Happy Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for Becca for always being there for me and being the best oldest sister ever! I am thankful for my living and supporting relationship I have with Rachelle. I am thankful to have a brother names Ryan. I am thankful for Jenny and always showing me the right way and how to be tough yet loving. I am thankful for Juli for always being there when I need her. I am thankful most for my mommy dearest. She makes my life awesome. I don't know how'd get through high school without her.
I am thankful for ALL my nieces and nephews and the huge love I feel from each of them. It's crazy how old they are all getting. I remember when Mckenna and Tyler were born! I was the first of my friends in jr high to have a niece or nephew.
I am also most thankful for Chase and Zeke. Chase is the best boyfriend and most supporting companion ever. He makes my world go round. He made this great life for me and I wouldn't have a house without him. He makes my thoughts stay happy and he shows me that love is never ending. Zeke makes me so happy. He is such an animated little dog. He makes his mommy happy every day. My favorite is to come home from a long day at work and see his happy hyper jumping face to see his mom when I get home. He spins on his hind legs on circles and barks his ass off happily.
Today I am thankful for family. 💜

Dear Girls Club,

I need some serious motivation.  I don't know how I'm ever going to graduate this thing called college.  Really though, I just talked to my adviser and it looks like I wont graduate until 2016... That's IF everything goes well and I pass all my classes especially math...  I'm no good at this whole going to school stuff...  As much as I love Logan I just want to be with my family sometimes.  I'm surrounded by people I love but feel so lonely.  Why do we have to spend bank to gain an education.  Why can't they have classes and then you go to the ones you are interested in... If I could choose what I wanted to do, I would actually work harder and care more.  I'm just living in this place feeling like I have no direction whatsoever... I need a math tutor... I wish I could just take art class and play with little kids all day.  Life is confusing.  Also why does everyone and their dog have a boyfriend, its sickening... but mostly its cute and i'm jealous.  I was at wal mart just now and every corner I turned there was a cute little couple buying things together.  I'm fun, I'm cute, I'm nice... there has gotta be one man who likes me! I'm with Becca, it really is amazing that people are in love.  How am I suppose to find a husband... this is seeming hopeless.  Wa wa.... okay I'm done winning about my life... 

On a happy note, I've got some of the best friends a girl could ask for!  I really miss you all and want to be with you girls!  Love you!

Love Camille

Dramas in the life of Becca

Well all I can say is people falling in love is amazing.  End of story.

So my life right now is quite interesting. So we started doing dinner groups with some people in my ward. Before the groups were formed, this boy that is new in the ward asked me on a date. Probably the most random date I've ever been on. We went and bought cereal and milk and went to a park and ate the cereal in big pots with wooden spoon. Way random but it was fun! Then we drove around a little bit and that was it. Well then the next week I could tell that he was trying to ask me out again but he just never did. I don't really know why he didn't but boys are confusing so who really knows. So then last weekend we were at a park with some of my friends and his apartment was there. He says to me, "When are we going on another date?" First of all, he asked me in front of everyone, AWKWARD. Second of all, don't ask me in a round about way!  Gah! I was bugged but whatever.  I still didn't know how I felt about him because I knew he was interested in me so I figured why not, give him a chance. So we went on another date this past Saturday. We walked to Jamba Juice and then went on a walk. I was super nervous because I knew I was giving him mixed signals so I figured he'd bring it up. Fortunately, he didn't.  His whole life he's wrestled, so he talked about that A LOT. LIKE THE WHOLE FREAKING TIME and I don't particularly like wrestling but whatever, it was fine. So we kept walking and started walking on campus and got to the massive staircase. There was no way we wanted to walk up that so we decided to sit on a hill of grass and talked. Well, we talked and threw grass at each other and it was fun. Well i leaned back on my arms and right when I did that, he did the same.  I knew it was coming. Well you know the drill, he held my hand. The problem is, I seriously felt nothing. No emotion whatsoever. No butterflies, no nerves, NOTHING. The weekend before, we were watching a movie and his roommate is super flirty and played with my hand and held it for seriously a second and I had butterflies up my throat! Well after we held hands for a little while on the grass, he lets go and I didn't know what was going on. Then he pulled me closer to him and again....i feel nothing. So we then left and walked home and I expected him to hold my hand but he didn't. I was confused but really didn't think of anything of it.
So church the next day, I was nervous because I didn't want things to be awkward but I surprisingly have gotten better at not being awkward. So I didn't see him until the 3rd hour and he was across the room and he just waved. I texted him before church to just say thanks again for the date and he didn't text back. I didn't think anything of it because we haven't been big texters yet anyway.
So then later that night at my ward prayer, I saw him all over another girl. I really wasn't that mad because this girl is a flirt with everyone so again, I thought nothing of it. At this point I'm thinking I'll just give him a chance and see where things go.  What do I have to lose right? So his roommate comes up to me and asks me what my feelings were about him. I said I wasn't going to talk about it to him.  Then his roommate says, "I was really mad that he asked you out again.  I told him not to because I didn't want him to lead you on."  WHAT.  I didn't know what to think.  Still don't.  It's been 3 days and he hasn't even talked to me at all.  LAME.  So for now, I'm done with him. And his roommate that talked to me is super cute and I have the biggest crush on him but I don't think there's anyway he'd ask me out, especially since I already went out with his roommate. It sucks.

That's my life.

Mrs. Felt

Emi,  I need your email.  Also, what is your phone number?

Need optimism

http://jalene123.blogspot.com/?zx=adb1dba6af18d5f3

Happy One Year Anniversary Crystal and Scott!  We love you!!  <3

LONELY GIRL

Sometimes I'm super lonely... 

In elementary, Junior High and High School, I always had a group of friends, people I could call and talk to and especially people I could be around and socialize with.  But it's my 3rd year in Logan and I still don't have a group of friends.  Is this normal?  I feel like I'm very friendly and put myself out there but its like all these groups of friends are already formed and its so so so hard to join a group of friends.  For example:  It would be odd to add some random girl to our girls club... We girls have been friends forever... See what I mean.  I don't really know how to change this and get myself into other peoples friendship "clubs".  I've thought, maybe I just need to call the people in that group and see if they are doing anything but I don't want to become annoying. 

 I thought I would enjoy having my own room at school, turns out it provides more alone time in which I can cry and feel lonely... ha ha when I have a roommate, I buck up, laugh it off, have someone to vent to and hardly ever cry because I don't want to cry in front of anyone.  This has become very frustrating to me. 

I'm 20 years old and don't even know how to find solid friends.  Yikes... I miss you girls.  I'm feeling a little lost in life right now, its a weird time for me, trying to decide if I should serve a mission, or just stay in school or take time off so I can work so I can actually afford school and since I manage and live with 20ish girls, I only see girls all stinkin day long, I want some men! Suggestions?  Ideas?  Comfort?  Anything... 

I'm Hungry

Sometimes I don't know what to do for dinner. Like right now I'm STARVIN' but nothing sounds good enough to make. But I am out of TP and need to go to the store anywahhhhyz BUT I know better than to go to the store hungry.

What do you guys do for food? What do you always have around? Do you usually have dinner or just end up snacking or making a sandwich? I WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU DO! haha

But seriously.

hmmm.... :)

Once upon a time.... I got kissed by a boy last night and it was fun.... THE END

Random Thoughts

It has been a nice Summer.  At the beginning I was really worried because Summer was beginning and I didn't have a summer job... I still don't. So I've been just enjoying not having a daily job but pick up random jobs as much as possible, I've done some house cleaning and organizing for Scott's aunt and grandma and I do a bit of hair and waxing  and temp work to make sure we can pay our bills.

In April I started this weight loss challenge for to get rid of the weight I gained after getting married. It was a biggest loser competition with some of Scotty's relatives and other random people. The deal was you had to lose at least 1lb a week or you had to pay ten bucks. I only had to pay once. and at the end whoever lost the most percentage got the pot. I won :) I lost 21 pounds in ten weeks and lost 10% of my body weight. I haven't quite collected all of the money yet so I don't know how much I won but I feel pretty good about it.

Growing up means missing out on a bunch of fun stuff, I've found. My family is going to Lake Powell, my favorite place, next week but Scott has to work that whole week and it's his birthday on the 24th so I can't bring myself to go without him. We will do other fun things like the Preston Rodeo but it's hard to have to miss the Powell trip. Also, Scott's family is going to Disneyland, another of my favorite places, but it is the week that I go back to work at the school so we can't go, again. But at least we were invited. We get forgotten a lot it seems because people forget that we are still family or something, just because we are married. haha. It is getting a little bit better but it is still quite annoying.

It has been nice to actually have time to spend with Scotty because when school starts again... on Monday we go back to hardly ever seeing each other. It sucks but it makes us really enjoy the time we do get to spend together. It's crazy how little you can see someone that you live in the same house and sleep in the same bed with.

I am going back to school on the 27th at Weber. I'm signed up for 4 classes... just starting small and they are basic classes since I don't even have my generals done... HERE WE GO! I'm excited to start school again. But just about everyday I will leave my apartment at 7:30a.m. and return around 9p.m. Shoot, I am going to have to be so organized and I will be lucky to see my husband 2 times during the week before I go to bed. It'll suck but hopefully I will be so busy that I won't notice so much.

I just realized recently that I am really needy and I never thought of myself as needy but I don't like being alone. When I lived at home I never really could be alone so it has taken some getting used to that I have a little downtime by myself. I feel like a puppy sometimes because I don't have unlimited people to go on walks with and to cook and clean with so I beg scott to whenever we get the chance. I'm a lone ranger most of my days and it has taken a year to get used to but I am finally starting to like it. I'm getting along better being alone and don't absolutely "NEED" someone to entertain me all the time.

These are my ramblings. Hope it was all you ever dreamed of and more!

Oh... and I joined a book club... I am reading "The Graveyard Book." I'm only like ten pages into it... I don't know how long I will last in this club because I am bad at reading books. But my hope is that I will get better at committing to a book and reading the whole thing in shorter periods of time... No success yet. I've found that I am really bad at finishing something I start. Like movies. There are SOOOO many movies that I have started and never finished because I get bored and stop listening. Or I fall asleep. I can even watch an entire movie and not get a single thing out of it because my mind was thinking about other things. I guess I have a really low attention span. I think there may be something wrong with me. Just Saying!

Love you all!

hurry up

Alright, Crystal and Jessie. It's your turn :)

Also, if anyone knows a cure for eyelid twitching, that would be a lot of help.



xoxo

Alright, Alright, I guess It's my turn for an update..

What do say about me, hmmm I work. The end. JK!!!! But seriously, that's my life. I work at Davinci Virtual Office Solutions (google it) and I am a Live Virtual Receptionist for companies all over the united states. I have been there for almost a year, will be on July 15th. I love it there, the culture and atmosphere and people I work with. But lately, I have liked it for many reason I will not go into and get myself all frustrated on my relaxing saturday. I have applied for Discover Financial Services (credit card company) and have had one interview. They want me to come in for another hopefully next Tuesday July 3rd :) They will pay .50 cents more plus if I work anytime from 3pm-10 or 11pm I get an additional $1.25 an hour! :) BOO YA!! Plus I'll get to stay up late with my honey bunny and hopefully get to take my school day classes I need. BUT!!!.....Davinci will be giving me a raise for being there a year on July 15th and probably to the $11 an hour. In the past month they have given me promotion to the out bound team, offered me a position on the Roamer side(safety net of missed calls)and I am now moved to another team. WOW! So they have moved me quite a bit and over the past year I have stayed on the hardest team in Davinci with all the VIP Clients. SOooo I have a lot of experience to offer Discover card but still nervous. I am not sure what to do and if I should take the job. Chase isn't work right now so we are bleeding money. I NEED and deserve a raise but I don't see the point of changing companies if I only get $11 at Discover. Plus there is 12 weeks of training and those 12 weeks are the day hours. AND THEN I'd get the afternoon/night shift with that extra $1.25 an hour. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT I AM UNHAPPY AT MY JOB NOW AHHHHHH!!! So ya, that's my life. Work Work Work Work Work. LOVE it but HATE IT. Chase and I have been doing really well. You know when you get all giddy about someone you like for no reason at all even though they haven't done anything cute or given you something? Well that's been me for the past month. I don't know why but when I think of chase (usually when I am at work) I just get all giddy and happy. He has provided me with so many things in my life and so much new knowledge. I think back to that naive girl I was in high school (am still her inside sometimes) and think about how far I have in life. I am really glad we met when we did because I don't think I would have the guts to face the world on my own. He has taught me so much about value, loyalty, love, honesty, finance, my credit score haha, and trying your best every day you have to live. With out him, I'm positive I would still be living at my sisters house in the gloomy basement thinking about my family and the problem my parents have had. I now know why my mom took so many years to make her descison to get a divorce. It's hard to not want to forgive the person you have loved for over 20+ years and start over with them and forget to realize that you deserve better. My mom is great if any of you wonder. She is learning to love her herself and take care of herself for once. She reads more books and exercises and plays more with the grandkids. It is still hard when Randy comes around on Sundays especially for me. It's hard to forgive when he hasn't....wow off the topic. Sorry kids. So my life is great, just working and loving life with my boyfriend and zekers :) Can't wait to see Emi walk out of the temple all married and stuff. lol I love you all and miss you tons. PLEASE, lets get together before Emi's wedding and have a sleepover like old times! Tent in gobbles back yard? Jessie's basement?

You have made me who I am

Sometimes I wanna be little again...

I use to think that Jesus loved little children the very most!  I loved being little because I thought that if Christ came to earth He would most certainly want to see me first!  As I've gotten older, I've thought... "Darn it!  I'm not a little kid anymore... I kinda get jealous of children when I see pictures like this...  I like to picture all of us around Christ.  What an amazing older brother we have.  I'm sure when he comes again, He will want to see all of us because He loves us each so very much!

For some reason, this art work really touches me... Look at the angels around them... Sometimes I feel like that little girl in the blue dress.  So close to heaven, so happy and so at peace, other times I feel like the little boy and girl in the bottom left corner... kind of standing back and watching others progress and feeling left out but still hopeful that I'll have my turn.

This one makes me think of all of you... Someday I hope this happens but with us all together!  I want to be close to you girls my whole life and forever after!  I am thankful that Heavenly Father plopped us girls together in our cute neighborhood.  Maybe before we came to earth we all requested to be together.  I'm sure we were friends before this life!  Good thing we have grown up together!  You have made me who I am! All of you have shaped me into who I am today...

JESSIE

 

Jessie,  You have made me brave!  You have shown me what it is to go after what you want and to not be afraid of what other people think.  You have gone some cool places and it has made me want to travel and to experience other cultures and ways of life!  You inspire me to educate myself! Whenever I go past Dick's Ace I think of the time that I choose out a cookies 'n' cream chocolate bar... Just because you did... I wanted to be like you! 

        

 Yummy!  Now I want some HERSHEY'S!  I love you Jessie! // 

BECCA

Becca, when I think of you, for some reason I picture you just GLOWING!  In my eyes... You Glow! :)  You are this light of joy and you just make me want to be a happier person.  I feel like we can relate a lot, except I'm a few years behind you!  When I get discouraged about my dating life or my education or trying to do well in music, I think of you and how amazing you are and I kinda feel more at peace and content with where I am at in life.  I hope that through my life I can take a piece of you with me, staying positive and happy and smiling and laughing and giggling and dancing and singing!  Just like you!

          

Thank goodness for skype!  I love seeing you and talking with you there!  Technology is amazing and I'm glad it helps us stay close!  P.S.  I have fun looking through your pictures on facebook!  It made me miss you very much though... Love you Becca!

EMI

  

Emi, Sorry you don't get a picture of you all by yourself!  But I actually had one of us!! he he First of all I want to speak for all of us girls when I say... THANK YOU FOR MOVING TO AMERICA! I am so thankful you came here, to Utah, to Centerville, to US! There is something about a cute little half Japanese girl that makes us all better somehow!  I feel a little more cultured from the time I've spend in your home.  Me and You growing up in the same grade together has been the greatest blessing of all time!  From you I take the courage of confidence in who I am, in my taller, less stylish self and in my music that I write.  I remember the first time I saw Children Of The North play... I just watched you and listened to you and just cried I was so proud of you! I still am!  Thanks for being there for me when my dad threw away all my build a bear stuff... right after we played! "Training Wheels!"

              

I can't believe our little Emi is getting married!  So happy for you!!  Love you!  Hugs and Kisses!

JALENE

  

Ne Ne,  From you I take with me a passion for nature and adventure.  Climbing trees together was not always a good idea but that orchard was our playground!  I love when you come over, even if it is so crystal can pluck a hair out of your armpit!  he he I am so thankful I got to grow up living next to you!  I can't believe we use to fit down your laundry shoot! Oh I just thought of something else I'll have because of you!  

   

look familiar?...  Who would have thought that a pizza could split open a persons toe! ;)

I love you ne ne!  I love that the scare on my foot reminds me of my favorite cousin!  I love that when you see me, you run and give me a big hug and jump on me!  I love when we can laugh together!  I love you forever and ever and ever!

CRYSTAL

 

Crystal,  Last the Best of all the Game!  Sorry everybody but Crystal kinda wins when it comes to affecting my life.  She held me when I was a baby!  Now maybe Jessie and Jalene did that as well but Crystal... You really are the worlds greatest big sister!  You have always made this path for me to follow and you were always the test drive of things so that when it was my turn to do something, like going to college, I could do it the best way the 1st time around!  You are so cute as a married lady :) he he putting your house together and  cooking new things and eating healthy and finding cute ideas for homemaking and being a mother someday!  I'm so excited to be an aunt someday and to be a mother and to raise our children together!  I love you sister!  Thanks for always being a good example to me!!

The greatest thing about life... is that it just keeps on going... and someday all of us will have children and when Christ comes again, maybe he won't see us first but he will see our children first... or our grandchildren!  Eventually we will each get a turn to be wrapped in his loving arms!  And when that happens I'll have to thank him for being there for me my entire life!  And I'll have to thank Heavenly Father for sending you girls to earth at the same time as me to help me through this difficult but amazing life!

I love you girls!!

Love, Camille

Opening up. Figuring things out.

Mckay and I had a really good talk the other night while driving home from Logan. We decided that we could do whatever we wanted to do with our lives and literally achieve anything. With God on our back we can be really happy. It might sound a bit dumb or cliche, but it's 100% true. I've been struggling to figure out what I want to do with my schooling and the rest of my life. What school I should go to. What I should study. Where we should live.  Remember that really annoying song way back in elementary school? "I'm like a bird I'll only fly away.. I don't know where my soul is, I don't know where my home is.." It's by Nelly Furtado, I just looked it up. Anyway, that's a bit how I feel right now. I feel I have a lot of different homes: Japan, Centerville,Hawaii, and Logan. I think I am a very adaptable person when it comes to going to new places. I can easily go with the flow of a new scene. I don't know if my heart will ever be content in just one single place. That is why McKay and I have entertained the idea of moving to New York or California for art school. Heck, we've recently talked about going to London. This is all very exciting to me having the full knowledge that I can really go anywhere I want to and I have a super supportive fiance who shares the same dreams I have. I want to see new places and experience different cultures. I want to open a little shop and sell some art and clothes. I want to develop my sewing skills and also my drawing skills. Gosh, there are so many things I could write down, but they are all jumping around in my head so fast I can't. 

It is my hope and prayer that each one of you will find (has found) a person who is exactly on the same page as you. Who shares the same dreams you do and who supports all of your desires. I know that marriage is going to be a lot of work, but I'm going to have the time of my life with my husband to be. Ah, man I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. I'm so excited.

For now, McKay and I will be living in Logan from this August until June 2013. Come visit us! I'll make some cobbler and we can have a good time. 

I'll try writing more posts when it's not the middle of the night so my head is more clear. I love you girls. 

I Forgot

I forgot to tell you about my leg.  I bruised it pretty bad.  If you haven't seen the picture, look on facebook.  I slipped on bleachers and hit my shin and it bruised bad and spread down my leg to my foot and it was swollen at least 3 times it's normal size.  But it's getting so much better now which is good and I can finally do stuff without it hurting!

Update by Me

Ok, it's been quite a while since anyone has written anything so I thought I'd get the ball rolling and start with my update.

1.  I'm still in Provo for Summer just workin my little tail off.  I work for the Paint Shop in campus and we go around campus painting.  I work from 6am to 2:30pm which sucks but is also good but I'm always tired!
2. Daniel just left on his mission yesterday and it's crazy but so good!  We're really proud of him and know he'll do great!
3. I'm not dating anyone.  Surprising I know....not.  Haha.  But I'm not really liking the same boy from before.  But there is a new boy but he's been confusing me lately so who knows what will happen with him.  I've decided though to just back off and see what happens, if anything.  Stupid boys.
4. I graduate in April.  Crazy.  I still can't believe it's happening.  It's going to be good but I'm a little nervous to enter the "real world."  It makes me want to keep going to school so I never have to get a real job.
5. I'm still playing the guitar and I've been learning a lot of new songs that I love.  I've been trying to write songs but I've been in writer's block so hopefully something will come.

Ok that's basically my life right now.  Boring I know but that's life right now!  Ok now update me on your lives!  Stat!  Love you all!

-Becca

Once upon a time I was walking to class with a friend and we were about to cross the street.  My friend had just stepped off the curb and a bus turned right without seeing her and hit her.  It was an out of body experience, the kind that makes you think about life, the kind that makes you think "what if..."  What if she had crossed one second sooner?  The bus would have hit her head on instead of side swiping her... What if I was in front of her... The bus would have hit me head on...  I'm glad to be alive, although I'd rather skip out on my finals coming up next week.

I'm at this strange point in my life.  I'm 20 years old, single, behind in my math education, could turn in mission papers in a few months, could take classes and become a potter, could save up my money and take a service trip to Africa, could do pretty much anything...  Life is kinda confusing.

Right now what I'm most passionate about is my job at the elementary school and my membership in Fight The New Drug, Educating On The Harmful Effects Of Pornography.  Basically those are what my thoughts go into most.  I actually, just the other day got elected as the Publicity Head 2012-2013 for Fight The New Drug Chapter at Utah State! So excited!

I have a confession... I like boys... a lot actually... and I kinda sorta want to date one, I just don't really know who... Hmmm anybody wanna set me up on a date?  Anybody wanna go on a double date?! ha ha It is acutally kinda frustrating though because I've gotten to the point where I like being single, I like being alone and I'm just kinda picky with boys.  Except for the other day, I hung out with this boy and I just decided to let my walls down a little and we ended up cuddling which was very nice because it had been over a year since that had happened to me.  He's not talked to me since really so... eh... whatever!

I'm excited for summer time, I'll be moving back to Centerville.  Jalene I miss you so very much!  I think about you all the time and I just really badly want to be around you!  Becca, when you turned 21, how did you go about figuring out if you should go on a mission, what feelings did you have at that time?  Sister, Crystal, I am so excited to see you!!!!  Emi Chan... You and Mckay are so stinkin cute!  I loved seeing you riding bikes together!  Jessie, I hope living out of Utah is going great for you!  Post some pics?! // I love you girls!!

<3 Camille

Our tree

Hey so I'm at the bountiful shooting range and guess what I found!! Our childhood tree we've always wanted to hike to! Glad we didn't. May have been our last hike.

Lunch planning

K ladies, I'm sick of hearing we will make these plans. Let's just do it! How about march 24th? That should give Jessie plenty of time to finish her fee ride to money ;) wow I wanna do that testing. But how does that sound to you guys?

Here I am

Ok fine fine I guess it's my turn to jump on the bandwagon and update you all on my life.

This is me in case you forgot....

Well still going to school and actually doing pretty well so far this semester. I love my classes but I'm super busy with work and class that I don't have a lot of time for doing other things. One of my classes is called adult development and aging. I've decided getting old is something I do not want to do and I better not lose my memory. I absolutely love my job. It's definitely the best job for a student. Basically I get to do whatever I want all day. So great!

This past weekend I went and visited my aunt Lindy in Oregon. Funny story when we went to church, I was sitting in Primary cause I didn't want to go to Relief Society by myself so I sat and held my cousin for my aunt while she taught primary. A lady came and asked my aunt why I wasn't in Young Womens cause I couldn't be older than 14. 14!!!! That's a 8 year difference! So that is a sign to me I obviously need to dress more mature. Haha I also had 2 other ladies ask me how old I was and they both thought I was in High School. Blast my young looking face! They had the missionaries over for dinner and my aunt is determined to have me marry one of the Elders when he gets home. Talk about awkward. Well anyways it was so fun to get away and see family plus the views were BEAUTIFUL! We hiked to a few waterfalls and I loved it! I've decided I could definitely live there having those kind of views and only having them a few miles away.

Which brings me to my next subject. There's a boy I may or may not like. What a coincidence that he's from Oregon. Perfect right? Well not really. We're just friends right now but who knows what could happen. He graduates and is leaving in December so we've still got time haha. But I'm not getting my hopes too high because he's sometimes lame and won't ask girls out. Other than that there aren't really any other boys in my life that are worth mentioning. Except the a few weeks ago my cousin set me up on a date with a friend of the boy she is dating. Small world but the boy was Matt Moyes. Jess or any of you remember him? He went to Viewmont and was in mine and Jessie's grade. Random but it was fun!

Lately I've been thinking a lot about getting married and growing up. I've always thought about how great it would be to get married and have a family but lately I've been thinking about how life would be if I never got married cause who knows if I will! Surprisingly, I've thought about what life would be like if I didn't get married and I'm pretty sure I'd be just fine being on my own. I'd for sure get out of Provo and who knows possibly out of Utah. It's seriously making me so excited I almost don't want to get married. Don't worry, I'm not becoming anti-marriage I'm just keeping my mind open along with my options.

I was super good at exercising last semester but this semester I've been slacking major. I have a gym pass but I haven't gone in quite a while but I've made a goal to be better this week so we'll see how it goes! Haha. But I love exercising and the energy I get from it! So great! Plus, they have a cardio cinema where they play movies so it's great! Emi, I'm going to get a Bikini Bod! Also, my hair is growing which is good. I've decided I like longer hair on me much better. But let's be honest, I'll probably cut it again and start all over. Sorry I'm totally rambling now. I'm just putting off doing homework. Don't worry, next time I'll try to post some more exciting things when my life gets exciting! Love you all! We definitely need to do lunch or something soon!!!!

Jessie's Update

Hey Girlies. I love you all. I've been thinking a lot about childhood and how crucial it is to who we are now. I loved my childhood. Every second of it. Thanks to you guys. So. It's been forever since I've updated the internet world on my life. I have a blog, but haven't posted on it in a while. I don't really care to right now for some reason. But I want to post something on here. I think I'll follow Emi's lead and do a listy post.

 I don't know how to turn this dumb picture and don't want to reload it :) This is what it looks like in the morning, but I don't do it like this. Hah.

1. Some basics: I cut my hair short again. Really short. I love it. I think I probably won't ever grow it out again. I still look the same otherwise. 5'5" 140 lbs, brown hair, hazel eyes, 36B :) etc etc etc. I love my body. I love being a girl. Actually, I'm probably a C right now. Do your guys's boobs get bigger right before your period? Mine do lately. It's crazy.

This is how I do it, but it's hard to see. Sorry. I don't take many pics of myself. I'll work on it :) Ignore those other peeps. (The two girls are 2 of my old roommates, the one on the right is my best friend Leah.)

2. That's a good lead into something I'm obsessed with. Women's bodies. Menstruation, birth control, owning female sexuality, etc. I'm seriously in love with being a woman. I love my period (should be starting tomorrow or tuesday, with the new moon. I'm a crazy hippie when it comes to the moon and our periods) and love talking to other women about periods. It's crazy how many of us hate our bodies and hate what they do best.

3. I graduated in May. I'm not in school right now, but I plan on going back. Probably in 2 or 3 years. I feel no rush. I'm making plans for myself. There are many possibilities. I'm thinking of getting a masters/PhD in Psychology (I know I know, what does that have to do with architecture? whatever. I love architecture, but I want to work with people), maybe psychology and health, then maybe get another degree in nursing or something. I want to work directly with people, but it's not just about mental health (like a psychologist), it has so much to do with our physical health and emotional health. So I'd love to help women, but don't want to work exclusively with women. A lot of people are telling me I should be a midwife. I would love it I think. But we'll see :)

4. I am applying for a job that would move me to Seattle if I get it. It's the same job my brother John has here in Salt Lake, but the Seattle version of it. It's a "sale's job," technically, but that sounds way boring. I'll tell you more as time goes on. They have had the position open for a couple months and don't just hire anyone, so I don't know if I'll get it but John thinks I have a good chance. And I'd looove to move to Seattle. I am working on my resume and cover letter, but already have an interview with John's boss on Wednesday because John told her about me. So we'll see. It's a cool job, I'd be working with professors at Universities in and around Seattle. I think I'd love it. And i'd only do it for 2 or 3 years, save money, then go back to school. We'll see.

This isn't Seattle. This is San Fran. I took this pic :) I was there a couple weeks ago. A huge group of architecture students went for school so I went with them. hah. I love that city. It was my 4th or so time there. I'm blessed. 

5. YES we've gotta do lunch soon. Especially if I move. I can't leave without saying goodbye. I won't leave without saying goodbye. It sure has been fun seeing Emi and Camille a bit this year up in Logan. Love you guys. Now Becca, Crystal, Jo, let's get on this. My weekends are booked for another couple weeks (I'm doing a funny study where we take a pain pill, like weaker than a Tylenol, then they take our blood a hundred times over the course of two days. It's through this research center in Salt Lake, 25 other people are doing it with me. We come every weekend for 4 weeks, this is our second weekend, then by the end they've paid us $3300. Crazy huh?) so if we wanna meet up soon it'd have to be a not-weekend. Which is tough. We'll figure it out.

6. My jobs right now are just fun. I'm not saving money or anything, just kinda hanging out. I work at the wood and metal shop at the school of architecture at the U. It's the best job. I just build stuff and make sure students don't hurt themselves. I work just 20 hours a week there. Then I also work as a bike messenger. We only do legal stuff, so we run all the paperwork crap from law firms to courthouses all day long. It's so fun. I love riding my bike. It keeps me in shape. And I get to go in and out of cool buildings all day. I went in the church office building for the first time in my life a couple weeks ago. Funny.

This is a pic from the courthouse. I like taking pics while I work. 

7. I live by myself. I loooove living by myself. I lived with a few girls, my best girlfriends from college, for about a year, but they lived in the basement of an old man who smoked and I was sick of that. I live in the Avenues, for anyone who knows Salt Lake at all. Like, directly east of the temple. If I stood in front of my house and rolled a huge unstoppable bowling ball down the hill, it would hit the temple. That's where I live :) I've lived there for a few months, it's a one-bedroom little apartment. I love it. Here's a couple pics of the 'living room' space.

I love having a big window. I prop it open all the time. And it's on the ground level so I climb out of it a lot too. And friends knock on it when they get to my house. 

This is the most space efficient way I found to keep both my bikes inside. 

8. It looks like I have a boyfriend again. Since Davey I've now dated a couple boys. I didn't "date" anyone for a while, though I had a crush on every boy and kissed a few. Then I went to Italy and didn't think about boys much. Since I've been back I dated Sam for about 2 months, the boy from Logan. That was really fun and we liked each other a lot. But we weren't right for each other. We both knew it. We dated from beginning of October to end of November. Now I'm dating Tom. Tom Millar. If you're on facebook you can try to stalk him. I just flipped through his pics to see if I wanted to post any on here, but it made me all nervous. Hah. He's a cutie. I like him.

So I've known Tom for about a year and a half. He rides bikes like crazy like me. That's what has mostly brought us together. When I was dating Davey, Davey said, "If you had met Tom before he went on his mission, you two would be in love with each other." Then he got back from his mission and Davey introduced us, but I have never really been interested in him because he's suuuuuuper mormon. Not just like, Mormon, but really mormon. hah. Which is not really my style anymore, as you all know. I tell him "Man, if you had known me back in the day we'd be perfect for each other." We have a lot in common though, and get along really well. He's so mormon that he's been interested in me since we met, but didn't show it at all because he didn't want to make things complicated. But he's really in love with me. We're great for each other in a lot of ways. The only reason he's letting himself date me is because I don't him, "Okay Tom, I'll reinvestigate the church, I'll go to church and read and pray, but not for you. If I don't think it's right for me, I'm not going to fake it for the sake of us." But all he really heard was "I'll reinvestigate the church" and was sold :) So here I am, thinking about faith and religion all over again. But I don't think I'll ever go back to the church. It just doesn't work in my mind. I'm a really spiritual person, but I don't like religion. It's sad, because Tom really wants to be with me, and we'd be perfect for each other if our beliefs didn't differ so much. So. Who knows. I feel really peaceful when I'm with him, which means a lot to me, but I don't think it'll go anywhere, solely because he won't marry outside of the temple and I won't marry in. If I move to Seattle that'll end it for us. If I don't, we'll have to end it soon. For now we're both just happy pretending that it'll work itself out somehow; that I'll join the church or that he'll "lower his standards," if you will ;)

K fine. Here's a couple pictures.

This is a pretty recent picture, but it's hard to see his face really well. He's my age, he just turned 23. These are his sisters and his dad.  

This is him in high school or something. He still has the same pretty eyes and smile and cute nose, but plus like 5 years. 

9. Sorry, this is really long. So I'll stop. I could talk for ages, of course. I'm happy, girls. Really happy. I don't know where I'll be in two months, but I'm happy. It's been a great 2012 so far. I've been writing and drawing a lot. That makes me really happy. I still draw blind aaaaalll the time. As in I don't look at the paper as I draw, you know? So I'll leave you with this one, can you tell what it is? I did this blind, from memory. I love you girls. Thanks for making me who I am.

Lunch?

We should do lunch sometime. For reals. We hardly ever see each other!

I love being married. I keep forgetting that I'm the only one that's in this part of life. It is hard. fun, challenging, rewarding, lonely and lovely. We've been married over 5 months now. Crazy to think that it has already been that long.

I am finally making friends around here, in my ward and with girls in my apartment building.

Scotty and I teach primary. We LOVE it! Scott says he never wants another calling haha. It makes church go so much faster!

It seems like so many people I know are either pregnant or just had a baby or are trying. I am not in any of these categories.  It'll be awhile.  We are enjoying the time we spend together, just me and Scotty.

We are really bad at getting pictures taken together. Like REALLY bad at it. at least one of us is usually pulling a weird face or the pic is bad quality. or both.

This picture is when we went to the Preston Rodeo. in August. Super fun!

Being married makes it hard to be active, I know this is no excuse for unhealthy eating and too much tv watching and way too much facebook/pinterest... But I am starting to do better. I'm eating healthier, drinking tons of water and finding ways to move around more. :)

Some of my favorite snacks lately include: apples, oranges, bananners, string cheese, WATER, peppers, celery and laughing cow cheese, hard boiled eggs, yogurt etc. What are your favorites? I find that when I drink water more often, and eating smaller meals more often is smart. Of course we hear all these things already but I am seeing a difference. I still eat plenty of CHOCOLATE though!

I do have a new found love for Pinterest though... I've gotten all these ideas to organize our apartment and I've started using them. the parts that I have organized I love so much. You should see my closets... in a few weeks. :)

I am so grateful for our dishwasher. It is a little one but awesome. About the size of a large microwave, we have it on a table that wheels around the kitchen so we can hook it up to the sink. It's such a time saver and blessing. We got it from my dad(tyler) D.I. find (of course) but it was broken. Scotty fixed it. Awesome.

Anywhoo... this has been the most random post.

I have started indexing. I find it really fun. I get to see all these old documents and extract information from them so people can find their family members that are missing from their family trees.  I find it so interesting. The latest "batch" of documents is death certificates from Texas and the census from England and Whales in the UK. These records are from the 1800s. It takes a lot of my time lately. But I find it very rewarding.

Love you all! Hope all is well and I would love to see/ hear from everyone :)

bored at 1 am

Hey gal pals--
It's 1 in the morning and I cannot sleep.
Just wanted to say that I love you.
Life is beautiful. Especially when you have someone lovely to share it with.
McKay is the best kid I know and I'm the luckiest girl to have him.
I think being a woman is amazing. Look at all the stuff we can do. We can make humans for goodness sakes.
Does Jessie even read this blog? Seems like she hasn't posted at all.
Documentaries are great, but they always sway my opinions in their direction..is that a good thing? For example, I watched a documentary on natural child birth at home and how awesome it is. This made me want to give birth naturally in my home, but isn't that exactly what they want me to believe? I'll still watch documentaries anyway.
I love my parents more than anything
Camille and Jessie-thank you for coming to the show. It really meant a lot to me that you both were there. Really.
I'm so lucky to have great friends.
I'm getting really lazy at school. All I want to do in my life right now is:
1. date mckay
2. read lots of nice books
3. sew & sew
4. live by an ocean
5. make people happy
I really loved Hawaii. It broke my heart when I had to leave
I think making lists are my thing. Sort of like how this blog entry is like a list. It's mostly because I have a million things going on in my head and writing them down in complete paragraphs seems boring and tedious and long. So I make lists
baby hedgehogs. look them up on google images. you will not be sorry
This blog post was originally supposed to be really short.

Cool :)

Love,
Emi.

Hey girls! Just missing you all so much today! I decided to read the blog and look at pictures! What a blessing it is to have you girls as part of my history, my story, my life. I love you all so very much! Crystal, my sister, I hope teaching is going well, I know you've had practice being a mom, taking care of the Argyles. Maybe I'll be an aunt soon ;) he he! Jessie, Its been fun to run into you at Children Of The North Concerts! I've missed you! Watching our little Emi I just want to cry cause I'm so proud of that cute girl who came into my life in 2nd grade! No wonder 2 is my lucky number, that's when I found you!! I love you Emi! Becca! I love it when I get to skype you, it always makes my day better and you make me giggle and be grateful for technology, where I can see you, even when you are a couple hours away! Jalene, I hear you left the FB ha ha Good thing we have this wonderful Blog! Taking a break from school sounds amazing... I sure wish that were me right now he he I love you ne ne!

As for me, I've just been writing songs and working at Bridger Elementary School!

You may have heard the song I wrote, its on facebook, It's called Lean On Your Brother :) It's been fun sharing my testimony of Christ through that song.

I'm taking 2 institute classes right now... Preparing for Eternal Marriage and Mission Prep... I know, I know, they are kinda opposites, but we'll just have to see which one comes first.

I love you Girls!

<3 Camille T Boyce

Jalene lately

Hey girls,

Well I have just been working working working. I recently got a 50 cent raise at work! :$ and am loving my job.

I took this semester off to save money and relax. I haven't taken a break. It's been really nice to relax my brain and do things around the house more often.

I've decided to pursue my photography dream I haven't had the guts to do. I made a blog and need models for practice! Anyone willing? It's FREE...

Chase leaves tomorrow out of town for work. He will be gone for 5 weeks!! :( good thing I have Zeke, family and friends.

I just downloaded the blogger app. It's a ton better! Try it!