Little Black Box

I think I like the word "little" for some reason.. and the word black always follows.... at least the last few posts.
Ha, anyway, here is the point of this post.

So I'm basically in love with this box. I have been since December 2010. My wonderful boyfriend put together a shoe box with notes inside, so that if I ever had a bad day during the 2 years, I could pull one out and "be happy and not have a crappy day." Haha, adorable right? Totally. Well today, I was feeling a bit humble, emotional, moody, overwhelmed, etc. I just needed to see my mom today, and so I left Abby's around dinner time and it was good to be home. I miss Abby already but I like being home when I'm feeling this way; kind of like an escape. Anyway, I went to my room and organized everything, cleaned, wrote Brady a letter and what not. Then I remembered this box, and I pulled one out. It was so cute. Basically he loves me, and told me I'm the cutest :) Hahaha I'm seriously so lucky to have this box. And to have a boyfriend who was so thoughtful, and cared enough to take care of me in ways I never knew about until he left. He is such an amazing person. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for blessing me and my life with someone so wonderful.

Roommate Weekend Day 2

Day 2 went by fast. I had work in the morning, and Abby and I had a really good best friend talk before I left. I got to work right on the dot, which went by SO fast! We were way busy!! I worked with the guys and it was a blast! :) After that was over, I headed home to say hi to my momma, and to my surprise, baby was there (: As well as my sisters! I was so happy, that little boy is soooo stinkin' cute!! He'll be 1 very very soon! I also received a letter in the mail from Brady :) I was so happy! It was so cute, and I'm so in love with him :) I showered, then got some extra things I forgot, and headed over to Abby's!

Homework consumed our time for a little while.

Then I got too frustrated with math.

Abby moved to the island,

put in her earbuds and forcused.

I on the other hand, wanted to break my computer.

Math just isn't my thing... :/

After finishing it we ran to the store to buy batteries for Abby's calculator.

It actually turned into this huge store trip!

We found some,

ran to the other walmart to buy hair dye.

Yes, I did dye my hair!!! :)

And then we searched all over for an envelope opener.

Seriously, NOBODY sells them!!!

Except Office Max,

theirs are like knives.

Dangerous.

So we didn't buy it.

We went home,

finished math homework,

and went straight to my hair :)

Adam and Justin came over to say hi, and get their ice cream.

They just stared as Abby put in this stuff in my hair to turn it colors.

Then Abby and I yelled back and forth as we were trying to wash my hair out,

without getting dye all over the place.

It was quite hilarious,

and Adam said we act like sisters :)

After much bickering and talking,

I finally just showered.

I got all the dye out.

Then Abby took what felt like years to blow dry my hair.

I have lots of it.

Then we moved on to the top section of my hair.

I did a red color underneath, with an auburn/brown on top.

It looks SO cute. It was hard to get a picture though.

Afterwards, I showered one more time,

we cleaned up the place,

and then headed for bed.

Exhausted.

It was such a fun day :)

My 42nd Letter!!!

I got my 42nd, letter today :) Brady is just on a roll here!! I've gotten 4 letters in the past 3 weeks!! This NEVER happens. I'll just pretend he's making up for the months I've gone without. Anyway, he's such a cutie. Still writes in his pink "fountain pen." He is growing so strongly in the gospel, and his testimony is amazing. I'm so proud of him and how far he's come :) He has definitely changed but for the better; he's becoming a man :) Hehehehe

"It's a really good thing that I've come on a mission babe. I'm also better at staying tidy now!"

"Did you like your Christmas present? I thought it would look really cute on you!"

"Babe, when I get home I want to pray with you more."

Isn't he just the sweetest?

He seriously just melts my heart.

I'm so in love with him.

I cannot wait for him to come home :)

Babe, thank you so much for all the letters.

I love every. single. one. of them :)

Roommate Weekend Day 1

So this weekend, my beh friend's parents are out of town, so she needed someone to stay with her, and I decided I would :) I'm so happy! Hahaha, it's been fun! I wish we could be real roommates, but for now, we'll just deal living three streets away from each other.

Anyway, I worked all day :/ And she didn't. I got to her house, we watched Gold Rush with Adam and his cousin, and then left to go grocery shopping for food this weekend. Hehehe, Abby is so cute. Anyway, we got food, came back, and Adam's friend Tyler joined us; which, him and I don't get along very well; in a joking way. Anyway, we all just hungout and Tyler shot me with the dart gun, and I just continued with my math homework at midnight. He first shot a coin at my hand, split the skin open and it bled and bruised. Ow :( After which I punched him and then carried on my way. Math homework is hard :/ Hopefully I'll finish it tomorrow!

We then came up with this idea, well... TJ did. Oh I forgot to mention he came after Tyler :) So the boys brought the bean bag upstairs and we did some stunts and I screamed.. but what girl doesn't? After that we just laughed as TJ shoved it down the stairs and fell after it. I'm now blogging, and I'll show you some pictures, tomorrow is Day 2, and I'll post about that tomorrow night :) Woo! We'll be spending out weekend with Ben & Jerry too ;)

My First Day of School

Well hello there :)
This is how my first day of school went, for Spring 2012.

I had to wake up early to get ready, and then drive to campus because all of my classes just HAVE to be at the campus NOT by my house... :( Boooo. Anyway, I got there a little early, so I just played on my computer... hence the picture to the left. I headed off to my first class: history. Barf. Have I mentioned how much I don't miss history? Last time I had history was my junior year in high school... almost 4 years ago!! Anyway, it was fun because Nick is in that class, crazy right? So hopefully we'll become study buddies, because he knew like... everything. And I hadn't a clue what the teacher was saying... Yikes! After that we both headed to the same building for our next classes. He had gym and I had Psychology (Yay!!!!) My teacher seems..... different. He made those of us who didn't have the study guide (One of them being me, since I missed the actual first day of class.) get up and walk to the book store to buy because "we'll need it every single day." Hahahaha I thought it was hilarious, and so college like. We then got discussing about what we'll be doing in that class and let me just tell you, I'm super stoked!!! :) I can tell I will like my Psychology classes this year! After which I raced across campus to my next Psychology class, where my "grown up in Vegas half my life, and the other half spent in Arkansas" teacher showed up. She's hilarious. I love her accent, her choice of words, and her passion for Psychology.. it really inspires me actually. So I know that will be my other favorite class! :)

I then had an hour and thirty minute break, so I ran to the store to buy some paper, and pencils and some food! I headed back to campus where I just played on my computer for a while, went and bought some books, almost had a heart-attack at some of the prices, and then we to my most dreaded class..... can you guess??? Yup. Math. It's my least favorite subject because I've never been good at it. But, there are a ton of people in that class, and it's downstairs in like, this alley-feeling building... it's creep status. Anyway, my teacher seems real cool and I know I'm not the only dumb one in the class. Thank goodness. That class went by the fastest and afterwards I was on my way home :)

It was such a good first day of school and I'm excited to start learning new subjects!! I can already feel the pressure/stress of these classes, but I'm ready to keep going :) I'm determined to graduate this fall with my AS in Psychology!! Yay!!! :)

Karlee & Briant's Wedding :)

Karlee has been my friend for what feels like forever. We met in our ceramic's class our junior year of high school, and is the very reason we're best friends today. We sat next to each other, we shared a locker, and became the best of friends. We joked, we laughed, we shared clay, we hoarded utenscils, we used my dog picture for our masks, we made the same pots, and we just downright disliked our teacher very greatly. We were always getting in trouble for talking or laughing instead of "working." 

Hahaha then our Senior year, I was looking for an art credit class and I did not want to take photography because I hadn't heard a single good thing about that class. So Karlee told me she was taking ceramics 2 and it seemed to fit perfectly in my schedule. We again, sat by each other when we used the wheel, and we both SUCKED at making pottery. STILL. Hahahahaha, but we just laughed and tried anyway. I've never spent so much time after school in one class. Anyway, she helped me through a lot of drama and heartache that year. She saved me. She truly did. I just want to publicly thank her for her friendship. For her loving, accepting and understanding heart. She was my shoulder to lean on when I couldn't stop the tears from falling in class, she sat at new stations with me in class to avoid others seeing me. She understood and did nothing but love me more when I decided to leave the class at the end of the year. Karlee was such a wonderful friend, and will ALWAYS be one of my best friends. I confide in her a lot!

We ended up having a communications class together in college, and lived near each other at Snow. SO FUN. And now she's married and she asked me to be apart of her special day, and I couldn't say no :) There's no way I'd want to! :) Thanks again Karlee!! LOVE YOU SQUAD!!

Squad ♥

 Karlee looked BEAUTIFUL and Briant looked so handsome! They just fit together perfectly. Watching them come out of the Temple together with big smiles on their faces made me cry. They waited so long for this day, and went through so much and it was finally here. It was pretty cold, but not TOO cold. One of the other bridesmaid and I wore the same dress, which was hilarious, but other than that, the whole wedding party and family was there to support her. 

Later, we had a luncheon which there were toasts said, beautiful words and yummy food!

The reception was beautiful and so fun! She actually had hers at the same place that my sister did! :) So I was very familiar with the place! We took lots of photos, helped Karlee get dressed and prepped for the guests to come! Karlee was standing in line basically the whole time, but still had enough time for everything else included in that day :) They were so happy, and I cried as I gave her a hug when she left. It's always hard when your best friends move on the bigger things in life, you're just so happy and full of love and joy and you want nothing but the best for them, because they deserve it!

Thanks again Karlee! I'll never forget this special day :)

My 41st Letter!

Yes, you read that right!

41st letter :)

I've gotten 3 letters in 2 weeks!

Ah, happy girlfriend (:

Today's letter was pretty long.

Here's why:

1st page was all about some joke.

2nd page was about his new years,

followed by some strange dream he had.

3rd page was about his testimony,

here, I'll share a bit:

"I just want to tell you that I'm so glad I made the decision to come on a mission. I have been blessed so much by it! My knowledge of the gospel was... lacking... I did not know the scriptures at all. But now I've changed a lot. Lots of missionaries that come on exchange say that they can tell I know the doctrine, and they will often ask me questions about a lot of things. And I know that I am a long way from where I was in my conversion process, and that I still have quite a way to go."

Isn't he amazing?

I love when he bears his testimony.

Of anything.

Of any kind.

No matter how big or small.

He loves this gospel.

The last part of the letter was him thanking me for writing him.

It's been a struggle, and I really miss him.

It's extremely hard now that I know he's coming home this year.

I love the relationship we have.

We've gotten on so many of the same levels since he left.

:) I know I can carry on when I get letters like these.