CHRISTMAS EVE

Left: Ben is standing normal. 




Right: Keat has finally done it.  We've been measuring every time we see each other for several years and he is finally taller than me..

 Snowman Relay

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Callie was beyond thrilled to be a part of it

The other team knocked them over.

This game required you to open this present while wearing oven mitts. Will took it to a whole new level and hit it with his head over and over again. It just about worked (it gave us all a good laugh).

Mark was tired of playing games. So he took care of that and ate the bag we needed in order to play the last one.

We miss you Matt!

The family went in on this for Grandma. She needle-pointed this a long time ago and they had it framed for her.

 The Uncles

"Tis the Season

 These first few pictures have nothing to do with Christmas. Harry Potter is from the Pumpkin Walk. I was watching my cousins for the weekend and I took them there.

The sandwich picture is Ben cashing in his birthday present. He is always asking me to make him a sandwich so I gave him a coupon as a present. It had bacon, ham, egg, cheese, and a bagel. Heart attack birthday. 

The picture with the big red ball is how we spend our Sunday afternoons. Abbi practiced until she could throw it and it would bounce on all 4 heads before it hit the ground. Impressive.

Our ward had a service auction and the 3 of us on the left won a plane ride! The back seat made us feel a little sick but it was still fun and pretty.

Friends since elementary. We all got together and ate dinner at Sonora Grill and went bowling. (Tyler did great, I've never seen anyone get that many strikes. We're not going to talk about my bowling abilities. Except Jessica and I did slide on our stomachs one turn, that was cool.)

 Janapalooza!

 Happy Birthday!

 Jessica's getting married on us. Morgan let us come to her new house and celebrate for Jessica. The house is beautiful and we're so happy for Jessica!

CHRISTMAS

Gingerbread house competition

I love fall and mountains!

Went on a "hawk" (hike/walk) the other day. It was beautiful!

Rafting.

I went rafting for the first time ever; up in Jackson, WY.

 It. Was. So. Fun. 

Not gonna lie, when the guy that was our guide started telling us about the time a man had a heart attack on his raft and then died but they still had to take the raft to the rest of the way with a dead man on it, I got a little freaked out.
 And maybe the river was super calm but maybe I was really scared. 

So, I started out riding in the very back, where they told me I wouldn't get wet or fall off. By the next time I was riding bull (sitting on the front with your feet hanging over the edge- we got brave and had 2 of us up there!) and I'm pretty sure the front half of our raft was underwater at one point and I loved every minute of it (even when it started pouring rain - don't worry, we cheered for the LOTOJA riders during the rainstorm. And they cheered for us.).

 Loved it. 

Another time..... Katie-chicken-brain came to visit and we went to Hu Hot and Poetry and a Beverage. I haven't been to that for a very long time. It was fun to feel like a freshman in college again haha. 

and yes i have really short arms

And last, but not least. one day I came across this video and it's awesome. 

www.papercoterie.com/openhouse/

That's all. 

2 weeks of summer

This year I had a grand total of 2 weeks of summer vacation off from school. I was so excited, I did my best to fit in every summer activity I could think of. I think I did a pretty good job! Also, I am a list person so this is a list of my (limited) summer.

don't remember the day but i went real live golfing. it's hard.

Friday: mini-golfing and jumped in 2nd dam at night. freezing!

Saturday: went to bear lake for the day and got buried in sand. then went to the county fair and the rodeo. and then watched a meteor shower.

 Monday: rock climbing (i climbed the crack at the gym! awesome.) then went on a hike to the wind caves.

Tuesday: can you say ghost busters? climbed up a wall using vacuums. cool.

(tuesday) got to see Ben who broke his collar bone! :( (now they can both have lopsided shoulders together!)

(tuesday) played with my little cousins and visited my grandma

Wednesday: Went to King's Peak and backpacked for 4 days with my sister, dad, cousin, and his son. climbed the hightest peak in utah, one day we took 5 hours of naps, and one day i had a giant boulder land on my foot (minor bruises) and my dad saved my life from it. 

Monday: rock climbing again!
Tuesday: ran through some sprinklers

Wednesday: date with kate: went slack lining and played frisbee golf. then i came back up here and went on a walk to favorite sidewalk, and then went country swing dancing.

Thursday: went on a horse ride up a canyon. also, i saw a giant rat-varmint on the sidewalk. it was so huge it waddled.

Friday: decided i love making homemade pizza dough and so i've literally been making homemade pizzas every day since friday. i love my bread maker! 

(friday) later, i hiked in about a mile to naomi peak and went camping in the pouring rain.

Saturday: hiked to naomi peak and beyond. pushed over some trees. went swimming in a mountain lake. got some aggie ice cream.

 Sunday: made some zucchini bread (breadmaker!). went to potluck and had way fun.

I'm feeling very proud of my summer vacation. Just call me A.J. Jr.

Some things I have done today

in the last hour i:

memorized this song  i don't really get what it's about but i'm slightly obsessed

tried on all of my sister's cute clothes

blog stalked this complete stranger

practiced the piano

cut my fingernails

took out the garbage

.... did i mention i'm studying for finals?