Party Everyday!

I know that it may have seemed recently that my life is just one big party, but to be honest.....

IT ACTUALLY IS! 

So here's an update on some more celebrations in my life! 

1.) Sister Lewis's Birthday and Stacey's Promotion on Service Council 

My mom and I!

 This sweet lady had a birthday on Wednesday!

Stacey!

And this sweet girl got promoted (kind of?) in a service organization she's part of!

Me and Ty!

 So we decided to celebrate all the wonderful things happening in the world on Wednesday.
Ty and I both got Georgia Mud Fudge in honor of our sweet mother!

2.) My first real dinner party!

I SET a table.

My sweet friends from high school, Darcee and Chelsea, both had so much going on in their lives, that I decided I needed to see them! So I invited them over for spaghetti and meatballs! I was so excited to see them!! And equally excited because that was the FIRST time that I have ever planned out a dinner and  invited people over for it specifically -- all by myself! I felt so very grown up! :)

3.) Hare Krishna -- Festival of Colors!

photo credit: girl in my group named Beka -- I just thought it was cool!

Somewhat painted...

I don't really know how to explain the Festival of Colors, but you kind find out more about it here or here! But aside from the history, here's what I thought.

I don't like getting dirty.
I don't like crowds.
And I especially don't like crowds of people throwing things at me to make me dirty.
So... Why did I go you ask?
I think the main reason I went, is because I felt the need to try new things and it was on my bucket list of things to do at BYU. With my time at BYU ending sooner rather than later, I decided to go for it!

It was really pretty to see all the colors flying everywhere! And it was fun to see the temple, and it was fun to hear the music (all about peace and love, and not like any genre I know). The singer kept saying things like:
"Can you feel that peace and love?! Can you feel it!"
"The whole world can be like this right now!"
"We could have heaven on Earth right now - can you feel it?! Bring it down here with us!"
and other inspirational things! It was awesome!!!
But the safety guy got on a few times to say things like:
"If you are under the influence of something other than the God given sense of peace and love you need to leave."
"We don't permit drugs and alcohol here, so please don't jeopardize us with that."
"Body surfing is okay, but make sure you don't throw them in the air!"
"Send the body surfers backward so people can see them to catch them."
and other similar safety tips.

The stuff about body surfers was probably pretty important to say, because from where I was I could see two or three of the body surfers flailing as they went headfirst towards the ground.
How exhilarating, I'm sure.

so overall.. I'm glad I went, but it's not really my thing for repeated exposure!

The group!

Sweet Sarah and me! 

Each of our hands showing with our respective colors!
(I'm the pink!)

But party time should be ending soon, since finals are only weeks away and projects abound.

So.. posts may be scare in the coming weeks, but if anything SUPER exciting happens, as always, I'll let you know! :)

Happy Pi Day!

I like to think that I'm a festive person, so it always concerns me when I don't celebrate holidays in some way! So I was feeling a little sad this morning when I didn't know how I would celebrate Pi Day! I called Ty earlier this evening to see if he wanted to go out for pie -- he was studying so I went back to my own studying and decided to try again next year! However, around 10:00 or 10:30 Ty called to say he was going to get more milk and was wondering if I wanted to get some too.  I didn't need any, but I'm always down for a drive to the store. When I got into car, I asked Ty where we were going to get pie!? Ty said he already got Pie. My heart was a little sad since I really wanted to pie too! But seeing the disappointment on my face, Ty quickly amended that he got BOTH OF US pies! 

These suckers sure our delicious on a late night! Now, I'm not sure if I'm more grateful for so many crazy holidays to celebrate or a thoughtful brother who's so willing to celebrate them all with me! 

Speaking of celebrations: I can't wait to celebrate at the end of March Madness -- I convinced every walking member of my family to make a bracket this year, which is kind of joke since none of us are big basketball followers (EXCEPT for BYU basketball of course -- how bout them Cougs last night!?!). The prize is one fast food meal bought for the winner by the loosingest looser! Can't wait to win that prize! 

It's Been One Month So...

Here's the lowdown on my 21st! Get ready for the wildest party! 

I'll be doing this post in pictures.

Me and My Neighbor to the South Sarah enjoying hot Kool-Aid a couple of days before the party.
Sarah happens to be in my Uncle Max's Ward and my Aunt Kary was her seminary teacher or something like that....
Small World!

The Package! Somehow it got damaged
but those curly ribbons came out so it was just fine that that happened!

I LOVED MY PACKAGE!

My mom got me a cute outfit!

And a party in a box, complete with decorations!

My sweet sister sent me a book (thank you) and a picture from Aubrey.

Balloons for Decor!

Yoga Pants!

Mini Hammer with screw drivers! So fun!

A Spatula!

MY NEW LICENSE! 21 baby!

Stacey's Artsy Photo!
The decor plus the party favors my mom made!
What a sweetie!

As a tradition I always try on my new clothes right away.
My mom did another great job picking out my clothes!

 As a side note my sister is always concerned that she takes too many pictures of her daughter in her p.j.'s. I myself see no problem with people being in their p.j.'s which is why every night when I get home I hop right back into mine! 

The next day it was party time! Here's our party ready house!

Unicorn Chain to add to the wildness! Courtesy of Stacey!

Artsy Photo!

The food. (we're poor.)

The drink: Hot Kool-Aid.

The High Society Photo

The Vampire for Wildness.

Stacey with the Vampire!

Some kissing for our wildness.

The best game! Pin the Heart on the Unicorn.

Amanda and Tess playing the best game!

Sweet Cake Made and Decorated by Tess.

Me -- The Birthday Girl!

Getting Ready to BLOW!

The Winner of The Best Game with her Prize!

The end of the night!  -- A success!

My awesome family, sweet roommates and many friends made this night a wild success! 

Thank you so much friends and family for celebrating my 21 years! :)

All photos -- artsy or not are Stacey's isn't she a great photographer!

I got my new camera and..

I couldn't wait to take pictures of this sweet girl. 

I think she was distressed at being left with me!

Some of my friends needed a ride to Sandy so I decided it would be the ideal weekend to babysit for Dawn and Bryan.  Camilla is such a cute baby, and she gets cuter the older she gets -- she also gets a lot more mobile each time I watch her, so it's quite an adventure.

This go around we played until she go bored with me, which was fine because it was bed time anyway.

So after feeding her a bottle, I went in to change her diaper and get her ready for bed.

I've found that if there is one thing Camilla hates, it's being on her back.  So you can imagine my distress when I tried to get through the layers to her diaper -- then take of her diaper and put a new one on.  It was rather traumatic for me, not her.  I would have her on her back, then go to find unfold the new diaper, and she be flipped over and ready to crawl right off the table. Then I'd flip her back over and have the diaper unfolded and start pulling one of tabs up to lock it in place.  I finally decided to one hand the diaper while I held her head in the crook of my elbow while I jabbered at her.  This seemed to work well and I finally got her diapered and pajamaed! 

Then came the bed time struggle. She's so mobile and talkative that whenever I'd put her down Ty and I could hear her talking and talking - sometime whimpering.  I was determined to be the tough-love aunt and not go in and check on her unless she was crying (although I'll admit, I caved a number of times -- it's so nerve-wracking watching someone's child! )  But surprisingly, it was Uncle Ty who caved more often -- I walked in a couple of times to see Ty and Camilla having so much fun! One time he had her hysterical just by zipping up his jacket -- it was so sweet! 

Ty spending time with Camilla. 

She finally drifted off to sleep with her feet out of the crib.

Eventually Camilla went down to sleep, and Ty and I got down to business of watching Chopped. Which I must say makes me wish I had a television -- the Food Network would definitely be one of my number one channels! Get excited for more fun pictures cause they'll be coming!!!