I Just Came To Say Hello

This weekend has been incredible! Everything about it was wonderful! I will do my best to give you a run down of it without leaving out too much.

Friday I went to the temple and it was wonderful, best way to start off a day. Not to mention the weather was lovely. Then that night, Kaylin, Tyler M, Jaide, Emily, Tyler B, Stirling, Nikki and I went and saw X:Men First Class at the drive-in. I recommend seeing it! =D

After a lovely time watching the movie, we (minus Tyler M and Kaylin) went to Porter Park. We swung on the swings, played freeze tag, where I slid and fell from being chased by Stirling (like I said, don't try to back track in flats on wet grass...not smart). I died laughing when I ate it, and it was completely worth the stains.

We sort of attempted the whipped cream game and it landed on my forehead. Good thing it was dark and no one could see too well.

Saturday like I said, I had 2 photoshoots. One of Cacia and her roommates and then one of Camilo's friend. Check out the ones of Cacia and her friends here. They were dressed as fairies and a blast to work with. More will be put up later. I'm still working on downsizing my favorites list. Went from 672 to 152. Getting there slowly but surely. For the record, these are unedited. I have this thing where I believe pictures should be as natural as they can be and only minor touch ups should be made.

This is one of my favorites. This is an all natural picture, no editing done.
(Below: Andrea and Stephanie, click to enlarge, it looks better bigger)

And this is my other favorite. This is Cacia and Stephanie.

But yes, taking pictures was heaven to me. I love everything about it. Working with the people, trying new things and loving it all. I just wish I didn't have back problems making me have to quit after 5 hours of taking pictures, but still worth every minute of it.

Today we had church, though I had a hard time staying awake. After church Albert and I had dinner with our cousin Stephanie and her husband. It was lots of fun and the food was heavenly. We played hacky sack, some wii and did a puzzle (I thought of you mom <3).

Then I came back home for Sunday Night Dessert (SND) where we had more people than ever before and made homemade oreos. Fun was had by all but the real fun was when the numbers died off. Matt tricked Brett into eating a cookie filled with Crisco instead of icing. Brett ate it all. It was quite enjoyable to watch.

I gave 2 guys, Matt B (Not pictured) and Tom Bugg (He's one of those people you have to say his first and last name, just the way it is) piggy back rides. Matt is easily 150lbs I think and Tom is not far behind him. Yes I gave THEM piggy back rides. Who is beasty? That's right, ME!!!

They were impressed and so was I. Then Tom gave Nikki and I a piggy back ride together and then Matt gave all 3 of us a piggy back ride. We are full of beastiness! =D

After settling down somewhat, Matt, Tom, Conrade, Emily, Nikki, Jaide and I all sat around talking about our biggest fears and terrible/funny experiences. It was a blast!

All in all tonight was wonderful and this weekend was amazing. Best weekend ever!

Hope you all had equally amazing ones

I just came
to say hello
and eat some Crisco
Meg

What A Day!

Well technically evening.....anywho. My roommates and I and some friends went to the Drive-In here in the Burg and saw X:Men First Class. It was AWESOME!!! And then we played games in the park and now my hand is bruised and I have a giant grass stain down my pants and it was COMPLETELY worth it! Nikki will say I was tackled but I just slipped on the wet grass. Don't run in flats my friends.....bad idea......just saying.

Anyway I might tell you more about it later, it was quite an interesting night for sure. Gotta say a good end to my birthday. Man and to think I was at the temple this morning.....that seems like AGES ago.

Anyway I am off to bed, I have 2 photoshoots tomorrow. Oh and check out the pictures on facebook that my friend Glen did of me for his studio photography class! =D

Have a good night
eat some whipped cream
drink some code red
and get some grass stains
It's worth it
Meg

Pets Are People Too

This weekend has been one of the best weekends all semester, maybe by far THE best weekend of the semester? Why you may ask? Because of 4 reasons, family, puppies, friends and perfect weather.

Saturday Catherine and Jesse came to visit and Albert came over and the 4 of us went on a picnic.

Below is Albert in front of the Rexburg, Idaho temple.Yay for big brothers!

And of course my dear pregnant sister, Catherine =]
She thinks she is Asian...

And Jesse did not want to be photographed =[

Party pooper! xP It's okay, we still love him.

After a wonderful picnic with everything delicious and no spills, we took Catherine and Jesse to the I-Center to show them our "small and moderate" renovations to the campus. (P.S. It looks like a mini version of the conference center and holds 15,000 I believe, See below).I sit on this far left section, up towards the front normally for devotional (from 2-3pm every Tuesday).

And after a lovely day of fun, they departed back to where they were staying.

Sunday, however; Emily brought her sister's puppy over to play for the day. His name is Moose!

And Kaylin climbed up the balcony and caught Mini Wheats in her mouth from the floor above.

Isn't he so cute? (Please ignore the pasty leg that may or may not be mine...)

We played fetch with him, and ran with him.

And cuddled him when he was tired.

And made him soar like Superman!

He has this thing that when Emily laid down, he had to go lay by her head. I am not quite sure why, but it was cute.

I played with him lots!

Catherine and Jesse came for awhile and played with us, but alas they had to return back to Provo. =[ but I will see them in 6 months time.

On a happier note, Nikki and I made cookies.

And a guy in our ward stopped by and asked if we were coming to make s'moreos (s'mores in oreos) but we were not invited, so he invited us. We said we might came after we finished baking.

But since we didn't come over right away, he brought us a s'moreo and it was delicious!

And then we gave him a hot out of the oven cookie.

But then didn't want the rest of said cookies.

So we took them over to Albert's apartment.

He would've gotten more if he had been home when we said he would, so Nikki and I waited around for an hour until he got home. No worries, his roommates kept us entertained.

Nikki left after 45 minutes, but I continued to be entertained by apartment 203 (Albert's apartment) until him and Eric showed up.....with their nails painted.....

.....no comment.....

Needless to say, I quickly went back to my apartment and brought back acetone and cotton balls.....

And then enjoyed hanging out over there until curfew and I had to return to my home.

But all in all it was a great day.

I was able to spend most of the day outside and have lots of fun with family and friends.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

I woke up 13 minutes before class started today
I got ready and left in 3 minutes.
Made it to class with 4 minutes to spare.
I am thankful for a roommate that wakes me up!
Love ya Nikki!
Meg

Who You Need to Know

I am going to use this as a reference point. These are the people I have talked about and probably will for the rest of the semester. I know it can be frustrating reading something and thinking "Now which one was that?"

And please bare with me, I wasn't sure how to go about the order so you may have to scroll up and down a few times. I could have done it by general age but that would put almost all of the guys at the top and the girls at the bottom so instead I am doing it by general relevance. Roommates, their boys, and then people I THINK will stick around this semester. So here are the characters this semester:

This is Emily. She is either the youngest or second youngest of us. She is a bit of an adrenaline junky and all around a very happy person. She is also the one that knows EVERYONE and every guy. She keeps us all joyful with her happy, random remarks.

She is also quite cute.

Next there is Kaylin. She is kind of our "mom". She holds us together and you cannot help but love her. She is ALWAYS smiling and is an all around day brightener.

Then there is Nikki. She is my room-roommate and one of the awesomest people I know. She is loud and wild when she wants to be. She loves to hug people (which is good for my sake, I love hugs) and her and I are pretty much inseparable. She is the best roommate a girl could ask for.

Finally there is Jaide. She is cute and has a great fashion sense. She is actually blonde but can pull off any hair color (which I am rather jealous of). She is goofy and cute. She makes us all laugh with her hilariously random remarks.

(Not pictured: Jacquelyn. She is only here Monday-Wednesday because she is engaged so she doesn't really do anything with our apartment).


This is Tyler M. He is dating Kaylin (See above). They are perfect together and he hangs out at our apartment quite a bit. He is friends with all of us and is easy to talk to and so we allow Kaylin to keep him around. Below he is showing off his frog sculpture made out of cookie dough. (Try to keep up, there are still 2 more Tylers).

Next is Brett (with glasses) and Scott (looking crazy). Sorry I don't have better pictures of them. Brett is Emily's friend and he comes over quite a bit as well. He is pretty cool.

Scott is dating Jaide (See 2 pictures up). I am amazed that I don't have any pictures of them together since they are pretty much inseparable. He is pretty cool and way funny.
This is Stirling. He is one of Albert's roommates. He's a pre-mi and pretty much the funniest guy I know. He's way chill and has a very bold/bright fashion sense. Basically you just need to know that he is hilarious. I wonder where he comes up with the stuff he says. He is quiet normally but when around people he knows, he is loud and crazy.

This is Tyler B. He is also one of Albert's roommates. He drove us up from Provo in his little white Geo Prizm. He is rather quiet until him and Stirling get on a roll. They are really tight and are hilarious together. Stirling will say stuff and Tyler will just go along with it. Tyler is rather reserved but really funny when he talks. Him and Stirling also have the hugest smiles ever (as seen below).

This is Tom Bugg. He might be in my ward, that or he used to be in this ward. Either way he comes around ever so often. He is really goofy but easy to be around and talk with. Here below he is modeling Kaylin's apron.
This is Ian. I don't really know anything about him except he is friends with Scott. He might stick around this semester, who knows. He seems chill though. He went repelling off the bridge with Jaide, Emily and Scott this past Saturday.
David is one of the guys we went to Big Juds with. He is pretty funny and easy going. I don't know much about him except he hangs out with Jesse (below) but he seems nice. Oh and he grew up with Brett.

This is Jesse. He is friend with David and Emily and probably Brett. He is really quiet and kicked Kaylin's strawberry plant off the balcony. Poor strawberry plant.

This is Janee. She is Nikki's old roommate. She is loud and opinionated and really nice. Sorry the picture isn't better. She likes to randomly show up at our apartment periodically.

This is her boy Tyler. He is super nice and easy to talk to. They like to hang out at our apartment. He is easy going and has great taste in music. We'll probably see him and Janee around more often.

Then there is Tom G. He is chill. He is one of those people you talk to because you can. He is on my roommates volleyball team and he is extremely chill. We hang out with him sometimes but I am not sure how long that will last.

This is Conrad. He is really nice and super dorky. He is fun to have around. He has a long board that he has left at our apartment for the past few weeks and we are ADDICTED. I now LOVE long boards and wish I had one. Seriously the most of fun thing ever.

Last but not least there is grandma. The story behind her is she is Jaide's grandma. And for Christmas she gave each of her children and their families a giant picture of her. Her mom didn't like the picture and hid it in Jaide's suitcase when she came to school. We now hide grandma around the apartment in each others stuff trying to scare one another. She is been everywhere. Oh silly grandma.

So I think that is everyone. Pretty much everyone below Scott is not a guarantee they'll stick around but on the off chance that they stay, now you know who everyone is. Hope this helped. Yes I realize everyone whom is NOT my roommate is a guy.....but that's because we really don't have any female friends.....well except Kaley and Brooke from my classes.

Have a lovely day!
Meg

Advantages of the front room, sort of.

Yesterday I was chillin at my apartment with a girl from my English class. Her name is Brooke and she is pretty nice. (She is also in Albert's ward and FHE group). Anyway we were sitting in my room with the window open because it is always open, just talking and chillin like ice cubes.

When Emily's friends Brett and David stopped by to see Emily, but she was off repelling off of a 130ft. bridge with Jaide and some friends. Anyway, I SORT of know Brett because he has come over several times (he also went to Olive Garden with our group) and I met David briefly twice because his friend knocked Kaylin's strawberry plant off of our 3rd floor balcony and killed her plant.

Anywho, they came to our window and asked "Hey want to go to Big Juds with us?" So we said "Sure!" but Brett didn't realize the Big Juds in Rexburg is the same as the one in Ashton (near Idaho Falls, close to a 30 min drive) so we went to the one in Ashton.

It was kind of awkward because none of us really knew each other, but it was fun.

And this is why you should have a front room, because you might get to go on a random adventure with people you sort of know. Awesome right?

Oh and Nikki and I moved our room around and I better "organized" by stuff and now it looks all clean or something like that. I might put a picture up later.

Oh! And Kaylin and her boyfriend made homemade Oreos last night. We ate some today and they are delicious. We should always have homemade Oreos ALL OF THE TIME, let me tell you. They are one of the most brilliant inventions ever. I think I have a new favorite cookie.

Float On
And we'll all float on okay
and we'll float on okay
and we'll all float alight
Don't don't you worry
we'll all float on alright
Meg

I've Told You Once and I Will Tell You Again

Us Mormon people sure know how to party.

This weekend my roommates and I went to Olive Garden......ok wait, wait. I need to back up here. I am getting ahead of myself.

This is Danielle.

You are currently wondering: Who is she? What is on her face? And what does she have to do with Olive Garden?

Well shut up and I will tell you.

Danielle arrived Sunday as courtesy of visiting my roommate, Emily. Danielle was our adopted roommate for the week, given Jacquelyn is only her Monday-Wednesday so Danielle was like our 6.5th roommate.

And let me tell you, she was a blast to have around. There was one morning I woke up to find a fort in our living room with two snoozing girls hiding beneath it. We all hung out many a evening, laughing and joking as if we had known Danielle our wholes lives.

This brings me to Saturday. We (being me, 4 of my roommates, Danielle, her boyfriend (he goes to BYU-I, Danielle is Jewish =D), Brett and Jaide's new boyfriend Scott) went to Olive Garden as a "Thanks for an awesome week, we're going to miss you" dinner celebration thing. (Are you confused yet with all of these parenthesis?)

After a lovely meal, stuffing ourselves full and playing elbowsies. (It's the new footsies). We played some games, danced around and watched people up-chuck some cinnamon.

Which brings me to what is on Danielle's face. Well do you remember that game we played back in the fall?

Well we played it again!

Just F.Y.I. I am REALLY good at this game.

For all of y'all that do not remember what the whipped cream games is....well too bad!
Nah just kidding. It is where you put whipped cream on the back of your hand. Then you smack your free hand towards the elbow of the hand with cream, launching the whipped cream into the air, and then trying to catch it in your mouth.
Warning: If played in doors, floors and ceilings will become minefields with whipped cream.

This is a great game, but you should PROBABLY play it outside, but then again....I have never played it outside.

All around it was lots of fun. Danielle and Steve (her boyfriend) tried to flip the whipped cream to each other and would not stop until the got it. They also felt the need to put whipped cream on the ceiling and then see whose would fall down first and catch it in their mouths.....strange....I know.

And of course, a night is not complete without someone doing the cinnamon challenge. Try to down a tablespoon of cinnamon. Danielle looked like she was about to cry. Steve wasn't sure what the big deal was.

Just to throw in some other random stuff that happened this weekend: Grass fights, Ninja attack, Signs game, Porter Park, long boarding addiction/fever (P.S. it is SOOO MUCH FUN!), dandelion war paint, Sitting on cars, the saltine cracker challenge, no dessert, spilling of several drinks, competition of pregnant food bellies, lots of sunshine, homework in the grass, going to Rollos (Broulims), leaving notes on cookie dough.

Yup that is college life for you.

Or maybe my friends are just more fun than yours.

I want some french fries
really badly
Bojangles needs to move out west
RIGHT NOW!
Meg

This Is My Roommate Kaylin

Enough said.
(Click to Enlarge)Basically I love this girl. She makes every day more enjoyable.

Laughter is the best medicine.
Kaylin can testify.
Meg

Someone Stole My Camera...And It Was Mario!

Actually most of these pictures were brought to you by Nikki Holt. My roommate. She likes to steal my camera.

And those are her shoes. They are lime green and I want them. =D

This one was brought to you by Kaylin. These are her baby flower plants that she likes to coo at each day with encouragement.
And then one night Kaylin decided to grow out her mustache.
I must say, she quickly beat out her boyfriend, Tyler in the thick mustache department.
Quite seemingly came out of nowhere.
And then she became Mario.

And all this time we thought Emily would be the one to wake up one day as the guy (Roommate joke).

And of course Mario has to play Mario Kart Double Dash!

And Jaide continues to act oblivious to her strange surroundings.

Or just embrace the oddball-ness of this apartment.
Like I said...

This apartment gets stranger and stranger every day. And I am loving every minute of it.

Don't ever eat ice cream
and then popcorn
back to back.
Just sayin.
Meg

Misfit Stories and Other Random Moments Part I

The other night I was happily sitting in the living room doing homework when I saw Kaylin and Jaide walking out with a candle and peeps.

At first glance it looked like they were roasting their peep marshmallows....

But then I heard an unusual cry...

"DIE PEEPS! DIE YOU NASTY LITTLE PEEPS!!!" -Kaylin

I came over to see what was happening to find this poor innocent peep with its head and tail burned off.

I was shocked and amused.

And then it was time for the peeps little friends to have their turn in the flames...

They used strange tactics to little one on fire just to burn the other peeps...

And enjoyed it a little TOO much.

The End.

My roommates
are crazy
and possibly
pyromaniacs.
Isn't that awesome?
Meg

Guilt Trip

So I felt bad for not posting any pictures on here yesterday due to having so many to choose from and so I cheated and just gave you a link. But I feel some of the pictures need some explanations.

This first picture was not in my album but this was at Nikki's friend, Toms' apartment. You can imagine how happy it made me. =D Until someone came by to ask for whiteout and the wind or the door opening knocked all the cans down.

Also that same day, while hanging out with Nikki and Tom, Tom bet that I could not drink a container of garlic butter and lick it clean in under 2 minutes.

I did.

And I got a free 2-liter of Mountain Dew out of it.

Given I had garlic breathe for 2 days straight.

Nor worries, it is gone now.

Yesterday as y'all know was Easter and my roommates and I had a big feast!

It was quite festive looking.

My roommates and I made ham, potatoes, corn and had pineapple and rolls. Along with "sparkling cider" (aka 7-up and apple juice) and Koolaid (for us southern people).

(From left to right: Me, Jaide, Emily, Kaylin, Nikki. Jacquelyn went home for the weekend)

Pictures provided by the lovely Albert Sebright =D

Also that is Kaylin's cousin, Tanner creeping there off to the right.

After dinner we had Sunday Night Desserts!

We made Tye-dye cupcakes!

And this is how you make um =D

You have to split your cake batter into 5 or more different bowls and then add food coloring.

(Intervention!)

Below you will see Brett making a strange sign....

This was the sign I was talking about. If you make that sign at someone, they must do a backwards somersault.

But if they break your sign, you have to do 3 backwards somersaults.

Jaide and Emily ended up doing backwards somersaults most of the night.
(See Emily below)

Back to cupcakes!

Then you poor a little of each color into the pan.

Like so.

You can tell the guys helped with the pouring...

And then you bake um and POOF!

You have Tye-dye cupcakes!

And this is what they look like when you bite into them.

Awesome right?

And this is Tyler and Kaylin. (Tyler is Kaylin's boyfriend)
So he is around our apartment MOST of the time.

I think they are pretty cute.
This is them showing of the yellow cornstarch/water mustaches.

All in all, the was fun had by all!

I recommend trying this sometime. Invite a handful of friends over, tell them each to bring an ingredient and all work together to make a treat. You get to meet some new people and have lots of fun along the way. Don't forget to play a game or two.

Happy belated Easter! (Unless you're from Canada, then it still is Easter).

Random Dance Parties
in your livingroom
making eyes at your roommates
brushing your teeth on the
porch while posing
Have fun!
Meg