becky

Perma-grin

2011-03-16T14:19:00.000-07:00

I realize that March is now half way over, but I still need to blog about an adventure in February. Basically this month turned out to be me mostly hanging out with my friend Kaden before he left on his mission. One of the craziest, most random, spontaneous things we did was we tried riding his tandem bike to work!
We were both scheduled to work that night and about 15 minutes to when we were supposed to be there Kaden called me and asked if I wanted a ride. Well after he picked me up we decided we should try riding the bike to work, it being a nice day and all. So, we drove to a bike trail and started on our way. A little ways into our ride the trail all of a sudden stopped and fell into where one of the floods had been. (Keep in mind it was already pretty close to 6:00 - when we needed to be there) Naturally we didn't go back to the car, but we hiked the bike back to the road and kept pedalling! Eventually Kaden called his cousin who lived close by and asked if we could get a ride for the rest of the way to work.
So unfortunately we didn't get to bike all the way to work, but we did eventually get there! At first when we came rushing in, the look on Cammi's face (my boss/the owner) looked mad. But she was just teasing! In fact she loved our story!

(not actual bike)

It's a bueno New Year

2011-01-18T15:54:00.000-08:00

It's a new year and already I had a pretty cool adventure! On January 12, 2011 the St. George Municipal Airport opened and they had an open house for it. Mom and I went and it was amazing! Never mind it took over an hour of traffic (4 miles of back-up) and we were of course stuck behind "great great grandma gertie", but once we finally got there it was so worth it. The building is beautiful inside and out. The highlight for me though was when the plane landed from the first take-off, the passengers came into the building and we happened to be in that room! The mayor, the governor, and President Uchtdorf were on the flight and walked right in front of us! I got to shake hands with a President of the church. It was incredible :D

Now switching gears - I am into my second semester at Dixie State College. My classes are good so far! The classes I'm most excited about are tennis and Spanish. I am just finishing my last prerequisite education classes before I can go into the actual program and I found out (much later than I wanted to) that the application for the Elementary Ed. program for Fall Semester was due by the 21st of this month. So I had hustle and get a lot done in order to get it in on time. Good news, I got it all done and turned in today! Now next week I have a two hour group interview, then from there I will anxiously wait to hear if I have been accepted into the program or not.
The next exciting thing that has happened is I got somewhat of a promotion at work! In the computer I technically have "manager" status :) This means they are training me to close the register and have a key to lock the shop. (so basically I just have more responsibility) I'm excited about it!
It's only January, but I guess a lot of intense stuff has already happened. Woot! Bring on the adventures of 2011!

overload overdue

2010-08-09T10:26:00.000-07:00

Summer has been eventful, but not at the same time. Of course I have been working very hard at Old Navy and the Sweet Tooth Fairy. As of lately Old Navy has not been my favorite... oh well, it's work right?? So, other than work I've been keeping busy playing and going on the occasional date with Talon :) This last date we had we played at a toy store then went and got some cold stone. We had a grand time!
A couple other things that have been fun are having a camp fire, roasting mallows and other yummy things, building blanket forts in the living room, and reading/relaxing.

Now that summer is coming to a close (faster than i would like) I am getting things arranged for heading to Dixie. I will be taking a science class, math, and an education. I'm signed up for 10 credits for fall, but i'm thinking spring semester i'll try to take some more on.
I feel like i'm just constantly going and things are always changing, but i stick with it and take things one thing at a time! I know everything will work out. Thanks everyone for supporting me :)

Just in case

2010-07-07T21:31:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my dear sister Amanda, you too can feel like you were at the West Jordan Fourth of July parade! . . .

because I can

2010-04-13T11:10:00.000-07:00

I just felt like sharing my last couple of weeks! Well, the first note worthy thing is Easters. I didn't make it home because I would be going the following weekend, and I was just a little bit sad that I wouldn't wake up and have to find easter eggs. However, Krista also stayed in Cedar City that weekend, so our dear friend Wendy hid some eggs (plastic) a couple days before she left so that we could have a little hunt of our own on Easter! It was great fun, but we had to look for them in two shifts because some of them were a little bit more tricky to find. Oh, and earlier during the week, I put together an easter egg coloring contest activity for our ward that turned out really well! People seemed to enjoy themselves. Also that same weekend was General Conference...and let's be serious for a moment, who doesn't love conference?! So, basically what I'm saying is that it turned out to be an enjoyable time, even if I wasn't home.
During this last week, I was working pretty dang hard so I could go home Thursday night. I had to study hard core for a nutrition test, write a two-page debate paper, and do some math. Yucky. But, good news I got it all done! But, one night Shalycia and I got sick of doing homework, so we put on some comfy clothes, did up our hair, and made a couple music videos. We did that while we waited for Krista to get home so we could all take a bubble bath, but she didn't make it home in time, so Shalycia and I jumped into a bubble bath! (swimsuits of course) Fun times :)
So, during the week was kind of crazy, but after work Thursday Marissa, Corey, Aleigh (corey's cousin) and I headed north. What a fun weekend I had! Friday night I got to attend Jared's surprise 30th birthday party. I have to say one of my favorite parts was seeing his face because he was genuinely surprised :)
Then, Saturday evening Talon, my adorable nephew, had his first birthday party! It was just an overall fun night. I got to see family, eat yummy food, and party it up.
Sunday was a fun time too because I went to church, ate some food, and colored some eggs the "real" way!
That about covers the last couple of weeks. Thanks to everyone that participated in my fun times! Loves, and I will keep you updated on things to come. . . :/

Learning Experiences

2010-02-23T14:47:00.000-08:00

Alright free time!! So yeah, lots have happened since i've posted, but the good news is that everyone who reads my blog knows. I guess that's part of the reason why i haven't posted for a while is because mostly it's just family that reads, so either they know what's going on or they already did a bang up job posting it :) The other reason why i don't blog very much is because i'm a busy person! (hehe being a sophomore in college and all) but, i have some free time right now (and internet!) so i've decided to share a funny experience! Just the other day, on Saturday, I decided it was desperately time to clean the kitchen-not just dishes, but the floor too...it was lucky... Anyway, so i washed the dishes and put them in the dishwasher to dry. [side note-before you ask, why didn't you just put them all in the dishwasher and clean them there? well, we are currently out of dish detergent, and washing by hand isn't that big of a deal to me.] Okay, so a little bit later Shalycia aked me if the dishes in the dishwasher were clean and i said yes and didn't hear anything more until Krista went down a little bit later and asked "um, becky, what kind of soap did you put in the dishwasher??" so i told her i didn't put anything in there. Then sweet little Shalycia piped in and said she just put in regular dish soap because we didn't have any detergent :) ha! so we went downstairs and found (on the newly mopped floor) a big sudsy puddle!! It was funny because Krista and i knew not to put that soap in the dishwasher, so we never thought we would have a college experience like that, but horray... we did! :D Other than that fun experience, not much else is new except i taught a mini lesson today about rainbows! it was awesome. i made a sunshine and a cute little rain cloud and it just worked perfectly! Now, tomorrow i am teaching a small group for 20 minutes. Luckily, i don't think it will be too hard. so, whoosh...one down, one to go!
The other thing is that yesterday i went into my work and did the paperwork. I officially start this thursday!
That's all for now! i'm just including a couple fun pictures i like from the recent past... enjoy! [side note: thanks everyone for being there and supporting me with recent events, love you!]

Final-ly

2009-12-02T13:09:00.001-08:00

I do apologize for the lateness of another post, but things have been crazy! Well since my last blog thanksgiving has come and passed. I realized this year that there are so many things i'm grateful for, my goodness i am blessed! It was delicious because i got like 3 thanksgiving dinners this year. the first one was for an enrichment/relief society activity, where a few ladies from the stake came and showed us how to prepare a couple thanksgiving dishes (including a turkey!) then, the day before thanksgiving a couple of my sisters, their chillens and i had a nice array of food at my dad's. (amanda and i made the most delicious turkey ever, woot!)then on thanksgiving day there was a dinner with my grandparents and most all of my extended family. it was so great to be there and spend time with everybody! the next day, known as Black Friday, i went out and did a bit of shopping! This year we didn't get out as bright and early as we have in the past, but it was still awesome to be amongst the crowds! call me crazy, but i do enjoy black friday :) my best find was Ocean's 11 and 12 for $2 each! (what a rip off right?? hehe) Overall, it was a really fun weekend at home because other than those thanksgiving stuff/shopping it was nice to be with family and play a bunch of games! [quick thank you to my family for providing such a fun week and for always being there for me!]
Once i got back to Cedar City though, it hit me that this is the last week of classes. so this week i have been/am swamped with final papers and projects! yeah, next week is finals, luckily i only have two or three and from what it sounds like, they won't be too painful, but i'm still gearin up for it! once those are done i'm headin home for three whole weeks! i can hardly wait :D
yesterday was my sister's birthday! so yay, and Happy Birthday Amber!!
Just another quick update, the past couple weeks i've been going on dates/hanging out with this guy from my ward, his name is sirus, and as of last night, you can call him my boyfriend.
i think that's all for now. it's just time to go back to homework - yay. (actually i'm going to throw out there that i'm grateful to be getting a good education)

some of the fam at thanksgiving

happy birthday Amber!

sirus and me

October-ness

2009-11-01T23:41:00.000-08:00

What a fun month, but wow it went fast! About mid-October my family had our annual Halloween party and it was so fantastic! It's always fun to see how creative everyone gets with costumes and stuff. That weekend was also good because i didn't have classes that monday, so it was a longer weekend-yay!
The weekend after that i wasn't planning on coming to Salt Lake at all, but saturday morning my roommate came into my room and was like, do you want to go to the BYU game? i was like, well sure. . . and then i realized she was serious! Her dad has amazing connections i guess, so he got Corin a ticket and suggested i come with her. So about an hour later we hit the road for the BYU/TCU game! it was so fun to be at the game, i love football games and plus some of my other family members were at the game so i got to see them! The only poopy thing is that BYU got smashed. . . on their homecoming too no less. (i especially feel sympathy for losses on homecoming games) Good news though, SUU's football team is doing quite well! as of right now they are 4-4, so one more win and they have potential for play-offs.
For halloween SUU had a party, the Howl. My roommates and i ended up going to it, it was friday night. There was a hypnotist there that was way cool and had people do some funny things! There was also a dance and like a spook alley and in all honesty, the dance was super uncomfortable for me!! ick - some of the costumes i couldn't look at. None the less, we had some fun!
Halloween day/night we mostly just hung out, watched Clue and a couple halloween episodes of Boy Meets World :), and then we played some silly games! even though we didn't do anything intense i had so much fun!
One more story- just a little bit ago we came back to our place and our kitchen floor was soaked with water! after some investigating we found it was coming from the water heater. oh what an ordeal!! ugh. the manager wasn't home and management obviously wasn't at the office, so some of our nice neighbor guys came and helped us, but guess what? i was pretty much the brains (hehe with help from dad!) but it was still nice that they came to help us :)
i would say sorry for such a long update, but hey i've been neglecting my updating! wow! i think part of it is that i feel like i'm constantly writing papers for classes so by the time i get some free time, i don't really think writing more sounds like fun, ya know?

College Adventures

2009-09-24T14:34:00.000-07:00

It seems lately i've done some fun, new stuff! Other than classes- which are going well -i've just been hanging out.

Hmm where to start? well, my roommate, Shalysia, and i got a pet fish! (it's just a beta- his name is jerry) I've been doing some fun things with my other roommates too! like the other day the four of us went and saw All About Steve. it was a pretty decent movie!

let's see. . . this last weekend i went with corey and ryan to Navajo lake (up in cedar canyon). it was so pretty up there because leaves are starting to change and it's just really nice. Unfortunately we didn't get to stay for a long time because it was getting chilly, and we got out of there just in time because it started to rain!

Pretty much the latest thing is playing scum and spoons. (these are card games) usually it's just me, shalysia, taylor, and ryan, but oh man there have been some good times!

Guess what i did the other night? I went for a run! (if you know me at all, you're probably just amazed! but, yes i did!!)

guess what else? i have learned a couple tunes on the guitar thanks to taylor!

Another amazing thing, i got a calling in my ward! drum roll. . . I have been asked to be the activities specialist! pretty big calling for being my first official one huh? but, i'm actually pretty excited!

well, that's pretty much it for now! :)

Fun Weekend

2009-09-12T09:22:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I was able to go visit home for the first time since i moved to Cedar City! Originally, i was going to come wednesday night for the Keith Urban concert and go back to Cedar thursday morning, but i worked it out so that i could go friday after classes and stay until thursday morning! :)

It was so great to be back and to see most of my family! i won't lie though, it felt weird because it felt good to be there, but at the same time i kept thinking i should be in Cedar City. . . hmm.

anyway, i did lots of fun things! i went to my first film festival, it was a pretty cool first time thing! i pretty much just hung out doing stuff like homework. . . (ugh, that's another story, but good news it turned out to be a labor day miracle)

Wednesday night: KEITH URBAN!! all i can say is that he is my favorite ever! he is such a good performer and interacted really well with the crowd. i didn't even mention his mad guitar skills! whoosh, what a looker! so basically, i have nothing bad to say about him or the concert! (thanks allie for winning tickets :D)

i left for Cedar City at 6:30 the next morning and barely made it back for my class, but i did! what a relief.

so, next big announcement- i will be coming back the first weekend in October! (conference weekend)

Fire, Fire, Fire!

2009-08-31T08:16:00.000-07:00

In case you haven't heard there has been a crazy fire in New Harmony. A few days ago there was this big, ominous smoke cloud to the south of us! I think things are now getting under control, but man it smells smoky outside and yesterday there was even some ash falling! Although fire can be devistating, it has made the sunsets, sunrises, and sun in general AMAZING! So pretty much, that's the excitment around here lately.

New Stuff!

2009-08-24T11:15:00.000-07:00

Hi there! I am now officially a college student! i went and paid for tuition and got a parking permit this morning, and then at 11 i went to my first class (art 1010) woot! that's all i can say. right now i'm just giddy because it's all so real now. in just a little bit i will be going to institute!
So, wednesday (my birthday) mom, allie, amanda, and their cute boys dropped me off in cedar, but not before we had a birthday dinner! from there i went to my orientation stuff until saturday. it was fun though, because friday i had just enough free time to go down to St. George to see mom, sisters, and nephews for a bit!
my roommates are awesome! yay, it's really such a relief to finally know them. there's Amy, she's korean and sticks mostly to her friends and room so unfortunately i don't know much about her, and there's Krista and Corin- they're really nice, and my room-roommate is Shalysia-she's way cool, we get along really well!
other than getting settled and trying to find my way around, nothing else has happened. before next blog i will take pictures of my room and roommates and just stuff so there will be something fun to look at! :D

Little Bit of Everything

2009-08-14T10:12:00.000-07:00

Where to start?? A couple weeks ago, my mom and sisters surprised me with a college shower! Ah! it was so fantastic! we ate some yummy food, played "becky" (it was really bingo, but much cooler), and i got pretty much everything i ever needed for going away. . . Thanks again!
unfortunately just after that i was told my grandma had had a stroke, and soon after she passed away. just last week my aunt, uncle, and dad brought her back to Salt Lake from Washington and we had a small funeral for her. it was nice because we were able to just sit and discuss her and her life. She was a great lady, and will be missed for sure.
on the 7th, my sister, amber, had her baby boy! Baby Lucas is such a cutie :)
last week season four of psych started! woot!
yesterday i got to see a lot of my friends at our Adios! party. we wanted to get together before everyone went their different ways. we went to a park, had cake, Popsicles, and just played around! it was lots of fun! i am going to miss them.
so, now i'm finishing up getting things together and organized. and tomorrow night is my last day working at the copper hills arctic circle. . . (mini tear)
sorry for no pictures and for a kind of downer update, but yay for updating, right?? :)

Things

2009-07-20T07:42:00.000-07:00

surprisingly, a lot has been happening lately. A little bit ago my friends and i put together a "college night" where we made dinner, (spaghetti and lots of other yummy things) gave some tips for college, played, and watched a movie. it was so much fun and a good bonding time!
on the 12th, mom and i headed south! we stayed that sunday night in st. george and had some fun and new adventures! the next morning b&e we went to cedar city for my orientation. it was good and very informative. ( i guess it doesn't matter because i'm going to a cabin ;) ) seriously though, after that and getting registered for classes i'm so excited!! while i'm on the topic of college it is now less than a month until i leave. it's sad, but what can you do? unfortunately i have to grow up.
moving on to happier things! haha i have seen Harry Potter and the half blood prince twice now! i went with some friends to the midnight showing and again the next day with a different friend. yeah, i thought it was a really good movie... obviously.
over this last weekend i went with my family to lava hot springs! it was so much fun! this year it seemed like the river just tore everyone up in some way, but those are some good times right there! and yes, my shoulders got burned pretty good. . . well?. . . bad?. . . good.
other than work, that's about all i'm up to lately!

SWAT (service without a trace)

2009-07-01T15:25:00.000-07:00

My summer so far has been great, even though it feels like i'm mostly working! (btw, i'm so grateful to be employed) So, the other day a few of my friends and myself decided to do some service and pull weeds! We went to a place around Cherokee's house-she lives in daybreak, it's a community garden and on one of the portions it seriously looked like a jungle! not even joking the weeds were about 4 ft. tall. We tackled a huge portion and got a lot done and now i feel great for doing it, but yay for service sunburn and sore legs/back!!

Graduate of 2009

2009-06-08T10:42:00.000-07:00

June 4 I officially graduated High School! This is such a crazy thought for me, i can only imagine how it is for my family. So, thursday morning my friends and i carpooled to the E-center. Funny story- after we got there i was so parched! Cherokee and i went on an adventure to find water, and to jump to the end we ended up having to go into a back office room and use their water cooler! Hehe, it was an interesting adventure! Then, we had the ceremony which was just fine, the only things were that choir messed up a bit, band was never-ending and squeeky, and my principal was too long winded! Other than that, super!
After the ceremony, my family and i went to spaghetti factory! mmm. . .
Then, after i got home and did a quick clothes change i went to Justin's party at Copperton Park. When i got there i saw people on the tennis court, so i went in and was talking to Justin and found out i was the only girl there at the time, or that had come so far. Then, his brother asked if i played tennis and i said, "yeah, a little" so then I played tennis for the rest of the time! (btw, i was in flip-flops and my hair was down) considering all these things i held my own!
After Justin's party i went with Cristina to Seini's Luau. It was awesome because they were roasting a pig over a fire! it was a little gross, but way cool! I was upset though because by the time i left the pig wasn't done; i never got to try it! After that party i went home and took a little snoozer.
That night about 10:30 we carpooled again to West Valley Fitness Center for Senior Sunset. What wasn't there at that party?? There was food, music/karoke(?), swimming, blow-up things, relay race, rock climbing, and at one point there was a magic show. Pretty much an awesome party! I got home about 5:30 in the am!
So now that high school is officially over i'm going to try and have an awesome summer! in fact, i start tonight at my "new" job! I got a job at Arctic Circle. . . yay for an income!
And a big, huge thank you for coming to my graduation and always supporting me!

much anticipated for. . .

2009-05-30T11:24:00.000-07:00

Don't need to tell me twice how long it's been since i've blogged! I didn't realize how busy i've been. So since almost two months ago i have been to california (disneyland), senior dinner dance, a cultural event, temple celebration practices, working to get college stuff figured out, helping (sort of) with a move, and so many other things!

Senior Dinner Dance:
This was so much fun! There was a fancy dinner at Rice Eccles Stadium followed by a crazy dance! (haha i'm pretty sure i made a fool of myself) It ended up being mostly a girl's night. There was me, Cristina, Kristen, Cheryl, Cherokee, and Staci. We were a wild bunch!
It seems time is passing by way too fast lately, so much is going on! My main focus right now is the temple celebration. This program has been in the making for several months, and tonight is the big performance! there are dance performances and singing, it has come together so cool! i'm in the choir.
this is part of the set in the conference center!

So last weekend i went to St. George, it was such a blast! On the way we stopped in Cedar City and got to see my school and where i will be living :)
This week is my last week of high school! ah! so weird that i'm so close to graduating. . . yep, the other night there was a senior award night and i got recognized for my third academic letter and for my scholarships.
Amanda, Josh, Talon, and Charlie are moving to Lehi, so i've tried to help out there. (sorry i couldn't do more)

I'm sure there is so many things i've skipped, but this synopsis will have to do for now!

San Diego

2009-04-16T15:30:00.000-07:00

Here it is! (I'm sorry, i realize i went like two weeks ago. . .)

Wednesday April 1:

That night we loaded the bus and went on our way to San Diego. We traveled all through the night. The good thing was that they had movies playing and plus Cristina, Cherokee, Staci, and I had our own fun playing catch phrase! Overall, that night i got about two or three hours of sleep.

Thursday April 2:

We got to San Diego in the morning and stopped at McDonald's for breakfast. After that we went to a high school for an exchange, but they weren't ready for us yet so we went to a park down the street and hung out for a bit. We went back to the high school and sang for each other. After that, we went to the beach! There were shops and stuff around so we had lunch and played at the beach. Sadly, it was a pretty chilly day for the beach, but i still got in the ocean! After that, everyone went to the hotel to get checked in and ready for the night. Ugh, only two of the rooms weren't ready for check-in, guess whose one of them was?! Anyway, all the girls in my room had to get ready in other places, so much fun! (little sarcasm there) A little bit later we went to a place called SeaPort Village. It reminded me a lot of Gardner Village, but it was fun.

Funny little side story- getting back on the bus and on the way to the hotel Cristina and i were laughing so hard we were crying! I don't even really remember what it was. . . we were just really tired! So we got back to the hotel and most of the girls in my room and i watched some of Twilight, then hit the sack!

Friday April 3:
We went to a college and got some singing advice from a professor, it was pretty cool! After that we went to the San Diego Zoo. It's so huge there! It was fun to see all the animals and such.After the zoo we went to the hotel and got ready for the dinner cruise. The dinner cruise was absolutely amazing! We got all fancy and when we were getting on they gave everyone a glass of sparkling cider. The view off the ship was so breathtaking. The food was fancy, but still super delicious.

Saturday April 4:

We got checked out of our hotel that morning and headed to Sea World! It was surprisingly fun there. I saw Shamu, petted a ray, saw eels, dolphins, and so many fish! At the dolphin show i got so soaked! I even got a sunburn that day. After Sea World we went to a buffet dinner close to the theatre and after dinner we went and saw The Scarlet Pimpernel. Oh that was so Fantastic! After that we loaded the buses, traveled through the night, and came home Sunday afternoon!

I've clearly left some details out, but overall it was such a fun and amazing trip! Thanks for all the support and for those who made it possible and let me go. :)

Choir Tour

2009-04-01T07:07:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody! I just wanted to stop in and say that tonight at around 6:30 i'm heading to San Diego, CA! I'm going for choir tour. (even though we aren't singing that much. . . :D) We are going to do so many fun things! I'm going to do a follow up post with pictures and the whole enchilada. I hope everyone has a great week/weekend! I get back Sunday sometime. (sidenote* is anyone willing to record Conference for me? i'm missing it :( ) Loves!

yep, it's a post

2009-03-04T19:11:00.000-08:00

Heehee, so for a while i have figured, i don't have anything much to blog about. Thinking about it now i have so many little things to say! but where to start?
I got a car! it's a blue (kind of aqua) Hyandai Elantra. I love it! basically everyone that's seen it really likes it, and is jealous. What can i say? :) So, thank you to Jared and mom and everyone else involved with this decision!
So a couple weeks ago i donated blood for my very first time! It was weird, but cool. i got a nifty gren bandage and an awesome sticker!
For those that don't know, i got accepted into SUU and in fact got a Dean's Scholarship for $1200! A few days ago i found out that i got an RHA position. (Resident Housing Association) basically, i will be on a committee to help plan socials/parties within housing, so YAY! I'm also working on several other scholarships, so if you by chance hear of any Let Me Know!
I went to my nephew's baby blessing last Sunday. It was so great to be there and a part of it! i'm so happy and proud of him for coming this far, he's such a miracle!
Most recent thing, i'm applying for jobs. I turned in an application to Tuxedo's by Lee the other day and i got a call from them today and. . . I have an interview tomorrow! AH! (wish me luck!)
Other than that i can't think of much else. but sorry for no pictures this time.
Get used to dissappointment. (name that movie!)
okay i'm seriously done for tonight! loves!

Sweethearts

2009-02-08T20:34:00.000-08:00

Yesterday (the 7th of February) I went to the Sweethearts dance at my school. It was so much fun! I asked Steven Decker. For our day activity we went to one of the girl's in my group house because her mom is a pre-school teacher. So in their pre-school we played with play dough, (Steven and I clearly won with our spider-man sculpture) had PB&J for lunch with juice boxes! Then we finger painted/wall painted. . . i'm not sure if there was paper or not. (just teasing, of course there was!) Then Steven and I, Corey and Katelyn had a puzzle race with a couple of the disney puzzles. (again Steven and I clearly won) After that we went home and got ready.

(thanks Allie and mom for helping me get ready! jared too for watching zack) so I got all gussied up and went and picked up Cristina and her date, then my date. We went to Staci's house (where we were earlier for the day activity) to pin on boutinnieres. We went to Spaghetti Factory for dinner. So, we called ahead for reservations and we get there and they say it will be a 40-45 minute wait. Ugh. So we decided to wait because anywhere else we would go we would wait the same if not longer. Haha while we waited I got all 12 of us playing bubblegum, bubblegum and down by the banks! good times. We finally got seated and ate our food.

We got to the school about 8:30 and got in line for pictures. Long story shortened we didn't get into the dance until 9:30! wow. But, we still danced for half an hour and had a great time.

After the dance we went to Cherokee's house and had root beer floats and started watching Anastasia. Some people had to be home by mid-night, so we didn't get very far into the movie. That was my day/date! nothing more to report, it was good clean fun!

School

2009-01-29T14:16:00.000-08:00

So chickies, let me clarify why i haven't blogged for a while. I have been busy with school - current and future. I'll be honest, i could have blogged before this, but some laziness kicked in. . . i'm sure no one else knows what i'm talking about.

Today at school we had our annual class olympics. Each class (sophmore, junior, *seniors*, and faculty) compete in different challenges. Last year it was totally rigged! Juniors should have won, so this year we came back and won!!! (fair and mostly square)

Outside of school and homework i have been working on college stuff. I was first considering highly USU, and i was even working on a couple scholarships there. A couple or so weeks ago SUU called me and said they had received my test scores and thought i could be a great candidate for some of their scholarships. With that i thought more seriously of SUU, so i applied for the heck of it! I have been looking at their programs and stuff and feel confident that i'm headin South!

I got accepted to USU and even got a $500 housing scholarship. I also got accepted SUU! I've applied for the leadership scholarship and will find about that by March i believe, and i will also hear if i got any others from the school.

The weekend of February 13 and 14 i will be going to Cedar City for a Leadership Weekend. I'm pretty excited because i get to see the campus and get to "audition" for an ambassador position. Best part- it's all free!

So this is basically what i've been up to. I realize this has been a longer post but, oh well!

Yay for Education!

Best Christmas...this year!

2008-12-29T11:37:00.000-08:00

Oh i love Christmas! there were so many festivities that made this such a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve i went to my dad's for our traditional dinner and presents. The food was great, we had a spaghetti buffet - if you will. i think one of the coolest things i got (all the sisters got) was our family home videos on dvd! it's been so fun to see all these memories again.

Christmas day came pretty early (6 a.m.) and not just from Santa jitters. haha no, there was a blizzard outside and it shut our power off and so our computer was beeping, then not one, but two smoke alarms! (from battery stuff, don't worry there wasn't a fire) then, mom and i went back to bed for lack of anything else to do. we woke up a bit after eight and decided to open presents. it was great! i got a lot of good things - santa decided to come. :) then, because of our lack of power, we had cold cereal for breakfast. That morning/afternoon was spent shoveling. And yes the power came back on! It was a Christmas Miracle!!! We went to my grandma's house for our traditional Christmas get together. It was fun to see and spend time with family.

On the 26th, we had Christmas at the club house. There was good food, family, and presents!

So thank you family for a wonderful and memorable Christmas! And i want to take this time and say i am grateful for electricity!

Random-ness

2008-12-11T14:34:00.000-08:00

So i realized that it has been a couple days or so since i have updated! my apologizies to those who avidly read my blog. I have been doing some random things, nothing crazy exciting to blog about so i decided to talk about it all! So last weekend my sister and nephew, Allie and Zack, came and spent the weekend with my mom and me. We had so much fun! in fact, Allie and i went out and did some shopping and we got to see Edward Cullen! :) and i just don't know if Christmas would be complete without watching A Very Brady Christmas!

At school right now we are doing our tradion of Sub-4-Santa. I've been helping with that at lunches for PLT (we're selling wrist bands) It's all just great fun! So far i think they said the school has raised $3,000(?) and we're just getting started!

Also i've been helping the madrigals with their numerous performances. I help with their props and stuff like that, and besides who doesn't want me around?! ;)

Other than that not too much is going on. . . hmm i'll try and update more though! Oh and just as a side note i broke up with my boyfriend :) and yes, i'm doing well!

All done!

2008-11-11T16:05:00.000-08:00

the musical is now over. . .whoosh! oh it was one of the best experiences ever though! so many good times, jokes, and of course accident prone times came from this. i want to thank my family for all the support they gave me in this, so Thanks!

Halloween Party

2008-11-02T07:09:00.000-08:00

On Halloween my family got together for our annual Halloween party! (One of my favorite traditions we have) We went to the Forsyth home for dinner, games, and of course. . . trick-or-treating! It was great to see everyone's costumes. My mom was a witch, Allie was a cheerleader and Jared was a football player and Zack was a football (so cute!), Amanda and Josh were an old couple, and Amber and Darren had some scary masks and Madison and Marli were M&M's. Oh, and i was a fairy princess. It was just a really fun night! Another great part of the night was when i found out Amanda and Josh are expecting a boy!!! hooray for them!

How To . . .

2008-10-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

I deeply appologize for those who have been anxiously been awaiting an update to my blog! Let me explain why i haven't been keeping up like i should. I have been putting basically all my time into the school musical, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. It has been insane! For those who care this production will be taking place November 7, 8, and 10 starting at 7 p.m. As far as i know the cost is $6 . . . if it changes i'll let you know! So that's why i haven't been updating like i would like to. I would blog like crud right now, but i'm off to see an orchestra concert at the high school - that's right i'm going back! (i've been at the school longer today than i've been home. . .sick!) anyway, i should be adding more updates within the next day or so!

Zack

2008-10-07T14:28:00.000-07:00

I just want to give a shout out to my nephew, (that little fighter!) he's home! Zack has been in the NICU since July 1. I got to see and hold him for the first time sunday night! He's just a little bug!

Corn Maze

2008-09-28T15:31:00.000-07:00

The other night, my family and i went to Thanksgiving Point's Cornbellies Corn Maze. (we got in for a dollar! woot, woot) There were so many activities there besides the maze. We went through this haunted blow up thing that lookes like an armadillo. . . it was kind of creepy! We also got to play on this play ground, even though it hurt a little. Then the main attraction of the night, David Archuleta's face! We took the shorter route of the maze and it still took us about half an hour, it got intense! It was a successful night of fun if you ask me!

a bit about bitty

2008-09-26T08:11:00.000-07:00

Well, i'm becky! i am a senior at Copper Hills High School and i'm pretty involved! i was on the girls tennis team, i'm on the plt team, and i'm in a'cappella. (to name a few)

I love my family and friends! definately more blogs will be posted about them.

Getting started

2008-09-21T19:37:00.000-07:00

This is all new, trying it out! I'll probably have to get hints/pointers...(wink,wink) So pretty much this won't be the official first blog yet, it's a practice!