Last two weeks of Spring Semester 2010

Due to finals and being busy having fun, this post is SUPER long... Sorry! But it will be SO worth it!

Hmm ok, where to start....The 12th of July was Jacobs 22nd birthday so we had a party for him at FHE! It was a lot of fun and just very relaxing. Nate and Dan decided they were going to try and show off by doing some leg wrestling...It didn't work out too well but they got Brianna to do it...Not sure how but it was funny to watch! Here is a video of it, Nate let her win, haha.

After that they all decided to go play soccer, but I had some serious homework to do so I decided to pass. Going through my planner as I'm trying to remember what happened those two weeks, there isn't a whole heck of a lot besides projects and homework...Kinda depressing. On Friday the 16th I went on a date to Wingers and to see Despicable Me. It was a lot of fun and the movie was super cute.
Saturday the 17th was probably the best day! It was the closing social and one of our Bishoprics house. It was so much fun! We ate yummy ribs and floated down the canal in their backyard like a BAJILLION and Five times. It was fun to just visit with the amazing people of my ward and have fun. It was a nice break from always going going going. After Brianna, Nate and I had been there for 4 hours we decided we should probably go home. We went home and went to a Bluegrass concert that both Nate and I had to go to for a class,Brianna just came along for the fun of it :) The concert was actually pretty good! I didn't know anyone could play so fast!! After the concert Brianna and I headed to the store with Josh to get desert for the dinner we were going to have Sunday night at our FHE-Bros. While we were at the store we got a text from Nate about Dan's birthday party. So we hurried up and went home because we wanted to go! It was fun, we ate pizza, sang happy birthday, played on the trampoline and watch Sherlock Holmes. I didn't watch the movie though, had a little drama going on in my life that needed to be cried about. Poor Nate's steering wheel got a little beat up by me, but I didn't do any damage, I'm not strong enough :) Nate and Dan were kind enough to give me a blessing. I just love those boys, they are probably some of the best people I have ever met.
The Next day was Sunday, the LAST Sunday. We sang the stupid hymn God Be With You Till We Meet Again (ok, it's not STUPID, I like it, but it just made me cry so I wasn't a fan of it at that moment!). I'm pretty sure for the rest of the day after church I slept...That's usually what I do, haha. At 6 we had a potluck at our FHE-Bros and it was lots of fun! I met their old fhe sisters and they are great! I found some new friends in them!(Shout Out to Allison and Marlene! :)) Allison and I are going to have a Hairspray party when we get back to Rexburg! It's gonna be awesome :) Anywho... I had my last Home teaching session, it was sad, but It was also really good because those boys sure do know how to teach with the spirit! I aspire to be that amazing someday!
I already wrote about our last FHE...So whats next? Hmm..... A Whole lot of studying and test taking. THAT'S what! I got an 86 on my Psychology final!!! I was soooo proud of myself! I worked HARD for that grade! Unfortunately...The other tests I took suffered because I put so much time into that test. Oh Well, I still passed!
Thursday Emily opened her mission call!!! She's going to the Washington D.C North Mission and will also be serving as a temple worker! I'm so excited for her! She's going to be a G-R-E-A-T missionary!! After the opening of the Call we went home and I said bye to my Home teachers! They are great. Then I just hung out with... Ya, you guessed it, my fhe-bros. lol
Friday was just so sad because everyone was cleaning and packing and it was just sad. I woke up early to say goodbye to Evan, I wont see him for TWO years! He's going to be a fabulous missionary though. Then Jacob, Kris, Nate, Brianna and I all went to get breakfast. It was good to hang out with Jacob and Kris before they left. I sure do miss those two! After breakfast we headed back to our apartment and started packing and cleaning. Brianna was the first to leave and it was sad! She left at 1:30 and the rest of the day just seemed...Weird. I took two finals and did some packing. The fhe-bros came over and hung out and we all decided to go to the Sand Dunes that night. I ended up being the only one from my apartment to go and it was a lot of fun! Full of jumping off sand cliffs with Kariann (I LOVE that girl!!), finding a beetle and kicking sand on both Kariann and Nate (My bad guys!), Making sand angels and smelling like campfire. Oh, I can't forget to mention getting stuck in the sand and being helped by these guys who had to hide their "pop" hahaha great times! :) Unfortunately getting stuck cut into saying goodbye and I made Matt and Nate late for curfew, I felt really bad about it! But I am glad I got to say goodbye to those goobers. Saturday morning I was back at their apartment because I had to say goodbye to Dan and Jon and they weren't there! Dumbies. Haha but I woke Matt and Nate up again to say goodbye again :) Troy was out like a lightbulb. I did get to say goodbye to Jon and Dan because Ariel drove me to where they were to say bye. After I did I had to do my clean check and finish packing! It was stressful but I got it all done...and left some stuff there too.

Last FHE

They missed Matt so much that they had to tackle him!

Trying to prove whose better at jumping on the trampoline... She won :)

Dance Dance Revolution!

He was gone too long!

Ahh Emily, She is divine. I'm going to miss her while she's serving the Lord!

So last night was our last FHE, and I was both sad and glad. We went over to Emily's house and had a campfire, roasted hot dogs and s'mores, then played DDR. It was a lot of fun!

Quote of the Day

"The scriptures say our day is going to have some of the worst and some of the best people in it. The only way we can be the best is if we recognize we have the potential to be the worst"- Bro. Cluff

Same Ol' Same Ol'

So basically, nothing has happened since Lagoon. Last Thursday (7/9/10) Brianna, Nate and I went to Rigby Lake and had a lot of fun. Then that night the three of us went to The Barber of Seville for our Humanities class. It was such a cute play! I really enjoyed it. Friday I went to Jacobs track meet... Got there late so I didn't get to see him run! I was SUPER sad because it was his last one! :-( After that we went to Dominoes with Jacob, Jon, Camry and Chelsea. We went to Horkleys and got pop then went to Porter Park and ate our pizza. It was way fun!

After Porter we went and watched Disturbia! It was a lot of fun :) Satureday... I don't remember what we did. haha Oh wait. I do remember. Brianna and I had "Feeling" time. There was lots of tears shed... mostly by me. But Hearts were healed and it's good for Brianna and I to know what's going on in each others head. It was really nice. Also Brianna and I went over to our FHE-Bros and watched the Germany vs. Uruguay(Or Paraguay... Idk). Then we went to the Snow Shack. That was fun. Then there was a thunderstorm and Brianna, Sadie and I decided to go for a walk in the rain. It was very calming. After that is when me and Brianna had our "Feeling" session. After that we headed over to the FHE bros and said goodbye to Matt, He was going to Washington D.C for a whole WEEK! I guess he doesn't care that we all only have two weeks left together (now only one). Oh well, he'll be back Sunday night. Sunday I TRIED to work on a bunch of homework. I guess the Lord doesn't like us doing homework on His day... Makes sense. The rest of the week has been homework, stress and no sleep... So basically, college. haha I'm getting more and more anxious for next week. NOT excited for finals and NOT excited to say goodbye. Oh no... I feel the tears coming already!

Thought of the Day

God wants us to be happy. That's why it's called the plan of HAPPINESS. :)

Jon, the new addtion!

Meet Jon. He apparently reads my blog and was super upset that he's not featured in it. So he gets his very own post!! :) He is from Delaware but moved to Idaho falls...recently? He served his mission in Arizona. He got back two months ago. He's cool. Yup, that sums it up. :)

Complicated

I'm so scared that the way that I feel,
Is written all over my face.
When you walk into the room,
I wanna find a hiding place.
We used to laugh, we used to hug, the way that old friends do.
But now, a smile and a touch of your hand,
Just makes me come unglued.
Such a contridiction, do I lie or tell the truth.
Is it fact or fiction,
Oh the way I feel for you.

So complicated, I'm so frustrated.
I wanna hold you close, I wanna push you away,
I wanna make you go, I wanna make you stay.
Should I say it? Should I tell you how I feel?
Oh, I want you to know.
But then again, I don't. It's so complicated.

Oh..just when I think I'm under control.
I think I finally got a grip.
Another friend tells me that,
My name is always on your lips.
They say I'm more than just a friend,
they say I must be blind.
Well, I admit that I've seen you watch me
from the corner of your eye.
Oh, It's so confusing. I wish you'd just confess.
But think of what I'd be losing,
if your answer wasn't yes.

So complicated I'm so frustrated,
I wanna hold you close, I wanna push you away,
I wanna make you go, I wanna make you stay.
Should I say it, should I tell you how I feel.
Oh I want you to know, but then again I don't, It's so complicated.

Oh, I hate it. 'Cuz I've waited.
So long for someone like you
Oh, what do I do.
Oh should I say it.
Should I tell you how I feel.
I want you to know,but then again I don't.
It's so complicated..
It's so complicated..
It's so complicated.
Ohh..

Lagoon, Long weekends and a whole lota fun

Best Friends, Roommates, Sisters

It was his great idea to go to Lagoon! Nate and I.

The Group! They are such awesome people!

Matt and I

One of the sweetest girls ever! SOO glad Nate introduced us to her!

Brett (Matt's Brother) and I after a long day of fun!

Those sleepy boys taking a rest after a long day :)

Doesn't look very comfortable but they did it!

Matt, Nate and Kariann! They are such awesome people!!

The Girls. We pretty much are AWESOME!!

Oh man do I LOVE long weekends! They make my life! This past weekend was the 4th of July weekend and we had some major fun to be had. Friday was really relaxed after classes. I took a nap, went grocery shopping for food for Saturday and just hung out at my apartment watching movies with Chelsea (HOT ROD!!!!). Brianna was on a date so I didn't see her to much Friday night. Matt and Nate (mostly Nate) decided to play a prank on me when I was talking to Matt on the phone about Saturday. Matt informs me that there are fraud tickets going around and that the Carosol needed to be in the 'o' of lagoon or else it was a fake ticket. Of course, MINE was not on the 'o' it was on the 'g' so I started freaking out thinking that 40 something dollars was just stolen out of my bank account...They were joking. So rude! haha! At 5:50 AM Saturday morning my alarm started going off. It was time to get ready for the day. Brianna and I were ready at 6:50 and the boys rolled in around 6:55. It was time to go. The drive there was good. I stayed awake so that Nate didn't have to be the only one. It sucks being the only one awake if you're the driver. When Brianna woke up Nate turned on the World Cup game of Germany vs Argentina. Brianna was SOOOOOOOOOO happy that Germany won. It was funny. Then we preceded to have a conversation about birth and placenta and whatever else Brianna was rambling on about... Sometimes I tune her out when she talks about that stuff. I just felt bad for the boys who had to listen to our EXTREMELY girl oriented conversation. As we got close to Lagoon Brianna about died laughing at a joke Matt said about how we are going to die because we were driving through the town of "parrish"... it was funny watching her not be able to breath. We met up with Kariann (Nate's friend) and Brett (Matt's brother) and headed straight for the Water Park. Not gonna lie... I was nervous to go on the water slid. But I did it and it was way fun!! We then played beach volleyball and then jumped back on the slides. After that we all got dressed (it's about 1 now and we got there at 10) and ate our lunch. It was delicious. Yummy sandwiches, chips and pineapple. Mmmmmmm... After that we hit the rides! Roller-coaster after roller-coaster. It was a BLAST! I did, however, get sick and look like a drunk person. But that's ok it was so worth it!! There was a tragedy unfortunately. At the top of the rocket (I think that's what it was called...) Kariann's phone decided to commit suicide and jump out of her pocket at the VERY TOP of the ride. It was sad. This was AFTER it decided to get lost and then we found it... Such a sad story. We ended up leaving the park at about 10pm. It was a fun filled day but it was exhausting. No one slept on the way home because we were all talking. Matt had the great idea of each person telling their life story. It was very entertaining. We did get to see some fireworks as we were driving down the road. We decided to pull over and watch some and right as we did they ended. haha it was funny. We got home at about 1:30 AM and went straight to bed, after grabbing a bite to eat.
Brianna and I were so tired that we accidentally slept through relief society...Woops. Church was great. I love fast Sundays because of the testimony meeting. It warms my heart listening to peoples testimonies. After church we took a 5 hour nap... It was WONDERFUL!!!!!! I went to Stadium Singing with Matt and Nate (I'm sure they are sick of me by now!!) and then went home and just relaxed. Monday there was NO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!! So me and Josh decided to play some tennis at 11. We didn't play for very long because Josh had homework so I called up Matt and we played. He KILLED me! There was NO mercy shown in that match against Matt and I. It was crazy! lol after that Chelsea, Dan, Nate, Matt and I went to subway, it was delicious. We then decided what we were going to do for the rest of the day. Nate came up with going to Monkey Rock and jumping off the bridge... So we did! We waited for Brianna to get home then headed over there. I was SO NERVOUS! It was super scary. I didn't want to do it. But stupid peer pressure got the best of me and I jumped. But only with Matt and Nate by my side. I figured if I started drowning one of them would save me... hopefully! Nate and Matt were the first ones in. Then Chelsea went! I was super surprised, I didn't think she would. I was next.... It took me forever to do get up on the ledge and even longer to jump. I finally was just like " I need to stop being a baby!!!" then we jumped. oh man, I was freaking out. My body was freaking out so much that I threw up! Stupid body, quite being a wuse. lol Brianna was next, she didn't want to do it, but did. Dan was last. He took FOREVER to do it. It was so funny. (if anyone is still reading this post... I'm sorry it's so freaking long!!) We then had to book it home for the Ward Family Home Evening. We went to a Nursing home and visited with the residents. It was a lot of fun and a great experience. After FHE Brianna, Nate, Amber(my visiting teachee),Dan, Matt and I all went and played WalleyBall. It was a lot of fun But I was so frustrated with myself because I could NOT hit the ball!!!!!


Brianna and Nate Jumping off of the Bridge!

Chelsea was the first girl to jump in!!

Yup! I did it. I was SOOO scared to do it though. I'm a big chicken. But I did it!

Me and Matt waiting for Dan and Brianna to go in!

Nate and Matt were the first ones in. They are BA.

So ya, that's my weekend... Pretty eventful and LOADS of fun!!!

Should I update more? Probably.

Oh man, the last two weeks have been SO busy and super fun! I wish I was a hard core Blogger like Laura, but I just can't do it. Some day I'll learn... Anywho. Back to what I was saying. The last few weeks have been great, wonderful and an emotional roller-coaster. Let me take you to the night of June 24th. It was a normal Friday. Happy to be done with classes and ready to have a fantastic weekend.(By the way. My blog posts are mostly about weekends. Nothing interesting happens during the week. Mostly just studying and going over to Apt 103 to sit there and hang. haha) Back to my story. So it was SO SO SO hot. I wanted to die. So Brianna, Chelsea, Nate, Troy and I all decided to go to the Water Park at Porter. But when we got there it was full of little kids... We felt a little ridiculous playing there. So we went back to our apartment and tried to decide what to do... It took us forever until we decided to go to TwizzelBerry! It's an ice cream shop that is like YoCream (a ice cream place back home). You can get as much ice cream you want and pay by the ounce. It was way fun. (Picture 1: Brianna and I with our TwizzelBerry! Picture 2: Brianna, Troy (blue shirt), Nate (brown shirt, silly face) and Me!)

After TwizzelBerry we went back to Nauvoo (the boys apartments) and played some pool for a little bit and then went our separate ways. I actually don't really remember what we did after that... BUT at about 10:30 pm is when the lightning came. Brianna was getting scared so I thought we should go to our FHE bros house and just hang out there to kinda calm her down. When we got to their apartment Nate and I thought it would be a great idea if we all went out in his car and watched the storm! After convincing Brianna nothing bad would happen we all piled in the car and headed out. We were out in the middle of the boonies trying to find a good spot. As we were driving a power box got hit by lightning right next to us! It was kinda freaky... We eventually decided to turn around as we were driving back Nate decided to turn down a dirt road and park there. As we were driving on the road all of the sudden we just slid off the road! We were stuck. To top it off we were stuck on private property in a crop field. We tried endlessly to get out. Dan and I got out and pushed while Nate tried his hardest to get the car out. Brianna was so scared that I was going to get struck by lightning that she got out of the car and hugged me and pleaded me to get back into the car. I comforted her and sent her back into the car. I knew I was going to be ok. Eventually... the owner drove past the property and pulled in and yelled at us. He said he'd pull us our and went back home to get his tractor. While we waited Brianna told jokes and we just kinda hung around. Brianna had to go to the bathroom really bad so we walked out into the middle of the field and I stood in front of her so that the boys wouldn't see... What a good friend I am :) The storm past and we were all ok but it was definitely a night to remember!! We even got home before curfew and had time to eat some pizza! It was great!Nate(Driver), John (front seat), Chelsea, Brianna (red sweatshirt ducking) and Dan. This was the group that got stuck. I HAVE a picture of the car getting stuck...But I was threatened by Nate that if I posted it on the internet... He'd break my camera. Hence, that's why it's not on my blog. lol

The next day we got up bright and early... Ok, 9:30 to go clean Nates car. We felt super bad that it was a muddy wreck so we decided to clean it. However, he wasn't there and no one had a clue where he went! He was either on this all day long drive he wanted to go on or he died. We had no clue. Since he wa sn't there we went to the store and then went back to their apartment and watched the World Cup. It was fun. After that we all decided to go to Panda express in Idaho Falls. TONS of fun. Here are pictures :)

After we went to Idaho Falls Brianna had to be back for a date. So I just went over to our FHE Bros and watched BOTH Transformers movie! It was way fun. Then we played Ping Pong and pool. I suck at ping pong AND pool, but it was way fun.