CRAZY WEEK!!!

This past week has been absolutely crazy busy for me! I spent my entire weekend studying for my Psych 1400 exam. I haven't been doing well on them AT ALL so  I figured it was time to actually put forth some effort to hopefully boost my grade a little bit! The results for that test are still pending, however :P So I guess we will have to wait and see.

On Tuesday, I had to tests... well I was SUPPOSED to have two test! I went to an SI on Monday with Jake Gutke and Rach for my other psych test. It actually turned out to be pretty helpful for me! So I took my psych test on Tuesday and was supposed to have  Creative Arts test but good ol' Michael Ballam decided to have all the dance groups from our school come and perform instead. So that was a nice surprise! I was stressing hardcore for my psych tests so I just pushed aside the CA test.... so that was a nice little load off my shoulders! I also went to get my taxes done on Tuesday in the Business building on campus! And since Rach is such a great friend, she came with me and stayed the whole time! I didn't end up getting back to my apartment until after seven... that's a freaking long time to be on campus!

On Wednesday, Camille came and picked me up when she got off work to take me back to her place to celebrate baby Quinn's first birthday! We went to Wal-Mart and picked out a baby sized cake that he would get all to himself. Naturally, he got it everywhere!!

Last night was Sam Boy's birthday so Marlee, Me and all the 106 boys went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse!

Me, Sam, Marlee and Andrew going to dinner! Yeah, I think we're pretty adorable!

Me, Andrew, Marlee, Birthday boy Sam, Matt, Daniel and Tanner outside Roadhouse :)

We went home and played some pool. Andrew helped me cross that off my bucket list... yes, I have never played pool until last night so thank you Andrew! Marlee choreographed a routine for a group of boys to perform at the Stake Talent Show so they all came over and we worked on their dance! So I made five new friends last night! Woot, go me!

Today.... I am FINALLY back in Heebs! I don't have to cook, clean or do anything for myself! YES! I love being home! Much needed sleep tonight, Easter party with the whole fam tomorrow and then Easter bunny comes on Saturday... Whoo! Busy week for me! Anyway, it's 1:21 right now and that means it's WAY passed my bedtime (according to Craig Tongish who I just happen to be chatting with on FB right now)!

Until Next Time, "Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there."  ~Clarence W. Hall

New Years Resolution Update

So.... two of my resolutions this year consisted of 1. Cleaning up my iPod-- meaning that I got rid of all the songs with cuss words and switched them out for the clean versions and 2. Try something new whenever the opportunity presents itself. I am happy to report, that at least to my knowledge, there will be no cuss words coming from my iPod! Woot! Go me! :)

As for my 2nd Resolution.... I have tried quite a few new things, most of them are new foods!

Things I have tried this year so far:
1. Egg Rolls
2. Pomegranate Salad
3. Hummus
4. Blackberries
5. Spud Pizza from PizzaPie Cafe
6. Ate at Chik-Fil-A for the first time in my life
7. Arnold Palmer from Starbucks
8. Fish Tacos
9. Wontons from DK
10. Molten Lava Cake from Chili's
11. Rye Bread
12. Corned Beef Sandwiches

And that's all I can think of right now... but dang, that's a lot of new foods!!

Until Next Time, "I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian." -- HAHA! True statement!!

Bucket List Update!!

I learned to play pool last night so I can officially cross that off my bucket list.... Thanks Andrew!! :)

The End

Paul Wesley Goodrich

Welp.... my good friend Paul got set apart today and leaves for his mission tomorrow.... Boo! Just thought I would write a quick post about him. If any of you get the chance to know him (or already do know him) I think you all would agree that he is one of the nicest kids ever!! So thoughtful and so sweet! He's going to make one amazing missionary!!

These are just some of the photos from FB that we took last week when he came up to Logan to visit Snow Hall... Love this kid!! :)

Good Luck Elder Goodrich! See you in 2 :)














Until Next Time, "God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him"

Debbie Downer...

I know today is Friday and my teacher cancelled class which meant that I slept until noon, the sun is shining and it's conference weekend so I should be happy, right? Well for some reason I'm not in the best of moods. Maybe it's because I am so dang bored! But thanks to my beautiful friends Tara Livingston and Elli Alves..... I have a WONDERFUL website to go to at times like these. It's called Iwastesomuchtime.com and it's SO GREAT!!! So here are some photos from that site that I legit laughed out loud at or thought to myself "Oh my heck, that's SO true!! :) Enjoy and happy Friday!

I think we all can think of someone like this!

My friends are PRIME examples!

Rules are meant to be broken, right?!

HAHAHA!!! Apparently that creepy look means, "Well duh we're gonna be partners!"

Well... he's a keeper for sure!

                                       This is adorable!

:)

Umm yes.... ultimate win!

I honestly think I laughed the hardest at this one!!! Sing along with it and you will too... come on, I know you want to!

And for some reason our voices all go an octave higher when we are trying to show them that we love them still! haha gotta love the "baby/pet" voice

Totally happened to me on Tuesday in class! Jake, Rach and Katelin were all SUPER late and I sat there thinking, "... those jerks! They planned this, I know it!"

                         YES!! That makes total sense now!

Let's be honest... Tom Felton is SUPER attractive but Matthew Lewis trumps them all!

Oh girls :)

       College kids have no problem with this!

Straight up genius!

                                        I honestly had no idea!

        -_-

                              I love Harry Potter, okay? Sue me

Mean Girls Reference... LOVE it!

  I think the face is what gets me everytime!!! haha but seriously, no one knows the words!

 How many drinks gets you to that state?

      Facebook stalking!

I hate when that happens!

                     For all you science nerds!

 This one is so great!

                Meanwhile, in my pocket..... Stupid headphones!

 I'm terribly upset that this is SO small! It's a whole chain of Yo Mama jokes but they all have HP references in them.... You'll have to find it on iwastesomuchtime.com because it's GRAND!

                             You may have to zoom your screen in to read this but it's way funny. Probably something that I would do for my dog! Love that guy!

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Ok.... so this is kind of a serious post.... so if you don't feel like reading about something EXTREMELY personal in my life and my thoughts about it, I warn you to stop reading now :) Go ahead, I won't mind (or even know for that matter).

I have been thinking A LOT lately about my situation in regards to my family and I decided something. Not having a father really sucks. Honestly, it is something that no child, daughters especially, should have to go through. My father used to be my world. He left me, my sister and my mother when I was very young so I honestly don't remember it. The only thing I knew was that dad wasn't coming home anymore and that my mother cried a lot. But don't get me wrong, he remained very much in the lives of me and my sister. We spent every weekend, break, holiday and summer that we could with him. He moved a lot so we experienced new houses, neighborhoods and even states. He was a very attractive man (yes, I am saying that about my father and if you think it's creepy, that's your problem) so naturally he had many girlfriends after my mother, which my sister and I both experienced as well. New women, new kids but luckily none of them lasted that long. Until he met my stepmother, Brenda. They got married and I inherited a stepmother and along with that I got four new step siblings. Life was good for awhile. My sister and I got along well with Brenda's kids, my stepbrother Carson and I were best friends, I adore that kid to this day even. But eventually, over time, my father decided that he wasn't going to take care of himself the way that he should. He became diabetic which made the "not taking care of himself" thing even worse. He has been hospitalized MULTIPLE times for drug overdose, he can't hold down a job for more than a few weeks and I honestly don't even know where he is living right now. The last time I saw my father was Father's Day two years ago when my sister and I bought him dinner and went to visit him in the broken, beaten down house he was living in full of crack heads and drug addicts. I have been at war with myself for quite a few months now trying to figure out how I feel about him and this situation. I cry on a nightly basis because my head tells me to get over him and accept that he isn't in my life anymore but my heart strings tug at me and tell me that I should love and forgive him because after all, he is my dad. It's true, I have talked about adoption with my stepfather because let's me honest, he is the dad that I never had. I want to be adopted by him but I just can't bring myself to actually do it because I want to believe that my father is trying as hard as he says he is, even if I know I am going to end up broken hearted in the end like all other times before.

But in a way, this has made me absolutely 100% sure about something. Honestly, I have NEVER been more sure of something in my life! If there is one thing in this world that I will kill myself trying to do it would be this: To find that one man out there in the world somewhere who will love my children the way my sister and I have deserved to be loved all these years. If he can't marry me in the temple so he can be the father to my children for eternity, he is not the one for me. I will go to every corner of this Earth, sort through thousands of men if I have to, to find the one who will love my children unconditionally and uncomprehendingly. Because I refuse to let my children go through what I have gone through. Bouncing back and forth from parent to parent, families arguing about who gets what kid for what Holiday is definitely not as fun as it sounds. It straight up sucks. No child should have to feel like one of their parents doesn't love them or doesn't want to be with them ever again because it can rip a child up inside.

And since all of this has happened with my father, my stepmother left him and is now dating a new man. My best friend in the whole world, my stepbrother Carson, dropped all contact with me... No facebook, won't answer my calls, no texts... It seriously kills me. My stepmother won't even give me an explanation as to why she won't have any contact with me or my sister. My stepsister Lacy is the only one that will talk to us and it's not even to me, it's to my sister. I have a newborn niece that I have yet to meet. I wasn't invited to my step mom's college graduation. And it's still a mystery as to why. I honestly do not understand how "FAMILY" can drop a FAMILY MEMBER just like that... like you never even existed.

Me and my father, back when life was good. Here's hoping that maybe someday it will go back to this!

Well I am exhausted and my eyes seem to be leaking or something ;) So I am off to bed... Until Next time :)

Savannah Rose Taylor!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of my oldest friends Savannah Rose Taylor! She was the very first friend that I ever had when I moved to Heber all those years ago! I remember pulling into my driveway on move-in day and she yelled across the street to me through one of her windows. My dad and her dad borrowed shovels and tools from each other all the time. My little brother and her little brother were inseparable. Her mother and my mother were dear friends with each other and our neighbor Janet next door. Our families just meshed so well together. Then the sign in Savan's yard went up... that dreaded "For Sale" sign. Shelton had gotten a job in North Dakota and had moved over there to work. Eventually, he took his family with him :( Luckily there were many times when Savannah got to come visit! I love all of our inside jokes, all the laughs that we've had and all the memories that we have made! I love you Savannah Rose!

And now let's take a trip down memory lane!

 Remember how we NEVER left the tent this year at camp? We would sleep for HOURS, get up and eat, go back into the tent and talk and then fall asleep again?! We had SO much room because we had a scout tent and there were only like four of us in there! hahaha oh man, that was good times!

Remember all this drama? Need I say more....?

 

 Just some archery champs right here!

Some more fun in the tent!

BANANA PHONES!!!! Orlando Broom, HOLD THE PHONE, It's my Bar Mitzvah!

 I <3 U

Remember the camp ground full of mosquitoes so all we did was lay in the tent? .... I feel like we do that A LOT, just lay in the tents.

MORP Sophomore year










All of our good times redoing the Leavitt's house!

We've had some very good times! I love you Savannah Rose and hope you have a wonderful birthday!! :) :) :)