Four day weekends start...now!

First of all, I am TOTALLY finished with Exploration of Teaching!! I was up until 3:30 Thursday night/Friday morning finishing my packet that I of course procrastinated on doing. But, it's done. Thank goodness!

We lost out of the Dodgeball Tournament. Boo... We played the number one seed our second round. SO messed up. Here is the team:

MaryBeth, Liz, MVP, Marissa, Stacey, Marci

(Chris, the photographer, didn't get the best part. Our hot pink socks.)

We went to the men's volleyball games this week again. After the game Friday night we went up the canyon to have a mini bonfire. Or like Stacey likes to call it, a campfire. Here is half the group:

Everett, Zach, Pepe, Crazy Lady, Javier

We also went with Stacey, Fuzzy, Junior, Brock, David and Maddy.  It was super chill so it was a good night. 

We slept in until 12 and missed the beginning of the basketball game. But we got to see Davies' dunk and Jimmer's pissed  off face followed by his super loud yell of excitement.  It was good. I went shopping with Stacey and Pepe for a bit... 3 hours. I got two skirts, a belt, vans and some earrings (that were $1.50 each!!).

I am in LOVE with these.

We then met up with Javier, Junior, Nick, Marissa, Zach and a girl named Brittney.  We ate way too much, of course.  We then came back to our apartment and played Settlers (which was my best game so far and still lost), ate brownies (I had pretty much half the pan, and it showed in my hyperness/crazy annoyingness/stomach ache) and hang out with Aaron, Chris, Stacey and Javier. By the way, they were not nice and recorded my heavy breathing after I fell asleep on the couch.

Stacey went to church with us and afterward we went to Fuzzy and Nate's for waffles and eggs. Nate eats his eggs with ketchup, too! Everyone thinks I am weird for doing that. But, he eats it with French Toast too which I don't know if I would be able to do that.

We went over to Javier and Junior's to play some card games, learned magic tricks from Brock and Zach and watched the hypnotist video of Javier. SO great.

I don't have class tomorrow... Everyone else does. I need a job or else I am going to become REALLY lazy.

What Happens in Vegas

We finally got our posters up!

Now our apartment doesn't look so bare. :)

Now onto the good stuff.

Vegas was awesome. Of course...  We decided to drive the strip since we got there at like 11 pm Friday. 

It was great.

We walked around a lot of the time checking out different hotels and casinos.  Their architecture was amazing! 

We tried some hot sauce at a kiosk.  It wasn't too bad until the very last one... which was bad.  haha Our friend Junior had sweat all over his face and had tears streaming down.. Just like me. :D 

We went to a Comedy Hypnotist show. Our friend Javier was chosen for it. He did a great job. haha We got VIP seating because our friend is in a wheelchair. We also got to take pictures with people on the sidewalks without having to tip them because we were with Junior.  Oh, and a bigger hotel room.

We were able to see a couple different Bellagio fountain shows.  They were so sweet! 

 Who everyone is: L-R Me, Nick, Javier (in back), Junior, Marissa, Stacey

 In our VIP seats.

Us with the hypnotist.

 Our virgin drinks. Sorry about the inappropriateness in the back. 

And for pointing it out if you didn't see it before.

 Bellagio. We missed the fountain show the first night.

 Caesar's Palace

 Waiting for the fountain show at the Bellagio.

Here's a video of part of the second show we saw. Sorry about the burp at the end... Promise it wasn't me. 

Besides the fact that my eyes were red the entire weekend from the smoke and our feet hurting, the weekend was a definite success. I loved dressing up and I know for a fact that I will wear skirts/dresses the entire time I am in Vegas next.  We want to see when Wicked plays so we can see that next. Maybe for my 21st? ;)

Next trip: Zion National Park for camping. 

P.S. Happy 1st Birthday Ryker!!!

The Bride

Can I just say that my sister made an absolute gorgeous bride?

(I tried to get one of just her but the new facebook picture viewer wouldn't let me copy it. So you are stuck with me in it.)  :)


P.S. These are the roses dad got me.

WIN!

First off, I gotta say that I have pretty much the best dad in the world.... Thank you for the roses on Valentine's Day!!!

For those of you who have asked... my lesson for FHE was on gratitude. Nothing special really.  I just shared a quote from President Monson and showed this video.  We had a youtube party with two other groups (3/4 of the ward) and it was pretty much just the single ones who didn't have dates for the night.  Our FHE dad had two of his nephews for the night.  One of them is 2 and the other is like 6 months. SO cute. His 2 year old one was watching Cars with a Cars cup. Remind you of anyone? He had amazing hair, too.

We won our dodgeball game tonight!! It was first round of tournament.  We play the first team we played next.  It is single elimination so I am hoping we can beat them this time around!

I only have two more days of observing!!! As much as I have learned, I am sooo ready to be done.

Oh, one more thing, plan for the weekend..... VEGAS! Can't wait :D

Jimmered

First thing- for those of you who don't know what WinCo is: Go here. 


Second of all- BYU beat the Utes. That's always a great thing.  The beginning was kind of scary but it worked out in the end.  Abuou was awesome though.  (Just like his arms.)


We went to a bonfire last night with Mike, Fuzzy and Stacey and a bunch of other people that knew Fuzzy.  It was up in Heber and really fun.  We have hung out with some of the people before when we played games and dodgeball.  The people who owned the house fed us Taco Soup and these delicious pretzel frosting things. SO good. We played ping pong, Jenga and watching The Buttercream Gang.  It was a bunch of fun.


After church today I was asked to give the lesson at FHE tomorrow night. And guess what else? It is combined with another group. Yay for me... Anyone have ideas for a topic?


We got banana muffins in Relief Society, Orange bread and cinnamon rolls in Mission Prep, yummy sugar cookies from the bishopric and little teddy bears with suckers from the men in the ward.  I have never really cared for Valentine's Day but when I get goodies, I don't mind it so much.  


Oh! So, on the way up to Heber last night Mike was saying how he read about a blog about Jimmer and a girl acting like Michelle.  I checked it out and she is a girl that was in my ward last year.  It's a hilarious story so go read it here.

A Great Discovery

I finally made my way to Winco.  It is amazing.  My favorite, of course, was the section where they have all kinds of stuff you can bag yourself. My favorite- chocolate covered almonds.  This picture helps explain the love I have for them:

Can you imagine my excitement when I realized I could take all I wanted and didn't have to settle for a Costco container? Too bad I didn't get very much though... I didn't realize how cheap it was! 

I can't wait to go back!

BYU Sports

We had a pretty eventful homeworkless weekend. We went to the men's volleyball games Friday and Saturday. I love watching them play! It's awesome.  Selene's birthday is actually today but she had her birthday party Saturday night.  Marci, Marissa and I got her some cute room decorations on Friday.  We stopped by her party after the basketball game and before the volleyball game.

(These are pictures taken with my new camera. :) The zoom is amazing!!)

We watched the Super Bowl at Sherry's. There was tons of delicious food and a guessing game every quarter. It was tons of fun. Sherry's parties are always great! Our fridge is stuffed full of food now. :) Thanks again Sherry!!

You know you are in the right major when...

your teacher shows an hour plus video about Ebola and by the end you are the only one awake and not on your phone, including the teacher.

I am loving my major and minor!    

And Shannon, you will be proud, I discovered a love for multigrain cheerios. :)

We have Selene's birthday party, a basketball game, volleyball games and the Super Bowl this weekend!!

 I am SO ready for it. :)

P.S. Mom and dad, I got my new camera and I LOVE it. I will take more pictures with it and post soon!

THANK YOU!

Film Festivities

Film festival was so fun! We didn't see anyone famous or see any movies, but it was still great.  We did get called fat though, so I guess that could count as something.  We went with a few guys from our ward (Nate, Mike and Fuzzy), Stacey, Marissa's old roommate (Crystal), and people that work with Crystal and Fuzzy.  Here are some pictures of the night: