A Year Down for "J"

One of my great high school friends Justin hit his year mission mark yesterday! This year has flown by. Feels like yesterday I was sending him cookies to the MTC...sadly those are the only cookies he's gotten from me in the last year!

Us at Justin's "going away" Party

Congrats Justin!

Look forward to seeing you in a year.

...and then there is my Longest Bestest Friend Shantel...

my heart is sad for her. She sent her boyfriend Brandon off on

his mission yesterday. London is super lucky to have him!

...Meanwhile I will have to keep Shan busy for the next two years...

Hopefully it will fly :)

Love you Shan!!!

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.

I Heart The Beach

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

Boaters Luck...or the LACK there of.

So when it comes to boating...I have decided that I am cursed!

This is why...
Everytime I have EVER gone boating...something bad has happened...
Just to name a few....

• When I go boating...on several occasions it has decided to rain
• Water has been CRAZY choppy. Not even worth getting in.
• Boat has broken down.
• I have gotten goose aches...
• A black eye...ya from water...who knew???

This year I've gone boating twice thus far...and the list is still continuing

• My phone went in the lake.
• Lost a contact.

My mom informed me last Saturday after announcing that I had lost my contact, that she doesn't like me going boating because it is EXPENSIVE...new contacts...new phone...wonder what it is going to be next. However, I'm modifying what I do each time to avooid future accidents. After giving my phone to the lake, it was decided that my phone would no longer be allowed on the boat so I left it in the car. After losing my contact, I have decided that next trip I will not be wearing them on the next outing!

Tyler on the Wakeboard

It was hot and we were thirsty!

(no worries...just soda.)

Nate, Ashlee, and Myself having way too much fun.

Even though my boating trips seem to always come with a price, I still find it to be lots of fun and completely worth it. I always wanna go back :)

Here is to Happiness (inspired by Chels...who was inspired by Rockstar Diaries)

So if any of you are familiar with Rockstar Diaries you are probably familiar with all of Taza's happiness lists she is constantly making...well my best friend Chelsey made her own happiness list so I thought I would do the same...so here it is.

Things that make me happy...

Driving when I have nothing better to do

Family parties

Taking and looking at pictures

Dancing til my body hurts

Butterfly kisses

Dr. Pepper

Talking about Nothing

Running into people I know in the craziest of places

Getting my hair played with

The way Tyler talks to me when I'm tired or upset

Making new friends

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Life's Updates.

Lot has happened since I blogged last. So let me just fill you in...if you care to read.
Tyler's Birthday was on the 17th and it was fun to get to celebrate it with him. He is gettin kinda old now...haha 23...ok thats really not that old, but I remember being younger I thinking 20 was old so 23 would have been like super old! Anyways...we both worked but I managed to get off a little early...and not planned, but he got lucky (probably since it was his birthday) and they finished work early too so we got off to a nice start. I thought I'd be all thoughtful and go get some fancy cupcakes from the Sweet Toothfairy to celebrate...so I did. But we never did eat them. So that was sort of a failure. We went to dinner at Olive Garden because 1. Olive Garden is yummy and 2. Jeff works there and we LOVE Jeff. We were hoping he would get to be our server so we could leave him a juicy tip, but unfortunately his area was full. After Olive Garden we went with my friend Jaynee and her boy a Drive In movie. We saw Harry Potter...definitely NOT my choice...it was the birthday boys pick...I struggled to stay awake the entire time, but no I never did fall asleep because Tyler kept shaking me or pulling my arm out from under my head anytime I was about out. Even though I don't like Harry Potter I had a great time and hopefully it was a good birthday for him. The day following his birthday we celebrated with lots of our friends out on the lake! It was a great day for boating...not for cell phones though. Mine decided it wanted to go for a swim...but turns out cell phones don't swim. The second it hit the water it sank. Next time...I think I'll be leaving my phone in the car. Apparently purses aren't safe!
I went on my much NEEDED Vacation...It was such a blast! I don't love Disneyland as much as I used to, but still was lots of fun! It was fun to go with Nate because he is finally old enough and brave enough to go on all the rides with us! San Diego though, was my highlight. I tried boogie boarding for the first time and its so much fun. I could have done it all week!
I got sick. I got sick at the end of our trip...thanks to Nathan. My family is cursed. The last 3 vacations someone...if not everyone ends up sick. I felt horrible on Saturday coming home. I was so glad to land in Salt Lake and go home and go straight to MY bed! Now...Im STILL waiting for the day that this stupid sickness goes away...today would be day 8 of this stupid sickness. And I have a feeling it will still be here on day 9...no fun.
My greatest...newest...and most exciting news is that I'm MOVING!!! ...To a condo in Orem. I love my room at home and love my bed and love not having to pay rent, but it is a good change. I'm excited to be closer to school. I hated driving on bad roads last year and now I will only be a hop and a skip away from campus which will be nice. And I'll be closer to Tyler too :) that 25minute drive has gotten really old.
...pictures to come soon!!!

This is going to have to be short!!! TODAY is SUPER busy so....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER!

LOVE YOU!

CORRECTION
[to my previous post]
So technically it hasn't been 2 years since I left the state. I just remembered that I had a very fun quick trip last year in February with my Aunt and Uncle in Arizona. I went down to tend their cute kids and had lots of fun with them as well! I even got to celebrate my 19th birthday with them because I flew down the day after my birthday. Visiting family DEFINITELY counts as a fun vacation!

I'm So Excited.

So I was thinking about it yesterday...and I'm WAAAAAYYY overdue for a vacation. I realized that the last REAL vacation I went on was Heritage Tours & a trip to Northern California in the Summer of '07! (REAL meaning...I don't count St. George as a REAL vacation.) That is way too long to go without some out of state fun. A week from Sunday I'm going to be in heaven...a week off of work...and a chance to sit back relax and enjoy the San Diego sun...not to mention a wonderful trip to Disneyland and Seaworld. The last time my fam went to Disneyland and Sea World everybody got pretty sick and miserable so I'm excited to go back again and actually be able to enjoy it! I'm so excited to go I can hardly stand it. I will DEFINITELY be posting pictures from my trip once I am back but until then...

Here are some pics from some of my FUN vacations from the past....

Northern California '07
Santa Cruz Beach

San Francisco @ the Golden Gate Bridge


Heritage Tours '07
Kirtland, Ohio

Toys R Us in New York

Niagara Falls

Washington D.C. Temple