News on the "Telephone "

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I heard the story from my roommate last night and then watched this when one of my co-workers showed it to me. It did wet my eyes but at the end we both noticed the same thing. Even the news plays the game of "telephone". I feel like the details are important, but maybe that's because I'm proud of my school.

For instance, it wasn't really a nearby office building, it was the business building. And it wasn't a nearby college. It is a major UNIVERSITY and the accident happened practically on campus. That's all.

Classique Vintage Part I

Life's been a bit hard lately, for not only me but those around me, so it's kinda a double whammy. Circumstances and experiences aren't tough though. Nope, those are all rather fun.

For example, Wednesday I had the privilege of going to a Tony's Grove company party at the Hyrum dam. It was all just a spur of the moment invite. I literally grabbed my swimsuit and left. I wasn't sure that I did want to go, but I was sooo glad I did. I didn't know anyone there except for Cody, so it was kind of strange, but it turned out excellent in the end. Highlights: free pizza, tan [no sunscreen no sunburn :) ], for some reason my body decided to pretend to be a flat rock and skip across the water three times as I let go of the tube( I actually recommend this one, SO fun). I will tell you however, that I can barely lift my arms up, they are so sore.

Another example is showcased by this:


Pioneer Day was spent by dressing up vintage style( yeah we do know what the meaning of the word pioneer is I promise) and going to Bear Lake and doing a photo shoot like the one I mentioned at the bottom of the post here. It was even topped off with Twizzlers, Starbursts, soda, and hair whipping wind.

So fun.


























Go to this link to see the rest of them. :)

I Spy With My Little Eye

The other day I rolled out of bed and went hiking. I didn't have a plan for it, but I was invited the moment that I rolled out of bed and answered the door. And I thought "Why not?" I wasn't doing much that day anyway. So I went.

It was a 10.4 mil hike. 5.2 in and out. I didn't think it would be too hard. And it wasn't. It was pretty. The trail wasn't a lake or a big scenic view like most people go hiking for, it was an old tree. Juniper to be exact. Who comes up with the idea to hike 5 miles to go see a tree? No matter how old it is.

But there were perks. Remember my blog name? Well, it was definitely one of those beautiful butterfly days. As we were hiking, butterflies were EVERYWHERE. You had to watch your step, they were fluttering in and out of our legs. It was GREAT.

The Day My Childhood Ended

Childhood has the greatest memories. Friends were made so much easier. My best friend up to high school became my best friend simply because my shy little kindergarten self mustered up the courage to ask the new girl from Texas if she wanted to play tag and there it started. Sadly I don't remember much about our friendship up to third grade, but I do know we were pretty good friends.

She had the coolest birthday parties. She talked super fast, but I always seemed to understand her pretty well, I didn't know what people were talking about when they said she talked fast. We balanced each other out. Her and her family always seemed to be having fun. We were always in the same class throughout elementary. I'm not sure we had much in common, but somehow we were great friends.

Then in third grade something came along that really tied us together with great memories. There were previews for a certain movie on TV. My dad had tried to read us the books but I didn't want to, they seemed boring. But when I saw the preview, I thought I'd give the books a chance. Good thing I did too. For they became my favorites.



My best friend and I started reading them at the same time, I don't even know if we knew the other was reading them or not, but we were hooked, and I remember talking about them to her in the alcove of the entrance of the school during recess.

Games ensued in the following years.

-We recruited two boys and during recess we pretended we were the characters out of scenes of Harry Potter. When someone was gone we would skip to a part in the story that allowed for them to be gone.

-During a free time, a very competitive game of Harry Potter Trivia occurred and soon became a favorite of those who played, it was a dark time when the teachers wouldn't bring it out anymore because there were missing pieces. But because of that game I found another friend.

-My best friend and I found a way to entertain ourselves during the science projects we worked on together by making characters and objects out of clay and playing Quidditch with them in her kitchen.
-Countless other games happened as well, these came to mind easily however.

Many memories occurred on account of the Harry Potter books and movies alike. I cannot convey how much I adore them because they remind me of childhood. So to finally attend the last movie was somewhat heart breaking.

But I did enjoy the day. I went shopping all day for the cheapest t-shirt I could find at the mall, only to end up going to Walmart to find everything I needed all in 30 minutes. And then I made this...


Heidi found it on this blog and thought it was adorable. It's Harry Potter- esque without being too blatant about it and I love it! Plus did I mention I made it entirely from hand, NO STENCILS. I'm pretty pleased with it. I'll probably go get more shirts so I can make more sayings or pictures and what not. Hmm... maybe I could sell some custom, one of a kind shirts?

Red Class

Cute clothes have been on my mind lately, and as I sit at work while watching The Andy Griffith show I discovered this site as well as this one where you can "pin" any photo on the web to a board on the website. It makes things so much easier so that I don't have to save the whole page as a favorite. It also might eat up too much of my time.

If you decided to go play, well here is some inspiration for you. Musically and fashionally :)



And here as well.

I just love Zooey Deschanel: voice, clothes, talent, person, everything! Although I've never met her, she comes off as a classy personI want a photoshoot like this :)

Paris Giveaway? Too Good to be True? Oh HAPPY DAY!

I have a Paris poster hanging in my living room and a friend stated yesterday that she wanted to go to Paris. Lo and behold look what I found today. http://ohhappyday.com/2011/06/goes-to-paris

Amazingly, this wonderful lady is giving away a trip to Paris, which includes your own personal tour guide since she's lived there long enough to know the best sites and shops and places to buy delicious food. How wonderful is that? Just go here to visit her blog and get all the details on how to enter.

So it may not be a guaranteed win, but it's still an amazing opportunity right? There's nothing to lose in entering. Plus the blog itself is pretty cute.

Super Sunny Funny Grandparent Vacation

Oh, reality I thought I had hidden so well from your wretched grasp. The week I spent without you was much needed, but now I see that you missed me all too much and pulled me back into the whirlwind with you. But while we get back together (you're making it difficult by the way) I'll tell you all about the time I enjoyed apart from you.

First off, here's the do's, don'ts, and lessons

1) Go with you're grandparents and sister and cousin. So great.2) Play mad-gab in everyday conversation. Inside jokes and laughs are included.

3) Don't buy $10 sunglasses from Walmart as a last minute decision. If Wally world is your selection just go for the $5 bugeyed one (you'll end up buying bugeye ones anyway because those $10 ones broke on the first day and you'll have an extra 5 bucks to go towards those new ones)

4) Super glue is messy. (Grandma supervision is advised)

5) Snorkeling in Cozumel, Mexico is so gorgeous! I don't really know if I saw any fish that were super duper cool, but the water was so beautiful in the gulf.


6) Make sure you find those celebrities hanging out around you

johnny depp

dr.phil
Where's waldo?

6) Zip lining through the rain forest is G-R-E-A-T because sometimes you are in the trees and other times you are above the trees. Just make sure you wash your face off.

7) Sometimes buses get stuck on muddy mountain trails when they are forced to get out of the way of the slippery truck coming down on the one lane road.
8)Sometimes you do get what you wish for. Such as seeing the Panama City temple, even if it was just a glimpse
9)Having the best waiters/waitress makes the whole trip even better, such as when they shout your name when you are walking somewhere, or suggesting foods in the buffet line at lunch and breakfast, or trying to save a table for you, failing and then setting one just to save a new spot with two choices of drinks.
10) Humidity can be your friend and is sometimes not too bad.

Wearing the sunglasses mentioned in #2) and 3)

11) Sitting out in the sun and feeling a sunburn coming and not getting out of the sun is not a good idea. Although, getting a late night pizza snack and taking vinegar from one of the tables to use on said awful sunburn to draw the heat out, is still not the greatest idea but it sure makes for a little relief and good memories.

Legs got super super burned. Arm is burned as well. Guess what I got by wearing that shirt in the sunshine?



12) I had a super - cali- fragilistic- expial-idocious time.


here's heidi's blog to fill in or reiterate some events