Find the part that's leading you...I know I have!

A friend put me in possession of a stethoscope before my surgery...I never knew how much his sweet note would stay with me through this. But it has...and as I sit here with a lil anxiety and much on my mind I just need to recognize my heartbeat; and REMEMBER!

"When things seem scary, or out of control, take out the stethoscope and listen to your heart beat. When you do, you'll remember who created that heart and how much He loves you. I know He sends His angels to be with us in our hours of affliction, seen or unseen, every beat of that heart they will be by your bedside watching over you."

Welcome in the Sunshine!!

So first off down with daylight savings! Actually I'm excited to get back to having more daylight! I have missed it and it's about time it comes back. Yay for SUNSHINE! But I still think it's a lame concept. But now on to more important ramblings.

I love lil mini road trips. They are always so full of random mishaps and fun surprises. This one was just a short day trip and we stayed overnight. Everything about it was wonderful and Rachel and I even stayed out of trouble! We rock :) We made an appearance at the dance and saw loads of peeps from our ward. Way to represent Crowfeet! Woot woot!

But here's to sleepovers that end up being better than expected and to great friends that are always willing to welcome us into their homes. (esp when I was just there earlier in the week) But we attended some wonderful meetings on Sunday and heard great speakers and beautiful musical numbers; they even threw us one at the fireside that evening! All in all a great end to a fun weekend.

calm in the storm

Alright peeps so first off; where did this snow storm blow in from?! Totally random; I go into a function tonight with a wind storm on our hands with no snow in the forecast. (at least that I was aware of) Come out several hours later to inches of snow-random.

So to sum up my night all I have to say is He did it again. The Lord and his tender mercies were apparent tonight. Long story short a friend and I were left to fend off 15 kids between the ages of 3 and 11 tonight. It kind of just fell in our laps so we were not prepared at all and just played it by ear. I could see the Lord's hand in it all by nights end. It was the calm in what could have been a far worse storm tonight. Sounds awful but really it wasn't that bad - actually it was the best way to have spent a Friday night and in good company but man are we exhausted. Tuckered out but glad to have come home and able to enjoy some yummy hot cocoa goodness!

Things of the past...

TO ITCH OR NOT TO ITCH
One thing I want to tell you about that is such a thing of the past and should totally be done away with is bad reputations. So not cool peeps, and for things that should be given a chance. It's like Eeyore says "weeds are flowers too once you get to know them." So I think Scabies is givin' a bad rep. I mean really now scabies can't be all that bad.

I may end up taking that back if I ever actually have them burrowing in my skin; I'm already itching while I was reading about it. YUCK YUCK YUCK I lied peeps they can never be 'flowers' I would never want this so called scabies. But since I've already typed this all up I shall still post it.

The point of this whole post in its entirety is for Brett. Being such a lovely friend that He is decided that scabies was a wonderful gift to bestow TawnaKins with for her birfday. So to prove Him right we documented the life of scabies (in my eyes anyways this is the life he would live.) Enjoy*

Scabies enjoyin some of the birfday cake
He competed in the olympics with Phelps...and totally won it!!

Scabies LOVES his Coke...I think that TawnaKINS will break him of that habit soon...He enjoyed chillin wit Stephdeezy at the dunes.
TawnaKINS adores Scabies...more scabsters didn't know this was the treatment he'd get. Now he's thinkin twice about not burrowing in.
Even Okey warmed up to himHil wasn't too sure what to thinkHere is Scabie being introduced to DC...the best thing ever (esp on the rocks) duh no brainer

I guess Okey changed her mind about Scabies. Tawna was leaping to save his life. Poor thing never saw it comin'

Just for my TawnaKINS

TawnaKINS!!! I love your sparkling parsonality and the fact that it is your birthday and because of such day the celebrations must begin ASAP. Let's have a party and have lots of fun we can shake our patooties all night looong :D I'm glad you are home from your trip.

Abe say what?!

Abraham Lincoln once stated "And in the end it is not the years in your life that counts; it's the life in your years." I've had several wonderful experiences this week that have helped me back up this very statement. I know that I am far from perfection but it's always nice to know that you can find the Lord in your life. When I see these moments in my day to day living it makes me grateful for the life I am putting into my years. Although I am young I know that I've learned as much as I have because of that. Some ways I feel I put life into my years is through service. And if you listen carefully the Lord will help you know where you need to be to better serve those who may need someone at the moment. I also enjoy to spend time with others whom I feel can teach me something valuable. Thursday night Pancakes are beginning to become pretty consistent and I cherish that time together with my dear friend. It is really the only time I see him each week. All of these make me feel as though I am putting something valuable into my life. It is of worth. :D What are things you feel you do that add worth to your life?

JOY!! Here it is-I found it

So I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a fabulous enrichment meeting this weekend (or women's conference) We had a guest speaker who taught some amazing principles some that I really want to apply in my life. I'll break it down for you; of the two first commandments they have a commonality-LOVE. Perfect for this time of year right? Totally planned? I'm sure of it. But of course there is a forgotten commandment-thou shalt not compare. Duh peeps if you compare you will judge; and who wants to be judged? I say not it-I totally don't want it. So what's the big deal if we do compare? It allows us to be prideful which really ultimatly in the end erodes our self worth. Sad moment if we enable that. We need only compare from within oneself. That's the only individual we should comapre. US! None of us will ever be perfect but we can always be perfecting ourselves. And looking at where we have been and where we are going. If it is not a priority then do away with it. K it's as simple as that. So in the end peeps it's all about compasion; first to ourselves and then to everyone else. Be consistent and always daily be filling your bucket. IT's not hard - only if we make it hard does it become hard.

And a good song to go along with what we were taught this weekend (besides the one that was sung-Daughter of a King) is Man in the Mirror by Micheal Jackson. I used to sing this song all the time as a lil girl! I love it because it starts with you! I'M STARTING WITH THE MAN IN THE MIRROR-I'M ASKING HIM TO CHANGE HIS WAYS-AND NO MESSAGE COULD'VE BEEN CLEARER-IF YOU WANNA MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE-TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF AND MAKE A CHANGE! So let's do it peeps! Loves*

Why did I bother?

So maybe I can't sleep-who's really keeping tabs anyways right? I got home late and I just am not ready to crawl into bed as of yet. So I decided to come up with a list of 25 things I wish I hadn't learned about others or that made me laugh because I love them so much and that's why it's on here either way they were all found through my facebook network. I know lame right ha ha. Enjoy

1. I LOVE to have mashed potatoes and hot chocolate together.
2. I also love dead bumble bees. They are so fuzzy and friendly when they're dead.
3. I secretly enjoy listening to bad rap music
4. I am a closet Donny Osmond fan
5. I have a scar the shape of Florida on my toe.
6. When I was a kid, I would eat gum off the bottom of my shoes and out of the trash can.
7.I have a really good memory. If you give me a date or event, I can usually tell you what I was wearing. (Try it sometime… You won’t be disappointed) haha
8.I brush my teeth in the shower because I am unbelievably messy and I get toothpaste foam all over.
9.I will go a month or more without doing my laundry.
10. My eye doctor recently told me that I sleep with one eye open… How he knows this, I have no idea, but I still think it’s pretty creepy!
11.I absolutely love pickels and peanut butter, together.
12.Taco Bell is my guilty pleasure. It doesn't matter how many times it makes me nauseous, I always come back to it.
13.I worry about everything, including coming up with 25 interesting things to say on this. I have worried about having a child that is disabled or would die, losing a limb and wetting my pants in public and I have no idea why.
14.I don’t have any sweat glands in my armpits and I also don’t have arm pit hair… lucky, I guess.
15.I have peed my pants to see what it feels like. On multiple occasions.
16.When I was younger I was convinced that I would die from spontaneous combustion
17. I have seen my four siblings naked. Some by accident and some on purpose. My little brother slid down my arm, naked, when he mooned me and fell over on me.
18. I can sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star backwards.
19.I mulled over the decision to open a facebook account for a week, just to look at a friends photo album, and was going to close it immeadiately after.
20.After I poop, I turn around and look at the size
21.I always snag a straw from the places we go to.. it's the little things that make me happy.
22. I once got stuck in the antlers of a deer but was pulled out before getting hurt to much.
23. I have an extreme tolerance to medication, I have taken 5 times what killed Heath Ledger in one sitting intravenously (Sorry...too soon? lol).
24. I kinda pee a lot... it's unnatural.
25.I have a fake tooth, short pinky, fat ankles, and a knee cap that pops out. My mum says that I will never get married. She forgets that she has short pinkies too. That didnt stop her.

25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You

So let me tell you all first that this is the best article that I happened upon...we all know that if we've been keeping up on our facebook that we have at least been tagged more than several times to finally push you to do the 25 things note. Well read this article it will make you laugh and it may just make you grateful you aren't friends of friends of friends that wrote these facts...ha ha ha. ENJOY!


A girl I knew in high school has memorized all of Janet Jackson's dance routines. A college acquaintance is afraid of train whistles. Five separate people harbor lifelong desires to visit New Zealand. How do I know these things? Because they won't stop writing about them on Facebook! (See the 50 best websites of 2008.)

Facebook's "25 Things About Me" meme seems harmless enough; people write 25 facts about themselves and post them on their Facebook pages, just as they do with videos, status updates and photos of last weekend's party. An estimated 5 million of these notes — that's 125 million facts — have appeared on the website within the past week. Assuming it takes someone 10 minutes to come up with their list, this recent bout of viral narcissism has sent roughly 800,000 hours of worktime productivity down the drain. (Read "Does Facebook Replace Face Time or Enhance It?")

But it's just so stupid. Most people aren't funny, they aren't insightful, and they share way too much. Facebook is a loose social network; a "friend" on Facebook might translate to someone you'd barely recognize in real life. I don't care that my college roommate's sister is anemic or that my stepcousin's boyfriend gets nervous around old people (apparently he's afraid they're going to die). (See the best social-networking applications.)

Below are 25 facts I wish people hadn't told me about themselves. They come from friends, friends-of-friends, friends-of-friends-of-friends and coworkers. They are all real, though I wish some of them were not.

1. I eat tacos with a fork.
2. I was fat in middle school. The wake of that horror has yet to subside.
3. I keep forgetting that Barack Obama is our President. (See pictures of Obama behind the scenes on Inauguration Day.)
4. I have been pooped on by a monkey. (See the top 10 animal stories of 2008.)
5. I am addicted to the ass-slap dance move. Sometimes I don't even notice I'm doing it.
6. When I finally told my now fiancé that I liked him (as in, liked him liked him), I drunkenly gave him the Anchorman line, "I want to be on you." He had only seen the movie once and had no idea what it was from.
7. Just because I realize that Asian women are smarter, more attractive, and have about themselves a generally superior level of class does not mean I have a fetish. Just that I'm racist.
8. I eat gummy bears by tearing them limb from limb and eating their heads last.
9. I can't grow hair on my arms.
10. Two of my best friends are under five feet tall and I have an intense fear of midgets.
11. I think yoga is incredibly spiritual. I know the Lord is with me in my downward dog. (See pictures of facial yoga.)
12. I was born with jaundice.
13. I was born pigeon-toed.
14. I was born with an extra kidney. I wish I could have sold it on the black market and made some money, but it was underdeveloped and did nothing but cause me to wet the bed until the third grade.
15. I like to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it would be like to be a dinosaur.
16. A horse once fell over while I was riding it.
17. I don't believe in democracy.
18. I cried when Spock died in Star Trek II. (See the top 10 1950s sci-fi movies.)
19. I drink two glasses of wine every night before bed. Wait, did I just admit to alcoholism?
20. If you asked me to tell you my favorite movie, I would have a hard time not saying Titanic. (See the 100 best movies of all time.)
21. I once sent a teacher into early retirement by pretending to be a cheetah and swiping at her from under a desk.
22. I once ran into New Kids On the Block's Joey McIntyre in the lobby of an off-Broadway show. I told him he was the first boy I ever loved. He laughed and kind of smiled. This was the most gratifying moment of my life.
23. My friends say that when they shave my back, I purr like a walrus.
24. I don't understand what people see in the Godfather trilogy.
25. Sometimes I think pee smells like Cheerios.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I've finally found something more stupid than Twitter.

Wedding bells!

Jenn and Josh got married on the 2nd! But not before throwing Jenni a surprise bridal partay! But not without first a good pampering at the salon. Too fun! Anyways, Ashlee and I planned it almost too perfect; and getting Joshua involved which had at any second the chance of blowing up in our faces. (He is not so bueno at keeping things hush hush) Anyways worrying right up to last possible second it ended up going off without a hitch and Jenn was in complete aww and shock! Woot woot just what we were going for. It was fun to have the proud mothers there and some close gals. All in all what a wonderful night! Pictures to come ;) So now the wedding has come and gone and oh what a beautiful day it was. We arrived in the AM to help Jenn with hair and makeup and he mum followed a few hours later with dad and Grant in tow...she sent them out for food. Phew they were getting bored and fast thank goodness for mothers to know what to do. The weather was wonderful and the company was great! Not one thing was missing we had a magnificent day full of love, laughter and joy! Who knows what would've happened had I not set them up thank goodness for friends who know best ha ha! Okay maybe I take more credit than is due but I love it either way!

Pretty-ugly sweaters

Okay okay so I know ugly sweaters are a must when in attendance at an ugly sweater party but I couldn't resist buying this one. It was too garsh darn cute to pass up...so I guess you could say I had one of the cutest ugliest sweaters on the block. Woot woot! Well anyways thanks to Tawna for insisting on a photo with me for which not it would not be possible to see what mine looked like. Honestly I loved Tawna's though it was pricelessly too good for words!

One fine metallic element: aka Copper Mtn.

So we made some lame o decision to get up at the butt crack of dawn...all the while knowing it would be worth it. We went to COPPER MOUNTAIN! Love love loved it! It was great to people watch and enjoy loads of hot chocolate! The weather was great and I hear there was great powder! Unfortunately I was unable to actually get the chance to carve it out today...seeing as I made the silly mistake of injuring myself last month. Oh well it was still beautiful out and great to be there! I love the winter time!

Longboarding turkey style in the ER

So let's see here-it's been a while because well I was a lil 'under the weather' you could say. But not really. You see the Crowfeeters had a turkey day eve celebration and you can't enjoy the eve holidays any less than the actually holidays themselves. At least for me anyways I love the day before festivities. So of course what do I do? Take advantage of some awesome weather! I conquered a massive path behind B's house today and we lost track of time so much so that we were late feeding Elders which in turn made us early for arrival at the church to help set up. No idea how that works but hey it happens. But the night was a hit we threw down some great grub enjoyed a holiday skit with some great commentary throughout the night. I think the best line of the night was when in line getting food. Just before eating Wil and I were in the kitchen looking at these jiggly round pathetic excuses of being cranberries when we thought well we can't just serve it like this. Hmm lightbulb lets mash it in a bowl. So in line nearin the end we are entertained by a one Jason Prusse who wants cranberries. He steps right in between me and Wil and says and I quote "oohh cranberries" his eyes taking in the several options presented before Him and then no joke he gets a spark in his eyes as he comes across the 'mashed' ones "awesome and someone even brought legit ones! They're the best!" and starts shoveling a good three heaping spoonfuls onto his plate and walks away like a lil boy that just got a bike for christmas. Wil and I were bustin up! Love it people! So then of course after the shin dig and deciding that we were def not going to see Twilight with everyone else we think on it and say hey let's go longboarding. Genious idea right? So we go and pick up not just Wil's board but his bro Jim as well. And we hit the road. So you enjoyin the play by play because it only gets better. So we're all enjoying the fresh pavement the smooth ride and the crisp november air. Nobody ate it at all we had a blast and by the end of the night Jim was limping and Wil got up to 28 mph at one point. So we get back to Jim and Ang's and oops Wil let's the cat out of the bag and mentions Jim got on the board. Def not our fight to fight ha ha so not funny but it totally was. Ang was not happy. So than onto later that night and me hopping on one foot and crawling into my house in the wee hours of the morning; regretting coming home in the first place. I awake the next morning with the dark cloud over my day of telling my parents I'm going to the ER. Well actually let me tell you how it went down. I crawl up the stairs and hop over to somewhere; not my first choice of a seat but long story short I couldn't walk. I had a swollen foot. My mum looks at me and says "hmm well I guess you better just stay off it for the day." Now I had to explain to her that that wasn't an option. I was in SO much pain but neither parent had interest in doing anything about it because they were oppossed to my whole longboarding thing as it was to begin with. So here I am waiting for my sister who was dragged out of bed at like 7 am to take me to the ER where I got to have my own room and watch the Turkey parade where all I remember is Buzz Lightyear.While I sat there and had to explain what longboarding even is and had lame xrays and ice packs and lame stuff. I had to explain that a week earlier I had taken a fall on some bad ice and already hobled around; I didn't need this. Especially after I had just been through this a week before. Well yay for casts right because that's what they wanted to do but I talked them down to a walking boot. So imagine the response I got from Ang that night when I show up at the Craig's and she can't do anything but shake her head. Oh well I'm not letting this small set back put me out for the season. So I had a boot now I dont and I have a lame brace that doesn't even help so I don't wear it and it's snowing outside now so I'm happy because of that and I get to go to the parade of lights tonight I have a fun Christmas party every weekend for the next three weeks so I'm trying to stay excited for that and of course this means Christmas music 22/5 because I got to throw in some other stuff as well into the mix. I LOVE SNOW! Doin it Gilmore style is my is my fave...bundled up walking around with lights and snow~it's the best!

poledancing 101

Don't let the title deceive you-I toally mean it. I went along with Michelle to 'a girls night' and let me tell you I don't think it'll happen again for a while. Long story short it ended with the boys showing up and giving pointers on you guessed it; poledancing. I'm glad Wil rescued me when He did. Before it got a little too wild. Don't you worry - video to come shortly.

Wednesdays ruin my life!

SO I made a decision last night that pretty much ruined most likey my life at least up till turkey day. Ugh so what did I decide to do last night that could sound that rough?! Well I went bowling...not just any kind of bowling but the kind where you pay a dollar to sit there ALL night and socialize with others you usually don't talk to all the while you'd rather be in bed. That's right I bowled a poor game last night and for what?! Just to watch my bedtime come and pass. Now I remember why I always told myself I wasn't going to ever go ever again! Because now it's thrown me off. I slept in which of course made me not too happy because I wasn't able to run this morning...which than makes me a grump. Okay it's lame I know because it's all based on that one singular decision I made to go bowling. So listen to me when I tell you-DON't go bowling...you should know better.

p.s. don't let this picture deceive you...all of this was cheap entertainment until we got to go...Wil just wanted to flirt all night; try and get his game back after being gone two years...props to him for having gotten two more numbers to add to his collection of girls to ask out. If he ever gets up the courage to do it. Oh and if you are wondering why I didn't up and leave HE is the reason...what dumb girl decided it would be a good idea to drive together??

Where's Waldo?

So what better way to spend a Friday off then to play where's waldo 3-D at the mall...so in other words play with real people I guess. But I was asked to dress up as a jail-bird! What the tuna right?! Ashlee and I enjoyed time spent finding our wardrobe for the festivities. We even talked Wil into joining in on the fun! So upon arrival at said destination we discovered many others dressed out of this world. It was a fun time and we enjoyed doing some shopping in between being found by others.

Quilting Pancakes

Okay so not like I actually quilted pancakes but I did enjoy both interests today. I was excited when I awoke because it was all you can eat dollar pancakes at McDonalds; which I helped with so I was excited to go. Hannah, Jacob and I were so excited! Can I tell you I have never enJoyed pancakes unless it involves chocolate syrup and chocolate chips...every six weeks when feeding the sisters. So being the hater I am I didn't think I'd like them-but I loved them! Way delicious!

Afterwards I dropped the kids off and headed home to tell my mum I took on the bishops quilt for his farewell party. Which meant ALL of it. LOL So I did what any daughter would do and recruited; mother and the sister missionaries. So we headed to the quilt store to get fabric and let me tell you those quilt ladies at the store couldn't get rid of us fast enough...it's as if we were ruining their lives by shopping there. I'm not bitter. So the sisters met up at my house and we went to work. We made a good dent within a couple hours so upon semi completion we decided to go out tracting; the weather was great and the company couldn't have been better! I love sister Kimball and Menke!

Anyways by six that night I was home all by myself doing absolutley nothing but piddling around accomplishing nothing. ha ha so let's waste time; which fyi I love to do-watching Gilmore Girls! So that's my Saturday night; hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

All Time Low

So I had a very bad day yesterday...ha ha not really. But it was an All Time Low. Ashlee and I were all pumped up to see them in concert and what a life ruining moment when we discovered...SOLD OUT!! What in the world-it was not a happy moment. Although we still had fun it would have been better with the concert. Next time right? WE tried to make up for our sadness by going to the Apple store. Didn't hit the spot but just enough to make us happy for a moment; we even ran into some peeps from crowfeet...

Alamosa or bust!

So this weekend I was livin' it up in Alamosa! Holy cheese on rice; it was INCREDIBLE!!! I loved it! And although it was stinkin' cold that didn't stop us from having fun! With all the traveling I've been doing this last month and then some I am grateful for all that I have learned! Because I truly have learned so much and also made some great new friends...so back to Alamosa. Rach, B and I stayed with Bekah in the dorms and it was great to just have time together. Going to the sand dunes was just breathtaking and B gave a great analogy of if the valley was a bedroom the dunes would be that corner where it's always dirty ha ha okay I'm thinking it was funnier when He said it. So anyways I'm thinkin God is pretty cool with all the beauty He surrounds us with. Man it was just so gerorgeous; with the fall colors and all the architecture and just all of it. There is so much history in that small city. Anyways I think I go a lil' overboard sometimes with the picture taking but I'll get some up shortly. Oh and yay for roadtrips where you get to jam to music that you normally wouldn't :)

All hallows eve plannin

So I've been thinking a lot about how I can be a thug! Halla! Straight trippin' boo! Somethin like that. Anyways ideas?? No but really that's what I decided to do for Halloween this year. Wes and I were going to go for the whole Where's Waldo thing but I just wasn't diggin it no more. So now I got an excuse to wear my grill!!