One of My Dreams

 I was on Pinterest this morning and came across this picture: 

Ever since watching this video:

a few years ago, I have always wanted to pet a lion.  That picture reminded me how bad I really want that to happen.  This dream hasn't come true. Yet... I'm persistent that it will! Maybe when I run my own nonprofit organization in Africa I can find someone that can help me out with that... Someday.

Dove Knows Best

When my parents were here Sherry sent Riss and I home with a bag of candy. It had Dove candies, Snickers and some other goodies in it.  For church on Sunday I took a handful so I could snack on them because I have a terrible time going 3 hours without food.  Before Sunday School I took out a Dove chocolate and started eating it.  Riss looks at me with her puppy dog begging face and asks if I have more since she ate all her's already.  I was very reluctant to dig through my purse then I read my little message on the wrapper, "Happiness is sharing chocolate with others." WHATTT!?! Seriously Dove?! Needless to say I dug around in my purse so I could be happy.

On another note... I have always had people spell my name wrong.  Most end it with -ey and some may put -ie.  I have also had some that spell it Witney, Whintney, Whiteny, and Whinty.  As I was walking to class I got a text from my friend saying that I need to get to class because they have a funny story for me.  9 am is my Athletic Training lecture and 10 is my lab for it ( I slept in and got some extra sleep because I have the most disgusting plugged nose.)  When I got to class he told me this story....

"So, we were in class and Justin (our teacher) put up the groups for our final presentation.  I was going through our group and saw my name, Aimee's name, Necole's.... but then I saw the next name and I thought, 'Who is that?' Then I saw the last name was England.  Justin spelled your name with an S instead of a W.  I would say it, but it isn't appropriate."

haha That's a new one!

Late, but still great!

My mom and dad were here again! Best of the weekend!

To go back earlier last week... We finished tournament for volleyball (girls.) We had lost the first or second round of the tournament so we played in the losers bracket.  We beat... 5 or 6 teams? Including the team we had lost to.  Booyah! Thursday night we had about twenty friends come cheer us on for the championship game. And they did awesome! Super loud :)  Since it is double elimination we had to beat the team twice in order to be the champs.  That is probably the rule I hate the most! We won the first game! Then lost the second... So we weren't champs.  It was super fun though.  Just incredibly frustrating since we were SO close to getting a t-shirt. Next year maybe... We start coed Tuesday and it should be pretty good! I hope..

Friday night was Stacey's 21st birthday party! It was a mocktail party and we asked everyone to wear their best red, black and white attire. We had non-alcoholic mixed drinks, TONS of food and some good looking people! It was tons of fun to meet some new people and catch up with some friends.  We hit up Rancherito's Beto's at 1:30 with some friends. You always see the most interesting people late at night...

We woke up early Saturday morning to go to Katelin's bridal shower (Sherry's son (Nate)'s fiance).  Riss and I of  course got her some cute stuff and the food was delicious! Mom took Riss, Heather (KC's girl) and I shopping and we helped mom get some cute stuff at Dress Barn.  I think I enjoy picking her out clothes more than picking stuff out for me.  Mom and dad took us all out to Tucano's.  Dad LOVED the pineapple and mom LOVED the teriyaki beef.  Glad they like it :)  Riss and I walked around Gateway with Heather and KC and picked out some cute stuff to wear.

We joined KC at his sacrament and were reminded how hard it is to stay awake during church when it starts at 9.. We made it through with only a few snores and head nods.

I had a final presentation in my adolescent development class where we had to relate our develop to a object of some sort.  I related mine to an apple/apple tree and made mini apple muffins to go along with it! It scared me because I have never made them but they were delicious! All 64 of them!

My Nighttime Antics Part One

So... Chris has heard many of my weird/random/creepy sleeping habits and he wanted me to share them with all of you. So get ready!

First, I thought I would start with my WONDERFUL bed(?) manners :)

I have punched two people while sleeping.
     - Marci: We were at volleyball state junior year and Marci and I were sharing a bed (like always.)  I was having a dream we were playing volleyball and Marci got in front of me when I was getting ready to pass it.  In my dream I punched the ball.  In real life I punched Marci's head.  All she did was yell at me. I was lucky, believe me.
     - Marissa: We were house sitting for he Koenigs with some friends.  Riss and I were sharing a bed and in my sleep I was playing basketball and I reached for the ball.  In real life I punched Marissa in the face.  She yelled at me. And was about to hit me back but didn't want to in front my friends.  Thanks girls, you really saved me from getting a bloody nose because she was piss really upset.

When Marci and I would share a bed when we were younger we would wake up with bruises and scratches. One time my shirt was off.  Ya, that was weird.  Maybe that is why we were so feisty in sports, we trained in our sleep.

Also, I breath really loud.  Marissa has told me multiple times that she will yell at me because it will scare me and I will stop breathing loud just long enough for her to fall back asleep.  I have fallen asleep in class, on couches, church, cars (pretty much everything ending with c's plus some) and every time I SWEAR, someone tells me a very surprised, kinda freaked out, tone of voice that I was breathing really  loud.  All I can do is apologize because I don't know what to do differently.

JIMMER TIME!

So, as most of you probably saw on Facebook, yesterday was a pretty good day!

But first! You get to read about my homemaking skills! I have been craving chicken pot pie so I decided to make one :)  It was really good! And sooo easy. Perfect for a college student.  Here is the recipe if ya wanna try it sometime!

·         1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie

·         1 carrot, chopped

·         2 sticks celery, chopped
 1/2 can corn (you can probably put the whole can)
1/2 big potato

      1/4 onion

·         2 boneless chicken breast halves, cooked and chopped

·         1 can condensed cream of chicken soup

·         2/3 cup milk

·         1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

·         1/2 teaspoon salt

      [I meant to put some peas in but I grabbed green beans on accident.  You can add whatever veggies you want and I think it would turn out great.]

Directions

1.    Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

2.    Steam carrots and broccoli in a covered pot until slightly tender but still firm. [I kept them in for like 7 minutes]

3.    In a large bowl, mix together carrots, broccoli, chicken, soup, milk, cheese, and salt. Spoon mixture into pastry-lined 9 inch pie pan and cover with top crust. Seal edges and cut steam vents in top.

4.    Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until golden brown.

In the morning Chris and Aaron had a volleyball game for intramurals. Riss and I were saying how they should be so happy because we usually like to sleep in on Saturdays. haha We had to park in a further away parking  lot because the closer one was blocked off for the homecoming parade (I totally forgot this week was homecoming.. until Saturday).  So we were walking down the hall to go to the gym.  Riss stops to take a drink of water and I look walk a little further then look back.  There is a guy walking with his hoodie on and a basketball. I thought, "Holy crap it's Jimmer!"  Then he put his head straight down when he made eye contact with me.  At that point I was like, "Holy crap I just made eye contact with Jimmer... but he doesn't look very awake or in the mood to take pictures. I'll let him do his thing and not be annoying"  Then Marissa is done with her water she sees someone and since we are so short we can see his face under his hoodie and she says, "Hey! Can I have my picture with you?!" Leave it to Marissa to not think twice when seeing someone like Jimmer.  I felt bad for bothering him but at the same time, we got our picture with Jimmer!!! Thanks Riss for being annoying. :)

Then we went to the women's soccer game.  It was the game where they were raising awareness for breast cancer and we got free pink beanies! And they did a game at half time where athletes from different sports went and played soccer.  After the soccer game was finished a lot of the basketball players were just standing there so Riss and I had our picture taken! 

Conference Weekend

Friday was an interesting game. But we won! So that's all I care about :) We also got to go on the field and met Cody Hoffman. Gorgeous man.

He is really good at football, too.

Marissa and I watched the Saturday sessions at home while painting our nails and looking on Pinterest.  My new addiction.  But I learn so many cool things! And find lots of cute quotes.  That night we went up to Preston's (we are now in the same ward) cabin up in Kamas.  So much fun! We kinda fell asleep during the Sunday morning session but we did listen to the afternoon one! Outside on the deck.  It was awesome.  They made us breakfast and dinner and for lunch we had sandwiches, which is where my new love of pepper jack cheese began.  

It was a great relaxing weekend!

In my athletic training class we have watched two videos. I thought the first one was cool and I loved the second.  Elder Holland is one of my favorites to listen to!