My Boyfriend is Hot (on and off the court)

Ok, I don't mean to bore you with 2 blogs within the space of 10 minutes, but who knows when I'll have the chance to blog again. Life is nothing less than CRAZY this semester. I have a few free minutes right now, so I will share some of my thoughts.

-I got the high score on my microbiology test. This is pretty luxury because it was a very hard/tricky test. I felt very proud of myself.

-I'm digging the new OneRepulic song "Stop and Stare." It's very good, ya'll should check it out.

-The Jazz have reclaimed the top spot in the Northwest division. Kyle helped win last nights game against Houston with 2 3-pointers with a few minutes to go. And then tonight he made an amazing 3-pointer in the last minute of the game to put the Spurs away for good. I work tomorrow, up in SLC, I wonder where the Jazz boys hang out?? Haha. JK. But, I'm planning on going to the game against Golden State on the 19th. That should be a good game, mainly because Baron Davis is a pretty amazing player. I wonder what it would take to trade him to our team?

-The weather in Utah is officially unluxury. We basically had a white out today. My poor Aunt Sara was involved in a massive pile-up, but escaped but was pretty beaten up. Her car was totalled. I'm a little nervous about driving to SLC in the morning.

-I still love Kyle Korver. I just thought I would put that in for good measure.

-I have a lucky Jazz sweatshirt, and whenever I wear it the Jazz win.

-I think that I'm going to finish writing my paper on the communication of plants using the underground information superhighway. Rather unluxury, yet still interesting. If I ever need to perform dental procedures on plants, I'll definitely know how they communicate. Yah. Good night.

Stand A Little Taller

As most of you know our beloved Prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley passed away yesterday. He was such a wonderful example and such an inspiration. He is the prophet that I have grown up with, and it will be a little weird not to have him helping to encourage us on. President Hinckley always inspired the youth of the church to try to be a little better everyday. I found this great link with a few highlights of his life and talks:

http://photo.byu.edu/video.php?cat1=Slide%20Shows&cat2=General&cat3=2008&cat4=Hinckley%20Tribute

And from it I pulled these little phrases which help to remind me of the wonderful spirit of our reveered prophet:

"Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better, give it your very best, you will never again have such an opportunity."

"Stand a little taller, rise a little higher, be a little better."

I will miss President Hinckley, but I know that the sweet reunion between him and Sister Hinckley must have been truly amazing.

I'm Not Blonde.....I Promise

Ok, so everyone has those times when they say things without thinking about them, or do really stupid things. Unfortunately some of us have this happen more than others. I had one such moment today, and it caused me to think back on some of the other "Blonde" moments I've had in my life. Here is a brief account.

-A couple of years ago we went to Hawaii in the middle of January, so when we flew back to SLC there was of course snow. My dad, being the very caring father that he is, parked the car in the parking garage so we wouldn't have to go through the hassle of getting on and off the buses. So, we walk into the garage and there are a bunch of cars with snow on them. So I say, "How did these cars get snow on them if they're inside??" DUH. Everyone had a good laugh at my expense.

-I get really confused whenever my dad tries to explain professional sports to me. I like to watch, but I really don't care if I understand.

-Whenever anyone tries to explain to me how to drive a manual transmission car, I get utterly confused and ask why you wouldn't just drive an automatic in the first place.

-To start I don't find this one particularly funny. But, one night I was playing this game with my friends, where you write down names of people and then you have to go around and try to get people to guess them. So, the name on the paper was Peewie Herman, and the clue was that he lived in a cartoon house on t.v. I blurted out Blue's Clue's and everyone immediately started laughing for like 5 minutes. To this day I don't even understand what was so funny. I guess it has to do with the fact that they're all like 5 years older than me, and I remind them of that often.

-So, ya know the song Feel Good Inc. by the Gorillaz? Well, there is a part at the beginning of the song, and I always sing it as "Shucka, Shucka" but one day while Jac and I were driving and I was singing along she said that wasn't right. Listen to the song, and I think you'll agree with me.

-One time my friend Stef and I were going to the movies. I pulled out my card to pay and put it through the machine. It didn't work and the lady told me to do it again. It kept saying there was an error reading the card, so the lady tried to do it on another machine, but it still wouldn't work. I KNEW there was money on it, so I was just like what the?? Finally I take a look at my card and realize it's my ATM card and not my debit card. Man did I feel stupid.

Ok, so I promise I'm not stupid!!! Really. I did very well on my microbiology test today, which was very hard. Sometimes I just think that I concentrate so hard on school, that when I'm not studying I let my mind relax a little too much. Oh well. It provides for a lot of good comic relief.

What an amazing guy

As if I really need another reason to love Kyle Korver.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1200&u_sid=10240081
Isn't he just amazing?!?

The Guide To Being Luxury

This is a how to guide to living a "Luxury Life." (It is meant for entertainment purposes only, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Hahahaha.) Only 95% of this is based on my actual life.

You must only shop at luxury stores.

*Target - select items only.

You must have these luxury products in your purse at all times. Evian water bottle (do not refill with tap water).
Trident Cool Colada gum
Mac lipgloss, pink only. (Don't let Camille steal it).

You must have luxury gadgets. HP Laptop

Ipod Nano Razr phone (only pink).

You must listen to luxury music. Gwen Stefani
Michael Buble
The Spice Girls

You must have luxury celebrity crushes. The athlete, Kyle Korver.
The actor, Orlando Bloom.
The musician, Chris Carrabba.

You must only use Bath and Body Works Sweet Pea bath products. Conditioner
Shampoo
Body Cream

You must only have Dooney & Bourke handbags and accessories. Luggage
Watches, "bling"
Purse

You must only wear perfume with pink packaging. Envy Me
Lili Bermuda
Pink Sugar

You must only drive luxury vehicles, and they must be black.

BMW
Cadillac
Porsche

You must only stay at hotels with the word "grand" in the title.

Grand America
Grand Californian
Grand Wailea

You must only use luxury phrases, such as:

-"Hey, Ya'll!"

-"How unluxury."

-"Awkward."

Most importantly, you must believe in yourself and have the mindset that you are luxury.

A Must See

I am usually not one to endorse going out and seeing R rated movies, but I highly recommend this one. Yes, it's bloody, but the blood looks very fake. It's a little gorry, but overall I think it is in a satiric manor. Plus, the soundtrack and acting are AMAZING. I've always thought Johnny Depp was genious, but this film puts him over the top. He acts, talks and sings in a British accent. So, go watch this movie. I'm sure you won't be dissappointed (you may not want to eat right beforehand!!).

Playing Catch Up

So, I've totally been a blog slacker the past little while. I will try to remedy this by catching up on all the goings-on in the past 2 weeks.

The week after Christmas, Chrissi, Don, Pete, and the kiddos came up to visit us. Apparantly, Gabby taught Haydan how to play her favorite game, ANTM (America's Next Top Model).:

We had lots of fun with them here. We went up to Soldier Hollow to go sledding, went to the Train restaurant in Heber (Grandpa's favorite) and did lots of shopping and playing. Chrissi also bought lots of clothes, most of which I already own. So, we could probably dress like twins for a week. (By the way Chrissi, I wore the dress today that we got like red and black, and it is very cute.)

Peter and I had planned on going skiing/snowboarding on friday after going sledding. Apparently my sister's were not to keen on this idea and complained that they were intentionally uninvited. This was definitely not the case. We just wanted to go and we didn't think it was that big of a deal. We ended up going with Don (who picked snowboarding right up after 10 years, way to go) and the Awkward. For the rest of the trip, Peter and I made sure to invite the girls EVERYWHERE we went, just to prove a point!

On saturday, Peter and I went up to my work Christmas party at the Little America. It was nice, but just not as luxury as the Grand America. Oh well. Peter also drove me past the Delta Center so that I could see the giant poster of D. Will hanging on the side of the building. That was highyly luxury. Thanks, Pete.

And then our luxury cousins had to go home. But, we are excited to go see them sometime soon.

And then, I started my final semester of school. I'm takng some killer classes this semester, so don't be surprised if this blog doesn't get updated all that often.

Last weekend I went to the Jazz game with my friends Stef, Rob, and Tyler. It was a lot of fun and luckily the Jazz won.

I decided that when I am a rich orthodontist, I will buy season tickets to the basketball team (which will not be Utah). Hopefully it'll be the Lakers.


So anyway, that is just a quick run down of things. I need to download the pics from my b-day and from the luxury Jazz game I attended last night. Look for that soon.

My New Boyfriend

Say hello to the newest Jazz member, Kyle Korver. Not only is he incrediby good looking, he happens to play very well. Kyle is an amazing free-throw shooter, and is hot behind the arc. We already have a date for tomorrow night. I'm so excited!!

Am I Crazy?

Ok, so I was just looking online for Jazz tickets against the Celtics on Saturday. I found some RIGHT behind the scorers table for $1100 per ticket. I'm seriously considering buying one for myself. But, it seems like quite a bit of money to dish out. So, if I were to follow through with this, I hope that none of you will think I should be committed to the looney bin.

I have a lot running through my mind. So I apologize in advance if this post seems a little scatter brained.

First off, I just want to give a shout out to my 2 cousins, Peter & Jenn. Thanks for being my blogging buddies. For Christmas, I am putting all of my dad's old photos into albums and I ran across this one. I just thought it was cute and it reminded me of all the fun Thanksgivings we had down at your house. The picture quality isn't really all that great but oh well. I have another really cute one of Grandpa & Grandma that I'll send to ya'll. And one of Chrissi going to a prom. It's classic.

Another thing that I've been thinking about lately is how in tune our Heavenly Father is with our lives. I worked on Tuesday, up in SLC at and orthodontic office for those of you who don't know, and as I was leaving I noticed I was a little low on gas. I had plenty enough to get home, but for some reason I felt that I needed to get more. As I was pulling out of the parking lot, at the last minute I decided to turn right to go to the gas station instead of turning left to get on the freeway. I filled up and then got on the road. Traffic was busy like normal all through the Salt Lake Valley. I called my mom and told her that I'd be home in about 20 min. But, then as I got to point of the mountain, cars were starting to slam on their breaks, and soon traffic was at a stand still. After about 10 minutes of this, I turned on the traffic radio and heard that there was an accident at the bottom of the hill in Lehi, meaning that it was over the hill from where I was currently stuck. Unfortunately there was no exit between me and the crash so I was going to be there for a while. Luckily, I have a really good Christmas mix in the car. That kept me occupied for about the first hour of sitting there. I called my mom and told her what was going on, and then called and chatted with a few people. But, after about 1 1/2 hours I was getting restless, and my water bottle was empty. I sat there patiently, knowing that this would soon all be over. And then suddenly it hit me. If I hadn't stopped to get gas, I would have completely run out while sitting in all of this traffic. It seemed like such a silly little thing to me. But as I thought about it I realized how blessed I am to have a loving Father in Heaven who cares about every part of my life. This little lesson reminded me of the importance of being in tune with the Spirit and following the promptings that we get from the Holy Ghost. So, next time you think you should get gas, just do it. Cause it might just take you 2+ hours to make a 45 minute trip.

Happy Birthday Gabrielle!!!

I can't believe that our little Gabby is turning 12!!! It seems like just yesterday that she was born. Gabs was/is the cutest little girl. She has the biggest, bright blue eyes and a great laugh. She is always good for a hug, and will always be our baby. I love you little Moj.

Gabby is an amazing swimmer. She has been on the swimteam at the club since she was 5.

This is back in our Spice Girl era when we used to put on concerts in the backyard. Gabby was always Baby Spice.
Gabby & Daddy. How could you not be in love with this little girl??

These are a few of the things I love about the Gabster:

-She has numberous nicknames including: Gabby, Babby, Gabster, Gabel, Gabriel, Little Moj

-When she was little she would say her name "Gabielle Dastina Dakin"

-She would always say "I not gouchy" when she was being a grump

-She never wanted anyone to look at her, and would tell my mom "theys looking at me"

-She always is willing to tag along with her older sisters

-She's the sweetest little girl I've ever met, and is so kind to everyone.

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Christmas Vacation

Every year before Christmas we go up to Salt Lake for the weekend. We always stay at the Grand America (very luxury) for the night and go see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform on Sunday morning. It's our family's Christmas tradition. It is really just great to get into the Chritmas spirit.
My dad surprised me with tickets to go to the Jazz game against Seattle on Saturday night. Luckily the Jazz won, and we had a fun time.
Sunday morning we went to Music and the Spoken Word with the Choir, and then the did about an hour long performance after that. President Hinckley and the First Presidency were there. It is so incredible, because when he walks into the confernce hall, there is an unearthly silence that falls over the crowd. Every one stops talking and you can literally hear a pen drop. It is so amazing just to be in the presence of a prophet of God. It's a feeling I can hardly even begin to describe, just a sense of peace. It was so wonderful to be able to go to the performance and be uplifted by the great spirit found there.
After that we rode the trax back to the hotel and had lunch in the cafe. And then we went up to the room and chilled a little before coming back home.
It was just a really fun weekend. It was great to be able to spend time with the family and also to get into the Christmas spirit.



Jacquline and I chillin at the Grand getting ready for the big game.

Camille being....................awkward. What a surprise.

Gabby is turning 12 and is just entering the awkward stage, hence the unfortunate photo.

Hamming it up for the camera.

D. Will's introduction. Like he even needs one.

Me, Jac, and Padre at the game.

D. Will working on defense.

Jacko and I at the conference center. This is right before the old lady next to us is like "I don't think you're supposed to use cameras in here." To which I respond: "Whatever, it's just not during the performance."

Our view of the choir. And, yes this was during rehersals.

The family in front of the Temple.

Eating lunch at the hotel. Either something is wrong with the flash, or I need to get to a tanning bed asap.

I'm pretty sure that there is only one word to explain this photo....awkward.

The view of downtown SLC from our room.

I think this is the old library. You can't see the U on the mountain because there is snow, but at night it is lit up and flashes between red and white. Luxury. BYU does not have that.