Bearie Boos Blog!!!

Fall Photo Shoot

2011-11-07T11:19:00.001-08:00

The other Sunday my roommate Kelsey went out and took pictures of some of us roommates (Amy Jo, Amanda and I) together. We had a really fun time playing in the leaves and having a little 'fall photo shoot' hope you enjoy as much as we did!"We were excited for a real fall in Rexburg"Can I just say 'my hips do not lie' there on the right! got to love the curves :)My goofy roommates

Rustic ladies on the bridge Cute shoes...I think yes!!!Amanda and IAmy Jo and ICute bum where you from...oh wait that is mine!again...and again...Carlee: What in the world are you doing Kelsey...are you taking a picture of my bum?

Kelsey: Hehehe! I have taken a couple, I kind of like them!
Got to love the fall leaves!This is a Carlee face for sure!This one is different but I really like it
Enjoy these ones below they are the turned out really nice These water ones I have really fallen in love with Hope you enjoyed them! I am really happy with how they all turned out!
love you all

Long Time No See!

2011-09-29T21:43:00.001-07:00

Sorry it has been such a long time since I posted. I was busy with school then I went to Arizona for the summer and had no internet. I am back up at school and back into the swing of things and thought I would just post a few pics from my summer working at the Grand Canyon!!!This was taken on my day trip to the reservation the old door to the trading post at Ganado...little artistic and I really enjoyed getting some old pics of the post.

Same day out at spider rock where the Navajo believe spider womens spirit(mother of weaving) is. there are white rocks out on the pillar and they say it is the sculls of the people who did live as the Navajo should!

Cape Royal at the Grand Canyon

I just never got enough of the sunsets!!!

Mom and Dad came to visit this was on our evening out at the Canyon

Really it was Just beautiful!!!

This is my good friend David he worked in the gift shop and we had a great time this summer including our run in with the wienermobile!!!

Rexburg the Iceburg!

2011-02-27T09:36:00.000-08:00

Just thought I should change my blog a little since I haven't done it in some time! There is so much to say but not enough time to say it all! I guess I will just tell a few highlights so you know what is going on.

-I've been to two choir concerts so far this semester.
-I've been to the cheep seats once. (I saw Harry Potter 7 part 1)
-I've gone on two dates...both the same weekend.
-I've visited my Grandparents once.
-We (meaning my girl friends and I) had some friends from out of town come into town for the long weekend.
-I went sledding once.
-Been to Idaho Falls twice for shopping and eating out somewhere not in Rexburg.
...Lets me think here!
-I've slipped on fallen on my butt more times then I fingers to count it one.
-I've had one job interview for possibly working at Jacob Lake Inn over the summer.
-Last but not least I am enjoying my time up here at school. I have wonderful class, great roommates and even better friends who will be friends for years and years to come!

I hope you all are enjoying your winter and hopefully staying a little warmer than I am!

Missing Home!!!

2010-12-09T09:21:00.000-08:00

I got on and looked at my sisters blogs today and the home sickness I have been feeling has just become a bit deeper! seeing pictures of my family all together making new memories with out me just breaks my heart into a million pieces. Danyelle is doing great and so is Jared rocking as a coach! So so so jealous that Jared got them a new puppy so they have two dogs and I have none! But I do have a dog that I got to help take care of for a little while until it found a good home...this is Gabby she is so dang sweet and I love and miss her but I know she is in a great home that needs her! What a wonderful time we had the week of thanksgiving. Courtney and I sure miss our little friend!Shanda and Chad took the girls shopping on black Friday and sad to say I missed black Friday shopping this year! :( Payton got to enjoy her first McDonald's Breakfast ( that is tradition for my sisters and I to get while out black Friday early in the morning!) All though I missed a lot of the fun at home by being at school I still had a good holiday! It was just Courtney and I in our apartment and it was truly bliss!!!! We had a great time relaxing watching movies. We learned about a 100 different ways to cook a turkey on the food network which was really fun and very educational. :) We also spent a lot of time in the kitchen baking cookies and all sorts of goodies! Gabby sure did enjoy sitting at our feet waiting for us to spill! She did her job very well we didn't have to sweep all week, hehehe!!!Here is a little bit of the mess but I find it made for a great picture and we had lots

of fun with decorating!Oh, and Rexburg got a lot of snow over the week and with all the wind it blew into our entry way...as you can tell you can see some of the sidewalk but our first 5 stairs were covered in snow...that created a fun little adventure for not falling when we attempted to head out.From the mouth of Payton: "Squirrels, I hate squirrels!"
This guy has been hanging around and he gives a fright every time the door is opened and he see and hear him scamper up the wall then he watches as you walk up and down the stairs. It is way creepy! I am just waiting for the day he decides to attack.

Well I think that is all I have to report. I am finishing school off strong and in 10 days I will be home with my family enjoying every moment and getting as much love as I can from my nieces and sister...oh, and mom and dad as well! :) I really am so excited...my mom is off the entire time I am home and we are going to have so much fun together I really can't even wait!

...Happy Holidays!

ps...I'm in liked with a guy!!!

Artsy Fartsy!

2010-10-01T12:44:00.000-07:00

So I have an amazing class this semester it is elementary art methods so I have lots of fun projects that I am doing all week long this is one that I really like how it turned out! We had to make a small box that represents us!
Thank you Danielle MacDonald for all the cute wrapping you always wrapped my gifts in because I used it for my project! The purple and green are all me so it worked perfectly! I love bows so I made two on it. I LOVE how it turned out!

Hot water blow out!

2010-10-01T12:29:00.000-07:00

So I have lived in the apartment I am in now for about 6 months and we have always had this weird goo growing from our hot water tank I was just waiting for the day it was going to explode...well that day came a few weeks ago...we got a slow leek from it! Maintenance came and fixed it and we have a nice new tank with out anything strange growing from it. Yeah! three buckets of water in just a little over 6 hours! wow

163 Tires!!!

2010-09-08T19:43:00.000-07:00

Okay so as you all must know I am a long distance runner but what you don't know is that I have a fear that while I am running a car will pass and its tire will blow and kill me...so, I have a problem with noticing tires on the side of the road. Last week I flew to Indiana to visit Courtney and then we drove cross country back to Idaho for school. After I pointed out the first 5 or so tires Courtney suggested that we make a tally of all the tires we saw on the trip...163 tires between IN and ID!!! We also have a tire currently in our hall way because today while on a bike ride Megan and I saw a tire and we just could not pass it up so we picked it up and biked with it for 3 1/2 miles back to my apartment and I have a wonderful tire scrap above my closet...it is a great addition to my room! anyways...enjoy my couple of pictures of tires and our tally sheet!

Please notice the tally is backwards because I took the picture with photo booth so it is like looking in a mirror! hehehe OH, I saw so many tires like this on my trip!

...remember to look for the tires when you are out!

Ice Cream Cone Cup Cakes!

2010-08-08T23:02:00.001-07:00

So another late blog...but better late than never! So it was Antons birthday almost a month ago and Brianna and I were talking about what we should do. Being the girl that I am and loving to bake I said I would make the cake! In deciding what kind of cake to make I remembered a little cup cake project I had wanted to do but didn't get the chance...I decided I would make cup cakes rather than cake! I got started on a special cup cake treat...ice cream cone cup cakes!!!! I made yellow cake batter than split it into 5 bowls. Turning each bowl a color (purple, blue, pink, lime green and yellow) then I started putting the colors into the cones and bam...you get multi colored cones if you don't mix them together! but them in the oven for the time you would for regular cup cakes (give or take a minute) and then you have ice cream cone cup cakes! That are fun colored. Then all you have to do is make some frosting and make it a color and you are ready to eat them!!!!Read to rock!

I filled the bottoms up with the yellow because I didn't want the yellow to be seen because it was not as fun to be on top. Then I loaded them up and made designs with the fun colors!

Look how fun they areI was checking on them and I guess I filled them up too high because they ended up looking more like melted ice cream cones! :)
Now I know for next time!

Last I had to make some blue frosting because that is Antons favorite color to but on the tops of them. We really enjoyed all of them. Between Brianna, Anton Courtney and I we ate them all...in one sitting!!!

Marathon

2010-08-07T15:22:00.000-07:00

Well I am really behind on my blogging and I decided I would start blogging again with what I find to be the most exciting thing that has happened since my last post and that is the Dam Marathon! I was a Dam Runner in the Dam Marathon held in Rexburg Idaho...My home where I go to school and spend all my days! I do love it there...anyways!!! I have been wanting to run a marathon for a few years now and I have done a few halves and when I heard there was one in Rexburg I signed right up! I didnt finish in first I was second to last but in my mind I did win! I finished and meet most of my goals! I ran the entire time, I didn't barf, I didn't finish last...the only goal I didn't meet was finishing in under six hours which I am okay with because I did run the entire time! It was an amazing experience and I wouldn't change it for anything!!!On my way......here......heading in!!!

I did it! I finished!!! 6 hours 23 min 9 secNumber 22...getting my potassium

Danelle...what a cheerleader!

Erika, she is a rock star! She was such a support to me. We went to the the potato dinner the night before together and she signed up and did the 10k in support to me for running! It was such great fun and I loved having her as a partner!

...looking forward to my next race!

Friends!!!

2010-06-20T21:44:00.001-07:00

I have some way amazing friends up here at school and we have taken some pictures on photo booth that I just have to share!!! I love these two girls soooo very much!!!This is my roommate Courtney...she is a peach we have become like sisters and we are so excited to live together in the fall! We cook together, do homework, listen to music, do 'just dance', and so so so much more together!!! we are partners in crime and I am okay with that!Check out the guns!!!we are going to die on the photo booth roller coaster! She is my snuggle friend...many times during the day I get hugs from this girl and I am totally okay with it! I love you Courtney... :)Oh yeah, we laugh....A LOT!!!This is Erika...we do a lot of random things together!One of our favorite things is to chill, eat snow cones, visit and laugh together!

We also share everything...minus underwear!
we actually discussed that the other day...yes, we are random!

This picture says it all with us...totally not paying attention and living the dream!!!

-Thanks for meeting a couple of my friend! I hope you feel you know them a little better and can see two of the many many reasons I love it here in Rexburg at BYUI so very much!

Prison Break!!!

2010-06-07T19:19:00.001-07:00

So, I have a new favorite TV show that my roommate got me hooked on....Prison Break!!!! It is seriously amazing. For starters Wentworth Miller the leading actor of Michael Scofield is very easy to look at. Second, the show has a great plot that gets you sucked in and doesn't let you go. Third, there is a little love in it...Sarah Wayne Callies plays Dr. Sara Tancredi. The love story between Michael and Sara is so sweet you just love to see them together and watch the scenes they are both in again and again! This is seriously the best show I recommend it to everyone. I watched all four seasons and the final break in two weeks...I know a little crazy but once you start you just cant stop!!!Try and tell me that you would have a hard time watching him for a couple hours...you just cant!

A few pictures of the cutest couple!!!

Happy Cinco De Mayo

2010-05-14T20:31:00.000-07:00

So Sarah and I decided to dress up and have a little fun on this holiday! The pictures are a little late but wanted to share the fun we had anyways!!!

I'm a gangster, I'm a straight up G
The gangster life is the life for me

WORD!!!

Got to love the Mexican Stash!!

Sweet Projects

2010-04-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

I am in a DNA class this semester and I had to make a double helix so this is what I made...I'm so proud and I feel like I am back in elementary school! Which is just fine with me because in a few short years I will be teaching in one! :)

Avatar Carlee!

2010-04-30T10:14:00.000-07:00

Okay...I just think this is hilarious! A group of friends and I watched this movie the other night and someone said that they thought there was some site that you could Avatar yourself so we did! It makes me laugh and I wanted to share the laugh with you all!

Shout Outs!!!

2010-04-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

So I was looking through my pictures and was just thinking how much I love college and I have some really amazing friends! I just wanted to make some shout outs to some of my best girls up here!!! and just share some fun times i have been having!

Me, Rachel, Lara, and Kylie
Sunday after church we decided to take pictures because it was our last Sunday together! I love all of the amazing girl friends I have made up here at school!Jump for joy!!Tom and Rachel
The happy couple...we want this to be an engagement picture!

I love this girl...her friendship is what started my more than daily visits to the south side of the building!

Miss Kylie and I went to the comic frenzy to support Elliot and we had lots of laughs!
ps...mom this picture is also for you...i am sporting the double chin look!

Some days you have a good hair day and this day I did and had to document it for sure!Well Breanna and I decided to go curly...we did each others hair one night and oh, how we looked good the next day!My eyes are not open very wide...it was still very early!

This is for Meagan, Erika and Noel...sporting the famous "Gommer" look!
Living life in total fasion :)Michele and I at her doctors appointment with her broken arm...this girl can always put a smile on my face!This is from my ward closing social. all semester we have been doing this family history olympics thing and it has been lots of fun. i have learned how to index which i love doing and i have gotten set up to find family member and i have found some and i have gotten to go and do family names at the temple. it has all really been great! but i got first place in my ward for names submitted to the temple. so here i am with my gold medal!

I look forward to many more semester with many more friends! : )

Mega Cookie Monsters!

2010-03-18T06:58:00.000-07:00

I love my friends up here at school! The other week we wanted to do something fun and we didn't really want to go out and do something and we all had a sweet tooth so we went out and got the goodies for our masterpiece! This is a top secret recipe of amazing! If I told you how to make it I would then have to kill you!
Before:
After:

My Girls!!!

2010-02-24T16:42:00.000-08:00

On the weekends and really every day of the week I spend time with my girls! I love the girls I have meet and have become best friends with in my ward. We spend time in our living rooms doing homework, visiting, eating, watching movies and much more. Every now and then we do make it out of our apartment and last Friday we made it out to go and watch pond skimming and to go out and watch Dear John. I always have a great time with my girl friends and it is an added bonus when we go out.Stephanie, Alicia, Michele and I

Michele and I...the two have us have gotten really close this semester! I am really happy she will he here in the summer.Pond Skimming...starting at the top of hill snowboarding, skiing or sledding down to a pond of water they have to skim across.Reaching the water getting ready to skim!

And our favorite part the crashing and our not so favorite part...getting splashed with ice cold water when we are already cold! It was so much fun watching!Home from pond skimming and it is time to head out to the movies!
Kim, Rachel, Kylie and IYou have to go by wall greens for the movie treats!

Kylie and I had some fun taking some funny pictures before the movie started...this is our cross eyed picture.Mysterious Kylie! She makes me laugh and can always put a smile on my face.
I cant wait for the many more nights of fun with all my girl friends...maybe one of these nights I will have a date with a guy rather than the girls...who knows! :)

My Papa!

2010-02-15T12:30:00.000-08:00

I got to spend a great weekend with Grannie and Papa Winscot. I had a wonderful time visiting with them and just spending time with them. I really do love my special time with Papa. He knows so much and it is just the best to talk with him and learn from him. I got to spend some time with him out on Rigby Lake. He showed me all about ice fishing and we even took a ride down the hill on some real deal sleds...cardboard! I had a great afternoon with my best friend!

There we already a few holes out in the ice. Papa said some people must have gone out the day before so we used there holes. Here is a close up of the hole...I am a little sad you cant see through the water with the camera because I could look in and see the bottom of the lake and see the fish swimming pass. This is my favorite picture of papa. I feel it kinda captures him doing what he does! Notice the fish by his foot that he just caught...Go Papa!Grandpa was unhooking the fish he caught to through it back in.

Even though there were already holes made Papa still showed me how the ice ogger worked...it was really cool watching him do it and seeing him go deeper and all the ice shavings coming up!

Sledding Time:

Papa was so cute I took a couple runs down the hill while he fished a little longer and when we were heading out he turned to me and said he thought he would take a turn doing down and so he did. By the end he was going down backwards laying down holding on the the cardboard for dear life. Not many people can say that there grandpa still goes out sledding!

I sure do love my Papa and cant wait till the next time I get to spend some time with him!

True Love!

2010-02-07T12:27:00.001-08:00

I have such an amazing family...boy do I ever love them! But right now I have to say that I love having sisters! they are truly my best friends, my number one fans, my critics, my advise givers! They are my everything! I got a package in the mail from my sweet sister danyelle! She heard from my mom how I am always cooking and baking so she sent me some goodies! A homemade apron...because is the best and sent me some whisks! Yeah, no more forks and spoons for mixing! Thank you Wellie Woo! I sure do love and miss you!!!

a little after church baking!YEAH!!!! for whisks and my own apron!!!!

Killer on our Hands!!!

2010-01-16T19:53:00.000-08:00

So, we have a killer on our hands up here in Idaho...on our way to the movies last weekend my roommates and I were falling "The Killer". We felt pretty cool...little CSI work going on! We would just like to call ourselves extremist! Any how, if you look at the first picture you can see the blood running out of the trunk...in the second close up you can see not only the blood, but also the guts and brains! Yeah, that is right...guts and brains!see above you are thinking wow, blood...
below your are saying holly molly, there has to be at least 6 dead people in there -or- an animal a little hunting! We really liked the idea of bodies!

But, we decided if it were animals we are going with vampires are the owners of the car and they have there animals in the back that they are saving to feed on later...because they are good vampires that don't eat humans! So think what you may of our multiple ideas of what could be going on! If you by chance have any better ideas...feel free to lets us know! :0)

Cinnaberry!

2010-01-09T09:36:00.000-08:00

Mom, this post is not for you! I don't want you to freak out or anything!!!

For everyone who is okay with a little fun and some changes! I dyed my hair and I love it! it is semi-permanent so in a few months it will be back to my original color but for now I am enjoying it!

Before!

Clarissa and I doing the hair!

After!I love it!!!

Sorry the pictures aren't very good! It looks way better in person!

A Week Of Thanks Giving!

2009-11-26T14:45:00.000-08:00

A sweet friend of mine has inspired me to look at all I am grateful for big and small! So with this week being home and enjoying time with my family and looking at all my many blessings I want to take this opportunity to share with my friends and family not only about my thanksgiving break but also share the many thing things I am grateful for in my life!

To Start off I am thankful for the opportunity I have to attend the Lords University and to learn and gain and education to use in this life and the next. I love my roommates and the great friendships that have blossomed from living together! I am so grateful for breaks from school to go home and visit and be with family...
...I am thankful for friends to travel with and for cars and planes that get me to where I want to go......Places like home and Super Target which are basically one in the same! I am thankful for Target that it provides all the shopping a girl could dream to do in one stop!......I am thankful for the Church in my life for it brings me many blessings...
...Blessings of friendship......Blessings of sweet babies and children! I am thankful for the love I have for babies and children and my desire to be a Mother and care for my own someday...
...Thankful for chatting and catching up with good friends...
...Grateful for a full head of hair :)......Thankful to have loving parents who would do anything for me and who love me unconditionally......Grateful for Family Home Evening and all the fun times that it involves(like seeing New Moon)......I am thankful for my standards that help me dress modestly and to treat my body like the temple it is......I am blessed to have a niece who I love with all my heart......I am thankful for the times in my life when everything is going great, I have a smile on my face and feel like I am costing down hill......I am also thankful for the uphill times in life and the support I get when I am struggling and the pushing of my guardian angels at my back... ...I am Grateful for sisters who you can go to and talk to anytime without question......who are friends forever, for always and for all eternity......I am thankful for the arts that allow me to express myself and that also brings beauty into my life through pictures, paintings, pottery and much more......I am thankful for birthdays and the opportunity I have to live on the earth today in the last days...
...I am thankful for passion, passion in all the things we do in this life to have the enthusiasm to jump up and run around because we are happy, excited and have a fire in our hearts......I am thankful for the men in my sisters lives who are the amazing brothers I didn't have growing up......I am thankful for the food that I have to eat at each meal that it nourishes and strengthens my body and keeps me healthy......I am very grateful for the dessert in my life because really dessert makes everything better......I am thankful for the light when I can not see......I am Grateful for the love that brings people together......I am thankful for good books and movies that I spend a lot of my time reading and watching......I am most certainly grateful for the hard working men in my life who hold the priesthood and that I know I can depend on and go to always for any of my needs and for blessings I desire......I am thankful for traditions: special places we go to, foods we eat at certain times of the year and activities we do......I am thankful for good entertainment......I am very grateful that the Nuggets won because I am a big home team girl and I support them all the way......I am thankful for the kids in my life that keep me young......I am grateful for babies smile because their smiles are the purest smile there is! A smile of pure delight and happiness......But most of all I am eternally grateful to my Heavenly Father and My Savior Jesus Christ...
Without them I wouldn't have any of the other things in my life that I am thankful for. They give me all that I have and all my thanks must go to them. I am so thankful for the Church on the earth today that I know the truth of all things and that I will have eternal and everlasting life with my family. I am grateful to have a prophet on the earth today that gives me modern day revelation that I may know for right now the things the lord would have me do so that I can return to live with him someday. This semester at school I have been learning about my Savior and knowing he is always with me. The scripture that has been and inspiration to me is Isaiah 49:15-16 "15. Can a women forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yeah, they may forget, yet will i not forget thee. 16. behold, i have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." These scriptures have been a truly inspiring to me. When I read them I know that my God will not forget me! For the past few years I have had the painting below by Greg Olsen in my room. I feel this picture and these scriptures go very well together as the little girl looks at her Lords hands and sees the prints upon his hands...as I look at my Saviors hand!!! I love my Lord with all my heart and soul and I am so thankful for him in my life...below are the words written for the painting. So beautiful!" 'What's this on your hand?' Such an innocent and concerned inquiry from a little child surely would bring forth a tender answer from the Savior. He might reply, 'That's a reminder of just how much I love you."

I love my Savior deeply and I wait for the day when I can truly feel and understand his love for me! I wish all my friends and family a happy holiday season and I pray you all look and see the many blessings in your life and give thanks for it all!

FHE BROS!!!

2009-11-15T15:37:00.001-08:00

Today we had Stake Conference and after our apartment made tacos and invited our FHE BROS over: James, Thomas, David (Gandi) and Mark (for a little while) came over to eat. we really enjoyed having them over chatting it up listening to music and just having a peaceful friend loving sunday afternoon. Mark...good old guy showed up a little late ate four tacos and left...we can always cound on him for cleaning up any left overs we have...or things we don't want him to eat. Anyways being the great guys they are they had a lesson for us. Thomas when home for a nap and James and Gandi crashed on our couch...here are our cute brothers! You just cant help but love them!!!Look at James all cuddled up like a little kid on the love-sac!!! How Sweet!!!Gandi is going to have a kink in his next when he wakes up!!!

Sweet Dreams Boys!

Halloween Fun!!!

2009-11-13T19:41:00.000-08:00

I am little late on my halloween post...but here are the pictures from my ward halloween date night. We picked a character from a list and when we showed up to the dinner and had to find our other half when we got there and they were are date for the night! We had a blast for sure! At this table we have Hercules and Megara (Meg), Little Mermaid and Eric. Darla and Alfalfa, and another couple I dont know who they are!

Wilma and Fred Flinstone

Peter Pan and his two tinker bells...two?!?Salt and Pepper!

Ali and Me ... I'm an Indian!!!! Danny Zuko and Sandra DeeMy FHE Brothers!!!! They Rock!!!!
Alfalfa, Zoro, Santa Clause, Hercules and Coy Boy!

This was before Trish Russel Jayda Casey and I went to the Madison Elementary Carnival to volunteer. Russel and Trish...Shaggy and Scooby doo!

Happy Halloween everyone...sorry I am a little late! Hope you all had a great night!

Time with my Grandparents!!!

2009-10-25T20:11:00.000-07:00

Last week on Wednesday Grammie and Papa came and picked me up and saw my apartment and then I got to go to there place for the afternoon. It was great to be with family to get hugs just because and it was just wonderful. I love them so very much! I had a good time talking and visiting with them both on things going on and about life in general. We also had dinner together Hawaiian Haystacks!!! One of my favorites...they are so good to me! I love you Grammie and Papa! Thanks for being the best ever! :) ps: I just figured out how to do color!Papa Grammie and Me!

Papa and Grammie!

I took this just because I love my Grandparents. they use the toaster oven to store there cookies! i sure to love them...I cant wait until the next afternoon I get to spend with them! :)

I've Been Busy!!! lets see here...

2009-10-25T18:29:00.001-07:00

Well between school, homework, test and classes...oh wait those all fall under school! Anyways along with school I have been doing a lot of fun church stuff. Starting with a couple of weekends ago we had a relief society retreat you could call it. We went up to our second counselors cabin about an hour away and spend the night. Only 8 of us ended up going when there are 36 of us but it was a lot of fun and I know some of the girls a lot better now!I decided i need to work on my camera skills...oops! Amanda, Lara and Becky!Tiffany, Katie, Sister Rose, Rachelle who is not looking and Ali
We are making some pizza for dinner!

Bad picture I am no good! :( Lara, Tiffany, Amanda and Becky.

Dancing to Disney songs! A blast for sure! They all had the best voices for all the villains :)

Ali and I found out we are both pepperoni lovers!

Pepperoni eyes!!!!!

We also had some fun coloring after dinner...Lara loves Tinkerbell and all the
other fairies and she did a wonderful job on her Tink!

Tiffany was very proud of her Hello Kitty

Becky drew a picture for us all! She is so sweet!

looking out the back window you can see the little mini river that runs behind the cottage. It was so beautiful...and I felt really cool looking out and knowing why the steam/fog (whatever you want to call it) was coming off the water because of my amazing geography test! Which by the way I got an 83% on the midterm on Friday I hoped to had done better than that because I studied and really new the info but I did my best and that is all anyone asks!

Tiffany admiring the morning beauty as well!

So Amazing!!!!

Fun College Weekends!!!

2009-09-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

There are some of the updates of the past couple of weekend and what I have been doing with my fun time at school because I do need a break from all the homework, test and class time. Oh Yeah, and with practicing for my calling in church. I am my ward Pianist! Can I just say that I am totally excited but freaking out about it at the same time! Anyways the highlights of the past weekends...a.k.a. everything fun I've done! :)
Fun in our little home:
Lo has a hobby of cake decorating and she had a friend coming into towns who was having a birthday so Lo went to work making in my mind a masterpiece of a cake. she did a super star job on it!
Lindsey colored while I did homework and Lo worked magic with the cake.

Juan came over and visited with us all while Lo worked on her beautiful and tasty cake.

The finished product!

Alis boy (Dan) came up for the weekend. Needless to say we didn't see her much but they do make a very cute couple!

DEMOLITION DERBY:
We have had a great time getting into the fun of a small town college. We went and spent our Friday night with a bunch of red necks and watched the derby. It was my first and it was a lot of fun I was hoping for more smashing but it was still really good. Maybe at our next one there will be major car smashing going on.

80's DANCE PARTY:

Check us girls out! It was such a fun night and even better it was fun getting ready and trying on outfits so see what worked best.

YELLOW STONE TIME:
This is our crazy Ali she some total out of control moments and I was lucky enough to get it on tape! Which is a great laugh and for others a great scare. That silly girl!!!

Crazy Ali who we love!!!!This is my favorite picture because it was my favorite thing I saw all day. It was a bubbling swamp marsh craziness stuff. But it reminded me of the lamb before time! A favorite from my childhood and I just made me smile and remember the good old days!Sweet Glacier!Carley (a friend of Ali) the rommies:Lindsey, Katie, Lo, Ali and myself!

Everyone stopped and looking at a Glacier! It was really neat. I did hear a few time during the day...oh its fake! They have this all hooked up! Ali and Lo and the Doggy!Ali and her new friend Caydon and his dog. the boy and his family were biking in Yellow Stone for the day and while Ali had her head out the window she happened to cheered on the family and the boy recognized her when we were waiting for old faithful!Ali got man handled a lot on this trip! She was always getting picked up and carried around at least this time she wasn't potato sack style over the shoulder!The big group of Yellow Stone explorers:The most seen site in Yellow Stone "old faithful" what a nice show she put on! Lo and Lindsey watching as it dies down Smiles for the camera!Katie and Ali smiling with a fire in the back ground!That is all the smoke we saw that was from a fire that started while we were at the park. We decided to be fire chasers and go track it down and find it. We ended up not getting to because the roads were closed. But if Yellow Stone burns down we can say we were some of the last tourist to go through and enjoy the beauty of it. :)
I really love my roommate and they have been keeping things fun and have kept me going out and having a fun time. I sure do love them and so excited that we have only had 2 weeks together and so many more still to go!

Scooter Temple Ride!

2009-09-19T15:00:00.000-07:00

My roommate Katie and I went on a scooter ride last night and we were up at the top of the hill above our place and we looked back saw the temple with the sun set and decided to go back and get our cameras. we got back up and a little further up and our into the harvested fields and took some beautiful pictures of the sunset and the temple then continued on with our little scooter ride...we went we think about a mile which is hard work on a scooter. On the way back home we had to stop again to take a few more pictures of the beautiful temple and a couple on a walk took a picture of us together as well. What a fun little outing we went on! When we got home we loaded our pictures and showed all the roomies what they missed out on. Cant wait until our next ride and more beautiful views of the temple. I hope you enjoy it as much as i did.

How Amazing I cant wait until I get to go in when I get married!!!

College Home!!!

2009-09-07T20:34:00.001-07:00

Welcome to my new home for the next two semesters of college! I am really excited but I am totally going to miss my parents. They are my best friends and mean so much to me. we said good night just a little while ago. So I decided to get to work on taking a few pictures of my room and place to show everyone where i am living so that you can all have a good idea of my new little life. I hope you like it as much as I do!!!When you first walk in there is the living room!Then to the right the kitchen...my moms purse isn't on the table any more! My cupboard area...and NO that is not a coffee maker it is a hot water warmer upper for my hot chocolate! My drawer!My shelf space in the pantry!The bath room that 3 of the six of us share!My room earlier in the day when i was starting to unpack!
The room...finished!!!My supper cute door sign my sister Danyelle made for me for my birthday!What you can see from the open door.My parents and I on my bed right before they left!Me laying on my favorite place while I am at school. My napping and sleeping area!My bed! supper cute stuff. With my name and my sacred grove picture.These are my letters I made this summer to have up in my room!My make shift dresser: socks, underwear, undershirts and work out clothing...basically the necessities of life for me.My closet...it may look really full but in reality it isn't you should see my other roommates and you would think I have nothing!The view from out of my closet!My desk area...this is were a lot of pain and torture will occur while here at school!My hamper, little storage thing and the picture the little kids I have fallen in love with through out years of babysitting made for me.
Well this is my place I love it and I am really excited to be living here. This will be an amazing experience!

Happy Day!!!

2009-09-03T12:04:00.001-07:00

Just a little note to say I finally figured out how to get the last two videos on my blog for the making the best of the worse! If you have a moment and need a laugh take a look at them!

The Adventures of California!!!

2009-09-02T08:00:00.000-07:00

For a couple of months now mom and dad have been planing on taking Shanda Chad and Payton to California to go to the San Diego Zoo Sea World and Disneyland. I was lucky enough to go with them. It was a great trip I will always remember and it was an amazing time to get some special family time before I head off to school! This was an amazing bush!!! My Mom and I are planning on doing something very similar with our front bushes but ours will be much better! :)My Monkey Face!The Koala Bears are my favorite and this is the first time I've ever gotten to see one before it was very exciting for me! They are so cute and i could just cuddly with them!The mommy Panda I couldn't get a picture of the baby but it was cute. Payton was really excited about the Panda Bears. Before the trip...actually at my family birthday party we were talking about the trip and the zoo and Payton turned to my mom and said "Grammie you buy me panda shirt" and of course Grammie bought her a panda shirt (the shirt she is wearing at Sea World) At the Petting Zoo part of the Zoo. Payton had a blast chasing all the animals down so she could pet them and give them hugs! Needless to say she took a very good bath that night!The Elephants were really cool! Just so big totally unreal.

Sea World Time:Payton giving Shamu a hug! So Cute! I loved Sea World it was my favorite place we went because of the amazing shows that took place! Absolutely Amazing! Shanda Petting the Dolphin. Really amazing if you ask me to get to touch them. Turtle time!!! I watched this guy for 20 minutes trying to get out of the water over a little lip so he could lay in the sun! I was his cheerleader!I really like this picture but I'm not sure why! but I am looking at the star fish in the little star fish area!
At The Beach:Payton and I sitting next to the sand castle I made after the picture I let her finally destroy it.
Disneyland:Disneyland! Me and the Big Guy Mr. Mickey Mouse!!!Bell Payton and I in the princess land. The number one thing Payton wanted to see at Disneyland that she was always talking about was the princesses! So being the wonderful Auntie that I am...I waited in the hour and a half long line while everyone saw other things and I called them when i was in the front of the line to come and join me! It was totally worth it when i saw Payton smile and run up and give all the Princesses hugs!!! SO SO SO CUTE!!!!And lastly the best part of my trip and the thing I will miss the most when I am up at school is my sweet niece Miss. Payton! I got a lot of special Payton time on the trip lots of loving up on each other. She makes my world! Makes me feel loved! Makes me feel like the most important person in the world when I am with her! How I will miss her when I am gone!
I Love You Payton!!!

Making the Best of Worst Case Scenario’s!!!!

2009-08-12T09:06:00.000-07:00

(ok i have to add this little note before i post!!! not all the videos are up which is a major bummer and why it has taken me so long to post! but I'm so sorry because you are all missing out. anyways if you know how to attach longer videos let me know! other wise enjoy my favorite sisters in the gospel who i love very much!)

I don't know how I will possible make it through going to college leaving my amazing family ward that I've grown up with and love dearly! Just so every one can see what I'm leaving behind here are parts of the skit from last nights relief society enrichment back yard picnic. Our theme was making the the best of worst case scenarios! please sit back relax and enjoy the show and my wonderful sisters in the gospel!

Our activity was based off and fallowed the program out lined in...“The Complete Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook”.

There are many excellent tips in this handbook – for example:

How to survive awkward elevator silence, how to repair a dropped cake, how to escape from the trunk of a car, how to remove a fishhook from flesh, how to deal with a screaming baby on an airplane, how to deal with a nightmare coworker, how to free a candy bar stuck in the lunch room machine, how to re purpose a fruitcake, etc. We picked out 5 of many scenarios to act out and recreate for the purpose of teaching and enlightening each other and then to tie it back to a spiritual foundation! After each skit getting taught by women with much knowledge on the subject to help guide us all in right direction.

“How to Fall down a flight of stairs correctly”: Financial ups and downs! Staring Carlee Miller

“How to Penetrate a Crowd to Get the Last Item on the Shelf: Be prepared with
collecting and having a good food storage! Staring Danica McDonald

“How to Fit into Clothing that is Too Tight”: Rotating 72 hour kits and keeping them up to date! Staring Cathy Emmelkamp and Sarah Twiss

These next two scenarios are exactly what they are! Things that we need to know at some point in life that come in handy on there own! :)

"How to survive Baby-Gear Overload": Staring Janelle Weston

“How to Survive Empty Nest Syndrome” and “How to Prevent Reentry”:
Staring Tina Taylor and Janice Ottley

It was a fun night! one that will be remembered by me and all the other women in the ward! we are so lucky to have such an amazing gospel and leaders to guide us today with current revelation! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the one and only true church for me!

18th Birthday!!!!

2009-08-08T16:56:00.000-07:00

For my 18th birthday we headed up to Shanda and Chads and Danyelle and Jared came down and we went out to my favorite place: Olive Garden! It was alot of fun to just have everyone in the family together. One very special thing was that i was the brithday girl which meant i got to sit next to my sweet niece Payton and we had a wonderful time next to each other!

A few family pictures:

Payton and her Noodles!!! She is a blast to have around! great entertainment for sure!

Playing with phones at the dinner table! both of our backgrounds are of her so she likes to look at them!

Sisters!

From Shanda Chad and Payton got me a precordinated outfit for me! She really knows me! A shirt and bag that match to go with jeans for an outing at school! Payton has the shirt to show everyone while i check out the bag! How fun!!!

My sister Danyelle made me a door sign for my room at school. Little tack board on it that has a picture of us being silly sisters. Note pad and pens hanging from it. My name, cute paint job and the sisterly love it was made with!

Payton helping me open my present from mom and dad! A crock Pot for college! very exciting!

"Granny Papa come in my tent!!! It fun!!!"
In they went!

All of us in the tent! Granny said it smelt like toe jam!

Before Cake Payton insisted the Danyelle Jared and I join her for a tea party! "need suga, mmmm, more tea? here! You drink...need more? oh, toast! POP toast done her Jaren (Jared) you need butter!" I must say i have never been to such an exciting tea party before! Great host!Chad giving me 18 smacks on my back end and a pinch to grow an inch!!! That wind up is real he was really having a good time of this.

Payton after seeing her daddy give auntie spanks she decided she should get to as well. She would do a couple and look at everyone and see if it was ok then being cheered on by my loving family that she still had 15 more 11 more 6more and a pinch for an inch! lets just say ill be growing more than an inch with the number of pinches she gave me!

Payton helping me put candles on the cake!

A little birthday video...Payton has been asking me every time we talk the last few weeks if she could help me blow out the candles and of course i said yes! well, she stole my candle blowing thunder! But i suppose it was alright because i had a buddy for eating the cake and we had a fun messy time!

So You Think You Can Dance!!!!

2009-08-07T09:58:00.000-07:00

So You Think You Can Dance is my new favorite TV show. This is the First Season I have watched it and I'm a huge new fan. I had an eye for Miss. Jeanine! I loved her style and personality and I thought she was amazing...I wanted her to win and be Americas favorite dancer! Last night in the finally I was nervous as could be whenever some one got out. Kayla 4th Evan 3rd Brandon 2nd and Jeanine as the winner! I was so excited I still am! My mom who was watching with me got to hear the the Carlee version of Mary Murphys scary scream! It was a blast of season and a wonderful finally. I cant wait for the fall season to begin! :)Look how happy she is!!!!

Flower Power!!

2009-07-25T21:49:00.000-07:00

My cute little friends...as my sister would say my "4 and 40 friends" it is true all my friends are 6 or under and my parents friends but i like it! They are a solid group always there for me. Like beautiful summer days made for picking flowers at the Hudson Gardens with Landon and Liza! The three of us had a lot of fun packing a picnic to bring in with us. we sad under a nice shade tree ate and looked at all the many flowers talking about which ones would be good for picking and taking home. I know you are not really suppose to pick flowers at gardens but they first wanted to go to the temple and i decided it would be better to pick the gardens flowers over the temples flowers...just don't tell any one. we only took a few and we took from the flowers that there were big piles of. But it was great fun hanging out with two of my little buddies.Liza looking at all her choices and picking out the two she liked and ran back arms out stretched with her new found treasure!

Landon wasn't nearly as picky about his flowers he looked over at them and just grabbed two but still just as excited running back to show me which ones he liked!
There were some giant sprinklers on that the kids wanted to play in to cool off before we headed home and i said yes of course. It was a great way to spend an afternoon.

crazy dad and his ideas!!!

2009-07-22T18:52:00.000-07:00

I am a little behind on my blogging been busy working and reading Harry Potter number 7 because i went and seen the movie which i loved and decided i wanted to remember what happened next. it took me a few days but i finished it up! so hear i am back tracking to the beginning of July before life got busy! So we have 70 feet or taller trees in our back yard and the roots are not very deep in the ground because they find water on top easy enough. With wonderful Colorado weather my dad worried about lightning storms, wind, early and late heavy snows breaking branches off the trees big enough to go through windows and even maybe in his mind take down a full tree. My Mom on the other hand loves the trees so in an agreement neither really liked they are cutting down the 3 on the side of the house and leaving the 5 in the back along the fence. Dad being the handy man he is did not see the point in paying someone to take them down. he went over to Murdocks and got all the hands tools and little things he would need in his adventure of playing Mr. Lumber Jack!!! he called up one of the recently returned missionaries from the ward to come help and they set to work! see what happens below...remember he is doing this so the trees to break or fall and hit the house!!! Enjoy my dad our families entertainment! but we sure do love him!

Here are two of three trees left to come down!!! can you see the little man way up in the tree?a little close up of the man my dad in the tree.they are looking at it as if it were an alien of our house...i don't think that is where they were planning on it landing!

Now dad is on the house hoping 1. that mom does not think to come out and check and see what the tree hit...the house or was just really loud when it hit the ground. 2. that nothing bigger falls on the house! MEN!!!!

this is came down like thunder it was so crazy. we could have taken that branch and replanted it as a full grown tree.

When my dad came down he look at me and said "I though I was going to lose my finger, i pulled it out just in time!"

Gross Daddy!!!
he did some good work...but he has not worked on them since i guess he and i have both been busy!

Quilting Club!!!

2009-07-06T19:10:00.000-07:00

Since i started my senior year i have been going to enrichment activities i really love them i love the ladies in my ward and i think this is all a lot of fun and it was a good way to get my mom to go because she would come with me so i have always had a little ear in with the relief society! Anyways i had heard that sister was going to start a quilting class/club that meet once a month. I thought would be fun my mom sews and i like to mess around with it a little bit. How ever i was not yet formally in relief society...until i graduated so a couple of months ago i started attending and now i get to go to even more fun activities...i don't understand why some people think relief society is so bad...it is great! so this is the second time my mom and i have gone. different people are there each time all at different parts of our blankets!

My Mom and Sister Lybbert...my Mom is really far on her blanket...me not so much!Sister Prusse hard at work on her 4th of July lap quilt getting ready to sew the batting and backing on...whatever that it...I will find out in another year when i make it to that point!

Sister Lisby is my kind of lady she hadn't worked on hers since the last class like me so we were both sewing strips together! :) (Sister Prusse hiding from the camera...she didn't know i took the first one)

All of us who came this night hard at work...minus me because i am taking the pictures!
i cant wait for next month!

Be Loyal to the Royal Within!!!

2009-07-04T06:42:00.000-07:00

My 7th and final year of girls camp! it was a fun year it was really laid back we did not have anything really planned just a lot of free time to hang out...they had activities we could do if we wish if not the camp was ours! welcome to camp!!!Sister Jones, Myself and Dmac!

That is the tent i set up on my own...no flooding at call or bugs! i did a good job!

Sister Brandt a.k.a Sista B! She was released about 6 months ago as our YW president it was so great having her at camp. She is like another mom to all of us girls!

Left is Sister Griggs our YW president and right is Sister Holub camp director!

Scary Mara eating her finger she cut making dinner!

Happy Mara with her finger she cut making dinner!

Writing letters to put in girls mail boxes!Natalie...Mara!

Funny faces and a great butt shot! these two are a riot to be around~

A little bit of goofing around before the hike waiting for our missing camp directer to show up! Danielle and I doing our oh so flattering tongue face and miss Kylene doing her gangsta poss below! what a nut head!

All of us girls stop for a picture on the hike to please all of our leaders who wanted a group shot!

Our hike was up to Turquoise lake because of the cloud coverage the water does not look all that cool but when the sun is out shining on it it is beautiful! We camped at the same place we did the year before! It was really something!

Pinata Ball!!! this was my favorite part of camp...4 hours of Pinata ball! leaders against girls. (not everyone played and many came and went but there were a few of us who were faithful and played the entire game.) So the game started out as softball with a...i cant spell the name of the ball...one of the ones that have hole in it! Well Jessica a 6th year hit a home run with it and broke it into two pieces! So, we went back to the kitchen found some duck tape and also a bag of skittles!!! You are smart you can figure out what we did! we taped it up leaving one hole open out skittles in and then taped it up! It was fun because whenever someone hit it hard enough and the tape would get moved a little you could see skittles fly! it was great fun...and a lot of tape...it got taped at least once and inning! This is a great wholesome activity if you have a group of friends!

Forth Years! Ruby Red Divas! They made camp very lively with there made up songs, dancing and much much more!

Third Years!!! Fairytopia!

we are green, we are fairies, WE ARE THE MARINES!
BAM!

Just Kidding!
there cheer was amazing! I'm trying to find out who recorded it to put on here.

Second Years. Mermaidea!

First Years! Cinderella!

the first years are so cute!! they really didn't have any idea of what they were suppose to be doing! this picture was part of their cheer!
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo! were daughters of were holding the rod we know we're going to do. put it together and what do you get? First years will make it through!
WOW WOW WOW! REMIX!
Cinderella dancing time Cinderella dancing time Cinderella dancing time! (that is what the picture is)
Cinderella...ella...ella...ella!
it was so cute!

This is are amazing camp directer Sister Holub and on the last night when Bishop came up with all the cheers and skits we had a royal ceremony. She knighted all four of our priesthood holders who were up the last night with special honors...to respect the ladies, to always be in their place, to not say that something isn't heavy when we think it is, to kill all spiders with bravery! hilarious

look at them with those swords they were feeling very brave...ready to fight off any bears that made their way into camp!

The leader over each year got caps of righteousness!

lastly but most importantly! Bishop was Crowned King of our camp ground and of our ward!

it was a really fun last year of camp! The theme was super cute and it was nice that it was just ward camp and not the entire stake...that is to many girls! I will be missing these girls when i head off to school but it was a great last big memory!

a very busy week but also very very fun!!!

2009-06-28T19:55:00.000-07:00

The start of a very fun but busy week...this week i was at my nanny job m-w-f and my Wind Crest Retirement Home job m-s and i over night baby sat Thursday and Friday night Saturday during the day. i was a very busy girl but on top of that i spent all day Tuesday up in Broom Field spending the day with my niece Payton May! and Thursday early afternoon visiting one of my teachers who had just had twins! what a fun week it would be even with being busy!!!

These first couple of pictures of Payton and i enjoying a morning of a cup of milk a bowl of cereal and ELMO!!! she is such a cutie even with messing bed head. she is a little princess for sure...through and through!!!

giving her some loves above and she is giving me a precious little Payton i wave you Caree look below!she is showing off a cheese for the camera!

Payton enjoying her wagon ride to the pool!!! What a cutie and she picked out her little chicken hat to wear.

She was nervous at first about jumping into the water even though it was nice and warm she just kicked around on the side but from the pictures below you can tell she got in and had lots of fun...sorry i love my niece so much that i thought all the picture were super cute and i wanted to share it all!

Drying off after fun at the pool!

After getting ready from playing at the pool we headed back out in the wagon for the park and the store! When Auntie comes to visit she has to spoil her niece and take her to do everthing she wants to do!

Playing on the slide after the swings she had a lot of fun climbing the play set again and again...i knew nap time would be good later!

I took this picture only for the fact i was really proud of the job i did on Paytons hair. i have a hard enough time doing my own hair let alone a squirly little girls! but the part is strait the braids are even and not falling out and to top it off i put a cute matching head band in! go Auntie Carlee!!!!

After we were at the park we continued our wagon ride to the store to ride the pony. On our way like she was professional at going to the store she grabbed her size basket and went right into the store and turned towards the ponies!!! once she parked her cart she hopped onto the pony and said "Give me my pennies! i need to ride the horse please!" she rode the horse 6 times there was a line after...just kidding...luckly the store had two horses or there would have been a line!

Riding in the wagon back home!

After nap time which ended up being over 2 hours (i napped too) we played in her room with all her many babies!

Can you find the little girl playing/hiding in her closet full of babies?

She told me..."Caree kiss it! needs loves!"

she is done playing in the closet....notice she is holding her dads monkey from his childhood (it is missing its eyes!)

Visiting my Spanish Mrs. Lychock! i had her for Spanish 2 twice and 3 once. my freshman sophomore and junior year of High School. when i came back for my senior year she was pregnant with twin! how excited. even though i did not have her for class i visited her often to check in on her and see how she was doing. half way through the second semester she left to have the babies...Max and Mia!!!
They are so adorable! I visted her the other week and really enjoyed my time with her and the little ones. I plan on going and visiting her a few more times this summer! look at how cute they are!!! little baby angels! :)

Mia was a little fussy while i was over but Max was all smiles! he and i were buddies for the afternoon. i got to help play with them feed them it was a lot of fun and i really enjoy playing mom! 4 ladies in my ward are going to have babies this summer so I am looking forward to more babies this summer! I am a baby lover i cant wait to be a mom but I'm not ready to get married! that is for sure!

On satrday night we went out with some good family friends! Steve and Lalana! My dad and Steve are best friends! They call each othere and talk every week and plan workout times and they are just so cute together. everyone in the family gives them both a hard time because they are totally meant for each other! just look at them on the couch! My mom and Lalana have become good friends as well because of the guys. they cook together trade reciepes and all other fun stuff. after dinner we came back to the house to relax and chat for a little bit longer. I couldnt help but take a couple pictures when i saw those two lover birds on the couch together. What nuts!

looking forward to girls camp next week!

Anna Banana!!!

2009-06-14T20:59:00.000-07:00

A fun day at the pool with Miss. Anna Banana Prusse! My older sister Shanda could not pass up the chance to make fun of me when she asked what i was up to the night before when we were chatting on the phone together and i told her i was taking my little friend Anna from church to the pool the next day...being the loving and kind sister she is she told me "Carlee all your friends are 4 or 40!" hahaha Shanda! I love all my little friends in the ward and all my adult friends are the parents of my little friends. what can i say i like the little ones. They are Gods favorite and i know why. they have the sweetest of hearts and souls and love unconditionally! Is it selfish for me to say i like the extra love in my life! Any ways through out the summer there will be lots of pictures of my days out with all my little brothers and sister because really that is what they all are to me! :)Anna and i sitting together in our chairs shairng towels durnign the 5-10 minute life guard break!

Anna is all smiles with a teady gram in each hand! i pick good snacks!

She wanted me to get up off the chair next to her and take another one with her goggles on!
dont forget to check out her blue swim suit it is her favorite because she says "she matches the water with her blue suit and that every one around her will notice taht she blends right in with the pool water!" what a cutie!

This is my favorite picture of the day! it is a little blurry but that is what you get when you ask a mom sitting on the side of pool to take a pic. sooooo, the story behind this lovely picture. We were goofing off in the water and i was going underneath the water and blowing rassberries on her stomach and she would just laugh and laugh and tell me to do it again. i didnt realize i was blowing her suit up. She finally stopped me and told me to look at her while she jumped around in the water being a little girly girl holding her blowen up cleavage! She is a Sassy one for sure! she is going to be a pistol for her mom when she reaches her teen years. She wated a picture for the memory and i couldnt say no to her cute face and her huge chest which was making me laugh just as much as she was. what a cutie pie! i cant wait for our next little date!

The Tune Up Tri!!! part two

2009-06-14T19:47:00.000-07:00

The first tri of the year...how fun and exciting! to be honest i really did not train for this at all. I have swam about once a week since swim team. I have been running only because of my two gym classes this semester and the last time i road my bike before race day was August 9th of 2008 last years tri my first ever. So i really did not think i would do very well. but because of trying out for the school swim team this year i was a much better swimmer and my time for the 500 was 10 and a half minutes so my start time for jumoing in the water race day was 7 am and my dads start time was 8:12 i was very excited i was starting before him. it kept me motivated that i did not want him passing me with an hour head start. I ended up doing really good. i am very proud of myself!

I was so excited about the the swim part of the race! 1st because i was wearing my new pair of goggles because the ocean stole my other pair. 2nd i have the sweetest swim cap ever!

Here is my dad and i the transition area he is talking to me and giving me a mojo talk before i head out on the bike and run and I am telling him all about the swim while i dry off and put my socks and shoes on...oh yeah my shorts and t-shirt no way am i riding in just my racing suit!

Mounting my bike at the mount and dismount area. lets just say I am very happy my mom was taking a picture right now and not a video because i could not get on my bike for the life of me and start peddling going up hill. i should have ran fifteen more feet and jump on going down hill. Once i was on i looked around to see how many people saw my struggle on to my bike.

the 13 mile bike loop is two six and a half mile loops. this is me passing by the recreation center for the start of my second lap.

This is my dad on his swim. he started swimming when i was almost finished with my bike. How ever fast you swim determines when your start time is. the faster you are the sooner you start in the morning!

Coming into the final turn before the finish line of the 5k and the final end to the whole race!

Here is dad coming in an hour after me for his finish.

With it all being swam, biked and ran my dad and i checked our times to see how we did. i did better than i thought i would and he did worse. my time was 2hours and 1minute. Dad finished in 1hour and 44minutes. I'll get him next month because i will have trained for the next one. I love the Highlands Ranch Run Series! They put on the best events!

Maui!!!

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How very exciting my senior trip...as one can see i choose to go to Hawaii! My parents grandparents and my older sister Danyelle came! it was an amazing trip. lots of time at the beach! many nights of beautiful sunsets! Lang walks along the beach front! Shopping trips to the ABC Store! and much much more! Some pictures to show off the fun time we had. :)

First time in the water!

Fist dive into the water! Clothes and all!

Boogie Boarding at "Big Beach" this is the wave that stole my racing Goggles! needless to say i got a new pair when i got home that i like a lot better and I am still finding sand in my hair from my face to face with the ocean floor!

Snorkeling Day!!! No one can say i did not try to protect myself from the sun. i put that much on every day and more! thus why i did not burn on the trip!
Three cute little Snorkel girls!

A day of walking the ocean strip for a little shopping and a stop to sit and meditate and look out over the wide beautiful ocean.

Dad Danyelle and I went zip lining!
This is our guide Nikki! she was great!

Jump off and hope nothing breaks...we made it back alive needless to say and we had a great view of the tropical forest while we were flying high!

Dad coming in from our last zip...showing off his religion a little bit.

It was a wonderful trip! Aloha until next time!
i suppose the next big trip for me will be to Rexburg Idaho for college!

Graduation Day!

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The big day finally came. this was a day i will definitely remember. Most likely because it is a day I've been waiting four years to come and finally happen. the Date was May 22nd, 2009 a beautiful day it was. it rained buckets the day before and after but it was scorching and all my family got burnt...i find that funny because they are always the ones telling me to put sun screen on and i was the one who did not end up burning.
Our class valedictorian graduated with a 4.362 i would just like to say... "WOW" ...we also had some great songs and speeches. On our family trip to Hawaii after graduation everyone was still singing..."Don't stop believin'" by Journey! it made for a lot of bad singing for the trip!!!
Best Part:
1. I'm a High School Graduate
2. I'm going to the college of my dreams BYUI
3. I have extreme Passion for the career I am going into
4. I'm about to start my journey out in the real world
5. I think it is time for pictures!!!

Walking down a lot of stairs and a ver steep hill...in heels! this graduation could have landed me in the hospital!

I have my diploma!

The whole family together for a picture: left to right (Chad...brother in law, Shanda...sister, Jared...Danyelles boy friend, Danielle...sister, ME, Mom, Dad, Grandma Mae, Grandpa Bert. Bottom Payton...favorite niece!!!)

My number one fan...wearing my hat!

Best Friends!!! supporting each other on important days in each others lives...with lots of hugs and kisses xoxo

First Time Blogging!!!

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Hi every one! My name is Carlee and just about everyone in my family has a blogspot! Now that i am moving up in life and have graduated i decided this would be a be a great way to jump out on my own even though i am still at home until September. i have a lot going on this summer that i want to document so that every one can see and know what is going on in my life. I'm very excited about this. i think i will have to figure out how to add picture and then back track about two weeks and start off with graduation! this is fun stuff. keep in touch and check back soon.
carlee