My Dove Chocolate Said so..

i was eating a dove chocolate... And it said to count my many blessings. I thought it was a good idea---
Here it goes:
Anthony, seriously. Where would I be without him? Not in school that is for sure. Now I love school!
Education.. I can't get enough of it. I think I get that from my dad.
My family. Love you guys!
Friends... They put up with me through high school. Congrats you guys.
The LDS Church and Prophets
People willing to work in sewage.
Sewage. Period.
The inventor of the portable car jack. What did they do before?!
Whoever thought to put air conditioning in a car! THANK YOU.
Flowers... they just make me happy.
Books... I can't get enough of you guys.
Cookbooks... I would be lost.
Digital Cameras... Although it has given vain a whole new meaning.
Married Student Relief Society- It is so nice to be around people who share the same values as I do.
Credit Card Limits ... and a husband who checks it.
Nap time.
Snowboarding.. I would be a hermit otherwise.
Babies... I don't think anything can bring a bigger smile to my face... well, puppies are close.
Puppies. (I have talked A into giving me a Yorkie!!!)... in 2 years.
Creative people. Thanks for making my life interesting. I couldn't do it with out you.
Lights that come on when you unlock your car. It makes me feel a lot safer knowing there isn't a creeper in there waiting.
Deoderant. I wish people used it more though. Same with toothepaste.
Autumn.

It's OVER!! (Don't worry, it's a good thing.)

I have officially finished my last semester as the student behind the desk! I am soooo excited that I never have to go to class again. However, this doesn't mean that my life is getting easier. Quite opposite in fact.

I got my student teaching assignment! Are you ready.... (Can I have a drum roll?) I am going to West Lake High School in Saratoga Springs. It has only been open for 2 years and is super nice. We drove out to see it on Sunday and it only took about 30 minutes. I was thinking it would be 45 because of the freeway traffic, so it wasn't that bad.

I am working with a teacher who is head of the English Department. She is super busy, but I have heard amazing things about her. I am teaching two 11th grade English Honors classes and two 12th grade English classes. Can I just tell you how nervous I am? I meet with my cooperating teacher this Wednesday to hammer out the details, but she told me about a week ago what books I should have read by January 4. We are reading The Once and Future King by T.H. White (11th grade) and Wives and Daughters by ... somebody. (12th grade). So, by January 4 I need to read 1400 pages to catch up. Are you kidding! I am going to die. I started the the T.H book, and it is pretty good. Okay, it is really good. I can barely put it down at night. That is a very good thing since I need to have finished it soon. It's about Kind Arthur. I have not started Wives and Daughters because it is Victorian Lit and looks incredibly boring. (It's around the time of Charlotte Bronte... YUCK).

She told me that the 11th grade class will be very challenging because they function on higher levels of thinking. I am super excited, but feel extremely overwhelmed.

On a good note: I practically put in my 2 weeks at Park's! I have worked there for 6 years! That is cRAzY! I can't work and student teach, so I will go in when I feel like I have time, but I am basically a full time teacher that doesn't get paid. (Bummer.)

Anthony is almost done with his finals. I don't know if I mentioned that he got a job at FedEx, but he did. He likes it a lot because he gets to do most of his homework which is sooo nice! This upcoming semester, he is going full time, but only has one real class: microbiology. The rest he is shadowing physicians and has research release where he gets to work more on his cancer research. It will be nice because he gets to work full time while I am student teaching.

And that is all.

Just a Little Something

Just been thinking about this. I love it.

Did that work?

I don't know if the post worked... the update one? Oh well...

It's about Friggin time.

Well, it has been forever since an update.. and I am afraid this isn't going be much of one either. SOO busy. I am at work blogging, because it is my only time to do it!

Anyways.. I guess it is a shock that I am crafty. But guess what... I am. I made these for my stepmom's baby shower! And everyone looked shocked that I knew what a sewing machine was... I sew ALL THE TIME! It is how I calm down. And it is service because I have never made anything for myself... But I found this pattern from here. So cute. I don't have serger, but I am planning on getting one just for these ruffle bottoms. I adore them. I want every baby from 0-1 to own 50. They are tooo cute. I made a lot more, but i figured I didn't need to take a picture of all of them.

I also made these headbands out of nylons. Super easy. You can make like 30 in one hour.However... Get sizes 6mo or older. The newborn ones were so small to sew, but that was the only size i got...

And I have been making these flowers. I think they are soo cute, but I can't pull it off.

On an other note... Braxton got to go to school with me for 3 days. He loved it. NOT. he was so bored, but that is what you get when you are suspended. I think this experience convinced him that he wants to go to college though. In my first class we had a scavenger hunt around campus (NEVER HAPPENS). on the day that he comes we a

actually did something fun?!

We went and saw Ha'ry Potta. I had read the book, so I knew when all the scary stuff was going to happen, so it wasn't too bad! I hate snakes! Sometimes I wish I were a Brit.. and then I see their teeth.

NEWSY: I spoke in sacrament last Sunday.. SCARY. It was for the Primary Program. No I am not in primary, but we only have 1 kid, so the presidency had to speak. It wasn't too bad, considering it was my 2nd talk ever (That I remember). My last talk was right after I graduated high school.

Also, I get my student teaching assignment next Friday! (The 3rd). I am super nervous. I cringe just thinking about it. I took my Praxis 2 test. This is the test that deals with English content knowledge to get my teaching license. I missed it by 3 points last time, which isn't too bad considering that 85% have to retake it. Most people in my class missed it by 30 points. I hope I passed this time. It is such a tricker. How am I supposed to have read every poem and book and then remember who the author was on top of that? And tHEN how am I supposed to know the intent the author had for each book? It is impossible. So hopefully I passed. There was so much poetry on it and I could narrow it down to 2 authors, but I had to guess. And it had a bunch of questions about the origins of the English language which i have never studied... So we'll see.

Anthony has started looking at medical schools. I am super excited. we have about 22 schools picked out, but will probably narrow it down to 15 by the time it comes around. We still have our eyes set on AZ.. I WANT A TAN. really.. that is my main selling point. Anthony has other motives for that school, but i think that mine are legit. we are also looking at: Colorado, south Carolina (LOVE IT), West Virginia, Nashville (love it) and California... It will be an adventure.

Enjoy Thanksgiving! Be grateful.

Some of My Funny Musings

So I haven't had time to blog lately... I know you are all so sad... Just kidding. Do people read this?! Just kidding again, I know you do.
We have been so busy. It is crazy... But I just have few funny comments to share. Here we go:

1. I have been learning a bunch of different scholarly points of view on the Bible in my Sacred Lit class (I am religion studies minor) and we were talking about Paul and the pressure he put on women in his time. And then Anthony and I were debating about women's roles in our world today and I called him a misogynist. He then proceeded to massage my shoulders... He had no clue what a misogynist was. It makes me feel smarter that I have a larger vocabulary than him because it isn't often that I get to feel that way around him. haha.

2. There is a girl in my methods classes that was house sitting for her brother because he has a cat that needed to be fed. These are her exact words: "I really liked the responsibility that came with taking care of Pumsy (the cat). It was nice to have somebody to depend on me so I think I am ready to have a baby." WHAT... umm, get a cat?

3. Remember THIS? Well, it happened again. I went to the doctor on Tuesday... got out of my car and my car started rolling... again. I tried to grab the door handle to pull it... yeah, me strong? No.... It was locked so I had to dig for my keys and hurry and unlock it and open the door and pull the E-brake. Nobody got hurt this time but there was witness... again.

4. I have a friend... who we will call T... well T said something hysterical the other day. "Whenever I see somebody with Obama on their car or shirt I automatically think they are uneducated and a ra-tard." I will not give you my opinion. I just want you to ponder this. HAHA.

Book Review: Harvesting the Heart

Once again, another book by Jodi Picoult. I just love her style of writing. She generally creates a story from multiple points of view so you can get an understanding of how a couple of the characters view this story. Harvesting The Heart was a really good book. I loved it. I'm not normally into girly books, but this caught my eye.
Here is a bit of a summary:
Paige has some significant demons in her past to overcome. When she was five, her mother disappeared. An only child, she was raised by her father. When she was 18, she had an abortion. This led to a breakup with her boyfriend, and, worried that her father might somehow discover her secret, she chose to run away. She met Nicholas at a diner where she was working. They dated about 4 times, got married, and started their life. He was much older than her and she was only 19. He is in the Harvard Medical School so she never sees him. 5 Years later a baby comes and this is where the story starts. Paige has such a low self image as her as a mother than she ends up leaving the baby with Nicholas for a few months to try and find her mother and to discover how to be a good mother. Maybe it isn't for everyone??

I would say to young mothers: Read this. It shows that nobody really knows the way to be a good mother and it just takes practice.

N-O Babies

just wanted to clear something up... We are not having a baby in January. My step mom, Sage is. I will have a LITTLE SISTER in January, not a child. I am very pleased with this too. We will be almost 22 years apart, but it's cool. I am closer in age with my parents, so hopefully she still thinks I am cool when I am an old foggy of 44 when she is my age. Very unlikely. I could be a freaking grandma by that age.. Gross.. (Only if I still live in Utah; you people shoot babies out FAST.) I guess I could be a cool older sister that takes her on vacations to watch my millions of kids. Haha.. I would enjoy that. I like family vacations; unfortunately my family doesn't do family vacation or I don't get invited to them (achem... Colorado.) But Anthony's family does BOMB family vacations (ACHEM... Yellowstone.) Actually, I went to Disneyland this summer with my family, but we only went because I invited myself and my mom to my aunts family vacation. (Creeper, don't mind if I do.) Rambling much? check yes. I have an hour break before my Literature of the Sacred class and I thought the procrastination of homework would take longer. Nope and score.

Anyways, we are just waiting for Anthony's MCAT scores. Should get them next Saturday. I am really nervous. I know he did great, because he is GENIUS! We have a couple schools picked out. We are thinking University of Arizona. He can get his MBA in this program too. Just in case Obama screws our life even more. We are also thinking Oregon University and just this last week I convinced him to look into Hawaii. (Beach? Check yes.- ) Also, Anthony is doing research right now for BYU. It is cancer research and he is thinking that he will get invited to ACR. This is where researchers go to present their cancer research. Right now Anthony is doing work on Macrophages. If he can slow them down it will slow down the growth of cancer. I think, I don't understand 95% of the vocabulary he uses when discussing this. He works with his professor who is the number one published cancer researcher in the nation. Way to go Anthony? YES. So if he goes to the ACR chances of him getting into the U of U are astronomical. We aren’t sure if we want to stay in Utah, but if he got accepted it would be so hard to say no. The U is definitely one of the lower rated medical schools in the country (in fact, Anthony despises how Utah glorifies it), but it is close to home which awesome. I guess we will see.

As for me, I applied to do my student teaching last Wednesday. I won't know where I am going until the end of December though. I am pretty excited. Sorry for the rambling, but I was super bored.

Infected with Perfection

This is one of my favorite blogs to follow. I came across this article and I thought that every woman should read this and discover their personal worth. I feel that in the society we live in (Utah's Bubble) that women try to be perfect though their lives never are truly perfect. We have so much pressure to be attractive, smart, homemakers, crafty, trendy... well it needs to stop. It doesn't matter how the world sees you; they aren't happy.

It is so important that we embrace our imperfections, because they aren't truly imperfections. They are what make us the person our family and friends love.

The Disease called "Perfection."

Not Much..

Not much as been going on lately. Just school and work. That is our life. However, we were able to do some fun things this past weekend.

I watched my friend Stefanie's baby, Braxton. He is so cute. (His father was Preston who passed away 2 weeks ago.) He is such a cutie. The happiest baby I have ever seen. This is what he looked like when she dropped him off:

He is constantly smiling and I love it! I hope I have a baby that is as good as him. Unfortunately, I had to change a poopy diaper and it was kind of gross, but I managed. He was so good the whole day. I even took him grocery shopping. He was getting fussy so I did this:

And it worked. He fell asleep like this. Worked like a charm; you mothers out there should try this for sure. When we left, he fell asleep in the car and I am pleased to say that I got him out of this carseat and laid him down in the house without him waking up. I am professional. People should really trust me with their children more often.

After I babysat him, Anthony and I went to the BYU game vs Nevada Reno. It was fun, but I am glad we decided against getting season tickets this year. They are disappointing this year. It may have to do with the fact that the QB is a freshmen, and under that condition I think that he is performing well. I sure wouldn't be able to do that well with this being my first season. Lay off of him people! He is a just a kid!

After the game we went and saw Dinner for Shmucks. It was sorely disappointing and really dirty. I got uncomfortable and I thought I was immune to crude humor (unfortunately) But I have to admint it was semi hilarious at time.

Also on the Primary note... I love it. Though I think I will be getting sick quite often. How it possible for their noses to be constantly running?! I don't get it. Anyways, I love teaching/learning the songs for singing time. It is so fun. I really like when they nursery kids sing I am a Child of God. They know every word. Their parents must be doing their job! There are only 10 kids in the entire kids section. 1 kid in Primary and the rest are in Nursery, so really I am in Nursery the whole time except when I do Sharing time with the 1 primary kid. It is fun, but I do miss Sunday school and Relief Society. We are working out the schedule where I might be able to go to Sunday school at least once a month and maybe R.S., but we will have to see.

Day 15... SH sH shuFFLE

Day 15 - Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play

1. Enemy- Eve 6

2. Wedding Dress- Matt Nathanson

3. I Go Back- Kenny Chesney

4. What's Your Fantasy- Ludacris

5. Down- Something Corporate (Favorite song!)

6. Rock That Body- Black Eyed Peas

7. The Party Song- Blink 182

8. Good News- Something Corporate

9. 11AM- Incubus

10. Summer Is Over- Allred

Wow, my iPod never shuffles this good... I wish it chose my favorite songs every time!

My Family. Day 14. I skipped a few.

Day 14 - A picture of you and your family
So I skipped a few... They were repetitive... I have a lot of family so this may take multiple pictures, and I can't pass up an opportunity to show off our gorgeous families.
You don't mind though, right?

This is my Handsome father, Russell. And I just realized my eyes are closed.
Don't worry about it.

And this is my B-E-A-U-TIFUL mother, Nicole.


My Dad's Family. Me, Annica, Dad, and Sage.

Soon to have another little girl!
YipEE

My mom's family with her butt load of kids. haha.
Just TEasin.
Braxty, Riley, Ron, Mom, A Boy, Madison, Keaton, and Taylor

And I am ashamed to say this is the only picture I have A's whole family. I suck.
Me, Anthony, Tabi, Joe, Casey, Brit, Sarah, Josie, Eileen, Steve, Katie, Chris and Ashley.
Bigger family than both of my together! Well, maybe. I'm not counting.
And will be growing even more. Love it.

Until We Meet Again, Preston

One of my best friends, Stefanie Carver, lost her husband to loss of brain funtion on Tuesday, September 14. They were married just over a year ago and they have a son, Braxton D Lodeserto, who is 9 months old. You can read his obituary here.

I just can't even imagine what she is going through right now. She is being so strong for herself and her little boy. I can't even comprehend losing a husband at age 21. He in a serious ATV accident over Labor Day weekend, where it rolled and landed on him cutting the flow of oxygen to his brain. He was life flighted to the Provo Hospital where he was in the ICU for almost a week and a half with no brain activity. The thing that gets me is that his spinal cord was still funtioning so he had reflexes such as he would squeeze your hand, and when he heard noise he would turn his head and LOOK at you. Yes, his eyes would be open and look at you. But he wasn't awake and he was comprehending what his eyes saw, because his brain wasn't working to register the sight. I dont' know how his family was so brave. If i saw that i would fight and say that he was alive, but the doctors were very understanding and simply told them that he was gone and just his body was there.

It has been a week and half fight for his family throught this struggle. I feel terrible. Life is so short. I can't imagine what their families are going through, but my prayers are with them.

Catch Up!

Wow, I have been wanting to blog forever! So much is going on that we just don't have time...

First off and most exciting.. I just wanted to announce that... IT'S A GIRL!!

Yep, and I am so excited. She will be here January 25. Which should be easy to remember because it is my best friend Heather's bday and my father-in-law Steve's Bday! It's a popular day. .. This is be my stepmom's (Sage) 2ND girl! My 2ND little sister! And... My dad's 3rd daughter! Seriously? There are no boy grandchildren on my dad's side, but I guess that is just how it is going to be! I am super excited. I just love babies...

On this baby note, I just a got new calling in my ward. And I am not so sure I can get the job done. I was called to be the 2ND counselor in the Primary Presidency... I am super excited because I get to miss Sunday school and be around babies, but I will miss Relief Society. (It really is a relief to be around all women.) But my biggest concern: I never went to primary. I didn't start going to church until I was 15. Though somehow I was baptized when I was 8. I don't know any primary songs or what even happens in this class, but I am super excited to find out. It was pretty funny what I was thinking about before I had the interview though. I was reading a talk on my Droid (cell phone) from an Apostle (I forgot who though, I'm terrible) and it was talking about how you are given a calling from you bishop, but you are called of God when you receive it. And although you were chosen for this calling for inspiration, it is our job to make it work. Just because we were called doesn't mean the gift will be naturally given to you to fulfill the calling, you have to work to receive it. So... I have a lot of work a head of me.

Anthony has been so busy with school. He is just getting all the requirements done for all of his upcoming Medical school applications. He needs 4 different leadership opportunities so he is a VP of MUSA (Marriott Undergraduate Student Association) and a member of the Marriott Business School Marketing club. With these clubs he had to add a 2 credit hour class so he now has 19 credits! And he is working 25-35 hours a week. Isn't he amazing. I wish I had that stamina; I am just counting down the days until I can quit working and attending school. I am pretty excited to start teaching English. I am learning more and more everyday that I can't wait to share, though I am dreading making over 400 lesson plans per year. It seriously takes me about 3-4 hours to make one lesson. That is a lot of hours.

Good (and some bad) Reads

So I get asked all the time what I am reading once I tell people I am an English major. So I should probably keep my blog up to date on my current reads.

Faves or Dives.

Light in August is a great book. I read it in my Modern American Lit class and I couldn't put it down. It is about 3 strangers who end up me coming together in very strange circumstances. The characters are amazing and who can say no Faulkner?!

Fave.

Regeneration is also a fave. I read it in my Modern British Lit class last year. It is a WWII book about the soldiers with PTSD and how they experimented on treatments back then. It is a great book.

Fave.

I just finished this. I know that English majors aren't supposed to like Stephanie Meyer, but I do, so there! It is an easy read, except I already knew the ending because of the Eclipse book so that was a downer. I would say So-So.
Not a Dive, but not a Fave.

John Steinbeck=Genius. This is probably the book that has impacted my life this most. It is set during (I think) the 30's-40's and goes through the depression. It has such a large variety of characters that anyone can relate to them. It based on the story of Cain and Abel and every character can relate to a character in that story, but some character can also be represented as Adam and Eve characters. If you notice the names and the actions it is fun to play with biblical ideas.
FREAKING FAVE. (That is a lot.)



This book was recommended to me. Although I couldn't put it down and it cost me many hours of sleep I hated it. It had no literary value to me. Although it captivated me, it wasn't written well. It had a bit of the same feel as the Twilight series. I couldn't put them down, but a lot of people can't stand the way she rights because she doesn't make you think. Same goes for this book. I like books that don't tell me how it is, but let me actually figure things out for myself. If I wanted to have easy entertainment I would watch TV. I guess I am growing out of Adolescent Lit pretty fast.

COMPLETE DIVE. (It hit the bottom of the deep end.)

Let The Wild Rumpus Begin!!

Well, it is back to the grinding stone for us. We both have started school and we already are super busy. Anthony has only been in school for 3 days and I have been awake with him for probably 6 hours total. This is going to be one crazy semester and next semester will be even more hectic. Because of my school schedule I had to start taking the closing shifts at work so I don't even get home until 9:30! Then I have a ton of homework and Anthony does too. Ugh.. so glad it's almost OVER.

I am pleased to announce that I have started my LAST semester of classes! Wooo WHooo! I start student teaching in January! I have some pretty interesting classes and I am loving it already. ( I have been in class for 2 weeks.) I am taking a class called Literature of the Sacred. This class focuses on the different religions of the world and how they are different through the sacred texts that they read. My professor is focusing on the different readings that the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faiths read the Genesis 1-3 Adam and Eve story. I am learning a lot, though there are some extremely retarded people in my class. We argued for 30 minutes about what IS evil. That wasn't even the point of the lesson; the lesson was supposed to be how evil came to be by pulling evidence from the text. There are a lot of different religions in my class and this girl kept trying to say the death isn't evil! We know it's not evil, but it's not GOOD! I was about to stuff my carrots in her mouth so she would shut up! But besides my actual classmates, I am enjoying it.

I have considered getting my minor in Religious Studies or Film Theory, but it's more school and at this point I just want to be done for awhile. Anthony has a LOT more school left, so I just want to work so we can get a break from having no time and no money haha. And maybe save up money to have some little babies... (In the future, please don't ask WHEN! After the whole maternity insurance thing it is all we hear!)

On some lighter news... I went and saw the Lion King Broadway play with my family. I went with my mom, Kennya, GRandma Pat, Monica, Brooke & Kennedy. My friend Kehly also got to come with me. It was so fun. We went to dinner and then to a Blue Grass concert after it. The Lion King was one of the best plays I have ever seen.

My favorite part was the giraffes. There are 2 people inside each costume and they are on stilts! They created every animal perfectly. I wish everyone could see it!

And you can't see the dancers because they are leaping, but they are in costumes to look like the antelope and they are holding them too. The lady next to them is supposed to Rafiki. She had the best voice out of the whole cast.

Day 10.. Anyone getting sick of this?

Day 10 - Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Lazy, Excited, Angry

I love music. I have always been a bit of a connoisseur of music. No not really. But I love finding music that nobody else knows.. eventually they are on the radio, but I am usually already sick of them by then.. i.e. Matt Nathanson. Love him, but radio killed him.

Happy songs/bands:
Anything by Blink 182.. Love 'em.
Heels Over Head ... by Boys Like girls
I Get a Kick Out of You... Frankie (we are on first name basis) Sinatra
Fat Lip... Sum 41
Brat Pack... The Rocket Summer
That's our Hero Shot... Daphne Loves Derby
Cheeseburger in Paradise... Jimmy Buffet (it's love)
Anything by Something Corporate or Limbeck. These are my favorites!



Sad Songs/bands:
Better Days... The Goo Goo Dolls
Hands Open... Snow Patrol
Feist
Blue October



Excited:
Allister
Blink 182
Sum 41
Black Eyed Peas

No particular songs.. Any of their songs do it for me.

Angry:
Any hard rock...
R.A.T.M.- I grew up listening to them and I like them, but only when I'm in a certain mood.
Sum 41 (they fit in everywhere!)

Day 9.. Of the Challenge of the Blog

Something you’re proud of in the past few days

Well, I got started on my South Beach diet.. By started I mean I wrote down the grocery list.

Blog Challenge.. Day Ocho

Day 08 - Short term goals and why

1. Well, this is my LAST semester! Yay!!! So I'm going out with a bang. 4.0? I think so.

2. Quad-weekly (4 times???) gym attendence.. It is much needed.

3. Heathly cooking.. Anthony and I have been making extremely healthy meals for the past month. It has been great. It's amazing how great you feel after eating things your body actually NEEDS.

4. Actually read EVERY book assigned. This is tough one.

5. Be more patient... (Not just short term.)

Blog Challenge.. Lucky #7

Day 07 - A picture of someone/something that has had a big impact on you

I love the Salt Lake Temple, but it is every temple that has had a big impact on me.

This past year I have had so many struggles with people I never thought I could have bad feelings for. But I realized that their feelings towards me and my choices are not my problem. And I just need to give up my hurt feelings and live my life the way that I choose, while hoping and praying that they will come around...I have always been able to go to the temple when I am struggling with something and I don't think I could have made it through this year with out the guidance and love I receive from my temple attendance.

A place you won't be judged.

This a place to get away from the wordly wants and desires.

A place you can get answers.

A place you can get focused on the important things in life.

A place for peace.

A place to go when you have nowhere else.

The Kite Runner

I finally finished The Kite Runner! It took me forever to read this book! I started it at the beginning of the summer, but I have no time to read books I actually "like." I finished finals on Friday, and last night I stayed up until 2:30 am finishing it! I couldn't put it down. It was great... Definitely recommend it. Just a disclaimer: there is a scene that is very explicit and made me s very incomfortable. But what we have to realize is that things like this really do happen in life and that is all this book is about. Life in Afghanistan.

This book is about 2 boys that grow up together in Afghanistan. One boy, Amir, is a wealthy and priveledged kid who lives with his father. The other boy is Hassan who is a servent in Amir's house. They are extremely close; like brothers. It talks about their lives growing up as the Taliban invades Afghanistan. It definitely helps Americans take a view into the lives of the Muslims we have created negative stigmas for. I have gained compassion for those in the Middle East.

Now I have so many new reads to finish before school starts on the 25th! Such as:

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns (same author as Kite Runner)

2. The Journal of Ann Frank ( I want to do a lesson plan with it)

I need to Finish 3. Wicked (it's been almost a year since I started)

4. Mercy by Jodi Picoult (Favorite Author)

5. Odyssey by Homer (I think I need a study guide for it!)

6. Uglies ( I can't get into it)

7. Hunger Games

8. My Friend Leonard (sequel to A Million Little Pieces)

9. 13 Reasons Why

10. The Lovely Bones

Okay, I probably won't read these all, but at least I have a plan!

The Belated Yellowstone Post.

Over the 24th of July Anthony's parents took us to Yellowstone! It was so fun. I am pretty sure that I have been there before, maybe when I was 5, and I loved it. It is kind of a memory making place for Anthony's family. They used to go all the time, even though Athony hadn't been since he was 8... So I am not sure how many times they actually went.

His parents rented the cutest cabins for all of us and it was a great place to just get away. (NO cellphone service...)

It was great. Sorry the pictures are so messed up. I don't know how to fix it.

Day 6.. Challenge

Day 06 - Favorite super hero and why

I have never really been into the super heroes, but since Batman does necessarily have "super powers" I will go with Batman. He is hardcore. And with Christian Bale playing him I don't think anything can go wrong ;) I also like when Val Kilmer played him, but Christian Bale is just all the more better. And doesn't remind me of Iceman.

Cinco... Challenge

Day 05 - A picture of somewhere you’ve been to

When Anthony and I were dating, he moved out to California for a summer to do sales. In July of 2008 he flew me out to stay a week with him and we went to San Francisco. It was so fun!

We went to Alcatraz. It is probably my favorite

vacation so far. I loved going there. Especially because I

saw The Rock with Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery.

In town, there is a little market place and we saw this sign. When we told the owner that Marché was my name he said, "Who would ever name their child Marché.. Don't they know what it means?"

And of course. The Golden Gate Bridge.

Blog Challenge.. Numero 4

Day 04 - A habit that you wish you didn’t have

I wish I didn't hav a habit of buying shirts. I need to broaden my horizon to umm.. anything else. Like pants, shoes, ANYTHING. I don't see this changing soon though.

Day THREE. Blog Challenge

Day 03 - Pictures of you and your friends

I pulled some pictures from the past

My Best Friend

Megan and me at the Spiderman preview

All the girls after graduation! Brittany, Alyssa, Me, Rachel and Jamie.

Halloween! Stef, Nickie, Travis & Taylor!

Cami! You should move back to Utah!

I miss all these girls a lot! It is crazy where life takes you and how seperate your ways can be, but we will always be friends. Because that's just how friends are!