Better Late Than Never!

Its only been a month or so...haha, but I'm finally going to post a little about my trip with my family to St. George. My mom took Nattie and Nate at the beginning of the week but I had school so I waited and went down with my dad on a Wednesday. It was fun just to have several hours of driving and one on one time with him. Funniest moment with him was definitely when we stopped to fill up his truck in Cedar City. He was getting kind of hungry and thirsty so he sent me in to get us some snacks and drinks. I came out a couple minutes later and hopped back in the truck, but I guess he didn't see me or hear me (it was windy and raining). I played on my phone as I waited for him to finish up, but after another 5 minutes or so, I glanced out to see what was taking so long, because it doesn't take 10 minutes to fill up. He was gone. I figured maybe he had gone in to use the restroom or something but then I realized the truck doors were locked and I hadn't locked them when I got in. Made me wonder if he really was aware that I had come back? After a couple more minutes I decided I'd better go back inside. Well, in my attempt I set the truck alarm off! Oops! Since he'd locked it from the outside and I attempted to get out without unlocking all the doors first I triggered the alarm. I had everyone around starring at me,  it was kind of embarrassing and I even considered waving to everyone....haha. I decided though, that alarm would send the message to my dad if he wasn't sure where I was. So I stayed in the truck. Only to have the alarm go off 3 more times before he came out. Even funnier, he came out with another drink. He thought I was in the bathroom and hadn't bought any of the stuff yet. Needless to say, we had a good laugh.

The weather in St. George wasn't the greatest so we didn't get to do all the normal outside stuff and didn't lay out or anything which was a bummer, but we made up for it in shopping and eating! I seriously think I ate more food in those 5 days than I do in a month. I was stuffed 24/7.  We also did something we've never done down there before which was 4-wheeling! My mom and Nathan didn't want to go so it was just my dad, Natalie, and me. We took 2 machines down with us, but one of them totally died 10 minutes in, so we didn't stay as long as planned and had to take turns going out, but it was still way fun and now we know where to go and what trails are fun for next time and I got my first towing experience in :)

Here are a bunch of random pictures from the trip

Courtesy of Instagram of course!

It was a really great little trip! I'm so happy I got to go and spend some time having fun with some of my family before I had to come back to reality and start working again.

I already can't wait for the next trip!

And the Winner Is...

The Color Festival

A few people asked me what the color festival is.

I hope these pictures can do the talking.

This would be the Krishna Temple.

Every year the welcome with a massive chalk fight!

 

We decided it would be pointless to buy our own chalk since after only a few minutes, this is what we looked like.

This would be the inside of my shirt. It was equally as covered. Final Result from this chalk fight was.... Chalk in...My mouth. My nose. My ears. My eyes. My hair. Blisters on the bottom of my feet (Thanks to 3 miles of walking! Shouldn't have worn flip flops!) My clothes have gone through the wash twice...on number 3 and still covered...mostly in pink. My hair also washed several times...but my scalp is still pink and purple. And I'm still blowing purple chalk out of my nose. It was completely worth it all of it! It was a fantastic day!

2010

How did I ring in the New Year, you ask?

...by dancing of course!

My Family & Bunker's & The Grandparents got together for a fun party!

We played Just Dance on the Wii, which is SUPER FUN!

I suck at it...I've onlywon once and I've played it probably 30 times now.

My excuse: this game has no clue how to judge REAL talent.

...or I might just suck, all I know is I get really intense and into it when I'm playing so win or lose it is a blast. We even had a "Drill Team Challenge" for all past & present drill girls.

All of us pretty much rocked.

It was like pulling teeth but I finally got Tyler up there, and what do you know?

He beat me, but what else can you expect from the son of a dancer?

 

Someone fell to sleep BEFORE 11. Just Dance must have worn him out.

 

...lucky for me I had a goofy sister & a new camera to keep me entertained all while he slept.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Love My Girls

We had a friend shower tonight for Jaynee & it was lots of fun.

We played a few games & chatted & opened gifts.

A few of my friends are married now, one is even expecting a baby in a couple of months & a few I know will soon be engaged (coughshiannecough) so it was great to catch up with everyone since life seems to get crazy. Getting together with them makes me miss high school a little & all the crazy times we had together. I love them all and their crazy fun personalities! Husbands, Fiance's, Boyfriend's have kind of taken over all of our lives, which is great! Guys are awesome (haha). But all I can say is nothing can replace my girls!

Here are a few pictures from the shower:

Christina sportin a little skanky wedding dress.

Erika going Ellen Degeneres Style.

...and the lovely bride herself, stylin' some 1990 poofy sleeved style dress. Oh, and her train was the best part...too bad my picture of it came out blurry.

If I must say so myself, we did a great job designing!

Jaynee just a workin' it.

 

All of us Girls :)

Love you all!

A Little Luck After All

So my AWESOME cousin bought a boat this summer and he was so nice and invited me out on it. I was excited to go...but all the while wondering...with my boating luck...what would go wrong this time? We got the boat in the lake nice and quick...and then Tay went to start it. Turned the key. Nothing. Turned the key again. Nothing. Checked a few things on the boat. Nothing. There we were floating on the lake...no power. haha. great.
Thank goodness for rope. We pulled ourself to the dock. And Tay jumped off to get cables to charge the battery. Haha turns out this one is not my bad luck...more of a blonde moment for Taylor. Boats gotta be in nuetral :) Glad he had one friend smart enough to notice. The boat was started with no problem and we were off.

Did I lose anything? Nope.
Did I get hurt? Nope.
...but did I go in the water at all? Nope.

My goal for next time?

To actually get wet and NOT injure or lose anything. This would be a great accomplishment. So wish me luck!!!

...and Thanks Tay for the invite! It was fun.

Disneyland Fun.

The Teacups!
This was my favorite ride when I very first went to Disneyland when I was 7.

Pretty much I loved the new Toy Story Ride, not to mention I'm pretty much amazing at it.

Well I think everyone and their dog likes to get there picture by the letter of their name...how cool are we? 3 N's all in one.


Tower of Terror!
Lots of fun....
My mom's face is my favorite :)

Sister Fun