moving savannah/longboarding

So Savannah has a lot of stuff..

and We moved it twice in 4 days...
it was a good time..
Thanks for the incredible help guys...
for anyone who was wondering ... Ben and Kendall are amazing.

our AMAZING team. THANKS GUYS!!!

Savannah's stuff. (part of it)

Longboarding afterwards..

Kendall

Ben and Kendall Doritos... YUM!

The Stout Family.

Savannah!Supporting the team :]

and Lived to tell about it..

So this post is about my friends that i will never forget.

take home message: I met Benjamen Lee and Christopher Fred and lived to tell about it.

Let me tell you something.. This past semester, these two boys have been our best friends. it all started with me asking Ben and Chris to teach me snowboarding... and these fools actually agreed. I don't think they knew what they were getting into, but they did, and that started our friendship. so after bowling, movies, snowboarding/skiing, hello yogurts, sensuous sandwiches, and post ward prayer parties, (especially the food)... we're really good friends. So i just want to say Thanks.

KATIE, Ben and Chris... You're great. I love you guys.
peacE.

(the only group picture from the whole semester)

Super American.

So basically I'm super American. let me tell you what.

I probably couldn't sing all the verses to all those patriotic songs, or tell you whether the first stripe on the flag is red or white, but I DO attend great American sporting events...

BASEBALL for example, is GREAT, and it makes me feel American. so basically, what I'm trying to say, is that I went to a baseball game.

and Here are the Pictures:

AHHH... can you just feel the american pride. :]

Savannah and I

Halie and Kendall
Ben and I

Katie and I (and ben)

Halie and I

Good times.

"Oh Gosh am I Depressed!"

i almost forgot!! I finally saw the GOONIES for the first time all the way through! it was a little scary at some parts, but for a pansy like me, it was pretty good. the only reason i sat through it [other than i was too tired to move] was because of the best character EVER. CHUNK. he was absolutely hysterical! Best part ever is when he says, "Oh Gosh am I Depressed!" followed by spraying a massive amount of whipped cream into his mouth.. It's the best thing EVER. and i can't find a clip of it online... so go watch the movie and look for that! it's in the first 1/2 hour of it.

here are a few of my other favorite lines (courtesy of IMBD.com)

Chunk: Listen, okay? You guys'll never believe me. There was two cop cars, okay? And they were chasing this four-wheel deal, this real neat ORV, and there were bullets flying all over the place. It was the most amazing thing I ever saw!
Mikey: More amazing than the time Michael Jackson come over to your house to use the bathroom.
Brandon Walsh: More amazing than the time you saved those old people from that nursing home fire, right?
Mouth: Yeah, and I bet it was even more amazing than the time you ate your weight in Godfather's pizza, right?
Chunk: Okay, Brand. Michael Jackson didn't come over to my house to use the bathroom. He was about to. But his sister did.
**************
Chunk: You guys, I'm hungry. I know when my stomach growls there's trouble.
**************
[the Fratellis are interrogating Chunk]
Francis Fratelli: Tell us everything! Everything!
Chunk: Everything. OK! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out... But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life.
Jake Fratelli: I'm beginning to like this kid, Ma!

Especially Flowers

So for Easter Weekend I went with Ben to visit his family in KANAB. (Yes, it's a real place..)
Kanab is just about an hour southeast of St. George, UT. inbetween Bryce canyon, Zion's National Park, Lake powell and the Grand Canyon (as shown on the map above) :]
It was such a fun weekend. I met his family, who just happen to be amazing.. (just like him) and I got to explore the biddy town of kanab. It was a fun filled weekend of "Don't Eat Pete!", roasting marshmallows/hot dogs over the fire after a hike up something called "squaw trail".. (Yes, i actually used more energy than normal to go on an actual hike) :] We also went to moqui cave to see a friend and learn about the dinosaurs tracks in Southern Utah. (definitely a must see for kanab). and we also were able to hear his brother tom play the bagpipes.. it was soo cool.

He is such a stud for even owning bagpipes... but like everything, it's a work in progress..
Despite all the cool things we did with his family and around town... this was one of the most hilarious things to me..

the greatest EARTH on SHOW... it WAS beautiful.. but this sign still makes me laugh. ESPECIALLY the dedication portion of the monument..

Appreciation and Adoration for ALL growing things...
[Favorite part] "...YOUNG WOMEN and ESPECIALLY FLOWERS" FLOWERS??? REALLY? that just makes me laugh. b/c you know Jana Deen Slade Ott is a super cute old lady that loved all those things.. but overall, she loved FLOWERS the most. just cute/hilarious.
Kinda sad that the only picture of the two of us is in the CAR on the trip back to provo.. oh well.

Thanks for a great time Ben.

why mEn play voLLeybaLL..

So for the longest time i never knew why men played volleyball... now i do. I thought it was weird and gross that grown men played what i thought was a "woman's sport"... now i don't. I would be so annoyed when millions upon millions of bYu volleyball fans would come to jamba before the games... now i don't [b/c i am one of those people.]

the answer to my life altering question is simply this... men play volleyball for two reasons.
REASON NUMBER ONE- for themselves. they enjoy the game, being competitive, getting to hit something without getting into trouble, the exercise and other reasons similar to the ones listed..
REASON NUMBER TWO- they play for us. the fans. i mean come on. ridiculously good looking guys that are super tall and athletic... who wouldn't be a fan?? ;)

here are a few pictures from my FIRST and so far only volleyball game that men played in.. i look forward to the day when men's BEACH volleyball becomes a collegiate sport. I'd support the cause. :]

Savannah and I Supporting the cause.

the Cause:the rest of the girls supporting the cause. :]

is the pain really worth it? part 2.

Sooo...... Like i said, the pain IS really worth it.. yes, i went snowboarding again. it took me two months to recover from it (mentally more than physically) and then on the drive up there i realized i was NOT fully recovered mentally. even though i had a cute boy to help me out... i was still scared out of my mind and didn't want to go. i was sooo ready to just sit in the lodge all night and support the team.. so, like good team mates, they didn't let me support them by watching, they made me support by actually snowboarding. so, instead of having zero pictures like last time, we have ONE crappy picture.. Enjoy.



Thanks Gina, Katie, Ben and Chris for helping me suck it up and deal with it. I had a GREAT time! ( i will never be scared again... maybe.)

Wanna Buy A Beef Stick??

So during my recent trip to california, my brother (who is on the drumline for his high school) was selling beefsticks for a fundraiser... ALL week, i kept hearing, "Wanna buy a beef stick?" at the most RANDOM times..

brushing my teeth at midnight.. "Wanna buy a beef stick?"
trying to do laundry.. "Wanna buy a beef stick?"
painting emma's nails.. "Wanna buy a beef stick?"
doing my hair.. "Wanna buy a beef stick?"

THIS IS A BEEF STICK:


NO. i don't want to buy a beef stick... and then, once he bought a beef stick for himself, he let me try a bite... hmmm, maybe i should buy a beef stick.. they're not too bad.. and right when the words left my mouth, "hey, i wanna buy a beef stick." he said, "sorry, sold out."

it was ridiculous. i did save a dollar though because riley is a fatty and ate them all himself.

Superfans

Superfan: (n) nickname for WATERPOLO enthusiast.

that's right. WATERPOLO enthusiasts. that is what we are. Katie, Ben and I are waterpolo superfans. we watched over 4 games this semester... and although that might not seem like a lot, it is. and we LOVED it.

So this first picture is of Katie, Ben and I at my friend Savannah's waterpolo match.

This is of Savannah kicking trash...

And this is of the game...

the best part about the waterpolo games was getting in trouble for taking pictures... they told us to stop taking them b/c we don't have the consent of the other people in the pictures... but lucky for us we have the ability to blur the faces of them as to not revel their true identity. :] no need to thank me..
all in all.. great season savannah. we love you and can't wait for next season! [and by we i mean me]

"That's Some Good Crap Right There."

so i've been meaning to post recently... but i just haven't been in the mood to blog. I have a feeling that when i get to california on friday (i'm going to california on friday if you didn't know...) i might have more to say.. i have the past month to catch everyone up on... but i just want to write a great blog that makes you say, "that is some good crap right there.."

Is that too much to ask?

SO... Hopefully soon, i will be ready to post some good crap.
I've got over 30 pictures from the past 5 weeks and hilarious stories to tell you, but i just want you to feel like you've really gotten something out of this good crap that is to come... so hopefully it will be worth the wait. and if it's not... be sure to keep in mind, it's just crap.

**sorry to anyone offended by the word crap. i feel that with my well paid for higher education i have the freedom to use such profound words such as "crap."**

*TEASER PHOTO* (is that what people call these..? Just notice the blurred faces in this picture)
Like i said... good crap to come. :] start getting excited.