This last sunday was amazing! Church was fantastic, I needed to hear so many things and I am so grateful that I was humbled enough to receive the answers I've been looking for and thinking about. I was able to see my friend Amber Kempton for the last time till she get back from Serving the Lord on her mission to Brazil. She is so cute and amazing so darlene and I took a normal and then silly picture so she could remember us :) haha Then I got to watch a movie called "Another Testament Of Jesus Christ" (the new one) it's about the story in 3 nephi when Christ comes to the America's. It's the background information on how they put the movie together. It's a bunch of still shots portraying each situation and it was beautiful as well! My Sunday was just full of spiritual experiences and I am just so very grateful for all of my many blessings and experiences that I have! I love my family and my friends, they are such amazing examples to me!

I'm just so full of thankfulness.

School, Work, Teaching, CDC, Life

It's only 9:30 on a wednesday and I'm not planning on going out on the town tonight so I have decided to update my neglected blog..... because I'm cool like that!

School

I am currently taking 12 credit hours of school right now, which means I am a full time student, however it's not just at one school... I am taking and anatomy class on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and also a Hip Hop class friday nights at Mesa Community College. And then on tuesday and thursdays I am taking 3 dance classes and anatomy for the dance at Scottsdale Community College.

I love it!

I seriously am all over the place ALL the time! But I never get bored I am constantly occupying my time with something exciting to do. I think my favorite days are my dance days. Which means I am dancing not teaching... so tuesdays and thursdays! I am at SCC from 8:20-2 and only the first hour of it am i just sitting and learning. The other 5 hours I am dancing Ballet, then Modern, then Jazz!!! Seriously I couldn't ask for anything better. I am learning so much and growing so much as a dancer! It was the best decision to switch over and go to SCC for dance. And I think most people would be scared off by my next remark but "I'm one of the worst in the classes" call me weird but I absolutely LOVE IT! I have the opportunity to watch and learn from some pretty amazing dancers who have been dancing for a long time! It's amazing!

Work/ Teaching

I'm still working at Pure Fitness Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings, and Tuesday nights. It has been such a blessing being able to have this job! It has worked right into my school and teaching schedules and I am able to make enough to pay bills and still have a little fun.

I am very blessed to have connections to help me further my career choice and to gain experience. My bestest friend Tori was asked to teach some dance classes for someone in her ward and wasn't able to do it so she asked me and... what do ya know... I CAN!! So I have been teaching at a little garage studio. One 3 year old Jazz class (with about 5-6 girls) and a 4 year old Jazz class (with about 5-6 girls) on Wednesdays :) and I am LOVING it. They are so adorable and they say the darndest things! I look forward to wednesdays because I get to teach these super cute girls, it just lifts my week!

I am also teaching at High Ground Dance Studio as their Ballet 1 teacher! Again I didn't get this one on my own. While I was at work one day I got a call and decided to answer (normally i don't obviously because I'm at work) but it was Brianna Barba and she was calling to see if I would be available to teach this class because she was no longer able to. So amazingly enough it did fit, and I had just enough time to fit it in! Seriously amazing things happen when you read your scriptures, say your prayers, and keep the commandments! I know that I would not be this lucky and grateful if I hadn't been.... This one is a little more difficult than the jazz classes one because Ballet is a challenge for me so I have to really learn to master it so I can really teach these girls the right way, and because I have 15 girls in the class and they are all around the age of 6. SO they like to spin, jump, talk, climb, and make friends while not paying attention to me... their ballet teacher... AND to add on to that they have already been dancing for an hour doing technique... personally an hour and forty-five minutes of technique and ballet for 6 year olds is FAR too long! I'm lucky if I keep the attention of half of them and to them ballet is boring so i'm trying to change that! :) SO this class is teaching me patience and being prepared to teach fast, keep it fun, while still learning.... ya I'm still working on it... I'll get it! :)

CDC

CDC stands for Christian Dance Company. It's an amazing Christmas Company that Tricia "Hale" Campbell and a couple other girls started X amount of years ago (sorry i'm not exactly sure of the details) anyway it's a club at mesa high and dancers come and audition to be in this dance company that is only at christmas time, and we perform once at Mesa High and Once at The Mesa Temple. And we tell the story of the Birth, Life, and Death of Jesus Christ. It has seriously been my favorite thing to do since I found out about it! It's another amazing way I am able to show my testimony of Christ! And even though my life has been crazier than ever, I decided that I needed to do it again this year so i fit it into my schedule and am so glad I did. I will post the performance dates when I know so everyone can come. It really is amazing and I am so grateful for the girls who came together and got the courage to start it. So more dancers are able to do it as well! LOVE IT!

Life

If you can't already tell I am more than excited about life! It seriously could not get any better! As much as the whole dating aspect of this age in life is a little weird and sometimes frustrating and retarded I'm learning to deal with it and make the best of it. Thanks to everyone that gave advice it actually REALLY helped! because I have had to let some guys know that we are just friends.. nicely... trying not to hurt their feelings. I don't think I would have been as nice if I didn't have help... because I just get frustrated with guys... haha... that's another story in and of itself. anyhoo... Like I said I love life and can't wait to see what other things are in store for me... more teaching, maybe some performing, maybe a BOYFRIEND! haha. I'm just excited for life! I hope everyone else who is out there or reads my blog remembers to thank Heavenly Father for the little things! Remember to smile and say thank you and you're welcome, I promise life will look so much better and seem so much simpler if you can do those little things!

Whoever finished reading this... haha sorry for the rambling, I just love it, and decided that my family and friends that are far away need to know what's going on in my life too! (ally, deanna)

don't forget...

SMILE

"You have a face on your window..."

So we got a new printer in my house that hooks up to the big computer and it seems to hate my camera so I have been unable to update anything! And I have had pictures from FOREVER ago! so I am going to go from the most recent to the end. :) and some things aren't even here. haha these are just some of the things.

Wake boarding

This is my new love! I have been hanging out with this new group of guys and they have a boat and are also actual wake boarding teachers. So I've basically gotten free lessons every time we go! hehe it rocks! I have also gotten really good at it. I'm learning how to jump the wake now, so I'll have pictures of that when it happens.... haha most likely it wont be till next summer because of my crazy schedule which i will get to on my next post.

This is the first time I actually got up, so I'm better now!

Yay for tubes also!

AND I HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS EVER!

Cali Road Trip Before School

Tori, Darlene, Erica, and myself jumped in my amazing little red car and drove to california to go to the beach and to Sea World since Darlene had never been before and we needed one last HOOYAH before becoming slaves to school. We had the greatest time ever!

We bought white board markers and wrote messages, drew our boyfriends, and other exciting things all over the windows to see peoples reactions. And at first we didn't get any response but as we got more into the city it was exciting to see peoples faces as we drove by... haha. I think my favorite had to have been when we were driving onto base (because we were staying with my cousin Andrea) and the marine at the gate looked at me and started laughing and said "umm... you have a face on your window." and then I blushed and said "ya... haha We know" I don't even think he looked at my ID he just smiled at me and let me go :) oh the Joys of having 4 attractive girls in the car driving onto a Marine base haha loads of fun flirting with them! :)

Sea World

I didn't take very many pictures with my camera, Darlene and Tori had most of the pictures and I haven't gotten copies of them yet.

After Sea World closed there was a HUGE line of cars to get out of the parking lot.. so what did we do??? Put on Hip hop/ Gangsta music and got our dance on in the parking lot of course!! Best experience ever! hahaha talk about hilarious reactions on old peoples faces. I can just see what they are saying. haha

Beach

Of course we don't take pretty pictures on the beach, only jumping/ugly ones!

aren't we so cute?

Britton's getting Bigger!

I went with Dawn a really long time ago, when Britton was just starting to walk, to a baby store and he didn't want to be put in the cart, he wanted to walk everywhere so the amazing store had these super cool Mini Carts! and he LOVED IT! I said "Britton say Cheese" and he looked at me willingly and gave me the biggest smile! So cute!

Friends FHE Night

Carrie and John Snyder decided to have a friends FHE night. So a bunch of old friends got together and had a lesson, game, and and ate some dessert! It was so much fun to see all my old friends that are all away to school! I miss them and it was so much fun to catch up!

Publish Post

I think thats all for now. I'm so happy that I was able to update! It has been WAY too long! :)

Stick 'em in a blender and push puree

Why hello fellow bloggers. I need a little advice.... I haven't been the most personal person on this little blog of mine it's been more like a simple journal so i can remember what has been goin on in my exciting life... But I'm kinda stuck at the moment and i know there are people that read this that have great advice, even if I don't know who you are, I would like to know what you think because i'm new to this.

The "this" I am referring to is "dating".

I'll give you a little background.

-I dated a guy for two years before he left on his mission... he was my first boyfriend, first kiss, the first guy i said "I love you" to, the first person i would go to with a problem, I was myself around him, and life was great. I didn't think about other guys, I didn't go out on dates (one i guess because i was dating someone, two because guys just don't ask anymore), Well then he left... Kinda on a bad note and it made me realize that he isn't exactly what i want in my future spouse.

My eyes were then opened up to the world of men!!

WHAT THE?!?! SERIOUSLY?!!? How the HECK do people find someone to date let alone someone to marry?!

---you have the creepers, the Jocks, the nerds, The beautiful ones (who I get still nervous talking to haha like i'm in high school again), the brainiacs, the rude/vulgar ones, the old awkward men that talk to anyone and everyone trying to get numbers, the fresh of the Mish, the depressed RM's that think life sucks, the completely confused, and the list goes on and on and ON! and sometimes if you are lucky or not you find some one that fits into more than one category!

Well, by the hand of fate you MIGHT find one of these "men" that you are actually interested in... but then comes the make it or break it situation........ Are they interested in you?!

hhhhmmmm...... how do you know? And how do you give hints that you like them without being completely ridiculous or weird?

I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet a lot of new fun guys these last couple of months. I have decided to go to the singles ward, I go to the firesides, I actually go up and talk to new people, I have been hanging out with a new group each weekend; however, nothing has really come out of this.... guys just don't ask for your number... am I aloud to? hahaha because I would totally grow a pair and walk up to a guy and talk to him and ask him for his number, even if it was just to hang out again, but that could seem super over powering and therefore turn the guy off to any interest right there on the spot... see my dilemma? SO... i'm stuck between a rock and a hard spot on this whole "meeting knew guys" and "dating". Because if it was up to me I would not be sitting at home on the weekend. I would be getting together with random people! Why not? What do we have to lose, seriously?!

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My next item to talk about........ How do you KINDLY let guys know that you are not interested? And i don't mean interested in hanging out with them, I mean interested in dating them. I will always say yes to the first date! But then after that I always feel horrible saying no. But in high school it was SOOO different. You could go on as many dates with someone as you wanted and it didn't really mean anything. But now that i'm at the age of dating=marriage it's TOTALLY different....

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Ok so i know there are like 2 1/2 people that read my blog but i would really like to know what everyone thinks even if it is someone who i don't know.

So leave comments!! :)

Breaking and Entering!

So yesterday Darlene &&and I were going to the lake with Heather but it didn't work out and we made plans for next week. Since we didn't have work for another few hours, we kindly thought of our boy-friends and their immense need of cleaning supplies for their bathroom. We hit up the store and put together a bucket of supplies. After putting it together, we went to their place, only to find no one home. We checked the door-It was opened. So we freaked out kindly shut the door and knocked.... 5 times. When no one finally answered we stopped laughing and made sure we were not going to wet ourselves, took a deep breath and walked inside. yes, breaking and entering! (but for a good cause!) . We were so afraid that someone was going to pull up or be in the house so we raided the house and found paper to write on. We left them a note that read something along the lines of:

"Dear boys, we hear you are in great need of cleaning supplies for your bathroom. Well it's your lucky day! we have provided you with the material necessary to get started. So get to work! sincerely, your secret admirers...[ya we go to collage!]"

the collage part was an inside joke. anyways, we placed the things on the table and took off running to Darlene's car. Once inside, she was brilliant and decided to take an after picture. The second she put the camera down, THERE WAS A CAR IN THE DRIVE WAY! where the crap did they come from?! We screamed and TOOK OFF STAT!!!

A little while later, Cameron Brown texts us to say Cole was grateful for our gift. We asked "how did he know it was us?"...and he said they saw her car. SO MUCH FOR BEING SNEAKY DEAKY! haha!! It was a rockin' day though...after our adventure, we stuffed our faces at taco bell went to work & later that night played with Tori (poor sista has been sick ) and angie & heather. so fun!!

Yay for doing good deeds!!

Knocking..... no one answered....

So we let ourselves in.... (haha)

Writing our "love letter"

The photo that got us caught!

Good times! I love my friends!

PS. I am super lazy and Darlene had already posted... so i basically stole her story (even though i was in it) and put it on here just changed a couple details.

Summer Lovin'

BAHAHA just kidding... Sorry to get your hopes up... but no summer lovin' on this end. I just needed an eye catcher... haha...

On to the POST!

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I seriously can NOT wait for school to start, and I guess the new step in my life!

But before i turn the page lets look back at all the fun memories this summer has brought me!

-Getting a Job at Pure Fitness at the Kids Club from my loving sister Dawn... she hooked me up and I love it!

-Going to california about 5 times.

to go camping and to Sea World!! love it!

-I went on a couple dates. Ok now that I think of it I only went on one date this summer... and it was a blind date... But it still was way awesome and fun (pictures and stories to come once the computer makes it's was back from utah)

-Friends getting Married! (Ok mostly at the end of school, but there have been some this summer so they are School/summer wedding memories which means they are all counted.)

-Married friends moving away... and then moving BACK!!! (so happy to party it up!)

-Dying my hair brown... then black.... then brown again... I'm going to stick with the brown :)

-Making New Guy friends and hanging out with them Every day for a straight Month! haha consisting of Halo... or me watching them play Halo. Movie's... a Plethora of them... Parties! Rock Band, and swimming.

-Going swimming (with the above said boys) almost every other day (take note that most of them were at night which still means Michelle = white/florescent)

-Hanging out with long time friends for a FHE friends night having a lesson, food, and GAME! (again pictures and stories to come)

-YSA parties

-SYTYCD parties!!!!! which = me+ice cream+bad of chips+Tori+Darlene hehehe fun times... and don't worry on the Finale We all sat really close and held hands when the were about to "crown" the winner, and then when Jeanine's name got called we jumped up and down and screamed for a good 5 minutes and each did our very own happy dance... We rock!

-Signing up for school.

-Getting teaching Jobs! I am so excited about!

-Random Dance parties in the boys kitchen

-Learning how to do the Reject... To "You're a Jerk" (it's a lame song with a good beat)

-Painting mom's Kitchen!! she was so surprised and L-O-V-E-D it!!

-Going to see Wicked with Dawn! Her First time seeing it... my 4th... hehe i heart that musical!

-Changing records over to the single adult ward... (will happen on Sunday)

....... and last but not least..........

-I'm going on one final road trip next week with my girl friends before our crazy scheduals limit our time together!! Tori, Darlene, Erica, Angela and I are going to go to Sea World, and to party at the beach! This is my first road trip with girl friends! AND I AM SOOOO Stoked!!! We are all going to go picture happy and have a blast! (so stay tuned for that post!)

SO that was the extent of my summer... if I forgot anything please remind me! And for those of you who read this all the way through... I'm sorry if you got bored and couldn't finish it. This was more of a reminder for me AND because I'm sitting alone in my house bored with nothing to do because I'm sick and can't go into work...

Thanks to everyone for making my summer so AMAZING!

ok I'm ready to turn the page... <(flip)>

Soon to come

I will have pictures of the rest of my amazing/boring summer! Right now Dad and Dawn are in Utah and they have the computer that I am able to put pictures onto... So fellow bloggers... or the 3 people that still read my ridiculous blog. You will soon be updated with pictures like this!

Aren't you excited?! (hehehe)