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Marriage & Sweet dreams..

2011-09-04T19:59:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know I will be getting married this month. To Tyler McDaniel! I have been awful about blogging during our courtship but we have been dating for over a year and Tyler proposed on July 9th. For those of you who may not know, we met at EFY last summer.. Thank you Sarah Lewis for getting me into EFY two years ago! :) We met in a little town of Ephraim cow country Utah and then needless to say we hit things off. We started dating two weeks after we met and then Tyler moved to Arizona so we could continue dating in the Fall of 2010. It was either try the long distance thing from BYU or for one of us to move. I cannot thank Ty enough for moving and sacrificing so much to date me. If he didn't I know our relationship wouldn't have lasted much further then the summer.

Then this past January 2011 I moved to Provo. Some place I never thought I would see myself. But honestly I never thought I could grow so much in a place as Provo. I have learned so much about myself, how I struggle, how I can love, and how I can succeed. Taking chances has been so worth it and now I am taking another big leap of faith with getting married. After coming from a divorced family I was always very hesitant of marriage and if it would succeed for me. I have honestly been very scared because I was always worried if someone could really love me enough to marry me. I have only dated one other guy in my life and I have never felt more worse about myself and so unloved then when I was with him.

Tyler has changed my view on men, dating, life and love. He more then many people in this world has seen me at my hardest points, my saddest lows and my happiest joys. He understands what I need to be happy. He knows that I want an eternal family and will not let anything get in the way of that. He knows that I want my current family to be apart of that day and he wants to help me help them. Today at church today we visited our future family ward and there was an old mexican man passing the sacrament. Tyler said, " Kim, that's what I picture your Dad looking like when he passes the sacrament one day. Solemn and so happy with what he is doing for other." I broke down in tears to know that the man I love, loves and wants my dreams to come true as much as I do.

With the help of my dear Tyler I know that one day I will have my eternal family. I cannot wait to start our journey on Septemeber 24, 2011. Thank you Ty and everyone else, especially my best friend Emily for believing in me and my dreams of going to the temple. Without all of the many people in my life I would not be where I am am today and I would not have taken the chances that I have to make it here today. Thank you everyone. You all know how you have helped me in my life. To end here are some fun engagements of Tyler and I in Provo. Photos taken by my good friend Becca Stark.

Sweet Reunion!

2011-03-10T08:59:00.001-08:00

Remember this post?
And then there was one!

Well that post tells all about this guy! In 2009 this fella, one of my best friends in the world, Kendall Rees Clark left me for Chile! Then on February 23, 2011 he RETURNED! :)

This is a letter I sent to Kendall the Second week he was home.. Can't you tell he was excited!

We both kind of have an obsession about Neil Diamond and have it as a goal to see him in concert one day! Chyaa...

As most of you know.. I currently live in Utah.. But when I heard Kendall was coming home I booked a flight and came home for one of the best reunions ever!

While at home I got to see my Best Girl Friends, My family/ Families and I got to spend time with the Clark's!

With the Clark's we all went shooting in the desert and had a great catch up time! I must say I never for one thought that I would ever be shooting a gun. But with the help of Kendal I think I look pretty legit.. well kind of..

I am so happy I got to come home and spend time with my long gone Kendall! I am happy to say he is a little older, more manlier, and the same hilarious, quoting friend that I had missed for two long years!

Welcome Home Kendall! I sure did miss ya!

i believe in unicorns.: Are You Ready for a Giveaway?

2011-03-10T08:34:00.000-08:00

Check out my cute friend Ashley Bagley Nielson! She not only has cute style and an amazing talent with the camera but she is whitty, fun, and always makes the best of her life, even though she lives in the dreadful cold of Rexburg Idaho!

Here is her latest Giveaway! Check it out! It is a dress from Shabby Apple that you do not want to miss out on! :)

i believe in unicorns.: Are You Ready for a Giveaway?

More updates from me to come soon!

Living in Provo!

2011-02-01T10:07:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the snow... I am now living in Provo, Utah and this is sometimes what I wake up to.. Snow on the ground, my car, and let not forget the beautiful temple and mountains! I am so happy to have the experience of living on my own and loving life. I have a new jobs as a Sales Admin that I love and I get to work with fun, amazing people. For now I could do without the cold, but when Spring and Summer come, I will be jumping for joy!

Here are some things I like about Provo:

I get to experience living with roommates
I cook something new almost everyday!
I get to wear cute winter attire for more then I would like to
I have accumulated almost 25 scarves through gifts and self purchase
I own boots that keep my feet warm even when walking through snow
I get to make new friends
I am challenged more then I have been in a while
I get to experience defrosting and scraping my car after a freezing night
I get to see distant family that lives nearby
Lastly, I get to find out me a little more everyday.
Good things, bad things, and things I would like to overcome.

I am happy to have this experience right now in my life. Would I ever choose to permanently like in this ice box? Probably not. But do I love the experience now and appreciate my time here.. Yes.. :) I do miss my friends and family at home and I plan to visit in February. I am so happy and I could not be loving life anymore!

See you all for now. I will post new pictures soon!

Trainer Momma Give Away! Anthropologie!!!

2011-02-01T09:34:00.000-08:00

TM Giveaway: $100 Gift Card to Anthropologie

by TrainerMomma on January 31, 2011

Oooo – I’m itching for another giveaway, aren’t you? I really try to choose things that women just want. Not really need, but want. We all need to be much more spoiled in our lives, and I’m here for you, sister.

I am drooling over this Maxi Dress.

This month’s giveaway:

$100 Gift Card to
A N T H R O P O L O G I E
(1 winner)

I love (window) shopping at Anthropologie. For those of you who live in smaller towns, you most likely won’t find one of these nearby. However, never fear! The internet is always near! Anthropologie has a distinct, whimsical look when in comes to clothes, accessories, and home decor. If you are like me, there’s always something there I wish I could have, but never want to fork over the money to get it.

Well, now you get to have a little fun!

This giveaway runs from today, January 31st until Thursday, February 3, 2011 at midnight (CST). I use the form below to accept entries, so don’t worry about leaving a comment (unless you’d like to say something nice).

As usual, there are a million and one aways to enter and gain extra entries:

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Opportunities for greatness!

2010-08-23T12:45:00.000-07:00

So this past week it has been the beginning of starting my SENIOR YEAR of college! Yay! This is something that I truly thought would take ages to get to, but it is finally here and I am loving it! I am excited for the challenges that await me this semester. I am tackling 18 credit hours, while working and having other amazing, and enjoyable callings in church and institute. But the one thing that keeps me focused and sane all of the time is the fact I know that Heavenly Father will never give me something to which I am not capable of handling. I love being stretched, pulled, pushed and lengthened. I feel that the more that comes at me, the more of an opportunity I have to improve! Which lets be honest, who doesn't want to be there own, most amazing self ever?! One other small thing I am thoroughly ecstatic about is that this past Sunday I had the opportunity to fill in for a relief society teacher. I seriously cannot express the gratitude and love I have of teaching. I feel that as I study subjects at a closer angle, and am able to view them from a variety of perspectives, they are magnified beyond all measure! Teaching is one of my most favorite things to do now. Even though I always want to pee my pants in fear that I might say or do something wrong, I know that with the spirit as my companion, I can help deliver what the Lord needs the sisters to hear. Guys life is good! I love it and love being in a state of utter happiness all the time. I had to express my love this day because I feel like my tank is overflowing :) Be happy this day and look for the small and simple things in your life that will give you an opportunity to improve in greatness!

Two things I love that are simple and wonderful in life..

First: Rainbows...
In Ephraim EFY there was a massive rain day and it made a double rainbow! When I thought one was blissful, try seeing two! It made my heart so so so HAPPY!

Second: Laughter!
Kindal and I met in Ephraim as well and we would have the most wonderful nights of tiredness and staying up laughing and talking! This is one of the most in the moment pictures that I love! Pure happiness and laughter does the body and soul good, I always say!

The End. Love. You. All.

EFY / Update to Come!

2010-08-21T00:19:00.001-07:00

Hey All! I know I have taken.. Oh all Summer to Update But an EFY Update is coming soon, as well as a school update! Until Then.. :)

To begin shortly.. This was Caroline!! Sweet Caroline.. I would sing this to her everytime that I Saw her precious face! She is a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and she has a similar background to me in my life. If anyone knows my family background, they know that growing up being the only active member, can at times be very challenging. But also such a blessing! Caroline and myself were able to have many talks on how to stay strong in families that may be active and those who may not be active either. We came to the conclusion that all of the peace and comfort lies within our Savior Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. She taught me many lessons this summer, and one was to love the circumstances that we are sometimes in. She embraced many hardships that were in her life currently with a beautiful loving smile. I loved this girl and loved learning from her darling example of one who follows their heart and follows the Savior. Thank you Caroline! I love you my darling girl! You are amazing!

Trainer Mama!! Holla!

2010-07-09T16:30:00.000-07:00

Guys I love this woman! She is amazing! I follow her blogs, let's just say a little religiously! I definitely check it out once a day and peruse old posts often! She is wonderful and amazing and is having a killer giveaway! Check her out on trainermama.com for all the details!

P.s. I will have an EFY Update really soon! Do not fret! :)

Trainer Momma July GIVEAWAY: Amazon.com Gift Card!

Summer is hands down my favorite time of year. What is there not to like?

kids everywhere

friends

tons of pool time

travel

early morning workouts

tons of fruit!

day trips

no schedule

great books

Yep, I have finally been able to finish some books (that amazingly do not have anything to do with exercise/nutrition/health). Finishing a real, bona fide novel makes me feel renewed and whole again.

I've racked my brain for the past few days wondering what I should ~~spoil you with~~ giveaway this month. So, after reading "Catching Fire" last night, I came up with this:

Trainer Momma July Giveaway

$25 Gift Card to

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Update on Life... Ya..

2010-05-21T13:48:00.000-07:00

So I have completely stunk at blogging lately but here a little bit to catch you all up!

To Begin!: My Best Friend Emily just celebrated her 1 year Anniversary to Brett on May 20th!! Hooray for Marriage and life! She is also pregnant, therefore I can honestly say I am tickled pink to be an aunt come November! My Best Friend Emily is one of the hardest working most caring people in the world and I could not be any more proud of her and her choices she has made to be such an amazing woman! Love you Em and Brett! I cannot wait to see many more wonderful years of Happiness from you two! :)

Next: Say Hello to the Gila Valley Temple! ( all pictures are stolen from Becca and Katelyn Love you two! ) Arizona is welcoming a New Latter Day Saint Temple into it's midst on Sunday May 23rd! It will be such an amazing day to see the Temple dedicated by our beloved Prophet, Thomas S. Monson.

After finals Katelyn, Becca and I made the trip to visit the Temple before it is dedicated. Let me just say that it is the most Beautiful thing in the entire WORLD! I loved being able to walk through the entire temple for the first time with the perspective of an adult and one who is aspiring to go through the temple someday.

It was also hilarious because in every picture we "attempted" to take, the wind was not on our side! Katelyn's skirt was looking to flash some innocent bystanders.. but we were not gonna let that come to pass! Thankfully we finally got a beautiful shot taken by a pleasant booty worker outside of the temple.

We finished off the trip with dinner and tasty snow cone treats! Thank you Thatcher for your hospitality and thank you for providing ground for the wonderful Gila Valley Temple! We enjoyed our visit immensely!

Third: One of my greatest friends got married Yesterday! On the same day as Emily's anniversary, Kierstie and Steve were married as well! I met Kierstie last summer through EFY interactions and we were friends at first sight! She is the most tender girl alive and her wedding was beautiful and so very special! Congratulations Kierstie Face! I know you and Steve are going to be so incredibly happy together! All my Love!

EFY 4 Life :)

Last but not least: I had the opportunity to help display some clothes for Socuteboutique.com Alicia Coleman founder and operator inquired of some modeling positions, and it has secretly been always a desire of mine to do a modeling something, because I have watched America's Next Top Model in my younger years and have always thought, if those skinny girls can do it, so can I! Which led me to this! It was so fun and exciting, and such a privilege! They have the cutest clothes and wonderful prices! Check out there site!

Well This is a quick update but a wonderful one if I say so myself! I am out of school for the time being until the fall! So I say Hello Summer, work and TANNING! :) I'm lovin this heat and cannot wait to have some Melanin Bronze in my skin again! Until Next time! Love you all!

ZICKZ PHLAGZ 4 LIFE!

2010-02-17T22:09:00.000-08:00

So one thing in life that I am deathly afraid of is Roller Coasters! Normal people love the thrill seeking, gut dropping happiness of these monstrous rides.. Me.. Not so much. But to conquer my fear I went with some friend for a weekend to Six Flags aka Zickz Phlagz.. We even Made shirts that stated our commitment to this wondrous theme park. There were more ups than downs, for laughs than cries, and in the end I am still living to tell the tale that I made it to and from Six Flags in one piece. The adventure was amazing to see the least! Hear are pictures to prove the greatness.

End to Beginning Last photo on the beach

Da girls! We love the Beach!

Sportin' Zickz Phlagz Attire one last time at the end of the night. A mexican man took this picture and said, " I like those shirts, where did you get them?!" Brianna replied, " Oh in the gift shop over that way!".. Lie.. Yes.. But they will want to endorse these some day!

BATMAN!

SUPERMAN!

"De Ocho" - the fearless 8 is great!

The journey Begun and ended at Zickz Phlagz. Success was mine and I conquered a fear! Hooray to new adventures with good friends and many memories. Long live TAFFY! :)

That was then.. This is New.

2010-01-11T14:23:00.000-08:00

So this is aNew Year! New adventures, expectations and opportunities. Within this past year many things have happened! I sent friends on missions, My Best friend got married along with other wonderful girls friends of mine, countless girls nights memories have shaped good friendships, I had my first boyfriend experience along with heartache which makes you want to vomit, Ive seen countless people at touched by the gospel at ASU, I have made many new friends, I've aquired three news sports into my liking: Croquet, Ultimate Frisbee and Racquetball, I've lost twenty pounds and am set to lose twenty more before summer, I have grown spiritually and had the opportunity to teach youth from all over the states. This list in minuscule compared to everything else that has probably happened but from all of these things I have been changed for the better. Some were easier to go through than others, but all have changed me for the good.. So I am welcoming you 2010 into my life. Come what may and I will love it! This is Kim, and I am estatic to start my 2010 adventure!

Love Me Some UTAH!

2010-01-04T21:34:00.000-08:00

SO these pictures are completely jumbled but its ok! A few weeks ago Kierstie, Jadey and I went to Provo to visit friends and loved ones! It was a blast! Freezing, but there was never a dull moment. From Freeze Outs in the car to stay awake, to taking over 400 photos, we loved out adventurous trip to Utah! ENJOY! :)

And so it began!

Dinner in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building! Delicious and Beautiful all rolled into one!

Temple square lit up at Christmas time is a sight to see for all!! I love it! We visited 7 temples overall on our little adventure! It was Blissful!

I LOVE THE SNOW! Minus the Frigidness of it all!

Spider... YES!

Scott took a random photo of me. Love it!

Love these girls!!

Kierstie showed us this stellar swing that has three swings and moves in a circle when each person swings! It was beautiful and a tad bit frozen so our swinging was at a dull creek movement.. oh well!

Bowling... Nuff Said!

We stayed with LINDI while we were there in Provo visiting! She is Aussie EFY friend and we love her!

Provo Temple = Amazingness!!

I got to see Charley! A good friend from EFY, She is hilarious and I love her guts to Pieces!!!

This is Scott, We are EFY friends and he kindly spent the day with us in Provo! It was wonderful!

Jadey is going on a Mission, therefore we LOVED the MTC this trip!

Look a like or not?

2009-10-14T14:03:00.000-07:00

So this past summer I spent my time at EFY as a counselor, as some of you know. But one thing you may not know is that weekly, participants would call me Jordin Sparks. Why you may ask? I have no idea! I have always thought Jordan Sparks is a beautiful girl but I have never once compared my self to her. Needless to say I think my children may have been blinded by their happiness of being at EFY. One week for instance a boy in one of my groups in Ephraim stood up during the service project while "No Air" was playing and said very loudly, "Jordin Sparks is in the HOUSE!!" - he continued to point at me and made me so embarrassed! Take it how you may but this is one memory that will be forever in my mind from this summer. :)

Photo Shoot FUN!

2009-10-13T23:50:00.000-07:00

So I know I havent been up to date in forever but I will fill you all in soon! But in the meantime Emily is being the Best Married Best friend ever and took time on her Sunday to take some pictures of me! Love you and thanks friend! You are the BEST!

WELCOME TO CEDAR CITY!

2009-08-17T19:57:00.001-07:00

Meet JASON! :) He is Hilarious, and wanted to Start our Monday off together with a Prison like photo. He is amazing..

Here is the Legit, first Kim and Jason Duo photo of the week, We are sporting out Salmon Shirts Stunningly right..

Enough Said..

Girls of the Week! Love them!

Our boys gave us Roses on our last day! They are darling!

Dashing Gentlemen! I love them! They were so cute and they all loved each other.

This is Kellen! He is Tallan's best friends little brother, and what are the odds that i am his counselor when he came all the way from Arizona! Amazing huh!

This is Davy! Formerly known as David.. He was the cute boy of the week who I was always pulling away from the girls so our group could get places. Our davey.. We loved him

Beautiful Girls!

Jason and I wanted to match so We sported the Glasses on Thursday for dress up day

Dressing up on Thurdays! Love IT

PIZZA NIGHT!!

My BC Brittney and I adore Jumping Pictures and Trying to show off for out Girls so Hence, The funny/ Weird Picture!

Anna used to Dance, I have always wanted to dance and so we had a splits competition!

This week I has two girls who were Ridiculously Tall! They are cousins and amazing! I loved them!

Meet Nate Needum, He was a BC and I always tried to gain him love after oh ya know, four weeks! I finally did and he took this fabulous picture with me!

I found a HOGI YOGI in CEDAR! This brings back memories from childhood! And hey Emily guess what kind of Milkshake that is?! haha I love me some Milkshakes! YUMM!

While our kids colored for Service We took pictures! Love the Counselors!

Our Boys Being straight silly

Since it was bloody hot in the gym Lindi and I decided to Fan Surf! It was so fun! and ridiculous but thats ok!

Final day with Jason! He is Handsome when he dresses up!

And ending it all with Kierstie Face! I love her!

Well Next Week is my last week then I am back in the AZ! :)

Ephraim Take two!

2009-08-17T19:04:00.000-07:00

Ephraim week 2! Sorry all it has been forever but I am finally finding time to write about my last three sessions, starting with the second Ephraim one!

Meet Scott! Scott was an AMAZING co co! We met our first week of Ephraim right before our Sunday night Fireside. We played this game with a styrofoam cup. Lets just say we were best buds at first sight!

Our children always wanted us to love each other so we took funny pictures on the last day!

He is Basically amazing! Not to mention incredibly handsome. We got along so well and he taught me so much! What an inspiration is all i have to say!

These were are boys of the week! All completely handsome and wonderful!

And of course my beautiful girls! We all loved each other!

Meet Jill! She had a rad Dance move we would always do! She is amazing!

Meet Jon! He was Asian and amazing, We sang the Theme Song together on the first night, and boy does he have some pipes! Loved him!

This is Sam, Not one of my children but he would love to play the guitar and sing and he was incredible! I couldnt help but listen every time i heard him! We rocked out to Jack Johnson on his Guitar.

I am a proud Parent! This is Ashtyn playing her amazing song she wrote in the Variety show! What a darling girL!

Scott and I also loved to dance together! Any chance we got we would waltz around! He used to do ballroom so of course he is a champ at dancing! I felt like a princess every time I got to dance with him.

Oh LINDI! She is my Australian friend who I met and LOVED! We got along so well and even roomed together for a couple nights in Cedar City, She is a doll, Just don't ask about Australia, she gets annoyed easily of it! :) Love ya RANCIE!

Tambri and Dani! Loved these girls! THis is between classes and we were all chatting in the hallways before class started! I loved them!

Only Bad thing about Ephraim 2 was my friend Charly got me sick! I lived off This crap medicine, but i got well by the end of the week! The only bad thing is that Scott and I were both sick this week so we would love to share medicine and sleeping tips to one another to keep each other going!

ALWAYS blowing my nose! My girls thought it was hilarious how much tissue i went through and how sometimes I sound like an Elephant when I sneeze.. Oh well! Oh the Best was sticking tissue up my nose to stop the drainage! Forever will I be indebted to Capri Dewitt for showing me the greatness of tissue in the nose! Scott always told me it looked attractive. haha Sarcastically of course.. but its ok!

The last night was AMAZING! I was so hyper and wanted ice cream so i had all of my girls come in my room and we had ice cream sundaes and sang Disney musical songs at the top of lungs until after lights out! We were on a roll it was MAGICAL! :)

Ta Ta Ephraim! We are off to Cedar City! :)

Ephraim! Through and Through

2009-07-31T10:19:00.001-07:00

I have just been in Ephraim Utah!! My first session of Ephraim was amazing! I had amazing girls and wonderful guys! I had two amazing Co Counselors and a wonderful roommate. I had the opportunity to be on Variety Show, so I got to pick acts and help put on the amazing show! One of the best acts we had was a bomb.com Acappella group of 5 guys and they rocked the house! This week was amazing! And I had some amazing experiences and loved my kids so much! I love growing in the gospel and everyday I am more and more thankful to be a Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

This is Sydney and I love her! She is from Cedar City, and is AMAZING! We loved having late night chats and sharing great experiences about our kids. She is awesome, I love her!

Here are some of my KIDS!

This is Anna, she was on crutches all week but was amazing! She basically got a VIP pass to everything due to her foot! It was so funny on the last night she started walking on it and i shouted at her but she didnt care because she wanted to walk so bad! she was a trooper, I loved her!

This is Savanna! I loved her! SHe was blonde and Beautiful and ALWAYS in the mirror, so she was late to all things! I love her, she reminds me of myself! :) Love

LOVE MY BOYS!

Meet Dallin, He is 18 and the biggest flirt at EFY, he and his best friend Jack Did a boy band act in the variety show and were so amazing! I loved them! Their group picture is towards the bottom and they made me happy!

Meet Porter! I love him! He played the most tender face song by David Archuleta in the variety show and he makes me happy because he is adorable!

This is BEN! He is the sweetest kid ever! He was the biggest ball of tenderness and always made me feel so loved! I loved hiM!

AUDERY is BEAUTIFUL! and full of sweetness! I loved her, we always would stay up late and talk about life! She is adorable

Courtney.. Enough said, She was a nut!

LOVE MY GIRLS!!

MY BOYS LOVE ME AND I LOVED THEM!

LOVE ALL AROUND!

ME, Sydney and one of my Co's Juliet! Loved her! She is straight Southern!

Handsome Fellas!

My two awesome Co CO's! Levi and Juliet! Yay for TriFactors!

David Packard made a guest appearance! Yay for Bird Man!

Best picture ever! Montana and I were so Intense! I loved her!

Sydney and I loved to fly into the sky! She is beautiful and this was the Raddest Picture! :)

The Boy Band! I love them!! They made the variety show such a riot and they made my heart happy and full of goodness! :)

Always and Forever I will love taking pictures of myself, why I don't know, I just think it is awesome Making odd faces, and smiling at them later! I love my life! :)

Yay For Ephraim session one!

Thatcher Session 1 Holla!

2009-07-10T14:07:00.000-07:00

Hey All So I just finished my SECOND session! So did anyone know how small Thatcher, AZ was? Because I did not! The wonderful Campus of Eastern Arizona and all of its facilities is at least 2 minutes apart from each other, 5 minutes maybe in a hurricane.. But seriously this campus was tiny, but almost a diamond in the rough because it was perfect for EFY! This session was fantastic, it was sad not having my first kids, but I loved my new kids all the same. What i love in particular is that they were all completely different, and by the end they were great friends. I know my sessions are only going to get better and better! Watch out Ephraim, because Counselor Kim is coming to town! :)

SO! A New Week= New Kids + New Co Co's!!

This is Alan

This is Jennifer! I love them both! They are both RM's and full of knowledge and greatness! They taught me so much and were so dang AWESOME!

Alan and I loved taking pictures together!

We met in Flagstaff, and so duh, of course we were STOKED to be Co Co's!

When Alan found out we were Co's He came and jumped on me! Like full on while i was in my sunday clothes! We knew this week would be full of greatness! And Jen was our cherry to complete us! :)

Let us commence with The Banner and Cheer off! This is the beginning of our flag, done by lovely Red head Lauren, Brown hair Niki and Small Adorable Jeremiah!

This was the Finished Project! and YES we won the Banner Competition! CHOOSE LIBERTY forever strong. I think we had a handicap due to 4th of July weekend but we will take it!

Practicing for the Cheer off!

Performing the cheer! We didnt win but my kids were still Awesome!

Game Night-- Yes I made my kids do a jumping picture because I LOVE jumping pictures so much! Am I mean!? I hope not! :)

Some of my girls going to Game night! Love them!!

Some of Jen's Girls in my Company! Arn't they adorable!

Pizza Night! GIrls love talking about COWS! I swear, it makes me so happy, young loves! All My 14 and 15 year olds loved having crushes on the older guys! Like....

On DAN! The BC, He was the Top Contender for Thatcher in the COW status! Granted he is adorable and sings, and is the NICEST person alive, I had to get a picture to show my girls. They all said, KIM Email us that picture! Dorks?! YES! haha WE love you Dan! ( try not to blush).

SERVICE!! Same Service Project as before! My kids had so much fun!

I found this Youth coloring on the floor and had to snap a photo with his cute self and his RAD glasses! Awesome.. YES!

More Service = More Love!

Taking our last pictures with my girls! They are all such Foxes! Love them!

Secret: While at EFY i love wearing Red Lip Stick! It makes me so happy! So my girls got a hold of it and wanted to wear it too! Am i silly for loving this picture, because I SO DO!

Ending things right with a beautiful pictures of some of our girls and my lovely co co Jennifer! I loved Thatcher and loved my kids and my Co's! I cant wait to continue and and have so much more fun, and continue serving the Lord and his Youth! I feel so Blessed! :) Love you all!

Oh.. Boy...

2009-07-06T14:10:00.000-07:00

Let me introduce Tallan to some of you who may not know of him. He is basically AMAZING, in every way possible. One of the Hardest things for me while being at EFY has being away from this fella. We met in March and have been dating for a couple months now. He is awesome and hilarious, and handsome, and a complete goof just like me. :) He makes me Happy!

And So it BEGINS! Flagstaff Session 2

2009-07-05T19:48:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Sorry I havent been able to post! EFY has kept me non-stop busy! But Here are a few photos from my first session! It was in Flagstaff, AZ the 22-27 of June. I am so grateful to be able to be a tool in the Lords hands and help teach his youth! This experience has just started but I already feel like I have grown so much! Hope you all enjoy! :)

This is Me and my awesome first CoCo ( Co Counselor) Josh, Betterly known as Shua! But he was an amazing first CoCo! He has such an awesome knowledge of the gospel and insanely excited about everything all the time, just like me! You can imagine how crazy our kids were with two insanely peppy counselors! He was basically the Bomb.com! Thanks again Josh for everything you taught me! You are fantastic! :)

Here is a Picture of me and Rochelle, Kira, Jasmine, and Adam, I love these kids! I can't remember what we were going to do but we all love pictures!

Here is Me Josh, and Adam! Being Silly!

Here is me and Kierstie! I LOVE HER! We somehow magically got to be roommates for my first week! She basically showed me the ropes and was the best roomie ever! Well besides the fact that she sleep talks every night! Also she like sleep, stood up in her bed one night! It was hilarious!! I love her, and I always loved cleaning our room, randomly at midnight! I am nuts!

Here are all of our handsome guys!

And my gorgeous girls!
Here I am acting as any proud mother bear. Taking pictures of her child who made it into the Variety show due to his amazing skills! And my amazing skills at helping him make lyrics to his song! Love you Andrew!

My Children! Arn't they just simply Adorable!? I think so!
Waylon is a goof! And all my other boys are presh! :) Love them!Love these girls! On our way to the Morningside on Thursday!We are goofy, 100% of the time.. or thats just me!We love SERVICE! For our project we got to color road maps for children! It was awesome and since coloring is one of my favorite past times, it was thoroughly enjoyable!

Starting and ending with me and Josh! We had such a good time and were an Amazing team if I say so myself! He will forever be my first Co Co and the most memorable! Yay for EFY and I hope more goodness comes each and every week!

Dentist?... Oh Dear..

2009-06-11T18:43:00.001-07:00

So.. within the past month I have been to the dentist three times! Granted before this time I have not been to the dentist in three years.. But its okay. So after my initial cleaning my dentist decided I needed to redo all my fillings in my mouth. Total.. 5.. Yuck!

I must say though, I have two things I dislike about the dentist. It is the awful drilling sound that you hear for.. ya know... 1 1/2 hours straight, and the numbing! Today I had two fillings done on my left side of my face. One on the top and one on the bottom. Therefore half of my face way numb.. So When I got home I decided to take some pictures of my distorted face. It may not look too bad, but it felt like i got punched about a hundred times...

I do love then dentist because they make my smile pretty, but the procedures I have to go through to obtain it,, I could do without. You know what they say, Pain Is Beauty :)

EFY for LIFE!

2009-06-05T11:12:00.001-07:00

EFY!! For those of you who may not know... I will be serving as an EFY Counselor this summer from June 22 - Aug 8! A whole month and a half of pure learning, growing greatness! I initially applied for this position because my best friend Emily's sister Sarah said to me back in October,"Kim! I know what you need to do with your life!!" and I replied.. "Shoot Sarah!" and She continued, " Kim you would make the funnest EFY counselor!" So my brain turned and thoughts came to applying, applying lead to interview and interview led to my soon to be great experience!!
As you can see by the map, Efy is EVERYWHERE!! Even in Canada! But I will be serving in Flagstaff ( my newest week!), Thatcher, Ephriam and Cedar City! I am so excited and I hope I can make an adequate counselor for my soon to be Campers! Ill update you all on my ventures since my Macbook, Maxine will be accompanying me! I hope all of your summers are going well, but this is what will be occupying my time! :) Efy I am coming for ya! HOORAY!

5 - The Lucky Number

2009-04-28T22:47:00.000-07:00

5 things I was doing 5 years ago...

1. I was a Freshman at Carson Jr. High
2. I was attending Seminary for the first time
3. I started to become Better Best Friends with Emily :)

4. I was Captain of Carson Softball and Volleyball

5. I realized that being a teacher's pet was the way to be! haha

( who would have thought!)

5 things on my to-do list today...
1. Make sure Emily's Bridal Shower goes as wonderful as possible!

2. Do Aubrey B's hair for prom this Saturday

3. Make a study guide for Micro, and Study for Finals

4. Turn in my Paperwork for EFY

5. Write back my missionaries, all 8 of them!

5 things I would do with a million dollars...
1. Pay Tithing!
2. Donate to a Cancer Research Study

3. Donate money to the Nursing Programs so more girls can get accepted into the program

4. Pay off my Dad's house
5. Take a trip to New York and see a Broadway Musical!

5 places I have lived...
1. Born and Raised in Mesa Town, Arizona!
2. I have Lived in school the Past 15 Years of my life

3. The past two years I have lived at my Amazing job!

4. This summer I will be living at EFY! :P

5. I have also lived at the gym everyday! On that dang treadmill!

5 things I want to be doing in 5 years...
1. Hopefully be married in the Temple! :)
2. Be a registered Nurse in a hospital
3. Still be watched all of my favorite shows: 24, Biggest Loser, One Tree Hill.

4. Be a progressing homemaker in cooking and sewing

5. Lastly being able to keep in touch with all of my wonderful, AMAZING FRIENDS!!

5 people I tag...
1. Emily

2. Natalie
3. Kylie
4. Kenzlee

5. Josie :)

Emily Is ENGAGED!

2009-04-14T00:43:00.000-07:00

Wow Times flies! In a blink of an Eye, I remember Emily and I in high school and now she is getting married! :) I love my Best Friend with all of my heart and cannot wait for her to be able to enter into the temple for time and all eternity with Brett. We have had so many wonderful memories and now she gets to make new memories with Brett, I cannot wait for the day when Emily can be there for me when I enter into the Temple as well. So Em thanks for always being the Best Friend and Sister I always have needed and have love having in my life! You have helped me in ways no one else could ever and I know we will grow old in best friendship together! Love ya Sister! :)

Emily And Brett :)

Prom Senior Year

Jesse's Birthday at Texas Roadhouse

CALIFORNIA!!

One of My favorite Pictures of us!

Most Recent! Emily's 20th birthday, welcome to club 20! Love you EM! Your the Best Friend a girl could have! :)

HSM 3!!

2009-04-14T00:18:00.000-07:00

So I know High School Musical Three is mainlined for Teenyboppers, but honestly, I think it was made for me too! I have the strongest infatuation with Zac Efron! He is BEAUTIFUL! On of my favorite pastimes is now to make colleges in class at school or during my breaks! Here are some I have come up with! :) Enjoy

I also threw this one in too! I love my Robert Pattison! He is a dream boat! :)

RASCAL FLATTS

2009-03-19T00:29:00.000-07:00

One of my Favorite things in this world is Country Music! And the group that rocks my socks is RASCAL FLATTS for the longest time I have always wanted to see them in concert, and I finally did on March 12, 2009! What a GREAT day that was!

Again this adventure began with Kylie, Kenzlee and me Kim! K must be the best letter lately!

We drove in Kylie's boyfriend Evan's truck, he came along too but he does not start with a K.

We always take weird pictures..

Surprising.. Not one BIT

Me taking a nap during Jessica Simpson's performance, boy way she silly!

The weirdness continued..

Wrapping up the show :(

Our goodbyes to Rascal Flatts in the Car.. WE LOVE THEM!!

March 12th! A day to Remember! :)

SPRING BREAK!

2009-03-19T00:14:00.000-07:00

WE LOVE CALIFORNIA!

This Adventure Began with three Girls, Kim, Kalli and Kenzlee

We all traveled to California for only 2 days and one night.. Worth it? YES!

We met some friends along the way, Meet Drew :)

One of our favorite things to do was JUMP! all the time!

We also enjoyed having our own Photo Shoot

We even traveled to FAR off places like Balboa Park!

And again we took more pictures! Every moment must be documented!

In the end we were just a bunch of spontaneous girls looking for a good time, and thats what we had! We LOVE California!

Love, K Cubed

DATES DATES DATES.. Or Not.. :)

2009-02-19T12:49:00.001-08:00

Oh DATES! haha I laugh because Dates are not something I am used to going on or participating in but I must say I love them! This Date was back around my Birthday and I went with my friend Zach! Zach is fella who I met way back in 7th grade! We had to part in 8th grade because Zach decided he wanted to be home schooled (Lame!) don't tell him I said that, But ya so as we got older he and I both played sports like Softball and Baseball so we were both able to keep in touch through that. So for our date we went to the driving range, and P.S. I love the driving range! It is the one sport that I play left handed so I enjoy it so much!

SO when we went, one thing Zach and I like to do is compete! And to my lack of knowledge he has never been golfing before, so his first swing he swung back... then forward.. and on the forward swing he let go of his club! It literally went soaring 50 feet in the air and ended up pretty distant from us.. You know when your say "Four" you usually look so a ball..in this case it was a club! I was rolling on the floor laughing because I thought he did it by accident, but when he said he was so serious and didn't mean to, it is even more funny! So that was just out date but I enjoy this fella! He is one friend who always bickers with me and I love it, Weird huh! But I hope some of you have had some memorable dates, I think they make future potential dates seem like they will be exciting too!

And then there was one!

2009-02-19T12:06:00.000-08:00

AND then there was ONE! Kendall Clark, Now Elder Clark as I would like to call him! For anyone who has read recent posts, you know that I love my Missionaries! I never thought the day would come when I had to say goodbye to my Last Best Guy friend. Kendall left Monday February 16th to go and serve a mission for the Church we both belong to. He was called to Labor in the Conception Chile Mission and will return February 2011! Wow that seems like a crazy long time but it will be well worth it when he gets home! Plus we promised we will be awesome pen pal buddies throughout his duration as much as we can! Don't worry because yes I have already written him on dear elder because I missed him! Pathetic, yes I know, but he was a good friend and it happens!

Kendall and I have had many fun memories together! Two of the most memorable times are depicted below. The first picture is of Kendall and I in Washington D.C. when we went for Close-up Club my senior, his junior year. We went to D.C. for a week, the night after prom and had the best time ever! We got to see tons of sites and museums and all that kind of stuff! This picture was taken while we were waiting to meet Senator Flake.

The Second Picture was at Sadies in the 80's in 2007. I decided to take my dear friend to Sadies because no one loved the 80's more than Kendall and I knew we would have a rockin time! Kendall suggested that we be 80' rockers so we did and had the best time ever!! Can you see the Crimped hair on me.. Yeah, I had my whole head done and it was my favorite hairstyle I think of any dance!

SO many great Memories, in so little time! It is always sad letting go of friends, but I think we all need to grow in different ways, and this is one way where I think we can both grow and mature and becomes our optimal selves for a short time! Good Luck My Kendall! You Will be amazing, I have no doubts! :)

" Dude!! DUDE!! If the chips are all stuck together, thats still one Nacho!" - Saving Silverman!

One of our FAVORITE movies we enjoyed together!

My life with Mac!

2009-01-13T14:29:00.001-08:00

I have decided that I officially love Mac's. For my most recent birthday, I received a Macbook from my parents. And I must say that by far it is one of the best gifts that I have ever received. Thanks mom and dad, your the best.

So anyone who knows anything at all about Macs, they know that they are pretty dang amazing! They are definitely user friendly, and can do many cool things. My Favorite personal feature is the program called Photo Booth. I cannot tell you how many time I get bored at night and I find myself seeing how seeing how many distorted pictures I can take before I die of Laughter. My other favorite feature is Ichat! Who knew how fun I could be to talk to someone over the computer, and practically be in person. It amazes me the way technology grows so quickly! But I have definitely come to the conclusion that I love Mac computers, although they may be pricey, they are worth the extra cash, in return for a lifetime of enjoyment! :)

Happy Holidays!

2009-01-09T13:48:00.000-08:00

Christmas is my favorite time of year! There are lollipops and Gumdrops, and every type of goody one could ever imagine! This past Christmas will be one I will remember always, Here are my Top Four things I loved about this Christmas.

Number ONE: Going to the Temple! I love the Mesa Arizona Temple lights at Christmas time, The lights and nativity scenes were a great way what I believe in, but they are so beautiful to look at. Another thing I also enjoy about the temple are the performances at 7:00. My stake had the privilege of singing on Christmas night, and on New years I went and watched all of the Mesa Missionaries sing. Missionaries hold a great place in my heart, especially around Christmas time. To know that they are devoting their lives to serving the Lord for two years, and not being able to see their families is such a great sacrifice. It always makes me think of my friends who are out on missions, and it makes me appreciate them even more than I already do!

Number TWO: Christmas Gatherings! Some on my newly made College girl friends and I all had a Christmas dinner and A Secret Santa gift exchange. Secret Santa gifts are always so hard for me to buy, because I literally stress over what I am getting for that certain person. I was shopping for my person and I was with my Best friend Emily, and I literally could not think of anything to get her, And Emily being the great friend she is, helped me pick out the perfect thing! To my surprise my Secret Girl totally liked what I got her and I was so grateful I didn't disappoint her :) So, nonetheless I really enjoy gift exchanges, I think it gives people the opportunity to get to know another person, and truly think about their likes and dislikes.

Number THREE: Christmas Cards! So Emily and I thought it would be fun to send Christmas cards to some of our missionary friends who are out serving. We had so much fun having a random photo-shoot one afternoon after church, and these were some of the things that came from this eventful time.

Number FOUR: Having a Birthday! Even though I have never really enjoyed having a birthday close to the holidays, this one turned out surprisingly well! My friends are so good to me, they rallied the troops and we all went to Red Robin, One of my favorite places! It was nice to see a variety of company, old and new friends, all of whom I love so much. Turning 20 is not something I was necessarily looking forward to but I am willing to make it a great year until the glorious Yahoo of 21 will come next year!

Twilight! <3

2008-11-25T15:29:00.000-08:00

Of course I bet there have been millions of posts on the new released movie Twilight, and yes I was one who followed the crowd of being in line for the midnight showing. And... Yes I am one of the silly obsessed girls who got a shirt even, that said " I love Edward" Because lets face it, I do.. Twilight as a book was amazing, words cannot not describe how much I enjoyed reading those books. However the movie, surprisingly was good as well. But I think I like them both as a separate good thing. I try not to compare because everyone know the books will never compare to the movies but I did love the movie. And yes, I have seen it two times so far.. And yes, I still want to see it again.. But will I...? I don't even know.. But the consensus is in... and Edward + Ray Ban Sunglasses= BEAUTIFUL.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN :)

2008-11-06T14:31:00.000-08:00

HALLOWEEN is such a fun holiday.. although honestly I have never really known why we celebrate it until this year, I have always enjoyed it. Picking out a costume is always so stressful! I have to say I am not a creative thinker when it comes to Halloween costumes. This year my toss up was going to be between a cowgirl.. again.. or an 80's girl.. But my final decision was so different. I decided to be a Fairy! However... when going to a parties for Halloween, people thought of other names to call my so called cute outfit. Such as: Devil Fairy.. or Seductress.. I don't even know how to be seductive, how could I ever be a Seductress? Random.. But I guess some would've made those kinds of judgments based on the attire of my costume. I wore a red dress, black wings, fishnet pantie hose, and Black heels. Your up to your own interpretation.. But i was meant to be a FAIRY :) I hope you had a great Halloween, because I sure did, but it would've been better if I would have been able to feel my feet at the end of the night :( Until next year....

P.S. - Note to self.. No wings next time, hitting almost 1000 people is not fun :)

FAIR !! :)

2008-11-06T14:08:00.000-08:00

SO last month I conquered one of my fears! I do not have many fears that I will openly admit, but one that I do is my fear of heights, and Roller coasters! Someone may think that these two things are supposed to be fun, and are supposed to a thrill. True.. But definitely not for me! I am the biggest chicken when it comes to anything with my body leaving the ground and not knowing if when I get down it will still be as composed as it was before. So.. this past October a group of friends and I went to the State Fair. (By the way it was only my second time attending the fair, and the first was a week earlier at the amazing Weezer concert held there). Needless to say I was hesitant to go because of my great fear.. As we walked into the fair we saw fancy enormous elephants and a dancing monkey like you see on children movies... so i thought to myself, Hey this wont be so bad.. Wrong... We got our wrist bands and went in line for the first ride.. I almost talked myself out of going on it.. But peer pressure gets me every time! The whole time on the ride I screamed and closed my eyes like a little baby! Pathetic... Ya I am... But any who by the end of the night I learned to keep my eyes open and I ended up going on EVERY ride!! Except for the last one that I knew would put me in Cardiac Arrest if I even attempted it! So Overall the fair was so fun, and I came out of it feeling a little bit stronger towards my fear of heights!

SCHOOL!

2008-10-24T15:03:00.000-07:00

I sometimes never think that school is going to end! One week in one week out, just as things seem to be lightening up.. then always seen to get harder! This semester I am a Sophomore at ASU and I am majoring in nursing. I love what I am studying, but seriously can't wait for it to be over. One of the biggest trials I come to face while in college is stress!! I feel like when I do actually try hard for a class and study my butt off and STILL get a C or D on a test.. my world crumbles! It is almost defeating to myself to think that I could actually continue on in school.. But then I have little reminders that help me believe that I can indeed keep carrying on in my college endeavor. For instance.. Institute! I love going to institute everyday, although consequently I did sign up for the exta class to have parking (guilty) but it turns out I love having Institute. In my Teaching of the Living Prophets class we recently studied Elder Wirthlin, and one of his talks he gave in the October 2001 Conference talked about, Be the best us, and to not compare ourselves to one another. This statement alone has helped me to see that no matter if every one of my friends is doing better than I am in my classes that the Lord can indeed help me, but only if I do all that I can and then rely on him. So school although tough at times seems to have renewing faiths that help me endure my semesters!

DREAM CAR!

2008-09-19T16:23:00.000-07:00

So recently I have been having bad trouble with my car, Sally. I love Sally, she has been faithful and caring my whole 2 years of being with her. But recently Sally is going down the drain. The first problem I had was like 2 months ago, just rough shifting.. That progressed into really really rough shifting which = transmission... No Bueno.. This lead to an incident that I will never forget. I was traveling home from a friends house and I was turning right onto university from horne. As i was turning my car RANDOMLY shut off completely and went into distress, or " Lock up Mode" My car then progressed to go into the other lane of traffic, oh ya know on the other side of the road... So I pulled the wheele super hard and managed to get into the turning lane. There I shut off my car and started it again.. Then I continued on my merry way.. Odd.. Weird.. and Scary! SO now my car shuts off randomly whenever it wants. And this past week my battery totally died and I was stranded at Walgreens in the hood.. No Dad or sister to come help so my dads friend came to give me a jump... Needless to say I bawled my eyes out because I thought this was the last straw in my cars intolerableness. Sally certainly has a mind of her own. So since these recent incidents have been occurring so frequently I have been in the market of looking for a new car. My dream car.. Although may be funny to some, it is adorable to me is..

However, My dad will not let me get one... One day though I will own one, Pink even! A girl can always hope right! :)

"Oh... Ok.." "Ya You Are Welcome..." CALIFORNIA TRIP!

2008-09-04T14:49:00.000-07:00

I must say, One of my most favorite places in the world to be is in California! The weather is inexplainibly beautiful, the guys are smokin with surfing goodness, the beach is always waiting to be laid upon, and the Sun is beaming... Wanting to put a golden brown coat of wonderful on everyone! ( thats if you are not fair skinned, if so then lobster would be the color for you!) My Labor day weekend was full of fun filled happiness! Myself and three girl friends went to California for a nice get away due to the recent week of school starting back up again! And also to celebrate Labor Day with a full weekend of funness not sweatness! So of the things we did included playing Volleyball on the Beach, Shopping, Laying out, Taking TONS of pictures! :), Dinner, Tanning.. And Car RiDES! I must say this was my funnest trips of being in a car for 5 hours! I dont know if I was just loopy or tired, but I had non stop energy always in the car, from the time we left until the time we arrived home! I had some interesting pictures taken of me making awful faces too but they will no be shown here. We also listened to the same CD maybe.. oh 10 times at least! We had like theme songs for this trip along with quoted lines from a You tube video that we all think is hilarious! "EVON.. Thats a FRENCH NAME EVON.." "Oh.... OK....." "YA YOU ARE WELCOME.." "KIM BA LEE KIM BA LEE.., You got a beautiful face girl, ya you got a beautiful face!" It was so great getting away for the weekend! I love trips!

Ok so my eyes are shut to make a point. I got a black eye on this trip, Everyone said it looks like eye shadow.. I dont think i would put it on one eye only even if it was.
you cannot see it very well here, but I did get a black eye while on this trip, and it hurt! Real Bad! I got it from playing in the ocean with kylie, I went to pick her up and I tripped over the inconceiveable ocean salt water. I fell backward along with kylie, she proceeded to "accidently" elbow me in my eye. Hence creating Quazi Moto on my eye. It was super swollen the first day but now I go to school and people ask about my eyeshadow.. Oh another fact, The day after I got my creation emily hit me "accidently" once more in the SAME EYE! What luck, Amazing luck thats all I day! I love my friends!

Story about my glasses: I not only bought them because they were $5 but because I wanted to cover up Quazi! PLUS they are super AMAZING looking. I am half tempted to put my real persciption lenses in, what are your thoughts!?

Uncle Johnny

2008-08-13T09:06:00.000-07:00

I love many things in this world, some more than others but one thing I absolutely love is music. One of my favorite musicians would be this man...

This man is John Mayer. I recently attended his concert at the Cricket Pavilion on July 30, and what a show it was! I was accompanied by a group of friends who also share my love of music from this man. He is one of the most amazing guitarist I have ever heard! When he plays it sends me to a place where I never want to leave, it puts me into awe every time this man strums. It was my first real concert if you don't count my So You Think You Can Dance obsession last year, or Nsync when I was in 6th grade. By far the BEST Concert I have ever see! I plan to move to closer seats next year, Emily and I will eventually meet this man we have decided. I was super jealous when he was done playing and he took a girls camera from the front row and took a picture of himself and the crowd behind him. What I would do to have him take a picture with my camera, or have a picture with him!! All I know is that the polls are in and....

John Mayer = A protegee of amazingness that defies all other musician, and love of my music collection

So You Think You Can Dance! Yes He CAN!

2008-08-08T15:16:00.000-07:00

Joshua! Oh Joshua! One of my favorite reality television shows that just recently ended went by the name of So You Think You Can Dance! And just this past Thursday the results were in! And one of my favorites Joshua took the title of being America's Favorite Dancer. I was thrilled that he won because he was one of the most diverse dancers on the show. The judges would say he had "no training" what so ever, and then he would produce immaculate routines that a professional dancer should only be able to perform. But when I was having a conversation with one of my fellow lovers of the show we were talking about how we think its funny how they say he has no training, but in his slide show on one episode he was in a studio as a kid holding on to the ballet bar.. Training or No training... But we came to the conclusion that he did have most likely less training then some others like Katee or Will, Katee who had danced her whole life basically and Will who amazingly training with the INFAMOUS... Debbie Allen. But no matter what training or background my heart always lied with Joshua. I am so happy he won, I think he deserved it, and he did dance most of my favorite routines! I cannot wait until next year!

For the past two years I have watched this show faithfully with a group of friends. Without a doubt watching the show last year was much harder because we would only meet once a week and we would try hard to not watch the Wednesday episode, and wait until Thursday and watch BOTH!.. But this year, my craving for the show grew much more, and I think I have become a much more dedicated fan of dance. SO we so thankfully started meeting two nights a week! Wednesday and Thursday! I know for me it was always such a temptation to want to watch the show before but if no one else did I didn't want to be the one who knew everything already. So this change was one of great appreciation! Next year I hope we stay the same, if there is a next year, some of my fellow watchers are getting hitched! Which is so awesome, but it might disband the group.. or maybe bring us closer together.. Spouses = a larger group. Spouse bonding over a liked show.. Sounds good to me! But We shall See! I love so you think you can dance, and I am super excited to see what amazing dancers will come out of the wood works for next season!

My Ideal top Four:
#1: Will: The most trained and Most BEAUTIFUL dancer on the show! Got kicked off on the top 8 show. He produced one of my favorite dancer that he danced with Katee.

#2: Katee- who was also very technically trained, and did make it into the Top 4 but was kicked off second in the Finale right after Courtney.

#3 Chelsie: she was by far for me the best partner dancer on the show! She was a ballroom dancer, and I thought one episode too early. She left in the Top 6 with Mark, she had many great dances, and Was definitely a major addition to the show! One of my favorites for sure!

#4 Joshua: Of course and he won! Besides Will he was my favorite guy! And snaps to him for winning! :)

And I will always like Twitch! He was the runner up this year and although he may not be the best and most versatile dancer, his personality and character out shined all the rest. When Joshua won he went straight to him and hugged him for a good job! What a good guy! I liked him a lot, so my rating he get honorable mention!

Until Next Year!

Here Today Gone Tomorrow... And for a while..

2008-07-30T13:42:00.000-07:00

Currently being at the blissful age of 19 it is quite an adventure. Many things are changing almost instantly before my eyes. One thing I have a hard time grasping is the fact of losing friends. Losing them although for great wonderful reasons, but all else, losing someone close to me is hard. Not being able to pick up the phone, talk, and then be with them in a matter of minutes took some getting used to. Recently this year and more so this summer about 15 of my guys friends have all left on missions for the LDS Church. There are still even about 3 more still waiting to go. Now I am not one to object to missions in the least, I think they create amazing opportunites, they help and invite others to know the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And they help them grow in great strides as a person in general. But for the girls that get left behind, it makes them have to change as well. I think it gives girls like me an chance to really come into my own and find out who I am. To work on what I need to do to be a better person. Having my friends gone has been sad at times, I have shed many tears as each one of my fella's have flown the coop...(It is kind of my fault that I put myself in this situation because most of my close friends were guys). But nonetheless to know the work that they are doing for others is far more important to me than anything else.

One thing I like about having them gone is the chance for me to make new friends. This summer I have made a bunch of new friends that have helped ease this pain I was going through. Suprisingly some are about 3-4 years older than I, it is definitely a good change. They are still SUPER silly but more marture at times as well. This has also given me a chance to focus more on myself. One of my main focuses is now geared towards college and getting done as quickly as possible. Also to gain a greater testimony of my church and to grow spiritually. My friends will be spiritual giants once they return, I can't help but want to grow in the same way with them. They all have been such wonderful inspirations to me to become a better person, and to serve others more. Its so nice to have the opportunity to write each one of my buddies and see how they are doing often, and get pictures and updates. I Love my fellas.

All in all I wanted to make this tribute to my fella's out in the mission field. Continue to serve faithfully and be all you can be. I am so happy you are where the Lord needs you most and I can't to see you all again soon! Some of you in a year and a half some of you in two. Have fun and I love you all. Remember: Be Faithful and True and The Lord Will Follow Through.

HERE ARE SOME OF MY MISSIONARIES!!

ELDER BARNWELL: LONDON, ENGLAND SOUTH!

ELDER SMITH: ATLANTA, GEORGIA SPANISH

ELDER NOBLE: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SOUTH

GROUP SHOT OF ZACH, KYLIE AND COLTON AND I @ ZACHS OPEN HOUSE

ELDER WADSWORTH: DONETSK, UKRAINE (P.S. HE WOULDNT SMILE SO I PUT A PRESENTABLE PICTURE TOO.)

ELDER LEE: BRAZIL

ELDER NOBLE : OSORNO, CHILE

ELDER SOLOMAN: MONTEVIDEO, URAGUAY

ELDER PALMER: ORLANDO, FLORIDA SPANISH

ELDER JOHNSON: BARCELONA, SPAIN

ALL THE FELLA'S AT PRESTONS OPEN HOUSE INCLUDING: (L TO R)

ELDER HICKMAN: BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND

ELDER SHUMWAY: PARAGUAY!

ELDER CHAPMAN: PORTLAND, OREGON

FRIENDS YOUNG TO OLD

2008-07-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

So at work is where I spend most of my blogging time. I work in an office as a Secretary and I enjoy it very much. I think one the best things I love about it is all of the amazing people I get to meet. Its not everyday that one gets to meet an 102 year old woman, or one with Alzheimer's who asks the same repeated question about oh... 20 times and it never gets old. I love meeting these people and learning about what kind of lives they have.

Today in particular I got to meet two older women. They came in for the first time as new patients together. While they were filling out paper work I couldn't help but eavesdrop on their conversation, and asking them questions as well. One of them was 92 and the other 83. They were both widowed and were Best Friends! They live in the same area and have know each other for 40 years. Amazing! To think of having their own families and lives, having gone through deaths of husbands and still staying close as ever through every trial. These women were such an inspiration to me to keep the good friends that I have. I am so grateful to have my best friend Emily, and just looking at these women I couldn't help but picture the two of us in the same situation 70 years from now. It made me think about what I will look like when I get older, and will we stay as good of friends like these two woman?

Have you ever thought about what it will be like to be elderly? Working at my office I am faced with this question to myself almost everyday. Its kind of a cool thing though, I am scared out of my mind yes, I don't want to ever become decrypted or self reliant on someone else to take care of my needs.,. But to be at an older age and have accomplished many amazing things, that is what I am looking forward to. To have a productive life and to look back and be happy with what I have done, and to see what changes I had made in myself and helped others make in their life.

I Wanna Know, Have You Ever Seen The Rain! :)

2008-07-25T13:29:00.000-07:00

YAY FOR MEXICO!

This wonderful line came from one of the funnest places outside the U.S., Mexico! It was basically the theme song for the entire trip! Last weekend me and a bunch of my friend traveled down to another world, called Rocky Point. This was my first time going to Rocky Point and I must say I was thrilled! I had already been to Enscenata with some other friends, and that was culture shock to me! But I heard RP was a little more Americanized so I was way excited! Not to mention I was going to be partying with some of the tightest people from the AZ, So who wouldn't be thrilled! This was our amazing group! Except Chase! Who knows where he went, he is definitely a wanderer!

For the First day we just went around town and had lunch, and played on the beach! I love the beach! It has to be on the most amazing places this world can have, but this beach by our condo had killer rocks! But never fear we still had fun in the crashing waves, soft sand and ever so SALTY water! I don't think I have ever tasted that much such salt in my whole 19 years of existence. We went with fellas as well, but these were all my amazing gal pals that attended!

After the beach fun we ate some more and just played around in town. We also found this resort we snuck into and played in the pool and laid out! It was so fantastic to be in normal Non salt coated H2O!

At the amazing resort!

Eating out at lunch! Willie, Paul and I

Going out on the Second night! Me, Katelyn, Willie, Jamie and Heather

Some other fun things we did included: 

Playing Spoons! (I won!)

Riding a Banana Boat! ( Which definitely went ultra slow and When people fell off I tried to help Danie back on while like 2 other people out of 12 were on still and we made it tip! Bad move on me! Whoops!)

Watching Step up 2! (I fell asleep, so it must not have been that thrilling!)

Singing with this Hispanic guy at Dinner one night ( which inspired "I wanna know, have you ever seen the RAIN!)

And of course the Fabulous Car Rides! Heather and I rode with Brock and Chase, and It was so fun getting to know them! We had the Cool Car! On the way home we played the voice game and we played two truths and a lie. We also told funny stories and got to know one another with some confessions attached! Heather likes to cross her eyes and cant bend her back, and Brock is an amazing liar! And I told Brock the first time I met him I thought he was Really super mean.. Sorry Brock! That has all changed now! :)

This is Chase, Brock, Jordan, and Taylor ( our fellas and Brothas on the trip)

(not pictured is Paul and Cameron, sorry boys you arn't cool unless you got a brotha!)

It was so fun being in Mexico, I love get aways and I love getting to know people better! I could not have asked for a better time! I want to go back! Thanks to everyone that who was in attendance, you made this trip what it was!

VIVA LA MEXICO!

Starting New!

2008-07-17T13:49:00.000-07:00

I am so very excited to be back in the blogging world. I used to have a blog.. Once a blue moon ago. But I was not faithful in keeping it updated. I would see such beautiful blogs with devout blog owners and I simply did not feel worthy. This a second attempt to be better than I was before. I thought what a more perfect time to begin blogging again then in the summer. So many fun adventures and new things beginning, why not share what I am doing. Lets see if I can stay up on my own challenge to myself.

This is a very weird time of life for me right now. With my second year of college begging in less than a month so many things are going to be coming at me in the near future. I am looking forward to change and welcoming it with open arms. If you read my blog I hope you enjoy it, and if you don't that is OK too! Enjoy :0)