Because I can..

27 random questions

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
- Wow, I look really tired and scary... let's fix that.. wait I'm too lazy.

2. How much cash do you have on you?
-Around $40

3. What's a word that rhymes with "DOOR?"
-MORE!

4. Favorite planet?
-er.... Saturn!

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?
My very bestest friend Kelly Ann Hyde

6. What is your favorite ring on your phone?
-Bicycle Race by Queen! yeah!

7. What shirt are you wearing?
-Plain white boring t-shirt

8. Do you "label" yourself?
-.. try not to, depends on the day

9. Name the brand of your shoes you're currently wearing?
-bare feet baby! As always:)

10. Bright or Dark Room?
-Bright!! That's why my room has all 5 walls painted different bright colors!


13. What were you doing at midnight last night?
-Uh... watching a movie!

14. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?
-It snowed!! I went Sledding!! -Alyssa Barker

15. Where is your nearest 7-11?
-1,000's of miles across the ocean!!!

16. What's a word that you say a lot?
MEOW!!

17.Who told you he/she loved you last?
-The last person to say that to my face was.. my friend Lucy

18. Last furry thing you touched?
-Furry? Probably my little stray cat friend that hangs outside of my dorm who I named Sophie :)

19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days?
-I've finally gone clean!

20. How many rolls of film do you need developed?
-zip,zero, nada

21. Favorite age you have been so far?
-....Seven! Yes! I loved being a little kid!

22. Your worst enemy?
-The alarm clock

23. What is your current desktop picture?
-Picture of my sister, my cousin, and I all hugging

24. What was the last thing you said to someone?
-meow..

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be?
-ability to fly of course!

26. Do you like someone?
-um... ya know I did until I found out they were MARRIED! That was a bit of a turn off ha ha

27. The last song you listened to?
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas songs! :)

Pinapples and Hula skirts

Aloha! I am finally updating my blog! Here's a few of the adventures I've been having in Hawaii. Of course I can't upload them all on here, but if you want to see all of them they are on my facebook in my Aloha Hawaii album! I love it here and can't believe how lucky I am to be here!
This is my dorm room! It's deathly hot, but I love it anyway!
This is my roommate Sami and I at Pearl Harbor a few weeks ago. It was so amazing to see! I had never been there before so I quite enjoyed the experience
My bestest friend Andrea came to visit me last week and oh the fun we had! I was so happy to have a friend from home! This is us after cliff jumping into a pond on one of my favorite hikes in Laie!
This is a cliff at one of my favorite beaches called Waimea Beach. It's a super fun beach and this cliffs are great! Last time we went the waves were massive! I couldn't believe it!


This is a group of friends I went to Waimea with! I can't believe the cultural diversity here! It's amazing. Most of the people in this picture are white, but BYUH has students from 70 different countries! I love it!
This is me attempting to climb a Palm tree! Ha ha it was REALLY hard! But I had fun anyway!

This are two are my good friends here, Lauren and Jeffereson. We were hiking Laie Falls! It's gorgeous!

My adorable roommate Sami and I. We wear flowers in our hair everyday :) I love it! I have a Plumeria tree outside my window that I pick flowers from everyday

Well there's some of my adventures! Hawaii is amazing and I love it here! I have many more adventures planned, but no worries I'm still studying hard....... kinda.... Aloha for now!

Aloha!

The time has finally come for me to move to Hawaii! I can't believe it has come and yet here I sit dying of heat in my dorm room in Hawaii! The journey here was quite the adventure so I thought I would update you all on the fun! So my flight left yesterday morning. We had two layovers.. one in Boise and one in Seatle and then we flew to Honolulu. I know it makes no sense, but it was the cheapest flight so I didn't care. On the first flight to Boise my flipflop decides to break. I have no clue how you manage to break your shoe when you are sitting down, but I did. I was left shoeless for the rest of the journey. My roommate Sami and I were on the same flight together and we both had SOOO much luggage! We looked like complete morons walking to the airports laughing and dropping all our luggage while trying to walk. People kept looking at me like I was diseased for walking around 3 different airports in my barefeet. I'll tell you what, those airport floors are DISGUSTING! We tried going down the escalator with our luggage and I was laughing too hard to be able to stop mine from falling. Sami accidently dropped hers as well but at the top of the escalator and had to go running back up the escalator to try to grab her bag. We eventually made it to Honolulu at ten at night and magically found our shuttle and somehow got even more luggage over to the car. We got to our dorms and we were starving!! There's no nearby Walmart or anything so the only thing we could find was McDonalds which happened to be closed besides the drive thru. Obviously we don't have a car so we tried to walk through the drive thru. It didn't work out so well. We eventually found food and crashed in our beds. We spent the day today wondering around campus and playing in the ocean. It's beautiful here and I love it. I'm finally settled in and ready to start class! I live in a small like hovel like bedroom with a public bathroom and shower down the hall for our use. It's weird. It's bloody hot here and there's no air conditioners so I just sit and die of heat but I'll get used to it! I will post pictures of the new dorm and my adventures so far. The people here are great and I can't wait to start making new friends! It's really different here and it will take some time to get used to it, but I can't believe how blessed I am to be here.The best part is the people here walk around in their barefeet all the time! I'm no longer the only person to walk around public places barefoot! It's great! I can't wait to start the adventure!

Inspiration..

Every once in a while I find something that I know will inspire me for years to come and often I find that inspiration in books. I just read a book called Led By Faith. It's a sequel to Left To Tell which is the MOST amazing book I've ever read. This book talks about a woman's experience during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. What a terrifying display of human suffering, yet there is beauty and love found in this tragedy and this woman's faith will forever touch my heart. I couldn't help but post some of my favorite quotes from this book. Perhaps it will inspire you as much as it uplifts and inspires me..

But my entire family is gone! Whom can I love now?
Go back into the world and find someone to bless with that same type of love. Give it to someone who has no love at all, such as the homeless, the sick, or the orphaned. Look for the beauty of God in the eyes of a little boy or girl. Find a child whose heart has been shattered, and give him or her some happiness. Remember, all love begins with a smile.
Immaculee Ilibagiza, Led By Faith, p.37

…when we suffer a loss too great to bear, our hearts and minds are open to miracles…
Immaculee Ilibagiza, Led By Faith, p.76

Hatred, anger, mistrust, and fear enter our lives every day in a thousand different ways. We’re all wounded by these evils, but we can all be healed through the power of love and forgiveness—a power readily available to all of us when we have faith.
Immaculee Ilibagiza, Led By Faith, p.192

Faith is a living thing that must be nurtured every day through prayer, kindness, and acts of love. It will lead us through our darkest days and restore love and light to even the most troubled soul in the most dire of circumstances.
Immaculee Ilibagiza, Led By Faith, p.192

She lived with pain, but she also lived with hope. She had faith that God would make each day better than the last, and that was the beginning of happiness.
Immaculee Ilibagiza, Led By Faith, p.196

If the evil that was unleashed here could be conquered with love, where could evil not be conquered? If the hearts of Rwanda could be healed through forgiveness, then what heart couldn’t?
Immaculee Ilibagiza, Led By Faith, p.200

Summer o' fun!

Wow it has been such a fun summer and I have failed to write about any of it! I can't believe August is already here and I leave in a month for Hawaii!! AHH!! This summer I have done my best to fill each and every moment with fun! Here are some pictures of some of the adventures I have had this summer, including random hikes and 4 in the morning, Dancing until one in the morning every night, nannying the cutest kids on the planet, boating every weekend, and much much more!

Sending Rachel off on her mission to the New York, New York Spanish speaking mission! Good luck bud! :) She'll be great!
This is the cute little girl named Breelyn that I babysit for my summer job. We have so much fun! I just adore her!
Hiking Angel's landing with my family! It was such a fun hike!
I went to New York City with my best friend in the world Kelly! We had so much fun! This is us in Times Square. What a blast! Love ya Kell!


Here is Andrea and I about to go boating! We have WAY too much fun together!


Four-wheeling up at the cabin every weekend with my cute little dog Mooshie!!

I couldn't help but put a picture of my cute little cat Bum up here. This is probably his last summer seeing as he looks diseased and he's only half alive. I just love BUM!!

Summer is great! I'll be sure to post more pictures of my adventures later.. but I'm too lazy to do more now :) Enjoy!

For My Bestest Buddy..

I know two blogs in a week.. crazy! But I promised my little buddy I would show her pictures of my most recent mud wrestling fight. It's been raining all week which is rare for Utah! It's been great! I texted everyone in my phone to go mud wrestling and only two people could go.. shame. But it was a blast anyways! Little buddy, just imagine yourself right in this picture all covered in mud with us :) I would somehow edit you in there, but I don't know how, so you get to use your imagination! I love you dearly and am SO SO SO excited for you to come home and play with me! Enjoy!

I found other mud wrestling pics and couldn't help but put them on also.. man we've had some good times! :)

There's many many more just not on my computer at this moment :)

Road to Insanity

Sometimes my life can be really interesting. On Saturday my sister insisted that I drive down to Sandy to pick her up from her friends house and I reluctantly agreed as long as it didn't take too long.. yeah right. The drive down was okay.. it only took about an hour to get there although I'm not gonna lie I was in quite a bad mood by the time I did. Then as we start heading back up I realized my hopes of getting anything done that day would be dashed. Traffic was horrendous! I don't know if any of you have had the chance to drive northbound on I-15 but they closed off the entire freeway. Rachel and I were stuck in stand still traffic for 3 hours. Obviously we had to find new ways of entertaining ourselves. We began to dance like crazy people. Rachel got out her makeup bag and we began to draw on each others faces with eyeliner. We made each other each have a huge unibrow, a mustash and a beard. That combined with our insane dancing and singing at the top of our lungs with the windows down was plenty of entertainment for those around us. Suddenly I realized I had to go to the bathroom and could no longer hold it. We were no where near an exit and it would be at least an hour before the next one. I saw no other option but going in the bushes! I made Rachel switch into the driver seat while the car was still moving through traffic. I ran out of the car and dodged the slow moving cars to get to the side of the road. I hopped over the barrier and into a bunch of long cat tails. Obviously every car on that strip of freeway saw me go into the bushes and they all knew what I was doing. The bushes were full of mud and I came out covered in mud, with a big grin on my now hairy looking face. I ran back into the car where Rachel sat laughing uncontrollably. Needless to say the cars around us were giving us all kinds of looks, but I think we may have brightened their day by entertaining them while stuck in traffic. Just to make matters worse Rachel and I decided to go to IHOP before we went home because we were starving from all that dancing in the car. We went into IHOP with unibrows, mustaches, and beards and I was covered in mud. The waitress avoided eye contact with us and the looks we got were priceless. Although I spent 4 hours just driving on Saturday I have to say it was quite the adventure!