Ring Dance Official Photo

Oh.MY. FRIGGIN. GOSH! After much labor and pain I figured out how to save this picture to my computer. WE only got real pictures of course... so I had to scan it using my printer which wasn't too bad but it took FOREVER to figure out how to save it and where it got saved and all that good stuff b/c HP saved it to the HP thing and I dunno......but here it is......I hope you all like it. This is us holding his ring and the barrel is filled with wather from the seven seas and water from the severn river and he had to dip it in there before he could wear his ring. Well.."legally." It is just tradition and that's what they do there at the Naval Academy.

Ring Dance

OK so I got back from Annapolis on Tuesday night. The trip was fun but I am glad to be back. We went to Baltimore Harbour on Friday night and Saturday and Sunday morning was spent in Habourtowne, a city next to St. Michaels, 'the city that fooled the brittish!" I had never heard of it before but for those of you who were wondering back in the day (when the brittish were coming) they were bombing citys and stuff so the town got together and they were like HEY! we don't want to be bombed. what should we do...and some cookie( not a litteral cookie but someone there) said hey! why don't we take all the lanterns from out of the city and hang them in the forest behind us and then it will look like THAT is where the city is....so thus the city of St. Michaels set out tkaing all the lanterns from their house and haning them in the woods behind them and that night....BOOM! BANG! POWEY! The forest got destroyed but the city of ST. Michaels was safe. THREE CHEERS FOR ST MICHAELS...HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY! haha ok i am not going to do the third cheer i am just being stupid. so.....here are some pictures from my trip.
Tyler and I at dinner before Ring DanceWalking across the Bridge to the Ring dance on Red Carpet!
Huge Rings at Ring Dance Tyler and I getting ready to watch the Blue Angels perform above us.
A lot of the Brigade of Midshipmen outside of Bancroft Hall for a bell ringing ceremony.

Much Randomness

Well, finals are FINALLY over. Sorry I hardly ever post b/c I don't know my password. It is saved onto my laptop and sometimes I forget how to get to the page where it is saved. But... alas...I am posting again. Well.......the past few weeks have been full of ups and downs. As I previously said finals are over. I know I have one B so far but I am still waiting on grades from my other classes to post. In the meantime I have been up to some small adventures. My friend Ben took me to a Bee's game a few weeks back in leiu of the Astros.....it doesn't really seem like it's even but he did what he could. It really was a ton of fun just to go and watch a baseball game. I do miss my Astros though! Speaking of Houston sports FREAK! I am soooooooooo annoyed and sad that the friggin JAZZ beat the ROCKETS and at home no less!!!! I mean I am not a huge basketball fan but I HATE THE JAZZ and moving here didn't make me like them anymore. UGH! ok...but now that that is off my chest...for Family Home Evening my ward went hiking up Ensign Peak. Benjamin and I. Me and Randy.You can actually see the stadium, the Huntsman center, Campus and my apartment if you squint and know what you are looking for! The stadium is the thing in the center of the picture and there are two brick tall things a little bit apart from each other. I wish I could circle it. I bet a dollar no one can really see it. haha. but it's there!

You can also see other views from Ensign Peak HERE.
And then just because I really liked this picture this is from a place right below Ensign Peak. I am telling you...Utah is BEAUTIFUL!!

What else what else. Oh yes...my friend Randy took me to the shooting range about two weeks back. Just to prove it...Yeah... I am a decent shot. I could stand a lot more practice but I could still get ya even without it.....so don't make me mad!!! ; )
OK let's see what else. I got flowers at work the other day. They were so darling!

Also, Scott & Julie Christiansen had a TEXAS reunion for all the League City people that now live in Utah. There are a lot more than you would think in this immediate area although a lot didn't show up because of the time of year. School and such.... but here is a picture of Jessie Storm ( well she hasn't been a Storm for about 10 years but still....) and Sarah Trahan (same story, I don't know thier married names) and Angela Arnett -Stone. Little Lindsay Christiansen is sitting in Jessie's lap and that is Sarah's son. Cute huh!?!?!And that would be me and Emmy. I love that girl!!!

Bored

Well I had something to say but by the time I got here I forgot. Hmmmm. Well I hope everyone is having a great day. P.S. I hate all my friends b/c they are too stinkin cute and I feel ugly compared to them!

Also, I am walking in the relay for life this weekend. It supports cancer. If i haven't e-mailed you and you want to make an online donation to my page just let me know! Please!! Even a dollar and I would love you for supporting ME and for supporting cancer! I have known a few people especially RECENTLY that have had parents going through cancer and it is not a fun thing to watch them do. IT affects so many people and I want to do my part in at least trying to help! I have raised 65 dollars so far, not too shabby considering that is just like 4 donors......but I would like to reach 100 and I know so many people........so DONATE! just do it! all the cool kids are doing it!


Also, I just got my invitation to Haley Adams' wedding today! awww TOO CUTE!! For those of you that know and love Haley just as much as I do but maybe don't keep in touh with her ... her wedding site is http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/haleyadams&thomasjamesanderson So you can be nosy and look @ her pictures and the proposal story and all that good stuff.

OK that's it for now folks!

I love my mommy

Leaving on a Jet Plane?

So I normally only post when I have pictures but I will learn from Christina and post what is on my mind.

So.....lately when I see a plane you have no clue the longing I feel to be on that plane. I want it to take me far away from here! I want to go to Houston for the weekend and then to New York and D.C. I want to spend a weekend on the beach in florida and then in San Diego. I want to do so many things and I feel stuck. Plus, there are so many people I love who are far far away.... sad day.

A little of this, a little of that

So... I should really be doing other things but yeah...I don't feel like it. So... I set my clock forward today. That was uneventful. I am sure I have a ton of things to talk about but I have not been feeling well lately so my head hurts and I don't feel like thinking. So....my lip has finally healed! Bad thing though is that now I have a huge bump on the outer side of my mouth/chin area......inbetween my bottom lip and my chin where there is a bunch of scar tissue underneath. it is really uncomfortable but i just try not to touch it. it is really tempting to just get a needle and poke it .........

So....my roomate Amber finally turned 21! yay! now i am not the only "old" person in our apartment. So...we went out to dinner at Chili's to celebrate. Here are pictures of the roomates.

So...Amber, Me, Chelsea, and Laura. Amber graduates in May so she is moving out. Laura and I will be living in the same apartment here next semester and Chelsea is moving out because....well.......it is just better that way!

On a diff note. Marie came into town on a field trip with her school so here are some pictures from hanging out at the hotel room with her friend Gwen.
Even though we only got to see each other for a few hours it was nice. It is always awesome to hang out with her.

Here is another picture from my visit to D.C.
We were stinkin cold at the end of the day and on the metro. So don't judge me cuz I know I look HORRIBLE! I really do miss Tyler A LOT!!!! :( He isn't "mr. right" but as my dad said......he is "mr. will do." (for now) haha. He has his flaws just like anyone, and to top it off he is like 2000 miles away and he never gets free time to talk....but he is a really good guy who cares about me a lot....so... who knows how long it will last. Long distance relationship are really stupid! But....if anything, I will be able to honestly say it was fun while it lasted.

Busted Lip

For those of you who were wondering....don't lean forward in your chairs on two legs....it's just not safe.
The outside....my tooth went through my chin.
It is cut all along the inside between my two fingers and cut super deep where you see the purple

Happy President's Day!

Well....

As most of you know I flew out to Maryland/DC/Virginia for a little four day weekend. It was super nice to take a vacation. It would have been nice to go for a longer time and get to see and do more things but I guess you take what you can get, right? Well....here are a few pictures from my adventure.

The Hope Diamond. All I can say is I HOPE I get a DIAMOND as big as that one day!!! ;-0


Future home of Mitt Romney? I dunno.....It was soooo pretty! I want to be president just so I can live there!

Me in front of my love.........an ELEPHANT!! Smithsonian museaum.

Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln! See the birthday balloon for him? IT was a neat experience to be there for president's day! This was probably my favorite part of the whole thing. I really liked reading the speaches he wrote that are engraved on the walls. The monument is just larger than life. It was amazing!

The reflection pool/water thingy in front of the capital building had frozen over so I was skating on it! Here I am taking a picture on it. Goes to show......I can walk on water........FROZEN water........but water! haha. Although in this picture I am just sitting on it. This is probably my favorite picture!

Ummm so apparently skating was prohibited. Whoops!

Westpoint vs. Navy girls basketball game
Most of the buildings at the Naval Academy have the seal on them. I think it looks pretty cool!
View from on campus. AMAZING! I am jealous!

Arlington National Cemetery

Changing of the guard.


Well......I am sure that you all have seen most of this before but this was my first time. I wanted to write it down because I Was excited....so get over it!!!

Yay for Sisters!

Well Marie came to visit me this past weekend. It was quite fun. She came in last Friday night and I made a BBQ for her and her friend Mindy. IT was SUPER YUMMY! Saturday we didn't do too much. Just hung around the house and then went to Park City because the Sundance Film Festival was going on so we thought we would check it out.

Me

Me in front of the Egyptian Theater

Marie in front of the Egyptian Theater

AFter that we were pretty busy hanging out with an assortment of friends and we even went to go see Catch & Release. FYI...it sucked big time! Don't go see it! haha. Sunday as she was getting ready for church I noticed she had the same shoes as me and a shirt very similar to one of my favorites so........I DRESSED LIKE HER!! haha.......she didn't have another outfit so she couldn't change but she did try to put on a sweater to hide it......it's ok. I took pictures! haha. Well..........that's about it for now. She is back on her way to Idaho and I have to get back to studying, but I thought I would update.

New Updates

OK PEEPS! I wasted a sufficient amount of time trying to figure this thing out but I think I got it. If you look to your left.........<-------- (an arrow is included for those of you like my roomate Chelsea who doesn't know left from right) You will see a new link added to my page. It is titled....Friend's Blog's and Favorite Websites. I will update it later as well but I added a link to Katherine's webpage.........the one who inspired me to blog.....and a link to Christina Arnett's page. I thought my parents might want to see pictures of her and her beautiful face, beautiful house and husband! Also.......the University of Utah webpage. One of my most visited webpages. GO UTES!

Other than that another addition I have added is that ANYONE can now comment on my page and PLEASE DO! there is a comment button near every blog. You can just leave your name and a comment, so.........mom, dad, Kurt, Cassie........anyone and EVERYONE is welcome to comment! OTher than that.......not too much going on. Work, school, studying.....ummm Marie is coming in town Friday -Sunday. We have lots and lots of plans for the weekend. This guy I met might be able to get me into some Sundance Activities........but we aren't sure yet....but if anything we might just go to Park City with a camera and see if we can meet famous people! They have to be walking around the streets right?!? Ummm that's it. the end.

Christmas Break and New Years

So.....wow I haven't updated anything for the past 6 weeks or so! Sorry. Going home for Christmas was ......AMAZING. I love my parents and my family so much! I flew home Christmas Eve morning and got into Houston about 5 am. It was a lot colder than I expected but it was nice to be home. Christmas Day I think everyone slept in till about noon and then my sister , her husband, and my two nieces came over and they were there most of the day. It was really nice!
The next day Candice and I went to the Galleria! AAHHHHHHHHH! It's like shopping HEAVEN!
The Galleria is the 5th largest shopping mall in the US! It has most every store you ever wanted and more in there! We weren't there too long before I got a call from Mr. Tyler however asking me when I was going to be home. I was his date to the military ball and it started at like 5:30 and was going to go all night. I didn't think it was going to start till MUCH later.......so.....Candice and I finished up at the mall........took some time to get manicures together and then she dropped me off at home. Tyler was there shortly to pick me up so I didn't have time to do my hair or anything but it's all good! haha.
The military ball was AWESOME! I kept telling everyone it was like a FUN prom. I hated PROM! Everyone makes SUCH a huge deal out of it and you have to get a dress and do your hair and get a limo and blah blah blah..... well here it was kind of the same thing, sans the limo, but it was actually fun. They had the presentation of colors, all the cadets and midshipmen marched in, we had a formal dinner with a speaker beforehand, there were series of toasts, and then there was dancing! I guess it didn't hurt that I actually liked who I was dancing with!

Everything was pretty low key after that. I didn't do too much other than hang out with family and friends.

I spent most of my time with Amy Bridges though. Agh I love that girl! It is always fun to have friends that have known you since you were 11! The fun part about that is that we still act like we are 11 -16 when we get together. I spent New Years Eve with Amy and her boyfriend and his friends on the beach with a bonfire. It was so much fun. Amy wanted me to go because she didn't know anyone there and we had the most fun. She is usually pretty shy but when we are together she doesn't shut up! We laugh and giggle and like I said........act like we are 11! haha. IT was really a lot of fun.
The next day was packing day and time to get ready to come back to Salt Lake. We went to go see my Grandmother one last time before the airport. That woman is , words can't describe. She is just amazing! She is so beautiful and FUNNY and ....I don't even know. And what's funny is the two times I went to visit her she kept calling me Ms. Garza. (her maiden name) She said I am just like her, and I think for the first time I realized I probably am! haha.
I have such an attitude and I believe I get it from her! haha. She has called me that before and said how much like her I am but I don't think I ever realized it. It's really great because I really never had relationships with my grandparents. There are language barriers with my mom's side so even though I love them so incredibly much, it is hard for me to feel like I truly KNOW them because we can't communicate like I can with my dad's mom. I dunno, I really feel truly blessed to have been given the family that I have. Families are families and of course we get in fights and have disagreements and I think sometimes my family annoys me more than anyone else, but I think that's because they also make me happier than anyone else. It's a wonderful feeling to know you belong somewhere, you fit somewhere...and there are tons of people around you who are just like you.

Well......that's about it for now. I guess I will update in another 6 weeks! haha.