...WiTcHaPaLoOzA...

So... let me start by saying I have a super fun family. It is not unusual to see us singing and dancing to Neil Diamond, dressed as bag ladies (just for amusement), screaming over a game of dominos, Phase 10, Yahtzee, or making random road trips across the country. Therefore, I thought it would be a fabulous idea for all of us girls to go to Witchapalooza at Gardner Village. It was so much fun! If you have not heard of it, it's a dinner-theatre show with songs from the different eras and a handsome heartthrob Warlock. (Who does pelvic thrusts while dancing...) We all dressed as witches and sang and danced right along with the cast. If you have never seen your Mom and aunts do the Macarena...you are missing out. 

Me, My mom, Carlie and Cortney 

Mari Ann, Lisa, Grandma and Mom (Linda was there too, but not a fan of the camera)

Me and my crazy Mom

Geez... I'm looking ferosh! I had so much fun with my family. I know blogging can get super sappy sometimes, but I do want to say that I'm so grateful I was born into a family with such fun, diverse personalities. Never a dull moment... Love you guys, can't wait until next year! 

Things Money Just Won't Buy

Yesterday when I was in my bedroom taking off my makeup for the night, Landon came in and threw a blanket over my head and told me he wanted to show me something. I was annoyed and told him to stop but he just kept ushering me into the living room. When I got in there he kept the blanket over my head and told me to stay there for one second. When he finally took the blanket off he had lit a candle and was playing our song. Then he asked me to dance with him! I just wanted to take a moment and say... I'm so thankful for things money can't buy. Including slow dancing in your living room....

MuCh tOo MuCh To SaY

So... hey there! Been a week... still alive, still well, and still VERY busy with school. All in all it was a great week, I had 4 exams, visited my family, ate Super way too much food, and spent lots of time with my textbooks. I'm pretty glad it's this week now! Well... it seems there is a new "tag" circling among my blog buddies and I have been hit twice. I'm always happy to do these silly things. So, here is that first :

 

8 T.V. shows I love to watch: 

The Hills

Gossip Girl

90210

Greys Anatomy

Desperate Housewives

Dr. Phil

Project Runway

Tabatha's Salon Takeover 

and... The Office ( I know, that's 9... but I LOVE T.V.!)

8 Places I just Love to Eat at!:

Mill Hollow

Cafe' Rio

Olive Garden

Chris Madrids

In 'N Out

Taco Bell

Shirley's (it's a bakery with AMAZING cinnamon rolls)

Applebees

8 Things I am looking forward to:

This semester to be over

My nursing application to be finished

Our fall break trip!

Christmas

Neil Diamond concert

Witchapalooza

Having no zits someday! (Please?)

8 Things that happened yesterday:

Studies for my history and O-chem exams

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Watched the Office

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Wow, I'm boring

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Cleaned the house.....

How tragic

Okay, I'm not going to tag anyone, because everyone will get tagged eventually. But... I tag everyone who doesn't! 

So... last week, Landon entered a basketball tournament with his friends Casey, Chase and Daniel (not pictured) at UVU. He was super excited about it and it was really cute. When he came home from the tournament (I didn't go... I thought it would be like 4 hours and he would only play once, terrible wife award.) he was SO excited and told me that their team had won overall, "The champions". They won some T-shirts that they all insisted on wearing to school the next day. 

I'm really glad that Landon has some friends from high school here in Provo. Casey is a staple at our house and frequently stops in for dinner or just to chat. We love him! So we went home for spud harvest this weekend. Unfortunately, they couldn't dig because it was so cold! But it was really good to see my family anyway! 

Ha Ha! Look at the color of Landon's face. I should feel insecure about that, since Mason and Avery both weigh about 15 lbs apiece. 

Here are the little ones in the bath after our sleepover. They are so sweet and I am ridiculously attached to them both. They make me laugh so much. We played multiple rounds of hide and go seek this trip. One of the nights I told them it was our last round and then we were going to bed. When we had finished that round Landon said, "Wait! I just thought of a great place to hide, can we play one more round?" It was really cute. Landon is going to be a great Dad.

Here's our very entertaining game of Balderdash. I'll tell you what, if you want to have a fun game... invite my Mom. Just don't let there be little kids around. You'll be answering questions for weeks! Landon and I took a drive up to Mesa Falls on Saturday afternoon. It was gorgeous but super cold! Mason was loving the snow and collected this little snow ball. He said he wanted to show it to "Grandma Suey". Unfortunately for us all... it melted in the  car on the way home:) 

... The Time is Now! ...

The University of Utah finally posted the '09 nursing application! I have been waiting for this for 2 years now... but I still felt sick when I saw it. It just made it so real. There are usually about 200 applicants and 71 accepted, so the competition is stiff. I have to have a competitive GPA, leadership examples, clinical experience, volunteer work, 3 great references and a captivating essay. This is so important to me, I have worked so hard in school to be considered for this program. I won't turn in my finished application until January... and won't find out if I got in until May! This is going to be the longest 8 months of my life. I just feel like I have invested so much of myself into this process... I am ready for it to be over! To be a nurse or not be a nurse....? That's my life's question. 

When did I start a-lookin' like my Mama?!

So I recently found this memory card floatin' around and unearthed all sort of treasures! Among them were these pictures of me and my Mom... and it's the first time I ever thought I look like her! Both of these were taken shortly after I moved out in 2005. Craziness. What do you think?! Lookin' like my Mom?! 

And for good measure... here's the other half of my DNA. I like to think I'm a little like my Dad too! 

When the cats away...

This weekend Landon and I were apart for a couple of days. I wish I could say that I had a super fun weekend full of shopping, makeup and great food but that wasn't the case. I actually spent most of the time cuddling with my physiology and organic chemistry textbooks... and took some time to reflect upon some things.  

Sunday afternoon Britters and I went on a drive up the always gorgeous Alpine Loop and it's no surprise the scenery got me all emotional again! I was telling Brittney that Saturday I had some serious growing pains when I realized that when Landon is gone... my life kind of goes with him. I sat and thought about my life up to this point and got really melancholy thinking about my family and all of my great memories with my brother and sisters, I thought about high school and how I'm so grateful I can look back on it from a higher place. 

 

I really am so grateful for where my life is right now. I love Landon so much and I feel like I am finally growing into my own skin. I'm so blessed to have such a good family and I just want you all to know how much I love and appreciate you. 

I know this is a random post... but "my cup runneth over" lately and I just wanted to say isn't it so great to be alive?! 

I too.... believe in Lane Frost

It may be presumptuous for me to assume I have loyal, consistent blog readers. So... a back story. A few months ago while in Texas, I made Landon answer a few questions for a blog post. On the "I believe...." question Landon (in true Landon fashion) said "I believe in Lane Frost." The comment spawned many calls and texts and funny replies, but to me it was just an "oh Landon" moment. Well, tonight while visiting our friends Cade and Andi, they  got all excited about something, started whispering behind their hands and giggling while coming down the hall with something concealed from Landon and I. Much to my delight... the surprise turned out to be a true Landon quote T-shirt! 

You can tell how proud Landon is of the gift. I can't wait for him to wear it 5 days a week. I feel like I have to tell everyone why this is so funny. When I first met Landon we were going through the "getting to know you" phase. When I asked him his favorite movie he said, "8 seconds" ya, fine it's a little weird, but not TOO weird right? Well...the next breath he said. " I feel like I have always had a connection to Lane Frost. When I was young I went to the arena in Cheyenne where he was killed and said a prayer and maybe cried a little." Now, you would think that would be the moment where I would say, "well, I had a really good time tonight. Don't call me... I'll call you." And yet... here I am two years later sitting next to him still laughing about it. 
The back of the shirt has a Gen-u-whine quote from the Lane Frost website. Some crap about what a great person he was... blah, blah, blah. (Landon is not ok with the previous sentence, he is requesting I edit myself.) 
Although I am not pleased this shirt is being added to the wardrobe, I must take this moment to say what good friends Cade and Andi are.... to Landon anyway. They did some real homework for this present. I think it would be a great dusting rag!