Randomness from the last few weeks...

My new outfit

My roommate, Megan, did my make-up for me (for a date)

I cooked! Delicious chicken enchiladas.

My how time flies, it's May tomorrow!! So I've kind of been slacking in the blog department (among other things), so I'll post some random stuff for my favorite sister-in-law. I'm all moved in to my new apartment, and I love it!! Except there seems to be a disagreement over the A/C. Personally I think if it's snowing outside, A/C is not required, open the window for heaven sakes. My roommate Christin and I have been playing this game with a bridal magazine where we hide it in the other person's room, hehe. I had quite an enjoyable Easter. It was my first Sunday in the 48th ward and I got to meet with my Bishop and say the closing prayer in Sacrament Meeting. After church Christin and I went and took pictures in front of the temple because it was such a beautiful day! Then we went to our friend Chrissie's house for a delicious dinner and an Easter egg hunt. We met a bunch of new people and a cute guy even asked for my number! We also went to a fireside, then played some games and watched Tarzan. Today I went to Idaho Falls with Chrissie, her roommates Mary, and Michelle, and Christin. I stocked up on Clinique products, looked around the mall, then we ate at Red Robin, then we went to Target (which is one of my favorite stores) and I got a really cute shirt, which I may post a picture of and some cheap-o turquoise flip-flops. Then we went to Win-Co for cheap groceries. It was a great day, but shopping is exhausting, and I had a bunch of homework and laundry to come home to. I love the feeling and the smell of clean clothes fresh out of the dryer, it's one of the best things in the whole world!! I do not like Shakespeare though. Sure he tells good stories, but I just can't appreciate his plays because I don't understand what the heck is going on. I have to study Hamlet AGAIN for one of my classes, and I no like-y. Boo!

Where are you Spring?

I think that it's rather ridiculous to have to worry about road conditions when traveling in April, but yesterday I had the pleasure of driving from Rexburg to Taber on slushy roads (actually the roads between Great Falls and Taber were nice and clear). Thank-you to Brittany for taking the wheel for a few hours so I could sleep. So the semester is over and I'm home for about a week. The end of the semester means that this is no longer a blog for my family relations class, so I guess it'll just be like another journal for me or there's a good chance that I'll need a blog for classes in the future. It's weird to be home without my brothers, it's kind of lonely, but I'm glad that Connor has struck out on his own and that Darren is serving the Lord in Mexico City. The last few days have been bittersweet, sure it's nice to be done with classes and finals, but the end of the semester means saying goodbye to roommates, classmates, teachers, and friends; it means white glove checks, packing, and driving all of which I hate. The saddest part for me is that I won't be living with Chrissie Yelton anymore, we've grown pretty close in our three semesters as roommates. But she's being replaced by Christin Humphreys, who is equally awesome! Being in Taber means delicious home-made meals (all of my favorites), fresh-baked cookies, a shower with excellent water pressure, a more comfortable bed, sleeping for as long as I want, watching NCIS with my dad, and viewing the last three months of pictures on the family computer. Whatever shall I do with all of my glorious spare time?

Blended Families

Did you know that 56-62% of children in the US will be raised in a blended family? Whoa!
Did you know that 70% of divorced people say that they could/should have made the marriage work? We had Brother Williams wife Ruth come and answer some of our questions this week. She had to jump back into the dating scene with 2 young children. Brother Williams advises that a divorce should be final for at least 6 months before you even think about starting to date again. It's important to be realistic when you're dating, don't constantly have your head in the clouds because marriage is tough. She said that the first time around she had certain goals which she ignored because of a cute guy. An idea that I liked was that when she and Brother Williams were dating they would take turns planning the dates, and that they were structured, not just hang-out sessions.