Monday, February 27, 2012

Lovin' the Memories!

Hi Everyone!! :) Time to hear about my February memories!
             I participated in my first facial mask. We had a total girls night when Holly (Megan's Sister) and Rebecca came up to Logan to visit us. Of course getting me to do the facial mask was a definite challenge, not really my thing but I must say it was a blast and a memory I will never forget! We also gave ourselves glitter toes that were so so cute, sadly they lasted less than 24hours. [We are currently in the process of perfecting our technique, I will keep you updated] It was fun to just be silly and get Holly and Rebecca excited to come to college.
              Happy Valentines Day! I have some of the best roommates in the entire world. I don't think I have told you all about them yet, but I love them so so much! I live with Megan Greenhalgh, Megan Toone, and Kelsey McKee! These three amazing girls have been in my ward since freshman year and we never did anything together. I strongly believe that we were suppose to meet and suppose to know each other, and we just weren't getting the memo, which is why Heavenly Father took matters into his own hands and finally made us live together. Which has been one of the greatest blessings. I have grown so much spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally. They have truly helped me become the person I am meant to be. For Valentine's Day, we sent out the best Valentines you can every imagine. 
"I mustache you a question??? Will you be my VALENTINE??"
I sent this to my parents on a homemade card and a picture of us in our mustaches! (Which are legit mustaches that were totally hairy... which if you breath in through your nose hard enough you can get hair up in your nose! haha gross!)

Would you be my Valentine? ;) 

Megan, Kim, Megan, Rebecca, and Holly! 

Living my Life to the Fullest! 

On Valentines Day I went with Trevor to Texas Roadhouse and to the Vow. (Which is a very cute show.) We had a fun night together!
                Another funny thing that happened this month was Megan and I trying to go to bed early and failing. For the past week I have been exhausted. It hits like ten thirty - eleven and I can barely move. So Megan and I keep trying to go to bed early we say our good-nights and then go to our rooms... yet no sleeping occurs! There were two nights that I went into my room at like eleven and I was awake doing things in my room till like one - one thirty in the morning. We have both failed, so we decided from now on when we say good night we mean we are going to bed, if we aren't going to fall asleep we might as well keep playing with each other! :)
                WE SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT!!! I have a new apartment! Any of you that want to come visit can, I will be living there starting this summer. [and then in the fall] I would LOVE to show it off! It is called Edgehill Court! It is so so cute, thus far I will still be living with Megan, Kelsey and Megan! Our new landlord is a very nice guy. He is super strict, and he definitely just lays down the law, but he also is going to be a very fatherly type of a landlord. He is going to be the type of guy that he won't mess around, but that he will be there to protect us and help us with things. The apartment is a townhouse. It is much more like a cute little home. I love it. It has a family room, living room, its own laundry and then two rooms up stairs and two rooms down stairs. It is going to be amazing! I can't even explain how excited Megan and I are. We went looking all over the place and when we finally found this place it just felt perfect! I can't wait to move in!!! I will share pictures once we move in!
                  This Saturday we had a Stake Relief Society Women's Conference. It was incredible! The theme was "Look Up, Step Up, Cheer Up!" It was exactly what I needed. There is so much I would love to share, but it would take me forever to write it all up. But one of my favorite quotes was when we were talking about Logan and the smog. We live where there is a lot of inversion and so the air is thick and is a large burden on us, but if you go up far enough into the canyon you can look back down and look down on the smog. You at that point are standing above the yuck and hurt. "The sun is always shining, you just need to determine the altitude you want to fly your life at." I love this quote! This was for the Look up workshop, it helped me open my eyes to say all I have to do is look up. That no matter what yuck and hurt there is around me I can always find the sun and the lord by looking up. Another great thing was to just cheer up! I just need to remember the things in my life that make me happy and make time to do them in my life. They are important, I can't just do all the hard and long things in life, Heavenly Father wants me to be happy and love the life I am living! So that is the plan! BE HAPPY, BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT!!!
                The last AWESOME, thing that we discovered was the cave in my room! Yes I just said a cave in my room! It is absolutely fabulous! Megan and I discovered it and we played in it, for like two hours, we fell asleep in it and everything! If you come visit we will show you and invite you into my cave. :) But I just can't do it justice.

"The best things in life can not be seen or heard, but felt with the heart!" -Helen Keller 
Love you all! ~Barbie! 
       

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Cruisin' Through the memories!

Hi!!! My phrase this school year has been to keep making the memories! I am going to start sharing those memories with  all of you! My family just went on a seven day cruise. Any of you that know my family know that we go on a vacation every year.... well they go on a vacation once a year...I haven't been on a vacation for over three and a half years. I needed this vacation so bad and it was exactly what I needed. Although we went during school, which was one of the most stressful times in my life (trying to get everything ready and completed before I left.) But I figured everything out and went to paradise with my family! 

Some of the memories that I will never ever forget is what I ate:
  • Alligator Fritters
  • Shark
  • Escargot (aka snails)
  • Frog Legs
None of these I particularly enjoyed; however, if I had to eat any of them over again I would eat Alligator! (By far)

Day 1 in Cabo: 
We sat on the beach all day drinking Miami Vises, and shopped from our seats as the workers came and showed us all the fun different trinkets they had made. We then rode on a banana boat in the ocean around Cabo's famous arches. I of course was terrified...... our driver even saw some whales which he sped after... sadly we didn't see any while on the banana boat, but that would have totally freaked me out. (I mean seriously what if it came up right next to us.)

Day 2 in Cabo: 
We went snorkeling at two different locations. My favorite part was the whale watching, which we spent more time doing than we spent in the actual water. I have never seen a whale so up close. It was like a perfect picture where the tail comes up and splashes back down on the water. We also so two dolphins jumping in the water. It was a magical day for me to see all these amazing creatures in the wild instead of in some kind of cage. When we finally went snorkeling we got to see a snowflake snake... which is a black and white snake. BUT OF COURSE there were jelly fish. I can't go snorkeling without being stung by one of those. Although I got stung it was another incredible day.


Puerto Vallarta: 
Today I experienced what its like to fly! We did an extreme canopy excursion. We sped across the ocean in a Zodiac. Went up the side of a mountain in a huge jeep, then rode straight up the mountain on some horses. It was quite the climb to finally get to the top. But the way down was fantastic. I zip lined, repelled down into a pool of water, climbed down the side of a waterfall and much much more it was a blast.

 At the bottom of the waterfall! We did it!
 Can you fly.... Cuz I Can!!!
 Puerto Vallarta is Gorgeous!
 Soaring to new heights!

 Our fruit punch... our weakness through out the entire trip!
 Ashley and I starting our tan!
Cabo San Lucas thank you for sharing your beauty with me!

Anyways that is my memories for the month of January! Here is a quote to leave you with, to get you up out of your rut and start doing something with your life, but not only do something like work of school.... Create memories that will last you a life time!  
"Life is worth living, So live the life you have!!"
Love, Barbie!