We won!!!

Want to read a great story about a time me and my roommate Jessica won something!!!

So we were loading a video on facebook and it was taking forever so we decided to go and get the mail. We got this big flyer thing that had a car key on it. There was also a scratch area. So we scratch off the area, and saw that there were three gold bars! We Won!!! It said if the number under the gold bars matched the number on the key, then we were a winner, and guess what! WE WON! So we followed what it said to do on the flyer and we went to Idaho Falls to collect our Prize. The prizes were: A 2010 Ford, A big screen TV, an iPad, or $250 in gold! So here we are, driving to IF feeling pretty good about ourselves. Our conversation there pretty much consisted off, how do we plan on splitting the prize that we get.... Well we could both use the TV since we are roommates now, we could split the money in half, we could sell the iPad and split the money... we hadn't figured out what we were gonna do when we won the car...

So we get to the Fred Meyers place it says that the event was taking place in... and we won! A BRAND NEW CAR!!!! Um, not!!!

There was a flyer that had the pictures of the prizes, and under each picture was a number. Our number didn't match any of those pictures. :( But there was a prize that said, all other numbers win...

3 GOLD COINS!!!

So I ask someone that works there, and he takes our flyer, and brings back 3 dollar coins! WOW!!! We won 3 whole dollars. The fact that gas probably cost more than that to get there was a little disappointing. But we try and not think about that. Jessica was so generous and let me have 2 coins while she only took 1!!!

So that is our story of what we did on our Saturday afternoon. When I got back I finished watching the youtube video we were loading, and then I got my homework done! So ya!!! hahahaha

An Ode... to Amy Webb and Park City!!!

One time, Amy Webb and I became best friends! In this friendship, she made me a book! It was the adventures of Amy and Tara. In this adventure book, we had lots and lots of adventures. And one of the adventures was going to Park City! Thats right, Amy came with my family on our vacation to Park City! Well at the end of the book, she put... To Be Continued...

So this is the to be continued part of the story. My dear friend Amy Webb is joining my family again this year in Park City!!! It is going to be awesome! I am going to pick her up at the SLC airport, (does TSA stand for The Salt Lake Airport?) and then the two of us will drive our way through the canyon to the wonderful Park City Utah!!!

Oh my goodness, I cannot even wait! We are going to have the best time EVER!!! :D

Amy... if you are reading this... I want you to know... I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Lazy Man Iron Man... 2

Ok... so remember last June when I had to work out for a class I was in, and I though, as long as I have to work out, might as well do this Lazy Man Iron Man thing and get a free T-Shirt. So I did, and all was said and done... Well I looked at my email this morning and read the student update (which I rarely ever do) and saw that the month of February will be doing... yet again... ANOTHER Lazy Man Iron Man. So the question is... Am I crazy enough to try again?!?! It was a really good experience, it kind of wore me out though. My grades slipped, I got my first ever B in college, and I was constantly tired. Also, if someone didn't already know this, the month of February is a bit shorter than the month of June. Thats a reason in and of itself not to do it again (ok, maybe thats not the best reason, I'm just looking for excuses.) So what do you think? Today is the 26th, I have 5 days to figure out if I am actually insane for wanting to do this again. Either comment or just vote on the poll to the right!

Hair

So I learned something about myself when I came to college. I LOVE dying my hair! Sometimes it doesn't always look the best. But its fun to try something new. Sometimes though, you can' t even really tell... I dyed my hair this morning and was thinking, it doesn't really look a lot different, so I went through and looked at a bunch of old pictures of me at each different hair color. Some of them are dramatically different, but others are not really... anyway, you can look at them if you want to, you don't have to though...


This is just a picture of me getting my hair done!!!


This is my natural color! Pretty cute, just kinda plain!



Then I dyed my hair out of a box and it kinda became and orange-ish color... not exactly what I wanted...


Then I got my hair done professionally and got highlights! It was so so so blonde!



This was just after I touched up my highlights again, even blonder!!!


Then I used a box to calm the highlights down a little bit. It kinda worked...


Then this morning I used another box, because you could see three colors in my hair, my roots, my last box, and my highlights. It is kind of more even now, but not exaclty what I wanted.

Anyway... who knows what my hair has in store for me next. I'm thinking black, and then maybe fire engine red... or maybe just different shades of blonde!!! haha

Sorry Tara...

I'm so so so sorry for all the pain that I have caused you recently.

I'm sorry for the pain in my fingertips from trying to learn the guitar. I know it is cool, but it hurts so bad! I'm sorry...

I'm sorry for the sleep depravation lately. My roommates are really fun to stay up and talk to, and I stay up way to late...

I'm sorry for the ab work outs I have been doing that makes it hurt when I laugh...

I'm sorry for the long work outs that make my muscles sore...

I'm sorry for wearing the new shoes that hurt my feet...

Basically... I am killing myself this semester. Not literally, but with 17 credits, 18 hours of work a week, learning a new instrument, and going to the gym daily, my body is worn out (and its only been 2 week)...

Somehow I will figure out how to live this way, maybe!

So embarrassing!!!

Something this embarrassing should not be posted online, but since I'm pretty sure the only people who read this is my family and dear friends, I feel like it is okay to post. If you are not a family member or a very close friend, please don't judge me! haha

So I am a RS teacher, and have been for a couple semesters now. I got to teach the last two weeks since no one else had been called yet. So I am up teaching for the 2nd time in front of a bunch of girls that I really don't know all the well. My dress that I was wearing is a really cute strapless dress that I wear my white cardigan. Sometimes the cardigan doesn't stay exactly where it should and you can see my bra strap (gasp!!!) So I asked my roommies to really be on the look out for outfit misconducts so they could let me know while I was teaching. So I asked the girls what are ways we can make fasting enjoyable, and I started writing them on the board. Well when I turned around, my roommate gave me a sign to pull my shirt up, so I pull my undershirt up so there wasn't any cleavage showing. Well she kept doing it with a very concerned face. So I looked down, and my strapless dress had fallen, pretty far too. So now my dress is looking like a high skirt, and I was terrified. So before I do anything else I just reach down and pull it up! Then I realized I should have done that turned around, so no one saw. I said.... Well that was embarrassing, and I started laughing so hard. So just imagine this random girl you never met trying to be all spiritual teaching RS with her dress falling off!!! Ya... that was me. :(

Lets just say, my fear of teaching has now reached an all time high. And as for the dress... well does anyone want it?! I'm not going to wear it ever again!

But looking at the bright side, at least I wasn't giving a talk in Sacrament meeting or teaching Sunday School!!! hahahaha

Family Pictures!!!

I love my family, I think they are all pretty cute! And it was really fun having them all together at Christmas! Because it has been a while and probably will be a while that all 5 of us kids were together, we got our pictures taken. If you go to facebook my dad imported an entire album, but I picked out my favorite ones to put on here!!!

Winter 2011

So my first 2 semesters of college were spent in the dorms, just trying to get used to the college life. Then I moved into my apartment. Last Spring my goal was to work out a lot and have a good social life. Unfortunately my grades were not the greatest... Last semester I focused completely on school, and I got a 4.0!!! Well this semester, I am trying to find a balance. My goal is to work out a bunch, me and my roommate Brittney went today and got so into it. So we made a chart that we can put stickers on every time we work out. And then also I am getting into eating healthy! I know... weird huh! Well Brittney went shopping today and helped me pick out good things to buy, and then we made a good dinner together! But I would also like to get another 4.0, as well as have a good social life. The social life isn't the best as of right now, since I am writing this on Saturday night, but lets hope that gets better as I go to my classes more and as I make new friends. Anyway, I thought I would just tell you my new goals...

4.0
Social life
Get into shape

Yup... thats about it!