Tournament Time

Tonight was the first round for intramural volleyball. During the regular season we never won a game. We play really well but just could never win. Tonight we did awesome during our first game (well, the second game in the match wasn't but that's okay). We won that match and had to play right after against a team that was a lower seed than us and it was going to be their first game. How lame is that??? So, the first game we beat them like 25-12. Awesome, right? The second game we should have won and only lost by I think 2. The ref kept saying the ball hit the antenna when our girl would hit it but it would hit the net and the antenna would shake. We fixed it and guess what? We didn't have any more hits "hit the antenna." We lost that match. It was super frustrating considering how bad we beat them the first game and how we knew we should have beat them.  I don't like losing. And I don't like losing to obnoxious teams. It kinda brought back the competitiveness I had back in high school and all the memories with it. Hopefully our next game will be better. Even though we can't win the tournament and get free t shirts anymore. Oh well.

Rissa Rae

Marissa is the closest sibling in age to me. We were the only two left at home when Nick graduated which meant we pretty much got mom and dad to ourselves. She was a good high school older sister.  She would let me hang out with her and her friends, which was a big deal to a freshman.  We didn't get to play on the same team together which was a bummer. But she always made sure I was prepared to play varsity sports. I would sometimes get nervous going on car rides with her because somehow she would find something to teach me about life. When she went to college and left me alone I was pretty upset. Mom has a picture that shows that perfectly. Now that we are down at school together she gets all the chances in the world to teach, lecture, make fun of and "help" me in life. She's a pretty good sister if you ask me.

 Happy Birthday Riss.

Sophomore Year So Far

This is my fourth week back at school and things are still going really well. I am taking Anatomy (which I have aced all the quizzes so far), Teachings of the Living Prophets, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Advanced First Aid, basketball and volleyball.  I am only taking 12 credits so so my schedule isn't too bad. I was going to take Spanish but decided that I would be spending most of my time on that rather than the classes I need to get A's in. I can learn it later.

My roommate is Shannon Nelson. It turns out that her step-dad is Doug Frame's brother? I think... ha Definitely small world. She is AWESOME though. I am so happy to have her as a roommate. 

I haven't gotten a calling yet.. Which makes me nervous because half the Relief Society is getting married in December. I need a good calling before that. Birthday greeter sounds nice.

Marissa, Marci and I are all on an intramural volleyball team together along with a couple girls from my last ward (Stacey and Missy), a girl from my volleyball class (Shani), one from Stacey's old volleyball class (Megan) and one of Stacey's friends (Daylin).  I think we are pretty good... we just haven't won yet. The last game we were supposed to play the other team forfeited so we got a "win". Good thing we aren't ranked by how many games we win but how good we are. I have a friend that refs so hopefully she helps us out a bit. She did tell me that our team is one of few that can actually bump, set, spike. Sad, huh? We have a game tonight so hopefully they show up and we can actually beat them.

When dad came down to visit he brought us some apples. :) Marissa and I took advantage of them (and grandma's kitchen) on Saturday to make some pies and apple crisp. My roommates are way excited to use some Washington apples to make a few of their own things because I still have over a box left! 

That's it for now. Hopefully something exciting enough to post happens soon. 

While living at Helaman Halls and WyView last year I had the hardest time sleeping at night.  The beds just seemed like the most uncomfortable things ever made. 

They weren't. My bed here at Foxwood can't even be classified as a mattress. It's a green mat that is about an inch high. Last summer mom bought be a mattress pad that really helped for my other two beds. But this mat was just too bad and every time I moved I could feel the springs under me. 

Yesterday, my dad came to town and bought me a present. 

 My bed is sooo much better. I LOVE IT! 

Thank you, dad. And thank you, mom, for reminding him. :)

Harry Potter and DW

Since my mom documented each day while in Florida, I will just say my favorite parts to each day.

Day 1:

Seeing Lindsea!!! Downtown Disney was pretty sweet but seeing Lindsea was the main part of the entire trip.

Day 2: 

I was sooo excited about butter beers. They were DELICIOUS! I am definitely going to make them sometime. 

I want to go back when it isn't so busy so we can check out the other stores. But the Harry Potter ride was the SCARIEST ride I have ever been on. Not because it was fast or had sudden drops. It had WAY too many spiders!!! 

Fantasmic made me want to watch all the Disney movies over again.

Day 3:

This might have been my favorite day. Segways and pearls. When Lindsea told me about Japan in Epcot and how you can pick out your own oyster to get a pearl, I have been so anxious to pick my own out. I am in love with pearls and was perfectly happy with my cute little pearl. I can't wait to get a real chain to put my pearl on. 

Also, La Nouba was one of the coolest things I have ever watched. Most definitely a must see.

Day 4: 

I love the beach! Besides the feet burning sand, the beach was exactly what we needed after the two busy days. On our way home we stopped at Burger King. I ordered Funnel Cake Sticks. SO good and I have been craving them ever since. Having naps after this day felt so good. 

Helping mom find her new swimwear for Hawaii was so much fun. We loved picking out stuff for her.

Day 5:

I was kinda sad that we couldn't experience the 7 pm sacrament meeting. But oh well. It was still cool to check out her ward, and the guy that Lindsea wants to hook me up with. 

The trip was a success and I loved every minute of it. Thanks Linds, Travis and Sarah for hooking us up with all the discounts and free stuff!

BSB

To catch up on the last couple weeks, I will start with last night.

Marissa told the story here so you can read that if you would like. 

For her, she was in love with Nick Carter and I was in love with his little brother. But when it came to which Backstreet Boy I liked, Brian Littrell was no doubt my favorite. 

They  were SO good in concert. All of us were so sad it was over and we didn't want to leave. I saw a lot of people I knew (girls and guys). It was definitely worth going to. Here are some more pictures of everything.

The guy in the grey beanie was blocking our view almost the entire time. He would put his hands up and make it so Rissa and I couldn't see a thing. But some worker came and got him and his two friends. Then our view was perfect the rest of the night.

Childhood dream come true number 1. 

Summer So Far

Since I have been home I feel like I don't do anything but work!! I am working at Slidewaters three days on and three off with Sundays off. When I don't work there, I work at the winery. It is all going pretty well and both are pretty enjoyable. I am ready to not work, that's for sure.

I wish I did have more time to go on the lake. I have been able to go jet skiing once and lay by the lake a few times. We were planning to go camping but with all of our weird schedules I don't know if that will happen.

A couple weeks ago, Bronte texted me saying that she wanted to do a Humanitarian aid thing and knew I was interested and wanted to know if I wanted to do it with her... Of course I did. We found this foundation (Cross Cultural Solutions) that does exactly that. You can go from 2-12 weeks and can do volunteer work, interning or insight. We decided we would LOVE to go to Tanzania, Bagamoyo. We are just trying to figure out how the heck we will be able to get the money for it. I was already planning on getting a job during Fall and Winter so we will see. We may have to wait until summer 2012. Bronte is worried one of us will be married, though... That is SUPER weird, but could happen. We are hoping it will somehow work out but right now, we aren't too optimistic.
This week we had my cousins Jason and Jared over. They have come for three summers now. It is always fun and we always get an excuse to go snake hunting because Jared just wants to kill something and be able to take a trophy home. I took them to the Wenatchee airport on Thursday. I had a feeling I should stay in Wenatchee until they got on the plane but I didn't want to wait in the mall because I knew I would be too tempted to buy stuff, since I already bought these beautiful things because my current work out shoes are falling apart. Every time I take them off the fuzz from the inside comes out. So, it was definitely time.
BUT, back to my story. So I was on my way home, almost to the tunnel, when dad calls telling me I need to go back to the airport. He didn't tell me why or anything. So I turned around... He called back telling me that on Horizon Jared needs to be 13, not 12, to ride on a plane with someone under 21. I drove back to the airport, picked them up, took them to get some cash, went to Safeway to get treats and meet up with a taxi that would take them to Seattle. The people at the airport were stupid and threatening to do all this stuff and told Jason he could leave Jared in Wenatchee. It was super dumb. But, they finally got on a flight so they could go back home. 

My old roommate, KyLeigh, and her family are on a trip for 2 1/2 weeks around Washington, Canada and Idaho. They spent the night in Wenatchee last night and are on their way to Spokane today. Ky figured if she was this close to me she had to come see me. So my mom, Marissa and I had them over for breakfast. We had eggs, strawberries, bacon, crepes, bananas, hash browns, apple juice and orange juice. VERY delicious breakfast. It was really good to see her and her family, even if it was only for an hour (they had a session at the Spokane Temple.) 

Next Tuesday Marissa, my mom and I will head over to Renton to spend the night with Rock and Ryker and Wednesday morning fly to FLORIDA!! I am sooo excited. We are hitting up DW, Harry Potter world, shopping and going to the beach. I really cannot wait. 

And then the fourth of August.... BACKSTREET BOYS CONCERT!!!! :D

Happy Father's Day!!!

I love you!

Rock, Ryker and Carrie

Here are the things that I loved most about the concert/weekend. If you want to read exactly what we did, check out my mom's blog here.

First off, it was awesome to see Rock and Ryker and get to spend more time with them.

This concert was by far my most favorite concert.

I saw Craig Morgan in Waterville one year with Katie Barnes. I LOVE his music so it was fun to see him in concert one more time.

This was my favorite thing about the whole concert.

I also loved her mics. They matched her outfit every time. And, she had glitter on everything!! 

Thanks, mom. I LOVED it.

On Sunday, we went to Aaron and DeA's ward for sacrament. Another part of the trip I loved was having their family decide that they would come back for the rest of the weekend.

When we got back, Marissa and I went to Graham's farewell open house.
Have fun in New Mexico!!!

Then we had an ice cream party with really good homemade ice cream. Vanilla and strawberry.

I am going to head to Slide Waters in about an hour to train. Finally!! :) 

I will be working as a fill-in these next two weeks helping out with all the school groups.

We will see how that goes!

Zilch

Today is the day.

Only two and a half hours. 

:)