Quotes from Church

Well, today at church was another exciting day in a singles ward. Here are my top 2 favorite quotes said at church today.

1. "What are some of your tempations or sins you have?" said in Sunday school gospel princples class by me. Was it confession time? Where is the priest? Yes, one nonmember in class. I have no excuse. It was one of those moments, where talk and then realize what you did. Luckily, no one confessed any serious sins. I confessed my love of basketball.

2. "It is like facebook for dead people." said by guy giving his talk. What is he referring to? Websites for geneology such as ancestry.com

Everyone needs Fairy Godmothers!

My sister, Annie, bought me fairy godmothers for Christmas. Since my mother is living in Australia, she felt that I needed extra help in surviving for awhile. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are the fairies from Sleeping Beauty. One of my favorite disney films. My favorite part is when the fairies are trying to prepare for Aurora's 16th birthday without using magic. Fauna is trying to bake a cake, she says, "cups, cups, cups" because she doesn't know what it means. I laugh every time.
These ladies sit my room (yes, I am little old to have stuff things in my room.) It reminds me to stay young in my heart. I have ask them for some wishes, they haven't come true, yet.

Payson on the Weekend

This past weekend, I spent most of it in Payson, Utah. (south of Provo, south of Spanish Fork) I spent time with my brother and his family. Here are pictures of our adventures.

Kira wanted to play paintball.


The Girls and I were matching with denim for church.
Heather made a pie for Family FHE!

We made the pie super special with a "B" for Bartholomew.
Yes, you can be jealous of my cooking skills. I designed the top of the pie.

the Countdown begins

I have one week left of finishing my second semester of graduate school. I have lots to do this week. I am trying to stay focused on my school. I finally realized that I have two weeks left before I leave to go home to Raleigh, NC for my sister Colette's wedding. I have lots to do before that two weeks is over. I will also be trained to be an EFY cooridnator again this summer. I will only be working 7 weeks in the Northwest. After Colette's wedding, I fly to Australia to visit my parents for two weeks. Right after that trip, I fly to Seattle to give a graduation speech, then, the next day I fly to Boise, Idaho to start my first week of EFY, then the rest of the summer, I will be in the Northwest (Washington and Oregon). I have to pack for three months. It is sad that I make friends, then turn around to disappear for 3 months. Sounds exciting, yes, I love it. Travel as much as you while you can.

Home Teachers

Well, bless the hearts of home teachers in singles wards. Each partnership has around 8 people on their list. I am amazed that they are able to visit each person or even half, what dedicated home teachers. My home teacher, Paul and another guy in our ward, Nate decided to have a huge dinner and invited their home teachees(13 people and I sure we were missing some people.) Directions were given, but some of us struggled finding the house (because bad directions aka wrong address.) One girl, Delayna went to a house looking for the dinner. Knock on the door and heard someone ask her, "who are you and what do you want?" She replied, "I am looking for Paul." "Paul Peterson?" "I don't know, Paul, my home teacher" (small side note: singles apparently don't learn the last names of people.) The voice quickly answered, "You have the totally wrong house." The voice knew that her Paul (Peterson) is not a member or doesn't do his home teaching. This is why I called Paul, the home teacher, to have him meet me and Rebecca outside of the house. Always verfiy before knocking, a good lesson.

We arrive for dinner, in amidst of a crisis. "Rice, how long does it take to cook? What is the correct water/rice ratio?" Nobody knew. I guess singles don't cook very often, we eat out! Who likes cooking for one? Cooking for more one is overwhelming and scary. I will give the cooks credit, we had a great chicken curry, strawberry/spinach salad, and asphargus. The meal was amazing, surprisly the rice was the most difficult for us.



Great conservation happened during dinner as each of us shared a little bit about ourselves, our favorite scars, and favorite breakfast cereal. Some of the scars were physical and others emotional. We learned alot about each other. Two of the ladies had lived in North Carolina and we knew some of the same people. Small world. Others were from Monoglia, no connections there. (yet!) Give the mormons some time, eventually we all know each other.

Rebecca was so excited to use the back door when we left, because then we didn't have to walk up the big hill home. (Rebecca's calls it a mountain. it is between 4th and 5th avenue on B Street.)

My Favorite Things

Wingers and Bowling

The kids table
Sherrie and Geff
Heather, Brian, and Me?

The Tuckers
Avery wants to Bowl.

My first Jazz Game!

My friend Laura had some tickets to a Utah Jazz Game this week and she invited me. It was great. They defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves. I am not an annoying Jazz fan, but I like the team. My favorite is Deron Williams, not Carlos Boozer.

Pick your favorite Cake!

Two posts in one day, I am sorry, but I realized the past two years I have had amazing friends make some crazy cool cakes.
Princess Cake (March 2008) created by Rebecca and Carrie

Cat in the Hat Cake (March 2007) created by Eric Vail

Strawberry Shortcake (March 2007) created by Candace Draney

My Birthday!

My Birthday has come and gone. My roommate Rebecca and our friend Carrie from the ward decided to throw me a party. It was a tailgate theme with a princess cake.






This cat was jealous and wanted to join the party!