Happy New Year!

10 years ago in 1999 my family made a time capsule for New Year's Eve to open New Year's 2010. In our capsule we put in an old Comp USA ad so we could compare techonoloy, old newspapers, and we wrote letters to ourselves and wrote some of our favorite things. This New Year's Eve we opened it up and read our letters. I was a pretty smart child. This is me 10 years ago:

Dear Me,
Now I'm writing in 1999 when I'm 11 yrs old. Ten years have gone by and I should be 21 years old. I'm telling that it's been ten years and I hope you have spent my life wisely! You should be in school now and in a good college or university (such as BYU). You should have made a choice of being a lawyer or a teacher and I HOPE you thought about it carefully. I also hope you kept up with the piano and violin and maybe have learned how to play another instrument. If you want to be really smart, choose wisely who you want to marry or date. (But if you are married, I have one word to ask-Why?) Do you still like the people I like? (They were good friends so try to keep in touch!) Just to let you know, don't go out with anyone whose last name starts with a G, O, Q, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z. Please don't, they probably are bad luck! Well, have a fun time as an adult and don't let me down!
BYE!!!!
P.S.-Can you believe that people thought that after 1999 there would be Y2K and that everything that was run on computers would go out! What a laugh!

My Favorite Things in 1999
Favorite Color: Purple and Blue
Favorite Food: Ice Cream
Favorite Book: Harry Potter Books-J.K. Rowling
Favorite Game: Sattergories
Favorite Song: "That's the Way it is"-Celine Dion (seriously)
Favorite Kind of Music: Pop, Latin (???)
Favorite Movie: Prince of Egypt and Toy Story 2
Favorite TV Show: Boy Meets World, Caroline in the City, and Who Wants to Be a Millionare
Favorite Candy: Pop rocks
Favorite Past-time: Reading
Favorite Place to be: Room
Favorite School Subject: Math, Reading, Writing
Most Important Event of 1999: Max was born, moved to a new house, went to 6th grade

We are welcoming 2010 with open arms! Happy New Year!!!!

Monday:

I start student teaching.
Please excuse me while I spit out what I just threw up in my mouth.

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I may have forgotten I have this blog...or I'm just super lazy and like to read everyone else's blog.

Anyway...

I am home in the Provo land for good for now. This last semester was a tough one. Even though it was crazy, I think I am really going to miss my classes and the people in them. There were 31 people in the block with me and we had 5 classes all together in the same room, in the same seat, three days a week. Then when I we were all at the same elementary and middle school the other two days. Basically, everyone drove me crazy but I was sad to say goodbye. I am also going to miss the friends I made in Cedar City. Most of them are from what we call down there "up north" (because I just roll that way), but a lot of them are from Cedar or somewhere not "up north". Sad day. Plus I will miss my lovely roommates. I've had some pretty crappy ones (well 2 or 3), but for the most part I have gotten along and became close friends with most of them. I have missed my family and home like CRAZY!!! but I am so glad I moved out and had that opportunity to live with people I didn't know and did strange things (like date people who resemble Patrick Star). I have met some incredible people who truly have influenced my life. I will also miss my dear Native American friends. Some gave me grief, but they are so great! I will also miss Cody Alderson (just seeing if anyone is reading this)

I will now give you a brief montage of my life in Cedar City Utah (most photos taken by my more responsible friends who use their cameras) Oh and I am in most/every single one. Get over it.

Year One: My roommates minus one. The other one had to rush home to catch Oprah. Whatev.

My dear dear friend Sam. This was taken during a bad snowstorm that shut the school down (after my all my classes were done).


When Sam was my roommate, she sometimes drew little things for me. Like this.

One night we realized that good old Manzanita was going to be torn down that summer and we hadn't even taken a picture of it yet.

Ward Activity at Parawon Gap. It was freezing!

Seriously the best year ever!

Maturity at it's finest.


Halloween this year with a bunch of crazies.


I am the bull

The fire in New Harmony taken from Main Street in Cedar City. There was ash everywhere and the sky was orange for days.

At Kolob Canyons


Sam hosted this photo shoot her roommate and my roommate Syndi (not pictured...duh). I'm not sure what I am doing, but she used poster boards as reflectors. It was so fun!

Institute 80's dance.

Sam's idea to make our apartment look like a monster. We totally won 2nd place in our complex's Halloween decorating contest!

Enough of that...

I am going to be student teaching at Scera Park Elementary School in the 2nd and 4th grade. I am SO excited! I met my teacher today and she is way nice and it is a super cute school. I am living at home right now. It doesn't really feel like I'm home yet, just on Christmas break, but I'm sure it will hit come January 4th.

Anyway, that's basically what's been going on. I promise I will be better about updating my blog. I have the internet now and hopefully my computer will get fixed soon! That's another story...