Movie of the Year!

Just saw the movie Avatar!!! I just have to say that it is seriously one of the best movies I have ever seen!! It had everything in it! Action, romance, comedy, mystery, sci-fi (I guess you would call it that...) everything. And the computer graphics threw me off in the comercials, it kind of looked like it was a lot of cartoon-y stuff, but it was absolutly amazing!! Can't even describe how much I loved it!!! There are some seriously talented people in the world!! You walk away from this movie wishing you were a tree-swinging, really tall, blue person!!! SOOO GOOD!! and an interesting message... Definatly would recommend it to everyone!! (see it in IMAX or 3D if you can!)

Life is Great

Ok, So we are back in California filled with mixed feelings!! Happy to be back with my family in the city I love, but So Stinkin' Sad to leave my roommates!! I just had the best semester ever!! It was so fun! These are wonderful roomies!!

Tiffany Young (Tiff!!)

Megan Turner (aka. Meggie-Poo)

Breanna Carmack (aka. Breezy) (All the way to the Right)

Annalyse Doman (Annie, She has 13 brothers and 2 sisters!! Shes a champ. Her mother is a champ!!!) (Second to the Right)

Davita Graham (We now call the crackers Davita Crackers) (Righty Tighty)

I love them all so much!!

We made so many amazing friends this semester! We always had visitors. My roommates are very outgoing. haha. I love it! They were all such a wonderful example to me as well. Every night we had roommate prayer, even if we had a visitor (the visitors actually said the prayer when they were there!) and then we would lay on our stomachs and each put a hand in and tell the best part of our day. It was so fun! And made us all so much closer! It would end up being about an hour long process as we would talk and laugh and go off on tangents. So Fun!!!


Home has been fun too! The drive is long. Very long. and me and Adam were calculating, we've both made the trip about 5-6 times this year. Way too many times for a 13 hour trip!! But once we made it, it was great! Christmas was wonderful, the New Year is rapidly approaching (Playing games with the family to bring it in!!), and We are STOKED for Taylor and Kenzies baby girl to Finally get here!!! I can't wait to meet (and spoil :) ) my niece!!!! Right now I am looking for a job... :S its been very exciting. Hopefully I will be able to find one soon. Its so nice to be home with my family. They are amazing people who teach me so much. Its a much different life living at home, rather than at school, but I love it!! Its great to learn to live on your own, but sometimes a girl just needs her Mom! And Daddy! And Big Brothers, and little brother, and Sister in law and Aunts, Uncles, Cousins... the list goes on!! I love my Family!! I love my Friends!!

Life is great.

Well back in good ol' Rexy... The new Fall 2009 semester has started and I am already stressed! This is my first semester with my Major classes (English Education that is). Everyone seems so smart!! I have a long way to go and a lot to learn... but my teachers are great and so are my friends. I am living with my roommate from last fall semester, Tiffany Young, and my neighbor from last fall, Megan Turner, and three new girls. They are all so amazing!! I love them to death! They are seriously the best and kindest people you will ever meet! They are such a good example to me. Adam is up here too which is sooo much fun! I love having him here with me. It kinda takes me back to highschool days (good or bad thing, considering all the teasing that went on those two years. lol). Its So Fun!!!!!!!!!! but I am also excited to go back home for Thanksgiving. 9 weeks left! :s I am taking a soccer class which is soo much fun and has reminded me how much I l-o-v-e soccer!!! I've missed it! woo hoo for rediscovering great loves! :) Two items of bad news: I don't know what is wrong with me but if you ever need to tie your shoe and need someone to hold your phone for you, DO NOT LET ME! like 2 posts ago, my phone was stolen. About a week ago, I dropped my brand new phone in a stinking river! No worries though, its all in operating order now but I really think that I have the worst luck possible when it comes to phones and such. Number 2... This morning I smashed my finger in the door and was late to church, making the whole ward wait for me to start since I was the sacrament meeting chorister for today! Then on the way out of church I tripped and almost fell on my face, I shouldn't wear heels. haha. It's been a good day...

Oh and I have a Cell Phone again, finally!! My awesome family got me a MyTouch for my Birthday!! It's so cool!!! I love it! (mine is red :)

Birthday at the Beach!

Yay! I'm finally 19! I had the perfect Birthday with the Scotts and my family at the Beach in Tahoe! It was a beautiful day at a beautiful beach with awesome friends!

The Scotts.

Venturing out to the buoy

My Dad takes amazing pictures.

Birdie. I think this was his war cry.

How adorable is this little guy?! Sister Scott didn't so though when he fell into her food bag, frantically tried to get out and away from us scary humans and finally pulled himself out, but in the process got a nibble of their rolls.

Pose!

The little Brothers Building Sand Castles

(the scary thing is, they're not so little anymore!)

Belly flopping the waves!

Little T and Derek

Yuck.

Me.

Pops and Big Brother. Burnt Brother.

Me and JJ

Cool little thought by Paul Harvey

What's mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved.
There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce, delinquency that wouldn't be remedied, if we just had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt Roads give character.


People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride.
That it can jar you right down to your teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the end is home...a loving spouse, happy kids and a dog.


We wouldn't have near the trouble with our educational system if our kids got their exercise walking a Dirt Road with other kids, from whom they learn how to get along.
There was less crime in our streets before they were paved.


Criminals didn't walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by 5 barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun.
And there were no drive by shootings.
Our values were better when our roads were worse!


People did not worship their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they didn't tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy in front would choke you with dust & bust your windshield with rocks.
Dirt Roads taught patience.


Dirt Roads were environmentally friendly, you didn't hop in your car for a quart of milk you walked to the barn for your milk.
For your mail, you walked to the mail box.


What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed out? That was the best part, then you stayed home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn and pony rode on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody.
At the end of Dirt Roads, you soon learned that bad words tasted like soap.


Most paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more likely lead to a fishing creek or a swimming hole.
At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time we even locked our car was in August, because if we didn't some neighbor would fill it with too much zucchini.


At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra springtime income, from when city dudes would get stuck, you'd have to hitch up a team and pull them out.
Usually you got a dollar...always you got a new friend...at the end of a Dirt Road!
~by Paul Harvey~

ok I just had to share this. So adorable! Sure to put a smile on your face!! :) This woman looks very tired though... go to this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8P_w1Euf1Y&feature=related

So the most recent news in my life happens to be sad. I lost my ring that I got in Nauvoo on my Church History tour with my school and my phone was stolen!!! I guess it's not a good idea to leave your phone on top of the bags of dirt in the gardening section of Home Depot, cause apparently someone will take it and charge things on your account! I lost my ring like 2 days later while I was gardening with that same dirt stuff. I dont like bags of dirt anymore.