Summer

I have been asked so many times what I am doing this Summer and really I have nothing to do, no classes and no job so I am free to do a whole lot of nothing with occasional activities thrown in so here is what I have been busy doing...

My family moved to Utah and until they have a place to put it I get to keep the piano in my house so I have been practicing and, hopefully, improving...
My wonderful Aunt Angie helped me to make a swimsuit!
I decided I was going to learn how to decorate a cake so I made a cake, a fondant, and frosting and this is what my first attempt ended up looking like... (It didn't taste so bad either)

Trying new hair styles and nail styles
(So I haven't tried this yet but I will when my hair is longer)
Making cards and super cute book marks

I have also been reading a lot of books (almost a book a day) I'm about out of ideas for what to read so if anyone has any ideas please let me know!!!!

Oh and Happy 7-11 day Hope you all enjoyed your slurpee's I know I did!

Anniversary

So here are the pictures I promised from grandma and grandpas anniversary...

Here is grandma and grandpa dancing! It was so cute...

Can't forget my adorable cousins, I love these kids!

Grandma and Grandpa with me...

Here is the amazing cake that Uncle Andrew made (He is great right?)

Megs stole my camera for a little while and when she came back she told me that she took pictures of important things so that I wouldn't forget them while I was at college.
Of course there is a picture of Megan...

One of Joe...

One of my father...

One of my mother...
and last but not least one of Jesus Christ. Isn't she so cute to make sure I don't forget him?

One of the things I love about Morgan... my grandparents were celebrities for a few days!

Spring is a Wonderful Thing...

I LOVE spring semester!!! I have the best classes and it is just great. I had a group presentation for my Writing 313 class and we had to come up with a lesson plan for fifth graders that was centered on poetry. We decided to teach about the Korean Sijo in comparison to the Japanese Haiku. It is a three line poem with 14-16 syllables in each line. The first line sets up the situation. The second line is called the turn and helps to develop the story. The last line is a twist in the phrase, meant to surprise the audience. Here is an example that we found to show the class and then the Sijo that we invented as a class...


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A single sole was lost today, deep in the river Yalu,
Thrashing, twisting, torn to shreds with color quickly fading.
On the bridge a small boy laughs, holding our his empty shoe.


Skadoosh!
The family was in the car the kids squished in the backseat.
Pushing, poking, punching, fists flying, emotions were high.
Parents turned back to sleeping kids and turned Kung Fu Panda off.


I managed to sprain my foot yesterday... Yes my foot not my ankle. Imagine that I make it through the ice and snow in the winter and the rain messes me up!

For Mom

I love you mom, Happy mother's day!!!! :)

I've watcher you dear mother each day of my life. I've seen how your smile through the joy and the strife. I've needed your love and have known you were there. I've seen how you help to bring answers to prayes. The world that surrounds me is blind and unsure, But with you as my mother, I'm safe and secure. Then I wonder why, and give thanks that I was chosen to be your daughter.

R.I.P.

Goodbye dear tree...
This tree has been around for as long as I can remember. But recently grandpa decided he needed to cut it down. It has always been a favorite for the grandchildren and it will be sad to have it gone for good.

Everyone thought that it was a really bad idea to cut the tree down because it had been growing for so long and surrounded the power lines. But grandpa still wanted to cut the tree down so the men all gathered at grandma's Saturday morning to cut down the tree.



Some great times were had with that tree and on that swing! It's sad that it is being cut down.








While the guys were cutting down the tree I was able to watch these two cuties! They are so adorable and it was fun to spend some time with them! Aneesa was so funny and Chevelle is so sweet and so much fun to listen to after she warms up to you. She talks about just about anything she can think of, I love being around my little cousins. I am so lucky to have such an amazing family and that we can be so close to each other.


More to come about the weekend and more concerning these two and their fiftieth anniversary...

Reading Day Take one...

Manicure-
Bright blue nails (Check)

Mall-
Cute new hat (Check)

New Sunglasses (Check)


New Movie (Check)

Oh and some studying for children's lit studying... overall good day!!!! :)

Storytime

Have I mentioned that the BYU library loves me!? Case in point:

Last year I had a late fee at the library. It wasn’t much it was only a couple of dollars, but it wasn’t too bad. I went to the library to go check out a book and the guy at the desk told me that I couldn’t get a book because I had a fine, but since it was the first time I had been given a fine he could clear it for me and I could check the book out. I thought that that was cool and I was glad that I hadn’t had to pay my fine.

This year I had a project for my children’s lit class. This project was so much fun and I had a great time doing it. For the project I needed to choose and author, I picked Roald Dahl, and then I had to give a presentation concerning the author and his books. Great project right!? It really was so much fun but every time I went to the library I checked out more books. Little did I know the children’s books at the library cannot be renewed. I thought that I had renewed all of the books that I had and that they were due the day of my presentation. Well the day of my presentation I went to the library with a duffle bag (I really did have many) full of books to return them. While I was checking them in I realized that most of the books in my bag were due a while ago and that I probably had fines on them. The BYU library charges a dollar for every day a book is late. So I had at least a ten dollar fine. Of course I didn’t want to pay it until I had to so I avoided paying it for a while. A few weeks later my roommate and I were going to do a movie night so we went to check out some movies. In order to check out the movies I had to pay my library fine so I went to the front desk. When I got there I mentioned to the lady at the front desk that I had a fine that I needed to pay so that I could check out some movies. The lady took my card and pulled up my account. She then said, “Well you haven’t had a fine for a while so I can just clear it for you” Isn’t that so amazing! So now, going into finals I just have to remember that at least the Library loves me…