SHHHHH!!!! Don't tell my mom!

Friday night we had Big B's birthday dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was a blast. We had fun laughing away. We had about 13 people there total in our group. PERFECT! The food was delish and the waitress was fun. Big B had to sit on the saddle with his pink balloon gun and wave his napkin over his head. (to see pictures look on my FB)

After the dinner we went to this HUGE YSA activity. We tend to find out about the parties and invite ourselves... so that's what we did. There was so many people it became a fire code issue so we all had to go outside and wait our turn to bowl for FREEE!!!! None of my friends wanted to wait so they all ended up leaving. I met up with some friends from Pima and when they finally called my name they came and went bowling with me. We grabbed some random people and we had some fun. Random people included cute boys of course. At some point earlier I had exchanged numbers with... we shall name him..... uhhhh... North. (random) anyways. N.'s friend came with me to bowl. N. invited me to go to Ihop after bowling. well... at Ihop I was then invited to go camping with N. and his friend "Burt." Of course being the crazy 20 year old that I am... I went. We slept in the bed of the truck on a mattress. It started raining. I was EXTREMELY scared. I woke up to people shooting guns and 4 wheelers. I heard scary animal noises through-out the night granted we didn't get out there till 3 am. haha! Needless to say I made it back alive!!!!!!

I have been looking for new apartments with Olivia. oh and I made a chore chart. How childish but we needed it for all 3 of us.

Alright I have 8 minutes left to post this so I gotta go. PEACE RANDOM READERS!

Did you miss me?!

Okay...

October 12th...

Trip to Scottsdale with Olivia. PHOTO SHOOT!!!!!!!!

Later in October...

Camping trip with Kassie, Kayum, and Big B (Bentley)

So we went to my grandparents cabin. We went on a grand tour and we went upstairs and looked in the attic because it reminded us of the grudge... but so we climbed the ladder to get upstairs.

We looked around. Kayum was about to walk down the stairs when I told him he should probably turn around he took a step and fell down the stairs!!!!!! We laughed so hard. He basically skied down them untill the end when his foot got caught on the pipe rails. We had a really long laugh. Still every day we bring up the funny story ever chance we get =)

It came time to start the fire...

I'm very independent and HAD to start it on my own. I didn't want any help. In fact I yelled at B and Kayum when they tried to help. They got kinda frustrated with me. Typical me! So instead of my crown I have my matches!!!!

Speaking of crowns...

I always carry my name badge and crown pin in my "Black Box." To me this is that special box that GOES everywhere and should be indestructable... anyways...

Kassie found this and wanted to be a princess too so she put in on and the crown on her head. Way to go Kassie!

We went on a hike in the morning and some how Kayum became our fearless leader. We hiked to the bear caves. On our hike Kayum found this oversized stick to be his walking stick. We convinced him to break it down. He continued to carry this stick for quite a ways.

Yes here we all are in the bear cave. No there was no bear. Just a little stream. Kayum decided to hike down the stream. here is the tree that we were SUPPOSED to climb down to get there...

Here is Kayum... he just "fairied" his way down this tree. Here is Bentley vs the tree...

The tree ended up breaking on him and he had a pretty nasty gash in his side from it. Kassie and I were extremely scared to go down now because the tree was broke. Kassie went down before me and just decided to slide down on her bum. Remember how I said it was a stream... yeah... it was a little wet. I went next and didn't want my whole bum wet so I was one cheekin' it if you know what I mean! End results...

There you have it. Big B. Me. Kassie.

Kayum took the picture because he walked away with out on drop of water on him. GRRRRR!

The hike became into more of an episode of "Man vs Wild" it was awesome. I would just randomly fall, but always gracefully. They made fun of me because it. B had an experience with him vs a rock.... to bad we didn't get pictures of that. He was playing super man. Seriously he was flying through the air!

Needless to say, we made it back safely. We came home with some great memories!

A few weeks ago I went on a date with a guy named Jacob. He picked me up on his motorcycle. We went to a shooting range and I shot 3 different guns. Talk about over coming fear! I had a BLAST!!!! (oh bad joke!)

I was actually a decent shot with the .22 hand gun. I want one for my birthday. I don't think my parents will approve.

In other news- I am jobless. haha! I was Marilyn Monroe for Halloween. I'm looking for a new place to live. Life is fearless and fun!

PS there are a TON more pictures from both these events. To see more visit my Facebook!

Whole Life in Shambles

About a week ago my car was having problems starting. I was at work and it wouldn't start. With some major prayers and some patiences it finally started. Well... Yesterday I was going to head out to the library because I had an email that I needed to write... my car wouldn't start. This time the prayers and the patience wasn't working. I ended up walking to the library. I called Bentley on the way and was so upset. I told him the only thing that could go more wrong right now is if I got hit by a car. I got to the library and Olivia called and said she was coming to the library so I asked her for a ride home. She of course said yes. So I finished up and we left. When I got home I called my dad and told him my car troubles. He asked me if I even had money for a new battery I bursted into tears and said no. He was like what's wrong and that's when I said, "My whole life is in shambles!" He kinda laughed and was like, "don't worry we will take care of it. I'll call you back." So I waited for him to call me back and he did and said, "We are coming to see you. We will leave in about 30 min and we will take you out to dinner." It was at this point when I started to cry even more because I knew the Lord has blessed me with a great family who will do anything for me.

They arrived and he replaced my battery. I was super excited and happy. Finally something was looking up. We got to Olive Garden and there was a long line. I said well we can go somewhere else, but they didn't seem to mind. So my dad put his name on the list and they said about 30 min. We took the buzzer and went outside. As we walked outside my dad says, "Okay Steph you have 20 min to tell my how your life is in shambles." I told him I could tell him because I would start to cry. To this my wise father said, "You have 10 min to tell me and 10 min to dry your tears." I began and so did the tears. I didn't really say much. I just talked about my past with Jake and how it still hurts and I don't have closure. He said how can you get closure and I shook my head and said I don't know, I just don't know.

I think my parents were sad and worried because now I'm out of the house and they aren't there all the time for me to go lay on their bed and pour my heart out to them. It's been a rough week that is for sure. I always manage to pull through though. I've done this before and got through it last time... I'm to strong willed to let something get me down.

Tonight I'm off to Scottsdale to party PARTY! GO TEAM!

Popping the seal on blogging

Hello all you FABULOUS people. My name is Stephanie just if you didn't know. I decided to pop my seal and go ahead and become a "blogger." I'm new to this so please be patient as I learn.

Why did I start this blog?!
Well because I thought it would be fun to let my friends and family know what I'm up to.

I just recently moved and am having fun starting a life here. I'm making friends in the singles ward and am having a BLAST living with my best friend Olivia and our other roomie Sylvia. We dont even have much in our house. It's just a town house, but we don't have a tv or anything special. Both the roomies have boyfriends so I find myself either alone or leaving. haha. They do make special Stephanie time so I can feel special. I LOVE THEM! Especially our photo shoots.

For some odd reason a few weeks ago I thought it would be a BRILLIANT idea to run a half marathon.... well... I'm not so sure it's a good idea, but I do know I want to do it before I die so it's now or never. Needless to say I'm in the works of training for this lovely marathon that is in January. I'm really scared because I'm not a real big runner, but whatevs it will still be fun. My friend Becca will be running it with me and it should be rather entertaining because we are 2 funny people =)

about 4:30ish I realized that I just had so much on my mind about work, school, life and all sorts of things. So I went to the temple. I watched the sunrise. It was the most peaceful morning ever! Sure there was a guy blowing the sidewalks off and sure there was a lawnmower guy, but I was at peace with myself. I loved watching the people go inside. Everyone always said good morning or something like unto it. I would whisper Hello and smile. I took some pictures while I was there and said a few prayers haha =)

I called my dad while I was leaving to tell him he was missing a beautiful sunrise. He told me he loved me and asked if I needed anything. Of course being the girl I am just said no and let it be. I told him I loved him and we hung up. I went home and fell fast asleep.

As I was getting ready for the gym my dad called to just say whats up. So I told him how I usually sleep longer, but I didn't today... his response?... Don't pass out on the treadmill!!!! Oh how I LOVE my family.

Well my time is about to run out as I sit here in the library all sweaty and smelly... GO ME! I'll try and get this thing looking a little better when I return to the parentals house on Thursday.

-ME-