Okay, Okay, Okay!

So I know that I am officially the worst blogger in the world. I have this issue where I feel like things need to be done in an order so I have been postponing blogging until I could get all my pictures on my flash drive to be able to put them on my crappy computer that won't read cd's or memory cards. However it has taken forever and I have had a major event happen in the meantime so I will just blog about that first.

This blog has been delayed because I have been trying to take the christmas background and put up a cute new one but my computer was giving me guff. (Like I mentioned earlier I need to do things in a certain order). Getting to the point of this blog.

IM ENGAGED!

I got engaged on February 14th. I know Valentines Day is so cliche but I think that is why Mitch did it. My sister teased me saying that he was going to do it at Temple Square or a Jazz game because I am such a brat about where and when the proposal happens. Thankfully he did it the perfect way, in the privacy of my apartment. We had gone out to breakfast while he enlisted the help of his little brother to decorate my apartment. When we got back there was little red and white candles all over my living room, rose petals on the floor, and bunches of balloons all over the perimeter of my living room. At first I had no idea what was going on, I thought it was just a valentines day surprise. I decided that I needed to document how cute he was so I started taking pictures. There was a bunch of balloons tied to some flowers on my coffee table that said to "pop each balloon 1-5 there is a special message for you inside. They all just said something cute and cheesy in true Mitch fashion. The last one said "do you have a question for me". Well I had no idea what was going on so I said "I don't know, I don't think so". He then said, "I thought you would want to know how much time we would spend together." And then in one very fluid movement he pulled the box out of his pocket, opened it, and got down on one knee and proposed. It was perfect, simple, sweet and private. ( Well except Little Brother was in my bedroom).

Thanks Meagan!

My friend had this posted on her blog and I really liked it, so I thought I would share it with my blog viewers. My family really has a passion for Thanksgiving so I thought they would appreciate this. I know my blog is super outdated but my camera broke and I need to put my pictures on a CD cause I can't get them off my camera. Stay tuned for an update soon, it will have to be a fall recap like my summer one. Sorry folks.

A Thanksgiving Proclaimation!

"It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations are blessed whose God is the Lord.
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We know that by his divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world. May we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people?
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We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.
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But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
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It has seemed to me fit and proper that God should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens."
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- Abraham Lincoln, 1863

Bag Tag!

My friend Meagan Bag tagged me, it is a little scary my friends.
1. My camera, which is always in my purse or else I panic.
2. My wallet. Which is one of those huge old lady checkbook wallets but I love it.
3. My eyeglass case. I take it with me when I wear contacts in case my eyes hurt, but right now the glasses are at home but there is a contact case.
4. Orbit Gum. ( Raspberry Mint)I always like to have gum, one fruity flavor
5. and one minty flavor. (Cinnamint)
6. Its my frequent shopper card holder. Most importantly Cafe Rio and Cold stone.
7. An old prescription that I never had filled. (Im dumb sometimes)
8. A very old picture of my friend Shyla. I don't know how it got in there.
9. A UTA bus map.
10. Clear Nail Polish. (Don't ask)
11. Rewetting eyedrops because contacts make your eyes dry.
12. My Ipod cause I always have it. You need something to do on the bus.
13. My Ipod connecter in case I need to download some music and because I don't really have anywhere else to put it.
14. A flash light, I got it as a gift at work but have never taken it out of my purse. You laugh but it came in handy one night when Mitch's car wasn't working.
15. Dove Deodorant because sometimes I forget and I don't want to smell bad. And sometimes you want to reapply.
16. Anti-itch cream, I don't know why but it has come in handy several times.
17. A giant ring that I took off one day. It reminds me of the pretty pretty princess game jewelry.
18. A bottle cap to a drink I bought on the way home from my nephews wedding. I know a little girl who collects them.
19. Lip Smackers Dr. Pepper Chapstick. It's my favorite.
20. Burts Bees Pomegranate Chapstick. (Just stick to the original its better)
21. Burts Bees Chapstick. Its a necessity. Its the best chapstick ever.
22. Burts Bees Shimmer Chapstick White. Don't buy it it's expensive and makes your teeth look really yellow.
23. Burts Bees Shimmer Chapstick Pink.
24. Lip Smacker Giant Chapstick, ahh the good old days. I had a few when I was younger I used to call them Dolly Parton Chapstick.
25. Old Navy Peppermint Lip Gloss. Their lipgloss is the best, its not sticky and it feels like it actually moistuirzes your lips rather then dry it out.
26. Old Navy French Vanilla Mint Lip Gloss.
27. Old Navy Strawberry Mint LipGloss.
28. Chopstick Helpers
29-30. Two Dimes.
31. An Orbit Gum Rapper.
32. A South City Institute Caribeaner, Mitch said I need to show my support. Ha Ha
33. A tampon.
34. An Old UTA bus transfer.
35. A bottle of various pain pills. Ibuprophen, Tylenol, and Tramadol.
36. My keys to my house, and garage.
37. Lotion.
38 A Pen.
39. My work keys that make me feel like a Janitor.
40. I should have something else just to get to 40. Thats sad I have almost 40.

I tag Audrey, and anyone else who looks at my blog. Post a comment so I know you did it.

Summer has now ended:(

In commemoration of summer coming to a close. (Sniff sniff). I thought I would highlight a little of my summer. The sad thing is that I feel like Summer is over and I have nothing really too exciting that happened to me over the summer. No Lake Powell trip, no camping, and I went boating like three times. With that out of the way, the few points I have to highlight are a little dull.

This was supposed to be the first of many fires, but it was actually the first and last fire. We usually have a ton more. This picture has a little east side pride. Can I get a Wha wha. This is the annual Breast Cancer marathon. We have been walking this for three years now, ever since we found out Blanca our sister-in-law had breast cancer. The group has changed every year as to who comes, but there is always a group that supports the cause and hopefully always will.
Most of my summer was spent hanging out with Mitch and his brother Jason . This is an example of the randomness of the activities we did. Ha ha Hands up Stands up, a childhood summer classic.
Little Xavier James came into our Crazy family June 5, 2008. Little Annie Sue is a monster next to him.
I got to spend some time with Augustus my cute nephew that lives in Denver that I hardly get to see. Look how cute he is.

Part two.

The amazing Summer Sunset in June coming down from swimming at Snowbird. This picture didn't even capture how beautiful this sunset really was. Fireworks on July 3,2008 this was some good times. Jenny Jones (my old roommate) her roommate Jenine and I and a bunch of other people I didn't really know. The fireworks at Granite High School are actually really good.
Lagoon, as I alreadly posted before I went to Lagoon, but like I already mentioned my summer was lame. (Not a whole lot to talk about).

My friends Kim and Shyla, and I all went on a Night Hike together to Lake Mary at Brighton. The moon was super cool that night and again the picute does not do it justice. Ah Lake Mary is the best Hike ever, especially swimming when you get to the top.
John Mayer! Need I say more? This was a super fun night, good times I had all my amigos there (Shyla, Kim, Holly, and Amy). Colbie Cailet was there too and I really love her.

Part three

Hiking Lake Mary with Mitch, Jason, and Jasons friend Rana. This is my favorite spot of the hike, the view of the canyon below is beautiful. Rana, Jason, Mitch and I.
This was the longest hike up to the Lake ever. Jason and Mitch like to play this game. "We have to play my favorite game." Mitch said. "You pick a pole or a tree and throw rocks at it" Well Jason was right on board. So this was the hike the entire time, throwing rocks at trees or poles.
Getting ready to get into the water up there. The water was so high, the jump was only like five feet if that. Overall this hike to Lake Mary was so much fun. The three of us together (Mitch, Jason, and I) we are like 12 year olds.
We went to the Nickelcade a couple times just before Jason left for school at Snow College go badgers.

Part 4

So we all pooled our tickets together and got a cap gun, it made Jason's day. He had lots of fun with that on the way home. It was good times at the Nickel Cade it felt like high school all over again. I went boating with Mitch's family. It was so much fun, we had the most chill day on the lake. They hardly take anything serious. This is Mitch Slaloming, hes pretty good. Good enough to impress even my dad I bet.
Yeah he is really like twenty shades darker then me.

This is Jason Wakeboarding, he is pretty good.

Dang these Greaves boys have some lakeside talent.