Alyssa at Dixie

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Pieces of France

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Oscars info graphic

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Storm Watch: First Kiss

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Storm Watch: Student Fees

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Lower Third Graphic...possibility

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Top Staff of the paper

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Storm Watch: Cupcakes

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Matts goodbye dinner

2009-04-29T18:09:00.000-07:00

Our good friend Matt Welch was leaving us to go to Minnesota to sell security systems for the summer, so we had dinner at Texas Roadhouse for him. Oh cute...Matt looks all proud to be with four girls. haha

The guy on the far right thought Matt was pretty cool to be hanging out with four girls and really LOVED Kylas hair, and said something to each of us...kinda weird, but we got a picture for the heck of it.

The Matt treated us to ice cream!!! It was the 31 cents a scoop night, so we had to wait in line, but it's always worth it.

Everyone pull a weird face?

We LOVE ice cream!!!

17 Again with the girls

2009-04-28T18:04:00.000-07:00

Tonight I went to see the movie "17 Again" with my friends Ginger, Brecken, and Amanda

Lunch with some friends

2009-04-28T17:51:00.000-07:00

The other day I went with my friends Brecken, and Eddie to the Made in Brazil restaurant and it was good!

I don't know why there is a smoke type spot in the picture, but I like this one because both of our smiles are huge. Reason being is because right before we took the picture there was a guy with meat heading to our table and turned around right before the picture was taken and it made us laugh.

Institute Graduation!

2009-04-26T18:00:00.000-07:00

Tonight I got my 2 year Institute Certificate! It was exciting, I had to say the closing prayer which was kinda scary, but it was okay. I'm excited for next year when I'll get my 4 Year degree!

Supporting Matt at a Lacrosse game

2009-04-25T17:19:00.000-07:00

Our friend Matt Welch coaches a lacrosse team, and he invited us to come... So we did...obviously I didn't get the memo about which face to pull.
Yeah, we're weird sometimes

I like to smile rather than make faces. ha

We had fun yelling to Matt, and he would just smile and coach his kids.

Just hanging at home on a Friday night

2009-04-24T17:10:00.000-07:00

So we were kinda lame last night, we just gung out at home. Wait. Scratch that. Some of us went to a school dance, and it was lame then we came back home...and here we are just hanging out. I loved everyones facial expressions in this picture...

Brecken wanted to be in a picture with us too...

End of the Year Institute Party

2009-04-17T16:57:00.000-07:00

Tonight there was the end of the year institute party. The institute serves us dinner, and all the wards have a game... My ward had this donut game in which the first person to eat a donut of the string won...Kyla won.
You can't tell in this picture, but there was glaze all over my face from the donut.

Kyla, Ginger, Me, and Brecken just hanging out at the table.

Kyla won a blow pop at one of the games, it turned her teeth blue, and she wanted to share with Ginger, but she wasn't interested.

Games at Lori's place

2009-04-15T16:52:00.000-07:00

Last night a few of my friends and I went to our friend Lori's house to play games... This wasn't everyone, some people didn't want to be in the picture (Kailee Wilkinson, Jessica Stewart)

60 Second Hail Storm!

2009-04-15T16:39:00.000-07:00

The other day there was a 60 second hail storm! It was crazy! It was coming down really hard, so Kyla and I walked out the door then I took a picture of course. Then Kyla said, "Take a picture of me"
Then I said the same thing

View from right outside our door...it was awesome

Easter in Cedar!

2009-04-12T16:20:00.000-07:00

Since Kyla and I weren't going home for Easter Brecken invited us to her house for dinner! Dinner was yummy, we played Sega, went to a fireside then went back to Breckens house and ate popcorn and just hung out. We're cool like this :)

Twenty Five Main

2009-04-11T09:56:00.000-07:00

One night two of my friends and I went to Twenty Five Main...this place is really quite amazing! Their Fettucini Alfredo is AMAZING!! We had a good time...miss it

Sand Volleyball

2009-04-09T11:27:00.000-07:00

This is an old post, but new. It happened months ago...I'm only posting these because I want to make another book! This was in April...the ninth of April. Anyways, I went over to my friends house and we played some ball.... Oh yeah that's what I'm talking about...gettin a point for the team
Servin

Don't know why I'm positioned like that...

It was pretty fun :)

Robert Gardner statue dedication!

2009-03-20T12:14:00.000-07:00

Last post for March! My family and the whole Gardner family came to St.George for the Robert Gardner statue dedication. Robert is the guy who settled St.George. He had four wives, and so the Gardner family is HUGE! One of the Gardner's is Elder Holland! So we started out at the Tabernacle and he spoke along with some others. This is right before they unveiled the statue...
Tadaa!!

Robert Gardner

Elder and Sister Holland!!

Meeting Elder Holland! That was pretty cool! :D

My face beaming after I met Elder Holland...

My family and uncle and two cousins with Elder and Sister Holland!

The Gardner family was EVERYWHERE in this area after the dedication, and the tabernacle was packed!

The statue is in the middle of a roundabout in St.George on Main street...Travis with the statue...

My turn...

My dad helping with dinner!?

FHE!!!

2009-03-09T12:59:00.000-07:00

YES! This was back in March as well. FHE with food and Rock Band. Not a lot of people showed up unfortunately, so we had a lot of left over pizza and soda. Being an FHE leader I got to take some home, so that's always pretty sweet! :) Yeah we obviously planned for a lot of people since there was going to be food.
Christian, me, Eddie, and Neeley

Matt singing away with Neel enjoying the drums in the background.

Christian on the guitar.

I'm kinda into the song I suppose.

Eddie on the guitar.

Once again Neel making a face instead of smiling. haha.

Christina on guitar.

Christian, Matt (on the back couch), Christina, Jeremy, and Neeley Godwin -yes that's her last name!

Christian, Neel making a face at the camera, and Jeremy.

Despite the small group we still had a good time:)

Breckens Graduation dinner!

2009-03-07T12:43:00.000-08:00

Once again this was back in March the same day TJ and I got back from the temple trip. My old roommate Brecken graduated from esthetician school, and I put together this dinner outing... My friend Nates hand, Amanda, Me, and my roommates Kyla and Carly.
I don't remember this guys name, but here is Whitley, Neeley (she never smiles for the camera-nasty in this picture), Carly, and Kyla.

Whitley and Neeley (once again being nasty)...these are my old roommates from first semester.

Ginger, Brecken, and Logan.

Me, TJ, Kylie, Ginger, Brecken and Logan...there were other people at other tables, but I didn't really know them so I'm not putting the pictures on here. It was a really fun night, I took some fun videos. It's always fun to be with friends :)

Draper Temple trip!

2009-03-07T11:00:00.000-08:00

A guy named TJ and I wanted to go up north to see the Draper temple during it's open house...this was back in March. Just us two went because no one else wanted to go. It was a long drive up because it snowed horribly! We pulled over, and almost turned around but we prayed and got to SLC safely. The next day we went to the temple. It was a three hour process. You couldn't go up the mountain and park by the temple. You had to park at like 1 of 5 church building locations. You sit in there and wait your turn to go to one room, and watch a video about temples. Then you get on a bus, and go up the mountain. It was a self-guided tour, and it was packed with people. It is a BEAUTIFUL temple. Three stories high, and gorgeous inside and out. The three hour wait was definitely worth it! :D On our way to finding a parking lot open I found this funny mailbox.
This was after the temple (these pictures are out of order) we went to a burger joint and found good ol' cruisin usa.

I got five scoops of ice cream for dessert! yummy! I ended up only eating two scoops...haha.

I took this picture while on the bus on our way down the mountain.

On the way back down the mountain from the temple.

Preference without the dance!

2009-02-28T15:47:00.000-08:00

Preference! About a month ago I asked TJ to preference (see the cookie in the previous post). Well last Saturday was the day of the dance. It was a rodeo themed dance, so I went out and bought a new outfit and borrowed some boots from my friend. My friend and I decided to have a double date. We went bowling in the afternoon, and then the other couple had to go to their adult session of stake conference. So TJ and I came back to my apartment, and made a yummy dessert for after the dance, and it was so dang good! :D Now here are some of the pictures from the night. TJ and I right before we left for dinner. I decided to take him to the restaurant "Made in Brazil" it's like Tucanos. It's an all you can eat meat place, and other goodness. Here are some fun pictures...

They serve CHICKEN HEART!!! The boys liked it, but Erin and I were terrified to try it. I ate half and thought it was disgusting! I caught a picture of Erins face after she put it in her mouth and chewed it. She was disgusted as well.

We got very lucky this weekend! This weekend they were having their "carnival" like they have in brazil except there is no nudity. lol. There was a professional body painter from Vegas there, and so we got our faces painted. It was so fun, and so cool!

They are a cute couple, and I like how there faces were painted.

After we finished dinner, and were super full! Man I love that place! :D

After dinner we decided not to go to the dance, and we just went to my apartment and had the delicious dessert. Then we went to Erins house and played pool for a while until the TV downstairs was available. The boys played against each other, then Erin and I played against each other. That was an interesting story...

Man did we suck or what!? We would hit a ball in then take another shot, and would scratch so we would have to take the ball out. It was a never ending game. haha.

Funny moment...I was laughing about something, and Erin had her foot on the bottom of her stick then all of a sudden it fell. It's kinda confusing I know, and was a lot more funny than it sounds, but TJ happened to capture a photo in the middle of that moment. haha

Oh yeah, I'm looking all good, but I sucked. haha

I look like I'm instructing the ball or something, but it was right after I hit it.

Up close and personal shot of my face paint.

TJ taking a picture of his face paint.

Right before we watched a movie...The end.

A glimpse of the past two months...

2009-02-23T15:34:00.000-08:00

So I am FINALLY updating this thing two months later to the date! Here are a few things I've been doing during that time... This semester the pep band (which I'm in) got to go to ARIZONA for a basketball game and play. It was a long 8 hour bus drive there, but it was worth it.
While there I got to see my uncle and two of my cousins! They live in Pheonix which is where I was, so it was perfect!

At the Mr.Dixie pageant! It's kinda like the homecoming or prom king thing. My friend Nolan won, and this is him with my friend Erin.

I couple weeks ago I asked TJ (he is in a picture after a few of these others) to the preference dance (girls ask guys), and this is how I asked him. I made a cookie the size of a MEDIUM pizza! It was huge! And he said yes back with a teddy bear and chocolates! :D

A little over a week ago I got to go to a 50 or 40 dollar plate dinner! It was so fun, and so nice. Marvin Goldstein even came and played it was a neat experience. Here are some pictures of what the dinner looked like.

The next night my old roommate Lindy (from last year) came and surprised me. It was so fun!!!!

Another old roommate Erica came to town that weekend too! Here are the three of us with another friend in my ward.

TJ at game night at my apartment

Playing Skip-Bo, and it was tons of fun!

My friend Kylie.

Everyone who was over to play Skip Bo that night!

My next post will be of this past weekend when I went up north for a dance competition.

Last Girls night with Steph before she leaves!

2008-12-23T09:02:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday two of my old roommates and I had our last girls night before Stephanie leaves for Chicago! We went and looked at Christmas lights in Hurricane then we came back and watched Horton Hears a Hoo, and ate cookies! Oh, and of course we had to take pictures in the snow! I was so excited that it was snowing! For once it was sticking! And this wasn't the end of it! There was more to come and so much!!!
Good luck in Chicago Steph we love you!

Necia and I weren't prepared for the coldness in St.George.

All three of us together. I love the look on our faces, you can tell that we are totally freezing. As soon as we were done taking this picture we ran back inside.

End of Semester Dance Class Showing!!!

2008-12-10T20:59:00.001-08:00

So I'm finally updating this thing, but I don't have much time so I just did the most recent event. So I took a Latin Ballroom dance class this semester, and sadly it's over. Anyways, at the end of the semester they have a dance class showing which is when each dance class performs for the public or for anyone who wants to come. It was also fun to just get out there and perform! I don't have a picture or video of any dancing-bummer, but here are some pictures my friend Erin and I took while we waited for our turn to perform. My friend Erin took this shot of me because I took a random shot of her...
Haha! She is in my dance class and we had so much! She is a great dancer, and we are looking forward to taking the second class next semester!

My really good friend and dance partner Nolan. He is pulling a funny face here-he's pretty good at those.

Kailee, Kate, Me, and Erin.

Our class! Well...most of our class, there were some missing because they were performing in the standard ballroom class. It was a way fun class, and I'm missing it already. Although I have next semester to look forward too, with some of the same friends taking the class too! yay!

Paint and Jello Slip n' Slide!!!!

2008-11-17T18:52:00.000-08:00

This last Saturday I did a paint and jello slip n' slide for Art Club! It was tons of fun! We slid down a tarp that had jello and paint on it, and then we laid on canvas to decorate it for the art building... Here is a lovely shot of me getting up from the canvas. With a swim cap (lol) as to not get paint in my hair.
I have no clue what this pose and face expression is right after going down the tarp.

At the top of the slight hill after all of us had gone down the slide.

Another shot of us, but up closer.

My friends didn't think I had enough paint and jello on me so they both gave me a hug.

Barrel roll down the slide! It made me way dizzy, so when I stood up I lost my balance and was running all over the place trying to not to fall down.

Can you say wedgie? lol. I had no clue this shot was being taken, yet I didn't know I had a wedgie because I had jello up in places I didn't want it to be.

All four of us going down the slide! So much fun!

All of us at the bottom.

Group shot at the end. I like this one because I'm sticking out my leg as if I'm modeling it

Another group shot. Notice how all of our hands are the same. We were so uncomfortable with that goop all over our bodies. haha

One of The Best Dates I've Ever Been On!

2008-11-13T16:52:00.000-08:00

So about two weeks I went on a double date! It was so much fun! It was Charity and Ben, and TJ and I. We drove out to Pipe Springs which is about an hours away from St.George. We had a fun filled day! We went shooting, rode horses, chased cattle, and went rabbit hunting! So fun! i don't have a lot of pictures, but I have a few. Shooting with the 22 gun I think? lol
Shooting with a big boy gun. It gives you a kick, so Ben stood right behind me.

Here I am riding Snickers!

At the end of our date! Me, TJ, Ben and Charity. This is after we finished rabbit hunting. Fun fun times! :)

Girls Day Out!

2008-10-31T22:48:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday two of my roommates and I had a girls day out! It was so dang fun! We went to Applebees for lunch then went to the "What Women Want" convention. Oh and then we went to Wal Mart to take some fun pictures! This is one of my favorite pictures! We all look way cute. :)
Vogue

I don't know what this pose is.

Random

Workin' it

Senior citizen sunglasses

George sunglasses

We're engaged!

Lookin good with the tinsle around our necks

Merry Christmas bums!

Like little kids again!

Going hunitng again

Way cute picture

Cute christmas presents

Halloween Fun!!!

2008-10-25T17:09:00.000-07:00

This past week has been busy with school, work, studying, institute, FHE, special olympics, pizza factory with old friends, Gala Concert, ward talent show/halloween party, institute dance, girls day out. You get the picture. This was at the special olympics that my school held. All the different clubs came up with game boothes for disabled children to come play. It was halloween themed so I dressed up as a doctor(not exciting I know). I helped out at the art club booth. We painted faces, it was a lot of fun.
Here are a few pictures of what I could see at my booth. It was held at the old gym at my school.

It definitely was a neat experience.

Next: The ward halloween party/talent show. Here is my real costume for halloween. I pretended to be a scientist who blew something up. It was awesome! This was the first picture of me. After I saw it I sprayed some more black on my face. And on my lab coat.

My friend Kailee in my ward, and I are in the same latin ballroom dance class. We had to boys from our class come dance the cha cha with us. I didn't really want to do it, but I did it since Kailee is head of the activities committee so I felt I needed to support her. There is a short video of some of the dance at the end of this post. I wasn't going to post it because I messed up, and was rather embarrassed by it, but it's really funny. :) This was the after picture. They are both pretty cute boys. :)

A full body shot of my costume.

My friend Calli and I after the institute dance.

Just another shot before I washed it off.

Fall Break!

2008-10-24T21:12:00.000-07:00

Last week I had fall break! They have it all over Utah some UEA thing, or whatever. I had Thursday and Friday off of school. I came home on Thursday, and left the next day, and came back to Utah to go hunting in Cedar Mountain with my dads side of the family. It was so much fun! I only have a few pictures though... This was after I went swimming with Adam, that's why I look so funny.
Adam and I. Way cute, huh?

Leaving the cabin to go hunt!

A picture of the land.

Getting ready to go hunt. We made a plan, as to find the deer and keep out of each others range. As seen above.

My grandpa, and I. Could you tell I was really cold? haha.

Some of the grandkids with Grandpa.
Another picture of the land from another area.

Another picture of the view from the ridge.

The beautiful sunset!

Oh and by the way, my dad and uncle got a deer! I took some pictures, but they were kinda gruesome to put on the blog. I didn't want to gross anyone out!

Picture Tag!

2008-10-14T16:38:00.000-07:00

I know this is an old picture, but I got tagged by my old roommate Courtney. I had to go to my fourth picture folder, and post the fourth picture in that folder. Here it is... This was taken in September of last year. I had made Hawaiian haystacks for my roommates. It was really fun to eat a meal together, and get to know each other better. It was only the second or third week of the semester. It was an enjoyable experience, and I miss those girls so much! Luckily I see Stephanie often because she lives in St.George, and sometimes I hang out with Necia. I got to see Erica a few weeks ago when I went up north for the BYU WYOMING game. I might see Courtney tonight. She is on her way to Disneyland with her family, and they are staying the night in St.George! Hopefully I'll get a chance to see her! The only person I haven't been able to see so far since the end of the school year in May besides Courtney is Lindy. She is living up north. We were going to have a roommate reunion type thing, but our plans changed at the last minute. Hopefully in the near future we can have that reunion, and all 6 of us can be there!

Anyways... I tag Nicole, and Carly

Calling!

2008-10-01T16:40:00.000-07:00

So I'm finally updating my blog at the request of others. So I recently got called to be an FHE group leader which is also known as and FHE "ma." It's a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to serve my group/family! I just gave a talk this past Sunday, it went well even though there were some giggles. haha. :) My topic was forgiveness; and how we need to forgive others to receive foorgiveness. Now I'm just busy with school, and work, and everything else in a college students life!

2008-09-22T15:41:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I went up north with some friends, for the BYU WYOMING game. We left on Friday evening and got back Sunday evening. Here are a few pictures from my fun weekend. This is James my friend playing jump rope with the phone cord at our friends parents house we stayed at on Friday night.
Whittney messing around on a motor shopping cart when we went to Maceys at 12:30 AM the next day to pick up a movie at Red Box.

Amy got a bloody nose when my friend woke up James and he accidently hit her in the nose.

On our way to the football game!

My old roommate Erica (from last year) met up with me and we enjoyed the game together along with our other friends.

The weather report was that it was going to be rainy and cold that day, but it ended up being way hot, so Erica and I jokingly for a few minutes put our legs out to tan.

All of us buddies enjoying the game together.

After the game!

Another picture after the game.

Erica, my friend Melissa, and I after our friend Amys farewell talk.

At Amys luncheon after her farewell talk.

Group photo:funny faces.

Group photo: Cute smiles.

Group photo: Just for fun! :)

Overall we had an awesome time! We all stayed at Amys parents house on Friday night, and hung out. The next day we went to the game, then after that we split off and stayed at friends or relatives houses. I stayed at my aunt and uncles house, it was a lot of fun. The next day I went back to Spanish Fork for my friend Amys farewell talk. We went to the talk then after we went to her house and ate because there was a luncheon. Right after that some of us left to come back to St.George we were exhausted after a long fun weekend.

Chilis and institute dance

2008-09-06T21:57:00.000-07:00

Last night a bunch of friends and I went to Chilis and the first institute dance of the new school year. This is all of us who went! From left to right: Whitney, Amy, Nick, Nancy, Michelle, TJ, and me.
On the way to Chilis.

Amy, Whitney, and I at Chilis.

The group at Chilis.

At the dance before we all got sweaty. haha

BBQ!!!!

2008-09-06T17:06:00.000-07:00

This past Tuesday I went to a friends house and we had a BBQ! It was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures. Caleb, Me, and Celina. The Girls.

Me, Michelle , and Nancy.

Sherilee, Nica, and Celina.

The boys-didnt' turn around for the picture.

Walk to the temple

2008-09-04T19:30:00.001-07:00

On Sunday some friends and I took a walk to the temple. We sat on the grass and chatted it was a lot of fun. This temple is so beautiful!!!
Carly, Madison and Eddie.

Me, TJ, and Nancy.

Trevor and Nancy.

Another picture of the temple.

The group.

Fire, Orange Peel, and TJ Maxx

2008-09-04T15:47:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday there was a fire about 2 blocks from my apartment. It was at a mexican restaurant next the Nielsens Frozen Custard. It was pretty exciting. I took more pictures than just one, I just don't have time to wait for each to upload.
After taking pictures of the fire, two of my roommates went to Orange Peel which is a smoothie place. It was okay, not my favorite kind of smoothie-it sure doesn't beat my moms smoothies. ;)

After Orange Peel we went across the street to TJ Maxx and wandered around while waiting for our roommate to be done with her interview to work there. My roommates Carly and Neeley put on random items in the store and I took a picture for fun.

Olive Garden and friends

2008-09-04T15:29:00.000-07:00

Last week I went to Olive Garden with my roommate Neeley, and my friends Matt and Nicole. Neeley and I.
Our waitress, me, Neeley, Nicole, and Matt.

Later that night I went to visit my friends Katie and Calli (I only have a picture with Calli).

Some of my neighbors, roommates, and friends! ;)

2008-08-31T16:25:00.000-07:00

So here are some pictures of my neighbors, roommates and friends! So fun! I love them all! Two of my neighbors-Nancy and Michelle.
A big group of us! On my right in the gray shirt is one of my roommates, behind me the girl in the turquoise shirt and right behind her a girl in the white shirt are two of my other roommates.

Four of my neighbors-Whitney, Michelle, Amy, and Nancy.

My roommate and I showing off our dirty knees after kneeling on the ground for the picture.

Pictures from the past post

2008-08-30T11:59:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures to go with the last post! I had to get them off my friends facebook that's why they weren't on the previous post. Right after the bumper boats.
After the batting cages!

I smiled weird in this picture I know! I had just put some candy in my mouth and I didn't want it to show in the picture. haha.

The chicas! :)

I'm back!!!

2008-08-25T10:27:00.000-07:00

Hello again! So I'm back at dixie, and finally updating my blog. So I got here last Monday, but the next day I went to Lake Powell with my family for a few days. It was a blast!!! I LOVE being with my family! We drove back to St.George on Saturday, and arrived here in the early evening. We took care of some stuff for me then it was time for goodbyes. :( So now I've been here for almost two days. I live in the same place so I go to the same ward. It was fun to see everyone yesterday and last night at the fireside. On Saturday night I went to Fiesta Fun with some friends and we did the bumper boats and the batting cages, oh and I also played some arcade games and won a jackpot on one of them. It was a lot of fun to hang out with some friends again. I definitely missed that while I was living at home for the summer. It has been fun getting to know my new roommates. There are two girls to each room, but last night one of my other roommates brought her mattress in my room and slept in my room because her roommate is sick, and she didn't want to get sick. It was really fun, we stayed up way late just talking. Now it's Monday morning and I'm just finishing this post. I'll post more when I do more. See ya!!!!

Breakfast & Olive Garden!

2008-05-10T17:14:00.000-07:00

Well this is my last post until August when I go back to school! This one is all about this past Monday when I made breakfast for my roommates-4 of them and then later that night I went to Olive Garden with my roommate Stephanie. Yummy!! I made bacon,eggs, and pancakes! It was really good!
Steph and I at Olive Garden. She has this thing with holding pinky fingers, I don't know how to explain it. It's like a hug when you are in a situation in which you can't hug.

This was our last smiile picture before we said goodbye! As you can see if you look at my eyes that I already was starting to cry.

We were so sad to say goodbye, but we know that one day we will see eachother again!

Princess Babes!

2008-05-09T14:43:00.000-07:00

So after cleaning our apartment, two of my roommates and I decided to get into our formal dresses and take some fun pictures! Babes! Smiles!
Serious faces

Oh baby

Scandalists!

Just darn cute!

And just way fun!

Thats all for now!

2008-05-05T22:50:00.000-07:00

Well almost a month later again I finally update my blog! sorry!! I do have more to add, but it's almost midnight and I have to get up and finish packing early tomorrow to go home!! So when I get home I'll finish the rest.

Fettucini Alfredo & Cleaning!

2008-05-05T22:46:00.000-07:00

Last Friday my roomies and I cleaned the apartment since we were moving out, and if we want our deposit back we have to clean. As we cleaned I made Fettucini Alfredo, and my roommate Lindy and I ate it straight out of the pot! yummy!!

Bye Katie & WINGERS

2008-05-05T22:37:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday my friend Katie went home, so we took some pictures before she left. Then later some of my roomies and I along with a friend went to the restaurant called Winger's. fun stuff!Isn't she pretty?
Crazy girl's!!
My roommate Lindy and I already ate dinner, so we decided to get some dessert!
It was delicious!!!!!!

Cute girl's!!!!!!!!

Lindy's Birthday!!!

2008-05-05T22:32:00.000-07:00

We loved the icing

Lindy about to blow out all 21 of her candles
Tired college students!

Last Wednesday it was my roommate Lindy's birthday! So I decided to do a little celebration for her which turned into being a big one!!!

Sunday dinner!!!

2008-05-05T22:28:00.000-07:00

Two Sundays ago I invited three friends over for Sunday dinner, and I cooked for them and my roommates! It was a ton of fun! I'm going to miss all my friends and roommates, so much!!

Fun at the park at midnight!!!

2008-05-05T22:21:00.000-07:00

Cute girl's riding the swings
Random playground machine.
Star searching!

So randomly one night two of my roommates and a friend decided to go feed the ducks and go to the park at 12 in the morning. We ended up having a lot of fun.

Anthony and I

2008-05-05T22:12:00.000-07:00

This is Anthony and I before our last date which was to Fiesta Fun to play miniature golf! This was our last date because he is now up at BYU Provo! :(

A month later!

2008-04-17T16:58:00.000-07:00

So my Internet has been down for some reason, so I haven't been able to update my blog for a long time. I've also been so busy with only one week of school left then finals, so I haven't been able to take a break and get to the computer center at the school until today! So below I have added 6 new posts! Yes, there are 6 new posts! Sorry for the delay, but I'm just a busy woman these days! :)

Happy Birthday Stephanie!!!!

2008-04-17T16:51:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was Stephs (one of my roommates) birthday and we had tons of fun celebrating it. She didn't want a party so we invited just a few friends over for her favorite dessert which is brownies with cookies n' cream ice cream. :) This is right before she opened the gift I got her which was silk pajamas! :)
Just a thank you hug-cute huh?

This is the awesome card that I found for her! I don't recall everything else it said, but this was the best part of the card. lol.

Yay Steph! Isn't she just so gorgeous! :) love her!

Breakfast for four!

2008-04-17T16:48:00.001-07:00

On Tuesday I made breakfast for two of my friends, a roommate and myself. We had cinnamon rolls with apples and strawberries. It was so fun to do this for these girl's and it was really yummy! From right to left going counter-clockwise- Katie, Calli and Stephanie( I was taking the picture, so I couldn't be in it). They are such great girl's and I'm going to miss them a lot!

Percussion Concert

2008-04-17T16:42:00.001-07:00

On Monday I had my last perscussion concert and I got to play these fun, heavy and challenging drums. They are called the Tenors and there are 5 of them that are attached to a harness that I carry over my shoulders, as seen in the picture. I was really excited yet nervous to play these drums in front of an audience with two of my friends in the second row right in front of me. I ended up doing pretty good and enjoyed myself.
Can you tell I was happy? With that huge smile on my face?

I have a video of me playing, but I didn't want to put it on here.

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

2008-04-17T16:31:00.000-07:00

Last Friday I went on a double date to see the play "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum." I went with Anthony and my roommate Stephanie went with her friend Mike. We had a lot of fun, it was a really funny play and I got a few cute pictures afterwards. My roommate Stephanie and I-cute girl's.

This is a picture of us four that went together and a random kid in my band and percussion class that jumped into the picture. Isn't Anthony a cutie? He was my first kiss-which happened that night. :D

This is Stephanie and I with our friend Katie who had the lead part in the play and she did amazing!!

Then after the play we were hungry so at 10:30 at night we picked up a pizza then went home and ate it. Afterwards we played cards and ate a really yummy ice cream cake that I made. Then we got super tired and ended our fun night. :)

Trip to Salt Lake City for General Conference

2008-04-17T16:11:00.000-07:00

When it was conference weekend I was able to find a ride with my friend to go up north for conference, a date, see my dad and friends. I only have two pictures unfortunately, sorry. Here's how my weekend went though, it was really great. I left Friday afternoon and my grandma picked up me up when I got there and we met up with the youth of my home ward at a sandwich place called Spanky's. It was so exciting and a real treat to see my dad, my brother and the youth. Then that night we went to see the Joseph Smith movie at the Legacy Theater in Salt Lake. I actually saw it with a date, but my home ward was there too. He met my dad and whole ward before we went in to see movie. Then after the movie my ward went to the house they were going to stay at and my date-Anthony and I went to his hotel and I met his parents then he took me to my grandparents house which was were I was going to stay. It was a really great date, I had a good time. Then the next day I went to the morning and afternoon session of conference, and it was a neat experience to be there for the Solemn Assembly. In between both sessions we went to another sandwich place, but this time it was Gandolfos (I hope I spelled that right). After the afternoon session we went to Nielsens Frozen Custard and it was so yummy! Then the boys went to the priesthood session and the us girls went to the YW leaders sister's house and took a nap and some of us went shopping as well while we waited for the boys. We ended up meeting them at Cafe Rio for dinner and that was delicious! Then I went to my grandparents house and the youth left too. The next day I didn't get to attend the morning session so I just watched it at my grandparent's house, but I was able to attend the afternoon session. Afterwards I had to say my goodbyes to everyone because I was leaving in a few hours and the youth were going to dinner at some one's house. Obviously I had a busy fun trip and this wasn't everything I did, it was the major things but I did do other things too. I didn't want this to be too long of a blog post even though it already is. Anyways, I had a great time and I'm really grateful that I was able to go. :) The girl's and I at Spanky's.
Brooke and I, we're cute. lol.

Fun Sunday afternoon!

2008-04-17T15:57:00.000-07:00

These are just some fun pictures that were taken a few Sundays back... I had just put some mint brownies in the oven and my roommate Stephanie, and I licked the bowl. This is a fun picture of us with the yummy batter on our lips.
These last two pictures were taken by roommate Courtney, and this is how we take naps in our apartment. Yes, we lay on each other and cuddle with that big stuffed animal. :)

This is Steph and our good friend Gary cuddling with the other huge stuffed animal. Honestly these things are so comfortable! When my roomies or I need some "cuddle time" we just grab the bear or dog and cuddle with them-funny, eh?

My Spring Break!!!!

2008-03-24T18:56:00.000-07:00

March 10-14 I had spring break!!! That's definitely one of the greatest pro's about Dixie. Anyways I drove down on friday the 7th and got in at 12 the next morning. I had a fun filled week. And this is how it went (sorry I don't have pictures for everyday). Anyways on Saturday I was able to see my sister kirsten and my brother Travis in their unbelievable roadshow play. Actually before that, all the youth in the play came over and I got to see all the girls and that was a real treat. Then on Sunday I got to go to my home ward and it was fun to see some old friends and the YW again! Later, we had family dinner and that's always nice to have on Sundays and to be home for that. Oh and I also met up with my friend Brooke and we went to the park and talked before we both had to leave for dinner. Now moving to Monday, I got some hw done (yes I did hw during spring break) then later I went swimming with Brooke (we walked to one of the pools in Ladera).
Then later Travis joined us at the pool too!

On Tuesday I did an egg hunt for my siblings (every year I do an egg hunt for them-this year it had to be early because I wasn't going to be home more closer to easter). Oh and earlier that day I went to Jerry's Dogs in Ladera and Juice it Up with Brooke, Travis, Weston, Andrew and his girlfriend.

Hurry Travis! ha ha.

On Wednesday I went to Cheesecake Factory with my friend Bree. Then later that night the youth put on thier show again for the ward so I went to that and it was a lot of fun.

Thursday I got my hair cut and colored and that night I babysat for a family in my home ward.

On Friday I went bowling with my friend Christian, spent time with some friends in the ward I used to babysit then I babysat for another family in my home ward.

On Saturday I did hw in the morning then I went to Olive Garden with my dad then when we got back it was time to leave for the airport and that night I flew back to St.George.

So overall it was a pretty awesome trip!

Moment Of Glory

2008-02-27T12:46:00.001-08:00

So this is my moment of glory, being in the newspaper. On Monday a girl that I work with asked me if she could take a picture of me, I said, "No, I don't like my hair today." Then she pleaded with me then I gave in and afterwards she told me that it was going to be in the school newspaper!!! I got excited, but at the same time worried. I didn't know what picture they'd be using so I just hoped that I looked somewhat decent. And I'm pleased with the picture. So I thought I'd share my small moment of glory...
Underneath the photo; there is, a small description about me and what I'm doing. If it's not legible for some this is what it says, "Freshman Alyssa Grossen, a nursing major from Ladera Ranch, Calif., takes a break from studying to re-pot a flower to take home to her apartment. Small potted flowers brighten a room and are easy for students to take care of.

MORE SNOW!!!!

2008-02-09T10:33:00.000-08:00

OK, So this is a really late post. This great event happened last Sunday and I'm just now posting it. Anyways, so the weather on Sunday was pretty intense. It rained all morning, I totally loved it. Then as it got toward the evening and it got colder, a slight snowfall started. Now for those of us living in St.George, we thought it was cool but knew it wasn't going to stick. But as the night went on, it started to snow even harder! It was amazing! I was in heaven! I went outside and jumped up and down in excitement. My roommates laughed at me, they thought I was hilarious because I was so excited. Anyways, the snow ended up sticking, and we got about 2-3 inches total! Here are some pictures that I started taking when it first started snowing till it stopped... Oh and all these pictures were taken right outside my apartment that is upstairs...I didn't want to get out in the snow-It would've ruined my hair.lol.

This is the last picture I took before I went to bed, because it stopped snowing I didn't want to stay up super late. Actually a friend of mine, Gary, came over and we made cookies and watched "Testaments." Then we decided it was pretty late so he left and I went to bed.

When I woke up, to my suprise there was still snow outside!!! It didn't melt overnight!!!!

As I was on my way to class with my roommate, I had her take a picture of me in the snow with a look of joy on my face. lol. She laughed, because she loved the look on my face. She said I looked so happy because it snowed.

Bonfire!!!!!

2008-02-03T23:48:00.000-08:00

On friday night, a bunch of friends and I went out to the Arizona strip for a bonfire. we had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures... This is how the fire first started out...pretty sad.
Still waiting... oh and if you look closely you can see the rib cage of an animal that the boys put in there...sick!!!

Finally getting somewhere...it probably took an hour for the boys to get a real fire.

A few friends of mine and two boys who jumped in the picture at the last minute.lol.

Close up with Katie (on the left) who I just became really good friends with. And Megan on my right who I met last semester. I love these girl's! Oh and congratulations to Katie who got the lead part in the school's upcoming play! yay!

And this is a video of something the boys like to do...they put one of those mini camping propane tanks in the fire, the rest of us stand back pretty far. We wait for it to explode or something then someone shoots it with a gun then it blows up and the fire gets huge then goes back to it's original size. It was scary the first time but then rather exciting the second time. check out what I'm talking about below...

Snow in St.George!!!!!! For real this time-no joke.

2008-01-31T15:56:00.000-08:00

So it really snowed in St.George! I know I've joked about it in the past about it not really happening. But on Monday it snowed!!!!! It started out slowly then turned into hail, then it became a perfect snowfall. It was so exciting! I took some video and pictures... My friend and I ran outside in excitement. And we took a pisture with the snow falling right at us because it got windy as well. So that's why we are squinting, to avoid it getting in our eyes. The snow on top of the cars outside my apartment.

I had a class at 3 unfortunately so I wasn't ablt to spend a lot of time in the snow. It had started snowing at about 2 in the afternoon. So while I was in my percussion class and not doing anything I snapped some pictures of what it looked like outside from inside my classroom.

After it had stopped snowing, while I was in class of course. Even though it stopped snowing the snow stayed on the ground for 2 days-well on the grass at least. So my one hour in the snow was pretty exciting even though it wasn't long.

"Everything" by Alyssa & Erica

2008-01-26T12:14:00.000-08:00

Check out this hilarious video my roommate Erica and I made one Sunday night. She sings the lyrics and I mouth them. It's pretty entertaining yet embarrassing on my part. Enjoy!
The song is really from Michael Buble and the title is "Everything."

Oh and I'd like to apologize for the shaking of the camera. I was holding it and my arms got tired from holding it up.

New semester!

2008-01-24T16:17:00.000-08:00

So a new semester has begun! I'm taking 10 classes at a total of 16 credit hours. These are my classes:

-English 990

-English 995

-Psychology 1010

-Wind Ensemble

-Percussion Ensemble

-Pep Band

-CIS 1200 (computer literacy class)

-LIB 1010 (library literacy class)

-Fitness Center

-College Success Skills class

CRAZY!!

Oh and I'm also taking an institute class- The Pearl of Great Price

I also have a new calling and I love it! I'm the spotlight person on Relief Society. So every week I get to spotlight 2 girls in the ward.

And I also am studying for the state nursing test that I will be taking soon so I can be a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant).

So for now I've got a busy schedule with more of it to come!

Private plane back to St.George

2008-01-14T20:52:00.000-08:00

After a wonderful christmas break back home I had to fly back for another semester of school. I was privileged enough to be able to fly to the St.George airport instead of stopping in Vegas and taking a shuttle to St.George. Someone in my home ward has a private plane and he was nice enough to fly me directly back. Here are some fun pictures... Right before I left.
Up in the air right after take off.

In between 2 layers of clouds.

That small thing in the sky was actually another airplane we saw. It was pretty cool.

There's the St.George airport.

Cedar breaks.

This is what my side of the dashboard looked like from where I'm sitting. Oh and I forgot to mention that I got to fly the plane! It was so cool! I was a bit nervous but it was fun.

That's where I live-down in one of those apartments.

Snow in St.George?

2007-12-25T21:21:00.000-08:00

NOT!!!! I know it snows in St.George on occasion but this is actually in Pine Valley. My neighbor(Hans) took me and 2 girl's in an apartment downstairs tubing. There are no pictures of us actually tubing because we got the camera out of the car after we were done going down the hill then climbing back up-several times. So these are some pictures of us messing around on the other side of the hill. There is actually a lake on the other side of the hill. And obviously it

s frozen so we messed around with some of the ice breaking off it-well my friend did. lol. Notice my pants? Story: So I had just put ALL of my jeans in the wash right before I was invited to go. So I was wearing shorts because I wasn't planning on going anywhere that day. So I had to grab these workout type pants and just wore them over my shorts. Oh and I was real smart and wore converse high-tops. So when I would go down the hill and try to climb back up it wasn't a possibility. I slid down this muddy area the first time and my pants got so muddy! So I had to take a separate trail to get back to the top without falling. lol.

Can you tell I was a bit cold?
Another funny story. So you see that hole in the ice? Well I was walking on the lake and I stepped on an area that had a thin layer of ice on the top and my foot went through it into the water-smooth I know. It gave everyone a good laugh...including me.:)

My friend Lora!

My friend Nica!

My friend Hans!

Lora attempting to beat up Hans.

I made the best snowball ever! I was going to bring it back to my apartment until I slipped on ice and fell on my behind and laid there and the ball had flown out of hands and I had no clue were it went. :(

The tubing clan.

NEW POST!!!!!

2007-12-23T15:16:00.000-08:00

ATTENTION!!!!!: I FINALLY PUT MY FAMILY THANKSGIVING POST ON MY FAMILY'S BLOG!!!! For those of you who don't know it: grossenfam.blogspot.com

update soon to come!

2007-11-30T00:01:00.000-08:00

Sorry about such a late post. I want to talk about my amazing trip to cali but my internet hasn't been working for the past couple of days so hopefully on sunday it will work. That's the only day I really can update cause I'm way busy with clinicals and studying for my finals! And I don't do any of that on sundays. So hopefully it will work this sunday. Have a great weekend!

HOME!!!!!

2007-11-25T20:36:00.000-08:00

I'm finally home! We got home yesterday at about 3:45 in the afternoon. And it's been so nice to be home. I got to go to my home ward today and that was amazing! It was so exciting to see friends and little ones that I used to babysit. I love them all! And I'm so grateful to be home!

At last!

2007-11-21T18:13:00.000-08:00

At last I'm finally with my family again. We are in Vacaville, CA at my aunt and uncles house. And yeah we are having so much fun! Happy Thanksgiving!

Almost there!

2007-11-20T18:04:00.000-08:00

I'm at the airport now and in about 3 hours or so my family is going to pick me up in San Fran! YAY!!!!! I'm so excited! It's surreal! I'm so grateful that I get to spend thanksgiving with them. Not everyone get's to do that and I'm blessed to be able to be with my family. woo hoo!!!!!

25 hours left!

2007-11-19T19:47:00.000-08:00

Well the time is finally almost here! In about 25 hours I'll be with my family again. yay! :)

Spider attack!

2007-11-15T15:16:00.000-08:00

The other night my roommate and I were doing hw and she pointed out that there was a spider on the ceiling. And I thought she was just teasing me because I don't like spiders but I looked and there really was a big spider. So we start screaming and we didn't know what to do because we both can't stand spider's. And it was late so no on was awake to kill it for us. The boys downstairs and next door were asleep. So I ended up having to be the one to kill the darn thing. But before that I had to scream around the kitchen as my roommate just laughed. She was also saying maybe we can spray some raid on it. But then we thought what if it falls off the ceiling? So I got my darn shoe and went up and smashed it. So when I went to smash it I did then I took the shoe down and it was still on the ceiling!!! NASTY!! So long story short I got the spider and had the chills from it for the rest of the night. But here are some funny pictures.

It was actually bigger than this. It is smooshed in this picture that's why it looks so small.

Cookies and dinner

2007-11-12T12:46:00.000-08:00

Yesterday my roommate Erica and I were the only ones home. 3 of our roommate's went home and another one had family in town so she was with them. So we were just sitting around and it was funny because we didn't have anything to talk about because we are always around each other. So I was sitting on her roommate Stephanie's bed and she was sitting on hers and we were dead quiet. We seriously had nothing to talk about. But then we decided to make dinner and cookies. So I made the cookies and I helped her make dinner. So here are some funny pictures of us devouring the cookie dough...it was so good!

Note: I'm not closing my eyes in this picture. When I smile big my eyes get tiny and it really does look like they are closed. My roommates think it's cute.

Yay! Erica for making mashed potatoes successfully!

2 cute girl's

Look at that yummy dinner!! It was seriously so good!

Last but not least this is our neighbor Eric. He usually comes over for some sweets because we always have some. And this is him eating one of my cookies right after it came out of the oven. And he really did eat it like this. :)

Fun pictures at the temple

2007-11-10T16:40:00.000-08:00

Last sunday(yeah this is late) two of my roommates and I went to the temple and took some pictures before we went to a fireside. We had a lot of fun with the camers. I like all the pictures and can't narrow it down to just a few. lol.

Ride on the Bullet

2007-11-08T08:33:00.001-08:00

Last night my friend Drew took me for a ride on his "Bullet" bike. I was so scared at first because I was afraid that I was going to fall off. I was shaking really badly and totally had my arms wrapped around him. But then i wasn't so scared so I only wrapped my arms around him when we turned because that will always scare me. So I have 2 pictures of us on the bike... I had my friend take one without a helmet on and I like this picture of me so I put it on here. LOL!!!
But I really was safe and wore a helmet. Overall I had fun.

Happy Birthday Erica!!!!!!

2007-11-06T10:33:00.000-08:00

This is kinda late but last tuesday it was one of my really good roommates birthday. So I threw a huge party for her and we must have had 50 people come in and out throughout the night. She's so popular! Erica is an amazing girl. So optimistic and strong in the gospel I look up to her a lot and aspire to be like her but not all like her just have her be such an example to me. This was right before she opened the gifts I got her.

My roommate Stephanie and I having fun trying to be serious...I had a hard time doing it because Erica was standing there laughing at us.

Yay!! Happy faces well not just happy faces, happy girl's.

The cake I made for Erica...nothing too special.

Good friends having a good time together. All 6 of us were piled on one couch...it was quite cozy. It's a good thing we all love each other.

And last but not least 3 happy roommates who love each other and get along so well and always there for each other. Am I so lucky or what!?

Countdown!!!!

2007-11-05T09:16:00.000-08:00

15 days till I get to see my family!!!! Yay! I haven't seen them since August 27th!!!!

Cutest Girl's in St.George

2007-10-31T12:30:00.000-07:00

On Sunday night all of the girl's and I in my apartment went to a friends house for cake and we took some fun pictures! We are SO cute... lol.

Halloween Party!!!!!

2007-10-29T10:43:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday I went with 2 of my roommates to a Halloween party. It was pretty fun... I didn't have a costume so I just wore something to match those funky socks I have. But my roommates dressed up. One was a nerd and the other dressed up "Gothic." They did a great job.

We had dinner and dessert then we played truth or dare jenga. And my roommate got dared to lay on a grave site. It had something rather scary on the tombstone but this site is on the Internet so I won't put it on here. So here we are watching her lay on the grave site.

And here she is laying on the site. And the whole time she was going to do it she was screaming and would say, "Who does this?"

Then I got dared to eat chocolate pudding with salsa. IT WAS SO NASTY!!!!

This is Bradley and I except he actually likes to go by Brad. I like Bradley more though. We actually went on a date to the Staheli corn maze and it was a halloween one and it scared the loving day lights out of me! Oh and if you're wondering why I have this big hunting jacket on is because I went outside and was freezing so Brad gave me this jacket to wear.

Super hero institute dance

2007-10-26T09:24:00.000-07:00

Last Friday there was a "Super Hero" institute dance. I wasn't planning on going so I helped my roommate do her costume. She was a super nerd...as shown below. She is a cute girl who totally pulled it off. And the high tops that she's wearing are actually mines. They are 3 sizes to big! I was worried she was going to trip over them but she didn't.

But low and behold I ended up wanting to go. I didn't really have a costume so I sprayed my hair with color hairspray. It was actually pretty cool looking.

And I also wore these tights. Funny story: I bought these socks for like 3 dollars at Wal Mart I put them on for the dance and they only went up to my thighs. I was so confused so then I look at the label and it said children 7-10! Oops! I didn't know they were kids sizes. So I had to cut down the middle of them and roll them so they would stay in place. It was kinda uncomfortable but we still had a lot of fun.

New haircut!

2007-10-25T10:26:00.000-07:00

So this actually kind of old but I needed to put something on my blog. So 2 weeks ago when I was in North Salt Lake on fall break my cousin who cuts hair at "The Cliff" up at snowbird came over to my grandpas house and colored and cut my hair. So here's some pictures... The whole time she was cutting my hair I was texting all of my friends asking what I should do to my hair...color it pink, hot red, purple etc.
I had her wash my hair just like how my friend Christy back home did it. I laid on the counter and she washed my hair in the sink.

Unfortuantely in these pictures you can't see a difference but the high lights are lighter than before and I have some blonde chunks underneath.

Smile! haha.

Divine Design

2007-10-21T16:27:00.000-07:00

So here are the picture's finally of the decorations my mom sent in the package. So here's the story I put up the curtains and took pictures of them and sent them to my mom. So later she calls me and says that the curtains are upside down. So here are some before and after pictures to show you how I put them up first and after I fixed them.

BEFORE

AFTER

Thanks mom for the decorations and the help. love ya!

Package for ME!

2007-10-17T15:54:00.000-07:00

So my roommate got a package and I was SO jealous so I called my mom and asked her if she could send me a package. And she said yes and she did! It was SO exciting! I screamed when it was on the table when I got back from watching the St.George marathon. So I ran to my room with it and opened it up and found lots of treasures! Look how big it is!
My halloween goodies!

The rest of my goodies (the pot broke on the way unfortunately). So basically I got lots of halloween goodies; decorations, nail polish, candy etc. AND I got decorations for the apartment. So it wouldn't be so plain and I put up the decorations like a week ago and will post pictures of them soon. THANKS MOM!!!! SO MUCH!!!

Somewhere out in Arizona

2007-10-03T23:57:00.001-07:00

On Saturday night 2 boys picked up my roommate and I and took us in this jeep type car out to somewhere in Arizona. We drove over mountains, big bumps, and piles of big rocks as shown below. But I was terrified! I was afraid I was going to die! It was insanely bumpy everywhere we went! And we'd go up and down these steep mountains and I was afraid that we were going to fall backwards or forwards.I didn't even now that the boys were taking us out to Arizona on this adventure. But I did survive and it was a lot of fun! Whats funny though is that I can't climb into or out of the thing either. Since there are no doors leading to the backseats of this thing you just jump in on the back of the car. But it didn't come so easy to me. And the last time I got in I was almost getting in the right way but then turned my body and scraped up my leg and got bruises and went head first into the car. It was quite sad. So now I have bruises and scraps on my legs but I'm good. I survived and that's whats important and also that I had fun. And I did. :)

Busy, busy, busy...

2007-09-22T12:55:00.000-07:00

So I've been slacking big time on my blog. I am just so busy with hw. And last Sunday I gave a talk in church so the thursday, friday and saturday before that's what I was busy with, although I did go to dinner and an institute dance. After that I did get back to my talk. Then on sunday I gave my talk. I forgot to mention that the topic was on "respect for others." And it had to be 12 minutes so that was a stressful thought when I was preparing my talk. But now it's over and this whole past week I've been working my but off doing my hw. But now it's the weekend and I can relax but still do my hw that is due next week and sleep in! Yay! That's been really exciting. And I should work on my FHE lesson for monday night. One of my roommates and I got asked to do the lesson for FHE on monday night. And I need to work on my activity for thursday night. Since I'm on the activities comittee and specifically in charge of one service activity a month. So next thursday we are having a service auction. But since we are college students and don't have the money to auction things then we are just going to use monopoly money. So that's what I will be busy with next week. But that's what's new with me right now. Oh and I went bowling last night with 2 of my room mates and 2 boys who are friends of one of my room mates who went and I also went to lunch with one of my room mates and her guyfriend. So yesterday was a fun day. And I also had a 7 am meeting yesterday for institute since I'm a class representative so yesterday was busy. The End.

I can cook a full on meal for 6 people!

2007-09-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

So this is the dinner I made for all my room mates using all the things I had to get at the grocery store earlier. It was alot of work but totally worth it. They loved not having to cook for themselves and they just liked it. Not to brag or anything it was just a great accomplishment for me since I'm not much of a cook and cause it tasted good. After they were each done they all wanted seconds, unfortunatley I hadn't made that much for that because I wasn't planning on all of them wanting seconds. Seriously! They scrapped the bottom of the pan with the gravy and chicken and the rice bowl. It was pretty awesome. I was feelin' my oats. haha. So here's some pictures from the night. I honestly don't know why I made this sign. I just did and the girl's thought it was pretty cute. lol.

The food!

We even all sat at the table and it was all set and everything and ready to go. I was so proud of myself! lol.

This is all of us sitting down together enjoying each other's company and it was pretty funny to hear the girl's just go on and on about the dinner and tell funny stories. They thought my apple incident was hilarious. Me too. I'm still laughing about it. haha.

First Real Grocery Shopping Experience...Disaster

2007-09-07T17:40:00.000-07:00

So on Wednesday I went on my first real grocery shopping trip or whatever you wanna call it. I had been a couple times before but to only pick up a few items like stuff for raspberry pie. :) YUMMY! Or I just go with my room mate to get out of the apartment. lol. Any ways so I made this huge list because I was gonna make dinner (hawaiian haystacks) for all my room mates and I didn't have any of the things I needed for it except rice. So we get to the store and the first thing we go for are the apples we just wanted some fruit. And do you think I would know which ones to buy? Even after going to the store with my mom many times but zone out. So I decided to get the Utah apples since they were the cheapest (I'm on college budget here.lol). After I decided what kind I wanted then I had to figure out which ones were good...and I had no clue how to figure out which ones were good or not. So my room mate picked out a few for me then I just grabbed some on my own. Then I look in the bag and I'm like oh that ones gross and that one too! So I took them out and got new ones so I had like three in the bag and when I put another one in the bag broke and the apples went EVERYWHERE! Down the medicine isle, across the store etc. It was so bad and of course there were people around who saw it all happen and looked at me like are you retarded? So I went around and picked them up as my room mate walks away pretending that she doesn't know me. lol. We finally carry on after the apple fiasco and I had to get vegetables and didn't know which ones were good and which ones I shouldn't get so I gave up and just picked them randomly. lol. Then I had to figure out what chicken to get and how much and size and the best and I didn't have a clue so I had to call my mom. I must of called her 5 times over the chicken. Pathetic! Then I had to find the right gravy stuff, another phone call, wasn't there, another phone call, they don't have the chicken kind, another call. haha. My poor mom but she didn't mind. She likes it when I call her. Thank you mom for the help! So about 45 minutes later we finally get out of the store. And my room mate says she never wants to go grocery shopping with me again. haha. Even though I had a hard time with this I had alot of fun at the same time because every time I was unsure of what to get or had to call my mom I laughed at myself. So that was my first grocery experience. The End.

Called to Serve

2007-09-07T11:03:00.000-07:00

So I got my first calling...I was called to be in the Activities Committee. And also, well this isn't a calling but I was asked yesterday to be the class Representative in my institute class (Teachings of The Living Prophets). Honestly I don't know why I was asked to be the class Representative since...well this is really bad but...I was falling asleep in class because I didn't get a whole lot of sleep the night before. Though I didn't fall asleep I just couldn't look down or else my eyes would close and I was just losing it. It was really bad. Oh and did I forget to mention... every time we have class I either say the opening or closing prayer if not that I lead the music. What the heck? Maybe it was a test to see if I could be this class Representative. I'm not mad though I'm excited. I haven't done anything so far with my calling or with my Representative thing I should get on the institute thing though. It's conducting and ask people to give prayers, devotionals, music, announcements you get the picture. I'm seriously excited though. It will be quite the experience. lol. P.S. like how I kept saying representative? I just didn't want to confuse you between the two.

Blood donation & dancing in the rain

2007-09-05T19:32:00.000-07:00

On Thursday there was a blood drive for institute and I summoned the courage to sign up and go. But when I got there I wasn't so brave anymore. It was my first time giving blood and I just felt nervous about it and I don't know why. They had to prick my finger to check my iron level it hurt a bit but not bad. Then I had to go give blood and oh my word it felt like someone stabbed me in the arm! It hurt so bad when she stuck that huge needle in my arm! I thought I was gonna scream! And I was shaking like a leaf. The lady had me squeeze this ball in my hand every 3-5 seconds and everytime I squeezed it I shook so badly! The other kids who were waiting there turn watched me and just laughed. I wasn't mad at them though I just laughed too. lol. But the phlobotomist was getting mad at them because she didn't want them to distract me from squeezing that ball. Then after I got out of that chair I was walking all over the place. I was so out of it! Then when I got back to my apartment I thought I was gonna throw up! But I survived and had to go to class 20 minutes later. That kinda sucked. Since I was so out of it and we ended up playing a jeopardy type game and when I was asked a question I mustive stared straight at the book and didn't think to look for the answer. So embarrasing! Then I laughed about it later. Then when I got back to the apartment I just layed on my bed for like an hour then it started to rain like crazy outside. So my 2 other room mates who were home and I decided to act like idiots and go dance in the rain. And some girl's from another apartment came out and watched us and just laughed and took pictures with their cell phones. Then I of course had to whip out my camera to get pictures for the blog. Enjoy! We're crazy I know!

So awesome!

2007-09-04T18:22:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday Vanessa from my home ward was on her way to BYU and stopped by to say good bye and chill for a little while before she had to hit the road again. It was so fun! We didn't get to go anywhere since it was Sunday but it was fun to just visit. She is such a cute girl with such a strong testimony of the Gospel and I'm so glad she moved into the ward. We've had some great times together but seriously she is the nicest ever. It was an emotional good bye after she left but hopefully we'll stay in contact and maybe I'll come home for Christmas with her.

Love you Vanessa!

Dirt Mattressing?!?

2007-09-01T18:22:00.000-07:00

...Explanation below...
So there's waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing etc. And so what is dirt mattressing? Honestly I don't know if there is a name for what I did with a bunch of friends last night. So there was 10 of us who went in 2 cars and we tied a mattress on top of one of the cars and drove out to the Arizona Strip. When we got there we took this huge mattress and tied it behind the other car that is like a jeep but I don't know what kind of car it is. Anyways we tied this big mattress behind the car with one rope and cut holes into it so we could hold on while the car was dragging us on it. So we all took turns riding a mattress tied to the back of a car out in a dirty bumpy off roading area. We were covered in dirt and our mouths were full of dirt too. It was pretty nasty but worth it. And what was really cool is that 3 cops pulled up to see what we were doing because there was an armed robbery and looked to see if it was us. We were all freaked out because we thought we were in trouble but instead they just laughed at us since we were so disgusting and told us to just have fun. Pretty sweet! We didn't get in trouble. And for the final tow all of us except the driver jumped onto that thing and we went about 3 feet before the rope snapped.lol. So we decided we were done and we left the mattress there! haha. We hid it behind a hill! lol. Then we decided to go to a grocery store to get a soda or something and also to see peoples reaction. Some people laughed others stared. And the lady at the cash register said she wasn't even going to ask. lol. So anyways I unfortunately didn't think to take a camera with me to take shots of our craziness but we did get a group shot when we got back to the boys apartment. When I put this picture on my lap top I was bummed to see that a lot of the dirt on my face had come off on our way home since I was in the car with no top. I didn't look like a coal miner anymore but there was still some dirt on me.
P.S. Did any of that make sense?

First week of school part 2

2007-08-31T10:00:00.000-07:00

So to finally finish posting what I did last week I'll just finish. So on friday I didn't do much, actually I don't remember what I did. lol. It was that exciting. But Saturday and Sunday were fun, my room mate and I met up in Cedar City to go up to my great grandmas ranch. It felt so nice there! It was about 30 degrees cooler than what I'm living in now in St. George. Probably since we were at an elevation of 9,500 ft. above sea level! But on our hike that was a disadvantage, the altitude was just killing us! Anyways, here's some pictures to give you an idea of what it's like up there and what we do...There is a spring there with fresh cold water called "cooks springs." And we love to skip rocks as you can see above.

This is my room mate and I with cook springs behind us but we don't get the water out of the pond thing, there's a pipe that is always letting out water that goes into there.
On the property there are tons of volcanoe rocks and we always try to knock big rocks down with smaller ones...smart. Anyways but can you see the rain coming down behind us on some other mountains. Oh and sorry my eyes are messed up, my dad made some comment about my picture obsession for the blog and he happened to take the picture when I gave him the sassy look. lol.

Every year I gotta carve my name in about 5 or 6 trees. I re-write my name and the present year on all those trees and have been doing it for years. It's really fun!
Taking a break from our hike since the altitude was giving us a hard time.

Finally relaxing in one of my dad's hammocks from Brazil. So comfortable!!!
Last but not least, enjoying the sunset out on the ridge.

P.S. There are some more pictures on my family blog from this trip thing. (grossenfam.blogspot.com)

First week of school part 1.2 (pictures)

2007-08-29T15:11:00.001-07:00

So after so long (to me) I finally got the pictures on here! I'm so excited! So here's the pictures from the night when my room mate and I were on a cooking high! So let me explain this picture.lol. So I made some brownies and I just put them in the oven and I turn around and my friend was filling up the bowl with water! I freaked out because I LOVE to lick the bowl clean! So before it was full of water I turned off the water so I could lick the remains at the top. LOL.
My room mate made chocolate chip cookies using my mom's recipe. SO GOOD! THANKS MOM!
This is the beginning of the pile of dishes that we had to clean after we were done. But notice the white powder stuff: I spilt corn starch all over when I was trying to empty the box into a glad ware container. It got all over me! Clothes, face, etc. And it also got on the counters and floor, it was a nightmare! But we totally laughed about it.
Raspberry pie in the works...
And at last the raspberry pie at completion! After my room mate took a slice of course before I could take a picture. And with a topping of whipping cream from Trader Joe's it's DIVINE!!!

First week of school part 1

2007-08-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

So I started school on tuesday! I have 5 classes: Critical reading, math, music, CNA (certified nursing assisstant) and an institute class-teachings of the Latter-Day prophets. I've only had institute once so far but I'm looking forward to it. The other classes are boring but I need to take them I mean I have to take them. My CNA class is kinda hard well I just worry about it too much since I have to get an 80% to get my CNA license or else I have to start over. So ever since the first day of that class I've studied my brains out on the chapters assigned. And what stinks is there is AT LEAST one exam each week! Well I guess it's better than having a bunch all at once.

Anyways outside class I've had some pretty fun times so far. Besides monday since I had to unpack, well I did get to go shopping for stuff for me like food and other stuff that I need while I'm here. And luckily I have parents who were willing to buy all of it for me! I didn't even ask them too. Thanks mom and dad! I love you guys! Oh wait I did go to SONIC on monday night and ward FHE.

Tuesday I went to my classes then later that night I went to a "meet n' greet" for all 16 wards. Then my room mate and I went to Nielson's frozen custard. YUMMY! I love that place! Then that night I couldn't sleep it was such a bummer! Although I did fall asleep at about 4 then got woken up at 7 by the girls who have class so early! ugh, oh well I gotta get used to running on a low amount of sleep. It's really hard!

Wednesday was a lighter day since I only had three classes that day. Then I came home and studied and planned on staying in for the night but it wasn't long till I was invited to go to Applebee's to celebrate a birthday for a guy who lives below my apartment and it was tons of fun. Then I ended up staying up late again since some of my room mates like to talk no matter how late it is.

Thursday was my first day of institute! So awesome even though it is an 8 AM class but it is a good way to start off my day. Then I went to my other classes. After that I got home relaxed for awhile did my hw and studied for CNA. Later on my room mate and I had to make brownies and cookies since she had promised the boys in the apartment below us that we would make them. So we looked at the recipe for the cookies and didn't have everything on the list to make them so we had to go to Wal Mart and get the other stuff we needed. Then we get home and realized that we forgot some stuff and had to go to a grocery store and get all that and I ended up getting ingredients to make my mom's AMAZING raspberry pie. So when we got home we ate dinner real quick then the boys were nagging us about the food. So we whipped out some cookies and brownies and I made the pie and boy it was a mess in the kitchen! And it had just been cleaned! Oh well we were on a cooking high and tons of fun making it all. And everything we made was delicous! The raspberry pie and yummy chocolate chip cookies are my moms recipes and the brownies...made from a mix that you can buy at the store. LOL. We aren't that good yet. I took some pictures but I need to install the software for my camera on my laptop. And I won't do it unless my dad is here to make sure I do it right since I don't want to mess up anything on my laptop. So when I see him tom. I'll ask for his help.

WOW, This post has turned out to be really long! So sorry about that, I just haven't blogged all week so I have alot to say. I would blog more during the week but I can't since I need to focus more on my studies and having fun rather than doing this several times a week. Not that blogging isn't fun I just don't want to sit in front of a computer screen when instead I could go hangout with people. Did that make sense? Did any of this post make sense? Sorry if it didn't, I'm just running really low on sleep so I'm not all there. Anyways, enough said I will post again hopefully on Sunday and I should have some pictures for you all.