A Tale of a Tricky Englishmen

I know it's crazy to have me post nearly two days in a row, but something really funny happened tonight, and I just had to write about it!
As most of you know, I am a card carrying member of the Virgin Lips Club: a club for those who have not yet been kissed. Well tonight that status changed. That's right-my VL club card has (sortof) been revoked, and all because I went to ward temple night and a sneaky British boy.
Here's the story: My ward has a dinner after our temple session, and a bunch of us just hang out and eat food (two of my favorite things to do). Well, as I was leaving tonight, a British boy who shall remain nameless grabbed my hand and told me "Have a sit down" by him. I did, and within a few minutes he had tricked me into holding his hand by having us compare tans. Pretty sneaky, right? Then he pointed at his cheek and asked me to give him a "Spot of a kiss". As I leaned in to kiss his cheek, he turned his head, and I ended up kissing him on the lips! Tricky Englishman! I haven't laughed so hard in a long time, and, of course, this all happened with a roomful of my fellow ward members. Classic!
So, I'm not sure if it really counts, but I have officially had my VL card revoked. Good times...

Signs

I finally decided to get a cute background for my blog. So:Ta-da! Here it is! If you want to take this as a sign that you will be seeing more posting from me in the future, so be it.

In recent news, I was set up on a blind date by my mother-thanks, Mom! His name is Jake, I think, and apparently Mom was a friend in high school to his mom. I haven't gone on the date yet, that'll be this Friday. I'll let you all know how that goes!

Also, I volunteered working a children's game booth at Draper Days last night, and then watched the fireworks afterwards. It was a lot of fun, and the kids were really cute, but getting out of there when it was time to go was a joke! I sat in my car for 30 minutes with the engine off because we weren't moving AT ALL. If it hadn't been for the fact that I have the internet on my cell phone, I think I would've gone nuts!

Back From Vacation

The last two weeks I spent in Wyoming with my family. It was great, and a lot of fun to see family members I haven't seen in two years. I caught a cold my first day, (who does that, in June, no less!), and spent the rest of vacation fighting it off :(
WEnt camping an fishing, but we got rained out of both. My favorite moments include winning at Dominos, camping with my family, watching baseball with my Grandpa Averett, and watching the new Transformers movie with siblings!
Next up: a road trip to Cali in August. Some friends and I are going to San Fransisco, LA, and San Diego. If anyone has suggestions about where we should stop, let me know!

The End of a Semester. Yea!

Hey Everybody! Twice in one year; you should be impressed. Actually, I just wanted to try staying on top of this, so I'm giving it a go. I am a much better Facebooker than I am blogger. If anyone wants to contact me, that's the best way. Anyway, life is good here in Provo! I survived finals, and mangaged to almost achieve my goal of a straight 4.0 semester. I ended up with 3 A's and 1 B+. Gah! So close. Spring term has started, and I'm taking 2 classes in a push towards graduation this December. They look like interesting classes, so I'm happy with school at the moment.

The other news is that I'm currently not liking boys too much. :) I'm getting over a guy that I thought was perfect for me, but apparently he didn't feel the same way! J/K It wasn't that dramatic(mostly-my Mom might state otherwise!), but I did come to realize something, thanks to my parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends. Basically, I learned that I need to realize my own individual worth more, and that I am loved!! Thanks to everyone who helped me remember this. You're the best!

Here's a picture of the man in question-he's still a friend, even if it didn't work out between us.

She's Alive!!!!

Hey Everybody! Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated! :) I am here in Provo, and I am still going to school. So much happened last Fall that I kept feeling like I was behind, so I just decided not to post anything! It made sense at the time....

Anyway, I went to Reno this last weekend to Nathan's Retiring Address at the Nevada State FFA Convention. It was awesome! Nathan was so MATURE (weird, I know)! It was awesome to watch him help run the show, as well as give his entire address from memory. It was very inspiring to watch, and I was very proud of him. Well worth the trip! I also went on a blind date with one of Nathan's friends, Ty. It was fun; we went bowling. I'm not the best bowler, but it was still fun!

Recent Happenings and Reminicing

So in the past two weeks I've gone to a mini-mission reunion, had a co-worker die, lost my place to live, and found a new place to live! It's been kindof crazy, but luckily it's been working out. I was lucky that I found a pretty cool new apartment, and this time it's with people that I know-so that's cool :) Going to the mini-mission reunion made me reminice about the "good ol' mission days" so I decided to post a few old mission pics-the classics! The top picture is me sitting on a stuffed giraffe that a member family had in thier living room at a dinner appointment-so of course I sat on it! The second is the 4th of July 2006-at 11:00 pm! Yes, the sun was still that high that late at night!