Edited

So i downloaded GIMP which is basically like photoshop but free :) which is way cool. Anyways, I've been having fun with it so i thought i would upload some of the pictures that i played with on here..

Homecoming!!!

homecoming was last week, and lets just say that the dance was a lot more fun than the football game... :P Anyways, my friend AJ asked me and we went with another couple, Jonathan and Kamie to Olive Garden and then the casual dance which was at the LOFT a new club that was way cool. We ate a ton of food and got glow in the dark body paint at the loft from BYUSA. It was an awesome night, but Jonathan and I felt kinda sick so we left early and watched Madagascar 2 which was a lot of fun. But the way cool part was that Paul Mitchell Beauty School came to BYU to do girl's hair, make-up, and nails for FREE on Friday afternoon. It wasn't hugely advertised my the girl who organized it is in the Relief Society Presidency so our ward found out about it. I went with my roommate Emily and it was a TON of fun :) Now the best part.. pictures!!

french manicure that the girl free styled!! :D

sweet hair!! :)

sick eye make up the girl took like 10 minutes on lol

check out the creeper kid in the background lol

me and KIYA!!! my bestie who i found there

glow in the dark paint!

AJ and i

Jonathan and Kamie

Mmm-mmmm tasty

So have you ever loved your roommate more than i love mine right now? I don't think you can, because she (Emily) made the MOST DELICIOUS CONFERENCE BREAKFAST EVER. Think you can top it? I think NOT!!! What she made is called an Apple Pancake, and can I just say, we ate almost the entire thing in one sitting, just going back for more as we listened to Saturday Morning Session of Conference. :) If you think i'm exaggerating, I'm, not you can see for yourself because here's the picture of the DELECTABLE treat we had.. oh I can't wait til she makes it again....

If you would like the recipe, here it is.. I'm pretty sure all you GF substitution whizzes out there could easily find a way to substitute the 1 T of flour in the recipe to make it GF so then you could partake in the utter heaven that this pancake is.. :D

Baked Apple Pancake
Serves 6

5 tablespoons butter, melted, divided
3 eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour
2 small apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
3 tablespoons brown sugar, lightly packed
3 tablespoons powdered sugar

1. Heat the oven to 450°. Combine 2 tablespoons of melted butter with the eggs, milk, granulated sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and flour. Mix the batter by hand or in a food processor. Set aside.

2. Heat the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter with the apple slices in a 10-inch oven-proof skillet until the apples are sizzling and slightly cooked. Pour in the batter. Sprinkle the top with brown sugar and bake until well browned and puffed, 20 to 25 minutes.

3. Dust with powdered sugar. Cut into wedges and serve immediately.

True Blue Football

ok. so in the past 2 weeks i've gone to TWO football games, plus True Blue football. We lost to FSU but decisively beat CSU!!!! YES!!! Anyways, i figured i should probably put some pictures up, first are the ones from the football game. Here's the weird part. Bryndee (the one with long blonde hair), and Derek (the kid with the hat) , who are cousins are also the kids of my Dad's best friends growing up. And we didn't even know it until my family started creeping on my football pictures on facebook lol. :)

Nathaniel, Me, Bryndee

Me, Nathaniel, Bryndee, Derek, Chloe

So True Blue Football is on Helaman field and it's basically a giant slip 'n' slide down the hill covered in BLUE FOAM!!! it was AMAZING!!! as you can tell from the pictures.. i was SOO blue it was kinda hilarious. It was a wonderful use of a Wednesday evening, altho by the end of the night we were all freezing cold!!!

covered in foam!!!

like our messy bathtub??

Allie (my roommate), and me!

Temple Square

So my friend and I went down to Temple Square because I had to do an assignment for my astronomy class involving the Salt Lake Temple. Basically it was just look at all the sun, moon, and star stones, and the Big Dipper. It was a lot of fun, and basically I just took a buttload of pictures. Unfortunately my camera died before I could take pictures of the Conference Center which is a bummer cuz it's super pretty and we went there. So instead of posting all of my pics on here, since I took like a LOT, I'm just going to link this to my facebook album, or try to and then you can look at them on there cuz I like them all to much to pick favorites :) Sorry if there are repeats, I took a bunch of pictures from the Observation Deck before I realized there were holes in the plexiglass to take better pictures from and I was too lazy to try and delete the doubles hahaha. But I will give you 2 teaser pics... and here's the link to my album. I believe you can look at it even if you don't have facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146507&id=758413759&l=0913482a45

SPOON ME!!

Basically, Spoon Me is the coolest place ever. It's a frozen yogurt shop in Provo and it's very DELICIOUS!!!! Plus, fairly nutritious, especially if you get the right toppings. It's really cute and fun, and everyone should try it at some time in their lives. They're kinda like Coldstone, except with frozen yogurt, and they don't mix it in, they just put it on the side of your yogurt, except there's no cross contamination all you GFers, unless the server just fails at life.. lol My friends and i went yesterday, and i will DEFINITELY be going back soon :) They do all sorts of cool promotions, including having a month of names, and if your name is on there, with proof of ID you can get a FREE spoon me creation. Their smoothies are also to die for. Oh, yah, and did i mention? Their spoons are EDIBLE!!!!!!!!! Not super tasty, but edible nonetheless lol Here's the website http://spoonme.com/

one of the walls at Spoon Me

my edible spoon!!! which i bent backwards cuz i thought it was cool.

New Purse/ COLLEGE!!!!!!!!

So i finished the purse and i did a very fine job if i do say so myself, Ashley lol ummm and COLLEGE STARTED!!!!




i love my apartment, and my roommates. My roommate in my room is SUPER awesome and we pretty much clicked right away. I've met a TON of ppl, and too many from texas lol :) Texas ppl are WAY too proud of being from Texas hahahahahaha. Anyways, there's a guy in my ward on the ballroom dance team, and he totally made me feel better about trying out on Thursday, and he even volunteered to practice with me which was awesome. So it's gonna happen lol Anways, I had my first two classes today, Philosophy Honors Reasoning and Writing, and Comparative Gov. and Politics. I like both of my professors a LOT, and the comparative gov class was super interesting even tho we didn't learn anything really lol. Anyways Padres, it sounds like a really fun major, especially if i take some business classes as well, or international relations. SO... see i am thinking about a major.

Also, DAD, this next bit is for you, so everyone else can just kinda skip it, about things we talked about before i came here, so it might not make sense to anyone else. Remember when you telling me about restorative biology? Well when I was reading Jesus the Christ I came across this passage that talked about how the earth would be renewed to its paradisaical glory and it said this, "then soil, water, air, and the forces acting upon them, shall directly respond to the command of glorified man, as now they obey the word of the Creator" (Talmage, p. 288) So take that as it is :) As well, in my Gov. class here's what the Lord has to say about politics, "Teach ye dilligently and my grace shall attend you. that you may be instructed more perfectly in theory, in principle, in doctrine, in the law of the gospel, in all thigns that pertain unto the kingdom of God, that are expedient for you to understand; Of things both in heaven and in the earth and under the earth; things which are, things which must shortly come to pass; things which are at home, things which are abroad; the wars and the perplexities of the nations, and the judgements, which are on the land; and a knowledge also of countries and of kingdoms- That ye may be prepared in all things when I shall send you again to magnify the calling whereunto I have called you, and the mission with which I have commissioned you" (Doctrine and Covenatns 88: 78-80)

and now what you've all been waiting for... PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!

my room

the kitchen

the dining room

living room!!

the bed. i've already hit my head :P

my desk.

my BEAUTIFUL CLOSET!!!!!!!!!

this closet is SOOO huge

the bathroom.