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This is a video I found on my phone of Lauren last Christmas!! ENJOY!!

A little tied up!! :)

We were cleaning up after our spirit challenge with a rope course and I got used as a human rope winder!!!


This picture was only the beginning, I was completely covered with several feet of rope by the end. To make it even better, they wanted me to spin in circles down a hill to coil the rope around me. I opted not too though and instead they wrapped the rope around me!!

Riddle of the Day

A man wakes up one morning, gets out of bed, picks up his cane, walks a few steps, then he throws down his cane and picks up his gun and shoots himself in the head! WHY??

Happy I know, but this is what we do to keep ourselves entertained at work, and this specific one has been floating around work for a while. See if you can guess why, ask me any question!

Sad story...

So the other day at work, I hurriedly put some sunscreen on that was in the door of our work truck and then I was off to the field. But as usual I took off my CTR ring in order to do so. The only problem was that I forgot to put it back on after I was done, and unfortunately instead of putting it somewhere smart such as my pocket, I put it on the arm rest of the door(1st mistake). OOPS!!

So as I shuffled to the field, I remembered that I had left it there and tried to go back to get it, but I couldn't. See the wonderful thing about the USDA is that we have to pretend to follow certain rules, such as once you go into the field, you must wash-up in order to come out. So I yelled back to my crew lead who was driving the ATV and told him to put it somewhere safe. Then I was on my way. But I didn't take into account that he really didn't care, so he really didn't look for it (second mistake-trusting a boy).

Then the next problem... earlier that day we got both trucks stuck in the mud, so badly that they almost side collied, so my oh so smart crew lead decided that it would be smarter to bring the trucks closer to us on a drier road to avoid that problem again. So instead of being able to go back and look for it I could not, and it was very far away from our new location. So I sweetly put the idea into one of the very nice, BYU-Idaho, ATV certified, Guys on my crew to go look for me. He did... and found nothing. :( SAD DAY

But to make it all better I knew that I could not live without it so I pulled the "dead goldfish" trick and bought an exact look alike! Thank goodness that my ring is a classic and they have not discontinued it, considering I have had it since I was 16. Well besides the whole going twice to deseret book because I thought it was the wrong size at first, I was very proud of myself for not sweating the small stuff.

I hope some little farm girl finds my old ring, and is very happy!!! :)

Exciting day!

So... this may not seem like a big deal to ya'll but Today I finished reading Harry Potter 6!! It was so good, but so sad :(!!! I can't wait to read the 7th one. You see I am a bit stubborn ;) and I don't like to follow the crowd, so I never read books at the same time everyone else does... I JUST WON'T DO IT! so anyways the other big thing is that it only took me 2 weeks! Which is absolutely amazing for me! Well now I am definitely ready for the movie to come out. Who knows maybe I can break through my stubbornness to read the twilight books... or at least I probably will in a few years! ;)!

its been a long, long time!

Hey everyone i was going through some family videos from the holiday season last year... and just thought that i would share them with you! It is amazing to see how quickly the grand-kids grow!

I'll add more later!!

luv ya' Katie

Sad Day

Today was sort of a sad day, because it is the day we had to say goodbye to my sister Julie, her husband Harley and their 1 year old daughter/our little bug Lauren!!! They left between 7:30-8:00 this morning, and are on their way to Lubbock Texas, by way of Utah to say goodbye to Harley's family. I am not sure what else to say except that I am going to miss having my sister being so close. Besides the time she went to Mexico we haven't been more then 5 or 6 hours apart, or at least only a couple of states. This last year has been really fun having her live in Rexburg...especially because it was the same year I started college at BYU-I. Whenever I needed something, she was there for me. Julie took me to my dentist appointments with Dr Stroble even though I probably could of walked. And when I say appointments with an s I mean it, I must have seen him 4 times in a period of 3 weeks. She also helped me study for my Humanities tests twice, even though I couldn't spell Renaissance or any other name worth beans and then comforted me when I had a melt down about the test, Harley even came over and gave me a blessing. She gave me rides everywhere and even let me do laundry at her apartment. It was also way fun to be able to see Lauren grow up, Harley is going to have to clean his guns/ cannon when she goes out on dates, because I have a feeling she'll be as attractive as her mommy, besides the good genes she got from her grandma, aunt Melissa and Katie!! It was also wonderful to witness how well the three of them work as a family, and I know they will do well in Texas and what ever they do. I am so Glad Melissa started the "help your little sister at college" program because it has truly been passed down to me! I am also glad I was able to grow up a little so that we could get along better and talk about things in each other lives. I am going to miss the Babcock family!! But I am glad I am not losing all my siblings at once! I still have Sean and his family and Melissa and her family still kind of close in Utah!! Well I love you all and I hope to keep posting on my blog!!