Sunday, May 17, 2009

Classic Skating Rules!!!!!

This weekend was probably the greatest of my life. Maybe that was a bit of an overstatement but I do believe it was fun filled and jammed packed full of good times. Seriously though, the weekend never stopped for me, it was busy but fun! I'll give a brief overview of it. Friday : 1) I had a tap performance with the tap dance company that I'm involved with here at BYU. We performed at an elementary school here in Provo. It was great! The little kids loved us. 2) I had a dinner reunion with my lovely study abroad friends. We had the reunion in light of the earthquake which happened exactly a year ago from this past Tuesday. We ate at a pretty nice Chinese restaurant...nothing like the authentic Chinese food we had though. It was great to be able to get back together with them. I miss all of them so much! I felt a little out of place because all of the girls that ended up showing to the reunion are either married, pregnant, or dating someone pretty seriously...and they all brought their men!! Ya, now you know why I felt a little out of place. But that's okay because we all still let the good times roll. 3) Then I went home to our back porch party that we had. As some of you may know I moved out this semester to a house that has a pretty large back porch. My roommates and I decided that this back porch is too great to not make any use out of it so we've decided that we are going to keep throwing these parties because it was great! We had a pretty good turn out and we met a lot of new people. Here' a picture of our fabulous back porch!


Saturday: 1) I picked up a few extra hours at work. Not too exciting but I made some extra money. 2) The best part of my weekend starts now! My next door neighbors and my roommates and I went to DI and bought outfits. Now these weren't just any type of outfits. These were disco/80's outfits to be worn later that night. Let me tell you, good times at DI, good times! We found some amazing items. I think I had the best find. Well...just scroll down to see. You'll know what I'm talking about. 3) And drum roll please!!! The moment we have all been waiting for! To top the weekend off we made our way over to the Classic Skating arena for Disco/80's night! It was the best! We wore our outfits, put on some roller skates, and had a ball! I documented this event quite well (Mom, you'll be proud of me). Actually, the outfit I had kind of qualified me to be the mother of our happy little classic skating group, so I just told everyone I had to document because I was the mom and that's what mom's do right? haha! Anyways, you will see from our family pictures that I was pretending to be the mom. I kept all my kids in line at the arena. Don't worry, no broken bones, just happy faces. So ya, now you can look at my amazing pictures. Pictures say a thousand words and these one definitely do! It was so much fun!




















This guy had killer moves

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Today Is a Special Day!!

Today is a special day. Can anyone guess? Seeming since everyone is here on this earth, they all should have reason to be celebrating today also. It's Mother's Day!!! I feel like I need to give a little props to all the Moms out there...Props to all you mothers out there who sacrifice so much!! Motherhood is not an easy job. Whoever said that the woman who gives up a job or an education to become a mother is looking for the easy way out...they don't know what they are talking about! Not that I'm experienced in this area, I just know from watching my own mother and my own siblings raise their children how hard but rewarding the job can be. I'm sure it's better than any job that any person could take. It's not for whimps!
At church today we talked a lot about mothers. I think most of us did...and I'm sure most of us heard a lot of the same things. Things like Motherhood is a divinely appointed position. Mom's are knowledgeable. Mom's love their children so much and through that love their children more accurately learn how their Heavenly Father loves them. Mothers help their children come closer to Christ by their example. And many more things. Through all these speakers I had time to reflect on the things my own mother has done for me. Let me tell ya...I love my mom so much! I hope that some day I can be at least half the lady she is. She has taught me so much! I feel like I should be able to say a lot more about her and what she has done for me, but I can't. Words can't express how much my mom has done for me and how much I love her. I know I chose her to be my mom for a reason in the pre-mortal life. We get along like two peas in a pod. I knew I would learn so much from her. She had to be one of my best friends when I chose her because she is one of my best friends right now. Mom's definitely have a unique role and I'm so grateful for my own mother. I glad it worked out the way it did. She's the greatest! So here's to all the moms out there, especially one in particular! I love my mom!!