Smittens.

Okay, so I couldn't help it when I saw these. Aren't they so awesome?
:)

The SNUGGIE.

Ok, I will have you know that ever since I first heard of the SNUGGIE, I thought it was the most ridiculous waste of money of the year. Every time I heard mention of the beloved SNUGGIE, I couldn't help rolling my eyes. I mean honestly, why not just go to the hospital and wear one of their gowns instead? Neither the SNUGGIE or the hospoital gowns have backs on them, so it's the same idea. Right?



I guess you could say I was a little on the antiSNUGGIE side. I mean honestly, who wants to watch a movie wearing a backwards robe? Where DO they come up with such weird ideas?

Then out of no where all of my friends started getting snuggies, and having snuggie ceremonies, and joining with the SNUGGIE side. Lame? Yes. In fact, it was so lame I will say it twice. Lame.

But then Christmas day, I ripped open the carefully wrapped present from a SNUGGIE wearing friend and yes...I now own a pink backwards bathrobe.

Also known as: a snuggie.

I'll admit, they aren't as bad as I thought, and they may be overrated. But I have joined the SNUGGIE side and they are actually pretty warm to wear while watching a movie. And still have your arms free and warm.

In fact, I'm wearing my snuggie right now. So before judging the snuggie or rolling your eyes, take it from me...They aren't all bad.

If you completely refuse them like I did, maybe you could go try on your bathrobe backwards. At least those ones would close in the back.

This is what happens...[part 2]

When you haven't had sleep for a week and all the power in the little city of Rexburg goes completely OUT

No traffic lights. No street lights. Nothing. Except the sound of about every apartment in town screaming liike they had never seen a power outage before. It was complete chaos. My roommate started crying, I never saw her cry...until the POWER went out. Who knew?

Everyone had just finished finals so this is what happens when the power goes out in Rexburg...


A dance party in my parking lot! Complete with music from a few cars, lots of random people showing up




And of course fireworks and sparklers! No dance party is complete without those. Even the weather was cooperating at a toasty 34 degress.;)



Last but not least: I know this is sad but this picture is the first time ALL of my roommates and I were together all semester long. I'm not even exaggerating a little bit. It ended up being a lot of crazy-random-finals are over-power is out-type fun.



So next time the power goes out...why not invite all your friends and have a dance pary!?
(don't forget the sparklers.)

Finals

It's almost six in the morning and I am still awake working away. I decided I wanted to take a break and relax for a minute. Finals week is insane. They say your first semester is the hardest. But really...I don't think finals are ever going to get any easier.

Letters

Ok, so I saw this blog that was writing little letters and so I decided to do my own too:

Dear school,
Please stop being so awful and mean. I am done with you.

Dear Electric Blanket,
Thank you so much keeping me warm every night. You give me something to look forward to.

Dear Oatmeal,
You are what got me out of this semester alive. literally.

Dear Roommates,
You are messy. But I still love you. I'm glad I ended up with you girls this semester. :)

Dear Trevor,
Thank you. for everything you have done for me.

Dear body,
I'm sorry for not exercising anymore I know I need to. I promise I'll try and do better next semester.

Dear Toilet Paper,
We really need you at our apt. sometime SOON! feel free to visit anytime.

Dear Sun,
I am so glad I got to see you today for a minute in the negative degree weather. It's been a while my friend, I miss you.

Dear weekends,
Thank you for coming. No matter how hard the week is, I know I can always count on you.

Dear high school,
I know I sometimes didn't like you, but that didn't mean I didn't love you. Thanks for the best senior year ever and the good memories that keep me going sometimes. I miss you lots.

Dear Roger and Annie,
You guys are one of my favorite families and I hope I can be like you someday. You're awesome, thanks for always being so nice.

Dear comuputer,
Why does your internet never work without the cord!?? You need to start working! But please don't get a virus!

Dear cold,
Please go away.

Dear Christmas Lights,
You are so beautiful!! :)

Dear Alex's leg warmer/long john things,
You are the best thing since sliced bread. You keep my legs from falling off every morning! Thanks.

Dear Change,
You stink.

Dear life,
Please help me learn how to be happy and positive in all of the hardness.

Dear water,
Thanks for staying hot for me in the shower on Sunday. That was the best shower I had since I've lived here.

Dear Christina,
Suck it up. Grow up and move on. Life is full of change, so get used to it.
Please? Keep going. You can do it....I think. :)

Just a little daydreamin'

Sometimes I close my eyes and just forget about everything I need to do.
I remember being little and me and my sister would go rollerblading around the neighborhood.
I remember my family having sock fights in our family room.
I remember playing magic school bus with April and Julie in the car while Jakob played t-ball.
The smell of swim lessons every summer.

Primary, achievement days, young womens.
I remember playing in the snow with my siblings until we couldn't feel our hands anymore.
Then coming inside to a warm fireplace and hot chocolate.
I remember game night.
I remember playing barbies in Julie's room for hours at a time.
Falling asleep to the sound of my wind chime with an open window on a summer night.
Ice cream cones melting, night games, and lots of sun.
Milk chugging contests and the sound of girls giggling at lunchtime.
Swinging, swinging, as much as I could before the school bell rang.
I remember April pulling out my first loose tooth.
And I remember how I never thought that I would ever be old enough to go to college.
Being in high school where my whole world was simply running and friends and sports med.
What to wear?
What to do on Friday night.
So many good, friday nights. and saturday nights.
And games. and meets.
The feeling of working so hard and being so in shape.
Running, running, running.
Then my eyes open and and I am here. And it's all just a memory. My memories. My momentary childhood escape. A daydream reminding me to never grow up, because it really does happen
way
too fast.

The secret beliefs of every girl...

 

Grocery Shopping

 

This is my big accomplishment from yesterday! I rode ALL the way to Wal Mart AND back...with $40 worth of groceries. I was so proud of myself! I know it sounds sad, but I actually couldn't stop laughing the whole time. It was just too funny, the brakes hardly even work on the bike. Some guy and his son were walking down the street and the son just started laughing at me when I hit a bump and my hot pockets went flying everywhere. To be honest, I coudn't stop laughing either. Good times, good times.

This is what happens...

THIS is what happens......



when one of my messy room mates leaves her mac and cheese in the microwave for a couple days! Totally and completely disgusting. Yes, that right there is mac and cheese in sponge form. BUT it does serve a few good purposes.
1. a wall decoration. Who needs tacks when it'll just stay up there on it's own?!?
2. Alex and I had a blast playing with it.
3. It can serve as a frisbee, a wall decoration, or maybe (eventually) Katie will eat her mac and cheese? (gross).

College?....when did this happen?

As I write, I sit here with my roomate in the smallest bedroom ever.

I was going to write about college but I still haven't made up my mind about it yet. Sometimes, I absolutely love it then two minutes later, I just want to leave and be done. Call me schizophrenic, but that's how it's been pretty much since I set my foot in this small apt. that has become my home for the next 9 months. Sharing a bathroom actually hasn't been too bad so far, we do pretty good. Up above are some pictures of my apartment. Notice how I didn't put a picture of the bathroom on here...there is a reason for that, haha.

It's weird how a year ago this very place, college, seemed like such a faraway distant place. Like something that would never happen. And I'm not going to lie, I dreaded it for months, since about January actually. I dreaded sharing an apartment with 5 girls, I dreaded college classes, college homework, college wards, college anything basically, and most of all I knew that I would miss my best friend. Some of those things are hard, but not completely. There is some good mixed in with all of the hardness. I still haven't made up my mind about what I think, I'll let ya know someday when I finally get out of this schizophrenic stage. But for now here it is, the ups and downs of my first 2 weeks at college.


Here are some friends, we have lots of fun. We were all dressed up to go SALSA dancing that night.

We fit 8 girls and one boy........

into THIS car....

Fun with the camera..teehee

A miracle.

Paisley Mae about 3 minutes old.


Today I got to see my niece's birth. I got to witness a miracle and it was incredible.
Paisley Mae Davis was born at 1:09 p.m. on August 17, 2009. She is a perfect 7'10 and 20" long. She is the sweetest most beautiful baby girl and we all fell in love with her instantly. It has been a long time but she was totally worth the wait. There isn't a single flaw on her. Her Mom did such a good job and I am so proud of all of them. Words can't describe how awesome they all are. Congratulations to the new Davis family of 3!




I am so excited for them and I can't wait to spoil my new niece.



She is:
amazing.
beautiful.
sweet.
precious.
a miracle.
loving.
snuggly.
adorable.
and any other adjective that describes amazing babies.

Welcome to the world Paisley Mae! :)

(Paisley Mae wrapped up tight like a little burrito.)

While in St. George:

I am down in St. George until my niece is born. Earlier in the week me and my sisters went swimming, which is was a nice relief from the 100 degree weather that is considered normal down here.



We went to the fair and walked around, while eating greasy and delicious fair food. I decided that I love fairs and amusement parks at night. They are just so fun!




And I also dressed up with my sister on Saturday morning to be in a parade for a halloween float. Notice the outfits. (Her pink hair is hard to miss.)

Also while I've been down here I have :
1. Watched 4 seasons of "The Office." I have never felt so lazy in my whole life. Count them..FOUR seasons.
2. Gone running a total of once.
3. Saw a bug at the fair that was bigger than my ear...crawling on some guy's chest. It's his PET. Yikes.
4. Had some good talks with April's belly, telling Paisley it's time to come out....Pray that it works!
:)

Cedar Badge

I had the opportunity to go to Cedar Badge this year and... it poured on us the whole week! I have never been in so much rain! it was such a blast though! I loved it and I learned that there aren't many things better in this world than sleeping out beneath the stars. :)

The whole week was great and my crew had so much fun together.
As you can see we had fun posing for our pictures!

And when we finally hiked and got up to the top of Big Medicine...it started raining again. So we hiked back down but it was still incredile.

Hooray, I graduated!

From sticky elmer's glue and merry go rounds to teenage drama and football games, I finally graduated from high school. After years of waiting, I was done in less than 3 hours, wondering where all that time disappeared to. For what seemed like a lifetime at moments, now it feels like I blinked and the moment is gone. Thankfully I made some great memories that will last me a lifetime. And I'm excited for more to come!

Wish me luck out there in the "real" world. ;)

State Track Championships

Track and running is one of my favorite things to do. It's also one of the hardest I've done, but with the challenge comes a good feeling of accomplishment too. It's totally worth all the blood, sweat, and tears when you earn what you have worked hard for. State track was way fun. I had a blast with my team. Nothing feels better than working really hard for something and accomplishing it.I went in my 300 hurdles and in the 4 x 400 relay. We ran our hearts out at districts and earned our spot. It was fun to relax at our hotel. But when it came time to step into my blocks, I was so overwhelmed with all of the PEOPLE there. It was incredible. Nothing compares to the adrenaline rush when they call your name and you step into your blocks. There I am after my hurdle race.

When we got to the track to practice, it was HUGE. I loved running on their track and warming up in their blocks as a Grizzly. It was my last time running for Skyline and I have loved every season of track and cross country. There were always those hard workouts, or times when I wanted to quit, but I didn't and I am so glad I didn't. Because there were also those moments when every bit of hard work that I put in left me feeling on top of the world. I put my whole heart into it and it taught me a lot about life. My best memories come from here.

I Could Have Danced All Night

Commencement was a good last high school memory to enjoy. I had a great time with my date and we had so much fun together. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a while.

My Mom got caught with the "just ONE more picture" disease that night. So me and Trevor ended up being a little late to dinner at Olive Garden. We ended up ordering our food on our way to the restaurant because everyone else was already there. Good thing my mom got some pics though...


Ok ....I LOVE these shoes. So we had to take a picture before the dance. It was so fun to get all dressed up like a princess for the dance. I felt like Cinderella going to the ball that night. It was perfect and SO much fun. Except I think I had an even BETTER time than any Cinderella... :)

The only thing that wasn't my favorite was the end of the night. I could have danced and laughed the whole night away. Me and my date enoyed it and it's a great memory that I won't soon forget.

I'm going there someday...

The YW in my ward decided to take a challenge and when we completed our goal we went down to Salt Lake for the day to see the Salt Lake Temple and the YW Broadcast, live in the Conference Center. It was such a wonderful experience and I feel so blessed that I could be a part of it all. My ward and YW are amazing and it was great to spend a whole day on the temple grounds, just feeling the spirit and being with the young women. It was a long day, beginning at 6 am, but it was well worth it. The flowers on Temple Square are so PRETTY!We got amazing seats in the Conference Center, they were so close to the front and it was incredible. I have never seen the prophet in person and when he walked into the room, we all fell silent immediately. The spirit was so strong and I couldn't help but close my eyes and just soak in the wonderful spirit. Words can't even describe it.

Overall, it was just great to spend the day on the temple grounds. I loved every minute of it. Not only is it a beautiful place to be, but the spirit makes it so special. There is no where else in the world I would rather be. I'm going there someday!

Scavenger Hunt..or Hide and Seek??

Yay! I am going to my senior prom. Even though the whole idea of spending a whole day getting ready for just one night, and wearing a big poofy dress, and the lameness of every dance is well...just that, lame. It's still sort of fun to just be crazy and enjoy the lameness. I mean, I AM a girl, I had better enjoy getting dressed up every once in a while. So I got asked to prom. My room was totally and completely covered in streamers, and the smell of red roses wafted through the air. As lame as dances are, it's still going to be fun to go. Especially with my date because we are such great friends, I know we will have a blast together. Funny story though-where I learned I should never be a spy... I had to answer him back to the dance last night. So me and Jordan went and got all the stuff to make a little scavenger hunt for him and decorate his car, and trash his room. Can you say oh so fun!? haha, how can it not be fun to go trash someone's car, right? Trevor had a meeting so while he was in it we got into his car and the mess-making began. We were being all stealthy so that we didn't get caught while he was in his meeting, and then we went and finished the rest of the scavenger hunt for him at his house. Where his siblings would not quit eating ALL of the candy...:(. kids these days...tsk tsk.
Then after we finished, he was still in his meeting so we thought it would be fun to go see his face when he saw his car. So we parked about a block away and started sneaking over to hide somewhere close to the scene. I texted him to see when he would be out and found it would be just a matter of minutes. Unfortunately while we waited for him to come out, a series of events led me and Jordan to have to leave early and miss the action. So as we're walking back to my car, disappointed, Jordan looks over and asks if the guys she sees is Trevor. I look over and my jaw completely drops. IT IS! OH NO!!! HIDE! The only hiding place was a tiny ledge beside us, so as he glances over at the two of us, we drop flat to the ground, shaking with laughter. Such wonderful spies. As we're laying there on the pavement, I looked over and saw some lady sitting in a car in the closest parking spot available looking very... confused.haha, I couldn't help but giggle. It was just too hilarious. So I think maybe my loud laugh might have helped give us away, that and our instant dropping to the ground upon seeing Trevor. I decided to sneak a peek at him and see if he was still looking at us. Not only was he looking for us, he was walking towards our not very good hiding spot. After a quick whispered discussion (followed with more laughter), Jordan and I decided to make a run for it. As we got up, we hid behind the car, with a very bewildered lady still sitting inside. So as we started sprinting to make it to my far away car, Trevor starts chasing us! It was supposed to be a scavenger hunt, but it turned into a crazy game of hide and go seek. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard. I just feel bad for that poor woman in the car. What she must have thought seeing two girls running from some guy chasing them down across the street. I still wonder if she called the cops...we left too soon to find out. Lesson learned: Christina will never be a secret agent. But she does love a good game of hide and go seek.

We grow.