Who's ridden the light rail?

Thank you Miss Katie Hawkes for the baseball game yesterday! Girls nights are always a blast...especially when you take an adventure on the light rail. We all met up at ASU, and rode the light rail to 7th St and Washington...right in front of Chase Field. It was SO nice...and quite exciting. It was almost as if we were boarding a Disneyland ride. We didn't have to worry about traffic, accidents, parking, or walking around downtown Phoenix without strong men at night. :)

We got to the game, found our seats, and much to our dismay, had the most hilarious men sitting next to us. Specifically Merriachi men. They were SOOO loud and yelled like donkey's. They even broke out into song and dance multiple times. I couldn't stop laughing. One time, Bonnie even made it on the jumbotron dancing with these four old men...some of which had no teeth!! We must have been a loud section, because they "featured" us on the jumbotron TWICE during the game! It's so odd to see yourself up there...especially because the reaction time is so delayed so you're watching yourself do something you've already done. Weird! But quite exciting. Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough with my camera to get a picture of us up there (honestly I was too intrigued with the delay in motion) but here's a couple pictures of us girls!
It was so so fun to spend some time with these girls! Katie Lee got a job in Utah next fall and Katie Hawkes will be in Provo all summer. We will miss you!

Conference Weekend

I absolutely love love love conference. This conference was no exception. Every since I went up for conference in the fall of 2007 for my first time, i've had a greater appreciation and love for our Prophet and apostles that the Lord has sent to lead us. They really are inspired men who speak to God. We didn't make it up to Utah this time...but hopefully in the fall. :)

While the men were at their Priesthood meeting Saturday night, I was able to round up a few of my girlfriends that were still in town to go out to dinner to GECKO GRILL! I love this place. However, it took almost an hour and a half to get in! ...they told me 20 min originally. Needless to say, I got quite impatient and ended up sitting on the concrete out front after going to talk to the hostess a couple of times. I've been working on becoming more patient, but I still have my breaking points...and this was one of them. The hostess opened the door to call another party and while I was still sitting on the ground I said, "Just call Ashley, we've been here for over an hour!" ...i'm sure that was good for their business. LOL But we got in a few minutes after that. It was worth the wait.Above: The five of us- me, Brooke, Desi, Shantell, and Sunny

Below: Remember School of Rock?...When the students wanted to get into Battle of the Bands so they acted like terminally ill kids from a hospital? It worked for them so why couldn't it work for us?? :)

This was the Friday of conference weekend. Trevor was able to score us sweet seats at a Spring training game! Thanks Pres. Palmer! I have never sat that close before...the players were lifesize and you could even see their faces. We were originally supposed to go with Trev's brother and his girlfriend but they were unable to go so my parents benefitted from the deal. Yay for a double!

American Cancer Society Relay for Life

Calling all you fellow bloggers!! :)

I'm participating in the ASU sector of Relay for Life this April 24th-25th (in 28 days to be exact :)). Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's signature activity. Each year it has about 3.5 million participants in a variety of locations walking or running for 12-hours to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer as well as to fight back and contribute to finding a cure. I have lost friends and loved ones to this disease. I also work along side people who are currently fighting cancer in addition to people who are cancer survivors who are living with the effects that this disease sometimes brings. I'm really excited to finally have an opportunity to contribute to this fight because I want to see a cure in my lifetime. If you would like to learn more about Relay for Life, visit http://www.relayforlife.org/relay/whatisrelay.

If you would like to donate to the cause, even the smallest amount helps, you can visit my Relay for Life homepage at http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09GW?px=8780197&pg=personal&fr_id=14861. Click "Donate" at the top of the page. You can also visit my Facebook profile page where you will find a "Relay for Life" box on the left hand side. Click "support me" to bring up the link to the American Cancer Society secure donation page.

I would like you thank you all in advance for your donations. There truly is strength in numbers. This is just one event that proves it. Love you all!

This one's for you Lauri...

So last Sunday Lauri had us all over for a wonderful dinner and during our chatting time, blogging came up and I got a little chastisement...okay we'll call it an encouragement...to blog more often. So this one's for you Lauri!! :)

A lot has happened since my last post. The semester is halfway over, yet i still have at least 2 exams in each of my classes left. I love how they seem to cram more in the end that at the beginning. My first round of tests turned out pretty well seeing as I had to take 4 in 3 days! Holy smokes that was terrible. But it stretched me and I came out on top. I feel like I can handle more and more with each semester.

Last week was spring break. As such, I decided to make a fun spring purse/ bag...whatever you want to call it. I'm happy with the way it turned out. :) I also got to workout with a good friend of mine that I haven't seen in at least a year! That was a lot of fun!





The beginning of spring break also brought miss Dawnee Ray Godfrey down from Utah for her younger sister's wedding and reception. I loved seeing her for a little while! I wish she lived closer :(



























After the reception, Brooke had a velcro wall at her house. How could we pass up that opportunity?? As such, Trev and I headed over and had some fun!














As if this post is not jumbled enough with random happenings in attempt to cover all that i've missed (ha! like that's even possible), here's another fun time... Trevor and I went hiking up Camelback yesterday after work and school. We had a blast! It felt so so good to get out and do something active ...and the company wasn't half bad either ;) We were just taking goofy pictures so here they are...

The Ultimate Bonfire

Life is so so good! School started and i'm loving my schedule and classes. I verified that I chose the right major because those end up being my most challenging yet my most favorite courses each semester. The other classes kinda of bore me and put me to sleep occasionally but finance keeps me on my toes and my brain thinking. I love it. I've got back into the habit of going to gym twice a week again. I feel so much better and more energized when i'm active. I also got offered a TA position with my past accouting professor this semester but turned it down because she wanted me to do grading for 5 hours a week! Not happening if i don't get to work with students. So sorry Charlie. I can think of many other ways i'd like to spend 5 hours if I could find that time. Anyways, onto a more exciting item of business...

So Trevor's brother-in-law started "Come Get My Tree" this past holiday season. Two weekends ago, in order to get rid of this massive amount of trees they collected...we burned them. About 100 trees!! Trev and i stood way back because it was so huge and hot. Here's a picture after it had died down just a little. We had a blast! It was awesome!! A little while later we made "sobee bombs" and put them in the fire. It was amazing! I took some video of it but i need to edit it a bit before I attempt to post it. Hold tight...soon you can all enjoy the excitment! Stay tuned... :)

Happy New Years

Happy 2009 everyone! I can't believe it...at this point it's getting more weird to say I graduated in 2006 when people ask. Time flies when you're having fun I guess. Christmas and New Years was excellent. I've enjoyed a break from school and fun times with family and friends. I had many friends home from school and was so fun to see them all!...

We celebrated Brooke's 21st Birthday!

Had lunch with some amazing EFY counselors that I haven't seen since...EFY? lol

Brought in the New Year with some sweet dancing and go-cart racing...but this is the only picture i have from that night :(

Laughed hard with some of my favorite girlies!

Went snowboarding for my 3rd time :) Thank you Trevor and Tony for helping me with my toe-side!...i've almost got it!

Had dinner with Mr. Russ Wright before he left back to the military.














...And went to a bunch of wedding receptions and dinners and such. I even caught a bouquet!













I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday season! Let's carry that wonderful spirit throughout this year!

ANOTHER ASHLEY CHAPMAN????

One more thing! There is another Ashley Chapman in the Mesa area and people keep thinking i'm her. First Nate's friends at the derby, then a random group at the tutoring center, and today, a girl I met at a bridal shower. I'd really like to meet her. The girl, Rebecca, at the shower today told me I even kinda look like her...or she looks like me. Either way, it's weird. She better be as cool as me ;)