Reality Check

So over spring break, my mom and I went to the distribution center to look at temple dresses and garments. It was CRAZY! I got so excited that this day is coming closer and closer. We picked out which garment fabrics and styles I would want to try, because I'm not going to be home long enough to go get them before April 18th.

We were also looking at a temple dress. I will be going at least 30 times before I leave on my mission and we decided it would be smarter to buy. I didn't find anything I liked at the distribution center so we started looking online and at place like Dressed in White, etc. But when we looked at these other places they were so expensive!! Over a 100 dollars! WOW. Then we went into White Elegance, expecting the same results, and i found one on the clearance rack, it was a style they were discontinuing. So we bought it for $40! Wahoo!! I'm all set to go!

P.S. Almost one Month until I go through the temple!

Aggie Basketball!

This past weekend was great! It was the last home aggie game of the season. I

Me and my sis Calais waiting in line before the game! 

Shelby! She has been my Aggie Basketball Buddy! 

Victory! 

On our way to the floor! 

Freshman Year buddies that I ran into! 

Me, Shelby, and John. 

Some of my new basketball friends! 

Aggie Basketball is the greatest! I'm sad that it is over!! I had so much fun going to the games with my new friends.
We have the greatest cheers, like the Winning Team, Loosing Team Chant

and the I Believe 

YAY FOR AGGIE BASKETBALL!!!!

April 18th!

On April 18th, at 10 a.m I will be going through the temple and receiving my Endowments. Its also my sister's birthday. My mom will do my sister's work and I will do mine. I am so excited to be able to share this special day with her.

Since it is a Monday, the Salt Lake Temple is one of the few that is open. Plus its the one where I wanted to take my Endowments out. I am so excited for this day!! Now that we have actually made the appointment, it is becoming more and more real. 

When 38" is a good thing

On monday my family wall went skiing on President's day. It was gorgeous! Alta had received 38 inches of fresh powder on sunday, while it was just slushy down in the valley. It was the best snow ever! Beautiful Powder!  In the morning we had sunshine, but by the afternoon the clouds had come and it began to snow some more. I found out later that the canyon had been closed because there weren't anymore parking spaces. 

I didn't know until that day, that my brothers were so daring and adventurous. They were taking off the sides of the cat tracks and going down diamond runs. And trying anything new. They kept asking which runs were black diamond so they could try the next one. Wow. Who knew? Next thing you know they are going to be just as good as their Dad. 

Influences

So I don't know what it is about this week, but all of my family is emotional about Lindsay. After my mom read my last blog post, she emailed me a blog address. I don't know who it is, somebody my parents and grandparents know from Grandview hill. Anyways she said she came across post that the lady had written right after the accident. Its amazing how someone could be so touched by my sister.

She did have a profound effect on others, and we will never know how many have been influenced by her great life.

Check out her blog post!
Pink Moss: Lindsay Sandstrom

Rememer Lindsay's example and always remember that people are watching and you can change their lives without even knowing it.

Big Sister

So these past couple of days I have been thinking a lot about being a sister. I had gotten some of those email forwards that talked about how your sisters will always be there and that You will always have and friend. It said that when you get older your sisters will be your best friends, and they are the ones you can always talk to and turn to.

After reading this email I just felt sad. I won't be able to call up my sister and say "Hey, Lets have lunch!", or "Wanna babysit my kids?" I am never going to go on crazy road trips with her, or to watch her get married and have the cutest kids. We aren't ever going to live close and swap kids, or borrow sugar from each other. I just makes me wish I would have done things better while I had her here.

It has been so long since she left us, almost two and a half years. I have heard that it gets easier as time goes on, but its not. I keep my self busy, to keep myself away from the pain.

Anyways this past week I have had sometime to think about her and our time. I had myself a little pity party, but as I was doing that my "sister" Calais called me and texted me and sent me an email. She is up here for school and said that she need a big sister. I am so happy that she called me! I helped so much. She was just at the breaking point and needed big sister time.

I picked her up after work, and we went and got soup, and just caught up. I hadn't seen her in over a month. I love her so much.
Thanks lil' Sis for letting me have the chance to play big sister.

Bouquets of Sharpened Pencils

"What will NY152 say today, I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: You've got mail. I hear nothing. Not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beating of my own heart. I have mail. From you."

This is one of my all time favorite movies. It was the great movie to watch alone on Valentines Day. I ended up getting sick and just wanting too feel better and be able to go out into the little bit of sunshine that Logan was getting. 


Once I got home from work, I went straight to bed, not feeling great to my stomach and being all congested. Slept the after noon away and didn't even make it to go do fun things with my friends, except I did go to get frozen yogurt for my throat with Brynne and Alyssa. 


Since I have gotten sick I have spent all of my time, except for work and school, in bed, either sleeping, watching movies, or working on homework and my blog, and pictures from our cruise ( I'll post those soon!) 


Anyway's back to my favorite movie. I love Kathleen Kelly. I want to grow up and be just like her. She is so modern, and chic. She is classic and timeless. 


"The odd thing about this form of communication is that you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. 
But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant 
more to me than so many somethings."

Kathleen Kelly always knows what to say, and even if the timing is off, it comes out perfect at the right moment. She never is shy or embarrassed, and can communicate her feelings immaculately. 

"Well... if he's not here, he has a reason, because there is not a cruel or careless bone in his body. But I wouldn't expect you to understand anybody like that. You with your theme park, multi-level, homogenize-the-world mochaccino land. You've deluded yourself into thinking that you're some sort of benefactor, bringing books to the masses. But no one will ever remember you, Joe Fox. And maybe no one will remember me, either, but plenty of people remember my mother, and they think she was fine, and they think her store was something special. You are nothing but a suit!"

"People are always saying that change is a good thing. But all they're really saying is that something you didn't want to happen at all... has happened. My store is closing this week. I own a store, did I ever tell you that? It's a lovely store, and in a week it'll be something really depressing, like a Baby Gap. Soon, it'll be just a memory. In fact, someone, some foolish person, will probably think it's a tribute to this city, the way it keeps changing on you, the way you can never count on it, or something. I know because that's the sort of thing I'm always saying. But the truth is... I'm heartbroken. I feel as if a part of me has died, and my mother has died all over again, and no one can ever make it right. "

 

And the greatest line of the movie

"I wanted it to be you,

Now this is the kind of love I'm looking for. A true Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan Love.