Lost and Found

I am such a ditz! I don't know what my deal is

this month, but I can't seem to catch a break!

Here is the story of my latest incident....

The other day I was meeting up with a group to do

homework. I saw one of my group members, and

a girl that has been in a previous class with us. I sat
down next to them, and we talked for a little bit until
it was time for me and my group member to meet up
with the rest of our group. A little while after, the
 girl wondered up to us and asked us if we had seen
her keys. We all said no, and suggested some places
 for her to look. We kept seeing her wondering
 around, still not able to locate her keys. She said
she had a spare, but she lived south of Provo and
 wasn't really sure how to get them. I felt bad for her,
 but I didn't really know what to do to help her.
 I left after finishing our homework, not thinking about
 the girl wondering around school looking for her keys.

The next morning when I was getting ready to go to school,

I was trying to find my keys. I looked in a pocket in my

backpack where I frequently put my keys, and pulled them

out. Except..... they weren't my keys. I looked at them for

a few seconds thinking "who the heck are these, and how

did they get in my backpack?!" Then it dawned on me.

It was the girl that lost her keys! Oh crap! I covered my

mouth in shock, and then started laughing. Then I thought,
 "Oh my gosh. She is going to HATE me!" I quickly texted
 her telling her that I had them, and that I didn't remember
even touching her keys. I felt so bad, because she was
 looking for them for about 2 hours when all along they
 were in MY backpack. I must have felt them on the
 couch and put them in my backpack thinking they were
 my keys. I feel so dumb, yet it is hilarious. I couldn't
stop laughing at the situation. Thankfully she didn't seem
too mad at me when she text me back. I haven't gotten
 them back to her yet, but I am thinking I owe her a nice
big bag of chocolate to apologize for all the stress that
I caused her that day. 

Dear Joe,

You, my friend, will be greatly missed. You have been

 my friend for a long time, and I have been thinking 

about all of the memories we have together.

There are lots of them, and I want to share
some of them with you.

Our friendship started in Junior High. I 

remember having the BIGGEST crush on you all 

throughout junior high, and part of freshman year. 

You liked me too. At least I'm pretty sure you did.

We had orchestra together with Mrs. Barrett. We

had some great times together. You played the Bass

and I played the Viola. Do you remember when we went

to Durango for a competition?  I wanted so badly to

sit next to you on the bus ride, but you got seated with

Kayla instead. I was very jealous. Especially when she 

put her head on your shoulder. I glared at her. I remember

 you said something to me about it, stating that it was 

only a bus ride. Do you remember our cool performance

during state? We wore glow-in-the-dark jewelry! Every

one said it was awesome, and we ended up winning! We
 also went on a jeep ride during that trip, and you decided
to wear sandals. It was freezing outside, so I sat on your
 feet to keep them warm! I was such a good friend. ;) 

I also remember passing notes to you and all my friends.

I kind of wish that was still cool. I remember I was writing to

either Niki or Laycy about you, and one of our teachers

either found the note, or took it from me. She then pulled

me aside and asked me if I liked you. I can't remember what

I said, but I didn't really want to tell her. 

When you moved close to Niki and Laycy, I would purposely
 walk by your house a lot when I was playing with them.
 I was pretty convinced that your parents weren't our biggest
 fans back then. I was probably a little annoying. Plus, they
 thought Niki and I broke your tree, but we didn't. We tried to
convince them it was the younger girls, but they didn't believe
 us. I'm glad they like me now, though. :)

Do you remember that time we went to the "haunted

house?" My mom drove us there and stayed in the

care while we walked around. I was scared out of my

mind! Something scared Chris, and he started running

and screaming. We all started running and screaming too.

Except you. I think you decided you needed to pee, and

went somewhere to take care of business. You told us that

something  bit you, and I totally believed you. Liar!

During one of my birthday party we watched Peter Pan 

outside. We all were laying down in a row, and you were on
 the opposite side of me, so I decided to steamrolled
everyone and squished in between you and someone else. It
was probably pretty obvious, but I didn't care. I also
 remember when you tried to hold my hand under the blanket
 when we were watching a movie with our friends. I freaked out.
 I had  never held a boys hand before. I moved my hand a
 little, so we  were only kind of holding hands. At your birthday
 party, we played a game where we all had to hold hands. I, of
 course, ended up next to you. You squeezed my hand a couple
 times and gave me the butterflies. 

I was sad when Junior High was over. Half of my friends

 were going to PV, which included you. We started becoming

 a little distant from each other, but we were still friends! 

You even took me out on my first date. I will NEVER forget

my first date. We decided to toilet papered the Camphuysen's

 house. Do you remember what happened? We got caught by

the cops! I seriously thought I was going to jail that night. 

Luckily the Camphuysen's caught us earlier, so we didn't

get in trouble. They came out and told the police it was okay.

Then we ran into their house and started throwing toiled
paper around. Then we went into Whitney's room and started
 to mess with her. It was great!

I also asked you to go to MORP with me. We dressed

up like cowboys and cowgirls. I thought we looked

pretty legit. You even borrowed my dads Texas belt.

You asked me to go to Prom with you our Junior year.
I even remember how you asked me. You told me to sift through
 some flour to find your name, but there was nothing there.

The next day you left me actual flowers with your name on it.
We ate dinner at your house, and your sisters served us.
That was fun. The actual dance was lame, but maybe it was
 because we sat at the table and didn't dance. hah!

We didn't see much of each other after that. We were still
friends, but didn't hang out as much our senior year.
Probably because we were both dating people. It wasn't
until the summer of 2009 that we started hanging out again.
I don't really remember what happened that created the
 Fab Five. That was such a fun summer! Probably one of
 my favorites so far. You, me, Tanner, Hillarie, and Matt
 hung out almost every day. We played guitar hero, watched
movies, went swimming in Matts pool, rode longboards, and

 laughed. We played guitar hero/rockband so much that

 I finally made it to medium. I was pretty proud of myself for

 that, even though everyone else was playing on hard.

Do you remember that one time we played a prank on Matt?
We got him pretty good! I still don't think he has forgiven
 us of that. Except for Hillarie- He wasn't even mad at her.

Your mom was so kind to take these pictures of us.

It was the end of the summer, and some of us were

going our separate ways. I will always treasure

these pictures, and the fun times we had that summer.

I always tried to persuade you to stay for Priesthood
with offering to give you Subway after. It only worked
a couple times though. :)

You were so tired this night. I am pretty sure this is the
night we pranked Matt. You were cracking Hillarie and I up!

Joe, You were always a great friend to me. Your goofy

 personality always made me laugh! I am SO grateful for the 

Atonement, and for the knowledge I have of it. I WILL get to

see you again, my dear friend. We will only be apart for

a short while, and then we will continue our friendship in the

after life. 

Love, Stephanie

The Last one.

I was sitting on my bed looking through old

pictures when I came across this one...

Then it hit me..... I'm going to be the last one

out of my closest friends in NM to get married.

ouch.

Laycy is married, Charlton is engaged, and Jacob, Lacey,

and Kaitlin are married. But thats not all! 

Zach is married, and Hillarie is getting married this weekend.

But wait!

 BreeAnn is also engaged, and she is getting 

married in November.

I am so happy for all of my friends though! They

have found their true loves, and are living great lives.

I know that my day will come, and all of my friends

will be happy for me too.

The Day That Didn't Go As Planned.

Yesterday I had a good idea of what my day was

going to be like. I was going to wake up early and

take my Law test (which I did), and then Garrett

was going to take me to Sundance to look at the

changing leaves. Unfortunately, we didn't get to

go to Sundance, because I decided to break the toilet.

When I went to flush the toilet, the handle wasn't working.

I lifted up the lid on the tank(not taking it completely off)

and tried to fix the handle. All of the sudden the lid slipped

from its place and fell into the tank.....hard. It instantly broke

the bottom of the tank making a huge hole. It all happened

so fast,  I was suddenly watching the water gush out of the 

bottom of the tank. Cuss word. In split seconds I wondered

 if the water would stop, but then I realized it wouldn't, so I 

turned the water off. I stared at the mess I had just created.

I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or to cry. At that moment

I was completely frustrated, and I wanted to cry. I called

my Mom to tell her what happened, hoping she would

calm me down and tell me what to do. "I hate my life!!"

I whined into the phone. I told her what happened thinking

I would cry, but I started laughing instead. I couldn't believe

I had just broken the toilet. We laughed over it, and my Mom 

wanted me to send her a picture.

After I got off the phone with my Mom, I cleaned up the

mess and went over how I was going to tell my Aunt and

Uncle. When I heard my Aunt come home, I went downstairs

and sat at the kitchen table smiling cheesily. My aunt looked

at me, and then thinking I was smiling about my test, she asked 

me how it went. I said that it went okay, and then had a 

guilty laugh and smiled at her again. She looked at me a little 

puzzled, and then I told her.

   Me: "You know my toilet upstairs?"

   Aunt Linda: "Yes."

   Me: "You know how toilets are suppose hold water?"

   Aunt Linda: "Yeah."

   Me: "Mine doesn't do that anymore..... I broke it. I talked

      to my mom and we are going to buy you a new one."

   Aunt Linda: "You don't need to buy a new one."

   Me: "What?! Yes I do."

   Aunt Linda: "Because it's an old toilet, it probably

      was going to break soon anyway."

   Me: "No.... I BROKE it. Like, I really broke it. There 

      is a hole in the tank."

I don't remember word-for-word how the conversation

went, but it was very close to that. I told her how it

happened, and I was so grateful that she laughed at the

situation. I really made her laugh when I stated that the 

only good thing about it was that I didn't have to clean the

 toilet when I cleaned the bathroom earlier. We brainstormed

what the best way to fix the toilet was, and then called my 

cousin Spencer to see if he would install a new one. He told

us that he broke his hand, but would instruct someone else

how to fix the toilet. My Aunt then called our friend Jordan

to see if he could help us out. He said he would, and that he

had some experience installing potties. Awesome! We waited

for Garrett to come over, so we could use him for his muscles. 

He didn't know what had just happened before he came over. 

When he got to my house, I let him in and then we walked into

the kitchen. I started laughing, and then Aunt Linda and

Kayla started laughing too. They encouraged me to tell

him what had happened. So I did, and I felt so silly. He was

finding out how clumsy I can be. He laughed and then gave 

me a high five. I told him that we needed him to help us lift

up the new potty, so we all went to Home Depot. I let

Aunt Linda do the choosing- Mostly because I am indecisive, 

and also because I have no clue how to pick out a good

 toilet. We looked at the selection for a while, narrowing it 

down between a few. 

We finally picked one out, checked out, and went

home. Jordan was there when we arrived, and he was

 pretty impressed with the story. The boys went up stairs,

 took the old potty out, and then Jordan put in the new

 one.Thank goodness for handymen! It still baffles me 

that I broke a toilet. I mean... Who does that?! At least I

 got a great story out of it. People will never let me live it

 down, but I will laugh right along with them. 

So, that is how my day went yesterday. I was looking

forward to spending time with Garrett at Sundance, 

but instead the day revolved around a toilet.

How romantic. Everyone was a good sport about it, and

I eventually lightened up and tried to be a good sport 

about it too. 

Thanks to everyone who helped! You know you are

loved when people help you when you break a toilet.

Football and the Temple

This week I got the chance to go to the 

first BYU football game of the season.

Kayla had an extra ticket, and like a nice

cousin she invited me to go with her.

During half time we met up with the Taylor's

to say hi.

It was a pretty good game, but I never knew

what is happening when they threw a yellow flag.

I always turned to Kayla to explain.

She is a great cousin :)

On Saturday I got the opportunity to go to

the Brigham City Temple open house with

the Taylor's. Ally couldn't come, so I brought

Kayla with me. It was so crowded that day, but

definitely worth it. The temple was SO beautiful

inside. I loved every minute of it. 

I have an awesome family and I am so 

grateful for them.

BL # 16

Go on a road trip with friends.

I was really looking forward to accomplishing this

goal. While Ally and Kimi were on their missions, we

talked about going to New Mexico before school 

started. I am so happy that it really happened.

I got to spend time with my best friends and my
lovely Aunt Lea.

On our way down we decided to stop off at the
Four Corners.

A nice man took this picture and emailed it to
us. We had to jump about 20 times before we
got a good one.

While we were in NM we:
- Relaxed
- Got our hair done
- Played with my nieces and nephew
- watched movies
-Laughed
- Talked about boys

We also went to the cabin. I have been wanting
to go all summer, so I am happy it really happened.

We ate lunch at ABC Bakery
(Does not stand for already been chewed)

Took a cozy nap

Played on the maypole

And went on a drive/hike

It was a much needed trip to the cabin.

On Sunday we decided that we wanted to paint.
These girls are amazing painters, and I just played
along like I knew what I was doing. It started to get
dark outside, so dad hung up a light for us.

I had a wonderful time with these girls. I have
missed them so much, and I can't wait to spend
more time with them. They are my very best friends.
I am so blessed to have them in my life!!

BL #15, #24, #25

I've been really bad at blogging this summer. I have

accomplished a few of my bucket list goals(The one

where I was suppose to do it in a year, and I probably 

won't finish it until 2031 2013).

#15- Face my fears and go on a roller coaster

I went on a lot of roller coasters in Disneyland, and

I couldn't get enough of them! My fear of roller

coasters are gone.

#24- Loose 5 lbs

I lost 5 lbs at the beginning of the summer.

I managed to gain them all back by the end though.

:/

#25- Make a gift for someone

Ally and I made a collage of Disneyland pictures

for Lydia's birthday gift.