nineteen.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

My mom is so cute. Listen to what she has done for me this weekend.. She let my dad take me on a date for my birthday on Thursday night. 

We ate some nasty food at Rainbow Gardens. and some even nastier cake.

My dad called it chalk-late cake. cause it tasted like chalk.

Then yesterday, she took me to get a massage

and we had a movie night with my grandparents and Wendy and her cute boys. 

This morning she took me to breakfast at iHOP and she paid for me to get a pedicure. She took me shopping for a few new accessories and items of clothing. 

She pretended to take me to a BAR in order to get me out of the house so that half of my entire extended family could hide behind the couch and surprise me with a Bunko birthday party. 

AND to top it all off... tomorrow, I get Better Than Sex Cake. :) mmmmm.

AND THAT IS WHY MY MOMMY IS MY BEST FRIEND. 

A big thanks to my family for spending their night with me, my sweet friends who came to visit me as well. And for all of the facebook Birthday wishes. It has been the best birthday EVER! :)

Here's the bar story: (:

I LOVE peanut butter. & we were driving toward Enterprise. There are no resturaunts in Enterprise and I was starving. My mom is witty!

"You're 19 now, I'm taking you to the bar to get a peanut butter burger." 

"Mom, I can't go in the bar!" 

"Yes you can. You just can't drink."

"Dad and the boys are going to the Priesthood Session and we're going to eat at the bar."

"I heard they have great peanut butter burgers at the bar!"

"Who told you that?"

"A guy at my work..."

"One who has been in jail?!?!" (I was thinking about the fact that drunk people go to jail.And that my mom throws people in jail.)

"No the copy guy!"

My mom proceeded to tell me about the copy guy and his peanut butter burgers...

"I love peanut butter mom! We better really be getting peanut butter burgers or else I am going to be mad."

We pulled up to the bar....

You have to be 21.

I didn't want to trespass.. Especially not after a day filled with the spirit of conference.

So no peanut butter burger today.. Someday...

Today was a great day to turn n.i.n.e.t.e.e.n.

Hunger Games. PUKE.

THE HUNGER GAMES.

Disgusting.

I tried to read the book. I started it back when everyone in the world was obsessed with how wonderful it was. I was probably a chapter or two into the book and I was already struggling with the concept when it was brought up at a family dinner. I pretty much idolize my aunt Wendy and I'm sure her opinions about the book contributed to my decision to put it back on the shelf. We discussed the fact that The Hunger Games is entirely about children killing children and that it is wrong. Wendy mentioned that the book is very political and it portrays real issues as fictional in this novel. I felt sorry that I couldn't participate in the discussion. Wendy was alone in her opinions because the rest of the family loved the book.. The heated discussion came to an end..

I put The Hunger Games away.

And I didn't think about it for quite a while.

Until it was announced that they were making a movie.

Corbin and I went and saw it. Just randomly... I came home for the weekend.

 We were all going to go to bed and I said, "Hey Corb! Let's go see the Hunger Games." 

So we did.

It was fun.

I bawled my eyes out when Rue died.

I am pretty sure that I didn't stop crying until the movie was over.

It was a very well made movie, I think.

Great acting.

I love Liam Hemsworth.

Katniss should kiss him instead.

BUT I HATED IT.

It's horrible and it shouldn't be for children.

I wanted to throw up.

That is all.

Kylie Ann

Happy BIRTHDAY to my very best friend in the whole wide world!

Ky Ky,

I would just like you to know that I am so insanely happy that you were born nineteen years ago. Woah you're 19.. and getting older and I'm right behind you. Before we know it, our bodies will be wrinkled.. or dead.... 

I don't know what I would do without you. I am so lucky to have a friend like you. Even with the distance that college has put between us, we have still managed to keep in touch and to make time for each other. Not many people care to stay friends with their high school pals but we have. 

True friendship.

Here's to some of the good times we've had.. SO FAR. May there be many, many more.

(in no particular or chronological order..)

May the next nineteen years of our lives be as great as the last three have been... while having you as my best friend.

I love you Kylie Ann Hoopes. 

I hope that you had the most wonderful 

birthday 

EVER. 

xoxoxo

♥

A-Day

My first day officially WORKING as an A-Teamer-- outside of phone calling!


Today seriously was so great. I wasn't scheduled for anything specific, so I just got to help with random necessary tasks. I spent most of my time working at the SOAR table taking people's money! It was wonderful. 


I met lots of incoming students and their parents...


I got free food....

and a photo with Big Blue! 

I have been dying to get a picture with Big Blue. He always leaves the basketball games before I can get to him! But I finally got my picture. Happiness.

I also was given an autographed picture of Jameson... 

(given= I forced Jameson to autograph his own photo for me to keep!)

And I got a picture with Jameson & the autographed picture together!

I love Utah State! I love my job. I love the A-Team. I love everyone on the A-Team.  I love helping the adorable, lost, new students find their way in the USU world and I am so excited for this summer to be able to do that almost every day while building life-long lasting relationships with my amazing coworkers! Life is wonderful. I am so blessed.

Today was a great day.