Weekend ADVENTURES!!!

When I was visiting home a few weeks ago, Denise had a great, spur of the moment Idea on Saturday to go Four-Wheeling! We went up to Oakley and by the City or Rocks! We had so much FUN, and It was such a gorgeous ride! We had a little barbecue with hot dogs, chips, snacks, and roasted starbursts.

Kenz, Van, and I had a really fun weekend! Kenzie did mine and Vanessa's hair and makeup, we went to the relay for life, got our pictures taken with Jacob and Edward, went tanning out to Rigby Lake, went to a comedy, "Whose Line is it Anyways," and watched movies and relaxed. We had such a fun time bonding and spending the weekend with each other, doing tons of fun things!

My 19th Birthday!!!

WOW!!! Can you believe it? I am 19 YEARS OLD!!! Boy, how time flies by. I definitely don't feel this old. Well...I had the BEST BIRTHDAY!!!!

The girls came and spent the night and a few days with me. They were going home on my birthday and I asked them if they wanted to come and stay with me for a few days and then I would take them home when I went home on the weekend. We had a blast! I had tons of things planned for us to do. That night I got tickets to go to the 'Battle of the Dance' that was going on for Spirit Week! It was so much fun and they had a ton of amazing dances. They also had Jamba Juice for $1, but we didn't make it in time for that, but we still got some! SO YUMMY! Thursday, David Archuleta was doing a book signing, and we were going to see if we could get an autograph and picture. (But the line was super long and we didn't have time to wait in line) Wendy's also has $0.40 Thursdays, every 3rd Thursday of the Month. We went and got a very cheap dinner. Then we went to Ultimate Idol, which is BYU-Idaho's American Idol. That was fun to. Before that I also got in a fender bender which scared the crap out of me.

But Lucky Me!! I got the best surprises EVER!!! The girls and my roomies and I were getting ready and there was a knock at the door. Katie opened and I peeked from the bathroom and there was MASON!!! and my PARENTS!!!! They drove up to surprise me for my Birthday! We went to dinner at the Frontier Place, that dad said he has heard has the best pie! As I was getting out of the car, Sheldon popped up from the back and surprised me! I am so lucky to be able to spend my Birthday with the people I love most! Especially when I'm in Rexburg going to school. I couldn't have had a better Birthday!
ROOMIE PICTURE! (minus Vanessa) Katy Davidson, Kenzie Peterson, Me, Cori Orr, and Joanna Bond.

Full of Surprises!

Well lately, life has just been chuck full of Surprises!! And let me tell you; I LOVE surprises and these have definitely made it to the top of my list. The first one, Sheldon kinda told me he was going to give me a surprise, but was secretive about when I would get it, how I would get it, and where I would get it. Well, I ended up figuring out that it would be in the mail and was checking the mail 50 times the next day until it got here. I was so excited when I opened the mail and their was a package in the mail box! I started shaking. I opened it up and inside was Sheldon's cologne, that I LOVE the smell of, pens, and a lovely letter. The pens is a thing between me and him. He gave me this pen a while ago and that I use as my journal pen. I recently told him that my pen had run out of ink and I was so sad. Well low and behold, he sent me a package of the pens I like for my journal. At the beginning of the letter he said that while we were camping, I had mentioned that I never get any mail and it makes me sad. He said, I don't like it when your sad because it makes me sad, so I thought I would send you a little something. Isn't that so cute! It was perfect. (THEY ALSO GOT IT ALL ON VIDEO!)

Then later in the week he said I would be getting another surprise, and slipped that it would be when I come home. Tuesday, he asked me what I was doing for the evening, and I said homework. He asked me if I wanted to have a phone date at 8! About 8:30 he called me and asked me what I was doing. I said, "oh I just got out of the shower and am ready for bed." He said, "ready for bed huh, that's soon. Well I decided to give you your surprise in increments. In about 30 seconds a package is going to be at your door." I said, "WHAT!!! Ahh, Sheldon I'm not dressed. Is someone going to be there? Are they going to knock? Do I have to answer it?" He said "Well...I guess you don't have to if you don't want to? He just got the text, he's there, he's there.".... -knock at the door-... I was shaking but answered it....and...GUESS WHAT.....!!!!! It was him, he was my surprise. It took me a few seconds to focus that it was him, but then I flipped out and ran to him. I was so happy, best Surprise EVER! He came up with Mooch, Mike, and Josh.

Well, now it is my turn for the surprises. When I went home for the weekend, Sheldon went to the temple Saturday afternoon and left his car at the Bishop's house. Sheldon always leaves his car unlocked and keys in them, and guess what, I know how to drive stick! (since he taught me) So I went and moved his car and parked in our garage, so he wouldn't flip out when it wasn't there when he got home. I wrote a note on the sidewalk in chalk, and it said, "Missing Something, Visit your favorite Person!" In the meanwhile, we cleaned and vacuumed out his car and I put a picture of me and him at temple on his steering wheel.

Sheldon also let me borrow one of his books about the temple. The author is actually a professor here at BYU-Idaho and he had mentioned that he would like to get his autograph. So I kept the book and brought it up here with me. I got a hold of the Author and met with him and had him sign the book. I also put quite a few pictures of me and Sheldon together in it. He has been asking me for pictures of us for quite a while.

I must say, it is so fun planning and getting surprises and has been very interesting!

THE PLAN!

THE PHONE CALL!

THE SURPRISE!

THE AFTER AFFECT!

Weekend of Camping Fun!

What a load of fun we had camping this weekend for Memorial Day with Sheldon and his family! We had quite the fun group; Denise, Russ, and Whitney Mallory, Pablo Marin, Carla and Russ Taylor, Grandpa Lenny and Donna, Scott and Melodie Evans and their grandkids; Taylor, Skyler, Ryder, and Braxton, and Grandma Charlie came up on Saturday, and Uncle Larry and his wife came up on Sunday. Jaxson spent the night with us on Saturday and then Matt, Aimee, and Kenlyn came up on Sunday. And of course we had their dogs; Bear, Abby, TJ, and Bandit. It was definitely a fun Group! We went up to Heglar Campground. It was absolutely gorgeous up there. It was so green and grassy, and surrounded by trees. It was the perfect spot. It rained and snowed on us all of Friday and half of Saturday, so it was really muddy when we got up there. Our trailer, truck, and suburban definitely showed it. Ha, I have never seen our cars so dirty in my life. I could tell it was definitely driving my dad crazy. In fact, when he went home for his Patriotic Practice, he came back and the suburban was clean. We knew he couldn't stand it.

Our weekend was full of riding the 4-wheelers, playing games, visiting, roasting a million marshmellows and hot dogs, swimming, freezing, sweating, and sitting by the campfire. It was such a relaxing weekend that I almost forgot I had to come back to school. Mom and Dad are definitely hooked on 4-wheelers! They were addicted to how fun they were. We went a a gorgeous ride up to the top of the mountain. The view overlooking the valleys were breathtaking!

We drove up to Indian Hot Springs to go swimming. They said the pool was 90 degrees, but they lied. It was not that warm. We kept swimming and treading water to keep warm. And occasionally the sun would come out and warm us up. After we got all showered, we drove to Poky to go to Winger's! Mom went with her hair straight, shocking, and we all did not look ready to be out in public. It was so funny. Our meal was Great! Sheldon, Whit, Pablo, and Russ got 50 wings! Holy cow it was alot. Whit wanted the hot wings, and boy were they hot. And they weren't even the atomic wings. Our mouths were burning and I just had a tiny taste. I even tried the Blackberry coke, which was super yummy! We had SOOOOO much FUN this weekend!!!! Definitely worth it. I Love Sheldon, his family, and Mine! They sure know how to have a camping weekend!!!

7-Stake Singles Talent Show!

I came home for the weekend to Surprise Mom for her birthday and to watch Sheldon perform in the 7-Stake Single Talent Show. Him and the Brand Presidency sang a country song with some pretty funny lyrics they made up. I was laughing so hard, they looked so cute. The song was hilarious. They definitely had the crowd going. Sheldon also did an act with Mooch and Josh. They changed the words to "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission." Sheldon made up his on the spot about eternal marriage. He is so quick and creative like that. The annual Talent Show is definitely going to be something I look forward to next year!