Life is not fair...

My pal Jake just called to inform me that he will be gone for the next 2 weeks because he is going on vacation the the Cook Islands. And, he doesn't have to pay for any of it because his parents are taking him. Geez. I was born into the wrong family! (just kidding, mom). I told Jake that I was willing to marry him if I could go and he said that he had already asked his parents if I could tag along, but they called the Cook Islands and they only had 4 vacancies - for his parents, his brother and Jake. I know that if his parents knew me, they would rather take me than him but he won't tell me where they live because he really wants to go. Here's a little of what I'll be missing:I need new friends.

Happy Father's Day!

So, my dad doesn't read my blog (he probably doesn't even know what a blog is) but I just wanted to publicly express my appreciation for the best dad in the whole wide world. I don't know what line I stood in in heaven to get such a great dad, but I'm so glad it worked out the way it did! He is the most unselfish, humble and loving man I know. I don't think I've ever heard him complain about anything. He is also ten feet tall and bullet proof. And...he's a bit of a goofball, but likes to hide it. Some of my favorite times are hanging out with the whole fam as we tell stories about crazy things that have happened when we were younger. My favorite part is when he starts laughing really hard he gets this old man wheez that is absolutely hilarious - we know that he's laughing, but no sound is coming out...and it's awesome that I inherited that from him.

I sat next to him at my sister's college graduation. It lasted about 77 hours and we were all completely bored. I gave my dad a piece of gum and he wadded up his wrapper and threw it at this kid a couple of rows in front of us, whapping him in the back of the head. I was shocked! I gasped and was about to ask him what the heck was going on when he sushed me and looked up at the speaker just as the poor little kid turned around to see who was picking on him. Once the kid had turned back around, he took my wrapper, wadded it up, and beaned the kid in the back of the head again. What is wrong with you? I didn't want to get blamed for it, so I was intently listening to the speaker when the kid turned around again. Once the kid turned back around, my dad finally told me that he had been harrassing his little sister through the whole ceremony, so he was just getting him back. Dad the Enforcer. I love it.

Kelly and Park City

I had so much fun last week! Kelly Clarkson performed at UVU on Thurs and my fabulous pal Shannon came down with her friends Mandy and Monica. It was a fantastic concert. Kelly is so, so talented. I would love to have that voice! She's a great performer too. Aside from the usual pain in the butt crowd issues, we had a great time. I got smacked in the head so hard by someone's elbow, that I had a goose egg - that wasn't my favorite part. Who knew there would be moshing at a Kelly Clarkson concert? It rained for about 20 minutes but it didn't ruin the concert and there was a pretty cool rainbow.

After the concert, we went to Park City. We stayed at the Marriot on main street. We were so tired from the concert and the drive up that we pretty much just went to bed, then got up and checked out by ten. Even though we didn't have time to really enjoy the hotel, it was really nice and I would definitely go back. We went to breakfast at The Eating Establishment and that was really good, then we headed to the resort to do the Zip Line. I was so excited to try it. Shannon had some serious reservations and was pretty freaked out, but I think she ended up liking it okay. Then we headed to the Outlet Mall and shopped the rest of the day away. It was so great to get out of town, meet new people and hang out in Park City. (I am totally aware that the top middle picture of me is super hot! I was actually on the zip line and was just trying not to drop my camera).

They Say It's Your Birthday...oh, actually MY birthday!

So, once again, June 7th rolled around. This birthday was kinda hard because I'm now officially on the wrong side of 30. (Still, if anyone asks, I'm 24). I'm going to keep telling people that as long as they'll believe me. It still makes me feel good that when people find out that I'm really 31, they're typically shocked. I sure don't feel 31, that's for sure. The best part of being alive is that I have a fantastic family and equally fantastic friends. I was spoiled again this year.

Jordan & Janae took me to Chili's for dinner Saturday night.

This year, I was only mildly embarrassed. They only made me wear a hat. Whew!This was our super hot waiter Adam. He's all I wanted for my birthday. He was a darker, taller, older Zack Efron and he wore my hat while they sang to me. It was adorable.We went to see Up in 3D and we were the first ones there. It's a really cute movie.On Sunday, Kalli, Jen and Jen came over to sing me a birthday song and give me a feather boa which I love. They're so great. Cade and Jordan hung out with me too. I made them lunch and we had brownies and played games. It was a really great birthday! Another Jen (I have lots of friends named Jen!), Jackson and Marianne stopped by too. They brought me cupcakes. Yum! I went out to eat so many times to celebrate the big day. It was great to hang out with friends and family and, of course, enjoy great food. Here are a couple of my favorite things. (Don't worry, I haven't taken up drinking. The kiwi martini was virgin!)

And, speaking of getting old, my beloved Lola has reached a milestone.

(I would like to point out that I was not driving when I took the above picture, unlike last time)

Going Green?

My roommate thinks this is a whole load of laundry. I'm trying really hard not to be annoyed but I'm not being very successful.

Formaldehyde (it's spelled right; I looked it up)

Tonight was 'Bring a Friend to Dissection' night at the cadaver lab. Jordan is in the nursing program at BYU and is taking a dissection class so she invited me to tag along. I've never seen (or smelled) a cadaver so I thought, "what the heck" and went. I was actually excited all day for this new experience and I was not disappointed. It was very, very interesting. Plus, I'm toying with the idea of going back to school to be a dental hygienist, so I would have to take anatomy. I basically just wanted to make sure I could handle it.

 I would have to work with cadavers in anatomy class, right? :)

My time in the lab was good - very educational. I wasn't super gung-ho about touching things at first, but I eventually did and even held some organs and other 'stuff.' It was a very eye-opening experience, to say the least. The smell did bother me, but I didn't get sick or anything.


My hair still smells like formaldehyde, which is pretty fantastic.

I'm really glad that I went, but quickly realized that there are good reasons I didn't go into medicine because I don't know if I could handle a lot of time with dead people to learn what I would need to know to help the living. The whole time Jordan and others were talking about the amazing things the human body does and how it all works together perfectly and while that was very interesting and cool to me, I mostly wondered about who these people were and what they were like. I guess I get too emotionally involved and would have a hard time being objective.

Anyway, gotta go - I need a shower.

 Last night I went to Heber and was driving home through Provo Canyon. As I was nearing the mouth of the canyon, a really hot guy on a really hot motorcycle pulled onto the highway right in front of me. He wasn't driving very fast, so I had the opportunity to pass him and - let's be honest - enjoy the scenery.



 Think Jasper Cullen with Aviators.



As I came out of the canyon and got to Foothill Drive, the light turned red - I was okay with that. I got into the left turn lane to turn onto Foothill and the motorcycle hottie pulled up beside me in the next lane to go straight. He looked over at me and smiled. I smiled back and he looked up at the light, then back to me. I then noticed that he had started laughing and thought that was kinda weird. I thought maybe I had something on my face. Then I looked at the light and realized that I had had a green arrow the whole time.



How embarrassing!


I was so absorbed in checking this guy out that I sat through a green light - and he totally busted me! What could I do at this point? I just started laughing and waved at him as I turned left.



Geez.


I sure hope my huge embarrassing display of infatuation made his day.

I got to take some pics of an incredibly adorable family yesterday. (If you want to see some of the photos go to http://www.calisphotos.blogspot.com/). My new photog friend Travis came too and got a great one of me and my great pal Kalli. 


Here it is.