Reminiscing

To the ladies who once lived in Raintree apt. 223,

(Me, Julie, Stacie, Jessie & Allie) is that how it went?

Does this picture bring back any memories? I came across this card at the store and it immediately brought back a flood of memories! Wow! I can't believe it's been 6 years! (I feel old) I look back on that year we spent together and smile...here's why:

-Water fights.
-Which led to participating in the BIGGEST prank ever! How many bags of leaves did we have, 12? It was LEGENDARY!

-Which then led to the duck in the living room.
-Music videos (Lady Marmalade was my favorite)
-Salt & Pepper...if i wanna take a guy home with me tonight...IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!
-Las Vegas, the Cheesecake Factory, fake accents and Lindsey Forbes' crazy roommate.
-Riding the bus with Stacie and Julie.
-Lori Bullock and her Star Wars poster in the kitchen. Do you remember Stacie's 1st roomy (the drugy and her drug dealer friends. Yikes!
-Watching Dan work on his car every Saturday and having him create our mix cd's.
-80's Music.
-Bomb fires in the middle of winter.
-Finally discovering the smell from Jessie and Allie's room (a 5 month old rotten squash under Jessie's bed).
-Getting fire extinguished after trying to throw the rotten squash in the garbage.
-Living off of Great Harvest bread and cookies.
-Jordan Smith and his really tight and short sweats.
-Air plane and motorcycle rides.
-Jessie's dating stories.
-Watching Stacie and Julie fall in love with their hubbies.
-The Olympics.

Thanks for all the fun times! I'll NEVER forget them!

Payson Lake

My parents, Kade, Courtney and I went on our annual camping trip to Payson Lake. We did the math and realized we've been going for 16 years! I can remember the first time we went. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite a success. It was a dark, dreary, rainy day...I remember being smashed in the back seat of my Dad's small Toyota truck with all the camping gear. We found a wet, soggy campsite and started to set up all of our gear. Just as we finished setting everything up the campsite director told us that our site was reserved for someone else. We were still determined to camp and decided to find a different spot. SO, we plopped the tent on top of our mini van and discovered that there were no more spots...that was the last straw...we ended up driving home that night. Our first trip to Payson Lake lasted two hours and we spent it setting up and taking down our campsite.

Before

My Mom has just discovered how fun it is to make ugly faces. I think she already has it down...what do you think? What can I say...this crazy talent runs in the family. Look at Courtney's goober face. Classic!

After
Sorry! I was the photographer this trip (partly because I looked like death)... I know you're disappointed that there are no pictures of me:)

Lake Powell

My signature pose. My Mom recently put together a slide show of photos for my Dad for Fathers Day. My family was making fun of me because several of the pictures (from when I was a little girl and as recently as 2 years ago) I was making this pose. Ha ha! I think my Dad has it down pretty good...what do you think? We went to Lake Powell last weekend and got lost. It was an adventure! We ended driving all the way up to Bullfrog from Wahweap. It was a 3.5 hour drive one-way. We learned on big lesson that trip: Never go anywhere without a map! We had fun besides the big "adventure" and soaked up a lot of sun.

Diane from Dingle is no longer Single...

Diane is my idol. She is the sweetest, most talented, and spiritual person I know. She has been a great friend and I am sad that we won't be hanging out as much. My favorite memory of Diane is when we went up to the Idaho hot springs. We shared the last dressing room when we were changing back into our clothes. I am such a prude, so we promised to have our backs to each other. It was fine until we both bent down at the same time and touched bare bums! I have never laughed so hard in my life! These pictures are from her bridal shower that we had last week at our house.

Outlaws

Um...so you can barely see my face but everyone else looks tough. Lets just say...YOU don't want to get on our bad side! Ha! Lagoon was way fun. We waited in line for 1 1/2 hours to ride WICKED the new ride this year. It was awesome...totally worth the wait. But my favorite ride was the Jetstar. It was so hilarious! We fit 7 people on a 6 person ride. Emily ended up sitting on Annelisa's lap and was a whole head and body taller than the rest of us. Everyone in line was laughing at us while Emily was getting jerked around on the ride. I never laughed so hard in my life! We went to Laguna Beach for a couple of hours and ummm....I could not stay on my tube! I freakin' almost drowned several times. I went down one slide and I was going sooo fetchin' fast I almost went up and over but instead I completely flipped over and landed on my face. That wasn't so much fun.

Bringin' Sexy Back at Lagoon!

I laugh every time I see this! I am totally seducing the photographer. This is last years pic but we are going back this Saturday....stay tuned for our next crazy pic.