Tawni & Ashley

the end

2010-07-07T13:52:00.000-07:00

HERE is my new blog. enjoy:)

ba da bah bah bah...

2010-06-06T23:39:00.005-07:00

i've kinda been a debbie downer lately and i'll tell you why:

1. sam is in tucson. that equals 5 hours away. (sam says he made it in 4 and a half going only 5 over, but i'm stickin to 5)

2. wedding planning is NUTS. it totally stresses me out and makes me want to elope.

3. i live in a room with practically ALL of my stuff. that's a lot of stuff for one (pretty small) room.

4. sam likes to brag about the fact that he gets to sleep in our nice king sized bed every night while i am stuck on the most uncomfortable bed of life.

5. i am trying really hard not to be BRIDEZILLA and not step on (too many) toes.

6. did i mention sam's in tucson and it sucks for me to not get to see him very much?

so here's what i've decided to do. i'm going to tell you about things i love in the hopes that it will put me in a better mood... at least until sam comes on thursday :) [oh, and in case you're wondering, the title is the mcdonald's theme song thing. (even though my family is boycotting mickey d's right now cuz they buy south american beef. we are really cool.) you're supposed to say "i'm lovin it" and finish it up for me, k :)] think of this as one of those prayers just for gratitude. i know i'm kinda cheating cuz i complained first, but cut me some slack, ok!

first up:

flip flops!

i would wear these guys all year round if my toes wouldn't freeze off in the winter! i love love love them, especially my rocket dogs. they are the most comfortable flip flops EVER. mom just bought me a new pair on saturday and they are already forming to my feet. amazing.

my ipod!

i listen to this thing constantly. and you can definitely tell... it's a little beat up from me dropping it a couple times or being tossed in my purse so i have access to it wherever. ipod equals lifesaver.

cold stone :)

DEFINITELY a weakness. they have the best ice cream. hands down. and there's one within walking distance of sam's apartment... probably not a very good thing...

the sun

i am pretty much ALWAYS cold. i tell people my body's central heating unit is broken. i think it may be true. so i love summer and the warm sun. and i love that i am moving to a warm place. i think i will like living in tucson :)

country music

i know country isn't a lot of peoples' first (or second, or third...) choice for their tunes, but i love it. admittedly, i did go through a stage where i thought it wasn't very cool, but i've found my way back to loving it. when i was growing up (and even now), it was all my parents would listen to. heck, i didn't really even know there were other kinds of music for a long time! i like a lot of music genres, but there's just something about country that makes my heart happy.

family

gosh, what can i say about my family? they're amazing. love them :)

temples

i'm so excited to go to the temple! i get to go for my endowments in snowflake this friday, saturday i'm going to the gila valley temple for natalie's endowments, and next week i get to go to the gila valley temple again and marry, for time and ALL ETERNITY...

SAMUEL TATE

i'm pretty sweet on this guy, he is the greatest:) i'm so glad i ditched nau and went to ea so i could meet him and fall in love with him. in case you can't tell from that picture, he makes me pretty ridiculously happy. i can't imagine my life with anyone else. 11 days and i will be married to this man! sometimes i can't believe that i'm getting married, but i couldn't be more excited! LOVE HIM!

ps... i don't know why the pictures are all cut off, but i'm too sleepy to fix it. sorry for my laziness.

pps... sam and i will have our own blog eventually. but that's not very high on the priority list right now. i know, i'm such a slacker.

what you've all been waiting for

2010-04-28T13:59:00.010-07:00

So, you remember a couple of months ago when we got our pictures taken by Natalie's cousin, right? Well there were some technical difficulties (the disc she gave us didn't exactly work) and so we just got the new disc on tuesday. i know the anticipation is killin y'all, so here we go: some more samples of our lovely faces.

the fact that audra chose to sit inside the tire still makes me smile. hehe.

There ya go! I know you were all waiting eagerly for some more of these pictures! Also, i love the jumping picture... it looks like we are jumping supa high and stuff.

oh, and also... as of friday, sam and i are engaged :)

The time has come...

2010-03-29T22:02:00.002-07:00

For me to start my own blog. Sad, but necessary. I'll still update on this blog for the next few weeks - 6 1/2 weeks to be exact; 53 days to be even more exact :) Of course anything pertaining to me and JD will be posted on our new blog, for that is the reason I started it.

Without any further delay, here is the new blog.

http://jdandtkparker.blogspot.com

Date with the Bride of Frankenstein.

2010-03-07T20:21:00.010-07:00

Meet Frankenstein's bride. She is lovely. Great personality, with a beautiful spirit.

Lovely right? Last Wednesday I was honored to have a lunch date with her. We opted for Arby's. Roast beef cheddar sandwiches = happiness!

For dessert: Airhead Sour Strips. They were especially sour that day.

In hopes that we would burn off our lunch, we decided to walk around WalMart.

Many stopped and stared at the bride's beauty.

We were pleasantly surprised to be visited by Lollipop Girl when we got back!

Later that night, Bride and Lollipop girl walked in the much anticipated EAC Cosmetology Hair show. They looked stunning!

They were so excellent. They even helped their hair stylist win first place for the show! WOOT!

To Lollipop Girl: You're awesome, last thing I'm going to say.
To BRIDE: You're pretty chill. Thanks for the date!

twenty

2010-03-01T15:26:00.005-07:00

my birthday was on monday.

let's just say that three tests and school all day can really put a damper on your birthday.

oh well. i still had a pretty rad day. (yeah, i just said rad. i was surprised, too.) i went to FHE after i got done with school and we played pin the tail on the donkey (because i turned 7) and had some cake that sister morris made. it was pretty sweet and stuff.

i would have to say that the weekend before my birthday was way better. i went home and this guy came with me.

he met my family, and amazingly was not scared away. haha jk, my family's not bad, in fact, i think they are pretty great! we got there on friday, had a really yummy dinner on saturday (sweet n sour chicken, my FAVORITE), with two delicious cakes made by jessica, and headed home on sunday after sacrament meeting. it was a good weekend. and when i got home, this was waiting for me... (ps, act like the pictures aren't sucky cell phone picutres, k? thanks.)

aren't my roommates so cool? i think they are :) they streamered (i just made that word up) my bed. looks harmless enough, right? wrong. here are a few views from the inside.
yeah, it criss-crossed pretty much my entire bed. getting in there wasn't bad, but getting out was pretty tricky.
so i decided that i couldn't live with all these streamers surrounding me. think they used enough? that was a stinkin HUGE pile of streamers!
sigh. i think i'm gonna like being 20. :)

I'm not superstitious, I'm just a little stitious

2010-02-25T13:48:00.006-07:00

I'm having a bad day. Nothing seems to be going quite right.

Me and JD have been planning on doing baptisms at the temple saturday and I found out I can't since I just colored my hair.

I burned a perfectly yummy batch of sugar cookies.

The wind is blowing. Wind= fiesta for my allergies.

Good news, I took my world of music test and I feel way good about it. My day was looking up until I walked outside and saw this.

That's right folks. My car is trapped in. This is the AP parking lot and its horrible. No parking lines, just rocks and gravel so you get to park wherever your heart desires. I made the mistake earlier this semester of parking in the second row and almost got trapped in. So now I park back a ways and in a wide open space. Well today people decided to invade my space. The red car parked behind me. Okay I can accept that. But then this yellow fellow intentionally backs up to me and blocks me in! Needless to say, I walked home in the wind, grunting and fuming.

While walking home I realized why my day has been a little off. Last night me and Natalie were walking home from kick boxing and a black cat crossed our paths. I'm not really a superstitious person so I didn't think much about it. Less than a minute later a white cat crossed our paths. It just got me thinking. Does the white cat cancel out the black cats negativity? I asked JD about it last night and he said well of course it cancels it out, it's just logical. I agreed.

J, I think our logic was wrong.

happy birthday to me!

2010-02-18T11:17:00.003-07:00

I know, i know, my birthday isn't for like 2 weeks, but i am already celebrating! i got a visit from the ups man the other day and this is what he brought me!!

it's a sentsy!!! isn't it awesome? i probably should have waited to take a picture of it till the wax was melted so it didn't look so funny, but i was just super stoked! and look! it even makes hearts on the wall! not to mention it smells AMAZING. the bad thing about it is that it makes me want cookies all the time.... shoot. but anyway, i was so excited! kourtney and jessica sent it to me for my birthday. thanks guys! and also, thank you to jordan for supplying the sentsy. gosh, i love birthdays!

a happy surprise

2010-02-12T12:40:00.005-07:00

I have an amazing boyfriend. i know, i haven't updated a lot of you guys, but i'm the kind of girl who doesn't tell if she's not asked. it really bugs my roommates because they have to pump me for any kind of details about anything. anyway, i got home from anatomy today and i saw this.

don't worry, that went from the front door all the way to my bed (which natalie and audra made for me because i didn't have time to make it this morning. thanks guys, you rock!) here's the rest of it
roses and chocolate. isn't he awesome? there was also a card. i might have cried. ok, i did cry.

don't judge me. i have good reason. Sam is moving tomorrow. He got a job at a mine outside of tucson so he'll be living in tucson from now on. it's safe to say that i am super sad. i know what you're thinking. you're thinking, "gosh ashley, stop being so freakin selfish!" or "the guy has a life of his own!" or "everyone needs money!" or "tucson isn't that far from thatcher!" i know all of these things, and i try to make myself feel better by telling myself these things. sometimes it just doesn't work though. and when i say sometimes, i mean most of the time.

now, if you'll excuse me, i have to go find something to put the rose petals in and redo my makeup.

The Great and the Not So Great

2010-02-03T21:04:00.006-07:00

Starting off with the great. Most people know that I am ENGAGED! WOOT!! I seriously couldn't be happier. I love him so much!

Here's a quick over-view of the engagement story (since I know all of you are dying to know)

He proposed on Sunday. He suggested that we take a Sunday drive. I was thinking maybe 30 minutes tops. Seems he had other plans because our drive was 4 and a half hours. We went from Snowflake to Heber to Payson to Pine/Strawberry to Winslow to Joe Town. Here we are just starting out. I kind of suspected something was up. Let's say about 75% sure he would propose.

Right before Heber, JD pulled over because he said "the door wasn't shut tight and was whistling." He gets out, gets back in, and hands me gerbera daisies. My fav!!

Outside of Strawberry he pulled over and said he was hungry. Hidden under my coat was a box of chocolates. I open the box, it takes a few seconds, but I eventually notice the ring under one chocolate. SO JD takes the ring, takes my hand, and leads me outside. (See picture below)

There he asked me to be his forever and I full-heartily accepted.

You might be asking yourself: "Did Tawni touch her left hand so gently to his cheek to show off her new rock?" Yep. You better believe I did.

Now on to the not so great. Well, I suppose it can be a great example of how dumb I can be.

Tonight I decided to make pork chops and rice. I put the rice in the microwave for easier and faster results. 4 minutes later, the microwave beeps at me, letting me know its time to stir the rice. I open the door, grab the bowl, and dip the spoon in to stir. THen this happened.

Which resulted in this.

OWEE! Hot plastic and rice/butter is not a good thing to drop on your foot. Luckily i had socks on so the burn isn't too bad. It immediately blistered and starting hurting. I ran cold water on it then Natalie doctored me up best she could.

Note to self: When microwave instructions say use glass, microwavable bowl, FOlLOW those instructions.

2010-01-23T14:46:00.001-07:00

THIS is what i live with.

Collage (no I'm not trying to spell college, I really mean collage: an odd arrangement of photos)

2010-01-23T13:35:00.015-07:00

As you can tell from the title of this post, this will mostly consist of random photos from my break. First up, some photos from DJ's birthday party. We went bowling again! Bowling has always been one of our favorite birthday traditions! That night I finally broke 75. Yes, yes I am proud. Nevermind that dad, DJ, and JD were way over 100. They're boys, of course they're going to be better.

Here's me with padre and JD

Toe, Mami, and DJ waiting patiently for our lane to open up.

Warning: If you ask Toe to take a picture of you, be prepared for a lovely closeup with some freaky lighting that makes you look sickly white.

The birthday boy!! Happy 23 DJEE I love you!

One of the biggest highlights of my trip: Suns game!!! Woot! JD has a pretty awesome friend, Chris, who hooked us up with seats to the SUNS-vs-HEAT game. I've never been before. It was great! I was a little tired from travelling, but trust me, it was awesome.

Our seats were the first row of the second level.

Big thanks to Lindsey and Kodi for letting us crash at their place twice this break!

Random picture, but way beautiful sunset!

I got lots of time with Toe this break!!!

I love her! She's beautiful

Just a few pictures from Christmas morning. Andon and Jori and the boys spent Christmas with us!

Yes, I know we kind of look like death in this picture. In our defense, we were running on very little sleep. We spent Christmas Eve in Snowflake with just a few of his family members (65 is all...). We finally got to bed around 2:00 am and woke up at 5:00am to drive back to Joe town for Christmas with my family. It was a great Christmas!

Here's a normal occurence in my house. Toe and Mami wrestling.

Bryan and all his little friends sang happy birthday to me! I was overjoyed!

My new favorite necklace!!!! Love it! Love him!

Me, madre, and Kambria

US girls...

OVerall, I had a fantastic break!! I spent the majority of my time going back and forth from snowflake and Joe town. But it was great.

Yeah, I loved every second of it.

Birthday party (Joe Town)

2010-01-20T13:29:00.008-07:00

Toe and DJ are pretty dang awesome and planned a surprise birthday party for me. Dj, TOe, Holly, JD, and I went to Mr. G's for dinner while all my friends gathered at my house. They surprised me and then my mother announced that we were all going bowling! It was awesome. I seriously have some of the best friends. I consider myself spoiled and very lucky. Here's a bunch of photos from that night. Oh you noticed my necklace and earrings? They're gorgeous right? It was a birthday gift from JD. I'm in love with it!

PS: the blogging gods are cursing me right now. I can't see any pictures after I download them. SOrry there's no caption for each picture... If anyone knows how to fix this problem please let me know!

Birthday!

2010-01-20T13:09:00.005-07:00

I'm way behind on happy birthday wishes to some of my most favorite people!

Today Jaden turns 4!Sweetest, craziest, most kind little boy!

Miss Kambria is one today!!! I love my best friend, because we surely are best friends. Honestly. Don't you just love her face!?

Bryan Conner is five! What? Where does the time go? This picture was taken December 19. One day after I turned 20 and one day before Bryan turned 5. Happy birthday you crazy alligator!

BROTHER!!!!! Djee turned 23 last saturday. I love him dearly! When we were in high school we tried to tell people we met that we were twins. It worked most of the time. Happy birthday bruder! ....one duck, two duck... it's been ages!

This kid turned 2 back in November. Troy boy, the chubby cuteness, bull-in-a-china-shop, the destroyer, the boulder. Whatever you prefer to call him, he's still cute and lovable!

pants on the ground

2010-01-19T23:42:00.002-07:00

the following is an actual conversation that just happened:

ashley: i just removed my sweater in a provocative way.

natalie: i'm glad i missed that.

ashley: you threw your pants at me!

background story:

we have been singing the pants on the ground song pretty much all night, even though the only part we know is "pants on the ground, pants on the ground, lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground." i went in to the bathroom after a round of pants on the ground, and when i came out, i got a pair of pants thrown at me. not just any pants, the pants that had been on natalie's body only seconds before.

was it awkward? a little

was it the funniest thing that has happened to me in a long time? most definitely.

disappointment of the day

2010-01-07T10:43:00.002-07:00

i was gleefully reading 1000 awesome things (which i found on some chick's blog that is HILARIOUS and i kinda check it a lot even though i don't know exactly who she is. don't judge- i'm totally not a creeper.) when i thought of something that i find pretty awesome.

peach-pineapple salsa. sure, sure. it sounds WEIRD, but don't knock it till you try it. it's delicious. even people who normally don't like sweeter salsa - aka natalie- like it. (fyi: we pronounce salsa with a z sound - salza. it's jessica's fault. they make up words in that family. since she's my sister, those words inevitably become a part of my vocabulary.)

it just so happens that i made mom buy me some of that delicious salza just the other day at safeway. i was so happy! what could accompany my reading of 1000 awesome things better than an awesome snack!? the answer? nothing.

i made my merry way over to the cupboard to get out the chips, and that's when it happened.

i searched high and low, but to no avail. the tortilla chips. they were... (gulp)... GONE! those darn nephews of mine must have ate them all last night at dinner. (i say nephews here, but i really mean hayden, tanner, mason and brigette. i thought i'd clarify here and add brigette's name, since she technically isn't a nephew, but a niece. whatevs)

well, needless to say, i got real sad when i saw how bare the cupboards were. commence lame walk to the couch.

what? you don't know HOW to lame walk? yeesh! where have you been? i'll give you step-by-step instructions:

let out a big breath, which can be slightly whiny-sounding if you wish.
drop chin to chest.
let your arms dangle by your side. kinda like dead weight. make no attempt to move or control them.
slowly lift your foot just enough to move it forward (may result in some shuffling of feet)
repeat step four with alternating feet until you reach your destination.
if your destination is a place where taking a seat is an option, flop down on that seat and feel sorry for the lameness that just invaded your otherwise happy day

there it is... my morning in a salza-less nutshell and instructions on the ever useful lame walk.

Birthday Party (Thatcher)

2009-12-14T13:39:00.011-07:00

Saturday night we had a combined birthday party! We had cake, ice cream, cool red and green streamers (celebrating Christmas & Mexico), some Mexicans singing, and tons of friends stopped by.

Here's the birthday girls! Natalie, Cortney, and I. It wasn't technically anyones birthday, but we'll all be gone on our birthdays so we celebrated early.

Worst part of the night, Degen's gift aka swats! OWEEE!!! Look at that paddle! Yikes! He gave me two options: stand and take the swats, or get tackled and held to the ground by lots of guys and get even harder swats. I choose the first option.

Yes it hurt. Yes I screamed. Yes I got to sign that darn paddle afterwards. And yes Natalie and Cortney got the same gift, I just didn't get any pictures of them.
Oh did I mention how much I love Ashley! She's so kind and loving and would never, ever hit me! Wait...... I take that back.

Here's me, Ash, and Degen.

Here's all the mexican colony boys singing us awesome songs in spanish. We enjoyed it!

Axel, Dallin, Weston, and Kaleb. C-Face, TK, and Rachel enjoying the show.

And finally, here's our roomie shirts!

I <3

and Mexico. Audra, Ash, Nat, and TK

Weston came over earlier that day and we showed him our shirts. He asked us if we would make him one if he supplied the shirt. Of course we said yes! We even made one for Dallin as well, although he was way too hesitant to put his on. But we did get him into it finally and got a few pictures!
The girls w/ Weston The girls w/ Weston and Dallin!
Yes the guys' shirts say I <3 502 girls, as in our apartment number. We didn't realize that most people will read the shirts as i love five hundred and two girls and make the boys look like man-sluts. Whoops. WE had a great birthday party and a great saturday night!

Roomie Christmas

2009-12-14T13:06:00.004-07:00

Saturday morning we had Christmas with all us roomies. We woke up bright and early (10:00 a.m.) and made pancakes with buttermilk syrup. Then we opened presents!

<----- Here's our lovely Christmas tree and our stocking.

This is our living room after opening presents and during the process of making t-shirts. My present to the girls were t-shirts and t-shirt glue so we could make roomie shirts.
Audra's present to us was mace, or pepper spray. She is very into guns, knifes, and safety. She also bought some rhinestones so we could bling up our cans! Loved it! PS, me and ashley look so pretty in this picture. Try not to be too jealous of our beauty.

Natalie, with the help of her mother, made us
these way cute note boards!!! LOVE THEM!

Here is a preview of our roomie shirts. They all say " I love pacman... and mexico." yes that is all inside jokes so it should not make any sense to you. OH and the 502 stands for us girls. We are the girls of Howard's apartment #502. I'll post pics from Saturday night with all us girls wearing our way awesome shirts!

Smiley face :)

2009-12-08T17:31:00.005-07:00

I'm just barely blogging about Thanksgiving. Because I'm a college student and it's almost the end of the semester. Enough said. Over Thanksgiving break my padre took his girls out shooting! I was excited!

Here's Toe working hard. Check out her pants! I found those for her and guess what? They're too long! That has never happened before. They are 37 in. in the legs, wow! I love my extremly tall, skinny, and beautiful lil' sister. And here's Mami, our foreign exchange student from japan. It was her first time shooting. On our way out, she turned to me and said "I am excited, I just don't want to kill animals." I reassured her that our targets were pop cans and old targets. She seemed to enjoy herself after that!

And here's me showing off my mad shooting skills. Don't I look so excited?! Truthfully, I was excited to go out with my dad and work on shooting. I need to improve my skills so JD will be impressed :) I know i'll NEVER match his skills, but it's still good motivation.

I also had lots of quality time with the family! Especially my sisters. We figured out that we have not taken sister pictures since Toe was around the age of 3. So for your viewing pleasure, sister pictures!

Here's the one where we show you our pretty

triple chins.

Here's the one where Shady and Toe thought it would be cool to eat my face. I loved it, as you can tell.

Here we are trying to be normal

Here's the one where we show our appreciation for years and years of braces by showing all of our teeth. Aren't we pretty Mom?

Finally, here's the one where Dad got fed up with us being crazy and suggested that he take the picture while us girls smiled and stood still.

It was a great thanksgiving break!

snowed in

2009-12-03T14:59:00.002-07:00

We got snowed in this morning. I even woke up Tawni and told her the news... she wasn't too happy, but she quickly got over it. Please go to Natalie's Blog to get the full story... it's a good one.

And for those of you who are wondering, i'm not necessarily too lazy to blog about this myself... but natalie had already blogged the whole story and i did not want her efforts to be in vain. So you may want to consider it thoughtful instead of lazy.

Dear Santa:

2009-11-23T10:27:00.003-07:00

Dear Santa:

I've been really good this year. Sure I might have thrown a heat baby at Natalie last night and possibly locked Ashley and Audra out of the apartment one night, but I'll do better. I promise. My mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I finally figured it out, hence the reason I am now writing you. Here's my Christmas wish list:

* Get my car worked on. Oil change, tires balanced, all that good stuff.

* Pay tuition. It would be great if you just left me a grand or so in my stocking...

* Upgrade my phone since my current phone only holds battery life for 2 hours max

* FOOD! I figure you can wrap up some food articles in pretty packages. I promise to look thrilled to bits when I open up pop-tarts and chocolate milk mix on Christmas morning!

Santa, I know you may be a little worried since I'm not asking for anything childish and fun. No worries, I'm trying to be a grown up now since I am no longer going to be a teen in a little under a month. But my 12 year old attitude still seeps in everyonce and a while. I give you exhibit A:

It's pretty, huh? I drew it during stake conference yesterday morning instead of listening to a talk. Sure the turkey was already on the paper, but I colored and shaded it beautifully and added lots of great stuff. I showed Ash, she laughed. I showed Nats, she shook her head. So I gave this beauty to Audra, she appreciates it.

Thankyou for listening to my rants Santa. See you soon!

Love TK

poor kirby

2009-11-20T10:16:00.003-07:00

My vacuum won't turn on. This is how I feel about it.For those of you who can't tell, I am very sad. Also, i'm not wearing any makeup in this picture. double whammy. sad and makeup-less.

On a more positive note, i saw this bumper sticker the other day and it made me laugh.

all is well

2009-11-16T10:19:00.002-07:00

to all of you who were as worried and appalled as i was about audra's dislike of meet the robinsons, fret no longer! you see, rara (aka audra) can sometimes get a little confused... i don't know what movie she was thinking about when she said she didn't like meet the robinsons, but it definitely WASN'T meet the robinsons. what a relief. i was extremely worried for her. so we watched meet the robinsons on saturday and guess what?

she loved it. :)

this just in...

2009-11-13T21:57:00.001-07:00

audra doesn't like meet the robinsons. i don't know if she can be allowed to live with us anymore. i'm deeply disappointed.

coolest halloween surprise. ever.

2009-10-31T23:08:00.002-07:00

tonight is halloween. no we did not dress up. couple of reasons

1. there was fall sing today at 2

2. there was a tailgate party today at 5

3. the homecoming football game was tonight at 6

4. it was a pretty busy day (in case you couldn't tell)

5. we didn't have any good ideas for costumes.

anyway, after the football game we went to a "block party" at goodman's apartments. (for those of you who don't know, goodman's houses only girls) that turned out to be super lame so we decided to go home and watch hercules. so we're chillin with good ole herc and we hear a knock on the door. we opened the door and saw... a door. on that door was a sign. "please knock." well, at first we were kinda worried. was this a trick? or just trick-or-treaters?" either choice would be disastrous since no one likes being tricked and we didn't have any candy for trick-or-treaters. we knocked nonetheless. the door opened and we saw two boys from our ward (sorry boys, but we don't know your names!) they were dressed up like little old grandma ladies. robes, rollers, and all. natalie told them that we didn't have any candy, but they just kept on jabbering, just like little old grandmas do. they were holding up a bowl with candy in it and it finally dawned on us. THEY WERE GIVING US CANDY. they gave us each a handful, told us that our costumes (pajamas) were marvelous, and advised us to have a safe and happy halloween. then their door closed and so did ours, and i almost died laughing. best halloween moment of 09. hands down.

we're willing to sign some autographs...

2009-10-22T15:39:00.005-07:00

yesterday we became famous.

seriously.

you can check us out here.

ok here's the story. Natalies' cousin sara needed some practice for her photography business. she told nats that she needed some people who were willing to be models for a day and do a free photo shoot. huge sacrifice on our parts... ok not really. SO FUN! anywho, check us out. admire us. tawni and i will be in joe town this weekend if anyone wants a signed picture or anything.

Utah Trip

2009-10-06T15:57:00.010-07:00

I went up to Utah last wednesday through saturday and had tons of fun! Dearest mother of mine is demanding that I post pictures from my adventure so here you go! They all uploaded in the complete wrong order and I'm too lazy to change it so you get my adventure in reverse. OH and some pictures are sideways. Yet again, I'm too lazy to change them, sorry.

Saturday afternoon, we hiked Mt. Timpanogos on a trail that lead us to Stewart Falls. It was GORGEOUS!!! we picked the best time ever to hike because the leaves are changing and falling and it was just breath taking. These pictures definately don't do it justice but at least you get an inkling of how beautiful it was!

On Friday, DJ took me up to Salt Lake City to see temple square since I've never been there!!! WHat a wonderful brother I have! Temple square is amazing. As soon as I set foot on the grounds I felt the spirit. I loved every second of it and everything I saw! I took a bizillion pictures, but I only put up a few. We saw about 7 weddings while we walked around the temple, Craziness!! It was very busy there since conference was the next day but I sure enjoyed my time there.

This is inside the Joseph Smith building. Stunning, isn't it?

I don't know the technical name for this door, so I shall call it amazing spinny fun revolving door. Anyways, me and Djee were just walking around when I was this door. I immediately stopped, snapped this picture, then grabbed Dj and went through the door. It was my very first time every walking through an amazing spinny fun revolving door!!!Later that night, we went to Red Robin and they had an awesome door too!!! Gosh, what a day!

I was able to get lots and lots of quality Holly and Tawni time!!! I love this girl so dang much! She's currently a BYU student and now lives 14 hours away from me!! Nonetheless, we had a wonderful time together!

I also had plenty of bonding time with my Djee!!!! I love my brother, and I'm glad that we were able to drive up to Utah together and get to hang out so much! He's such a goof and he always makes me very happy and hyper!

Andy joined in on the fun as well! haha He's so dang crazy! Andy + Holly= crazy, dramatic, over-excited, laugh so hard you cry weekend! Loved it!

I'm so grateful to have been able to go to Utah for a few days. This trip came at a great time for me and I was able to get my mind off of things and enjoy myself! I did, however, miss my roomies dearly!!!! I am glad to be back in T town and back with my roomies!!!!

Good News

2009-09-28T09:07:00.002-07:00

My camera is currently making its way down to Thatcher! That means I can finally post some pictures from Lake Powell and start taking new pictures of my adventures at EA! Woo Hoo!!!!I'm going to Utah this week with DJ. He is going for his mission reunion and I am tagging along to go visit Holly Ann! This trip couldn't have been planned at a more perfect time. I definately need to get away for a few days to clear my mind of some things and I need my Hollis! So I'll be taking lots of pictures up in Jutah since I've actually never been passed St. George and I plan on visiting a lot different places. Things in Thatcher are going pretty well. I have to say, that I absolutely LOVE my roomates! They are so kind to me, and so dang fun! LOVE you Nats, Ra Ra, and AshRee!!

Here's our newest favorite video from youtube. You'll love it, I promise! Everyone we've showed it to so far has loved it. Therefore, if you watch it, you too shall love it! So watch it. Just do it. It's definately worth your time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA

opinions, please!

2009-09-21T10:46:00.003-07:00

my bangs are in that weird "too long to leave down strait and pretty much too short to not be considered bangs anymore" in-between phase again. sigh. so tell me what you think. should i grow them out again or should i stick with them? i like them (most days), but i'm kinda wondering if i should just go back to the way it's been since forever: long hair with no bangs. i just dont' know and i need your help!

i believe it's time...

2009-09-16T10:33:00.006-07:00

you meet our roomies! i know, i'm horrible for not introducing them before. what kind of a friend am i? my sincere apologies. now: on with the show!

Here we have Audra and Cortney. Sadly, i don't have any pictures of me with either of them. sigh. but they are great! Ok, so Cortney isn't technically a roommate. she lives an apartment up and over, but she's always hangin out with us and all that jazz. which is great. we love cortney. and audra... what can i say? this girl is amazing. she's gotta be the nicest person i've ever met. she also looks like emmy rossum from phantom of the opera. love her!

Here is me and natalie. we were being excited to be roommates. natalie is quickly becoming one of my favorite people. she's super fun and crazy. kinda like me, only not quite as cool. just a joke. love ya nats!

you guys already know tawni, and there are a lot of pictures of us already on the blog, so i figured you could just take a gander at those instead of me putting some more on here. sorry, i'm feeling lazy.

I'm so happy to be here in thatcher, especially with these girls, they are so amazing! on a side note, natalie, audra and i just got put in the relief society presidency for our ward. Nancy stepp from show low is the president, audra is the first counselor, natalie is second counselor, and i am the secretary. nancy didn't even realize we were roommates until after she had decided that we were the girls for the job. pretty crazy, eh? but anyway, we are loving our new callings! we just got through our first enrichment night, and all went pretty smoothly. sure, we had about 50 gallons of ice cream left over, but that was easily distributed among some of the girls, and all was A-OK! We're gonna be delivering some cookies to all of the girls in our ward today to try and get to know them a little better. and bribe them to like us. ok, the bribery part was just a joke, but maybe that wouldn't be such a bad approach...?

anywho, all is goin pretty well here in thatcher! we're living it up and loving every minute! heck, classes are even going pretty well, even if we're not enjoying every minute of that.... what can i say? it's school. but we will persevere! ok, now i'm just rambling. so i'm stopping. thank you for your time.

Here's an idea!

2009-09-11T15:39:00.002-07:00

I know me and Ashley aren't doing very well updating our blog lately. In our defense, both our cameras are broken. Therefore, we are unable to capture the lovely moments of our lives down here at EA. Sorry, maybe we'll try harder next week. But for those of you who just can't wait for more pictures of us, no worries! I just had a brilliant idea! Our dearest and most lovliest roomate Natalie is a loyal blog updater. She has updated twice since she's moved here. And she is on our friend list. So just mosey on over to our list of friends, click on her name, and enjoy!

most inspiring blog

2009-09-02T11:30:00.005-07:00

last night i decided to check out the NieNie Dialogues. I had heard a little bit about it and seen the buttons on the sidebars of other blogs, but I didn't really know what it was all about. i didn't want to read all of it, so i started in the middle of august of last year. This is around the time that Stephanie (aka nie) and her husband, Christian (aka Mr. Nielson) were in an airplane crash. i started reading from that point and went on. i just got done reading today's post. this woman is AMAZING. she has unshakable faith in the gospel and a wonderful family. she won a blog award for most inspiring blog, and it's not hard to see why. even with all of the hard times that she and her family have been through, she's still optimistic and so thankful for the life that she has.

it makes me feel really silly about how sorry i get to feeling for myself sometimes. i read a whole years' worth of blogs, many of which were re-posts of readers' favorites while nie was in a coma following the crash. she is amazing. just go see for yourself.

I've found a new blog to follow.

Story TIme part 2

2009-08-26T09:08:00.002-07:00

Hey there. You probably thought that we fell off the face of the earth. The truth is, we don't have the internet so I guess it's pretty close to falling off the earth... Well ladies and gents we are official students of EAC and we are loving it!!! Already I fill more comfortable and happier than I ever was at NAU. I'm humbled everyday when I think about how happy I am down here and the Lord was gracious enough and loves me enough to lead me to this place and this joy.
We have lots of super fun pictures that we will hopefully post sometime in the near future, but my camera died a terrible death and Ashree's is currently out of order so you'll just have to be a little more patient with us! To pass the time, I figured that I would share a few stories from the past week.

STORY 1: Last Friday morning, Ashley and I decided to take a bike ride. We rode around town for a good 35 minutes, then we saw Jessica and Julianne on campus so we stopped to talk with them. As soon as we stopped, I realized that I was not feeling very well. I sat on the sidewalk while we talked to Jess and Juli. They left and I attempted to stand up and get back on my bike. Then it hit me that I was not okay. I faintly remember asking Ashley to help me sit back down. I don't remember much from this point forward, so here is the story in Ashley's words. I guess Ashley walked towards me to help me but I kept pushing her away and refusing her help. At one point, I was drapped over her arms. Finally, Ashley gave up and I walked a few feet away and sat down. Then a big, white, EAC School van pulled up. The driver was Gary Sorenson, the dean of students. I remember people grabbing my arms and helping me into the van. Then the cold air hit me and my mind became a little clearer. Gary asked me about where I was from and what not. He drove me to the institute and helped me inside. There was a guy sitting there and Gary introduced himself to this guy named Matt. Then Gary said "Matt, this is Tawni. I'm leaving her in your care until her room mate gets here." So this kind young man named Matt brought me a glass of water and tried to make small talk with a sweaty, stinky, very hot (as in my body was burning up), and very confused looking girl. It was kind of him! Finally Ashley got there. She had a difficult task of riding one bike to the institue, parking it, running back to the other bike and riding it to the institute as well. Matt told me that his car has a bike rake and he would go get it and take me home. And that's exactly what he did. And I am grateful! What a way to meet a guy, huh? haha Some thanks are in order. Thankyou to Gary Sorenson for stopping and helping a distressed friend not knowing what to do with her dilussional (sp?) room-mate. Thankyou to me dearest Ashree for trying to help me sit down and being a super awesome runner and bike-rider! And finally, thankyou to Matt Anderson. The kind man who deserves the title of hero for that day and for every day that he continues to ask me if I am staying hydrated.

STORY 2: Thursday we went to the Library to get our proper library cards and what not. You need to know that the library has those security door ways with the weird detectors. You also need to know that when I entered the library, the alarm did NOT go off. Why do you need to know this? Well, because the alarms did go off when I tried to leave. I'm grateful that there wasn't security guards there ready to tackle me as soon as the alarms went off. Instead, there was two very sweet older ladies who patiently helped me through my ordeal. ONe of these ladies is Kristen Penrod's mother! Well, we went through my whole purse, piece by piece and sent it through. Purse: clear. Keys and cell phone: clear. Junk and pens: clear. My whole self: clear. Wallet: NOT CLEAR! So the problem was my wallet. I sent each of my many cards through along with my money and license and temple recommend. No alarms sounded. It was ridiculous. I grouped some of my cards together and lo and behold, the alarm sounds yet again. The ladies helped me arrange my cards in a manner that it didn't set off the alarms anymore. Thankyou kind library ladies! They got a kick out of the whole thing and thanked me for bringing some excitement into their day. I told them it was no problem, really, I'll try to make frequent visits to the library so I can be stopped by security yet again. Oh I forgot to mention that this whole time, Ashley and Audra are laughing at me. And then for the cherry on top, a guy I may or may not be starting to like a lot walks in and joins my roomies in their laughter. What a lovely day!

something a little newish

2009-08-06T10:56:00.003-07:00

so the other day i was bloghopping (nothing funny or stalkerish, no worries.) and i came across a blog that had more than one person writing on it, kinda like this one! i noticed something quite remarkable about it. every time a different person wrote on it, it said who it was. and not just a simple, "hey this is tom* writing this." no, it said down at the bottom, posted by tom* at 9:42 a.m. on July 29, 2009 *.

i was baffled.

i was jealous.

i wanted that.

now don't give me any of that "thou shalt not covet" stuff, because i just don't think it applies to this here situation.

anywho, i've been hunting and searching (and any other synonym you can think of for hunting) for a way for my posts to say "posted by ashley lois at 9:42 a.m. on july 29, 2009**." and guess what? i found it. sure, i had to set up my own blogspot account and whatnot, but i'm super stoked for this. now you'll know when you're reading my work, and not just by the color of the font, which i left out on purpose for this particular post.

do you smell that?

smells like success to me.

oh, and i had to create a whole now following list and stuff, so if you have a private blog, please do me the honor of leaving your email address here so i can once again read your blog. or read your blog for the first time (hint, hint, Kristal!). I promise i'll delete the addresses as soon as i finish up my business.

*names and dates changed to protect the identity of actual bloggers.

** date subject to change. obviously.

Wonderful, Wonderful Day

2009-08-04T17:52:00.003-07:00

Don't you love when your world all of sudden starts to make sense again? Don't you love when you finally feel peace after months and months of turmoil and tears? Don't you love the atonement? Don't you love when you get to see friends and family who you haven't seen in ages? Don't you love when your mom takes you to Taco Bell for lunch? Don't you love watching your favorite t.v. shows? Don't you love putting peanut butter on oreos? Don't you love being tan? Don't you love making honey roasted peanuts a meal? Don't you love being plain old HAPPY?

Well, I sure love all those things and I couldn't be more grateful that I experienced them today! I owe everything to prayer. And boy my prayers have been answered today!

Cake or Death?

2009-08-01T19:52:00.002-07:00

We have returned from our wonderful week at Lake Powell! Me and Ashley like to think that we're pretty tan, even though we had to suffer through a few retched sunburns. Correction, I am still suffering! Boy it hurts..... On another note, I took some pretty cool pictures. On another note, the batteries in my camera died. So until I can replace those and post those pics please enjoy this video. I think we quoted it at least 5 times a day at the lake. We LOVE It! Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZVjKlBCvhg

If this link doesn't work, my sincerest apologies. Just mozy on over to youtube and search "Tea and Cake or Death" by Eddi Izzard.

and we're off...

2009-07-24T21:46:00.002-07:00

...to lake powell! we'll be gone for a week, but try not to miss us too much!

and try not to be too jealous when we come back nice and tan.

a week of premiers

2009-07-19T22:33:00.002-07:00

fasten your seatbelts... it's gonna be a long ride!

1st premier:

harry potter and the half-blood prince!

tawni, tori and i went to the midnight showing in flag. This was the first midnight showing for all of us and it was oodles of fun! tawni and i are huge harry potter fans, so we've been planning this for a while... way back when it was still set to come out in '08! tori doesn't even read the books, but likes the movies, so we graciously allowed her to come with us ;). Tawni bought the tickets about a week and a half ago and made arrangements to stay with stephanie after the show. (steph was awesome! she and megan couldn't get tickets, but they still let us crash at their apartment, even though they both had to get up early the next day and go to work and we didn't get there until about 2:30! she get's the awesome friend award!) We were planning on leaving right after institute, which gets over around 8. but then we got some shocking news around 6:30. there was already a huge line! so we skipped institute (i know... we're sinners) and headed to flag right away... well, after i had finished packing... We got to Harkins a little before 8 and only had to wait outside for about an hour before they put us in a theatre. then there was A LOT of waiting. very very boring. but there were some... um... unique people around us to keep us entertained and remind us why we decided to leave flag in the first place! the group sitting in the row in front of us was playing uno. that was the foulest game of uno i've ever heard! i guess it wouldn't have been so bad if one of the girls in that group didn't have a voice like a banshee... another group in front of us was playing catch-phrase. i can still hear the beeping of their timer sometimes. and i don't even want to discuss the couple behind us. let's just say i think that they may have mistaken the theatre for a hotel room. they were all over each other. the whole 3 hours we had to wait inside. awkward, much? the movie finally started and it was worth it, though. it did have quite a bit of differences from the book and i wonder how their gonna pull off the last movie, but i liked it. it was definitely the funniest harry potter movie yet. Tawni was sick for the first half of the movie, but she was a trooper and toughed it out. bravo! (whew... that was long, eh?)

premier 2:

17 Again.

so this may not seem like a big deal... but i loved this movie! Kourtney, tiffany and i watched it at our hotel this weekend (details on why were at the hotel coming up next!) and decided to watch it to kill a little time. it was so good! i haven't really ever been a big zac efron fan because of the whole high school musical thing... but he earned some respect from me for this movie! he played his part so well! it was really funny and really cute too. i suggest you see it.

premier 3:

WICKED!!!!

That's right! wicked the musical! it was ah-freakin-mazing! Kourtney, my mom and I were originally gonna go, but my mom's surgery date got moved, so Tiff went with us instead (mom's still recovering, poor thing). goodness, i don't even know where to begin... i just loved it all so much! the vocals, the dancing, the costumes, the music... it was all wonderful! it was my first time ever being to a production like this and i can't wait to go again! i listen to the music from it all the time, but it was so cool to be able to experience it live! and the story was awesome. i'll admit, i shed a few tears at the end. we had really good seats, too. row 24, right in the middle. i loved it so much! it's always been a dream of mine to see a broadway show in new york, and this came pretty dang close (i think)! it was just so amazing! i would go see it again in a heartbeat! no questions asked. there is just way too much awesomeness to tell about wicked! it was definitely the highlight of my week.

so there you have it. harry potter, 17 again, and wicked. if you ask me, not a bad week at all.

ARG!!!!

2009-07-07T17:30:00.003-07:00

ok so i've been trying to make this blog very cute and stuff... but i've failed! i tried to do cute fonts as seen on erin's blog, but i screwed up royally and i'm just sick of it right now! ARGGGHHH!!! so i'm gonna take a step back and take a break for a while. hopefully our blog will be cute sometime tomorrow... but for now... please just ignore the lameness and plainness of it all. i promise i'll fix it when i'm not so frustrated!

Riddle Me This?

2009-06-29T13:13:00.008-07:00

How do you entertain yourself for 36 hours of driving? Reading: check. Talking: check. Sudoku, sleeping, singing, eating: check check check and check. But the biggest entertainment of all? Taking pictures of course! half-way through our first day of driving, I decided to take pictures of the coolest and craziest names on the road signs! For your enjoyment, I give you my results! Have fun pronouncing some of them. Enjoy the awesomeness of the others!

I find this to be ridiculous!!

Pretty awesome, huh?

*HINT: This one rhymes with my last name!

Personal Favorite!

Curb Appeal

2009-06-29T12:21:00.005-07:00

I returned from Georgia well over a week ago and I'm just now posting pictures. Sorry, 1800 miles of driving kinda makes you a wee bit tired! Here's a few facts about our journey home:
1800miles, 36 hours, 3 days, 7 states (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona), 5 people, 2 vehicles. Overall the trip was pretty good. We didn't see one accident our entire trip, which we consider to be a great blessing!!!!

Now onto the title of my post. Every single home out in Georgia has amazing curb appeal! I was blown away by how gorgeous houses were! Even trailers look amazing out there, partly because they have luscious green lawns that they only have to mow once a week to maintain. One day we were driving through the small town of Sylvester just to look at houses. I snapped a few pictures of my favs. I didn't take too many because some people were watching and probably wondering why the heck I was taking pixs of their homes.

This one is actually an old plantation home!

This is not a home. This is a mortuary. This is where the services were for both my granny and grandaddy. Madre says it's beautiful inside!

And this ladies and gents' is my all time favorite home! It was right across the street from Fred's (similar to ALCO or Family General store). I think I stared at this house for a good ten minutes. I have concluded that this is my dream home. I'll save this picture for future references. When/ if that certain man in my life tells me that he'll build me a home, I'll whip out this photo without a moments hesitation!

Georgian Journey

2009-06-12T17:46:00.003-07:00

Good: There is green EVERYWHERE!!!!
Bad: I feel claustrophobic (sp?) because I can't see in front of me for miles and miles....

Good: My back is doing quite well, very little pain
Bad: My allergies just kicked back in.

Good: This is my third visit to Georgia. Last time I was here I was 8.
Bad: This will possibly, most likely be my last visit.

Good: There is grass everywhere!
Bad: There are sand fleas Everywhere!!

Good: My grandparents live in a house built over 100 years ago!
Bad: The water tank is tiny which equals very, very short showers...

Good: The weather is beautiful which allows me to wear shorts everyday.
Bad: Mosquitoes and knats have a feast with me everyday.

Good: My hair IS NOT, I repeat IS NOT frizzy and huge out here! It's minding its manners and curls up quite pretty most days.
Bad: I need to shave my legs, but my shower time doesn't allow such actions...

Good: Mostly everyone here has that awesome twangy southern accent!!
Bad: I randomly start talking with that accent which is a bad idea since I'm absolutely retched at it.

Good: I'm spending lots of quality time with my madre and toe and the grandparents and tons of relatives out here in the south!
Bad: I miss my dad, and Shandi & her fam, and my kitty, and Ashree, and dirt, and dry air, and walking barefoot in the dirt/grass.

Well folks, my Georgian journey is half-way through. We start our trek back home hopefully on Tuesday! See ya'll in a week!

bromance?

2009-06-11T12:45:00.006-07:00

getting a little... cozy... on the love seat...

why we laugh at disney channel stars

2009-06-04T09:55:00.003-07:00

the title of this post may bring some ideas to your mind, such as their lack of acting skills, performance skills, musical skills, or just skills in general. i know that there are some exceptions (i'm trying real hard to think of some... i might have to get back to you on that one), but these reasons are nothing to laugh at compared to what i have witnessed.

last night Tawni was texting me and told me where to find something very funny. joe jonas dancing to single ladies. in a leotard. and high heels. sigh. it was the absolute funniest thing i have ever seen. my dad had to remind me to breathe. oh goodness. if you share my lack of respect for disney channel tween stars, just hop on over to youtube and type "joe jonas single ladies" in the search bar. it's the first result, and, trust me, it is well worth your time. i watched it twice.

oh and while you're youtubing, search for the guy who danced to single ladies on the bonnie hunt show. his first name is shane. pretty impressive. not as funny as joe, but more talented in the area of single ladies dance moves.

watch my corn pop up in rows (A)

2009-05-25T12:34:00.011-07:00

well we're officially out of flagstaff. can you hear the chorus? Hallelujah! we are very happy to be back in good ole joe city! and for me, being back in joe city means being back on the farm! last week i helped my dad plant the corn. it was a long process. we started one afternoon at about 3:30, stopped that night at about 9, and then we were back at it the next day from about 11:30 till 4 (i drove the tractor down to the field. it was my first tractor driving experience. i rocked.). this is what we stumbled upon within the first five minutes we were at the field.

don't worry. it was dead. and rigamortis. and gross. yech. i hate snakes. if only it was a rattle snake, then the deadness of the thing would have been all the sweeter. sigh. here's the man of the hour(s) doin his thing. sing with me now... he takes the tractor another round

another round...

well, the planter decided it had had enough the first day. and who can blame it? dad says grandpa probably bought it new. that thing has planted its fair share of fields! so we borrowed a planter from a neighbor. i don't think that thing has been used in a couple years... we had to clean out the rat's nests, grease it up a bit, and air up the tires. but i think it was all worth it in the end. it was bigger, so it got the 12 remaining rows done in no time. we finally got done (after it started raining) and i was beat. i don't think i'll ever blame my dad for being so tired all the time. he is such a hard worker! oh, and here's blaine! we hung out at the bottom of the field till dad came down and needed a refill on the goods.

we also chased cows and closed gates. we're pretty awesome ranch/farm hands. wouldn't you agree?

What to do on a Thursday night in Flag

2009-05-05T14:15:00.006-07:00

Last Thursday me and Ashley had a wonderful idea. We had a wonderful, exciting idea! Earlier that day we had gone to Sonic and gotten free Route 44 Vanilla Dr. Peppers! Thanks Shandi for showing me that lovely little trick! Anywhoo, we drank and drank all day. Then came our brilliant idea! I'll just let the pictures tell the story...

Then we got a little silly with Ashley's cool computer...

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We call this one "The Asian and the Banana."

Well, that's about it for our night! Oh the joy of cheap thrills! We love it! We had a grand ol' time. We're already planing our next occasion when we get to wear cups in our hair again. Maybe we will actually go out in public this time!

Shh... don't tell them!... (A)

2009-04-29T16:42:00.003-07:00

So... obviously Tawni and I are the only ones from the Joeflake apartment that use this thing... so... we're taking it over! that's right yo! it's official. Just take a look around... we're no longer "the joeflake girls." we are now "Ashley & Tawni." i know, i know, it seems a little rude, but let's face it, no one in the blogging world would even know we had roommates if our first post wouldn't have said that it was for all four of us. they let us down. so we let them go. oh... and since we're moving, we're taking it with us! (insert your idea of an evil laugh here. it will fit nicely.)

sad news. :( (A)

2009-04-26T22:41:00.002-07:00

There's no way to sugar-coat this, so i'm just going to come right out and let you guys know. My sweet little turtle, Tia, died yesterday. i was very sad. when i left to go to work at 11 yesterday, she was basking in the light of her lamp, happy as could be. but by the time i got home at 4, she was... gone. she had been acting strange for quite some time, so i had taken to checking on her right when i got home from anywhere. so i checked on her yesterday afternoon. this is how it went. i came inside, took off my shoes, set down my purse and put my apron in my room. i then walked into the kitchen and looked at tia in her tank. she appeared to be sleeping. i decided to check on her.

"Tia!"

nothing.

i knocked on the glass.

nothing.

i shook the whole dang tank.

still nothing.

so finally i reached in and gave her a little nudge.

that's when i knew. she was gone.

that's when i left.

i didn't know what to do. i texted tawni and told her. i texted ivan and told him (tia was a gift from ivan). both were very upset. i decided to wait until carissa got home to tell her. that was about one hour later. she texted me while i was wandering around target, wasting time. i went home and broke the news to her. (she hadn't even noticed!) we decided to go out to dinner and go shopping to clear our minds and to give me the chance to get some retail therapy. i think it worked, i was quite happy by the time we got back. then we put tia in a little box to bury her in (by we, i mean carissa. i wouldn't have been able to do it). i almost cried. at least it's a cute box. funeral services will be tomorrow. probably around 4.

Story Time : )

2009-04-22T15:30:00.003-07:00

Story Time ladies and gentlemen!!!!
story #1
Today as I was leaving my apartment and walking towards my car I noticed three young guys sitting on their porch, smoking and drinking like every other under age guy in Flagstaff. I glanced at them, they glanced at me. Then their glances turned into stares. Then they spoke these lovely lines: "Dude I've never seen her before! Look at that dark hair. Oh and its wavy. Nice. That's sexy as hell!" My thoughts: "since when has hell been sexy?" Should I be offended by their comments? I just can not decide. Maybe it was just their choice of words. But what if they had said " that's sexy as heaven!" I don't think I would have appreciated that either. Sexy and heaven shouldn't be used in the same sentence. Beautiful and heaven, yes. But not sexy and heaven. It feels kind of sac-religious and down-right inappropriate! Oh and their comment holds another huge error: my hair is CURLY, NOT wavy. Believe me, I know the difference. Take note of the curls and ringlets my hair loves to form. They sure don't look like waves to me! Someone once described my hair as the spaghetti noodles hair. Woah buddy! Thankyou, I have always wanted to be known as the girl with edible hair! Yeah, I'm as sexy as spaghetti, and proud of it!

Ashley would like to add: " I eat sexy for breakfast!!!!" (If you've seen BOLT, you will understand her thinking)

story #2
As I was sitting in Anthropology yesterday, a strange thing happened. I noticed a girl in front of me and off to the left. She looked terrible. Scraggly hair, blood-shot eyes, crappy choice of clothing, and a beautiful mop of a hair-do on her head. I continued to examine her (anthropology is tedious and painfully boring) and what she did next still has me shaking my head! She reaches into her backpack and pulls out some small squares of white paper and a plastic bag full of eeky brown looking gunk. Yep, right then and there in class she starts rollin herself some dope. My jaw dropped, my eyes bulged from my head. Luckily the teacher was busy writing on the board or she would have seen my face and thought I was having a seizure or somthing. Oh mercy, why do people throw their lifes away on drugs? Better yet, how can a student sit in a university classroom and roll herself dope!!!!!! Ugh I just don't understand the world. Plus side of this story: two weeks and I'm done at NAU!!!!!!!

story #3
Okay, this is not really a story. It's more of an imformative announcement. Our beloved turtle, Tia is sick. We're talking deathly sick people! At first we just thought she was anorexic because she never eats her food. But these past few days, she's taken a turn for the worse. All day long she simply lays on her rocks and soaks in the light from her lamp. That's eat. She doesn't swim. She hardly even moves. Her shell is all dried out and looks disgusting. We have to shake the whole tank for her to even move a tiny bit. So if any of you know how to care for a very ill, little girl turtle, please let us know!

That's all the stories from now! Forgive us for not posting these next few weeks. We'll be studying and writing and stressing over our school work, taking finals, cleaning our apartment, vacating Flagstaff, and maybe a little partying... maybe. Love from Tawni *

Just wondering...

2009-04-11T22:40:00.002-07:00

doesn't the old saying go "April SHOWERS bring May flowers"?

That's what i thought...

THEN WHAT'S UP WITH THE SNOW?!?!?!

stupid flagstaff...

CHANGES:)

2009-03-31T21:07:00.020-07:00

Ashley and I have some pretty big news to share. Well, maybe not too big... but exciting news! It involves change. Lots and lots of change!!!!!! Here's what we've decided to trade and transfer.

We're handing in our ---->

For these little lovelies --->

We're gladly trading in this

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For THIS!!! ---->

We'll hopefully turn these faces ---->

Into happy &beautiful faces--->

We're giving up our DEAR friends...

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For some more, uh Christ-like ones.

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We're willingly leaving behind these days

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For what we're hoping will be our ------->

AND FINALLY,

We are handing over our -------->

To become MONSTERS

Yes folks. We are transferring to Eastern Arizona College. And ya know what? We are uber excited!!! After a year of hating everything about NAU and Flagstaff, we are thrilled to move to Thatcher and be around normal, calm, happy people. Me and Ash are both hoping to get back into the choir and possibly the plays. We're excited to have a much larger institute. We're very much looking forward to attending a school with good teachers, who don't use cuss words and naughty things and ideas every class period. Mostly, we're ready for the SUN! We hate snow! Oh golly winters are going to be absolutely wonderful down there! So there's our news. Oh and by the way, that picture above of the christ-like people... yey that's actually EAC's student council presidency. Cool, eh? And one more thing. We are currently looking for housing down there. If any of you happen to know of hear of anything, we would more than appreciate you informing us! Thankyou all! Love from Tawni <3

WHAT THE..... HOW THE?!?!?!?!?!?!

2009-03-04T15:20:00.002-07:00

I just got done watching a comedy festival hosted by Ellen Degeneres and golly I am just stunned! And flabberghasted!! And amazed!!! And in shock!!!! If you have an extra hour or so I highly suggest you watch this! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!

http://www.tbs.com/video/0,,162280%7C338591%7C,00.html?eref=sharethisUrl

Ellen starts out the show by talking and joking a bit. I love Ellen!! Not in a lesbian way, nothing gross like that. I just highly enjoy her humor! So be patient cuz in part 2 all these crazy talented people come on and perform and it gets amazing! OH I'm just so speechless by everything!!!! Enjoy it and comment so we can discuss this craziness! <3>

............ : ) ............ {tawni}

2009-03-02T21:35:00.005-07:00

It's been a darn good while since I've updated but I just haven't had anything exciting to blog about!!! Arg don't you hate when that happens? So quick catch up of the last 3 months. Let's see I had a sinus infection, then an ear infection, then pneumonia. Yep that's about it for my life. Sick and school, sick and school. No worries, I think I'm finally better (if any of you were wondering...) In other news, I just watched the "Happiest Millionaire" for the very first time. My thoughts: I approve. I enjoyed it quite a lot. I still don't understand the fascination of having alligators as pets.... who would ever really do that? That's insane!!! And then that crazy, pshyco butler dude goes and dances in the alligator water tank pond thingy! But other than the alligators, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

On to the next subject! I've been thinking about what I could blog about and I had this brilliant idea. So here's what I did. I went to each of my roommates and asked them to pick a number between 1 and 169. What are these numbers you may ask? Well, let me tell ya. That's how many pictures are saved on my phone. So here's the plan. I'll post the pictures of the number that they each picked and tell about them. Simple enough, yet it will bring me great joy to remember back to those days...

Carissa's pick: number 103

Alright, so Cars here picked a lovely picture of my gerber daisies!!! My favorite flower of all time! This picture is from December 18th 2007 aka my 18th birthday. I had just gotten home from school when there came a knock at the door. I opened it to find my good buddy Stephan Kuhse and lo and behold there were flowers in his hands. What's this? Steph give me flowers? Were you dating? No you were dating Brock at that time! DId you two have a secret love affair? Oh no....... Here's the story. Yes I was dating Brock. No, there was no scandalous affair involved. Brock was living in Thatcher at that time and working. So he couldn't take off a Tuesday to come see me on my birthday. Being the kind and awesome kid that he is, he asked his best bud (Steph) to go buy me some gerber daisies and deliver them to me. I was so pleasantly surprised! Probably one of the sweetest things that's been done for me. Both Brock and Steph made my day!

Ashley's pick: number 72

Ashley's pick was an awesome choice!!! Here you see Carissa, Ashley, and I relaxing in our apartment with our feet propped up on a horse., but not just any horse. Her name is Zelda and she's a super COOL horse! Back in September I went on a date with Lee Dowell. We went to the carnival up here in Flag. We stopped at a booth where you throw these balls into a bucket to win a prize. After 15 throws and $9 dollars later we were rewarded with this huge horse. Lee named her Zelda (I thought it was a boy, WOOPS!). There was a ride down the way and it was about 5 or 6 miniature horses on ropes and walking in circles giving youngsters rides. Well, Lee decided that Zelda needed a picture with the real horses. SO he asked the carnee to stick her in the cage by the other horses and that sweet old man did. Lee got a sweet picture of Zelda and her friends but sadly, I don't have that picture. Golly I'm getting sidetracked. SO the above picture was about a month after I had Zelda and Lee was off to school and BYU Business college. We dedided to take a picture of Zelda's role in our apartment and send it to him. She really made a good foot rest. Now she has a new role. She sits in front of our balcony door and blocks out the cold air that trys to come in.... she is also our guard dog. We love her dearly!

Melissa's pick: number 112

I think that Melissa made the best pick of the night. Ladies and gentlemen I give you the Hawaii Temple!!!!!! Oh goodness it is soooo beautiful don't ya think!? I would love to tell you that I took this picture, but that would be a lie and that's not what I stand for. My dearest, bestest friend Ashley was so fortunate enough to go to Hawaii this past summer with her familia. She sent me this picture via the cell phone and then proceeded to rub it in that she was in Hawaii and I was in Joseph City, Arizona. Yeah, you can say I was more than a little jealous. Oh and super bored without her. I absolutely love temples! They are such a symbol of purity and righteousness. Every time I see a temple my motivation is refreshed to someday go inside and recieve all those wonderful temple ordinances and blessings. This picture also gives me great motivation to someday go to Hawaii!!! It will happen, it must happen. I have to see the beauty of the place in person.

SO there you go folks!!! Hopefully that was somewhat fun.... I'll try to update more often. Ashley and I have some big changes coming up in our lives that we will be sure to blog about sometime in the near future!

twenty twenty twenty five. (A)

2009-02-08T18:25:00.006-07:00

Ok, so i already did this once on facebook, but kourtney tagged me, so i decided to do it again! i'm even going to try and think of new stuff.

1. I don't chew gum. My jaw pops a lot, so i decided to lay off the gum. it doesn't bother me as much. go figure, eh?

2. My favorite show is the office. oh goodness i owe lee dowell so much! he introduced tawni and me to it way back when we first moved to flag. we've been addicted ever since. in fact, we're watching it right now. that's what she said.

3. it really bothers me that my conditioner is always gone before my shampoo. how does that happen? i even try to use lots more shampoo than conditioner, but alas, my shampoo is always in surplus.

4. Carissa made me a heat baby. i love it. it keeps me oh so warm.

5. it snowed today. i was very upset because the snow from the last storm was finally going away and then it just had to go and get all yucky and white again! AHHH!

6. I find it almost imposible to sleep with socks on. i just can't stand it. even if i do somehow fall asleep while wearing them, they never stay on the whole night. the weird thing is, i never remember taking them off when i wake up...

7. i like crunchy peanut butter WAY better than creamy. that little extra peanutty zest just makes my day. except for on oreos. then creamy is the way to go.

8. dr. seuss is one of my favorite authors. seriously. i did a research paper on him my junior year.

9. i'm always cold. i tell people it's because my internal heating is broken. i think that that just might be true.

10. sometimes i feel like i don't fit in at NAU. maybe cuz it's just so dang hippie and liberal and snowy.

11. i wish i knew how to snowboard. zach was supposed to take me... still hasn't happened...

12. i think mcdonald's would get a lot more business if they served breakfast all day long.

13. i want to learn the single ladies dance that beyonce does. how awesome would that be?

14. right now i hope it keeps snowing so we have a snow day tomorrow. super? i think yes.

15. i wish life was like a musical. i think it would be so awesome if everybody could just randomly burst into song with no rehearsals and perfect harmony. if only, if only.

16. it really bothers me when people wear black shoes with brown outfits or the other way around. does matching mean nothing to these people?

17. melissa and i made an awesome graph in our math class. we got 15/15 points. and our teacher wrote "nice!!" on it. it's on our bulletin board.

18. we have no chocolate in our apartment right now. i'm craving chocolate.

19. i always wanted to pop all of the keys off of the laptops that were in ms. bowler's room in high school. i also wanted to see how far back i could bend the screen before the whole thing busted into two pieces. i don't have those urges now that i have my own laptop.

20. i don't watch scary movies now that i don't live with my parents anymore. see, my daddy could always scare off the ghosties and crazies for me, and now that i'm forever and a half away, that wouldn't be so easy. thus, i steer clear of the scary flicks.

21. i got to serve the italian olympic swim team dinner a couple weeks ago at the sizz.

22. i'm a movie junkie. i love seeing new movies. and old movies. basically any movie. they make me happy.

23. spiders scare me. my mom always tells me not to be afraid of them because they are smaller than me, but i just can't help it. they are frightening.

24. i am addicted to minesweeper. i play it a lot. maybe i just like the challenge of making my winning percentage higher. i don't know. i just like it.

25. i love harry potter, and i'm not ashamed. they are seven of the best books i've ever read. the movies aren't to shabby either. i aslo have harry potter scene it. first and second editions.

guess who came to visit?! (A)

2009-02-04T10:52:00.030-07:00

Yogi the Bear came to visit us last night! Tawni thinks he's number one!

He's pretty awesome. He even went outside on our balcony to talk to our neighbor Blair. Hopefully Cory doesn't get too jealous when he sees this one...

Bustin some moves.

Here's Yogi showin off his muscles. grr baby.

He can do the splits! Go Yogi!

AWWW! Tawni and Cars love him!

Melissa was gone somewhere with Lizzie, so we decided to show her how much fun she was missing by letting Yogi try out her bed. I think he found it suitable.

He's a beautiful princess.

I think this is what he felt like by the time he left... Sorry!

I'm bored... so here i go! (A)

2009-01-21T14:13:00.002-07:00

1. Do you like blue cheese? I don't think i've ever had it.
2. Have you ever smoked cigarettes? No
3. Do you own a gun? no. sad day!
4. What flavor Kool-Aid was your favorite? all kool-aid! i loved it but mom didn't like to buy it cuz she didn't want carpet stains.
5. Do you get nervous before Dr. appointments? not really.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? i think that they are mmmm good delicious!
7. Favorite Christmas movie? the...the... THE GRINCH!!!
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? milk. or orange juice.
9. Can you do push-ups? yeah... last time i tried anyways... it's not easy though! i'm a weakling!10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? the ring my parents got me from colorado a couple years ago. it's the awesomest
11. Your favorite hobby? reading
12. Do you have A.D.D.? no. hey look, a bunny! haha
13. What's one trait you hate about yourself? i am an expert procrastinator. it's horrible.
14. Middle name? Lois
15. Name 2 thoughts at this exact moment? I'm cold. i should get a blanket
16. Current hate right now? cold
17. Favorite place to be? anywhere with my friends and/or family.
18. How did you bring in the new year? i went to tawni's house and watched 21 and the times square party thing.
19. Where would you like to go? europe, australia, new york, florida... i think it would be easier to ask where i wouldn't like to go...
20. Name three people who will complete this? i dunno... anyone who wants to can, but i'm not gonna ask anyone to do it.
21. Do you own slippers? si
22. What shirt are you wearing? a pink long sleeved one.
24. Can you whistle? yes. casey and jaci taught me how to finger whistle my junior year at the softball state trounament. good times!
25. Would you be a pirate? maybe, but i'd be afraid of the kraken. and i'd want will turner to be my first mate! hehe.
26. What songs do you sing in the shower? i don't really sing in the shower too much. which is weird because i sing everywhere else...
27. Favorite girl's name? as of right now i don't really have one. 28. Favorite boy's name? see 27.
29. What's in your pocket right now? lint
30. Last person that made you laugh? well melissa and i laughed pretty hard at something i said when we were leaving math... so i guess i was the last person to make me laugh.
32. Worst injury you've ever had? i burned my arm with a curling iron when i was really little. i can't remember it, but my parents say it was pretty bad.
33. Do you love where you live? eh... sometimes.
34. How many TVs do you have in your house? 1
35. Who is your loudest friend? pretty much all of my friends are loud. they have to be able to talk over me! lol
36. How many dogs do you have? 2. shelby and trixie. they live with my parents.
37. Does someone have a crush on you? i dunno. perhaps. perhaps not.
38. What is your favorite book? twilight series, harry potter, the host, pride and prejudice, ...pretty much any book i read.
39. What is your favorite candy? chocolate!
40. Favorite Sports Team? d-backs, suns, and i guess i can admit that i'm starting to like the cardinals... now that they're going to the SUPER BOWL!

Sociology cuss-count revealed (A)

2009-01-20T23:02:00.002-07:00

And the winner is.... Alicia! she guessed 94 and the actual number was 103 (nine of those which were the dreaded f-bomb). in second was jessica, followed by kourtney, then my ma. good race guys! oh and in case you were wondering he did considerably better in tuesday's class. he didn't even make it to 50! is it wishful thinking to believe that the numbers will continue to decrease as the semester continues? probably. but who says a girl can't dream?

sociology (A)

2009-01-17T12:11:00.002-07:00

Thursday in our sociology class i decided to tally how many swear words our teacher used. but before i reveal that number, i'm going to let you guess! fun game, huh? i'll tell you this much, it's somewhere between 50 and 150. good luck!

The Best and the Worst...

2009-01-14T14:12:00.017-07:00

It's been quite a while since I last blogged. Many of you are probably wondering if our combined blog has been turned into Ashley's very own blog. The answer is no. She is the only one dedicate enough to write more than once a month. But I am sure going to try a lot harder this year to keep updated in the blog world!!! So for my first blog of the new year, I am listing of the top ten things I did over Christmas Break, and the top 5 worst things. Fun eh? haha hopefully it will be. And I'm not going to number which events were better or worse, cuz that could lead to hurt feelings, which is never good.... especially when your sister is 9 months pregnant. I don't really want to make her cry right now. That would be rude. Anyways, Here we go!!!!

Top Ten Best

Hanging out with my little sister, Tori!!!! I love this girl! And I love spending time with her. I practically moved back home for a month so once again, we sisters did a lot together ranging from chores, to watching our new favorite show "Bones", wrestling (see picture below), fighting (very minimum), loving on each other, and having slumber parties!

I have a new favorite game. BALDERDASH!!!!! Anyone who'se ever played it will know why it is simply amazing. It may look like another, boring board game, but don't be decieved. This game is packed with the most random things ever and each card is sure to bring a laugh to those playing! Like I said, simply amazing. I played this game a lot over the break: with my family, with my family and crazy friends, at lovely Alicia's home. By playing this game, I discovered that me and Shandi think a lot a like. A lot a lot. It's kinda scary......
One random Tuesday, Holly, Brock, and I decided to go to Snowflake. Our plans were to do a little shopping for our parents, visit the all famous Andrew Foree, and maybe get some lunch. Our three hour trip turned into twelve hours. After picking up Andy, we had a brilliant idea to go visit our favorite music teacher (Ms. Whipple, I refuse to call her Cynthia..... I just can't do it.) Well, Ms Whipple was on her way home from the valley, so to waste time we figured we would go watch a movie. We got tickets for "Seven Pounds" but had two hours to spare before the showing. Where is the one place you can spend hours at wandering around aimlessly and not get in trouble? That's right, Walmart. Gotta love it! Anyways, after walmart and dodging snow and ice and snow plows! we went to our movie. It was wonderful!!!! I loved it! Will Smith is amazing. Rosario Dawson was amazing. Therfore, the movie was amazing! After that amazing movie, we finally got to see Ms. Whipple! We had some scrumptious chili and burittos and cinnamon rolls and reminesced about our years in high school. By the time we left it was 7:30. I think we reached joe town by 9:00 after dropping off Andy and snapping a few pictures! Overall, wonderful day!
Christmas!!!!! I had a very simple, very fun Christmas this year! It was just me and Toe at home, but we still woke up around 7 and ran to the tree with excitement and wonder!!! I mostly got warm clothes for my days up in Flag, but I got this super duper digital camera!!! Oh I love it, without a doubt. I've wanted it for so long! Other than that, I got movies. My friends know me too well. Im a movie fanatic and I always want more. And more is what i got! 7 more to be exact! haha Christmas morning me and Toe set up a play kitchen set that mom got for Tayela. It took us girls a good two hours to put together. Those things are tricky! Shandi, Scott, and the kids came over around noon and we played and had a great time! I love Christmas! I love family!
I watched "Twilight" for FREE. No I am not lying, it really did happen. The lovely Roxy theatre in Holbrook was celebrating their 5th anniversary sinch re-opening. Holly, Brock, and I were already planning on going and watching it sometime, but lo and behold, we hear news that they were giving tickets for free. We went, stood in line for ten minutes, we were handed tickets, we took our seats, we enjoyed our free movie. Life was good.
I turned 19!!!! Exciting I know! I woke up that day (December 18th for any of you who don't know) and did nothing. I text Brock, he said he shopping with his mother. I called Holly, she said she was home cleaning. My mother called and asked if I would bring Mr. G's to her office and they would celebrate my birthday along with one of her co-workers birthdays. So I went. I came home and sat. I was feeling quite sorry for myself cuz this girl i know, Ashley Bushman, who claims to be my best friend hadn't text or called or anything to say happy birthday... that's just inexcusable. Holly and Brock came over around 4 and we watched "August Rush" together. Then Holly explained that she was needed at her home and would try to come back over later. Brock said he was cold and asked if i would assist him to his home. I went. We stayed there for a very long time doing odd little things. Finally we went back to my house. I walked in and..... SURPRISE!!!! Woo hoo my very first ever surprise party! That's right, Brock and Holly planned the whole thing! Yes he was shopping that morning but it was with Holly! And another surprise, Ashley was there!!!! She walked out all wrapped up in streamers and I started screaming and crying. Yes I was really that upset at her and then so happy!!! haha anyways, it was a great birthday!
One of my all time favorite things to do is spend time with family. Who doesn't love that!? Of course I spent lots of time with Toe and my parents, but I am lucky enough to see Shandi and her kids a lot!!! Dj came home for a few days and that was way fun! I did not get to see Andon and Jori or Jaden and Troy. It was sad but hopefully I'll see them sometime soon! I love my family and I thank the Lord everday that I have them for all eternity!!!!

One Friday night for a Young Single Adult activity, Holly, Ashley, Dj, Laura, Kendall, Deanna, and I all went bowling! We got there and hour and a half late after being misinformed of the starting time. But we had 4 lanes all to ourselves! It was great fun! Afterwards we went to McDonalds for ice cream and sat around and laughed. We headed home and me and Ash had a little photo shoot with my new camera!! We were both wearing our cool furry jackets so we decided to show them off! gotta love those random, camera happy times!

New Year's Eve!! Last year for new year's eve I had friends come over, about ten in all, and we just hung out, played games, laughed a lot, and did whatever. This year, I had and even smaller party. It consisted of myself, Brock, and Ashley. We were small in numbers but made the best of it!! We started off our night by wathcing "21" it's a great movie. Really enjoyed it! Then watched the party from New York Square Time. Lucky we watched that because we were able to get a free Taylor Swift song from Verizon! Awesome, I think yes! All the while we were eating yummy dip and cookies and drinking soda. It was a fun night, simple, yet exciting!

Top Five Worst

(sorry no pictures with these!!)

Had my top two wisdom teeth pulled which led to....
Getting a sinus infecion which led to....
Getting a viral infection which led to...
Having a runny nose for 3 weeks and counting!!!!!!
Eating, eating, eating!!!!! Those darn Christmas goodies. They get me every year. And being in the home of a bishop, you sure recieve tons of goodies. And I just had to test try every thing. Oh nuts..... its a terrible temptation.

new semester (A)

2009-01-13T21:45:00.003-07:00

Classes have started again. sigh. i have two classes with melissa and three with tawni. sadly, carissa and i don't have any together. bummer! while i am pleased that i no longer have 8 a.m. classes monday through thursday, there are some classes that i already do not like. at all. today was my first sociologly class. i still don't even know what sociology really is. our teacher stood in front of the class for an hour and 45 minutes and told us some of his life experiences, most of which involved the use of illegal drugs and/or alcohol. he also informed us that he flunked out of college when he first decided to have a go at it. and now he's teaching at a university? good job NAU! you picked a real winner for sociology 101! ugh. oh, he also told us of his experiences at the university of utah and about all the mormons. it's not like he really put us in a bad light, but he sure made it seem like we had some sneaky drunks amongst us and some extremely nosy bishops who liked to see who from his ward had been at the local bar each night. at least he has colorful language though! tawni and i decided that to get us through the next class we will just tally how many f-bombs he drops. we may get into the hundreds if we're lucky! i also had my first institute class of the semester today. sigh. 5 whole people. kinda lame. i thought my class last semester was small and it had twice as many people! on the plus side for today, my teacher didn't show up for the 2.5 hour journalism class i'm taking. yippee skippy!

yesterday in my communications class our teacher guy showed us this video. twice. it's pretty good, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

oh and in case you were wondering, i don't take my laptop to class for the reasons in this clip. i know i'd be guilty of facebooking or blogging during a lecture.

our new friend (A)

2009-01-08T13:57:00.002-07:00

We have a new roomie! her name is tia and we just love her to death! well, so far tawni and melissa haven't met her, but i'm sure they will absolutely love her as much as carissa and i do! she's an excellent swimmer, loves basking in the sun and the color green, and doesn't eat very much. she is an amazing individual, and hopefully she will be welcomed by tawni and melissa with open arms (or rather, hands because she is quite small) and hearts.

home and back again (A)

2009-01-01T21:04:00.008-07:00

I guess I've always taken for granted the blessing it is to be home for the holidays. With this being my first Christmas that I've been a visitor at home, well, let's just say it was... weird. Most things about it were the same, like the seemingly endless supply of homemade fudge and caramels we always have after we put together the goody plates for just about everyone in town, but some things were different. This for example:Packing up my stuff to go back to flag was weird. And frustrating! gosh i couldn't even fit all of the stuff I had packed into my suitcase in the first place back into it! Then, i had to put everything in my tiny little car. don't get me wrong, i absolutely love my car, but let's face it, it's not the best for hauling mass cargo. (oh, and please excuse how dirty it is in this pictre. keep in mind that "home" is about a mile down a dirt road. and that's after the snow residue of flagstaff... ugh.) You're probably thinking, "well, at least it all fit in the trunk!" That, my friends, is where you're wrong. i had a kitchenaid and a vacuum in my backseat! all of this took me no less than five trips from my car to my apartment to get it all out of there. i have a feeling my thighs may be a little sore tomorrow due to the fact that i live on the second floor. which brings me to my next point. Does this sign mean nothing to people in my apartment complex? i propose that it does not! I pulled into the parking lot and found that somebody was parked in my space! I told myself that this was the last straw. i had been let down too many times today to let this one slide. so, i called the towing company (whose phone number is conveniently located at the bottom of this sign) and had those covered-parking-space-stealers towed! it was a ver exhilirating experience, and it kind of makes me hope that someone unwelcome parks in my space again just so i can have the pleasure of getting their car hauled off to the... um... well, wherever they take cars that are towed. while i was pleased with myself for having the courage to call that number, it was frustrating to have to park in the back lot. this means that i had to climb more stairs than i would have if my parking space had not been occupied. (it's complicated... you'd have to see where i live to understand.) It also means that i had to hike through more snow and ice than i would have if i would have been able to park in my space. it was frustrating, but i suppose that i did feel better when i left for wal-mart and saw the tow truck with the offender's chevy truck in tow. i think that makes the score ashley: 2 (i get two points because i got to watch the car get taken away and i got the good parking space), improperly parked truck : 0.

I'm Done!

2008-12-09T15:46:00.002-07:00

I finished my last final of the semester today. Oh happy day! No more chemistry or biology or anything related to them! Too bad for my roommates that they still have until tomorrow... hahaha!

I highly suggest it!

2008-12-08T11:12:00.003-07:00

On Saturday, Brock came up to the beautiful town of Flag for a visit. We had been planning on going and watching a movie but were still undecided over which one. Our original plans were to go see "4 Christmases" but we had a few people tell us that it was "dumb and disappointing." Therefore, we chose to watch "Australia!" And oh my, was it a wonderful choice!!!!

The movie was a perfect combination of action, comedy, drama, and most importantly romance! The story was pretty easy to follow and very interesting. I love Nicole Kidman. I thinks she's an amazing actress and down-right gorgeous. She was incredible in this movie! And then there's the hunky Hugh Jackman! No words to explain him besides dreamy... but it was these two together that truly made the movie! I will admit, I cried. I wasn't crying my eyes out, but there were tears running down my cheeks. So anyways, there's my little review of "Australia" and I highly suggest it to anyone! Me, Brock, Ashley, and Ivan all went. We all have different movie interests, yet we all loved this movie. The only warning I would give is that this movie is close to 3 hours. It goes by pretty fast when you're watching it, but be warned. I would suggest not taking any kids so you can fully enjoy this movie instead of splitting your time between movie and crowd control. So there you go!! I tried to put the movie trailer on here, but alas, I failed. Hope on over to youtube and check it out!!

(A) Twilight the movie :)

2008-11-22T13:29:00.000-07:00

So last night was the night we've all been waiting for! (except melissa, she went at midnight on opening night) Tawni, Tori, Carissa and I got to watch twilight... finally! tawni and i were talking about this summer when we moved up to flag and how we didn't know what we were going to do with our lives until breaking dawn and the twilight movie. well, needless to say, we found a couple things to do, and the premier just snuck up on us! well, besides the fact that this week went by kinda slowly due to our anticipation... oh and last night from about 8 until the movie actually started at 10:30 was TORTURE!!! So we got to harkin's around nine and they were just letting the line for the 9:20 show in. yeah, that's how cool we are, we show up an hour and a half early. don't be jealous of our awesomeness. well, we figured the line would just start in the spot where the 9:20 show was lined up, right? wrong. we just stood outside for a while, thinking we were so awesome because we were going to be first in line and get the best seats in the house. well, i was starting to get a bit chilly, so i suggested we go inside and wait for a while and then start the line. we go inside and what do we see? a line already formed for the 10:20 showing! yup, those sneaky little tricksters at harkins had hidden the line from us! ugh. so we hurry our little booties to the end of the line, which surprisingly wasn't too long. (ok, maybe not so surprisingly since we were still about an hour and fifteen minutes early.) so we hung out in line until 10 when they started seating people in groups of about 15. we got awesome seats, which is good considering the line went all the way around the side of the building, and there was only a tiny bit of girlish squeals when edward walked on screen for the first time. needless to say, it was a grand night... despite the fact that we had to wait outside! (i mean, come on people! this is flagstaff, it gets cold here! and people were smoking. eew.) But anywho, the movie was great! some parts were kinda cheesy, but what do you expect? it's a story about a girl falling in love with a vampire! my rating is 4 and 1/2 stars.

I was tagged (Tawni)

2008-11-20T19:54:00.000-07:00

Ashley tagged me
The rules: Answer the question using only one word.
Then tag 4 others.
1.Where is your cell phone? feet
2. Your significant other? Peter (ashley)
3. Your hair? psychotic
4. Your mother? Karen
5. Your father? Don
6. Your favorite thing? cookies
7. Your dream last night? twilight!
8. Your favorite drink? chocolate milk
9. Your dream/goal? travel
10. The room your in? living room
11. Your hobby? piano
12. Your fear? snakes
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? married
14. What your not? energized
15. Muffins? banana nut
16. One of your wish list items? grand-piano
17. Where you grew up? Joseph City
18. The last thing you did? eat
19. What are you wearing? hoodie
20. Favorite gadget? laptop/phone
21. Your pets? kitty!
22. Your computer? lovely
23. Your mood? meloncholy
24. Missing someone? definately
25. Your Car? faithful!
26. Something you're not wearing? sweats (im wearing shorts, nothing weird)
27. Favorite Store? kohls
. Favorite Word? preposterous
29. Your favorite color? red
30. When is the last time you laughed? afternoon
31. Last time you cried? ten minutes

I tag...Shandi, Cars, Merlissa

(A) kourtney tagged me

2008-11-20T10:56:00.000-07:00

The rules: Answer the question using only one word. Then tag 4 others.
1.Where is your cell phone? ear
2. Your significant other? Tawni ;)
3. Your hair? strait
4. Your mother? Terri
5. Your father? Allen
6. Your favorite thing? shoes
7. Your dream last night? random
8. Your favorite drink? chocolate milk
9. Your dream/goal? graduate!
10. The room your in? living room
11. Your hobby? reading
12. Your fear? snakes
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
14. What your not? warm
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. One of your wish list items? edward :)
17. Where you grew up? Joseph City
18. The last thing you did? hair
19. What are you wearing? jeans
20. Favorite gadget? laptop
21. Your pets? home
22. Your computer? shiny
23. Your mood? hungry
24. Missing someone? family
25. Your Car? neon
26. Something you're not wearing? socks
27. Favorite Store? pac sun
28. Favorite Word? preposterous
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? recently
31. Last time you cried? days
I tag...tawni, cars, merlissa, elyse

We got 'em!

2008-11-17T21:41:00.000-07:00

For all of those who don't know.... we are twilight nerds. That's right, we are pro-vampires and fairy tales. So obviously we are planning on watching the movie that comes out on Friday. Me and Toe (Tori- my little sister) have been planning this day for about a year now. Our plans have changed as the year went by but the end result is the same. We sisters will watch Twilight together! Toe has been bugging me about going and getting tickets early so we can for sure see the movie. She text me this morning all in a frenzy and said "I've heard that all the tickets for Twilight are sold out in Flag!!!!" I reasured her that that was false and I would go right after school to get our tickets. I went to harkins and asked if there were any tickets left for this weekend. The worker dude looked at me like I was an idiot and rudely said "The midnight showing? His unspoken thoughts: Dumb girl, doesn't she know these tickets are so hot right now and sold out three weeks ago! Who is she to come 4 days beforehand and expect to recieve such a gift! Anywho... so i correct him and say, "No silly, I was wanting the Friday night 10:20 showing. He gains composure, messes with his little computer thing, and says, " oh yes, there are plenty of seats open for that showing." Conclusion: I got the tickets. So here's the plans for this weekend:

1 Toe will come up with mom and grandma Friday morning for christmas shopping

2 I unforunately have school untill 12:30, but will join the ladies for lunch

3 Another unfortunate event: I have work at 3:45 until 9:30. Toe will be stuck home with Melissa and Ashley..... that should keep her entertained.

4 Ashley and Toe will go stand in line for the movies at 6 p.m. JK! that would be a little over the top. We have decided that they will go around 9:15 or 9:30.

5 Me and Cars will follow shortly after with hot cocoa to reward the girls for standing in the cold and saving us spots.

6 Ashley, Cars, Toe and I enjoy our showing of Twilight at 10:20.

THe rest of the weekend is filled with lots of Nani and Toe time!!! i'm so very excited! I love my little sister so very much! I've missed her so much since I moved to Flag. Yeah, I know that we're only an hour away but still, that makes a huge difference when you've been within ten feet of each other for the past 16 years of your life! Anyways, Im very very excited!!!!!

Why we are blogging....

2008-11-14T14:23:00.001-07:00

Hello fellow bloggers!!! We're trying something that has never been done before on blogspot, well at least we haven't heard of it! So this is the official blogspot of the Joeflake Apartment. Yes, that includes the Astonishing Ashley Bushman, Crackerjack Carissa Brimhall, Mystical Melissa Elsen, and Tubular Tawni Mosier. We are super excited to start this blog! Mostly so we can be friends with those people who decided to go private so we can read their blogs again.

So a little about us girls! Ashley, Tawni, and Melissa are from the lovely town of Joseph City while Carissa hails from the flake of the snow (aka Snowflake). We live in Flagstaff in a beautiful apartment together! WelHello fellow bloggers!!! We're trying something that has never been done before on blogspot, well at least we haven't heard of it! So this is the official blogspot of the Joeflake Apartment. Yes, that includes the Astonishing Ashley Bushman, Crackerjack Carissa Brimhall, Mystical Melissa Elsen, and Tubular Tawni Mosier. We are super excited to start this blog! Mostly so we can be friends with those people who decided to go private so we can read their blogs again. So a little about us girls! Ashley, Tawni, and Melissa are from the lovely town of Joseph City while Carissa hails from the flake of the snow (aka Snowflake). We live in Flagstaff in a beautiful apartment together! Well, the outside is kinda ugly... it's a brownish, orange, yellow color. But the inside is lovely and magnificent! We are all attending NAU and no we do not like being called granolas.So here's how our blogspot will work. Ashley's blogs will be written in the colors of blue, Carissa in purple, Tawni in red, and Melissa in yellow/orange. Hopefully this won't get too confusing!

Warclaimer (warning/disclaimer): We are four, young, vivacious, beautiful, and energetic freshmen. We tend to get a little psycho sometimes...... Please don't judge us. l, the outside is kinda ugly... it's a brownish, orange, yellow color. But the inside is lovely and magnificent! We are all attending NAU and no we do not like being called granolas.

So here's how our blogspot will work. Ashley's blogs will be written in the colors of blue, Carissa in purple, Tawni in red, and Melissa in yellow/orange. Hopefully this won't get too confusing!

Warclaimer (warning/disclaimer): We are four, young, vivacious, beautiful, and energetic freshmen. We tend to get a little psycho sometimes...... Please don't judge us.