The BIG 2-0!!!!

So I turned 20 this year....it was a great birthday I only had one class, Ansley brought me breakfast and spent the morning with me, had lunch with Stephanie, had an awesome birthday bike ride with Marjorie, Allie, and Sam, went to Cragio's with my awesome party goers, and played glow stick tag after getting lost on a dirt road and treating my buick like an suv. She was really dirty after the muddy trail and all the puddles and it took a couple of baths to get her clean. It was the best birthday I could of asked for and it ended with cake....the best way to end a party.

Marjorie my roommate decorated for my birthday....I am just posing with my decorations....I didn't know my roommates Stephanie was also posing, she is so crazy.

So funny....I love you Stephie.

Me blowing out my candles!

So I had the 19 candles from my last birthday and didn't ever use them....so I sort of reused them this year but just added one candle. So if you are confused at how old I turned this year it is twenty...don't be deceived by the candles.
The next day I celebrated with my family by going to The Proposal and getting my new beach cruizer bike. We went to eat at Mongian Grill one of my favorite resturaunts....it was an awesome birthday. I even had a date to end Saturday night with....those who are in on the joke Merilee Moody is the perfect name to describe me.

Summer Semester Memories

To end the semester we went to Jennifer's wedding which was at my favorite temple: Manti. I had to take a couple of pictures of this beautiful temple and enjoyed actually going inside this time and doing a couple of baptisms.

It was a beautiful day...perfect for a wedding. I am sad to say I was too busy taking talking instead of taking pictures of the bride so I have no documentation of that.

Me and my roommates were rebels and went to the midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Me and Marjorie are just documenting the couple of hours we spent in the theatre waithing for the movie to start....it was a hour late of course and we ended up getting home at 4 am.....just in time to go to school at 8: 30am the same morning.

We went to Trolley Square the weekend we were in Utah for Jennifer's wedding to my favorite resturaunt The Old Spagetti Factory. Don't worry it was delicious!

Just documenting the experience in the tunnel... Me and Ansley

Dad, Mom, TJ, and Ansley...

Again at the Harry Potter movie...you can tell it has been a long time waiting.

Stephanie and I are super excited....yeah Harry Potter!

Caitlin and Stephie....

This is our eternal family of FHE....we can be together forever. Thanks to Melanie and Jordan and their awesome pond me and my fhe family were able to have a great end of the semester party. They loved the pond especially the zip line! We all took a turn and didn't want to leave by the time the night was over. Thanks again Melanie and Jordan...Your are the best!

The FHE sisters withe the brothers ruining the picture....what is new?

Another one...girls being girls.

Me on the zip line....it was kinda scary but worth it. Thanks brothers for pulling us all up over and over again...you are amazing.

The crew...Marjorie (carmel), Me (vanilla), and Tay Tay (chocolate)....perfect for each other.

Up close and personal on Marjorie and her hot dog...she didn't want me to take her picture but I did anyway....so great.

Yeah....

Me and Tay Tay...so happy together forever as brother and sister!

Best crew faces

Marjorie, the hot dog, and me. I heart hot dogs!

One of my favorite things I did this semester was my roommate Marjorie and I went to the gardens to watch a movie and ate ice cream....yeah we are cool and don't have boyfriends so we have fun without them....but the sprinklers came on and we had to run from them. It was an adventure in Rexburg, Idaho. That is hard to come by so it was a memorable moment.

For our ward party we went to Eagan Lakes. It is by the Sand dunes but has water with the sand....hence the Eagan Lakes. We had to walk through the water to get to where the party was at so we wrapped our towels around our neck to keep them out of the water. We modeling walking throught the sand part of our journey.

Marjorie and I in the creepy waters of Eagan Lakes...ask Marjorie who was freaked out by the reeds. It was funny watching her freak out but it also made me freak out.

Our set up at Eagan lakes....we made our own beach chairs out of sand....pretty crafty if you ask me.

It was beautiful...just me posing in front of the great scenery.

Marjorie and I in the park.....just enjoying the Rexburg sun that only exists 3 months out of the year....yeah it is awesome.

My roommates and I taking a crazy picture.

My awesome roommates summer semester or I should say spring semester: Marjorie, Caitlin, Jesssica, and Stephanie.

Mom came up for Mother's weekend, we went and got pedicure, manicures, facials, went house shopping, and much more. Just a few pictures to document after church before the weekend was over.Thanks mom for the great weekend....I loved having you up here.

Bring on the Home Cooking

Some cream puffs...modeled by my lovely roommate Marjorie

My proudest creation...my apple pie! Oh...modeled by Marjorie (again) and her sister Allison

Homemade noodles modeled by my mother...so lovely.

My rolls....for some reason the yeast did something werid and it tasted like it might of fermented....don't worry we didn't eat them...

This was my wrap thing....I made a peach wrap with cream cheese, peaches, and cresent rolls.

This was also one of my favorites...fried rice...mostly because my roommate Marjorie made most of it and she is an excellent cook. Modeled by my roommates Marjorie and Caitlin.

This was peas and potatoes....which I love and was glad I learned how to make this wonderful meal.

This year has been the year of learning to cook for me. I have enjoyed taking a couple of cooking classes with my two semesters of 2009. For my practial homemaking class I had to make something after each class period and then take a picture....here is a couple of my creations above.

Yellowstone 09

Dad riding the railing while we are waiting for old faithful to start....alway the life of the party

The boys were so excited for the show as you can tell....

This is why I love Nichole...she has to be the craziest sister in law ever....oh cohen... i heart you too!!!!

Oh Nichole...

Sisterly LOVE!

We took a trip to yellowstone before Spencer, Nikki, and Kelan took off for Omaha. There wasn't enough room for us all in the car so I had to sit in the back of the suburen. It turned out to be great because I slept everytime we started to drive which was a lot....12 hours I believe in the car. It was an enjoyable day and we ended up going to big juds in the end making it the perfect day. I have to say after my first big juds experience I don't think I could ever eat a whole one by myself but was able to somehow eat half of one?

Winter Recap of 2009

In December one of my best friends from High School, Shauntelle, got married I was so happy for her!

Me, Angela, Carly, and Mandy at Brandon's Wedding in January. Great bonding time for all of us

These are my roommates during winter semester: Annie, Nichole, Caitlin, Katelan, and Stephanie. They were amazing girls and you can tell we had lots of fun!

This picture gives you a peek at what our personalities are like. I love you girls!