Falling With Style

Avatar!

2011-07-26T20:54:00.000-07:00

So... Avatar the Last Airbender is totally on my top list of favorite cartoons ever created. The graphics and animation in this show is so cool, its got that classic animation style to it with just enough of a twist to make it seem updated and cool. The story throughout is pretty sweet and well written. The characters are totally lovable (i know because i totally love them :P) basically if you have not seen it (netfix has it) i not only highly recommend them (you can get the whole series on dvd for a pretty sweet price on Amazon) i will help you watch them (there are like 10 websites to watch it on).

ANYHOW I just found out that nickelodeon studios is going to be doing another series related to Avatar the Last Air Bender! I don't really know if it is a sequel yet or a companion or what but it looks absolutely awesome! Its going to be called:

Avatar: The Legend of Korra

It even sounds awesome right...right... I KNOW! woo hoo! so i have a link to the teaser trailer that nickelodeon has put out, and also a link to the avitar-wiki page so if you (like me) are totally STOKED for this you can read up!

Teaser Trailer

Avatar Wiki

Weddings

2011-07-21T17:26:00.001-07:00

So one of mine and Phil's friends just got married today and it is so awesome! (congrats btw to Matt and Sarah) when we first got married we really didn't have any married friends so our social life almost disappeared! but now... ahhh it's great to finally have multiple groups of friends that we can hang out with!

Harry Potter

2011-07-16T18:06:00.001-07:00

The new Harry Potter movie just came out and my aunt, being the wonderful person that she is invited me (and a gaggle of friends) to come to a premier showing in a theater she rented. Needless to say at the prospect of not having to wait in line but still get the opportunity to see this fantastic movie was a phenomenal experience!

The movie itself was exactly what I hoped it to be in every way but one, and my only complaint in comparison is really quite small with the amazingness that is the final Harry Potter movie! For anyone reading this I am going to talk about the movie so if your an anti spoiler person then get off your butt go see the movie and then come back to finish reading my thoughts ;)

First to start with the good. Bellatrix LaStrange is Dead! And none other than the fabulous mrs weasley killed her, but not until she said one of my favorite quotes in the movie "not my daughter you B****!" this coming from a character as, well as "mom like" as Mrs Weasley for me just intensifies the brilliance of this for me. Secondly can I just say that Neville Longbottom just is Fabulous! I've always loved his character through every movie and every book and I feel Yates captured perfectly the seen where Voldimort carries Harry's thought to be lifeless body and Neville just spews awesomeness. He is such a champion! Oh also when he kills Nagani..... Ha that was epic! The last thing i'll mention here (if you saw it you know there's way more!) is the seen where Snape dies. They did this differently than the book but I almost like it better than the book! The depth that Alan Rickman portrays here (2 days later) still touches me! I always liked Snape through the whole series, even in book 6 when Snape kills Dumbledore I knew something else had to be going on. I stubbornly refused to believe he could be evil and do what he did. Snape was just to awesome! This however leads me to the one thing that did not live up to my expectations, the pensive. Don't get me wrong they did a beautiful job in this seen they just didn't build Snape and Lillys relationship enough. It's pretty funny now that I think about it but really the only thing I am mad/upset does not show up is the seen where Lilly saves Severus after one of James strings Snape up by his feet. It's silly I know, but I felt this was really important to show that Lilly remained such a loyal friend to Severus even though they clearly had different ideas, dreams, and passions. it also shows how good Lilly truly was.

Anyhow those are my thoughts! Epic movie! I can't wait for it to come out on blue ray! I want the full box set:D

Brave

2011-07-03T15:21:00.000-07:00

I posted earlier about how excited i am about up and coming pixar and disney movies. The one I am most excited about is "Brave". They've started posting concept art, trailers, and this is the official description posted on Disney.com :D

"Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. In “Brave,” a new tale joins the lore when the courageous Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts.
Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (voice of Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (voice of Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (voice of Robbie Coltrane). Merida’s actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Witch (voice of Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late."

Movie Trailer:
http://disney.go.com/brave/?cmp=wdsmp_brv_url_dcombrave

The Wise Woman

Queen Elinor

Lord MacIntosh

Princess Merida

Concept Art

Movie Poster

A Shot from trailer:

New And Awesome

2010-10-13T17:56:00.000-07:00

So i've always been kinda a crazy Disney fan- I was just surfing the web and i found out about some really awesome Disney/ Pixar animated films that are going to be coming up in the next few years!

Tangled- November 24, 2010

I love Rupunzel, I love Disney- this is going to be epic! So Excited!

Cars II- June 24, 2011

When i was researching info on this movie there were a lot of people apprehensive about pixar sticking to just sequels in many of their projects set into motion. I personally am excited because i have yet to see a pixar movie that was not phenomenal regardless including the sequels they have done (Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3) the synopsis i got is from Wikipedia

Lightning McQueen, his pit crew and his new crew chief, Mater,

head around the world for the "Race of Champions" taking place in five different countries: japan, Austria, Italy, a 24- hour race in France, and the United Kingdom. However, Mater, involved in a case of mistaken identity, saves the life of a British se

cret agent named Finn McMissile and finds himself embroiled in his world of international espionage.

Brave- June 15, 2012

Formally called The Bear and the Bow. Reese Witherspoon is casted as the main Character, Princess Merida. I've always been a huge Reese fan and look forward to her playing this role! the synopsis (and the info about Reese) is from Wikipedia- hope they're accurate sounds pretty cool and the concept art looks pretty intriguing as well!

"In Rugged and mythic Scotland the impetuous, tangled-haired Merida, though a daught

er of royalty, would rather make her mark as an archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her fathers kingdom and her mother's life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic, and a dark ancient curse."

Monsters Inc 2- November 2, 2012

Many felt the same way about Monsters Inc 2 as the did Cars II many saying that the would far rather have an incredibles 2 than a Monsters Inc 2- although i think that an incredibles 2 would be cool i personally would rather have a monsters inc 2. there have been so many super hero movies and things done recently that i feel like pixar would have a hard time coming up with an original plot line. and really when you think about it when pixar does something- they do it right and they do it creatively.

I was not able to find an official release of what the story line for this will be although i did find one site that rumored it taking place in the future with Boo all grown and then accidentally finding herself in the montroplolis again. Supposedly confirmed by a "friend who used to work for pixar animation"... how credible this is i have no idea!

King of the Elves- December 2012

I found out about this film earlier this year and was quite put out to find that it had been canceled... however disney brought it back online July 2010 and it is in production again for a release date some time in December! The Concept art for this looks totally awesome! This was found on a random blog so i don't know the validity of it- then again Wikipedia isn't always the most trustworthy source either so I thought i would include it anyway!

"based on Phillip K. Dick short story about a band of elves and on

e dwarf living in modern-day Mississippi Delta who name a local human their king after he helps them save them from an evil troll"

Pretty cool sounding huh! Can't wait to see the spin disney puts on it

Oh You're So Awesome Disney

2010-10-12T18:22:00.000-07:00

So for 2010 Disney employed Annie Leibovitz to do a series of portrats for their "Year of a Million Dreams" campaign. Leibovitz is taking famous Move Stars and Sport Stars and incorporating them into famous disney charters. I think that a lot of these are really beautifully done and overall I think is a really cool step for Disney to take. My only complaint is that i have NO idea who half of these "stars" are. I wish that more well known and loved stars would have been used. Anyhow Enjoy!

The Little Mermaid, (Ariel) Julianne Moore and Michael Phelps

Sword In The Stone (King Arthur) Roger Federer

Snow White- Rachel Weisz
Sleeping Beauty- (Aurora) Vanessa Hudgens and (Prince Phillip) Zac Efron
Sleeping Beauty (Prince Phillip) David Beckham
Pocahontas- Jessica Biel
Pinocchio (Blue Fairy) Julie Andrews, Abigail Breslin
Peter Pan (Peter) Mikhail Baryshnikov, (Wendy) Gisele Bundchen, (TinkerBell) Tina Fey
Cinderella- Scarlett Johanson
Alice and Wonderland- (Alice) Beyonce, (Mad Hatter) Oliver Platt (March Hair) Lyle Lovett
Aladin (Geni) Whoopi Goldberg
Aladin- Mark Anthony, (Jasmine) Jennifer Lopez

Update

2010-10-11T20:04:00.000-07:00

So awesome news, this last week at dance I was nominated and voted in as the secretary of my dance group! Mindy Garff is the new president, Brookie Curnow is the new vice president, and Janeen is going to be the treasurer again. I realize that no one reading this blog will know who these people are but i can assure you they are awesome and this next year is going to be really good for the group!

YEAH RDS :D

Awesome Week!

2010-10-03T11:44:00.000-07:00

I'm an Aunt.... Again! James and Darlene had a beautiful baby this past week- healthy and so entirely adorable sweet baby boy named Sawyer James Russell ! Me and Phil went to visit him at the hospital just a few days after he was born. It was kinda funny because the whole time i was holding him he stayed asleep and really didn't do much but as soon as he was handed over to Phil he started waking up and fussing, i thought that Phil would have handed him back over to me or to James but he pleasantly surprised me and held Sawyer close to him and rocked him till he calmed down. It was way cute and it was a great look into the future at how great of a dad Phil is going to be when we start having kids :D Anyhow its been an exciting week and i'll thrilled to have another awesome little nephew

This is from the Email that James sent out via email to everyone! .... SO CUTE!

The Books Of Bayren

2010-06-04T20:54:00.000-07:00

So i read these books ages ago back when i was in junior high school/ high school. They are an easy read but that does not stop them from being one of my favorite book series to date. Shannon Hale is the author and does a beautiful job creating not only a lovable story but also a new world to dive into. She has great imagery throughout the entire series and gives the audience well loved and relateable characters that you miss when you stop reading. Its your typical predictable fairytale; however Hale does a great job adding little details that keep the story from becoming too predictable and adding in facets that are unique and new to the game. Although parts are still like every other fairytale in the book i embrace this fact and love it regardless; I feel as though you should never be too old to read and enjoy a book that will still have a happily ever after ending. I am also quite thrilled to discover that Hale has added another addition to this wonderful series: Forest Born. I can not wait to read though it and enjoy the newest chapter in this amazing series.

1 Year!

2010-04-04T10:40:00.000-07:00

It has been exactly on year (and a day) sense i was married :D I cannot believe how quickly time has passed it really does not seem like it has been that long. Phil and i got to spend the entire weekend together up at a cute little place called club laspri. It was really really cool there- no pun intended it snowed the entire we were there :P. Regardless of the weather it was still really fun to ignore everything else and just chill. We got to go shopping at the outlet stores witch was way fun. I got 2 new dresses and phil got some pants and a couple pairs of shoes. We also got to walk around old down town with our good friend Jon who works up there. All in all it was a fabulous weekend and unfortunately it's over.... back to work now oh well just 5 days till next weekend :D

Irish Dancing!

2010-02-27T07:58:00.001-08:00

I have started dancing again! (WOHOO!) Due to the schedule change at work I no longer am working on Saturdays which means that I am now able to attend my Irish dancing classes :D I started dancing when I was 13 and moved up to the Performing group when I was about 14 or 15. In the performing group I would go around and dance for various places; many Irish or Scottish festivals, church functions, parades, nursing homes, concerts, we have even been asked to dance for Gallic Storm which is a very famous Irish dancing group (like riverdance) really anywhere we were wanted because my group dances for free. This is not a common practice among many Irish dancing schools- most schools are competition schools and work the entire year (or longer) to go to a fesh to compete and win. For these groups there are very expensive monthly group admission and lesson costs thousand dollar dresses, wigs that must be worn, on top of shoe care and any other trifling expenses. The group I dance with is called Rinceoiri Don Spraoi, which in Gaelic means "Dancing for Fun" this is exactly what we do! We have low cost classes and you do not need a costume unless you are in the performing group and even then we have our own personal seamstress so we save a TON on the dresses-The best part about my group is that we dance as a team and because of this dance is not only a great way to exercise and love what I am doing but it is also a community and I have many friends there. Dance for me has been a great comfort in many times of need and has helped me in ways that nothing else could! If you are ever looking for a great way to have fun for a couple hours and exercise (yes it is awesome exercise you can ask my aching mussels right now :P) Rinceoiri Don Spraoi is the best thing for you!

http://www.irishdanceutah.com/Home.html

This is Charlotte, Janene, and Kim Dancing Advanced 3 Hand

This is Me, Beth, and Katie dancing at Fairview Mall. We are dancing Breakout

These are a few of my crazy friends from dance, they are on top of our float for the St Pattys Day Parade.

This is Kristen, Me, Sarah, and Hannah waiting for the performance to start

Stupid Drivers...

2010-02-09T19:43:00.000-08:00

Initially i intended this blog to vent my frustrations with utahan drivers and their lack of sense and curtsy on the road.... well i did a google search for a photo to go along with this and these are some of the photos i foundNote that in this picture the suv is wedged between the pole and a fence... and there is no visable damage to the fence...

really... what seriously can happen on a small residential road that would cause this

what a nice day for a stroll down the beach, you may find some seaweed or sea shells or a freaking car burried in the sand....SIDEWAYS :P
how you may wonder did this lovely sedan get in the roof of a church?

I HAVE NO FREAKING IDEA!

After viewing these pictures i really don't feel as though some idiot who just got on the freeway speeding up cutting across all lanes of traffic to cut in front of me in the fast lane with only inches between our cars who then proceeds to slam on his breaks, switch back over to the next lane over, and flip me off as i drive by. At least my car didn't end up in a church roof or burried sideways in the sad :P

One More Day Till Freedom!

2010-01-26T19:56:00.001-08:00

Ugg! Work is totally overwhelming right now... good thing I only have one more day this week till I am free! Come this Thursday I will be saying adios to Utah and HELLO California! SWEETNESS!  I have my hotel booked, the tickets to Wicked purchased (booya! front and center in the orchestra seating!) basically the entire trip planned. Now it just comes down to the flight. My old roomie from college Kellie's brother works for Delta so he is getting us buddy passes to San Francisco- (best way to fly btw, we'll probably go first class and instead of $240+ for the round trip its only $80 round trip!) The only and I mean the only downside to this is that its not a for sure that we will get on the plane :( this means that the hotel, the amazing wicked seats, and the fun filled trip may be canceled just like that... LAME! All I can do is (try) and patiently wait and pray that the flight pans out! I really need this trip after the last couple weeks at work!

Wait For It....

2010-01-24T09:40:00.000-08:00

So you know those times in your life, or those days that you just feel like blah. You know that there is nothing wrong but you still cant help but feel like the whole world is crashing down around you. That's where I've been for the last couple days- blah land.... and it was really not so very much goodly for me. Good news though! I found a cure, Chick wait for it ....Flicks! Ha Ha bet you weren't going to guess that one! I watched In Her Shoes last night and it was just what i needed. Freaking cute show btw its not so much the love story in it, its the whole sister bond thing that makes the show so freaking great! Anyhow for the next couple days i will probably drive my hubby crazy because i feel like a chick flick marathon is just what i need right now. Too bad all my girlie friends are forever away or we could party and eat not so good for you but great tasting food and watch sweet movies.... i really need to find a few girls in salt lake to hang out with. lol Oh well one issue at a time right.

The Last Day...

2010-01-09T15:33:00.000-08:00

The Last Day....

Its hard to tell if this is a good thing or a bad thing. On the one hand it means change wonderful glorious change, a chance of starting new, a new beginning. However it also means change, stepping into the unknown, the foreboding oncoming of.... something.

It was my last day working at Country Lake. I have just been offered a new promotion at work! I am totally thrilled that i am finally being recognized for my hard work. I have worked at that property for over a year and on top of that i have been assisting at all of the other property's at the drop of the hat whenever I am asked.

I am a little... okay a lot nervous though. I really don't know why i feel this way, I think more than anything it is because i have been sick lately thereby making me way more emotional than i really want to be... EVER.

So to sum up me... i am all nerves right now however i am happy... no freaking excited for this new adventure to open up for me. I know that it is going to be a very positive experience and i will learn a lot and grow, maybe that is why i am so nervous change is coming. Now i just need to embrace the change as good and wonderful not foreboding and terrifying... that's easy to do right!

Amy Pond!

2010-01-06T09:27:00.000-08:00

Okay so i just found out who the new companion is going to be for Dr Who! Drum Roll Please........... Karen Gillan! She's really pretty! Hope she can Act!
And here is my one last rant on Dr Who (for this blog)... FREAKING AMAZING! I love that show so much! The final episode with David Tennant was in a word Brilliant. I really was happy with how it ended. Mind you I would have rather had just 1 more season with him but that wasnt an option so I was happy with it. As far as Matt Smith goes he was a total space cadet in the end of the episode (which there was no preview for... silly BBC) He looks like he is going to be really fun and alive like Christopher Eccleston was which will be a nice mix up comparatively to the Fun but Dramatic David Tennant. I guess I really cant judge his (Matt Smith's) charter in the 30 seconds of screen time he got in that episode. But maybe he won't be as bad as i was thinking he would be :D

3 Months and Counting

2010-01-05T12:26:00.000-08:00

Its Official! We have put in our notice to move! In only 3 short months we will be out of this tiny wannabe apartment and on to bigger and better things! what and where those things may be i am not sure yet... I am hoping that my cousins Emily and Peter will have moved out of my Grandmas house, I will be in collage (yea!) Phll will be in collage (sweetness), We will be saving money (hopefully) for Japan in the fall (AWESOME!) at least that is the plan, i guess only time will tell for sure at this point! The future seems so random and crazy at the moment but at the same time totally wonderful! I kinda feel like I am on the edge of a diving board waiting to do this totally spectacular dive- but for some reason i haven't started the approach... i am just standing there thinking of how awesome it is going to be when in reality i really should be doing the dive! ARG! Come on Stephie you should be able to do this! I guess at the same time i shouldn't be in too much of a hurry after all 3 months still... 3 months and counting

Remembering Iassc

2009-12-31T15:48:00.000-08:00

So my mom just gave me this totally awesome new book for Christmas and the only way to describe it BRILLIANT The book is about this guy Jake that just graduated from collage going to work in this little itty bitty town as a potter. He took over the shop from the previous owner who is now dead. The book is about people comeing and telling him about this wonderful man, Issac. Issac was a very religious man and it is one of those books that makes you look at life with a new eye and just love everything and everyone around you. It also makes me want to take pottery classes :D. So if and when i get some spare time i think that is something i would really like to do. I did a little when i was much younger and dont really know why i ever stopped... lol yes i do it was pottery or painting and though i loved doing pottery it never really brought me the satisfaction of the brush. Anyhow, it is truely a good read for anyone and if you read this blog i would highly suggest it :D

The Anticipation Builds

2009-12-31T15:14:00.000-08:00

Okay so first off this is going to be geaky but i totally have mixed feelings about tomorrow for one reason alone. It is going to be the final season... the final episode with my all time favorite... my doctor David Tennant. I can not even begin to express how much i am going to miss him. he has been wonderful and fabulous and just down right amazing playing the doctor. I don't know how much i will like the next guy(matt freaking creeper smith)...or if i like him at all as it stands right now i am trying my best not to be biased against him but i will have to form a better opinion (hopefully) of him when the new season will start back up.

This is a spoiler for any one who cares remotely about Dr Who. so stop reading now. I would almost rather not watch the episode- it will be to hard to watch the doctor die again, watching Christopher die was horrid.... i seriously almost stopped watching the show convinced that i would never like David Tennant (ha ha funny huh) however the first part of this freaking episode was like the biggest cliff hanger ever! THE FREAKING TIME LORDS ARE COMING BACK. I do not know how i could NOT watch that episode.... dumb dumb dumb which is what leads me to my biggest delema. am i excited for the episode or dreading it.... i dont thnk i will know till i am done watching the episode. Should you be reading this and scratching your head thinking to your self i have to know what she is talking about then i would be more than glad to tell you.... but i don't think you will be, because honestly i don't think anyone reads my blog.... ha ha oh well its fun writing in it anyhow.

Okay i am done ranting.... and being crazy... it think

The wonderful David Tennant

Matt Smith...

San Fran Baby!

2009-12-29T22:04:00.000-08:00

For those of you that do not know i am in the process of planning an awesome trip at the end of January to San Francisco with my roommates Kelly and Christina. (.... yes that is right Phil is not going to be coming much to his dismay but it was planned as a girls weekend so he and I will have to go there again some time soon :P) We are going because the 2 of them have not seen Wicked and really more than anything we really just want too! I am really excited because i have not really been on a vacation sense my Honeymoon which was great and i loved it (sea world rocks!) however I was really stressed due to my job (I did not know if i would still have a job within a few weeks of our return due to... ugg yea...) And besides that i will get to let loose and just have fun! We got together at Kellie's and reviewed what our budget would be and a few of the places we are going to try to go to and really everything. We really didn't get much done but it was just fun to get started and really realize that this is going to be happening. We are totally catching a lucky break with the airfare. Kellie's brother in law works for the airline so he is getting us buddy passes for a round trip to San Fran for only $80 bucks! that in itself is enought to want to go :D Everything else is going to be pretty pricy but we figure with the 3 of us we can split costs and help keep the bills down. Now i just have to start counting out the pennies so that i can actually afford it! ha ha wish me luck

Christmas 2009!

2009-12-28T11:40:00.000-08:00

I am sick and its horrid! I don't know why but every single year at this time i get sick... like bad sick. i guess i should have expected it but every year i secretly hope that maybe the sick bug will pass me over.... oh well cant win them all!

Christmas was awesome this year if by awesome you mean busy! lol It was a crazy couple of days but it was fun and i enjoyed all of it! Christmas Eve morning i got my nails done (wahoo Jessica rocks!) I visited Janna my co worker who was a brat and insisted that i stayed with her till she was done at work (1 o'clock at this point) and then i got a call from my mom saying that she needed me to get a birthday present for my cousin Randy (no one gave her presents back on her birthday in August so Christmas Eve along with all the other birthdays in December we celebrated hers as well) and i figured i could grab 1 or 2 more little things for my Mom and Phil while i was there.... WRONG i totally knew that people did a lot of last min shopping but i never knew the intensity of this till i went to Jordan Landing on Christmas Eve. HOLY CRAP it was INSANE! needless to say i forgot getting the other presents for my Mom and Phil and focused specifically on just Randi--- lol and that was hard enough! i finally figured that it would just be easiest to get a parking spot clear out in BFE and walk everywhere and i am glad i did i wouldn't have gotten out of there till midnight! lol anyhow after that me and Phil opened presents at our house due tot he fact that we were really not going to get any other alone time together till the day AFTER Christmas. and at this point I was done with waiting.

I was very proud with the way i wrapped Phil's presents- it was awesome! for his birthday he was totally able to guess every single freaking thing i got him so for Christmas i made sure he would never guess. I got him a couple Lego sets (he/we are enjoying legos right now. we want to have a ton when we have kids so we have started collecting them now :D ) well i opened the box and wrapped each little baggie in toilet paper so when you shake the box you could not tell what it was---- ha ha ha it was epic! when he opened it up he was like what the crap! ha ha.... oh awesome! i changed the way i wrapped all the presents but the legos were the best by FAR!

We then jumped into the car and headed over to my Grandma Goldie's (we were an hour late at this point) and much to my dismay we had missed the Christmas story and part of the 12 days of Christmas ( my family has this crazy awesome tradition that every year at Christmas we have these giant cards that have each gift for the 12 days of Christmas and we break up into groups and sing the song. its a lot of fun and Christmas would not be the same without it :D ) but we did get there just in time and didn't miss the whole thing! Then we did white elephant- which was hilarious this year someone brought a pair of slippers that were made out of super plus pads :P ha ha it was hilarious! anyhow i ended up with 12 different colored large shirts and phil wound up with some chocolate. not a bad year, ha ha at least we didn't get the pad slippers :D

Then we headed over to my Nana's, ate and played Christmas bingo- which was very fun TOTALLY crazy the kids got put at one end and the parents at the other so it was CHAOS at the kid side of the table. it all worked out in the end ha ha i ended up with a big white teddy bear and a few other things.

After Nana's we went back to my parents house and slept on the most uncomfortable bed i have slept on in quite a while. but it was worth it the next morning to be right there when the rest of my family was opening presents. My mom gave me a huge tub of scrap booking stuff which Phil was not very happy about but i was i cant wait till i am feeling better so i can do all sorts of fun stuff :D

We spent Christmas day with Phil's family and i swear watched movies for forever! lol we went to see Avatar (awesome btw) then we watched Harry Potter, Myth Busters, and Paul Blart Mall Cop. it was crazy but nice to spend time with Phil's family :D

All in all it was a great Christmas- now if i can just be not sick!

The Readers Digest Rant

2009-10-09T21:16:00.000-07:00

work work work this seems like its all i do lately. i miss having other things i was doing... diving, dancing, painting, even homework i miss kinda right now. I need to start doing something else with my time other than watching hulu, sleeping, and working! BLAH! I didnt mean for this to be a rant but its all that has been going on. lol theres lots of stories from work but no one would really get those but my co workers and right now everyone is so stressed with the VP changes and the owners comeing to town to really enjoy thier time or do anything but stress. which wouldnt be as big of an issue if i was or could be as busy as them! but things have been SOO FREAKING SLOW lately that its a wonder i have anything to do! all i have done for the last like 3 weeks has been busy work- and thats not hard to say how lame that is. i am almost worried that i will be let go just becasue my position is almost not needed. I at least have some job security... lol i just got my 4th job offer about a week ago- each for a different company :P I know i would be more busy at the other sites but i would not get paid or have as good of benifits and i need a good job so i can save for when we go to logan next year.

mmm at least it is fall!

Ouch

2009-07-20T18:36:00.000-07:00

I got a paper cut today... it hurt alot. I hope it gets better soon :D

Hello again!

2009-07-19T19:36:00.001-07:00

So yea i have this awesome friend who just got a blog and realized that i have not written a blog in a rediculous amount of time. anywho so i guess i will do a quick update.

first and foremost i am married!! yea its awesome my name is now Stephanie Anne Russell and i am married to the bestest man alive Phillip Michael Russell. I am living in a little (freaking little) crappy apartment, but it is a roof over our heads and it works for us for the time being. I am hoping after our lease is up in March we will be able to move back into my grandma's basement and save money up for a house and school. I am going to be going to slcc for fall semester but i am hoping to be going back to utah state this coming summer or fall to major in Landscape Architecture. We will see how well this plan works out, as my grandma puts it " want to know how to make God laugh? tell him your plans for your life." :P lol that makes me laugh and it is so true. had you asked me a year and an half ago that i would be married i would have laughed and said... Right.... lol but yea. I no longer work for Alliance Residential ( :'( i am still quite sad at this fact) i now work for Millwood Management at a property called Foxboro Terrace. i have offically worked there one week now it is going to be a great property to work at but it will be a freaking amount of work and it is a little far away but where i am not planning on working for too much longer sense i will be going to school so it should be okay. I love my new manaer Shelly, she is really funny but totally OCD!!! like freakishly.. ha ha shes awesome! I am not going to talk anymore about that cuz it is REALLY stressful for me right now but i am sure things will get better and i am sure that this too shall pass. hmmm what else, me and phil bought a new car a sicon TC, (basicly cute, fast, and fun) i got a new phone (which cracked after having it only 12 hours... but i will get a new one on the 6th). oh DUH!! huge thing all my friends are coming home from their missions!!! it is so freaking awesome to have them all home. Shrew gets home in 4 days and i am freaking SOOO freaking excited!!!! its going to be great to see him, and i cant WAIT to introduce him to phil!!! yeah my life rocks

Country Lake

2008-09-13T08:35:00.000-07:00

So i found out yesterday at 4:00pm that i will no longer be working at my property (mind you that the day ends at 6:00.... yea i got 2 hours notice- i thought i had at least one more WEEK!) ... i have been transfered to Country Lake Apartments. I feel like my heart was just ripped out of my chest. i have become so close to all the girls at Pinnacleand the maintence team; they're my friends. its where i have been learning how to do everything and i feel like everything that i have worked so hard for was for nothing because now i just have to re-learn it all! I have been trying to think of some of the good things about this change... and there really are some good things; its closer to my home, their computer system is much simpler (even though i only barly know how to use it), my friends Zach and Jessica live at that property so i will be able to see them more often, its a really cute property and i will be able to lease more with less effort. But regardless of how many things i list i am still broken hearted. I do love my job i just can't stand corprate right now :'(

2008-08-10T08:23:00.000-07:00

So its been a while sense I have posted! Here is the readers digest version of what is kind of going on with me right now.

Wow time slips away fast and its crazy how much happens! Its hard to believe that the summer is coming to a close, Utah State is going to be starting soon and I am going to be here in salt lake working wishing I was up there. It is crazy how attached you get to that silly school! Some girls came in to lease an apartment the other day and they had just finished their degrees up at USU and we sat there and just talked about that wonderful town up north for a bit. It was fabulous! I think that no matter what I am doing I will be an aggie :)

I am living at my grandma-mass house right now and it has been great. I lived with her till I was 8 or 9 and now I am back and its been wonderful! I have gotten to know her better and I get to see her every day. She truly is one of the most incredible people that I know! If I can be just a bit like her when I am old I will be set.

My new job is awesome I am working at a Highland (aka the great and spacious building) as a leasing agent. ha ha we have so many crazies that live there! But it keeps life interesting and the gals that I work with rock so we have great fun together! A couple weeks ago we did a fiesta for all the residents... not many came so it was like a giant staff party! I was brilliant! Not to brag too much but I am doing pretty good I think last month I lead in the most leases for the office! And it was my first full month working there! Now I just have to figure out how to keep it up :)

I am dating Phil right now (and yes feel free to mock his name as much as you please and yes I do realize that he has the same name as my dad... and no I don’t think that its really all that weird!) he is so awesome! He went to Japan on his mission (cool huh!) and he really is one of the sweetest guys ever! He brought me flowers today at work just because... oh and not that this really matters but he is taller than me :P my mom has made fun of me with almost every guy I’ve dated cuz they were all shorter than me--- ha what now mom!!

The 4th book in the twilight series came out this last week... and what to say... ha ha it was great!!! I am sad that it is done and over with now but the final book was great. It was by far not my favorite book; it was very different from the rest of the series. I loved the beginning it was wonderful, it kind of went downhill for a bit but then I thought that it resolved the major things very well. I really liked how the ending was left open just enough for me to keep dr eaming and thinking about what will happen.

My family is great my mom and me have decided to once a month do an "us" day, which I am way stoked about. I really do have like the coolest mom ever. Evan is still sweet and awesome and we are as tight as ever, Tommie is a stubborn brat just like always but we kind of have a connection occasionally which I enjoy hearing from him, Spencer is just fun right now we tease each other jokingly and just have fun, and my baby girl- Zoe is still a brat because she gets everything she wants (or at least thinks she does) but she also is so sweet and so nice to have around- she really makes me feel needed and I love it. My dad is still the crazy guy I have always known and I can tell that he does it all just cuz he loves me and I know that I am one of the luckiest people in the world to have a dad that cares so much and will go out of his way to bug me just so that I know it.

Oh I cannot dance with the group right now because of my work schedule but I talked to my manager and I think I will be able to go twice a month now! How great will that be! I have missed that so much especially the girls and been. I know I suck and I am out of shape but dancing gave me so much joy and I am excited I get to do that again soon! I am going to have to start practicing- they are leering a new dance and excuse my language but I am screwed! Ha ha I really will have to push myself to get that one down! I can't wait to see my girls again!

In between all of that I am just chilling with friends. Laughing about Bryan Regan or Rayman, chilling at parks, having princess nights just because we can nights. Just enjoying life to the fullest really. ha ha i've gone bowling a few times- I still royally suck, I can not bike to save my life anymore (which I find depressing actually- I’ll have to work on that. but yea sorry this was so long and boring I was more catching myself up than the rest of ya'll :) best wishes to anyone who actually read the entire thing! you totally deserve koodos.

Missionarys!

2008-04-23T23:26:00.000-07:00

So here's the news with my boys... its almost may which in itself is crazy but that means that Wesley (or Danny however you wish to say it) Spencer and Sean are all almost at their year marks! I can't believe how fast time has gone by I don’t know where it all went too! Only two more months and shrew will be at his year mark and then before I know it they will all be on their ways home. I know that is still a ways in the future but the way time has been going lately it won't be long till we are all together again!
So all that other stuff was just about the blue boys its crazy to think its true but almost everyone my age is gone or about to go on their mission. Rowdy is gone for heavens sake! That right there just says how freaking fast time is going by! I swear it seemed like an eternity before any of SC would be on their missions and now the only one left is fawson! I cannot even begin to say how much I miss all of the boys I know out there in the mission field but at the same time I am so proud of all of them that they are giving up two years of their time to the Lord! I find it hard to sit though Relief Society sometimes I can’t imagine what it would be like to be at church 24/7. They really are all my heroes! I hope that I will be able to make it to my mission too but only the lord knows right now if that is what I am really supposed to be doing at 21 (I’ll be doing it when I’m old if not at 21 no doubt about it) time will tell I guess time will tell

Fish..

2008-04-23T22:59:00.001-07:00

so i bought 4 fish about 2 months ago, and they have done really well! there are several storys that go along with them now though! first of all on april fools kellie, chirstina, and mallory went and bought me a new fish so when i got home from work i looked in the tank and all of the sudden there were 5! i was so freaked out by it! i had no idea what to think so i just figured that one of them had given birth- crazy i know but i didnt even think of the fact that i could be a joke... yeah kellie and christina have enjoyed that only a ton! i dont think i will ever live that one down! the other story that goes with my fish is what happend a couple of nights ago. i went to feed my fish and saw that one of them was broken, as in its body was a crooked and did not look exactly natural. so matt was liek its close to death anyhow lets put it in someones toilet so i went to catch it but as soon as i put it in the new glass of watter it went belly up! i was like crap we cant put a dead fish in there thats just creepy however just when it seemed all hope was lost the crazy fish started swimming upside-down so matts roommtate andrew put some rubbing alcohol in there to kill him and then we flushed him out to the ocean (after all all pipes lead to the ocean right :P) here's the crazy part though when i went back up to my room another fish was dead! i guess it was just to hard on him to loose a friend so he killed himself... it really is a tragic story i think it goes up there with romeo and julliete... but thats just my opinion

English

2008-04-23T22:55:00.000-07:00

Lol so my English class is officially crazy and awesome in every way imaginable! Not only do I have a totally chill teacher but everyone in the class has become way close and we are all really good friends now! So Robert, my teacher asked if we wanted to do a party on the last day of class and it has turned into us canceling class and having a barbeque this Friday night! Its going to be awesome everyone is going to bring dates so I even get to bring matt with me! (Bonus!) It’s going to be pretty exciting! I can't wait!

The End....

2008-04-23T22:45:00.000-07:00

Wow a lot has happened sense I last wrote on here! The semester is almost over and my feelings regarding it are so mixed and twisted its scary! I am excited to not have to worry about the next test or quiz coming up but other than that I have to say I am almost depressed! I am first of all not going to be living with my roommates. I am moving in with my grandma Goldie that is the only saving grace at this point but I am not ever going to live with Kellie again, or Yvette and I won't be with Christina till spring. What am I going to do without my girls!!! I am scared that I am going to go absolutely crazy without them (lol more than I am that is) we really do some crazy things like spread frosting all over our faces (well actually mine and then i get them back ma wa ha ha ha) who am i going to get back at now! AHH! The other huge thing I am going to miss like crazy is my new boyfriend matt! We started dating just over two weeks ago, but I am going to really miss him. We’re staying together over the summer which means I am going to be in Kaysville even more than I would have been otherwise so that I can see him (thank heavens I have a car :D) there's those two things plus the fact that I have fallen in love with Logan and Utah State, and I am going to miss both of them more than I would like to realize right now, and I am going to have to leave all the new friends I have made too! Dang it is almost not worth it to get rid of the tests... did I say almost its totally not! Blah! Stupid summer... lol didn’t think I would ever be saying those words!

Singles Awareness Day!

2008-02-09T23:09:00.000-08:00

Well All happy singles awareness day! lol i was so excited for today- seeing as it is a recognised holiday (in terms of how many holidays i celibrate :P) but it seems like all my plans aren't going to work out- i was going to go get "love fish" with my roommates but me being the genious that i am forgot to bring my fish tank and i didnt think that the fish would apretiate being stuck in their little baggies till the weekend :P lol and my whole relax and just chill with chick flicks wont work eather- lol i have work! but that should be fun- i am expecting it to be like way busy, it being like the ultimate date night tonight! at least i won't be board! oh well though i will just have to do my best at finding other ways to celibrate this day :p! best wishes to all and happy Valentines Day!

NEW YEAR!

2008-01-01T11:28:00.000-08:00

WOW its 2008! crazy insane, i can't believe how fast this year has gone by. So much happened within this last year it is crazy to think about it!

I graduated from highschool/seminary!
I Moved out of my house
Started Colege
Got My first Car
My Poppie died
Made some Great new friendships
Watched most all of my friends go to serve for two years
GOT A LAP TOP!
Fell in love
FOUND TWILIGHT (lol)
I went to state for diving and got 19th place
lol did doughnuts for the first time
made it to average weight!!! booy
Watched my bro Get into Highschool, and Jr. High
My Baby Sister started kindergarten
was chased by the cops, ubducted by aliens, and almost killed by an ax murder! lol :P
became electro-fried!... and got a sweet scar out of it
i didnt break ANY bones! lol that is an accomplishment
re-gained lost friendships
got in a car accident
got paid to teach dance
had to leave dance for a time....
descovered rascal flatts and went to their concert!
broke a few hearts
helped heal some hearts
was able to go to the temple more times than i can count!
strentheded my testimony greatly
read the 7th Harry Potter... and loved it!
saw Thriller
saw John Shmitt!

and those are just a few of the things that happened! (or at least all the things i could think of when i wrote this! :P) lol it was a good year all in all... there were tears and laughs. all in all 2007 was a good year i just hope 2008 will be even better

:( Twilight Movie...

2007-12-16T13:12:00.000-08:00

Okay so i will admit up front what a freak i am, but i have been following the casting of the up coming movie Twilight, the story of a highschool girl who falls in love with a vampire. i will say that i am happy with most of the cast they really did do a good job in finding appropriate actors. i really do with though in the rolls of Bell and Edward (the two main chariters) that they would go with two unknown actors. I think that that way no other movie is tied to it. as it stands right now the part of Edward will be played by Robert Pattinson , (otherwise known as Cedric Diggory) and the Bella will be played by Kristen Srewart... who has played in many movies. I know that if they did get new actors that they would not be able to play in many other roles sucessfully because they would always be identifyied as Edward and Bella (lol like that would be a bad thing though!!! :P)

Edward

Bella

Here are some people that i would love to play the parts... my numer one that i really do hope they will cast is Rachel Leigh Cook for Alice

Also for jasper i would really like Trent Ford to play him... it just fits for me

Philosophy Thoughts

2007-12-07T11:35:00.002-08:00

So I have been taking this philosophy class and I have loved it up until we got to modern philosophy and that is just depressing... everyone today is so pessimistic and I stopped and looked at myself and found that I am the same way sometimes but then at the same time by trying to break out of that I am alienating myself and I will continue to drive myself crazy because well life is so much easier when you go with the flow. Anyhow so a little while ago we talked about cameau... I think that is spelled right but I don’t know… Anyhow he gave this giant lecture/paper on how philosophy’s only real question is suicide or not! It was very... odd and depressing class period. His argument was that there was no point to this life. We are not here for any reason that our lives are so meaningless... and that is well so not true! But it reminded me of a song that I heard on the radio by Brook Dunn called God must be busy... I remember the first time I heard it I was appalled that people could think that. Every time I hear the song I just want to scream at the radio to anyone who is listening that the song is a lie! But then putting that together with my observation of how pessimistic people are these days it made sense... and it made me sad! Because well because of the truth I know about the gospel I know that there is meaning to our lives and that god does care and that there is a rhyme and reason to all the awful and horrid things that happen. It is sad and awful how many things that happen that are just plain bad and horrific! My little brothers best friend was diagnosed with a tumor that is life changing at the age 11. My bishop’s family was killed in a horrific accident that killed two of his children and his wife. I just made a new friend that I love dearly that I just found out there is a chance she may not live to see another year. And then you look at just the simple things that are so bad and awful. A 3 year old getting stung by a bee, a fender bender, having just finished curling your hair only to find that it is going to be raining the rest of the day. Life sucks a lot of the time but if all you do is focus on all these bad things you will never know the good things that come of them... life is too short to not live laugh and love as much as you can. This quote seems to explain it "for a long time is seemed to me that life was about to begin- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten though first, some unfinished business, still time to be served, or a debt to be paid. Until at last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is not way to happiness. Happiness is a journey, not a destination" One other thought. If you were to loose yourself in the service of others, Im sure you would discover that life is so full of meaning and love and you would pity small minded class' that try to toss a twist in preception of life and hope others could find the joy you found after a long hard life of loving service.

Ponys

2007-12-07T11:35:00.001-08:00

Ever sense i was a little girl my dad has told me a story. Its a werid story, just like my dad is at times, but it has helped me more than he will ever know, and in more ways than i thought it ever would! There were a group of scientists that were observing pestimists and optimists. They took two little girls, one an pestimist and the other an optimist. They placed the pesitmist in a giant room full of the newest and best toys! Every toy that you could imagine. They placed the optimistic girl in a room that was full of horse manure, piled up nearly to the ceiling. The scientists left the girls in the rooms for one hour, and then went back to see how each girl was doing. They first checked the pestimistic girl. The girl was in the middle of the room screaming and yelling that she wanted new toys, that the ones that she had were not good enough. Most of the toys had been smashed up against the wall and layed in peices everywhere. They took the needed notes and let the screaming girl leave. They then proceded to the little girl in the room full of manure. The Girl was digging through the manure laughing and having a wonderful time. The scientists were puzzled and asked the girl what she was doing. She looked at them and smiled saying "where ever there is manure there must be a Pony!" i realize that this story is odd, but whenever i start to get mad at life or my family and friends, my dad always looks at me and says "are you being the little girl in the room full of manure?" Now as much as i want to just glare at him when he says this, and most of the time i do. It always make me wonder which of the girls i really would be! I made it a life goal to try and be optimistic, and when i try and follow this goal and life always seems to be a little bit better.

boys!

2007-11-03T12:53:00.000-07:00

Forgetfulness-ness

2007-10-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

So it is official I am the most forgetful person you will ever meet! I locked myself out of my car and out of my apartment last night at 12:30! lol it was defiantly an adventure! I am lucky that l went up the main stairs though. Normally l go up the stairs that are on the side of the building, so I really have not met that many people in my apartment building. However last night for whatever reason I decided to go up the main stairs and there were a bunch of guys there, nick being one of them (one of the few that i know in the building!) they told me that you can break into the apartments and offered to help me break in! lol it was really fun actually! We lifted up the ceiling panels and tried to get into the inside of the door! it was a lot harder than we were expecting, but it was quite entertaining watching 3 guys lift themselves up into the ceiling :P when that failed we tried to get the vaccume cord to under the door so that we could maneuver it to open the handle. We were all kind of flustered when that didn’t work, so i started trying to call my roommates. (Don’t ask me why i didn’t think of this to BEGIN with) and finally daren my roommate let me in! Wahoo! Yeah for roommates! i was able to use my spare key and get into my car and all is well! lol it made me laugh though because my roommate Yvette when i finally got in was like oh my goodness i am so glad you are okay! i was very worried about you that your car broke down or that you were kidnapped! (she doesn’t have a cell for the record) lol it was very comforting knowing that she cared that much! lol any who that is my adventure for the day... hopefully i will be able to remember my keys from now on!

Randomness-ness!

2007-10-24T15:04:00.000-07:00

1) My Favorite book series is the twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. My favorite out of the three would have to be twilight. It is what started me in loving the series so much and the book that I find myself relating to the most! For anyone who hasn’t read these books I highly recommend it, they are truly spectacular books. The story lines sounds kind of odd because it is basically a love story about a girl who falls in love with a vampire... but don’t let that stop you from reading them! it is not your typical vampire book... my mom hates books like that like the whole thing... no romance or vampires for her!, and I finally convinced her to read them... and she loved them! mind you she is not crazy like I am knowing when the next book is coming out and what it is called and things of that sort (did I mention that I have read twilight alone 6 times?!?) but she did love them and actually got her book group to add it to their list! And for those of you that HAVE read the wonderful series... I am an Edward fan fully! I still love Bella... even though she struggles GREATLY! I think that Jacob is great but not even CLOSE to Edward! I DARE you to try and change my mind... its not possible!

2) Rascal Flatts is my favorite band ever! I did not really know who they were until last year around Christmas time, I went to the store with my newly acquired friends, x and I think Curtis (I don’t remember what guy it was... maybe wheels) anywho x said that she wanted the new rascal Flatts CD, and me- unprepared as ever not knowing what to get for her quickly went and bought it while she wasn’t looking! I listened to it with her and it was love at first sound! From that time I listened to them all the time! Then the most exciting thing ever happened they came to Salt Lake City! I was really excited and wanting to get tickets but they were sold out after a few days... I then turned to listening to the radio on the off chance that I would win... the days went by and 2 days before the concert I tried one last time to win... I called in around 7:20 in the morning... and I WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t think I have ever screamed so loud in my entire life!!! I immediately called x and sat and screamed with her on the phone! It was awesome! We went to the concert and it was FABULUS! Ahh... got to love them!

3) I work at Sweetly Divine... it's a pastry shop that is as the name says... sweetly divine! It is an awesome job I get to take as many muffins as I want home with me after work; I get half price on all of the pasties which are mouth watering just to look at! We have éclairs, and marzipan, and cakes and tarts and crème Brule, and so so much more! One of the funniest ones to say is the minter... it’s a white chocolate mint moose on a chocolate sponge cake dipped in chocolate! mmm its good! And it works with my school schedule... which is amazing! There are only two things that I don’t like about it... I work on the weekends... which means that I cant go home Friday and Saturday to see my family or play with my friends :( and I am alone so when I have to walk out to my car at night its creepy and scary! But other than those two things it’s a pretty "sweet" job!

4) I love to dance! i am in a group called Rinceoiri don Spraoi. We are and irish step dancing group...and for those who don’t know that means Riverdance... anywho I have been doing it for 8 years now! And I am in the performing group which means that I get to go all over the place and perform for people old and young, in nursing homes, party’s, festivals, wards, you name it and we do it! We were in the Special Olympics in 2001 and we dance and the festival of the trees every year... which is one of my favorite preformances! I am a teacher, (or at least I was till I went to college, but I will be again when I go back) and I miss it dearly! I have so many friends and so many stories that go along with dance I can’t even begin to name them all! If anyone is interested go to http://www.irishdanceutah.com/ and that will point you in the right direction! We dance on Saturdays so it’s nice because it doesn’t conflict with jobs or school! Anywho dance is one of the biggest and best parts of my life! I started it with Elizabeth, one of my oldest and dearest friends and after she moved to South Dakota I stayed on and here I am today! my mom was the president of the group for 2 years so I even know all the politics that were involved (not fun I might add at times) but none the less it is still amazing and I wouldn’t give it up for the world! You can ask my friends I guard my dance shoes with my life! I couldn’t bear to leave them at home! I had to have them with me! They have been to Ireland, Scotland, and Holland. Lol they go everywhere with me just so on the off chance I can use them I can!

5) I have had the best luck of anyone you will ever meet when it comes to traveling! When my grandma went on her mission to Ireland she paid for me to be able to go and pick her up! We had a scare when she had some medical problems and had to come home... but that only meant that she got to go back with me and tell me all about it! It was so amazing! I kissed the blarney stone, I bought my hard shoes for dance there (just one more reason I am so attached!) and stood on the cliffs of Mohre (i.e. the cliffs of insanity from the princess bride) it was awesome... then to add to it we went to Scotland which was BREATHTAKING! It is so amazing there! We saw real bag pipers and I even got a kilt of my own! Then several years latter my cousins who live in Holland called my family and invited me and my younger brother to come and spend a month with them in Holland! That changed my life in so many ways and it was amazing on top of it! I can’t even begin to say how much I love Holland. How amazing and beautiful, how diverse and wonderful. I will NEVER forget that experience. And I am

determined to go back again. It is too much apart of me to not want it. For anyone who has the option of going take it! You will never regret it. It is the chance of a lifetime! And on top of that I was able to spend a weekend in Paris! Yes the city of lights! And that was also spectacular! I took French in high school so going and getting to see the things and hear the language first hand... indescribable! Not to mention that I got to go to the Effile tower! How many of your friends can say they did that over the summer!

6) Probably one of the biggest things that has to do with my life, the thing that has impacted it the most and blessed me in more ways than I can even count is being a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints! All my life I have been raised to be a member, and I can’t even begin to say how grateful I am for that! My grandfather passed away just as the school year started for me here at Utah State... it crushed me... as much as Poppi drove me crazy at times I loved him so much! He was always at my house, always at Christmas and birthdays... it’s not going to be the same without him this year. It’s going to be really hard. But the thing that got me though it knew that I will see him again. That is the joy of the gospel. Knowing that the plan of salvation is true and that I will get to see my Poppi again and see him at his fullest and his best! That is only one way that the gospel has touched my life. There are so many ways that I don’t think I could even begin to name them! This Sunday I am going to get my Young woman’s medallion. So I have thought allot about the young woman’s theme this week. I believe that I am a daughter of my heavenly father who loves me and I love him. I will stand as a witness to God at all times and in all things and in all places as I strive to live the young woman’s values; faith, divine nature, individual worth, knowledge, choice and accountability, good works, and integrity. I believe as I come to accept and act upon these values, I will be prepared to strengthen home and family, make and keep sacred covenants, receive ordinances of the temple, and enjoy the blessings of exaltation. I love this gospel with all my heart and I bear testimony that it is true, and that by living those values my life has been improved and blessed.

The Corn Maze

2007-10-14T14:16:00.000-07:00

There were two big adventures when i went to the Logan Utah Green Canyon Corn Maze. The first a doorway that lead to an alternate universe, my good friend Aaron was good enough to warn me before i went though without thinking about it! after concidering how dangerious it was but also realizing that the only way to get out of the maze was through the door i ran though and brased myself for the twisted world on the other side... much to my releif the demention door was broken and failed to transport both me and aaron.

The seccond adventure was when i risked my life to save aaron by jumping in front of him when a girl apeared out of no where from the path in front of us. mind you i sacraficed my hot chocolate (which was .75 cents and so so good!) and my life so that she would not scare him. i bravly took the scare by myself makeing sure that aaron too would not know the true terror of the situation...

not many would have been able to survive these dangerios adventures but i was lucky enough to live to see another day and another adventure!

The War of Slapping

2007-09-12T21:24:00.000-07:00

Tonight I have entered into a war, a most serious war that could threaten my very existence! My Friend Rachel and I are in a brutal slapping War- a butt slapping war to be precise! It has been a extended grueling exhausting war and thus far she has won many of the battles, but that will not detour me from ultimate goal of winning the war! Cheeks have been bruised and double agents have been identified, all that remains now is me and her, and soon victory will be mine!