Engaged!!

Guess who put a ring on it! .... Mitchell did!!

Here's the complete story of how it happened:
It had been a long day. Mitchell and I had watched Georgia play LSU and lets just say that wasn't very pretty. Because UGA lost, I was worried that Mitch would be in a nasty mood for the rest of the day. Before the game was already over, he turned to me and said, "Let's go. I don't want to watch the rest."
Our plan was to go up to Thanksgiving Point and look at the real live reindeer they have there. But first we had to get a lint roller and socks.
   Mitch went downstairs to get his coat and the whole time he was down there I was thinking he was getting the ring and that night would be the night.
  We got to Wal-Mart and he was joking about proposing in one of the aisles. I said "No way Jose, Its NOT happening in Wal-Mart. I would be so disappointed."
   "Haha you don't have to worry. I didn't even bring the ring, So I couldn't even if I wanted to."
My face must've looked really sad because then he said,
 "Oh. You thought I was doing it tonight?"
"Well yeah, Kinda."
" Oh, well you picked all your makeup off already and we didn't really dress super nice."
" Jeez what are you trying to say?! I don't look very good? Thaaaanks."
"No but don't you want us to be in awesome outfits looking extremely nice for the pictures?"
I didn't really care and by this point I was just like forget it, it's ok.
"Sorry Jord, but I did leave it at Terri's house."
I got over it and we were on our way to Thanksgiving Point. We saw the signs for the Christmas lights and decided to drive through and see all of them. It was really awesome! After that, we parked and got out to go see the reindeer but we accidentally went into the wrong building where a Ho-Down was taking place. We hurried out of there and finally found the reindeer. The temperature was soooo cold that night that I was over seeing the reindeer and just wanted to go into the shops. We walked inside and looked around and found this awesome botanical garden tucked away inside. There were trees and waterfalls and bridges, it was SO pretty.
We both went on about how gorgeous it was in there and Mitchell said, "Maybe we could get married here or have a reception here or something"
"Umm, First of all we're getting married in the temple and this place is tiny. There is no way a reception would work."
"Well ok but we could do something else special in here. I could just propose right now."
"Yeah, except for someone forgot the ring!!"
"Wanna bet?"
Mitch proceeded to get down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I really thought he was joking at first because I trusted him that he left the ring at home. I said "Seriously?" and I don't even think I looked at the ring, just at him and after I said that, his face got all worried and he gulped, "Yeah?"
"YES!" and hugged him and grabbed the ring out of the box myself. hahha oops. He put it on me and we started to walk out to leave. We had almost left the shops when we remembered we hadn't taken any pictures! We ran back and had someone take a couple. They turned out awful. We took our own and those worked out better. We walked back to the car a little happier and me wearing only one glove so I could keep looking at my ring :)
And the rest is history :)

Our picture we took in the indoor garden.

Houston, we have a problem. I miss you!

Mitch and I just got back from our trip to Houston! Oh my goodness. One of the "funnest" weeks i've had in my life. We left November 1st and got back November 11th so it was a long trip... but not long enough. Every day was so much fun. His family was so awesome and so gracious to take us to all the fun places and do everything they did for us.
While we were in Houston we did the following:
-Ate at Los Cucos
-Went in the hot tub
-Went to NASA
-Went mini golfing. Mitch and I got holes in one! hole in ones?
-Mitchell went to the temple with Mason while I went out to dinner with Riley (after eating dessert first)
-Hot tubbing
-Went to the Galleria and the Waterwall
-Went to church and had Yummy dinner with the Turners
-Watched home videos. Boing Boing!
-Went to the BEACH!! We went swimming in the ocean in November!! and it was FUN. The waves were awesome!!
-Ate SOO much barbecue at Spring Creek. I couldn't stop. I felt so sick afterwards but it was so worth it!
-Went in the hot tub
-Had Blue Bell ice cream for the first time.
-Made Avocado Eggrolls!
-Ate dinner with Matt and Kelsy and watched a movie in the awesome theater room.
-Went to Robyn's concert in downtown Houston. It was so cool and she did awesome!
-Had Funnel Cakes with Ashley.
-Went to the Zoo and saw baby elephants.
-Ate at the New York Pizzeria place.
-Had ice cream at Ritters
-Laughed SOO hard my ice cream wouldn't stay in my mouth.
-Experienced my first Georgia game at the Branning Household.
-Oh and went in the hot tub. haha we did that like every night. Mitchell wouldn't go in the pool with me. But then again, I don't think I would've been brave enough to actually do it.

All in all, Houston was a blast! I loved being with the Brannings. They made it so much fun!
Now we switch back to 35 degree weather instead of 80. Boo... But atleast it's starting to feel like christmas!

Things That Make You Go "Hmm"

So lately I've been just living life and have been asking myself some serious questions. Questions like:

• Why does the Chinese lady at Forever 21 act like she works at Chanel or some super upper crusty place? It's Forever 21. Smile and be nice. 
• Why, when you step into the bathroom you're fine but as soon as you have trouble unbuttoning or unzipping your pants you feel like you can no longer hold it in?
• Why do people constantly feel like they are "The Exception"? Like the people who park outside of my apartment in the handicapped spot. You are not handicapped, just too lazy to find another parking spot.why am I'm almost 21 and still as flat as a board?
• Why the "best" of friends can be backstabbers? And get away with it?  And feel okay about it?

• Who keeps Honey Smacks/ Golden Crisp on the shelf? Does anybody really like it? How?
• How can I be Lactose Intolerant one day but the next day have a milkshake and it not bother me?
• Why do horrible people get children and won't take care of them and the best of people who only want a child can't have kids?

That's pretty much what's been in my brain lately.

Texas Roadhouse Rolls

Today I decided to make a yummy dinner!
 4B's Tomato soup with Texas Roadhouse rolls!
4B's is a restaurant we had in Missoula that had REALLY yummy tomato soup. I'm pretty sure that's the only thing I've eaten there. My mom occasionally made it for us when it was getting cold outside, hence why I made it today. It's been rainy and stormy for the past two days and I've been wanting a really good soup!
 Also, everyone knows you need bread if you're going to have soup. Right? Or is that just me? Well anyways I found a recipe for TRH rolls that I had tried a couple of weeks ago but didn't have the patience to let them rise. This time I decided to be better and it was SO worth it!
Here's the recipe I found from Eat Cake For Dinner.

4 tsp. active dry yeast
1/2 c. warm water
2 c. milk, scalded and cooled to lukewarm
3 Tbl. of melted butter, slightly cooled
1/2 c. sugar
2 quarts all purpose flour (7-8 cups)
2 whole eggs
2 tsp. salt
Dissolve yeast in warm water with a teaspoon of sugar.  Add yeast, milk, sugar and enough flour to make a medium batter.  Beat thoroughly.  Let stand until light and foamy.  Add melted butter, eggs and salt.  Beat well.
Add enough flour to form a soft dough.  Sprinkle a small amount of flour onto counter and let dough rest.  Meanwhile, grease a large bowl.  Knead dough until smooth and satiny and put in greased bowl; turn over to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in bulk.  Punch down.  Turn out onto a floured board.  Divide into portions for shaping; let rest 10 minutes.  Shape dough into desired forms.  Place on greased baking sheets.  Let rise until doubled.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.  Baste immediately with butter.  Yield: 5 to 6 dozen. 

The way I cut them did not make 5 dozen. I cut them at a pretty normal size I'd say and made maybe about two or three dozen.

When you roll them out make sure not to roll them out too thin. And do take the time to let them rise once you cut them in squares or they will end up looking like this:

Make sure they look something like this when you put them on the cookie sheet:

Then, they will turn out looking like this:

They are SO yummy!!

Let me know how yours turn out.

I will post the recipe for the tomato soup later!

ABC's

Get to know me ABC's. 

Age: 20
Bed size:  Full
Chore you hate: Yard work. 
Dogs: I've never had a dog but I want one! Right now I want a French or American Bulldog
Essential start of your day: Brush my teeth?
Favorite color: Chocolate brown
Gold or silver: depends what i'm wearing
Height: 5'9"
Instruments I play (or have played): I used to play the piano and a little geetar
Job title: Nanny!
Kids: none for a while
Live: In Orem, Utah
Mom's name: Sheri
Nickname: Jorge, Jord, J, Cookie, Cookling
Overnight hospital stays: Just with my dad. 
Pet peeve: Jay walkers, Utah drivers, One uppers
Quote from a movie: I lika do the cha-cha

Right or left handed:riiiight
Siblings: Adam-15 Chase-15 Noah- 13
Time you wake up: Uhh either 8:00 or 8:40. Depends on if I need to shower. 
Underwear: yeah? 
Vegetables you dislike: HOT jalepenos
What makes you run late: Utah Drivers
X-rays you've had done: Teeth, Hips, Foot.
Yummy food you make: Umm... I'm usually pretty good at following recipes. yet, sometimes they turn out AWFUL. I would have to say.... Avocado Eggrolls?
Zoo animal: ELEPHANT!

Near or Far, Close or Together

I just wanted to write about something I know very well. That would be how I feel. But I'm not just going to write about any thing. No. I'm going to write about someone. Not just someone but my greatest friend. Her name is Aubrey Juden.

I met Aubrey a while ago at my friend's church. We were just little so nothing really happened seeing that she was a friend of a friend. Then, she came back into my life when I needed her the most.
 Freshman year of High School was... different. All of my best friends from middle school were finding out about the "real" kind of partying. That left my weekends pretty empty. They knew I wouldn't drink with them and I didn't want to be around it either. Then Aubrey and I found each other. She was in my math class and I'm pretty sure was the only normal one in there with me. So of course we gravitated towards each other. I remember our first joke with each other was something about one of us being the designated driver and the other the designated passenger. Meaning we werent drinking alcohol. We hung out nearly every single day. Dressed up like crazy for the last day of school, watched an insane amount of movies, ate wings until we couldn't no mo. Her family was my second family. They were so good to me and so fun to be around. Never made me feel unwelcome and always had a safe, warm and loving environment to go to when I was bored of my house.
 Aubrey and I did everything together. Including state basketball. Her older brother's friends were on the team so we wanted to go watch and support them. We had so much fun. (Aubrey, three words : Area Of  Refuge) Gah I'm an IDIOT! haha We had movie nights in her theater room that her awesome dad made and set up with REAL movie theater chairs. We would show up to school accidentally wearing the same thing. I remember Aubrey saying " Go Home and Change RIGHT NOW!" haha
  We would be really mature and drive around guys houses that we liked at the time. Creepy? yes but we didn't care because we were best friends. One night we were going to go pick up a sign that i ran over with my car a couple days earlier. We felt the need to dress all in black complete with war paint. When we got to where the sign was supposed to be, it wasn't there. But we didn't want to go home and dress up for nothing. Then we remembered, The boys had a game the next day. we bought tons of shaving cream and soap and DESTROYED their cars. Then we went to Perkins and probably had chocolate chip pancakes. those were our fave! we ended up looking a little something like this:

"You are so DUNZO"

I could go on FOREVER about Aubrey and all the fun we've had. But my favorite story that I play back in my head quite often wasn't so much about having fun. It was about being a true friend and makes me realize I've never had a better friend than Aubrey.
 In high school I played volleyball. My freshman year I made the team and had quite a bit of playing time so it came as a huge shock when I didn't make the sophomore team the following year. It was rough for me because I had never not made anything before. Everything I tried out for, I got. So this was a huge reality check for me.
 Summer going into Junior year I worked my BUTT off. I had a volleyball camp every week. I was determined to get back on that team. Aubrey kept saying how it was ok that she didn't get to hang out with me because she knew it was going to pay off for me in the end. I was going to be happy and have fun and she would be able to go to my games. She knew I was going to make the team. Well a week before tryouts I broke down. I didn't want to try out anymore. I was scared the other girls would wonder why I was there. I was scared they would make fun of me or talk behind my back. Then Aubrey said something I will always remember. "Jordan, you have to try out. I will not let you throw all your hard work away. I will even try out with you. All the girls won't have time to laugh at you. They will be busy looking at me and wondering why the heck I am there." ( If anyone knows Aubrey you know she can be a tad uncoordinated. Love you Aubz!) This gave me the strength to go. I ended up making the team. Aubrey came to my games and was always there to support me.
 Ever since, I have always considered Aubrey my best friend. We've had our highs and lows. Our falling outs and reunions but I know I can always count on her. She will always be first one in line and no matter how long we go without talking, I know we are always going to be best friends and I am thankful for that.
Aubrey has shown me what a true friend is and has been an example to me. I hope someday I can repay her for all she has done for me.

Now its time to DANCE. Are you ready? Let's do it uh Break it down!

So. I have been back in Utah for three weeks now and I have learned some great lessons I'll need in life.

• If you're craving a milkshake and happen to be next to Iceberg and have never eaten there before, don't think you can eat a Large by yourself. No matter how good a raspberry shake sounds to you. You will be eating it for the rest of the week. Or just end up eating the top and being so stuffed you throw the rest away.

• Utah drivers are horrible and they can secretly somehow make YOU feel like the bad driver. 
• When holding a potty training toddler at the waterpark, don't automatically assume the round wet spot on your torso is just water. Especially if it smells bad.
• Hair is NOT a toy.
• Utah is HOT
• "Don't say mean things to friends. Don't say mean things to friends. Don't say mean things to friends, It's not nice"
• Andy Sandberg guest appears on Yo Gabba Gabba wearing a Native head dress and teaches kids how to dance. This makes me think even I can dance.
• No matter how many blueberries you think you will eat or how much you absolutely love them. Don't buy the biggest carton of them at the store. You will get tired of blueberries after eating them on everything imaginable and the last half of the carton will probably go bad.
• Some people are just weird.

I am feeling crafty. i love doing cute crafts because then when it is complete i feel awesome about myself! haha but its true. a couple days ago i made my friend bethany a watch bracelet and it was so fun but i want something to take me a long time! ha maybe i'll make another one and something else.  maybe something like this...

http://sculptedlight.blogspot.com/2011/02/bubble-bracelet_04.html

that looks like something i have the patience for tonight. we will see. hmm me and the bros are off to get frozen yogurt. would you believe we only have 1 fro-yo place up here? and it just barely opened?? seriously theres one on every corner in provo. but nope just one for us. and it is daaang gooood.:) welp. gotta go

later!

I'm Happy!
not really sure theres an exact reason, but I just am and have been lately.
That's all I wanted to say. Gotta get ready for work and do some cleanin. I'll write more later.

Me (pictured above)

i haven't lied, but here's the truth.

Honestly I don't think you know me. Yeah, I'm Jordan from Montana. I'm quiet and reserved. That's me. But not all me.
I lived in Utah. I don't live there anymore. I live in Montana now. I have for about two and a half months now. I loved Utah with all of my heart. I dream of going back. I didn't want to leave. I didn't want to be pathetic, but I had to.

I have depression. 

depression occurs when you have at least five of the following nine symptoms at the same time:

• a depressed mood during most of the day, particularly in the morning
• fatigue or loss of energy almost every day
• feelings of worthlessness or guilt almost every day
• impaired concentration, indecisiveness
• insomnia or hypersomnia (excessive sleeping) almost every day
• markedly diminished interest or pleasure in almost all activities nearly every day
• recurring thoughts of death or suicide (not just fearing death)
• a sense of restlessness -- known as psychomotor agitation -- or being slowed down -- retardation
• significant weight loss or gain (a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month)

Not only did I have five. I had all of them. and i still do sometimes.

It started in the summer of 2010. I noticed i was tired all the time. i didn't want to do anything but sleep. i didnt want to see anyone or meet anyone. the thought of having fun was annoying. so annoying. I noticed when i got angry i got way angry. that wasnt like me. i never cared about stuff like that before. i was the least dramatic girl ever. i never had any problems and when i did i kept them to myself. i never lashed out at people like i was doing now.

I decided to go to the doctor. i got medicine for my depression. the medicine did nothing but insult me. i felt like it was a joke to make me think i was getting better. i stopped taking it and stopped visiting the doctor. i visited home some time later and visited my mom's doctor. she gave me new medicine. I took it for that week and forgot about it. i took it every now and then but never consistently. after time, i just decided i was fine. i felt a little better. not awesome but i didn't want to kill myself. then my dad's accident happened. returning to normal life was awful. i felt like everyone should give me a break and feel sorry for me. nobody did. nobody did anything for me. i was feeling selfish but i didnt care. i expected more from people. i went to school almost every day crying. i didn't have a reason but i would cry and cry and cry. nobody asked about me. nobody cared. only one person. now, you would think a school FULL of girls, someone would come up to you. nope. I have never felt so alone and worthless in my life. 

I went home for christmas. when I came back, I decided i was going to be consistent with my meds. I took them every day. i was doing so so so good! Then they turned on me. I stopped going to school. I stopped going out. I stopped wearing makeup, getting dressed up, looking nice. mitch was my only friend. well, i guess ben too. but i didn't want to do anything. and that is an understatement.

 mitch was so good to me ( i thought and so did he) he did "nothing" with me. we stayed at his house all day and watched movies or just talked. finally he decided something needed to change. he was going to have fun and i was invited to go with him but no more of this laziness. he figured since my favorite thing to do was be with him this would be the key. i would get out and have fun since he was. it worked at first.we would go out and do things. go to basketball games. visit his aunt. one time i even did p90x with him. well actually i planned on it. but i suddenly got raging mad. i was rude and i was ticked off for no reason at all. mitch asked me to come do yoga with him but instead i sat outside his door and pouted. i cried and made sure i was in a spot that he could notice so maybe he would stop and i could get his attention but he held his ground. finally, since i wasnt getting his attention i went in his room and laid face down on his bed and cried. i was so mad i wanted to swear. i dont know why i was so mad but i just was. after that night i was fine. and i continued to do things but soon i didn't care about being with him anymore. i still loved him but when he invited me to go to the library with him i refused. no. i didnt want to get ready. i didnt want to look at myself in the mirror. so mitch left. i watched him leave. i sat on the stairs and cried and cried. how could he just leave me like that? i didnt blame mitch for leaving. it was part of the deal. but i thought maybe he would give in. maybe i could have it my way. i didnt think about mitch being happy. i kept bawling, almost screaming. it was then i decided i was going back to montana. I have new meds. It has not been easy being here. I don't love it. I love some things. I love my family. I love my preschool kids. I love my nursery kids. I have gotten better. I still don't feel all the way better but i do feel like i am making progress. instead of feeling bad most of the time and normal sometimes when i'm lucky, i feel normal most of the time and bad sometimes when im unlucky. 

I realize I have told more than most of you care to know or wanted to hear but trust me i spared the details. because i am still self conscious and still untrusting plus not everybody needs to know everything about me. I like to keep some things to myself. I tell these things i have written in hopes of helping. Everyday i felt like a freak. i felt like i didn't fit in and i didnt deserve to fit in. i felt like hiding from everybody. I know others feel like this too. And if it's you, It's ok. You aren't a freak. You mean something to somebody. You deserve to be happy. Just like I do.

Pica Pica... Chu?

What do these two things have in common? Well, I guess they both clean things. That's probably the most common answer. But its not MY answer.
             My answer is weird. I didn't even know my answer was a problem until today.
If somebody were to ask me what these two objects have in common, I would say that they both make me salivate. Or in other words, drool. Weird? Yeah, I know. But I CRAVE these items as one would crave ice cream or chocolate. Although I know both taste extremely nasty ( trust me, I've tried many times) I can't help but want to taste them. I've been aware of this for a long time but I didn't know it was anything until today.
I was looking at my webmd app on my ipod trying to look up bronchitis. I saw a random symptom that said "Craving to eat ice, dirt or paper." I kinda laughed to myself. Yuck who would want to eat dirt. So, being curious, I clicked on it. the possible conditions were Pica and Anemia. I already knew what anemia was but I had never heard of Pica so I clicked on it.

Eating Disorder. Pica is an eating disorder that is characterized by the repeated eating of non-nutritive substances over a period of one month or longer. Patients may eat non-edible objects such as paint, plaster, dirt, ice or laundry starch.

 Wait what? Laundry starch?
Next I typed into google "crave laundry detergent"
Yeah. Turns out I have an eating disorder that I didn't even know about.
Every single time I do the laundry with powdered detergent I salivate like crazy. I imagine it in my mouth. I can feel it, I can taste what I think it tastes like until I eat it and remember it is yucky. I remember being at Mitch's house one day. Starting a load of laundry. I noticed he had the powder detergent. I put some in my hands put it up to my nose and started smelling like crazy hoping I could kinda taste it through the smell if that makes sense. I wanted to eat it so badly.
    The same happened to me with that specific face wash. Every time I would wash my face I would eat a little just to satisfy I don't even know what. I never knew it had a name. Pica. It is common among pregnant women as well. I found out you can treat it by increasing your iron intake.
You learn something new everyday.

Today was a busy day. I made three dozen cupcakes. And then I babysat my favorite little buddy Cooper and his brothers. It was way fun. Next week I'm going to Utah with my mom and her friend, Toni for Woman's Conference.
I am so excited. Mostly to just be down in Provo again for a little while and see my best friend!!!!
Who is also my boyfriend.
His name is Mitch and he is awesome :) He's been there for me through the best of times and the stinkiest of times. Like when I got really sick and couldn't keep anything in my stomach. That was way stinky. He always makes me laugh and feel so comfortable when I am with him (maybe because he did clean up my throw up). I am grateful that he is not only my boyfriend but my best friend. He is so fun to be with
and is patient with me when we play video games which of course, means alot right? haha ;)

I went shopping today. Bad idea. Especially when I am going shopping for other people and not myself. I decide I want everything in the store... no, Mall. I guess a good thing about me is that I am very picky when it comes to clothes and shoes. So I don't find something I want that easily, BUT the bad thing is that when I DO find something that I like, I want it and I want it BAD. And I usually don't forget about it until I end up getting it. So, today while shopping for jeans for my mom with my mom, I found a couple things I really liked.

These sparkly Steve Madden shoes that I think are awesome. 

And this Fossil Key Per Lunch bag. I don't think it was this exact pattern, or maybe it was, honestly I can't remember but if not, it was really close. AND it was on Sale. I thought it would be cute as a purse. 

Also, I have been wanting accessories like crazy but decided I shouldn't buy anything, not only because I need a job.. buttttt because I'm going to Utah next week and Forever 21 is there!! And their stuff is cheap :) and cute too. haha

Tonight we are decorating Easter Eggs and having a contest. My family better watch out because I have some pretty awesome ideas. I'll show them.
Later,

I decided to write while my One Tree Hill episode loads. ha I love OTH. A while ago, my roommates and I watched it every single day, watching it until we fell asleep. One of my most memorable moments of my roommate Hayli happened while watching OTH.

         We were watching a really intense episode, the one where Payton's "brother" comes over and tries to attack her. Trust me, if you haven't seen it, it is quite intense and sweet Hayli would agree because she was standing on the couch arm jumping down to the cushions screaming her head off. I'm not kidding. Her face was priceless. She was legitimately scared. Poor Hayz. And insensitive me is just laughing my head off in the corner. Laughing so hard that I pee my pants. Oh yeah and this was in the middle of a beautiful sunny day, so because of Hayli's loud screams, guys from our ward playing outside came running over worried that something bad was happening. And I just had to sit there with my peed pants because if I got up they would notice. haha it's safe to say both Hayli and I were quite embarrassed that day. And that people, is why I love One Tree Hill... not because of the never ending plot, or smokin' hot Nathan Scott or because it is the only girly show I will watch. It is because of the memories I have watching it with the best group of roommates I have ever had. I will never forget Hayli screaming her head off and
arguing with Courtney over who's hotter:

Definitely Nathan.. Duh

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April Fools!

Happy April Fool's Day! Also, happy birthday to my wonderful Mother!! she is awesome and I love her soooo much. Well today has so far been a pretty good day. 

          My Mom, Grandma, Suzanne Butler ( a long time family friend) and I went to Johnny Carinos for lunch. Yummmmy. I always love food so of course it was awesome. It was fun just going with just us four. I kinda felt like an adult... weird. haha but it was fun. We ate, laughed and talked about books? My mom and I never read and we just decided we are going to attempt The Hunger Games. I know I know. I'm a bit behind but honestly the only thing I read is The Friend Magazine and the back of my shampoo bottle.... I'm being 100% serious here. 

           I feel more excited to do things today than my mom does... weird! She says she just wants to sleep. But I say Its your gosh darn dang birthday!! Come on! Lets go do stuff!! 

            So being April Fools day, my brother, Noah and his friend Joshua decided to pull a little prank last night. I got home from babysitting at like 10:30 to find two chocolate cupcakes with white frosting and red sprinkles on the counter and of course if its on the counter, its fair game... soooo being polite, rather than digging my teeth into it, I just swiped my finger for a little taste.... of the extremely potent TOOTHPASTE FROSTING. ew. I should've thought about it. Cupcakes don't stay long at the Cook house. Something was weird.. oh well... 

           My mom has been asking me about those beaded watches that everyone has and I know I can make one if I try so I think that's what I want to do today. I already called all the bead stores to find out who has the faces and only two of them do. If I end up making one I'll take a picture to post on here! Wish me luck!!

            Well I am sitting idle for too long now. I need to go do something!! I'll write to ya'll later but before I go, I want to share a picture of my mom and I! 

This was when I was getting my senior pictures done. Fun day! Love you Mom!! ♥

Woop whoop!

Alllrighty everyone. This is my VERY first blog post... and what a better thing to write about than myself? haha playing... but not really I guess...? Since people reading this probably know me and know me well, I decided I am going to tell you things you might not know about me.. and well, I think they are interesting. If you don't then maybe you've got the wrong blog.. ha :) 

So. Here goes nothin'

• I am 5'9" 
• Have 3 younger brothers ( Adam 15, Chase 15, and Noah 12)
• I attend Paul Mitchell The School in Provo, Utah. Love the people, not so much the subject. Oh well what can ya do?
• My dad had a very severe case of carbon monoxide poisoning November 2010 where they were questioning if he would live... he walked out of the hospital four days later with nothin' but a little bump on his bald spot ;)
• Because of the previous, ♪ IIIII BELIEVE IN MIRACLES ♪
• I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...I'm Mormon
• I will eat absolutely anything.  Wellll except for "special" brownies or things in relation. Yuck.
• I get attached to people really easily so if I've ever talked with you, laughed with you or asked you a math question, I think you're my friend.
• Speaking of math... I'm a whiz. Not to like, brag or anything but yeah...
• My brothers are my heroes... and my dad's too ;) haha
• I come from a very joking family so if I say something rude to you, I promise I didn't mean it.
• I have a problem with my heart ♥. Not sure what it is yet, but I pass out very frequently and it really embarrasses me.
• My mom is one of the only people I trust now. Well, and my psychologist. :)
• My number one dream is to have a cute little family. That's been my only dream since I was little... well, other than being in the WNBA...but then I got real.
• I only have one Grandpa and I wish I talked to him more.
• My favorite food is Coconut Shrimp :) 

My attention span, at times, is that of a four year old and this is one of those times.. so until my next post... hasta la vista