JAMIE FIN

2008-09-17T23:05:00.004-06:00

Sorry, I think it's safe to say that I will probably not be updating my blog very often due to a high amount of stress associated with my new teaching job. 3rd graders are a lot of work and so is the planning! My roommate, Emily, and I did find a little time to experiment with photobooth on our macs and i must say, we got some very nice pictures. Here are some pictures... I'd say they bring out our best features! :-)

I also had a good time trying out a few of the features with my family. Here are the results.

My niece and nephew.

Shauna

Sisters and brother

Photobooth is fun stuff!

East Coast Preview

2008-07-14T11:45:00.005-06:00

Here is a little preview of pictures. I will do a good post on my trip to the East Coast when I get back... so get excited! :-)

2008-07-07T18:22:00.002-06:00

So... I realize I have not posted in awhile, but have no fear. I will soon have some good pics to post and fun stories to tell. I am currently in Philly, PA visiting my friend Emily. We are going to explore the East coast in the next couple weeks. I am super excited! I'll take lots of good pictures to share.

My Memorial Day Weekend

2008-06-02T22:04:00.008-06:00

I went down to Delta/Oak City for Memorial Day. We always go to the cemetery where my relatives are buried and there is a program held each year there as well. My grandma put together a list of graves to visit and writes up a little information about the person. Then we put flowers from her yard on each of the graves. It is a good way to spend Memorial Day. Here is some of my family from that side at the cemetery.

My mom had her wedding dress pulled out which was also my grandma's dress. I tried it on and it is definitely a little out of style from todays dresses. And there are a lot of buttons down the back which are actual buttons not a zipper like dresses now. It was fun to try it on tho. Sorry mom, don't think I'd wear it for mine. My little brother put on an old suit he had and we thought it would be funny to take some pictures. We were going for the old fashioned picture so didn't smile. It's a little strange but it was fun ha ha. So no, I didn't get married over Memorial Day weekend.

We then went up to my grandparents house for lunch. We were able to ride some horses that my great uncle has. It was fun when the horse walked, but a little painful when the horse trotted. My legs were a little sore after. It was good times. Don't I just look like a natural on that horse? :-)

More posts to come soon.....

A Nephew

2008-05-10T10:52:00.004-06:00

A new addition to: The Finny Fam: TJ and Shauna.
A beautiful little baby boy was born on Monday around 5:15 to my brother and his wife. They named him Logan Jay Finlinson which fits him perfectly. I am a very proud aunt of my new nephew so had to do a little post for it. I've posted a couple of pictures. Also we did a little lunch/baby shower for Shauna a few days before the due date so there is a picture of that as well.

GRADUATION

2008-05-03T14:30:00.011-06:00

Graduation was wonderful! I have a very supportive family and everyone came which was nice. It was a lovely day and I got some good compliments on my speech. I was a little nervous because I had planned in a few jokes--luckily everyone did laugh at them and most of my compliments were that my talk was funny and not boring which was what I was going for. There was some motivational stuff mixed in as well. Thanks to all those that came and to all those who were thinking about me even though they couldn't come!

Enjoy the pictures! My mom only took 215 pictures that day!---I've just provided a sample of them below.

After graduation, we went to the park and played some soccer, threw footballs, played cricket, and had a tasty barbeque. It was a lot of fun.

2008-04-16T13:56:00.002-06:00

My mom designed my graduation announcements and then I just got them printed at Costco. She did a good job. Graduation is one week from tomorrow! I'd better get crackin' on my talk!

It's D-O-N-E

2008-04-02T13:13:00.008-06:00

I am officially done with school! I turned in my senior portfolio yesterday. I spent way too many hours on that thing. The portfolio was a compilation of different projects and assignments I've completed over the past two years along with reflections. Also included is a senior project from a unit I taught during student teaching--lesson plans, tables, reflections, analyzing, etc. That part ended up being about 45 pages. Here is the finished product:

Isn't it just amazing... If anyone wants a copy I can get you one, just let me know! haha Could make a good gift or something. :-) Now all I have left to do is write my talk for graduation and find a teaching job-

A Little About Me...

2008-03-29T10:38:00.005-06:00

Thanks to Carrie for the Tag! Now you get to know all my deep, dark secrets... ok, not really but maybe you'll learn something new about me.

1) Ten years ago I was: In 6th grade, probably having some dumb junior high drama...

2) 5 things on my to do list for today: 1--Work on my senior project/portfolio 2--get some new glasses at JCPenney (last day of a sale) 3--Work on my senior project/portfolio 4--eat something 5--Work on my senior project/portfolio!

3) Some snacks I enjoy: granola bars, rice cakes, chips, candy

4) If I were suddenly a billionaire what would I do: travel, a little clothes shopping, buy a nice car, give some to my family, and of course put some in savings!

5) 5 places I have lived: Delta, UT-- Orem, UT-- Spokane, WA-- Tulsa, OK for a few months-- and a month in Los Angeles, CA if that counts as living there

6) 5 jobs I have had: Mowed Lawns (a little family business), Nanny, Montessori School (AKA Daycare), Studios and Engineering at UVSC, just started doing a little substitute teaching

7) 5 things people don't know about me: My favorite food is Mexican food, I like scary movies and haunted houses (not Satanic scary though), I would love to live somewhere with no winter, Bracelets are my favorite jewelery to wear, I like to watch CNN

The following people have officially been tagged... Jess, Emily, Abby, and Shauna and anyone else that reads this and feels the desire to participate :-)

EASTER WEEKEND

2008-03-23T14:19:00.006-06:00

March is a very busy month for my family, especially with Easter being in March this year as well. There are 3 birthdays, St. Patty's Day, and this year, Easter. My little brother turned 19 on Thursday and opened his mission call that day. It was very exciting and he is going to Taiwan, Taichung mission!--leaves June 25. He is pretty excited! My little sister's birthday was the next day, Friday, and I went home to Delta to celebrate that as well as Easter this weekend. We colored eggs, found our Easter baskets, decorated sugar cookies, and went to the sand dunes for our family Easter picnic with some cousins. The dunes were fun with roasting hot dogs over a campfire, orange/egg rolling trails, and a little four-wheeling. It was quite the weekend--needless to say I didn't do any homework! Here are some pictures from the birthdays, opening the call, and Easter weekend.

My little brother and I saw this scarecrow thing while we were 4-wheeling. It was kinda strange.

In like a lion...

2008-03-04T18:04:00.004-07:00

Yay! March is here which means Spring and more importantly, SUMMER, are coming!! It definitely did come in like a lion, hopefully that lamb part comes soon.

I got a fun little license plate trivia at my class tonight. I thought they were clever. See if you can figure out which license plate goes with which person.

PEOPLE
1. Mrs. Flamingo, who plays tennis all day.
2. Miss Magenta, the librarian.
3. Professor Plum, science teacher at the college.
4. Sargent Mustard, head detective for police department.
5. Mrs. Peachtree, writer of mysteries.
6. Colonel Smith, retired military, raises and breeds dogs and horses.

LICENSE PLATES
a. KWYET PLZ
b. NML LVR
c. BRDS N BS
d. NO 1 COP
e. HOODUNIT
f. 10SNE1?

Tuxedo Strawberries

2008-02-18T17:16:00.008-07:00

I went to a luncheon a few days ago for a scholarship I received. For dessert they had chocolate covered strawberries decorated like tuxedos. They were pretty cool and very very tasty! I love, love, love chocolate dipped strawberries. So if anyone ever gets the urge to try making these tuxedo strawberries, or the urge just to make regular chocolate dipped ones, keep me in mind!! :-) I am getting anxious for summer and fall for all of the fresh fruit!

Be Mine

2008-02-16T22:00:00.005-07:00

Marcus, my little brother, and I went home on Friday to celebrate a late Valentines Day with our fam. We had a fancy dinner which was very good and than did some tradition Valentine activities that my family has. We came back to Orem today so it was a short trip home but a lot of fun!

Here we are sitting at the dinner table.

We used our fancy china which my mom was very worried about us dropping. We all successfully ate without breaking any dishes.. except that one.. ha ha.. joking mom! My mom made strawberry daiquiri for our drink, off the rocks of course. It was yummy!

For our dinner we had salmon and halibut, which I don't really like fish but I ate a little. Twice baked potatoes, mixed veggies, raspberry jello, and strawberry salad. It was very tasty!

Happy V-Day

2008-02-14T17:50:00.003-07:00

Just wanted to say Happy Valentines Day to all who look at this blog! Hope everyone has or had a great one... mine so far is pretty exciting... school and I'm now at work!!! WAHOO!

RaINboWS

2008-02-13T19:38:00.003-07:00

So I have been told that I could probably stop wallowing now and do another post-- so I will throw a quick post in here...

Life is getting pretty crazy. I am student teaching which is a lot of fun but also a lot of work. I pretty much just plan one day ahead at a time because trying to plan lessons much ahead of that is too overwhelming. So I have resorted to my procrastinating ways... Procrastinating also leads to forgetting about things that need to be done.
For example, I have a science unit that I can only teach one lesson a week so I really haven't planned the whole unit yet. I teach the same lesson to all of the 2nd grade twice a week--wed. and thur. So I have Tues. off from teaching science. So last night I didn't even think about my science lesson that--as I remembered during school this morning-- was to be taught today!! It is a good thing I have become a good B.S.er through school because I threw a lesson together in like 15 min. and it actually turned out pretty well. Thank goodness it is only 2nd grade information and is stuff I pretty much already know. My science unit is on weather so my thrown together lesson was on rainbows today. Life sure is exciting as a teacher!

It is a lot of fun but a lot more work than I ever imagined! Hopefully it gets easier as I get more experience! And hopefully I will plan ahead a little more in the future.
If anyone has good ideas for teaching 2nd graders about clouds and the water cycle throw them my way!! :-)

Wallowing

2008-01-24T19:12:00.000-07:00

So, instead of working right now, I am doing a blog post-- ha ha. And this break from working is to wallow in my own self-pity. And I'm a little bored so I've decided to blog about working tonight.
So here are the desks where my co-workers are usually sitting. The first picture is where I hold many conversations with Carrie... that is where I spent most of my time when I was working normal hours in the day time. Carrie and my boss can attest to that...

Many people like alone time, and while that is nice every now and then, I would usually prefer to be around people. All of my co-workers abandon me each night and leave me to the company of the people talking on the tapes I log. So here the desks sit, empty and unfilled. But not every desk is empty, there is one that is still filled. And there I sit, alone... ha ha don't you all feel sad for me now. :-) Well, back to work I go... I've probably wasted enough time.

I just randomly had to put this picture of my niece, Kait, on here. She loves to ride her lamb. It's very cute.

If I were King of the Forest....

2008-01-16T18:55:00.000-07:00

I have an awesome family. We have a lot of fun together.

My little brother, Cory, was in the musical Wizard of Oz at his high school. He played the part of the cowardly lion and was hilarious at it. I took a video of him with my camera doing a part of one of the songs. When he saw I was videoing it he had to stand up and get into it. I think it is really funny so thought I would share! Cory is hilarious!

And switching gears, here are some pics from my friend Emily's wedding reception. I am very sad she is gone but glad she got married, I guess. :-) -Miss you Em.- She looked very beautiful that night and so did her bridesmaid, Michelle, another good friend. The food was very tasty at the reception and I was happy it didn't snow that night so I could drive back up for it.

Thanksgiving Adventures cont...

2008-01-12T10:11:00.001-07:00

~CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE~

Mater is my all time favorite character on CARS so I had to get a picture.

This picture looks like the street never ends and at first we didn't even notice it was a painted wall because the sky matched the real sky exactly. Pretty cool..

The Tower of Terror was tons of fun. My little brothers and I went on that several times.

~SEAWORLD~

Here is Shamu doing its thing... I guess Shamu just never dies!

The Atlantis ride was a lot of fun. Marcus and Cory especially loved it because they got soaked! :-) They were actually not really enjoying that too much.
The dolphins were cool--I can't believe how high they can jump!

Penguins, Flamingos, and Sea Lions

~OCEANSIDE BEACH~

The beach was a lot of fun. The water was pretty chilly but all of my siblings dove right in with the waves. I was a bit more of a sissy and just got about half way in. Once you were wet it was impossible to get warm again. The beach is always so pretty. It was fun to toss a frisbee or football along the beach sand.

We stayed at my brother-in-law's paren's house. They were very good hosts. We were doing some mad libs on the drive home and some of them turned out pretty funny. My mom wanted a picture of us laughing so we were all pretending to laugh in this picture. We are pretty good eh...

Thanksgiving in California

2008-01-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

It has taken me a long time to go through all the pictures my mom gave me and decide which ones to use so it is kind of a belated post from Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving this year, me, my four younger siblings, and my parents went to California. It was a lot of fun and a lot packed into our vacation. I made a slide show of pictures from Disneyland which we did for a day and a half. I will post some pictures of our other adventures another day. There aren't as many pictures of the other places we went so I should be able to do that pretty soon and then I can do some on Christmas. Disneyland was a lot of fun. I think my favorite rides were Space Mountain and Indiana Jones. Check out the slide show for some fun pictures of our Disneyland adventures.

Pudding on the Rice

2007-12-17T11:46:00.001-07:00

My friend, Emily, and I went out on the town the other night. :-) We went shopping at the mall which is always good times and then ate some delicious Thai food. We have both always wanted to try the Pudding on the Rice place. They serve Rice Pudding in case you didn't know.

This is a picture of us with the girl that worked there. She was really funny so we wanted a picture with her (it was very random and I think we kind of scared her). ha ha She gave us samples of every kind of rice pudding which was pretty awesome! The rice pudding was very tasty, I recommend it!

That same night, we went to Zurchers to look at some party favor bags for Emily's reception. We didn't find bags, but we did find these sweet glasses! We are ready for a party now!! We get pretty crazy :-)

CHRISTMAS TREE HUNTING

2007-12-15T10:26:00.000-07:00

Well, the first weekend in December my family did our annual Christmas tree hunting adventure. We have done this for many years now. We hike up into the mountains and cut down our own trees. It is a lot of fun! This year was quite the adventure because there was so much snow.
Here we are ready to head off for our adventure. We didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. There had been no snow in Delta until the night before this. It must have snowed all night because all of this snow dumped in one snow storm.

The snow was so deep and fresh powder that the 4-wheel drive truck we had struggled up the hills. So most of us got out of the truck and acted as the road crew. We were digging a trail using our feet, hands, and sleds for the truck to drive through. Let's just say it was exhausting and quite the workout. Definately the best work-out I've had since we hiked Mt. Timp.

We did manage to find some trees and we were definately less picky about our trees this year because we just wanted to get out of the cold snow.

The snow was pretty so I had to get a picture under a tree drooping with snow.

My parents and 4 younger siblings under the tree.

My sister, Abby, and I hiking in the snow covered mountains. The snow got pretty deep higher up and was past my knee as I walked through it.

I finally found my tree!

Here is the trail of people pulling our trees down the mountain to load in the truck.

After a long and cold search for our trees, we warmed up with some hot chocolate we had brought along.

Aren't my two little sisters just so cute!

Well, mission accomplished! We made it through the Christmas tree hunting this year!

With 6 trees piled into the back of the truck we couldn't all fit back into the truck to ride down to our other vehicle. My little brothers snow boarded behing the truck and I was on the sled. The thought of sledding down the mountain behind the truck seemed like fun at first. But as soon as it began, I was more or less sledding on snow instead of my sled. The nose of the sled just picked up all the powder and my butt and legs began to go very numb. Each branch the truck hit the snow landed right on my lap. It was definately not as much fun as it seemed like it would be. But we did all survive!

Here is my tree decorated. It is a really dark picture, sorry. I think I cut down a good one! (ok picked out a good one, my dad cut it down)

Attention to all Tagged

2007-12-12T16:04:00.001-07:00

I'd like to thank Emily for carrying on the tag that I did for several more people. hint hint Abby, Mom, Shauna, and Brenda. :-) It is fun to read about 6 new things so you should think about doing that. and then you get to tag more people! It is just loads of fun!

2007-12-03T14:40:00.000-07:00

The Green Fever commercials I helped film are on you-tube and also on the UVSC website now. They are pretty funny so check them out. There are longer versions on the UVSC website and also a bit better quality than you-tube.

You-Tube

UVSC website

Tagged

2007-11-27T16:38:00.000-07:00

I don't know if this is common in the blog world, but I have been tagged. This means I must tell 6 unique/interesting things about myself. So enjoy! And if you already know everything, sorry. There are only so many things I can think of about myself.

1. I am somewhat O.C.D. with how I eat small candies. I like to eat them 2 at a time and it really bugs me if I don't. I will sometimes give away an odd one so I don't have to eat it alone or in threes.

2. I have to plug my nose if I am going to go under water. I think there is something wrong with my nose because it seems like no matter what I try, water always goes up it unless it is plugged.

3. I don't really like plain chocolate. Chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, chocolate icecream, brownies, none of that stuff. Although I don't like chocolate that much, I am still a girl, maybe just not a normal girl. I would rather eat fruit anyday.

4. I love to travel and would travel more if I had the cash$. My most exciting trip was Europe which was amazing and I want to go back someday. A couple of trips I want to plan soon are Hawaii and the East Coast. Whether those will ever happen, who knows.

4. I have been ran over twice by a car. Once when I was really little someone backed into me and luckily didn't run over me with the tires. The second time was in middle school and was just my foot/ankle that got ran over with the tire. It popped a hole in my ankle and badly sprained it. Don't worry, I got stitches so there isn't a hole in my ankle anymore. :-)

5. I love the TV show 24--along with TJ, Shauna, and Matt. Yay for January when it is back on! And if Jack Bauer ever dies it will be a sad day! No one can kill Jack Bauer, he is invincible.

6. I am terrified of driving in the snow. I try to avoid it whenever I can. I had a bad experience once and slid off the road. I am also just not really a very good snow driver. I tend to push on my brakes and scream, 2 things which make it worse.

Now I tag the following people: Shauna, Abby, Mom, Brenda, Emily, Kathleen. I expect to be reading your 6 things on your blogs soon. :-)

Sesame Street Humor

2007-11-14T22:23:00.001-07:00

If you can't tell, I like jokes. Everyone needs a good laugh. I know I could use some laughs this week.

COOK!e$, C@ke$, and C@r@me/

2007-11-07T20:44:00.001-07:00

To begin, I'd like to thank by sister for unknowingly giving me most of these pictures. :-) I may have taken some off of her blog... Someday I will have a digital camera and will be able to take my own pictures instead of just trying to use my phone to take pictures.

Anywho, I thought I would add some pictures from some fun things I did in October with my family. We love holidays so try to celebrate them all month long. We always have so much fun when we get together. Family is wonderful!

To kick off Halloween activities, we made Halloween sugar cookies and decorated them beautifully. I decided to put some flour on Kait's face as well as mine. She thought it was pretty funny. She kept staring at the flour on my face and touching it. It was really cute. Plus her pigtails are adorable too.

Here is the cookie decorating committee. We did quite a few cookies. TJ did a black pumpkin with blood dripping down its mouth. He was very proud.

Next up for activities was the caramel apples. Just so everyone knows, it is very difficult to make a good caramel apple. The caramel just doesn't harden fast enough and then it melts off, even in the fridge. Maybe it is just me. I vote for just cutting them up and dipping them in the caramel by the slice for eating.

I wanted to show some pictures of my little sisters on Halloween. They had very good costumes.

Brooke was Strawberry Shortcake. I was informed that at school, all of her friends were saying she was Strawberry Tallcake. ha ha She is very tall, about 5'7 or 5'8 I believe. That is pretty dang tall for a 7th grader. For school, Dani was a BYU fan and got a lot of good comments from opposing Utah fans.

For trick-or-treating, Dani wanted to be a Grim Reaper. She looked very scary!

Here are pictures of the Kitty Liter cake I talked about in a previous blog. We made it for my aunt's birthday the first weekend in Oct. It looks pretty amazing I think.

My aunt thought it was pretty funny. Phew! I recommend making this cake for people. It was quite the hit.

Halloween Havoc

2007-11-04T20:19:00.000-07:00

I hosted our usual Halloween dinner party this year. It was a little stressful getting dinner going, but it was very tasty. We started dinner a bit late so didn't really get to watch the movie or do anything else before everyone had to leave. Nonetheless, it was a good party. Everyone showed up in excellent costumes! I was excited to get one trick-or-treater at my door. I had never had a trick-or-treater since I have lived in apartment complexes in the past. It was very fun to give out candy to the cute little girl.

We had the table all decorated nicely for our Halloween meal. I made spaghetti or "spookghetti." The noodles were extra green this year because Tyler put the half of the bottle of food coloring in one pot and the other half in the other pot. They were very very dark green. Looked pretty cool. I wish I would have taken a picture.

Here are everyone's amazing Halloween costumes. Dressing up is so much fun. Amongst the costumes are a Unicorn, Greek Goddess, Beauty Queen, Grim Reaper, Grave Groom, Doctor, Dracula, Witch, Jedi, Mrs. Peacock from CLUE, and Zelda elves.

No Title

2007-10-27T16:33:00.001-06:00

I was looking through my pictures the other day and saw this one. It is funny to see how different everyone looks even tho is was not even 3 years ago. Guess Derek was on his mission still. Cory , Brooke, and Dani look a lot younger I think. Those were the days when I was taller and looked older than Brooke. :-)

Green Fever Commercial

2007-10-24T15:18:00.001-06:00

I work at UVSC for the department Studios and Engineering. Yesterday at work, we made a commercial for UVSC. It is always fun to be a part of the shoots they do, see the process behind making commercials and what not. The commercial was about Green Fever (since UVSC's color is green). There is a Green Fever Support Group that is meeting and sharing stories of how they got green fever. A zombie always interrupts thinking it is a zombie support group. That is the gist of the commercial. There are some funny lines. I wanted to post some pictures of the shoot. They are fun pictures with everyone sprayed green. The actors/actresses had a lot of fun. When it is done, they will be showing it on the UVSC channel, you-tube, local MTV, and local VH1 channels. I will let ya'll know when it is up on you-tube.

The zombie was pretty awesome. I bought his outfit at DI, isn't it awesome! I'm thinking of going into costume design. :-) He was a pretty darn good zombie, sounded just like one.

This guy was extra green because he was the first one sprayed with the paint.

Carrie and I didn't do too much, but got to sit and enjoy watching for most of the time.

They had a lot of free food and drinks too which is nice. The shoot was a lot of fun. It made work go by fast too which is always a good thing!

Creepy Cuisine!

2007-10-15T16:31:00.000-06:00

Shauna, Abby, and I made a couple of Halloween cakes. This pumpkin one is extremely impressive I think. We also made a kitty liter cake which was quite real looking and hilarious. The tootsie rolls make the cake! I will try and post a picture of the kitty liter one sometime.

If this picture or the thought of a kitty liter cake has got you in the halloween treat making mood, here are some great websites for halloween treats or "creepy" foods for Halloween. They are a lot of fun to make!

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/specialfeature/halloween_ms_food/

www.fabulousfoods.com/holidays/halloween/halloween.html

courtesy to Shauna for showing me these websites.

Yay for Halloween!

Who likes Laffy Taffy's

2007-10-11T14:17:00.000-06:00

Well, I am bored at work so decided to add some Laffy Taffy jokes i've collected to my blog. I know it's a bit weird that I have a bunch of Laffy Taffy jokes, but I have a good reason. It takes too long to share, so just trust that it's a good reason. Now if you ever need a clever joke (as laffy taffy ones always are :-), you'll know where to come. Scroll down for the answers and try not to cheat. ;-)

Questions:
1-Why was the cat afraid of the tree?
2-Why did the pig go to the kitchen?
3-What kind of shorts do clouds wear?
4-Which runs faster--hot or cold?
5-What does Christmas have to do with a cat in a desert?
6-What did the shoulder say to the arm?
7-What do you call a nun sleep walking?
8-Where did the dentist go on his vacation?
9-How do you make an orange laugh?
10-What did the horse say when he tripped?
11-Which city do people who talk a lot live in?

And the answers.............................................................................................

Answers:

1-He was afraid of the bark.

2-It felt like bacon.

3-Thunderwear.

4-Hot, everybody can catch a cold.

5-They both have sandy claws.

6-How are you hangin?

7-A roamin' catholic.

8-To the mouth of the Mississippi.

9-Tickle its navel.

10-Help! I've fallen and I can't giddy-up.

11-Babylon

Silly Brooke

2007-10-10T13:28:00.000-06:00

First I have this cute picture of Kait, my niece. Over conference weekend, I put this puffy jacket on her. At first she didn't really like it too much and tried to take it off, but then she just walked around with it on and loved it. She was so cute with it since it is so big on her. Although she is cute no matter what she is wearing.

And now the reason for my title- Silly Brooke. This was in August, I think, that Brooke, my younger sister, did this. She was standing at the door at the end of our hallway waiting for someone to unlock it. She had her nosed pressed up into the window, so I just had to take a picture before I let her in the house because it looked so funny.

And more proof that she is silly.....

We were playing a game at our Aunt Wendy's house and Brooke was pretending-at least we think- to be mad and put the beanie over her face. She left it over her face for the rest of the game. It looked so funny because she could still see her cards through the beanie so would just look up at her cards with the beanie over her face.

Hope Brooke doesn't mind me using her in my blog! Hopefully Kait doesn't either!

School Girl

2007-10-03T15:00:00.000-06:00

This has been a crazy week for school. I have had three presentations which took a lot of preparation and planning and then of course, tons and tons of reading. My professors are out of control on the reading homework. If they think we are remembering even half of what we are reading, they are crazy. I can't even remember what I read last week.
Yesterday I woke up at 6 to get some things done before my class at 8 and then had to run to the dentist for my check-up and cleaning--which I had one tiny cavity so get to go back yet again tomorrow :-( Then I came back to work and stayed at the school until 7 getting things ready for my presentation that was today. Then went home and finished up my homework. Aren't you all jealous you aren't in school? ha ha

On a side note about my crappy teeth, I am not looking forward to another root canal and crown, and neither is my dad--they are expensive! The dentist did give me some special mouthwash that will hopefully help. I really do brush and floss my teeth. I don't know why they suck so bad. He also decided to have me do 4 month check-ups instead of 6 month ones. Yay! the dentist and I are becoming pretty good friends this year. :-)

She's Back

2007-09-25T16:04:00.000-06:00

Well, thought I would update everyone--my roommate has returned. :-I She came home last night with her boyfriend and some other guy friend, both pretty cowboy lookin. They are very interesting. They were fixing dinner at like 9:30 and ate at 11:00, kinda late for dinner. I was kinda nervous when I heard her coming in because she hasn't been very friendly the other two short times I've seen her. She wasn't quite as bratty this time since I was sitting in the living room and didn't leave; she really had no choice but to talk to me. I even managed to find out a little bit about her. She is from Spanish Fork. She just works and is not going to school but is hoping to start at UVSC in the Spring. She works in Spanish Fork, her family lives in Spanish Fork, and her boyfriend lives in Spanish Fork--So why she moved up to Orem I don't know. But she said she was thinking about trying to find a place down there. She doesn't seem very churchy but I guess I shouldn't judge. She might end up being around more, which is kinda sad. I was enjoying living by myself. Who knows, maybe I will end up getting along wither her. :-)

Gangsta' Kait

2007-09-18T21:41:00.001-06:00

We dressed Kait, my niece, up in some of my jewlery and made her look so pretty. She is attracted to all of my dangly necklaces.

I was over at TJ and Shauna's the other day and had to take this picture of Kait's crazy hair.

The Fruits of My Labors

2007-09-17T22:32:00.000-06:00

Thought I would post some pictures of my garden I did this summer in Washington. It was my first garden and it was pretty fun. I didn't really get to enjoy any of the fruits of my labors because I left before most of it was ready at all. I did get to eat some fresh peas which were tasty and I had one tomato, and one tiny carrot, oh yes, and lettuce. I planted tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, broccoli, squash, zuchinni, peas, green beans, carrots, and a bunch of herbs. It was a lovely little garden.

2007-09-17T16:56:00.001-06:00

I am now an official blogger! woohoo!