Long Weekend= Long Post

Can I just say I LOVE my four day weekends?? They give me plenty of time to get work done but also have tons of fun!  Thursday night we had a basketball game. Which we won.  It wasn't the best game but we survived.  One of the refs reffed the last game that we got totally beat up in.  He apologized to Marci after saying that that game was the worse he has ever officiated.  We thought that was nice of him and could tell it had been bothering him for the past week. We watched Aaron's water polo game afterward... they lost but Aaron did awesome!

 Marci and I sent off a card for Cecil's birthday. He was a regular at the BBQ since day one.  He is the sweetest old  man and has the best life stories.  At his birthday next Sunday at Wapato Point Cellars he is giving a presentation about his life. It will be awesome but I am so sad that I will miss it!

Marissa and I had TONS of energy the rest of the night. We cleaned our room and stayed up until like 3 or 4? We had so much energy that we went to WalMart. And still had energy after... When we finally went to bed we got plenty of sleep for the next day and woke up at 11:30.  We ran a few errands and played catch!! We got a little sun burnt and you can start to see my freckles coming back!!! One of my favorite parts about springtime.  After that we helped Javier with his bike.  He needed to take it to the shop so he can order a part.  The shop was sweet! It had mini (Marissa and my size) four wheelers and bikes. And they had dogs. Which I have missed.

We then went home to get ready for a triple blind date.  Stacey and Fuzzy set up a date with Marissa, Stacey's hometeachers (Preston and Erik), Preston's brother and Mallory Hart that was in my ward last year.  We went to the gymnastic meet. BYU lost. and got cupcakes at Sweet Tooth Fairy.  They were awesome. (and recognized by Rachel Ray).  They then took us home and we went and hung out with Javier, got a movie and watched it with Nick. We watched Devil. It was pretty good. Not the scariest and it had an alright story line.

We got up on Saturday at 9 to help Nate coach Mike's basketball team since Mike had to go home for the weekend.  Those parents were terrible! They kept talking about how much the refs sucked, how we didn't really know what we were doing and one parent came down to the huddle and told the kids to tell the refs to call 3 seconds. They were just annoying, and we lost the game. Sorry Mike!

After we got back we took showers to get ready for the last BYU home basketball game.  They played awesome.  Such a good way to end.

 Jimmered.

 The man with the best arms.

 The seniors.

After the game we went and hung out again. Zach made some chocolate sheet cake that I of course had waaaay too much of. But it was delicious and I hadn't eaten like anything all day so I think that it was okay. Pepe on the other hand thought it was disgusting,  me eating that much.

We helped with Junior's laundry and while there I sat in a rolling laundry basket.  Junior would ram me with his chair and launch we across the room.  It was fun but always super freaky because I couldn't steer and there was no way to tell where I would go.  After doing that a couple times and having him stuff me under a table, i decided I should get out before I broke myself.

Saturday night we went to the Classic Skates for Disco Night (Javier was invited by another friend for her birthday and so he invited us!)  We looked awesome. Javier, Junior, Marissa and I dressed  up and Stacey and Fuzzy showed up later.

 Junior has the BIGGEST mouth out of anyone I have ever met.

We got it once. And we were sooo proud of ourselves. :)

Stake Conference was today and it went really well.  Plus, it was at 1 so we got plenty of time to sleep in. I didn't wake up at all during the night and didn't set an alarm. I was lucky I woke up at 11:45 or else I have no idea when I would have.  We took short naps which I didn't need but wanted and headed up to Beckie's for dinner! It was delicious. Of course, Beckie is an amazing cook.  She made pizzas and wacky care. SO good! Thanks again Beckie!

Now off the studying for a test I have to take tomorrow. Woo hoo!

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.