Christmas :]

So I have decided I am kinda horrible at this blogging thing.. oh well right? This year for Christmas we went down to Arizona :] it was absolutely beautiful there! I am not a huge fan of the snow, so having a Christmas that was 50 degrees was a nice change!! Poor Shye was sick the whole time, I felt horrible for her, but she was still a trooper and tried her hardest to be happy and involved! Dad was off of work the whole time, so we got to see him a lot which was awesome! We also saw extended family too! We got to have Christmas twice, cause we had our Christmas with mom when we got home. It was just an awesome Christmas :]

I head back to Logan on Saturday to get ready to start the new semester on Monday.. I am actually kinda excited to start back up, it's going to be a good semester, I can just feel it :] I can't wait!! I was looking for apartments for the summer and next year and found an amazing one! I am calling tomorrow for info, and hope i will be able to live there!! :]

We had pictures taken in Arizona while we were there, so I am gonna post a few of those!! 

Just the sisters :]

He is such a good daddy!! We just LOVE him!! 

Cool feet shot

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

It's my dad's birthday today, so I figured I would write a little blog about my dad! My dad is the most amazing dad any girl could ever ask for! He is so loving and willing to help out whenever we need him, and he supports us in whatever decisions we make (even if he might think we could choose something better). He honors his priesthood and is so in tune with the spirit and gives the most amazing blessings ever! I really don't know what I would do without him. He is an amazing man and I love him so much! Happy Birthday Daddy! You are the best! I hope your day is everything you want it to be and more!! :]

MATTIE IS HOME!

My friend Matt is home and I am so happy! :] Here is a picture of us at his homecoming.. he's a stud huh!? 

Christmas/Just an update!!

My life is SO crazy! I don't ever have time to get on here and blog! I got to go home this weekend and it was so nice! I love going home :] it's so great! I brought all of my Christmas stuff back to Logan and we decorated our tree tonight! It is so pretty I just love it!! It's a bit early I know, but we aren't going to be around for much of December, so we decided to do it earlier this year so we could enjoy the pretty tree for longer in Logan! I'm getting closer to being done with this semester of school, which is definitely so nice because this semester has stressed me out WAYYY too much! i'm hoping that next semester is a little better!! It should be since I don't have a math class finally! :]

This is me and my friend Colton :]

This is our tree :] So PRETTY! 

A full view of the tree!!! 

Grateful # 4 & 5

So one day i'm gonna get good at this whole blogging thing and write on it every day! So here are my things I am grateful for!

#4--- A job. I just LOVE my job.. it can get stressful at times, but I love it! Who wouldn't love working with cute little 1st and 2nd graders every day? They just have this way with people, they can make anyones bad day better. They make me want to be a teacher :] they're so fun! I'm also thankful that I am able to have such a good job, so that I can eat, and take care of myself! I pretty much just love my job!!

#5--- Somewhere to live. I absolutely love where I live. It's such a convenient place to live. It's right by campus, and across the street from my church, so everything is really close. I will definitely be happy about that when it starts snowing.. BURR!! Less time in the cold = BEST! I have great roommates too..  we are all so different, but we compliment each other in certain ways. It's just so awesome to be able to live in Logan, and not have to stress about paying the rent. There are people in the world that have nowhere to sleep or to get out of the cold.. i'm just so thankful for the fact that I have been so blessed! 

Thankful for # 2&3

So i'm already slacking on this haha! Life tends to get in the way sometimes! it's not good! 

SO thing that I am thankful for #2: Family. What would I do without my family? They are seriously the most amazing people :] they love me unconditionally and are always there when I need it the most. My parents win the best parents ever award :] my mom has always been so loving and caring and is always there if I need to talk to someone. My dad is the best dad anyone could ever have :] he is my most favorite man on this earth! He always calls up to check on me and will always send money if I need it, and gives me blessings everytime I ask! Shye, my step mom, is a great person! She is so in tune with the spirit and what is the right thing to do, and she sends me fun packages for the holidays :] Aubri, well she is the funniest girl i've ever met! She is so loving, and such a beautiful girl. I know if I need anything she won't judge me, she always sees the best in me no matter what. Jelly is such a cuddler! I may appear to not want her touching me, but it's always good to come home and have her attack me and give me huge hugs! What would I do without that girl!? Ashlynn has such a passion for life and for the things that are right. She doesn't even get tempted to do the bad things, she's always trying to be the good person! Little Carly, oh how I love her. She is SOOO talkative and always has something to talk to me about, and always makes me feel needed!! I could go off about all of these people in my family, because it doesn't stop there, but I won't! I have the best family out there! :]

Thing i'm thankful for # 3: Education. I do tend to complain about school sometimes, but I am really thankful that I can go to school where I want, and learn about things that I am really passionate about :]  it's just so awesome to learn. It can be stressful of course, but I still love it! 

What I am thankful for!

So my lovely step mom came up with the greatest idea for this month! She is going to try to write something she is thankful for every day of November, and I am gonna do it too! I think it will help me to see the good things that are in my life amidst all of the stress!! :]

So for today, I am grateful for good music! There is nothing better than listening to music to calm yourself down and to feel the spirit. I am grateful that I have a calling that deals with good music and that I get to help bring the spirit into sacrament meeting. I am grateful that I have been blessed with the ability to sing :] I just love music! 

The Girls Family Pictures

This past weekend we went and took pictures as a family... here a few of them :]

Snow/ Halloween Decorations

So, I think I jinxed myself. I was talking to my dad and was talking about how we luckily didn't have any snow sticking yet.. well what do ya know.. 2 hours later there is snow falling out of the sky and sticking! I am having mixed feelings about it because i'm not ready to be cold, but it is pretty and Jordan is gonna teach me to snowboard this year, so that might make it more exciting! I just can't believe it is already snowing and it's only October 12th. The weather website did say it should be mid 60's in the middle of the week though, so maybe it's not gonna stay.. we will see I guess. I am putting some pictures of the lovely snow, and of the Halloween decorations my grandma Arlene got for my apartment! :]

This is the table :] that tree is my favorite! I just love it! 
Just some cute stuffed pumpkins on the cable box! 
The pretty pumpkins and ghost! 
The roof outside of my apartment.. this took 10 minutes! CRAZY! 
The tree outside, it looked pretty, so I took a picture!
The roof across from my apartment. At least it's pretty right!? 

I just LOVE my school!

I would just like it to be known that my football team only lost by 20 points to BYU--The #8 team in the nation... I am pretty proud of them! 34-14, not too bad! GO AGGIES! I love you even if you don't win! :]

Oh the joys of college!

So here's an update for life at Utah State.. Story # 1: one night Emily and I are just sitting around studying and we see this HUGE bug on the blinds.. it was massive, i was pretty sure it was going to eat me. But i handled it don't worry! So yesterday a relative of this lovely creature comes to visit.. AHHHH pretty sick of the nasty foreign bugs showing up in my room! It's not like i don't vacuum once a week!! Here's a picture of the little fella.. 

Story # 2: The other night we went to the Yellowcard concert at Utah State.. I wasn't there for Yellowcard though. Jason Reeves came and sang, and I love his music! He did really well, but the meanie pants didn't come say hi to all of us who were his fans. Come on now Jason! The other opening guy is named John Allred, and he was amazing as well! Here's a picture of me and him, and of Nicole, me, and Madison! 

I've been TAGGED!

So I was just looking on my best friend Lyndsay's blog, and turns out I have been tagged! I have to write down 6 quirks.. hmm this should be interesting to think about haha. 

#6-I'm gonna agree with Lyndsay on this one. When people don't use their blinkers it makes me ABSOLUTELY crazy! Cause all of a sudden they slam on their brakes and turn, and you nearly hit the people! Or they are going extra slow and you're like hello what is the deal? Then they end up turning. Use your blinkers people! That's what they were invented for duh!

#5-Jordan gave me this blanket that is WAY soft, and I REFUSE to share it with anyone. At the age of 19 I have a "BLANKIE" haha. I sleep with it every night.. have since February! I know, a bit immature right?  Don't try to steal it.. I will throw a fit! 

#4-I don't believe in hitting the snooze button. Once my alarm goes off, I am out of bed. I cannot go back to sleep after my alarm goes off. I think i've been classically conditioned to jump out of bed when my alarm goes off. It's a good thing I guess, but people probably think i'm odd because I can get up right when it goes off. 

#3-I recycle. I have my grandma Arlene to thank for that. She decided that recycling would be a good idea, so we started doing that this summer when I lived there. Well now that I am back at college I still recycle. Anything that can possibly be recycled, I recycle! It bugs me to throw any recyclable things away anymore! 

#2-I always have my phone with me--ALWAYS! I feel like something is missing if I don't have my phone close by. Don't ask me why, but I am addicted to my phone. Probably not the best thing right? 

#1-I'm anal about school. If I don't do all of the reading I am supposed to before I get to class I think i'm going to fail or something! My roommate Emily made a comment to Jordan once that I was anal enough for the both of us. She has a point.. I really am. I stress over school way too easily! Oh and i'm a neat freak. Things can't be messy for too long, or I start to stress out over that.. Basically I just stress out easily!!! 

I am tagging Aubri Petersen and Emily Mortensen!

GOOOO AGGIES!!!!!!!!

 I haven't done the whole blog thing in a while, so I figured I should write a little bit on here about the happenings at Utah State! 

Here is a picture of me and Jordan at the first game of the season, we played the University of Utah and got beat pretty bad... :'( Still love my school though! 

This is us letting you know that we're # 1! We played the University of Idaho today, and beat them 42--17! We were pretty dang excited! We were the only ones in the WAC to play a game today, so we are # 1 in our conference for now! :] I love my AGGIES! #1 play of the game:: Rob running 50 yards! WOOT! And the Idaho quarterback fumbling in our end zone, giving us a default touchdown! Great game! 

OH, and just an update on clubs and stuff! I am the person over service in ASFCHD, and a chairperson in Invisible Children!! Yay~ Work started this week, it has been pretty fun! I only work a few hours a day, so I can still do homework and stuff! Not too shabby! I got a 93 on my developmental psych test, 97 on my abnormal psych test, and 92 on my computer part of my stats test! so far, so good! 

Just an update...

I haven't wrote anything on my blog for a while because I have been SO busy. School is out of control! I have tons of homework and always have other things going on as well. Work hasn't started yet, which will add to the stress of life, but i'm excited to get back into the school and work with the cute little kids. I joined three clubs on campus to get a little more involved. I'm in ASFCHD and might possibly be an officer, Aggies for Africa, and Invisible Children. The last two are awesome cause they are about Africa, which I have a huge passion for. I just love Africa. I feel for those people so much. I got a calling today.. i'm the ward choir director! I am way excited because I love church music, and it will be way fun to be the one choosing the music!! I'm excited~ Well I better go.. ward prayer is soon!!

Back to school/ Beautiful new picture!

So, it is now almost the end of the first week of school, and I am glad! My classes are going to be very intense! Lots of reading and projects and papers! Freshman year was a cake walk compared to this! But that's alright, because most of my classes are going to interest me. My psychological statistics teacher actually speaks English which makes me very happy.. I just may be able to do well in a math class this time---crossing my fingers!!! It's been a good first week though, and I am ready to start working hard and getting some good grades this semester!! My roommate Emily is great! We get along really well.. we went to Smith's last night for free college night and got some really good deals! 4 of us got a bunch of food and stuff for $31... not too shabby eh!? We were pretty excited!! 

My dad and Shye have tons of pretty pictures of the Savior in their house, and I have always wanted my house to be like that.. I found this beautiful picture at Deseret Book to put on my wall in my room!! It is so pretty!! I'm so excited to have started my collection of pretty pictures for my home!! :]

This is it!! Isn't it BEAUTIFUL!? 

Leftovers...BLAH! Business Plan...

So now that I am back at college I am cooking for myself again. I really like good food, and enjoy cooking, but I HATE leftovers! I have had spaghetti 3 times in the  past 2 days!! I'm sorry but that is just disgusting. So I have come up with a business plan. I'm going to charge boys who don't want to cook for themselves a small fee for me to cook dinner for them. HAHA if only that would work. I've gotta figure something out though. Cause I cannot handle that many leftovers! GROSS!

Logan!

I moved back to Logan yesterday! It was pretty fun.. my mom came and helped me get everything all situated before she left.. she's such a great mom! I met a few people that seem really nice that are going to be in my ward, so i'm excited for church to meet all sorts of new people! As far as my first night in Logan goes.. it didn't go too well... I was exhausted from moving and had a hard time going to sleep. Then when i was finally asleep i woke up at 3 with a horrible sinus headache and didn't fall back asleep until 4!! But luckily i'm doing alright! Hopefully I adjust to my new place quickly!

This is my new closet.. it's pretty small, but don't worry! I fit everything! :]

This is my bed :] I decided to use my quilt my grandma made for me this year and I love it! Cause it's PINK!!!! and cause she made it of course! 

Here is my printer and books and such.. I have 5 books this semester.. I think i'll be reading  A LOT!  excuse the weird underlined thing.. don't know why it's doing that!

Breaking Up..

I prefer being the one being broken up with to breaking up with someone anyday. Because when you are the person doing the breaking up you are the one that causes the other person pain. That is the last thing I wanted to do :'(  You know when you pray so hard to know what's right and you get an answer and you almost want to send it back and ask for something else? That's what happened to me. I asked what was right for me and Jordan and I got the answer that we needed to break up. Not necessarily the answer I wanted, but you can't ignore what the spirit is telling you right!? I feel really bad, and hope that Jordan will be alright. I can only hope that we'll be friends soon. So Jordan, I am really sorry. 

Arizona!!

I had the opportunity to go to Arizona TWICE this summer!! It was so much fun! I love to go visit my Dad, Shye, Ashlynn, and all of my family there! I also had my best friend Lyndsay and Carly with me! It was great!

The first night we were in Arizona we went to Famous Footwear to get some new tennis shoes for school and Lyndsay and I found these DIVINE slippers! I have to have a pair sometime! They are the most amazing slippers I have ever had on my feet! 

Dad was nice enough to let us go get our toes done! They turned out so cute! Carly was so excited to get her toes done by a "Chinese" person.. haha I guess that's what a little girl would say huh? It was lots of fun! Thanks Dad! We loved it! 

So I don't have a picture for this story, but I had to tell it.. I strained a muscle in my neck while I was in Arizona! It was pretty poopy! Oh well though right! 

Okay, so this guy was CLASSIC! We are sitting in the Phoenix airport getting ready to fly back to Salt Lake and we see this man just doing yoga in the middle of the airport. It was HILARIOUS! He was even doing hip thrusts at one moment! It gave me a good giggle when I wasn't feeling too good! 

Here we are on the flight home.. Carly kinda got cut off but she's still there! It was a WAY fast flight! We made it there in record time. We landed at 4 and weren't even supposed to land until 418!! WOOT! 

So here is another story.. i'm sorry if I am boring you all with all of my stories but some of them are too good! We went to dinner with Grandma Kay, Grandpa Marvin, Uncle Brian, Aunt Stacy, Brian, Reed, Wyatt, and Jaxon. So we're riding to the restaurant and me and Lyndsay are like DYING because it's SOOO hot in the car. We get to the restaurant and it felt better outside than it did in the car! We ate and everything and once we got back in the car Grandpa goes "Girls I forgot to turn on the A/C on the way over here!" hahaha it was great. At least we know why we were so hot right! 

I could tell more stories, but I will just stop here. I had such a fun time in Arizona even though we just vedged! Lyndsay and I watched 6 3/4 movies because my neck was hurting so bad that I couldn't do anything else! What a good friend huh!? I just want to thank my Dad and Shye for always making our time in Arizona so much fun and such a spiritual experience at the same time! I love you! Thanks for all that you do for me! 

You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Twin Falls

We went to Twin Falls this weekend to see the Twin Falls temple, and took some pictures at a canyon too :]

Me and Lyndsay at the canyon
The pretty bridge at the canyon... Jordan hung off the edge of course... adrenaline junkie hahaha :]
Lyndsay, Jelly, Me, and Mom at the canyon
Me and Jordan at the Twin Falls temple... he's still taller than me and I was wearing 4 or 5 inch wedges! What a stud!
I took lots more, but I figured I would just put one up.. the front of the Twin Falls temple

Some fun pictures by Lyndsay Denton

While we were in Logan, Lyndsay took some pictures of me.. so here they are! 

What is your favorite memory of me!?

So a girl I go to school with had this on her blog and it looked fun!! :]

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory you have of you and me. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, just anything you remember!

2. Next, post these instructions on your blog so that others can do the same for you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave a memory about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or you don't have a blog, then I'll leave my memory about you in my comments.

Logan Temple Pictures.. and BOOKS!

My friend Lyndsay and I went to Logan today to look at my apartment and decided to go take some pictures of the temple while we were down there. I LOVE the Logan temple. Living right by it last year was awesome, and I can't wait to be back in the town where it is! 

Here is a straight on shot of it... such a beautiful place! 

This is kinda a fun abstract angle I decided to try... 

This is my favorite one that I took... I love the trees and stuff!! 

So as far as books go, I ordered my books for school this year and they were a little pricy!! But my dad is great and is helping me pay for them, since I don't have any money at the moment, because I never found a job this summer. Thanks Dad I love you!! :]

P.S. This blog thing is actually helping me to remember to take pictures!! YAY! :0)

THE DARK KNIGHT/ BATMOBILE

Here are our Batman shirts... we went to The Dark Knight last night, and LOVED IT! We were the only people cool enough to wear Batman shirts.

This is the "BATMOBILE" aka Jordan's new car... he LOVES this car! I named it the Batmobile for him.. I love driving this car too!

This is me detesting the stick shift.. I was kinda scared to drive the "BATMOBILE" because it's a little bit nicer than the truck I learned to drive stick in.

Once I started driving I couldn't help but smile! It's too much fun to drive!! And easy to speed in may I add, this thing goes fast! :]

Jordan enjoyed his ride--partly because he taught me how to drive it, and MOSTLY because it's his beautiful car! :]





Here is a video of me driving... yes, I do peel out, but Jordan enjoyed it haha.