed listening to a play list of songs that is full of songs that we like to dance to. (Yup we are that cool).

hmmm... My birthday is coming up. That should be... boring. lol I have class in the afternoon and Tyson has to work that night. But at least I get to sleep in. That will be wonderful.... even though I sleep in every Monday but still....

I made two receiving blankets for my new little niece who will be here in like 4ish days and I am soooooo excited to see pictures of that little girl. I won't get to meet her till who knows when!!!!

This summer I reeeeally want to go on a vacation. But I have to take a summer course of math... ick! and the summer after that I will be finishing school. SOOO I might have to wait until Tyson starts going on job interviews and I will mysteriously just go with him. haha yeah right.... a girl can dream.

well that is the end of my random post I think. I am getting tired now and am getting up to take my mom to the airport for her flight to Salt Lake tomorrow.... soooo I think my bed wants to snuggle..... Sorry if this was extremely random.... but that is how my mind is right now.

GOOOOD NIGHT WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Brag post

2010-10-05T18:36:00.000-07:00

So I always see people who blog brag about their spouses. I don't have a husband but I do have a wonderful Boyfriend and want to take a second to blog about him.

So anyone who knows me and knows me well knows that I get headaches. Not just little ones. Ones so bad that I cannot relax and calm down enough to get some sleep, and it SUCKS so bad.

Well Monday night I had a VERY bad headache. One that I could not get comfortable from and could not relax to get some sleep. Tyson works from 8 p.m. to about midnight. Well before he went into work he knew I had a headache. Before he got off of work I sent him a text message that basically said I think my head is about to explode.

Well about the time I was ready to cry, my phone started ringing and it was his ringtone. He said I am outside your house, can you come let me in? Well I did. He came and rubbed my feet and hands and when I asked him for my ice pack he came back with it and then decided it was not cold enough so he went and got a wash cloth wet with cold water and came and put it on my forehead. He came just to calm me down and get my head to not hurt enough that I could go to sleep. He is an amazing guy and I just love him. And that is my brag all about Tyson. :)

Mostly for Emily

2010-10-03T19:51:00.000-07:00

Emily deleted her Facebook so she can't see the pictures my mama put online.....

I got my hair chopped off... well I don't think it was actually chopped but it was like 5 inches cut off my hair. and that is alot especially because it was so long and had not cut more than like 1.5 inches off since my junior year of high school I think..... anyways it is so much healthier and I LOVE it.

Ideas....

2010-09-18T19:24:00.000-07:00

So just in case anyone wants to get me a birthday present... cause it is 44 days away (that is Nov 1st for anyone who doesn't want to count).... not that I am counting or anything. And if you miss my birthday or don't want to wait that long to get me a present, I will gladly accept them before or after the fact. And there is always Christmas. :)

IDEAS:
-hair straightener... because sometimes I want to wear my hair down.
-plane ticket to Utah for my Winter Break (preferably Dec. 19-23ish, not that I have thought about it)
-lots of pretty clothes
-Brad Paisley's Greatest Hits CD (Due out Nov 2nd)
-New shoes
-haircut

This is all I can think of right now.... but I am sure there is more to come.

A wedding!

2010-08-14T22:22:00.000-07:00

I went to my friend's wedding today. It was a wonderful wedding. I had a wonderful date with my wonderful Boyfriend. We danced and ate, and laughed and cried. Kristi looked BEAUTIFUL! Her dress was as gorgeous as she was. I was so happy to have been able to share that wonderful event with her and her now husband. I was told later that the kids at the daycare were sad they couldn't go with to see Kristi get married. One of the little girls asked the other teachers if she would take the little girl instead of her husband. That was my day. How was yours? :)

Watch This

2010-08-14T22:02:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine posted this video on Facebook. I watched it and could not help but cry. I then went to find it on YouTube and I started watching it again and about started crying again. So I stopped watching it. It is an amazing video and made me think of people who I know who have served in the war.

A year and A week...

2010-07-28T16:17:00.000-07:00

Well as of July 29, Tyson and I have been dating for a year!!!!! It has been a very fast year. Time seems to be flying by. We celebrated our one year by seeing eachother a little before he went to work. After he was done with work we were hungry so we went to McDonalds, when we didn't have enough cash (the credit card machine was down) we went back to his place and ordered pizza. Friday we went and got everything sorted out for school. THEN we watched Lord of the Rings... and I stayed awake through the whole thing!!!!!

One of my favorite pictures.

My first trip to Mankato... now I am

living there... CRAZY!!!

After he decided to rip the bottom

part of my pants...

Driving home for my birthday!

MY FIRST VIKINGS GAME!!!!!

I like to color on his face :)

A walk in the snow!

I had a flat tire. He was my Knight in Shining

Armor, and sat with my till my dad came. hehe

He did try so hard to fix it but it just couldn't be

done.

My first Motorcycle ride. I rode with his dad.

We went to Prescott, WI.

My adorable outfit for the Motorcycle ride.

After one of my many visits to Mankato

On our way home from Kansas with his Family.

It was his grandparents' 60th Wedding Anniversary.

This is us in Kansas. It was so pretty where we

were at. We matched that day :)

This last year has been a quick one, but I am so excited to have so many more with Tyson. He is a great guy and I am so very excited to be living by him. :)

My Valentine.....

2010-02-14T21:28:00.000-08:00

Tyson and I in December

This is my VALENTINE!!!!

I went to Mankato for the weekend. On Thursday night we went bowling with some friends. 3 of the 5 of us that went are in a bowling class so they wanted to show off their skills.... it worked. I did NOT do well because I am not a good bowler. OH WELL it was fun.

Friday we ran some errands that he had to do such as grocery shopping and a hair cut. After that we went out to eat and back to his house to watch the opening ceremonies... after a while we got bored of watching them so we watched ICE AGE 3 DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS...before we started watching the movie he gave me a box of chocolate. We opened it and each had a bite of the flavors. If we found one that we liked... you finished it and looked for another one like it before the other one got it. It was a fun little game... And we look forward to sharing a box of chocolate again next year.

Saturday we were sitting at the apartment and the doorbell started ringing. Sometimes friends will ring the bell when they come over. I asked who was coming over he said he didn't know we should go see... so away we went to see and we get to the top of the last set of stairs before the door he told me to go in front of him. He NEVER makes me go in front... except when we are racing but then I want to be in front. Anyways it was a delivery person who had these lovely flowers for me! He did such a good job telling them what I like. Gerber Daises are my absolute FAVORITE flower so he had them put some in there. I love these flowers and I LOVE this man!

Happy Valentine's Day to all. Hope you had a great day or weekend!

My Birthday Week

2009-11-01T19:12:00.001-08:00

The week of my birthday was pretty awesome.... here are some of the highlights!!

It started with... I GOT A JOB!! It is at a brand new store in the Mall Of America. It is the first one in the midwest so that is pretty cool. It is a children's clothing store. I so far have had training and a few days of work. Very cool. My legs hurt as do my knees from standing, walking, and kneeling all day.

I got to spend Tuesday to Friday in Mankato with this awesome guy!!

Here I am with my Darling Tyson. We were on our way back to the Cities to be with our families for my birthday!!!

I got these adorable shirts from Aeropostale. I get a pretty sweet discount at Aero because the children clothing store I work at is owned by Aeropostale.

I also got these very cute jeans... all that I can wear to work.

I got to hang out with PIKACHU. Tyson won him at the fair a while back. For some reason he was hanging out in Tyson's car... so he was along for the ride.

Found this when I finished my scavenger hunt to get my present. He had on soooo many layers of clothes that he couldn't lift his arms higher than parallel to the ground. I had to help him take off sooo many layers to his regular clothes. In his pocket he had.....

This BEAUTIFUL necklace!!! He picked it out all by himself and I think it is perfect!!! He sure does have good taste!!!

I also got this superb sweatshirt. I love it because when I wear it when he is gone its like a big huge hug from my AMAZING boyfriend!!!!

This amazing bracelet and lotion, spray and body wash is from Tyson's parents. They are so kind to me and I appreciate that they got me these nice gifts.

I GOT CHEESE CAKE for my birthday. YUMMMMM!!!! It is so yummy.... AND notice the 2 matches stuck in there? yup those were my candles :)

So if you ask me I think it was a pretty awesome birthday week!! I wouldn't change it at all. Well maybe that Tyson would still be here but ya know. I can't have everything I guess.

The last 6 Months

2009-10-24T10:36:00.001-07:00

So I am HORRIBLE at keeping this updated. However due to the fact that my birthday is coming up I thought I would update it.

So I dont think much has happened over the last 6 months.... Emily completed a year of her mission, And although I am not the one doing it I think it is a big accomplishment... cause I sure do miss her lots!!! I am dating someone. His name is Tyson. We kind of met through work kind of through a mutual friend. He is currently going to school in Mankato, MN so we only get to see eachother every weekend so far. it will be hard with winter but we are determined to make it! He is pretty awesome and got me NEWSIES for my birthday!!!

Here are some pictures cause I am sick of typing.

We Got SISTER Missionaries!!

I talked people into wearing ridiculously embarrassing outfits!!

I Bonded with my Cousin DANI!!

I met THIS GUY!
(P.s. I did his hair... he never parts it like that.)

I gave Tyson a heart attack.

I got a fish with Tyson. His name is Fabio.

I "Helped" Tyson put together his new desk.

Emily Taught me how to help... "You're doing
it wrong" was said often

I drove to Mankato to visit Mr. Wood.

I made a Baby Blanket

We carved a pumpkin... I ACTUALLY helped on this one.

The finished project.

NOW since I feel this is done for a while well until after my birthday sometime...

PEACE OUT!!

I....

2009-05-13T11:18:00.001-07:00

Fall Colors..

2008-10-24T19:00:00.000-07:00

Like my mom... I love fall colors. And while driving one day I found this awesome spot that is by the Mississippi River... I think.. and here are some pics from around there...

Thursday Football...

2008-10-24T18:51:00.001-07:00

I met up with the Elders in Oakdale to play football... and I was going to be the cheerleader cause apparently they are super intense when they play... and well I am a girl and it would have been weird to be playing touch football with Elders... ewww. Anyways Here are some pics cause I don't feel like writing too much. As a side note I got to see Elder Tiechert who served in our ward for a while!!!! I was so excited to see him!!!

Sisterly Bonding and Conference weekend!!

2008-10-04T19:41:00.000-07:00

Sarah and I didn't have anything to do on Friday night so we decided to go to the mall. When we got there we decided we would walk around. We saw Build-a-bear and thought we would make a koala for Emily. Then on the way home decided that we would keep the koala who we named Kingston Koala here in MN and bring him around with us so we could have a little piece (sort of) of Emily here with us in our many adventures. We like to take pictures of Kingston doing stuff with us.

This weekend is/was General Conference. Mom, Dad and I watched it at home with the Elders. Sarah had to work or she would have watched it with us. It was fun to be able to see the Leaders of the Church speak to us. During the "Half time" (as I have heard it been called) the Elders and I took pictures of Kingston playing games. We also took some pictures of Kingston watching Conference and singing hymns with us.

I am so proud of Emily although I MISS HER LIKE CRAZY!! So the fact that we have a little reminder that we can carry around with us we thought was a pretty cool idea!

Update... again

2008-10-02T18:41:00.001-07:00

So I went to my “brother’s”homecoming football game. And they won!!! Before the game I made them beautiful signs if I do say so myself. However the only part that is me is the painting of the letters and the outlining of the letters. I can’t write cute so I print out the letters then I draw with pencil on the paper.

However I did write the word’s on the Elders signs that came with us. Our Elders were on exchanges so we didn’t have both our Elders here. But it was lots of fun! (MORMON.ORG(If you were at the game with us you would understand how I would be saying that)).

I now work full time at a place called Fun Jumps Entertainment. We rent out inflatable moonwalks. I now go to the single’s ward. And it is fun. They are going to have a Halloween dance and I will be going! 30 days till I turn 19. and lets see…. I have decided I want to go out to Utah next summer to go to school… so we will see how that all works out! I don’t do much except work and go to church stuff.

Apparently I need to update.....

2008-07-13T15:42:00.000-07:00

I don’t really know what I am going to write about… but my mom and sister Emily say I need to update. Since I graduated (well actually before I graduated) I got a calling at church in the nursery, it is a fun calling at times. The lessons are my favorite cause not many… if any kids pay attention.
Brenden and I are dating… and as my mother posted this picture from E.F.Y taken June 17, 2006 I thought it was kinda cool because Brenden and I started dating June 17, 2008. Here is a picture of Brenden and I around the time we started dating... He came back for a couple days after he left the first time. And it was sooo awesome to see him!! He was going to come back just for a Wednesday visit then leave the next morning, however his best friend suggested that he come down on the Tuesday night and he thought I was a good idea… I however thought it was a GREAT idea… and it was lots of fun to see him again!!
I went to LA with my second family the McKinneys for a Graduation present. It was so much fun to get to spend so much time with the boys and Mina and also “mom and dad”. We were going to originally go from the Thursday to Saturday night, however we could not get on a flight because we were flying standby so we decided to stay a couple more days. We came home on a Monday night, I ended up spending about 10 days straight with Marley, the Tuesday after we came home we went to the McKinney’s for a BBQ and then on Wednesday I convinced Marley to go on the youth church trip with me. It was a lot of fun and lots of bonding with the youth.
I spent the fourth with the McKinneys and my family, we went to their house for a BBQ again (we sure do love our BBQ’s) and then we played lots of games and waited and waited… then came the time to light off the fire works. It came down to I think 3 firesticks (lighters,) and 3 teenagers and 1 Emily. We played in the sparks and with the firesticks. It was a lot of fun and we sure did have lots of fun with them.
Recently I was talking to Brenden and decided together that I should not wait till my birthday to come out to visit him, we decided that Labor day would be an AWESOME time to visit. We decided the days that would work best and I went to look for tickets. I found one that would work, then I thought well what if I went to UT with my family to say some farewells to my sister before she leaves to Serve the Lord for 18 months. So I looked at tickets and found the most perfect ticket to fly out to North Carolina. And so I talked my mom into me going out there and we decided it would be and awesome idea. So I get to go spend some time with my Brenden… and I get to bring out a quilt that I am making for him because he asked for one… and I am that nice.
I feel that this update is complete and I have nothing else to write….. I am sure I will update in a few weeks again….

It's finally time for Graduation!!!!!!!

2008-06-11T06:43:00.000-07:00

After 13 years of school I finally am done with High School. I am so excited to be done!! All of my family is here, Allison, Nathan and Sofie flew in yesterday and Brenden came into town early early Tuesday morning… here are some of the pictures we took with Brenden and the Family. Sofie LOVES Brenden. She won’t say Brenden she only Brendy.

My Prom Night in Eau Claire

2008-05-04T17:09:00.000-07:00

So as I am sure you have read in previous blogs (if anyone reads them...) that I was asked to prom by my friend Jake Sutton... or as I like to call him... Billy. So after several months of waiting and getting ready for prom the time was finally here. Here is how my Saturday went.. I woke up at ohh I would say 10:30 am. and I woke up to Jake texting me, so I decided I should probably get up. So I got up and got ready and left my house at about 11:25 (a little later than I wanted to leave…) and I traveled up to Oakdale where my mother and prom date Jake’s mom had a meeting with several other Ladies in Relief Society. And so I rode down to Eau Claire with Mindy (Jake’s mama) and grand mother and another lady from his ward. Once we got to the house we see Jake and Bob and Jake’s Grandpa working on the car. So we got out say hello to everyone and I brought all of my stuff inside. Mindy and I had to run some quick errands and while we were out we got food for Jake and Bob and Mindy and I. So we went back to the house and ate then the real fun began… We got started on the hair. It did not take as long as I thought it would so that was a relief to me. And I sat very still for the whole hour it took to do my hair, and for those of you who know me… that never happens. And so after the hair was done Mindy polished the acrylics Sarah put on my fingers a couple days ago. When that was done I decided to do my make up and I think I did pretty well at doing my make up all by myself… I think I’m growing up. Once I was done doing my make up we had about 15 minutes till my family was going to be arriving to take pictures so I went and changed. And Mindy had to help me zip up my dress and then I put on my jewelry and slipped on my Cinderella shoes and went up stairs. Now it was time to wait. About 5 minutes later my family pulled up with a little addition to our little family. And that would be baby Nate who really isn’t a baby anymore, but I am so used to calling him that. About 5 minutes after that Scott and Mi Mor came and the real fun began. LOTS OF ENDLESS PICTURES!!!!!!! Eventually we got away from the Sutton’s and went to Scott’s house for appetizers then back to the Sutton’s for steak and potatoes… yummmmm. Then off to the dance after a quick stop at Jake’s brother Jim’s house to say hi. The dance was at a beautiful garden place. After the dance we went to David and Collette Staples’ house for a bonfire and to watch a movie being projected on the side of their shed. Well the bonfire wouldn’t start so we just watched the movie. After we got to cold Jake and I left and went back to his house, and finished watching Enchanted and watched License to wed after that. Then that ended the night of prom.

Slight Update...

2008-03-26T22:43:00.000-07:00

Soooo I have a friend... Yes I know I do have them. And he was recently in Iraq and I would like to say he has come home safe, (and boy am I glad). And I have gotten to talk to him alot since he has been back and he is EXTREMELY happy to be home safe. And so am I. (To the Left is an older picture of us...) Today while we were talking we were talking about when we met... and it was pretty funny.And I was at work and I work at a flower shop as I am sure anyone who reads my blog knows... WELL my favorite flower is the Gerber Dasiy. So I took a picture of it. Then I went to the Manzella's house (where I have been staying for the week but now had to give my future home back.) well I went to their house and played with Vader their very very active dog. Well I had pictures with her but they were very very Dark...

Oh and I bought my prom dress. It is soooo adorable. I love it. (Pictures will come soon.... well maybe.)

My Trip to Eau Claire

2008-03-16T15:48:00.000-07:00

Since Jake asked me in a creative way, I had to answer in a creative way. Mac & I made this with valentine heart candies. There are 311 glued to the board. Jake had no idea that we were coming, and he was totally surprised when I jumped out of the room and he saw me. I had planned it out with his mom, Mindy, that I would come down and say yes. I called Mindy on the way down and asked her to think of a reason to get Jake out of the house. I gave her an hour and a half to think. So I called her when Emily and I were 10 minutes away and she said "Ok see you then." She sent Jake away to coldstone for her client's daughter's birthday. All the while he was texting me complaining about how his mother, who woke him up and HE had to go to the store for HER client's daughter's birthday (blah blah blah).
I said YES!

He was surprised!

Pictures of our drive to Eau Claire

2008-03-16T14:57:00.000-07:00

My Tuesday in a Glance.

2008-02-20T16:02:00.000-08:00

So I got up just like normal. I got up went to seminary and then went to school. Well my friend Jake, from Eau Claire, didn’t have school and so I was talking to him all day and when I asked him what he and our friend Scott were doing he avoided the subject… whatever right? Well then Emily text messaged me while I was at school and asked me if and what time I worked. I answered her and then we decided we would go out to lunch... a weekly occurrence. So I went through the day at school. Then I went to pick up me and she had said Jake had sent me a package. So I told her I wanted to open it before we went out to lunch. So I walked into the house and my favorite song was playing so I started singing it and looked in the living room and Emily wasn’t there. So I thought oh well she is probably in our room… so I walked to the door and saw a sign that said “400 Balloons 1 Question” so I opened the door or at least tried and I couldn’t but I stuck my head into my room and saw that my room was PACKED full of balloons. Em was hiding in the balloons and then popped out and started taking pictures. So then Jake was calling her and I talked to him. And he mentioned that I had to pop all of the balloons to find the puzzle. So I played in them and showed my whole family… went to work, came home and played in them some more. And my mom Sarah and I had A LOT of fun playing in the balloons and taking pictures.

My friends Scott and Jake came to my house at 9 in the morning and started blowing up balloons. Emily helped them and they didn't leave till 12 ish. and they only had to leave because they had to go ask Scott's girlfriend. In this next slide show there are pictures of Jakey and Scottie blowing up balloons.

7 interesting things

2008-01-30T18:49:00.000-08:00

Ok soooo apparently I have been tagged and have to think of 7 interesting things about myself and I am sure non of these will be interesting. [:

1. I have played lacrosse since I was a freshman in High school.

2. I broke my pinky a year and a half ago and had to have surgery. And I was in the hospital for 4 days because of a staph infection.

3. I secretly want 3-5 kids. But always say I don't want any.

4. I have gone to 3 different high schools in 4 years, but I have always lived in the same house.

5. If I don't like someone's name I am very likely to not want to get to know them.

6. I'm known to get bored quite easily. and if I get a thought that I think is important I say it no matter how irrelevant it is.

7. I want to get married in the Logan Utah temple. I think it is pretty.

FEEDBACK PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-11-21T12:23:00.000-08:00

For my British Literature Class we have to write a riddle.... So let me know what you think... and you can comment your answers cause I would like to see if anyone can get it... THANKS :]

I can be young or old, and vary in length. I am full but always empty. I am used for recreational and non-recreational purposes. I am home to many both large and small; some so small they can not be seen. I am bumpy and smooth; I can be as strong as a freight train or as weak as a mouse. I can be surrounded by many, few, or none. Many come to see and partake of my great wonders. I am always changing but never different. I can twist and turn or I can lay as straight as possible. I can be broken over and over again and not feel a thing. What am I?

Work Benefits

2007-11-14T19:30:00.000-08:00

SO at work when we have flowers that are going bad we get to take them home. So one night I came home with 9 orange flowers and 1 red so I arranged (or atleast tried) them to make them look pretty... and here are some of the pictures!!!

Senior Pictures... I'm growing up...

2007-10-30T12:46:00.000-07:00

So my sister wanted to see my senior pics... so here they are...

p.s. my mama took these pictures

now i have to go to the doctor cause i am broken... :]

actually my shoulder is really sore.

2 truths and a lie...

2007-10-16T13:15:00.000-07:00

So I have been told by many that I need to update my blog and I don’t really have anything to blog about so I will just update on my life…. So I went to Utah after my sister and b-i-l (brother-in-law) and niece were out here. While there I went to a building implosion with my b-i-l and daddy and also with Allison and Nathan’s neighbor. Who happens to be a state trooper and we rode in this squad car. We had to be there by 5:45 in the morning. My sister and bro in law lives about 40 min away from Salt Lake so we left the house at 3:50 and got there at about 4:45… in the morning!! And we played games before the implosion and there were news crews there and they were doing a story about one of the former presidents of the bank… anyways it was really early… but it was really cool and way worth it. Here is a link to see it: http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4107634&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1

So before I left my mother and I went to Eastview high school to register for my classes. (That’s right I switched high schools for my senior year). And I registered for this class called work experience, (The seminar classes are designed to help students acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote personal growth and develop competencies in self-awareness and self-advocacy, career awareness, employment readiness, interpersonal relationships, independent living, and citizenship. The goals of the program are to increase student employability skills, develop vocational training and awareness, and promote student success at Eastview High School. Students apply informed decision-making processes to develop a career investigation portfolio and participate in real-world work experience through research, shadowing, and/or on-the-job training) that is the course description. If you read it you probably didn’t have to. :) Anyways so that meant I needed to find a job… and fast so my friend told me of this little flower shop that was hiring so I went and picked up an application. And I went in and had an interview and well now I work anywhere between 12-20 hours a week. (http://eaganfloral.com/)

Also I am apparently married (or well I guess it would be engaged because we technically are not married…) Yes it is true. His name is Aaron Stratman. That would be him. And here is the story of how we became married… Aaron graduated last year so he GETS to teach in the primary in the Burnsville ward. Which meets right before my ward. Well we meet last year in seminary because all 3 wards in the building were combined. So I went with my sister to choir one day and I realized I don’t sing and wondered why I came with. So I left. And trust me I did the whole choir and ward a favor. So anyways I went to go find Aaron to say hi. And I found his dad and we were talking then along came Aaron. And he was like what are you doing here already? And I said oh trying to avoid choir. He said you should come sit with my primary class with me. So I was like ok I don’t have anything to do. So a kid in his class leaned over to Aaron and said are you two married? And Aaron and I looked at each other and said yes yes we are. So now we refer to each other like we are married using terms like husband and wife. And his parents think it’s the funniest thing. As do his sisters.

Can you guess which one is the lie??

I think that is about all I have to talk about so this is all for now. Maybe in another 3 months I’ll update again. :)

My Family is Here!!!

2007-07-13T16:47:00.000-07:00

Peak-a-boo!!!

soooo cute!!

ahhhhh

2007-07-02T14:08:00.000-07:00

so it is coming down to it..... sofie, allison and nathan are coming out here in like 5 days.... AND the fourth is on wednesday... gonna be amazing..... i can't wait to see this little princess!!!!!!!!! and of course her mom and dad. but seriously!!!!

2007-06-20T15:23:00.001-07:00

i want a picture on here..... so here is one of me and my "little sisters"

what up...

2007-06-20T15:19:00.000-07:00

i'm bored and supposed to be doing summer school stuff.... but i'm kinda not feeling it. i finished a book today... and i can't find the third one. oh well it will be found besides i'm pretty sure i've read it before. haha oh well..... have a good day!!!!!!!

~LC~

why not...

2007-06-11T12:38:00.001-07:00

So everyone in my family got one so I thought why not.... plus i wanted to add a comment and you have to have a blog.... but that is besides the point... I don't know what to put on here..... So i am going to stop now... have a GREAT day...

~Me~