Back to school and sports!
Glen, me, and Lori
Lori and I get along quite well at basketball games, we both hate all the rude cheers and only go to games when there is nothing better to do. We enjoy cheering for and supporting our team but we don't so much agree with the yelling and tearing down of the other team. Sometimes we get crap for not turning our backs to the floor when the other teams lineup is being announced.
Ashley Mandy Karissa and Cameron enjoying the game.
Margarita's to celebrate the victory
Strippers to go along with the party. (So we make homemade french fries. Ashley called them potato wedges I said they were more like strips and thus the official name of strippers) The fry in the spatulas mouth looks like a tongue!
Spur of the moment
Sam's cousin called with four free tickets to the jazz game, so we dropped everything and went. It was a blast!
Holli made chicken pot pie for dinner
Sometimes... late at night... we get a little crazy
Ashley made amazing stuffed shells! So yummy!
FHE
Family history moment
Such great people to show up and do family history!
Hoopla
Crazy fun game!
Many different renditions of the game.
Started out like twister
But quickly went...
extremely
AWKWARD!!!
Church
It was purple day, somehow the majority of the ward wore purple, AWESOME!
Matt is so amazing!
Ward Ski Night
Karissa and Erin were in charge of the camera and picture taking while I hit the slopes and partied it up!
Sister DeSpain and Steed; Love these women
Brother Steed cooking up some hot dogs
Erin looking cute before getting white washed
Bishop Redd on his mini skis
Caleb being gangster
Dinner at the DeSpain's
Ashley and Jordan cooked and the DeSpains bought. They really wanted her to make the stuffed bell peppers so she did.
The private table, i guess...
Me and Karissa
Everyone loves to cuddle Jordan
Sam decided the odds were better with Karissa and I than Ashley and Jordan.
THEY ARE ENGAGED!!!! Congrats!
Blind Date
Sister DeSpain set Sam and I up on a blind date. We both knew it was with each other. He was to pick me up from the DeSpain's, Sister DeSpain picked me up from my apartment and took me to her house. Brother DeSpain was not happy when Sam was a few minutes late. He talked of taking me on the date and having Sister DeSpain tell him sorry he lost his chance. ha ha Poor Sam boy was so sick he couldn't hardly talk!
We made orange juice
and cookies at the Old Rock Church
Sports Academy Activity
PARTY!
We were dancing to Everyday I'm shuffling!
We taught Karissa how to do handstands! She couldn't even kick up before, now look at her!
FHE - Service Project
Making cars for kids
DOUG!!! I love this boy, he is so hilarious!
Oh there are my three favorite sisters of the ward. Sister DeSpain, Sister Redd, Sister Steed, the bishoprics wifes.
Hard at work staining them
Calvin stole my camera and had a little fun
Amandy, Crystal, Christian and Sarah
Rachel's new place once she is married! Look at that closet space!
Party at the DeSpains
A little church basketball
the cheer squad. Love that no one is watching the game.
GO Mike!
A little girls on guys before they shut the institute for the night
Ice Cream
Holli was kind enough to share some free tokens with me and we went and got some Aggie Ice Cream! So delicious!
PJ's
What does your pajama drawer say about you?! ha ha I opened up my drawer and had to laugh.
Story board
A funny story that Lisa Pisa Pie wrote one day while we were gone. Love that girl and I miss her.
Fondue and Hot tubs
Ashely mad a cheese fondue for dinner, so good!
We stopped at walmart for ice cream
We had a great time hot tubing at a friends place
Brian won the handstand contest between him and Jordan
Home teacher
I must say we have one of the most amazing home teachers in the world! He throws on an apron and gets to work when he walks in the door! ;) ha ha
Linger longer
Mike and Caleb, they make quite the pair. These boys crack me up, I love being around them, you NEVER know what is going to happen.
Drew and Brian, such great guys. Look at them, don't they just look like genuinely good guys? I love having such wonderful friends!
Matt, he is a hoot! So outgoing and hilarious!
SHORTY!!! She came up and enjoyed the linger longer with me, love this girl to death!
This is how we celebrate Valentines day, gather around the laptop and reminisce. I think we are watching the fall semester's video Ashley made.
Karissa wouldn't leave me alone so I kind of tackled her to the floor and then we wrestled for a little. Eventually we had a leg wrestle competition and I won.
Oh Justin
He said he was going to go take a nap on my bed. I told him that he couldn't even get up on my bed. He then said he was going to go jump on my bed and proceeded to run to the back room to do so. After a minute I decided I'd better make sure there wasn't any destruction and this is what I found. He was literally jumping on Ashley's bed that has no wall supports and is on cinderblocks!
I laughed and said he was on the wrong bed and then he jumped over to mine and started to monkey around.
Best Valentine's gift ever!
Week Day Activity
We made noodles from scratch
Ravioli actually
It was an adventure!
Rachel's Bridal Shower
The DeSpains were kind enough to let us use their home.
We may have pampered Rachel
Look at that pregnant roommate being pampered!
Nails
Such a Rachel event!
Third Sunday Dinner
Not so sure about this little cousin thing...
Oh hey look, a doll! He liked that thing.
ADORABLE!
She got caught, she knows she isn't supposed to climb those stairs, so she continually does so.
Hot chocolate on the back porch watching it snow across the valley.
Rachel was too tired to walk to dinner so I carried her.
Mike trying to convince Kristy they can still be friends.
Free food at Ihop, so good!
Doug, Miryelle, Christian and I. and then a whole bunch of friends all around.
Celebrating multiple friends election winnings
(our entire ward seemed to run and all but one got what they were running for, that singular one lost to someone else in the ward ha ha, my ward is just so darn amazing!)
Cleaning the sink at Angies.
Multiple groups
The look on Justin's face is hilarious
'Blind' date
Erin got set up on a blind date and decided that she needed to set a few more up and make it a big group blind date. She struggled to do so. This is Dallin from the ward. I didn't know him well though so it was kind of blind.
Karissa who got set up with someone she went to school with, ha ha what are the odds!
Holli got set up on a blind date
Erin and I, we are wonderful friends.
Dallin took the camera and got pictures. I saw this one coming and jumped in the background!
Dallin decided to push Erin and get her going way fast. It was hilarious! She has quite the scream.
After we ice skated they cleared the floor and we got to watch as movie on the blow up screen.
Sunday
Sam and his traditional nap at our house. He claimed he was going to stop doing it because I took a picture of him, well I have a few more and plenty of times I didn't take the picture! ha ha
Went on a little walk
Sam thinks we are childish, look at the look on his face, really?!
Um, this was hilarious. The rocks are really close together and Sam decided he needed to squeeze between them, so he did, with much effort. ha ha
Poor Ashley getting ganged up on, she is just a little ticklish!
DeSpains
Man, I never realized how much food the DeSpains supply for us! I love those two, they are wonderful. (In our defense, Sister DeSpain has to know when we are coming, she doesn't like us to just show up because then she won't have food for us ha ha We have surprised her a few times and she searches to feed us. We have tired to tell her we just ate and are not hungry, but that doesn't go over well. Sometimes we are stuffed before we get there and she with her loving personality forces you to eat more, you feel so guilty turning her down!
Jonathan, Rachel, Ashley, Karissa and the DeSpains. This night was after FHE at the bishoprics. We were at the Steeds and then went to their house for our traditional Monday night visit. They had hid some of the food they got for the FHE that was at their house to save for us, we are SO spoiled!
Home
Went on a walk downtown with my mom. It is so fun to just walk and talk. Getting a book and free banana split isn't a bad deal either!
We then made cute cards, this is our plan.
We also looked at the temple, look at that progress!
Disney on Ice
I love how entranced and excited the kids were!
It was Toy Story 3
Our little aliens
After lunch they got spoiled with ice cream.
Helping out at McKenzie and Brads wedding reception.
Then eating at village inn, SO GOOD!
Rachel's wedding day
Waiting for Rachel and Jon to come out of the temple!
ha ha :D
She said yes! ha ha he actually said that as he walked out, I captured the moment!
Sam and Brian at the reception. Sam was hoping he'd be on the uphill so he could be taller for once, but that didn't happen.
Ashely, Karissa, Marcie, Linsey, Mandy, Me
Us with the boys, Brian and Sam
Old mates minus Annie! Linsey, Ashley, prego Kara, Lisa and I, great times!
Current roommates minus Holli, Rachel now has an eternal roommate! Mandy, Karissa and I with Ashley. We have a great time together. Makes me wonder what I said. Ashely didn't think it was funny but everyone else did!
Sam and Brian, they even got Ash and I between them! Love these boys.
The DeSpains!!!! They are the greatest people ever!
Pulling a Rachel on Rachel, she had no idea!
Cutting the cake and ready to serve each other. She is so BEAUTIFUL!
The boys and their electronics. They all had their phones out but this one is all three around Drew's phone.
The mates. Me, Ashley, Karissa, Mandy, Holli
The order changed a little when she got held, she wanted me in the middle ha ha She jumped into my arms and threw her legs up and we took the picture, didn't even realize that we didn't have her lay down. But it is fun anyway!
Hoopla round 2
We played it safe this time.
Only for a little though, then they made me do push ups ;)
So we made Matt do them also
Shopping
Brian needed to go shopping, but he can't go alone, he needs feminine advice. We went to Ross and helped him pick out clothes to try on and then he insisted that we needed to try on clothes too and we would show each other. After a few minutes of looking through the women's clothes he said there is nothing here! He soon began to realize how come girls take so long shopping, you have to sift through all the crap to get to something half decent and then you still have to try it on! Brian decided to grab crazy shirts that were somewhat matching so we got this to try on...
and these! ha ha love that they are exact opposites!
Spring Break
We went to second dam and had a picinic
Marshmallow fight! Brian was really good!
Miryelle fell
jumping rope with Karissa
Ashley died in the parking lot
the funnest caucus meeting I will EVER attend
We were laughing and having a great time, I think everyone else was jealous, theirs looked way boring and lasted FOREVER! Thank goodness Darwin has a great time with everything and we have our own group!
Gray brick girls, I LOVE THEM!!!
A little fazookie before bed
Enjoying a jetted tub
Best breakfast EVER!!! SO yummy!
Making taffy that turned into hard tack, oops! ha ha
standing around pulling taffy
Games and food in the living room, this is how it is done!
Our house on a typical day. Someone must have been coming or going. Whoever it was, Drew and Justin are happy about it!
Doing a little needle work.
Sam our "masseuse" taking care of our guests.
Head massage, guys really like it ha ha :)
Boys sitting around waiting for food. I can't believe we don't make them do something. Sam and Drew talking through the chastity window, Mike reading and Justin playing with someones phone.
We got Drew to serve the margarita's
We attempted to get a picture of all the boys in the apartment. For once we had more boys than girls there! The odds on Darwin are 3 girls to every boy so that fact that there were more boys was really sweet!
Three boys attacking Karissa. Ashley sits on the end of the couch watching and I take a picture, what great roommates we are.
Third Sunday Dinner
Rainbow! :D
The kids attacking uncle Matt
She loves anything she 'shouldn't' have...like phones!
Isn't she just adorable? I think she is!
Ward Talent Show
Pumped up rendition of Popcorn Popping, they called the girls up to act it out kind of on the spot. :)
Our MC's were teaching us a couple of dances
They are hilarious
Got to have the proper facial expressions
Let it all go! ha ha
There they go! :)
These girls were funny! Really random but it was funny.
Our MC's entertaining us. Matt and Taylor are showing the proper way a wingman should act. Notice Matt hitting on Staci and Taylor telling him how wonderful he is doing. ha ha wish I had a video of this one!
RS makeovers
We got paired up with another sister and they did our makeup, Ash and I weren't pared but I feel that my partner went a little overboard on the makeup. ha ha good thing it was night time, time to wash it off! Ashley's looked wonderful though!
Happy Birthday Sister!
Her kids were so anxious for her to open presents and blow out candles. I think they were disappointed when her gifts weren't things they would want ha ha
Zion's
He had to stand on all 4 stumps and pose differently for me to take a picture. ha ha
She loved the petting zoo
All of them enjoyed the little lambs
He fell asleep here! Poor boy got kicked out of the tent so we could take it down and didn't make it onto the seat before falling asleep!
Ice cream break!
Aggie Ice cream fans!
She is just really quite cute, there is no denying that.
BBQ
We had a neighborhood get together on Darwin, it was so great!
We had quite the turn out!
After dinner we had dance party!
Katie and Doug, they are hilarious!
These Blue Light boys think they are gangster.
Running up the stairs backwards to dance at the top, "on stage"
I love Darwin
My hands were frozen from being out taking pictures so Brian being the kind loving man he is, grabbed my hands and stuffed them in his pockets and danced with me. ha ha it was really funny!
Well when the dance party in the parking lot died (which was way better than the strange one in the institute, we had more people and better music) some guys decided to jump into first dam. Yes the same night that my hands were frozen from taking pictures! Crazy kids!
All of them after they jumped, they were just slightly frozen.
Then we went to the HPER as there was the cancer walk thing happening and lots of good performers like Caleb and Mike! So we went and supported them.
Bridals
Lori came over to get her hair and makeup done for her bridals, such a great time! Love EARLY morning parties after LATE night parties ha ha.
Isn't she gorgeous! Totally made it worth waking up!
Picnic on the lawn! Love sweet pork, cheese and tortilla's!
Third Sunday family Dinner
The kids thought they needed to be on the roof
But they didn't think they could jump into Tony's arms to get down so he had to climb up and get them.
I love children!
Party with the DeSpains
They always tell us the funniest stories, like Sister DeSpain accidentally eating foam soap!
They made us go to FHE after dinner. So there we are across the net playing some volleyball. It wasn't hard to force me to play volleyball.
The kids playing basketball.
Sometimes we like to have dinner in the backyard.
Then we play fun games like 500 and everyone attacks each other! :D
Sometimes our boys like to show off... they are really good at it
Caleb just likes to be in fornt of the camera
Sam trying to roast a marshmallow with out a stick, pretty sure he lost some hair.
Karissa avoiding being in the picture and Sam joining it. ha ha never know what is going to happen
Crystal and Mandy
oh and McKell too!
Sam helping Mandy down the hill
We thought it was great that we were sitting in height order. We noticed as we saw our reflection so here we are. Stephanie, Mandy, Karissa, Marcie and Smalls.
Sam thinks he is a star
The boys were really hungry so we escorted them to McDonalds and watched them eat. ha ha
Sunday Park
Sometime we like to go play at the park
Frisbee is always a welcome game!
Mandy and Ashley just like to relax in the shade
ok mostly everyone does
Erin and Mandy
Brian and Cameron at the linger longer
Ashley getting brother D some of Miryelles amazing cake!
Ashley, Brian and Karissa
FHE
Love this picture, two great guys!
FHE group
We did floating lanterns, but the wind had other plans for us. It attempted to burn us and start a fire! Luckily Matt was in front of me and stopped the lantern from attacking me! :)
Jazz game
we went to aggy's sports bar to watch the game. they boys also needed food, like always.
Then we went on a walk. Katie, Crystal, Drew, me
Country Swing Dancing
Brothers! Drew and Matt
Happy Birthday Stephaine
Steph took Rachel's spot for the last couple weeks of the school year.
Matt and Crystal (notice she is with a boy on the wall too!)
Rachel came to party
So this one time our roommate Rachel got married and left us, but then her husband had to go to Salt Lake for a week so she came and partied with us!
Anburlin concert or something like that, i hadn't ever heard of them!
Getting a better view
Sam's face, priceless!
Picnic
Old Gristmill at Adam's park
Ashley seeing how hard headed Sam really is
Sunday fun
Those are our funny boys!
Handstand contest! They are really good, I need to work on that.
The sun is so bright!
I love Darwin!
Finals Week
Free food at the institute monday - wednesday from 10-1 yeah!
Free food for FHE!!! Love these women. Sister DeSpain, Sister Redd and Sister Wartle
Party or study?
Headed back from playing ultimate frisbee on the quad.
Headed to Wendy's
Delicious and not very nutritious, but it was cheap! ...sorta
Sam had a break down after a math final. And Ashley hit him in the face really hard with a pillow
And the war began
We all joined in to save Ashley and our bedroom...well Ashley's bed tipped over... ha ha
WE then frolicked through the fountains on campus. I love Doug jumping into this photo, that boy is amazing.
Jazz
Went to the Clayson's and watched basketball
and got free frosty's!
Cleaning the apratment
So our vacuum is a piece of crap and so I swept our hallway...DISGUSTING!
Then the DeSpains had a BBQ for us!
We went on a little trip, for food I have no doubt.
Karissa is jealous of mine and Drew's friendship hence the bunny ears and then Sams finger, he thought he was so funny!
Drew helping us take apart the shelf so we can burn it after destroying it.
Taking a nap in the parking lot waiting for Sam, he is SO slow!
Marshmallow fight. They liked to hide from us.
Hike up the mountain
Party!
Resting under a tree. Darwin odds aren't so great!
Bon fire guest are beginning to arrive
Glen was a great mallow fighting pal!
Burning a shirt
Ready to burn school work
Reading a few last words before the sacrificial burning
Standing in the truck bed singing "and this is crazy, so here's my number so call me maybe" First time I had heard that song haha
We are just awesome. Me, Chaise, McKell, Justin
Pretty sure Sam and Miryelle are on my lap and Sam is getting ready to make Jessica squirm.
My niece is adorable!
