Blogcation is over

Hey everyone!

I'm back!

Sorry, you probably thought I died.

I know I left you in a very awkward position of not even finishing my vacation.

Well I PROMISE to get back to that, but at this point I'll just give you a small update in my life.

10 Things that have happened in my life recently:

1. I applied for graduation!
2. Met with my school adviser for the first time to complete #1
3. I started my second to last semester of school!
4. My best friend, Kaitlyn got MARRIED!
5. I got a promotion at work and now I do cool things like count the safe.
6. I found my wedding dress on Pinterest! Well sort of, I found a top part I like and a bottom part I like and I would just put the two together. 
7. Applied to the Disney College Program and sadly didn't get in, but maybe I'll apply again in 6 months.
8. Started watching Boy Meets World every morning before school starts. I started with them in 8th grade and now they are in their senior year.
9. I got a new roommate, Shannon, and she loves Harry Potter* more than I do. We have become fast friends.
10. Started thinking about the future: planning my last 9 credits next semester, thinking of what I want to do when I graduate*, maybe planning a trip to Europe?, etc.

So there you have it, a little about my life right now.

I'll be sure to touch on some more of these soon, I PROMISE.

I'll leave you with this awesome picture of Kaitlyn and I on her wedding day:

*Speaking of Harry Potter, we are planning our second annual Harry Potter Party and I am having a hard time deciding what to dress up as (these are the things that plague my mind at night). I would like to dress up as Luna Lovegood because I have her wand, but there is one huge problem with that, I don't have blonde hair. So if you happen to have a long, blonde wig let me know. I might also go as the trolley lady on the Hogwarts Express. I actually have some good ideas for that one too. If you have any other suggestions please let me know!

I wish I could live at Harry Potter World

Sorry, it's been a while.
I'm back from an awesome vacation with the family.

Happy to be home and sleep in my own bed, but sad to leave such a magical place.
Here are a couple of statistics from the trip.

Bug bite count: 6
Crocodile count: 0 (I didn't even see 1!)
Days it rained: 7
Number of Harry Potter objects bought between me and my sisters: 9 (3 wands, a chocolate frog, Honeydukes lemon drops, butterbeer collector mug, time turner key chain, Hogwarts house socks, an educational decree magnet.)
Now some pictures from the first part of our trip, including Harry Potter World and some of Universal Studios. Get ready for a butt load of pictures.

 HOGWARTS!

Hogsmeade!

 Hogwarts Express

 Chocolate frog

 Can you tell we just ran in the pouring rain?

 Butterbeer #1

 Mandrakes

 Statue in Hogwarts

 Look Hufflepuff isn't in last place! Yes!

 Entrance to Dumledore's office

 Moving pictures

 Defense against the Dark Arts classroom

 Eating at the Three Broomsticks

 Real pumpkin juice!

 BUTTERBEER!

Butterbeer #2

 Karlie's the grinch.

 Fierce.

Dueling.
Well there is the first day of our trip!
I'll post more about the rest of the trip later.

Weddings and Olympics

Last Thursday I went to a couple of weddings for 2 of the best girls I know.

I worked with Megan and Melinda in the box office and they have become some of my best friends.

Megan and Melinda were also roommates this past year and I guess they liked each other so much they decided to have their weddings on the same day! :) 

So I did a little bit of wedding hopping on Thursday.

Congratulations to Megan and Alex AND Melinda and Tim!

Then last Friday, as I'm sure most of you already know, the Olympics started!

To kick start our celebration we had some friends come over to watch the opening ceremonies.

Yay for self-timer!

Also speaking of the Olympics, have you seen this?

You're welcome.

Just a whole lot of happiness going on in these parts.

And if life couldn't get any better I'm leaving for FLORIDA TOMORROW!!!!

Please excuse me as I spend some time with my family, Mickey Mouse, and Harry Potter.

See you in a week!

Also it's Harry Potter's birthday tomorrow!!!
Happy Birthday Harry!!!

Story Friday

I actually wasn't able to go to institute this week, but luckily for you I have plenty of stories that I haven't put on my blog yet. This story also happens to be one of our favorites. To better understand this story these videos might help. Don't judge us because we like to watch cat videos sometimes.

Kelsie=pink, Alicia=green, Andrew=orange, and Brooke=blue.

The Great Catsby's PARTIES were better than all of Bilbo's cat's parties. The cat years were a wonderful time. Cats from the shire came in their PANTIES to show they had the best panties around. Then they fell off and nudists they became. Bilbo was a bit ashamed. He felt betrayed to associate with cats at all. He decided to suit up and destroy all cats. Suddenly one of his panties ripped. Smeagol! Bilbo waddled away feeling embarassed. Smeagol had accomplished his life's goal. Pantsing the hobbitses! Catsby wanted to liven the party up, so he pantied up and stylishly arrived at Mordor. Quick journey. His leopard-print panties wiggled-wiggled into Mordor and danced the well-known Irish jig. Smeagol was angered and bit Bilbo's butt. Bilbo screamed relatively loudly. The other hobbits rode Catsby to a secret place known to all great cats- Mewsengard. The Cat-eye Sauron saw it all. Nudity was abounding in cat world, displeasurable to no-one. Everyone loved it. Bilbo called his fashion adviser for panties like Catsby's. His jealousy of said panties was overtaking him. He wanted his preecioooouuuussss panties right now! Destination: Catsby's home. He arrived there just in time to snatch the desired prize. Fashion magazines everywhere interviewed the new holder of the leopard-print attire. Bilbo finally became popular! Catsby shot him. Catsby's rage subsided when Bilbo was buried. But his panties were forever soiled so he threw really strong soap into the washer without the panties! :( They were soiled, but determined Catsby scrubbed them vigorously. Viola! His precious panties were saved! Several (of the hobbits) were happy.  

Idaho, Mom, and Pioneers

On Friday Katie and I headed on up to Idaho to pick up Karlie.

Karlie just finished her first year of college!

She has grown up so fast.

Anyways, we drove up to Idaho and helped Karlie move out of her dorm then drove back to Utah.

We  met our mom in Salt Lake and went shopping at City Creek.

It was a very successful shopping spree. 

It was so fun to be with my mom and sisters! 

 If you don't live in Utah you probably didn't know that Tuesday was Pioneer Day!

We didn't have work so we celebrated with a new sandwich place, Which Wich, The Dark Knight Rises, some pioneer-esque activities like taffy pulling and shaking cream into butter, and we ended the day with sparklers. 

 It was really really hot.

Pioneer Day and gearing up for the Olympics!