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This last weekend was crazy but it was good to see my family. I went home on Thursday. Friday I went to my mom's office to see what my nephew got at his V-Day party from his school. He was so proud of his hat that he made.

Saturday, I would have to say was the more crazy. My mom and I left her house at 8 to go to Brittney's cheerleaders competition. Jena (Brittney's friend and fellow couch) made the outfit that Baylee is wearing. It is so dare cute.


The cheerleaders did an amazing job. Good job Hawks!!!


After the competition we all went to Butter-Burrs for lunch. I was so tired that after that I went and took a nap. That evening my mom went to a open house of one of my sister's friends and then her and I went over to the Winters house. I got to see Micheal who is leaving on a mission soon, and meet Julie and Paul's new baby Samuel.

Then Sunday was an amazing day. I went to church with my mom. They had L.Tom Parry in their ward to speak to them about bringing lambs back to the fold and being patient with them. The best of his talk he ask the President of the Decons to go up and stand by him. The young boy looked so nervous but he did an amazing job with what Elder Parry asked of him. I am sure that young boy will never forget that day. During Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School I helped my mom take care of little babies. I enjoyed it so much. Then after Sunday School we went to lunch with my Uncle Cole who was passing through town. We went to Texas Road House with him and my sisters how family.

Then we all went our separate ways. It is so good to see my family and I did not want to go back to Logan. But being back here in Logan I just have to get my mind back into the swing of school so I can graduate in May. I am sure that before I know it I will be headed back to Pocatello to see my family or they will be coming to see me graduate. I love my family.

V-Day

For Valentines Day I gave my roommates and I matching PJ pants. The pants were so cute. I gave them the pants on 2-10-10 because I was going home the next day. I wanted a picture of us to post for today but it is just the 3 of us instead of the 4 of us because Allie was not there when we took them. So anyways I am so glad I have 3 good roommates. We fight like sisters (almost) but I still love them. I am also going to take this opportunity to tell some other people that I love them.
1) my mom- She has been a wonderful mother. I think she is the best! Maybe it is because I am her daughter but it is true. Having to raise my sister and I could not have been easy but she didn't. Through-out my illness she has been there through my tough times and the times that I just wanted to give up and lock myself in my room she was there to tell me "NO". Thanks mom! I love you!
2) my sister- Another person who has been with me through everything I have done. The person I grew up with. The person that we got in to trouble when we would talk at night and then my mom would sneak up to us, the person that we felt each others pain when everyone would tease us about not having a father, and the person that has been my best friend forever. No one has ever had to say I love that sibling better or that sibling is my best friend cause it has been just the two of us. I love you sis!
3) Charlene Bradley- This is a person who has never let me think that I am not good enough. She is the first friend that has gotten married but has continued to stay in contact with me. She is the first best friend that I had when I moved out of my mom's house to go to college. If it wasn't for different blood parents we would defiantly be sisters. I am glad that she lets her daughters call me Aunt Tasha, and lets me say that I have 3 nieces. I love you Char!
4) Extended Family- my aunts, uncles and cousins! I love you and I wish we were closer and showed our love for each other more.
5) My grandparents- I love you both- Grandparents Clark and Grandparents Hill- Thanks for everything you do, do for me.
6) The rest of my friends-You know who you are! I am glad I have you in my life.
Well for all of those who read this I am sorry if it was a lot that you did not want to hear. But it is a day of LOVE after-all. I hope that everyone can show love today in someway that you have never done before. If you have not told someone you love them in a while tell them, if you have held a grudge on someone let them know it is okay even if it is for one day. My IWA advisor read us this story in our presidency meeting on Wednesday and so I have copied it on here as well, Please read it and live it:

THE GREATEST MISSIONARY IN THE WORLD.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscle can split a shield and even destroy life but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of men. I will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.

My reasoning they may counter; my speech they may distrust; my apparel they may disapprove; my face they may reject; and even my message may cause them suspicion; yet my love will melt all hearts liken to the sun whose rays soften the coldest day.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and I will be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

And how will I speak? I will laud mine enemies and they will become friends; I will encourage my friends and they will become brothers. Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs.

Is it not so that birds, the wind, the sea and all nature speak with the music of praise for their creator? Cannot I speak with the same music to His children? Henceforth will I remember this secret and it will change my life.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

And how will I act? I will love all manners of men for each has qualities to be admired even though they are hidden. With love I will tear down the wall of suspicion and hate which they have built round their hearts and in its place will I build bridges so that my love may enter their souls.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

But how will I react to the actions of others? With love. For just as love is my weapon to open the hearts of men, love is also my shield to repulse the arrows of hate and the spears of anger. Adversity and discouragement will beat against my new shield and become as the softest of rains.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

And how will I confront each whom I meet? In only one way. In silence and to myself I will address him and say I Love You. Though spoken in silence these words will shine in my eyes, unwrinkle my brow, bring a smile to my lips, and echo in my voice; and his heart will be opened.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

And I will love myself. For when I do I will zealously inspect all things which enter my body, my mind, my soul, and my heart. Never will I allow my mind to be attracted to evil and despair, rather I will uplift it with the knowledge and wisdom of the ages. Never will I allow my soul to become complacent and satisfied, rather I will feed it with meditation and prayer. Never will I allow my heart to become small and bitter, rather I will share it and it will grow and warm the earth.

I will greet each day with love in my heart.

Henceforth will I love all mankind. From this moment all hate is let from my veins for I have not time to hate, only time to love.

I will greet this day with love, and I will succeed.

Sledding/Up on Cloud 9

On Feb. 5, 2010- My roommates (Nikki and Morgan) and I went sledding down Old Main Hill. It was so much fun.



Then I went and got ready for my date with Josh Sulser. My friends Lydia and Loucha came to help me get ready.

After I was ready I went to get my date and we went to my IWA advisors house for an amazing Thanksgiving Dinner.

Josh and I

The whole group!

When I got to the dance I ran into my friend Shannon McCleve/Spanish tutor. It was so good to see her. She stood up and gave me a very big hug. Both of our dates just laughed and us and did not know what to do.

The 4 amigas!!! Natalie, Lydia, Loucha, and Me

The sledding and the dance was amazing! I am so glad that I have good friends to hang out with and do amazing things.

The Love Letter

Many of you are probably wondering what the title could mean. Well let me tell you! Last night I went to my friends Jeff and Brad's house to play games. My friend Natalie went with me. Well let me be the first to say that the friends that were there have a fun imagination. We played games I have never hear of. The Picture/Sentence game, The Lover letter game (which is what I will talk more about later), Mingle, Mingle, Mingle, and then we also played 2 games that I have heard about 4 men on a couch and Mafia. But let me tell you more about what this post is really about. At first I was a little nervous to even start playing this game. Everyone in the circle gets a piece of paper and they look to their right and start a love letter to that person. Then they start the love letter when the leader of the game yells switch you had the letter to you left even if you have not finished a word. and you continue where the last person left off. And you keep going which is why you only get to read the last 3 or so words. Well so you go until you get yours back and you sign it and then everyone goes around and reads the letter out loud. They can become really fun. Mine was okay in the funny department but I thought it was a good way to show what I mean. I will change the font when the next person started to write so here is the letter that got written to me.

The sock in my flip-flop Natasha, I love it when we walk on the sand and I wear flip-flops especially because sand gets stuck in my pants when we walk on the beach together but I don't mind because I love just being there with you. Your smile sparkles like the moonlight on the water of a pond in china. How I long to look into your eyes and sing you a song of Joy and Rapture. Why do I not know the song in the air right now? But I think of you when I hear you sing those high F sharps and when you sing so loud it makes the glass in all the world. No one makes me as happy as you do. Always, Always, Always, Mickey V

So as you can see it is a lot of crap and makes no sense but it is funny to see that no one person's mind is the same. Life is funny that way. I think the meaning of this is to know say that not everyone thinks a like and so I think in order not to hurt people's feelings or to get into fights before we just say what we are thinking we need to think before we speak. I know that is probably not what Natalie, Andrea, Jeff or Brad got out of this game but I have come to the conclusion that everything I do in my life is to teach me something and that is what I think I am suppose to learn from this game. So I am going to from now on think harder before I say something to people that I don't know that well so I can not hurt feelings. So I am sorry if I have hurt anyone's feelings with the words or actions that I have done. I hope that one day you will forgiven me if you have not all ready. And for those that I have not hurt with me words or actions I am glad and I hope that I never do. :)

Amberley

Hey I have this friend that I meet. Her name is Amberley. She got in a car accident. To get her from Casper to Provo they had to fly her and her insurance denied to help pay for it so they need friends help. Even if you don't know her please go down to my friends that I meet in Utah and click on Amberley. It will take you to her blog and you can click on donate. Even if you can only donate $5, $10, or $15 it will help so much. So please think about it and do it. Also by clicking on that link you can read her side of the story of how it happened. Also pray for her to get feeling back into her legs. Thanks!

2010

So I know I have done a post already in 2010 but I want to show pictures of what I have done lately. On tenth of this month Morgan and I drove to Salt Lake to pick Nikki up from the airport.

Then that night I went to Natalie's sister's for dinner and games. It was so yummy!!! And I finally meet her nephew Jack. He is so cute. I hope I get to play with him again soon.

Then I went through the first week of the semester which is going to be a lot of work but I will be glad when I get through it. On Wednesday, the Abish presidentcy got together to work out the whole semester.

That weekend was a long weekend so I went home to be with my family and my mom, grandma, sister, and nephew and I went to the movie Alvin and the Chipmuncks the Squekual(sorry for the spelling)

Trysten loved it. It was so fun to go to a movie together. So now I have made it through my second week of school and I know my schedule. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I don't have class on campus but I will be working on my Spanish online classes. Tuesday, I have a techinical writing, anthropology of childhood class and a internet development class. Thurday, is the same as Tuesday except I don't have the internet development class. Also, on Tuesday and Thursday I have institute Pearl of Great Price. Then on Wednesday nights I have my IWA group that I am still the secretary for. This weekend is going to be crazy cause it is suppose to snow on and off all weekend. Well that is all that is going on in my life right now. And if anyone wants to know I am still single and love it, but I will go out on dates if I am asked. I love my ward and the friends that I have it. If there is anything else you want to know about my life just ask I am running out of things to talk about. I think you all must be bored of reading about school and iwa but that is my life right now and I am loving it. :)

What have I been doing...

This post is not going to have pictures. I would like to but I just have a few minutes to give you a little update of what I have been doing since New Years. New Years Day a family friend Joy came over and my mom, Joy and I watched 5 movies and made tacos. It was so fun. We started out by watching Love Actually ( Don't watch it unless it is a clean flick one), then we watched Julie, Julia (my mom got it for Christmas from Brittney), then we watch the Proposal ( I had see it before and I liked again), Then we watch Race to Witch Mountain ( I liked it better the second time), the last movie we watched was Bride Wars ( I got it from Christmas from Pat). It was a good night for movies and tacos. Then I was going to go back to Logan on the 5th but the weather said it was going to snow so I went back on the 4th. I worked all week getting organized for the new semester, watched some movies with my roommate Morgan (she was the only one home) however Wednesday Allie surprised us and came home for one day. Then she left again. Sunday Morgan and I drove to Salt Lake to get Nikki from the airport. We went to Chuck-A- Rama. It has been so long since I have been there. Before we went into the resturant Mogan got some news that her friend Amberlye got in a car acciedent and was on her way to the hospital, and she can not feel her legs. Morgan got so weird she did not eat much. Then on the way back to Logan we hit traffic and Morgan got antsy. We finally got back to Logan and Morgan said that she might be driving to her friend, but later decided not to. Amberlye had surgery that the doctors were very happy of the way it went. She still can't feel her legs and so when asked what she wants she answers that. But she has screws in her back. She will be in Casper, WY for a week which is Saturday or Sunday and then she will be transfered to a rehab center in Utah. So join me in praying for her legs even if you don't know her. So I had my first day of classes yesturday and it is going to be crazy. I have my first class on Tuesday and Thursdays at 9 in the morning then I go to my technical writing class, then my anthropology for childhood class, then only on Tuesday nights at 6 I got to my Internet class. But I do not have class on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. I will be working on my Spanish those days. I have a meeting tonight with my IWA chapter to finalize the semester. Before the semester ended we had a meeting to start planning this semester and we got some great things planned. So I am excited to see how this semester goes. Well that is all that I have going on in my life right now! So if anything pray for Amberlye and then wish me luck on this semester it is going to be a crazy one.