Life as we know it

Boise Temple

March 14, 2014 11am

Chillin with the Talbot's

Saturday morning with the Talbot's :) We watched the air show and went garage saling!

Being the wonderful aunt I am I taught William how to stick his tongue out in pictures...whoops.

Little Gabe and my $8 bike!

These are the airplanes from the airshow  :)

Garage sale finds:
veggie steamer $1

pitcher: free
rolly  table thing: $2

pyrex glass bowl: $1

bike $8

Yummy Apple Pie!

I made my roommate Jackie's apple pie recipe all by myself! it was delicious!

Random Fun-ness

Eating our favorite reese's smores :)

Playin some racquetball on Saturday after we couldn't go cross-country skiing.

Me and Ally locked in a piano practice room at the beginning of the semester haha. When we shut the door the handle on the other side fell off and we couldn't get out!  We called our friend Brady and he came to the rescue, good times.

Semester Goals

These are some goals I decided to work on and Ally wrote them down and how I'm going to accomplish them and then we taped it to my wall haha

Cross Country Skiing Trip!

Josiah, Me, Alyssa, and Ally :)

 We were so excited!

Josiah trying to fall asleep....trying.

The weather was too terrible and they had to turn the van around and we didn't get to go.  It was very disappointing. :(  oh well better luck next time

Roommate Sleepover at Ally's!

Friday, March 2

Playin wipeout on the kinect! I'm pretty sure Ally's Dad creamed us! :)

Waiting for our food at our midnight Denny's run, we got a little crazy.

Yay food for starving college students! I had biscuits and gravy...honestly, they weren't that good, I think  we mainly do it for the experience and not so much the food quality ha.

Alyssa was the first one to fall asleep heehee :)

President's Day - NO SCHOOL!

John & Rach came up to Shelley to see the Hurd's so I went up to visit them and I got to go shooting (for my first time ever!) with Caleb and John.  I shot a 410 (and I have no idea what that means) and I missed the clay pigeon (why on earth do they call it a pigeon, it's a round disk?!) every time haha It was a lot of fun and so good to see them!  I also got to hang out with Rachael and Jen and we went to a fabric store and had a great time!  Thanks again Rach for lettin me know and buyin my lunch :)

Doesn't it look like I've been doin this for years ;) haha

Years Later....

Wow, so it's been 2 years crazy! I fail at these things. But I'm still trying because I love being able to look at all my sisters' blogs and seeing what they're up to :) Since there's no way to catch up on all that's happened I'm just gonna start with the new year of 2012!

I am in a Senior at BYU-Idaho, with a major in Exercise Physiology w/ an emphasis in fitness and exercise. I have two clusters(instead of 1 minor...way more variety!). One is a music cluster and the other is a "life skills" cluster that I stuck all my random credits in. It worked quite nicely, except now they're trying to get me out of school ASAP and I'm not real sure I wanna go. That aside, it's very exciting being a Senior in college and it seems like just yesterday I was a Senior in high school.

I'm living with one of my best friends Ally James and we love to quote Kid History, laugh, eat food, and talk about life. This semester we're on a recreational volleyball team and have a solid record of losses haha. Though we did win one match, unfortunately we lost the other two. Why break such a great streak haha. ANYWAYS... it's a ton of fun playing and that's the important part for me. Don't ask Ally though cuz she really wanted a free shirt. (You get a free shirt if you win the championship)...that's what she gets for signing us up for intermediate level instead of beginner haha.

Well I'm sure all of this writing is boring you but for the few who are curious or having nothing better to do I will continue telling you about my present life. I'm teaching an Aerobics class (like an official class students get credits for) with another great friend Tynj'a Lofgran. and no she's not black. It was really scary at first and it's still a ton of work but I love to do it! There's just really something satisfying about stand in front of a great big group of awesome girls and a couple boys and working out together. I love it!

As for my personal life, you're just gonna have to get on the phone and call me if you wanna know about it ha :)  But I am most definitely single, which just like dating has its pros and cons. Well that's a pretty good update for now. There'll be some pictures to follow :)

My roommate Ally!

Eating...

Sleeping...zzzz

Our two favorite things!

Mostly January

Ice skating with Jaren in Boise

DeNae & KaeLyn came too! Hurray!

Saturday morning breakfast & movie in our couch bed!

Roommate pizza night! (This is Alyssa!-right)

Money origami for my friend Celena's wedding reception

My healthy delicious dinner!

The Ice Caves

So first off some introductions: I have a new fhe group and it looks to be a promising semester filled with lots of fun and friendships. We all went to the ice caves last Saturday and it was a blast!

This is the start of the adventure headin off on the crazy back roads! We got lost the first time, because none of the boys could remember which dirt road led to the caves! haha, silly boys always forgetting to pay attention to landmarks or ask for directions.

Brynn, Maddie, Heath, and Dave (from left to right)



This was the cool rock climbing stuff we had to go through to get to the caves, just down this steep slope there was a skeleton of a dead cow! It was pretty narly!



Inside the ice caves:






The hardest part is next, there's this huge ice formation and ledge thing you have to climb down, but if you step wrong there's a huge hole to the left that you would fall into and it would not feel good! It was also pitch black in there so it was way hard to see exactly where you were going in certain spots even with the flashlights.







Whew! Last ones down :)



Yay roomies!.....except Tasha :\



More cool pics from the caves!


This one gives you a feel for just how dark it was down there.




Me, Dave, Caleb (left to right)



Here's most the group, just missin' Levi and Seth



The journey continues! :D





Chillin on a cool ledge, secret crevice thing with Seth. When we finally caught up we found Levi and Seth waiting sneakily up there. It would have been perfect for scaring if they weren't so visible haha.




The end of the cave! There's an awesome natural slide we played on. We messed around taking pics, and playing with glowsticks. It was pretty much amazing.






Random pics on the way out... so fun!











I was so dirty and soaked by the time we got out! I even got a few little battle wounds :) The trucks came back pretty filthy too...





This was the funnest time ever!!!!! Buckets! If we ever get a bunch of family up here and some babysitters us siblings are gonna have to make a trip and go play in the ice caves! They are so amazing!-