Million....

I walked a MILLION steps in the summer of 2006!

Winner!!!

It's time to clean house!

So my roommate is out of town for the weekend.

I decided that my apartment was in need of some cleaning and today was the day to do it! I vacummed the living room for I think, the first time since I moved in in April. I also swept and mopped the kitchen floor. I don't know why you would put white linoleum in a student apartment, but that's what is in my house. The floor was so dirty!! It didn't take me that long to clean up and I was so much happier when it was done!!

Vacation!!

Okay I am finally getting a chance to tell you about my vacation. It was a lot of fun! I flew out on Sunday the 2nd with my grandma. After a long day of traveling we FINALLY got to Ashley's parents house. We ate dinner and had fun chatting with the cousins, jumping on the trampoline, and just hanign out. On Monday we went to the church history sites that are in the area: Liberty Jail, Far West, Independance Visitors Center, and Adam-ondi-Ahman. It was a fun day! On Tuesday a bunch of us got dressed up and went window shopping at the Plaza in downtown Kansas City. We didn't buy anything, but had a fun time looking at the different stores. That night we had a BBQ, family baseball game, horseriding, volleyball game..... and lots of fireworks. We watched the city fireworks and then put on a fireworks show of our own. On Wed we went to the lake a played on pontoon boats. Everyone that had a drivers license had the opportunity to drive the boat! We went swimming off the boats, had a picnic and played card games. That night we went to a Kansas City Royals baseball game. The Royals won and we all had a fun time at the game. That night Ashley, Tim, Natalie and I left to go to their house in Indiana. It is a 8 hour trip from KC to Indianapolis. I stayed up the first 4 hours of the trip while Tim drove and then stayed up the last 4 hours of the trip while Ashley drove! I KNOW that I am now too old to pull all-nighters. I was so tired by the end of the trip! Since we got hom around 8am on Thursday morning, Ash and I just took naps and lazed around while Tim was at work that day. On Friday Ash and Natalie and I went on a walk around the canal in downtown Indianapolis and went shopping while Tim was at work. Then after he got off we went to the Indy 500 Speedway Museum. It was really interesting to learn about the history of racing and see how the cars had changed throughout the years. That night we went to the drive in and saw "Cars" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", it was fun to go to the movies, but I did sleep through most of them because I was still so tired! Saturday we went to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. It was so much fun and I could have spent many, many more DAYS there. We saw blown-glass by Chihuly, we explored Sesame Street, learned about dinosaurs, saw miniture houses, and learned about sea life. We also rode the carosel and just have a great time! Saturday night while we were playing games at Tim and Ash's house, Natalie giggled for the first time! It was so cute!
So that was my vacation, it was a lot of fun and a much needed break from work! I hope you enjoy these pictures...

(P.S. Some of the pictures are sort of random and I didn't know which pictures I was attaching, but that's okay!)

I'm back!

I'm back from my vacation to Missouri/Indiana. I will post pictures and tell you more about my vacation soon!

Tim and Natalie at the Beach

Tim and Natalie on vacation in Alabama. I love the look on Tim's face!!

Rodeo

Me, Grace, Sariah





I went to the Strawberry Days Rodeo in Pleasant Grove on Friday night. It was so much fun! I love watching muttin' bustin' (where little kids ride sheep), wild cow milking (where teams of 3 guys each chase cows around the arena and try to milk them) and of course bull riding, steer roping and barrel racing. My roommate Katie came with some of her friends from her old ward. And Sariah, Jake, Grace and Sariah's brother and sister-in-law and kids came. It was a really fun time!






Grace sporting a cowboy hat!
So cute!










Katie and I at the Rodeo!

Canyonlands/Dead Horse Point

A few weeks ago for Memorial day some of my Provo Library co-workers and I went to Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point for the day. It was such a fun trip! Here are some pictures of our trip!














Dead Horse Point



















Buck Canyon Overlook (I took this specifically for Buck!)



Anjie and I at an Arch



A "dinosaur" footprint (I'm not sure if they really were dinosaurs footprints in the rock or not, but I would like to think so.)

Summer Reading Has Begun

So we began sign ups for summer reading on Thursday. So far we have almost signed up more people in the last 3 days than the whole summer last year! It's out of control, but a lot of fun! You should all come visit me at the library and sign up for the program!!

Funny

Click on the comic strip to make it bigger!

Deposit

Carriage Cove made me pay a $200 deposit when I signed my contract to live there. When I moved out this is how much I got back:

Carpet fee (per contract) -$35.00
Re-hang closet doors-$10.00
Check-out cleaning-$50.00
Trash hauled out-$30.00
Bricks divided x 3- $25.00
Sofa removed divided x 3-20.00

If you do the math you can see that I got $30.00 back!

Yep, that's THIRTY dollars!!

The closet doors weren't on when I moved in, the "sofa" is a chair that a previous roommate left in the apartment. The cinder that were in my room I moved out, the remaining ones I believe where in the apartment when I moved in, along with a bunch of other crap.

I expected to be charged for not doing my cleaning check and for them hauling out trash, because I wasn't going to haul out stuff that wasn't mine. It's not even worth it to go talk to them about the closet doors.

Never having to deal with Carriage Cove and their money hungry ways-PRICELESS!!!!

Blogging about blogging about blogging about...

So I have been helping get everything ready for the Summer Reading Program at the Provo Library (sign-ups for the program begin June 1st and the program runs until July 31st all you need to sign-up is a Provo Library Card). I have been calling up sponsors and helping with the activities for the Teen portion of the program. I have been especially working on a blog that we are going to use for the Teen program. You can check it out here. Since this is the centennial for the library in Provo we are doing a time travel theme. I have learned a lot about the past 100 years in working on this project. It's going to be a fun summer, so you should all sign-up for the Summer Reading Program!

Pedometer

2,000 steps=1 mile

I've walked 47,440 steps in the past 4 days. That equals 23 miles.

I'm doing this as part of a wellness challenge sponsered by BYU. But mostly I just wanted the pedometer! It's really fun tracking how many steps I walk in a day! The goal is to get 800,000 steps between May 1 and August 25.

New Baby

Here is little Natalie Jean Hansen! She is so cute!!

P.S. I found out tonight that ANOTHER one of my friends is expecting a baby! I guess it is the season to have a child.

Now if I could just get a date...

Time Flies!

I swear that this was just yesterday! But in reality it has been almost 2 years since I was Ashley's maid of honor. Her sister Melanie will be coming to COLLEGE in the fall along with my sister! (I can't believe they are old enough to be in college!)

And this afternoon Ashley and Tim welcomed a baby girl into their family. Natalie Jean Hansen (I think this is the name they have finally decided on) was born around 2:30 this afternoon. She weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. and was 21 inches long. She has dark hair and dimples. It was fun to talk to Ashley this afternoon and hear about her new baby girl. I can't believe that she is a mom! But I know that she and Tim are going to be excellent parents! I'll post pictures when they send some to me. I can't wait to meet this little girl in July when I go home for a family reunion and also to visit Ash and Tim at their house in Indiana!

Life after Graduation...

Nama asked me to write about life post graduation. There are really both pros and cons about life after graduation…

Pros

No Homework!

No Finals!

No Studying!

Life is more relaxed!

Less Stress!

For the most part once you are done with work for the day, you don’t have to think about your job anymore!

Cons

You miss being on campus and wearing a backpack

You miss learning different things everyday

After a while, even if you love your job…it becomes monotonous

Eventually you realize you are now an adult and that is SCARY!

Even though life after graduation isn’t always a dream come true…I would DEFINITELY recommend it! I loved college, but I’m happy to be graduated!!

p.s. can you believe that I’ve been graduated for 2 years now!!

Em is the coolest

person I know!

I really don't know what else to say... She makes my life so much fun and I'm gonna miss her when she moves away. Em is so friendly and charitable. She makes me laugh and I know that she is a fabulous teacher!
Em is AWESOME!!

Writers Block

I have writers block.

Not too much is happening in my life. Besides the fact that I will be moving to a different position at BYU because I didn't want to take a 30 hour position (working 50 hours a week for some reason just didn't appeal to me), and moving to a new apartment in a few weeks, I am just doing my regular day to day stuff.

Boring, but true.

If you have a topic you would like me to write about, just leave me a comment and maybe then I will have something new to blog about.

Car Loan

Tomorrow I will make my last car payment to my bank!!! I still owe my aunt and uncle some money for my car, but I am almost done paying it off!! Woo-Hoo!

Your Mom

Buck

This blog is dedicated to Buck and Caroline. Enjoy!