Christmas at the Cordners...

What is Christmas at the Cordners like you ask... Let me see if I can do this alphabetically...

Angry Birds
Brilliant
Colorful
Dang fun
Exciting
Fantastic
Great
Hyper
Incredible
J...

Ok, I'm stopping there because this is getting hard and I don't know my alphabet very well...

Christmas was so much fun! My entire family was together for this first time since 2008. Its kinda crazy when everyone is together, its gets pretty loud and crazy, but fun! Something weird you might have noticed about the list of Christmas at the Cordners is the first one... Angry Birds. Let me tell you a story.

Last Wednesday night, I am bored to tears at my house. My brains were going to explode if I watched one more TV show, so I hung around Keri all night. Then my dad got home and I hung around him. Then as he is about to go to bed, I ask him to stay up and talk to me. He casually asks if I have ever heard of Angry Birds, this game for iPods, and I was like, oh ya, I played that game through an entire semester of Accounting. So he downloads it for his iPad and starts to play it. 2 hours later he beats the game and we go to bed.

The next morning, I go into my parents room to my mom playing that game. Then Angells family comes and the two girls start to play on my dads iPad, and he shows them that game. Then on Christmas my dad shows it to Ty, who then gets it for his phone. Keri also got the app for her new iTouch. And before I knew it, I was surrounded by people playing Angry Birds! So weird!

But all in all, it has been a great Christmas break. Today in Anika's birthday, and we had a big day! It started playing in the backyard, and then we went to the park and fed the ducks, and then we played on the jungle gym, then Kyle and I got her a Cinderella balloon, and then we had dinner, cake, and presents! What a lucky 4 year old she is!

Shut the Front Door...

I have 2 weeks off... so how do I spend them you ask...



WHAT NOT TO WEAR MARATHON!!!

Here are some things I learned today watching almost the entire marathon...

1. When you go out, put clothes on. I want to apologize to all the people at Walmart who have ever seen me in my pajamas.

2. 88% of women wear the wrong bra size... I think mine is good... uuuhhhh....

3. All women should use some hair coloring just to make their skin color pop. I really liked when I put highlights in my hair. Too bad I can't afford to keep up with it. (Also want to apologize to everyone who has to see me with my horrible roots until my highlights grow out!)

4. Girls that are a little overweight are afraid of shopping because they are afraid of when something won't fit. But whats the worst thing that will happen... um, it won't fit!!!

5. When girls gain weight, they keep their skinny clothes in hopes that they will one day fit into it again, but whats worse than looking in your closet everyday seeing clothes you don't fit into!

6. Make up really can boost confidence! I sure do need a makeover!

7. There is a science to finding clothes that fit curvy girls! I need to learn that science... do you think they offer that class at BYUI?

8. Thin eyebrows aren't always the best eyebrows, sometimes a thick one (as long as it is tamed well) can look even better!

9. Never fight with Stacey and Clinton... because they are always right!

And last but not least...

10. Toddlers and Tiaras looks like the funniest show ever! I wish it started sooner so I could watch it during my break. I'm gonna be really sad once real life starts again and I can't spend hours watching TLC a day. :(

Best Day Ever!

Friday, December 17th, was one of the best day's I have ever had. Lets forget the little fit I threw in the middle of the day when I had to pack up my apartment and car, but lets focus on the beginning and end.

Ever since I got to BYU-Idaho there has been construction all over campus. Well as of now, it is finally OVER!!! The BYU Idaho Center, (BYUIC, pronounced Buick) is finally done! And to top it all off, President Eyring came to dedicate it. This building is incredible. It looks just like the conference center on the inside. I had no idea something of this magnitude and beauty could fit inside little Rexburg. Everything about this building is fantastic. Elder Bednar and Elder Nelson gave a talk, and then President Eyring spoke and then he dedicated it! When these men walked into the room, everyone stood and it was silent, and what a powerful feeling and spirit filled the room.

I got to have that same exact experience later that night, but this time in Salt Lake City in the conference center there when President Monson and President Uchtdorf walked in. You may ask, "Tara... whatever were you doing at the conference center?" Well I will tell you, I was listening to the most amazing voice of all time. No I am not talking about Finn Hudson, I am talking about David Archuleta, singing with the astonishing Mormon Tabernacle Choir! My good friend Terra scored 4 tickets and she gave me 2 of them. So Gaby and I headed down to SLC after we were done in Rexburg!

The new building was astonishing, the spirit I felt was amazing, and music I heard was unforgettable. And now to top it all off, I am home! Oh how wonderful Gilbert is! I am here for a whole 2 weeks! I love being here with my family! Oh, speaking of them... you should all check out Keri's blog! I made her make it... She doesn't like it now, but one day she will, trust me! haha!!! You're welcome Keri!!!

Christmas in the 205

If you didn't know this about me... I LOVE MY ROOMMATES! We are a family! And this is the last weekend all of us could be together. So Aubrey told me she wanted to do something crazy and fun! So this is what we did!

At 12:30 - Went to see Home Alone in the theater!
Then at 5:30- We went to Wingers and all got the same burger! haha
Then we went looking at Christmas lights
Then we came back to the apartment and opened each others Christmas Presents
Then we made peppermint bark, poppy seed cake, hot apple cider, and sugar cookies
Then we went on a rescue mission for our flamingo that has been stolen for almost 2 months now!
Then we watched While You Were Sleeping!

It was so much fun! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!

I'm going to miss them...













(Jessica got me Jacob for Christmas!)

So Close!

I am so close to the end of the semester... and I just have NO motivation for finishing! Once I got back from Thanksgiving I have had the hardest time getting back in the swing of things. I was supposed to be working right now, but I had a group project that I thought would take a while, so I asked my friend to cover an hour for me. But the group project is over, and I'm stuck in the library. I should be working on different homework assignments, but since I didn't think I would have this time I didn't bring my other books. And because it is blizzarding outside, I don't really want to go home to get them. So I'm just hanging in the library until my next class starts. I wish I had something productive to do with all this time. I am done for my assignments for today and most of tomorrow. Mostly all I have left is studying for my finals and a group project! I just want to be done already! Then I can go back to AZ and enjoy Christmas! Yay!!!

Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!!!

FUDGE!!!



This is Bernard, he was our Halloween decoration who we turned into a Christmas decoration!



These are the sweet snowflakes that are hanging on our wall!



This is my Christmas Tree with the presents to my roommates!

If you didn't know... I love Christmas! :D

100

This is my 100th blog post, so I thought I would post 100 things that I love (in no particular order, after the first 5)...
Its really more for me, but if you feel like reading 100 things that I love... then go for it!!!

1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2. Keri Cordner
3. My family
4. My roommates
5. Christine- my CR-V
6. Snow
7. Idaho
8. Snowboarding
9. Hot chocolate
10. David Archuleta
11. Our quote wall
12. Taking classes
13. Drinking soda
14. BYU-Idaho
15. Anika and Avery Mortensen
16. Battleship- not the board game, the real game!
17. Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
18. Talking on the phone
19. Blog stalking
20. American Idol
21. Going to the temple – especially going to temples that I have never been to before!
22. Pizza
23. Writing on white boards
24. The color pink!
25. Christmas trees
26. Buying movies
27. Seeing “Way to Go” next to my ID# at the Testing Center
28. Wedding rings
29. Boys that wear scrubs! Haha
30. Passing notes
31. Dressing up
32. Curling my hair
33. In-n-Out
34. “My Kind of Perfect” – David Archuleta
35. My snow jacket
36. Driving
37. Singing in the shower
38. Making people laugh
39. The Jonas Brothers
40. Pride and Prejudice
41. Dancing – Waltz, Cha-cha, Fox-trot and Swing
42. “Just the Way You Are” –Bruno Mars
43. Taking naps!
44. Sticky notes
45. Sonic
46. Wii Bowling
47. Michael Buble
48. The Office
49. Going to the cheap theater
50. Being in charge
51. Making double sided copies
52. Road trips
53. Scarves
54. Buying stuff
55. Going out to eat
56. Looking at old pictures
57. Bath and Body Works
58. Drinking games- not alcoholic ones though…
59. Texting
60. Vacations with my family
61. Playing catch
62. Spike – my pet cactus
63. When my dad calls me BRILLANT!
64. Sledding
65. My bed at my parents’ house- ah-mazing!
66. Zac Efron
67. The number 10
68. Dying my hair
69. Wearing scrubs
70. My wedding colors – baby pink and brown
71. Park City, Utah
72. Making up songs to sing in the morning to my roommates
73. Chads
74. Going to DQ with the one and only Gaby Judd
75. Student Health Center pens
76. Flying in airplanes
77. Thanksgiving break
78. Taking webcam pictures and posting them on Keri’s facebook
79. Lip gloss
80. The Hunger Games series
81. Saturday s
82. Going on dates
83. Getting homework done on the 2nd floor in the library
84. Muddy Buddies
85. Mascara
86. Brian Regan
87. Sons of Provo
88. Using a stapler remover
89. Going on adventures to Wal-Mart
90. My laptop
91. Settlers of Catan
92. Getting pedicures
93. Saying LOL, JK, BTW, FYI and OMG out loud!
94. Yellowstone
95. Getting letters in the mail
96. Making a long to-do list and then checking everything off
97. The sound of walking on snow
98. Taco Bell Tuesdays
99. Working at the Health Center
100. My blog!

So ya, that’s about it! I love more things too… but I will save those for the 200th blog post! Haha, maybe!