New years resolution complete... sorta....

haha so last night was awesome!

i was at my photo history class and betsy texted me and said that i should come to lauren's apartment on my way home from class. i got out about 20 minutes early and showed up earlier than they were expecting. in other words, no one was home. ahha. so i called betsy and she said, "SHOOT! you're not supposed to be there yet." anywho, so then she told me to chill there and they were going to be there in a few. so i did. and then when i hung up it hit me. my birthday is tomorrow. (well today now) good one betsy. you stink at being sly. so melissa and tara came to get me and they kidnapped me and took me to wal mart. and we just walked around and they kept telling me to pick out flowers. so i did against my will. and pick out icecream. they were sly too.... NOT! so then we come home and i walk in the door and there are chairs everywhere in the living room..... so then they all jump out from behind places and "scare" me. it was great. anna and betsy made me a nice dinner. it was delicious!

so then tara and josh rounded up people to come eat cake waffles and ice cream with us. :D it was so fun. tara is trying to rub ashley's "love handles" in the above picture. they are really just called hips though.

we played just dance on the wii

it was fun. i stunk at it. Trevor rocked at it. even though he said he didn't. psh. He's a really nice guy. his roommate Michael came too. and they were both wearing plaid. haha :D

the waffle cake and ice cream was mega delicious. :D

then lauren and mckenna had to leave. but don't worry because we got a picture with this attractive guy!

and then josh and betsy did the dishes. what cuties.

and then we played a mad game of swedish twister.

good night. and then at the stroke of midnight betsy told me happy birthday! isn't she the best room roommate ever?!!!

anyways, i have to go to dumb class in a half an hour again. on my 19th bday. LAME!

19 is going to be a grrrrreat year!

oh the title of my post is because someone thanked me for having a birthday. so i told them that i try to have one once a year, kind of like a new years resolution thing for me. ahhaahha

The most wonderful things

People just make me happy. Okay well some people do. especially these people-

my roommates. (in alphabetical order cause i'm cool like that)

Anna- her ability to make the best lean cuisines ever. ;) She's engaged too! Anna is very caring, she gives me boy advice and is really good at listening.

this is us on a 4 passenger airplane.

Ashley- the other day i was having a bad day and ashley just pulled me up off the couch and gave me the biggest hug. I started crying. it was exactly what i needed and she makes me feel happy. She is really caring and i don't get to see her as much anymore because she has a BF. lame. jk ash.

this is us after the paint dance.

Betsy- my "room roommate" as i call it. Betsy and i go waaay back. from the time in 7th grade when she didn't come to the party i invited her to. :P Betsy hears all my complaints, opinions, goals, cries, and even eats my food concoctions. Betsy is the best friend a girl could ask for. Betsy has a 1 of a kind personality that is sincere. she's not fake at all and people like this about her. she tells it how it is.

us after skiing.

Melissa- the woman of every talent. She can even fix the garbage disposal. :D Melissa is there for me all hours of the day. i know that i can talk to her about whatever and she will give me the neutral advice that i need sometimes. she's going to be a great missionary too. :D

us after christmas caroling in the rain.

and adopted roommates-

Lizzy- we make funny videos. she has an infinite knowledge of everything. from instruments, to the gospel, to.... unmentionables too. She even has some quotes on our quote wall now. hahahahha. Lizzy can put a smile on your face 24/7. or even 24/8

us sliding down the stairs in a sleeping bag.

Tara- LOVE this girl. tara and i come from a similar background and we bonded over understanding each other. It's nice to be able to talk to her and know that when she says she understands she really does. she is adventurous and we keep a list of_______ together too. which i still need to write down officially. ;)

at a football game.

Lauren- my little laurenita! i love when she gets into these random fits of laughing. it makes everyone laugh. she will even watch miss america with me. lauren loves life and she radiates with the light of the gospel and her joy for life. Lauren knows who she is and won't let anyone's opinions change this.

playing at a toy store.

Mckenna- she has the best personality. she is SO beautiful. honestly. the boys are probably all after her! Mckenna can have a fun time with a roll of paper towels. She is caring and is a very true friend to everyone. She also has a way of getting out of situations that i don't know how to get out of. haha.

playing where's walso while waiting to clean the sink.

Hope- she is so kind. SO kind. I don't think that she has the potential to hurt an ant. Hope is real and does not conform to the worlds standards of who she should be. I can see why people are drawn to her.

taking friend pictures.

and how can i forget the amazing....

Carrie- i met her my first day in logan. she is one of the most wonderful girls i've ever met. She is nearly perfect. she is a hard worker, SO smart, she is one of the greatest example of showing a Christlike love toward everyone that i have ever met. I need to do more with her so i can learn from her. She is one of those people that is good at everything but you can't dislike them because they are so stinkin' sweet too!

before going to sing at the BYU devotional.

these are the girls. such wonderful people. i love them. They keep me sane... sometimes make me go insane.... but you know what i mean. :D

Miss America, Mullets, Skiing, and some redecorating.

I have nothing to do. okay that's a lie. i have plenty to do. i just don't want to do anything.

so here i am

#1 MISS AMERICA IS ON TONIGHT! I cannot remember a year that i haven't watched this. most years i'm into researching some girls and then figure out my top 10 list and usually i'm right with about 5-6 of them. but not this year. i don't even know miss utah's name! i am a disgrace to my state. lol.

last night i went to the gymnastic meet. it was so fun! All the girls are like 4ft nothin and weigh maybe 80 lbs. it's ridiculous. they make everything look simple too.

then we cried while watching time travelers wife. "do you guys want to dominoes?" "okay, can we switch the dominoes direction?" haha.

good news! we got a new cardboard cut out. i think he's from the Lord of the rings... but i've never seen it. his hair is butt ugly if you ask me.

these two are my favorite. but mostly just sexy hunk of burnin' love cpt kirk.

it's just our quote wall in the back.....which we had to add another sheet of paper because we ran out of room....

also more good news. our hot guy wall exploded!!! thanks to the sexiest man of the year people magazine. my grandma got me addicted this issue..... haha.

last piece of good news. my cowboy calendar is up. :D

but to end on a confused note. I don't understand the deal with mullets. seriously. why is everyone trying to grow one? like i just barely got through no shave november without barfing and now i have to deal with mullet 2011? It was cool in the 60's maybe even until the 80's alright and i'll add the 90's for good measure. but not in 2011. says me. and probably all the normal people in the world.

you canNOT tell me this is attractive.... and if you think it is, you should be drop kicked to zimbabwe. or liberia.

oh. and i went night skiing. :D it was fun! Betsy is SO fast! only one lift was open but i still enjoyed myself. thanks Mike and Alex for driving Betsy and i up!

Cookie sheets are useful for more than just making cookies.

SNOW IS HERE!!!
last night Betsy and Josh and Mckenna, and Hope and her boyfriend and Roman went to Old Main Hill and we went sledding! only we don't own sleds cause we're poor college kids! so...... We used cookie sheets instead!!!!! I was leery at first cause i've never had good luck on sleds but actually, they were less dangerous than a sled. It was awesome! :D Mckenna had a garbage bag and she made a "diaper" out of it.

She went down the hill in just that too!

When i tried going down on a bag it didn't work. But i liked the big cookie sheet.


Betsy and josh had a cute snow ball fight. They're funny peoples.



After we got adequately freezing and wet, we came home and made cookies on the same cookie sheets. :D

and then all three of them decided to use the oven as a rear end warmer.

It was a great night. :D

7 couples, 1 great dance, and a whole lot of leftovers!

A week ago my roommate Melissa got a bee in her bonnet to go to the institute dance. I was indifferent to the idea. sounded fun but i kinda lack in the department of how many guys i know and lack even more in the area of asking them out. Well one thing led to another and baddabing baddaboom we all got dates. I went with a guy in my ward named Andrew. He lives in the same building right behind me. He and his roommates all play musical instruments and we get serenaded and free concerts all the time. it's great! And i'm not even being sarcastic. I didn't really know him that well, but i don't really know any guys that well up here so it was fine.
(me making pies)

After we all had a date lined up we came up with what we wanted to make for dinner. We went to Walmart and spent 2 hours shopping for food. But we got a new fruit- a pear apple. so it was fine.


and we got to try on freakin' awesome christmas sweaters!

yesterday at around 4 we started cooking. I was nearly done with the mint pie filling and i was stirring it on the stove in a plastic bowl. no one was using the stove so i thought it was no big deal. But Betsy decided to start cooking the chicken and turned on the stove. needless to say..... the bowl didn't make it. and the pie filling barely survived. it was actually hilarious. good thing i have cat like reflexes and grabbed the bowl and held it over a different bowl before it all leaked out. cooking took FOREVER! i've never cooked for 14 people before. we all had different jobs and then everyone but melissa and i went to get our dates.... but we still had a lot to do. so dinner started a half an hour later but it actually worked out just fine. I think everyone liked dinner. i thought it tasted magnificent. We kinda over estimated how much guys eat. All i know is that my one brother can shovel it down like none other and figured all other guys could too.... but no one ate that much last night..... so now we have like a good 1/3 of the food left in our fridge. But at least we don't have to cook for the next week. lol. :P

Dinner was really fun. We all talked and i got to know all of the people there better. Andrew is really funny! I could kinda tell from the previous conversations i had but i didn't get the full effect.

you know how i can't dance?.... like how i am so uncoordinated in dancing. Well good news! i'm getting better! Not kidding either! I still probably look ridiculous.... but i am not as awkward looking. the dance was fun. i learned how to cha cha, and a disco dance too! It was the best dance i've been to. the music and the people.
couple awards-

Betsy and josh (above) tied with Ashley and Nate (below)for cutest couple! :D :D :D :D :D they seriously looked like they were having a ball! It was fun to watch them.




lauren and trevor win the funniest couple. I just love them. :D



anna and brian get the "most accident prone" award. surprisingly anna didn't get hurt but i think Brian broke his face off trying to do a backflip. poor kid.



Mike and McKenna win the newest friends/ blind date success award. p.s. aren't they adorable together?



Blake and Melissa get the all around cool award. Cause they were good at everything.



I'm not sure what we would get. we'd get best dancers if i could dance... but i can't. so he wins that. Any ideas? I had fun! it was great!

after the dance we played a good game of BS. i won second place. :D
Last night was so awesome!