Thanksgiving Week

Despite some expected homesickness, I had a nice relaxing break. I got to watch about a hundred... no maybe a trillion movies, many of which I'd never seen before. I got to play some guitar hero and wii, I rollerbladed all around town, I built a fort with my homies, and I got tons and tons of sleep. These are just a few pictures of some lovely events:

There we were at FHE, and Leesa Amy and Miriam decided to dog pile Bryan on the love sack. Little did they know their plan would backfire.

Thanksgiving at the Ahlstroms was super fun! The dog show was great and we were very happy the pointer won.

This is perhaps my favorite picture of the whole day, holly looking with her crazy eyes at the plates for no aparent reason.

Then the other night, Miriam and I went to Lawrence Lee's poker night. We talked about how funny it would be if we came to a poker night all dressed up like on Casino Royal to wish the men luck and serve them drinks. When the party was switching apartments, we snuck back to our house and put on our most beautiful gowns. Then we went pack to the party, and strutted our stuff. I must say, the boys were very impresses and couldn't take their eyes off us! It was great! Naturally, we had to take pictures, so here are a couple...

All in all, it was a nice break. Didn't get as much homework done as I'd planned, but when do I ever?! I'm so excited for school to end, to go home, and to see my two new nephews!!!!!!

I was going through trying to find some old pictures that I might want to put up as facebook profile pics. (It feels weird mixing my blogging and facebooking worlds, but here it is) These are some that didn't make the cut, but that I liked anyways. Also, I realized as I've loaded them onto this post, that it is a semi-shout out to Tim. And therefore it is a shout-out to Holly. You know what, I'll just put a real shout-out. BOOMSHADOW ETERNAL!

French Date

Amanda planned an amazing evening for last night, and finally peer pressured me into going. As you can see, I went with John Deere. We decorated the apartment all fancy, had delicious crepes, and watched Ratetouille. It was a real fun evening, and not to toot my own horn, but the crepes I made were the best looking and prolly the best tasting. =)

In other news, I spent all day yesterday with my fun sister Holly, and we had a Cosmo encounter, watched and loved High School Musical 3, ate delicious food, and laughed our heads off. Thanks for the great day Hollikins!!!

PS: I tried calling all of my family members in California, but I guess you all don't like me anymore because none of you picked up. waa guys, waa.

Apartment Adventures

Once upon a time, Amanda and Miriam came to visit me in my bedroom. There was a bunch of stuff on my bed, so we sat on Leesa's. Then we got cozy, and Leesa eventually walked in on us cuddling on her bed. It was pretty awesome. Then the camera came out and such beauties as this...

came to be. Then Leesa jumped on, and all 4 of us had a party. It was great, and I love random fun roommate time. Oh the memories...

Last night we went on an apartment group date to go see "Savior of the World" in Salt Lake. It's a musical about the birth and death of Christ, and it is absolutely amazing. On the drive up, Brandon, Amy, and I played a sweet game. I had to fulfill many different kinds of tasks (give someone a wet willy, turn my head 360 degrees, successfully point out a temple to John Deere) to earn points. When I reached 15 points, I could gain the precious knowledge of Amy's middle name. It took the whole ride, but I did it! =)

There was a great big fun bunch of people. In this picture is Leesa, Matt, Amy, Steven, and me (don't mind my crazy face).

Here there is Garrett, Amanda, Camen, Miriam, Brandon (who was trying his best to hide from the camera) and me (who was trying my best to make him visible).

Here is the failed attempt at a picture of John Deere and me. He was being a little punk!

But then I threatened enough and he gave in. Maybe I like the first one better. ;)

During the show, I was all trying to feel the spirit, and all Brandon wanted to know was when the laser show was going to start. He was saying the funniest things, and I couldn't help but laugh a lot of the time. All in all, it was a really fun time! After the show, Leesa took us backstage for a tour, and we got to walk around on the stage and the catwalk and meet some of the actors and play London bridges in the hallway! I've never felt so in with the in-crowd!

Afterwards, we all went to Burger King and had some dinner. When you look at the picture below, you realize the moral of the story is to never give a camera to a bunch of clowns! We had a great time eating and laughing and talking to this crazy old guy who seemed to have an unseen connection to Brandon.

Anywho, the last event of the night was a lovely romp around a small park that overlooked Salt Lake. It was fun and really beautiful, but bum-clenchingly cold! I made a wish on a dandelion, admired the capitol building, and hurt my ankle while jumping off the swings. (don't worry, it isn't bad enough to stop me from having gone running tonight)

The ride home was nice and snug with four people in the back seat. Even with all the body warmth, it was hard to get warm. But that's OK. Getting frost bite was worth all the wonderful memories and experiences I got to build with some of my closest friends. Special shout out to Leesa for scoring those tickets, and to Brandon for coming with me, and to the academy for the emmy. Cheers!

Thanksgiving Day Traditions

I got to give a talk on Sunday to the Juvinile detention center kids on Thanksgiving, and it was way fun. It got me thinking of past Thanksgivings and all the fun we've had as a family. Lawrence Lee and I were swaping traditions, and I told him and his roommates about watching the dog show. Let me just say, I was thouroughly judged for it, but those poodles and beagles will live on in my heart forever. If you agree that watching the dog show is one of the best things to do on a Thanksgiving day, please give me a comment shout out. What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving traditions?

In other news, FHE last night roller skating was totally fun, and my family of geeks won the costume contest!

Leesa got free tickets to Savior of the World for Thursday, so we're going on an apartment group date. I'm going with John Deere, and it's going to be way fun!

I got my midterm back for Geography, and I got a 92%! Hooray!!!

yeah Halloween/roomies!

What can I say about these hot girls besides they are the greatest roommates a girl could ask for?! Yesterday we had a fun time getting ready for church. We all wore someone esles clothing (I have a compilation of Miriam and Amanda's things on). We decided that we looked so hot we would take a picture, so we did. =)

Here is a sample of what my hair looked like on Halloween. I was kind of disapointed the coolaide streaks washed out of my hair the next day, but it looked really cool in the mohawk! I won the prize for scariest hair at our ward halloween party. Booya succa!

Our Compassionate Service committee secretly decorated this apartment the night before hallowween. They left it all up for the whole day, and it totally warmed my heart! I have the best girls on the committee, and the best girls in the ward!!!!

All in all, things are going really great! It's Leesa's birthday today, and we've already had some great adventures, and the day is still young! We've planned something pretty great. I'll write about it later when it isn't a huge HUGE secet anymore. ;)

And Mom, I dedicate this picture to YOU!