I'm it!!!

I've been tagged! This is my first time being tagged so I'm kind of excited. Thanks Jaron! Yes I am still in Arizona having a blast with the fam! Update of the trip will come soon. Including pictures :) But for now, on with the tag...

8 things I am passionate about:
1- My family
2- Helping others see their potential and reach it
3- Dancing
4- Church/spiritual stuff
5- Friends
6- Cereal
7- Guitar Hero ;)
8- Traveling

8 words or phrases I use often:
1- Goo
2- Crapface
3- Really...???
4- Perfect/Fantastic
5- Opa!
6- Faith not Fear
7- Can I please tell you...
8- Remember the time...

8 things I have learned from the past:
1- Parents really are smart. I owe A LOT to them
2- You're never too old for cereal and you can eat at any time
3- I should have played sports more
4- ... ok fine, I was spoiled. :)
5- Everything happens for a reason
6- Don't judge too quickly
7- I procrastinate (still learning that one)
8- You may never know the impact you have on someone else

8 places I want to go to or see:
1- Greece
2- Egypt
3- New Zealand
4- Thailand
5- Africa
6- Most of Europe really
7- Guatemala/Peru/Brazil, etc
8- China

8 things I currently need or want:
1- A finished room... NOW
2- To go skydiving
3- To travel any place in the previous 8
4- A new ipod
5- Tickets to Odyssey's Thriller
6- Better scrapbooking ability
7- My new shoes that are being shipped
8- Actually just more clothes. You can't really have enough

I guess now is the time to tag all you faithful followers of my blog! (which I could probably count on one hand but I have to tag 8). And the winners are... Mom, Jen, Bethany, Kim, Davies (so you have something to blog about), Ann, Fez, and Zak/Weezie.

Arizona... HERE WE COME!!!

So about a month ago we were supposed to take a trip to Arizona for my dad's work. Well that didn't happen because he ended up getting uber sick (sadness). He is loads better now which is fabulous because we are going to Arizona today! We will be gone until next Thursday so if you want to hang out with me and you are not in the state of AZ, sorry, you're out of luck. Get back to me next Friday and we'll party it up!

There are multiple reasons I am excited for this trip. Here are a few in no particular order:

*See Jason and Jen

*See baby Gavin!!!

*Visit uncle's family in Tucson

*See cousins I haven't seen in 2 years!

*Play Rock Band, Wii, and other games for who cares how long

*Be in the warm sunshine

*Shopping

*Visit dear friend Lindsey (hopefully!)

*Who doesn't love road trips?

Brace yourself. Good times are about to take place.

Project Time

Who wants a project? I do! I do! Pick me!

Ok, so it wasn't quite as enthusiastic as that but the idea of redoing the upstairs, which includes my bedroom, was pretty exciting. It has been the same since we moved in 15 years ago with the exception of Brian moving out and Tyler moving into his room and the never ending dejunking I seem to have to do. So the idea of a change? Bring it on.

My parents went shopping for new carpet a few weeks ago and found some they liked. I will no longer have pink carpet. Yes. Then my mom brought up the option to get new furniture. What? I can get a new bedroom set? Yee-haw. I don't know why this idea didn't occur to me but then it was all exciting to try and find just what I liked. My mom and I went out looking and oddly enough both ended up buying the first sets we saw. Love at first sight if you will. So the dates were set for installation and delivery. Hm, what to do between now and then... Oh yeah, take down wallpaper, move everything downstairs, and paint the walls. Oh joy...

This is me looking happy to take down wallpaper. False. It was a HUGE pain and I will never ever have wallpaper in my home.


With the wallpaper finally off next I had pack up my room and move it downstairs. To the right is a picture of what I am currently living in. It's a good thing we're leaving for Arizona next week. It's not so bad actually, except I can't remember what is in each box. By the time I figure it out I'll have new stuff to move it into. Yahoo!

So now that the bedroom is empty, minus my bed, time to paint. The taping wasn't bad at all. Cake walk. My mom and Ann are champs and painted along the trimming and corners of each room so I was ready to paint the walls. Seems pretty easy right? Goo. The color is only slightly darker than what was there before but when wet is about the same color. It was hard to tell where I'd already painted and not go out of control and get the trimming. I decided to try the ceiling and that was even worse. Its so awkward looking up, dodging dropping paint, and using muscles I didn't know I had. Luckily my dad is a sweetheart and took over for me. Thanks dad! Once that was dry I switched the tape and painted the trim and closet doors. That wasn't so bad actually except when your brush bristles separate and start to curl.


Taping around the toilet. Gross. Oh yeah, we painted the bathroom walls too.

Ann and I in a paint fight. Ok not really, but that would have been very fun.

Ask me if I like painting. No, no I don't. Except for maybe finger painting. Ask me if I'm still debating painting one or all of my walls a color because I love that look. Yes, yes I am. My furniture is a dark brown and I keep leaning towards green and blue colors. I'm still looking for the bedspread I love and am having a hard time imagining the look that's me.

Why am I going to do this to myself? I don't know. Maybe because my room is going to be smashing when it's done. Suggestions are welcome as I am still in the brainstorming stage. Updates to come soon.

FINISHED. sigh.

Yay! I finished the vampire obsession series!
Verdict? Neutral. Liked some things and others were just weird.
Happy with the ending? Surely.
Will I see the movie? Probably. Even though the trailers have given me a chuckle, I didn't read the whole series just to not see the movie.
Next book? No clue. Like stated in the previous post, I'm not much of a reader. But I found that if the story is good or it gets me hooked, even though I may not like it in the moment (aka-stupid vampires), I really do enjoy a good read.
Suggestions???

Hoorah for... Vampires?

So this summer i decided to read the Twilight series. I'm not much of a reader but I had heard so much about this vampire obsession that I gave in to my curiosity. Um, I might say that was a mistake, because I wasn't entirely sure what I was getting into. I started reading it on the EFY family trip to Las Vegas, where a few others were reading it as well, and that was probably my first mistake. I found myself reading it through my weeks of EFY at every possible minute I could. When I found myself wishing I was either in the presence of a vampire that second or as close to Seattle as I could be, that was when I knew I'd lost it. I had succumbed to the Twilight mania.

Once EFY was over I figured I would be able to read them with no problem, get them over with, and be done. Wrong. It took me a long while to finally get into the third one but I decided I'd better just read it so I could be onto the fourth. I read it, moved onto the fourth, and am now about 2 chapters away from finishing. Yes!

My obsession obviously has dwindled but I am just so curious as to how this whole thing ends now that I am back to being hooked. Great. Good thing I'm almost done. I just had to blog about it now because I had to take a break from it for a second. (Sigh, stupid vampires) Hmmm, I wonder what happens next...


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By the way, I saw this on a friends blog (thanks cambria!) and curiosity unsued once again. So I took the quiz and found out I was Esme. I like her. I can live with that.

Jump Jump

I LOVE jumping pictures. So much. They are a blast to do and never get old. Here are just a few from my collection of greatness.

What now?

As I meet people or see family and friends this is usually how the conversation goes:

Person: "Hi! How are you?"
Me: "I am just fabulous. How are you?"
Person: "Doing good. What are you up to these days? Didn't you graduate?"
Me: "Yes, yes I did graduate."
Person: "That is great! What now?"
Me: "...Um, that's a great question... (cricket, cricket)..."

That is the million dollar question the past while and I still haven't quite found the answer to it. But, I have made a little progress.

After a summer packed to the max of EFY goodness I knew I would need to be getting a job and quite possibly a grown up job. Yikes. So, naturally, I put it off. I worked at the SLCC College Store doing the online orders during rush which kept me very busy each day and, of course, put off the job search some more. But now that is over.

The non-profit organization I was working with put on our first event, Largest Capture the Flag Game, August 29 and it was a blast! We didn't get the turnout we would have liked to see but with local schools holding events and it being Labor Day weekend we were pleased with the amount that came. Everyone had a great time and wanted to do it again so that's the plan. October 25 we'll be playing Capture the Flag again (look for more updates). But now... that isn't over.

Me, Kelsea, and Bryce. They are the brains of the outfit.

I have recently been named Director of Marketing and Business Development for World Youth Programs. That means a LOT of my time and energy will be going into making the foundation for this organization what it needs to be to have a successful future. Talk about pressure. But, with the help from my all-knowing (well with business plans) brother Brian I am excited to put what I have learned into use and get some more experience to possibly assist me if I decide to get a Masters in the future.

Being in the boat of an unknowing future, it could really bring one down, but I'm great! I am actually enjoying myself living at home, getting to see my family more, bought a new phone (but lost ALL numbers so please give me yours!), tried out and made a college age dance team, went neon dancing, attend the UofU Institute, and joined the Activities Committee at the Institute.

And made a new blog post. :) Things are looking up!