Ashley's Scene

We've Moved

2011-06-15T22:42:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Just letting you know that I have a new blog now, landonpost.blogspot.com. I am going to delete this blog in a couple days. Matt thought it was time to have a joined blog!

Memorial Day

2011-06-09T11:11:00.000-07:00

A little late on the Memorial day post, but I had to throw up some pictures from the day. Of course it was our luck that everyone's day off had to be filled with cold, rain and brief hail storms. However we still managed to have a fun time visiting the graves. Matt's family was kind enough to drive all the way out to Archer to see my sister, Stephanie's grave, along with some of my other family graves.

It was such a fun day to spend with family and go visit the graves of our loved ones. I love to see all the flowers all over the graves, it makes the cemetery look so cheery :)

A few snapshots of the day...

The Pipes

Grandma Landon with the grandkids :)

Pacie & Scott

Jill & Scott

Presley, Landon & Parker

Here is Stan & Deb at Grandpa Landon's grave.

Matt's Birthday!

2011-05-17T08:19:00.000-07:00

We got to celebrate Matt's birthday on Sunday it was such a great day. Matt has been such an amazing husband it was fun to let him just relax for a day. Since it was Sunday we didn't get to do a whole lot, and on Saturday he was nice enough to sacrifice his birthday weekend sitting in an auditorium all day watching dance routines all day long. We salvaged a little bit of the night by hitting Pizza Hut on the way home, and watching an episode of SNL. On Sunday it was the regular breakfast of french toast and some present opening. His requested present got postponed till a later date cause we couldn't get it in time, so I got him a black Wii.
Later that night we got to have everyone come over for some All Fool's Cake and ice cream. It was great to visit with everyone we don't get to see very often. Thank you to all that came!

Matt is turned 27 this year so I thought I would write 27 things I love about him.

1. His random bursts of conversation in the middle of the night while he is sleeping. The latest one was "Get the sling shot" haha
2. What a hard worker he is. I don't know many people who can do manual labor until 4 am and then wake up for school the next day at 8. Then coming home and hanging up some pictures for me.
3. For understanding me even when I don't.
4. Playing ridiculous made up games that make everything a lot more fun.
5. When he gets really excited about something or an idea he has, its like a little kid at Christmas.
6. Our matching razor scooters that we ride to school, everyone looks at us weird but they are jealous.
7. Always caring about me more than himself. Even when I tell him to pick something to do he always picks what he knows I want to do.
8. How talented he is at everything! I don't know anything that he hasn't succeeded at that he puts his mind to.
9. His selfless service to others. He has done so much for friends and family for free, and the best part about it is that he loves doing it for them.
10. That he loves sports. I love how much of a guy he is, watching sports center checking up on his Redskins on a daily basis, etc.
11. He is not afraid to get his hands dirty and still cleans up nice.
12. He supports me in everything I do.
13. How good he is with all the nieces and nephews.
14. His good relationships with his siblings and his parents.
15. How OCD he is about keeping things clean, he is always willing to clean up the house on a Friday night. He will say "lets tidy up, we can tag team this."
16. His confidence.
17. His love for the gospel, and knowledge of it.
18. How well he gets along with my friends and family. Its not that often you can get along with everyone in a family of 10.
19. When he is really goofy and acts like a variety of different characters; cheerleader, dancer, tough guy and so many more its hilarious.
20. The fact that he always tells me how much he appreciates me and cares about me.
21. His non-judgmental attitude towards everyone.
22. His ability to make me laugh at any time.
23. How not picky he is no matter what it is whether its what movie we go to, where we are going to eat, who we are hanging out with it doesn't matter.
24. For always being there for me when I am having a hard time.
25. Allowing me to still do that things that I love even if it means being gone for long periods of time.
26. How good of a husband and father he is going to be someday.
27. Lastly how well he takes care of his stuff. He still has toys and clothes that are in perfect condition from when he was a little boy with all the pieces remaining, its incredible.

I could keep going on and on but that will have to be for the years to come. Bottom line is Matt is an incredible person who I love so much. I am so blessed to have him as my best friend!

Catch Up!

2011-05-07T22:17:00.000-07:00

These past couple weeks I have really had a lot of time to think. I love where I am at in life. I am in my last semester of school which is surprisingly bittersweet. I love to sit in a class and learn about things that I am interested in. Last week I realized I had this program that does incredible stuff to images without damaging them..Adobe Bridge. Here is an example of a picture I took and then after I edited it in Bridge.

Isn't that awesome! Its not a huge difference to some people, but if you take pictures at all you will understand lighting is hard sometimes.

I have really been slacking on my blog, so here is a quick recap of everything that has been going on. Matt and I started school in April, and we are already 4 weeks in..10 weeks to go. Matt finished a huge makeover project at his work by making a break room/bedroom/shower & bathroom. He and his dad did some tag team and it turned out looking so awesome.

Last weekend the studio I worked for cleaned house a huge competition in Utah. Every single one of our dances took 1st place except for 4, and one dance won 1st overall, and we got the"Best Technique" award. This weekend we are going to Logan for our last competition. Its going to be exciting. Hopefully we can do just as well at this competition.

Matt's birthday is coming this Sunday, and I will be doing a post on him later in the week. I just wanted to point out how thankful I am that he is spending his birthday weekend at a dance competition, talk about a sacrifice!

Well that is all for now I will hopefully be posting again soon!

New Year's Resolutions

2011-01-10T11:20:00.000-08:00

I have decided that if I write down my goals for the year then I will be held more accountable if I don't fulfill them. I am so excited for this year; 9 credits left until I graduate (happily I will be taking the winter semester off and finishing in the "Spring" session even though it ends in July, Matt and I got married Nov, 19 and we are happily living in a little house located in between Idaho Falls and Rigby, (makes the commute to Rexburg a lot easier for school), I applied for a job at the Post Register to become a part of the design team, I find out if I get it on Wednesday so I need all the prayers I can get! I love my life right now, but I want to make it the best I can here is my list of do's and don'ts for 2011:

1. Go to bed earlier, if you new my husband you would realize why this is a hard one.

2. Working out 5 days a week, running, swimming, dance, or weight training is all acceptable.

3. Be more outgoing to those I don't know so well.

4. Talk to my family more, see them more, learn more about their lives.

5. Take time to read one of the things I truly love, if you have any good book recommendations let me know!

6. Save money, don't buy the things I don't absolutely need.

7. Which leads me to the next thing, splurge once in a while on a shirt, ice cream, dinner, vacation I think this keeps me sain.

8. Go on some kind of vacation with Matt preferably New Mexico to the hot air balloon festival.

9. Participate in some kind of race with Josh and Sharese (whose speed I value very much).

10. Lastly become more involved in my ward, get to know everyone and participate in activities.

This list seems very much achievable I feel ready to go for this year. Good luck with all your New Year's Resolutions!

Engaged! Bridal Shower

2010-10-12T08:03:00.001-07:00

Everyone probably already has heard by now, but I just wanted to officially announce that I am engaged! It happened back in August so I am a little late :). I am just going to give a quick run down of how Matt purposed.

Matt and I were going to have dinner with his sister Jill and her husband Scott up in Rexburg because that is where "Jill wanted to go for her birthday dinner." We didn't drive up there together because Scott had to do something for work before we had dinner so they were going to leave earlier than us. When Matt and I got to the restaurant Jill and Scott joined us a little after telling us that after dinner Scott was going to need Matt to help him with some equipment. So we ate some yummy dinner and then Jill and I went to grab something at the bookstore while Matt and Scott were "loading equipment." (Funny side note was while Jill and I went to the bookstore I got asked out on a date by some random kid, little did he know what was going down that night haha)

Anyways we finally met up with all of them. Meanwhile I had no idea that anything fishy was going on, in fact I thought everyone was telling the truth! Jill and Scott took off and Matt took me to where we went on our first date which was on a rooftop of one of the buildings at BYU-Idaho. We couldn't find a way up, even though Matt already knew that, so we went for a little walk into one of the new sections of the gardens up there. As we were walking we come up to this candlelit place with pillows and a blanket. Matt had some of our favorite frozen yogurt in a cooler behind a tree. I was thinking to myself wow this is romantic good grief! I didn't think that it could be THE night because I was sure Matt hadn't asked my dad yet. Anyways we had a good little chat and the sprinklers came on. While we were gathering them up Matt asked for me to help him stand up, then pretended his knee hurt so I bend down to help him (such an idiot I know) I finally stand up and he grabs my hand and purposed. It was so cute and lets just say I was on cloud nine for a while. I couldn't take my eyes off my hand haha I am such a girl.

I am so grateful that I get to marry my best friend Matt is everything I could have asked for. He has a wonderful family that I love so much. I can't wait to begin our lives together! Love you Matt.

Julie's Bridal Shower

Matt's Photo Shoot (and Lane's Wedding)

2010-05-27T12:38:00.000-07:00

I am the worst blogger on the planet, but I had to hurry and throw some pictures from Matt's good friend Lane's wedding. It was so much fun we love Lane and Jade so we were glad to make the trip to Utah and see them on their special day. Here are a few shots from the day.

Best picture award!

My Spring Break in Vegas!

2010-04-16T09:23:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't posted for so long, but with the last couple weeks of school, and dance competitions its been hard to find time to take pictures let alone blog! I had the chance to spend some time with Matt's brother, his wife Sarah and their two kids. We spent every night playing mario kart till 1 am, and we were introduced to the famous Yogurtland (which is so good!) we went there every day after that. They were kind enough to let us stay at their house for a couple nights, so thank you guys!

Ceaser's Palace!

The weirdest motorcycle I have ever seen.

Ceaser's Palace is the coolest place, Matt was my model for all of the pictures since we had no one else to take them.

Jack and Sarah such a pretty picture of them.

Is this not the cutest little face ever.

We took a little walk on Sunday, and it was so funny to watch Ari walk this dog. He would just pull her right along where ever he wanted to go.

Catching Up

2010-02-18T10:11:00.000-08:00

Just a quick catch up on some of the fun things that I have been up to. I love hanging out with friends and family they are the people that I care about most. Get ready for a picture overload!

Rebecca and I before our Rook game, I don't even think we planned the Rook box being like that.
Eating some tasty dessert, (Matt, Doug)
I am not good at the chip game I always miss the chip.The chip game was invented by Doug one day when he swiped a chip across his mouth and bit it perfectly in half without spilling any crumbs its a lot harder than it looks. You take a chip and swipe it past your mouth (fast) and you have to bite chip in half without any crumbs falling.
I think Matt might have gotten it that time!
Doug almost getting it!
Rebecca taking a try at it.
Little Pacie at Parker's B-day party.
Presley at Parker's B-day party.
Parker and her birthday cake.
Jills purple frosting that seemed to disappear slowly every time someone walked by it.
The juicy dinner that Debbie set up for all of us candles and all!
Doug and Matt on one of our dinner and movie nights.
Little Brady just so curious about everything.
Rebecca's cookies about to go in the oven. They are my favorite its always such a treat when she makes them :)
One of my little dance groups right before we performed at a halftime.

22 years old.....

2010-02-02T13:13:00.000-08:00

Today I got a package in the mail with a present inside from my sister Sharese. To my surprise I opened it to find...

Although I don't consider a growth on the back of my head a desirable characteristic of my hair I am still grateful for this thoughtful present that will help me improve my "flat hair" Needless to say when my hair is too flat now all I have to do is pop one of these is. Feel free to ask if you want to borrow one...I have three as you can see.

My birthday was so busy with school and dance. I was so excited when I was finally able to relax with everyone. Of course Matt made it the most special day, and had gifts for me to open throughout the day. He always remembers what I want even if I told him 2 months ago. He gave me my favorite perfume, some much needed accessories for my new camera, some new Pink sweats and some high top shoes that I wanted so bad but they were so expensive. He also treated me to a night at Lava Hot Springs were I finally could relax. Of course we had dinner at Cafe Rio and some of my family came along with Jill, Scott, Rebecca, Doug and of course Brady (there little baby boy). These people mean more than anything in the whole world to me I could never thank them enough for always supporting me and showing me they care. Deb and Stan couldn't make it, but they more than made up for it and sang me Happy Birthday each time they gave me a present. My favorite one was when they took me out to Jakers and sang to me in a whisper. I got some pretty awesome presents including a magic bullet that Jill, Rachel and Matt's parents went in on. The one present I wish I could have gotten was to hear from my little sister Whitney she would have been the ultimate present, but I just want all of you to know that you made my day an unforgettable one!

Doug and Rebecca with Matt and I

Jill +1 and Scott with Matt and I

Matt was showing off his bussing skills and collecting all the finished plates.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-11T14:29:00.001-08:00

I know I am a bit late but with school starting it has been hard to have time for my blog. Here are some pictures from New Year's Eve. We went over to Jill's house and ate some yummy dinner (including pretzel jello my favorite) and then played some games while we waited for the new year. It was so fun to hang out with everyone, especially Mitch, Sarah, Ari, and little Jack because we never get to see them. Here is to the new year may everyone's be fabulous!
I had a lot of close up pictures of Jill on my camera, I am guessing that is when Scott got a hold of it :)
Matt made me a special New Year's dessert it was tasty.
Grandma and Grandpa Landon...so cute

Natalie and I went sledding with Matt's family over by the Snake River it was so fun even though I have many bruises.

Stan and Deb sporting their Emerson Sweaters, even though Stan changed after he realized they were both wearing them :)

We had a lot of late nights trying to savor every moment of the vacation.

Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-29T12:32:00.000-08:00

Well Christmas sure came and went fast again this year. It was so much fun to see everyone, and spend some time together. I got the chance to spend time at my house and Matt's. We didn't get to see everyone from my family but we sure missed them all! There were a lot of late nights or I guess early mornings that we stayed up just chatting. I love all the memories that we make and can't wait for another year with everyone. I love you all!

Mom and Dad opening Sharese and Travis's family book

Dallin opening the shoes and jacket Josh got him.

Jeremy on Christmas

Sarah and Ari

Little Ari

Little Debbie so tired from all the hard work she did getting Christmas ready.

Tyler and Ash in their famous puffy coats.

Scott

Mom looking so cute with the apron Sharese made mom.

Dallin introduced a game called Ninja Destruction to our family, and lets just say there was a lot of that going on. They played it everywhere they went. Here is some pictures of them in our house.

Dallin--the closest picture we have of him smiling, Mom and Josh

Mom and Dad soo cute!

Josh, me, and Dallin (if you didn't notice its kind of hard to get Dallin to smile)

Josh, Nats, and Dallin

Josh, Dad, and Dallin

Me and Matt

Matt wouldn't smile so I sat there until he did. His hand is up like " I'm smiling"

We finally got to spend some time with Josh it was so good to see him!

Josh, Me and Natalie....I got the coolest robe from Matt its one of my favorite presents.

Playing Rook.

New red jacket!

Natalie's cute chest that she got, I don't know what she is looking at.

You can imagine why Natalie got these "special" shorts for Christmas.

San Francisco Part II

2009-12-27T21:52:00.000-08:00

Get ready for a ton of pictures. I finally got time to do a blog on our trip. We had such a great time every day was so fun. The food was amazing, and every night we would stop by this little ice cream place, and have some homemade ice cream that was so good. Thanks again Stan and Deb for the best trip we will remember it forever!

At Alcatraz the only place the prisoners had for fun was this. It was so depressing they said some would just stare at the city when they got to come outside.

On our Alcatraz tour.

Just watching the players warm up. The guy on the Left with the full maroon coat on is the coach.

Deb and Stan up in Coit tower.
This is Coit tower from the ground.

Up in Coit tower. You can see Alcatraz right in between us.

There was so many cool trees lit up, here is just one of them.

On our way to Alcatraz.
London Fletcher warming up.
One of Matt's favorite players, we were so close to him it was crazy!

Our second hotel room was so cool it had two bathrooms, and two TVs it was so fancy and right downtown, so you could walk right outside and go anywhere.

We went on a mini hike to Coit tower. There were almost 400 steps, and the best view.

Here is Stan and Deb coming up the steps.

San Fran bridge

Just waiting at the airport

In our first hotel, it was so cute. It had the coolest decorations and layout.
The first place we ate we got to go outside because they had heaters that kept you so warm, so we just ate and watched everyone go by it was so fun.

San Francisco!!

2009-12-15T20:19:00.000-08:00

Here is a little teaser for the weekend in San Fran. I will have to do a full post later, but here are some pics from the trip.

Here is the famous winding road they used for horses to get down because they couldn't walk straight down the steep streets. It was so pretty.

Stan and Deb in front of these really cute reindeer by fisherman's warf.
Matt and I on the boat headed to Alcatraz.
Our first night! We ate outside under these heaters and watched everyone go by it was so fun!
We went to the game a couple hours early to watch the players warm up. I was shaking when I was taking this picture probably because I was excited/nervous. It was so cool to finally go to a game and see them all so close!

Shed.....New Camera!!

2009-12-04T11:24:00.000-08:00

I am so excited for Christmas because I am getting the coolest camera! I am going to have to mess around with it for a while to get the hang of it, but here is a picture of Natalie that she let me take of her even though she didn't think she was ready for a photo shoot.

Matt has been working on a building a shed for his friend Tagg's parents. He never ceases to amaze me with all he knows. Here are some pictures from the progress they have had over the past week.

The got up the first truss!

Anyone need their doors painted???

2009-11-14T13:30:00.000-08:00

My mom has been wanting Matt to paint some of the doors in the house for a while, but with Matt gone working in Las Vegas he hasn't had time. Last week he took a day, and got all 21 doors that my mom picked out. I didn't know how he was going to do them all, but of course he surprised me again with another hidden talent of mass door painting. The before and after of the doors was gross. When you looked at them they looked like a combination of yellow/grayish/brownish/disgusting. Matt has a sprayer that he used to paint them, and did two coats of white. They look so much better I can't even believe it. After my mom saw how amazing they looked she wanted him to do more...I think 21 doors in one day is enough though. Just one more reason why he is so amazing!!! Thanks Matt!

Two more days.....

2009-10-27T19:05:00.000-07:00

I have been getting a lot more sleep over the past week due to Matt being in Las Vegas helping his brother Mitch paint his new house, fix up some things, and hook up some appliances. My life is pretty uneventful when he is gone, I have to admit I miss him and his fun personality that always makes my day better.

A good example of why he makes me laugh....

Whenever we get a chance to go shopping I always seem to lose Matt, and then find him later dressed in some ridiculous outfit. He always acts as if everything is normal. These are two of my favorites that made me laugh so hard I had to take pictures.

He actually pulled of the skinny jeans to my surprise. Ha Ha

One time we were in Target looking for a skirt for me, and I looked around the corner, and here Matt is asking me if I like this dress he was looking at. It was so funny!

I don't know what I would do without him, my life would be so boring so you can see why I can't wait for him to get back! If any of you have some words of encouragement please send them my way :)

Andrus Reunion

2009-09-21T13:33:00.000-07:00

I had to post about this even though I had to steal these pictures from Deb :)

Back in August I had the chance to go to the famous Andrus reunion. Its so cool everyone gets a t-shirt with everyone's name on the back. We went to Matt's grandparent's house, ate some food and played games. I wish we got a picture of the bean bag toss game because I am pretty sure we played that all day. I felt like I was actually getting pretty good at it, but for some reason Scott and Jill are still the champs. Matt can blame that on me cause he would get us all the points, and I BLEW it too many times. We will get a win one of these days. Anyways it was just a blast to meet everyone, and relax for the day. Here are a few pics from the day.

Scott, Jill, Matt, and I (apparently we weren't informed that a picture was being taken.)
Andrus Grandparents, they should be so proud of their awesome family!
Deb and Stan :)
Stan was brave enough to let these girls "go to town" on the face paint. Go Brocos!
Landon Family almost everyone is there, we missed Mitch, Sarah, Ari and little Jack!

School

2009-09-18T19:07:00.000-07:00

School has started so I can't guarantee that I will be blogging much. That and the fact that my camera met a toddler, so its out of commission right now. Everything is going really well I have already gotten through my first week of school, and I am already used to getting up at 5:30. I joined the AAF this semester which is an advertising company, and we are going to Boise in a couple of weeks to visit some companies and help them out at a golf tournament. It should be really fun.

Dance is getting better every week I teach non competitive teams this year, but its still so much fun. The girls are so eager to learn I love it. I also have this boys class, and I can't believe the energy those little bodies have. They are so adorable. My class is filled with comments like, "Want to see what I can do" (which I now know isn't a question its more of a command) and, "are we going to play lights off dance off" otherwise known as freeze dance, and we turn off the lights and turn on christmas lights its their favorite thing to do.

Matt has been doing some serious painting at our house. The other night he got to the house at 10:30 and when I woke up for school he was just leaving. He is painting a couple rooms in the house including trim, doors, ceilings. walls. I can't believe how much better it looks.

Of course last Sunday was the first season game for the Redskins. They played the Giants in New York, so you can imagine what a tough game that was. It was a good game, and we didn't get to watch the whole thing. There were a couple fights too and thats always exciting. We didn't come out with a win, but the score was close 17-23. This sunday we are playing the Rams, hopefully we can come out with a win.

Anyways that is what is going on with me hopefully I will be able to get some pictures up soon!

Fanta, Fanta don't ya wanta

2009-09-06T15:54:00.000-07:00

So today while Matt and I were driving to Brigham city to go to Jared's baby blessing I had that stupid fanta song stuck in my head. I couldn't, for the life of me get it out, and what is even worse is that I would be tapping my feet to the song not realizing it. A couple times Matt would ask me if I needed to use the restroom. Anyways enough about that.

Oh if you are unfamiliar with Fanta here is an idea of what the commercials are like, you can imagine how annoying the song is.

We got to the baby blessing and Jared did such a good job, and gave the sweetest blessing. Those two are such good parents I can't even believe that they have 3 kids now. Crazy. Here are some pics from the picnic we had at Kayla's parents house afterward.

My brother Devin and his wife Julie...I wish you could see her skirt it was so cute.

Natalie and Morgan, and almost all of my Dad :)

Matt...so adorable

Another thing that I had going this weekend was one of my best friend's wedding. She is such an important person to me, and she looked gorgeous, and I look similar to what Squanto's daughter might have looked like my skin looks so red! and no I haven't been tanning all summer!

After the reception Matt and I watched the Redskins last preseason game against the Jaguars. It was a good weekend to have before school started.

Random

2009-08-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

A couple days ago Matt and I decided to go shoot some arrows. I know its way random, but I just read a book about this girl who was in a stadium and shot through an apple in a pig's mouth that was in the bleachers, so that could be the real reason. It is also possible that I really have secret Robin Hood like skills that I needed to discover. This wasn't the case, but it was really fun, and I appreciate people who can actually aim with a bow now cause by the end of the hour I could barley pull the string back. If you were wondering...Matt was automatically a pro and was even giving me pointers. Here are some pics of the day.

They give you new targets without any holes when you start off.

You can go ahead and guess which target is mine. Notice on the one below how many more holes are in it than the one even lower. I might have had a hard time hitting the actual target.

If Matt had more time with this I don't think it would take long for huge chunks to be taken out of the paper because he hit it so many times.

At least I touched the white in the middle a couple times.

Just to get an idea of how far we were from our targets.

Look at that form.

Matt of course was automatically good at it. Really what else is new if he wanted to I bet he could live in the wilderness with a bow and arrow and hunt his own food, and survive easily.

He hit the X on the bulls eye. Pretty impressive.

Way Overdue!

2009-08-27T11:02:00.000-07:00

So I have had these pictures for so long, but I thought TL would want to see them seeing as how they are her kids. For Scott and Jill's birthday treat I took their kids for a night while they went out and played. We had a lot of fun playing outside, making bread, and a little mario kart. Here are some pics.

Playing some MK it was a little tough at first but they started to get the hang of it.

Playing in the gym with the music blaring of course.

Landon...

Parker doing the hula.

Presley being a little hesitant about looking at the camera.

There we go just had to get her warmed up.

Making bread loaves with the kids they only needed a little help :)

Ok maybe a lot Landon would just squeeze the dough really haha but they all turned out good!

This kid cracks me up.

Football Season

2009-08-25T21:38:00.000-07:00

The football season has started. Yes its only preseason right now, but it is finally time for the weekly viewing of the Redskins. Its actually something that I have been looking forward to. I like to watch the games every week now that I know the players (thanks to Matt's shared knowledge over the past year). We are going to a game in December in San Fran so I think that makes me a legit fan. So if you don't like the new backround... tough embrace it cause its going to be a long season haha jk...but for real.

Here is a brief look at some of our favorites, cause I know that you all are dying to know this, so I will save a phone call for you and just tell you about our favorite players.

This is Brian Orakpo. He was drafted this year to the skins from Texas. Matt calls him a "man child" if you heard his voice you would understand why. This guy is one of our new favorites out of the rookies he is a beast.

This is my ultimate favorite. Clinton Portis "CP" and by this picture I hope you get a little perspective on his personality.He is hilarious thats one of the reasons why I like him so much. He is the starting RB, and I'm pretty sure he will lead the league in Running yards this year. He dresses up as different characters sometimes, so this is one of many.

Although Matt has a bunch of favorites on the team I think that its safe to say LaRon Landry is his favorite player. He might kill someone with how hard he hits.

You guys are probably thinking you are crazy Ashley, but its seriously fun. Everyone who has a husband who is obsessed with sports will understand at least.

Las Vegas Trip

2009-08-25T19:48:00.000-07:00

Little Ari....she is so cute and such a good little girl.

We had the chance to fly down to Las Vegas this past weekend and stay with Matt's brother, and his family. It was so much fun just to hang out with them because we never get to see them. Plus we got to see their new baby boy, Jack. He is soo cute. Saturday we did some shopping at some of the outlets, and then afterwards Mitch and Sarah took us to this sushi restaurant, and I was a little bit of a doubting Thomas, but it was seriously so good. They had this Bonsai sauce it was so good I would even dip popcorn in it. Every time I go to Vegas I will make a stop there for sure. Sunday we went to church with them, and I got to go to YW and listen to Sarah give the lesson she did such a good job, and the girls love here obviously cause she is so cool! We took a nap and went walking around the Las Vegas temple, the weather was so nice. We ate dinner and then drove out to their new house that they will be moving into in a couple of weeks. It is so cool, its pretty much brand new, and its in such a cool area. We were sad to go, but Monday we met up with Mitch for lunch, and headed to the airport. Our airplane was delayed but thats alright. Matt and I just hung out for 4 1/2 hours in an airport...its so much fun you should all be jealous. Anyways we had the best weekend. It was so nice for Mitch and Sarah to let us stay with them and feed us...you guys are awesome!

Another one of Ari at the temple.

Matt and I at the Las Vegas temple. Notice Ari in the left corner trying to touch the water.

Mitch, Sarah, Ari and little Jack...coolest little family.

Matt and Ari walking up the hill to look at the view.

Mitch and Sarah's new house! So cool looking I love the look of the Vegas houses.

This was totally Sarah's idea...

One Year

2009-07-31T10:26:00.000-07:00

I am really late at posting this, but hey better late than never. Just wanted to recognize that Matt and I have past the year mark how cool is that. He is the besssssst.

Here is a couple photos from the past year. When I say a couple I really mean a coulple as in two.

At Matt's cabin picking out a Christmas tree. I mean seriously how cute is that.

This is me on one of our first dates. Matt invited me to watch his football game, then we went to a friends house and had some pizza. Thanks Jill and Scott for making me feel so welcome even on the first day I met you guys. (Ps. I miss my blonde hair)

Lava Hot Springs

2009-07-19T07:44:00.000-07:00

So Matt, Natalie and I decided to take advantage of this hot weather because you never know how long it will last, and we went to Lava. It was so much fun they got some new slides in, and the weather was so nice. If any of you have ever been there they have these platforms that are so high. It took me three attempts, plus Matt pushing me to finally go off the lowest one...ridiculous. Of course Matt goes off the highest one...running...into a gainer. No big deal right. Wrong. I wouldn't jump off that thing if you paid me. Well just so you believe me we took some videos, there is one of his first attempt and second.

If you haven't been to lava here is a pic showing how high these platforms are. I mean seriously.

First Attempt

Second Attempt

We had a blast it was so much fun to just hang out in the sun, even though we are a bit crispy now, but it was worth it.

Up to Date

2009-07-13T12:00:00.000-07:00

Here is a more up to date picture to add to my previous post. This is the outside of the house now. Amazing how much they have done!

Two More Weeks!!

2009-07-13T08:09:00.000-07:00

School is winding down thank goodness. I am in need of some serious motivation to end the semester. Its so hard to keep that drive to go to class when its summer, everyone is going on road trips and staying up late, and I can't join in! Any words of encouragement would be awesome.

As for my picture of the week I thought I would show everyone some of the things that Matt has been working on over the summer break. It is amazing what he can do from scratch. All he does it draw something up and get started its crazy.

For Father's day my mom asked him to build my dad a desk for the computer to sit on. It needed to match the other desk in the room, and fit exactly in the corner between the window and the wall. This is what he made in his garage in a couple days.

He brought it over to our house and after setting up everything in the office it looked so much better especially compared to what was in there before.

The next project that he has been spending the majority of his time on is at his parents house. I could set up a separate blog of what he has done on the house. To list a few of the things: move the stair case, raise the floor, vault the ceiling, took doors and windows out and cut new holes in the walls to relocate new ones, add a whole section to the house, built the deck, roof, arch way, corner pantry....all from scratch no plans! He and his dad have spent countless hours doing all this and I don't think anyone but them realize what kind of work it took to do all of it. Good job you guys you are a talented duo!

This is an old picture I will have to get one that has the finished result.

I'm Doggin it

2009-07-06T12:59:00.001-07:00

Me and Matt at the fire works, it was the best day hanging out with the Landon family so happy they let me come and be with them for the day.

Ok so I know I missed last week for the picture of the week, but its only my second week so I will post two today from the fireworks thanks to TL for the photos :)

I can't get enough of this kid.

Picture of the Week

2009-06-23T12:57:00.000-07:00

So I decided that to make myself not only take pictures, but actually keep up on my blog I am going to start doing a picture of the week. So to start out I have to put this picture of Matt's game cause it was a sweet interception. He has mad skillz ( skills spelled with a z only means that their skills are top notch. For real look it up) haha

2009-06-17T21:58:00.000-07:00

My life = homework = stressed out = no sleep = tired + teaching dancing = really sore = exhausted = no time to do anything for myself.....Not tonight though I got out of class early today (6:00) and I was just going to lay down and think about an assignment and do it...seriously I was. Then I fell asleep and I finally got up at 11:00, so now I am sitting here after sleeping for 5 hours wondering what to do. I figured I haven't blogged for a long time, so here are some pictures that I have had in storage since my last blog.

Here is me and Matt at one of his games, this was like the last nice weather game of the season, and my mom, dad and little sister Natalie got to come watch.

Here is Matt on his birthday, and my sweet cake that was my first attempt at fondant, and stacking tiers so don't hate.

Matt my favorite I hope he had a good birthday, we went to Olive Garden for dinner then came home and had cake.

This picture just cracks me up Pacie let me stick pretzels up her nose it was awesome.

One of my favorite tackles, look at that leg :)

Matt shaved a mohawk, and I am not going to lie I liked it a lot. Thanks Jill for doing that no wonder we are fellow TLs.

Missoula, Montana

2009-05-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

Well since I have been in school I haven't really been able to post anything. This past weekend I finally remembered to take some pictures while I went to good 'ole Missoula, MT. Matt had a football game there on Saturday, and they were nice enough to invite me.

Our first stop was Dillon, MT we took a little driving break and Stan and Debbie showed us the famous prison. It is now a museum, but back in the day it was a pretty scary place. There was even walk-ways on the top of the surrounding walls that the guards used to keep a watchful eye on the prisoners.
Here is an real life guard and prisoner that we just happen to see :)

If you look close you can see the walk way steps on the right wall.

We continued our way and made it to Missoula where we went to Mckenzie River for some tasty pizza and salad that was so good. We actually ended up going there for lunch on Saturday, before Matt's game and they gave all of us our lunch for free. We felt pretty cool.

Matt's game was crazy they were missing 15+ starting players, but they still managed to pull off a win in double over-time. Their defense saved that game. Matt plays free safety, and had some really good plays, I wish I could have got all of them.

Just walking towards the stadium, it was so cool that Matt was able to play in a stadium.

Matt has been trying to gain some weight. His goal is 200 lbs, and since then he has grown out of his belt, so he tends to lose his pants throughout the game.

Me and Matt after the game, so happy they won!

This was a really cool play, Matt hit someone so hard their helmet flew off. Its kind of hard to see.

Matt getting ready for a play, he is basically the defensive coach for his team, Matt tells them how to run their plays, and where and when to play zone. The only game they have lost is when he wasn't there, and it wasn't even a hard team. His team needs him!

Stan and Debbie after the game. They were so nice to let me keep them company on this trip. I wish we could have stayed longer!

Me and Matt after the game ready to go eat at this cute sports restaurant. They had yellow sign in front of it that is usually used for a deer crossing sign, but they had a person on their hands and knees for drunk people crossing... only in Montana.

Easter Weekend

2009-04-15T09:59:00.000-07:00

Sitting at the game, Mitch, Sarah, Stan, Little Ari, Deb and Chief/Tyler.

Easter weeked went by too fast! Matt's brother Mitch, his wife Sarah and their little girl came up from Vegas to spend a couple days during their spring break. It was a lot of fun to see them again, even though I'm sure that our weather right now puts us at the bottom of the totum pole if you want to actually enjoy your spring break. Regardless they came and we actually had a fun time.

The girls just eating at the tasty Snake Bite, Pinewood Derby, TL, Sarah, Rach and TL jr.

The semi-pro league that Matt is on also had their first game on Saturday against Highland. If you are from Eastern Idaho you can understand Highland is a tough team to beat, but of course we are tougher! They ended up winning the game 18-10, a good way to start the season! Matt is play safety, and made some pretty sweet plays, and almost had an interception....so close! Even though my camera isn't very high tech I still managed to get some good shots. (He is number 24, red and gold)

Matt just waiting to start.

He is the one on the far right taking down the Highland player!

Valentine's Day Weekend

2009-02-15T21:28:00.000-08:00

Well where do I begin. This past weekend was a blast! Matt and I decided to take a road trip to Utah and spend some time with his sister Rachel and her family and his brother Tyler and his wife Ashley. We also got to see My brother's Jeremy, Devin and his wife Julie. They were all kind enough to let us stay at their houses and hang out with us.

First we went to Rachel's on Thursday night, and even though I wasn't feeling very good and kept Matt up all night being my slave getting me medicine, food, water etc. the next day was really fun. Rachel made us swedish pancakes in the morning and homemade syrup, it was so good. We got to spend some time with her kids Niamh, Ryan, and Bergin.

Niamh, Ryan, Matt and Me
Lil Ryan, Niamh, and Matt
Ryan was having so much fun with the remote.
Niamh was so tired she was trying so hard to stay awake.
Of course Matt is being a handy man even when he is on vacation.

Next stop, Friday, Devin and Julie's. We all went to Red Mango which is one of my favorite places, and then rented In the Name of the King. FYI don't ever see that movie I fell asleep within the first five minutes, and Julie was quick to follow after me. Which left Devin and Matt to suffer through the movie, they ended up just making fun of it the whole time.

Devin, Julie, Matt, and Me

Julie, Devin, Jeremy and me

Valentine's Day was spent with Chief and Pip aka Tyler and Ashley. We met for lunch at Chipotle and then headed to grab some movie tickets for, Paul Blart, Mall Cop it was funny I'm going to have to admit. We went to Sports Chalet while we waited for our movie and looked around and shopped for a bit. I found some running pants that I really liked, but didn't want to fork out $55 for them, so I passed sadly. We had dinner reservations at seven at a surprise location that ended up being the best Valentine's day dinner i've ever had. We pulled up to Chik-fi-let and walked into a transformed restaurant with black table cloths, flowers, chocolate and strawberries for the chocolate fountain. We were lucky enough to listen to the love station while we ate it was so much fun seriously. I opened one of my presents and sure enough Matt had grabbed those running pants I wanted to badly some how with me still in the store, I had no idea.

Chief and Pip, Tyler loved that chocolate :)
Getting fed some chocolate covered strawberries.
I decided to return the favor.
Our little dinner table.

Tyler and Ashley tried on these ridiculous hats at Sports Chalet.

Last of all I just wanted to thank everyone, but especially Matt! He made the weekend 10X more fun, and special. I wish everyone could see all that he does to put up with me and still keeps a smile on his face. Thanks for making valentines day so special!

Here is a little peek of our night, Tyler got Matt to fill up a hollow piece of chocolate with even more chocolate and he had to drink it all! It was probably 1/4 Cup of chocolate at least, but of course Matt still did it :)

My 21st Birthday

2009-01-30T18:20:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday was one of those days. One of those days that is so good and even when your hair isn't working out or you spill something on your favorite pants thats stains them permanently, or you are exhausted, and then after all of that it doesn't even set you back or make you upset for one second and just laugh about it. Well yesterday was one of those days for me. Here is a play by play of my day......

6:30-Matt comes to my house and makes waffles from scratch, with my favorite syrup, and strawberries.
7:00-I wake up to breakfast in bed and a rose with a card attached.

8:00- Finished up breakfast head downstairs and find Matt has fixed my cd player in my car that has been broke for a couple months now. I had started to just get used to not listening to music or anything in my car.
8:30-Walked into my room that was completely decorated thanks to Natalie!

11:00-Dyed my hair darker, and went to pick up my little sister Natalie from school so we could have lunch together at Garcias. Where I got serenaded by some waiters and waitresses, while wearing a sombrero. Then got handed my second note and rose of the day by our waitress.

1:00-Surprised with a pedicure! Even if I would have gotten it alone I would have been happy, but right as I sat down in walks Matt's sister Jill to join me. I cried. It was so fun baby!

2:00-Got to open another one of my many presents from Matt, some new really nice speakers and sub woofer for my new lap top, how cool is that. He is the best for real!
3:30-Went to cd world, and Matt planned to have a guy walk up to me and tell me happy birthday, and gave me another note with a new Wii game. (One time we rented Mario Galaxy on the Wii and we liked it so much, we would play it every night haha, but we never rented it again so Matt just surprised me with it.
5:00-Had to go to one of my performances at halftime. Natalie and Matt had to tough it out and sit there while we practiced for two hours before the performance. What troopers!

7:00-Came home. We were so tired from the day we wanted to go out to dinner, but just made pizzas instead, and got my other note delivered.

9:00-Went out to Stan and Deb's for some popcakes, cards and movie tickets. Thanks Jill and her family for the sweet cards and yummy cupcakes, and Stan and Deb for the fun card and the Edward's tickets, I just might have a date for a movie :)
11:00-We planned on playing the new game for a bit, but were so exhausted! Instead I got my last card of the day, and went to bed.

What an awesome day huh? I will remember it forever. Thanks to everyone who gave me birthday wishes I love and appreciate you all so much!

Happy Birthday 21st Ashley!!!!!

2009-01-29T15:35:00.000-08:00

All right I thought I would post on Ashley since it is her 21st birthday!! (there is other things exciting about 21 than being able to drink!! :) I decided that Sharese's idea of the 21 things is amazing so I decided to try it!

21. She is old enough to drink.....water!

20. She always has cold hands and feet, but luckily she has some magic gloves!

19. She has the coolest nicknames like shlee, shlee-son, stokes, stoker, and last but not least, chiles!!

18. Ashley loves little kids and is so great with them!

17. She makes really good Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.

16. Shlee shares everything and I really don't think she has a selfish bone in her body!

15. She needs to follow our bathroom rules more carefully........ :D

14. Ashley has some serious skills in talking fast... her "dibs not!" when the phone rings is just amazing!

13. Chiles is such a great role model to me, her family, her dance students, or anyone around her.

12. She made the Varsity Soccer Team for IF as a freshman.

11. Ashley is so creative. She choreographs all her dances and designs her costumes...(whether or not the turn out white instead of black :D)

10. She is obsessed with oatmeal, magic gloves, and the Redskins.

9. Her favorite pie is pumpkin!

8.She comes up with the coolest names for little kids.. Cameryn, Daphnie.

7. She has a serious issue with stealing my toothbrush....so i got her one for her birthday!

6. Ashley cares. Everyone can relate to ashley, or be dealing with a problem and we can all just go talk to her.

5. Shlee is such an amazing runner! she is so determined and I have a dard time trying to catch up with her!

4. When she reads this she will either say a) unbelievable, or b) nats!!

3. She needs to stop watching scary movies.....no comment needed.

2. She teaches me to love all her favorite shows so that we can be obsessed together!!

1. She is an amzing sister!! I love her so much!! happy birthday ashley!!

Happy Birthday from nat-a-shlee

You Know you love me!! haha

Parker's Birthday

2009-01-28T08:56:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday Parker!

Monday I got invited to Parker's birthday party. She picked Leo's place for her birthday dinner, good choice Parker. They got to play on the toys, and even I did, it was so fun to spend some time with Matt's family. Parker has always been such a sweet heart to everyone. I can't remember a time that she has ever said a hurtful thing to anyone. Seriously I don't think she has. She is a peace maker and such a sweet older sister and daughter. Never in a million years would you think this girl was only turning 7 because of how sweet and responsible she is. Love you Parker!

Matt, Landon and Parker getting ready to go down the slide.

Landon just playing, every time we put a camera on him he would just stop and say cheese. The kid never ceases to make me laugh.

Debbie, Scott, Matt, and lil Press, just getting ready to eat some salad. I'm pretty sure Presley ate close to every pineapple in sight.

Parker's star cake made by the infamous cake maker Jill :)

Scott and Jill, (some proud parents)

Here is a video of Matt and Presley, (aka Darlin) going down the slide with Landon to follow, and sweet Pacie who was so excited for her sister to have a birthday! Sorry its really dark!

Flag Football

2009-01-26T09:00:00.000-08:00

Ok don't get me wrong I love the snow its a grand time, but seriously I'm done with it. I'm pretty sure it snowed like 10 ft. this past weekend and its just COLD. Snow is great for Christmas but now I'm ready for some sunshine and flip flops. Here are just some old pictures from last sememster playing flag football. My team was pretty good we got to the championship game, but lost to a really good team. Not too big of a deal though I'm slowly still recovering I mean it was a serious game! BYU-Idaho sports are no joke (;. Anyways it doesn't matter cause our shirts were the coolest ones ever. All the teams were named like....ok I can't even remember exactly, but they were things like blondes, hippos haha I don't know, but I do remember that our team had the coolest shirts and name...Restrained. Even if we weren't very good just the name alone makes you wish you were on the team huh. Anyways it was the best team I have been on maybe we'll come back in the summer and take the trophy (which is actually just a t-shirt) but still!

The good ole' days

2009-01-13T17:20:00.001-08:00

Recently I came across these old pictures of the good old high school days. Soccer was my favorite thing in high school. Usually my whole team would hang out on weekends at school meet up for lunch together. Talk about good times! When I was a freshman two of my friends and I made the Varsity team at IF we almost passed out we were so excited. We had been playing together since 6th grade. I miss those days that all that mattered was whether or not we won a game or that a "big deal" was when someone would miss practice. Everything is so much different now but taking in the good and the hard times when you have good friends, (boyfriend :) and family that are with me no matter what! Thanks to everyone that make me so happy I love you all so much!

2008-12-17T07:52:00.000-08:00

Well seeing as how I have a little more time now to blog I guess I can add some pictures that I took at the beginning of the semester. So yes I am a little behind but hey speak easy ok. These are just some pictures of my apartment when I was going to school. Pay close attention to the white tiger rug that we have it was probably the best feature of our apartment.

Finals are over!!!!

2008-12-12T16:15:00.000-08:00

I am so happy that finals are all over with this semester. I usually love school and learning, but it feels so good to be done. Now I get a couple months to work and take a break from school. My favorite class over the semester is a toss up between my ballroom class and my visual media class. I love both of them, and love learning more about them. Now I have more time for myself to work on some things that I've been wanting to over the semester.

Here is a picture of me and a girl named Alex right before our ballroom competition.

Vegas!!

2008-12-11T10:08:00.000-08:00

Ok so this is going to be a huge blog I've been dogging it for a couple of weeks with finals and Thanksgiving break, but I did take some pictures!

Over Thanksgiving break I got to hang out with my family and eat some good amounts of pumpkin pie. I also was invited to spend the weekend in Las Vegas with my boyfriend's family. It was so so much fun! We got to visit Matt's brother, Mitch and his wife, Sara and their little girl Arie it was so fun to get to know them better.

This is from inside the Bellagio, they had the coolest set up for Thanksgiving, we are standing in front of this tunnel with water tunnels going over us it was really cool.

This is just some of the plants and flowers it smelled so good.

Its kind of dark but here is a tree that would talk and blink his eyes.

This was a part of the ceiling inside of the Bellagio, and all of it is made out of glass it was so pretty.

This was probably my favorite thing we saw the water show that plays music and the water shoots up depending on the beat of the music. I even got lucky enough when it was doing it to a Christmas song.

I can't remember what building this was I just thought it was really cool, and we were waiting for the Tram I think thats what its called.

This is my favorite picture. One of the nights matt and I got to hang out with Stan and Debbie, and I realized they were just a goofy as us :)

Here is Matt in front of that tunnel again you can see the water really good in this one. How cute is he!

Here I am this black man really wanted to be in the picture, and we tried to get him to smile but he was really shy.

2008-10-30T11:29:00.001-07:00

Ok so this has taken me a very long time and with some down time every once and a while I made this list of 100 things about me. I'm not sure if I did it right but hey this is for you Sharese...

1. I'm not a very good decorater or have skills with crafts.

2. I am pretty simple when it comes to jewelery and clothes, jeans and a t-shirt suit me just fine.

3. I recently changed my hair from blonde to dark brown, and I really like it.

4. I really like pumpkin pie, actually my mom makes it for my birthday cake.

5. I have some crazy mario kart skills.

6. I teach hip hop, tap, tumbling, jazz and lyrical at ERDA and its my favorite thing in the world.

7. I think that my voice is kinda low and guyish which I believe leaves me without a pretty singing voice.

8. When I was in 9th grade I got chicken pox from a girl I babysat and they were so bad that I only looked in the mirror once, I wouldn't let anyone see me or take pictures, they looked like big warts (gross I know) and I had them in my ears, nose, throat, eyelids, legs, stomach, head....you get the picture.

9. I don't really know how to wear excessive make-up like eye shadow, eye liner, blush, lip stick, lip liner, shimmer, etc. and when I do I feel like people look at me and think to themselves, man if that girl even knew what she looked like.

10.I made the varsity soccer team when I was a freshman through my senior year.

11. I lived in California for a summer and got my personal training certificate and worked with all kinds of interesting people.

12. I like the names Cameryn and Daphnie for girls, and Daxton for a boy.

13.I love my family, and wish all the time that I could spend more time with them.

14. In high school I always wanted to be the mascot at least for one game.

15. All my soccer buddies would got to our high school football games 3 hours early and bring pizza and a football and play pass, just so we could get a front row view.

16.I like to do hair.

17. I like dogs but hate cats they are creepy and suspicious.

18. I really miss my sister whitney and think about her everyday.

19. I wish I had more time to do things for people I have so many good people in my life that have been such good examples to me.

20. If I could have a super power it would be to read people's minds.

21. I love to run it relieves stress and clears my head.

22. I want to accomplish something great in my life.

23. I like the sounds of zippers, velcro, and buttons.

24. I love to watch people chew food I think its so cool haha man i'm weird.

25. I love little kids so much they are so non judgemental and have such unique personalities. I can't wait to have a family of my own...someday.

26. My little sister Natalie knows me better than anyone I know.

27. I like to read, I didn't back in highschool, but now reading a book is so relaxing.

28. My favoite show to watch is SYTYCD, and Heroes.

29. I'm a nut professional seriously just ask.

30. I like things to be clean, non- cluttered, and organized.

31. I love Christmas! When Christmas roles around i'm the happiest person everyone wants to do nice things for people and the music, decorations, smells, lights just overwhelm me with happiness.

32. I like to surprise people, although i'm really bad at keeping them in cause I get so excited, probably more excited than the person getting the surprise.

33. This is my dream car

34. I'm studying advertising/communications right now.

35. I recently love to wear scarves

36. I think all my siblings and the spouses of the ones that are married are so talented and have so much cool stuff about them!

37. My parents are so amazing I don't know how they raised us all, but i'm so thankful for them.

38.I would be happy eating oatmeal for one of my meals every day for the rest of my life. There have been days were I have had oatmeal for every meal of the day!

39. My favorite fruit is apples.

40. I don't know much about cars, when I get my oil changed and they tell me what they did I just act like I know exactly what they are talking about.

41. I love to choreograph dances sometimes I can't sleep cause I have all these crazy dance ideas in my head.

42. I'm a morning person, I love mornings.

43. I hate scary movies, and if I ever watch one the images are forever in my head and I have nightmares for a long time. In high school my sisters would have to come in my room and stay there till I fell asleep.

44.I have a continuously growing knowledge of the washington redskins, and my favorite player is #26 Clinton Portis...RB.

45. I've met most of the Kansas J-Hawks team thanks to Travis and Sharese.

46. I have never been out of the country besides Canada, but that doesn't count.

47. I love the gospel, true there are some Sundays I am struggling to stay awake or my mind is in a million different places, but I know that it's true.

48. I love oatmeal choc. chip cookie dough seriously! I even have the recipe memorized.

1/2 c shortening

1/2 c brown sugar

1/4 c sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 c flour

an excessive amount of oatmeal

and some chocolate chips.

Combine dry ingredients before adding. Bake @ 350 for 9 minutes or so, I promise they are so good!

49. I can make a pretty good batch of bread.

50. In fact I believe that I can cook, one of the few things that I know i'm capable of doing.

51.I hate going to the doctor, I hate needles, I hate the sight of blood, if I never had to go to the doctor again I would celebrate, and make it a holiday or something.

52. I love to floss my teeth.

53. I like to be prepared and have things done way before they are supposed to be done.

54. I drop my cell phone A LOT!!

55. I have few close friends, but the ones I do have are the best people I know.

56. I sometimes get sad/mad that Sean Taylor had to die.

57. I like stickers, tickets, coupons, cards, museums, puzzles, word searches and pictures.

58. I don't like flaky people.

59. Along with my love for chirstmas is decorating I love it there is no such thing as too much christmas decorations.

60. I went to Hawaii during Thanksgiving with my sister and her little family and wish that sometime I could go back it is so fun!

61. I love to snowboard i'm no pro but i'm decent.

62. Biology might as well be a foreign language to me.

63. I don't like overly dramatic people they stress me out.

64. I love flag football, frisbee, soccer, dancing, and gymnastics

65.Missionaries are the bomb diggity!

66.I think I am too sarcastic sometimes and people don't get it.

67. JoAnna

68. Bad smells make me want to vomit.

69. I love jazz music it takes me to a happy place...no joke.

70. Matt is my best sweetest bud :), I have fun doing anything even if it is listening to the latest discovered song, or reading up on the skins, or running to the gas station for a new mixture of a drink or playing Mario or Madden it doesn't matter.

71. I like fireplaces they are comforting to me.

72. If I need some cheering up or a good laugh I just call Sharese.

73. Devin and Julie always give the best advice and help me get through anything.

74. I like waffles and peaches.

75. This is taking way too much of my time!

76. I don't like spiders, snakes, bees or bugs in general.

77. I like to do cool stuff with photoshop.

78. I-pods are such a great invention.

79. Sometimes I get in the weirdest moods and do some crazy stuff and I don't know how everyone still hangs around me.

80. I like super hero movies. I think that superman, spiderman, transformers, and all theX-men are so cool.

81. Bruce Willis and Jason Stathom are my favorite actors and its weird to me that they are both balding.

82. My favorite band is Def Leppard, and I love old rock music.

83. I've always wanted to be sang to, danced with, swept off my feet, rescued.

84. My neices and nephews are the jam!

85. I don't like to write.

86. I'm very proud of the fact that all 5 of my brothers served missions.

87. For some reason I loved David O. McKay when I was little.

88. I love hot weather love it!!

89. I got pluerisy from a psyco army class I took.

90. I always wish that when people are speaking a different language and think they are so cool, that I could know what they are saying and talk to them.

91. I want to visit Paris, London, Austrailia, Sweden, China, Japan pretty much everywhere.

92. Believe it or not I can make up some pretty sweet raps.

93. I like to get gifts for people that they would never expect.

94. I like jeans.

95. Heels are only fun for about 20 minutes.

96. I don't dring soda and haven't since 7th grade.

97. My favorite color is baby blue.

98. I like to go to sporting events.

99. I am so blessed, and have so much more than I deserve.

100. I love life, and want to become a better person everyday.

Holy cow that is so long i'm blogged out for the week enjoy my list!

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This semester...........

2008-09-19T15:10:00.000-07:00

As so of you know I started school about two weeks ago. I joined a class called the ranger challenge that is part of an ROTC program, I was asked to join and told it was kinda like a fitness class.....Right. We were told to come to class at 6 am every morning. Well every morning turned into 5:30 am MWF and now it is just 5:30, so I have been sacrificing college social life to get to bed early so I can go torture myself the next day. Hmmm I guess with a sister in the army its kinda driven me a little bit more just getting a taste of what her days might be like since we don't get regular updates. Anyways class consists of continuous running, push-ups, sit-ups and wilderness...tips I guess you could call them. We have to wear uniforms every day boots, army pants, jacket, hat and all. (Pictures of me in these items are still being reviewed in fear of being blackmailed with them) Here are some pictures of what my body has been going through visibly, if I could take a picture of the fatigue and soreness that is included then that big bruise would look normal. Needless to say it has actually been really cool to be a part of I've increased my 2-mile run to 15:05 last wednesday and I can run a 10K in army boots with 40lb packs on our backs this is not an easy task. It is like having 15lbs added on each foot, in addition to feeling 40lbs heavier. Well no worries it will all be over oct. 10 when we go to compete against different schools like Gonzaga, BSU, ISU, and Montana State.

Other than that school has been going really great, and starting dance this fall has been the best! I also am on a soccer team, we won our first game and we seem to have a decent team. I have recently dyed my hair really dark, I guess I just needed a change and was sick of re-highliting my hair. If you have any pointers for getting more sleep and still staying up and acting like a college student let me know.

JoAnna

2008-08-27T23:40:00.001-07:00

me and mathius taking a stroll in island park...sharese props on the picture skills

just getting ready to ride horses in island park. me and emma just taking it easy with "oj" and "badjer"

me and eli hanging out in the smokin hot weather at myrtle beach having some nephew - aunt bonding time.

all i can say is that my little 13 year old sister looks older, taller, prettier and smarter than me, which she totally is!

sportin the brown hair getting ready to go to a dance with my buds from highschool.

halle................one of her many moments of messiness

dance battle right before i broke my foot....

Finals, Dates, Roommates

2008-07-10T20:03:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have been writing papers for the past week so this is just like another paper except I am garenteed to pass...hopefully. Finals are next week and I am almost done with all my work. Although I have been super busy with school I have done some pretty cool stuff, last Saturday I went on a date and we hiked "R" mountain and ate dinner, then shot glow in the dark golf balls off the mountain, needless to say it was fun I just wish I had my dad's golf skills instead I was lucky if I even hit the ball. Here is a picture of us on the top of the mountain.

Last Sunday after the big family dinner at our house I went to my Aunt Sherri's house with my cousin Clancy, Matt Landon, and one of my roommates. My uncle Gordon asked us to go check the water out in the field, so we hopped on some forewheelers: Clancy on a motorcycle, Matt and I on a forewheeler and my roommate on a forewheeler by herself. While we were going down a dirt path we had a river on our left, we hadn't gone very far when I heard a splash followed by some screaming. We stopped and found my roommate had somehow managed to run the forewheeler and herself into the river. Luckily she was ok, but the forewheeler was taken away by the current and got stuck under a bridge. Only in Rigby does your friendly neighbor have a spare tracktor for events like this one. We had to get the tracktor and pull it out. Talk about an adventure! This weekend I got invited to spend the weekend in Logan with Matt Landon's sister and then on Saturday we will head to his all-star football game in Marsh Valley it should be pretty fun.

Punk Fetcher

2008-06-02T19:56:00.000-07:00

Recently my roommates have been calling me "punk fetcher" when I decide to spend my friday night at home instead of hanging out with them which consists of them talking about how they are depressed about not being married or having a boyfriend. Maybe I should participate in these conversations, but I guess I just find it irrelevent because every guy I have met is still transitioning from retarded to less retarded. Any advice would be appreciated from the married siblings on this subject.
Well I figure its about time to write about my life right now, so yes I am single again but life is good. My classes are mentally really easy this semester, but physically tiring. My military fitness class is making me hard core I we recently did a 5 mile run, and I tried it again last saturday and it actually felt good. Life is so good even with some questionable roommate issues and the lack of male prospects. I can't wait for school to be out though and to see everyone again.
My ward is really cool we are hiking to the "R" this Saturday I am hoping that will make up the blessings from missing FHE for the required flag football practices that our coaches say is necessary for winning, and since I skipped the last practice and our team lost the last game its obvious I need to be a practice. Here is an old picture from Leah Stoker's reception.

2008-04-15T07:59:00.000-07:00

One of the dance teams I teach the Emeralds. This was at a Rigby show where we just recieved judges comments on our performances. Next weekend we are in Logan again for our biggest competition of the year I am really excited its going to be fun I will get more pictures of my tappers and hip hoppers.

2008-04-13T18:43:00.000-07:00

Last week with my family secretly I am excited but I am sure it will be sad haha but I am over it. School starts on the 19th my classes are going to be fun this semester. I have a military fitness class and a bunch of dance classes a soccer class, and communication classes. I am hoping that my roommates are cool because I am just going cold turkey.

Cripple

2008-03-05T08:42:00.001-08:00

Well it was quite the weekend here in Idaho Falls with our first competition and the teams did so well! I was really impressed with their performances even if the costume lady messed up on all of my costumes and ordered men sizes, the girls looked like they were wearing their dads shirts to go to bed. We managed though and we have another competition this weekend. As for the dance battle it was good except for the part where I broke my foot doing a back flip. Dallin jumped over seven people doing a front flip it was so rad haha.

Competition Season

2008-02-19T16:09:00.000-08:00

Well I finally made it on here to keep everyone updated. My life is pretty hectic with nutty guys and teaching. This weekend is our studio's competetion. Its our first year holding a comp. but it has turned out to be a bigger hit than we thought. I have two pieces in this one, just my two soloist, seeing as how it is just a soloist competition. I am pretty excited about it though cause I get a securtiy tag and a walkie talkie, pretty awesome I know.
Other than that my life is pretty good. Valentines day weekend I got to introduce my bf to the parents, and it went pretty good......especially for a first Stoker family encounter. In two weeks I am participating in the dance battle wednesday against some crews from slc, logan, and boise. I will be adding some pictures as soon as I get them!