Not again!

I've neglected my blog again!! Oh goodness!! Like that never happens lol!! Well a lot has happen! well I'll start from the begining...

On December 25, 2009 we got a new baby in the family, we affectionately call her The Babe! What a cutie!

So after the babe was born I went and spent the week at Melissa's house and played "the nanny" it was so fun, I love being an Aunt!

Then school started- Wahoo! It is my 4th year at BYU-Idaho... but I won't graduate for another Year... Oh well!
Here is a picture of me and my roommates... and a random kid named Brady that snuck into our picture!

 

(From left to right): Diane, Michelle, Melanie, Janelle, Ashley, and me of course! :)

 So before school even started, the Bishop called me and I received the calling of Ward directory specialist: So here is sweet picture I took of my bishopric!! :)

 

Brother Moss, Bishop Taylor, and Brother Herbert! They are the greatest!

So moving on... A few weeks into school, I was working on some homework when I heard some panicked voices coming from the family room.  Then I heard "well don't rush in and worry Katie" then some of my roommates came and told me that there was a fire next door.  Then a Fireman came in and told us that we needed to leave our apartment just in case the fire spread. So I grabbed my coat and my laptop(my baby), and joined the other freezing, yet curious girls outside.

Apparently one of the girls was making onion rings and some how started a grease fire.

Here is a picture of one of the many emergency trucks that squeezed into our small parking lot:

 

Mister firetruck!

Then for weeks after that we had many visits from the restoration guys as they cleaned up all the smoke damage! It was so bad, you could see black marks coming clear out the front door! They ended melting their oven... so they got a new one. Here is a picture of the melted oven in the back of a truck (yes I did take the picture through the blinds... I was trying not to be a weirdo... oops):

 

(my creeping experience: I'm sure they could see me... oh well!)

So this semester I am taking a Field Biology Class. Its once a week, and we go on field trips almost every class (hence the name of the class) His tests are killer, but there are many fun people in the class.  On our first field trip we went to a riparian habitat (Beaver Dick park) which is basically a habitat that is depend on its water source. One of these dependents is a porcupine.  So my professor told us to go out and look for the native porcupine, and who ever found it didn't have to write the paper on it.  Here is the picture of our (dead) porcupine friend:

 

he's kind of stiff, and missing part of his insides... but still porcupine! :)

The sad part (besides that he was dead) was that I didn't find him, so I still had to write my paper.

 Next are some pictures of me wearing some snow shoes on our next trip to look at lodge pole pines in Island park. We pulled right off the side of the road, strapped on our snow shoes and were on our way, up hill and down hill and ever ran across the highway with with the snow shoes on:

I've never been before, but it was a blast!

Last is a picture of what is left of the Teton Dam that I took with my phone, on one of our field trips:

 

Well I'm not sure what else to say! So I'll post some more later!! I hope everyone has a good week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTERS!!!

So it was my sisters birthdays last week! Melissa's was on the 12th and Julie's was on the 10th. So anyway in dedication of their birthdays I thought I would post some sweet pictures of us when we were quite a bit younger!!First off, a picture of all of us! Including the nice perms!

Then one of the 3 girls at christmas! The center of attention... thats me :)!

This one is the best! Halloween costumes! Julie is a genie, Melissa is a flapper, and I'm Cinderella!

So Happy Belated birthday girls! I love you a lot! I hope you enjoy the sweet pictures mom found for me to post!!

Baby Tyler!

Sean has more pictures posted on his facebook, but I thought I would share the picture I took with my phone!! Isn't he a cutie, even with his eyes closed all the time!

I just got a new baby nephew! He was born on December 2nd, 2009 :). He is so cute! I'll post pics later! Welcome to the world Tyler Bryce!

So i'm now the proud owner of the long version of pride and prejudice! I bought it today, and i'm super excited about it! Thanks Julie for the advice!

Highlights of my week...

Well to start the week off I got the common cold that was going around my job, but besides that my week was very different...

Monday- I didn't have to work! So I stayed home with my mom! I love her so much! Also I went to FHE to an farm equipment museum... it was very interesting to see all the old tractors that they fixed up.

Tuesday- I went to work even though I was sick, so I got sicker... I was at work from 8am to 7pm. The sad part was that I was suppose to volunteer at the festival of trees with mom, but I worked too late, and was too sick to serve food to others :P. I guess I have to wait another year so I can work it again!

Wednesday- I stayed home from work, and stayed in my PJs all day watching movies... oh and I watched my mom play wii! lol But the worst part was that I had to stay home from country dancing.

Thursday- I went back to work :P. But the weather was really nice, and it was a day full of laughs. Besides being on cold drugs all day, I was wearing a backpack to carry my water bottle. I started to feel wet down to my knees, but little did i know that my water bottle didn't have the lid on tight and I walked a whole mile with it leaking down my legs. I looked like I had wet my pants. the funny part was that it missed my bottom and only got the insides of my legs! :P But that wasn't the only that happened. We dug our whole field all 150 something bags, and 10 miles later, took our lunch break only to find that we had to dump all our samples and leave the dirt in the field. Talk about getting paid for nothing. Turns up that one of the owners of the field didn't want us to have their dirt. So c'est la vie I guess! But while we dumped all the dirt back, we just laughed and made jokes about how silly we felt. After that I had institute that night, which made my day even better!

Friday- Was a pretty blustery day, but we worked in it anyway. The best part was that we kept joking about how we left the country, because we were in Fort Hall, which is of course a reservation! So that was funny. The worst part was that we came across a fetal calf, or how over you would say it. Apparently somebody had come along and skinned the momma cow, and took everything but the baby and the cowhide. It was so sad, the calf was even still in its sack and underdeveloped. We could see the eyes and ears though. It was interesting and disgusting at the same time!
Anyway on a lighter note, I went the whole day with my zipper down. :P

Oh BTW make sure you go and see The Blind side its one of the best movies I've seen in a while!

Well hope you had a great week! Oh and have a great thanksgiving! I can't wait for Melissa Lincoln and the kids to come!!
I also should have a new nephew in the next few days! Can't wait for that either!! Here is for hoping Sean and Brittany!

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