May (so far)

Last weekend I got to go to my close friend, Annie McMurray (Briney)'s wedding. This is Me, Annie, and Melinda. We all worked at Jacob Lake together.

Sunday was Mother's Day and we got to go to church with my Grandma and Grandpa Jones.

David, Grandpa, Grandma, Kristine(cousin), and Me.

I got bored one day and decided to try braiding Katie's hair into a single braid that wraps around. It was just an experiment but I thought it looked pretty cool.
A bunch of us went to the drive in. We had a pretty sweet set up.

We just played around while we were waiting for the movie to start.

Tennessee

I got to take a quick trip to Tennessee between semesters. Janel came down from Michigan and Aaron and his family came up from Georgia. We celebrated Easter while all of us were together by having an Easter egg hunt for the kiddos and an Easter dinner.

Brooklynn, William, and Jonathan hiding in the shower while we hid the eggs in the back yard.

Aaron's family and Derek had to leave on Sunday to get back to real life but Janel and her girls stayed the whole week with me. It was so good to spend time with them.

Little Katers is so stinking adorable!!

Brooklynn could not get enough of the trampoline. She did not waste an opportunity to jump. She would wake me up in the morning and ask me to jump with her. One morning I told her that we couldn't yet because we were not dressed. She proceeded to have me pick out her clothes and help her get dressed. Once she was dressed she informed me that it was my turn to get dressed. How can you say no to that?

Brooklynn is like unto a fish. She LOVES water in any form. When I told her we were going to go swimming in the big bath tub with bubbles she was so excited. She made sure we did this more than once.

Me, Janel, and David after going to lunch with Dad.

At the end of the week I drove back to Michigan with Janel and then flew back to Utah the next day. I actually went to 10 states during this week long break, due to traveling and a few adventures we took while we were in Tennessee. We went down to Scottsboro Alabama to the Unclaimed Baggage Store. It is definitely my favorite place to shop. I got 5 new shirts, and 3 pairs of shoes. Most of them still had tags on them and I don't think I spent more than $8 on one item.

It was a great break! I got some much needed time with Janel and her beautiful girls, and it was good to be in Tennessee for a bit. I hadn't been to Tennessee in the spring for 4 years, and it was so BEAUTIFUL!!

Back to School

Another semester at BYU-I. It is so crazy how different each semester turns out. We are only about 2 weeks in, but this has already proved to be an exciting semester.

WEEK ONE!

-I had a full blown mono relapse. Talk about rough timing!!

-We moved into a BRAND NEW apartment only to have at least one flood a day.

- Easter dinner complete with easter egg hut.

We celebrated two of my roommates birthdays Katie, and Aleena.

WEEK TWO!

- Flooding continues, they discover there is a broken pipe under one of the bedroom floors. We are put into a hotel room for two night while they fix the problem.

- Pool party at the hotel two nights in a row :)

- Friday night dance party

- The Neighbors Concert

We also have our weekly Sunday dinner with the Burt's aka Megan Crawford my childhood best friend.

Honestly this blog post does not even begin to tell how crazy and fun this semester has already been. I just haven't thought to take pictures. As it gets warmer outside I will have more things to blog about. Tis the season to get outside and have lots of fun :)

R.A.D.

I took a self defense class with my friend Tina. This was right before the final simulation. I'll spare you the details, but it was definitely a fun class and a great experience. Who knew it could be so fun to beat people up? (only when necessary of course)

Festival of Colors

I went to Utah this weekend for the Festival of Colors. On my way down on Friday I decided to deliver a letter to Kathy's apartment. I took some pictures in front of her apartment, developed them at Walgreens, and left them there with a letter. I'm interested to see how she reacted.We went to the festival of colors in the morning. I didn't get very many pictures because I didn't want to get chalk all over my camera. I happened to run into two of my cousins. Karli and Cammy.
Paige and I after the big throw.
After the Festival I got to hang out at my brother Ammon's house. It was good to spend sometime with Ammon, Jillian, Jack and Grace. They got a trampoline for Christmas. I love trampolines so I was more than happy to play on it with the kids.

Jack and his static trampoline hair.
Saturday night in American Fork was the largest bridge move ever in the western hemisphere. We decided to check it out.

Me and Annie.

Bodies

Yesterday I went to the Bodies Exhibit in Idaho Falls. It was so fascinating! If you ever get the chance to go, DO IT!!! It is well worth your time. All over the exhibit are random facts about the body and I thought they were fun. So here they are:

Fascinating Facts

Heart Health

• The muscles in your heart can create enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.
• Nearly 80% of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home.
• Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.
• Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.

Blood Bank

• Every drop of blood in the body passes through the heart once per minute.
• By donating just one pint of blood, four lives can be saved.
• There are about 100,000 miles of blood vessels in an adult's body.

Take a Deep Breath

• In the average lifetime, a person will breathe in about 45 pounds of dust.
• A cough releases air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.
• A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 mph.
• The lungs are the only organ in the body that can float on water.
• An average yawn lasts about six seconds.
• Smokers lose an average of two teeth every ten years.

Building Bones

• Bone is five times stronger than mild steel.
• Every three months our bone cells are completely replaced.
• Almost a quarter of your bones are in your feet and ankles.
• One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
• A person's nose and ears continue to grow throughout his or her life.
• Your thumb is the same size as your nose.

Staying Healthy

• Airborne bacteria from a flushing toilet can reach a toothbrush placed within six feet.
• The distance droplets can travel after a cough or sneeze: 3 – 12 feet.
• The number of germs, per square inch, on a toilet seat: 49. The number of germs, per square inch, on an office telephone: 25,000.
• One third of men don't wash their hands after using the restroom.
• Unfortunately, germs can stick to food dropped on the floor in less than five seconds.

You Are What You Eat

• Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
• If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
• People eat more popcorn when watching a sad movie as compared to a happy one.
• Food can get to your stomach even if you are hanging upside down.
• The small intestine is about four or five times larger than the large intestine.

Made in America

• The majority of models are skinnier than 98% of American women.
• Each year there are approximately 60,000 trampoline injuries in the United States.
• It is estimated that during his lifetime, an American man will spend between four and five months shaving.

Shape Up!

• Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
• The record for most pushups ever performed in one day is 46,001.
• Weight lifters who work out in gyms decorated in blue can lift heavier weights.
• Kissing for one minute burns 26 calories.
• The amount of time in a day that a preschooler is sedentary: 89%.

Women & Men

• On average, women blink twice as often as men.
• Girls' brains account for 2.5% of their body weight. Boys' brains account for 2%.
• Women's hearts beat faster than men's.
• On average, women speak more than three times as much as men.
• If a man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

On the Outside

• Fingernails grow faster on the hand you favor.
• Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.
• The average human eyelash lives about 150 days.
• People who smoke have 10 times as many wrinkles as those who do not smoke.

My Half Birthday!!!

Saturday, March 5 was my half birthday. It also happened to be my good friend Paige's half too. At the last minute she came up from Utah to celebrate with me. I made us a fantastic 2 halves birthday cake. It was even different colored halves on the inside.

At Wingers

I love celebrating my half birthday! It turns what would just be another ordinary day into a day to celebrate. Any reason for a party right?