Halloween

Sam and I decided to do something a couple days before halloween because we both had work on halloween night. So, we decided to carve pumpkins. It was pretty fun. I didn't get to do it last year so I had to make up for it. I decided to do a spider web with a spider off to the side. I had a cheeter stencil thing that is why it looks the way it does. Alot better than what would be able to come up with. Sam did a cyote/warewolf. Can't decide what it is. :) He was creative and did his own design showing off his artistic abilities.

Kitchen Plans

Sam and I went on a really fun date. He surprised me with what we were doing. I had no idea what we were going to do til we got to our destination. Our destination was not a place I was thinking of at all in my mind. He drove to Lowes. What in the world were we going to do at Lowes??? I had no idea. He told me previously that I had to be creative and that we were going to go to different stations and we had to pick out some things we liked and that we might actually agree on some things.

So we go to the back of the store and end up in the kitchen areas. We sit down at this table and he pulls out some graph paper and tells me that we are going to design a kitchen. So we did. He drew his layout and then I drew my layout of how we imagine a future kitchen to look like. Then after our layout, we went around and picked out a sink, counter color, cupboards, dishwasher, floors, fridge, and stove. Then after picking out the items in secret, we revieled our plans to eachother. We both like dark cabinents and a cool oven that goes into the wall.

It was so simple yet so fun. No cost at all.

I have decided that since class is cancelled, I would write a couple things down. A couple lot of weeks ago, I had the chance to actually go to Jaden and Tori's concert. I love going to there concerts to show support. It's just what I do. I would feel bad if I didn't. Tori's concert was first and it was amazing. I have never heard an Eigth grade do as well as they did. (Sorry Tessa, I don't remember what yours sounded like). They were amazing. Especially in the first song. They did this amazing amazing cresendo. I was blown away. The whole thing was like that.

Then I went to Jaden's. Previous to the concert, Jaden gave me music downloads of the songs they would be playing and there was one in particular that I absolutely love. It is called O Magnum Mysterium. I love it. They played it pretty well although I thought they would do better at it. I think I just held to high of an expectation. But it was pretty much awesome anyway because jaden is in the highest band ever in his Junior Year. Who knew??? I didn't. I didn't even get into that band til my senior year. I think maybe because of teacher favoritism??? I don't know. Jaden also wore a tuxedo for the concert. (that is concert dress). I didn't even recognize him. I walked right by him and he had to stop me and tell me who he was. It was funny.

Since I am talking about music, I will confess to everyone that yes, I did take out my flute a couple weeks ago. It has been a while. Okay, a couple months but I did it. I played and it was amazing and I miss it. I wish I was in a band again as well as piano. Who knew I would miss it so much?

This is just a random picture I decided to put in. It is of me and my little cousin Audrey. I love love love it. I want to frame it but it gets really blurry when I expand it. It is still really really cute anyway.

Life Update

Life is just great. I can't complain except for the constant battle of tiredness. After a great summer of sleeping in and fun, I said goodbye to that life at the end of August. I started school again. I am in my third year of school working toward my bachelors degree in Speech and Hearing Therapy. I AM SO EXCITED!!! The classes are hard though. Who knew speaking and listening is so difficult. So many muscles, ligaments, bones, and tissues not to mention all the motions off all of those. Crazy hard. I am taking Anatomy/physiology of Speech, Anatomy/physiology of Hearing, a building relationships class, and Phonetics. I really like phonetics. My teacher gives examples of how some kids say some things and it is so funny to hear what some of them say. For example:

One of the kids my teacher heard replaced a word he did not know with yellow. So instead of saying Saxophone the kid would say yellowphone. The kid did it with a lot of words that started with S. It is interesting to me. I can't wait to start. :)

That is my life pretty much. I can't think of any cool stories to tell. I think I will go to sleep now. :)

My New Hair

This is step number one. I got my haircut finally. I was debating on growing it out as long as I could. But it just stopped growing. At least it seemed like it. So, I finally convinced myself and my mom that it was time for a haircut. After a little research on hairstyles, I found one that I liked. Really liked. Mom did what she does best and cut my hair and got it to look almost exactly like the picture. I really like this hair cut. ALOT!!! I love short hair.

Oh and step number two is coming soon. I want to color my hair a dark brown. I have the color already but just need to do it. Hopefully soon. I am excited. I love experimenting with my hair. :)

The Longest/Funnest Week Ever!!!!




Not this past week but the week before that, I had the chance to go to my "roommates" wedding. I absolutely love her. It was such a fun fun but exahusting week. I left on tuesday night. It was not a bad trip even though I had to drive five hours by my self. That was the longest I have driven all by my lonesome. I finally got to Deming, New Mexico. That is where she lives. To my luck, it was dark and very very hard to find her house. I had to call her and she had to find me.



Her dad's birthday was that day so when I got there, I said hi to the family and we all sang happy birthday to her dad. Jason, one of Abby's brothers, "flirted" with me. Abby said that he does not usually warm up to people fast but to me he was talking to me and trying to get my attention.


I felt very loved in that household. They included me like I was part of their family. Austen, another one of Abby's brothers, sang in front of me. Abby told me that Austen would not have done that in front of anyone. He is a really good singer too.



Wednesday was pretty fun. We drove to Albuquerkee. Three hours away. And all the way there I was in front of Jason and he was messing with me the whole way there. He was flipping my hair every once in a while. Don't worry. I got him back.


Thursday was the longest day ever! Abby has a two younger sisters. One is about eleven and the other is only 5 months old. I had to basically take care of the 5 month old all day long. Abby did her endowments that morning and her mom was with her of course. The baby's name is Emeree. She is breast fed so she was not happy that her mom was gone for so long. The first part of the morning was nine to ten. Then at ten the baby got fed. Then she had to wait the rest of the time for her mom to come back. The baby got really fussy after a while. Then I decided to take emeree to the temple grounds. She was screaming her head off but when I got to the temple grounds, she got really quiet and fell asleep in my arms. It was like she recognized the holiness and sacredness of the temple.


That was pretty much my whole day. Taking care of the baby. I was so tired. My arm was way tired but I loved it.

Thursday came and THAT WAS TIRING. That was the time to decorate for the reception. I got there at ten that morning and did not leave til four. It took that long to get it taken care of. It turned out really really pretty. Here are some pictures below of the reception. I danced with Austen and Jason that night. Also with Audrey for a while. It was fun. I wish I took more pictures than I did. The next morning I left and drove a long long time. I went to go pick Sam up from his week long EFY. I was excited to see him. I have not seen him for a long time. Well, to me it was a long time.


Abby and her Husband Hector Gonzales.




Yeah, I took a picture of my shoes.




Abby's sister Audrey. Such a cutie and so small.



Audrey and I. We had a photoshoot.

GRADUATION, GRADUATION!!!!!!

Well, in case you did not know, I GRADUATED!!!!!!!!!! I did it. Two long, fun, hard, exciting years later, I have my associates degree in general education. It was so exciting to graduate. My mom and Tessa came down and watched me walk across the platform, shake the hand of a person I cannot remember, and watched me get my diploma covering. The diploma will not come until July though. That is kind of a bummer.

It was exciting to be able to walk with Sam. It was not alphabetical so I got to be right next to Sam the whole way. I enjoyed it. Sam graduated with an associates in music. Here are some pictures of the graduation. Hope you enjoy.