Bringing Sexy Back

An old friend from Rexburg who is currently on a mission sent me a hilarious quote. Thought I'd share.

"Quote from my companion: in reply to the statement 'Joseph Smith is the maker of your church'  He said... ' Did Justin Timber lake create sexy? NO! He just brought it back... '

 It was super funny, but true! Jesus Christ is the Author of this work!! "

2011. You. Were. Awesome.

Seriously, guys. 2011 was an awesome year and I feel so blessed to have had all of those experiences. It was a much needed year after 2010 which wasn't so hot (besides Redfish, that was pretty amazing).

A year in review:

JANUARY

I was still in Rexburg, not knowing that it would be my last semester in Rexburg. It was basically cold. Covered in ice. I played a TON of volleyball. And I tried Snowboarding for the first time. It was complete fail. 

FEBRUARY
Still played a lot of volleyball and went to the gym a lot because I had no job and no life. 

MARCH

This was the month that changed my life. My roommate and I bought tickets to watch a men's BYU volleyball game in Provo. When I went to Provo that weekend, I felt completely inspired to move to Provo. I had never even considered the idea before. But within a few weeks of getting that "feeling" to move, I had bought a contract and found two jobs in Provo. 

APRIL

I finished the semester out in Rexburg and didn't look back as I drove away from that town. I knew I had much more waiting for me in the future, but I had no idea what to expect. 

At the end of April I moved to Provo. I started working at Sammy's and DownEast. I was living with two friends who I went to junior high and high school with. They were the world's most perfect roommates. Seriously. 

MAY
Still working at DE and Sammy's. Still trying to figure out why I was sent to Provo.
I started dating and hanging out with Jayson again.
JUNE
I turned 20!!! Goodbye teen years. You will not be missed.
Roadtriped to Idaho to go to Skyler's mission Homecoming.
Visited Redfish for a day.
JULY
I quit Sammy's. Hoorah.
I went to parks and read a lot.
I hung out with my awesome roommates.
I worked at DE
I spent one last week with J before he left on his mission.  
AUGUST
I said goodbye to two of my bff's as they entered into the MTC. Riley Ellis went to Denver, CO and Jayson Sevison to San Bernardino, CA.
Alyssa and I flew up to Denver for a weekend and stayed with her Aunt and Uncle. It was a TON of fun.
Moved to the apartment right next door and was blessed with another 3 awesome roommates.
SEPTEMBER
I started taking my last semester of classes from BYU-I, but I did them online. Those classes were amazing and changed my life...or future life. I decided that I am going to be a Marriage and Family Therapist. and I am SO excited about it.
OCTOBER
Just a whole lot of work and hanging out with friends and roommates and co-workers.
NOVEMBER
I got promoted to Shift Leader.
DECEMBER
Christmas in California at my Grandma's with the whole family!!!! It was amazing.

Over-all, Provo has been the best change of my life so far. I have learned so much through work, friends, family, my amazing single's ward, roommates, ect. I have loved every second of living here and will be sad to say goodbye. Hopefully 2012 will be equally as good, if not better! Thank you to all who made my year so fabulous. I love you all!

Child Labor

This is what happens when you let me babysit your children.....I put them to work.
Ok, not really. It's usually all fun and games with coloring, puppet shows, hide and go seek, riding bikes, taking walks, etc. But yesterday when I got called to babysit for my aunt Leah's sister, Shelly, I was exhausted. I had hardly slept the night before, I got up at 7:30 to go into work because of our crazy busy sale, I was suppose to work until 10am but I was still there until 10:30, I got a text from Shelly asking for me to babysit from 11am-3pm, I said sure but I had to be back at work by 3pm. So I still hadn't showered, but I ran home threw on some clothes and ran up to Shelly's house to watch her adorable little girls. The first few hours I was just running on some caffeine but by the time Hazel went down for a nap, I was exhausted. I was afraid of falling asleep so I decided to start cleaning her house and precious little Goldie asked me if she could wash the windows. I said :"OF COURSE!" What child asks if they can help you clean the house? I know I never did. So off to work she went on all the glass doors and windows while singing Christmas songs. It was so adorable.
And then back to work at 3 I went and stayed until 10:30m. It was a crazy day.

You Know It's Finals Week When.....

It's 1:30am and you are in your living room with all the lights off and you hear your roommate ask you......

"Ummm, Britni? Why do you have sunglasses on?"

Sunglasses. They come in handy when you have been staring at your computer screen for 10+ hours and your eyes just can't take it anymore.

Happy Birthday Shout Out

To my dearest grandmother:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(don't we look so much alike?)

This pretty lady is probably the coolest person I have ever known.

She makes me laugh....constantly.

She is always laughing constantly.

She introduced me to my love of horses.

If I ever want to go to a country concert, she is the first person I ask to go with me.

She introduced me to Garth Brooks. Anyone who knows me, knows my undying love for Garth.

We also share a love for tree houses (she built me my first one)

She's really awesome at building things.

She knows more about places like Home Depot than the employees probably do.

She is the most patriotic person I know. I mean, look at the cast! So awesome.

Some of my fondest memories are laying in my grandmas heated bed early in the morning watching the Early Morning Show.

This is how cool she is....

(yeah. That's Regis &Kelli and my grandparents)

She also takes pride in my ethnicity.

She likes to think she speaks Spanish. One time I got a voicemail from her that started with, "Hola! Que pasa mi amiga?!?"

Overall, my grandma is amazing.

She is someone I look up to and miss every single day.

She's beautiful.

She's self-less.

She's a cowgirl at heart.

She's my soul sister.

I love you, grandma!

Happy birthday :)

Wedding Receptions and Bridal Showers

Friday night was spent with some of my favorite people all attending another one of my favorite persons wedding reception. All of these are employees or were employees of DownEast Outfitters. My manager, Julie, drove me, Eliza, Tiffany, and Peter (our old manager) to Whitney's wedding reception out at some military base. Her husband is in the military...obviously. She was gorgeous.

The pumpkin cheesecake was amazing. The father-daughter dance was a tear jerker. The country music was the best. And the slide show of pictures just made me want to get married...right now.

Yesterday I threw another one of my friends a bridal shower with a few of her roommates. I was in charge of food and decorations. We decided to throw her a Hawaiian style party because she served her mission in Hawaii and that is where she is getting married as well. Lucky for us, her fiance had a TON of decorations so we didn't have to buy any of those. As for the food. I made:

Samoa Girl Scout cookies

Avocado Deviled Eggs (seriously so good)

7-Layered bean dip

And then I bought:

pumpkin pie

and

spinach-artichoke dip

from Costco-obviously the best place for such foods

I know what you're thinking. That is the most random bridal shower menu ever. Yes. You are correct. But that's just what you get when someone doesn't know how to feed 20 girls on a budget haha. (i'm talking about myself) But it all was great......and their was fruit.

We had her fiance come in as a surprise and gave him a white rose and he had to pull of every petal and for each petal he had to state a reason why he loved Kalleen. It was adorable. He is definitely a keeper for her. It was a lovely night. Marriage is wonderful. Love is cute. Now I need to go work on my Marriage Prep homework.

Are You My Mother?

So it's the month of Thanks-giving and all and I thought I would give a shout out to my mother.

I am so grateful for her and the fact that she puts up with me and my phone calls I make to her every other day......or every day.......or multiple times a day.....

sorry if I bug you, mom! But she really is the best at answering my calls and listening to my rambling nonsense and is so patient with me....unless she has to go to the grocery store.

Don't ever call her if she is about to walk into the store. She cannot multi-task like that ;)

I love you mom!

You are wonderful. You are beautiful. You are amazing.

THANK YOU