Getting caught up with life

Well, it's been over two years since I posted. I kept telling my self to update my blog, but when I got around to it, I couldn' remember my user name and password. I also started using Facebook more to communicate with friends and family. The one thing that remains constant in my life, is that I'm still hiking almost every Saturday.

Summer Hiking 2009

This Summer Starting in June My dad and I have been hiking around to several waterfalls starting in Utah County. I found a website called http://www.utah.com/hike. It has been so much fun to find hikes around here. Our first was Timponogos Hike, which was up American Fork Canyon. It was 1 mile long. Our second, was Battle Creek Falls in the town of Pleasant Grove. Again it was short and not as spectacular. but fun. The third was Dry Creek Falls up Alpine Canyon. That was close to four miles round trip. That was difficult for me and we had to share the trail with horses. The fourth, was Bell Canyon in Sandy, on Wasatch Blvd. That was again four miles round trip. The fifth, was Donut Falls, up ( Big or Little Cotton Wood Canyon) I can't remember the different between the two. This was short, but we tried running the whole way. The cool part here is that while were were running we saw a moose. He was more afraid of us. He was 30 feet from us. I think out of most of the days it has been cloudy and overcast. That makes for the best hiking days of the summer. I am starting to enjoy it. I love the scenery.









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Fun Email, To Pass on...

I received a fun email this week from my mom. I followed the instructions below. It was a lot of fun to see other peoples answers.
Where is your cell phone?
chargingYour significant other?
none

Your hair? multi
Your mother?
spontaneous

Your father?
workaholic
Your favorite thing?
Peace
Your dream last night? Phlebotomy

Your favorite drink? none
Your dream/goal?
Marriage
health
toned
What room are you in?
front
your hobby?
PhotographyYour fear?
OceanWhere do you want to be in 6 Yrs?
Ultrasonographer
mission
Minnesota
Where were you last night? Phlebotomy
Something that you aren't?
patient
Muffins?
chocolatechipWish list item?
House
cabin
Lakeside
Last thing you did?
gardening
What are you wearing?
Shorts
TV? Love
Your pets?
none
Friends?
lots
Your life?
great
Your mood?
happy
Missing someone?
Jodi
Drinking?
nope
Smoking?
NO
Your car?
Sportage
Something you're not wearing?
socks
Your favorite store ?
Electronic
Your favorite color? Blue
When is the last time you cried? Friday
Who will resend this?
Jodi
Where do you go to over and over?
Kitchen
Five people who email me regularly?
(texts) Hillary, mom, Jodi, Janelle,
My favorite place to eat? O.G.
Place I'd like to be at right now? Beach
Four people I think will respond ?
Katharine, Katie, mom, Janelle, Jodi

50 First Dates Challenge

In High School I would ask out guys if I needed to find a date. I had guts. That was ten years ago. Time passed and I figured that guys should be the ones to ask girls out, but it hasn't really been succeeding. I haven't been on very many dates lately. In the past year, I have bee on....maybe one date and that was probably a blind date. Yes I know pathetic. You don't need to point it out. So here is a challenge for myself get a second date nomatter howmany first bad dates I go on. I am guessing that will be around firty first dates. I will do the asking or if any of my kind friends out there feel up to it they may set me up on a blind date. This does challenge me cause I haven't asked out a guy in a long time. It really is difficult for me to ask guys out. Its the feeling of rejecting that sucks. I am hoping I will get over that. don't worry I will write about each of the stories and rejections. This challenge starts in the next three weeks.

St. Patricks Day Cookies for FHE

I have started really enjoy cooking. Especially baking sweets. so I volunteered to make cookies with a friend. What I didn't know is that my sister-in-laws batch makes that much dough. We baked alot of cookies. close to 50, but they were delicious. This was my friend Kate's frist time making sugar cookies. It was fun.

Easter Tradition

My family has many traditions. I could go on about several of them. Easter is a favorite. Everyone is always involved. Down to the meals we eat, or the easter egg hunt we have. We all have a blast. I have no idea when it started or why, but I would say close to 20 years (You can post if I am wrong on that) we have had an Easter egg hunt with plastic eggs that have money coins. Sometimes 20 dollars in them or sometimes two pennies. This year everyone was here on April 12Th. my younger brother and parents hid close to 150 eggs around our neighbors yard and ours for neices and nephews to find. Of course that required help from parents. There were two eggs with 20 dollars in them. They stumped even the adults. Adam found one egg with a twenty and Nathan the other. We also frosted sugar cookies and sang Happy Birthday to mom with cupcakes Stacy and Brandon made. Overall it was fantastic. We also had a big dinner. Top it off with some Guitar Hero for some competition and call it great!

I'm Bella

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!
I am a Twilight fan, and got this quiz off of my friends blog. That was really fun to see the results I hope to hear from some of you. I thought it was pretty accurate about my personality. Twilighters anonymous said this "You are observant, diplomatic and often aim to please. You are unaware of your attractiveness and despite being uncomfortable with any form of attention, people enjoy your company. You can be impatient, stubborn and headstrong, but you are true to your word and mature for your age, often taking care of your family and enjoying a good book over chatting with girlfriends on the phone".

New York Baby... What a Place!

Most of my family knows that I was heading to New York City for my Birthday. (Which almost didn't happen because my mom was trying to back out). Can you imagine me in NY, Manhattan all bymyself.. Yeah not gonna happen. It all started because I actually found a Musical that I had to go see, yes I am admitting that I wanted to see Legally Blonde: The Musical. However its last show was October 19, 2008. I went to New York, October 28. So I got over my shock and saw 3 other muiscals. Some at discounted prices because we told the genteman ticket salesman that it was my birthday that evening so we saw Hairspray for $65 a ticket. Amazing! We also went and saw Wicked, and Jersey Boys. We were told that Jersey Boys was supposed to have all these awards and the music be amazing, but my mom and found the language to be horrible, so we walked out. My favorite was Wicked!

The morning of my Birthday October 29, 2008, (which this year I accidentally told someone it was October 28) I think I am getting old; we went to the Manhattan Temple. Yay.

Me waiting in line for a ferry to take us to the statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. It was a long line that day. I am glad we went, my mom hadn't gone since she was 16 years old and last time I was in New York they wouldn't let us becuase it was too soon after 9-11.

Twilight Series Fan...

Last week I just finished the fourth book of twilight and I can hardly wait for the movie to come out. It's not untill December. If you haven't read the books yet, I would suggest reading them.

Thank Heavens for dads....... who bring Tennis Shoes

Some of you may know that I work at a Vetrinarian Clinic as their receptionist in Alpine. Some of my responsibilities include scheduling appointments, taking messages for the doctor, and taking care of the dogs or cats on the weekends. Occasionally I will come home with stories about the animals. About a month ago I had one such story about a dog named Meiko. As I recall it was July and a Saturday and I wore Flip flops to work (big mistake). Meiko, who is a Mastiff bread, loves to bite your toes after she is done going to the bathroom. That day I had to call for reinforcements (my dad) to survive the rest of the day) He brought me my tennis shoes. Yah for dad!

Meiko ! Trying to chase a car.

As luck would have it she was coming back to be boarded for two whole weeks! I learned my lesson and wore tennis shoes every day. However this time I took pictures. I had help from two girls running the snoasis shac in our parking lot. Thanks to them for these two shots of Meiko chewing on my toes.

3 seconds later she is trying bite my toes. No joke.

I really do like this dog. she actully licks my face once I get her in the cage.

Yay it came!

My digital SLR Canon Rebel XTI camera. I have been waiting for it for weeks. My parents say I have been stocking the package in the mail. I say, I was just making sure it arrived safely. It is so amazing. I don't really know how to take picture of that camera. This is a picture I took with my new camera and lenses.

Nick names

The other day my brother (Adam )complained that extended family was calling him skadds. It was a pretty ingenious Nickname for him however we have never called him that growing up and he thinks he is way too old for the nicknames now being 23 and all. However i still get called Hibbs and I am 27, and actully still like being called that. I guess it's just a personal thing. so my question to all you fellow friends of blogging is; what are your past nicknames you have had, which ones do you hate, and which ones do you stick have now? please send your comments.

American Idol Fan Through and Through

I watched all of American Idol this season. I couldn't believe David Cook won.
I loved both Cook and Archie. But i wanted Archie to win.

Guitar Hero III

I wrote earlier about getting a Guitar Hero III for the Nintendo Wii, and that I would post some pictures when I finally got them. This picture is funny because my cousin called me at work and asked when I was getting home just so we could play Guitar Hero. We played for atleast two hours it would have been longer for me, but I went on a blind date later that evening.

Mission Reunion

I recently attended my mission reunion after being home for over four years. There were maybe four or five that I knew and that I served with. Thankgoodness we put on those silly nametags because after four years I could only remember some of their names and it is quite humiliating asking them again. This is a picture of me and my mission Presiden Evans.

April Fools

No one played any jokes on me this year. I did want to log on and report that my family got together and did go bowling. we do it every other month. We do it so often, that we don't take pictures any more.
However, Our new hobby is the guitar hero for Wii. That is alot of fun. I haven't had time to take pictures yet, and I am still on easy. We did find time to buy a second guitar so that we don't have to share anymore. quite ironic. So instead here is the bowling for Wii.

Projects I've completed Around The House

Love Neices and Nephews

This past week was my neices birthday. Addison turned six. Every time Hannah Montana turned on the t.v. she would start singing the songs, and so I thought it would be great to take her to the Hannah Montana Concert slash movie. When I got there the movie tickets were $15 each. I couldn't very well, tell her we were leaving, so we stayed. And she loved it. Later that night I get these two videos on my cell phone from her mom. It explains all her excitement. I love being an aunt, and seeing the kids. The little funny moments. Are a hute!



Her younger brother loves to do everything she does. Here is Parks' version of Hannah Montana.

Wii Popularity

I received the Nintendo Wii for Christmas 2007, with sports games, and have been learning to play it since.

This is my mom and dad playing. We laughed at how close my mom got to the T.V. As if the T.V wasn't big enough. She thought it was helping the closer she got to the T.V.