To My Roomies

Over the last two weeks I have pondered many things. As of late I have been thinking back to my roommate days. I have recently shared a couple of college day experiences with friends. I have also had a chance to spend some time with a couple of roomies I haven't talked to in a while.
I have the tendencies to look back on life and see things in a totally different perspective. I think I have struggled with this my whole life, which is why I am trying to learn to enjoy the moment and not worry about the future and stress about the past. With that being said I would like to share my thoughts and insights to you my dear roomies.
I first want to tell you each how much I love you girls. I think about at least one of you almost every single day. You were all so much fun to live with. I miss dancing and singing with Laura and Katrina. I still love the song "Walking on Sunshine" because of you. I miss my little chats with Julie. If I ever put socks on before I go to bed I think of you. Bekah I can't hear a Ucayali without thinking about you. Crystal I wish we could've had more time to get to know each other better.
I miss eating Scotch-a-roos with Kayla and Natalie. Remember when we ate the whole pan of those things. I wish I would have taken the time to go country dancing with you. You were so nice to ask every Thursday if I would like to go and I should have just gone. Ashley, Lisa, and Jess I apologize we didn't get along very well. I want you to know that because of you I really did some soul searching. I found out who I am and what I truly believe. I thank you for that.
Jilly Bean, I miss cooking together. Everytime I make scrambled eggs I think of you. If you ever want some just swing by. I loved scrapbooking during General Conference and movies. I can't sit and watch t.v. any more without having something to fiddle with. I am so proud of you for achieving the dream of being a nurse. You never gave up! You could be my nurse any time. I have learned to 'fly by the seat of my pants' because of you. What is the point of planning, when it is so much more fun to just go where the wind takes us. Random, I know! I appreciate Leslie teaching me how to do little "stichy" projects. I am so lucky to have you so close by. You are one of the most positive and patient people I know. I want to be a better person because of you.
My party roomies, Becca and Evelyn, we always had some one at our house. I miss having people fly in and out of our house. It is kind of boring these days. Kisty, you are a wonderful cook. Thank you for making all kinds of yummy treats. I still crave your peanut butter cookies. Stephanie, I appreciate you letting my come shopping with you. It was a blast. Do you remember that strange lady that wanted to be in the dressing room with you?
Cherie, you are one of the most caring people I know. I still admire you for taking care of your Grandma when no one else would. Rebecca, I wish we had watched more old movies together. It was so fun to bust out the old VHS. Oh, the olden days! I am sorry you were tortured living with two girls who were engaged. We were annoying!
I love my husband and my son more than anything else in the world. I wouldn't trade the life I have now for anything. Sometimes I just itch to sing "You Don't Own Me" at the top of my lungs. I crave Jill's scones and Navajo tacos. I miss staying up until 2 AM talking about...well...nothing. Now real life has hit I miss the good old roomie days! It is because of each of you I have learned what is important in life. When I look back I don't remember the papers I wrote, the projects I did, or the tests I took. Rather I remember laughing at our crazy neighbors, pulling pranks on the boys next door, exploding Pyrex dishes all over our kitchen, laughing until our sides hurt, writing love notes on the fridge, pulling Q-tips out of a clogged toilet, dancing in the rain, jumping on the couch just to bug the girls below us, coming home to a flashing heart, making each other laugh until we blew tooth paste out our nose, coloring each others hair to every shade not on the box, and being girls!
I love you!
Thank you Laura, Katrina, Crystal, Julie, Bekah, Jessica, Lisa, Ashley, Natalie, Kayla, Leslie, Jill, Evelyn, Becca, Stephanie, Kisty, Cherie, and Rebecca! Thank you for being a part of my life.

Yum!

It is summer and that means it is time for watermelon. It is one of my favorites. I think Grant likes it too.






I love the little faces he pulls. He is such a darling boy!

Wooby Syndrome

All of the pictures were taken on different days!  I think some little boy is just like his daddy!  I think a little boy loves his blanket!  Pretty obvious, huh?

Flashback Friday

I was going through some of my pictures on my computer. I found these pictures of Grant. This was exactly a year ago. I can't believe how fast time flies. I really try and cherish every moment I have with Grant. He is getting way too big way too fast. He still feels like a baby to me, but then when I found these pictures I thought, "no he is a big boy!"

Here is a great demo of what happened to my TV!

The Proof is in the Picture!

So, here is the proof the TV really is broken! It looks worse when you turn it on! Sad, so sad!

Lessons Learned

In the last few days I have learned many valuable lessons. I would like to share them with you to help me laugh at my mistakes and to learn from my mistakes so you don't do them too.

First lesson: Always cinch strap to wrist when playing the wii.
On Thursday night Kyle, Chris and I were playing wii. We were bowling and having a great time. On one of my turns I went to bowl and the wii remote went straight off my wrist and hit the t.v. in two different places. I had the wrist strap on my arm, but it wasn't cinched. Our brand new 46" Sony Bravia LCD 1080p t.v. is broken.

Second lesson: Measure the bed yourself.
Two weeks ago I went to some yard sales with my friend Andrea. I found this awesome bed set at a yard sale. I had never been to a yard sale and I had a blast. I found this bed set for pretty cheap and bought it. It wasn't the exact color I wanted but I enjoy painting so I still found it a great deal. Saturday morning Kyle and Chris decided to try and put the bed together. When you buy a bed set or any other large item at a yard sale it doesn't come with assembly instructions. Kyle and Chris wanted to see how it all fit together and in the process found out the bed was a queen not a king. We now have saw dust all over the garage and still now functional bed frame. I keep telling Kyle that if I had known it was a queen I wouldn't have bought it. I can't help it I was lied to.

Third lesson: Find out for sure if you have secondary water before you get sprinkler bids.
This spring we decided we wanted to put a sprinkler system in our yard. Our neighbors put their own in earlier this spring and thought we had secondary water. So when I got our bid I told the company we had a secondary water, well we don't. Our system is getting put in next Monday and the guy came out to double check everything and get a down payment. Well, we now know we don't have secondary water and so our system is doing to cost us an extra $400! We have to put in a back flow preventer, dig a six foot hole and run extra pipe. It isn't lots more, but it is still more.

Now these lessons are all things I learned, but I didn't make any of the mistakes on purpose. Kyle likes to tease me that I have made more than $5,000 in mistakes in the last week. It isn't really all that funny now, but we will laugh about at some point.