A Funeral and A Wedding

Life is so nuts all of the time. But I am convinced of one thing after this past week. It's true when they say that the good die young. My friend Allisa passed away in January, which was hard enough but at least we saw it coming. Last Wednesday, June 20, our family friend and close friend to my little brother, KJ Harrison was killed unexpectedly while at scout camp. He was 16 years old.

I know that both of these amazing people are in a better place now and that as Dumbledore said I should not  "pity the dead, but the living." But it's still hard. I'm really  worried for Porter...he's having a rough time with it. But I think he'll be okay.

                                                              \The wedding is July 21st!

Other than the occasional traumatic news of my life...Oh and one fantastic piece of news, my sister Kaitlyn's GETTING MARRIED!!!!! (coming soon! July 21, 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Denton Call)...my life consists of working and wedding plans.

Kaitlyn and my soon-to-be Brother-in-law Denton

Although today while driving with my brother I was a bit shocked when he turned to me and said, "Taylor, you need to put yourself out there. You need to get married this year."  I can honestly say that I didn't know what to say to the kid! I mean come on, you can't just throw something like that at me! Haha, but apparently I don't flirt, I already knew about my lack of dates that he so conveintly pointed out to me...ah well. Life is what it is and you just take what you can get from it I suppose. :)

Where Does The Time Go?!

Wow, I feel like a hamster in one of those wheels some days...did you know that on average a hamster will run three miles a day in one of those things! Wow, better than I could!

The new semester has begun, I have my first test of this semester tomorrow hopefully they'll go alright. Work is still fantastic, I get to see so many different people every day! Speaking of work! I'm hoping to go and work in Alaska for the summer, so psyched about that!!

I'm headed to my little brother's State swim meet this weekend, I think he'll probably do pretty well for himself. It will be good to drive down with Kaitlyn and talk to her! Oh Kaitlyn got hired as a first grade teacher in December. She is loving her career and the kids love her just as much. She definitely knew what she was doing when she decided to go into Elementary Education.

Brenna is as crazy as ever! It's always so much fun when she's around. It's so weird to me to see how much she's matured in the past little while! She is becoming a beautiful young lady. I am so grateful that she is my sister and that she feels so comfortable in talking to me about anything.

In December, a couple of my roommates and I went to Temple Square to see the lights! :) It was so much fun to be there with them and we all had a pretty good time!

Me and Kacee (Who is now in South America having a great time!) 

Kendra and I

Kait and me :)

I was shocked to get this with my camera! :)

Um, so I don't know if you'll recall but last year the dream that I had over and over again? Well I met my new home teacher on Sunday and he just so happens to look just like the guy from said dream. Needless to say I freaked out for the hour that he was here and then some!

Well I hope all is well out there!

Allisa

I need to tell you about an amazing young woman I have had the privilage of knowing. Her name is Allisa. She is a beautiful girl that I graduated with from high school. She has never ceased to amaze me with her positive outlook on life and her determination to make everything the best.

Allisa is in her second bout with cancer, and it isn't looking good. Honestly it looks like she will soon be going home to her Heavenly Father. I will miss her ever bright outlook in my life and the affect she has had on my perspective. But maybe that's why she is here, to help me have a positive look on everything that comes my way.  If you want, you can learn more about her story at hopeforallisa.com

That's all I really wanted to say.

The Season of Joy

I love USU. And everything about it, and extremely high on my list of loves for this university; basketball.
We played BYU tonight. Is there a more wonderful way to open the season of joy than beating that school down South? I think Not!!! 69-62. You made my wish come true!

                                   

                                       

A Beautiful Day in Logan

So on Tuesday Brenna didn't have school. Instead of going to my one class (we were just reviewing the test that I did pretty well on) I went and partied her. But it all started with a walk through Logan. I finally got some new batteries for my camera so I took a few pictures. We'll start with last week, and work our way up shall we? :)

It began with Brenna's all USU Birthday! I think this is the coolest cake ever!

We had a picnic on Old Main and went to the game.

Dad had his camera too :)

Overlooking the island

The beautiful clear skies after a down pour of rain

My dear sister Brenna. She's one of my best friends and I love spending time with her.

As I drove back up to my apartment I noticed how much the temple stuck out against the black sky, I had to take a picture :)

This Is War

Alright, well as you can tell by the title I am in the middle of a war! It all started when we pranked Brian's apartment. I'm pretty sure I told you about that. Well they got me back last Wednesday! My roommate was fraternizing with the enemy and let them know when I would be home. I ended the night with a guy in a dog suit throwing a plate of whipped cream in my face. It was so funny!

                                                    

We laughed until I got it in my eye...then I cried a little. But we had to get them back somehow!! We came up with a plan and executed it at 2am Saturday morning. We tied their door shut. It was pretty legit.

Then on Sunday we were all going on a "family" walk The rope was sitting their so invitingly so we happily went over to tie the door shut again. We were almost done when two of his roommates opened the door. Little did they know that they would only be able to open it like 4 inches. They were locked in for a good 15 minutes.

                                                                                 

Since Saturday we've been on edge, just waiting. We have taken to keeping our door locked at ALL times. Somehow though tonight they still got in and they stole my mattress. But don't worry I found it. They had hidden it at my neighbors house. :)

It's time for a counter attack! Got any ideas?

Life is Good!

Oh man! So since I last talked to you it feels like a million days have flown by. I know that's not true but it's just insane to me how quickly time goes by.

So remember the guy I was telling you about? Well my roommate and I went and pranked his apartment the other night. It was pretty great, not gonna lie. We got Tinkerbell stickers and a Tinkerbell poster and pink streamers and put them all over their door and porch. It was so much fun, except for when some guy that didn't live there snuck up on us and scared us to death.But we got it done. They even left it up :)

We did it on Sunday night. Yesterday was a pretty rough day, but it was made suddenly better when at work a different guy that I know came in just to talk to me! Pretty much I didn't really stop smiling after that. Then I went to our stake FHE and guess who was there?! Both of these guys are apparently in my stake. I played football with Brian and then talked to my other friend for like half an hour before my roommates wanted to leave.

But it gets better!!! Today I was at work and I was late getting off (again) but I didn't mind too much because who do I see come in? Brian! he came up and asked me about a shirt and then later bought it when I was getting ready to leave. He ended up walking with me part of the way to my class. Oh man! Now if only I would get a date!! :)