Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

This thanksgiving was a little different from

all my other Thanksgivings. I didn't get to 

make it home this year, but instead had

Thanksgiving with my aunt, uncle, and

cousins. I am grateful that I could spend

Thanksgiving with them.

I usually don't have to make anything

but this year I made a salad and stuffing.

Everyone said it turned out great.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving I thought I would

share a few things that I am thankful for.

I probably could come up with a kagillion 

things I am thankful for, but to save you time I

will only list 15.

(no specific order)

1. I am thankful for my wonderful parents, and siblings( spouses and kids) and their love and support that they give to me.
2. I am thankful for my amazing extended family. I love spending time with them and I am grateful we can be a family FOREVER!
3. I am thankful for my health. 
4. I am thankful for my amazing friends who are always there for me and are wonderful examples to me.
5. I am thankful for my aunt Linda and uncle Lyle for giving me a wonderful home to live in
6. I am thankful that I can go to school and get an education. Yes, even though I hate school I am still thankful for it.
7. I am thankful that I have a car to take me where I need to go.
8. I am thankful for the sun, that lights the days and makes me warm.
9. I am thankful for seat warmers and electric blankets that keep me warm in freezing cold.
10. I am thankful for the means to have food every breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
11. I am thankful for technology and the way we can communicate so easily... maybe a little too easy
12. I am thankful that I have the gospel in my life and that I have a testimony of it.
13. I am thankful for nature.
14. I am thankful for pictures and how they capture moments you will always remember
15. Last and most definitely not least, I am thankful for MY Heavenly Father, and MY Savior, Jesus Christ,  because without them I would not have any of these things that I am thankful for today.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with

family and/or friends. Always remember
the things you are thankful for. 

Ice Skating

On Tuesday I went ice skating for the first time.

It was for a ward activity. I was so excited because I have

been wanting to go ice skating for so long.

(yes, I know my pants look awesome)

I have to brag a little. I didn't fall once! That may be because 

I was a natural pro at it, or perhaps I didn't go very fast.

The second one sounds about right.

I can't wait to go again!

SYTYCD Tour

I am spoiled(but not rotten). We all know that.

My parents recently spoiled me with two tickets to the

So You Think You Can Dance tour!

I decided that I would take my cousin Ally since

we watched this season together and I just love spending time with her.

We had GREAT seats! We had to turn heads to

see the stage but they were still great.

Ally and I screamed our heads off the whole time!

I just thought it was so cool that the people and the dances I 

watched on TV were right in front of me.

They danced a lot of my favorite dances, and even did

a few new ones. 

This is Kent. All the girls love him and screamed at him more then

anyone else. I really got a kick out of it, and I think the other

dancers do too. I caught a glimpse of one of the

dancers laughing when all the girls were screaming at him.

I may have screamed too.... I know for a fact Ally did :)

After the show was over the man behind us asked if

we were going to be able to talk tomorrow.

I honestly thought I wasn't going to have a voice the next day,

but I did.

We of course had to get souvenirs, but didn't want to pay

a fortune for a shirt so we ended up getting keychains.

We were pretty excited about them.

I just want to thank my parents for getting me tickets to the show.

We SO much fun!

Ariel/Mermaid

I have a confession. I have a couple posts that I want to

do but I am so LAZY I don't want to.

So I am just going to start with a simple one like Halloween.

This year I dressed up as a mermaid but since I have red hair

I knew everyone would just suppose that I was Arial from

the Little Mermaid.  I decided I would be both. If people

 wanted to call me Ariel they could, or if they just wanted 

to call me a mermaid that was fine too.

This is my costume. I made the skirt part of it with help from my

friend Amy and my mom. It would have never looked this good 

if I did it on my own. I also have to give credit for my sister

because she is the one that gave me the idea to be a mermaid.

(Ally, the Hug, and I)

Now if you are thinking, " wow, I didn't think her hair was that long."

It's not. I got extensions for my costume, and just for fun. 

I like them a lot and it makes me want to grow my hair out 

that long. We will see if it actually happens though.

I didn't do much exciting except go to my friends Halloween 

party. Joanna's costumes are always fantastic.

She was this guy from the movie Labyrinth.

That was about it for my halloween. I absolutely love halloween

and dressing up. I think I have my costumes planned out

for the next five years. I can't wait till next year!

Incase you didn't know....

Fall is here again. I have mixed feelings about it.

There are many things I love about fall, yet there is one big aspect

that I hate about it. I'll deliver the bad news first....

Are you ready?

It is going to start to get cold again. Cold= Snow.

Snow= Stephanie gets to have panic attacks driving + being late to

class because Stephanie is trying not to slip and fall. 

Cold also = Stephanie freezes for about 6 months.

(do you like how I talked in third person?)

 Oh Joy.

I am so excited. 

Lets try and look on the bight side shall we? I LOVE the

color of the changing leaves. They are so beautiful.

I also love the decorations of fall. The pumpkins and gourds

 in baskets by the doors. The wreaths with all the colors of 

the leaves, pinecones and the baby pumpkins.

 I love when the leaves fall off the trees, and how I go 

out of my way to step on all the crunchy ones.

 I love the pumpkin bread,cookies, and muffins. 

I love the holidays.

I love dressing up and eating candy.

I love spending time with my family, stuffing ourselves so full

 we can hardly breath, and quite possibly want to throw it all up. 

I love getting cozy in a blanket(wishing I was cuddling

 with a handsome boy)and drinking apple cider.

So now you understand my mixed feelings about fall.

There are so many wonderful things that happen, yet

I hate the cold with a passion. I get cold so

easily. I will make it through like I do every year.

I will put a smile on my face and enjoy life, even if I am freezing.

Happy fall everyone!

A Girls Dream

You know those little girls that are absolutely in love with horses

and they day dream about having their own? Well... I still haven't

quite outgrown that. I am absolutely in love with horses, and this

weekend my cousin spoiled me and invited me to go horseback riding. 

I invited one of my close friends, and we had a great time.

I rode weed.

I can't remember the horse Kimi rode.

A beautiful view.

 Keaton rode with me for a little bit.

I know this is blurry, but I like it.


Thank you again Amanda and Kyle for the horse ride! You guys are the best!

Back to School Again. I Just Can't Wait to Get Back To School Again.

Well another school year starts again. I have to admit that I was somewhat happy about it. I was ready to have something to do. I know I will soon regret those feelings when I get bombarded with homework. I suppose that is how we learn though. I am hopeful this semester I will figure out what Major I want to go into. If not, I might just be a lifetime student. I hear their pay is crappy, but you learn so much!

Here is a first day of school picture for my mom, and 

a nice little back to school song!