I've decided

A carton of ice cream and a spoon can fix anything..

EASTER

So Easter was a little different this year- without being at home and all. Last year I went home for Easter so this was my first Easter away, but still a good one. We woke up, and sadly walked out to no Easter basket- but had a good breakfast and got ready for Church. I always love Church on Easter as it is so centered on Christ. It was a really good opportunity to really think about the atonement and how much it means in our lives.
After church we came home, did our visiting teaching, cooked some steaks we had marinated (we are becoming quite the chefs), baked some potatoes, put together a salad and Erik and Justin joined us for a delicious dinner.
Sam and I even made our favorite cookie dough pie for dessert :)
After dinner we had planned on dying Easter Eggs so we boiled some water and waited for them to be done. We thought they'd be done when they floated but 25 minutes later we figured they couldnt float because there wasnt enough water in the pot. Don't worry- we entertained ourselves quite well while waiting by using the egg stickers to decorate eachother and proving to the boys that jumping pictures are harder than they look- I think after about 6 attempts they finally believed us.




We also watched an episode of the Home Makeover Extreme Edition, which was surprisingly really good. I like to watch the show to see all the cool things they put in the houses, and how they decorate but in this episdoe the house was done for a family who has adopted 6 special needs children from China and whose father was diagonosed with a brain tumor. To make a long, sad, story short, they were able to build a new house that fullfilled their needs better but the father was never able to see it because he was in the hospital and passed away 3 days after it was finished. This was really just a wake up call to me about how blessed I am and how I should never take things for granted. I am so grateful for all of my family, friends and people in my life.
Sometimes we all just need to take a step back when we are feeling down and realize all of our blessings.
Overall, it was a great Easter.

Girls Do What They Want...

..Boys do what they can. -The Maine

Last night me, Sam, Torrie, Rachel, and Justin went to a concert in Salt Lake. We went to The Pie (a really fun pizza place) before and then headed over the concert. It was soo much fun. There were 5 bands- Hit the Lights, Family Force 5, Rocket to the Moon, The Maine, and 303. Were we mostly there to see The Maine but the other bands we a lot of fun as well. After the concert was almost over and we had had enough sweaty people rub against us we left and hit up Wendy's for some frosty's. Oh new favorite- Vanilla Frosty. I LOVE them. I know you think the chocolate can't be beat, but your going to need to try it :)

The girls at The Pie

So we started up in the front but we were literally getting THROWN around. I was half laughing and half crying because I couldn't even move and was getting SO claustrophobic. Luckily we found a spot a little further back- still fun but without the stomping on our feet, shoving, and insane amounts of sweat :/
We also got ourselves our very own bodyguard, or thats what we called him haha

Big John.
That's what his name tag said.
Our new friend.

Torrie, me, Rachel, Sam

Me, Rach, and Torrie in the backseat on our way home
Apparently I missed the memo of the peace sign

Pretend Spring Break?

3/26-3/29
So as many people know, and hate, BYU does not have a Spring Break. It is nice that we get out so early, but it makes for a long few months without any breaks. One of our friends was getting married in Las Vegas so we decided to take a long weekend and make the trip down- it was such a fun weekend.

We left Thursday night around 7 and made our first stop at IN N OUT in St George. We meant to take a picture but I guess the food was just too good that it was gone before the thought crossed our minds again. We got to Vegas late that night, and were in bed quickly after.

Friday morning we went over to Sam's aunt Cydni's house and she did our hair. Mine was needing it pretty badly so it was quite the treat. It was fun to go over there and see her cute kids and get to know her better. Thanks Cyd!
That night we went to Matthew's baseball game, where all the people from Las Vegas were talking about how cold it was- while Sam and I were very content in the mid 50s weather.. Guess we've lived in Utah too long. We went out to Mexican food after (which was also quite the experience :)

Saturday morning Sam, Dani, and I ran a 5k. It was a lot smaller than the Rex Lee run we did a few weeks ago but it was a lot of fun.

Sam and me before the race
Did I mention it was before 8am?

All of us after with our ribbons
So Sam, being the amazing runner she is got 1st place in our age group and I was pretty proud to get 4th, considering there was a cross country team that happened to be in our age group. Dani was the only one in her age group but she was still the champion getting 1st as well :)

When we got home we made some breakfast, put our swim suits on and headed straight to the pool. The sun was amazing. I forget how much I miss just laying out when its warm outside and just relaxing. I think we also forgot that we had NO base tan so needless to say, after 6 hours out in the sun- we were a little toasty. Oh well, its better than pasty white!

That night was Tori's wedding reception. Tori was Sam's roommate in the dorms and we all became really good friends. I cant believe she is married but I am soo excited for her. She looked beautiful and the reception was amazing- from the food to the decorations.

Congratulations Tori!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to the best mom I could ever ask for!I just want to express to my mom how much she means to me. She is my best friend and I look up to her in every way possible. She is the most caring, generous, loving, inspiring person I have ever met and I can't put how much I love her into words. She has given her everything to our family, raising 6 kids and caring for all of us soo well. She is the most amazing example to me and I would be honored to be half the person she is when I am her age.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MOM!!

life is good.

Sam and me with the fruit trays we made for Tori's bridal shower

We ran the Rex Lee 5K for the cure last weekend

Dinner with the girls across the hall

My parents came up to Utah this weekend and it was SO much fun to be with them. My parents are definitely my best friends in the entire world and I dont know what I would ever do without them. They help me in so many ways and I am so blessed to have them.

Intramurals

I love them. This year I have played on quite a few different teams and it has been soo much fun. I miss played sports in high school and I think this will be the closest I will get up here. In the fall I played on a girls soccer team, named Tetris. I'm not quite sure where we got this name, but it was such a fun team. I love all these girls.

This is us trying to be our own mascot?
Needless to say- it didnt work out as well as hoped

A better picture of our team

This winter we had a Fairfield (well mostly all from Fairfield) team. Our very first game my parents were in town so we made it into quite the event. My parents, grandparents, Sam, Torrie and Carrie all came to the game and then we had Cafe Rio (a must) after.

Not a great action shot, but still an action shot

My cute grandparents and Carrie during the game

My grandpa Tingey and my mom

Carrie, Torrie, and Sam
our season long fans

Fairfield United

We are also on a coed waterpolo team which is a blast. I have never played water polo, but luckily for me, this is intertube waterpolo, so we get to sit in tubes while we play. Our team doesn't always- well ever- win, but we always have more fun :)