The More Boys I Meet, The More I Love My Dog

This weekend was a crazy fun weekend with my girl Melissa. We can get a little crazy when we are together so it's always a good time when we are together! We went Latin dancing on Friday and I ended up leaving my phone in my car, here in Rexburg all weekend while we were partying it up in Idaho Falls all weekend! Can I just say that everyone should try living without their phones for a couple of days? It is such a nice refresher! I don't think everyone needs to be so attached to their phones, they should try living without their right-hand-piece of technology for a day or two. You would be surprised how good it feels, after the initial freak out :) So anyway, back to my weekend story: Saturday rolls around, and we of course sleep in, go to the temple and then decide that we need to go grab some pizza, ice cream, and donuts and take then back to Melissa's place and pig out while watching National Treasure. Pretty chill for crazy people right? Well afterwards, we of course are bored. Coincidentally Matt calls up and says he's bored too and wants to go swimming at Rigby lake! at 9 o'clock at night :) Oh yeah, it was really freaking cold and really really fun! I recommend that everyone try that one as well :) Live a little! Take my advice. You will thank me later.
Sunday! Pretty chill cause it's Sunday and all. Just church at a singles ward that we didn't know anyone, or so we thought. Until our friend Zach, who also happens to be in that ward, shows up and totally made our sunday better. (side note, he's ENGAGED!! congrats Zach!) The talks at church were also really good and needed by both me and Melissa. Those talks, with a sunday afternoon nap and a seriously yummy dinner made for a great sunday! After dinner we head over to Matt's to watch a movie, the ever awesome Italian Job, in his very hot apartment. So to fix that problem, we grabbed some lawn chairs and stuck them outside in front of his door. We rolled the TV in front of the door way, plugged it in, and watch Dark Night outside! Here is the sweet pic that Melissa took of our genius :)

That's right! TV+3 awesome people= Coolest Sunday night ever :)


I get back late Sunday night and just rolled into bed and slept until really late this morning. Sunday night I finally pulled my phone outta my car to find that someone blew up my phone more than my mother! That has to be a new record or something because no one has ever done that! I'll just say that it was a guy, that deciced because I didn't answer my phone all weekend, thought that I was mad at him and ignoring him. So he decided to try blowing up Melissa's phone all weekend, putting a bit of a damper on this totally awesome weekend! But we didn't let it ruin it too much :) But I called my sister Chantel and we talked about it. Come to find out that she has been having her own share of problems with a guy, who decides that he is not going to talk to her at all, and purposely ignore her texts and calls, because he was too busy playing Star Craft! What is it with guys, that if you don't text then back within the hour they freak out and go through a roller coaster of emotions, ending the friendship completely, or they completely ignore you because Star Craft is more important?
Listen up guys: A piece of advice. sometimes we just need a weekend to ourselves, and if we don't text you back, give it a few days! We can have fun with just the girls every now and then. It's not the end of thew world. Also, if we are trying to get a hold of you for two weeks straight, we aren't just wasting our time because we have nothing to do. It's because we are trying to talk to you and we have something important to say! So put a pause on the Star craft and pick up your phone! Because last time we checked, you had working thumbs, and girls have lives outside of guys. Just because we love you, doesn't mean we need you every moment of the day!

Ok, crazy ranting aside, if you still feel like taking my advice, and if you don't do any of the above stuff I told you too, at least do this! Pull up youtube and listen to these guys. They are sooo freaking amazing! They do covers of awesome songs. Their harmonies are so beautiful and their piano playing is exceptional! they also have something random and funny in each of their videos. They are called Michael & Justin
This one if Melissa's favorite video:

And this one is MY favorite video because of the AMAZING piano skills in it! And also it happens to be my theme song which makes it ten times cooler :)

Rigby Lake

So my roomates and I have decided that every weekend we are going to go to Rigby lake and do some serious tanning for the summer. We want to be all golden and tan and pretty before it all dies in the winter. And it's also some good relaxation from a stress filled week of work and homework. So each Saturday afternoon we head to the lake, shell out a couple bucks and get our tan on!
Each Saturday we spend about 2 hours in the beach then head home to inspect our hard work :) Last week we discovered that Mary looked like Neapolitan Ice Cream (yummy!! She was brown, white, and very pink). Kristina looked like a "gorgeous goddess!" She was nice and tan with a hint of redness, but no biggie! It blended well. And I was of course the smart one who shouted "I'm golden!!" and ran around the apartment in my happiness :)
Well, if that wasn't funny enough, this week was even better! We spent 2 hours, same as always, only this week it was hotter and there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. Perfect right? WELL....The quotes from our adventure today are:

"I'm a CANDY CANE!!!" ~Kristina. "Oh my gosh Mary! Your back!!" "At least your tan line is gone!" ~Me.  "I'm ruined!!" ~Also me. "I've never seen someone so red!!" ~Me "I have!!! My sister." ~Kristina.

It goes on....including some squeaking from the shower from Kristina because the shower water was "REALLY COLD!!"  Cold showers did the trick though! (for some of us anyway) all in all, Kristina and Mary are in a lot of pain from the massive sunburns over random parts of their entire body. Oh, did I mention that Kristina has the coolest sunburn of us all, because on her shoulder we found some random white spot among the redness. So I come over to inspect it, and do you know what it looked like? Fingers! That's right, she fell asleep with her back to the sun, laying on her hand and her fingers left a lovely finger-print on her otherwise very red shoulder :)
I can't wait to see what next Saturday's adventures brings!! Well, I can't wait to hear about it since I will be in UTAH visiting my 'sister' Chantel!! And other friends too :)

Oh Oh! New update!!
SO
We were chilling in our living room and a couple of guys came over to hang. So we chatted and Mary and Kristina were down on the couch enduring their awful sunburns. So after the guys left, this is the conversation that went down.
Mary: I think I'm gonna go take my bra off (cause it was rubbin' in the burn) And my shirt too :)
Me: Take it off Mary! Just take it off! (cause these are the crazies that come out of our mouths when we banter!)
Kristina: I'm gonna close the blinds!
Some random guy out thew window that was either one of the guys that came over and just left, or one of the construction workers: Yes. Please!
Tons of ab ripping laughter for 5 min after from us :)
That's right! We strip down to make the burn feel better! Haha Wait...I didn't get burned...But I can still join in the fun right?
song for the night: Hot in Herre by Nelly :)

Umm...wow! It has been WAAAYY too long since I blogged last! SOOOOO much has happened in the last month that I don't even know where to begin.
WELL! MY excuse for all this lack of communication is finals and moving. We had finals and the last month of school leading up to them is like way too crazy to even begin. No one really is doing crazy fun things and we are all kind of just doing our own thing, you know? Finals came and went and we all breathed a huge sign of relief. I think the reason it has been so crazy is because I left on the day of my last final, which was Wednesday, and everyone else had finals until Friday. So among all of my crazy studying O have been packing and moving most of my things to Idaho Falls for the week because I was leaving for MONTANA for a week! My family really just wanted to keep it as just a FAMILY trip, which turned out to be kind of nice, even though I wanted to bring my best friend/sister along, because she and I are closer that my actual family is. But it still turned out to be an awesome trip, with a couple of mishaps here and there.
Ok, STORY TIME!! This is majorly embarrassing for me, but it was still a really funny story, despite the fact that my family will NEVER let me live this down..SO..We went horseback riding almost every day up there, which just happens to be my favorite pastime :) Well, on day 2 of our horseback riding trips was the long one. We were going to ride all the way up to Shambo and back, which is about a 3.5 hour ride. Well we were saddling up all our horses (well, my aunts and I were saddling up all of the horses) and we were just about to head out. So I hop onto my saddle to check the stirrup length to make sure I don't bounce out when we go trotting down the hills. When I hop up I sit down, and the saddle fells kind of cold in one spot so I'm thinking 'Oh no, is it wet??' Nope....I stood up in the stirrups to check the saddle when my cousin Erin says "Talia!! Sit your butt down!" So I sit and turn to her with a confused look on my face, when she tells me "You have a BIG hole in your jeans!" Yes..I had RIPPED my jeans getting onto my horse! Cue the laughter from everyone with in hearing range of Erin. Yep, I was laughing just as hard as everyone else. But needless to say, I did NOT get off my saddle until we got up to Shambo to eat our lunch. My very smart mother told me to pack a sweatshirt and I was VERY glad I listened to her! So the trip continued and we got back without any other 'problems'. I hurried back to the house to change my pants, and let me tell you....the hole was a whole heck if a lot bigger than I thought! It covered almost my whole right butt cheek and went down about half way down my thigh! It was a good one :P Of course, there is documentation that will never leave that house, but it is still there to remember the awesome trip :)
So, after Montana, I came back to pack up my car again with some of my things and I moved back into my apartment with my super awesome old roomates Kristina and Mary. We also have a new roomate Becca who will come live with us for a few weeks, but she won't get here until August 9th. So until then, I have my own room! But the unpacking...well..thats not coming along as much as I thought in my head. But we have got new wood floors in our apartment and I really just like rearranging the apartment so that it looks more open :) I still have a few days of not having to work so I can put it off till later right? After all, I'm not taking classes like Kristina and Mary so I have some free time :)

All My Girlfriends Are Getting Married!

That's right, Caitlyn is....

ENGAGED!!!!!

Heck yes she is! Nate took her up to the temple and proposed to her and she said "YES!" Of course :)They are getting married September 3, right here in Rexburg, so y'all had better come and see here and say CONGRATU-freaking-LATIONS!!!! Haha, cann you tell that we are all SUPER excited in here?
Oh, by the way, you know what that means for each of us....
STEAK DINNER!! (but first she has to pay up on everything else :P)
We love Caitlyn and will miss her tons, but she will still be here in Rexburg, just not living with us anymore. Som there will be an opening for another roomie, any takers?
:P

My First Kiss went a little like this..

Ok, I realize that I just posted a few hours ago, but this one just couldn't wait!
SOOO....Mary and I went slack lining in the park, something very popular among us Mormons by the way, and it was fun. But that's not the story, the story is after we came home to what we thought was still an empty apartment because Caitlyn was with her family and Emma and Ian went on a walk through the Gardens..very suspicious...Well,  when we got back from our park fun, Emma calls down from the stairs

"I owe you guys Ice Cream."

Well, what happens next can only happen in a girls apartment, although I would pay to see the same thing go down in a guys apartment :) Mary and I (and probably Emma out of fear) all began screaming! Screaming our heads off actually. Mary and I come running up stairs screaming (or maybe squealing would be a less extreme word for it), none the less we are charging straight for Emma. (this makes us sound like animals!) This is probably where Emma's fearful screaming came in. (Keep in mind that all this squealing and running happened in a bout 5 seconds flat, after the word's left Emma's (freshly kissed!) lips. We run up the stairs and somewhere in all this girly squealing we are laughing because Mary and I ATTACK Emma! No joke, we attacked her. I grab her from behind in a big hug (because at this point she was running away from us, in fear probably) and Mary comes up and starts giving her a noogie! (The only thing left to do, so she says) Well, this girlish attack goes on for a few seconds and finally we let go of her and pull out a chair. "SIT!" So she pops down on the chair and Mary and I pop down on the floor, looking up at her with our big, waiting eyes.


And then the story begins! (But I won't tell you, hehe, because I bet they wouldn't want me to). But let me just say, that it was a really cute story! One of the cutest I've heard so far :)
This now leaves the count at a party worthy amount from all of our contributions (2 things of M&Ms, 2 Ice Creams, and 2 Pizzas to be exact) This will be one pay-up that I think we will all enjoy! And story tell better be at this awesome party too! Haha
And this was the awesome story that I just had to tell, because it is a perfect example of how crazy we can be sometimes! And that is the very definition of the word LOVE <3

The Outhouse! It EXPLODED!!!

And it scared the pants off of everyone that opened the door! My goodness, those poor unsuspecting people, just opened up the door and...KA-BLAM!! The roof popped off and the walls went a-flying! It was really quite amusing and we all had a good laugh about it :) With I had a video of this awesome-ness but that would have ruined the surprise!


Ok, maybe I should start at the beginning. Y'all are probably wonder what the heck you're reading..WELL! Lemme tell you! So, Caitlyn and Emma went with Nate and Ian to Kate's cousin's (well, some family member) wedding. They get back after having a super fun weekend meeting Nate's family, and they have this outhouse in tow. NOT a real one mind you, but a little wooden one that Nate's grandpa had made. (You're probably thinking: Oh! this makes much more sense!) Well, Nate and Caitlyn bring this thing in and it's got a little sign on it that says 'Beware!! Of gas?' Well of course we want to know what is inside! So Mary goes to open the door and look inside (because the sign warned us of something bad inside :P) and BAM! The roof pops off and the walls go a-flying! And we all go jumping and some give our a squeal! Haha it was a good kind of scary, a funny kind :) A really great prank that has taken many a victim! First, there was Mary. Then there was Chantel. Then there were some other people that I don't quite remember (because I was probably not there). And the final victim that was captured by thr exploding outhouse was Justin.
Now, we all love this outhouse and don't want to part with our little apartment prank. But, Caitlyn brought it back to give to her father and seeing as how it is father's day, she brought it to attack a few more people :)


And I want to give a shout out to all those dads. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! You all are very appreciated and loved more than you know. You are an example to all those kids of your's. So love them like the little king's and queen's that they are and you will get that love back times ten! Much love to everyone out there :)
Peace

Just Dance

Random dance parties are officially my new favorite thing! Especially when its 10 at night, and you are all tired and putting off that dreaded homework! Mary decides to turn on her laptop music and crank it up! And the next thing you know, its dancing roomates all over the place! It was our own mini party that allowed us to become totally CRAZY (but hey, when are we ever not right?) and we totally had fun just being together with the 4 of us! We've all got some crazy busy lives going on right now and so it was a chance to have some downtime and just let loose, footloose! haha jk :P

But it was fun :) We got to play random songs and do random dance moves, some of which should never ever leave this apartment! But all in all, I'd have to say the best part of the night was when we danced to the song that has very quickly become our official 'roommate' song! It all started with a disney fetish. Hercules to be exact! That gorgeous man/half god, who has that great smile, personality, body, and hey, all the muses call him 'hunk-ules' so he's gotta be perfect right? Anyway, ending the night belting out "Zero to Hero" was pretty much they greatest way to end our awesomely random night :) To help you picture this in your head, I shall give you the song to listen to over and over and over and over again! Cause you know that from now on you won't be able to hear this song with out thinking of us ;)

All My Girlfriends Are Gettin' [Boyfriends]

So, who knew mid terms could be so crazy busy?? I swear we are either holed up in our rooms or the library trying to get homework done and study, or we are trying to blow off some steam! All except Caitlyn, who only have the one class, lucky girl! So she gets to spend all of her time with Nate, her boyfriend! Yep! Caitlyn's got an awesome boyfriend! And she's not the only one on the dating scene, Emma and Ian have made it official too :) I guess Mary and I just didn't get the boyfriend memo or something.. Oh well! 2 is better than none right? With all this craziness going on we have not had much time for, well, our usual craziness! Kinda a bummer, but only temporary. We have a much needed weekend get away planned soon, and it happens to be on Caitlyn's birthday too! Any great ideas for surprises we could do? Some hints would be helpful! But I think the weekend get away at LAGOON will have to do for now ;)
Oh, and did we mention that we have been spending all semester talking about getting a dance party together? Yep! We have some song ideas...and thats it.We kind of haven't gotten this idea off the ground yet. But don't worry, we are working on it! I think. But its kinda hard to plan awesome party-ness when everyone is having a bad day. When ever we are feeling down, or when all of us are having a bad day, like yesterday, we head to Twizzleberry! Because honestly, a little twizzleberry can go a long was in putting a smile our your face and generally fixing any problem you had before :) Come to think of it, why don't we go every day?? Oh, yeah. Tiny wallets and slim time slots. But its the thought that counts right?
When feeling down and a little low on the budget, you can always just sing a song! Like the one Mary showed me the other week and now when ever it is playing in the apartment, you know at least one of us is singing along :) HERE is the cute music video to brighten your day, if you can't quite make it to twizzleberry :)

Hello World

So here's how this blog got started: We do a lot of crazy things here in this apartment complex, because when you get 4 crazy girls together who like to be have fun and act like children half the time, there are bound to be some good stories, right? Exactly! Well, our problem seems to be a consistency of a lack of a camera when ever we get together, and the fact that I really stick at journaling. So my solution is to blog about it!
SO,
To catch up with the adventures we have had so far, (because I'm lame and didn't think to blog about it until we were already a month into the semester) we have gone dumpster diving, we have bleach ty-dyed shirts,we have played ultimate frisbee in the park (with a few embarrassing moments on my part..sorry Jeremy!), we have had crazy shopping trips to Idaho Falls, and just recently we have gotten a new dishwasher! (Which is probably one of our craziest ones yet, believe me).
You're probably thinking, "Dumpster diving???" Yep, you read it right, we went dumpster diving, and it was surprisingly fun! So, its about 12:30 in the morning and we are hanging out. I think it was one of our first weekends together. So Emma, Mary, Ian, and I are chilling downstairs, when Caitlyn comes down and is kinda freaking out because she can't find this huge check that she needs to pay her rent (it was like a $900 check! A big deal). She asks who took out the trash and when. Well, Emma did a day or two before and lucky for Caitlyn the trash man hadn't come yet. So, what do I do? I open, my big mouth. "Hey, lets go dumpster diving!" .....So we all throw on sweatshirts and head out to the dumpster to start digging. I, being the brave soul that I am (who can;t think straight at one in the morning) hop into the big dumpster in front of our apartments and start pulling out bags! I gotta say, it was kinda fun. So we find the right trash bag and tear it open. Caitlyn, since it was her check, was the one who got to do the actual digging through the teach for her check. Picture this: 5 college students, at one in the morning, all standing around in the middle of the parking lot, with our cell phones for flash lights, digging in the trash! I;m sure the cars driving by thought we were really that desperate and starving :) So we dig through the whole bag and...nothing! No check. All we got was dirty (sort of). So, we head back in all defeated and someone convinces Caitlyn to look in her wallet just once more. And you know what? IT WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME!! Haha. Well maybe it doesn't sound funny now, but give it time :)
Couple of weeks later (or maybe just one or two...) we decide to ty-dye some shirts..with bleach! We had a friend who had one and we thought 'hey, that would be so cool!'. So we buy some shirts and spray bottles and some bleach, and head to the park, one very cold afternoon. But despite the numbing of our fingers, we had crazy fun! Some shirts didn't turn out so cool (Emma's...hint hint) but it still looked freaking awesome! Our lack of bleaching skills turned out to be the coolest shirts we ever made! We also made an experimental shirt with all of our names, that we have hanging on the wall! (pictures to come soon) So we now have cool momentos to remember our awesome ty0dying experience from, even if we don't think they are that cool. (They really are though)
Our most recent one though happened just last night! We got a new dishwasher!! Sounds normal right? Until the thing decides to start leaking! Yes, Caitlyn walks into the kitchen and says those words that announce that something it terrible wrong.

"Uh, ooohh..."

Well guess what? There was a HUGE giant puddle in the middle of our kitchen floor! It's under the fridge and the stove too..GREAT......So, I whip out the mop and Caitlyn grabs a towel and we start cleaning the floors (Mary was happy that the floors were cleaned though. Bonus!) We must have wrung out that towel at least 3 times. Emma just happened to be on the phone with Ian when Caitlyn shouts "the kitchen's flooded!!" So guess who tried to come over and fix our dishwasher? Ian! Yep, with some...unconventional tools, we pull out the dishwasher (sort of, it got stuck half way out), and my handy-dandy fix-everything DUCK TAPE, Ian fixed our brand new dishwasher! Through out the whole ordeal we are cracking jokes and singing random songs (which is a daily, if not hourly, habit that we have in this apartment) and the whole thing turns out to be much more of a mini party than a pain in the butt. We decided to take Ian out to ice cream for his hero-like fixing skills, and come back to have, yet ANOTHER giggle fest, after a crazy game of Ninjas! Y'all should try it some time, the constant laughing (and crying on Emma and Caitlyn's part) is a great ab work out!
So, now that we are , somewhat caught up.....Do you think we are crazy yet? Cause this is only the half of it and we still have half of a semester left! This could be the greatest roller coaster ever!
Who's excited?