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NEW BLOG

2011-05-16T16:26:00.000-07:00

Along with getting married I decided to make a new blog to start from day one of our marriage and go from there, because thats what matters to me now :) Feel free to add my new one and delete this one as I will be posting on there :) :) Thanks

it is...

www.polkadottedladybug.blogspot.com

:)

sneak peak

2011-05-08T22:55:00.000-07:00

This is my hot finance(Is that how you spell that?). In 4 more days he will be my hot husband. and I cant wait!Mark Mabury did an AMAZING job with our photos! I love them and I will get some more up later.. after we are actually married :)

planning a wedding

2011-04-18T13:18:00.000-07:00

Planning a wedding is stressful. Amazing. Involves a lot of decisions. Fun. Hard and sometimes I just want to run away and get married so I dont have to plan anything, but really its been awesome and it has made me so excited to marry Jordan! I apologize for the lack of blog updates.. few things. like I said we've been planning a wedding. My computer lost EVERYTHING I had saved on it, including yes all my school assignments, pictures, etc. And well I figure people get sick of hearing the plans comming along. But a few exciting things have happened

First and most importantly I went thru the temple on Saturday the 16th and It was such an amazing experience. Not only did my testimony of the church grow, but my love for Jordan and I cant wait to be sealed to him for time and all eternity in there in 26 days ...but whos counting ;)

Other wedding plans are coming along. Got registered. Got a place to live (I think haha). Colors purple and Ivory. Figured out house colors (kitchen- red, familyroom - red and brown, bathroom- black white and green, bedroom- black, white, silver and blue) Everything has been comming along so well and i've been so blessed to have such great family and friends so willing to help. These next three weeks are going to be stressful with 3 essays, 4 finals, finishing the wedding, and all of Jordans finals. But we are so excited to get married and it will be a great way to celebrate the start of the summer :)

scorpions, good news, and dancing

2011-03-24T12:07:00.000-07:00

Sunday nights at our house now consist of JUST DANCE. So much fun. Yes this is Jordan, beating my brother Rob and my BILs Matt and David. Sooo funny.

The other night my sister Staci was over helping re-do a bathroom at our house when we heard Parker (her 4 yr old) screaming at the front door.. long story short he got stung 8 times on the legs by a scorpion, poor guy. Well after that happened I was like Jordan lets go look for more, so we got the black light, a jar, and some pliers, and went around getting them off the walls. ( I bet you're excited for the reception now) haha anyways, we found a few and I gave Jordan the pleasure of watching them burn in gasoline in the middle of the street. It was awesome.

Now for the good news, terrible picture, but this is Nicole on the left, and Gabby on the right. I met them while in Honduras and fell in love with their family! Such sweet people. I met Gabby and 5 minutes later I was walking with her to her sisters baptism with friends down the street WITHOUT MY FAMILY AND NO ONE TO TRANSLATE! I almost peed my pants when she grabbed my arm and said come with us, and Tate said you'll be fine and went with my parents to go pick some other people up in the truck. Good thing she had been trying to learn English because if not I wouldnt have even had the little conversations we did. It was SO much fun though. Trying to figure out what she was saying, being introduced to a whole ward and them treating me as if I was no different even though I didnt know what they were saying. I became really close to Gabby and her family, we spent time at the baptism, so a few hours and the next night we went to their house for dinner and hung out. We sang songs to American Singers that they listened to even though they didnt know what they were saying, her mom made the best Balidas that we had while there! And just had a great time laughing and getting to know them! Gabby, her little sister, and her brothers were the only ones active in the church. She had a brother who was getting ready to serve a mission and her parents left the church after one of their children died. Spending this time with them was one of the most precious things that could have happened to me. I grew so close to them. Well the other day I realized Gabby got a Facebook! Thank goodness for that, and we found out that her parents are now active, and her dad is in the bishopbric and her brother is on a mission. I wanted to cry. The night that we left I remember so well that it was raining and they were walking us out to the car under umbrellas, we all hugged and kissed like 50 times because we didnt want to go. And her dad was just crying. I wanted to tell him that he would see his little girl again one day, and that his son was doing the right thing by getting ready to go on a mission, and that his family was so blessed from the church. But I couldnt.. remember I dont speak Spanish. So I left with my family. Well I guess he figured it out on his own, because they are all doing great now. Sweetest people and some of the best news I could hear! :)

This is us at the baptism. Dad is in the blue, Mom in the Pink LOVE THEM ALL!

This is my BFF

2011-03-11T21:26:00.000-08:00

I am the luckiest girl in the world. Sorry if you don't like hearing about it, but its true!! I cant wait to be married to my best friend for time and all eternity!

Isn't he hot. :)

P.s. I am OBSESSED with picnik.com -free online photo shop. Try it. I love it. yes these pics were done with it.. its like my other bff.

Another new love of mine, a craft blog called vintagerevivals.blogspot.com she is amazing. I want to try the acid mirrors.. not really my style to decorate with but they are really cute. Maybe ill make them and sell them. Hah hah thanks Manda for sharing.

ten weeks

2011-03-06T21:55:00.000-08:00

I cant believe its only 10 weeks away until I get married! CRAZY! I cant wait :)

I have a lot to get done still but.... dress- check. bridesmaid dresses- check. Place for reception- check. Photographer- Check.

Its going well even though we still have a lot to do!

BL

2011-03-02T12:28:00.000-08:00

My geography teacher was gone today and we had two subs during our lab and lecture hours. One has ran and biked across the country and the other has sailed around the world twice. I'm thinking that maybe I should be a geography teacher.. they do cool stuff. Except my bucket list is cooler...

Play in the fountain at Dana park.

Marry Jordan.

well thats about as far as it has gotten.. but it will grow I promise. and besides those are the only things on my mind right now :)

Change in plans

2011-02-24T17:59:00.000-08:00

Scratch the last post. its changing again. BECAUSE...... I found my dress!!!!!!!!!!!! Its pefect and so pretty and super elegant, aka cant really do the whole bright summer colors for the reception. SO to match my amazing dress, in all of its elegance, we are going more in that direction, for now (who knows if it will change) so we are thinking a light plum and ivory. To match my ivory dress. let me tell ya, its going to be beautiful! :)

planning a wedding is fun!

Details and the date

2011-02-21T16:00:00.000-08:00

Colors are picked for the wedding!!! We are doing Yellow and White with assorted summer color flowers :)I cant wait, its going to be so cute. I like these centerpieces a lot, and we got the idea for the ones we are doing from them but ours will look different. Im so excited! and yes, it will be an outside reception.. pray for good weather. Oh and MAY 13TH IS OUR DATE!!! I cant wait! its quick but it will be so awesome, I cant wait to marry my best friend.

On a side note, Im feeling super thankful today. I have the best family, I am marrying the most amazing guy, and I will join his family- who is yes amazing too, I have awesome friends, and the list goes on and on. I am loving life. :)

He put a ring on it!

2011-02-16T12:27:00.000-08:00

Details: (mostly so I dont forget!!)

The beginning: So.... me and Jordan got set up on a blind date (Thanks Maci) we went to Costa Vida for dinner, goofy golfing, and ate Ocean Blue by a fountain. Such a great guy. While we were at that fountain on our first date I threw a penny in the fountain and made a wish.."If things can work out with this guy then let them please because I already can tell he is amazing".. that was maybe 6-7 hours into our first date and I already felt like I knew him my whole life. There was defiantly a connection.

Popping the question: Soo... day after V-day we went out for dinner (Feb 15th) to Costa Vida which was delish. Then we went and sat by the fountain kinda just reminiscing about our first date there. Mind you I thought he was being all cute cause it was our valentines day celebration, but had no clue what was in store! So we were sitting by the fountain and he was kinda jittery when a car would go by and stuff but I was just like whatever. And then he said, well you wrote me a really nice letter yesterday so I wanted to write down some of the things I like about you.. and he pulled out some note cards. And I was like aww how cute cause thats not his typical self and I just thought he was trying to be all romantic since we were out for valentines day. So he handed them to me and I started going thru each one, and then the last one said, so... Will you marry me? I was in shock. I think I quit breathing. I held my hands over my mouth as I looked up to him holding a ring in his hand and my heart was racing trying to figure out if I was dreaming or if it was real. I was just like are you serious right now?!?! and so he got down on one knee and said "so Heidi will you marry me already because I love you more then anything and I want to spend my life with you" I was freaking out and replied with an "OF COURSE!" I put my hand out and he slipped that beautiful ring onto my finger. We hugged, and kissed and hugged and he spun me around and I cried a lil and all that jazz. I was SO surprised!!

At dinner I was thinking of how he would propose when he would do it, but was thinking it would be about a month off because he had told me 3 nights before he was still saving up for a ring (hes good at secrets) ((I was thinking, maybe he'll have us do what we did on our first date and do it like we met... Hello thats what we were doing and I didn't even connect it!! ..well I did but I just thought it was for valentines day)) and when we were at the fountain I was like we need to make a bucket list when we are engaged of all the things we want to do together and put come play in this fountain... not knowing I was going to be engaged in about 10 more minutes!! It was perfect. My ring is gorgeous and I was so proud he picked it out all by himself. Its so me and I love it! I am so excited to spend forever with my best friend. He makes me the happiest person on earth. I love every second I get to be with him.He has a great family and he is the most amazing person I know. I am so glad I met him!! I love you Jordan I cant wait to marry you!!!!!

This is the fountain we went to on our first date, the one he proposed at, and the one in the summer we will be coming to to play in ;)When I read this my heart stopped. I couldnt believe it really was happening! :) :) :)
This song reminds me of Jordan. Its called happy by Nevershoutnever. ;) Enjoy

You make me happy whether you know it or not
We should be happy, that's what I said from the start
I am so happy knowing you are the one
That I want for the rest of my days, for the rest of my days
Through all of my days

You're looking so cool, you're looking so fly
I can't deny that when I'm staring you down right dead in the eye
I wanna try to be the person you want
The person you need, it's hard to conceive
That somebody like you could be with someone like me

I'm happy knowing that you are mine
The grass is greener on the other side
The more I think, the more I wish
That we could lay here for hours and just reminisce
Uh, oh, oh

You're looking so fresh, it's catching my eye
Why oh, why did I not see this before
The girl I adore was right in front of me
And now I'll take a step back and look in your eye
And ask why it took so long to see we're meant to be

I'm happy knowing that you are mine
The grass is greener on the other side
The more I think, the more I wish
That we could lay here for hours and just reminisce

On the good, the bad, the ugly
The smiles, the laughs, the funny
Or all the things we put each other through
It's for you, for you, for you

You make me happy whether you know it or not
We should be happy, that's what I said from the start
I am so happy knowing you are the one
That I want for the rest of my days, for the rest of my days

I'm happy knowing that you are mine
The grass is greener on the other side
The more I think, the more I wish
That we could lay here for hours and just reminisce
Uh, oh, oh

Heidi Nichole Brown... Doesn't that sound good ;)

Im a workin gal

2011-02-12T15:22:00.000-08:00

This is where I work! I am a physical therapy tech. So if you
or anyone you know needs pt let me know.
Cause the place I work is great! Im loving it.
:)

A little bit of...

2011-01-23T11:16:00.000-08:00

Ashlyn. Well Billi, I have called her that since we were tiny kids and so saying Ashlyn is quite weird to me. I love this girl so much. She is such an example to me. I dont know someone that can follow promptings of the spirit better then her. She is such an example in my life and im so blessed to have her as my best friend. She is always there for me. Shes my twinner! I love sharing my birthday with her. Love you Bill!Lots of the nieces and nephews! I love spoiling the kiddos, they are so fun to be around. This is my cute Mia girl, shes one of my lil princesses!
Best girl trip ever. And only. but my goodness I love my family. 23 of our cousions and aunts went to CALI for a girls trip two weekends ago and went to minute2wintit. It was so fun, this pic is with Jay, he is the one that keeps everyone entertained while they are setting up between stuff
And Guy Fierri. he is awesome. sorry this pic is so small
Missing Grandma Nancy! Im sad she moved so far away, but I know she is loving it there. I hope she comes back to visit soon cause I miss her!
Brittany. Need I say more... :) Love this girl (this is Jordans lil sister)
Guitar Hero, we are awesome
and last but defiantly not least. Jordan! I love hanging out with him :) so im glad I get to just about every day... :)

Other things:

I got switched to teaching the sunbeams and I love it! I have 5 precious little girls, this is going to be a blast.

Bam came home from his mission this week for some medical problems with his knee. I know he is having a hard time but everything will work out how its supposed to!

Clayton Esler is leaving on his mission. This means a lot to me. He was the last person I thought would ever get baptized and here he is going on a mission. What a blessing to his family. He will be a great missionary. His family is really special to me so I was so happy about this!

Roadshow is comming along.. its stressful to be in charge of but seeing it all come together now that its almost over is rewarding. The kids have worked so hard. Hopefully it goes great! I cant wait, 3 performances on Feb 4th and 5th and then its over. Bitter-sweet because its been fun working with the youth but glad to not have to worry about it.

all of these things make my life wonderful! I couldnt be happier then I am right now. I love my family, my friends, and am so thankful for this gospel. I am the most blessed girl in the world, I dont know why I get to be so spoiled with so many great things in my life but im thankful for each and every one.

I am

2011-01-07T11:31:00.000-08:00

I love these girls! This was new years eve at polar Ice One of the greastest blessings in my life is that I AM an Aunt! I have the cutest nieces and nephews you could imagine. I would do anything in the world for them and I love when I get to be with them.

Abby and Hallie doing their play 'fairy musical' its great. they are really good at being fairies. Hallie is 6 today. so weird. shes so old! Happy Birthday Hallie I love you!

Ryler was so cute all bundled up to go outside and pick oranges with Grandpa when it was only about 35 degrees outside with 30mph wind. love him

Parker is a monkey.

Jumpstreet is awesome. For big kids and little kids. Me and staci took her kids their the other day and they were in heaven.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2011-01-02T11:44:00.000-08:00

New years day was a cold one this year. We went out to the desert with the Phelps fam as usual and it was a blast. Rode horses, golf carts, ate, laughed all that good stuff. New years eve was 28degrees at midnight(COLDER THEN NEW YORK!!!) my goodness.. I thought we lived in Mesa. It also snowed for about a minute this week at our house, crazy right. Who knew that was even possible here. Well anyways, the hot chocolate and fire came out during the day at the desert. We didn't even wait till dark. But despite the cold it was still a blast!!ABBY! Shes so cute :)
I love these girls so much. I've been able to watch them quite a bit since their new baby sister was born to let amy rest some more (except I dont think thats possible because shes taking care of baby Reese, so really I have the easier part haha) But I've loved every minute of it! They are so funny, and they know it! They say the cutest things and I love their big smiles.
This is my sister Staci. -Right? I thought the same thing... dang look at that model! She is SO pretty and I love her to death! Shes such a great mom, wife, sister, and friend. She is my example of how I want to be with my kids one day!
Here is her and her hubby. Aren't they adorable!? I love them! They don't even kick me out of their house when im there probably way too late at night and they wish they were sleeping :)

Baby Reese Emma

2010-12-27T15:37:00.000-08:00

Amy had her baby on Sunday December 26th 2010. 7lbs 7oz. Reese Emma, sweetest baby girl and such perfect lil features. Congrats Matt and Amy. Im an aunt, again and I love it!

Cant wait for Liz to have her baby in Febuary and Staci to have number 3 in July!! that will make 12 nieces and nephews!

Tis the season

2010-12-16T14:34:00.000-08:00

Makin cookies on a rainy day!

Playing in the leaves!

Temple lights!

Eggnog shakes!

Town festivities.. playing in the bubbles at the fountain outside of pictures with Santa

And finally pictures with Santa!

Goodwill treasure

2010-12-12T21:58:00.000-08:00

I found this book shelf at Goodwill one day for 5 dollars and I couldn't help buying it. It was just calling to me to re-do it. And I was in a crafty mood so I couldn't resist. I forgot to take a before picture, but just imagine this but black with some nicks and scratches on it.. took care of those and gave it a nice cleaning and paint job turning it BROWN.First coat of the brown and let me tell ya it was already looking better. But I decided to dress it up some more and make it more fun. I got some cute scrapbook paper and modpodged' (Spelling?) it up. I wasn't IN LOVE with it but I was happy it at least looked better then when I bought it.

Our good friends were have a garage/bake/boutique sale to raise money for their daughter who just got cancer. Sweetest family ever, anyways I decided to donate it to that and help them raise some money. I have no clue if it sold for 1-5-10-or 20 dollars but I was just glad to help out.

I liked doing it though.. and now i'm going to look for more treasures at Goodwill.. just you wait. Some day ill get good at this stuff like my sister and my in-laws and ill have a house full of cute things!

-Thanksgiving Week-

2010-12-04T15:33:00.000-08:00

Desert with the Phelps fam

Holly and Tysons wedding

Kelci here alll week

Littles came

hanging out with friends

temple lights

black friday

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and this year proved my point yet again. I love seeing my family. Hanging out with friends. Great food and a just a great week, although I am very very excited for Christmas :)

Thanksgiving

2010-11-27T23:29:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving this year was full of family. friends. and fun.
And I am SO thankful for all three.
Thanksgiving was full of food
And boy was it delicious.
Thanksgiving was full of memories and laughter.
And THAT was the best part of all.
Oh how I love my family :)

An eggnog toast

2010-11-21T22:14:00.000-08:00

A toast! With the most delicious drink of the season; eggnog!

This is to me.

To being who I want to be.

To making my own decisions because I know me better then anyone else.

To being happy all the time.

To accepting change.

To grow and learn from everything I go through.

To becoming a better person.

To serve.

To love.

To smile.

To enjoy.

To live life everyday with no regrets.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Know that if you are reading this then you have more then likley changed me for the better, because just by knowing you I have one more friend.
And friendship is the most valuable of all gifts.

Cubs stay, Dland

2010-11-15T14:13:00.000-08:00

This is my dad, being the cool guy he is. Ya thats right he got his very own cubs jersey with his name on it and number 16, who was my dads favorite player for the Cubs (He has a cool story why he liked that player so much) Anyways if you know my dad then you know this is no big deal to him because he gets cool stuff all the time. Although I will say he was pretty happy about this considering he loves the Cubs so much. Anyways, this was at the victory party at the Hilton after the election. and Prop 420 passed! The cubs will stay and we will build them a new stadium. I am really happy they didn't go to Florida. My dad grew up skipping school to go to Cubs spring training games with his dad. I grew up skipping school to go to the games with my dad. and I want to be able to take my kids out of school some day to be able to go to the Cubs games!!

On a completely different note, I went to Disneyland for my first time (that I remember) and it was SUHWEET! Ill do another blog on it because I have a ton of pics, but it was seriously a blast! Thank you so much mom and dad for such a fun trip!!!

HAPPY

2010-11-07T11:54:00.000-08:00

HAPPY FALL AND HAPPY SUNDAY :)

I am the best aunt, and worst sister!

2010-10-31T20:08:00.001-07:00

Friday night I spent the night at Staci's house and woke up to these cute boys! They were SOO cute and funny all day! We painted these boxes that they had bought, rode bikes outside in our pjs, ate breakfast about 4 times, played in the back yard, played hide and seek, and then after feeding them 4 times with that food covering their bodies I decided to stick them in the bath so they would be clean for their mom. Buutttttt... I let them paint in the bathtub because I am the nice aunt I am. And being the nice aunt I am I also let them destroy the house and the outside of it. I really was planning on cleaning up.. but things happened and my sister was very understanding. Instead of paying me she got to clean up ;) (thats why im a bad sister) hah anyways I really did have a good reason for leaving and not cleaning up and stack understands but for real people. Just look at these pics, you cant tell me these are not the cutest kids ever!!

WARNING CUTE BUM BELOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I asked parker what his full name was and he said pookie-bear-burrito-allen. I asked him what Rylers full name is and he said bubba-ry-pookie-allen. And I LOVE THEM!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.......

2010-10-15T13:48:00.000-07:00

THE BEST DAD IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!

My dad is the most amazing person I know. He is such an exmaple and role model in my life! He has always supported me in sports, school, any decisions I make and he is always right there to give me advice. He helps with with my homework and encourages me to always do my best and never lets me forget that success isnt given, you have to work hard for it! I love all his quirky dad jokes and how he has fun everywhere he goes! I love you pappa and I hope you have a great birthday today, you deserve it!! :D

2010-10-08T14:18:00.000-07:00

Conference was so much fun! I got to go (last minute) with some friends and it was my first time ever actually going to Utah to see it! It was so spiritual in the conference center, I loved it! Such a fun weekend!

RS Broadcast

2010-09-26T00:24:00.000-07:00

- background on RS
- womens callings
-Pres Monson is so funny
- judge righteously
-Pres Monson is awesome
- Dont look at people through a dirty window
-Pres Monson is really cute

overall.. I laughed a lot during pres. Monsons talk, but it was super good! All three of the RS pres. that spoke gave really good talks as well!

But really.. isn't he just so cute!

fun times

2010-09-21T19:29:00.000-07:00

Sombrero + noodles = happy birthday in Spanish to Lexi (while riding the noodle like a horse and being a cowgirl) oh and plus the guitarrr :D

She also has a fake cat that sits outside. aren't I adorable. You can just tell I love cats so much cant you.

Painting! We went and painted these booths for Gilberts constitution day.. whatever that is. But it was a lot of fun! (this was prior to the happy birthday singing at 11:50pm to make sure lexi's birthday lasted allll day long.)

AND- Bams farewell and the day that Robbie got baptized! Great day for all our friends :)

and the last pic, very random, but this was Chelsea's goodbye party and applebees. SO Fun!

2010-08-30T12:26:00.000-07:00

my weekend

Friday- date with the couch while wrapped in my blanket watching Cheaper by the dozen Two.

- some of the babies come over to swim and make me super happy

-go swim with Morgan and Johanna at morgans apartment= fun

-sleep, always good

Saturday- Help bro A move into his new house. Im glad he isnt moving out of the ward, I would miss all his stories and his cute old man smile that just lets you know he knows more then you no matter what you talk about because he has lived thru it all. Love him

-come home and hear Susan Hubers sweet voice. I know she was having a hard day, but I truly admire her so much she is such an amazing woman. I love her so much! and the whole Huber clan :D

- clean as every Saturday, and clean my much needed to be cleaned room.. and yet its still not completely clean..

- babysit Lilly, Annie and Tate! Love those kids!

-Have another date night with couch, but this time with ice cream and a movie called Derby Stallion, it has Zac Effron before he was a big star and he wasnt so cute then.. pretty good movie though. Then again I pretty much like any movie.

- sleep

Sunday - Wake up to mother telling me to wake up

-Lay in bed wanting to sleep more but I cant

- get a text from ashley reminding me we are visiting teaching in approx. 20 min

-oh no, I am teaching the lesson and I havent got a lesson to teach(yay rs message on LDS.Com)

-Go VT with Ashley, met a beautiful woman in our ward. and I mean Beautiful, like most perfect person ever anddddd the sweetest person. Im going to like vt-ing, her I think she will be a good role model for me

- shower

-go to church and love it

- come home and play with the kiddos until dinner starts.

-eat really yummy food, and home made ice cream and cake

- paint nails, becoming a sunday tradition, which I do not mind!

- watch tv with fam

- do homework

-sleep

Exciting I know. I have a sweet life. and I cant wait for next weekend! The Ranch with the family :D

first week feelings

2010-08-27T12:17:00.000-07:00

First off- this guy, Bam, left for his mission on Wednesday and I just wanted to say congrats because going on a mission is the most important thing for a guy to do, and I know he is gonna be a great missionary!

(this is the first pic I could find, him at Jr. Prom) we have been really good friends since jr high and its so weird that he is on a mission!

Now.......

Well my first week of college is officially accomplished. It was not as scary as I thought it would be. My teachers seem pretty good and I only get homework in two of my classes usually so thats always good. Its really weird how many old people there are in my classes, at least two people in each of my classes except my honors class are over the age of 45. Im just keeping busy between school and coaching so its been good for me, keeps my mind off all the other things in my life right now.. well thats about all, nothin special, just remembering my first week of college.

Dear Mesa, Arizona

2010-08-19T23:48:00.001-07:00

Dear Mesa, Arizona:

The place where its too hot to put back your trash cans after they're empty until late, late afternoon. That is unless you feel like getting your hands burnt off.

Where you cant go outside barefoot even across the sidewalk with out the 'oh oh ah ah' sound effects as you try and pick up your feet as quickly as possible to ease the burning

Starting your car with ac up all the way a good 3-5 minutes prior to driving it is a must if you want to be presentable where ever you are going, unless of course you like showing up places sweaty and with a blistery hand from trying to buckle your metal seatbelt..

Where people use umbrellas to block the sun, not the rain

Where if you want any chance of selling a car, the first and biggest thing you post about your cars details is **HAS ICE COLD AC**

vacant parks are seen all around during the day because no child wants to risk loosing their backside down the slide to third degree burns.

Where usual morning jogs happen at either 5:00 in the morning, inside on a treadmill, or not at all, of course if you want to risk heat stroke you may still do your daily run..

Where leaving your child in the car is illegal for sake of them dying of heat..

The place where in a parking lot it doesn't matter how close you are to the entrance; but how much shade you can manage to get covering your car, no matter how far away.

and most importantly where there is NO SNOW!

For that last reason alone it makes it all worth it.. oh how I love our winters, even though our summers are not the most.. well known for nice weather,

my Mesa summer heat ill take you any day over having to ever live in the snow! ..I really hope I never have to live in the snow, I really hate it.

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I know this post is totally random and unneeded, but I'm just reminding myself of how grateful I am that it is really really hot, and not snowing :D :D :D :D :D :D

and so college begins..

2010-08-19T23:41:00.000-07:00

Monday, that leaves me with only three days left before being an actual college student starts. I am scared. I dont really know why, probably just because its all going to be new to me and I have no clue what its like. Im sure ill be just fine and ill like it a lot. But still, its scary for me. Thanks Staci and Ashlyn for trying to calm my nerves and helping me know more what its like, and yes I am very excited about it and I know I will be fine, just the usual first day jitter bugs, although I get them for two days this time instead of just one.. lucky me. Anyways this is going to be my new home every day for the next few years, im not so overly joyed about that but its life!

I touched JOSH TURNERS hand

2010-08-13T21:52:00.002-07:00

So I have this slight obsession with this really really hot guy who can sing sooooooo good and is just so sweet, who happens to be famous, married, and a father.. aka totally unaviable. He still MADE MY DAY.. maybe life, by reaching out and touchin my hand! We went to JOSH TURNER'S concert at Wild Horse Pass Hotel and it was AMAZING! We were only 14 rows back and got to walk right up to the stage whenever we wanted! We did like 3 times, our poor dates were dateless like half the concert when we would leave but it was awesome! During his song WOULD YOU GO WITH ME there is a part that he says ''if I gave you my hand would you take it and make me the happiest man in the world'' and right then he reached for my hand and held it for a second or two, best seconds of my life I seriously almost fell over I didnt know what to do. THENNN dont worry people it gets better, the song says ''would you accompany me to the edge of the sea, help me tie up the ends of a dream, I gotta know, would you go with me'' and he totally sang it right to me in my eyes. Okay ya ya I know he didnt mean it and he does it to all his fans, but I dont care, I was in HEAVEN! man on man can he sing and put on a good show, he is AMAZING in concert!!! anyways dont worry I am back to reality and I know that I would never marry him because I wouldnt really want to, but hello hottie he is my all time fav singer! I was very proud of myself I knew every one of his songs but one because it just came out and yup, I was that annoying girl that everyone probably hates because I sang along with them all, and im sure not very good, because I really was freaking out the whole time he was up there. When he first came out I kid you not I almost cried, my eyes got all watery and I had to try so hard not to, I was just so happy to see him in person! :D Oh and to make it even better when we were going to park the car we totally saw him getting out of his RV, we should have gone over then and taken pics with him I dont know why we didnt.. stupid us. But overall it was AMAZING! I dont know if any date can ever top this one... :D oh and we got t-shirts if you couldnt tell!!!!!

AHHH WE WERE SOOOO CLOSE TO HIM IT WAS AWESOME!

the crew- Kade, Chelsea, Me, and Chase! Thank you so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much boys! They paid a lot for this concert because they knew how much me and chels love Josh Turner! Chase you're the best! Thank you :D

2010-08-13T21:52:00.001-07:00

I PROMISE MY BLOG ABOUT HONDURAS IS COMMING I JUST NEED A TIME I CAN SIT AND WRITE ALL ABOUT IT :D

ya I would be jealous if I were you too

2010-07-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

While all you peeps are stuck here...

I will be enjoying this beautiful country! I am so excited.. minus the humidity, but still im way excited! Honduras and Tate here I come!

painting room, hangin with friends,swimmin, cousins, babysitting, ranch, water fhe!

2010-07-09T19:46:00.000-07:00

Green be gone! sad?? NO WAY!!!! my mother on the other hand isnt in love with the color, but im lovin my blue!!

before.. a few days and ill have all the afters!

Chillin with Julia! We went and got Neilsons which was delish, then went back to her casa and well chilled :D this is her lil sis Annie with us and she is AdOrAbLe! Love her to pieces already!

This is my feelings about jellyfish described in buttons, yes they are buttons. I hate Jellyfish. hate hate hate. and yes I know hate is a strong word.

Arent we super cute

hulia.. you forgot to open your eyes! hahaha but you are still hawt!

This is Emily, hulia gulias older sister. I wish I knew cute guys that are her age so I could set her up. I cannot believe she has not been snatched up and taken away because well first off she is a total babe, even so intent on her computer she is. second she is super nice, and I mean the super.

Here is Hulia being a good girl doing the dishes!

Swimmin=the best thing ever in the summer! I got mason to finally do this and him and Powell now want to do it every time we swim! ...not that standing on someone is really that cool. haha

RiAnnes birthday!!! I love these girls so much they are so fun and amazing!!! Ri I hope you had the best birthday ever. You are so gorgeous and smart, so kind to everyone and I have never heard you say a bad thing about anyone. You are so strong and have such a sweet spirit. You glow! I love that you stand up for what you believe all the time and I hope you know how much I love you and will always be here for you! You are one of my most fav cousions EVERRRRR!! Love you girly and a happy late Birthday to you :D :D

Ryler. Could he get any cuter? well maybe if he was smiling so I could see his cute dimpels! (no clue how to spell that by the way!)

Isnt he the most handome boy ever! :D he is my lil bud and these boys never fail to make me smile!

Trip to the lil red store, best place ever! I hope this lil shop never closes.

helpin get water!

me and matt build this SUHWEEET fort! yes I know, we taught bear grills everything he knows.

WATER FHE. first off I have the best family in the world. fhe's with the fam is one of the things I look forward to the most every month!

playin ring around the rosies!

my lil princesses :D and Gemma who is not in the pic

2010-07-01T00:32:00.000-07:00

Hey yall so by the way I know I dont have a background on my blog, I just keep forgetting to fix it. haha so ya it will get done sometime soon... maybe

as of lately..

This = pure happiness. Girls camp rocked and it was at a beautiful spot!

And Brian is home! Dont ask about the hat.. I dont get it either

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!

2010-06-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

So the day after school we headed off the the cabin as always! It was so much fun :D view from the cinderpit

climbing the cinderpit!

relaxin

you can tell that we work hard.. and that I have awesome posture..not

Playin at the pond!

Me and powell sittin on a rock :D

and sliding down!

This just made me luagh, Mason found this old hubcab and thought it would be a cool hat

Campfire!!

-Graduation-

2010-06-06T23:51:00.000-07:00

I know. Weird right. I think so too :)

Sunday.. a day of

2010-06-06T23:21:00.000-07:00

Woke up at 5:30 ADIOS to Momma and Pappa, their off to pick up Brian in Brazil!

woke up again at 9 and didnt know what to do with my time.. sat around got ready for church, was lazy

Talked to a wonderful person. Spendy how I love you! oh and im really excited for Lunch :D

The back door didnt lock, oh great I thought to myself. But its okay because I figured it out now!

Went to church, alone. Sat by myself but Mary and Olivia Tukuafu sat with me! They wanted to say their testimonies but were scared so I went up and helped them/said mine.

Relief Society was good. A little weird my first time without my mom but something I want to remember when im married that I learned is that at nights when you say prayers with your spouse say specific things out loud why you are thankful for them. It helps your relationship grow strong.

Walked sis Cooper to her car after church and talked with her. Oh how I love her and her sweet giving spirit! She is so cute and little :D

Went home and called Kylie( we were havin dinner at her house and I needed to take her the meat to cook for taco salad) she didnt answer so I thought okay ill make it.. even though I had NO CLUE how. So I called staci and she helped me. As I was letting it cook I was making cookies for dinner too. I went into the pantry to get something and when I came out the whole kitchen was filled with smoke! AHH I thought as I turned on the vent and opened the window. Awesome stupid meat that I didnt know how to cook. Luckily Ky called and said she would do it! Yesss
oh then I looked outside and the big umbrella and table were in the pool so i had to fish them out that was fun. So anyways we ended up doing dinner at my house so I had to hurry and clean thanks to David my Bro-n-law We got it all ready. Anyways dinner was delicious!

I saw a Quail family in the yard that made me so happy!

Got to see my best friend for a little!

and here I sit writing on this blog... sounds like a busy, fun, good day to me!

Rodeo love

2010-05-22T19:12:00.000-07:00

Call me corny or stupid or whatever, and I know my family will think im stupid or most likly making this up, but its been a love of mine ever since I was a little girl. I would love to be a real cowgirl. to live on a farm. to have a horse of my own and ride it everyday. all of it. I have never done anything with this fantasy of mine knowing I live in Mesa AZ and I basically have no chance of living on a farm. It is still inside me though and no matter what happens I will always have a love for the cowgirl life! anyways... Chase took me to a RODEO last night with his family!!!!! it was a few hours of pure bliss, this is MY fairytale, being in the dirt with no tall buisness buildings in sight!

This is why the Allen family was going, this guy Carter, used to live next door to them and now he is a Bull Fighter and he was doing a rodeo here, so we went!!

sorry that you cant really see.. I guess my camera doesnt take good night pics but there is a bull out there with a guy fallin off him :D

Last year to this year.. prom was a thousand time better!

2010-05-09T12:07:00.000-07:00

Well to start off last year, long story short me and Lindsay went to get our makeup done at Dillards, I started feeling sick and passed out onto the lady while she was doing mine, well Lindsay thought I was dead and she got so sick to her stomach that she passed out(this is after she did, sorry no pics of when I did) there was a nurse there so they called our mothers and stuff and they called the peramedics :( and i HATE doctors so I was NOT happy with them.) They thought we were trying to loose weight for prom.. if only they knew how much we love food! Now you have to understand my mother in taking these pics, I pass out very easily, why you ask? I do not know. Anyways me and my mother know it is not a big deal so she wasnt worried about me thats why she took pictures instead of helping me :P They even blocked off the whole side of the store we were at, how sweet.

walking back out after REFUSING to go to the hospital because I had prom in an hour and still had to do my hair and wipe off that ugly makeup and re-do it. I called Chase and he glady delayed picking me up so i could be ready.

Flashback of last year.. It was fun dont get me wrong but a lil weird, considering we had broken up 4 days before, and while we were both still mad at eachother we tried to make it not weird which kinda made it weirder hahaha

AND THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so so so so so so so so so so much better! No passing out, I felt like a princess, chase looked SO good, we were together, we had a blast at pictures, dinner, the dance, everything! It was SOO fun!

-Chase was happy he was just trying to do some model pictures haha-

Me and Capri!

There will be lots more pictures coming!!

THANK YOU CHASE FOR MAKING MY SENIOR PROM SO AMAZING!!!!!

One year ago.. just wait till saturday!!

2010-05-02T11:07:00.000-07:00

Well This pic is from Prom last year which was really fun but that day in its self was intresting.. ill post more about that when I repost on sunday because PROM IS SATURDAY!!!!!!!!! and I. AM. SO. EXCITED!

What have I been up to?!?!

2010-04-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

Celebrating Tates BDAY for him while he is on his mish! Went to Mormon Prom.. aka big church dance

FHE with the Brinton side because we are awesome

Sunday dinners delish! The girls in our family :D

Watching Powell play T-Ball.. so cute!

Hanging out with the SISTAS because I LOVEEE them!

and track track and more track ... parker at one of my meets

Two of the funniest people I know

2010-04-07T21:01:00.000-07:00

TO SEE MORE OF THESE... READ THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH!

These are a few of the people that make this Phelps renunion every year possible! We have such a great family :) I always look forward to Easter because I know th eMonday after we go here, and we get to ride on the zip line, go on the bouncy house, trampoline, play volleyball, eat yummy food, ride horses(new addition this year!) etc. Its really fun and I lovee going!!

Really really high slide :D

Jumpin with Parker and Ryler

Zipline!!
But this is why I LOVEDDDDD this years renunion, because of the two funniest people ever! Oh Kambi and Jennie, how I love you! for those of you who didnt stay forever after (aka everyone) this is what you missed out on! its okay... be jealous :P

we are weird, we know

What have I been up to??

2010-04-04T13:09:00.001-07:00

I got to babysit these two adorable kiddos Firday and Saturday night and we had a blast! I dont have any pics from Friday but Saturday was Tristans birthday so i had to take pics so I could show them to his parents since they were out of town! (no worries, he wasnt sad they were gone, he wants a suprise birthday party!) So here is a run down of satuday-- Went to Chuck -e- Cheeses and had a blast, people kept giving us their tickets and coins when they were leaving it was awesome, then we went back to my house where my nieces and nephews were because the men were at Priesthood so the wives brought over their kids, I figured koko and Tristan would like playin with other kids/ they really wanted to play at my house haha so we did.. oh and pretty sure Mason and Tristan are gonna be good friends, they both told me when we left they want to have play dates with eachother. We put a candel in an icecream cone and sang to Tristan.. sorry no cake! but I dont think he cared, him and the boys spent the rest of the night catching bugs(by the way heather you have some bugs in a jar at your house.. :P you're welcome) The girls had fun playing house on top of the play house and making cakes and things out of sand. Then we went back to their house and colored easter eggs! and then watched a movie until Aaron got back to watch them the rest of the time.. I hope you had a good birthday Tristan!!!! koraya is so beautiful!

Koko and bunny

caught them in the middle of getting jammies on.. can you tell Tristan is right handed?! what a cute 7 yr old

few of the kids at my house

new best buds

Happy Birthday!

Friday morning was coloring easter eggs with all the nieces and nephews and some friends!!

following was lunch and an easter egg hunt!

cute girls!

We had a lot of fun doing tricks on the tramp

Emily and Parker

So glad Susan Huber was able to come!! We all just love our 'Grandma'

Staci and Ryler eatin cupcakes

Lisa brought her two adorable girls( and tate who mostly slept :D) so glad they came!! this is annie

Mia Hallie and Gemma

yay for easter eggs!

Can you tell Tanner likes green :D

cute lily

Annnie!

WE LOVE EASTER EGGS!

Parker!

Photos with Abby

2010-03-22T18:32:00.001-07:00

Thank you soo much abby for takin pics, you are amazing!! we just did this for fun the other night, found some cool places! :D

Sunday Dinner... Girls party in my room!!

2010-03-01T21:19:00.000-08:00

What do you do when you kick the boys out and have 4 Princesses on your bed? (Poor Gemma with her sprained ankle) Eat chocolate sticks and take pictures of course!!!! :D I love my Nieces!

Oh and take turns telling princess stories, cause those are the best!

Missing Granny!

2010-03-01T21:16:00.001-08:00

Missing Granny..
I knew I would miss Granny a lot when she died. And although I was happy she is in a better place, with no health problems, and with her hubbies.. I miss her SO much! She is so much of why I am who I am. I love her with all my heart! She was such an amazing and accomplished woman, never getting too sick for a party! She was so beautiful and always made me laugh. I have so many memories of her.. and it makes me sad that my kids or husband will never know her while here on earth. She is my inspiration. I love you Granny!!!

Tater Tot

2010-02-23T20:38:00.000-08:00

I miss Tate a lot! Im so proud of him for his mission, he is so awesome and a great brother, but im ready to be able to talk to him all the time again!! I cant wait for July so we can go pick him up :D

FUN DAY!

2010-02-15T20:10:00.000-08:00

Sorry no pictures, but today was way fun! Mason and Powell spent the night last night, and when i woke up this morning i got to go babysitting.. which was a blast! Then i went to tacobell and then the park with most of the nieces and nephews which was fun to play with them. After me mason parker and my mom went to walmart which i love, i dont know why but i just really like that store. And then we (mason me and parker) painted( they picked out the letter of their last name to paint for thier moms) and colored some 50 cent visors we got from wallieworld too! anyways just lots of playing at our house.. aka NO CLEANING which was AWESOME!!!! although i have to do it now... but thats okay. So then after playing with them all afternoon we went to our phelps family valentines party and i got to see the hallsteds who are my cousins that i never get to see because they live in utah, and come to find out amanda who is about a year and a half older then me is ENGAGGED!!! Im so happy for them even though im still in shock :P and Kimeree and her kiddos! and then me, moms, and pops went to singles ward fhe which was entertaing to watch! Anyways nothin real special but it was a pretty good day :D

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2010-02-03T15:43:00.000-08:00

I was looking through my old school notbebooks the other day reading all the things i wrote, i giggled because at the top of every page we had to write "I feel (fill in the blank) today"

well..... today I feel about a thousand different things, this picture pretty much sums it up into my stressed out, high school life. and I really wish that screaming really loud made everything feel better

State of the Union Address

2010-01-28T17:02:00.001-08:00

Yay for feeling good again! and yay for rain :D :D :D :D

Yesterday was Obamas State Of the Union Address. which actually amused me quite a lot. Im not going to lie obama is a very good speaker, and had a lot of good promises and ideas.. well some good ones. But in my opinion i think he compared us to other countries too much (hello there is a reason we are not socialist- Communist country.. oh wait he is trying to make us one, no wonder he did that. He bragged about himself too much considering how little he has done in the past year. He blamed bush a ton and it was annoying- its not my fault.. oh please yes it is because you are the president and whether or not you did it you get the wonderful act of taking the blame, so stop crying and telling people it wasnt your fault.. just fix it. good talking about Haiti, good talking about education. but the thing that annoys me is that if he has only kept 4ish of his promises in the last year then why doesnt he work on keeping the other ones he didnt finish instead of making a lot of new ones. anywho- this is just my opinion of it no one elses, and im just a little senior so who knows i could be totally wrong but as you can tell some laughing went on.. some along with him.................. some at him. :D and that made me very happy.

caution.. weak stomachs do not read :)

2010-01-26T11:04:00.000-08:00

Saturday I went to go watch Mesa Highs club team at their tournament. I started to feel, not so good around 4. So i hurried to the bathroom trying not to pass out or throw up, i couldn't tell which one i felt more like. After deciding that i had no other choice then to get home i hurried to my car and went home pretty much as fast as i could staying in the speed limit. I got home, stopped by the bush for a minute cause that throw up feeling came back, and after 30 seconds and i didn't throw up i ran inside to change into my jammies and climb into bed. I called my mom to bring me a bowl for when i really would throw up and what do you know. within about 5 minutes i was in front of the toilet letting what i had just eaten for lunch come right back up.. let me tell ya my corn dog and ocean water tasted a lot better going down. So for the next few hours i spent a lot of time in front of my toilet.. i never knew i had so much inside of me. I managed to feel a little better and even slept for about an hour and a half. When i woke up i was feeling good and well i guess my body wasn't because it all started up again. Okay; so that went on from about 4 till 11 (minus the little sleep i got in between) I then got so sick of going back and forth from my room to the bath room and i had no strength left that i decided to just sleep next to the toilet. Even with the 2 comforters between me and the bathroom floor i was not comfortable and could not sleep.. i got maybe 30 minutes from 11 until 2ish and then surprise surprise a little friend wanted to sleep with me.. except he wanted the whole bed to himself i guess so he stung me.. (angry face) well i jumped up right away and turned on the lite, finding the scorpion i put a cup over him so he couldn't escape. I started feeling really nautious and sick again, i guess from getting up so quickly, but i had to go get my mom so she could kill it while i.. well you know.. so anyways that was the last time i threw up which was really great. the next day followed by an almost worse ache kinda flu. My whole body hurt, my throat especially. My head pounded and i hardly had strength to sit up when i had to take medicine. if i wasn't freezing and shaking then i was sweating more then when i work out.. nothing ever in between. I was able to eat a little bit Sunday though so that was good.. so anyways Monday came around and i couldn't sleep again, i constantly was waking up and always thirsty. I took my temperature about 6 ( when I'm sick i get obsessed with taking my temp) and my temp was 102.2 i thought oh great, now i get a temperature too. So i kept taking it about every 15 minutes, i know I'm weird. And it kept raising, the highest it got was 102.5 though.. anyways i drank a lot of NyQuil about 8 and slept until about 1130 which was nice. my temp left and i actually felt not too bad. still very light headed and my throat feeling like a golf ball on fire was in it but that was like heaven compared to the past 2 days. I really wanted to go to school today (Tuesday) but my mom wouldn't let me. And although i really wanted to i think I'm glad i didn't.. i don't know how long i would have lasted because i still feel weak and what not.. but anyways i feel a ton better today and i am going to school tomorrow!!!.. i hope..

sorry if you didn't want to read that, its more for my remembrance for the next time i think ' i wish i was sick so i didn't have to go to school' i don't think i'll ever wish that again

My Awesome Day!

2009-12-30T16:16:00.000-08:00

So my day started out with this cute girl. and the one below :) when I went to go pick them up they were so excited, and I knew we would have fun! Abby was so funny she kept telling me all day 'heidi i just love you' and Hallie cracked me up because she is such a mom to her little sister. She would always say things to Abby of what she could or couldnt do and I love that she calls her sissy its so cute! Once we got back to my house first thing we did was play dress up!!
Abby was being so funny the whole time!

hallie took this picture! she did good!

They kept wanting to take SiLlY FAcE pictures.. so we did :D
Hal has some pretty funny facesshe wouldnt smile :)

but she sure was cute !

Abby thought for sure she was a fairy!

THEN WE MADE COOKIES :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

They put all the ingridents in (i measured dont worry!) and were so proud!

next we rolled them into balls.. they were very into it

and WALLAAAA!!! stuck some chocolate in the middle and they were so yummy!

--best part of making cookies, Hallie kept saying to Abby ' put your little bum down on the stool' and abby would say 'okay sissy.' probably happened like 9 times. MADE MY DAY!!

Then we made lunch and walked to Kylies in the stroller to pick up Powell and Mia on our way to the PARK!

They wanted to walk from Kylies to the park though! they were so cute in their matching sweaters!

first we ate and fed the ducks.. more like threw bread in the water and yelled at the ducks to come eat it, even though they never did.

Then we played on the playground!

After a FUN day I took the girls home so Abby could nap and I could go to volleyball. Oh and I forgot we also made Instruments out of cups and bowls and beans :D but I never took any pictures of that :( anyways. it was an AwEsoMe day!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for lettin me take your girls Amy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2009-12-24T14:42:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving

2009-11-29T14:56:00.000-08:00

TERRIBLE picture, but me and powell, sitting on top of a mountain we hiked. i look chubby in this pic..

Riding horses is my FAVORITE thing to do! yes thats me on the beautiful dark horse Brownie :) hehe

On top of the mountian we hiked. We hike this every year, these are only some of the hikers, although I think the desert is UGGGLY when you get up here and look it all becomes.. Prettier :D Thanksgiving was wonderful consisting of yummy food, lots of kids, horses, quads, golf carts, games and fun! I love my family!!

senior year, halloween, and GOOD News

2009-11-22T13:34:00.000-08:00

So yes is it my senior year. and it is SO SAD to think I will never play High School volleyball again. These were the seniors on my team this year. It was such a fun year!!

HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS! so Jeff got engaged to Elizabeth Hunt recently and I am SOO exctited! I love her to death and they are so cute with each other. Why is this such good news you ask? Because this means Jeff is moving out! :) I still love you Jeff!

And last but not least Halloween came and went so quick. Consisting of lots of parties and good times :)

Homecoming!

2009-11-22T13:27:00.000-08:00

Homecoming was a BLAST this year! I went with Chase Allen and we had a really fun group! We went and took pictures (these are all at joes farm house in Gilbert) Went to Macaroni (sp?) Grill for dinner, and then off to the dance! After the dance we went to Chases house with our group and watched a movie. It was seriously so fun, Thank you Chase for an awesome date! :D

lots of updates.. Enjoy

2009-08-07T18:23:00.000-07:00

The pictures aren't in any order.. very random! But this is what has been going on the past few weeks :)

VoLlEyBalL!! This is some of our team at festival. So much fun!
Me, Mia, and Powell racing to the car from the pond

Me and Brittany and Brooklyn at our family renunion

Jeff, me, my dad at the Oquirrh Mountian Temple, Utah

Ranch Trip, Jeff hookin up the water trailor.. me distracting him :P

Me and Mia at Spring valley

Papa is home!! This is about 20 minutes after he got home from being in the hospital 16 days I got taught how to give him his medicine thru his pickline :) my dad is so silly! We have to do this everyday, and I love acting like i'm a professional nurse! haha not

Poor papa in the hospital, takin a break from the bed
I Cant believe he is 8!!!!!! Mason got baptized last month, im so proud of him! He is such a good nephew, grandson, brother, son and person! He is so kind to everyone, I love you Mason!

This is the cool snake I found at the pond.. it pooped in my hand grr

neglected bloging..

2009-06-28T14:50:00.001-07:00

E.F.Y!!! Most AMAZING week of my life, I had the best group ( SHOW UNTO THE WORLD), best counselors, we had an amazing session director, and really really great classes!! I loved everything about it!! here are a few picture.. :)

Tannis, RiAnne, Kendra, Me.. bored waiting to go home

Me and Bethany!! My counselor, I love her!!

probably one of my favorite pictures.. haha we aren't very good at making straight faces

girls, smiling!!

The BOYS

Our guy counselor! Dan the man

Me and Tannis!!

Our session director and his wife (Bro and sister Diamond!)

Friends from home! Koltn, Brandon, Bam

Cousin Brittany, me, Tannis

I cant remember if i posted about this but I got 5th place in our state track meet this year for high jump! I was really happy with it and im going to keep working hard to get better next year. (thanks uncle Jerry for the picture)

PROM!!!! So much fun, we had an awesome group! Thanks Chase for a way fun date!

I'm sure I missed a lot of things, but oh well. I guess ill try to keep it updated more often! :)

Pretty Pretty Princess

2009-03-18T23:22:00.000-07:00

We found GEMMA Tuesday night after Julies party in my bathroom.. playing with my make up! Funniest thing I have seen! it was so cute, and she was SO focused. She knew she looked to pretty cause she had makeup on! Then she put some on me too, she was so cute about it!
She didn't even flinch when Kylie was taking pictures, she just kept going right along with what she was doing! The best thing about it is she knew where to put all the makeup! .. she defiantly has observed people putting it on cause she was pro!

2009-03-02T19:17:00.000-08:00

I dont remember if i have done this before.. but oh well!

JOYS:.. only 3?!
1.Family/ Friends
2.sports
3. music

FEARS:
1. cockroaches
2. sharks
3. the dark

GOALS:
1. top 3 at state for high jump
2. Married in the temple
3. get a job

OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS:
1. music
2. precious moments
3. pictures

RANDOM:
1. I HATE HATE HATE when people talk while someone is trying to teach
2. I dont like apple juice
3. I cant wait till im married and have a life of my own!

Magazines I read regularly:
1.none
2. none
3. none

Teachers who made a difference:
1. Mr. Wilson -7th grade English
2. mrs. cotter- 11 American history
3. mrs. Barker- 11 English (LOVE HER!)

Books that made me think:
1. Book of Mormon.. trying to apply it to my life, sometimes its kinda hard

Sights that made me awe:
1. old men opening the door for their wife (makes me think how long they have been doing it, so cute!)
2. newly married people kissing
3. really cute pictures

Careers that fascinate me:
1. Astheticition (no clue how to spell it.. aka skin care)
2. business management
3. mom

Colors that make me happy:
1. GREEN
2. teal
3. yellow

Words that make me shudder when said aloud:
1. Barf
2. cuss words- hate um
3. my name when said in a not pleasant tone

Websites I check every day:
1. Facebook
2. Blog
3. my e-mails

Restaurants that make my mouth water:
1. Costa Vida
2. Aloha Kitchen
3. applebees

Experiences I don't plan to repeat:
1. If i dont wanna repeat them why would I

Songs that pump me up:
1. everything my Michael buble
2. sway/ home by Michael buble
3. lemonade by Chris rice

2009-02-28T22:59:00.000-08:00

Dana tagged me..

4th file.... 4th picture.. then tell about it! :)

Um so One of these legs is my moms sister Aunt Shenla's, the other is mine.. Can you tell which is mine? :) I think we were talking about how i was tan or something and how she was white and we compared so we took a picture of it! No worries though, i still love you even if you're white aunt shenla!!

Action

2009-02-14T10:39:00.000-08:00

SO last week my WONDERFUL sister KYLIE took pictures of me and TANNIS for fun! It was really random, but I loved it! and we are gonna do it again, any ideas of good places to go? Anyways, here are some of the pics :)

2009-01-18T15:27:00.000-08:00

Well considering I forgot I had a blog for a while I haven't posted much lately. But no one reads it so I really don't know why I care. Anyways, nothing really has happened but last night there was a fireside for the Young Single Adults. I know I'm not one, but because my dad is in the bishopric I got to go. It was AMAZING, Elder David A. Bednar and his wife came and spoke along with Elder Snow of the 70. It was really neat, they did a question and answer and had people go around with Microphones so everyone could ask questions. I learned SO much last night and I wanted to just sit and hear him talk for ever, he is such a great speaker! And the spirit was so strong there. Two things I will never forget about this fireside, PRAYERS do get answered. and when an apostle of the lord bears his testimony he doesn't say "I know Christ lives, or I know Joseph Smith is and was a true prophet" he says I WITTINESS to you that Christ Lives, I Wittiness to you that Joseph Smith is a prophet. That was a big testimony builder for me! How I love this church and am so proud to be a part of it!!

Now on a less spiritual note, Staci did this and although she didn't tag me im going to do it too.

ONE WORD ANSWERS:

1. Where is your phone? pocket
2. Where is your significant other? none
3 .Your hair color? brown
4. Your Mother? amazing
5. Your Father? perfect
6. Your favorite thing? religion
7. Your dream last night? random
8. Your dream/goal? family
9. The room you're in? family
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? cockroaches
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? married
13. Where were you last night? Dallins
14. What you're not? Gothic
15. One of your wish-list items? clothes
16. Where you grew up? Mesa
17. The last thing you ate? chocolate
18. What are you wearing? sweatshirt
19. Your TV? big
20. Your pet? dead
21. Your computer? ??
22. Your mood? spiritual
23. Missing someone? friends
24. Your car? none
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? Ross
27. Your Summer? Wonderful
28. Love someone? everyone
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? yesterday
32.Something you crave? chicken
33. Why you blog? family

2008-12-24T14:19:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

WINTER FORMAL

2008-12-14T19:12:00.000-08:00

Here is the other one of Miya and Zander.. I dont know why it got out of place.. haha still so cute!

Me and Tanner

Again.. :)

Parker and Lexi! so cute

Love them!

this picture cracks me up!

Tannis and Tommmy

SO cute!

Miya and Zander! they were So funny

Lindsay and dallin! Such a CUTE picture

sweet

So Yesterday was WINTER FORMAL! SOOO FUN. It started out with our tradition of a sleepover at Lindsays house the night before with the girls! We had a blast all night! Then at 8:00 we had breakfast, made sure everything was ready, and got ready. We picked up our dates at 11:00 and were off to the mall. We did a picture scavenger hunt which was so fun, and hopefully soon i will be able to put pics of that on here. After that we got pizza and went down town to eat (on a street corner(that wasnt planned) haha. And then we took really fun pictures with the statues and at the mesa arts center. It was WAY cheap :) and SO fun! So we took the boys home, and then got ready. At 6:00 we did PICTURES (what these are from) at Val Vista Lakes. and my WONDERFUL sister Kylie who is amazing a photograpy took them. Her camera fell over because of the wind and basically got destroyed so we didnt get a group picture (we took one at the school) But her camera is under warranty so it will be fixed! THANKS KY! Then we went to CHARLSTONS to eat dinner which was DELICIOUS!!! that was so fun, and next we were off to the dance. Lexi was noninated PRINCESS and totally deserved it! It was so fun. After the dance we came back to my house for Krispy Kreme doughnuts, hot chocolate. and we wated a video of our pictures throughout the day and these ones, that kylie put together for us while we were gone! So nice. Then we watched a movie and went home! All in all it was SOOO fun and Tanner thanks for being such a fun date!!

SORRY.. Here is an update of the last few weeks!

2008-12-08T15:19:00.001-08:00

Riding horses in the Desert, we (Jeff and I) had just got back and my mom was like wait dont get off I want a picture.. so thats why im next to the trailor! :)
Desiree, Me, and Kelci! I love them!

Loni, i think Crue, Walker, and Me riding the golf cart!

Sweet baby parker with his new brother!!

My mom said it looks like Ryler is going RRAAWWRR with his hands up to scare Parker. haha

At the hospital!

Happy Birthday GRANNY!!!! granny with some of her GREAT GRANDKIDS!! WOW

cute Ryler again.. i love this boy!

I went and saw him after my choir concert!

Me and Jeff at my concert!

THANKSGIVING!! The Littles came down for the weekend and it was so fun here at the "BRINTON HOTEL" with all them here!! I love when they are down, and i wish they didnt leave.. :( We had a really fun day at the DESERT as usual with all the family riding horses, golf carts, eating food, fire, and all that fun stuff!

- I asked TANNER JONES to WiNtEr FoRmAl!! It is this Saturday, so after you will see lots of pictures!

- December 2nd, I got a new NEPHEW!! Staci (my sister) had her baby RYLER SHANE ALLEN, and was in the hospital for less then 45 minutes before she had him! Way to go stack.. hopefully i will be like you :) by the way, Ryler is PERFECT and SO CUTE!

- Dec. 2nd, I also had my choir concert which went really well!

- December 2nd, Also GRANNYS BIRTHDAY! Happy Birthday to the most amazing person i know! She is unbelievably amazing, and im so glad she is in our family!

- December 6th, BREAKFAST with SANTA! Its an amazing thing that MESA HIGH does, where they provide CHRISTMAS for 50 families who wouldn't otherwise be able to have it! Its such a neat thing, Friday night me and my friends were at Mesa until 9:30 at night setting up, and we even left before some people. And Saturday Tannis and I got there a little after 7. It was SO FUN playing with the little kids while the parents went into the back rooms and went "shopping" for what they needed. although nothing cost money.. obviously. It was so neat to see the families reactions. They were so happy, and the kids were so cute!

-December 7th. VESPERS! I wish I had pictures of this, because it was amazing! It was our "Christmas" concert that Mesa high puts on, but its only with AcCapella and Chamber choirs. Its such a neat thing, and a great way to feel the spirit!

I think that's about it.. Our volleyball team made it to STATE this year. But we got out in the first round against Gilbert. It was still a lot of fun, and now I'm playing club!

2008-11-15T12:40:00.000-08:00

Alright Tan tagged me.. here are some Random Facts about me:

1. For Christmas, I like BLUE AND WHITE better then RED and GREEN

2. I love love love TRAVELING!! and CHICAGO is my favorite place to go, although I really want to go to CHINA

3. I hate cockroaches more then scorpions, or any other insect

4. I can pop my hip out of place!

5. I love QT, and I get YELLOW Gatorade every time I go there, and if I do get Horchata I always save half for my brother, and he does the same for me!

6. I love drawing and painting, but wish I was really good at it.

7. I LLLLOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEEEE FOOD!! (thank goodness for sports or i would be fat!)

8. Oh and in case you didn't know, I have THE GREATEST FRIENDS IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD. no joke!

9. I LOVE the Christmas lights at the TEMPLE!

HOMECOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-26T21:26:00.000-07:00

Kolter and Courtney!

Tannis and Brandon!

Lindsay and Booty (Robert)!

We had a DELICIOUS dinner at the Kings house (my dates house) and it was set up so cute!!

The girls, Lindsay, Tannis, Courtney, and Me :D

The Boys Kolter, Brandon, Booty, and Dallin!! :D

AW!!!! everyone looks so cute, and yes, booty (far right) is standing on the fireplace! haha

Me and Dallin!!! what a stud huh!

This was seriously SO fun!! So, Friday night the girls had a sleepover at Lindsays house and it was a blast just being crazy and spending time together! Then Saturday morning the boys picked us up at 8:00 and we went quading! (sorry i dont have any pics of quading) Brandons dad Brother Ray and his friend Brother Goodman went with us! we had 5 quads and 1 dirt bike, brother Rays quad broke, Booty and Lindsays quad broke, and Brandon and Tannis Flipped their quad (scary!) so it broke. Me and Dallin were riding right by them so we were able to be right there and help when it happened, Tannis is alright, she has some scrapes on each knee, and brandon will be okay, he is on crutches right now, his left leg got hurt pretty bad. but he should be better in a few weeks, luckily we said a prayer before we started because they should have been hurt a lot worse then they were! anyways, so by the end of the day Kolter and Courtneys quad worked and Our quad worked (and bro. Goodmans dirtbike) dont get me wrong, everyones quads worked for a while and one by on they broke, so we all did get to go for a long time! and brandon and Tannis flipped right at the very end, which really was good because the cars were right there! But i think me and Dallin had the most fun! haha cause pretty much everyone else had something go wrong. anyways, then we had lunch while we cleaned tannis and brandon up, packed up the quads and went home. Then the boys picked us up at 6:30 and we went to dallins house for that Delicious dinner, Steak and Salmon!! then to the dance, which was so fun. and after to Brandons house for RoOTbeEr FLoaTs! The boys could't have planned it any better! it was the funnest date i have ever been on! thank you to all the parents for all you did for us, for the boys for making our date SO amazingly fun. and for DALLIN for being such a FUN date!!!!!!!!

girls camp!!

2008-10-26T20:54:00.001-07:00

these are the cute girls that were in the hotel room wiht me and rachel (we were YCL's)

Our skit group! and yes.. i have a diaper on my head :P

We went repelling!!! it was sooo fun and not that hard at all! thanks Bishop and bro. Gardner!

Hannah's hair got caught aroung the 8 ring and we had to pull her back up the mountian because she couldn't move, it was an interesting event, but we didnt have to cut off her hair!

Sister Arnett, me, Sister Higgens, Sister Thornhill!!

Cant you tell certification is so fun!

everyone that went repelling minus some leaders, and no beehives (only mia maids and laurels went repelling!)

Some of the girls in our tent!

Dont mess with Aspen ward... we will beat you up!

Me and Rachel teaching CAMP SONGS!!!!! probably my favorite thing about camp

I love rachel! we had SO much fun together!!!!

Our wonderful men setting up camp for us!!

how cute!

The first night we slept at our leaders house and it was actually a lot of fun, despite it not being real camping. the second night we went to the resort, hotel and that was fun too, even though it defitnaly wasn't camping!

2008-10-05T19:42:00.000-07:00

So.. last night (Saturday) I went to Mountain Views Homecoming! I went with Ethan Smith, long story short he wanted to go with a girl from a different school, his brothers girlfriend knows me really well, and set us up. So we hung out a few times before so it wasn't a total BLIND date. Anyways, i had a volleyball tournament all day so i got home about 4:00. We went to my sister Staci's house to do some stuff, then i had to hurry up and shower and Staci did my hair! Isn't it so cute! Thank you Staci!! (the jewelry is also hers! )
AW :)
I had SO much fun! We had dinner at his house with three others couples that his mom made and it was delicious! Then we went to the dance, and after we went to another persons house in our group to play some games! Thank you Ethan!!

2008-09-16T15:17:00.000-07:00

Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 and posts their names. Have fun!

5 years ago I:
1. was 11
2. was in clogging
3. was ugly
4. gave lots of hugs.. oh wait i still do!
5. played on my playhouse and trampoline A TON

5 things on tomorrow's to do list:
1. School
2. volleyball
3. Homework
4. mutual
5. Make a fruit salad for mutual

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. any chocolate
2. cookies
3. ice cream
4. HOMEMADE ICE CREAM
5. anything gummy

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. give some of it away to help people
2. travel, a lot
3. save money so i never go broke
4. buy a nice house but not necessarily big
5. make sure i have a pool for this Arizona heat!

5 places I have lived:
1. My Mommy's tummy
2. My car seat
3. MY crib
4. you could probably say at mesa high
5. and of course my house
.. of course most of these places were for just months, but I'm sure i was there a lot! ha ha

I tag.. Emily, Dana, Janell, and Cortney! yes three for that blog, ha ha

2008-08-29T18:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. As of Tuesday I am going PRIVATE! so if you want to be able to read my blog send me your e-mail (or send it to my mom if you have hers and i will get it!) Thank you!!

VOLLEYBALL

2008-08-16T19:23:00.000-07:00

So.. volleyball tryouts started the same day as the first day of school! And I found out on Wednesday that I MADE VARSITY!! I was so happy, and it was like a huge weight was lifted off me. I'm really excited for this season, I think we have a really good team and will do well, there are I think 8 seniors and 5 juniors on the team. And we all get along really well!! Mountain View.. get ready.. cause here we come! haha.. well I hope! :D

2008-08-05T22:35:00.000-07:00

I STOLE THIS FROM EM'S BLOG! Just for fun..

Diamonds or pearls? diamonds
What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Hancock! I liked it a lot
What is your favorite TV show? What Not To Wear, say yes to the dress, must love kids, dirty jobs, mythbusters, and anything else on tlc or hgtv! (or discovery)
What do you usually have for breakfast? i usually don't have any..
What is your middle name? Nichole
What food do you dislike? FISH
What is your favorite CD at moment? any of my mixes from Tan
What kind of car do you drive? which ever one i can..
Favorite sandwich? toasted sub!!
What characteristic do you despise? TWO FACED.. if your gonna say it, say it to their face
Favorite item of clothing? JEANS!!!!!
If you could go anywhere on vacation, where would you go? China.. or Italy!
Favorite brand of clothing? umm mudd.. really i don't care, if its cute and it fits then really why care..
What was your most recent memorable birthday? 14th.. went to school in a LIMO!
Favorite sport to watch? volleyball or football.. and sometimes baseball
When is your birthday? may 14
Are you a morning person or a night person? hmm depends.. more energy in the morning but i hate waking up
What is your shoe size? 9-10
Pets? dead.. (sorry Em)
What did you want to be when you were little? i don't know.. but like 6-10 grade i wanted to do hair
How are you today? BORED
What is your favorite candy? I'm not picky.. but i love cookies and cream Hershey's bars, and symphony (spell?) bars!
What is your favorite flower? carnation!!!!!!!!!!!
What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? august 11.. VOLLEYBALL SEASON STARTS.. as well as school
What is your favorite pastime? baking.. learning tips from my mom!
What are you listening to right now? my mom talk to Kylie
What was the last thing you ate? hot dog.. and I'm gonna have salad when I'm done with this!
Do you wish on stars? duh.. who doesn't
If you were a crayon, what color would you be? TEAL
How is the weather right now? windy and stormy.. and yet its very hot..
The first person you spoke to on the phone today? mom
Favorite soft drink? milk or water.. i guess those don't count..Gatorade.. does that count?
Favorite restaurant? MOKIS.. panda.. ahola kitchen.. cafe Rio.. taco bell.. subway!
Real hair color? brown
What was your favorite toy as a child? probably the water.. i was DARK
Summer or winter? neither.. fall!
Hugs or kisses? depends on the person
Chocolate or Vanilla? depends..
When was the last time you cried? when Tate left
What is under your bed? who knows! hahaha
What did you do last night? went swimming with my cute little niece Hallie and Mia and my nephew Powell!
What are you afraid of? the dark.. cockroaches (spell?) sharks
Salty or sweet? SWEET!
How many years at your current job? hmm being me.. that would be my whole life
Favorite day of the week? Friday
How many towns have you lived in? this one..
any nickname? Chubbs, Heidi-Ho, Hide
Mother's first name? Nanette
Tattoo? ya right
Body piercings? ears.. which my brother did not know i had, and yet he was there when i got them pierced..
How much do you love your job? well if i knew what it was i would love it
Birthplace? Mesa
Favorite vacation spot? CHICAGO
Ever been to Africa? Nope
Ever eaten cookies for dinner? oh yes!
Ever been on TV? na.. my dad does that! :D
Ever steal traffic signs? hahaha what am i like a 7th grader (not that i ever have) but no
Ever been in a car accident? nope(knock on wood)
Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4 door baby
Favorite salad dressing? ranch.. has to be hidden valley!!
Favorite pie? umm banana cream
Favorite number? 7.. although because of volleyball im taking favor in 16
Favorite Sport? VOLLEYBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite holiday? umm i don't really know
Favorite dessert? uhh i like lots of desserts
Favorite food? katsu chicken.. terraki chicken.. any chicken.. oh and Sweet pork!!
Favorite brand of body wash? sweet pea
Favorite toothpaste? umm i think we use Colgate and i like it
Favorite smell? vanilla car fresheners.. rain in the pine trees, or on the road.
What do you do to relax? draw
How do you see yourself in 10 years? hopefully married and own my own bakery!
What would you like to do that you've never done before? go to a stinkin lake.. or Disney land!
What is your favorite color? light green and brown, or light blue and brown. But by itself.. teal
What vehicle would you love to have? i don't know what kind yet.. but a TRUCK ( i know, gas guzzler) with a 4 in. lift, 20 in. rims either navy blue, yellow, white or black. king cab, with a BIG sticker on the back that says "SILLY BOYS, TRUCKS ARE FOR GIRLS" haha

Sorry for totally boring all of you.. haha

My week.. and a new found love

2008-07-25T11:51:00.001-07:00

This week I could finally play VOLLEYBALL for the first time in almost 3 months. You can imagine how excited I was! It was so fun, we went to EXCELL camp. and From about 9-12 we had team practice.. the guy in the pic (Steve) is who our team coach was, hes from Cali! He was the COOLEST! then we had lunch for like an hour.. then from 1-3 we had position work, then we did skits (fun) after that, from 4-7 we had tourney play!! It was A BLAST.. we learned a lot. We finished Fourth out of 9 teams.. not great. but there were some amazing teams there! and we had some problems with people having to leave because of other sports.. and our setter got hurt.. so our amazing outside player filled in setting and did a great job! :D Being crazy in our hotel!

This is my new found love.. okay not really. But since I LOVE flowers.. I decided to try drawing them.. and I think for my first time I didn't do very bad? haha.. these are just a few.. :D

Tates goodbye's..

2008-07-25T11:51:00.000-07:00

Sunday Tate gave his farewell talk. It was so cute, and I think we were all amazed at how well he did because he wrote it all on his own! :P Then Sunday night his close friends and family came over to say their goodbyes. Then family, and a couple of his friends stayed for his setting apart. It was such a fun yet spiritual night. Tate and Jeff!
GIRL COUSINS!! how fun huh? at least we all can still hug Tate when he comes home but isn't.. um released? I don't know what they call it when there not a missionary anymore! :D (would you say our family likes black and white?) haha
Me and my daddy!!
Tate and some of his girls! :D their last hug goodbye! (going from left to right- I dont know the girl on the far left, but then its Kylie, Dana, Tate, Janell, Angela, and Cortney)

Tate left on Monday with my parents to drive up to Utah to visit some family in Utah before he left. They also went into the Salt Lake Temple. And who knows what else.. haha on Wednesday Tate reported to the MTC in Provo. And begun his mission experience. I know he will be such an AMAZING missionary! I already miss him SO much! But.. time will go by fast, its weird to think I will have graduated when he gets home!

My favorite thing..

2008-07-07T13:04:00.004-07:00

When we went to Chicago, there were people all over that would play their instruments. I LOVED it. These ones were outside of Wrigley Field before the game. But what amazed me was the little boy! He was SO good, and kept up with them. It was awesome!!

CHICAGO

2008-07-07T13:04:00.003-07:00

Wrigley field. (Chicago Cubs Stadium)

We went shopping and at one of the malls the Lego store was there. it was so cool, it was like a mini Lego land.. okay not really at all. But it was still cool.
This is another one made out of Lego's..

This is us walking the streets. I told Tate to carry me, and he tried but couldn't (hehehe, he really could if he wanted to) So i said. I'm stronger then you, i will carry you. and i did! - but i don't know what he is doing in this picture.

This is the whole reason we went to Chicago. The Hohokams (they run the spring training for the cubs, and my dad is the big ho (president) of it) anyways, they go every year to get their picture taken on the field.. yes we went onto the field. It was so fun!

This is us the second day we went.. we sat in the seats that day (the first day we sat in the.. hmm something suite. but it was an inside thing with a buffet.. etc.)

Random pic. But i love the old buildings mixed in with the new modern ones

My dad asleep on the "L"

So me and Tate got to go for the 5th inning and sit right behind the dugout for the cubs (they passed around the tickets so everyone could go) and it was so cool. We were SO close to the players!!!!

MY TWO DADS!! my real dad.. obviously, on the left. And on the right is my "dad" When i was about six we were in a magazine thingy and for the picture, he was my dad! Ever since then, i have just always called him dad! haha.. good times

On top of the Sears tower! it was so cool, we got to go on top of the tower and see out, the city is amazing. This is just playing with the different effects on my camera..

My mom said this makes it look like its under water! cool!!

These are what i bought there.. i wanted to go shopping, like for clothes. But everything there is SO expensive. And we found this little shop with really cute jewelry, i don't think any of the jewelry was over 8 dollars that i got!! and the sun glasses and purse my mom bought at Marshall's!

The bracelets.. sorry its blurry!

Thank you MOM and DAD for a really fun trip!! this is the last trip we got to take with the four of us before Tate leaves for his mission... :'( but it was SO much fun im glad we got to go!!!

Tuesday

2008-07-07T13:04:00.002-07:00

So. Tuesday.. Trev called me and told me that on Monday it was gramps birthday. And I didn't know that, so I told him to come over, so we could make brownies and take them to him. Well he did and it was a lot of fun.. oh ya, he also brought me taco bell for lunch!!! So, we made the brownies.. although they didn't turn out perfect.. but that's okay! And we put some aside to take to gramps.. then well Trev took this cooking class or something, I don't really know. And they made this thing.. I don't know if it has a name. But with the rest of the brownies, we took out the middle, but left a little layer on the bottom, then you make chocolate pudding and mix it with cool whip. Then you fill in the hole you made with the pudding stuff, and add in the chunks you took out.. I don't know. Weird stuff. But it was really good actually! haha. Then Colton came over, and we went and took the brownies to Gramps, he wasn't there though, so we talked to Grams for a little while. And then went home, it was a lot of fun! :D

This is it! oh ya.. drizzle Hershey's syrup on it!! :D
oh wait, I think he called it a brownie pie? maybe...

The Ranch

2008-07-07T13:04:00.001-07:00

- (The cinder pit) Tanner is on it, and Julie is standing at the bottom

- My mom and Melinda

- me and Jake

- Rob and Mason on the quad

- Julie and Matt

- Scott and my dad

TO SUM IT UP- so last week/weekend we (my Mom, Dad, Me, Staci, Matt, Parker, Rob, Julie, Mason, Tanner, Gemma, Scott, Melinda, Jake, Matt) went to the ranch for our i guess annual fourth of July thingy.. I never realized we always go then. Anyways, it was a lot of fun. the fireworks were cancelled cause of fire danger. And there was a parade.. but right during the middle of it it started hailing SO hard, it killed my fingers and toes. But we still had so much fun together!

2008-07-07T13:04:00.000-07:00

How To Play This Game of Tag:Post these rules on your blog.List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself.Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

Okay well Britt tagged me so here I go:

JOYS:
1. playing sports
2. my family
3. my friends
FEARS:
1. cockroaches
2. the dark
3. sharks
GOALS:
1. get a scholarship for either Volleyball or track
2. finish my personal scrapbook
3. figure out what I want to be when I grow up
OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS:
1. collect- precious moments
2. collect- anything Cinderella
3. music!
RANDOM:
1. I love flying in airplanes, but I'm scared to fly over an ocean
2. Sports is basically my life.. I wish music was a big part too, but it might help if I was good at it :P
3. I currently have found out that I really enjoy painting/drawing even though I'm not that great at it

OK I TAG, Tannis, Emily, Miya, Sheridan, and Julie

2008-06-18T09:29:00.001-07:00

Ok so when my cousins spent the night we made dumb.. yet fun movies! But this is one of them.. it was like 11:30 at night. Anyways.. i just found this so its a little late! But it was so fun.. and SO hard not to laugh! :D Britt is my legs.. and RiAnne is video taping it!

Fathers Day, Monday, Bye to Brian

2008-06-18T09:29:00.000-07:00

Fathers day! (at Sunday dinner) Parker enjoying the delicious Watermelon! Gemma and Hallie! they are so cute, and always play together, they will be best cousins instead of best friends when they grow up!
Ok.. so, this is what Mason gave my dad for fathers day! haha, its a waffle with a bite out of it, with little flowers in it, and I don't really know what the green thing is. But it was so cute, and he was so proud of it! And of course my dad LOVED it!
Monday Tannis and her mom were going shopping, and they came and got me! Then we went to Tannis' house and played! This is her hott outfit she bought!! Oh baby!
WEDNESDAY....

My mom, Brian, and my dad.. at the airport!

Me and Brian.. or should I say Elder Roberts, right before he left! :'(

So yesterday Brian left for his mission in BRAZIL! :( its so sad, yet I am so proud of him! For any of you who don't know Brian, he is my sister-in-law Julies' brother. He has been living with us for I think like 3 or 4 years. Anyways, (I tell everyone he is my brother though, so if you have ever heard me say it, that's why.) He got set apart on Monday night, and it was so amazing. Then we went to the airport Tuesday morning. There were some definite tears but I know he will be such an amazing missionary! I Love you BRIAN! (in the pic. Mark, me, Stacie, Brian, Emily, Craig, Jason)

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

2008-06-15T11:26:00.002-07:00

MY DAD IS AMAZING! About a year ago I had to write an article for a magazine because I was being featured as the "star student" anyways, they asked my who my role modles were and I said my mom and dad this is a little of what I wrote about my dad."My dad is a very good example to me in teaching me things like kindness, leadership, having a good job, and trying to do my best all the time." It was true then, and its still true today. He is litterally the best example to me of all things. I love riding in the car and talking about little things like politics, the Cubbies, his work, how things work in the real world, etc. (even though half the time I dont understand fully what hes talking about, I still love it!) He knows LITTERALLY EVERYTHING. we watch game shows and he knows EVERY question. I always tell him we are going to go to New York and get in the Cash Cab, and he will win lots of money! :D And the music he listens to, I LOVE it, if it wernt for him I wouldnt even know who the beatles, beach boys were, or what any "oldies" song was. Thats pretty much what I grew up on and I love it still! He truley amazes me at how many people he knows, and that EVERY one of them respects him so much. I meet people all the time, and when they find out that he is my dad, they just tell me how wonderful he is! And he never in a million years would he judge a person. He loves EVERYONE, espically my mom! I think its so cute, how every day he calls on his way home from work to see if she needs him to pick up anything, and as soon as he gets home, he gives her a kiss! (aww) Thank you for all you do for me PAPPA! I LOVE YOU!!

Sorry this picture is kinda old, its missing Abby, but I didnt know any better way to show him off but with his little grandkids who he loves so much!

My date with TANNER

2008-06-15T11:26:00.001-07:00

So, Friday night.. well funny story. We were planning this big girl ask guy thing with our friends and we were going to go to Courtney Cotters house and go eat dinner and play games. Well I went, but I kinda waited a little too long to ask someone, so I didn't have a date. I was with my friend TANNIS during the day and we got the idea, since she isn't 16, that if she went as my date, it wouldn't technically be a date! haha, so that's what we did, I went with "TANNER," it was so fun though, and I'm actually really glad we did it, because if we didn't then I would have not been able to go cause no one could go with me! Thanks Tanner, for being a wonderful date! :D Doesn't she make a great guy.. ok no offense Tan, but I like you so much better as a girl! This is really the only alright picture we got together, cause every time someone would try and take a pic of us we would just start laughing, so we had to do it our self's, but it was still so hard not to laugh!
Okay..This is my favorite picture we took, totally by accident. But we blew out the candle because it was giving the picture a glare, and the smoke just happened to be there.. but I must say, it makes it all the better!!
and this was our wonderful chef who cooked amazing food for us! she wouldn't smile for me.. so this is the pic she gets (sorry beautiful!) Then after the boys left, Lauren, Lexi, Me, Tannis, and Court had a SLEEPOVER!!!! my favorite thing to do! It was so fun just to talk and play, and no surprise to anyone, I was the first one asleep! which they took pics of.. GRR but I deleted them! :D (sorry tan) Then we (as in Tannis and myself) went to Abby Anderson's baptism Saturday morning! It was so fun, I absolutely love baptisms with all my heart, they are my favorite thing to go to, and I go any chance I get! Abby was so cute with her constant smile, but who wouldn't be smiling on the best day of their life!? Thank you Anderson's for the wonderful food at your house after!

Last Day of School

2008-06-08T15:45:00.001-07:00

I have been tagged

2008-06-07T16:57:00.004-07:00

Staci tagged me to list 6 random things about me..

HeRe ArE mY 6 RaNdOm ThInGs-

1. I hate wrinkley clothes.. I don't get why its so hard for people to iron something, or just throw it in the dryer for 3 minutes.. it takes the wrinkles right out!

2. I really want a yellow toaster! and yellow kitchen appliances, I don't know why, I just think they are so cute!

3. I CANT sleep with socks on.. or anything on my feet unless I'm forced(aka-my cast)

4. I LOVE Cinderella.. and wish my prince charming would come save my from a mean family.. which I don't have, so maybe he can just come save me from single life. (Oh and don't get any ideas people.. this wont happen for a while. I'm only 16!)

5. I love pictures.. not necessarily being in them. But there is no better way to capture moments with the ones you love.. and then scrapbook them!! :D

6. I love necklaces!!!!! - I don't even think I own any earrings or bracelets, not that I wouldn't wear them, but why spend money on them, when necklaces are so dang cute?!?!!!

I tag TANNIS, KOLTER, and EMILY

Girls Night!!

2008-06-07T16:57:00.003-07:00

Brittany, Me, and RiAnne!! we had a girls night last night and had a blast making videos, watching You've Got Mail, and just talking! Then this morning we got ready.. well they did. And Staci took pics of us! it was so fun. I'm glad we did this before Britt leaves for college (tear drop)
We are such cute models!! haha... ok not really, but at least we had fun pretending

2008-06-07T16:57:00.002-07:00

Explanation of the TREK.. OK so the first pic is me before I left! We went for 3 days, and it was such an amazing experience for me. I gained such a love for the pioneers, and a deeper love for the pioneers who had to ride in wagons, and couldn't help pull the cart, or just be with their families. Because that's what happened to me, I had to ride in the sick wagon the whole time, and although I loved it and I had a blast on it. I wanted to be along side with my family helping, and just be there with them. But I had such a FUN time! and it was an experience I will never forget. I'm so happy I went, even with my broken foot!! :D - OK the 2nd picture is our whole company (so in other words, everyone in our ward who went) - and the last pic is me when I got home! that's my excited to be home/dead tired/no make-up face! isn't it cute! haha

The TREK

2008-06-07T16:57:00.001-07:00

NIECE OF THE WEEK

2008-06-01T12:01:00.000-07:00

~ ABBY LYNN~

This little girl is ADORABLE! even though she cant talk yet, she is starting to get a personality, and laughs all the time. and is just so cute. and such a Mommas girl! its so funny cause someone could hold her and she will scream at the top of her lungs, and then Amy gets her, she is fine automatically! haha. i cant wait for when she grows up and is just like her big sister! she is going to be so beautiful, since she already is! Matt and Amy do such a good job with their two girls! and they sure make some cute kids! :D she's such a good baby! I love you Abbers! (this pic. is kinda old, sorry Amy, i couldn't find a more recent one! good thing she is still so cute in it!)

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT THE RANCH

2008-05-29T13:30:00.001-07:00

IT SNOWED WHILE WE WERE THERE!!! not very much, but still, it was GREAT weather!
We got pine cones off the ground and put peanut butter on them, and rolled them in bird seed! Really easy bird feeders! we decided we probably would kill the birds though because we put a lot of peanut butter on them! :D sorry birdies...
These are the cute kids I got to play with while we were there! Daniel is in the blue, Natalie is behind me, Lauren is in the white jacket, Jake is right in front of me, and Matt is in the red. It was SO fun to see everyone!I haven't seen Daniel, Nat, and Lauren, in about 4 years, so it was soo fun to see them! And come to think of it.I think its been about that long since I last saw Jake and Matt. (hopefully I will go stay with them for a while this summer!) We all sat on this water tank while we waited to go home. the kids were so funny, when we walked in Jake went up to my dad and hugged him, and the rest of the time.. my parents became grandpa and grandma to everyone! it was soo cute. I'm so glad I actually went, since I didn't want to go at first! but I had a blast seeing everyone!!
This is everyone that was there except my mom, who was taking the picture! and Kara who was only there for the first day!

ABC's

2008-05-29T13:30:00.000-07:00

I stole this from my niece's blog!! thanks Em!

A♥ AGE:: 16
B♥ BIRTHDAY:: may 14
C♥ CANDY OR CAKE:: chocolate!, not chocolate cake.. yuck
D♥ DESSERT YOU LOVE:: food
E♥ EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO:: Tannis!!
F♥ FAVORITE SONG: my rule is i like all music as long as i can understand it and its not ronchy!
G♥ GOLD OR SILVER:: silver, but i really like white gold too
H♥ HABIT:: "people watching"
I♥ INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY:: piano.. does my voice count?
J♥ JOB TITLE:: student, sister, aunt, daughter, babysitter, athlete.. oh ones that pay you.. i guess just babysitter
K♥ KIDS:: some day
L - LOVE OR LUST:: i think its ironic that this is the only one w/o a heart by it. defiantly love
M♥ MARRIED ,SINGLE OR TAKEN:: I'm 16 people ... SINGLE
N♥ NEXT TO YOU:: my arm
O♥ ONE WISH:: to get a scholarship to BYU for volleyball
P♥ PERSON YOU CALLED LAST:: mom
Q♥QUOTES:: "you know your in love when reality is finally better then your dreams!"
R♥ REASONS TO SMILE:: whats not a reason to smile?
S- STEAK OR PORK:: ok i added this cause there wasn't an "s", SWEET PORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T♥ TURNS YOU ON:: this is a dumb question..
U♥ UNIQUE TALENT:: hmm.. i think my seminary class would say baking :D but i don't know
V♥ VEGETABLE:: artichoke's
W♥ WOKE UP AT WHAT TIME:: 6:57
X ♥ X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD:: wrist and foot
Y♥ YOUR FAVORITE COLOR:: light green with dark brown, also light blue with brown
Z♥ ZODIAC SIGN:: never had a desire to find it out

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2008-05-15T22:10:00.001-07:00

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MY FIRST DATE

2008-05-15T19:32:00.002-07:00

Saturday i went on my first date. Trevor Larson was my date! this was our picture we took when he picked me up. And yes.. i had my crutches on my first date.. We went with Garret and Lindsay Killian too! Off we went to GOODWILL, and the boys and girls split up. And we were on our hunt for our dates outfit. (so i picked our Trev's outfit, and he picked mine, same with garret and Lindsay) And this is what it turned out like!
Then, after we went there, well actually we went back to my house to get pictures, and to get the camera to take with us to dinner. Then, we went to Applebees!! it was so fun, we got seated right away, but walking to our table was very.. weird, yet fun. We got the WEIRDEST looks from people! and the guy who sat us was so cool, making fun of us and stuff. But then our waiter.. well i just think he was too scared that that was how we actually dressed, so he didn't want to ask any questions and hurt our feelings. ha ha
Awkward......? these two were so fun to go with!
After dinner we went to Garrets house and watched a movie! Eveone had so much fun! Thanks Trev and Garret, for making it an AWESOME date!

The last 16 years

2008-05-15T19:32:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was my birthday. it was just interesting to reflect on my amazing years growing up! This is my picture of when i was blessed.. so only about one month old! I'm pretty sure this was my 4Th grade school picture! (i used to ALWAYS wear overalls... I'm glad that fashion changed!)
8Th grade! with my niece Emily, doing what i LOVE to do! QUADING!
And finally, this year. Crazy how much I've changed isn't it!.. or maybe how much i haven't changed.. you tell me!?

Nephew of the week!

2008-05-15T19:32:00.000-07:00

~POWELL Michael~

This is my CUTEST nephew POWELL!! He is SOOO fun! ever since.. well i think ever since he could talk i have called him NEMO. i don't really know why. But it has always stuck. I have even heard his mom (my sister) call him it! Nemo is ALWAYS eating something sugary! (note the chocolate on his face) he is such a cute kid, and talks like he is 8. Just very.. not mature but long sentences, and explains things very well. its so funny to hear the things he says. When he is happy, he is the cutest kid EVER, and when hes grouchy.. hes STILL the cutest kid ever!! He is the most amazing BIG BROTHER to his little sister Mia, except he calls her PRINCESS. He is always taking care of her, and plays with her. He told us when they grow up they will get married! (hes only 3) its so cute! i hope he is always this nice to her.. i can say from experience that brothers who are nice.. are the BEST! He is also extremely SMART, his mom teaches preschool at their house, and even though hes not usually there, just having the things in his home and him being able to play with the numbers and letters etc. helps him. He is going to skip like 5 grades in school! .. OK maybe not, but he will defiantly be top of the class! I LOVE YOU NEMO! I'm soooooooooo glad that they live so close to us. Its so fun being able to just drive down the street and see them all the time! Ky and D you did an AMAZING job raising Powell, and Mia!!