All the Hailey You Could Ever Want

2011-12-10T18:09:00.001-08:00

Check out this blog! It's really good and she always does really cool posts! And giveaways!

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It's winter all up in here

2011-11-17T14:28:00.000-08:00

Dear Rexburg,

I wanted to formally thank you for the lovely weather as of late. I love nothing more than waking up to a blizzard outside my window. Do you know what else I love? Slipping on ice on my way to class. It's so fun when people stare at me while I lay on the ground, and give me condescending looks because I'm wearing my vans, not snow boots. To which I reply, "sorry, everyone, I forgot them at home. Sue me." I especially really like when it snows, and then most of the snow melts away except for a thin layer which becomes black ice that I don't know is there until I step on it, and then flail my arms like a fool to keep from falling. It's freaking awesome.

I just think it's really great that you're encouraging people to stay inside instead of going outside. Fresh air is really overrated. It feels so good to have all the blood rush out of my ears so that all I can feel are tiny, sharp, jabbing pains as the wind blows all around them. Sometimes I like to take my hands out of my pockets, take off my leather gloves, and just let them hang in the freezing air. I like when they turn pale white and are just about a step away from getting frost bitten. It would be kind of fun if they fell off, huh? I think I could learn to do without them.
Don't let the frown on my face fool you. I love doing my hair in the morning and having all my work shot when I step outside into the blustery winds. The wind-blown, psycho look is what I go for anyways, so don't even worry about it.
So tis the season to be jolly, Rexburg! On behalf of everyone living in this city, I just wanted to say thanks. Keep up the good work.

-An unconcerned citizen

Color Issue Blog

2011-11-06T16:05:00.000-08:00

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Three fist bumps for being a nerd!

2011-08-22T22:23:00.000-07:00

Hello all! Yes I've realized it's been an extended period of time since I last posted... but I feel like I never have anything to say that would interest anyone. Besides my mom. I feel like I should be married or something to have a blog. And if you think that the only reason I think this is because every married couple I know has a blog and just about the only people I follow are married... well, that's where you're right. Call me what you will, I'm just sayin.. who even reads this? Hey mom.

Ok so the purpose of this post.. I got new glasses! Yay!! No this isn't the first time I've had glasses, in fact I've had them since I was in second grade. Oh how I wish I had a picture on the computer of those bad boys. Just think of the Harry Potter glasses, and those were what my first pair looked like. The start of my nerd-hood. I quickly got rid of those and finally got some new ones (in like sixth grade... Thanks mom, those very well could have been the reason for my lack of friends in elementary school). I now have tres pair, one brown rimmed and two black rimmed. I felt justified in getting another black pair because A) when does black get old? Never. B) I got my first black pair when I was in China, and well.. they're not the greatest of quality for obvious reasons. My Mom and I got them at the only place where they have just about everything you could ever think of and more. You guessed it. The Costco! Where else? Their slogan should be "Don't have it? We do." So true Costco... so true. Or "Come hungry and leave full.. for free!" "Costco is where it's at." "Gum supply for the rest of your life!" "Costco: Only for VIP." "Is this heaven? No, it's Costco." "Fun for the whole family!" I could go on, but enough about that..

So here are a few pictures for your enjoyment of me and my new glasses.

My "Boy you be lookin flyyyyyy" face

My "..What? You're a fool." face

My "Don't sass me." face

My "You're goin down in two seconds." face

My... face.

Happy Birthday to...

2011-04-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

ME!!

I'm 20 everyone! And it feels dang good. SO glad to be out of my teens. Bring on the 20's!

Home

2011-04-16T22:53:00.000-07:00

I have lived in the same house on Ridgewood Way my whole entire life. This is my last night in my home :( I am a bit sad... this house holds so many memories. Just sitting here thinking about it, I can remember so many fun times. Lexy and me playing "Don't touch the lava" in the family room, jumping on the trampoline, sliding down the stairs on a pillow, sleepovers with friends, family time in the family room (haha), playing basketball on the driveway, and so much more.

I am very excited for our new house though. It's not exactly in a "neighborhood" per say, it's on a private road, so it's kind of in a cramped area, and the backyard is smaller than our current one, but it's very nice and bigger. As most of you well know, our family is growing by the year (keep em coming sisters).

Anyways, I'm just sad to be leaving, but glad we have a great new house to move into. It's about freaking time we moved in, too. We're not moving in tomorrow, but I am leaving for school tomorrow, and my parents and Lexy will be moving in this week probably.

So goodbye house! You've treated our family well. Hope the next family who lives in it are as cool as we are.

Conversation...

2011-04-10T14:15:00.001-07:00

..I had the other day with the little boy I babysit..

Boy: Hailey, you're sexy.
Me: What?? Do you even know what that means?
Boy: No.
Me: Well then you probably shouldn't say it if you don't know what it means. Where did you hear it?
Boy: A song.
Me: *thinking about all the trashy songs out there... most likely "sexy chick" by David Guetta
Boy: What does it mean?
Me: Umm... ask your mom.
Boy: Is it like, being weird or something?
Me: Hah. No.

Upside-down world

2011-04-04T12:21:00.001-07:00

It is such a beautiful day! So I went out for a run this morning.

After returning I stayed on the porch for a bit to do some much needed stretching for my poor shins. I bent over for a few minutes and touched the ground to stretch my legs. As I was down there I looked behind me at our pretty neighborhood and at the blue, clear sky. Obviously everything was upside down because of the position I was in.

I started thinking, "What if our world was all upside down like this?" How crazy would that be? Of course it wouldn't really be upside down to us because it would be how everything was. Weird to think about right?

But I just thought everything looked really cool from that different perspective, so I thought I'd take a couple pictures. I'm no photographer, but with the help of my Macbook Photoshop, I think they turned out pretty sweet.

Why?

2011-04-01T22:45:00.001-07:00

Why do I procrastinate so much? It's just ridiculous.

I'm choreographing a clogging dance and I've had weeks to do it. I had the cut of the song and everything. Do I work on the dance a little bit each day so I can really get it down and make it awesome? No. No, I wait until the day before I'm supposed to teach it and knock it all out in one night, which leaves me feeling unsure and freaking tired.

And it's not just with this, it's EVERYTHING. I always convince myself that things will go better if I just wait. It's ok if I wait until tonight to to do my essay because I always get creative at night. What? No, Hailey, you do NOT get creative at night. The only thing you get at night is a huge dose of tiredness. And I know that in the back of my mind, but I never listen to myself! I can put this off until later because I know I won't forget about it. Wrong. I do. I always do. Good things never come out of procrastination.

I just wish I was one of those people who are always on top of things. I want to be organized and be able to manage my time so I don't ever have a run-in with Mr. Procrastination from hell. Obviously I could be that kind of a person if I really tried. Which, why shouldn't I? I'm no superwoman but I do have the brains to make a simple schedule for myself.

Who's with me?? Don't let procrastination grab hold of your hair and pull you into the swamp of regret!

The joys of children that aren't your own.

2011-03-16T19:01:00.000-07:00

So I nanny for these two little kids, a four year old girl and a six year old boy. They are pretty cute kids and are well behaved. Most of the time. Every time I'm over there the boy asks me, "Hailey, can we play the Wii?" And I always say no, because they're not allowed to play it on week days, and he knows it too. Sometimes he throws a fit, but as of late he's been really good about it. But, they can be sneaky little kids! Like today, he was telling me about his other babysitter that apparently let's him have tons of sugar, play Wii and stay up really late. Please. I'll believe that for ZERO seconds. Or like the other day, when the girl tried to convince me that her Mom let her brush her teeth in bed. ??

Top things I'm not looking forward to when I have children:

1. Wiping them. BLEH. Although I must admit it beats old people.

2. Saying the words, "It's time for bed." All hell breaks loose. "But Haaaailleeeyyy I'm not ready to go to bed!" Well. Too bad. I'm ready.

3. Listening to them whine and bug each other constantly. You know what? I'm less likely to give you whatever you're asking for BECAUSE you are whining. I also hate tattle tailing.

4. The whole "eating all your dinner to get dessert" thing. You'd think I was trying to hurt them by the way they make such a fuss about it. It's a simple concept, if you want this brownie you must eat your dinner.

But don't get the wrong idea, I really love these kids, but man it's hard! I don't get a moment alone ever. Is that how it's going to be? Will I never be alone again once I have children? There are things I'm not looking forward to, but the list of things I am looking forward to is definitely much longer. I'm excited for when I can have my own, beautiful children... but I'm glad it won't be for a while. (really glad)

And for your enjoyment, one of my favorite digital shorts.

I Saw Him Standing There

2011-01-24T22:13:00.000-08:00

Some news. I am kind of obsessed with The Beatles right now. I don't know how it started up but all the sudden I can't get enough of them; every song is so awesome. I had never really looked at The Beatles before, and when I did I found out how adorable they are! Specifically Paul McCartney and George Harrison.

You may think, "Wow, Hailey is such a loser, she is just now starting to really get into the Beatles?" To that, I would say to you my friend: I was not alive in the 60's, nor anytime even close to that. I grew up listening to The Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Avril Lagvine and all the other mainstream music that was far different from The Beatles. I was born in 1991; John Lennon had already gone to heaven and George Harrison would join him 10 years later. Bless their beautiful souls. But anyways, I'm just saying. Get off my back, I'm excited about this.

p.s. Why did John Lennon EVER think that this look:

would be better than this look?:

..beats me. C'mon JL.

And for your enjoyment... This is one of my favorite songs.

我爱中国

2011-01-23T13:29:00.000-08:00

I miss China.

I miss this girl... like crazy

I miss this

... and all my other students and coworkers.

...Man. The real world sucks.

The Social Network

2011-01-19T11:20:00.000-08:00

I saw this movie last night and it was actually pretty good. And it very well should have been because it won like four Global Awards over Inception! I'm still bitter that Inception didn't win any awards, it's such an amazing movie.

Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed The Social Network, not because it was a really cool move with hilarious lines or sweet action scenes, but because it was about facebook. It was really interesting to learn how facebook got started, and who started it. All the actors and actresses did a really good job and the music in it was actually pretty good. So maybe it did deserve the award for best score. Maybe. I especially liked this man named Andrew Garfield..

So adorable, I know. He plays Eduardo Saverin in the movie.

After seeing this movie, I feel a little more connected to facebook now that I know the back story. In the movie, Mark Zuckerberg is super sarcastic and has really dry humor, but it's pretty funny. I don't know if that's how he is/was in real life, but I really want to meet him. He seems kind of awesome. He hasn't made an official comment on the movie, but if he's anything like his character in the movie, I'm sure he could really care less about it. Go Mark. Who cares what happened really, we should all be thanking him because he created the site that we all go on everyday. Justin Timberlake also did a really good job on his part; his character was an a-hole and he was very believable. I think Justin should just switch from singing to acting. Who else agrees?

So anyways, you should all see this movie. If not, you won't be really missing out on anything, it's just cool to know the story. I wouldn't buy the movie, unless it was in the $5 section of course, but, I'd watch it again.

I need...

2011-01-13T16:59:00.001-08:00

a freaking job. Seriously guys, if you know of ANYTHING during the day, puh-lease let me know.

But something worth reporting is that I have yet another TV show that I love. Community. Joel McHale. Supa fine.

For your enjoyment, I have provided you with two funny clips of the Halloween episode. Please enjoy. Abed (Batman) is probably my favorite character.

Guess what I did today?

2011-01-10T23:28:00.000-08:00

Made an old man smile at my Dermatology appointment. Well, not in the actual appointment, but as I was walking out of the building. Don't be sick, why would a man be in the room with me? Anyways, as I was walking out I smiled at him and he said, "Thank you for that nice smile young lady." So I smiled even bigger because it just made me happy. "Oh now THAT'S a smile!" You're welcome man who works at the front counter of Kaiser in Rancho Cordova. Couldn't we all use a smile?

I thought this was pretty close to being appropriate.

Can I just say that

2011-01-09T22:55:00.000-08:00

1) I love Parks and Recreation. I have Ellen to thank for that. She's ma girl when it comes to finding new, good TV shows. I know that whatever show Ellen introduces to me, it will definitely be a good one, full of witty lines and hot men. She would never show me anything super lame like... Pretty Little Liars for example. Just sayin. And, I secretly have a crush on Aziz Ansari... although it is now not a secret anymore. I find him strangle attractive. What is with me and ethnic men?

2) I love America. Who loves America as much as I do? It is a land full of flowing honey and milk. What? Let's all stand up and say the Pledge of Allegiance (if I can remember it, curse that one guy who freaked out about his daughter saying the word "God" in school. I haven't been able to start my day off with the Pledge of Allegiance since I was in 7th grade.)

3) I baked a delicious chocolate fudge cake tonight. My dear Mother bought me a chocolate recipe book for Christmas and it's got some pretty wonderful things in it. The cake may or may not have turned out looking like a pan of poop, but it was very tasty, especially with some homemade whipped cream. Made by... my mother. But I watched. And learned. Anyways, I'd say I'm on my way to becoming an excellent baker.

and 4) Life is pretty good. It would be even better if all of my sisters lived next to me and we could have a party everyday... but you know, we can't have everything. Now, please enjoy this random clip from me. I enjoy screaming this line every now and then (every day), and I think I've got it down. What do you say Lexy?

"We gonna light it up, like it's dynamite!"

2010-11-16T18:14:00.000-08:00

Hannah and I took our daily power walk (don't judge me, the air pollution is horrible here) but we went a little further to a kind of park by their man-made lake. It's not the kind of park you picture in your mind, because there is hardly any grass in China. Bless you America. Anyways, so at this park they have the big section that looks like a playground, but it's not! They are devices (not electric) used to work out. I'm sure little kids could play on them if they wanted, but they are there for everyone to get some exercise. So Hannah and I had tons of fun going around and trying everything.

Of course there were many people just standing there, watching us. One cleaning lady was standing like 5 feet away from me, just blatantly staring. But... you can't get too irritated over it because it's not rude to stare here in China. Which is something I really think should be changed immediately. There was this guy probably about 75, who was amazing! Seriously, he was pretty much more flexible than I was, and was super strong. He could hold out his legs parallel while holding onto bars, like they do in the olympics! Over yonder there was another older man doing a bunch of sweet flips on the high bar! What the heck? I could barely do the monkey bars, I don't how I did that when I was a child, those things hurt my hands. But it was fun to mess around, everyone thought we were so funny. One guy even was taking pictures of us with this super nice camera, yes I did some model poses for him.

When we were leaving we went around the corner and both turned on "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz, on our ipods and had a much needed dance party by ourselves. It was SO fun. There was a group of 20 people just standing there watching us, but we didn't care, we were just dancin away! It had been building up for both of us for a while. Dance parties really are the best.

What??

2010-11-12T20:49:00.000-08:00

Yes I do love it here in China, and I am having tons of fun. But... I'll just tell the truth. I'm ready to come home. Mainly because of all the annoying attention I get. Of course everyone likes attention, but this is gross attention from men and both Hannah and I get so irritated. And it's not just guys, it's everyone. Everyone stares at you like you're a piece of meat, and they shout "Hello!" at you in kind of a cat callish way. It's getting so old.

Today I went out to exercise, Hannah wasn't with me because she was teaching, and everyone passed me just stared and gawked at me. I don't know why, but today I was especially annoyed. I was just annoyed at everyone looking at me. I know that's a bad attitude, but I was. I went even as far as shouting "what?!" to one girl who kept looking back at me. Haha.. sorry. Some people give you really positive attention though, being really nice and genuinely just want to say hello and want to try and talk. I love people like that. The other day Hannah and I were standing at the bus station and a guy came up and asked if he could talk with us. Normally that means the person will start talking to you in bad English and then ask for your "mobile" number afterwards, which is always really awkward because we never actually want to give it to them. But this time he actually just wanted to talk and practice his English, which was pretty good, and he didn't even ask for our cell numbers afterward. Our bus came and he said, "Ok good-bye!" I was so happy with the situation that I even waved good-bye to him on the bus.

So other than that things are going splendidly. But I'll be happy to get home in December (heh heh) and see my family and good friends. But for the time being, I'm still lovin the land of China!

Something that did make me smile today was when I was eating my kiwi. I just love Kiwi's. They are so delicious and juicy here and I love them.

What makes me smile :D

2010-11-04T05:21:00.000-07:00

My lovely sister Jillian did a blog post about what makes her smile. So here are just a few things that make me smile:

1. Being with my family

2. Attending a great college that I love

3. China and everything in it

4. Watching people trip (don't judge me, you know you laugh too)

5. Remembering that I've finally figured out what I want to major in

6. Clogging

7. Bike rides with my Dad

8. Cooking or baking something new

9. When two lovers in a movie or book finally kiss at the very end

10. Watching my dogs try and get their ball from underneath our entertainment center

11. Seeing one of my friends that I haven't seen in a long time

12. When my Dad does his dance moves that make him look like a Peanuts character

13. Looking at old pictures

14. When my Mom calls me and asks if I want to meet up with her for lunch

15. Knowing that there are so many people who truly love me and care about me

16. Dancing, singing and performing

17. Quoting lines from movies (especially when someone knows what movie its from)

18. My best friends

19. Christmas

20. Just life in general :)

Life of inconvenience.

2010-09-06T23:03:00.000-07:00

I love China but it really is so inconvenient here. If you're confused as to what exactly I am talking about, I just mean everything.

Inconvenience #1. You can't drink the tap water. Oh do I miss the days where I could just go to my sink and fill me up a nice glass of water.
#2. You can't flush toilet paper. If you don't get that, then just think about it for a while. Luckily we can in our apartment because it's newer, but I swear if our toilet starts flooding because we are I'm gonna get mad! But when you go to public places? Nope.
#3. They don't supply toilet paper for you. Just annoying.
#4. They don't just give you the bags when you go to the grocery store. You have to pay for them. PAY. Next time you go to the grocery store, be grateful you get those things for free.
#5. Don't even think about sitting down to take a rest on a bench. Because they sure don't have those here. I have yet to see a bench anywhere. Even in Hong Kong or Beijing. They just don't have them. If you want to take a rest, you go into that squatting position that they all love. I do not do it because it's extremely uncomfortable for me and I just fall over. Those Asians are just built different.
#6. There are no lines here. You could be standing in something you think is a line and someone will walk right in front of you. So I've had to learn. Today in the grocery store while I was waiting to weigh my fruit, I could see a lady behind me to the right trying to inch her way in front of me. But I wouldn't have it! I don't care if I have three bags and you only have one. Go to America and see what happens when you try and cut like that!
#7. No dryer. We do it the old fashion way here by hanging out clothes up. Which takes about twice as long here as it would in the states because its so dang humid.
#8. Our shower has no curtain or anything to stop the water from going all over the floor. Just a shower head and a drain right next to the toilet. It's not too powerful so it's not too bad.
#9. They must not like couches here because ours is basically a brick with fabric over it.
#10. You can't really walk around barefoot anywhere. Even in our apartment. It's just dirty. And no matter how much you clean it, it just gets dirty again right after. So right when we walk in, we have to put out slipper shoes on. I miss the carpet in my house.

The purpose of this post is not to complain to everyone. Because I'm not. I've already gotten used to all this. I just want everyone to be grateful for how much we all have in America. It really is a life of luxury. People here would kill to go to America. So be happy you live in such a wonderful country.

Huuuuufei.

2010-09-06T22:39:00.000-07:00

Greetings from Hefei.

Since China so graciously blocked all of the sites I normally go to, Hannah and I had to figure out some way to get past it all. She found some proxy site, so good news! I can blog now! I actually don’t even really know where to start. The two weeks in Hong Kong and Beijing were wonderful; I had so much fun. I got to climb the great wall (again) but this time I went all the way to the top and made the whole loop around to the other side. It was kinda rough but after I felt like I was on top of the world! I don’t know how the Huns climbed up so quickly in Mulan. Must be those biceps. We also had about a 15 minute paparazzi session with random Chinese, which was flattering. The Chinese sure do love us here. Little do they know that we’re nothing special in America. The only reason people would ever want to take a picture of or with me in America was if a) I was famous (which I’m not) or b) I was making a fool of myself. Anyways we went to all the touristy places and it was fun to hang out with my two good friends Hannah and Ryan. We went to the Silk and Pearl Markets where I did some hard bargaining and got yelled at by pushy Asian lady’s. They’re especially pushy in the purse section. They just grab at you like you’re a piece of meat! I’ve made some enemies there. It was sad to separate into our cites because Hannah and I got close with Ryan and also Jacob, the one who started it all. China Horizons that is.

Anyways, now I’m here in the city of Hefei where I have been teaching little children conversational English. I have mostly been teaching 3 and 4 year olds. A bit tough considering they don’t know much English but they are fun to teach and some are super adorable. Our apartment is very nice, as far as China apartments go. I would put pictures up but this cursed proxy site won't let me do it! Anyways, Hannah and I have just been exploring the city and getting stared at. I find that if you just give them a nice smile and wave then they are happy. :) We've done a little bit of shopping but not too much. No worries though! I'll be coming home with plenty!

It's weird though sometimes I forget I'm in China. I wake up and think, where am I? Not home, not school... China? Oh ya! Each day I'm here gets better. The city is very beautiful and we live in a really nice part of town. Most of the people here have been very friendly and helpful. And all of the people who work at our school with us are very, very sweet and always willing to help. Teaching has been good so far. It gets frustrating just because they are little and crazy, but I hope they get used to me and maybe calm down a little. Sometimes I wonder what I'm even doing here. I don't want to be an elementary teacher. But I feel like this is where I'm supposed to be right now. I obviously can't share any of the gospel here, but I really want to be a good example. I felt good last night at our banquet telling everyone that I don't drink. It's just not the norm there and they really notice things like that. Anyways, I'm really loving it. I feel like the next four months will change me for the better. Hopefully when I come out of it I will know what I want to do with my life. I would really love that right now. For now I'll just keeping teaching and having a good time. Peace.

CHINA!!!!

2010-08-18T21:34:00.000-07:00

Whats that Hailey? You're in China? Why yes, yes I am.

It's actually pretty weird when I sit and think about it. I'm in China! Surrounded by millions of Asians! And it's awesome. So I flew to LA, then from LA I met up with Hannah (one of my best friends that's teaching in china with me) and some of the other teachers and we all flew to Korea. 13 hour flight. I thought it was going to be hell but actually it was pretty wonderful. I popped in two advil an hour before we all boarded and I was already half asleep by the time I got on the plane. And then I woke up when breakfast was being served. A wonderful meal of hard sausages and soggy tater tots with some OK eggs. But it was better than the Korean option. I couldn't understand what it was called but it sounded like porridge. But trust me, it wasn't. And then from there we flew to Hong Kong which was about 3 hours. And I slept the first half of that plane ride. Which was when they served lunch, of course. I was probably better off anyways. But these airline hostesses are so cute! They looked like porcelain dolls. Curse these Asians and their nice skin and hot bods. Haha.

I know you are all wondering it, so I'll just tell you. I am going to marry an Asian. Probably not one straight from china (you're welcome Mother) but I will marry one. Seriously right after I stepped off the plane in Hong Kong I was overwhelmed by trendy Asian men with nice hair and black rimmed glasses. It's insane. People dress so classy here, I love it. Not everyone, but a good amount. The smell here is a little overwhelming. It kinda makes me sick to my stomach but I guess you would get used to it if you lived here. Some places it's not so bad, but then you turn a corner and almost puke. No worries I haven't yet.

Last night we went to Victorias peak. You take this tram thing up to a really high building on a hill that overlooks all of Hong Kong. It was pretty amazing. The buildings are extremely high and close together. You couldn't even see any roads it was so packed. But the lights were so cool and one buildings lights kept changing colors. I want that for my house. It would be the sweetest thing ever! Don't stop me mom, I'm doing it.

This morning I got to go to the Hong Kong temple! It was pretty amazing. All the people working there were really sweet and courteous. The jumpsuits we're a bit on the smaller side, considering we're not 5 feet tall, but they ended up being alright. I have a feeling it's going to be a bit hard finding clothing that is long enough. But we'll just see, it should be an adventure! I want to come home looking like a Chinese person. Well obviously not LOOKING like one. That's quite impossible, don't be ridiculous. But I love they way they dress here. I've already had about 3 people laugh at me for not understanding Chinese. Laugh it up people, I'll soon be able to understand you. Maybe. And the tram here is super nice! The New York subway doesn't even compare to this one. There's no graffiti on the wall, it has air conditioning down there and inside the tram the map lights up on where the next stop is. Pretty sweet. It gets a bit crowded sometimes.. well actually pretty much most of the time. And I've gotten pretty friendly with some people I would rather not.

But anyways so far it's been great; I'm excited to go the light show tomorrow night and then to Beijing. Farewell my fellow Americans. Until next time.

I miss Rexburg.

2010-07-24T18:37:00.000-07:00

Well I'm back in Sacramento now. And I wouldn't be so homesick for Rexburg if it wasn't for the fact that I won't be back there for like nine months! I miss all my friends and I already miss being out on my own. I also miss the nice, breezy weather there, but I know that definitely won't last. Haha. My Dad and little sister Lexy drove up to Rexburg and helped me pack up everything I own. Three things I really dislike in this world: 1. Spiders 2. Climbing stairs and 3. Packing. It took a while. It was fun for Dad and Lexy to meet some of my friends. She thought some of the guys were extremely good looking. Haha but I don't blame her, let's be honest. Before going home to Sac we drove to Provo to visit Morg and Nate and their precious children. And I got to meet my new nephew Bartlett! He is so precious.

I know I know. I hope my children are as cute as him! Anyways it was fun to get to see all of them and chat with my sister. We also watched the movie Leap Year. I'd rate it about a three. Super cheesy. Don't get me wrong I love cheesy movies, but this was a bit much for me. Anyways so we took that long drive home and now I get to spend three weeks with my family and try and find some way to make some extra cash for china. Words cannot describe how excited I am. Since there is not facebook there I will be updating my blog more often and emailing and skyping people. This summer our family vacation is at yellowstone. I'm super excited to go back! I haven't been since I was four or five. There's a picture of me holding a little toy horse my parents bought me next to my brother Joel. I love it. I wish I had it to show you.

Well that's my life right now. It should be a fun little summer while preparing to go party it up in China. Get ready all you awesome Chinese people!

Home Sweet Rexburg

2010-05-11T09:59:00.000-07:00

So I've been back at BYU-I now for about three weeks? Maybe more. And I'm already having a blast! I'm so glad to not be living at home anymore. No offense Mom and Dad. I just had no life. Let's be honest. And I had a job I couldn't wait to get out of. Working full time at an Assisted Living home where old people yell at you for not folding their laundry the right way is not exactly a glamorous job. I have some sweet stories if anyone wants to be entertained or grossed out. Just let me know.

Anyways, so I'm taking 13 academic credits and 4 dance. I am in a clogging class with the legendary Gary Larsen and I'm on the World Dance Team!! It's so much fun I love it! Words cannot describe how excited I am to be dancing and performing again. The only thing I don't love about being back is the freaking bipolar weather. I'm not joking, one day it will be snowing and the next it will be totally sunny. What is this place? Where's the Sacramento weather I love? Oh, right. Like, 13 hours away. Sweet.

I'm living in Nauvoo house again (best apartments ever) and I'm in an amazing ward, which I'm the Sacrament meeting Ward Chorister in. Pretty much the easiest calling ever. No, I didn't ask for it. I also have the best FHE group ever. Which I'm really excited about cause last fall semester... well. Ya. And it does help that they are all attractive. No, that is not why they are so awesome. Give me a little credit please. So I guess I should put some pictures up. I'll show you some fun pics of Hilary's 19th B-day party. The guys came over for some cake. When they got there, our apt was completely clean, and when they were getting ready to leave? Well, let's just say it wasn't clean anymore. There's still cake in our carpet. Don't judge.

This is actually from my Birthday Party on the 22nd of April. 19.

Some of the guys.

Hilary and myself

Hilary, Michelle and me creepin in the back

Those are my eyes

Laughter

The 504 girls and Alex

Same, plus Curtis and Sterling

Haha the Birthday girl got her face stuffed with cake by Cody and Sterling

Silly string alllll over our floor

Alex and Hilary being gross and eating the streamer things, which taste really disgusting.

Hilary so grateful for the cake I made her

Cutting the cake

Hil blowing out her candles after 10 minutes of laughing

Can't Get Enough Hockey

2010-03-01T16:55:00.000-08:00

Was anyone else freaking out during the gold medal hockey game between the USA and Canada? Well, I was. I was sitting on my couch all alone, yelling at the TV and sweating from stressing so much. I felt like my mom. If any of you have watched a sports game with her, you will know what I'm talking about. Anyways, it was just pure intense hockey playing the whole time! Especially after we made that goal with like 24 seconds left in the third quarter to tie the game. That's when I called my sister Jill and started freaking out. Sadly, we did not win the gold, but we did win silver, which is way awesome. So of course, I had to watch Miracle today. One of my absolute favorite movies. As usual I stress and freak out even though I know that the USA are going to win. And then I cry at the end. It's just how it goes.

Overall I would say that the Olympics were a huge success and totally fun to watch. The winter Olympics have always been my favorite. I just can't get enough of the snowboarding, hockey, and figure skating. Too bad they only last for two weeks. But it sure makes me proud to be an American. Go USA!

2009-10-16T21:52:00.000-07:00

So today my best friend and roommate did this barrel rolling thing to my hair. Whatever it's called. Anyways, it turned out pretty sweet, so here is a cute picture of us.

And may I just say that it is freezing here? I mean it hasn't gotten THAT bad... but for the love! When I say that that I love the cold weather, I mean that I like the cold weather in SACRAMENTO. Where the coldest it get's is 50 degrees. That's human weather.

So Hilary and I are learning this new clogging dance in our clogging class by Gary Larsen. It's a partner dance. And yes, thank you for asking, I am the boy. But we have so much fun with it. We always wink at each other and are cracking up the whole time. He's always laughing at us. Oh Gary! It's ok though cause we rule to the class. Nbd.

So here is a video of Hilary, myself, and two other girls clogging this fun dance that Gary taught us. This was our "test." Watch it! It's sweet.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=155390958005&subj=726112316

If this doesn't work, I'm sorry. It's on my facebook.

Rulin the school.

2009-09-21T09:50:00.000-07:00

I guess it's been a while since i've updated you on my life. What's new? Well, I'm at BYUI! It's pretty exciting :) i've only been here about two weeks and I just love it. All the people are awesome, my teachers are awesome (except for my voice teacher. i think she has a problem), and i love all my roommates. I totally lucked out there! I could have had one of those roommates that eats dirt or something. Actually... that would have been very entertaining..

There are also many attractive men here. THA TS for sure. One cool thing about this school is that everyone says hi to each other, even if you have no idea who they are. It's pretty funny. The other day me and Hilary were walking to our friends apartment and these guys pulled over on the street and were like "Hey girls! Can we give you a ride somewhere?" Which we sadly declined since we were about ten steps away from where we going. But needless to say, me and hilary felt pretty good about ourselves.

Like I said, my roommates are way cool. I'm glad that the first few weeks are over with because that's when you're still getting to know them all. I'm glad that they all accept my weird personality. But its not my fault, I'm just naturally a crazy person. I enjoy busting through the front door and shouting "HEY-OO!!" Haha. One thing I do not like is when your roommates eat your freaking food. The other day one of my roommates (I wont mention any names..) ate my left over rice. Excuse me? Did i say that you could eat that? No, no i did not. How about I go and eat all your food? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? Geez.

Well, things are just awesome and I'm very glad to be here. I miss all my sisters and my parents and my california friends, but it's such a blast here. Oh.. and p.s. I'm freaking ward choir director. Stop laughing. Now. Both my mom and jill were like, "haha! It's your punishment for not going to your own ward choir with Dad!" Huh. I'll show you. I'll be the best choir director ever! People will be bawling their eyes out in sacrament meeting cause it will sound so DANG GOOD. I was actually supposed to be music director. But... we won't get into that.

Well, thats all for now. I'll try to keep you updated. Tell you if i meet any hopefuls.

Expressing Our Feelings

2009-08-11T18:53:00.001-07:00

This happened about a week ago buts it's still worth telling all about. Jill, Ellen, Danielle and myself were wondering what we should do on a friday night. Suddenly Danielle comes up with the "brilliant beyond brillant plan (anyone?)" to buy some paper and finger paint and make a mural of our feelings. So we head on over to our local Wal-mart and buy ourselves some paper and finger paint. And also some ice cream but that was extra on my part. We lay the paper out on our porch, put some Lenka on to reach deep into our souls, and dove into our deepest feelings. Please take a good look at our work of art. Each soul is posing by their part of the master piece. Enjoy.

It should go into a museum right??

Myself.
Danielle.
Jill.
Ellen.
All.

Bicycle Extravaganza

2009-08-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

So Saturday night Ellen, Jill, Danielle, Andrea and myself were all hanging out. We decided we wanted to go on a bike ride. Then Ellen say's "If we go on a bike ride we have to dress up crazy!" I was like whatever I just want to ride my bike... so we all dressed up super crazy and went on a stellar bike ride. Check out the amazing pictures we took.... and check out the panda sweater im wearing.. and Jills spandex.

Don't mind Jill....

Danielle. Love her...

Star-crossed lovers= Ellen and me.

Hey-oo Danielle!!

The Rodeo

2009-07-28T10:17:00.001-07:00

Well last Saturday I went to the Rodeo for the first time. And let me tell you, I think i spent more time feeling sorry for the animals than i actually enjoyed myself. Call me crazy, but I care more about the horses and the bulls and the sheep getting tackled than I do about the people falling off. And not to mention, there was a toootally creepy clown. I hate clowns. He wasn't funny. I had fun with all the people I was with though. I've met some really awesome people whilst my stay here in the lovely town of provo. Afterwards we went to Denny's (I was starving!!) and I had a delicious egg and ham sandwich, with some fries that weren't so great. And of course they took their sweet time bringing out our food, even though we were just about the only people there. So in conclusion, I wont be going to the rodeo any time soon. And I am NOT a hippie. I just like horses.

But... being at the Rodeo brought me back to my good old Black Beauty and Man From Snowy River days. I would watch those movies religiously. And my sisters made fun of me. And they still do. Laugh all you want sisters, but you know deep down inside you were happy when i put those movies on because you secretly wanted to watch them too. I mean, who doesn't love a little horse action? Uh-huh...

Yesss!!

First Ever

2009-07-07T13:40:00.001-07:00

Hey-o!! I saw that my Elle got a blog so figured i should get one too! Plus, you know, I am in college now. I am currently residing at BYU for the summer. Then i will go home for three weeks and then go to BYU Idaho with my best friend Hilary Hogge! I'm really excited for it. I'm going to try out for the Folk/Clogging Dance team in Idaho. I think it's the closest I'll get to the REAL thing. If you know what I mean. I don't know what I'm going to major in just yet, but I am leaning towards Criminal Justice/Psychology. Which they don't have at either BYU's but whatever. I'll deal. I would love to go on Broadway, but that's a bit of a long shot. *cough* mom.

Just in this past week, I have become quite obsessed with the TV series "Bones". Ellen so graciously introduced it to me, and oh how i am so glad that she did! It's basically the best show ever. It's about this Scientific Forensic work group that teams up with the FBI to solve crimes. So, its basically a two in one! And not to mention, their are mighty fine men in it. My personal favorite, is Zach Addy. He is the biggest nerd in the world, and is way hot. Check him..

I know right? Don't fall out of your chairs. Booth is another guy that is also hot, but I like Zach better.

This is the Forensic team, plus Booth. There's booth in the middle. And there's Zach next to him;) The super stud. Sure, Booth is an FBI agent that carries around a gun, but Zach is a freaking genius who knows everything. I rest my case.

Well that's all for now. I'll keep you all posted on my invigorating life! Don't forget to watch Bones! The 5th season starts in September!