T-Shirt Quilt!

I just finished my T-Shirt quilt! I am so excited about it and I think it turned out pretty cute! My friend Anne inspired me to make one, she has a couple of ones that she has made and I kept thinking how cute and comfy it was so when my Aunt Val gave me a sewing machine I decided that was the first thing I was going to sew. I think this is by far the most comfortable quilt I have ever felt. It has the t-shirts on the top which are super soft as it is, then I got the thickest padding that I could and the back of it is made from that jersey material which is pretty much the same material of the t-shirts! And ever since I was a child I have loved silky edges on things. I just love to rub it for some reason, so to make the quilt even better I bound it with a silky edge! I love it! I hope you think it is as cute as I do.

In New York!!!!

Okay so I know it's been forever since I have last posted, but life is just too crazy anymore. And I know I went to New York 3 weeks ago, but better late than never right? What a trip! I seriously don't think I have ever had so much fun! It was a week full of first, adventures, amazing views, delicious foods, and lots and lots of walking. Instead of saying what I did, its more like what I didn't do, Seriously! We did everything from the Statue of Liberty to WICKED! Amazing! Here are just a few pictures of my AWESOME trip with two of my greatest friends! :) So this is the most random picture of the whole trip, I just had to put it in. My friends and I were taking pics of us kissing the frog, get it! Well while it was mine turn for the photo op, some random french guy jumped in the picture! Looks like I found my prince charming!

Erica, Anne, and I on Top of the Rock, or whole I might say! Such an amazing view! That is central park behind us! Its HUGE!

Anyone know what this is? The bull from the stock exchange! Pretty sweet, but I must say it was like eerily quiet in front of the NYSE!

One of the best moments of my life! Eating the much anticipated CHOCOLATE PIZZA! That's right chocolate pizza! Best thing I have ever eaten!

The famous Chocolate Pizza! Doesn't that looks so good! I am drooling just thinking about it!

Another awesome view of the amazing sky line!

We decided to take a break from walking and went for a mani and pedi! Seriously both only cost $21 dollars! Who said you can't get pampered cheaply in New York!

I am captin of the Interpid! This was a huge Battle Ship used in WW2 and Vietam! It was so cool!

The Beautiful Statue of Liberty! It was so amazing to see in real life! I am grateful to be an American! I can't even explain the emotions I felt seeing it and also going to Ellis Island! Wow!

I had so much fun, I wish I could post all of my pictures! But I seriously think combined between the 3 of us we have millions! It was amazing to see all of the things you see in Movies! Its is something that you have to experience yourself! I saw everything from China Town to the NFL draft, I ate at Tom's Resturant from Seinfeld, and biked Central park! Baptisms at the Manhattan Temple, to eating a piece of Pizza as big as my head! I played on the Big Piano at FAO Swartz, and saw the most Beautiful Diamonds in the whole at Tiffany's! It was a trip of a lifetime and I can't wait till I can go back!

What a Cruise!!

So many of you know, that I went on a cruise the end of January. All I can say, is what an adventure I had. The original plan was to arrive in Long Beach at 1:00 in the afternoon and be able to board the ship at 2:00, but because of the bad weather California was having it was post-poned until 7:00 that night!! Well what are 4 girls without a car or any knowledge of Long Beach supposed to do for 7 hours?? Good guestion right, well first off it was freezing in Long Beach and rainy, so we were cold and wet, and not to mention when I got my suit case from the plane it was like they had dropped it in a wet puddle, water was literally running out of it! AWESOME! I guess we could say Carnival Cruise Lines came to the rescue, kind of! They bused us to a convention center to entertain us for the day and fed us lunch. While that was great and all, it was like the air conditioning was on, it was like an Ice box in there. The only warm clothes that I took with me on this trip was the pants I had on and the Jacket I was wearing!! So we enjoyed our sandwich, but it was so cold in there and there was no entertainment.... Oh but wait, Carnival to the rescue once again, they brought in some clowns!!! That's right, clowns! Not only clowns but the best ballon making clowns in the world!!! As annoyed as I was I couldn't stop laughing about how the day was turning out, when I signed up the cruise I had no idea it was going to start out like this! While laughing and watching the clowns contently; because there was literally nothing else to do, I noticed the clown making this balloon! At first, I thought the balloon was a baby, but soon to my delightment I realize it was a cupid! I asked the clown if I could have it and she said yes!! Not even kidding, this was actually the coolest balloon I had ever seen!! So after that we found out we could go the local aquarium for free, so we went and did that, but no worries every where I went with that cupid balloon I made friends! Person after person kept coming up to me asking to take a picture of it and wondering where in the world I had gotten it! It seriously made everyone's day a little brighter that day! So after all that, they finally annouced that they would start shipping us over to the ship at 7:30 that night! It was utter chaos! But we finally made it on the ship and like 9:00 that night and found out our rooms wouldn't be ready for awhile and to just find somewhere to eat dinner. As much as I wanted to do something fun after dinner I was so exhausted from the day that I had to go to bed. So the next morning we got up and went to breakfast, and just like that I started to feel the movement of the ship and felt a little woosy. That day was just the day at sea so we just messed around and explored the HUGE ship! That night was the formal dinner and it was fun to dress up and have a nice fancy dinner, but once I sat down, I felt terrible again. After dinner I took some motion sickness pills and told my friends I was going to go lay down for a bit, but I would meet back up with them in a little bit to do the evening festivities! NOT, I feel asleep and felt so sick that I ended up staying in that night! So LAME!! Well the next day in Mexico was awesome! Not to mention getting off that ship for a day! I seriousy felt like I was in a whole different world! What is it with the Pharmacy's on every corner with the Men yelling at you to come get "some Viagra for your boyfriend!" every few steps! WEIRD!! We went and saw the Blowhole or should I say La Buffadora! It is only 1 of 3 in the world! It was awesome and so beautiful! Then we did some shopping and bartering with the locals! It was so much fun! I really had a blast in Ensenada! I wish I had more time there! Well we got back on the ship in time to sail away back to Long Beach! I don't know if the captain was in a hurry or what, but we literally hauled butt back! The ship was going so fast and the water was already rough, that that night was by far the worst! And once again I was back in bed before 10:00 that night! And the next day was time to get off and head home! We took a taxi back to the airport and our taxi driver just kept speeding up then slamming on the brakes the whole way. So that didn't help with the motion sickness! Then once we got the airport I felt like I was spinning and still rocking on the ship! I felt terrible!! Once we finally made it back to Orem that night I jumped in bed! It seriously took me like a week to recover! So I guess I can say I had fun, but definately didn't have a blast. Lesson learned, next cruise, Don't go in January wait for when the weather is warm and nice, don't rely on motion sickness pills, get the ear patches, and pack a few warmer clothes, and expect anything to happen!!! Don't worry, Scully showed up to greet us for breakfast!!!

My AWESOME CUPID BALLOON! WOW, HUH? Yes, he has knee caps and five toes!

The view at the Blowhole! Breathtaking!

This is where the blowhole comes up! La Buffadora!

Formal night, before I got sick!

We just arrived at the airport, waiting for my drenched luggage!! :)

World Cup Bobsledding!

So this past weekend in Park City they held the World Cupt Bobsled Competition. My friend Anne and I decided we would head up to the Olympic Park to check it out. Boy was I glad we did, it was AWESOME! You literally stand right next to the coarse, so you are like not even 5 feet from the track as the sled goes by. I seriously don't think I have seen anything cooler. So here are a few of the millions of pictures we took. This seriously made my night. I totally saw the Jamaician Bobsled Team!!

GO USA!!! They did a good job, coming in 2nd place behind the Swiss!

Another sled zooming past us going past us at 80 mph. Can you see how tucked in the back person is? And all the pushers we saw were BIG GUYS!

All in all though, This was one of the coolest things I have done. Thanks Anne for a great night!

Witches Night Out!

So a few weeks ago my friends and I went to Gardner's Village for the Witches night out. I had never been before, but what a treat it was. I have never in my life seen so many women dressed up as witches in my life! It was a lot of fun just walking around people watching! We definately had a great time drinking hot chocolate and eating scones and honey butter! YUM! Here are a few pictures of our night!

Me, Erica, and Anne having a good time at Witches night out!

Anne

Maddie

All of us witches!

More LEGO Blocks!

Anne and her BIG RED BLOCK!

Erica, Anne, Maddie, and me! Check out our Earings!

Maddie and I decided we would let Tino be a block for a minute!

Maddie and I having a great time! :)

Happy Halloween!

So can you guess what we are? ....... That's right we are LEGO BLOCKS! So I found this idea in a magazine, my friend Anne who is the red block loves Lego! So when I saw this I knew we had to do it. I don't know about you, but I think they turned out pretty amazing! There will be more pictures to come! Have a Happy Halloween!

Nothing better than a Good Friend and a Soccer Game!

The players getting ready to start!

The flags of all the countries participating in soccer

The national anthem with the biggest flag I have ever seen.

They had two skydivers come onto the field to deliver the game ball!

As most of you know the MLS All-Star game was last night in Salt Lake. And you better believe I would be there. There is nothing I love more than a soccer game. There is just something about the sun beating into your eyes, the smell of a mixture of fresh cut grass and the sweat, and looking at 22 hot men run around. I know it sounds weird, but I absolutely love it. And what more can you ask for then watching the best of the best play the game while watching it with a great friend. I definately had a blast. Even though the All-Star team lost, it was still a very intense and exciting game. The game ended in a 1-1 tie so they determined the game in a shoot out. I personally feel like this is the worst way to lose, but it was awesome to watch. I have never seen a perfessional soccer game be determined that way, they usually go into over time until someone scores. For those of you who don't know what a shoot out is, it is where 5 players from each team take turns taking a shot on goal. It is between the player and the goalie. So the first round of 5 started and it ended up being a tie again with 3-3. So then they start another round but this time it is just 1 player goes from one team and then one from the other until one misses. So it started Everett FC went and scored, then all-stars were next and they missed so that ended the game. But I will tell you it is so excited watching a shoot out. I had such a great time and I can't wait for the World Cup qualifier in September!

Who would have thought the Great Basin could be so much fun?

What a fun weekend I just had. So my friends Anne, Erica, and Arilee decided to take a little road trip to the Great Basin in Baker NV. Random I know, all of us were a little weary about, but decided what the heck lets try it out. Good choice on our part, because I think each of us had the best time of our lives! Words can hardly explain our trip. Baker NV is quite the place! Pretty much all I can say is that this trip was PRICELESS! So our story begins here, we started out at the visitors center and the worker there told us that we better start looking for a camp site because they were filling up fast. We were kind of taken by surprise because I think all of us thought we would be the only ones in the Great Basin that weekend, but boy were we wrong. It took us over an hour and a half to find a spot because all four campsites were full, so we ended up staying in a site with no facilities! :( But we had a prime spot all to ourselves!! Once we found the spot we had heard there was cowboys poetery going on and we weren't about to miss out on that. Boy are we glad we went.... IT WAS AWESOME! After it was over we had a chance to meet the famous cowboys and they told us about the parade and booth happening in the morning that we just had to go to! Once we didn't miss out. The Parade in Baker was AWESOME! Nothing can beat a small town parade. ( I mean small town, the whole town consist of 25 people) Sure enough I totally scored a bargin at the booths. This town had the parade and booths for a fundraiser. Because I guess some guy from Vegas wants to take the water rights and ship water from there to Vegas, taking all there water and BAKER IS NOT HAPPY! So hence trying to raise money they did these booths. We I totally scored I got the whole 4 book series of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants for $1.50. Can't be that! Now we are to the part where words can't describe the rest of out trip. Lets just say Baker has one heck of a sense of HUMOR! They had the craziest things on the side of the road that my friends and I spend the rest of the afternoon taking pictures because we knew no one would believe us without proof! We ended our trip with a tour of the Lehman Caves. It was an hour and a half tour through this amazing cave. It was awesome the only way to show you is to see it for yourself, it is pretty amazing. It was definately one of the best trips of my life. I don't think I have laughed that hard in a really long time. There is nothing like spending time with good friends and having a good laugh for 36 hours straight. Gas to Baker $40, Food $18, Tour of Cave $10, seeing the town of Baker PRICELESS!!! So these pictures aren't even close to everything so there will be more pictures to come. The first picture is all of us with our finger friends! The second picture is me enjoying my awesome Ice cream cone. The 3rd picture is called the parachute in the Lehman cave. The 4th picture is one of the many things you see on the side of the road while traveling through Baker, this is a picture of Too Tall Tom. Finally the last picture is the first thing you see when you enter into Baker, and seriously WHOA is the word that comes to mind when you think of Baker.

Viva Las Vegas

What a week! Last week my mom, dad and myself went down toLas Vegas to see my sister and her family. We managed to do a whole lot, but then not alot at the same time. It was a lot of fun to spend time with my family and see all there was to see. The first day we were there we went up to Red Rock canyon. It was pretty, but way to hott to be hiking around. 108 degrees is not my idea of a good time. We also went and saw a free movie with the kids and had our picture taken in front of the Wecome to Las Vegas sign. It was pretty funny to see several brides and grooms having there wedding pictures in front of the sign. Some day maybe I will be able to do that! ;) We went to the Beligo and saw the fountain and the garden it was pretty cool cause they had real birds in the garden. We also went on a tour to the Ethel M's Chocolate Factory. Which anyone who knows me knows that I love chocolate so I pretty much ejoyed myself. We finished off our trip with a lot of swimming and fireworks for the 4th of July. It was a blast hanging out with my sister's beautiful kids, but we did have one mishap. My sister has a coffee table in her front room and the top of it is glass. All week we kept telling the kids to stop climbing on it because we didn't want to have to glass break. Well on the 4th we were getting ready to leave to go see fireworks and I sat on the edge of the table where there is wood to put my nephews shoes on. Yes I was holding my 1 year old nephew. I didn't really thinking I was sitting on the glass, but apparently I have a big but. My 3 year old niece saw me sitting there so she decided to climb up and just like that, my niece, myself, and my nephew went right through the glass. OOPS! It could have been a lot worse than it was. We only had two cuts, one on my nieces back and one on my ankle. Nothing like making you feel like a totally fatty then breaking through a coffee table. Sorry about the coffee table sister! Other than that we had great time in Fabulous Las Vegas.

My sister, mom, myself and Lindsay at Red Rock Canyon

The birds at the Belligo



The Factory workers at Ethel M's

All of us at the movie, we all look like rag muffins!




Lindsay

Landon

Landon and Me at the fireworks!

Another Crafty day!

Here is the inside with a built in pocket for my cell phone and a pen!

Sorry I couldn't get it to rotate, but isn't it cute?

So my roommate Marianne really likes to sew and I am always telling her she needs to teach me, because she makes the cutest stuff. Well last week I went with her to this fabric shop and I found the cutest material. Marianne talked me into getting the fabric and that I should make a bag. So I did, yesterday we went to find handles for the bag and we couldn't find any we liked, so we decided to buy some beads and make a beaded handle. The beads we found didn't match so we bought paint and painted them last night. We weren't sure if they would turn out but we still did it. So this morning we got started on the bag. All I can say is that I am so impressed with myself that I made such a cute bag. I think they turned out so cute and our beaded handles are so cute! This was my first sewing project in like 10 year and I think I did a mighty fine job! Let see what you think!

Small town girl + jetted bath tub= A REALLY BIG MESS!

So as most of you know, I just moved down to Orem on Friday. As excited as I was about moving away from Logan for a major change in my life, I was just as excited about my new apartment! Let's just say out of the 4 years I have lived away from home, this new place is definately the nicest! I moved into a condo, that one of my roommates owns, so it's really taken care of. As sad as it sounds, I was really excited because my new apartment has a fridge that has the ice maker/water dispenser, and it also has a jetted bath-tub, and to everyone's amazement I have never had either one of these Luxuries in my whole life. Well here is where the story begins. Tonight I wasn't feeling very good, and I had kind of had a bad day, so I decided it was a perfect night to take a bath in my jetted tub. Well figuring it couldn't be that hard to take a bath I got in. So I started the water and added my favorite bubble bath. And of coarse, anyone who knows me, knows I don't have patients. I wonder to myself wether I needed to wait for the water to rise above the jets, but figured I would be okay. To my amazement the jets started up and started shooting water full blast out of the jets. Bubbles started raising up like river in the spring time and water and bubbles are going EVERYWHERE! In a mad panic I started getting hold of the shower curtain to try and stop showering the rest of the bathroom, but that didn't work. Water was shooting into my face, causing me to not SEE a thing, and every second that goes by my bathroom is getting flooded by suds. Finally the water reached it's height where it should have been prior to turning on the jets and my blood pressure finally went down. When I finally got my composure, and could see again, there were suds everywhere and water dripping from the ceiling. So much for my relaxing bubble bath, but I did get a pretty good laugh at myself after a pretty rough day! :)