hunger games!

last night/this morning some war dies and i went to the midnight showing of hunger games...it was epic!

i am so excited!

only some of the group...

may the odds be ever in your favor!

st george!

last weekend, some wardies and i road tripped to st. george to escape the provo cold and snow. highlights included playing bingo at applebee's, shooting, walking around the st. george temple, delicious cupcakes, repelling, a random air show from the blue angels, more shooting, and corned beef reuben sandwiches to celebrate st. patrick's day. we had a great time! for photo/video documentation of some of our adventures, i refer you to my facebook page. you won't be disappointed when you see the video of me repelling for the first time. enjoy :)

spenny and me!

i just love this kid. a lot.

president's day weekend!

for president's day weekend this year, i randomly went up to sun valley, idaho with katie and some of her friends. it turned out to be the best. president's. day. weekend. 2012. ever! weekend highlights included sledding (pictured below), hot tubbing, hot cocoa around the fire, games, puzzles, talking/laughing, eating lots of delicious food, driving around town, going to church sunday morning (and seeing and elder i taught in the mtc!), the willow house, and bonding with katie. thanks to the fish family! you guys are great!

sledding in the backyard of the cabin

some of the group before we braved the best sledding hill ever--ethan, whitney, nate, katie, me, lindsay, erin, becca, emily

i love katie's face in this picture!

after the epic wipeout...

we love sledding!

i love this girl! (thanks again for the invite, katie!)

black and white party!

a week after my birthday, my friend katie and i (with big help from friend cambrie) threw ourselves a joint black and white birthday party. it was a pretty sweet party if i might say so myself! we had upwards of 150 people throughout the night! here are some snapshots of the party (sorry that i forgot to keep my camera with me the whole night!)

the "sweet" grub, complete with a chocolate fountain, black/white rice krispie treats, oreos, and black/white chocolate dipped strawberries!

birthday!

this year i celebrated my halfway-to-52 mark with a party-filled weekend. it started off right with steve, heather, and spenny taking me out to sushi on thursday (loved it!), followed by a dinner party at red robin friday (delicious!), and lunch at tucano's on saturday (oh.my.) thanks to everyone for making it a fun-filled birthday weekend!

me and spenny

red robin with katie, valentina, chris, christ's friend, raylee, andrew, allen, jessica, and jarrett

tyler and me blowing out our tea light candles after red robin (it was tyler's birthday a couple of days after mine)

the roommies--jessica, me, raylee

tucano's with mike, jarrett, hayley, me, valentine, marcelo, chris, jessica, allen, raylee, katie, and andrew

me eating chicken heart (no big deal!)

another one for mom...

as promised, here is what my mama and i worked on during the christmas break to spruce up the apartment a bit...