...OLYMPICS!!!!...

That's right.. 2010 Olympics start today! I bet you didn't know that the Olympics and I are in a relationship? You didn't?! Well shame on you! we have been now for quite sometime... probably the last 15 years... Ok ok thats all made up, but if I could, I would be! I'm obsessed with the Olympics... I had a guy friend ask me to hang out with him tonight and I said, "If hanging out means that you are watching the opening ceremonies AND the first event tonight, then sure! other than that, I already have plans :)" He agreed! (haha what a sucker... bet he doesn't realize that he's going to be the third wheel while my eyes ogle the television in all of its Olympic glory!) Pretty much I'm stoked and I'll have my eyes plastered at either my TV or my laptop during the next 200 hours of broadcast that NCB does for the Olympics! Hey... it only comes every two years ;)

PS. Its snowing like an hour away from me, so my friends and I are going up to Bainbridge, GA to get some snow time in.... Maybe I can convince them to talk in Jamaican accents and go bobsledding in honor of the Olympics... that or maybe find a patch of ice to Curl on since it is in Canada this year :)

... Tallahassee 5th Ward...

So as I announced the other day, I am moving... It has been super hard for me to realize what I am leaving behind... these have been the best almost two years of my life and I've grown so much, but thats not without the help of a ton of people... I want to be able to thank everyone and want to let people know how much they have influenced me while I've been up here so I thought, "what better way than to make a facebook note and then tag them all!" then I realized how gay that was and how morbid that could be to some people... but as I couldn't sleep at 2:30 am, I caved... so here it is... hopefully everyone who is tagged realizes that they really did impact my life and that I am grateful for it, even if it was a tiny bit... also sorry if you thought this to be retarded... get over it, you are loved!

Katie Wallace- You are seriously the best friend I could have asked for... If it wasn't for your mad packing skillz, I would have never been able to properly pack for my three days in Utah... I'm eternally grateful for that... oh and other things, but I'll be more personal with you in something not so public :)

Jay Rhinehart- You, besides Katie, are the best friend I could have ever asked for... Honestly... You taught me to drive a stick... thanks to you I can win the amazing race... and you let me go duck hunting with you... I consider that true friendship.

Greg Rhinehart- even though you don't tech. live in Tallahassee, you have helped me a ton... you rag on Jay with me and you made the best pool boy ever, plus you didn't make fun of the picture frame I made you.

Tiara Sapp- best roommate ever! You are the closest thing I have to a big sister and I am forever grateful for you constant love and warm heart... plus you are pretty much the most chill person ever and I love how we both grew up knowing what engagement parties were and that when you host something you're supposed to have a purse/coat room!

Sara Ranon- you've been there through the tough times for me and I feel like despite our major personality differences we are insanely similar... You taught me to be more chill....

Amanda Webb- you introduced me to Tom, which therefore opened windows for me haha... seriously though, you've always made me feel like I am way more mature than I am and that it was ok to be friends with anyone, even if they are insanely more successful than me (which you are).

Obi Kalu- gave me some of the best hugs when I truly needed them.

Jenn Prater- you helped remind me why I love visiting teaching so much... I hope the best for you and thanks for not making fun of my goals worksheet!

Patrick Douglas- thanks for the home teaching even though it was watching Desperate Housewives with Tiara and I :)

Rebecca Ventura- thanks for letting me drive you to the airport when you went to Utah... I loved getting to know you better and I love my postcards.

Logan Anderson- I still need to get you bed sheets... thanks for reminding me how important those are.

Jacqueline McCabe- you taught me pure Christ-like love... seriously... You always made me feel like I was genuinely cared for and never forgotten... I seriously want to be more like you and thanks so much for being the best Relief Society President I could have ever had...

Tabitha McCreless- you were an amazing friend and roommate... I loved talking to you every night before bed and thank you for being there through a lot of my cry-fests... oh! and sticky rice... you got me addicted to that stuff...

Kingsley Clawson- thanks for dancing with me at the Hootenanny... oh and for being my last minute date to a Christmas party... you make me laugh

Alyse Ladle- you taught me patience... you were always so patient with everyone while being the FHE mom... seriously... I know it was hard and you were always so nice to me when I had to teach.

Marcus Jones- sorry I tease you a lot, but you are a true friend and are very giving... I'm glad you can't say no to people, because you've taught me to be more giving and kind.

Natalie Kent- I love your hair! I will also never forget how bad I felt for you when you got sunburned on our Keys trip... you were a trooper! plus you saved mine and David's lives by taking over my driving duties on the way back when I got super tired... THANKS!

Andrew Harris- You personally got me addicted to playing Guitar Hero drums and Man vs Food... Thanks for that and thanks for laughing at me when I jumped into your pool with all of my work clothes on.

Blake Anderson- Friend.... enough said... oh and thanks for the lessons on how to be elusive in everything, especially text messages...

Jamie Whiddon- You are what allowed me to meet all of these people... if it hadn't been for you immediately taking me under your wings when I decided to come up here, I don't think I would have made the transition.

Jacob Lawson- I could say some funny things about you, but I'm not... Instead I'm going to thank you for getting into church clothes to give me a blessing at like 2 am... It seriously meant the world to me and is something I will NEVER forget.

Janell Hutchinson- Free Fallin'.... enough said! I'm so glad that we became friends... remember Tye-dye conference? Well I really loved how we bonded over left over ice-cream cake and conference via your Mac... There are a ton more, but that one means a lot to me...

Lance Anderson- you were the only one who would buy an underwater camera with me for the keys trip... and you were also the only one who was more scared than I was...

Rachel Thompson- you helped me get my grade in the Middle Eastern Class... you were always so awesome about getting me the notes when I totally didn't deserve them because I was ditching class all the time!

Lindy Hansen- You have the best shoe collection ever and are super creative... I want your home making skills.... Cory is lucky!

Carly Fahey- You seriously made me want to smile more... you are always so positive and witty... plus you showed me how to make facebook stalking an art... mad props to you!

Suzanna Denninghoff- I was stoked to be your roomie, but I'm glad that we weren't because that meant I got to meet more people... but regardless I will never forget how awesome you are... I was supposed to meet you at the institute that first day we met and tell you that we couldn't have you as a roomie because we thought you were too young and I ended up thinking you were one of the coolest people I had ever met and decided against my roommate's wills that you were going to live with us anyways... sorry we couldn't ever do that!

Amanda Wright- you are awesome... thos three words do it all right there... I'm so sorry I didn't get to know you better, but you are one of the coolest people I have gotten to meet since moving here... I love your witty humor... I wish I could be more like that.

Alan Espinoza- You are what every girl needs in her life.. A good friend. A guy to give hope when all guys are acting like crap. thanks for always being there... your girl is coming... I promise!

Bryce Carroll- You saved me from a Orientation nightmare... thanks for picking me up and taking me to TCBY and to your apartment to shoot blowgun darts at a box in your kitchen.

Erica Sewell- That last message was exactly what I needed... I'm sorry I abused your trust a lot, but you are one of the most kind hearted people I have met... I'm sorry I wasn't more Christ-like to you and you also have the best dance moves I have ever had the pleasure of seeing :)

Justin Sewell- You saved me.. Weird I know, but if it weren't for you being placed into my life, I wouldn't have the testimony I have now... You made me want to be a better person and you made me laugh all the time... even though you're a crap friend now [ ;) ] I will always remember your talk with me the couple of days after we started dating and I was upset about Joe... that talk you showed me is still one of my absolute favorites...

Stephen Sewell- You didn't think I was crazy for walking up to a guy and shaking his hand while he had headphones on and then practically forced a Book of Mormon on him... you're going to make an awesome Elder.

Bethann Burton- You were one of the best visiting teachers and Relief Society teachers I have ever had... The fact that you wanted me to go get a pedicure with you made my month even though we never got to go :(

Samatha Thompson- I LOVE your hair and think you are one of the most beautiful people I have ever met, inside and out... I honestly want to be more like you and love like you do... you are just full of passion!

Blake Miller- your random noises always make me feel oddly comfortable... I will also never forget my awesome tour of FSU that made you realize no other school could compare and that not coming here would be the biggest mistake of your life... hope you are as grateful for me as I am for you...

Tommy Hudson- your emails got me through work... and you were the only one who would go see Harry Potter at midnight with me... THANK YOU! and thank you for sharing your story with me... it made me appreciate you so much and you are one of the best guys I know.




I'm sure I forgot a lot of people, but it is 3:30 am now and I'm tired... needless to say, Tallahassee 5th ward made me who I am now, and I will miss ya'll a lot... Thank you all for personally making me, me... I love you all... can't wait to see ya'll again...

...I Hate You...

oh 2010, how I hate you... you started out sooo bad and only got worse... now that I am a month into you I hope you can get better... First you towed my car, didn't help me get a job, made me cry a lot, and then made me with draw from school! BOOO on you! I've decided that I will make you even better... who is that you might ask? well I'm moving! HA, now you might not be able to find me... hopefully...

(This is the day that Katie and I decided to not hate 2010 as much and even if it does suck, we're making it the best yet)

In all seriousness I really did have a crap month and the second I stopped having a pity party for myself, I realized that the Lord would have me elsewhere... as much as I don't want to leave this place I have grown so much to love, I know that there is something that the Lord has in store for me... I can't wait to find out what that is because it will make my life so much easier and this decision won't be as hard, but I do know that come what may, I'll love it and continue on and remember all the growing up I've done while here in Tallahassee... I might be closing this chapter in my life, but I'm opening a new one... one thats closer to home, to family, and one that will possible bring more happiness and love! I'm scared... I'll admit it I am, but I'm excited at the same time...

(Me and Katie on the worse day ever of 2010.. I'm actually crying... I just got towed and then Katie and I realized how pathetic we looked, so we laughed)

Oh 2010, please have something better in store!

...Not a Teenager!...

For my 18th birthday I did a murder mystery party and it was a blast... well I decided that I was doing it again for my 20th... It was like 20 times more fun! not because of the people, but because I went all out for it and so did everyone else! I mean the costumes were fantastic! and we all got into it... It honestly made it one of the funnest birthdays I have ever had! I love not being a teenager and I thought it appropriate that I do something adult... like serve a murder!

Jay and Greg, aka Neil Worthers the Chauffeur and Fabio Fabulous the pool boy!
Me and Katie, Elizabeth and Alison Rochester... we were sisters who hated each other
Me, Jay, and Greg.... We were all together somehow...
Me and Sara... she was Neil's mom and the maid... Neil, Jay and my fake boyfriend, was my half brother!
Greg and Sam taking a smoke break... Sam was my dead dad's ex wife...
This is Lauren and Jared... Lauren was mine and Kaite's mom and Jared was my former father's attorney, Riley Ravish
Sara died... this was her body outline...
King, the accountant Bob Bucks, Greg, Sam, and I....
Sara and Sam getting into character...
Katie and Sam, her boyfriend... and Sam's friend... we called him, "that guy"
Lauren, King, and Marcus... Marc was Jay's dad and Sara's hubby and the butler
Greg really into his pool boy look... He was one of the best!
I couldn't stay in character very well and I think this is where my mom was trying to make moves on my boyfriend...
I LOVE Katie even though I was supposed to hate her... Sara wasn't happy that we both dated her son, Jay...
Alan, aka Officer Welsh, talking it up with the Attorney... He took 12 pages of notes that night... he was too legit!
I think this is where I told Jean Thoughtful the psychiatrist, aka Vanesa, to psychoanalyze my sister because she was crazy... favorite part is that Katie actually looks a little bit crazy haha
Me and my two best girl friends!

...Spontaneity...

One night I was at Alan and Vanesa's house for game night and Vanesa said something about never having been to St. Augustine before, and it being one of my favorite places I freaked out and we decided to go the next day... So at 9am we piled into the car and drove to St. Augustine! I LOVED it... it was cold, but just getting to walk around the town was awesome... I seriously don't think I'll ever get tired of it... We ended up taking Pirate pictures where you dress up like pirates and then we went to the beach where the waves were soooooooo HUGE and intense because the weather was crazy... then as we were leaving we decided to go on this carousel... I'm pretty sure we were the only ones who were above the age of 10, but we didn't care! It was the best!

Sad that our ride ended :(
Alan acted like he wasn't into it, but look at that face!
Vanesa and I were a little too excited for this!
I was so cold I turned into an Ewok!
Vanesa was freezing too...
This dog is dubbed the saddest dog in the world... Seriously, we tried cheering it up and it wouldn't :(
Alan decided to go swimming even though it was absolutely freezing!!!!
Us at the beach... looking at how intense the waves were...
I loved these boys watching the waves lap up on the sea wall...
Horse and buggy... I wish they were still our main mode of transportation...
Alan knighting Vanesa (or should I say Iron Skull Alan)
This is Dreadknot Kaylee... I hated my pirate name, so I changed it to Shiver-me-timbers Kaylee haha
These were tight street performers...
This is my pirate boyfriend... he told me to surrender the booty... It freaked me out a bit...
A Pirate Family... St. Augustine pays like 150 people to be pirates that walk around the city... Cool huh?!
Alan, Vanesa, and me wearing these funny hats in a random store...

Alan playing hookie outside the oldest WOODEN school house in the US

...ROAD TRIP!...

Ok, so its Dec. 28th and its 8am... I'm dead asleep on my parents couch... then my phone rings... Its Katie! KATIE! I haven't seen her since she left to go home for Christmas break! I answer the phone and she wants to know if I mind going with her to South Carolina to pick up her boyfriend Sam for New Years... She would be there in two hours to pick me up.... I said yes and thats what started the craziest road trip of my life! We drove to Lake City to drop my car off at Tiara's sister's house and then we drove the TONS of hours to Walhulla, SC... We got there and the Dixon family was sooo awesome! Katie had to open their Christmas gift's for her and they even got me some so I didn't feel left out! We spent a couple of days there and even drove up into the Mountains so I could go play in the snow.... I had never seen it before so it was awesome!!! Then on New Years eve, we left, drove to Lake City to get my car, then drove straight to Tallahassee, got dressed and an hour later were back on the road to Panama City so we could meet up with the Rhinehart boys at Pier Park for New Years... We chilled down there and had a ton of fun! There were soooo many people and they dropped a beach ball... It was weird celebrating New Years an hour later then I ever had before... I'm used to watching the New Year change with those who are in New York, but nope, not this year... After Pier Park, we all realized that we were starving, so at three am we went to a diner for breakfast... There was this drunk couple who sat behind us and were sooo entertaining! We spent a couple of days in Lynn Haven with the Rhineharts and then headed over to Cape San Blas to stay in Aunt Lorissa's condo (THANKS SO MUCH!) for my birthday... it was so good to just stay in the middle of no where and on the beach... We had a bonfire and just played games and watched movies.... Then the awesome year ending road trip had to end and we had to go back to Tally on my birthday... but over all it was the coolest trip ever! I loved the spontaneity of it and its a trip that I definitely will never forget!

Jay, Sam, Katie, and I out on the beach at Cape San Blas burnin our fire! I'm not too sure what Jay's doing in this picture!
We burned Jay's Christmas tree as our bonfire.... It was tight!
I took this picture of Katie and Sam... make it sepia tone and it should be a Hollister bag lol
Katie and I out on the deck at Lorissa's condo in Cape San Blas...
Katie and I waiting to watch the dolphin show at Gulf World... we knew it would be super cold out there watching the show and these were the faces we made :)
FLAMINGOS!!!!! I LOVE THEM!!!!
Look! Two men hugging at the beach! jk Its me and Katie in tons of Greg's jackets because it was FREEZING!
Sam, Katie and I chilling out on Panama City Beach
Greg and Jay... cutest picture of them ever! haha awwwww
Katie and I... We are the cutest ever haha... jk
OK... by far my favorite picture of the entire road trip... This girl was sad drunk, and her boyfriend who was quiet drunk, and then the man behind them who was creeper! He was smiling the entire night!
Ok, this is Jay's cousin Robbie... He wanted to go up to someone and be random... so he went to this guy and acted like he was in his 6th grade science class... HILARIOUS!
Me and Greggor after New Years...
Jay and I after New Years!
Katie was my New Year's kiss... I had no date, so she was the best backup I could find haha trust me we're not as into this kiss as it appears...
Out flashy New Years outfits.... we LOVED them...
The Road trip family on our way to Panama City from Tallahassee
The Road Trip Family on our way to Lake City from South Carolina to pick up my car from Tiara's sister's house...
Sam dozed off in the car...
Chris, Sam's older brother... he was my snow tubing buddy...
Me in the snow!!!!!!! FIRST TIME EVER!!!!!!!! I loved it!!!!!!!!!!
Katie and I at Death Valley!
Katie gave me a kiss :)
Chris was our photographer for the day at Clem"P"son
Katie and I at Clem"P"son... I love us...
I love how you can see Chris's knees in this picture...
Katie and I on the hill... I guess this is where they used to play Clemson football....
Katie got these ring in Tennessee... I loved them...
Katie and I after like 8 hours in the car...... Almost there!
The first picture of the road trip! Leaving my house in Tavares!