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Happy Pi day all!!!!

In celebration I made pizza Pi(e), chocolate Pi(e), and Mini Pi(e)s. It was quite exciting and to finish off the day there was a dance lab! It is great knowing most of the steps that people are dancing!

Just for fun... Here is the Pi song:

Dancesport 2012

I did not compete in Dancesport this semester but I did go Saturday evening to watch and it was AMAZING!!!! I think my favorite event to watch is the cabaret and the final couples this year were all amazing. Here is the dance of the couple that won...

Issues of interest

This week, in the class I TA for (Multicultural Education) we talked about gender roles and the expectations that come when you are a certain gender. We watched this Youtube that I thought was hilarious! Truly, I love this lady's sarcasm!


We also had a really good discussion concerning gender roles and one girl brought up a conversation she had recently had with some guy in her ward. When he heard she was an Elementary Education student he said, "It's too bad teachers don't get paid more" which is exactly what we like to hear but then he finished his statement with, "because then more guys would do it." Ummmm really? What is that even supposed to mean?

Christmas Break

  Josh bought a Coke machine from a yard sale a while back and was storing it at the neighbors across the street. Well the neighbors were moving so Josh needed to move his machine elsewhere. The only problem was that the Coke machine was a bit heavy... So Josh called in reinforcements (Jason and a friend from the ward).

Joe decided he would watch from the comfort of grandma's living room and eat popcorn while enjoying the show... ;)

This is James he is Lisa's son and so cute! We were at the Fiso family Christmas party and he decided that he would have a conversation with the hat... I don't know what he got out of it but it was a pretty lively conversation!

We had Christmas at grandma's house which was different but still good. She let me set the table for Christmas Eve dinner and we got to use some of her nice china which was really exciting!

After dinner and a movie or two we decided it was time to open presents (Okay really Joe couldn't wait any longer to open his Christmas PJ's). So we opened presents and then went to sleep so that Santa could come. Santa came and Christmas was awesome... No, really. Most everyone came to grandma's for Christmas dinner and it was great fun!

*** Sidenote: while talking to my cousins my cousin Sam asked me if I told my college friends about them to which I responded, "not really, what do you want me to tell them?" he said he didn't really care but I should talk about them so here is me telling you what awesome cousins I have!!!! And of course how would you know how cute they are if there were no pictures!? (The pictures are a bit dated... whoops!)

The perks of being a wallflower...

Okay maybe "the perks of being a catering worker" would be more correct but not a catchy, right? Well today I worked the BYU basketball game and it was awesome on many accounts! I was working right near the court so we (all the catering people) could hear everything going on. We also had some important guests come to eat...

Elder Perry

Elder Christofferson

and BYU's very own President Samuelson

Although we were there from BYU to cater the food was provided by Ruby River and they left some food for the catering workers to eat so after cleaning up and finishing our shift we were able to eat some free food from Ruby River (Steak, Chicken, Potatoes, Broccoli, and Bread pudding). It was all pretty good but the Teriaki Chicken was my favorite! I love my job and the fun that comes with it!

There comes a time...

When studying is the last thing you want to do and you just take your test. Well I reached that point and am proud to announce that I am done with my finals for the semester!!!! Yes, they will return (they are quite persistent) but I have a few months to enjoy in the meantime...

Annnnnd...
I got a new job! I will be TA'ing' for multicultural education, I'm so excited!

Guess what!? Elder Perry was attending the event I served at today! Yes, my job is great.

Happenings...

The second half of this week has been an interesting one...

On Wednesday I asked my father if I could borrow the car and he said it was fine. While driving him to work we stopped at a gas station so he could get a drink. As we were leaving the parking lot a driver (Not paying attention at all) hit the car! Nobody got hurt (except the car) but it was still not a comfortable feeling for me... It was not my fault but I was part of a car accident!!! Shocking I know...

Here is the damage

Well after the police came and made a report I took my father to work and hurried on my way to school so as not to be late for class. After class I had to hurry and get ready for the dance lab, my 380 class performed a west coast swing routine during the dance lab. I messed up at the very beginning but other then that it went well.

See...

On Thursday I had medals exams! I tested for my Bronze Latin and my Social Gold classes. For Latin I danced the Rumba and the Samba, I passed with honors and am now qualified to teach it (if for some reason I ever decide to). For Social I danced the Cha-Cha, West Coast Swing, Waltz, and Tango! It was so much fun and I scored the highest score in my class ending up with a rating of high honors!!!! It was really fun for me and I got quite excited!

Then today we had a party in my class and I made some delicious cupcakes! After the party I came home and worked on my IP&T homework and I am proud to say that I only have one more thing to do before I am done with that class forever!!! Ohhh there is one more piece of news but I think I will wait for just a little bit longer before divulging...