tag!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Nope!

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? No clue! Don't cry much, I have a heart
of stone :)

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? No. It changes all the time though!

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Not really a lunch meat type of girl!

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? At 16? Not yet!

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Probably not! ha ha I don't know..

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? No. Which is sarcastic for YES.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Nope!

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? In a heart beat!

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Not a huge fan of cereal..

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Sometimes

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Most of the time!

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Cookies and Cream

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Eyes and smile

15. RED OR PINK? Both

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My pinky toe nails. They don't grow.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My brother.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Not so much, no.

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? No shoes!

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Toast.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Dancing In The Moonlight

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Aqua. Because it reminds me of the ocean on my private island in the bahamas that I dream about sometimes.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS? White Tea Aloe lotion and the smells of a new season.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Albro.

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Nope.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? I don't have much of an attention span, don't often sit and watch sports. I love going to live games though! Football being my favorite, then soccer, then basketball.

27. HAIR COLOR? Currently brown with blonde caramel and auburn weaves.

28. EYE COLOR? Blue.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yep! I have colored contacts. So fun.

30. FAVORITE FOOD? hmm probably thai food. Mussuman curry is delish.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? A healthy combination of both. Mostly scary though!

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? The Grudge with Alex Whit and Natalie.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Aqua blue. Coincidence? I think not.

34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Both.

35. HUGS OR KISSES? Both depending on the sichiation.

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Ice cream cake.

37. WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE DREAM FOR THIS LIFE? To be able to create a povertyless, orphanless, homeless, sickless, richless, poorless, crimeless world. Or to even make a dent in it.. I'd do anything to make a difference in this world.

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? My friends. ha ha

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? New testament.

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? The mouse.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? I was at lexi's watching Faith sing a long to hannah montana.

42. FAVORITE SOUND? Thunderstorms.

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles. Definately.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Probably the UK. Been out of the Country about 8 times, 4 of which in the past year. I think the UK was the furthest though... Went to the Cayman Islands. Beautiful!

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Can blow up a balloon with my nose.. make my eyes move in seperate directions.. can pop my shoulders wrists and hips out of thier sockets on command.. I posess strange talents.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Good ole Orem Community.

47. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE WHERE WOULD IT BE? Australia. My dad lived there, so jealous!

48. WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? The unknown.

49. WHATS YOUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT? Probably my elementary school graduation. ;)

50. WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST SAD? Knowing about the poverty and crime going on in this world and knowing there's nothing I can do to stop it. Seeing homeless families and orphans with no familes and knowing that I can't do anything about it.

I simply remember my favorite things and then i dont feel so bad!

The best way to stay happy is to stay positive. Friends and family are always great sources to cheer you up when your feelin blue, but you are the only one who truely can make your own self happy. You are the only one who has the power to control your own emotions. Happiness is your personal God-given right and everybody deserves to live the happiest life possible. Im passionate about this because it breaks my heart when I see people experience rough times and then feel that they should never be happy again. Everybody has trials and challenges and our test here on earth is what we do to handle these challenges. Trials are for your own good (though hard to see at the time) and when you feel like you cant go on anymore because of your struggles, your wrong. God promised to never give us anything we cant handle, and he wont. We should almost feel honored to get the challenges that we get because it proves how strong we are in the sight of God, and if he thinks we are strong enough to handle our trials, then we sure as heck are. Why on earth we waste our short precious time here being sad when we could be happy, i will never know. But I do know a few personal tips on how to help bring youself up when your down in the pits. These simple things may not help you as much as they do me, but I feel so inclined to share them inspite of that fact.. :)
Hapiness Tips.......
Tip Number 1- Get off your mopey butt and go serve. Forget yourself and focus on others. The simplest act of service will not only help your own happiness, but definately will help the joy of the ones your serving also.
Tip Number 2- It's very important to focus on the positives. If everyone constantly focused on the negatives, our society would go down. Keep reminding yourself of all the good things and blessings in your life because I promise that they will always out-number the negatives.
And Tip Number 3- Stay far far away from self-pitty for this is a no bueno. Self pitty will only make you more sad. which is not happy. which is not our goal. :) The question "Why me?" will never be answered. So stop wasting time asking. Move on. Remember that there is always going to be someone out there who has it worse than you do.

Everyone is inclined to a full life of hapiness and joy and the people who realize it are the ones who will get just that.

summer!

Summer is my season. I love love LOVE it! Here are some of my most recent summer adventures............

Tryin to get in the summer spirit!

Wasn't workin... :)

I must've seen an angel.

Yep, pretty confident I did.

Depressed due to albino skin.

This is what i look like the morning after I party till 5 am.

I met the rainman in texas and got to hold his oscar!

My new feline friend chicken.

My pirate boyfriend in the cayman islands

4 wheeling trip to fillmore with jennifer!

Senior Sluff Day at Lagoon! well, junior sluff day in my case... :)

Hard Core. Not.

Henna tat in mehico.

Apparently my eye twitches when i run out of pina colada!

Clearly I am lovin it already. Vacations, Parties every night, who doesn't love summer?!?! :)

I did it!

The deed is done. I finally figured out how to change the settings on this so now for your convenience, you may now comment on my posts. So do it :)

HELP!

I need help.
Thats nothing new though, right? WRONG. I can't figure this blogging thing out! For some reason it wont let anyone comment on any of my posts and it wont let me add any friends. You can have friends on here, right? hmmm. anyways.. does anyone know how to fix this issue? Is it a blog setting or is my blog just retarded? Or am i just retarded? Maybe a nasty combination of all of the above. Who knows. Wow I should probably stop making up excuses and just deal with reality. Im retarded and need help. Sooo if there are any problem solvers readin my blog out there.. this is an S.O.S.

The Little Things In Life

Lately i have been thinking a lot about all the little things that make my life just that much more enjoyable. I appriciate every small detail that brings me happiness in life and I cant express how much I love the sillyness in my life. I love every minor detail of my absolutely wonderful life that makes me happy and I couldnt be more greatful for just those simple little things that make me laugh as much as i do! Here are a few simple things that I love. This outta prove how much it takes to get me happy :)

I love how kenzie chews her food and sips her water no matter how obnoxious it is to others around. I love how free spirited jenn is and how she says whatever comes to mind. I love when my little brother carter belts out flo ridas "right round" at the top of his lungs. I love how obedient caitlin is and how she will always obey the rule i gave her years back while i was high on natural caffeine. I love how clumsy covey is. I love my dads "fast food jokes". I love how dramatic kennedi is and how everybody knows to stay a good yard away from her when she gets pissed off. I love how tyler started an ugly sweater trend at AFHS. I love taco tuesday at del taco even though I hate tacos. I love laughing at the rumors and drama started years ago, even when back then it seemed like those things ruined my life. I love cruising around in jenns "egg" and not worrying about anything. I love bon fires with mallows and weinies. I love al-bro's fur hat from russia. I love how my school's home page is often refered to as stalker.com. I love how crazy we get during soccer practice and i love how coach always turns around as one of us is dirty dancing or mooning someone. I love it when kenzie gets tangled up in the goalie net and cant get out. I love road trips with the team and belting out music until coach gets sick of us and turns the radio off. I love 4-wheeling through the mud. I love prank calls. I love how immature my friends are and how we still laugh at farts. I love how adrian stretches out his nasal cavity on a regular basis. I love how religioulsy me and my girls go to chile's. I love the rope swing and exercise bike at covey's pool. I love long road trips with karine and hearing stories about pigs. I love trying to dodge naked hippies at the hot pots. I love it when whit calles me "pooper nippler" just because of the inside joke that goes along with it. I love how i cant get through one school day without getting separated from my friends. I love how my boys tickle me till I pee from laughter just to hear me laugh. I love how comfortable bryson is about asking me "those questions". I love how much my family barfs. I love how hard my mom laughs whenever jamie tells her about the blind lady on her husbands mission who was addicted to porn. I love how no one believes the story of how I broke my arm (I really DONT know.) I love how much laughter goes on whenever the boys and I go to jacques. I love when charlotte laughs like a goat. I love frequent trips to good earth with covey to satisfy her dietary needs. I love how everybody knows that if they keep me up past 3:00 am, I WILL keep them up all night. I love my families weird quirks and I love how my family is the only one that cant have family reunions for this will result in cop cars and trips to jail. I love how hard my girls and I laugh every time britneys "if you seek amy" comes on just because we know what it really means. I love how curious everybody gets when they see my itouch in a bag full of rice. I love how much I get made fun of because my locker has a sticky note taped to the front of it that says my locker code on it. I love blaring music and dancing with covey late at night on top of her car. I love krump offs. I love watching horror movies while sleeping in jenns field. I love how thursdays were officially dubbed as "poopy pants pizza day" because of how cranky kenzie gets when she has to do pizza sales. I love being spontanious with my girls. I love how long jordan laughed over certain "incidents" in mexico. I love when my dad tries to embarrass me by yelling out "taylor stuffs her bra" through the neighborhood. I love how blonde my mom is and how she cant tell one joke without prematurely telling the punch line. I love how my crazy chilean friend camilla wont say "beach" because she thinks its a cuss word in english. I love being happy and.......

.........................I love my life :]

hmm.

Guess i should probably update this seeing as that i havent gotten on here since december, huh? WELL. I have nothing to say. ill update this later, im tired. :) BUT before i go, i have to say something about the lovely caitlin boyce since she finds it so funny to tell embarrassing stories and facts about me on her blog. SO here it goes....

CAITLIN SUCKED HER THUMB TILL SHE WAS 8! AND SHE TALKS IN HER SLEEP! AND IM PRETTY SURE SHE PICKS HER NOSE AND EATS IT!

It is ON caitlin boyce.

Pool Time!

Hello again! Today has been such a fun day here on this beautiful island! I got to sleep in until 7:00! (as opposed to the the last few mornings where ive had to wake up at 4:50 for my dives! ah!) And i have just been chilling all morning and i am lovin it! I went to the beach for a couple hours this mornin and also made my rounds to all the pools! Ive only had like 3 strawberry daiquiris so far today though.. strange. Well my dad went diving at cozumel today and kenni and i decided to stay behind so we could go skyriding today woot woot! its a little windy though so weve just been waiting for the wind to die down and then we are gonna go!!! im so excited!!There is a big pirate ship in front of our hotel with water slides and pools and all sorts of piratey related fun and it is a blast! Its actually the kids club and its meant for kids like ten and under, but me- being obsessed with pirates and any/all pirate paraphernalia, i just LOVE it! madi and carter are down there playing right now and i must admit, i am a bit jealous. I could go down but earlier today at the beach i got a little bit toasted so i am in the room just chillin to avoid burning and damaging my skin anymore than ive already managed. :) WELL it is still a bit windy so i think im going to put off the skyriding until a little bit later today, which means that it is shopping time!!! never thought youd hear those words come out of my mouth, did ya?! normally, i HATE HATE HATE shopping with a bloody passion and i would rather drink drain-o then step foot into a store, BUT im in mexico silly and i absolutely LOVE going to the flee markets down here and just buying everything!!! I love everything about shopping in mexico! the funny mexicans who want you to buy everything , the dumb american tourists who think they got a good deal on a mexican dress for 40 pesos when in reality the store owner was willing to take it down to 20, and if the cards were played just right, maybe even 15. I love all the bracelets (i buy like 50 every time i come down here) I love the hand sewed dresses, I love the feather eirings, I love the food, I love the drinks, I love the smells, and i love the atmosphere! (though a bit frightening at times...) but I just LOVE this place! I would live here if i were fluent in my spanish :) no but seriously... when i was here a few months ago, i just really learned so much about their culture and their traditions and i have just learned to love this place so much! Especially after visiting all of the ruins and orphanages. I am so much more greatful for everything i have after coming down here and seeing what goes on here and personally witnessing all of the poverty and crime that takes place, and experiencing what it is like to live in the midst of all of it. I am going to the orphanage tomorrow and friday and i absolutely can not wait!!! i am so excited!!! I love it so much! Its gonna be hard especially knowing that my big brother was here just a few short months ago serving these kids and knowing that hes not here now, but i think that it will still be an amazing experience and im sure ty will be there with us in spirit. WELL i am off to the flee markets soon so cross your fingers that i will get you something good! I am quite the bargainer actually.... :) p.s. i am DYING for some fresh fruit! I hate going to places with loads and loads of fresh fruit and not being able to eat any of it... ugh! someone fed-ex me a lemon!!!!!!!!

WERE HERE!!!!

We are finally here in the beatiful cancun mexico and we are LOVIN it! We flew in on saturday and let me tell you, that was kinda the flight from Hell. haha well we had to wake up at 3:45 am to start with then when we got to the airport we had a 2 hour delay. ugh once we got on the plane and in the air it was ok... but have ya ever had to share a row of 3 seats with a 5 year old an 8 year old and three year old twins? it was kinda crazy... but fun cause i got to play with payden and bailey ( the three year old twins) and with their little sisters chloe and aleah (11 month old twins) they are SOOO stinkin cute!! they are all 4 girls and so much fun! can you imagine having two sets of twins under the age of 4?! and ALL girls?! CRAZY! it took a lot of books and treats but i think i kept them pretty entertained while we were delayed. Well once we got here, the fun took off! the second day (yesterday) we upgraded to a hotel suite and it has a beautiful deck over looking the ocean and it is equipped with a hot tub AND a steam room! SO nice! i love this hotel! it is all inclusive and i have had so many specialty drinks that im pretty sure i peed pina colada this morning... haha. This morning was our first scuba dive down here and it was amazing!! my dad, my mom, kenni and I all went and we all four got super sick on the boat cause there was some pretty rough waves out this morning and kenni up chucked her breakfast all over the boat! nasty! but when i went on my second dive today, i puked in my regulator 3 times while i was 60 feet under the water! it was scary cause i started choking on my own puke it was so gross!! then for the rest of that dive, all i could taste was puke. SICK! but it was well worth it. I saw 3 sharks, some baracuda, 2 eel, a HUGE sea turtle and millions of fish! i loved it!!!! well im feelin a strawberry daiquiri so im out like a trout but ill update as much as i can and post some pics soon!!! happy tropical holidays!

BEST FRIEND DAY!

So me and my BEST friend realized a couple years back that we just couldnt ever quite find the right presents for eachother on any given holiday. (birthdays included) SO we decided that we would just forget about presents and we wouldnt get eachother anything so basically it would just even out. WELL after a while we came to the conclusion that this plan SUCKED! So we have decided (for Christmas at least) that we would treat eachother to a full day of mani's/pedi's, food, sugar, and a crazy night out on the town. For you see- that is what we do best. (I officially dub this Christmas tradition as "best friend day".) We go absolutely CRAZY everytime we are around eachother and we are complete freaks but we have the freakin best time doing it! We get so hyper and do the funniest stuff when we hang out! Lately (over the past couple of years) my bestie and I have not been able to see eachother very much and rarely get to hang out due to both of our hectic and demanding lives. Our freshman year we were seperated after going to school together for 5 years, and we have spent our whole high school lives at different schools from eachother. So Sad. I always miss her :( But lucky for us, we have one of those relationships where we can go without talking or seeing eachother for a month, then the second we get back together its like we havent skipped a beat! We pick up right where we left off the month before! Well, since i will be in Mexico for Christmas, we have decided that tomorrow would be our ''best friend day'' for the year. So we are going to pamper ourselves then have a lovely meal at Olive Garden and i couldnt be more exited!! This is a rare treat and i honestly cant wait! I highly recommend best friend day for everyone with a best friend :) after all, what would this world be without your bff's? I freakin love my best friend and we will be friends till the day we die!!!! (yes, we will die on the same day) We have been through Hell and back with eachother and it has strengthened our friendship so much to where it will be impossible to ever seperate us. I love you SO much Miss Karine!! CANT WAIT 'TILL TOMORROW!!!

60 MORE?!?!

ahh! Every Christmas my family makes different flavored cream cheese apple dips and we send them out to our neighbors, teachers, family, friends and my dads insurance agents. (Random, i know) And this year my dad decided that we would make over twice as much as we did last year making a lovely amount of 750 little 8 oz. plastic containers fillied to the top of this cream cheese deliciousness. (3 different flavors, 250 containers of each flavor.) So much for skipping Christmas, eh? Well this year we had a convenient assembly line consisting of Steve, Jacque and myself. Steve is our neighbor/friend/employee, and Jacque is..... well, she's just Jacque. haha jokes! We love her lots! She is our neighbor and our good friend. She's pretty much the most amazing chick you'll ever meet. I look up to her so much! She's freakin amazing! And, not to mention, she is responsible for the stinkin' CUTEST baby alive!!! I love little miss charlotte!!! Anyways... The line went like this. Steve made the dip, I squoze the dip into the containers (which by the way, looks a bit like a soft-served terd when squoze) and Jacque made the bows on the bags. Then we assembled the bags so they each had 8 apples, 3 dips, 1 knife and a plate. (its harder than it sounds, ok?!) We made 250 bags total and we finished them last week. WELL this morning my father broke the news to me that we have to make 60 more. And by that, he means that I need to make 60 more. 60 more bags.. ugh thats 180 more containers of dip... eh. Steve and Jacque are both gone, so I will be spending today making the rest of this dip all by myself. tough, i know. It gets turbo boring though... It's a lot more fun when ya have Jacque and Steve around. And it really tops it off when Token comes over (ASIAN JOKES) But now im left to do it all on my own. Gross. Im over it. Im off to finish my lemon before the apple dip nazi comes home and sees that im not working!

Swimming VS. Sledding

Wondering why i have a tropical beach scene as my layout rather than a Christmas-related template just 10 short days before Mr. Clause pays me a visit? Well, I am SKIPPING Christmas this year! You heard me. This year for Christmas my family (parents, sibs, grandma & step-grandpa) are spending this holiday season in a little place i like to call CANCUN, MEXICO! whoo! We are staying at an all-inclusive resort on the lovely tropical island of Cancun Mexico. It is a 5 star resort with pools and beaches and clubs and spas and parasailing and snorkeling and every activity possible on this sandy slate of heaven! And ALL of the activities are included in the "all-inclusive" pass I so conveniently possess, so i can do ANYTHING i want!! (well, for the most part...) And do you know what the best part of that little gold wristband shimmering in the 90 degee weather for all to see is?! ALL THE SPECIALTY DRINKS YOU WANT!!! Holy freak! Anybody who knows me will know that this is Heaven on earth for me... I am OBSESSED with pina coladas and strawberry daiquiris! I love them almost as much as i love tropical fruits!!! (Almost...) But seriously!!!! What more could a young girl my age ask for then the warm sand between her toes and all you can drink AMF's and endless fresh pineapple chunks for Christmas?!?! (jk about the AMF's.. im not like that, i swear!) Oh and i almost forgot to mention the best part (and purpose) of this whole trip!!!! I get to spend Christmas day in the Cancun Orphanage!!! I am looking foward to this the most!!! (well, its head and head between this and climbing palm trees.. haha) Anyways! I had an amazing opportunity to visit this same orphanage last June and i LOVED every minute of it! Best experience a person could have.... very emotional but SO worth it!! I love those little kids... Im not yet fluent in speaking spanish so its quite hard to communicate with these angels, but lucky for me, love is a universal language and that is all i need to have a great time with these adorable kids :) ALSO! These past couple of months i have been working on my scuba diving certification. And though it took me 6 long weeks; 2 night-time deep water dives at the Midway Crater, 350 boring pages of reading in the PADI diving book, and 1 nasty 50 question final (that took me 3 and a half painful hours to complete.... ugh) i FINALLY passed scuba school! yay! So im also going scuba diving while down there! I am really excited for this trip, mainly because i was very worried about Christmas this year and didnt know how well my family would be able to deal with it (seeing as that its our first Christmas without Ty..) But i think that we made the right choice by going away this year. The memories are just still to fresh to stay here, and i know that Ty would want the best for us, and i think that this is what he would want. haha That sounds funny, but im not talking about the luxurious tropical part of the trip.. I say that because the whole reason for this trip is to bring down the money that friends and family and even complete strangers so genourously donated in Tylers name specifically for this orphanage that Ty, myself, and my parents were able to serve at in June. Thats what Ty would want. All of the other activities are just a bonus that we added in, but this year i am determined to experience the real meaning of Christmas. To remember Christ. That is what this is all about. To remember and honor him. Which is exactly what im hoping to get down there at that orphanage. Acting selflessly is a great way to respect Christ's life, and that is my goal this year. (And hopefully for years to come..) After all, "When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God." This trip will be a great time for my family to bond and have fun, as well as forgetting ourselves and serving others while growing closer to the Savior and coming to a fuller and better understanding of the Gospel. This will be a great trip and hopefully a growing experience for my family and myself!! i am oh so excited :)

Finally!

Yeah, thats right. I FINALLY have a blog! After a lot of convincing from a couple of crazy friends, i decided i would give in. And i made myself a blog :) its actually my second blog believe it or not, but unfortunately my first blog didnt make it to far... I created it and uh yeah thats about as far as i got before i forgot my password! ahh I have a terrible memory as you all should well know by now! but ive finally smartened up (is that a word..?) and decided i would just use ONE grand password for ALL my accounts. I realize that doing this could really come back and bite me in the butt if someone by chance found out my password because they would then have access to all of my accounts (hotmail, facebook, messenger, ect..) but it was a sacrifice i was willing to make. Well hopefully ill be able to stay on top of this whole blogging thing and blog regularly but with my wonderful luck (and memory) i will most likely either forget this website, or possibly even forget that i have a blog at all! Well since i just created this blog today, i have a grand total of NO blog followers. So. Follow my blog. Read it regularly and ponder the lovely insight you recieve while reading my posts. And if you get ONE THING out of this swell first post of mine, have it be this valuable information i share to you from my very favorite quote. Read and ponder this quote. Maybe even pray about it..... :) "When life gives you lemons.... EAT THEM!" I love love love lemons! Go figure, eh? Now how is THAT for a first post?! :)