Weekend Bliss

This weekend was pretty great. I was at first bummed, because Tyler's been working grave yard shifts, so all last week I didn't really see him, except for Thursday at school. We had made plans for Friday, to go watch the And 1 Streetball Team play at the Above the Rim game, but he found out he had to work on Friday too. Lucky for me, Chelsey was husbandless for the night, because he went with all his friends to the same game. We had a VERY fun girls night. We decided to do some type of craft and went several places before knowing what we wanted to do, but we finally decided on chalkboards. VERY cute chalk boards. It was our very first experience with spray paint, and I have to admit, we probably were very funny doing it, but we got the hang of it, once we actually dared to start spraying. Unfortunately they aren't completely finished yet, so I'll have to be sure to post a picture of the final product, but here is mine in the process of being made...Thank you Chels, for all the fun! Love you!

After my girls night, Tyler texted me sayin he was going to be off early (midnight) and wanted to watch a movie, boyfriend and best friend all in the same night. What more could a girl ask for? Maybe some sleep? Our movie ended way late and I had to work on Saturday. It was a sad day for the Cougars on Saturday, but the game was still fun, aside from the fact that my feet were soaked. We left early, which we never do, and in the words of our Macey's cashier, "we went home and ate our feelings!" lol. ok, we didn't really but we did go get ice cream cones after the game, and as always Tyler loaded up on candy and ice cream, none of which he ate that night though. yay, for a great weekend. miss it already.

Monday is here and its back to reality!

Oh, and does anyone have any good ideas as to what I can be for Halloween?
I can't use my costume from the Clyde party, because pretty much no one allows masks!

Wow. I Just Wrote Quite the Tangent.

MIDTERM, SAY WHAAAT?
So I just found out like an hour ago I have a midterm...when?
Tomorrow?
Yeah, great.
On what?
Yoga!
I have no idea how to study for a Yoga midterm.
Is it written or is it just doing Yoga?
I have no idea.
Other than the fact it would be like impossible to test on us actually doing Yoga.
Why?
1. Only one teacher
2. What determines good? and Bad?
3. Yoga is all about listening to your own body. How will she know if we are listening?
You get the point.
If it is a test based on our ability...
I will probably fail.
Since we have "breathing exercises"...and I cannot do them.
YEah. Nicole forgets to breathe.
I also prefer to hold my breath.
If it is a written test...
I will also probably fail, since I don't know the names for anything.
Show me the position, and I will follow.
Sorry though, I still don't know what Vinyasa means.
Want to ask me what downward dog is though?
Or happy baby?
Or dolphin?
Or warrior 1?
I know those ones.
So wish me luck cuz I'm gonna need it!
Maybe I'm crazy but I thought Yoga was supposed to RELIEVE stress, not CAUSE it! Gah.
O ya, and I got a paper to write tonight. Oh joy.
I HATE English.
Good thing, once I'm done with this class, no more English for me.
I pretty much hate this week of school.
Good news though, I have an AWESOME dance teacher.
She cancelled class Friday just cuz we wanted her to.
And it gets better, our midterm was scheduled for Friday, but now we have til Monday.
Really that just means I have til Monday to forget EVERYTHING we did today.
So maybe that's not such a good thing.
But it is dance, and I love it. So I will survive.

ARIZONA IS CALLING MY NAME
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So today my Aunt and Uncle from Phoenix welcomed a new baby girl into their family.
Her name is Mia.
And boy, she is a cutie.
I am DYING to go see her. Like I wanna jump in my car right now and drive all night long.
BUT...I can't thanks to school :(
Ok...School isn't the only thing holding me back.
There is work too.
bah....
I do want to visit Arizona though soon.
It's one of my favorite places in the world!!!
(might be only because I've never left the U.S. so I haven't seen the world. Just seen the U.S.)
So, I'm watching very closely for the first opportunity that presents itself and I will most certainly be taking off! I miss my cute little cousins A & Z and now I'm missing little M, even though we've never met! I can't wait to meet her so that is the same as missing her, right?
Oh and off course I miss Matt & Becky too!!!
I'm very envious of my Grandparents at the moment.
Why?
Because they are there! And I am not.
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I Think I'm in Love

So when I first met Tyler I found his watch obsession funny. And kind of nuts.
Him and his roommates put all 3 of their watch collections combined and made me chose my favorite. These were their babies, so it was so funny how serious they were about me needing to pick. Well a year later...I too have fallin in love with watches.
What really sold me was the Nixon Rubber Player which is actually a boy watch.
Tyler is constantly putting his watches on my wrist and telling me they could look normal on a girl to, but nope. I still feel like a man with them on. However, on the 4th of July I put one of his Rubber Players on and loved it, so much that I wore it.

As is seen here...

Kinda boyish but in a cute way, or I think so anyway. Well since I wore this one they've come out with more of them. Still, none of them girl ones, but definitely "girlier." I was dying to have a purple one, because its SO cute and bright and fun until now...
I'm absolutely in LOVE with watch that just came out!!!
Friday night, Tyler was on Nixon's website and found it!
We were skyping because we both were home sick in bed, so we were skyping.
He sent me the link and said he couldn't wait to see my reaction.
He kept saying, "YOU ARE GOING TO FREAK OUT!"
I had no idea what he was even looking at, so didn't know if it was gonna be a good thing or a bad thing...the only thing I new for sure was that I was NOT going to freak out, just because he said I would. Not to be rebellious or anything, but simply because any reaction that was "freak outish" would just feel fake.
My REACTION: I just ended up laughing.
this watch made my night!!!
LOVES it.

I am in Pink HEAVEN...I love it. Now I just got to wait til I can find one on ebay or something, because as much as I am in LOVE with it. I will NEVER pay $175 for it.

....As for more Pink Love....
Remember this post?

I've been sleeping at home for the last little while, just to avoid sickness and such.
I came home for Fall Break cuz my bed at home is like Gold compared to my apartment bed.
Not that my apartment bed even sucks, but at home...words can not even describe how comfortable it is. Not to mention, it is PINK. Along with everything else in my Room.

I'm sure enjoying my little Pink Heaven.

The Best Post

I think this post is the best one I've ever read of BBL's.
It made me think of all the insecurities ALL of us have had at one time or another.
But for the RECORD...she is not the slightest bit overweight...so saying she is NOT skinny...I don't believe it, especially when you consider the fact that "the camera always adds 10 lbs."
I couldn't believe I was hearing all this from someone so TALENTED and beautiful and so full of life. Guess it is normal though we all have our insecurities and trials we have to overcome!
Love you Busy Bee!
You look GREAT!

THRILLER

So Thanks to the Wonderful World of Facebook I had a rather surprising thing happen last week. My drill team coach from high school contacted me and other girls who have graduated since she has been coach wanting us to come back and dance with this years team at the last football game! I loved drill, and even though I don't really miss 6am practices or all the drama involved, I wouldn't trade those 3 years for anything, and I also couldn't pass up this opportunity. Especially since Natalie is now on the team and we've never EVER danced together. We're 5 years difference in age, so this was fun news!
I'll admit, I wasn't very good. My mom videotaped and I'm rather scared to watch it.
Me and the rest of the drill alumni learned the dance on Saturday, but spent a good portion of that time just making fun of ourselves and reminiscing so needless to say, most of us didn't learn it very well but we had fun which was the important part.
Just thought I'd post some pictures!

3 of my favorite girls
Rachel, Jaynee, and Kara.

Me and the Sis just gettin our freak on!

I Had a Ball.

So Jeff did an amazing job planning the inaugural ball. I was very impressed! I wish I had taken pictures of the decorations...simple but very elegant. It was a very nice way to recognize President Holland and his wife, who looked great by the way! Dancing was lots of fun, and in Tyler's words, "felt like Prom all over again!" ok. he may have thought so, but not me. Definitely didn't feel like high school. It was fun like Prom was but way less cheesy and just less "high school!" haha. I love getting dressed up though, and honestly wished I would have gone more formal than I did. But my original impression was that no one was going to be all out formal...if I would have known...I would have busted out my prom dress from Junior Year, but oh well! My bridesmaid's dress from Chelsey's wedding fit the occasion quite well! I wish I could get dressed up WAY more often, I find it to be so much fun! Anyone else with me on that one? or am I strange???

So in order of events....
First of all, Tyler was So NOT nice to me! Because he drug his feet like no other about going. He didn't show the slightest interest in the ball at all. I think I bugged him about it every day for 2 weeks. I heard every excuse in the book...
....work....
.....boring....
...costs too much...
...nothing to wear...

ALL SUCKY EXCUSES! here is why....he got off work BEFORE me. DANCING is NEVER boring! and Jeff hooked us up, we got in FREE! ...oh and the boy owns 90 ties! not kidding...and several pairs of cuff links. He most certainly had something to wear!

Tyler is NEVER predictable so I wasn't sure if he was coming or not, even an hour BEFORE! ya, how rude huh??? Little did I know, the whole time he was pulling my leg! I seriously didn't doubt that he was going to make me go alone, which wouldn't be a big deal, because it wasn't like an official "date" dance or anything, but still...why would I go to a dance without my boyfriend. He even went as far as to tell me he was not going and to go have fun dancing with all single guys there. He was so SERIOUS...but I honestly don't think he would ever expect me to so he I think he thought he was safe in saying it, it's a good thing I went, cuz BOY I would have showed him. Hahaha. JERK. jk. It wasn't the nicest joke to play on me, he really had me bugged, but oh well. Lol, that is Ty for ya.

Anyway...we weren't able to make it to the meet & greet with President Holland because I was still getting ready because I didn't have a whole lot of time between work & the time it started. On top of that, we realized we forgot to take a movie back to Blockbuster....and it already cost us way more than expected (there is a story behind this...I shall tell later...it involves Tyler's car!) Anyway, we had to take it back before hitting up the dance.

We got there just in time to watch Pres. Holland dance with his wife & then toasted to the Hollands' so that was fun...and from there on out, it was nonstop fun & dancing! Oh, and better not forget to mention the performances by the ballroom dance team. They were fun to watch!

Here are a few photo's from the event!

We took more candid shots than anything!

Me & Jaynee

The ever so fabulous, Rachel

Tyler's Awesome Dance Moves!
I was so impressed!

We were just having a fabulous time!

Um...No comment!

Me & Ty
...sorry...no "posed shots" of the 2 of us. None of them turned out unfortunately :(
(ok...it might just be because I look like I'm 8 in them cuz Ty convinced me to smiler, therefore revealing "brace face.")

Berk, Jeff, and Tyler

Berk & his girlfriend, Nicole
(Doesn't she have the BEST name?)

Jaynee & Cameron

This is just my proof that my hair lasted...this is like at 1 am
LONG after the dance ended!

Sorry for the blurriness on some of these photos.
They shouldn't be blurry and I can't figure out why they are!

Yes, I am Amazing

So I'm rather proud of myself, I have not lost my phone or keys in quite some time now! It is great. I have had my new phone almost 2 months and haven't dropped it or anything! Its in perfect shape. (Knock On Wood!)

My AWESOME EnV Touch

I also happen to love my new phone! Isn't it beautiful? I guess losing, breaking, and trading in my previous phones wasn't such a bad thing after all, because I sure do like this baby. I should advertise for Verizon...I would definitely sell this phone, because it is fantastic! My only complaint is that it once unlocked itself and called someone, someone I hardly even know and it was kinda embarrassing! oops. Oh well, I'm over it, the kid probably just thought I was a strange one.

The Sports Guy

So I just got off my brother's blog...really, he is so AWESOME in my opinion.
Especially if you are a BYU fan...so BYU fans...go check it out!
Love him to death, he is so talented!

Here is his link. Sportsguy23 Enjoy!


...Oh and did anyone happen to see NieNie on Oprah today??? I love NieNie and wanna watch it so badly myself!

EVERYTHING I HATE ABOUT BEING SICK.

Ok, lets face it. There is not anything I don't HATE about being sick! Maybe when I was younger there were things to enjoy, like a day off of school, but now as an adult, there are NO perks, because regardless how crappy I feel I can't miss class! Especially since over half my classes are heavily graded on attendance alone! Dancing when you're sick is NOT fun, I dreaded going to my advanced Jazz class today, because its a challenge enough when I am healthy, but when my entire body is aching BEFORE class, I know there is a problem! Luckily class was not AS bad as I thought it might be, and I actually nailed some pretty good turns, which usually doesn't happen on sick days since being sick knocks my equilibrium totally off! I hate the feeling, so I was shocked when I was actually able to turn! I have 3 papers to write this week and I am dreading them because my body is so tired and its so hard to focus on homework when all I really want to do is curl up in a ball and go to sleep! To make matters worse, when I do go to sleep, its not very good sleep, because my head is congested and I wake up because I'm unable to breath! So NOT fun! I'm hoping this bug is gone by the weekend, but we will see!!! Oh, and the UVU Inaugural Ball is tonight! My friend Jeff was in charge of planning the dance and i'm excited to go, but would be lots happier if I felt better! He did such a good job planning the GREEN OUT dance so can't wait to see what he's done for this one!

On a happier note: Found out today that my high school drill team, is doing a come back performance of thriller and bringing back the last 3 to 4 years of drill team members! I can't wait, I have missed performing more than anything! I love it and can't wait for next Wednesday. It should be pretty fun, because it will be the ONLY time me & my little sister will dance TOGETHER. Never thought that would happen! Woot. Woot.

Me & My Best Friend Jaynee doing THRILLER my Senior Year in High School. Don't we just look fabulous???

Counting the Days

Remember this guy?

(if you don't, click here for the WHOLE story. You will probably laugh, at my expense and I'm ok with that. So enjoy!)

Well unfortunately him and I still have something in common.

Yes, still got braces on my teeth!

They were supposed to be off in August.

I am not a happy camper about this.

My orthodontist went on vacation, setting them back several weeks.

And one more hold up following that...so here it is, OCTOBER and they are still on my teeth.

Good news is before the end of the month...they will be off....FOREVER.

Can't wait.

I'm counting the days.

Braces and I are NOT friends.

October 23rd, will be a great day!

Elizabeth Smart

So thanks to my cousin Brittani, I got wrapped up in reading this testimonial from Elizabeth Smart. I'm so glad I did. Made me sick and I really feel for that girl...I can't tell you how much anger I have for the guy that put her through all of this. She is amazing and strong and I have so much respect for her! It would be such a challenge to share your story with the world after going through everything she did. What a HUGE trial to go through. For this alone, she deserves a spot in the Celestial Kingdom! Just as a warning, it is very detailed, but I found it interesting to know what really happened. This guy makes me sick, so I really hope they find him competent to stand trial.