Welp i am off to AFRICA!! See ya in a few weeks!! love you all!! :)
ps i am so excited you have noooo idea. Expect a HUGE blog post when i get back. Actually... expect multiple blog posts!
ps i am so excited you have noooo idea. Expect a HUGE blog post when i get back. Actually... expect multiple blog posts!
A week from today.. Benny Boy will have been out for a YEAR! How great is that? I am so proud of the kid! He is doing amazing and is so positive and happy every week. Seeming that i am going to be in Kenya for the next few weeks i figured i would do an update before i leave.
Ben has met so many cool people! He always talks very highly of the people of Mozambique and has truly come to love them.
Ben has LOVED all his companions and the people he has been blessed to work with. I think its just his ability to get along with anyone, but he says he has been "lucky".
He loves to try and make me jealous.. I got these pictures this week with the caption "the ladies here love me hay!" hahah yeah its not working. But lets just hope the Jungle Fever doesn't settle in too much. hahaha :)
Seriously the missionaries never cease to amaze me. The things they are doing are nothing like anything else in the world. I love hearing them testify of the truthfulness of this gospel and their willingness to serve is unwavering. What great examples they are to us all!
I am excited to see what sweet experiences he gets to have in the next year... He has grown and matured so much already it is amazing. It's weird how close we have gotten even though he is sooo far away. I have gotten use to life with out Benjamin being here, but at the same time i just wanna say.. [in the famous words of John Mayer] ...
"I'm tired of being alone.. so hurry up and get HERE!!"
Happy week everyone!! :)
I am excited to see what sweet experiences he gets to have in the next year... He has grown and matured so much already it is amazing. It's weird how close we have gotten even though he is sooo far away. I have gotten use to life with out Benjamin being here, but at the same time i just wanna say.. [in the famous words of John Mayer] ...
"I'm tired of being alone.. so hurry up and get HERE!!"
Happy week everyone!! :)
On Wednesday we met up with some friends and decided that we wanted to go on an adventure. So we decided we would hike, in the pitch black with no flash lights, up to a waterfall off Wasatch Blvd. With only a few casualties, we came out survivors! It ended up being such a fun night and definitely a night to remember!
The water was going so fast and was FREEZING COLD!
Poor Brad tripped and gashed his shin on a rock or something..
Brad and Ryan.. cant forget the Mardi Gras beads.. Nerds.
Cheezy smiles in the middle of the stream thing. We were freezing!
I know you can't tell by the weather.. but for awhile there it was pretty nice outside! The girls and I decided to take a little trek on down to St. George. Oh how good it felt to go back to my home. :) I still consider my home as St George.. it's weird being "up north" for so long! Alex and Ammon came down that same week with us too. It made for a great week.. although i wish i could have seen my roommates more. They are all grown up now with jobs, school, and soccer practice.. IN SUMMER?! i call them crazy!
None of the pictures we took are that great considering we got FRIED at the lake and our hair was FLUFFY. Still, we had a blast!!
We drove by this park and there were all these weird people dressed up in medieval clothes.. we pulled over and the girls and Alex decided they wanted to play along. Some sort of sword fighting game.. i dunno but it was hilarious!
Driving to the lake to go Cliff JUMPING!!
The only semi- decent picture from that day. oh man good times! Now, if only Salt Lake would warm up for a few days!
My birthday turned out to be AWESOME. I honestly have the best friends in the world and they made the day so great. i had a little 'get together' at my house and i was quite surprised that people showed up! It was so fun to celebrate, mingle and catch up with both new and old friends! Thanks guys :)
My mom made the BEST food... and seriously look at the ADORABLE cake that she made! i lovedd it.
Just missin Miss Brookie who's in Ecuador!
I was so excited when these two showed up.. Both of them went to Brighton and we have known each other all while growing up. Skwig (left) and i played soccer together back for Celtic, and me and Scottie (right) use to be roommates at Dixie! They are crazzzy girls and make me so happy!
Jessica Mero, Jaimie Watts, and me :)
Me and Joshua Durrant.. we have been friends forever.. he was my first 'Dance date' back in 2006 to homecoming!
Lindsey Canfield! friends since PRESCHOOL! love that girl
Good ol T.J. Richards.. we have an on-going joke that we are going to get married on Aug. 20.. The day before his [sister] and my [best friend]... Brooke's wedding!
Flowers from Mozambique wishing me a Happy Birthday :) boy do i love that boy!
Welp it's official.. I AM 20! Happy Birthday to myself i guess. This birthday is going to be different than any birthday i have in the past few years.. Benjamin isnt going to be here to share our special day together! Yup we have the same birthday!...Pretty crazy huh? I remember spending our birthdays together since the day we turned 15!
I remember going to Build-A-Bear and making ben a bear for his 15th birthday. (we had the funniest inside joke about.. BEAR!!)
For our 16th birthday i remember getting him a shirt at American Eagle, and he gave me perfume from Pac Sun. I also recently found the card he gave me this year! so cute.
For our 17th birthday.. i honestly don't remember, and i have no pictures of this day?
18th Birthday we went skydiving with Ben's family and of course.. Carsy. Amazing experience.
18th birthday.. we went to The Roof for dinner with my family. So fun!
Our 19th birthday we went to Vegas with Ben's parents and brother. So many fun memories!
19th birthday party at my house.
Pretty crazy to think that we are 20! .. i just got an email from Ben and, even though his birthday is already half way over, he is doing really well!..And i am sure i will have a great day also :)
Happy Birthday to us!!
CAN I JUST TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM FOR KENYA!???!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED. JUNE 17th CAN'T GET HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!
Also if anyone is interested in helping me with donations (I have a list of items, or even just money works.. helps me buy bug nets to prevent malaria(6$)..) that i can take over there.. let me know! it would be much appreciated and really can save a life!
Jess and Evan are finally married. They have dated since they were in 9th grade.. and now, 4 years later are finally married! They seriously are the perfect couple, and honestly all through high school we referred to them as "the married couple". It is nice that the statement is finally true!
The Beautiful bride after coming out of the temple.
My dear friend Evan! i have known Evan since i was in about 7th grade or so. They moved into our ward and i could see their front yard from my backyard. When i was little, I would always jump on the tramp so i could see Evan and Ben playing baseball! haha
The girls missing Brooke! (Haley, Haley, Jaimie, Steph)
My favorite little kids campers were at the wedding! Lexi and Elle.. I seriously love these girls. They are such little angels!
Last week i went to the Jazz game with Ammon! He was so nice to take me and we had such a blast! We were accompanied by his sister Natalie, and her fiance Adam Norris! Small world. It was seriously so fun! The Jazz lost to the Lakers unfortunately, but it was well worth going when C.J Miles completely stuffed Derek Fisher. Boo yeah.
Please excuse me while i go on one of my little rants... but seriously what is with all the freakin Lakers fans in Utah? i would say there were wayyy too many Lakers fans at the Energy Solutions Arena that night. It was so lame. What the Heck!? Go back to California.. or better yet.. back to your homeland!
Well i am officially home for the summer! It is definitely weird not being in St. George anymore and the thought that i probably will never live there again is depressing! But, i do have to say that the last weeks in Dixie were the greatest. We did so many fun things and there are too many pictures to post them all!
There is the coolest rock water slide in Leeds that my roommates and i love to go to. The water is freezing, but it is definitely worth the experience.
Alex, Ammon, Whit, Min, Hay
Poor whit was a gimp so we made a human chain to help her get up the waterfall! So funny.
As a group of friends we all went camping! what a fun and memorable night! We roasted marshmallows, hotdogs and sat around the campfire! It got super windy and cold that night though so we ended up bailing at like 6 in the morning. I am pretty sure i got zero sleep that night! fabulous.
Alex and i are hunting buddies. We went rabbit hunting a few times and Alex taught me how to snipe a bird off a cactus. Some of the funniest times were with alex while hunting!
Well Dixie.. Farewell for now!! sad day but you will always have a place in my heart!
xoxox
Alright i know i am late.. but i have to wish my mother a Happy Mothers Day and just as importantly a Happy Birthday! She is the best mom anyone could ask for and i am so grateful for her! She is an amazing example of humility, love, temperance, and patience. I love her so much and i am extremely grateful for the friend and mother she is to me!
Welp another one of my friends is ENGAGED! Just want to say congrats to my best friend Lexi Dahl, soon to be Lexi Stuart! She and her boyfriend Brock got engaged last weekend and i am so excited for her! These two could not be more perfect for each other it is kinda ridiculous.
Lexi and I have been friends since preschool. We grew up walking to each others houses, riding bikes to school, playing soccer, doorbell ditching, and being the little mischiefs of the neighborhood. When lexi moved in 8th grade to Arizona i was devastated! We continued to be friends even though we only saw each other once or twice a year.
Every time we are together it is like we were never apart. We could talk for hours and although we did most of our 'growing up' apart from each other, we are both so much alike! I credit a lot of my personality to lexi. When we were little, she was always the one to make me do things that i normally wouldn't do. "HALEY JUST DO IT! Are you scared? You wuss. Wow you're a sissy girl!" These were constant comments coming out of Lexi's mouth. I got in more trouble with Lexi than i have in my entire life, but i wouldn't trade those times for anything!
Lexi and Brock are seriously meant for each other. Last summer a bunch of us went down to AZ for Lexi's brother Ian's wedding. Of course, Brock, being one of Ian's best friends was in attendance. Lexi and Brock hit it off. Although they have known each other since we were tiny, it was this weekend that their relationship blossomed. I could see it in their eyes that they were falling hard and fast!
Nothing really happened that weekend between the two, but as soon as we left i could tell this relationship was going somewhere! They texted and talked on the phone all day, every day. Soon enough they were a couple, and began visiting each other as often as they could! They are scheduled to be married on August 14, 2010 in the Mt Timpanogos Temple. These two are a perfect pair.. who else would give me 'credit cards' while holding hands and walking through church? Only these two. I am so excited for these love birds!
A - Attached or Single: that is a very complicated question..i'm in love with my missionary ok?
B - Best Friends: Hay Dut, Brooke, Jaimie, Steph,Benny, roommates, Jess, Lexi, my mother.
C - Cake or Pie: hmm i love cake! but pie is good on occasion!
D - Day of choice: Fridays! I live for the weekends!
E - Essential Item: chapstick, perfume, hair elastic.
F - Favorite Color: I love orange! and i love wearing green!
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Worms: so amazing!
H- Hometown: Born in Salt Lake City, Currently living in St. George! i love it here so much!
I - Indulgence(s): All kinds of shoes. i love naps. I love being outside.
J - January or July: JULY! Summer.. Duh.
K - Kids: 5 or 6. more boys than girls. and i want to adpot an african baby
L - Life is incomplete without: having Fun, and having people to have fun with!
M - Marriage Date: not any time soon that's for sure!
N - Number of Siblings: 4: three brothers, one sissy!
O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges.. event though i absolutely hate peeling them!! not a huge apple fan, but i will eat them!
P - Phobias or Fears: I hate spiders. And i HATE having loose hair or fur on me..whether it's mine or a dogs--get it off me. seriously i will gag.
Q - Quotes:
B - Best Friends: Hay Dut, Brooke, Jaimie, Steph,Benny, roommates, Jess, Lexi, my mother.
C - Cake or Pie: hmm i love cake! but pie is good on occasion!
D - Day of choice: Fridays! I live for the weekends!
E - Essential Item: chapstick, perfume, hair elastic.
F - Favorite Color: I love orange! and i love wearing green!
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Worms: so amazing!
H- Hometown: Born in Salt Lake City, Currently living in St. George! i love it here so much!
I - Indulgence(s): All kinds of shoes. i love naps. I love being outside.
J - January or July: JULY! Summer.. Duh.
K - Kids: 5 or 6. more boys than girls. and i want to adpot an african baby
L - Life is incomplete without: having Fun, and having people to have fun with!
M - Marriage Date: not any time soon that's for sure!
N - Number of Siblings: 4: three brothers, one sissy!
O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges.. event though i absolutely hate peeling them!! not a huge apple fan, but i will eat them!
P - Phobias or Fears: I hate spiders. And i HATE having loose hair or fur on me..whether it's mine or a dogs--get it off me. seriously i will gag.
Q - Quotes:
"Stick to your task til it sticks to you,
beginners are many but enders are few.
honor, power, place and praise,
will come in time to the one who stays.
Stick to your task till it sticks to you;
bend at it, sweat at it, smile at it too;
For out of the bend and the sweat and the smile
comes lifes victories after awhile.."
beginners are many but enders are few.
honor, power, place and praise,
will come in time to the one who stays.
Stick to your task till it sticks to you;
bend at it, sweat at it, smile at it too;
For out of the bend and the sweat and the smile
comes lifes victories after awhile.."
"Fear is a friend who's misunderstood, but i know the heart of life is good" -John Mayer
R -Reason to smile: Sunshine, my wonderful friends, new clothes or shoes, seeing my family, watching siblings play sports, playing soccer, JOHN MAYER, seeing two people madly in love, the beach!
S - Season: Summer is my FAVORITE! and fall.
T - Tag Friends: Kenzi, Kylee, Allie, Haley, Momma, Jess, and Megs Guest, Cyd.
U - Unknown fact about me: I was the sbo prez at my high school? I have a spot on my left shin that is completely numb to touch.. it's about 4inches by 4 inches. Weirdest feeling everr.
V - Very favorite Store: Umm.. i love Forever 21, Abercrombie, Macys, and Dillards.
W - Worst habit: i am a picker.
X - X-ray or Ultrasound: Too many x-rays to count! knee, ankle, toes, nose, fingers, shin.. etc etc etc..
Y - Your favorite food: I love fruit! Raspberries are the BEST.
Z- Zodiac: Gemini
S - Season: Summer is my FAVORITE! and fall.
T - Tag Friends: Kenzi, Kylee, Allie, Haley, Momma, Jess, and Megs Guest, Cyd.
U - Unknown fact about me: I was the sbo prez at my high school? I have a spot on my left shin that is completely numb to touch.. it's about 4inches by 4 inches. Weirdest feeling everr.
V - Very favorite Store: Umm.. i love Forever 21, Abercrombie, Macys, and Dillards.
W - Worst habit: i am a picker.
X - X-ray or Ultrasound: Too many x-rays to count! knee, ankle, toes, nose, fingers, shin.. etc etc etc..
Y - Your favorite food: I love fruit! Raspberries are the BEST.
Z- Zodiac: Gemini
Last monday i went to the computer center to do some research on an argumentative presentation i had to prepare. This class is only once a week and really isn't too strenuous. i pulled out my syllabus.. and realized very quickly that i had FORGOTTEN to take a test the week before. I immediately freaked. I have NEVER in my life not turned in an assignment, never not taken a test, and never turned anything in late. How the crap did i completely SPACE taking a 100 point test?
I honestly felt like i was going to pass out. i put my head on the desk and sat there for good 5 minutes repeating... How the crap!? What was i doing the previous thursday that was so important that i forgot to take a test? Oh yeah.. that day was April Fools. My roommates and i were busy pulling pranks on our neighbors. We were dying Easter eggs. We were playing with water guns til 2 in the morning. We were throwing confetti filled eggs at people. All awesome reasons not to take a test right?
Our "Water Gun Experiment" that we were busy doing while i should have been taking a test.
Luckily my good friend Ammon was there to 'laugh it off' with me. It was the weirdest feeling.. i was so devastated but i wasn't too worried about it for some reason. Yes-this meant i was probably going to end up with a B..maybe a C if i didn't ace my final speech, and my final test. SHIZZZ. Talk about pressure. I called my mom. She had the same response as Ammon.. she LAUGHED. My roommates-Same reaction. Laughing?! I was so confused why everyone thought this was so funny? CUZ it definitely wasnt.. WHAT THE HECK PEOPLE!
Well long story short.. I didnt say anything to my professor.. i was too scared, and i knew i didnt deserve to take the test. Plus he is a good argue-er ..hence he teaches Argumentation and Critical Thinking. I dont regret not taking the test because i learned a lot of valuable lessons from this experience.
1. play time is always more fun than study time
2. I became closer with my friends that day-we had some great experiences that i will remember forever.
3. Maybe i should buy a planner?
4. Life isn't over when something unfortunate happens. Life goes on.
and #5 comes from my mom who said..
5. At least it didn't have any Eternal Consequence.
How true is that? Sometimes i get so caught up with stuff.. that really doesn't matter. Yes, education is important. But i had more valuable experiences and learned more from NOT taking the test than i would have if i took the test. I am grateful for those who were there for me that day to laugh it off with and the lesson that they taught me that ..
life really does go on!
Wednesday my roommates, i, and some other girls from the soccer team, decided to drive up north and watch the USA vs. Mexico soccer game. What a cool game to attend! it was freezing but definitely worth the horrible weather, and 6 hour drive home that followed!
On thursday we had friends over to dye Waster eggs! We had so much fun making each other eggs, and playing April Fools day tricks! hahahahah.. and there were definitely plenty of laughs! I think Whitley takes the prize for making the best eggs though.."Quality Eggs" as she would call them.
Friday i went home for the weekend and spent soo much time with my family! It was fun to be home and it was especially fun to have all my cousins from out of state in town!
The Annual Hansen Easter Egg hunt. I think i have set the record for consecutive years of finding the coveted "golden egg".. i think it is 4 years running now? i dare you to challenge me.
so happy about finding my egg.
Cutest little cousins! I am so sad they are moving to Italy this summer! What a cool experience though.. It is adorable hearing them practice their italian!... i am seriously considering going to nanny there next spring if my aunt can find me a family!
It is weekends and times like these when i realize how important family is. I love my family so much and i love spending time with them! I am excited to have the Andrizzi's closer to home.. They will be moving to Newport Beach this summer!.. and they better expect visitors!
Last week i went to the bank to deposit some money into my account so that i could go pay for my passport. It was a crazy busy week last week in St. George for some reason and it was taking me forever to drive anywhere. Finally i make it to the bank, and there is a HUGE line for the drive up. I got in one of the lanes and waited, and waited. Finally, i make it to the front, put my money in the money sucker-deliverer thing, and sat and waited. As i waited, i had that feeling that you get when you KNOW someone is watching/looking at you. I finally got my receipt and just as i started to drive away.. some guy in the drive up lane next to me says..
(keep in mind--lane next to me.. honestly i could hardly even see this kid with out awkwardly leaning around the ATM.)
Creep: Hey do i know you? you look so familiar?
Me: No i dont think so...
-what i really wanted to say:NO you dont know me, NO i dont look familiar, and DID YOU REALLY JUST USE THAT PICK UP LINE?!
Creep: Are you sure? i mean you just look like someone i swear i know.. where did you go to school?
Me: I went to Jordan.. it's up north.
-what i really wanted to say: WOW really!? you are going to ask me where i went to school before you ask my name? if i look so familiar wouldn't my name sound familiar too? DUH
Creep: Oh thats cool. So i must not know you.. are you just down here going to school?
Me: yup.
-what i really wanted to say: No.. i am just wearing a Dixie State hoodie, i actually attend Dixie high and am a sophomore..
Creep: Oh that's cool. What are you studying?
(keep in mind at this point there is a huge line of frustrated people behind me waiting to use the money sucker-deliverer thing.
Me: Communication. How about you?
Creep: Oh that is sweet. i am doing the business program. But i am not sure which emphasis i want to go into or what i really want to do with it. I just love the business classes and ... BLAH BLAH BLAH on and on and on he went..
Me: Oh well good for you! good luck with all that..
-what i really wanted to say: Do you really think i care what major you are going into? and what emphasis and what your 5 year plan is? Oh? weird? cuz i didnt.
and this is about the time i drove away laughing.
what a great experience. :)
i am loving this right now..
I just got my letter of ACCEPTANCE to the University of Utah!
Utes.. here i come Fall of 2010!
i am loving this right now..
I signed up for the the MUSS today!
i am loving this right now..
Absolutely LOVING St. George right now! Amazing weather and such good friends!
i am loving this right now..
I ACED my 3 biggest projects in my Intercultural Communication class! FULL points on all 3 of them... 400/400 = Automatic A+!!!! yessss its a miracle!
i am loving this right now..
John Mayer extended his tour and is coming to Utah this summer!!
i am not loving this right now..
Everyone and their dog is getting married this summer. hahah busy summer ahead!
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