Snowshoeing and 25-3

So this weekend my roommates and I rented some snowshoes from the ORC and had a riotous time traipsing around Logan canyon. Friday night we did a little nigh snowshoeing which was fun for my first time...the snow really brightened everything up so we didn't even have to use flashlights. Then this afternoon we did some snowshoeing up the Jardine Juniper trail. It was so much fun to blaze through the powder and jump off little hills. I have definitely taken a liking to snowshoeing and if I end up somewhere where they have snow, I just might invest into a pair of my very own. Maybe 2 pairs so that I can convince someone to go with me. And Stacie if you will notice in the picture, I am wearing the very cute green striped turtle neck that you have me my freshman year at college. Snowshoeing was a lot of fun and I would recommend it to anyone that likes to hike.In sad and bad news, Utah State lost to Saint Mary's today by 11 points. So much for being ranked in the top 25. I would be deeply depressed if I didn't have such a good time going snowshoeing. But our official record of the season is 25-3, hopefully we will be able to pull off some more wins before the end of the season and clinch the WAC Championship regular season title. Then I get to enjoy the WAC Tournament. GO AGGIES!

25-2

I am coming off the high of another great Aggie basketball game. Which is good considering the depression that I was in after the loss to Boise on Saturday. Last night the Aggie men played CS Bakersfield and came off with a 21 point win with a final score of 78-57. It was a good game and Matt Formisano even made 7 points and 5 rebounds. It was a good game for him and I always like to see him succeed because he lacks confidence.

With a record of 25-2, it has been a great season with the Aggies. GO AGGIES!

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But on to the big news, this Saturday at 3 o'clock Mountain Standard time Utah State will be playing Saint Mary's in their ESPN bracketbuster. This promises to be a good game considering that the teams are pretty well matched up. It will be a hard game for the Aggies because it will be at Saint Mary's. So if you have ESPN2 or know somebody that does I would recommend watching the Aggies take on Saint Mary's.

Photo Tag

So, I was tagged by my sister Stacie for a photo tag. And I was thinking how can I do this because my computer just crashed and I had to get a new hard drive so there are no pictures currently on my computer. But lucky for you and me I have facebook. So I went to my 4th album and took my 4th picture.Here it is in all its glory. This picture was taken when I was living in Wisconsin, the summer of 2006. It was the summer that the movie Superman Returns came out and as you can probably tell I was really excited for the movie. My friend April made me this cape to watch the movie in and it was basically amazing so I had to take like 50 pictures of me wearing it.


I just had to add this picture, eventhough it was the 5th picture. It is much cuter because it has my adorable neice and nephew are in their capes with me...we had a great summer with our superhero capes.

Ward Prayer

I tried to upload a video but it was too big. We thought that we were pretty funny. Each of us dressed up like one of the other roommates and then we were interviewed as them. The very end got cut off, but other than that it is all here. I was April, Melanie was Mickie, Kellie was me, Mickie was Kellie, and April was Melanie. We even tried to pick up on each others mannerisms so if you look in the background you will see us doing some pretty weird things. We had a great time and made people laugh, so what more can I ask for. We had been planning this for a while, so I am glad that it turned out well and that people got to know us better. We even got the Bishop laughing.
Above is a picture of all of us. From left to right: Melanie as Mickie, Mickie as Kellie, April as Melanie, me as April, and Kellie as me. This is a fun picture because we are all acting as the other person would...it makes me really happy. We had a great time and I found out about some weird quirks that I have that I didn't even know about.

This weekend we also had a great time for Alli's birthday. We floated the canal and played frisbee golf. I live to Frolf. Just kidding but I like to say that. It was fun and I was horrible at it. But as long as I enjoy being bad that is all that matters. Then on Saturday we floated the canal and had strawberry shortcake. We also made Cafe Rio salads on Sunday...those are always good. All in all I think that we should have more birthdays, because then we could party all year round.

SHOT II

Over June 13-15 I went to a conference in Boulder, Colorado. I had a really great time and I learned a lot. I also found my new favorite hardware store. It is in Boulder and its name is McGuckin Hardware. Don't worry, I got a t-shirt from the hardware store.

The picture above is of me presenting the first day of the conference. I think that I look really silly presenting and not just because my mouth is open in this picture. I talk with my hands too much.

This is me the morning of launch. Each school launched a payload on a weather balloon that testing something for the satellites that we are each designing. We were testing the release mechanism for our photometer tube cover. It was pretty exciting.

Above is a picture of the weather balloon carrying up the payloads. Along with our payload went a pair of my socks and my t-shirt. We forgot to bring foam to insulate our box so I had to go into the bathroom right before launch and take off my shirt. So I wore just a sweatshirt for the entire day. Scandalous I know.

Above is a picture of Utah State's SHOT II team on the morning of launch. I am on the left, the Josh, Keith, and Nicholas. And don't worry at this point I don't have my t-shirt on. Overall it was a good experience our payload didn't work because of the difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion of epoxy and aluminum. I learned a lot at this conference and it wasn't all about satellites and weather balloons.

Better Late than NEVER!!!! TAG!

10 years ago:
I was 12 years old and just entered Young Womens...I was probably still trying to memorize the YW Theme. I also had just come down with a horrible case of Pneumonia and don't remember two weeks of my life.

5 things on my to do list:
- Whip test a dummy loaded payload box
- Assemble SHOT II payload box
- Weed and water the garden
- Prepare my Relief Society Lesson
- Wreak Havoc and Rob Banks

5 Snacks I enjoy
- Graham Crackers and Chocolate Milk
- Ritz Crackers and Peas
- CHOCOLATE!!!
- Fruit Snacks (especially of the Lego variety)
- Blueberry Muffins

5 Places I have lived
- Bloomington Hills (St. George)
- Bloomington (St. George)
- Logan, Utah
- Janesville, Wisconsin
- Dentist Office #5

What would I do if I became a Billionaire:
If I became a Billionaire...I would pay A LOT of taxes. Then I would buy a really nice car and I would become a certified skydiver. I would pay off all of my family's debts and buy every single one of them a house. Then I would buy all of my friends that are teachers Smart Boards and give them more funding to buy cool stuff for their classrooms. Then I would build myself a shop where I could tinker and build really cool stuff. Then I would spoil my nieces and nephews rotten. And then I would give money to UNICEF...because Audrey Hepburn supported them so I will too. And I will buy Patt land in Mexico, he will have to pay for his own boat. Then I would invest...so that I could give even more people money.

5 Jobs I've had:
- Little Caesars Pizza
- Research Assistant
- Assembly Line Worker at RAM
- Internship at SSI/Bourns in Janesville
- Harnessing/Thermal lead at USUSat

5 Things you don't know about me:
- I have had 2 cysts removed from my face
- I played the flute in the band for 4 years
- I went to computer camp as a kid, one time at computer camp...
- I make a mean pizza...I should after working at Little Caesars for 2.5 years
- I have a deep resonating faith in my Heavenly Father and Saviour Jesus Christ

I TAG...Emily, I don't know very many people

Bunny Bowling!

Yesterday was Easter as many of you know. Easter isn't quite as much fun when you aren't with family but my roommates and I tried our best to make the best of it. We had an Easter egg hunt that was a scavenger hunt with clues leading to everyone's Easter basket at the end. Which was a lot of fun to make and do. (April and I put together the scavenger hunt.)

One of the items in my Easter basket was a bowling set that had pins that were shaped like bunnies. So we ended up playing 15 frames of bowling. It was a lot of fun and Melanie even broke 100 points in the first 10 frames. We had a blast, even if we missed our families. I may just have to go bunny bowling every year.
Above is our Bunny Bowling lane. I am lounging on the couch as the official score keeper. You can see Brian's legs. And although you cannot see her, April was our official pin setter.
Here is Mickie lining up her first ball on her frame. If I remember correctly she did very well. Maybe eight or nine pins knocked down. Lucas was the only one to get a strike the entire day, but we didn't get a picture of him bowling.