newness of...

Well it is great to be home - I have already been riding. I expect more of that to come. Mom's newest horse, Rio, was fabulous for me. She isn't quite familiar with me yet, but she will be by the end of the Summer. The branch is fabulous as always and it was great to see familiar faces (some cute ones as well hehe) and some new ones. You gotta love KTown though, because yesterday it was about 67 and then today somewhere around the upper 40's and snowing - welcome to Spring. Yes. haha Other then running errands with my mom and loving being home, this weekend I am off to Medford for a Young Single Adult activity. It should be way fun - dance, fireside and then church (it's a Saturday/Sunday event). Hopefully pics will be posted...if I remember to take pics. Speaking of which, the pics below are of my new haircut (Rihanna style) and I have always wanted a fish. The newest animal to the animal farm is Kramer the Betta fish. Sorry Josh, but now you can't ever name your kid that (pass that on Sumo). He's bright pink/red - apparently male Bettas are prettier than females. It's always like that - we as females have to put on make-up to make ourselves look prettier, men don't. What's up with that!? haha Anywyas, Kramer is a well behaved fish though. Thanks to Nikki, the wrap that we wore at her reception matches beautifully with the red flower in his bowl. Thank you Nikki. :) That has been my life since I have moved home. I will keep you updated...

what have i done...

I have succumbed and have started reading Twilight. I promised my roommate that I would read the series over the summer. I already had a book picked out to start reading as soon as the semester ended, but then when I saw that that Nikki owned the series my curiosity got the best of me. I am obsessed and I am not even done with the first book. It is so good - I am in love with a fictional character. haha Not good. My New Year's resolution was to find somebody that lived close at least in the vicinity of where I lived - I have miserably failed. haha I am not really in love, please. I just wish I could find an Edward Cullen in my life or some form of vampire. Too bad they don't exist. If you haven't read them yet, please do - they are so well written and are so mesmerizing - they suck you right in.

what next...

Safe and sound in Utah - on my way down I stopped in Brigham City and talked with Aziele about her previous jobs. It was great talking with her - I learned a lot about different jobs I can do working as a social worker with kids. Something that kind of peaked my interest was working in a school for the deaf and blind children. Something for me to think about - I love social work because of the diversity. You can work with so many different populations - love it. Yay. I have been staying at Sam and Nikki's since. Sam and I tackled the weekend with putzing around the mall and some other stores. It's been weird not having to worry about homework or anything. On Saturday night, I got an unexpected phone call from Matt Francis. He had asked this girl to go to a symphony with him and she bailed for some stupid reason. He asked me to go instead - lucky me! He took me out to dinner and then headed to downtown Salt Lake for the symphony. It was amazing! The first half was Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and the second half was some Ralphe Vaughn Williams. They featured a soloist for the concerto - James Ehnes who graduated from Julliard. Beautiful. I then treated him to dessert at Cold Stone - it was the least I could do. Although he got my ticket for free and paid half price for his, he did pay for my dinner. All in all it was a really fun night. That has been my life since school got out - I love not being in school right now. haha It's been so nice to be with Sam and Nikki. Yay. :)
Pictures: last day in the burg, I went to take some pics next to the beautiful temple. Next one is of me right before Francis came to pick me up.

oh my goodness...

hahahaha I fooled you! I did not think that this joke would have gone so well. I'm sorry, but that had to have been the best April Fool's joke...EVER! I still can't believe that you all fell for it and hard. First of all: how come anyone didn't notice it was April 1? You all were all probably too mad at me to think twice about the date. Second of all: you should know me better than that. Shame on you. haha Messing. I would not do anything without talking to my parents and then the siblings. Seriously though, putting all jokes aside I would like to clarify a few things...

I want you all to know that Elder Owens would never do such a thing as this. He is an amazing, dedicated missionary who is so focused on the work. He and I do write, but not consecutively. We are just two good friends writing back and forth. I don't want anyone to think that he would ever do this, especially because he's on his mission.

With that being said and that everyone is clear on that, I will not be fooling anyone anytime soon. Who knew this family was so gullible?

curiosity killed the cat...

APRIL FOOLS!!!

SHOCKED!

I know you are all curious about why I asked if you like the ring or the necklace better. Well I decided to ask you all because I have been writing back and forth pretty consistently with a certain someone. This person asked me to look at a couple of websites through our letters together. They didn't tell me why or what for, so I looked them up and this is what I found: a beautiful ring and necklace. I was shocked! I asked them why they wanted me to look at them and the next letter I got explained to me..

What is it with people buying me jewelry trying to tell me how much they love me? Remember Robbie Warnick? He did the exact same thing: gave me this beautiful diamond ring (not engagement or promise), but just to show how much he loved me. Are any of you starting to get some ideas of who this person might be? I'll tell you: Elder Robert Owens. Yes that's right...He and I have been writing back and forth lately and through these letters he told me to look up these two pieces of jewelry. I asked him why he wanted to buy these things and he just said because he loved me and really appreciated me in his life. They aren't promise rings by any means (he said that and I agree). I told him he shouldn't - I'm not saying I love him too by accepting this. I know it sounds selfish of me to accept either, but I am going to accept the ring.
Isn't this crazy? I was SHOCKED to say the least...