The Semrads

what i've been doing

2011-02-02T12:28:00.000-08:00

the new and improved metta...what am i up to? well last week i was LITERALLY bored to tears.. really sobbing because i am sick of my house, sick of wal mart AND winco and already done sesriously the majority of my school work for the SEMESTER! yes unemployment is not all its cracked up to be. I made it less than one week before going absolutely crazy without a job. So now the question you've all been asking yourselves.. not really but humor me. I am currently working at..... Yes I am the new studio manager of the Timpanogos school of dance. I have been with the studio for 5 years and LOVE IT! It's the best studio in Utah.. and I've worked or danced at quite a few.
Tami the studio owner has decided to focus more on her family, and given me the opportunity to be the studio manager. I am now doing more of what i LOVE! YES sisters who had concerns i asked all the questions you asked me and everything is now resolved. I will continue teaching at the studio as well as being the studio manager. My goal is to focus on getting the word out about the studio. If any of my readers (mom, dad, sisters) know anyone looking for a great studio with amazing teachers and technique give them my phone number or e-mail or blog or ANYTHING!!! the blog for the studio is timpschoolofdance.blogspot.com We do ballet, jazz, hip hop, tumbling and technique classes. I am working on getting some adult classes going, a cardio jazz as well as a zumba class. If anyone can think of any other classes that they would like let me know and i will see what i can do! Thank you all!!!

and Justice is no more.

2011-01-24T11:18:00.000-08:00

Alright i totally slacked off last week but to my defense it was a VERY long emotional and crazy week closing down the Justice in the university mall..where i have worked for the last 6 years off and on. We closed to the public on Wednesday and then Thursday packed the rest up and sent it out, and then Friday we CLEANED like crazy. My walk through was fast because it was literally spotless. I did cry just a tiny bit on Friday after all was said and done. Here are some last minute pics of the crew that stayed until the very end with me cleaning and such. We seriously worked like crazy open to close most of last week. and really there are nine other justice stores still in Utah... and soon a tenth will be in St. George so no need to worry about no more Justice. I'll miss all my girls and my favorite customers!!! we all bought these really ugly shirts that are from justice that we made fun of. when Clair saw mine he said of COURSE yours has a glamorous cat on it. ha ha ha love it!! for 3 bucks and the great memories of the place i love it.

goals--p90x--and the best dad ever!

2011-01-15T20:13:00.000-08:00

I know i'm cutting it very close to not blogging this week but here I am!! HOORAY! in one of my classes we were talking about the importance of working on one goal at a time instead of multiple and i decided i would throw out my fitness and health goals in the name of blogging...well just for the month of January. and not really because we got P90x and it is seriously kicking my little toosh! We took before pictures and measurements (don't worry i wont post them) and hopefully in 90 days will have rockin after pictures..if i can give up my soda and candy. I'm VERY healthy in all other areas but those are my weaknesses.

BACK to my Blogging reason today... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST SMARTEST AND COOLEST DAD THERE EVER WAS!!!

2011 the new year --

2011-01-06T10:16:00.000-08:00

well one of my MANY new years resolutions is to be a better blogger! so here I am. my goal is at least once a week update people on the life of Clair and Metta Semrad which didn't get exciting until just recently and hopefully soon will die down into boring again. As many of you (whoever even looks at my blog anymore) know i lost my job at Justice for girls. I worked there since i was 16 years old and enjoyed most of it. I got my own store in january of 2009 and january of 2011 the mall is closing Justice permanently. Don't worry Justice fans all the other stores will still be open.

So what are we doing now.. Clair still currently works at PMI in lehi and is working on getting a website up and going to pay for his tuition. He loves his job for the most part. I am still up in the air. I interview at Journeys today but i think i want to be out of the retail world. I also have interview with Buckle, and the center for women and children in crisis. I hope to work at the latter. it would be just a part time job but still a job and it would also count as an internship for me to finish school. I am in my last (kinda) semester of school. i will be able to 'walk' and take the CHES exam in april but i will have another 10 weeks of school to finish in the first block of the summer semesters. i am studying community health with an emphasis in education.. although i want to move more into the physical fitness aspect of the health field.

I did just celebrate my 22nd birthday which was fun. poor Clair has been extremely ill with bronchitis so the days leading up to my birthday were mostly spent of taking care of Clair and making sure he was still breathing. On the morning of the 4th. i got up and my cousin Janna and I went to breakfast and then to get our hair done.. she just trimmed hers while i did the works, color and SMALL trim. After we met up with my BFF Veronica and went to lunch and did a little shopping. it was a VERY relaxing day. After shopping I came home and Clair got me a Jillian Michaels dunbell set as well as P90X which i am SOOO excited to start. He also made dinner and Veronica and CJ came over and we ate dinner and watched a movie. I got TWO cakes :) both of which are my favorite kind..rice crispy. THANKS CLAIR AND MELYNNE!
also thanks for all the birthday wishes and I will try to continue to BLOG weekly! it may be short but i need to get in the habit of it all!!

The things I do while Clairs away...

2010-04-17T20:36:00.000-07:00

Today Clair left to go help on the ranch leaving me here to do my own thing... The original plan was to work most the day and then come home and do homework, however i hurt my knee running ( i fell) and well, can barely put socks on without sending pain up my leg..so i attempted work for about 6 hours then i realized how swollen it all was and that i could not walk without looking DUMB so ...i went home :) did about 4 hours of anatomy (yuck) and a few other things pictured below.I did my OWN glitter toes.. it costs about 30-40 bucks to get them done at a nail place and with the items i needed it only cost me 5 dollas!!! i think I'll do a darker color next time but for now I'm just proud of the crafty me coming through.

and last but not least i bought this table from my friends mom.. it was red and i painted it today.. i would like to distress it a bit but need to let the paint dry for some time. I've wanted a table ever since we've moved in to put our magazines and things on .. its all just piled up on the floor or on the TV stand and drives me CRAZY because i NEVER feel like its clean. I'm super excited to for it to dry and to put all my stuff on it! I'll post pictures of the final project.

2010-03-06T11:42:00.000-08:00

hello all..its been a while but when i'm back in school and working full time its kind of hard for me to check my facebook and e-mail let alone post up on my blog. As i type i am listening to my online class and learning about the eye..its interesting and i really do enjoy the eye...this professor prides himself in having the lowest passing rate at UVU so i need the prayers please to get me through the rest of the semester.

i do have some photos from some fun we've had lately.. we went bowling last weekend with one of my good friends are her boyfriend.. now i'm an AWFUL bowler..like really i broke 100 once with a 101 and won a barbie for it.. so i usually just go with Clair who since I've known him has never bowled less than 175 to keep him entertained as he tries to give me tricks. MY luck however changed that night..Clair would claim that it was his teaching skills but i think its just me being good.. i bowled a 121! and my lovely husband only a 114. i beat everyone!! yay!!

bathroom and more...

2010-01-30T17:39:00.000-08:00

hello again!! look at me blogging twice in one week! and Yes Hailey its because you told me i had to post again. so here's my cute little bathroom i had everything from pre-marriage life so that is why its complete. When i asked Clair if i could use my old stuff for our new bathroom he said no because he knew it was hot pink and orange...and then we could only afford to do decorate one room at a time and the bathroom wasn't top priority so we just HAD to use all the pink...which i love and Clair has grown used to it :)

onto more exciting news...Clair took me snowboarding for one of my vacation days..i was too afraid to fall so instead i just sat...cried a little bit.. and told him how much i hated it..all on the FIRST time down the BUNNY HILL! it took us 30 minutes to get down the first time..so up again we went on the lift and this time he went backwards and held my hands and i almost made it all the way down but we crashed when my board got stuck on his...that time it only took us 15 minutes to get down the hill... bunny hill mind you. SO up again we went this time he only held one hand and we made it down perfectly fine! and then up again and i did it all by myself with ZERO falls..so turns our i don't hate it one bit.. i actually quite enjoy it to my surprise. SOO Clair bought me a whole new set up for a late birthday present and i love it.. it has all the things i love..pink and zebra. PERFECT. i'm a little afraid to try out the normal hill seeing as we spent the full 3 hours on the bunny hill with little kids racing passed me. glorious!!!

my house

2010-01-26T13:31:00.000-08:00

hello all!!! i have decided to blog once again..or at least attempt it! soo i'm on vacation this week! on vacation..from work that is so far i have done homework, cleaned and caught some sort of nasty cold! I was supposed to be in Mexico right at this moment..but poor Clair lost his passport. So i have decided to blog about my lovely HOME!! its a tiny little apartment but i still call it our home. hopefully i'll get to blogging every day and today is about my kitchen :) for the longest time i couldn't figure out what our kitchen was missing, and then on my birthday i decided i needed curtains..so my best friend Natalie and I went up to Ikea, picked out some great fabric and we made them. That is right i'm getting so crafty. also.....i started school again and have a class with my BFF!!! its at 8:00AM on a saturday and i'm not in love with it but we have eachother!! yayaya. i'll hopefully walk in the fall and finish up with an internship next spring!

2009-09-12T21:15:00.000-07:00

the best day of my life!

my cute little sister the stinky cheese

all the justice girls say HOLLA!!

here are some of my favorite wedding photos!! it was a WONDERFUL day! perfect weather and the best family in the entire world!!

and of course the worlds cutest husband!

pictures

2009-06-29T18:11:00.000-07:00

well i got my engagements back today and i decided to post a few and get a response..no i'm not prego i just look it.. these are some of 255.. clair looks great in all of them and for some reason i faltered. no need to disagree i've owned up to it..but i do think that in some of these my eye lashes look great. i was proud that they didn't clump up today!

engagments

2009-06-25T09:09:00.000-07:00

my goodness!! i could be the only crazy person out there but engagement pictures have by far been THE most stressful part of the engagment! EVERYONE is going to see these pictures so they have to be good right? and clair is wonderful don't get me wrong but the whole i think your pretty all the time just stressed me out even MORE!! so when you all receive your invitations to be suprised if i look really uncomfortable and awkward while clair looks golden! you really would think it would be the other way around since he HATEs taking pictures but he was a star. so my question to all is did anyone else want to die over the invites!!?!?

no pirates. no plane crashes

2009-06-08T17:42:00.000-07:00

hello all!! i'll slowly but surely fill everyone in on our LOVELY adventures in Europe. i am very happy to be home and very tired so its going to be a short post. today i decided to make me post more i'll post daily something about the trip. like a place or something like tonight...we had the worlds best housekeeping staff on the cruise ship. really these to guys were amazing..rodderick (rod) and wilbur! everything rod made us a surprise out of towels and left little chocolates and it was fabulous. he called daysa and me "tweeny." for some reason most people on the cruise thought we were twins. when we said no and made them guess whose older, our age differences and our ages, it usually ended up 1 or 2 years apart, daysa 14 and me 16..hmm even a few guessed Daysa older than me! really people we're 5 1/2 years apart and i'm older. she's almost 15 and i'm alsmost 20 1/2. so here are the cute little creatures! they are all easy to tell what they are!

2009-05-27T23:32:00.000-07:00

a little late but still filled with love, a shout out to the tallest brother in law in the world (to my knowledge) HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY TAYLOR!! YOU ARE SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i want you to know this is the first EVER birthday shout out i've given on my blog. i hope you feel the love!

hello all!! great news the wedding is planned! cake, dress, place, time, photographer the works. its FINISHED!! YES!! i know i'm amazing. it took me four weeks to plan it all..except i hardly did ANYTHING!! a very special thanks to my mom, sisters, cousins (hailey, amy, janna, shannon especially for all the input and helpful tips and such) and of course my best friend natalie who did the most painful of all and went with me to try on dresses, look at the reception center, decide on hair, bridesmaid dresses and colors. the dress was probably the worse of all..she had to shove me into rooms and put dresses on me..convince me i didn't look like an idiot in them and last but not least saw me in my underwear about a million times that day..who knew dresses were so hard to get on all by yourself. ANYWAY.. to more important news.. my sudden obsession with zebra..it isn't super sudden actually, about 3 months ago i bought some super hot zebra heals but now i'm comin out in public! (hence the blog make over) hooray! i don't know what it is but today i asked clair if we could have some room in our house zebra and he said YES!! ha ha ha this is why i love him!! well all count down the days but only 94 until i get married!!

my dress!!

2009-05-15T23:12:00.000-07:00

hello hello!!! the worst part is FINALLY OVER!! yaya! through some tears and frustration i finally found (actually my mom found it) the perfect dress. i look ridiculous in these pictures but it was our last stop and it was a really long day of trying on a million dresses.. anyway i love the lace up back but my most favorite must is the big bow that i WILL have.

our story

2009-05-10T10:27:00.001-07:00

first of all happy mothers day to my mom and my sisters and all other moms out there! i hope you all have a WONDERFUL day because you deserve it.

now i have had a million people ask me HOW Clair popped the question. so here's our story!
i went into work on a monday morning and when i got there one of the managers told me i had the day off and clair was here to pick me up and spend the day with me since he'd be leaving. You would think that would be the hint that it was coming but i was convinced it wasn't going to happen before he left so i just really thought we were going to spend the day together. so i got in the car and we started driving up to salt lake to go to the Gateway..an outdoors mall that we really like.. and we stopped in draper to get something to eat. after we got back on the road we got off just 2 exits later.. i tried convincing clair this was the WRONG exit and that i know more about malls than he does but he said he knew a round about way..thats when we pulled up the Shane Co.. the Jewelry store where i had picked out my ring online.

we went in .. still in shock.. and asked if they had the ring...the guy looks it up online and said he wasn't sure..he went back to look and came back out with the ring. now while he was back there clair explained that he'd probably have to get it sized and get the diamond put in it so i wouldn't get it today. kinda sad but still excited none the less. well he came out with the box and opened it and it was BEAUTIFUL.. stunning. he said i could try it on and what do you know..PERFECT fit. so we wrapped it up and took it home. clair let me wear it on the way home but took it away once we got there. he had some errands to run and left me to be just wondering when i'd get it. so he came to pick me up for my FHE dinner then after that we had already planned to go up to the thanksgiving point gardens. he said he wanted it to be a somewhat of a surprise (giving me the ring) so i'd just have to be patient. ha ha if any of you know me i HATE surprises!!! anyways...we went up to the tulip festivle and it was GORGEOUS. i loved it. i had never been but i'd reccomend it to anyone. we walked the gardens, it was perfect weather.. we were looking over a waterfall talking..i went to the otherside.. and when i turned around he was on one knee..i started laughing and hardly waited for him to ask before i made him put it on me.. it was perfect.

2009-04-23T12:08:00.000-07:00

hello hello everyone! just thought i'd spread the news that i'm getting married!! ha ha ha save the date..AUGUST 29th 2009 :) yay!

for those of you that don't know.. Jeffery Clair Semrad (he goes by Clair) and I have been dating for a year and a half. we met at school last fall and were friends for a little while before we decided to date. its been the best time ever! he's my best friend and we have loads of fun! He's from Malad Idaho and SUPER handsome!

here's some pictures..they are kind of hard to see so i included the online picture of the ring too.. i LOOOVE it so so so SO much! p.s. i kinda have ugly hands so sorry!!

My First Flight Alone

2009-03-23T20:50:00.001-07:00

So I had a WONDERFUL spring break! I flew out Wednesday morning and landed first in the Minneapolis airport..my next flight didn’t leave for the next 3 and a half HOURS!!! REEEEEDICULOUS! So I pulled out my astronomy and finished my assignments for the rest of the semester with time to spare and went and grabbed something to eat and the US magazine for the week. ( this issue was full of gossip about the bachelor break up and Melissa on dancing with the stars ) I got on the plane and landed in the Detroit airport…walking off the plane I was COMPLETELY panicked. Never in my life had I seen this airport ( I had flown out of the Detroit airport two times before with my parents ) Not recognizing my surroundings coupled with clairs worries about my sister living in Ohio and my flying to Michigan I was terrified. Luckily Leisy called me then and told me there are two separate terminals.. One super ghetto (the one I was used to) and two the terminal bigger than a mall that has a train like thing reaching from end to end. Of course my plane landed on the complete opposite end of where Leisy was picking me up so I began my journey. I didn’t even take one walking pathway! Leisy called twice in the amount of time it took me to walk there. Finally I arrived with a VERY happy zebby. The highlight of my trip was the BRAVO! that’s most of what I did. Friends would text and call and ask what I had done and I would tell them I watched Make me a Super Model, or millionaire matchmaker, or the real housewives of New York city OR NCIS.

We did some shopping and I played with zebby and learned how to make the best pizza ever..if you want it go to Leisy’s blog and get it..the BBQ chicken pizza. Its AMAZING! And really quite easy! Other than those few things I just played with the kiddos! The return trip was just about the same..my layover I bought the book the Kite Runner and havn’t been able to put it down. It was a GREAT vacation but I was super excited to come home and see Clair.

2009-03-10T10:48:00.001-07:00

So this weekend we traveled down to good old cedar city for my old roommates (Emily) reception. In the car was me, clair, sam and kiley. So much fun. We were about half way there when clair turned to me and said .. All we need to do is hit 265 (referring the miles on that tank) without the light going on and we’ll be fine… are you serious!? Ha ha ha I just started giggling like any normal person would in such a situation. Luckily just around the bend was a gas station the GPS didn’t pick up and we stopped and filled up. I did ask why he didn’t fill up the tank before we left but he just laughed and said I don’t know. Anyway good laughs and luckily NO breaking down.
So the reception was nice. In a old church. It was really pretty and we had a lot of fun.. My favorite part of course was the chocolate fountain mmmm I love chocolate! We met up with my good friend staci and went to the pizza factor for dinner then started the journey back. It was about 10:00 PM.. The weather was cold but clear until we got on the on ramp and the snow started to come..then about 20 minutes later we couldn’t see 25 feet in front of us. The roads were awful and the visibility horrendous! I couldn’t sleep at all for fear that we might crash and DIE!!! We stopped at a gas station to fuel up and get some snacks .. There was ICE all around clairs car and we were driving! Man it was crazy I had to push EXTRA hard to get out of the car and when I shut the door a sheet of ice fell off. The snow finally let up in about payson ha ha ha and then we were good to go but now it was close to 2 AM! It took us about 2 and half hours to get down and almost FOUR to get home! BLAH over all it was fun
And yes… I am now blonde!

2009-02-28T14:39:00.000-08:00

Alrighty then! Its been a while I know and these are probably beyond boring since I have no big events in my life lately. Its mostly consisted of work and school… now the reason for these boring posts… I get extra credit in my English class for writing at least 250 words on my blog 20 times during the semester and I am quite behind. I do believe this will be my third and its MIDTERM! Ha ha ha but I have taken a little break from intense school work and am only taking 13 credits this semester. I typically try and pile 15 to 18 but I just needed a little break for a minute/ semester and its been a great one actually and I’m still moving forward!
So we like to cook here at my apartment.. I can cook about two things (besides microwave / frozen foods) this does not include baking either! Here in this nice Sunday dinner we had last week I made chicken parmesan. SOOOOO easy! Like unbelievably easy and super tasty! My mother would kill me for all the bags we have on the table but its less dishes in our sink. Usually I try and make our plates and such match but we were running short so I just put whatever we had on the table. The second thing I can make is chicken enchiladas! Kiley cooks amazing chicken and rice.. We’re getting a little tired of chicken BUT I just bought stuff to make sweet and sour chicken so we’ll deal with it for one more meal
Now my lovely clair. He cracks me up. He holds his cup between his feet like a monkey when he eats and it gives me anxiety! I’m just waiting for him to spill but he says its more convenient for it to be there then on the floor… maybe he’s just a bit lazy..hmm anyways I really hope a big event happens soon so that I can have more interesting posts!

2009-02-12T11:00:00.001-08:00

good news i have purchased my plane ticket!! yay!! usually for spring break people go places warm and exotic but i am going to OHIO!! yahoo..sadely i could convince no one to come with me so zeb will have pure metta time for 5 days..yep no longer will daysa be the favorite!
And about number two on my list..I don’t usually ever eat whole cubes of better..and by usually I mean never. I do however love to eat the cookie dough by the tub or bowl or however it comes. I LOOVE it..
In other news.. Nothing exciting has happened recently..valentines is coming up but I told clair last year that if he ever got me anything for valentines we would break up. I would MUCH rather celebrate my birthday and gets loads of gifts and celebrations…I have only 225 days left until my 21st birthday ( thank you laney and taylor for that gift. Its VERY convenient)
SOOO things are great, school is great, clair is great, life is basically great right now. EXCEPT for my Hollywood gossip.. I mean really!? Chris Brown beating up Rihanna, Christian Bale being a jerk, Meredith thinking Derick is cheating on her… I guess it will all clear up tonight for the last one but still I’m mostly upset about Riahanna. Hmm.

2009-01-31T23:56:00.000-08:00

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

i'm not really sure how to tag..soo if you feel so inclined do this. it was quite fun.

uno. my sisters are my best friends
two. i truely believe if you eat a cube of butter and no one sees.. the calories don't count
3. i love creating and finding outfits that are matchy (including jewerly, bows, shoes etc.)
#4. i'm obssessed with working -- not becuase of money-- because i am my mothers daughter
five. i'm not crafty in the slightest bit
seis. i absolutley LOVE cooking/baking
#7. No one could be more perfect for me than clair is.
eight. i hope to manage my own store one day
9. i hope to make a difference in someones life daily
ten. dancing is my passion--i'll break out into dance and song anywhere, anytime, daily.
eleven. being home with my whole family usually makes me cry out of joy
#12. i try to see the good in everybody
Trece. i believe in miracles
fourteen. i color coordinate my closet.
15. i adore little children, although i'm not sure i want any of my own.
#16. i have a chain counting down until my next birthday (january 4th 2010)--(thanks taylor and laney)
seventeen. i think eating is a waste of time unless its chocolate ice cream
dieceocho. a cute pair of shoes make me feel like i can conquer the world
19. i love Patrick Dempsey
#20. i hate the feeling of other peoples socks touching me, i'd rather bare feet anyday
twenty one i'm very cuddly, and huggy. i still sit on my moms lap.
veintedos. i hate knowing a surprise is coming
23. i hate getting ready for the day..HATE IT!!!
twentycuatro. i miss the security of highschool
#25. i have no regrets in life

its my birthday!! (its really long sorry!!)

2009-01-04T20:45:00.000-08:00

alright so its been a GREAT week! We'll start with new years eve.. i had taken the ENTIRE week off (a VERY rare thing for me) you see, Clair and I were going to go to vegas with some friends for new years, our plans fell through and on tuesday morning and i was pouting about the fact that i had the whole week off and might as well be working. Those of you that know Clair know that he will go out of his way to make my day, he hated the fact that i'd rather be at work earning money than taking a relaxing week off, so we packed our bags and went to Malad, Idaho! sounds exciting right!? ha ha ha a tiny town where Idaho begins (its also the same town my family blew the tire in on their Idaho trip) Clair is from there so we went up to spend the week with his family. BEST TRIP! we got there around 9 PM, his Chris (his brother) and Mattie (his brother girlfriend) were there. Clair and i jumped in the hot tub for a little while then We put in what happens in vegas and settled in. We looked at the clock at about 12:30, ha oops! we laughed and gave eachother a kissed and just kept watchin in the movie. After the movie we all played games with his parents and went to bed at about 2:30 AM! the next morning we got up had breakfast and started the chores! i drove the tractor (with a little guidence from clair) and fed the cows it was GREAT! i wish i had pictures but his mom has them for now. The next days we drove up to Idaho Falls and took Grandma and Grandpa Oswald and Aunt Kim to dinner. it was fabulous! we had SOO much fun, we journed back to Malad, watched the sugar bowl and played more games..our first realy fight broke out in phase 10 when Clair skipped me and then went out when i had 3 wilds (worth 25 points) 1 skip (worth 15) and the rest were cards above 10 (worth 10 points) ... the next morning (saturday) we celebrated my birthday! we got all packed up and drove into Logan. the Cache Valley mall was ridiculously slow for a saturday morning but it was fun,we went into Buckle (my favorite store) where CLAIR picked out ever single item to my outfit. (Shoes, Pants, tanktop, shirt) the shoes are my most favroite part! the shirt and brown you can sorta see through is the shirt and tank he picked out too. really NO help from me!! can you believe that! he's amazing! we then drove to orem, got ready, went out to dinner, and then hit up a movie. he is absolutely amazing! i LOOOOVE HIM! happy birthday to me :) Today (sunday) i got to talk to my sisters and enjoy a very scrumptious home cooked meal (lots cooked carrots perfecto) from my mommy!

2008-12-07T11:22:00.000-08:00

SOOO!!! i had SO much fun disco skating! yes its a saturday night tradition my roommate and i are going to adopt! obviously Kiley and I are much more into the dressing up but we'll get everyone else there very soon. ( after a few trips to di and savers :) anyway..in these pictures are kiley and i, then Kim and Sam. so much fun! i actually saw tons of people i know there which was quite the surprise! be expecting more photos from this event!

Disney On Ice!

2008-11-16T20:47:00.000-08:00

This weekend Clair and i went on the best date ever!!! yep to Disney on Ice 100 years of magic! it was amazing! i loved every second of it except the 10 minutes intermission! ... i did make clair wear his woody hat and i loved my headband with the minnie ears and bow!

i loved the princesses..Ariel and Eric were the best out of the bunch.. my favorite section was probably the finding nemo or mulan! they were great.. i don't remember ever going to a disney on ice before and i loved all the disney songs! we had amazing seats and it was SOOO much fun!

my poor pa-hone

2008-11-04T21:44:00.000-08:00

so my electonic life has been lacking lately!

I was running across 1200 west in orem on my way to institute and noticed on the other side that my phone was not in my pocket..i debated for a few minutes whether or not to run back home and get it. . i decided against that. . so after institute i went to the dentist to get a tooth that broke fixed.. then got home and searched my apartment and had no luck so emmy and i went to retrace my steps. we walked to the street and i saw it..denied it..and kept looking. of course she was right and my phone was in 6 parts spread up, down and all across the road. i cried. called mom because it seemed like the right thing to do, then clair (luckily em has his number) and we went to buy me a new phone..its really confusing so far but i will learn to love him as much as i adored my crazer. sorry daysa and kent. there will be no phone to give away this time :(

reasons i loved and will miss my crazer

5. small

4. very classy looking

3. my pics and music ( we never found the sim card so all is lost )

2. held up great to drops and falls..just not so great against cars i guess.

1. the mirror it provided on the front.

p.s. i still have the same number. if you think i should have your number please text me with it!

best week ever!

2008-10-20T18:20:00.000-07:00

for those of you who have not heard my fantastic news......be prepared its quite fantastic.... i did cry when the question was asked.... ( in the middle of my store ringing someone up) drum roll please.... here's the story..

here i am at work having a fantastic evening, when this lady comes in. she was quite friendly, i'm helping her, giving her advice, talking about her kids, and i may or may not have snuck her a coupon... well she told me i as an angel sent from heaven and that i had no idea how much i made her day ( little did she know ) then she continues to say she's somehow going to make it up to me. i laugh and tell her there is no need i'm just going my job and i'm more than happy to help her. she goes on to tell me 3 or 4 times she'll make it up to me. and then..she asks...
do you know who patrick dempsey is? ( what!?!) i just look up and say of course! i have pictures of him in my room, a calendar, all the seasons of greys anatomy. i am in love with him. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET HIM!?! then the tears stream..seriously! AHHHHH yes folks that IS right! its happening in march (i'm keeping my fingers crossed it really does) apparently her husband is filming a movie and patrick dempsey is going to be in it! la la la!! my week then continued on quite nicely...i'll show some pictures...my work party i won an I POD! yes i know! a video one actually..we then went to the corn maze! ... thursday Clair, me, Emmy and Andrew went to lagoon for a very eventful day!

2008-10-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

i'm not sure many of you know my deep love for patrick dempsey. my sister gave me this photo of him inthe frame for christmast one year, inside are different photos i can change whenever i please but this is my most favorite of all!

my week last week ended with a very sad metta and a very sad week. my lap top broke, my i home broke and my phone stopped charging :(

however!!! conference was spectacular! Emily and i had the opportunity to go to the afternoon session and saturday. (don't worry that we thought we had morning tickets, so we got all ready to go and realized they were for afternoon)
Saturday was one of my most favorite days! it rained ALLLLLLLLL day long! it was kinda dreary and cold and i LOVED it! clair and i watched the morning session at aunt donnas then emily and i headed up the the afternoon session. once we were there we walkedabout 2 blocks in the pouring rain (with an umbrella) and barely made it intime! Elder Wirthlins talk on just laughing made our day So much better.

we forgot which floor of the building we parked on so ended up getting off floor 5, 6 and 7 before we found the car. we then continued on getting very lost in down town, and finally waiting 15 mintues for a slow train to pass by! both of us now quite late for work! still we just laughed.

2008-09-02T14:53:00.000-07:00

surprise! here i am back on the blog! it has been an adventurous little while!
well just the other day i purchased a starving student card..just a card with a bunch of free and discounted stuff.. and last night we decided to put the bad boy to work! we were all sick of the rain and wanted to do something fun! sooooo we went to trafalga! yup! the good ol' Aglafart! it was so much fun! i haven't been in quite a while and enjoyed it quite a bit.. not only because it was fun but it was also free! thats right baby F-R-E-E! so here are some glorious pictures from the place..it was Clair, myself, Kyle, Emily and Kiley!
Emily and kiley are my roommates and so far so good. I'm pretty sure we won't have many problems if any. we all stay pretty busy with school and work. Most importantly they have learned to accept and join my obsession with Greys Anatomy. Both are almost completely caught up just in time for season cuatro!

now here we have Big brotha Kyle. Always an adventure and sometimes can make the beaver face almost as wonderfully as i can! he used to be roommates with Clair and we have all just become great friends!
over all it was a very entertaining and eventful night. i took second just behind clair (47) with a 57 emily and kyle tied with a 58 and kiley a 59! yahoo!

2008-08-07T00:06:00.000-07:00

when i was little i used to collect beanie babies..i couldn't tell you how many i had and loved them! since technology has improved somewhat there is a new fad.. a HUGE fad in the children's market.. as some of you I'm sure have heard..webkinz. Apparently they are the coolest thing to ever happen the planet earth in the eyes of 6-10 year olds. I am asked frequently what it is, what it does, how it works etc. and have never been able to answer questions...until now. yes thats right. i adopted one.... i actually won it at work.... but still i just adopted the cute little thing! its somewhat fun. I got a cute little birth certificate and such! now not many look at my blog so I'm not super embarrassed to post the little guy. his name is Gerard adopted 08/07/08!

2008-07-31T08:48:00.001-07:00

i figured out why i don't blog much.. i don't really have anything exciting to talk about. I don't have a child to post up everywhere, or a husband so i don't really fit in all the couple stuff. BUT every once and a while i do something exciting! like last night i went bowling with my friends and we had SOOOOO much fun. i literally almost peed my pants with laughter! (not that many care) but still its been a while since I've cried with laughter! i really do have a good time with natalie. for those of you who read this and don't know her..she's my best friend in the whole world (besides my mom and sisters :) )anyway...Greys anatomy gave me yet another great quote..it fits me well because at the end of the day I'm exhausted from working two jobs, dealing with people, running errands, and trying to have a social life. Sometimes i don't feel like i've done enough or i need to just try and squeeze a little more in and its exhausting really..so here is what my show had to say "At the end of the day the fact that we hae the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate"

2008-07-13T22:36:00.000-07:00

my family vacation was the best thing ever! I needed a good get away from life and going up to the mountains in the middle of a tiny town (population 250) was perfect. no working, no appointments just nothing. wonderful! here's some of the things that i just absolutely enjoyed: rivers, bison, hiking, driving, my family, waterfalls, elk, breakfasts, my book, the sun, Zebby, Henry, cold nights, camera, swimming, paddle boats, giggling, dinners, lunches, service, moose, bikes, movies, exercising, and sleeping!

2008-07-06T14:58:00.000-07:00

The independence day has ALWAYS been my favorite holiday...why? well its my half birthday! i love parades, i LOOOVE fireworks, i just get so excited with all the people and all the tradition it makes me giddy! unfortunately this year i had to work from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm which ended up being 7:30 for a few reasons that almost ruined my day. 1st.. customers had no idea we closed early. 2nd... i locked the ONLY keys i have to the office IN the office with 2 of out the other 3 keyholders out of town and one in a movie. i felt AWFUL! Caitlin (the manager at the movie) had to leave her movie to come unlock the door bah! it was horrible and 3rd..Clair was supposed to fly in this weekend and we both thought it was a for sure thing but it ended up falling through...so now i have to wait 2 more weeks until i can see him..sadly.. its already been 10 and i won't die even though i think i might on a occasion.
LUCKILY i have a wonderful family that cheered me up as SOON as i walk through the door and a nephew that kept me entertained all night long! it ended up being an outstanding night with a load of laughs! Here is Zeb learning about the fireworks...this might already be on Leisy's bloggy.

jordin sparks concert

2008-06-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

the best week ever

2008-06-29T15:53:00.000-07:00

alright i think i'm back into the blogging world! my wonderful Leisy sister taught me a few things which could possibly make blogging fun!
I had the best week ever last week! my best friend natalie came home from china! she had been there for 6 months teaching english. My wonderful boyfriend Clair sent me a package from Tennessee for my half birthday/favortie holiday. My best cousin friend Janna got an amazing scholarship in which she COMPLETELY is deserving, my entire family is home, and i ran my first 5k and LOOOVED it! I got to meet and have dinner with the American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. Last but for surely not least i got my hair cut! :) my most favorite, calming, de-stressing pastime!

2007-11-27T21:42:00.000-08:00

My thanksgiving Fiesta...
well it all started on a Wednesday night. I closed the Limited Too and went home to Lehi to stay in the most comfortable bed imaginable! i slept in until about 11 which is very strange and then helped mom get ready for the FEAST! Then the family started comin on ova which was a RIOT! Aunt Michelle, Cousin Kristen and Bryson AND little stinky cheese and i went to wal-mart to gather ingredients to make a green bean casserole which from what i hear was AMAZING (thank you, thank you) My favorite was most likely the amazing mac and cheese provided by cousin Hailey and the mashed potatoes by my Fatha! YUM! and then of course cousin Jack Jack was very entertaining...
THEN!!! i went to bed around 8 that night and woke up at 3 the next morning got ready for work and headed out the the American Eagle at the south towne. and worked there form 5-noon and then drove home had some lovely soup and went off to work from 2-11:30 at the wonderful limited too...luckily my best friend in the entire world was up for holiday and came to work for me...her name is natalie and we played..together we are our true selves..the best and worse comes out..and that was my 4 days!

the new doo!

2007-11-10T19:37:00.001-08:00

crazy! coloring my hair for the first time! very very scary by the way! all of you that are old timers at this power to ya! i do like it though...Dad does not. BUT its new. not too drastic just a little darker.

ps. allison..you just send a picture of that boy on over! my mom asks if i'm dating and sadly i keep saying no! BAH!

My first grown up halloween!

2007-11-04T11:41:00.000-08:00

my first grown up Halloween. the weekend before Halloween my friends and i ventured down to cedar city! yahoo! i stayed with of my best friends Staci! the first night we got there we went to the SUU HOWL Halloween dance! (my first college dance party) pretty much it was a skank contest and Staci, Krista and I lost big time but had fun anyway! SATURDAY...we went shopping:) in St. George then went to thriller! YIKES A BEE it was amazing! I'm honestly considering trying out for the salt lake city junior cast! its amazing!
Halloween night i played with my cousins! Janna and I handed out candy at the limited too and after closing the store we met up with tanner to go to the brick oven party. soon after the brick oven we went over to the Hollywood House where we met a ton of crazy people! yes, Tanner and I took Janna to a college party...Tanner with the big brother instinct announced she is 17 and in high school ruining her chances..we did meet JY, the transformer that really actually does transfor from a provo police car into a robot...with noise..amazing! As you can see Janna was..where's walda and i was a dragon!

whats worse?

2007-08-15T12:02:00.000-07:00

what's worse? New wounds which are so horribly painful... or old wounds that should have healed years ago and never did? Maybe our old wounds teach us something... maybe they remind us where we've been and what we've over come. MAYBE they teach us lessons about what to avoid in the future... thats what we like to think...but thats not the way it is..is it? somethings you just have to learn over and over...AND over again.