Boo!

Boo! I scared you...you can't believe i'm finally writing, can you? lol Seeing as the last time I posted was after the first week of classes this semester, I think it's been way too long! We're going on week 12! Time really flies by like a jet plane and i'm hanging on for dear life this semester. lol My classes are extremely easy to fall behind in...speaking from experience. It seems nearly impossible to get caught up but i'm trying my hardest. Lets just pray everything works out. Aside from the stress load, the content of my classes are quite interesting. The financial crisis has created a real life "lab" to demonstrate the issues and principles we're learning in my finance classes while my accounting class continues to be...well...accounting. You just gotta love it. ha! Then you throw a little legality and English into the mix and you've mixed up a heck of a semester. Anyways aside from school, i'm still tutoring at ASU and loving it. Where else do you get refreshed on previous classes, get to work with students, and get to do your homework when it's slow?? Great setup...except for the fact that i feel like i LIVE at school. Oh well, it's that time of life so i must enjoy it.

I got to dress up twice for Halloween this year- 2 different events on different weekends. This is all I came up with. (Sorry Katie...both were extremely last min. lol) No blackmailing!




Oh- Ps- I tried sushi for my first time. I believe it's an aquired taste. Not bad but not something i'd crave. lol

Week 1 of School

I started the first semester of my junior year on Tuesday! Woohoo! It was quite an interesting week though. Sunday morning I woke up with a cold and then Monday was no exception. Luckily I only had one class at 6 pm on Monday because my head felt like a balloon with so much pressure. By Thursday I felt better! :) As for school, I think i'm going to like my schedule. I'm enjoying most of my classes which is awesome since this is my first semester in my finance program. There is at least one class that's going to give me a run for my money but what's new! lol

Time to kick off another semester! Go Devils!

Weddings galore!

It seems as if my life has been overrun with wedding receptions and showers lately. When I was younger I thought it was exciting to get mail- now it's predictable...either bills, wedding announcements, or shower invitations. Oh and if weddings aren't crazy enough, i've now crossed over to the age of recieving baby shower invites. Now that's weird! Don't get me wrong, weddings are definitely very exciting...but going to two receptions a week gets a little monotonous.

However, there was one exciting wedding in th bunch this summer- that of my best friend, Dawnee! Almost two weeks ago Miss Dawnee Ray became Mrs. Dawnee Godfrey! Yay! We are all so excited for her! She looked so gorgeous and so happy! Here are few fun pictures from her reception.

Congratulations Dawnee! We love you!

Oh yes! The yummy luncheon!

Cabin Trip!

I was so excited that we were able to make it up to the cabin this year! We had a blast going kayaking, quad riding, white water rafting, to the playmill, playing bacci ball, riding up to sawtell to enjoy fireworks the size of your pinky finger (lol), eating great dinners together, enjoying the beautiful weather and each others company, playing with the little girls, and swinging like a monkey on the rope swing. :)

This is the emabarrasing happy birthday number at the playmill! You gotta love awkward moments...especially when you turn around and make the actors feel awkward in return! lol
Let 's just say the guy couldn't keep a straight face. haha

You just have to love battle wounds...especially from the freezing Madison River rocks. I'm glad we're all here to tell our side of the story from this crazy kayaking trip.

One of the lookouts over Henry's lake that we stopped at on our quad trip.

Ary insisted on the umbrella since it was raining! What a funny girl!

Here we are- me, dad, and blake- looking fabulous after white water rafting down the Galletin River.

This was right before our first kayake float down the lower (calmer) part of the Madison river.

Me and Ry with our farmer pose! Ores are better than farming forks. :)

In west Yellowstone right before the Playmill. All the girls unintentionally wore black and white...except Ry. lol it's okay- we still love you girl! Pink is totally the new black ;)

The boys feeling satisfied after some yummy homemade ice cream at Mooseberrys!

What an awesome vacation! I had a blast!

EFY 2008!

Hello All! This summer has been so busy! I'm so sorry for not being diligent at posting often on my adventures.

My summer adventures started off with 2 sessions as an EFY counselor in Flagstaff, AZ. Holy Cow! What an amazing experience this was. I can definitely agree with statement, "EFY counselors are the most over worked and under paid employees out there." The days started around 5:30am and ended around 12 if you're lucky...but usually it was later- especially if you had girls that didn't want to go to bed. However, everything was totally worth it!

So many adventures happened these two weeks it would taken hours to write them all but here were a few highlights.

1. I felt like i learned more than the participants! (i know what you're thinking..."that's not how it's supposed to be!" lol)
2. My girls were all so great...and i even knew some of them from home.
3. My brother was up there my second week for his first time! And Collin's sister was up there the other week!
4. I got to play tug-of-war with 2 of my girls' towel under the door. They put it there to block the light so they didn't have to go to sleep so i attempted to pull it out through the crack between the door and the floor! ...i failed in this attempt to pull it out because they had the other end on the other side of the door! I had to knock and tell the to "come get your towel before i steal it". DISCLAIMER: I'm not mean...we actually became better friends after this.
5. One of the participants there was a kid i used to babysit...weird!
6. I had a set of twins each week! Both completely opposite. The first week we named the set "EFY angels" because they were so sweet. And the second week the twins didn't want to be there...sad day!
7. My testimony was strengthened
8. I could be insane at the dances and the kids thought i was super cool! :)
9. Pizza night was always good to hear about all the girls little weak long crushes on the boys in their company! Great topic seeing i always had 14-15 year old! lol
10. I met some awesome new friends!

So so many great memories. Here are just a few pictures!

I love my girls!

The end of the semester calls for a girls reunion...LUNCH! I became great friends with these girls right after I graduated but most people think i've known them for years. All of them went to Mesquite High School together and have known each other for much longer but they are now like family to me. When people tell you that the friends you make in college are the life long friends -I completely agree! These girls are amazing!

Here they are...

Alissa, Brooke, Katie, Katie, Mindi, Caraline, Me, and Dawnee!

Dawnee! ...she's ENGAGED! So she stayed in Utah over the summer. This is the only time I got to see her while she was down and I was so excited!

"Girls just wanna have FUN!" :)

Hello Summer!

School ended almost a month ago! The semester ended great which was very exciting. However, it consumed my life for a while so i'm excited to be back doing things that I like to do more than homework.



I decided to make a quilt. Originally I was thinking about making a hard core quilt that Brittnee would probably have to coach me through but then I changed my mind. Instead I made a quilt with big squares using most of my high school shirts. It's not perfect but it turned out pretty cute. The edges are fabric with sheet music. It's the size of a twin sheet...here it is. (sorry about the bad photography...it was hard to get it all in one shot)

As for the rest of my summer...i'm going to be an EFY Counselor for two weeks at NAU, going to the great place of IDAHO! And then it's back to work and a summer school class.

GREAT NEWS! I got hired on at ASU next semester to be an accounting tutor! I'm pretty excited becasue I can work there on the mornings that I don't have school three days a week and if no students come in I can work on my own homework and still get paid for it!! :) Not a bad deal!

Hope everyone is doing well! Love you all!