quote of the day

Quotes are just the best ever. Love them. And so I think I shall do these more often!

"For with God nothing shall 

be impossible."

Luke 1:37

a moment of silence....

...for the best pair of flip-flops I have ever owned that were finally thrown out the other day. As you can see, I definitely got my money's worth out of them. :)

memory lane is a funny place

I took Jenny, my sister, to the high school this afternoon to accompany our neighbor in her audition for the fall play and while I was waiting, I decided to wander. They have just redone all of the walls and I have to say it looks loads better than the old, rotting wood before. Too bad they didn’t think of that 3 years earlier…  Anyways, it was funny to walk down all the halls and look in all the classrooms I spent 3 years of my life in. Man, that is a long time. I will be forever grateful that I don’t have to spend one more awkward lunch hour deciding who to sit with or daring one another to talk with a secret crush. Lunch hour was hard for me being the shy one, but the rest of high school was enjoyable. Things were so carefree then and life was much simpler. Don’t get me wrong, I would never want to go back and do it again. But I had a good time. I will never forget sophomore year in Mr. Benson’s debate class. Camille Hardy and I made that class a blast. Congress had to be my favorite part with all the ludicrous bills we would make up. That and it was easiest part of debate. All I found in there tonight was a woman behind her computer literally rockin out to Weird Al’s “EBay”. I sure got a kick out of her off-tune singing and odd dance moves. And in the math hall, there was another teacher practicing some sort of skit with off-tune singing and awesome dance moves too! Little known Rexburg secret: If you want some fantastic entertainment that will keep you laughing, go to the high school at night when the late working teachers think everyone has left. I have to warn you though, you might just pee your pants laughing so bring an extra pair.

a rainy sunday

Sunday was a pretty stormy day and cute Jack-Jack was sick. Poor little guy has scarlet fever! Luckily, he is doing loads better even though he has a hard time with taking his medicine. Anyways, while the fam was at church and since I had already gone to my college ward, Jack and I played out on the porch watching the rain pour down 

and talking about life, the ever changing stock market, and what Obama will 

really do about the war. We got deep, as you would suspect from a 3½ year old. What we really did was count the cars that passed to make waiting for mommy’s car to come home go by faster.

Jack couldn't quite figure out how to show that three black cars passed by with his fingers.

So we had a mini lesson on numbers and fingers.

The result:

They finally arrived back home!

Fiona wanted to join in on the fun of course!

What a cutie pie!

This has now become a favorite game with Jack. And the best part: he only wants to count the cars that pass with me! Awww...... Jack, you are just the best nephew in the whole world. Love you to the moon and back!

Family prayer went down like this with Jack tonight: "Heavenly Father, please bless the blessings, bless the food, and bless mommy. Jack is thirsty and my name is Jack so I am going to get drink now. Amen."

shop till you drop

It is tradition (as of 2 years now) that a bunch of friends and I drive on down to Utah to go shopping and spend all the money we can. Ok, that last part was a lie—we wish we could just blow all our money on clothes but that would be very unwise. We had such a blast spending 3 days shopping at a total of 4 malls and Lagoon. Just like last year, I spent much more than planned but I am much more ecstatic about the haul this time! I will sure be rockin’ it hard and lookin’ good this year. J

                                                          

     

                                        

favorite things

Just like Oprah, I have my own favorite things list. Near the top the list is the Reflections of Christ CD. This has to be my all-time favorite gospel CD ever! Each and every one these inspirational numbers evokes such spirituality and I love how unique each song is. While listening to it today, I thought I should share my enjoyment with everyone (even though there are few that will read this). If you do not already own it, then I highly, highly recommend you should. Every track is a favorite, but Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing and Be Still, My Soul are absolutely breath taking. I still get chills every time I listen to those two. The DVD is also the best and it portrays Jesus Christ's life in a new light. Love it!

my patronus is....

I love movie premieres. They have always been such a blast! But the premiere for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has probably been the most fun so far. Tim Stricklan, Jake Morris, Ammon Surey, and I made the coolest t-shirts you will ever see in your life. Actually, is was more Tim and I that made the shirts until 3 a.m. the night before while Jake and Ammon sat there, watched Harry Potter, and threw out some ideas. The boys whittled the wands themselves and a big thank you to Ammon’s mom for completing the whole outfit with some wicked robes. Sierra Miller was able join in on the fun also.








































Our list of patronuses (EXPECTO PATRONUM!): Amy- hippogriff, Jake- Optomus Prime, Ammon- Hagrid, Sierra- The Whopping Willow, and Tim- a woman.
















Some friends of ours were there also. Too bad they were lame sauce and didn’t dress up like some amazingly cool people I know. They also didn’t show up early enough so get a good spot in line, like Jake and Ammon who got there at 5 that afternoon, so they cleverly cut in line with us. Those rotten cheaters, but we still love them.




















Tim and I were even lucky enough to be interviewed on the Channel 8 news! That was real exciting and a great chance to show off our awesome costumes that we are way too proud of. And to top off the night, the movie was by far the best Harry Potter movie made so far. I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it was hilarious. Can’t wait to see it again and get down with my magic self!