True Blue 3

This week BYU had its annual True Blue event. This was the third time I have been to True Blue and I still loved it. For people who don't know what it is, basically they have a bunch of blue foam that you get to run around and play in. There's a foam water slide and everything! Then when you're done you are completely dyed blue!! but, thank goodness, it washes off everything really easily. This year it was beautiful weather, which is nice because last year it was FREEZING!

I love BYU :)



My boys :)

They insisted on walking back across campus without their shirts on... slightly embarrassing

sophomore year

Freshman year



Lesson Learned

I learned a ton of lessons this weekend, some are more serious than others but I will share some of the more light hearted ones.

1. Some things are worth the wait.

2. If you're going to General Conference, there's a parking lot west of the conference center that is only $5 for 12 hours, it's worth it so that you can actually get in. If you aren't there early enough, you don't get to go to conference.

3. Getting a gold star from someone is not the best thing that can happen to you.

4. How my little sisters act when I bring friends home is a reflection of what they think of me

5. I still stink at Mario Kart, but I have my moments on battle mode.

6. If you refuse to leave an apartment while an "exclusive" party is happening, they will soon forget that you were an outsider.

and finally...

7. If someone insists on taking a picture, and you know that the set up will be incredibly awkward, don't cooperate. Give a better suggestion or you will end up with a picture of you that looks like this:

of course, this is an absolutely hilarious picture and I laughed for a good 5 minutes when I first saw it. But I can't have too many pictures like this of me in the world.

Erin's Mission Call

My sister Erin got her mission call in the mail yesterday. So as soon as we got out of class we drove up to our parent's house to open it.

The fateful envelope

Watch her open her call :)

She got called to THAILAND BANGKOK!! It's about as far away as you can get! We are so excited for her. In a family of all girls, I never really thought that any of my sisters were going to go on a mission and now Erin's going to Thailand. It's a lot to swallow at once, but we know that is where she is supposed to go and we are proud of her for making the decision to go.

My family :)

Oh my goodness! Thailand!
Do you know what the Thai language looks like?

Yep. Erin's going to be speaking that haha!

Short Hair

On thursday I cut my hair :) I cut off 4 1/2 inches! I've been wanting to cut my hair for a long time but last week I finally snapped and actually did it. It's so drastic that people in my classes that I only see a couple times a week who don't even know my name have noticed it. I have gotten quite a few compliments and I want to share some of them, not because I'm conceited and want to say how much people love my hair, but because the things that my friends said are so funny to me.

"AW!! you look like a little mom!" -Julie

"Your hair is so cute! You look like a cute little bunny!" -Bridget

"I am so glad that you cut your hair, because when your hair was longer you looked just like this girl that I kinda had a thing with and it didn't end so well so I'm glad that you don't look like her anymore." -Eric

.... what?! hahaha seriously?

With the amount of feedback I have been getting I don't know why I didn't cut my hair off years ago. But I like my hair cut, I'm happy that i had the guts to cut it a little shorter than I ever have just to try it.

Cabbage Patch Kids

Yesterday my crazy friends had a crazy idea. We were going to play dodgeball... with cabbage. Cabbage was on sale at the farmer's market, 6 Ibs for $1. So, obviously my friends bought $25 worth. If you do the math that's about 150 Ibs of cabbage! haha and of course it rained yesterday which just added to the excitement!

The Cabbage Patch Kids (it seemed like a fitting name)

On friday night I went to the Rascal Flatts concert! It was amazing. We bought lawn seats but when we got there and were trying to find a place to sit some crew guys came up to us and offered us tickets!! (I think it was because I looked so excited that Sara Evans was on stage and was dancing like a crazy person.) When we got to our seats we could not believe our luck, they were in the 8th row!! It was an incredible concert and Sara Evans only made it better.

RASCAL FLATTS!!

8th row baby!

our group in front of the stage

after we got home we called outr friends and went to Wendy's. haha aren't they cute all piled in the back?

Another Birthday!

This is my sister Erin. She turns 22 today! So here's some pictures of my one and only big sister :)



Don't let this picture fool you, she is actually much taller than me.
I have taken to wearing massive heels to keep up with her.



I think this is one of my favorite pictures ever



there's not really an explanation I can give for this... it was a few years ago



This was us probably about 20 years ago... holy cow, we're old enough to say that now!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN!!

Missing the South

Today I heard this song on the radio and it made me think of this:

I took these pictures last spring while I was driving around my favorite road back home.

I haven't been back since.

Today, I'm missing Kentucky.