Family... Isn't it about time?

Let me take a minute to introduce a few of my all time favorite people...

Here we have M&M. Missy and Mike have been married almost a year now (crazy eh?) And this just happens to capture Miss in her natural habitat. She always did wish she were Tongan in high school :P (ha, Missy, I hope you liked my face) Anyway, despite some pretty crazy health issues, Missy graduated from college last year, with a BFA from BYU. And that gentleman on the right is the newest addition to our family. He's kind of cool. I guess... Just kidding Mike :) He's a great brother-in-law. I've even asked him questions about confusing high school boys. Talk about a PATIENT bro-ha-in-law!

Now on to Ty and Becca! Hmm... where do I begin with these two? Well, Tyler turned 30 this week-- eek! I have a brother THAT old?!? Haha, just kidding Ty. On his birthday, it was announced that Tyler is going to be one of the chief residents at Stanford Medical School during the 2012-2013 year! Insane much? And his wife there on the right was a part of our family before she ever married Ty. Becca has a degree in music from BYU, along with a nursing degree from Drexel University. Last I heard she was subbing as a supervisor at work. Pretty sure she's worked there less than a year. (I could be wrong on that...) Yeah. She's cool. These four beauties are Kristin, Dave, and their kids, Patten and Kimball. Kristin has a degree in choral education from the University of Utah, and is now working as a chef, taxi driver, babysitter, maid, and professional nurturer-- aka the best mom ever. Dave has a degree in civil engineering from the U, and then decided he wanted to go to law school. So... he went to law school. Dave is a fabulous example to me of a hard worker. He knows that anyone can do whatever they put their mind to, and you know he knows it because of the way he studies, and works hard in other ways. I miss this! I miss everyone singing around the piano and having fun with each other on Sunday nights. I sincerely wish I had taken more advantage of having you guys around the house when I was younger. I miss and love all my blood-related siblings!
And as for all you not-blood-related-siblings, I miss you too! I feel like all of you were members of our family before we ever even met! Thank you all for giving me such great examples, and for your hard work. I see how hard you work, and it makes me want to work just as hard (if not harder) than you, so I can do something cool with my life like you have! Thanks again!

Love my life

Start with a prayer

Get a little educated...

Take a little break...

Have some "social" time.

That's my life as of late...Fun eh??

Haha, as complainey as that sounds, I actually love it! I've gotten hooked on running, I study a lot, and I feel like I'm actually being productive. Awesome :)

Voice

I always knew I was the kind of person who felt better when I spoke my mind. I usually bottle things up to a point and then let them out in an explosion of emotion. Here's the deal folks--- it's A LOT harder when you're forced to keep your mouth shut. I haven't been allowed to talk for the last seven days, and it's been EXTREMELY frustrating. If I ever have to do this again... I will be sincerely annoyed. Though, I have learned a lot about how much I talk :) haha peace.

P.s. this isn't meant to be a complainey blog post, it's just interesting how much of a difference talking makes.

Summa Time!

Yay for summer. It makes me happy to only worry about sno shack and flip flops. WHOO! :)

Interesting

Everyone who has tried eating healthier told me that after a while.. you don't really have to try. You just start WANTING to eat food that is good for you because it actually TASTES good and you feel good after eating it. While I don't have a perfect diet, I have noticed this. Burgers don't appeal to me anymore, greasy fries make me want to gag, and tonight, I had my first bowl of kraft macaroni and cheese this year and I felt like I was going to have a rock sitting in my stomach for 8 years. I think it's interesting slash cool that my body can tell me when it likes what I'm eating.

Heres to healthy eating folks.

peace :)

and the winner is...

MSU...

Sweet 16 baby :D

(this is mostly for Mike.. love ya bro)

:)

peace

okay, I have an idea!

how about this...

lets forget how to

REBOUND

and after that?

how about we

FOUL PULLEN

(who already has 30 points)

LIKE EIGHT TIMES DURING

THE FINAL TWO MINUTES

OF THE GAME!!!!!!

Okay..

sounds good cougars.

ready?

BREAK!

Yes I do participate in the March Madness craze...

Natalie: Take that Florida!!

Mike Wallace: Amen. And props for knowing/appreciating that

yes. I do know what march madness is. and I may or may not have watched the game during fourth period today. Double-overtime. Fantastic.

peace

MADS

To whom it may concern.... I am now officially and east high madri-GAL! (courtesy laugh please) :D

Sadies

So, being the 17 year old that I am, I thought I would update all you fam-bul-ey members (and some others) on my WONDERFUL sadies experience this weekend. So, for a little background, I went with Christian Bennett. (no there is nothing more than friendship going on there :P) We were a group of six couples, which is pretty small, but fun none the less.

So here we go kids.. fasten your seat belts!

First we had a little bit o' this...

To get us ready for some of this..

Which got us all informed on how to do this...

Which is how we got these...

Once all those were done, we got into a little bit of this...

Which eventually led to this...

And finally ended with an entire pie like this...

Ready for some more o' this please...

Ode to Healthy Eating

Hello friends!
So I know this is January and it's the month that everyone makes goals and usually loses sight of them by February. We just won't talk about that for now. I'm confident I can eat healthier because I WANT to. I've wanted to for a while, but it's hard sometimes not having contorl over what food we buy at the house seeing as I still live at home. My family doesn't eat "not healthily" by any means, but this year I want to try exploring new foods and ideas so that when I move out I know some fun, fresh, and healthy recipes I can make my family. Sound familliar? Ha, my sister-in-law, Becca, sort of started this whole healthy eating craze in me. Last year, she eliminated meat from her diet (except fish), not because she wanted to be a trendy tree-hugger, but because she thought it would open her eyes to the different healthy choices out there. This year, I plan to follow her footsteps. Again, not because I want to be trendy or because I'm the newest member of PITA, but because there's so much more to food than just chicken and rice. I'm really excited to try new foods and to COOK! I made a deal with my mom that if I did this, I would made dinner two nights a week! I guess I get the better end of the deal because I love cooking so it will be a blast to learn new recipes and cook them for the fam! :)

I plan to carry this on the whole year, though many say I won't last a week-- we'll see what happens!

Peace out :D