...One Bigger...

Yesterday my eternal family got one person bigger... WELCOME! to Will Clayton Martin... I love you already even though I haven't gotten to see your, I'm sure, cute and fat face! Can't wait to meet you and I hope its soon!

... Update....

So I just blogged on my photo blog (FINALLY!!!), but I will soon blog on here about my weekend with Katie, my trip to St. Augustine, Halloween, and my feeding 13 missionaries in my apartment.... Sorry I've neglected for so long, but me working full time now and not having any internet make it really REALLY hard to keep it up! No worries though!!! here is a picture of me and Katie, my bestest friend!!!

...The New Hobby...

Everyday on my way home from work I pass by this pumpkin patch that this local church has going on... I guess when I ride by it with my windows down in the fall air (YES! there is a fall in Tallahassee!!!) I can't help but feel like it really is fall and it reminds me of why its my favorite time of year... I love Halloween, not for the scary, spooky aspect, but more so because of the cute carved pumpkins and then cute kids running around and all of the silly Disney movies like Hocus Pocus and Halloweentowns 1 - 1000.... It also really makes me miss my best friend from Leesburg, Laurel, who is going to school at UF (boooooo, like the kind of boo when you don't like something, not the trying to scare someone boo)... we used to relish this time of year together...

But back to what I originally was talking about, the pumpkin patch... Everyday I pass by it, the setting sun starts to shine through the trees by it and there are always a ton of kids running around picking out their pumpkin... To me it looked like the perfect picture of Fall... thus my new hobby: photography... I've decided that I am going to start taking a picture a day for 100 days while reading up on photogrpahy techniques so that I can thus have a new hobby/talent... hopefully by the end of it I will have that talent and a pretty tight portfolio! I've always wanted to be the mom who can take awesome action shots of her kids when they are doing their thing, be it sports or dance or just sleeping, so I think I need to learn now, so when they finally get here I'll be ready to document their lives in a really unique way! With all of that said, I created a new blog just for the pictures.... it's http://digitalcameradiary.blogspot.com/ and I'll post a picture that I have taken every day for 100 days (maybe more if I feel like it)... I plan on actually stopping by the said pumpkin patch today and take that piture of fall and post it tonight! Wish me luck!

...2009 October General Conference...

Like I said before I had the opportunity to go to conference... The Friday I was in Utah was more devoted to having fun, but Saturday and Sunday were all about spiritual growth... Saturday morning Tom Christensen picked me up bright and early and we drove into Salt Lake for the first session of conference... I'd never been into Slat Lake before, nor had I ever been to conference, so I was like a little kid that was super amazed at everything! It was cold, and beautiful and the number of members were amazing! There is definitely nothing like it and the excitement you feel isn't just excitement, its the Spirit too...We got there early enough to be moved up closer than our seats really were and we ended up being like 5 rows behind the families of the General Authorities... I was in awe and couldn't help but be excited the entire time... I'm sure plenty of the Florida members were excited when they announced the Fort Lauderdale Temple, but let me tell you what, actually being in the conference center for that announcemnt was something else... I started to cry and couldn't contain my happiness... I'm sure Tom thought I was a nuts.... Conference is always the best and always amazing, but being there in person to hear the messages that our Heavenly Father has for us through His servents here on this earth is AMAZING! I'm truly blessed to have Prophets and Apostles who are worthy preisthood holders that can deliver those messages and that truely love us Saints... After the first session, Tom and I went over to the Visitor Center and walked around and then we tried finding some lunch (which was a major fail!) and we had to hurry back to get into the second session.... It was amazing too! There were a lot of talks that reminded me of my family and that I need to tell them and show them that I love them more! Tom had to leave that session early so he could go pick up his former companion from the mission, so I was going to have to entertain myself for the two hours before Preisthood session and the two hours during and I was kind of bummed about it, until I saw sister Reid, Joey from before's mom.... seriously, SMALL WORLD! She was really excited to see me and invited me to go around with her girls and her to see all the sights at temple square! Seriously, the Lord was looking out for me!

We went to go eat at Crown Buger, which is pretty much the most delicious burger joint on the planet! And then after Crown Burger we went to the Beehive house, which was Brigham Young's house in Salt Lake... After that we hit up the Distribution Center and then the Church Bookstore was having Ladies' Night, where during the two hours of Preisthood session, everything is discounted for the ladies and they bring in church musical acts and speakers... I got to meet Hilary Weeks!!!! She is spectacular! After the Ladies night thing I went out to eat with Tom and tow of his former mission comps. and one of their wives...

We went and ate at this Brazillian resturaunt named Tucanos! It was fantastic! They bring around like 13 different meats and cut them right off the skewer for you... It was delicious! After that Tom and I needed to find a Wal*Mart so I could get lunchables for Aaron and my picnic that we were going to have before the Sunday afternoon session... The cool thing about Utah is you pretty mcu hcan see everything because of the elevation and all the roads are on a grid system, but we could not get to the Wal*Mart that we could see.... It took us forever!!! Needless to say, we did finally accomplish our goal and I did get the lunchables... Tom was disgusted in the lunchables, but I had to explaint to him that that is what every kid begs thier mom to put in their school lunch in the US (he's from Canada)... Also I was amazed that in Wal*Mart out in Utah they ahve an LDS book, music, and MOVIE section! HOW AWESOME!
That night I literally crashed when I hit the bed and was ready to sleep until Sunday morning session...
Aaron picked me up in the morning and it was raining, but we were determined to have our picnik anyway, so we huddled together under the conference center eating our lunchables getting the weirdest looks from people... they just can't appreciate a good time when they see it! Then we went into the conference center and it was one of the best sessions ever! Elder Holland gave the most amazing talk which was really his testimony of the Book of Mormon.... it was so great!
After conference, I was supposed to get to see Morgan Boone, an old friend that lived in my home ward growing up, but her phone was off, so Aaron and I decided to go to the MTC and answer some phone calls that the referral center, but I guess they'll keep it open every SUnday EXCEPT conference Sundays? werid if you ask me.... but by that point Morgan called me and we drove to go see her... I got to meet her boyfriend, Brad, who is just awesome for her! He s hilarious, and totally didn't take offense to me going on about how much older a person in when they are 30 and you are 19.... Well Morgan being 20 and him being 30 made me really feel like I should have quit while I was ahead, and I guess I should have noticed the looks Aaron was giving me to quit, but I think it was all good by the end of the conversation.... they seriously are perfect for each other!

At that point I was really tired, so Aaron drove me home, where I packed, got one of the most exciting phone calls ever from my friend Lauren Baas, and then slept to prepare for my 9 hours of flying I had to do the next day..... Morgan picked me up in the morning and drove me to the airport and I flew from Salt Lake to Denver, Colorado, then to Dallas, Texas (both of which had INSANELY HUGE airports) and then into Tallahassee, Florida by 9 pm where my amazing roommate Tiara picked me up....

Pretty much I miss Utah and the mountains! I loved the trip and it was one of the best exeriences I could have ever asked for! I was very blessed to be able to go and to see the things I'd never gotten to before and to make more friends and to make a lot of great memories!

...In The Valley...

I had the opportunity of a lifetime to get to go to General Conference two weekends ago.... I found out that I'd be able to go the Sunday before and the week following I quickly had to make all my arrangements because I was flying in on Thursday... Thanks to the amazing packing knowledge that my friend Katie posses, I was able to pack 4 church dresses, 6 outfits, numerous scarfs/beanies, sneakers, heels, 2 pairs of clogs, flip flops, belts, tons of undies, tights (thanks Aunt Jodi for the heads up) and a couple of hoodies all in a carry-on.... yes, right now you should be doing a slow hand clap that gradually build louder and louder and faster and faster.... Trust me, it was a skill that Katie passed on that I will now have to pass on..... See I heard it would be cold in Utah, but I know their cold and my cold (being a Florida girl and all) would be COMPLETELY! different.... thus presenting the dilemma of not knowing what to pack to keep me warm... that's my explanation of all the clothing I dragged (which by the way, I has the biggest purse that I borrowed from my roommate to carry tons of stuff on the plane too... This included a wool jacket)... Needless to say, I was prepared!

On Thursday at 2:30 my roommate picked me up and took me to the Tallahassee airport (and she got a speeding ticket going back to work! talk about a great friend!) where I boarded the smallest airplane in the world! After I flew over the water and landed in Tampa, I sat around for like a half hour and then boarded a bigger plane to Huston,Texas! Let me tell you what! You know you are in Texas when there is a Bass Pro Shop in the airport! I was super excited because they had Panda Express in the airport and we don't have that in Tallahassee, so of course I jumped on that opportunity! After my delicious Panda dinner accompanied by a phone call to Rachel to pass the time, I boarded my flight to Salt Lake City!!! Well I was super excited about flying into the Salt Lake Valley at night because I would be able to see all the lights pop up over the mountains and see the temples.... NOPE! I got on the wrong side of the plane... instead as I flew in I got the view of the Great Salt Lake, which, at night, is a giant black abyss... Either way, I loved getting to fly... The second they opened the plane door, a huge gust of freezing cold midnight air hit me! Seriously, I about froze.... It was like winter in Florida! I immediately put on my wool coat that got me so many strange looks in the Tallahassee, Tampa, and Huston airports... I guess no one realized that it would be winter in Utah! We landed at like 11:45 pm (yes.... 9 hours of flying!) and I was picked up at the airport by my friend Tom, whoe's form Canada and who was also there for conference... He drove me to Sharon Lowder's cousin's house where I stayed while I was in Utah.... The next morning my friend Aaron picked me up birght and early (11am MST/ 1pm EST) to go around and see as many temples as we could get to in the Valleys... I stressed to him the crazy obsession I had with the temples, so I told him that I hoped he didn't think me crazy for taking tons of pictures of the temples... We were driving to the Oquirrh Mountain temple first, but somhow the Jordan River temple popped up out of no where! I really liked that temple, but it kind of reminded me of a bowtie... It was packed at 11:30 am on a Friday... insane! Then we hit the Oquirrh Mountain Temple that was dedicated the month before... It was by far my absolute favoirte temple in Utah (yes, it even beat Salt Lake.... don't judge me!)... After Oquirrh Mountain, we visited the Draper temple which was not even five minutes away from the house I was staying at... It was also dedicated in 2009, and it was up on the mountain... it was super pretty too.... not to mention the insanely huge, and I mean HUGE! houses next to it...

These are some of the pictures of the houses.... They were insane... pretty much a small modest house.... NOT!After the insane Draper houses and the Salt Lake Valley temples, we headed into Utah Valley and saw the Mount Timpanogos Temple... It looked a lot like the Orlando one, but a lot bit bigger... plus there was some intense neon green and teal blue stained glass.... On our way out of the temple grounds we saw some kids at a private school playing soccer... I thought it was cute and took a picture!

At this point it was like 3 in the afternoon (like 5 at home) and I hadn't really eaten, so Aaron and I went and got some FIve Guys Burgers and Fries (with the famous Utah Fry Sauce) and went and did the cliche Mormon kid thing and went and had a picnic at the Provo Utah temple... In pictures the Provo temple looks a bit, how do you say it, well, different, but in real life, its beautiful!

Once we left the Provo temple we went to go get me a BYU t-shirt so I could go to the BYU v Utah State football game... Pretty much I'm, free of chrage, coming up with better cheers for the cougars... They can thank me later... I made Aaron take a picture of me tomahawking the BYU cougar statue since we pretty muched owned them on their field AND Elder Perkins, an elder serving in my ward right now, didn't believe me that if he game me his family's phone number that I'd meet up with them.... well I did! They had some awesome seats at the game... They are the tightest family I know! I'm really glad I got to meet them... Perkins was super trunky after he saw the pictures... I loved talking to his mom and I think she enjoyed getting to tlak ot someone new about her son :) After BYU stomped Utah State, Aaron and I went to go see my friend Hayden Liljenquist.... We all started watching a movie at his house and next thing I know I'm being woken up because I guess I dosed off.... Aaron took me home so I could sleep and get ready for conference the next morning... I'll be sure to post about the rest of the trip in the next blog....

...A Girl's Weekend...

About three weekends ago I got to spend time with my roommate Tiara and her three lovely nieces Makai (8), Rayden(7), and Payton(3)... The are all so rambunctious and hilarious! They got here on a Friday night and we took them to the Downtown Getdown (the city of Tallahassee puts on this street fair every Friday night before a home FSU football game)... There was a DJ, street vendors, face painting, balloon artists, ice cream, jewelry making, Moon Jumps, and so much more... I think the girls loved it!

Saturday we went to the Brogan Museum in downtown and got to play around there and made play dough and got to do experiments on electricity... After the museum we ate at Chick-fil-a and the girls got to play on the playground... That night we ate at Sonny's (ummmm how I love Sonny's!) and went to go see the movie, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.... it was decent... hopefully my kids won't drag me to see movies like that though (knock on wood)...


Basically Makai and Rayden, who were sisters, Payton was their cousin, reminded me of Lindsey and I.... Makai loves to sing and is full of random knowledge... She knows EVERYTHING! while Rayden was the life of the party... She was always causing playful mischief and was always into how she looked.... I'll let ya'll figure out which one was me and which is Lindsey, but I think its obvious!


Tiara got a lot of pictures with her camera so I'll have to post some of them later but here is one of me and Payton with her butterfly

...Busy Busy Busy...

Between starting at the Clerk's office full-time and having to go between two offices now (the actual courthouse and then the remote office off Sharer road, an extra 15 minutes from my house) combined with church, missionary work, and trying to be a good friend, I am busy busy busy.... that has also made me get behind in the blogging area... that alone makes me want to cry, so I promise (and I write this as more of a reminder ot myself then as information to the reader) to blog about my weekend with Tiara and her neices, my trip to Utah for conference, my new job, and also the temple trip to Orlando this last weekend... Its sad when you have an addiction that you can't spend all your time on... sucks when you become a real adult and have to spend all of your time working instead of going to school for 6 hours coming home and doing barely any homework and watch Deadliest Catch while you sit on the computer and eat (ahhhhh the good ole days).... nope instead I get to deal with waking up at the crack of dawn driving to work and working with angry customers all day then drive home to go to church and then to drive back home and crash... but hey, its my life, and I wouldn't trade it for the world!

..."Real" Adult...

Today I read my friend Eric's blog... he posted something that really made me think and re-taught me a lesson.... A person that he was not very close to, but knew passed away and on her blog she posted about how time has a different meaning once you realize the amount of it you have left... you realize the things that are really important in your life, like flossing? Is ti really that important when you realize you only have four weeks left? So much in life is like that... For instance I have no clue what I would do with my time... I think I might quit my job and sell all of my stuff and (since I have life insurance now) not freak out about what my parents are going to do money-wise... I probably would just go around the US seeing all of my distant family that I probably don't even realize I'm related to.... I mean once we leave this life, they are all we have left... I probably would make my sisters Lindsey and Amber take off school and go with me... I think I'd try to convince my brother Tommy to do it too... I think I take them all for granted...

Basically, life is full of hindsight... I mean take today for instance... I became a "real adult..." what makes you a real adult you might ask? Well according to this almost 20 year old, its when you have to pick out your health benefits and doctors that YOU are now paying for and then you realize that you also get life insurance just in case you croak and you have to pick people who get your money... INSANE! but today I had the hindsight of wishing that I was force to take a class on becoming an adult once a year in high school instead of gym once a semester... Hindsight.... but then I just realized... maybe becoming an adult is when you have to tough it out through these life decisions that you have no clue how to make... that's what really makes you a real adult... if not you would be skating by and kind of living life too easy... I don't want that either... So here I am... an real adult who now needs to rethink what time really means to her and the things that she should really be doing with it.... so far three things are on this list: 1. Serve the Lord more... 2. Spend more time with my loved ones... 3. Be a positive impact im more peoples lives....

Ready? Lets get started!

...Free Conference!...

I am getting he opportunity to go to conference in Salt Lake this weekend... it was kind of last minute and I'm very excited... best part.... I'll barely be spending any money! Got to love when the Lord blesses you! I'll be sure to blog alll about it later!

..Pure Domination...

A couple of weekends ago was the much anticipated BYU v FSU game... well it was much anticipated at least for us Saints who live in Tallahassee.... Most of us were torn... who to root for?! I had NO problem picking my team... I was going to stick with FSU.... everyone laughed at me, literally laughed! HOW MEAN RIGHT?! I knew we were going to loose, but come one, you can't just be a fair weather fan... no, if you pick top be a team fan, you pick to be with them through thick and thin....

Game day rolls around and almost exactly from the moment I woke up I started to get texts from my BYU friends talking up the pure domination that they would have over us "poor Lamanites," and that they, "the Lord's team," wouldn't loose... I mean they didn't loose at all last year... I took this all with a smile and decided that if I was going down today like I though, BYU 80 FSU 0, then I was going down in style... I put on all my garnet and gold get up and went to the Bachelor pad to watch my fate... I seriously think even out of all my friends in Tallahassee I was like 1 of 5 FSU fans that watched the game at the Bachelor pad... I'm pretty sure there ended up being like a good 40 people there....

Then magic happened... we scored within the first few moments... well then I was really nervous... BYU now has the ball... and they are going to smash us! NOPE! they lost the ball... yes they LOST it! Freak yeah! I'm pretty pumped at this point! Pretty much my FSU Seminoles were dominating and they had the ball almost the entire first half of the game... UNSPEAKABLE! I was pumped and amazed and so excited.... I was really worried that by the second half BYU would come back and murder us... after all BYU hasn't lost a home game in like either 20 years or 20 home games (I can't really remember, but either way).... NOPE! We continued to dominate! Pretty much made my life to smack talk back to all my BYU friends... they eventually stopped texting me back, but serves them right.... I guess the "Lord's Team" needed some humble pie... I mean sometimes the Nephites had to be humbled by the Lamanites... just saying :) FSU 54 BYU 28

btw... We won't even go there about the FSU v USF game.... DON'T GO THERE!

... Moving on Up...

Many would think going from a house to an apartment would be downgrading, but on the contraire! In my case it a very good upgrade... one its saving me money which I am in dire need of, and two, I get to live with my best friend in Tallahassee, well one of the but probably the most awesome!, Tiara... So now within the year I've lived in Tallahassee, I've lived in a dorm, then a house, and now an apartment! I'm a well rounded liver now I guess... I really loved living in the house I was in, but over the past few months things there have gotten hectic with one roommate getting married and then one bailing last minute I felt like I needed to move somewhere else, plus I am wanting to save money so I can start cosmetology school and maybe move elsewhere eventually... It was a MUST NEEDED move for sure...
I packed up my house in less than 2 hours and Elder and Sister Bowcutt (my surrogate grandparents and best buddies) came and helped me move in only two trip across town in their truck... I am soo grateful for their love and willingness to ALWAYS help me out... they are THE BEST! I love living with Tiara... She seriously has been placed into my life for a reason and at the perfect time... The Lord knew I needed a good friend and one to help me out of my funk when Justin and I broke up and man she was perfect for it... Being her friend and seeing her positive attitude daily is a great reminder that when you place your trust in the Savior and our Heavenly Father, every thing will work out like it is supposed too and there is no need for having a down day! She is beautiful on the inside and out and I'm so grateful that she is my friend! Sad thing is, is that people are always asking us both what the other one looks like and we don't ever have a picture top show them! We need to get one when I have my house warming party or something! Honestly though, the best way to describe Tiara, is beautiful, amazing, positive, and the best person I know! did I mention gorgeous... yeah she's that too :)

...Walter...

The other night I decided to have a date night with my roomie, Tiara (who still has yet to have her picture or our place on this blog, but no worries, they are coming soon!) and we went to see "Love Happens"... now Tiara is the best movie buddy ever because she likes to sneak food into the movie theaters too (her Louis V. carry on has become part of our movie going experience because it is big enough to hold our take out in) and because she also isn't overly into Romance movies like me right now, but sometimes can too, so its almost always perfect.... (I don't know if that last bit made sense, but to me it did)... Well I was pretty excited about the movie "Love Happens" because I knew it wasn't going to be your run of the mill boy meets girl, they fall in love, and its cute the entire movie kind of romance... I knew there would be more true to life drama and love in it... well it exceeded my expectations! The movie in my opinion was fantastic... a really good story about the struggles people go through in their lives and especially the mourning process...

Enter Walter.... Walter is a character from the movie... Now I'm not going to tell you a lot about the movie, but this touched me so I'm going to share.... I don't want to spoil anything... The main character in the movie, Burke, is a Grief Counselor who has his own self-help line of seminars and books... Walter happens to be a man that lost his 12 year old son in an accident at his construction site... Walter his a big manly man from Montana, and really is having a hard time letting his son's death go, and has let his grief ruin his life (he lost his job and his wife left him)... Walter used to be a contractor and could never go back to a construction site nor a hardware store without it affecting him so he just avoided it... In the movie, Burke convinces Walter not to leave the program and Walter stays.... he still struggles though and won't open up... well as a group, Burke gets the entire seminar group to go on a field trip, Walter included, and to Walter's surprise it is to the hardware store... At first Walter won't even get off the bus, but thanks to Burke's encouragement, he does and decides to face his fear and cope with his loss... It was amazing to see how this big man's heart was changed and how he was able to heal with the help of all of his peers... They walked around the hardware store and picked out all the tools necessary for him to become a contractor again... It was so touching to see these people who had suffered great losses also to help this man, and to see his face light up and know that he was loved and that he can go on and remember his son... To be honest I cried, as I'm sure the entire theater did, and it really spoke to me... I turned to Tiara and told her that, "Walter just needs the gospel! I need to find him and share it with him!" of course Walter is a fictional character and that I won't really share the gospel with him, but I did think to myself there are many people I know that have suffered losses, be it family, friends, or other things in their life, and need the gospel in their lives! It is the answer and the cure! The pure love of Christ has the power to heal and we posses it and need to share! Just like Walter's peers reached out to him, we need to reach out to those in our lives... I for one was touched by Walter's experience and had a change of heart towards those I come into contact with daily... I'm so grateful to know that I can be with my family for eternity... They are truly amazing!

...Aunt Jodi...

The other day I was looking at my aunt's blog and she had a picture of her and my aunt Jamie and my sister Lindsey... I wrote her a little comment and told her that I was jealous that she didn't post a picture of me or blog about me... well what do you get for being smart, or rather, a
smart aleck? well usually you get out smarted and look silly.... that is exactly what happened in my case... my aunt quickly replied to my comment with an email that had a link to a blog post from the pervious May when I was graduating... It was a really touching little post about how she can't believe I've grown up so fast and about the woman I'm becoming.... I forgot all about the post and I felt a little bad for having teased her when she wrote something so nice about me... so I told her I needed to blog about her instead...


Here are my top 10 memories of my aunt Jodi:

1. Calling me KayKay

2. Driving me to Tallahassee with her to visit aunt Jamie when I was in middle school and she bought me my favorite cd (still to this day) the All American Rejects and we jammed out to it the entire drive home.

3. Seeing her cry at my orientation because all of my schooling was payed for by scholarships.

4. Having her make me my graduation video

5. Babysitting her kids in Lakeland for a week during the summer and watching her sit up every night to sort through old papers.

6. I don't really remember what it was for, but I remember going over to Grandma's house and being so excited to see aunt Jodi because I'm pretty sure she was back from Rick's College.... It was when she had her curly hair.

7. Helping me mov into my dorm and her helping me put up my princess curtains.

8. Eating at Momo's for the FSU v. Miami game

9. Her being the only person that was super stoked when I called to tell them I got into FSU... she started doing the Tomahawk chant.

10. Her being scared crapless to go out on the ledge and take this picture with me...

I love my aunt so much... She is kind hearted and is one of the best mothers I know, and I hope to be like her... Her voice is amazing and I've always tried to copy it when I sing, and She has been through many similar things like me... I know she's the one to call when you want the pity party.... I love her I love her I love her!

*Soon to come: my blog post on my aunt Jamie*

...The Super Sprint!...

I've decided to do a triathlon.... Katelyn just did one and honestly I was so proud of her and the fact that she just trained hard for a month and was able to do just as well as her in-laws who had been training for months.... Also I'm impressed by the fact that she had never done anything like it before and had never ran, swam, or biked as far as she had to for this... with all that said, I am doing it! I found a triathlon on a Saturday (almost impossible!) in Cleremont and I'm trying to convince my dad to do it with me... its a "super sprint"... sounds intense huh? well between you and me, its the easiest one you can do... I wanted to do what they call a Sprint, which is swim 750 meters, bike 12.4 miles, and then run 3.1 miles or a 5k... well I couldn't find one close to home on a Saturday, so I'm settling for the Super Sprint which is swim 400 meters, bike 6.2 miles, and then run 1.5 miles.... I know it sounds kind of lame, but I'm excited and it will help me prepare to do more in the future... until then, I'll probably run a couple of 5k's until then, like The Turkey Trot in Southwood and maybe one around Christmas.... I'm excited! wish me luck... who knows I might be the next Ironman/woman!

...Hump Day...

Today has been an unusually long day for me at the clerk's office... Everyone has been moving around and switching desks (well everyone except for me) because of Supervisor and Lead Worker changes... there has also been a lack of work for me... don't worry, I just asked my supervisor for more responsibilities, so I'm not slacking :) My day was made a thousand more times exciting today because I forgot that Wednesday may be hump day for me, but for my best friend Weston, wait, excuse me, Elder Liljenquist, it's "PDay," so I got an email from him... Some how his 5 sentence email just made my day fly by faster and got me out of my funk that this humdrum Wednesday has put me in.... one more blessing to add to my list... Missionary e-mails... that blessing goes right along side missionary letters...

...T-Town GetDown - Kaylee's Version...

T-Town GetDown was supposed to be the biggest party of the year YSA-wise in Tallahassee, and everyone was excited for it! Almost our entire ward was involved somehow for the entire days festivities, and I had the lucky job of doing the get-to-know-you games... I had it down to a science... There were going to be six groups and we were going to rotate playing the games lovingly called: The Line Game, The Neck Game, The Beach Ball Game, The Animal Noise Game, The M&M Game, and Two Truths and a Lie... Thing is, I forgot that no one comes to the first part of an activity, especially when its at 11 am and the lunch isn't until 1 and the dance isn't until 7:30 that night, but hey they few that showed up got to know each other and I think we had a lot of fun!After my games everyone could either go play Wii or Guitarhero games and board games inside or play games outside while eating snow cones... Plus they had a pie eating contest, slip-n-slide and live bands playing... not to mention the best Bar-B-Q ever... My friend Sara and I decided to leave a bit early since we weren't feeling too well and decided to have a chill artsy-craftsy day together instead... Sara made a pot roast (very delicious and domestic!) and then we went on over to Joann Fabrics to get some stuff to make head bands... The night before Sara and I went to First Friday (we have the coolest art park in Tallahassee called Railroad Square and a couple of our friends have a studio there and the first Friday of every month the art park opens and there are cool shops and such)... Kim and Melissa, the friends who own a studio, had these neat headbands in there that they had made and they didn't look too difficult, so Sara and I put our homemaking skills to the test... They turned out pretty good if I do say so myself... I loved getting to spend time with Sara and she is one of the coolest girls I know and I'm glad that her boyfriend just left for his mission so now I can have her all to myself while he serves the Lord! Sara and I met each other last year and did couple stuff together when Justin and I were dating, but I like just having girl time with her... she is so chill and likes a lot of the same things I do... I can tell that we're going to be great friends!