Rag Quilt

As you probably all know, Bryce and I live in possibly the coldest place on earth... Rexburg, Idaho. Knowing this, my wonderful mom made us a rag quilt so that we have a better chance of staying warm this winter. I love it! it is soooo cute!!!!

A New Chapter

Bryce and I have been so blessed to have such an incredible group of friends as we have gone through high school and college together. I have never known such an amazing group of people who can lift each other up the way our group of friends have. Here are a couple pictures of us together in high school. Not everyone is in every picture, and some pictures have extra people, but I think everyone is grabbed in one picture or another!

Prom 2008

Lunch Bunch

Senior Party

Graduation

Senior Ad

Our man-friends were such great examples, as every single one of them served a mission. It was hard for us to see them all go, but an awesome thing knowing that they were sacrificing two years to serve our Heavenly Father and to build up His kingdom. Just a few weeks ago, Gavin and Stuart returned home from their missions. They were the last ones to come home, and we were all extremely excited to have our group back together again! (except for our now sister missionaries, Emily, Sarah, and Kyli).

It is strange to think back to how we were in high school. Honestly, back then, all these things seemed so far away. The day our friends would start going on their missions seemed ridiculously far away. The day our friends would start coming back from their missions seemed like an eternity away. And the day that our friends would start getting married..... That was, like, an eternity and a half away. But here we are. All the guys are home from their missions. We are all in college (or will be starting soon). Some of us are even married!

I am excited to keep adding to this picture!

Anyway. We are all starting a new chapter in our lives.

But I am convinced we will stay friends forever.

Unwritten Lip Sync

Just having some fun on the way home to Boise this weekend!

Environmental Interventions

Sooo.... I have never done anything like this. But in my SPED 310 class, we had to make a video on environmental interventions for students with Autism. Anyway... I came up with our video idea, created it on iMovie and published it to youtube! (all part of the assignment). Anyway. I was kinda proud of myself. Enjoy!

Favorite Snack

Bryce and I both LOVE pickles. So I thought I would share with him my favorite childhood snack, which consists of sliced pickles, thinly sliced cheese, and wheat thins. Then you just make a little stack of all three items, and eat it! This was a snack that I always looked forward to eating after school as a kid. Kinda funny... but we both LOVE it! If you try it, look out. It is addicting!!!

A Badger Weekend!

Soo... One of the first weeks of church, I met a girl named Karlee Moore in Relief Society. Bryce and I thought Karlee and her husband, Kyle, seemed pretty cool, so we invited them over to our apartment for General Conference. When we were hanging out at conference, we found out that Karlee actually worked at Badger Creek this past summer as a counselor. Something cool about working at Badger Creek is that you get to come back whenever you want to with your family for the rest of your life! SOOOOO... Karlee and I decided we would take Kyle and Bryce to Badger Creek for a night. We stayed in a yurt up there. It was way fun!

We built a fire and had hotdogs for dinner....

... and s'mores for dessert:)

In the morning, we had some fun on the Wild Woosey!

Bryce and I did pretty well!

Then we played on the rope swing at Proudy's Landing

This is Kyle!

This is Karlee!

Me!

Bryce!

We all made it over!

Badger Creek holds some of my favorite life memories... I'm excited to continue to create fun memories there throughout the rest of my life!

A Day in a Wheel Chair

So.... today I spent 5 hours in a wheel chair for a simulation assignment in my SPED 310 class (Exceptional Students). I have to say it was one of the most physically challenging things I have done in a LONG time. There were certain requirements we had to meet, including the following:

• use an elevator.
• get a drink from a drinking fountain.
• open a door by yourself.
• use the restroom.
• go up and down a hill.
• get in and out of a car.
• do not tell anyone it was a simulation.

First of all, using a restroom with a wheel chair was SUPER difficult. It took me 30 minutes to get everything figured out. Getting from the chair to the toilet is one thing... but then you realize your pants are still on....and you have zero capability of using your legs. Anyway. I'm pretty sure that was the longest and most stressful restroom experience I have ever had.

Second. Trying to open a door just made me feel like an idiot. The door closed on me 3 times before I was able to enter. WAY EMBARRASSING.

Third. I have never had a better arm work out in my life than when I had to roll myself up the hills on the BYU-Idaho campus. I had to take TONS of breaks, and it literally took me 15 minutes to get somewhere that normally takes me 5 minutes. And I was trying so hard! And going down the hill was super scary! It took me forever to realize that there are actually are hand breaks on the chair, and I didn't have to sacrifice my fingers in order to slow down haha.

Anyway. My experience was very eye-opening. I still can't believe how hard it was! I still have a few other simulations to do before the semester ends. One is I have to wear a mask that gives me a visual impairment, another is that I have to fake a speech impediment all day..... we will see how those go!