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!! :)

Hi, My name is Clumsy.

Okay, so there's this really cute guy that lives in my apartment complex. And ever since I met him I've just continued to embarrass myself since I met him. It's been mostly little things so far but yesterday was probably the worst!

Alright, here's my tell all session. So I was at work and I was the only cashier open doing  purchases so needless to say I had quite the line. I was going through the line as quickly as I possibly could. I was almost to the point that I could see some light at the end of the tunnel when I looked up to ask a question to my current customer and I say this guy...we'll call him Brian...was standing next in my line.

I immediately started to turn red and my hands were shaking...I was a nervous wreck and I hadn't even talked to him yet. So I went to swipe the guys card and missed. Then when I looked up to ask him if he wanted a bag (after finally getting his card swiped) Brian was waving at me.

                                                                     

I turned even more red and when I went to put this kid's stuff in a bag I somehow missed the bag. All of his stuff went all over the floor and I had to chase hit water bottle around on the floor. When I finally got all of his stuff in the bag and handed the bag to him I was apologizing profusely! Brian was sitting there laughing hysterically and laughs even harder when the poor kid, after this whole episode says, "I didn't know I could have that affect on women!" followed shortly by "What time do you get off?"

I discreetly avoided his question and continued to help the line. Thankfully I didn't embarrass myself any further that day!

All Moved in!

So I am officially moved in! It's been a long couple days, but they have been great!

Brenna wasn't exactly the happiest with me.

Porter was excited that we could now actually have a "texting relationship"

Mom was great with helping me get everything settled!

Last night Katie decided that she wanted to slide down the stairs in a box!

All of our clothes actually fit with room to spare!

Our beds are really comfy!

Oh and this was my dinner tonight...got it all cooked and realized I didn't have Ketchup or fry sauce...I improvised with Salad dressing....It actually tasted pretty good!

All Packed

I packed up everything (I hope) that I need. I move on Monday and it's all ready to go...it's weird. Oh and in the pictures below please ignore the mess...I was packing! Haha :)

Porter helped me pack everything.

I did try to pack Brenna though, she didn't fit.

Last Race

My Grandpa Craig was a pretty amazing person from what I've heard. He was certainly dearly loved by his family. He died at the young age of 44 in the process of getting a heart transplant due to cardiomyopothy. My mother was pregnant with me and had just moved into her new house. My sister had known my grandpa in this life and has fond memories of him.

Every year (including the year he died) they have ridden a memorial horse race for him in Malad. Today was the last race. I have enjoyed being able to go to them and remember him on the race track. He loved horses and goodness knows I do enjoy a good race.  Here are some pictures of the race and of him.

Grandpa and some of his favorite things. His Chevy truck, his horses, and the pirates.

One of the horses that was chillin' in the shade.

Brenna and I after Grandpa's race.

Grandma's house

A pretty flower that I really liked!

"The best way to have Heaven in your Home is to have someone you love in Heaven."

Grandpa Craig is the one in the back.

  

Jockey warming up.

"And they're off!"

Almost to the finish! The 6 horse won. With the appropriate name "The Widow maker"

I'm sad that after such a good run that it's over but I think it was very well done. I hope that Grandpa would be proud of who I am!

Ma'am and Last Day

Okay, so last night after work I stopped at WalMart on my way home as I was walking out a guy that I just graduated with said to me "Have a good day Ma'am." Really? Ma'am? I went to school with this kid. He sat by me at graduation! Goodness!

If you can't tell I was irked by it! Anyways...

Today is my last day working for America First Credit Union. It really quite sad. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with the company and wish it had lasted a little longer. I love all the people that I worked with and will miss them so much! But I am up for change.

                                                               


I start work at USU Bookstore on Monday and am excited to be able to work on campus. But I will be frequenting Maceys to say hello to all of my friends there.

I'm excited to start my new job and get to know some new people! I'm going to really start packing up my room this week! 9 days!!!

Wanna Hear Something Kinda Weird?

Well I'll just dive right in.Well I don't know if you read it but in April I told you about a dream of mine. It had to do with getting engaged. Well since that dream (which was the exact same for 36 days...yes I counted cause it kind of freaked me out a little...) I have had at least one dream a week about getting engaged. It is so weird and Kind of freaking me out a little.


So last night had another dream about getting engaged. Basically I told my roommates they all freaked, my now fiance came to get me (We were going to go to my parents house and share the news with my siblings) and my roommates were way excited and hugged he and I. Then we got to my parents house told my siblings and it all fell apart. 


My sister Brenna (in the above picture) started bawling and telling me that I was an awful person for getting married and leaving her with our family. My brother Porter punched my fiance in the nose. 





And my big sister Kaitlyn was too shocked to say anything. My parents just smiled said congratulations and shoved us out the door. Not exactly the type of reactions a girl would think to find huh? 


Yep it was weird alright. Personally I blame all the people that have told me that Old Farm is where students live if they want to get married for these dreams. I mean goodness knows it's not going to actually happen! :D


P.S. Convenient picture to have eh? It's for the photo journal Brenna and I started. It represents one of the nights that we talked about the remote possibility of me getting married anytime soon. If you can't tell, this topic seems to come up a lot in my life.

College prep!

Okay, so I'm a really lucky girl and have the best family ever! My big sister Kaitlyn is graduating from Utah State this December in Elementary Education. She's going to be a great teacher. I feel like such a slacker...but for graduation she put together a "college survival kit" for me. I finally took pictures of it all. 

She spent a lot of time putting it all together for me and even took the time to write a cute little note with all of it! She's the greatest.

Dish Cloth

Chap Stick...Don't know what I'll need that for! ;)

Dryer Sheets, I liked her subtlety in this one :D

Paperclips, stapler and tape

Sandwich bags

Vegetable Peeler

Can Opener

Windex...sorry it's sideways

Scissors

Bag clips

Oven Mits. It says, "For when you're "feelin' the heat""

...highlighter

Grater

Sticky Notes!

Campus map and Shuttle schedule!

Yeah...it's a tatoo...I'm totally going to need this.

Mixing bowl and rubber Scraper. It Says "To mix things up when you're feeling down."

Needless to say she did pretty amazing with all of this. She said these were all things that she didn't think of needing until she had moved into her apartment and needed them. I was so excited to go through it and see the variety of things.

In preparation of moving out my mom has also put together some things for me as well. And my grandma gave me really, really nice pots and pans! I have a great family, have I mentioned that already?