homecoming!

alright folks...i finally have time to post about homecoming! it was honestly probably my favorite date yet. or comes in a close 2nd or 3rd.

we first had our day date at discovery park (which is probably the coolest park in the universe) and played ultimate and ate pizza! it was great fun!

then we had two hours to get ready before our dates were coming to pick us up. my aunt came and did my hair and makeup. She is amazing! i loved it, and she made me feel like a princess:) getting my dress was a whole story in itself so i wont explain that, but it was fairly simple so i wanted to dress it up a little. so between my hair and jewelry, i think this was accomplished:)

so then drew picked me up, and i got the boutnieer on the first time!

we then made our way to the tahitian noni ( or according to drew, the tahiti noni haha) gardens. taking pictures was so much fun!

we then made our way to the tahitian noni gardens ( or according to drew, the tahiti noni) to take pictures! it was a blast! and luckily didnt start to rain

our studly dates

the girls

the whole group

love this one haha

drew and i:) isnt he a stud? i think so

ok let me explain this one. this was when we were waiting for all the other couples to show up and we were just taking pictures out front. drew just automatically jumped up there and the photographer was like, ohh thats good! haha so i just stood there and he did something funny and i started to laugh. and she then got this shot haha. great stuff

we then went to dinner at shoots in the riverwoods. i had never been there, and it was so delicious! we also saw three other homecoming groups at the same place so that was kinda fun. drew and i talked about the fruits and vegtables we do and do not like for most of dinner. it was pretty funny.

we then made our way to the dance!!! this was probably the best date dance..dance i had been to. it was fun to see all my other friends that went and visiting with them. you know how you usually get tired after awhile at dances? i didnt get tired at all! it was fun the whole time. they played good songs, and our whole group was really fun.

we then went to mcdonalds to get ice cream. we were so tired and everyone could tell haha so then we went home.

i am so glad i got to go with drew! hes such a great guy, and i had so much fun! sometimes its just fun to get all dressed up and feel like a princess for once:)

great day my friends

Today was a great day to say the least. Nothing really exciting, nothing that changed my life, but it was just great:)

First of all, my psycology project is done! It ended up being more stressful than it needed to be just because we never really got together to do it. But Mr. Barth really liked it so i am satisfied!

Prostart we made some delicious pancakes and homemade syrups. They were actually very delicious indeed! I dont even like pancakes, and i liked them! probably because honestly they didnt even taste like them.

Conditioning was....actually fun today! We did a mile on the track to warm up, then did circuit room, and played speed for awhile. I dont know why it was so much fun for me, but i loved it! It was just one of those days when you have tons of energy, and you just could run for forever!

So then i spent an hour talked to drew and laurie playing the license plate game as people drove by on main street. Quite enteirtaining.

I then ventured to my lovely church and had volleyball practice for our little ward. No matter how old i get, i still love playing with those girls! We have so much fun. Plus we kind of dominate, so thats always fun!

Then for family night we took a little bike ride around the neighbor hood. I am so amazed right now...my mom actually came with us!!!! Despite the little accident colliding into the fence..we are good! Note to self, dont ride on sidewalk while on tandum....My grandpa gave us one of his tandums, and its pretty nice!! I hope this becomes one of the things that we love to do as a family. It would be nice to have something we all love. We then had a great lesson on the atonement:)

heres to great days that just keep us going!!!

awkward picture week 3

heres your awkward picture for the week! this was homecoming last year, and lets just say...i am now known as mj. i just didnt want my dress to fly up! sheesh. anyways. hope you enjoyed!

drunken man, emotional college essays, lady biff it

this has been the weirdest past 3 days....ok lets start with monday!

So the first thing funny that happened..was that in college writing, i was reading someones essay...and my eyes started watering. You know when you are just starting a cold..and all of a sudden it just hits you?? ya. half of the class was laughing at me because they thought i was getting emotional from the paper...haha. It was just glorious.

later that afternoon, i ended up taking a shift for someone at Maceys. I was sick, had cramps, and i cant believe i took the shift. I was miserable my whole shift....oh well. So at about 9 o'clock, the funniest thing happened. I happened to see out of the corner of my eye, a lady totally biff it. It was one of those..struggle for a bit, then totally just biff. she was tall, tan, wearing short shorts and heels, and im sorry...i had to laugh. i looked at sheri, my bagger, and i was dying laughing. i couldnt help it. i should not have been laughing at all. she stood up and struggled for a minute, then walked into the bathroom on her phone. i felt really bad but i laughed really really hard. so then after my shift.. i had a really interesting experience. As i was walking out the doors after my shift, a man stops me and asks me if i can give him a ride home. him and his girlfriend had missed the last bus into provo, and they had no way to get home. being the nice person i am, i agreed. i was first really nervous about it but they ended up being really cool. now let me just tell you guys,...im not stupid. i would have never done this if it was just him. the only reason i did it was that he was with a girl. so on this random road in provo...i get pulled over...ya this was a really wacky night. the officer told me that i didnt have my lights on. and right before he pulled me over, i had realized that cuz before i was on state, and you cant tell on state right??? so anyways...he gives me a warning, and im on my way. but as we are sitting there, the guy in my car says..."if you get a ticket..i am gonna burn in heck!!" haha it was kinda funny. anyways...so then he tells me that he lives in a very sketcharoo neighborhood..and that he would be fine with my just dropping him at the next light. he told me he didnt want a teenage girl in a neighborhood like that. he says its the "father in him" because he supposively has two daughters..ya. so i pretty much picked up a guy who might have been drunk, and took him to his house...weirdest thing i have ever done. but i was telling my friend, i would have never done it if i felt so uneasy about it. i felt completly calm the whole time, so i think heavenly father was watching over me:)

way crazy right???

so then yesterday, nothing crazy really happened. but it was an interesting afternoon. i was miserable all day, so i decided to take a nap. then i did some homework and made cookies. weird.

today all i did was watch 4 episodes of friends and peed my pants because the episode i watched was just classic ross. then i had a great deal of fun during dinner with my fam, and then watched the premier of survivor!! so excited. there are two people from utah on there, and ones a byu professor!! sweet right??

the end:)

sunday nights are a party sometimes

sometimes..levi asks if he can do my hair and makeup..why did i agree to this? oh well. i looked like someone from the 80's when they thought they knew how to put on blush..but they really didnt. haha it was great fun. he would not do well in this business.

p.s. homecoming details-coming soon...

p.s.s......if anyone wants to buy me a new camera?? that would be much appreciated. mine died and im very much in depression that i cant take any pictures better than this one..dang gina.

mysterious men, homecoming, and school

so alot has happened since i last posted. i dont really know where to start but i will try to catch you guys up a little.

well first day of school of coarse! weirdest first day of school ever! and my last one! i had seminary first period and i have a few good friends in that period that i hope we end up being in the same class. felt like an IDIOT though because we did this game where you have to swat the right answer on the projector with a fly swatter and of coarse...brother hall picks me to go first for the seniors! ok i am cluuueeless when it comes to knowing the prophets of the old testament. so i didnt even slap it because i really had nooo idea. felt like an idiot but its fine. ill live. plus this boy i have been crushing on for 3 years had sem that period and hes a freakin genius! felt so dumb. oh well. i dont really care that much. he ended up being in my class but transfered out the second day. i told my friends he would because i think he hates me. or is just scared of me...haha i can see that. later i find out its becuase he wanted to be in a math class with his friends that period ( great excuse right?) but whatever. ok enough about boys. so i pretty much love all my classes though. i can already tell they are gonna be a party! heres my amazing schedule:

A1. seminary. interesting class....we will see how it turns out...

2. ap psycology. ya. party class for sure! love the kids, the teacher, and the subject

3.prostart. soooo fun. how would cooking every day and partying with cool kids NOT be fun?

4. conditioning. i have really enjoyed the coach freakin killing us every day actually. its fun.

B1. med anat. again, we will see about this class. interesting so far...

2. math. not a fan actually. ok B days are not my favorite obviously..

3.pack! i just cant explain how much fun pack is. i just love it all!

4. college writing. pretty sure the coolest group of kids EVER! all of my besties plus half of the coolest kids in the senior class. honestly.so pumped for a great year.

another piece of excited news...i got asked to homecoming! by the dear drew cornwall:) i freakin love this guy more than i love pickles in my tuna fish sandwiches. you may recognize his name/face being mentioned in a few previous posts. he is just..uh! i dont know. such a great guy and i hope he knows how excited i am to go with him. i hope he is excited to go with me too. i am just ....so excited! the dress situation is always such a hastle though. finding a knee length formal dress that is long enough for a 6 foot girl, is not easy my friends! i ordered two online and lets hope at least one of them work! heres to going to a dance with an amazing guy!

mmm what else has happened...

1. 
   
   i went to a john allred concert after we lost to american fork.. oh well. the concert was aaammaazing! out of the 5 concerts i have gone to by him..this is probably number 2. oh and i dont think i have seen so many attractive men in one place..wow. ok im not boy crazy i promise.


2. 
   
   made lots of posters for homecoming. super proud of them:)


3. 
   
   worked both saturday nights 4-midnight. its a party let me tell ya. sat nights are when the party kids work. i swear half of timp worked that night. we pretty much had a rubber band war after 11 when no one was there. we also danced in our check stands, and made funny faces. it was just...mm. so much fun:) i love working at maceys!


4. 
   
   did lots of psycology reading. fun stuff!


5. 
   
   summer sno closed:( ruined my life. but it will be back my friends! very soon indeed!


6. 
   
   watched sourse code and ate ice cream and curly fries with kendra. girls night! while every one else was either camping, working, or macking up a storm with their boyfriend.


7. 
   
   saw the mysterious man i mentioned in an earlier post that i keep seeing EVERYWHERE, again! why would you possibly want to be at a high school football game when you are in college?? oh well. let me just say that the whole "to become friends and to make it not awkward..you just have to give it time" thing...its tooottally true. i am feeling so much more satisfied on how hes acting now then he was 3 months ago. boys just have issues with only being friends with girls sometimes. its not a bad thing to still be friends! it wasnt for me, so why was it for him? oh well. its so much better now, and i think i finally feel like i can move on. hallelujiah!

well that is mostly what is going on with katie right now. not too exciting but thats fine:) so far...school isnt that bad. not at all. we shall see how i like it in a few weeks once midterm comes! now off to tunnel singing:)

senior year.....

well this is what i did for the last week of my last summer of freedom:

worked 50 hours-totally made it worth it when i worked with the 3 most attractive guys on saturday. lucky me.

got my hair permed and cut-took foreeevvveerrr. it didnt even work really. what a waste of money..oh well. i still like it

bike ride with levi before i ran to work

made a poster for girls soccer ( i quite like it if you ask me)

ate a bagillion snow cones

long hard run with stac

chores

shopping with my sister

locked my keys in my car at summer sno

laurel/priest social (helped plan it...quite proud actually. it turned out pretty fun between the j dawgs and the slip and slide)

hung out with devin drew and kendra playing scrud

got tacos at 11 after work with kendra and embaressed our selves in front of kids from our school that apparently knew us but we didnt know them..

went to the temple with drew and stacie and got kneaders-probably the highlight of my week

took a ride in drews rapist van. no worries. we were fine.

oh did i mention that we got to ride our neighbors borrowed toy? ha it was great fun

my dad

levi and i

nate and i

so now school practically starts tomorrow. i still cant belive that my senior year is here. i seriously cant grasp it. i am excited to start but then again not. this is why im excited

football games

pack

basketball

my fun classes i have friends with

see all the people i havent seen all summer

school dances( i have decided i am going to go to every girls choice dance there is. i have a feeling i am not going to be asked to any boys choices because no one knows who i am. but thats ok. ill have fun at the girls choice ones! but i still hope i go to senior prom cuz i have never been to prom. come on. its every girls dream to go to senior prom)

and thats mostly it. these are the things i am not excited about

getting up early

going to bed early

homework

dumb boys

drama that you always end up being in the middle of no matter how much you avoid it

cold weather

turning 18

graduating

i am just not ready to be an adult! but at the same time i want to grow up sooooo bad. sick of high school. but i love high school too. ugh so difficult for my brain haha.

heres to making our senior year the best year yet and doing all the things i never did but now im going to do! hazaww!