anna dalton

21st birthday.

2011-02-03T12:42:00.000-08:00

this year my birthday was on the low key which was totally perfect! i loved that not many people knew and that i got to share it with the people that i love. saturday night i was able to spend some time with some great friends...sue, jake, and russ. we went and saw the movie "The Social Network" its all about the invention of facebook. it was really cool i do have to say. they played it for free at SUU in the ballroom, surprisingly it was really quiet. i thought that a lot of people would be talking, but everyone just watched which was nice. sunday was my actual birthday 01.30.11. since being the relief society president i still had some meetings and things to do for that. there was a meeting at 10:30 with all of the presidencys and out of everyone that came i got a picture. they are such cute girls that i have the opportunity of working with. after church was done my nursing friend chelsea and i drove to stg because we started clinicals on monday at dixie regional medical center..so we wanted to stay in stg so we didn't have to wake up at 3:30, just 4:30 instead so we could make it to the hospital at 5:30. chelsea had family birthday dinner with ma, pa, wa, ray, scott, and stella. that was fun. afterwards my friend whit came over to play games and eat the most delicious banana cream pie (that is my favorite type of pie...yum)
all in all it was a most wonderful birthday!

^ sue & me at " The Social Network"^

^ relief society girls ^
jessica. me. hilary. jessica. charley. corinna. jessica. sarah.

rs night meeting.

2011-01-28T16:02:00.000-08:00

for our january night meeting our ward had the opportunity to hear from shereen carter. she some how fell into being a motivational speaker...and boy was it good. she based her talk on the book by hilary weeks called believe in what you're doing, believe in who you are. she did a fabulous job! we also had a dinner which was delicious as always..sister pousard is a superb cook!

susie. diana. shaquel. stephanie.

sister cowen. sister carter. sister pousard.

sarah, another RS president with me. she is so great!

me with emilee and kelsey, some of sue's roommates. love those girls.

the adorable table decorations. thanks to sister pousard!

welcome home.

2011-01-17T20:16:00.000-08:00

{01.15.11}

my dear good friend elder bundy just arrived home from his mission. it was a celebration for both abby and i (plus his family), but as you can tell us three are like three peas in one single pod. best friends forever is what they call us.

{Graduation 05.26.08}
{Day before he left for his mission 01.13.09}
{Day he got home from his mission 01.15.11}
Best Friends Forever
Abby. Whit. Anna.

a post of thanks.

2010-11-21T07:56:00.000-08:00

i am thankful for:
1. my family
2. the gospel of jesus christ
3. being relief society president
4. being almost finished with my first semester of nursing school
5. my life
6. my friends
7. my cousins (especially my bestie cousin hay)
8. my car to drive to school in when it is below freezing and windy
9. food to eat
10. adversity
11. restoration of the gospel
12. the holidays
13. the first break i have had since labor day
14. patterned scarves
15. my health
16. ball point pens
17. the 40 day journey: drawing closer to christ
18. baby stella
19. cell phone
20. temples
21. journals (just finished my 17th)
22. memories
23. laughter
24. smiling
25. eye sight to be able to see the beautiful world around me
26. freshly fallen snow
27. mountains
28. camping--on the north rim
29. my testimony
30. planners
31. the tickets we won for the 2010 christmas concert feat. david archuleta
32. my bestie susie peterson
33. laura, because she came to visit me when i was feeling down
34. for ma for paying for dinner that night
35. ice skating at dixie igloo
36. the close proximity of cedar city and st. george
37. the one month christmas break coming up soon
38. the opportunity to move out of this apartment
39. the joy and happiness that this life brings me
40. positive attitudes
41. going on dates
42. fun games like ninja
43. cute earrings
44. the light of christ in my life
45. great neighbors, as loud as they are
46. my siblings--peter, michelle, rachel, scott, dan, and laura
47. my parents--ma + pa
48. 0600 clinicals at VVMC
49. baking delicious treats
50. making presents for people/sisters who are feeling a little down
51. brightening someones day
52. happiness
53. kindness
54. this marvelous earth
55. technology
56. blogs
57. the first signs of spring
58. graduation (in 2012)
59. Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father
60. everyone who has and will ever support me in the things i am doing with my life, for the love that you show and give me and the happiness that you bring into my life! i am so much better for it because of you...for that i say

Thank-You!

2010-11-08T21:31:00.000-08:00

the semester is dying down and i am freaking out!
everything seems to be due, plus relief society stuff is just piling up, its great!
i have validation this week.
next week i have a huge evidence-based paper due.
the week after i have a personal health behavior change plan due.
then it will be thanksgiving break and i will finally have a break since....labor day weekend!
ya it has been a long semester, thank heavens that next semester there will be more breaks spread out throughout the semester because i know i will need it.
it is seriously amazing though how fast this semester has gone by it seemed like yesterday i was just starting nursing school and now look at where i am, i have given my first shot and i am soon going to be able to pass off sticking someone with an IV! i am so stoked for that.
last week i got in the mail the most amazing tickets! my ma signed all the families addresses up for the a concert and we won the lottery!
we won tickets for the
2010 Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert feat. David Archuleta!
ya i was screaming i was so excited for it! plus i hope to talk to david and remind him of that time he called me and left me a message to wish me happy birthday, then he will remember and we will fall madly in love and we will get married....haha! no i just thought it would be funny to bring it up to him!

this is just sue and i.
of course i am looking like a dream like always. and sue is smiling cause she never knows when i am going to make a face.
so enjoy the beauty of our faces:)

Ward Halloween Party.

2010-10-29T17:27:00.000-07:00

[10.28.10]
i love dressing up! so sue and i went all out for our ward halloween party! we were 80's aerobic instructors. there was not very many people dressed up at our party and we were the only ones who were so out there in our costumes. it was great! i can definitely say that we rocked the socks off our bishopric and ward members! it was a fabulous time.

we look so good. work it work it.

Nursing Pledge Ceremony.

2010-10-29T17:22:00.001-07:00

[10.19.10]

my nursing class of spring 2012 took our pledge on the 19th of october. that was a blast! all we really had to do was stand up in front of family members and recite this pledge that ian dempsy wrote for our class. it was spectacular. can you believe that i am a student nurse and i am going to be a nurse in just a few short, long, hard years? ya sometimes i think about that and i get all weirded out because it is crazy that i am already to this point in my education. i feel like i just graduated from high school. so weird.

we are all so close...we are like family. these are just some of my classmates. there is a total of 20 students in my class!

ward temple trip.

2010-09-18T19:54:00.000-07:00

[09.09.10]
my favorite time of the semester is when our ward takes a trip down to the st. george temple to do baptisms for the dead. we first made a pit stop at iceburg to enjoy their wonderful shakes which filled our stomachs. then headed to the temple to fill our souls.

jessica. susie. kenzie. anna. sarah. kalli.

susie + anna

i love life.

2010-09-13T16:56:00.001-07:00

my life is great.
i study all the time.
i try to be social [which is completely gone now].
the reason being is i am now the...
RELIEF SOCIETY PRESIDENT!
woot woot.
let the fun begin.

hostess.

2010-08-30T22:06:00.001-07:00

{08.27.10}
not the treat, but the actual thing.
yes i hosted my first party! it was so much fun. a lot more people came than i was expecting which turned out to be better than no one coming..imagine that.
the main reason for throwing this bash was for my freshie roomies to meet some new people (guys) mostly, and i just happen to know a lot of guys. but as soon as most everyone had showed up my roomies slipped out the door without me even noticing. (besides my roomie kelli, she stayed) they didn't return until midnight or later, yes the party was still going but dwindling fast.
it was a magical night full of wonder!
what a great way to start out my junior year of college.

sue + me
best friends forever.

michelle moore + ian dempsy
both are in the nursing program with me.

me + janisa + nikelle +kelli {missing chelsie & kelsey}
roomies forever & for life.

first day.

2010-08-23T15:30:00.000-07:00

what an overwhelming first day of school. i already have reading i need to be doing, yet i am writing on my blog. click here if you want to know how i truly feel about my first day of nursing school. it should give you just a brief estimate of the emotions that are circulating throughout my mind and body. now lets hope i can complete the goal i have set for myself.

let the fun begin.

2010-08-21T07:35:00.000-07:00

moved into my apartment yesterday {08.20.10}. met my new roomies who are all freshmen this year and who don't seem to like me and my craziness too much. started having my usual bout of anxiety, but i did spend last night grooving away, sweatily i might add, to some glorious institute dance music. which has seemed to calm me down a bit.

this year i am living in a private room. in a basement. hopefully it works out well or i may just be upset.

here i come.

2010-08-19T13:09:00.001-07:00

the time has come. tomorrow i move back to cedar to start my new adventure...lets just call it my nursing adventure. i am nervous, but excited (just like troy bolten was when he started his first day of college). i haven't decided if i am going to sing yet, but we will see where this coming monday leads me.

this summer has been great! but i am looking forward to getting back to work, school work that is.

rachel :: peter :: anna :: stella :: dan :: nikki elliott:: laura

havasupai.

2010-07-11T21:40:00.000-07:00

*[have-a-soup-i]
in june i had the opportunity to hike down to havasupai with my cousin hayley and some of her friends. it was hard, but totally rewarding. besides the fact that my entire body was eaten alive by mosquitos (face, legs, arms, butt, etc) plus a couple of spider bites. disgusting, i know.

::hilary barton, hayley dalton, me::

::me at mooney falls::
while we were there an ogden boy scout leader died and fell off this water fall.

::looking down the canyon past mooney falls::

::me and hayley, enjoying the heat and getting ready to go and sit in the cold water::

::me and hayley before we started hiking down::

summer time.

2010-05-31T07:38:00.000-07:00

this summer i have left myself with pretty much no free time. i have three jobs that are keeping me pretty busy. which is a good thing because one of my least favorite things to do is to sit and wonder what i shall do. or think about things i could do, but have zero energy to do them. i have also been running with my mothers running group on monday and friday mornings(even though i didn't go this morning, its a holiday). lets just say i am hurting from it. i believe i need new running shoes:) since it is a holiday, i have many things planned. the one that i am most excited about is swimming. i have not gone swimming once this summer, and i am super stoked to be going. the second is something that i have been putting off...cleaning grandma julie. she is dirty and nasty and its about time i gave her a wash. no, i didn't name my car..well sort of. i called it grandma because of the ugly gold color of the car. and then one day colby called it julie, so i guess i just ran with it.

ATTN: everyone.

2010-05-16T19:02:00.000-07:00

just wanted to let you know i have changed.

what i was last summer is not who i am this

summer. just wanted to clarify, so as to not

confuse anyone.

ps. this post is because dan doesn't believe i have changed {in retrospec of guys}

roomie dinner.

2010-04-26T19:03:00.000-07:00

for a little celebration of not killing each other this year, us roomies {+dirk} went out to dinner tonight to our favorite place...cafe rio! it was delicious! not only was the food really good looking and tasty, but there was this dang good looking boy that came it. lets just say he was definitely tall, dark, and handsome. of course being me i didn't go up and say anything to him. just looked and admired. then when we left i waved goodbye like i had actually known him. it was perfect! what a great way to spend some of the last days here at SUU this semester..but at cafe rio, staring at cute boys who i will never have the guts to talk to...its da best!

:: sue :: kelsi :: dirk :: kalai :: me ::

:: kelsi + dirk ::
they are engaged

:: kalai and me ::

:: sue + me ::
oh how my wardrobe is going to get cut in half :( sad.

final sunday.

2010-04-25T14:58:00.000-07:00

it is our final sunday here in cedar city. then it is off to moving home for the glorious summer of saint george! i am super stoked. i just can't wait for this patho test that i should be studying for at moment, instead i am blogging. figures. for the first time in a really long time, susie and i made a delicious sunday meal. we made chicken tortilla soup from scratch. it actually turned out pretty darn good. we had our friend duane come over and eat some with us. it was really tasty.

it is kind of bitter-sweet. the end of the school year that is. it has been a completely different experience this year than was last year. i made so many more friends. i actually stayed most of the weekends here in cedar {probably because i had work} but overall i have enjoyed my sophomore year of college so much more. and i have enjoyed sue as a roomie, even though we have definitely had our fair share of fights. i won't get into those.

here's to a great year. and hopefully an even better one next year!

::our creation::

:: sue and duane ::

:: me and duane ::

dear.

2010-04-22T18:18:00.000-07:00

dear finals week.
please come quickly.
but come with ease and easiness.
i want to be over with you,
so i can move back to sunny saint george.

dear cedar.
would you please stop being so cold?
its spring time for petes sake!
which means no more clouds, and definitly no more snow!
seriously.

dear pathophysiology.
i just spent 4.5 hours studying you today
why can i not remember what i have learned
from this very long, yet quick semester?
it is very frustrating.
plus there are a lot of things to remember from you.
dang.

dear university of utah.
could you please hurry up and give me an answer.
anything at this point would be grand
{a yes would be even grander!}
you have only made me wait since january.
you should be done by now.
freak. stop procrastinating!

dear nose.
why do you have to bleed all the time?
its very stupid.

dear ma + pa
have i told you that you are the best?
well you are!
I LOVE YOU!
oh, and i also love peepee, moosh, ray, scott, steya, dan, and wa.

brain fried.

2010-04-19T15:39:00.000-07:00

you know its almost finals week when you have three tests in one day. ya it was outrageous. thankfully though i have a really scatter-brained mircobiology teacher who came to class and forgot that he was giving us a test! so i ended up going and studying for the ever so hard pathophysiology. finally when that craziness was over i studied for my nutrition test, which was alright seeing as i only studied for it two hours before the test. now that those two tests are done i can focus on micro and all of my sweet finals next week:)

ps. sad news, just finished watching the last and final episode of ugly betty. i want to cry. my most favorite show ever has finished.

family feud.

2010-04-12T19:10:00.001-07:00

{04.12.10}
for family home evening tonight, we played a game that was suggested by my mother...family feud. it was a great success. everyone had a great time, at least i think they did. you never know with college kids. the questions were a little out dated, but they still worked. the girls team ended up winning the entire thing. they had 32 points and the boys had 27 points. i ended up just doing one point for getting it right cause i can't add numbers in my head very well...which would have taken up most of the time we had to play. so i made it simple for me.

::the buzzer. i didn't get a real one, so i made one::

::kurt + holly:: ::duane + justine::

::holly + kelsi + dirk:: ::shaun + billie jean::

::the boys, team "Q", celebrating a round win:: ::sam and kelcey fighting it out, kelcey won::

::the girls -- team "Whoa Man":: ::me + sue before fhe::

saturday relaxation.

2010-04-12T17:15:00.000-07:00

{04.10.10}

this was the first saturday in a really long time in which i did not have work...and guess what i ended up doing? going to work. ya, i'm a little weird. but this time i brought susie and we went to just visit my residents. it was so much fun and we ended up spending about two hours there just catching up with and introducing sue to them. well i hate to be biased but i visited some of my favorites:)

after spending time at emerald pointe, sue and i spent the rest of the day just hanging out. we went on a drive later in the afternoon. we drove up the mountain and then stopped to take some pictures. it was freezing! i am amazed at how the temperature can change in just a few miles. overall this day was great and i enjoyed all my free time. i will say however that i did feel very anxious when we weren't doing anything.

^me + ruth

^me + steve

^sue + me :: gangtas at heart.

^model sue.

^model anna.

ice skating.

2010-04-09T19:48:00.001-07:00

{February 2010}
clear back in the month of {02} i went down to stg and a bunch of us went ice skating at the new dixie igloo. little did we know, it was "stick and puck" which means we had to carry around hockey sticks and shoot pucks into the goals. this little "inconvenience" actually turned into a pretty good thing because we were practically the only ones there. so we had the whole rink to our pleasure. we skated and hockied around for an hour until we put down our sticks and had our own winter 2010 olympics. there were a few events
1 lap dash {around the rink} -- gold medal -- dan
longest length on one leg -- gold medal -- dan
longest length crouching down -- gold medal -- dan
couples figure skating -- gold medal -- colby spragg + ME!
lets just say it was my the proudest moment of my life, to receive that gold from my fellow peers. i felt like i was on top of the world!

brother + sister

::colby spragg, kristen loveland, muffin jamison, anna dalton, broclyn bickmore, mikey p, holly decker, dan dalton::

::me +mikey p::
showing off our SWEET skates!

::broclyn bickmore, holly decker, me, kristen loveland::

2010-04-06T21:40:00.000-07:00

{04.02.10}
Happy Birthday Sue!

for susie's birthday we had a little get together about two days before her actual birthday because of the easter weekend thing, and the fact that everyone was going out of town...seeing as we didn't have school on friday. we had cake, pie, and ice cream. it was blast. of course, we took tons of pictures because that is what we do at these kind of shin-digs:)

^birthday girl

^besties ::anna, dan, kurt, sue::

^sue, blowing out the candles on her cake.
**note** she was the only roommate to have actual candles and fire. lucky.

^roommates ::kalai, kelsi, sue, anna::

^the decorated birthday door + susie

{spring break 2010}

2010-03-23T10:10:00.001-07:00

spring break came at the most wonderful time this year! the weather was perfect, here in cedar and in stg. although most of my break was spent watching march madness, i did actually do a couple of things like work, go hiking, play Frisbee {for like 30 minutes}, and my cousin got married so i attended that. although the break was wonderful, it was uber difficult to come back to school and actually get focused! i took a test today, and let me tell you, i definitely didn't study as much as i should have. this is not a good sign, seeing as i have six weeks left of school.

^ dance party at Josh's wedding. yes, us dalton's sure do know how to get our groove on. not to brag, but we were the best dancers there!

^ posing before the ceremony. my step grandma pat said that laura's outfit was sexy. haha that was a funny moment, wa was kind of embarrassed.

^ hiking with pa, the day after his birthday cause for some reason he didn't want to go on his birthday. we went on a short hike in the gorge to look at some pictographs.

^padad on his birthday with stella jane. i made a big birthday poster sign, but it was so windy that we weren't able to get a picture. {or maybe we just forgot}

^ i babysat stella all day long, which was the best time of my life. we played outside all day long! she just runs around like crazy. i was trying to teach her how to smell the flowers and then say "mmmm"...she finally caught on, it was so funny!

ACCEPTED!

2010-03-22T07:44:00.000-07:00

I AM GOING TO BE A NURSE!

midnight alice.

2010-03-14T16:09:00.001-07:00

{03.12.10}
alice in wonderland is a must see! it was very different from the cartoon version, but nonetheless it was an excellent movie that actually was able to keep me entertained at midnight o' clock. i suggest you go. i went as a girls night out with some friends from work. ya i know, i have colleagues! it is the best. we first went to wingers for dinner, not my most favorite place i would have to say. actually my least fav place. i definitely will not go there ever again. which is alright with me. after we ate we went over and watched the movie. what a great grand adventure on a friday night.

^ {monica} + {cassie} + {me} ^

^ {darci} + {amanda} + {becca} ^

^ {eating at wingers} ^

fhe. bonfire.

2010-03-08T21:18:00.000-08:00

{BONFIRE}

yes, another fhe where i didn't have to plan a single thing. i just showed up and it was a bless.ed moment in my life. it was so much fun, but sadly susie's camera died so we only have a few shots of the beginning part of the night {i need a camera. hint hint ma + pa}

^the roomies -- {susie} {kelsi} {me}

^when we first arrived i saw the swings and i immediately was drawn to them. i felt like a child, but i didn't care. all i could think about were the wonderful times of when a certain cousin of mine and myself would spend countless amounts of time swinging together on the swings in the park near her house {you know who you are}

^on our way to the bonfire. i drove with some people i didn't know. this is mitch, he is in my ward.

^okay so i did know susie, but i didn't know molly or candace, so it was a new experience and i loved it!!

fhe. volleyball.

2010-03-02T12:22:00.000-08:00

my favorite color is light tan. my favorite animal is puppies. i love serving the Lord. going hiking. playing volleyball....

for family home evening our ward combined with the fifteenth ward to have a little tournament. it was great! i had such a fabulous time. {one} being because i was able to yell and act all crazy and {two} being because i didn't have to plan an activity! i will admit full heartedly that i am the worst volleyball player in this entire world. yes i can get the ball over the net, that is if i actually swing for it. i usually run away and scream or close my eyes. there is just something about a ball flying towards my face that i am not a big fan of. i will say this though....our team, which consisted mostly of girls won {2 out of 3}!! that is a big accomplishment seeing as the other teams had a lot of boys on it.

^ i love this one cause we are all looking towards the ball and obviously not making any effort to get to it!
^ before we actually started the games!
^ of course sue and i had a little {me+you} photo shoot. this is one of the best ones.

institute dance.

2010-02-24T15:37:00.000-08:00

oh institute dances.

they are the best. even if i did sweat like a maniac at this one. at first the dance was lame 1. being because no one was dancing at all 2. being that there were so many other incredibles and i wanted to cry. i wanted to be unique ya know? oh well at least they didn't look as cool as i.

after the dance sue and i headed to a bonfire. that was totes fun of course. it started snowing during the middle of it which was sort of nice. its was like the time that the family and i went hot tubing while it was snowing. a hot/cold experience. if you haven't experienced it, i suggest you do.
^ me + sue, driving to the bonfire
^ posers. (HA) me {violet incredible} sue {hot rod}

^ dang we look we are going to go and fight some crime or something

{ps. this was a superhero dance, we did not do this just because :)}

3's a company.

2010-02-14T23:10:00.000-08:00

{probably not the best title for this entry}

the total for this week is three.
three people total passed away.
it was hard, but i survived.
only to come out a stronger person
than i went in.
amazing how these challenges
only make us better in the
long run.

nice.

the plan.

2010-02-10T12:47:00.000-08:00

another resident has passed.
these are the moments i am
so grateful for the plan.
without it, i probably would have cried.
whoo-hoo to the plan.

more birthday fun.

2010-02-03T18:19:00.001-08:00

part two of my most fantastic birthday actually happened on sunday january 31st 2010 {after i arrived home from work, which is why i am looking so dashing, don't be jealin'}

susie put together this whole little shin-dig which ended up being such a blast! i could hardly imagine how many people showed up. i now realize that i do have friends! susie made some devils food cake with strawberry frosting, then we had mint chocolate chip ice cream and blueberry pomegranate ice cream, so good! they didn't end up "going" together but everyone seemed to enjoy it a lot. we sat around and just chit-chatted for a while then everyone left.

this has definitely been the best birthday ever!
^ Riley Pentico, probably susie's and my bestest friend. just imagine me and susie combined in boy style craziness! he seriously rocks. plus he is from hurricane so i guess that it is semi- same area as both of us.
^ kurt + me + brian. they are new friends. kurt is from my ward. and brian is his friend! its always good to have new friends every once in a while.
ps. notice the decorations. pierce + susie did them. yes, those are actual balloons, don't be fooled.
^my friends dwane, sam, dan, and brennon gave me a sweet coin for my birthday. its an Argentina coin....lets just say i am rich! {uno peso}
^ blowing out the skewer "candle" before we cut cake. we had to improvise cause we forgot candles. it all worked out in the end. {pierce robertson is in the back ground}
^brent banks + me. yes he is extremely tall. so i had to get a pic with him. he lives in the apartment below us. what a great guy!
^ Susie and I, on my actual birthday {January 30, 2010} had a little "date night." we went to cafe rio, then to golden spoon, then we finished the night off by watching the movie Penelope...so cute by the way.

birthday.

2010-01-30T22:20:00.000-08:00

what a fabulous birthday! all of my wildest dreams did come true, just in case you were wondering. i got many phone calls--thank you--plus my parents + rachel +stella drove up from stg to take me out to lunch. we went to chili's it was very delicious! thanks pa! i got some wonderful gifts also. ma + pa got me a cute sweater from holister, and some gianni bini roscoe boots (color black) from dillards. i am such a lucky girl, now my year being a twenty year old is going to be more stylin than ever! i also came home to a surprise from susie (the roomie), she had spent the past couple of weeks crocheting the cutest scarf ever! it reminds me of harry potter, whom i love. so it was totes perfect.

i spent most of my day working at emerald pointe assisted living, let me tell you that was a neat experience. i am very grateful for that opportunity. some may say that it would be a bummer to work on your birthday, but i enjoyed it very much so. i was able to enjoy my time and share this day with those who aren't able to get around very often. one of the residents birthday was also today so it was great to celebrate it with her also. i was saddened though to the fact that no one came to visit her on her birthday so i was grateful that i could be there, and even more grateful that my family came to see me. i got many birthday wishes from the residents and plenty of kisses and hugs. what a great birthday!

snow night.

2010-01-24T13:29:00.000-08:00

oh dear it snowed so much on friday night! i could hardly believe it, luckily though i had some grand adventures....

the first activity of the night was an institute fiesta..which are my favorite kind of parties {fiestas}. thats because i was practically raised on mexican food. after the food came the institute dance, which of course are always a blast and a half. i had so much fun dancing all crazily, but i got uber sweaty and my bangs went all wacky and gross...lets just say no guys were asking me to dance..HA HA. one bad thing that came out of it was a sweet line dancing song came on and so i started to line dance...well it was super crowded in that room and a guy was right behind me {which i didn't know about} and i stepped on his foot, twisted my ankle, then fell to the ground. ya i wasn't embarrassed at all, but now my ankle is swollen.

the second activity of the night was a giant snowball fight that a bunch of us had in the parking lot of stadium way. it was craziness. i was a target for a lot of the brutal acts. i got tackled to the ground six times, which felt really good. but i was able to sneak up on most of the boys and rub snow all in their faces, so maybe that was the reason for being tackled so often? the fight lasted from midnight to about one. when i got inside the apartment kelsi came out and she gasped...i had mascara running down my face and NO ONE TOLD ME!!!! haha i just laughed a lot...it was seriously funny. instead of getting warm in the shower all i did was burn/sting to an almost early death. don't worry, i really didn't die.

2010-01-16T11:31:00.000-08:00

sue and i had a date night...why? well boys in cedar don't know how to ask girls on date. or we just scare them off? so sue and i went and saw Leap Year. such a darling movie. i would def recommend it to anyone who loves cutsie chick flick movies. on our way into the actual theater we saw jude law just standing there so we took some pictures with him. what a great guy. can't wait for the day to roll around when he realizes that we are meant to be together. HA!

application.

2010-01-15T12:12:00.000-08:00

the university of utah nursing application has been submitted as of this morning!

twenty ten.

2010-01-09T22:58:00.000-08:00

welcome to the new year...only nine days late:) but i made it. its back to school time. i have finished my first week back and let me tell you, i have not studied once. does this mean i have become a new person in the year twenty ten, by not studying every freakin day of my life? no. i have just been busy with other things. i have a job now which takes up 24 hours per week. i also have nursing applications to finish. i am applying for the university of utah's nursing program and also southern utah university's program. the U's is due next friday the fifteenth, but SUU's isn't due until February 12th which give me plenty of time to finish that one. i wonder which one i will get into..or if i will even get into any program!

my hands have become extremely dry. {1} being because the weather outside is frightful...and deathly cold especially when the winds come and {2} because at work i wash my hands constantly which has washed the top layer of my hand away leaving me with two raw hands. they feel excellent. although my hands are raw i am enjoying the cna work...or as my family would put my job -- professional butt wiper.

worky work.

2009-12-30T10:59:00.000-08:00

man, its tough growing up cause then you have to work. but it is always super great when you recieve that paycheck! whoo hoo to paychecks!

tis the season.

2009-12-17T15:58:00.000-08:00

what a great christmas season. everyone being to generous and kind. i went up to cedar today to talk to my school counselor for the nursing program and then i went job hunting. after placing 16 resumes i went to emerald point assisted living...and i got an interview. i started crying of course and hugged the lady that told me. then on my way home i got the call...i am hired! finally after a full semester of searching and stressing i have a job!

you know your'e a....

2009-12-11T10:13:00.000-08:00

neat freak when you color coordinate your roommates part of the closet while they are on christmas vacation.

thanksgiving.

2009-12-07T10:00:00.000-08:00

^the family!
^ma..the hip dawg
^shipping along the pathway.
--the family went on a little hike down at the lytle ranch the day after thanksgiving. it was super fun. the hike was more like a little walk down a path, but we all still had a ton of fun. on the way back we all sang christmas songs at the top of our lungs..beauty.

Blind Date Dance.

2009-12-04T15:47:00.001-08:00

a while back i went on a blind date to the institute fall ball. it was totes fun! i just love dancing you see, and i go a little crazy. i probably scared people, but i don't care!

^sue and i. she didn't go. she hates formal dances, so she spent the day doing hair!
^our "group" sam, kelsi, me, james
^blue steel

christmas music.

2009-11-28T10:42:00.000-08:00

whoo hoo! i am so glad that its christmas music time. i just love it. at the moment my favorite is Josh Groban -- Noel.

john allred concert.

2009-11-07T09:10:00.000-08:00

last night john allred came to perform at SUU. of course i went. tried to find someone to go with me, but no one would. so i went by myself. it was awesome!

halloween.

2009-11-01T15:26:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween.

^ susie, dan, me, mike, gus, kaylee. we hit up a couple of dance parties where we got our boogie on.

^susie and i. i would advise you not to look at this picture long. you may lose your eye sight.

^stella letting me smell the flower..well mostly forcing it onto my nose, making me smell the flower.

^trying to get stella little more happy, she hated her costume. it was funny, but sad.

^putting on her costume where she became instantly upset at having to put it on.

japanese style.

2009-10-25T21:03:00.001-07:00

when ma + pa got back from Japan they brought back a Japanese fashion magazine, and oh my goodness they dress so dang cute. so susie and i decided we wanted to be more stylish the Japan way, so we are practicing our layering look. we aren't doing too well, and it takes a lot of time to pick out an outfit. but here you are for your enjoyment.
^our saturday look.
^our sunday look, notice how susie decided not to wear her shoes in the pic so i am a giant!
susie is wearing a long shirt, but not long enough for a dress, so we added a tulle skirt underneath. i am wearing a gap dress with a blue striped skirt underneath.

my thoughts on web 2.0

2009-09-30T08:01:00.000-07:00

web 2.0 is a place where opinionated people can write their feelings and anyone can see it. its a forum and message board. its a change in the way that companies and people interact with each other. it is no longer about presentation, its more about the context within. people want to write. less about the "corporate message" and more about "my message".

web 2.0 affects our society by the way we interact with each other. instead of actually calling the person to see how they are doing, or what they are up to you can check their blog and instantly know all of that information. there is no real interaction except for the commenting part. that is the part where people who look at your blog can comment on the content.

i like having a blog because it keeps me semi involved in other peoples lives. i am also able to post things about myself that i feel may be exciting or what not.

eleven.

2009-09-25T18:03:00.000-07:00

number of hours i spent this week studying for physiology.

eleven.

number of hours that i didn't study any of my other classes.

eleven.

not the time i go to bed, sadly.

eleven.

can i study that many now for my anatomy test that is on monday

no.

david archuleta.

2009-09-20T13:13:00.001-07:00

^yesterday after returning from running at the indoor suu track i got home and noticed i had a missed call. so i listened to the voicemail--and lo and behold--{DAVID ARCHULETA CALLED ME!} i immediately started freaking out! i couldn't even believe one bit of it. but it truely did happen to me.

the reason for the call is....my roommate susie peterson, her boyfriend is good friends with david. susie and her family moved to murray a few years ago and she went to murray high. anyways a few weeks ago when susie was texting her boyfriend he told her that at that very moment he was hanging with david. so of course she told me this wonderful news. so i then told her to tell him that i love david. haha. so she did. and then she gave her boyfriend my number to have david call me. i didn't think anything of that moment since, until i got the voicemail.

what is funny is susie's boyfriend thought that i was celebrating my birthday the last time he was here, which i wasn't cause my birthday is in january. so that made me laugh.

over due.

2009-09-20T13:04:00.001-07:00

a temple baptisms for the dead trip was long over due for me. luckily my ward decided to have a little outing trip to stg for a night baptism. it was fabulous! the ride was enjoyable. mostly because i rode with some wonderful girls who didn't mind that i sang to every single song that happened to come on:) upon arriving to stg we ate a little (it was pretty big) at iceburg. then we headed over to the temple. ma met me there to give me some medication{the reason being is because i found out that i am anemic. ya isn't that just uber exciting?} anyways. we then all headed into the temple. we had so many people there that i didn't end up leaving the chapel until about nine. we started at eight. so by the time i got home it was really late. but it definitly was worth it. plus i got to see my ma.
^Susie Peterson {my roommate} and I are completely inseparable. its kind of disgusting, but we just have so much fun together.

^after baptisms. some of the girls in my ward. wish i knew all of their names.

^before the bapstisms. waiting outside. aren't we all just so presh.

little did i know.

2009-09-17T09:10:00.001-07:00

that by coming back to SUU for this year i would meet my long lost TWIN! the thing is my parents never even let on that i had a twin. so sad. i met my twin at a bonfire closer towards the beginning of the school year...while at the bonfire people kept talking to me who i had no idea who they were yet they said that they had met me that night. i was a bit confused until i finally met her. yes i see a little similarity, but seriously get us mixed up? hmmm. maybe. so i finally got a picture with her last night at my roommates birthday party. her name is candace. she actually lives in the apartment right next to me, so pretty much we are twins.....let me know what you think about my twinness!

behind.

2009-09-07T20:56:00.000-07:00

this past tuesday i realized that in order to stay on track with my school i would need to take physiology this semester. i had planned on taking it with pathophysiology next semester, but i found out that it is not allowed. so i quickly got into the class... sadly though they were having their first test on friday, so that is this past friday. luckily the professor is letting me take the test tomorrow morning. but i had to learn all of the material practically by myself. i am a bit nervous for what the test is going to be like.

wish me luck.

mike & brett come to visit.

2009-08-29T22:14:00.000-07:00

mike & brett came up from stg to visit me...and to scope out the upcoming sweet spots for some snow jibbin. we attended a dessert party, that was tasty and pretty fun. my new found friend kelcey ovard, from my human anatomy class and lab invited me to. it was so much fun! i enjoyed it. we played games also, that i pretty much dominated at!

i am not going to really make any comments further cause they might get offended as some people have in the past. yes, i have learned my lesson from blogging about my dates. why? well the kid that i blogged about i think read it and hasn't called me or talked to me since. hmm, weird.

anywho we had a blast talking, and getting our chesmay on (def not the correct spelling, its a spanish word, but that is pretty much how you say it).
^here are my friends--mike, me, brett. so fun:)

^this is what i dealt with. luckily that didn't last too long. haha

first day of school.

2009-08-26T18:32:00.000-07:00

oh the first day of college, my second year there of. sorry no i did not wear those socks the first day, but i did wear them the previous day and i must say they are my favorite socks ever!
yes this year of college is going to be tough one. with tough classes there was no other way.

the classes i am taking are:

human anatomy 2320 + lab

chemistry 1120 + lab

psychology 1010

csis 1000

ballet I

this is my roomie kelsi, she is a junior.

abby bundy, a sophomore.

susie peterson, my room roomie!

Farewell Ice Cream Social.

2009-08-20T11:49:00.000-07:00

my good friend megan anne ludlow christensen threw me a farewell ice cream social at her house just last night. it was so much fun! we played some grueling games of badmitton, which i lost at, i am not too good at badmitton. we had yummy ice cream cones, with plenty of ice cream choices.

lets just say this was the BEST farewell ice cream social that i have ever had the pleasure of attending, let alone it was for me? how thoughtful was it that she actually threw it for me, when i will only be leaving to go to school in cedar city (45 minutes away). i had a blast!
^the guest. my best friends--blake christensen, megan christensen, brett sampson, me, mike peterson, and colby spragg. earlier tj morrison had been there but he had to split. i let him go early cause he wore a shirt that said "i heart anna" on it.

^ of course the social was decorated mightily cute. this was just a portion of the cuteness cause by the time i remembered to take pictures we had cleaned up.

^ we went and picked up megan & blakes new ping pong table and the guy they bought it from had tons of license plates hanging on the wall and this was one of them that megan just loved.

^ on the count of three--1. 2. 3. turn around. and this is what i got, love it.

^ one of many photos of mike, brett, and i.

cloudy.

2009-08-12T15:01:00.000-07:00

there is something about cloudy days that just make me so happy...love the clouds, and the slightly cooler weather of saint george...too bad i don't like the clouds this much in cedar city.

annie.

2009-08-10T18:18:00.000-07:00

tonight is girls night out...and we are going to see annie out at tuachan. it should be super duper fun!

just call me martha.

2009-08-07T14:15:00.001-07:00

i channeled my martha intuition, bought some fabric, found four buttons, and whipped out my sewing machine to create two pillows for my second year of college which is coming in two weeks! craziness is about to happen and those who will be around me (my roommates) don't know what is coming.

hair.

2009-08-01T09:32:00.001-07:00

a while ago i twisted my hair up and bobby pinned it, left it over night and when i took it out it looked like this.....

so last night i tried it again and i did a little different technique and i also just left it in for an hour...and it still was a super fro, so i laughed, pete and michelle laughed. i could also tell that the people at maverick-adventures first stop also were laughing deep deep inside their souls:)

ps. i saw twilight for the first time last night, and i thought it was pretty good. i will probably go and see the next movie....no, i will not read the books.

how to...

2009-07-23T16:18:00.000-07:00

a great way to calm down--ride a bike -- for a very long time.

believe it, or not.

2009-07-12T12:27:00.000-07:00

i went on a date. can you believe it. i never get asked on dates so it was a priveledge. i had a fun time, but i will probably not go on another date with him. i am just not attracted to him in that way. just in a friends way. we went on a double date with a kid named travis bentley who is peters age and grew up down the street from me, it was kind of awkward. but he also had a date who just had a baby three months ago, she was nice. anywho we went to texas road house for dinner, and let me just say not my favorite. too noisy and crazy, and did you know they throw their peanut shells on the ground..what is up with that? weirdi's. following dinner we went to dixie bowl where we played one game of bowling and i totally beat everyone, which doesn't ever happen in bowling cause i am terrible but i got a 121 which is over double what i usually get, yes i was extremely excited. we finished up the double date by having ice cream at frost top where travis bought us all mustaches from the 25 cent machine. it was so funny i could hardly stop laughing.
travis and his date went left cause the baby was falling asleep so we ended up going over to sunset bowl to then watch for a long time the game that some of our friends were playing, yes it sounds boring, but i knew a lot of the people there so i was able to socialize and laugh a lot. and guess what? afterwards we headed over to iceburg for ice cream...wow so original. i didn't have any cause i was mucho stuffed. but more socializing happened and i ended up borrowing a cd from shawn elsmore, the new john allred covers cd, so that was the ultimate plus! i have been wanting that cd since it came out some time ago.

that was my date, the first in a long time. lets hope i can turn on the dalton charm and get myself another one:)

red. run.

2009-06-11T20:23:00.001-07:00

went on a nice little run tonight...i felt alright. this has been my third run since getting back into running. i ran like 2 miles or so..and came back look like this.
i can not believe how red my face was upon returning from the run, which i ran without stopping. man, running makes me red.

fire fun under the southern moon.

2009-05-25T09:07:00.000-07:00

although i was feeling a little ill i decided that i needed to go and do something, rather than sit around the house like i have been doing for the past few days, yuck. as you can tell my face proves the illness.
my friends and i, plus some newly made friends, went to roast mallows behind bloomington, vague description of where we were at, but its too hard to explain exactly how we got there, cause i was a little out of it. oh p.s. this is us trying to dance awkward. it was pretty funny, you should try it sometime.
we had a fire, which i helped by cutting up the palates we "borrowed" from wal-mart. roasting mallows, chatting, laughing, and most importantly...dancing. this is what my friends and i do, we dance crazily, all the time, anywhere there is music we dance. its kind of fun.

we also like to take tons of pictures. this is one of us being models. yes watch out americas next top model cause the new generation is coming.
the friends. got to love them.

final grades.

2009-05-14T11:50:00.000-07:00

i have recieved news of my final grades and i can not be happier about how they turned out for the semester. it took lots of studying and hard hard work, but i did it!

General Biology 1610 A
General Biology Lab A
Chemistry 1110 A
Chemistry Lab A
Statistics 1040 A
Wellness Dynamics A

las vegas.

2009-05-01T20:34:00.000-07:00

thursday night, just on a whim...my roommates and i decided to go to LAS VEGAS!! haha yeah i know it was crazy. we really didn't do anything, just walked the strip..looked at all the people...and got second hand smoke....hmmm, nice.

before going to las vegas we met up with some friends and went to dinner at Chili's. it was a lot of fun..i feel bad for the people around us, cause as usual when we all get together we are pretty darn LOUD! haha, but what can ya do when you only have a certain amount of limited time left with each other.
^the gang...dana, tyra, ashley k., bryan, me, ashley m., kenzie

^at chili's yum yum yum.

^all of us again.

^bryan, ashley mann, ashley kohler, me (always jumping in the pics)

^dana, tyra, me

^in vegas.

^ haha best time of my life...this greaser drunk guy was trying to hook up with me for a little over a block...it was dang funny...so of course we got a picture!

^yah, thats nice.

^dana insisted that she get a hooters shirt..oh my dane.

^ all the girls who went to vegas, my roomies..dana, jessica, ashley, ashley, me

latest obsession.

2009-04-23T20:49:00.000-07:00

lately i have become obsessed with making flower hair clips. i have made several for myself, and recently i have been making them for my roommates as little going away presents since i am leaving in one week!
^made these ones a while ago.

^jessica swink, and her hair bow.

^ashley mann

^katy's made today.

^dana

^haven't finished ashley kohler's but this is just another one that i made for ashley mann.

down to the days.

2009-04-22T19:39:00.000-07:00

we are finally down to just days until i can move up and out, back home to stg and i seriously cannot wait for that day to come. first of all my finals will be all over, and i can just get away. its nice to always have people around, but i am done. drama is what consists of my life, and i am sick of it. only nine or ten more days i still can't decide if i am going to move out on friday (biggest possiblity) or on saturday morning. i am leaning towards the first of may. tell me your imput on what you think...woot woot!!

modelin roomies.

2009-04-19T19:57:00.000-07:00

this past friday my roomies and i decided that it be the time to take our America's next top model pics. we got all dressed up, hair done, and make up definitly on! then we took the shots. i finished them off by editing them, which some look good and some look not so good, why? well its because we did it in the late afternoon and by the time ashley mann's turn came the lighting was really really terrible so it was pretty hard for me to edit it. here are the pics i have edited so far.
^ dana, my room roommate. she wanted her eyes to pop blue and i kept trying things and now everyone says it looks like she drank a bottle of windex!

^ ashley kohler. lookin fierce as usual. eyes are a little bit scary looking but i like the edit.

^ ashley mann would kill me if she saw this. she doesnt like this picture at all, but i really like it of her! i think she looks dazziling.

^ the first edit of the day. dana is easily photographed i would have to say.

relax, calm, chill out.

2009-04-14T18:37:00.000-07:00

those are the three words i have been telling myself since my roomie have been pretty darn rude to me today, but all is well i will rise above their hatred towards me! carry on!

summer is official.

2009-04-14T12:35:00.000-07:00

summer is officially on its way, why? well i have ordered a swimmersuit to go along with my summer. this is the swim suit that i ordered. its from Hapari. i know its hard to imagine me in the suit, but oh well, haha! can't wait for the fun in the sun everyday mostly all day long, besides the times that i will be working, who knows where, and going to school. i have a pretty busy summer ahead of me, but thankfully it will be spent in good ol stg! can't enough of the big bright hot SUN! the hot is what i live for! i just can't wait.

break time.

2009-04-08T21:41:00.000-07:00

its almost break time from school..only one more day and one more class and then i am Easter weekend free! it is going to be bomb, except for the fact that i have to do a stats take home test, chemistry problems, and well thats pretty much it, but those two things are pretty darn difficult for me to accomplish, especially when i am on a vaca.

one month. and oatmeal.

2009-04-06T09:11:00.000-07:00

there is only one month left of school and let me tell you, this is exciting. except for all of the tests that are coming up and all of the studying that i will be doing, but other than that i am super stoked. at that point i will have gone through one full year at college, being a co-ed as my pa would put it. its crazy to be at this point cause as i look back i was in freakin high school only one year ago, unafraid, no worries, just doing my thing at lil ol high school, how nice was that? can't wait to say that i have been through one tough year and one great year of college here at SUU. i am going to be returning for fall, but for the summer i will be chillin', well sort of, in STG. i plan on trying to get a job (anyone know of anything?), going to school getting my CNA, and swimming, A LOT!!! woot woot

oatmeal. as i sit here typing this i am eating some pretty good oatmeal that i thought i would write about. its an oatmeal island. so delish. you should try it. get regular oats put some water in it, then micro it for 2 minutes. when done get a spoon and spoon it all into the middle of your bowl. then put brown sugar in the middle of your oatmeal island, and pour milk into the "moat" part of bowl, then eat and enjoy, i promise you that you will LOVE IT!

the real deal.

2009-03-27T08:16:00.001-07:00

dont be hatin' i know you wish you had a pair of SWEET docs for yourself, but sadly these darling docs have gone to the D.I. if you want a pair for yourself you can get them in the 90's. thats where dana got her pair.

we found these as she was cleaning out her closet this week, and we could resist trying them on and telling our stories of how we all loved having docs of our own...ma, do you remember when i begged you to get me some docs for school and i only wore them twice haha yeah that was at the end of the doc era, sorry if you still have a pair.
^no, its not a seven dwarf its the real deal doc.

^where them every where, even while lotioning.

^yes, you too can walk walls with docs, they are amazing.

^they can even get you dates.

groove.

2009-03-23T21:05:00.000-07:00

its been hard, but i am finally getting back into the groove of school--i know crazy after only one day, but that can do it to ya when you have four classes on one day. haha this day has gone pretty fast and i think i am learning how to control my brain a little bit better than i usually do. you see i get very stressed and worried of the darndest of little things, like class schedules for fall semester and rooming. wow those two things are crazy stressful in my brain, but i am feeling oh so much better now that i have calmed my brain down from thinking that those are things to worry about, i should be worrying about talking to more boy--haha--just kidding, but seriously.

almost an end.

2009-03-20T18:43:00.000-07:00

the end is coming near..that is the end of spring break. i am terribly sad about this fact--cause i dont want to go back to school, school is lame, and hard, and i have to spend money which is totally lame cause i dont have a job therefore i don't make any hmmm weird concept. only a few more months of school though left to go through and then i be back here in stg wondering what to do with my life. if only a summer job would land on my lap, i would be truely happy about that!

welcome home week.

2009-03-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

dan came home from his mission on march 2, 2009 and it has been a fiesta since then. we had a big fiesta at our home on saturday the 7th, with authentic mexican food and two pinatas! yippy. we also took our family pictures on saturday..we didn't last too long because stella is a little cry baby and was crying mostly the entire time--haha. love her though.
^not actual picture--well dad was just shooting some pictures while pete was taking the 'real'
pictures--aka the better ones

^susie,nellie,laura,gracie,me--all wearing 'dunce hats' from the pinatas--while eating mexican candy, which was surprisingly good.

^rachel reading the newspaper with scott in the background.

^peter trying to master the mexican game of the top..i can't remember the mexican name for it.

^rachel and i, i know i am smiling..this is weird.

^dan and baby stella- presh.

^at the airport, fresh off the mish.

^sisters. love them.

good times.

2009-03-04T21:30:00.001-08:00

i just found this picture on my camera from the good time that i spent at hayley's havin a sleepover during christmas break. we went to bed at like 10:30 while watching a disney movie--love it! what great times. I love you cousin!

sataday nite.

2009-02-28T21:44:00.000-08:00

you know you are cool when you sit at your parents house on a saturday night--and watch movies by yourself while your lil sis is watching a movie with a boy..nice..

kicking the box.

2009-02-25T17:21:00.000-08:00

ouch. i hurt. i attending the kick boxing class today which lasts for one hour..and it totally kicked my box. usually i do so much better in that class, but i felt oh so weak, tired, sore, and just unbelieveably ouch. but its good to feel this way, at least i just didn't sit on my butt for that hour. i would have to say that exercising here at the SUU aerobics classes are one of my favorite pass times. i meet lots of new people, i get a workout, and i have fun--at least afterwards i am grateful for it!

dance.

2009-02-21T10:51:00.000-08:00

last night there was an INSTITUTE DANCE, and let me tell you this was the best institute dance that i have ever been to. they played such up to date music it was craziness! plus i danced every single slow song with a boy and i only had to ask a boy once..all the other times they asked me. what a beautiful thing that was. i would have to say that dancing is one of my all time favorite things to do, even if i am not very good at it! i still LOVE it!

quick up date on my missionary brother--only nine more days(counting today, and counting the actual day he comes home as zero)

how to.

2009-02-20T09:27:00.000-08:00

question: how do you get music onto your blog? i have been trying to figure it out and i just simply cannot..someone please HELP ME!

feelings.

2009-02-17T09:26:00.000-08:00

my feelings have been a little mixed lately..some of them have been joyous, anxious, excited, angered, and others. lets just say i have felt it all! how can one person feel all these emotions?---college. with roommates and classes..wow..you can only imagine. but what is a girl to do, living in a house full of girls, who love to gossip about each other and tear each other apart, it is craziness! but there is only 2 and half more months of school left to endure..i guess i only have to endure the roomie parts, but hey thats a big challenge, but i can do it no doubt.

onto another subject that is more joyous..dan comes home from his mission in 13 days. and yes i am so excited about this cause it will be fan-tab-u-lous! excitment just floods through my soul.

keep it real..

my new love.

2009-02-09T09:05:00.000-08:00

i have found a new love in my life and his name is John Allred. i have seen him live once and i was instantly in love..but i do have to say he is better live than on his cds..although his cds are excellent he is just better live. i am going to be attending his april concerts here in cedar and in stg! excitment!

Stella Jane Madsen.

2009-02-05T10:41:00.001-08:00

i am an Aunt! Rachel delivered Stella Jane Madsen this morning, February 5, 2009 at 5:03 A.M. She is healthy and weighs 6lbs 14oz and is 17 inches long!

fotos.

2009-02-04T09:13:00.000-08:00

felt like i should post some fotos since i havent in a while. here are just some fun times i have had in the past...enjoy.
^abby, anna, anna, jordyn, kal--on anna's birthday--jordyn and kal made a surprise visit!

^sand hollow lake trip with the judkins--yeah we got pushed in.

^before goign to the lake--wow i am tan!

^abby and i doing our hair, mine was a freakin fro in the morning!

^chamae, abby, anna, tiffany, jenna--at the pine view track invitational.

^playing croquet on bundy lane.

my year.

2009-02-02T11:08:00.002-08:00

since turning the rightful age of nineteen, only three days ago, i can truely say that this is my year to break out and finally do something with this life of mine:)

lost.

2009-01-28T09:01:00.001-08:00

i lost my poor key card on the way from my apartment to the gym yesterday..it is now lost and gone from the safety of my hands and i am so sad..what to do? pay the ten dollars and get a new one? i cant do it! i have to search for my key because it was a part of me so unique and different in its own way. you see it was 3/4 of the way cracked and it said my name on it...no one could have mistaked it for theirs cause it obviously is mine..oh key card come back to me.

fool.

2009-01-24T15:27:00.000-08:00

i was a dancin fool last night when i went to the SUU institute dance..what a blast. i would have to say i had so much more luck with the guys that i have ever had in years past..you see i got asked by guys to slow dance..usually i am the one asking them to dance with them, more like pleading haha. but i had a great time boogying the night away, but boy am i tired today.

day off.

2009-01-22T15:26:00.001-08:00

it has been my day off. my stats class was cancelled for the day, so being that its my only class i have full day just for me. i went running--2miles--and then i came home and got dressed, well i also showered.

you would think i would have the ability to study now that i have so much time on my hands, yet i cant bring myself to do it. bummer.

violation.

2009-01-21T09:05:00.000-08:00

have you ever felt violated? i have...i have been stolen from, by a theif that lives in my house..nay, my room.

life.

2009-01-20T13:10:00.001-08:00

i have none. except for homework, we are great pals. love it.

A Snowman Named Linc.

2008-12-17T20:41:00.001-08:00

snow in stg is such a sight for sore eyes! oh what fun it be to have a snow night with the family. we first started the night off with FHE in the hot tub what a grand time with the pure white snowflakes falling lightly onto the tops of our freezing heads while our bodies were warm in the water. then it really started sticking so lar and i had to make a snowman which we ended up calling LINC..cause it looks like dad! haha
^punching the snowflakes...HIGH JA!

^snowlinc and I

^look at my boot haha the snow would not come off!

^snowlinc.

^in the hot tub all toasty warm.

Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride.

2008-12-13T18:09:00.000-08:00

Bridesmaid..is what i was on December 12, 2008. i was one of six bridesmaids for my really good friend darcy orvin, who is know darcy josie. i do have to say the dresses weren't my fav. at least on me it wasn't but i still had a wonderful time. i had the wrong color of shoes, they were too burgandy rather than pure red, oh well though. her luncheon and reception was beautiful, and i will be attending her West Jordan reception this coming monday which will be just as exciting ats the first one. ^the bridesmaids and the bride..megan reber-kalehua harward-me-darcy josie-anna hone-jordyn hutchinson-olivia bromley.

^anna*darcy*anna

^anna, jordyn, kal

^anna, olivia

^me in the dress...uh i will let you decide haha.

The Backside of the Door.

2008-11-24T22:22:00.000-08:00

i believe the pictures speak for themselves.

oh so i have to study.

2008-11-17T13:20:00.000-08:00

sadly there are no pictures to correlate with my post..but i am writing this anyways. for the past couple of tests i have gotten pretty low scores, for me at least. i was freakin out about why in the world i would be getting such low scores. so for this last test i decided that i would start a week in advance and see if that actually made a difference. low and behold it did!! i got a 96/100 on it. weird to think that if i actually did studying all week instead of cramming i would get fourteen points higher than before. crazy thought.

lil anna funeral.

2008-11-10T12:11:00.000-08:00

this morning i awoke to a terrible sight..lil anna passed away during the night. she was found side up just floating at the top of the bowl. she joined lil dana this afternoon when dana and i gave her a proper burial in our tolit. she is in a better place now, although it is sad to admit. she was a great fish full of life and funness..she will be greatly missed!

^walking to the burial grounds.

^dana will miss her terribly.

^taking lil anna from the kitchen to the burial grounds.

^dana is depressed.
^at the burial grounds.

^saying a few words before the releasing. she was a great fish..although she did poo a lot .

^poor lil anna finally floated to the bottom of the tank.

^goodbye lil anna, you will be sorely missed.

college hanging.

2008-11-06T12:23:00.000-08:00

here we are just hanging out with one of our most favoritist persons ever...myles. we decided to do his hair, it was a great experience! haha..myles, dion, ricky, and MJ always come over and hang with us until all hours of the night they are crazy. their mouths are pretty dirty, but they are still our friends :)
^ashley mann, me, dana whitaker, myles anthony crawford harris.
^jessica swink, ashley man, me, dana whitaker, katy potter, myles anthony crawford harris.

college halloween.

2008-11-01T17:24:00.000-07:00

For halloween, there is a dance that SUU puts on called "the howl" it was pretty darn crazy. pretty much halloween is a time where girls can wear nothing and get away with it as a "costume" i was appaled by what some of the girls were wearing, and some of the boys. it was seriously ridiculous.

i dressed up as snow white, and my roomie dana dressed up as a cowgirl. we just had a blast. ha ha yeah, i had a lot of fun just dancing, but they really did not play that many good songs, i mean some were good, but they were not fast and not slow songs, they were medium and it was hard to get my groove on.

i stayed up until 4 am. yeah it was pretty crazy. i slept in this morning until noon, yeah i do not think that i have actually ever done that. but overall i think my first college halloween was a hit.
^taylor church, me, dana, michael scott.

^sue martin, ashley kohler, me, dana.

sue martin, dana, me, tyra simmons.

^me, dana.

^dana, me, yes we did look pretty good!

saturday.

2008-10-26T22:16:00.001-07:00

well i went on a picnic finally, and abby came with me it was such a blast!! it was just the two of us, but it was still fun because we made cake after wards for anna hones birthday and we took it to her work and surprised her..i think she loved it. we did!
^good ole cedar city.

^ourselves.

^trees, i think they are self explanitory.

^driving up the mountain in the car.

^gross.

^surpirising anna.

^another gross one.

^when she first saw us!

^our triple chocolate cake with milk chocolate frosting...yum..it says "happy birthday briANNA get the lights" pretty much an inside joke.