proceed with caution.

sorry these pictures are all in backward order but stupid blogger always does this to me. and I never remember that until after I upload all the pictures, so I apologize. Anyways, school has been ridiculous lately. I've had an extremely stressful week. I've been sick and I went home for a wedding and it's just been all around crazy. Plus my halloween party is on Saturday so trying to get ready for that hasn't even happened yet because I just haven't had the time. But here's some pictures from recent adventures. I'll post more later. We went camping over Labor Day weekend and it was soo much fun! Kara came up and it was awesome to get to see her again! I've also been on a crazy baking kick lately--don't ask me why because I really don't have an answer for you. There's some pictures of just one of my latest inventions, I'll try to take more this weekend of our party and preparations. I went to an amazing fireside last week while I was home about President Hinckley with tons of pictures. It was crazy to see him like that again but I love him so much and I just cried like the whole time. I'm a wuss I know but I'm just not very good at controlling my emotions, especially when they're so overwhelming like that. haha (Can't wait to see what happens when I'm pregnant right?! :) This Sunday is stake conference and it's in the Spectrum. Eyring and Ballard are both coming up for it and I am soo excited! I'm sure it will be absolutely fantastic. I'll definitely write about that next week!

only in Utah would this be sign-worthy.

Texas Roadhouse for Becca's birthday

cupcakes

Of course I only have one little 6cup muffin tin so I had to make a cake

with the rest of the batter.

This begins our hiking adventures. My friend and I went up to the windcaves one Sunday afternoon.

We have to try to get in as much as we can while it's still semi-warm.

This is MY "biggy-rock hiding place." :)

Probably the scariest thing of my life. I've noticed as I've gotten older I am absolutely terrified of pretty much everything. When I was little nothing mattered, I didn't care how fast or how high or how crazy anything was, but unfortunately now just thinking about some things makes me feel like throwing up.

the awesome rope swing into the FREEZING cold river.

This was Kara's attempt at making popcorn over a fire...not her brightest idea. :)

Laying in the middle of the road at midnight looking at the stars. Surprisingly there were still tons of cars heading through the canyon this late, but we were able to get one picture between having to run back and forth.

apparently it only sent half of my post...kinda weird

but here's the rest so it all makes a little more sense :)

Surprise surprise you broke up with a girl and she went on a date with someone else. Well duh! I have no sympathy for someone who doesn't realize that 2 people no longer dating means they can see other people if they want to. No need to be read about it, but honestly come on now. That's my rant for the day. Other than that, this week is just absolutely horrendous. Thursday I have a Calc quiz, which ok maybe might not be QUITE so bad alone, if it weren't followed by this schedule on Friday:

930am Accounting Exam

1030am Business Law Exam

1130am Calc Exam (yes, the day after the quiz. I know, genius right?!)

1230pm Stats Excel Project due AND Stats Quiz

130pm MIS Excel project due

Umm, really? Did you all get together thinking it would be just a great big laugh seeing me in absolute misery for the next few days?! Not only that, but I don't even know where to BEGIN to study for these, let alone how or what. A break might be nice occasionally, and if this is a significant example of how the rest of my semester is going to look, count me out. Because believe me, there'd be no point in me even bothering with it. Now, aside from that, for those of you who haven't heard yet, my sister did have her baby girl on Saturday (the 12th). Her name is Addison Lily and (gasp!) she has dark hair this time! She is beautiful and I'm just incredibly sad that I don't get to see her until the blessing November 8. She'll already be 2 months old by then! :( Well, better late than never. As for this coming weekend, there are no plans because I doubt I will actually survive to see it. Call me pessimistic, but there's only so much one person can do. That being said, I guess I should really be starting my feeble attempt at studying. Wish me luck.

because I'm sure you all want to know

so yes, I will tell you. First off let me just say how ridiculous some people are...as in guys...as in they NEVER grow up. Now I know what you're going to say, I probably should have realized this multiple times by now. And the truth is, that I have. However, it has come to my closer attnetion as of late that it is only getting worse. Why must people act like complete babies about their "personal situations" when they are the ones that put themselves there?!

One down.

and only 15 more to go. Weeks that is. Of School. I'm pretty much already done though so I guess the rest don't REALLY count. Right. Wouldn't that be nice? On the brighter side of life, I have finally officially finished unpacking. At least for the most part. :) Hey, I tried. My closet is HUGE and absolutely amazing. I went through and completely organized everything in it today, and it is beautiful if I do say so myself. Oh and yes, there will be pictures shortly. I'm too excited about this closet not to share it with all of you. I also built an entire desk, which I am pretty proud of I'll be honest. My mom spent at least 3 1/2 hours telling me I would never be able to do it because it was too complicated and confusing, yadda yadda yadda. I'm not totally sure where she gets her information from, but hey, the important part is I was perfectly capable. Last night I hung out with some old friends and went to the 80's dance. I am however, still very upset that they canceled the annual paint dance. Way to ruin my entire year guys, thanks a lot. Personally, I blame my inability to concentrate in school on that crucial detail right there. I was really excited to see my friends again and we've been having so much fun! I was slightly disappointed at a few awkward chance meetings. Yeah, I really could have done with out most of those, or all. My schedule this semester is ridiculous, and in no way fun whatsoever. I have Accounting, Business Law, Calculus, Statistics, and MIS (Management Information Systems). Yes, please just consider my life officially over now. Ah, the joys of a Business Degree. Well, I'm actually pretty hungry right now so I'm off to make dinner...or open a jar of applesauce. Ya know, something like that. Wish me luck!

back again

I guess if I can't even stay on top of things now there's REALLY no hope for me in the future with school and such. (Not to mention if I ever have a family). Well, don't say I never warned you! So now that I am heading back to school in exactly 2 days (WOW.) I thought it'd be a good time to go through my summer and reminisce a bit. It's basically been filled with trips to the lake and trips to the track. Of course I was babysitting again too, but not many pictures remain from those wonderful adventures, which is actually rather unfortunate because they were wonderful. Sadly, most of them ended up on my phone instead of my computer so I'm the only who able to truly enjoy them. :) Anyways, a couple weeks ago my sister and nieces came down to visit because dad was going for another fishing trip! So I got to spend the weekend with some of my absolute favorite girls! I love when my sister comes and miss her (and everyone else of course) when they're not here. So it was definitely nice to see them again, especially since I wasn't able to go to our cabin in Pine Valley when all the whole extended family went. Ah well, there's always next year. I also made a (very quick) trip to Utah for a friend's wedding. So for those of you who I wasn't able to see I'm sorry! Please don't be upset, I really didn't have any time because I was only there for 2 days, and the wedding was one of them. But I'll see you all again soon I promise because I'm officially back in Utah! Not really sure that deserves an exclamation point but there it is for ya, especially because it is already freezing and rainy. I mean really I couldn't even get ONE day. Honestly, it's just a little bit ridiculous now. My first day of school is tomorrow and I'm already going to have to be wearing pants and coats and all bundled up...I'm already pretty much done. :) That being said, here comes what you all knew was coming...pictures. Just a few from some recent wanderings!

Bike Ride to the beach!

Family time at the lake

Roommates

The Bride Lift

He just couldn't stop laughing at us. Thanks Greg, we tried!

I would put up the pictures from my sister's visit to the beach and fair but I'm pretty sure she will be putting those up within the next few days so check back there because my internet connection here is crazyyy slow. :/ Ugh.

I apologize ahead of time...

but I had to do it. I mean this is something that I've been trying to figure out since I was in elementary school. Finally someone is shedding some light on the subject. :) Rock//Paper//Scissors.

I understand that scissors can beat paper, and I get how rock can beat scissors, but there's no freaking way paper can beat rock. Paper is supposed to magically "wrap around" rock, leaving it immobile? Why the heck can't paper do this to scissors? Actually, screw scissors, why can't paper do this to people? Why aren't sheets of college ruled notebook paper constantly suffocating students as they attempt to take notes in class? I'll tell you why, because paper can't beat anybody. A rock would tear that up in about 2 seconds. When I play rock//paper//scissors, I always choose rock. Then, when somebody claims to have beaten me with their paper I can punch them in the face with my already clenched fist and say, "Oh crap, I'm sorry, I thought paper would protect you."

This just made me laugh so hard, not to mention it makes a very good point. One that I absolutely agree with.

But anyways moving on, we've been heading out to the lake a lot lately. Unfortunately I'm a retard and did not charge the battery for my camera so I have like zero pictures. :( I will however have tons more this weekend because we are of course going back! I've always loved being on the water so I'm glad we are FINALLY doing that more. I've really missed it. Before we got this boat I'd only ever water skied, (spelling?) but I decided to try wakeboarding for the first time, against probably most of my better judgment. But all is well because I did it! It is a lot of fun so now I can do both with no problems...well at least for now. We'll see how long the beginner's luck actually lasts on me. :)

Me and daddy!

Favorite <3.>

Beautiful sunset before we left.

Yeah, 160mph. That's just how we roll. :)

It's been so much fun!

So yeah nothing super big has happened but I've still been out a lot and being crazy as usual. :) First it was Kelly's (one of my good friends since I was little) birthday. We went out to dinner at El Torito and had a bunch of fun. I really do love that group I've been friends with since we were like 3. Sad that not everyone could be there but it was still fabulous.

Me and Kalell

Isaac

Brock! I'm gonna miss him :(

Followed by a sweet photoshoot messing around with the camera. haha :)

Color Accent

Ryan's moving to Idaho so we had to spend as much time with him as possible...pretty much everyday. We've been going on wonderful adventures all day and night.

Running around Calabasas

We found a shopping cart and he got in and we pulled him with the car.

"I think we almost broke the sound barrier!"

It was amazing, that's all I can say.

My dad's birthday was yesterday so we went to Bandit's and it was delicious! Then everyone came back to our house for dessert.

They brought him a sundae at the end...which by the way apparently you have to pay for now. Awkwarddd.

I made him an alpinestars cake and he was so surprised.

Close-up. 2 layers with a chocolate buttercream with cookie crumbs frosting layer in the middle. I heard it was good, and I really hope so because I did it all day!

I had to stick with the theme, ya know. Call me crazy.

Me and daddy with the cake!

LACR

plus a few other little gems I found hidden on my camera. :) and I obviously didn't put up all the pictures from the track because that would have taken FOREVER and only a few people would actually care! haha So here's just a few of my favorites.

Rob came down from Colorado a few days earlier than he needed to be here for work so he could fit in some track time.

Rob again--he was riding my dad's bike so you have to look at the gear to see who it is.

There's my dad!

He was just so cute!

Yes, that is my new boyfriend, thank you.

I'm obviously not intelligent enough to come up with a good transition from riding to...the temple haha soo this will just have to do.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house

She's so excited to be showing off. What a cutie!

Kelsey just didn't want to get out of the pool, but who can blame her?!