BL #19

Eat at 12 new restaurants.

I know I have eaten at more then 12, but 

some I didn't care to document. I went some
specifically for the bucket list, while others
 I went and then decided to add them to
 my bucket list. Here they are:

1) Bruges Waffles and Frites - SLC, Utah

    This place was really unique. They pretty much only sold Waffles and fries. They were really good too. You could pick a topping for your waffle, or just have it plane. They fries were really good, and you could pick different kinds of dipping sauce for them. Definitely will go back sometime.

2) Salt City Burger Co - SLC, Utah.

    This place was obviously hamburgers. It was more of a fancy hamburger place. Pretty yummy.

3) Huggo's (Hug-os) - Kona, Hawaii

    This was one of our favorite restaurants in Hawaii. The plates were huge and delicious. Hillarie and I shared both times we went there - Nachos and quesadillas (It wasn't a mexican restaurant). 

4) Humpy's - Kona, Hawaii

    This was another one of our favorite restaurants in Hawaii. YUM! Craving it now.

5) Station 22 Cafe - Provo, UT

    Natalie and I went here for dinner one night. It was a delicious sandwich shop in downtown provo. I am definitely going back there!

6) Thia House - Draper, Utah

Natalie, Amy, Sarah and I went to Dinner here one night. I didn't get too adventurous and stuck with orange chicken. It was pretty good, but it wasn't absolutely amazing.
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7) Rumbi Island Grill - West Jordan, Utah

  This was a Hawaiian restaurant Sarah, Amy and I went to. I got the hawaiian teriyaki rice bowl. It was pretty good. I wouldn't mind going there again. 

8) Guru's - Provo, Utah
 I have been wanting to try Guru's for a while now. I have drove past it a couple of times on center street thinking it looked like an interesting place to try. I suggested to my friend Katie, and my cousin Kayla, that we go try it. We quickly found out that it was a happening place to be on a friday night. There was live music, and hardly any place to sit. The food was pretty good too. Come to find out, every Friday night there is live music, and every Saturday night is karaoke. I think I just found my new hang out spot!

9) Flour Girls & Dough Boy's - American Fork, Ut

 I haven't hung out with these girls in a while, so we finally got to together for dinner and a movie. Of course I suggested going somewhere I haven't been, and Natalie took us to this fun little Cafe. We got there just a few minutes before closing so we kind of got rushed out. 

10) Purple Turtle - Pleasant Grove, UT
After eating at Flour Girls & Dough Boy's, we went to the Purple Turtle to get a shake. I have been wanting to get a shake from here for quite sometime, and I am glad it finally happened. I went with a raspberry shake and it was pretty good. I was eyeing Amy's oreo shake though, and took some bites when she wasn't looking :) Don't worry, I confessed.

11)  Dickey's Barbeque Pit - Saint George, UT

Bree and I went here for dinner when I visited her for spring break. I wasn't a huge fan of this place, but Bree liked it. I think I might be a snob with it comes to barbeque. I want the good stuff, not the fast food kind.

12) Black Sheep Cafe- Provo, Utah.

 I love hanging out with these girls! We met up for lunch at this cafe for some Navajo taco's and sweet potato fries. It was delicious! I love Taco box, don't get me wrong, but these Navajo taco's didn't taste like fast food, which made them even better! I can't wait to go back!

I had so much fun trying new places to eat!

 I am going to continue to try new places, and if 

I find anything amazing, I will be sure to post it.

Summer Is Going To Be Good

Classes are finally out, and all there is left to do is 

take finals! Two of my classes had chapter tests, and 

I finished my accounting final this weekend. Now I only have

 my economics, which is online, and my Info systems final,

which is on Wednesday. I am so close to being done!!!

If only I didn't have to turn around a week later and have

to take summer school. I think it might kill me. I have

class on Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 to 8:15. I hope

he gives us a couple of breaks, because I might die sitting 

there for that long. It's only for two months though.

 I CAN DO IT!

I also got a job! I am really excited about it. I will be working

in the shipping department at Lifestyle Crafts

They have some really cool paper, tools, and accessories.

I have a really good feeling about this place, and I think

I will like working there. It sounds like everyone is very nice

and fun, and I am hoping I will fit in and make friends. :)

Even more exciting news is that Ally only has a month left!

Well, close to a month. I am so excited for her to come home!

It feels like she has been gone a long time, but not quite a year

and a half. Kimi is so close to being done too! She only has three 

more months! Lets just say I will be taking a lot of trips to Ogden

this summer.

My new niece will be here any day now. Brittany is due May 12,

but I think she will show up a little early. I am sad I probably

wont get to go home right when she is born. Thank goodness

for technology though!

I think it is going to be a great summer! My best friends are

coming home, I'll get a new niece, and I am going to have

some fun! 

BL #7

Bake a homemade cake all by myself

 March 30th was Kayla's birthday!

I decided I would giver her a little birthday party

and make her a cake. She loves funfetti cake, so

I decided to make her a homemade one. 

Mixing

 Folding in the sprinkles

Waiting for it to bake

 Tada!

 The birthday girl and her cake

A lot of people really enjoyed it!

I liked it too, but the frosting was a

little too rich for me. The recipe can

be found on the Evil Chef Mom blog.

Festival of Colors.

I have wanted to go to the Festival of Colors

 ever since I have moved to Utah and have heard 

about it.  Last year I was really close to going, but 

Hillarie  had to head back to NM and it just didn't

 work out.  I was determined to go the next time and

 I did! I was glad someone mentioned it was this week or

 else I would have missed it again. Kayla, Katie, Rich

 and I went together. The minute we got onto the 

highway it was packed.  It took forever to get to

 Spanish Fork, but we  eventually made it. 

When we got into Spanish Fork we noticed a lot of

 people were parking a long ways away and walking

to the temple. I knew we were going to have to walk but

I didn't think it would have to be that far. We decided it

would be best to pull over and park before we risk 

getting any closer and not finding a place to park. We 

had  to walk about 1.8 miles to the temple. It was an

easy walk there, but after fighting the crowds at 

the festival it was a long walk back. It was absolutely 

crazy and scary walking to the festival. There were so 

many people and  cars trying to share the road.

 Some  people driving down the road would stick

 there hands  out the  window asking for high fives, while 

big trucks tried to run people over. It was quite an 

adventure.

Getting into the Festival was really interesting.

Kayla and I prepaid so we wouldn't have to stand in

the long lines, but there was no real line. Everyone 

just pushed their way to the front. For example, Kayla

and I left Katie and Rich to find the prepaid line. We

walked up a bit and weaved in and out of people trying 

to figure out where the line was. We were standing in a

 "line"  when all of the sudden I see Katie and Rich. They 

just pushed  their way to the front  of the line and caught

 up with us. We  decided to followed their lead and got

 to the front a lot faster. 

One thing that took me a bit to get use to was 

random people throwing color on you or touching

you. I guess I expected that the only color throwing

happened at the set time. But it wasn't like that at all. 

People were throwing it constantly-- At friends and

at complete strangers. Some were nice and threw it

on your back, while others were completely rude and

threw it at your face with no warning. Good thing it

was only corn starch and organic dye. Eventually

I found myself throwing it at random people too. It

was fun :) Enough about my ramblings though.

I know all you want to see is the pictures. 

Before the throw:

Kayla, Katie and I trying to get a picture. I 

was so scared that someone was going to throw 

chalk in my face while trying to take the picture

(Hence the turned in face in the middle picture)

During the throw:

 After the throw:

Spring Break 2012

This semester has been crazy busy, so I was ready for a 

break! I decided to go visit my good friend BreeAnn in Saint 

George for a couple of days. I headed out Friday after I got

 done with class. That night we went out to eat, walked around

 the temple, and then met up with her boyfriend. We decided 

to baked cookies and played games.

Beautiful Saint George temple

 Here for the recipe 

On Saturday we woke up, and Bree MADE me work out. 

How rude, right? ;) I really needed it actually, and it

 was a beautiful day.

It's spring there!

After our walk/run, we got ready and met up with McCoy 

and his family for lunch. We decided that we wanted to go

 see a movie after lunch. It took us forever to decide what to 

see, but we finally settled on the Lorax. It was such a cute

 movie! I really liked it.

McCoy talked us into getting this huge tub of popcorn

 for the three of us! Not to mention the deal came with two 

huge drinks and a candy. It was for a good price though :) 

Totally worth it even though we couldn't finish it all.

Once the movie was over, Bree, McCoy, and I decided to

 go to a trampoline place. It was fun for about 20 minutes, 

and then we were exhausted! It's a workout!

 Bree showed us her tricks

Playing crack the egg, and McCoy jumping.

 Crazy pictures of me jumping

When McCoy broke his toe 

Worn out! 

Enjoy some videos

This one you might want to fast forward 25 seconds.

The next day was sunday, and we woke up 10 minutes

 before church started. Oops. We at least made it to the

 last 15 minutes of sacrament meeting. After church we 

took a nice nap since we stayed up late, and lost an hour 

of sleep. After our nap, we packed up a lunch and went

to Dixie rock for a picnic. It was a great view of Saint George.

Afterwards, we headed back to the apartment to

relax and start cooking dinner. 

Bree likes to sleep on the washer and

dryer ;) JK!

When we got done eating dinner and cleaning up, 

we went over to McCoy's family's house to play

card games. We had a blast and laughed a lot!

The next day I packed up my car and headed to New 

Mexico. It's always nice to go home and spend time

with your family. I didn't do anything super exciting, 

which  was fine by me. I just enjoyed being home, and 

relaxing  (with a little bit of homework). I didn't take

 a lot of pictures at home, but I took a couple.

How I like to shop

 Gav-man eating a lemon. So funny!

I watched Gavin a couple of times before they went 

out of town. He wasn't too sure about me when I would

go over. I knew he didn't really remember me, and it broke

my heart a little. He is getting so big! 

Spring break was just what I needed. I am not looking

 forward to going back to school on monday though. 

Only 6 more weeks to go!