Home is Wherever I'm With You

I am currently in the Phoenix airport on my way to Salt Lake. I will be home for Christmas soon!

Whipped Cream

There are few things more divine than home made whipped cream. I know that like half of the world female population is like "Oh my gosh whipped cream is disgusting, it has way too much fat." That is what makes it awesome to tell you the truth. It is just so light and airy. Great stuff.
Well the last weeks of the semester are slowly sucking my soul out. I have to write a persuasive speech and I have no idea what to persuade on. I don't really envision myself as being that passionate about things. Okay you are laughing right now because you think I am lying. To an extent I probably am. All the things I am really passionate about though (like Coke vs. Pepsi) can't really be backed up by scholarly research. I am supposed to have at least five sources. How am I supposed to find five sources about anything I want to talk about. Ya I just want it to be over. I also need to make a scripture mastery portfolio for Book of Mormon. I could probably crank that out over night if I needed but what the heck, I will use it to procrastinate my speech. That is basically the name of the game at this point. I have been only doing like one or two actual useful things a day. I still need to write Moriah a response letter. I am like half way through and I just need to buckle down. I am looking forward to being off track. I am really looking forward to Christmas too, that helps make me even more of a useless blob of crap about doing things.
This week I am looking forward to taking the girls I visit teach to Big Jud's. None of them have been before so we are all really excited. I like the girls I visit teach. I figured we could all get together, my companion could give the lesson while I drive and then we will stuff our faces and talk. My companion and I normally end up staying for like an hour visting anyway. We might as well be chowing down right? I am really excited. I might be even more excited if I knew there was no work I needed to do.
I have been sleeping a lot lately. Hopefully that doesn't mean I am slowly dying or anything. If I died before Christmas, I would have a huge freak out. I need to give the lightsaber and hammer for Christmas or there is going to be all sorts of funky juju messing with everybody. I have decided that I want to learn how to make a really kick- a fudge. I don't think I eat enough fudge. I feel like for me to a domestic goddess worth anything I need to get involved in candy making. That just makes sense to me a little.
Well I should probably get back to avoiding my work. It isn't easy being me. Oh! So I had to make a website for my Comm 100 class. Apparently my teacher loved it! She gave it a 100% and asked if she could use it as an example for next semester. So obviously that means that I rock. I am a winner! *doing winning dance* Try saying "I won" over and over again and do a little celebration dance. I did that a lot back in like April and May. Oh my gosh does it feel good, especially if you actually won something. It doesn't have to be like a trophy or a raffle. It could just be a symbolic win, like getting or doing something you really want to... Ya I guess that is my advice for the day. I don't think I am really qualified to be dosing out advice but whatever. Okay now I am just stalling. This is seriously like May for me. Ya know at the end of the school year when freedom is just so close. Ya that is me right now. Oh! Story. So there is this really nice girl in my Relief Society, Kami. She is just so sunny and happy and she is engaged of course. Well come to find out that her fiance is actually Brazillian and they have to go through this whole immigration thing. When I found out I got kind of bummed out for her. I hope her and her fiance can get it figured out. Well that is really all for now.
Much Love,
Sarah

Louis Prima - Pennies From Heaven

---Cole

2+2=5 by Radiohead (With lyrics)

---Cole

2+2=5

Hey guys, it been a wail since I wrote on here. So I know its probably not good Im writing on Sunday but I have to tell you how happy i am because I just got done with my talk in Stake Conference. I am so happy its over with. I was stressed to bad until I saw how many people there was, then I was trying so hard not to freak out in front of the congregation. Hahaha. So thats been the big thing in my life lately. So your probably wondering what the tile means, because of course 2+2 does not equal 5. And no it doesnt have to do with Orwell s nineteen eighty nine. No its the new song I learned on the guitar!!!! By the great band Radiohead, Lately that's the band Ive been obsessed with. And its good that i have all their albums. And Im soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited that MORIAH is coming!!!!!!!! For Christmas!!!!!! And I saw the new Warren Miller Ski movie, which was sweet and got me excited for the ski season. Well thats all I got to say. Oh and Louis Prima is pretty cool. Well see ya later and everyone write on here!
Your freind
---Cole
"Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights
I'll stay home forever
Where two and two always makes a five
I'll lay down the tracks
Sandbag and hide
January has April showers
And two and two always makes a five"-Radiohead

Home Alone is a Great Movie, but not when I'm Home Alone.

Season's Greetings!
So I'm home alone on a Saturday night and I thought there was no better way to spend it than with a bowl full of stuffing and the flog. Tonight 2 of my roommates are on dates and one got a free ticket to the SDSU football game so here I am. Alone. Ha it really isn't that bad. I entertain myself. Ok....so lately I have have been busy with school, friends, school, church, school, etc. I did well on my midterms and so that was a relief. I am definitely ready for new teachers and class and I only have a few weekes left. I am spending Thanksgiving with my roommate Paige's family, and I heard they are hilarious so that should be a blast. I'm coming home for Christmas on December 16th and leaving January 3rd. Party at Cole's farewell!! Seriously though, after this year the boys will be on missions and the girls will get married while they're gone (not me of course) and it will be way harder to get together. Let's have fun this Christmas season. I really love San Diego you know, but Rexburg is also lovely. I think though that I love the people in both places so much that that is what makes them great.Coming home to snow will be strange though ha. Also, I haven't driven a car in 5 months which is kind of funny. One thing I love about being on my own is getting creative with what I have when I'm cooking. For example I had some peppers and chicken and I wanted to make fajitas so I needed some kind of sauce. I mixed together what I had which was mostly bbq sauce, a little Franks' red hot sauce, and titch of italian dressing and some taco seasoning. It was so delicious. I also saw a recipe online for lemon garlic spaghetti. I decided to make some with my own recipe. I cooked some noodle, added a little bit of butter, some garlic salt, italian seasoning, and lemon juice, and there it was! Even though I eat ramen and spaghettios quite a it I still feel like I eat fairly well. The other night we went on a night hike and it was wild. There was a thick marine layer and so it was very foggy and no stars or the moon was visible(there isn't usually a ton of stars, but some). Once we got up a little ways we couldn't see any city lights either and normally you can see light spreading all around and even tijuana's lights, but it was pitch dark. I mean pitch dark. Even in the dead of night anywhere else you still have the moon and stars. It was very eery and we didnt have flashlights. It took a lot longer than usual and I stumbled quite a bit so I have blisters on my feet from my chacos. I'm gonna soak my feet in the hot tub tonight. I'm also going to watch Harry Ptter 4 because the triwizard tournamet effects are awesome. It is also crazy to see Robert Pattinson die. P.s. I watched Water for Elephants and it wasn't that good. But he is attractive when he is't pale and glittery. I also checked out the new Nichloas Sparks book (It came out last month so it is a miracle the library had it) and some good old F. Scott Fitzgerald. I hope I play the hymns well tomorrow at church because I am a little nervous. If I play bad oh well. Sarah has kept me up on the scandals of Rexburg and it is entertaining. Why did everyone go crazy all of the sudden? There are more scandals back home then here in California. Well I guess I better get back to my bachelorette life. See ya soon!!!
Love Always, Moriah

Magnum Opus

Well, first I suppose I should give you the scoop on some poop. Apparently, people othere than those directly affliliated with us have been reading the flog. Crazy crap huh? So I suppose we ought to be on our best behavior (can I just mention how much I love typing the word ought, so great). Well I am mostly writing because I miss flogging and I am passionately trying to avoid my homework right now. I have to make a web site for my Comm 100 class and I don't like doing that. It is supposed to be done on Saturday so it would be in my best interest to finish it. I also have a four page paper due on Friday. Guess who hasn't picked a topic? *Sarah slowly raises her hand*. Yes folks, my moral to work on homework is at an all time low. When I first got the track assignment spring/fall, I was like "What is up with that?" I figured out what is up with that. God knew that the chances of me finishing college would be significantly lessened if I didn't have a nice little break. I feel like you start to feel in like May or the end of a school year, sort of the "its all almost over anyway. Who still gives a crap?" sort of vibe.
Well in happier news I finished my magnum opus of crocheting. I would post pictures but I would like to keep that under wraps since it is for Christmas. I will disclose what it is though since the recipient already knows. I finished the crocheted lightsaber. So epic. Maybe I will post pics and the specifics after Christmas but trust me, it is gewd (so good i must mispell good).
I went to Nathan's farewell last Sunday. It was a nice time. I will probably end up going to at least Lex's farewell on the 27th. There are four farewells that day. Lex, Kyle, Tyler, and Timber are all heading out. Before we know it, it will be Cole's turn. I think I might scratch out some Christmas cards to Chris and Scotty. I think that might be a nice activity. The only thing though is that I will probably keep the cards pretty tame. The cards I like to send are the funny ones that say things like "Where the heck is my pony?" as a speech bubble on one of those retro cards that has a kids pointing a pop gun at his family and then the inside says "Hope you hold up through the holidays". I think if I send Christmas cards to missionaries I should use the kind we sent to my mom's family that has like teddy bears or angels on them. My mom's family is a lot more conservative than... well me.
Oh I have a consumer report for you. So the other day I was at Winco and they had these Dr. Pepper 10 calorie bottles (like the normal size that you would get at the gas station. I can't remember the ounce-age) for 48 cents. So I was like heck ya I gotta get in on the bottle floor of that. Well the after taste is pretty potent so watch out for that. Sort of random but I know we have some Dr. Pepper drinkers in the group so watch out for that.
I think I might be running out of things to say. I am glad that we have been getting together more often. I like hanging out with the group. Oh! Props to Rachel for doing freaking good in the pit for Footloose. WOOT WOOT!
I hope everyone has a spanking good Thanksgiving.
Sarah

WOW I am writing.

I know I know it is shocking actually I lost all the info to get on here so... well Things are going well now that mid terms are over. I am the new ward librarian. It is a sketchy position I sit in a SMALL room for 30min after church every week. I Have also so dropped my morals and started working at the rexburg opinion center. haha it isn't great but its money. I also went hunting a few weeks ago and Shot a deer. 2points on one side and three on the other. It was a 300 yard shot and I dropped him right down. The sad things was that when the sound of the shot was heard a HUGE 4point stood up not ten feet away from the one I had just dropped he turned broad side so we could see his entire body, and then turned his neck and look right at me for about 3 min. It was mocking me I looked at him through my scope knowing he was posing for the perfect shot. But I decided it wasn't worth getting in trouble with fish and game for. well that is about as exciting as my life is right now except for the fact that taylor comes home in less then 2 months.

YoYo

Hey guys. So this week has been pretty good. I got to hang with lex. Then I went Rachel house and I got to watch Pride and Prejudice with Logan and Rachel for the first time. Then I went to go see Abduction, which stinks dont go see it. Me and Rachel laughed our heads off at the dumb cheezy parts of the movie. Then I went home and watched Alfred Hitchcock s The Birds. Which is a pretty good show, but its pretty funny to see how bad the special effects were. Then I went to Scott Farwell and saw Cameron and Sarah there which was good. Its crazy that Scotts going then Chris and Lex then me. And Tomorrow for Halloween ill watch Psycho. oh yeah, old school thriller. Anyways my dad asked me a question that made me think and I want to know what you guys think. He said that if I died tomorrow and you guys came to my house and were talking about the good old times what would my friends remember about me. What kind of person I was and one of the memorable memories u had of me. And I really wanted to know what you guys would talk about. So You should let me know. And I hope you guys start posting more on here. But until then Stay classy. ;)
---Cole

JULIAN SMITH - Mr. Timn in Candyland

---Cole

Drained

This weekend was great. I partied like a rockstar. I hit up two mission farewells, stayed up late watching movies and playing games, I have eatne food that was delicious but not really best for me and I have laughed pretty flipping hard. Sadly now I find my self in the post socialization slump. I have been on the verge of tears basically since like 11 this morning. I have had to say goodbye to two missionaries and like ten friends today. I don't like saying goodbye. It is like reality came and shook me and was like "Hey remember how cool these people are? Aren't they so cool? Aren't you having such a good time that you just want to drop out of school and party all the time? Okay well that was enough see you in two years (or in like a month in some cases). I just can't help but feel so drained. I hate saying goodbye to people. Not only am I bummed about people taking off, I am super offended at even the idea of returning to the normal drag of school. At least I have winter semester off. Everything that has happened to me this week has proved to me a few things 1- God wants me to graduate college 2- He also would like me to not kill and or maim myself in the process 3- both 1 and 2 applied to highschool. Well I should cut the dramatic stuff and get to the goods.
Well I shall start on Friday. I baked some cinnomin rolls in anticipation of the Provo Posse's return to the 'Burg. As a side note the Provo Posse shall hence forth be known as Soren, Baden, Jared, Andy, Trevin, Jake, Cassi and any secondary accompaniments. Anyway I made the cinnomin rolls and let them proof so they would get nice and puffy. Last time I made cinnomin rolls for our ISAT breakfast I didn't let the rolls proof long enough, thus the hockey puck resemblance.I tried to visit Mama D but I don't think she was home. I helped my Jessica (not Jessie) pack up some boxes since she has to move. I went to class, read to the blind, baked the cinnomin rolls and went and hung out and played games with the Provo Posse and Alyssa and Stephanie. Good stuff. That is why I was unable to hang out with Rachel and Cole this weekend. I feel sort of dirt baggy for that but the Provo Posse got to me first. On Saturday I watched Kirk, Jake, Andy, Jared, Jentry, Trevin, Mitch, and Chris play basketball. That was a lot more interesting than it probably sounds. It was a great observation of social interactions in strictly male settings. I feel fairly comfortable saying "strictly male" because I was basically ignored except for when they offered to let me play. I noticed the following things. Now note that these things may only apply to this group specifically but I think it would be interesting to observe enough to draw reasonable conclusions about sporting sociality in males. Cole and Cameron will probably either be humored or offened by this. 1- Guys that are normally not touchy can get a lot more friendly during sports. There was more butt touching and strange strangle holds and man hugs than I was suspecting. 2- They kept score even when it was more effort than it was worth. 3- There is not really a universal posture for shooting a hoop. This one is not as easy to explain in an interesting way. It was interesting to me though.
I could continue on that but I won't. I gave Andy the hat I made him. He liked it. Go team Sarah! Crocheted goods strike again. I eventually went up to Soren's house and his mom made us dinner. Soren's mom is basically one of the coolest people to walk the planet. It was like Mexican type stuff with tortillas and rice. We played this interesting game that I might have to teach you guys sometime. It is called 10 down. We also watched the Prestige. Mind blown!
That brings us today. So first I went to Chris's farewell. I am so proud of Chris (and Scott but I will ge to that the in moment). He gave a super good talk and he just looked like a missionary. He is going to go and conquer Norwegia! Afterwards we went to his house for the after party. The shade of blue on Chris's living room wall is very nice and serene. There was this potato stuff that was super good.I got to chat it up with some people. I gave Chris a hug good bye. Hopefully we can have Uno League a few times before he heads out. I also gave Trevin and Andy a hug goodbye. That was kind of rough.
I sadly missed Scott's talk but I caught the tale end of sacrament meeting. I feel like a pile of crap for that. I got to see Scotty, Cole, Cameron and Alec. That was nice. Oh I also saw Ben. It was good to see everybody. I amm proud of Scotty too. He seemed pretty mellow today. Hopefully I can see him again before he leaves. I hadn't seen him since like August and that isn't acceptable.
Well I came home and slept afterwards. That is my weekend basically. Pretty crazy stuff. I hope to hear from all of you soon.I miss everyone more than I normally do. Basically I am miserable missing people right now but heaven knows I will get enough work to do to take care of that.
Much Love,
Sarah

Long Time, No Flog.

Hello people of the 'burg. So I feel really terrible about not being as good about posting as I should have been. I mean, this was my idea right? Oh man, I'm a slacker at the whole "friendship" thing. So life has been crazy since I wrote last. If I'm being honest here, I didn't post for quite awhile because life seemed uneventful and I was sad. Yes, that's right I was sad. There was a time when I didn't have a job, and school hadn't started and so I was home all day everyday watching way too many shows on hulu and reading. My roommates were at school and so I didn't have much to do. Now I am still jobless, but I am a busy bee. I started school and it is C-R-A-Z-Y. Homework-wise, I mean. I like my classes. My teachers grade pretty harshly and they don't go easy on us. For anyone who thinks that going to fashion school sounds fun and easy, you are dead, dead wrong. It is fun sometimes, but I still write papers, take tests, do powerpoints, etc. My school is fully accredited like any other university so I take generals and whatnot. Unlike other universities though, we are on a quarter system and not semester system so I have to cover then smae amount of material in a shorter amount of time. I like the pressure and I am a lot better at not procrastinating than I was in hgh school. I have a teacher named Rosemary that reminds me a lot of Sarah. I spent 15 hours volunteering backstage at a ashion show this weekend and that was crazy. The event was basically a big party and it was my first situation that I've ever been in where the people I was with were drinking (at a couple family functions my mom's relatives would have a beer or something but they didn't like to drink in front of us). They weren't carding anyone at this booth and so the girls from my school that I was with were drinking champange. It looked like sparkling cider, and it would have been so easy to try it. I got out of there before temptation could get the best of me. Living in the mission field is good because you can see how strong you really are. Everyone says "I would never____" and you really think so, but if you are in the situation and your friends are all doing it then it is too easy to give in. Satan knows when to target you. I was really glad I didn't give in. I worked dressing models backstage. It was fast-paced and I'm not sure if I'll do it again, but I'm glad I can add it my resume. I started Institute and my teacher Brother Raleigh is really knowledgeable. I learn so much every week and Wednesday has become my favorite day because of it. We are studying the old testament and the spirit is strong every week. We also get fed dinner and ice-cream before class and I love that. We also get fed lunch on Friday at the SDSU institute and it is always really good. The couple missionaries make the food and they are really funny grandparent-type people. One couple, Elder and Sister Brown are from Rexburg. Small world. Elder Brown actually worked in the same building as my Dad before he retired and every time he sees me he says "Say hi to Doug for me. He's a good man. I don't know how he got such a tall daughter." He is funny and forgetful. He also rambles like nobody's business. I take a bus the the trolley (a cross between a train and the subway) to school. It would be 10 minutes by car, but it take me about an hour to get to school. I usually read, do homework, and think. I see a lot of crazy people. We go through the ghetto and really homeless-y areas. Seeing all that poverty everyday humbles me and I don't ever feel down on being a poor college student. I miss you guys and Rexburg like crazy. Come visit me or something. Ha I wish. Here is a song I currently am obsessed with. I love this guy Ben Rector. Check him out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFKz9iVHxeI
Love Always, Moriah

College and Crochet

First of all no offense taken Cole. I think that class might only be required for journalism and broadcasting students. All of the people from that emphasis I have met are a little... well different. I haven't declared my emphasis yet though. I am started to not want to go into broadcasting. A lot of their course work is video editing and I have very little interest in that. I am still interested in radio production but I am not sure which emphasis that would fall under. As a side note public relations is sounding pretty sweet. On the other hand all the cool kids I have encountered from Communications are advertising people. I am glad I have a while to mull that over.
Well my life has been pretty zesty. I gave a speech on crocheting on Monday. It was rough. I know so much about it that condensing it down to a five minute speech to people who don't know anything about crocheting (let alone know the difference between crochet and knit) was hard for me to do. I still don't know what score I got. Point of interest though, For my first speech I had to give a speech about an experience that I had. I chose the time we all got chased by a tractor. Classic. My class loved it. My public speaking class is probably one of the most interesting classes I have right now. Also my American Foundations teacher, I have decided, is basically the college Mrs. Ashton. Whoa.
In other news, I have become a bridesmaid. My friend Jessica is getting married December 17th to her fiancé Matt. I guess December will be a busy month. However drum roll please..... She is getting married in the temple! Yay! This makes me feel a lot better about life. I am proud of her getting to the temple. Hopefully she realizes the gravity of the covenants she is going to be making.
As for temple trips, Way to go Cole! I think Chris went through the temple the day before you did (he told us he was going on Tuesday at Uno League). It is so nice to see all these guys (especially you Cole) getting ready to go out and join God's Army. As for that if anyone hears anything about Scotty's farewell I think that might be some nice information to be made known to the group.
Well I have been crocheting lately. I suppose that isn’t much surprise. I have had sort of backlog from the summer, which is unfortunate. I finished the Thor’s hammer that I started way back in July. I think I will give it away for Christmas. That is mostly what I have been thinking about thus far for crocheting. I have one more big project for Christmas but I don’t know how long that will take me. I am still trying to figure out what to give you guys for Christmas. I don’t think I will have the time to make anything to huge and spectacular. I think I might end up crocheting smaller presents for actual Christmas and then see if I can do better while off track. I make no promises though. Word to the wise though, if you ever learn how to crochet, don’t tell people. I am supposed to teach two people how to crochet, then I have a bunch of people begging me for things and then I have what I actually desire to make. Tricky stuff my friends. I am not complaining though. On the campus online bulletin board somebody is hiring crocheters. It struck me as strange but apparently they need a bunch of crocheted hats. I would totally do it but alas, I have school. If it was when I am off track then it would be no problem.
Socializing on campus is sort of undesirable though. I have mostly stuck with the people that I know from high school. I know that at least one of you (probably Moriah or Logan) encourage me to branch out and that sort of thing but it is a different ball game. I don’t really feel like people have a desire to get to know me. I am not really to bent out of shape about it though. I went to college it get an education not to find a new posse. My life is good though. I looked through the photos on my phone the other night and I couldn’t help but smile. My life is pretty darn good. Well I guess I will end with this. I miss all you guys. We need to get together (all the people still in the Burg). I hope you are all happy and living the dream.
Sarah

Sean Rowe: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

---Cole

Sean Rowe - Night

---Cole

Crash Kings - Mountain Man (HQ)

Crash Kings!!! Cool song

Hey guys. I thought I post something new. Well my life has been pretty exciting because tomorrow night the 12 I will finally be going through the temple . Im so excited but a little nervous. And the cool thing about it is my cousin and Lex will be going thorough the first time. So the temple is going to be packed. Also my cousin is getting married on Saturday, so I will get to see my first sealing too. So lately is been raining a lot so Ive gotten work off which has been really nice. And Ive bought-en a lot of my missionary stuff, which is good so I wont have to worry about it. My photojournalism class has been going good, its till a review for me. I feel sorry for all the people that arnt getting the hang of it. But no disrespect to Sarah but they are all Communication majors. HAHAHAHA. New artist for you guys to look up, Sean Rowe. Really cool low voice. I am really excited for snow so I can go shred with Scott before we have to leave. I really want to hang out with you guys so you guys are welcome to text me to see when we can get together. I would really appreciate it. I am really excited to see ANONYMOUS. Its a movie about William Shakespeare, and if he really wrote all of his plays and poems. So you should go see it. It comes out October 26. Well see ya later. And guys write on here. I want to know whats going on with you guys.
---Cole
"And every day that you want to waste, that you want to waste, you can
And every day that you want to wake up, that you want to wake, you can
And every day that you want to change, that you want to change, yeah
I'll help you see it through 'cause I JUST REALLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU"-Foster the People

Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire (Zeds Dead Remix)

Sweet Remix

Remmber this?

Vessels for Babies

I will get to the title in a moment. First of all why doesn't anyone flog anymore? Cole I give you props for flogging most recently. Well in other news college is insane. I haven't really made any college friends exactly but whatever. There was Moustache Matt. I haven't actually spoken to him but he had a cool moustache the first week of classes and then he shaved it off :(. Also there is an ex-pro wrestler in my public speaking class. Then there was the girl that wore a cat ear headband to Science Foundations. Oh! My American Foundations teacher is terrifying! He wasn't so terrifying when I sat in the back but he made a seating chart and I wound up in the front. Much more scary in the front! He is really passionate about history and that is good and he has this really intense voice. He could probably take over the world if he really wanted too. So intense, I think he might destroy me if I cross his path though.
Now to the title. So I had to go to this fireside tonight and this lady... oh this lady. She was telling us that Satan is the creator of margarine. Oh bother. She went on this whole thing about how Satan is poisoning us. I agree that preservatives aren't the best things in the world. The way she was saying it all though was that we should be making everything from scratch and growing our own wheat, which is just not practical or cost effective. Then she got all teary and was like "It touchs me to see all these future vessels of creation of babies. You all need to eat purely. You soon will be your babies sole source of nutrients. Do you really want to be poisoning your baby with red dye #4 or MSG?" It was TOO much. It made me sort of ashamed to be a Mormon female. It felt like the sort of crap that was just too cliche of a Mormon housewife thing. Shouldn't we be worried about missionary work, poverty, sin or something a little less trivial? Shouldn't we be living our lives in such a way where the perservative and chemical could claim my life at any time and I would still be fine meeting my maker? Also she was like "If your ancestor's didn't eat it then chances are it is bad for you". To this I say - my ancestors died at like 50 I don't need a bottle of Jack Daniels and a Cuban cigar to do some hard living. Jeez. What a life eh?
Miss you all,
Sarah
DON'T EAT MARGARINE OR YOU WILL DIE!

Hello everyone! How have you been? Ive been pretty good. So if you havent heard, St Louis Missouri Mission is where I am going. And I am leaving December 21 which stinks because its right before Christmas. So I have started my Photojournalism collage class. Its really cool its every Wednesday from 5 to 7. Work has become a lot easier because I havent had to weedwacked for ever. But we hired a guy that everything that comes out of his mouth is sexually related. So thats not good. Ill try to not let him corrupted me. HAHA I am getting ready to go to the temple and get my endowments so I can go to my cousin Rachel's sealing. So I am really excited about that. My primary class is going better, I think with every lesson Im becoming a better teacher. Nothing really exciting has happened in my life recently. And I was planning on buying but I m not going to now(just in case you wanted to know Moriah). Im kind of mad though that there hasnt been any movies coming out that are worth seeing. Also thanks to Michaela I have discovered Groove shark!!!! which I love. Its the best thing since Pandora. And if you want a new artist to look up, look up James Vincent McMorrow. I just watched the other guys for the first time and it was hilarious. Well talk to ya guys later and hopefully I see ya soon.
---Cole
"When the sun goes down on your street. Oh let me be the one you meet. In the lamplight hum of a night thats just begun"-Ben Gibbard

Oh my life!

Well I haven't updated the masses on my doings for here about two weeks and I probably should rectify this situation so straight into it! This week was basically getting pumped for college. I had oreintation. It was good information and all but it was just very draining. They divided us up into 'I-teams". My team was a trail. The girl leader was a total spaz. She made it make sense why Liz (my sister) calls them "happy trolls". The guy Brett was pretty peppy the first day but was alright the next day. I felt sort of bad for making his time harder, since they are just volunteers, but I really I am just not good with the assign a friend concept. I sort of just like going into things like that by myself. I don't like the whole awkward small talk. I prefer having to get to know someone through like school work. More of group project as opposed to random meeting. I have trouble with things like that. I tried to distance myself from the group as much as possible. During the lunch portion, I sat in the corner by myself. Some of the other I team leaders tried to get me to sit with their groups. It was like elementary school all over again. I prefer sitting alone in situations like that because I can observe and then it logically makes sense to me why I am not socializing. I think it is sort of like the difference between the lonely someone feels in the country and the lonely a person in the city is subject too. I am not complaining or whining about what happened it is just what happened. Nobody believes me when I say this but I am pretty shy all things considered. Before you laugh at me and post something on mmy Facebook wall telling me that I am full of crap let me justify this. Okay so think back to before we were friends. Okay have that? How did we become friends? Well it was either through mutual friends or forced association in class. I have never in recorded history waltzed up to someone and just chatted it up and walked away with a new friend. Anyway it is not in my personality to excel at situations like oreintation. I am glad it is over. I would have just prefered to jump into classes honestly. I think I could be really good at college type work. In happier news I discovered a really delicious slushee on campus. The brand is Frazil (reminds me of Brazil) and it is tiger's blood flavor. I had one around the time I was about to generally freak out on Friday and it made me feel a little better.
Well yesterday Logan, Rachel, Cole, Cameron and I went to the fair. It really cheered me up. Lately I have been feeling out of sorts and it was really nice to be back in a familiar groove. It was good to be back with people that already knew my hometown and major. I also got a lot of stuff at the National Weather Service booth. I do love free things. My mom is going to hang the "don't play in lightning storms" poster in her office.
I guess next I should hit up church. I went to my college ward for the first time today. Thankfully it starts at 1:30. I really like my bishop. He is really friendly and funny. His name is Brother Chelson. Cool guy. There is some real wackados in the ward though. There is this one girl who makes her own chain mail and apparently is into it enough to be able to tell the difference between Japanese and European chain mail. I think she said that one of her friends went to their prom in some sort of chian mail concotion from their prom. Also there is a bunch of zany people that don't have enough of a story to tell. Thus far in my college experience there is two types of people, normal people that I might like to associate with and crazy people who I would only talk to in order to have something good to flog about. Maybe that makes me a jerk. I don't know and at this juncture I am highly prone to not caring. I think it would be in my best interest to just get involved in school work and manage my exsisting friendships for the time being. If anything else comes into play then so be it but for now I am not going to go looking for things.
Now onto things of less of a calender nature. So I had kind of weird moment today. I was sitting in sacrament meeting and I was thinking back to 9/11. I remember that a few days after 9/11 I wondered what the 10th aniversary would be like. You know what my life would be like, what sorts of political stuff would go down, how big a footprint 9/11 would leave. It was weird remembering wondering about the present when it was the future. Sure I could have down some math and figured out that I would be 18 by now and I would in all likelihood be in college. It just strikes me as strange that I would even have the foresight to consider ten years down the line. Then again I am chalk full of surprises even for myself I suppose. Second point of oddity. I was driving home from the Cameron's house after the fair and I was following Cole back into more familiar regions of Archer. Then it hit me. Cole is going to be leaving. These times of me following him back into town (or whatever silly thing) are limited. I thought about him as a missionary and I was like dang Cole is going to be the most rocking missionary ever. I guess the only reason it was strange is that it hit me as the day was over and I was following him back into town. You think that sort of revelation would come during the peak of festivities. Well at any rate Cole I am proud of you. I know you that your mission is going to rock and that you are going to be a force for good. Satan basically hates you right now. Also, don't worry Cameron I am sure that I will have a similar experience closer to your departure.
Well I think, I am running out of things to say. For some reason I feel like I should say that I am really thankful for everything I have. I know that I am a whiny sack of crap a lot but really my life pretty much rocks. As a kid my life wasn't so good and I assumed it would basically stay pretty consistant but ti hasn't. There are a lot of things in this world that don't make sense to me. I know that everything I have is because God has smiled upon my sorry hind end. I just hope that my hijinx keep him amused enough to stay on his good. Well I feel like that is close to it. Oh thanks for being my friends. I think you guys are all pretty cool so know that.
Miss you all,
Sarah

Nervous, Excited all at the same time.

Haha Cameron I just looked at your face and I see what you mean. But it is a funny expression. Hey everyone. It been a wail since I came on here. Love the video Moriah. Well I did it, I had a interview with the stake president and my papers are turned in and I will get my call by the time people go back to collage. And the tile says exactly how I feel. But I was hang out with Scott and he said something I never thought of. That me him, Chris Jensen, and Kyle Parkinson will be in the MTC all at the same time. Which will be cool if we see each other there. My job is going good, we got some more people hired and the are no that bad. So I think I can handle them hahaha. A movie you should see is the Tree of Life I havent seen a movie like so if you get the chance watch it. I just watched a ski movie today and I know I am going to be the only one on here that will say this but I am pumped for SNOW!!!! My stake president gave me a change for me every week go up to some random person and tell them who I am and what I believe. And I am happy to say that I have done it this week. To the girl at the McDonald's drive thu hahaha. And I am excited for the fair this year its going to be fun. Oh and Laura there are some crazy cops trust me I now some. Man I just really miss all of you guys and I am really sad we all cant hang out like we used to. I know I am not really a spiritual person but I just want you guys to know that I believe in the church and in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost. And I know that the Book Of Mormon is a true. And I know the power of the priesthood is strong, and I am glad I have it cuz I got to give my dad a blessing and that was really cool. I know that our patriarchal blessings are really important to each one of us. And I am so excited to go and preach the gospel, to give the knowledge that we have to people that dont have it. And also I love all you guys and words cant express how grateful I am that you were all in my life. Thanks for the laughs and the good times.
--Cole
In the words of the Beatles
"There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more"

Bleh

Well I guess I like do another week recap. This week was kind of a 50-50 week. The beginning and end of the week were good but the middle was BAD.
Monday I finally got together with Soren to give him the checkerboard I crocheted for Soren, Jared, Baden and Andy. I had been done for about a month. In the afternoon we played frisbee with Zach, Camilla, Baden, and Zach's friend Stewart. Later that night is where things got interesting. Since we graduated, Soren had been talking about Risk and getting people together to play a pretty big game. Pretty big as in multiple boards. I had never played so this was going to be a learning experience. I felt that since I couldn't contribute a board or something that I should try and bring something. I ended up making cookies for the occasion (that is way I was "cookied out" and made pretzels for Logan and Rachel). I went over to Baden's to play Risk. He has a guest house sort of thing of his house and he has been staying there while not in Provo. It is apparently known as the "man-shack". It was pretty nice. Anyway, Soren, Baden, Jared, Joe and I all played Risk, ALL NIGHT. We taped three risk boards together (normal Risk, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings). The boards were connected with portals and bridges. It was wild. I started to get a migraine around 1 am. It wasn't quite as bad as the one I had at Owl City but still no fun. It got to the point where I almost threw up. Thankfully I didn't (probably only because I prayed that I wouldn't that would have been embaressing). Baden gave me some aspirin and I got better. Joe wanted to go home at like four so I gave him a ride and swung by Maverick on the way back. I picked up slushees and jerky. I returned and Jared left at like five. I ended up placing second which was a complete surprise. My strategy was terrible. Baden ended up winning. I also found out that I am pretty good at rolling dice. The game didn't end until seven am and I didn't get home until seven thirty. It was really good to do one last thing with those guys. Tuesday I seriously did nothing and I guess thing brings us to Wednesday.
Wednesday sucked. I woke up and one of my first thoughts was that all of my BYU friends were either already gone or leaving that day. I was supposed to babysit my friends kid that day but her ex wanted to see there kid and so she was too stressed to do what she was going to do while I babysat. She wanted to go on a drive and talk. I stepped out side my house and I looked in the mail box. I had lent Andy a book back in May and it was in my mail box with a note. I started bawling. I don't know if it was entirely people leaving but it was that and it felt like a certain portion of my life was over before I felt ready for it to be. It is complicated to explain but I did spend most of the day either eating ice cream or crying.
Thursday I visited Logan, Rachel and Chase at the highschool. I brought them cinnomon sugar pretzels. It was nice to see them. It was weird seeing the sophmores though. It was good I saw those guys though it cheered me up. On Friday I went shopping and I bought an adorable new skirt that I wore to church today. I also went to the football game. There was a ton of former seniors there so I sat with them. We totally got our butts handed to us though. We lost to the Pocatello Indians 41-7. I ended up talking with Chris. He got a job doing lawn care at Brent's Lawn and Leisure. I had a nice chat with him. I also chatted with a whole bunch of other people. The game ended and I ended up watching a movie with Chris, Jake, Jentry, Steven and other people showed up later.
Saturday I went boating with Rachel and her family and Cole. I almost didn't go because I was super tired but that would have been extremely stupid. I had never gone boating before and spoiler alert- it rocks! We got pulled behind the boat and I got some serious air. I got sun burned on my scalp because I always forget to put on sunscreen or sweep my hair so that wont happen. Totally worth it though. I had a blast. Such excitement with all these new experiences.
Well there isn't really much to report about today. I had to get my temple reccomend renewed so I chatted with the bishop to get that taken care of. It was sort of an interesting experience this time around though.
Anyway I hope everyone is doing well. Laura I was going to tell you to stay out of trouble at BYU but I guess it is a little late for that :).
Miss you guys
Sarah

Summers ending

Well My dear friends there is not to much going on in my life. the most recent news is that Taylor Comes home on December 20th so that will be cool to have him home for Christmas. He survived the earthquake without harm which is good as well. I am still plugging away at the guitar, which is named Stella by the way, I am not as good as Cole but I am practicing everyday making up cheese songs about whatever I am feeling at the moment. Um I got a letter from Taylor's mission companion including 2 pictures as well a a request asking me to write him back. Taylor has written me telling me to write him back am am slowly pulling a letter together but can only write so much a day. I start school on September 12 which is not news for most people but whatever. There was some drama at work as one of the sprinklers broke outside and the carousel flooded. I swept water outside for about an hour and a half then had to stay longer just to clean things up. not quite what I had in mind when praying for extra hours at work but I guess the Lord does work in mysterious ways. I have been spending my free time filling out job applications since the carousel closes in a week. Well that is about as exciting as my life is.
Hope everyone is doing well and having a blast with life,
Jessy.

Police Encounter

I know you just heard from me, but I have a good story to tell. (You can tell from the title haha :)
Anyways, Wednesday night, there were a bunch of parties going on for all the different on-campus housing. Since I live in Heritage, I started out there. It wasn't a very happening party, so my roommates, Avarie, and I decided we would go to the Heleman party. The Heleman party was located just a little ways away. We started walking, and came to a major intersection. We crossed about 5 feet of pavement and then we were on a triangular median. I turned around and noticed that there was a sign (facing the other direction) that said we weren't supposed to cross there. I pointed this out to everyone in the group and one of my roommates decided to just run across the street. As she was running I turned to the other direction and saw a police car..uh oh. We turned to walk the 5 feet back to the side of the road and the policeman pulled up beside us (with flashing lights I might add)..
Police: "I need to speak with you over there."
Thoughts through Laura's mind "Uh-oh. How do I tell my mom that I got in trouble on my 3rd night here."

We walked over to the police and he proceeded to tell us that we couldn't cross the road there..obviously..we noticed the sign. He pulled us over for good reasons because there have been lots of accidents there, but he seriously told us the same thing over and over: Don't cross here! It got really scary when he said he needed to take down our information..what the devil? He wanted to have our "warning" on record. I asked where we could cross the street and then he went on another rant about where the crosswalk actually was etc. He finally told us that he would just let us go without taking our information and drove away. It was crazy! My favorite was Avarie after "I thought I was going to get a mug shot!" I wasn't thinking quite that drastically, but it was a scary experience. Now I am very cautious about finding crosswalks to cross at.

This has been a wild week. My room is beginning to feel more like home. There have been parties and events all week and LOTS of free food. No wonder there is such thing as the "Freshman 15" they give us free ice cream every night! I miss you guys. Have a great weekend! Laura

Growing Up

Dear Friends,
What a week! Provo, Utah is my new home. I am still getting used to that, but it is getting better. Sunday night we started loading up the van..I didn't realize how much stuff I was bringing..it was quite embarrassing. My entire family came down to check out the new place, so the 4 of us had seats, and the rest of the car was packed to the hilt with boxes, books, food, etc. Unloading and unpacking was a million times worse. I had a few sad moments before I left the 'Burg.
1. We had back to school blessings Sunday night. After my dad finished mine, my mom started crying and said, "You should have gone to BYU-Idaho!" That made me start crying because I was honestly thinking that exact same thing earlier that day. I love my family, and it has been an adjustment to be here without them.
2. Sister Colvin and Caleb came over to say goodbye. Caleb had noticed we were loading the van and wondered what we were up to. I gave him a hug and tried to choke back tears. I love that boy and his wild comments so much! I didn't cry until I gave Sister Colvin a hug. I am going to miss my wonderful neighbors and friends.
3. Emily and I had a sleepover in my room Sunday night. We were laying in bed, and she suddenly burst into tears. She was making funny comments, but was genuinely concerned about how her life would be changing. We are both "only" siblings now..I am here, and she is left at home. I miss her! I know I wasn't always the best sister, but I love her and it was hard to leave her knowing that she was so sad and concerned.
4. Walking around the house before we left Monday morning was...weird. It is weird to think that our lives are continuing, we just aren't all together. It was especially sad because I don't know when I will be home before Christmas.


Claire, Avarie, and I have been on quite a few campus adventures.
We found Po from Kung Fu Panda in one of the buildings. Of course we
stopped to take a picture..



Now for some happier news. My new apartment is SWEET! It reminds me of a hotel. As a result, I still kind of feel like I am on a vacation with my things. We are making homey improvements which will help though. I will try to post pictures soon! I just barely finished organizing and putting all my stuff away. That makes me feel a little better. Now I just have to worry about school beginning. Tonight we are going to the "Y Not" party for all of the Heritage buildings. I am looking forward to that. I really like all of my roommates. They are very nice, and I think we will get along well. I have just been sitting around organizing, and walking A TON!! Yesterday, my feet felt like they did on our Disneyland trip..sore and tired.
Come visit me whenever you want! My living room/kitchen is big so we can party! :) Laura

Time for a Tour

So here is a tour of my apartment. Hope you enjoy! Sorry it it flipping long. Love, Moriah

A Death in the Family

Well I will address my title in a moment, first I will give some commentary on my week. I decided to wait until today to update because this way I would have a full week worth of stuff to mention. So I will start the recap on Thursday. We had that whole group things that was a good time. It was nice to get the gang back together. I don't feel like I need to elaborate on that too much. Well, Friday is where things get interesting. I visited Jessie at work. I chatted with her for a few hours I think. It was pretty slow but I hope I was obstructing job performance. Anyway while sitting there we noticed that Hannah, Amanda and Daniel were having a picnic. They ditched the basket in Hannah's van and then went back to sit in the shade. I said something to Jessie about how if I leave before they did that I would probably end up talking to them. Well I decided to let Jessie get back to work and so I left. They hadn't left yet and sure enough when I walked by I got a "Sarah!". I did end up chatting with them.
So it was Friday evening and there was little ole Sarah with no plans. Well I have adopted the strategy of leaving the house and seeing what happens. If I end up spending the night driving around, cool. If I end up socializing even better. So I went on a little drive and then I decided that I should swing by the county fair and see how that was. I like fairs and even though the county fair is usually pretty sketch. I was hoping they would have the carnival like they did last year but rumor has it that the company that normally is hired went bankrupt. Oh bother. Well I looked at the art and I ran into Cassie D. We chatted for a while. She was with someone. I think he name was Kenny, but he didn't speak clearly so I made sure to not have to use his name so I didn't look stupid. He ducked out for a minute and Cassie said something about him but it was one of those weird mouthing whispers so the best I could assume from that is that there may have been something awkward happening. I also ran into Liz and Parker. I asked them if they were looking forward to next year and they weren't. I guess they had a falling out with there group. Remember how Julie sort of stuck her hand somewhere indecent at the Christmas thing ( I think Logan usually is the one in the group to recount that story)? Well Liz said that Julie had done something similar to that one time when the group was watching a movie and Liz and Parker said something and the crap hit the fan from there. So this leads me to wonder if the Christmas thing was an accident. Either way they say she has changed and no longer does that sort of thing thank goodness. I was about to leave and then I ran into Mindy and Talon. We chatted for a while and then Mindy's mom decided to leave and take the moped that Mindy and her mom came on. I said I could give Mindy a ride since I was now socializing. We eventually wandered into the rodeo which completely sucked. They had somebody "bull riding" but the bull wasn't nearly pissed off enough. The guy riding it fell off when the bull wiggled its back. Pretty lame. I told the people I ended up talking to that I watched bull riding a while back and that if you want the bull good and pissed off you need to tie up its nads. What ideally should be done is you have a rope running around the bull and you get the rope in such a way that the nads are in a weird position and presto pissed off bull! My present company didn't find this information as useful as I did. Cort, Claire, Bryant and Rachel soon joined into the conversation. They were apparently on a date. Bryant and Rachel were talking about a child they were earlier tending and I asked if they babysit together. I asked because I say them herding children up by the temple. They said they do. I guess that is nice if they want to play house on there dates. I said that almost exactly. They weren't offended. I would have punched me if I said that. Anyway so I took Mindy home and that is the end of that.
Here is the death part. So I had a mouse in my basement for about a week and a half. He move in right as the last one died. This one however wouldn't die. He would set the traps off and lick the peanut butter off them but wouldn't get caught. Well I believe that if you are going to live with something for more than a week it should have a name, so I named the mouse Scamper. My sister was upset that I named the mouse but whatever. On Friday night, after the fair, about 11:30 I was sitting crocheting and I heard the trap go off and then some other noise. I figured Scamper set off the trap but again survived and was frolicking near the trap. I decided not to get up and check because I would look at him, he would look at me, I would yell "Scamper!" and we would both be scared. But about 20 minutes later I wanted licorice and I decided to check the trap. A little gray body was sticking out. I guess the noises I heard were Scampers death throws. It was sort of depressing. Too bad Scamper couldn't have made it to the humane catch and release trap like 5 feet a way. He could have been living high on the hog on the dry farms (I would have taken him to the dry farms because I hear that if you relocate a mouse within 4 miles of your house it can return). Anyway I feel a little bad. Scamper wasn't so bad as long as he wasn't eating my food or pooping or showing himself. Hopefully he isn't bitter. I hope he doesn't haunt the house, hopefully he was a righteous mouse that moved on peacefully. I think he only wanted food, shelter and maybe friendship. He had the first two for like 2 weeks and I think me giving him a name counts as friendship. I remember in seminary we learned that all righteous animals will worship at the feet of God. I hope that maybe in the great beyond I can track Scamper down and tell him that it wasn't personal. Also in the same vein of death my TV remote died. Not the batteries the remote so we had to buy a new one. Guess who got to program it? Me. I firmly believe that Hell is programing remotes YUCK. It took me like a half hour. Lastly I went to Seth's farewell today. He gave a good talk. It was nice. Well I am sure I have rambled enough, at least this time I had something remotely interesting to say.
Peace and Love (how hip of me to say)
Sarah

Another day in the Boondocks

Haha, I just read your post, Cole- you should hear about the people I work/ed with.

Anyway, I just thought I would update you all to my life. Well, I have been working with the yard and planters, I got some new clothes for a bargain price.

Oh and while we were in the mall, my parents were lured in to a sales attack. There was this girl standing in the middle of the mall (by the carts) and as we we're passing she was like "Hey, you guys want some sunglasses? I can give you 2 for 20, no wait, I can give you 4 for 40, but tell you what for you guys, I'll give you a special deal: You buy 4 for 40, and I give you the 5th and 6th pair free. (Now keep in mind that there is only four of us, and we already have sunglasses). So of course we cave and start looking at the glasses. Half hour later, the mall is like abandoned (due to it being closed) and we are ready to buy five glasses. Then she says "Oh, I think you misunderstood, I said you buy 5 for 50 and I give you the 6th for free." Well, ma and pa just can't pass that one up, so we grab one last useless pair. Finally we are ready, and with excitement in their eyes, my parent give over the money. Well, long story short, we walked out of there with 7 sunglasses and $65 poorer. Oh and one of them wasn't even one that we picked out...

Also,  in other news, my brother is now driving, so stay off the roads. lol. No he is a good driver, it's just sort of annoying when he drives like 5 under the speed when I am used to driving 5 over. Whatever.

Umm, that is pretty much it i think. Oh and I am diggin' the new blog design. Anyway, I will keep my eyes open for any more good stories to tell.

Also, could we maybe blur out my face in the blog photo- I am not even sure what type of expression that is... Oh and here is a small token to remember summer by, as sadly it is winding to a close...

I work with idiots

The idiots that Im talking about is Holden, And Colby(Eyebrow boy for Sarah). Why are they? Because for the past months Ive had to deal with their stupid fighting, and dumb comebacks. The good thing thats going for me right now is that they are going to leave for school. But the bad thing is, is that when they leave I have to work with a gay fat guy. So I dont know which is better. And by the way the gay fat guy named Jordan, is also a idiot. I also have this girl that wont do a dang thing so I have to do everything she doesnt do. I work with another girl that complains about everything(and she just barely broke her back so at least I have a brake from her). So back to Colby and Holden tonight they said they wanted to hang, go to Holdens house they are long gone to Idaho Falls. So that makes me more mad at them. But I have to say they are pretty funny once in a wail. In family news my brother was put into the priests quorum. So thats cool. I saw this pretty good mob movie called Goodfellas. And I bought some songs by this funny guy named Tiny Tim. Dont know what else to say. But if you have any questions you can ask me tomorrow night. 
"Love doesnt come in a minute. Sometimes it doesnt come at all. I only know that when Im in it. It isnt silly at all"-Paul McCartney
---Cole

Like Ships In The Night.....

"Ships in the Night" is the name of the Mat Kearney song I am listening to right now. I am trying to drowning out my neighbos' inspirational Mexican music ( I didn't know it existed either ha). Wanna know something funny? On my itunes when I uploaded Mat's new cd it put it in the genre of religious. What the devil? Basically the music that fills my days currently are Jack Johnson's "In Between Dreams" cd, "If This Was a Movie","Come in With the Rain", and "Ours" by Taylor Swift, Everything Regina Spektor, and "The Life Pursuit" by Belle and Sebastian. Thank you Cole for introducing me to some quality stuff.

My days in the last week have gone like this: Wake up at about 9:00, make cereal, toast, or oatmeal, put on a movie or surf the web (We have wifi in our apartment, so I use my laptop more than I should), then my roommae Paige gets home from work (she goes to work at 5:00 am and gets home about 11:00 am) and she takes a nap, so I either read, go on a walk, go to Walmart, watch a movie, or surf the web, then I make lunch (ramen, spaghettios, hamburger helper, soft tacos, etc.), then I check the mail and cross my fingers I get something, Paige wakes up and we talk and hang around, then at night we go to whatever church thing there is. Not very exciting I know, but since my other two roommates are out of town and they usually initiate the adventures we just chill. We have gone to the beach and hung out with people in our ward though. It is good because we have ben able to get to know each other really well. Basically, since I found out school doesn't start until OCTOBER 5TH, I tend to lose my mind at least once a day. That for me menas cleaning. I scrub the bathroom top to bottom, do the dishes and empty the dishwasher, do laundry, take out the trash, ans so on. I have watched about a million movies, and I've seen a lot I haven't seen so that is good. I have read a ton also.

So now that you think my life right now is pretty lame, I guess I will tell you that I have to go downtown on Thursday to register for classes and my school will help me find a job. Downtown is really pretty and my school is in a high rise building on the 3rd floor. I feel pretty classy walking around down there and taking the elevator up. I really am excited for school. I met a lot of cool people who go there and faculty at a student mixer last Saturday and I couldn't believe that I'd actually made it to the school of my dreams. Well, cross your fingers that I can get a job asap so that I'll stop acting like a housewife. Quick story about more crazy people in my ward. Every now and then we have an open mic night at the Institue building on Wednesdays. A lot of crazy people come out and sing podunk stuff and opera and whatnot. The last time when I hadn'r moved here yet apparently two guys went up to the front. One guy started playing a intense piano piece and the other guy goes to the front, pulls out a razor, and begins to dry shave off his beard, and then when he is all done with that he begins to cut off his hair. I guess the audience was completely silent during the whole thing because who the heck does that at a church activity? I'm curious about if he just let the hair get all over the carpet.There are plenty of other akward open mic night stories, but that one is my favorite. Also, our bishop did an extreme dating lecture and is trying to force the guys in our ward to date us girls. That was fun.
"There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing, but I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a, shoebox of photographs
With sepiatone loving
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together"- Jack Johnson
Love Always, Moriah "Your Mom Ate My Bean Dip" Elizabeth Mason

Of things that make no sense

Well my life is still pretty boring. I have done like nothing noteable in a while so I have been cycling through depression and complete outrage sprinkled with occasional periods of apathy. I other news I am pretty sure I was caught behind the tractor that chased us last year. I was driving and it was in the same neck of the woods and the same tractor color and shape so I feel comfortable making the assumption.
I have several things that make no sense that I feel like I need to vocalize
Point 1
I went to Broulims to buy apples today. I approached the the display for Golden Delicious apples. I was suspicous from the get go. The apples in the display looked much too green and shiny. Golden Delicious apples are usually a duller yellow. These were either imposter apples or unripe and doused in chemicals. Upon further inspection they were imposters. The apples in the Golden Delicious bin were in fact Granny Smith! The outrage! Well I decided not to do anything about it. Too much effort, I settled for the Red Delicious instead. Why would they do such a heinous thing though? It doesn't make sense.
Point 2
Somebody was hitting on my mom. Not like domestic abuse but like "Hey there good looking" via the internet. Yuck! So to give a full picture of this I will give background. I walk upstair on Tuesday to get some food. I look into the office and my mom is writing an email. I grab a cheese stick and on the way back to my lair I pop into the office and ask her who she is writing to. She responds John Adams. I get confused, the only John Adams I know is the founding father who is dead. I think maybe for a second she is doing something weird with some kiddy historical website. She says she met him because of Facebook and that he is in Florida. She told me that he was sad to hear that my grandma wasn't doing well. I got super confused. Who in the H-E double toothpicks is John Adams and why the crap does he know about my grandmothers failing health? My mother then explained to that this super annoying lady in the ward told her that was impolite to decline Facebook friend requests. John Adams had friend requested my mom and sent her an a message. My mother sent me a copy of this conversation chain so I will occasionally refer to it. My mom replied with something about how she was new to facebook and whatever. This guy then was like so am I. I saw you profile and I wanted to get to know you. And he was all like get a yahoo account so we can chat and stuff. Well my mom responded back with something about how she was teaching the sunday school lesson about how "God is not a respector of persons" and that and he wrote back. He told her that his girl friend had sex with his best friend and how they had to break it off and then told her that he was looking for someone to grow old and gray with and have kids with. AHHHHH! Thankfully my mom did her best to try to shut him down. I am not saying that my mom isn't cool or whatever just like ugh. It was really traumatizing. The emails also were riddled with like grammar errors and misused pronouns eck!.
Point 3
Right now there isn't a point 3. There was like 10 minutes ago but I forgot it my haze of yucko.
Well I think I will hang this one up for now. If I remember what the other thing was I will write that up too. Oh Cameron I really like the cat stories. I can like visualize them and it is just really awesome. Oh another thing. I miss the group like a lot. I thought everyone should know that.
Toodles,
--Sarah
Oh yea try to keep the whole creepy thing with John Adam and my mom on the DL. I don't think my mom is really too keen on me sharing that tidbit.

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Well I cant think of a title, but since there were so many requests, I will explain the cat stories.

1- I was in the singles ward on fast sunday, it was awkward, but good, then one guy gets up and he brings up how he woke up one morning to find his cat in his dishwasher- I don't know if it was alive or dead, I will have to ask him. For those of you wondering how this related to a testimony, he said how he wasd grateful for his mother, because she does the dishes, and it usually turns out cat free.

2- Yes, I am training my cats. They are extremely shy, and so I am using the 'sneak-up quickly, give off high pitch cat noises, and pet them gently approach' to get them used to people. I can't afford to have them scratching someone's face off when they get scared. Also, I am attempting to keep them out of the flowers, but thats a different story.

Anyway, I have been riding my bike to work, which has ben really rewarding, and I went on the Heise Zipline, which was awesome, except for when I was riding my bike up to the office, I lost my phone. I backtracked looking for it like 3 times, but no luck. No fears, I will figure something out, but until then, if you are dying to talk to me (I know I am in high demand lol jk) please call my house (208-538-7304)

See ya soon.

-Cam

I don't even know...........

alright so i just remembered some quality things that have happened lately, here goes story #1-

i went to girls camp at badger creek, which was off the chain. we got to sleep in cabins with 4-6 people in them, and since i was a YCL (youth camp leader, for cole and cameron) i got to make the room assignments :) so of course i put myself with all of my peeps, jenna, michalea, and paige. we had a blastin time. we brought a porcelain doll, a twister mat that was used for a rug, a boquet of fake roses put in an old fashioned coke bottle, several posters, a class horse, and an ipod to decorate with. music wasn't allowed, but our leaders are like our bff's so the were like "whatever goes!!" so we constantly jammed out to a (edited) nicki minaj song called "check it out" and posted a couple of vidoes on youtube of our adventures too. we also had braids in our hair and were stuffed with the spirit and food all day long. girls camp is one of, if not the best week of my year!

my parents left to missouri before we left to camp (my sister had a baby boy!!) and were gone when we came home also. so paige and i had to haul picking 6 gallons of raspberries and ripping up jenna's floor (and we got those huge trucker cups with insulators in them from sis. bates for helping, wahoo!) and then we got 3 hours of sleep that night because paige and i had to catch a 4 o clock bus to provo.

i hiked the Y while i was there, caught up on some trends at DI (ha:), had sub zero ice cream, which is awsome, and played with conner, page, jenna (my sis) and her fam. it was awesome. i just got home tonight.

here's some fam news: my cousin that is just 3 months older than i got pregnant. nope, she's not married, and yes, she is going to be a senior this year. she lives in utah and it's one of the saddest things i have heard in a while. CTR!!!

sorry, that was a damper. and i hope that i never hear that any of you guys get pregnant out of marriage (especially from cole and cameron!) ha.

i love you all. l8r sk8ers, logan.

"GRACE!!!!"

That is the quot from the movie Farris Bullers day off. That is one of the movies I watched this week. I have also watched Cowboys and Aliens and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.  Go see Cowboys but not Apes! Um I have gone boating and surfed. Wa hoo! I am still working on sending my papers on the internet but our internet has been being stupid. My dad has just bought a new truck so thats exciting. I have learned how to play some more Iron and Wine songs. I got a cool mustache magnet. I now have a calling, i am a primary teacher for the 8 year olds with the drama teacher Mr. Hibbard so thats kind of exciting. And i have been hangen out with my boy Cam!!! Yeah yeee. ("Maybe we should kill her" haha a little joke for Cam) I have also watched this cool war movie Patton. You should all watch it. A cool band I have found is Ben Solle. Work has been going good. I laid sod for two days and I am proud to say my muscles  have gotten bigger, who ya. Oh and Cameron we need to go mountain biking now.well untill next time.
Said the plain clothes cop to the holy ghost
“I’ve heard nothing yet that wasn’t the wind”
And we all got sick on a strip club meal
While the statehouse pardoned all the witches again
So the white tooth man with his kids in the car
And a wad of money that was already spent
Said “I love my dog but she just ran away,
She’ll keep running like the world never ends”" -Iron and Wine ,Whit Tooth Man
---Cole

"I'm gonna be the best black Mormon in the whole world!"

Yes, that is a direct quote from this insane guy named Trey in our ward. He was hitting on my roommate Monica in the most forward of ways. She told him she wanted to be a teacher and he said " Yeah your students are gonna come home and be like I have a smokin' teacher!" He kept complimenting her and freaking her out. He also came in the kitchen where we were preparing food and said " Am I freaking you out? Yeah, I know what it's like to be the outcast and not be accepted." I was trying so hard not to laugh because it was so akward and how the heck do you respond to that? "Well maybe if you weren't nuts....." Just kidding, that isn't nice. There is also this crazy guy in the other ward that plays volleyball with my ward on Friday nights. He was EXTREMELY intense. He would sere it so hard it would go out every time. Also he would run all over the court to get the ball instead of playing in his space. I was laughing at him the entire time. When he would mess up, he would chew himself out. "Ugh! That was weak!" There is also some very loud, extreme vibrato, out of tune singers. Church was very entertaining yesterday.
Some fun things I have done lately are scootering down a path on the beach for 6 miles and then running like crazy into the ocean and getting pulled under a giant wave, going to IKEA in my pjs with no makeup and wet hair to get free breakfast on Mondays (We got there at 10:55), playing lasertag for my roommates birthday, and floating on kayaks in the bay and listening to Matisyahu's concert. THere is so many free things to do here because there is probably 5 or 6 colleges. Also we have church on Sundays, FHE on Mondays, guy's softball on Tuesdays, free dinner at the Institue building on Wednesdays, and volleyball on Fridays. It feels like Rexburg because you are arounf LDS people all the time! When school starts I won't be able to go to as many activities but it still nice that there is so much going on.
That's about it for me. I miss you guys terribly! Call me or something. Here is a video with a Matisyahu song. See if you recognize it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BitShRujoeA
Love ya, Moriah

Once upon a summer...

Finally got to it. Anyway let me just bring you up to date on how my summer has flown by. I've done lots of fun things with my friends (you might know some of them), also I went to Cali for a couple days, visited my sis in Jackson- we went biking, hiking, and floating (classic Heather Vacation), and have had my mom get me ready for college haha. Also I think I am well on my way of doubling the number of dates I've gone on in my life in just this one summer. (Boo-ya)

Um, I've been going to the singles ward, which is always a treat, aspecially when you get to hear someone give a testimony on the time when they have put their cat in the dishwasher. been working a lot, which I am tired of, but it all paid off when I was able to buy a new mountain bike. (I think I've been married to my old K-Mart one for like 9 years lol).

On the slower paced days; I go through the depression cycle for no other reason, sleep in, eat way too much or not nearly enough, and try to train my extremely shy cats. Oh Shout out to Riah b4 I forget: The gift finally came, and it has been personalized. You should be getting it soon (I think).

Anyway, I think that pretty much sums it up I will try and get on here more than my facebook haha.
See ya'll soon.

-Cam

Writers Block

Well I am supposed to be writing my article for the paper but I have no clue what to write. So I guess I will prime the pump and update y'all on what is going down. So last Saturday day night I went to the opening ceremonies for the folk dance festival and Laura was nice enough to let me sit by her. Between all of us, Laura is really cool. Then on Monday I went to the parade and street dance but we got rained out. I ended up hanging out with some people and I watched Insidious. It was random. It was nice to socially interact with people though. Word to anyone concerned Insidious was kind of stupid. It was only my second ever horror movie so I am not really an expert but I like to think I know a stinker when I see one. I went to Idaho Falls today and while driving back I figured out how to crochet Mjolnir (Thor's hammer). Yes I am a super nerd but whatever. I had some nice Maui Onion potato chips today. They kind of left a bad taste in my mouth but they tasted good at the time I was eating them. My sister and I watched Deadilest Warrior tonight. It was Army Rangers versus North Korean Special Ops and spoiler alert we won.
For some reason I am really looking forward to fall. I am not looking forward to school, I just miss hoodie season. Something about hoodies and sweaters and the like are very appealing to me and unfortunately Summer is too blooming hot for them. Also you can't really buy them in the summer either so it is like a double whammy. I don't like it. I feel like I should be saying something really profound like proclaiming undying love for someone or complaining about some sort of terminal disease. Oh! For some reason terminal diseases reminded me of this. So I go to the adult sunday school class in my ward now. Sister Larsen is the president of the class and every week before the lesson she tells us how many weeks are left in the year and any random holidays that are coming up. Well last Sunday was apparently National Cotton Candy Day or something and I had a little outburst. I basically yelled that I loved cotton candy. Well the next day lo and behold Sister Larsen brought me cotton candy. I thought that was pretty nice. I need to thank her for that on Sunday. Oh Logan, Chase told me that he has a story for us about his creepy stalker girl, so we should probably get to together and get the scoop from him. He said it was a longish story. For those who aren't aware, this girl is madly in love with Chase and is really terrible at hiding it (aka stalking and general creeping). Well I hope that everyone is happy, healthy and emotionally secure. Hopefully I can scrape up something interesting for next time. Maybe I could go out and scout for some scandalous behavior.
-Sarah

My First Job Interview

Although "My First Job Interview" is not an overly creative blog post title, I hope this will be entertaining. I wanted to tell someone about my job interview experience (and vent!!), and you are the lucky recipients!

Basically, I need a job so that I can have money to live. I have had multiple jobs in my life, but none of them have required a job interview. I am more the "self- employment" type. :) I obsessively check the BYU employment website each day, and I apply for any job that I find interesting.

My cousin works in the Student Leadership office at BYU. One day, I noticed an opening in that office available and I quickly applied. A few days ago, my cousin (Jenni) called me and set up a time for a phone interview. I was excited that I even got an interview, because I have applied for quite a few jobs, and I have not heard back from any of them! Sadly, the interview times were all on Wednesday (today), and I had plans to go shopping in Idaho Falls. I agreed to a Wednesday phone interview appointment anyways, and thought it would all work out just fine.

Today we were in Walmart and 10 AM was approaching. I rehearsed possible questions last night, and I even had notes I could look at during the interview. I went out to the car and waited for the dreaded phone call. That was the first mistake. Sitting in the car in the middle of summer w/o the air conditioning on is a bad idea! Besides that I was EXTREMELY nervous, and by the end of the 14 minute phone call I was super hot and sweaty. The interview itself started out pretty well, but the questions caught me off guard. I didn't know the answers to some, and I didn't think (because I was nervous) before I answered others. It was bad! To make it worse, my cousin is part of the interviewing process, and even asked me questions! I was disappointed with myself when it all ended, but I was glad for the job interview experience, and they hadn't told me "no" yet so there was still hope. After the phone call ended I noticed a mysterious pain in my arm. The only thing I can think of is that I was so nervous I gripped the phone a little too tightly! (It still hurts over now...12 hours later!)  
They told me they would make a decision later today and let me know either way. I waited all day for a phone call. It never came. I figured it had been so bad, they had just sent an email that said "no." I was dreading coming home to read it, but at the same time relieved because I would know. I came home from IF, checked my email, and there was no mail! I really wish they had already decided, and let me know because then I would not be worried about it all night. I know that whatever happens is for a reason. I would really love this job, and I think I would be good at it with a little practice. I just hope that I didn't make a total fool out of myself on the phone and that there is still hope.

Thanks for listening to me tell my story and vent. I am probably overreacting. I always think I do worse than I really do. I will let you know what I find out.

In other news: My sister told me my pale/white skin would have been in fashion 200 years ago when women walked around with parasols to shade themselves. YES!!! I didn't know whether to feel good about being "fashionable" or offended. I am leaning toward being offended. :) ~~Laura

Greetings Loved Ones!

Hey, hey, hey from California. Luckily, the harsh reality of "You're an adult who has no money, in a city of over a million people" hasn't hit me yet. I think it is beatiful down here in SoCal (hip I know). I love the beachcruisers, surf shops, old Spanish style houses, authentic Mexican food, the PCH, palm trees, constant 75 degree weather, docks, city lights, etc. I am at my Uncle's apartment in Long Beach right now. He lives across from a really pretty beach where they actually film a lot of CSI Miami. Cool eh? I know soon (probably when my Mom leaves) it won't feel like a vacation anymore. I haven't met my roommates yet, but I dropped my stuff off today. All my stuff fit in the closet which is great, but the room is a little small so I will be getting to know my roommate pretty well. I was hoping to be close to a park so I could talk walks and read, but I don't see one. There is a huge shopping plaza with Target, Walmart, Ross, Khol's, Starbuck's, and whatnot across the street but it isn't like I can go on a spending spree ha. As we knoe though, Walmart can be entertaining, so I might just go check out the harlequins and pretend you guys are with me. I officially move in on Tuesday and my Mom and I have a meeting with my admission advisor that day. On Monday my Uncle is taking us to Knott's for Morgan's birthday. Want to know something that cracks me up? even in a sundress or shorts and a t-shirt I am wearing more clothes than anyone on the street. Maybe it won't be too hard to spot other LDS people ha. I hope my ward is good. I hope I get alog with my roommates. I hope I get as much financial aid as possible for school. That is a lot of sitting, waiting, and wishing (Jack Johnson reference). I miss you guys. Text me or call whenever. I really don't feel that far away from you oddly. It looks a lot farther on a map I promise. I think this flog is working nicely. I can hear all of your voices through your writing, especially you Sarah ha. Keep writing, keep dreaming.
 Love Always, Moriah
P.S. These are for you guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDswV8vl0ZQ 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqvRz9cUgA

I finally finished it!

 This is the checker board that I crocheted (mentioned in my first post). It is composed of somewhere in the neighboorhood of 10,000 single crochets (it has a backing too so ya).

These are the game pieces. I sewed buttons on the back so that if a piece gets kinged you can just flip it over instead of stacking pieces.

I HATE Mosquitoes, but Mosquitoes LOVE me!!

I went on a camping trip this week. I think I used gallons of bug spray, and I still have millions of mosquito bites. For some reason they like eating me- it must be my sweet personality or something like that. :) Some of the camping highlights included: being with my cousins, boating, trying to catch fish with our bare hands (unsuccessful), swimming, listening to my family try to sing (they can't sing which is why it was so entertaining), hiking, and exploring.

I have been kind of sad lately, because things are beginning to change. My cousin, who has been here at school for years, just graduated and she is also getting married. She left for good just a few days ago. She started crying when she left, and that made me cry. She is like my second sister and I am going to miss her a lot! The other day I had a panic attack when I realized I am moving into my dorm in a month-- now it is less than a month. I will officially move away on August 22nd. I don't feel like I am ready, but I am so excited! I will definitely miss Rexburg, and all the friends I am leaving behind, but at the same time I will enjoy meeting new people and having new adventures. I think my excitement is greater than my fear right now, but I am sure as it gets closer I will become a nervous wreck. I was glad to read, you are all still living after your Monday adventure. Your deaths would have put me over the edge!
~~ Laura

These are the latest pics that i have of us, so here we go.

Sorry that you're not in this one sarah.

I love this one :)

Surprise, cameron's dad!!

Posted by Logan.