Here's the DL...

Hello fam! (I assume those are the only people who look at this painfully boring blog)

Just wanted to update you on my life.
Well, for starters, I took my first Stat 221 test today. I studied over 8 hours probably closer to 9 and took it tonight and got a 85% on the multiple choice. And there was a written part that I'm pretty sure I showed them wassup cause I ruled that part! It was worth 18 points so maybe I will end up with an A.

ALSO!..... I made my first APPLE pie tonight. Well, it is baking as we speak/type. My roommate allison helped me with it. We are really excited. AND, I only called mom twice for help. Some of you might remember that I made a pie once before in my life. It was the summer before I left for my freshmen year of college, so I guess that would be 2 summers ago. But anyway, I made it for Bishop Schweikert because I "accidentally" might have put his Oakley Sunglasses in Jello (Anyone seen that episode of The Office?) and so I made him a pie. (Don't worry, it was his OLD pair of Oakley's and I think it should be known that he has over 20+ pairs of sunglasses, so if you were thinking about feeling sorry for him, DON'T!) So I made that pie all by myself but I accidentally read the recipe wrong and put 3 Tablespoons of Salt in instead of 3 teaspoons.... oops. So that one didn't even taste good so it doesn't really count. Although that poor family ate it despite the HORRID taste. Poor poor Bishop Schweikert. Anyway, hopefully this one tastes better. I will let you know as soon as I taste it in about 21 minutes and 46 seconds. I'll put a picture of my very FIRST pie though because I forgot to take a picture tonight. I will take one after it is done though. :) K? k.




(Here is the GROSS pie from 2 years ago)

PS... I just checked my pie and I burned my pinky.. OUCH! :(

Rise All Loyal Cougars!

Ok, so I have decided that my loyalty is with BYU since I do attend it. We had a pretty good game yesterday. If only we had played like that last week. PS... Did anyone else know that the BYU/Utah game is over Thanksgiving weekend?!?!?!? AHHH! What do I do, what do I do?!



Some kid gave us balloons. I was really excited.

A Once In A Lifetime Event... no pun intended

What day is today?
Today is Ben's Birthday!
What day is today?
Today is Ben's Birthday!

Just wanted to give a shout out to Ben Johnson!
Have a HAPPY HAPPY Birthday Ben!
Love you!

HOW!?

Does this bug anyone else that we lost to FSU?!?!?!?!? AHHHH! It's more the fact that we could have beat them but we didn't. That and we beat Oklahoma so it just does not make sense we would lose to FSU. I hate losing at home. It is my first time experiencing it in my college career... and ya know what? It stinks. I just need to get this out so thanks for listening guys.
But maybe I will tell people I was secretly rooting for FSU because I'm from Florida. Is that wrong? Alicia would do it. Joe Wouldn't. Mike would have been rooting for FSU anyway. Christy would not have even thought about it. Since I'm most like Alicia I will just take her approach. After all, we are twins aren't we? Separated by................... :)
Yes.

9/11

Here's a Mormon Message from 9/11. I liked it so I thought I'd post it. The man in the video is the father of one of the kids in my statistics class.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkWc_EKLs4E

Let's Start At The Beginning...

It was a cold day in January... I was born. I flew to the end of the table and was yanked back by the umbilical cord. And THAT was the beginning of my adventure days.

Ok, now we will skip 19 years and 8 months ahead.

Christy, Dad, and I had a really fun time on our cross country drive from Florida, "the land of milk and honey", to Utah, the land of the greatest school in the history of the entire world as we know it. It seemed like a long time ago so I can't remember exactly the order of things... which is kind of embarrassing if I accidentally screw up the order of the states we visited. Anyway, we drove and drove till we got to Atlanta. Blah blah blah... Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois (I really should be looking at a map), Missouri. Ok, Missouri. This is where I will really begin.
So, turns out I really really like St. Louis. Who knew? Sure, I was only there for a few minutes, but it was the best few minutes of the day.
Ok, so then that night we spent the night in Independence, Missouri. It was the biggest coolest hotel room ever. Brand new carpet! (I could smell the sweet scent of newly done construction, it was great) That first night I just layed on the ground, spread eagle, then did some exercises because in "the days of the [exercises], were the days of [working out], and Kimmy was Queen of the worker outers!" (anyone know what that is from? haha)
So the next day we visited the visitors center at Independence, saw Liberty Jail, Far West, Adam-ondi-ahman, Winter Quarters, and that one tabernacle that I can't remember the name of right now but where Brigham Young was sustained as President of the Church, and then drove to South Dakota. LONG day, but it was awesome. I think my favorite part was Adam-0ndi-ahman. It was really fascinating to me. If you ask Christy and Dad, I just kept saying, "I have questions about this place, I just don't know what they are." and "I just don't understand." They would say what don't you understand? But I didn't even know what I didn't understand. I think it was just one of those experiences when you know that there is something bigger that you can't comprehend right now, no matter how hard you try. It was so cool there. I really didn't want to leave.
Winter Quarters was really cool too. There is a picture I took with the names of early saints who died and their ages. It really brought it home to know that those were actual people who died. Seeing the name and ages, a lot of them children, was really emotional and sad. But it made me grateful for the pioneers in a way I have never before felt. I was really glad we stopped there. I could go into so much more detail but there isn't room and I'm not sure you would continue to read... if you've even read this far.
The next day we saw Mt. Rushmore. That was pretty cool too. We went hiking and found a bunch of rocks dad wanted to bring home. We got really dirty but it was fun. Then we saw some buffalo, my favorite, and some other animal I can't remember. Elk maybe? Oh and this was the day dad made up the song about me and the chipmonk.... AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Next day, we went on a hike. It was a pretty area and nice weather.
Over all it was really fun trip and I was sad to see it come to an end. It was a lot of driving but it wasn't terrible. Christy and Dad did a really great job planning it. I think it was a trip the three of us will never forget.

This was my "First Day Of School" Picture
(That's for you mom)

These obviously are in opposite order... I'm still trying to figure this whole blogging thing out









Winter Quarters

Winter Quarters Temple

Adam-Ondi-Ahman

Far West