Happiness is.....

...Taking a trip home to see your little brother graduate! (Congrats TODD!)

...Being at home at the same time as all the rest of your siblings

Toni missed the picture taking..

...Having 3 sweet nieces!

Brynn and Camilla! Both are tuckered out! :)

All THREE! - Camilla was on the move for this shoot!

...Winning marbles with your Grandma 

(and for those of you who don't know what 'marbles is' .. don't worry about it, but NO we are not flicking around a bunch of marbles in a chalk circle with our thumbs)

Although my Grandma looks like a sweet lady here..
She's an assassin at marbles, I'm glad we're on the same team!

...Reading cheesy chicklit to your brother on the drive

What a great brother -- he even took the time to read me a few pages while I was driving!

...Watching cheesy western/pioneer love stories (many times in a row)

...Living with your best friends! (Current roommates are:)

(Darcee we need more recent pictures together, okay?

...Getting an unexpected call from another best friend.

thanks Lex!

...Doing nails with your roommates on a Sunday afternoon

Thanks for the color Lynnster!

...Did I mention my sweet nieces?

Aubrey was full of good moods and smiles!
(and bad moods and tears... Bless Toni's heart for having a newborn and toddler!)
Camilla was such a sweet girl and never got fussy during our long Sunday! --Stake Conference and Graduation!
And sweet Brynn was so tiny and newborny and adorable!

(No pictures for these ones, but you should just feel some happiness reading them!)

...Making dinner for more than just yourself!

...Fresh baked cookies

...Being humble enough to ask for help when you need it

...Going to Church

...Walking to the store 25 minutes away for something do
...A clean room

New Life Goal: Become A Vigilante

In reality...

• I hate violence.
• I've never tackled anybody in my life, and I don't plan on it.
• If I ever saw a felony being committed I would run away, hide, and/or start crying.

Leaving reality behind...

• I would become a real-life vigilante, carrying out numerous citizen arrests and saving the world!

I have always had a secret desire to do a citizen arrest.  It would be the best thing ever! I can just imagine myself (please feel free to imagine with me) yelling "CITIZEN ARREST" and flying through the air as I tackled some hardened criminal, and then pulling out my trusty zip-ties to handcuff him until the cops showed up.  .... This is an item on the top of my (dream) bucket-list.

So as I considered this dream yesterday I decided to do some Googling to figure out how to go about doing a citizen arrest.. I found out that I am not the only one with this dream! Check it out:

I thought this was the best answer:

Just in case you guys get any crazy ideas I did find out that in Utah it is illegal to use deadly force to stop and/or secure a felon (and in most states it HAS to be a felony for you to take any action).

BUT.. If you also share my desire to become a real-life-regular-Joe-saver-of-the-world, then move to Kentucky. In my limited research, it seems like Kentucky has the most indulgent laws for people like us! Apparently, "Kentucky law holds that a person witnessing a felony must take affirmative steps to prevent it, if possible. (See Gill v. Commonwealth, 235 KY 351 (1930.) Indeed, Kentucky citizens are permitted to kill fleeing felons while making a citizen's arrest (Kentucky Criminal Code � 37; S 43, �44.)" -- quoted from a news article I read, emphasis added! (I WOULD NEVER KILL ANYONE; I just thought it was weird that they said you could...)

So join me fellow citizens let us save America! Let us rise up and stop the felons!! 

Who's with me?

Being Old....

 I have never felt 'old' before, and believe me I know that 21 is a little early to start feeling this way.....

But today as I was stalking a band, I realized that I was older than all of the members! 

ALL OF THEM! 

After this epiphany, I, for the first time in my young life, felt 

OLD.

mere children

I thought that since this wasn't some Disney band that these kids would at least be 21+.

Nope.  

The oldest was born in December of 1991 (I'm a '91-babe just to clarify)
and the youngest is younger than my little brother!

What are these kids doing going on tour in foreign countries,
and being chased by preteens, teens and young adults everywhere?

Apparently I'm starting my quarter life crisis 4 years early (it's a real thing!)! Yeah for me! 

Luckily, the next generation is producing some great tunes to help old-timers like myself survive.

Here's the song I listened to on repeat for two hours this afternoon. Enjoy.

And a final good luck to my BYU friends with finals this coming week!!!

New Things!

Charming Text Messages:

Received at: 4:58 a.m.

"Do you and riker want to fight me and chase"

Sent at: 7:53 a.m.

"Good morning! This isn't who you think it is (I think you've got the wrong number) but i don't think you should fight anyone! :)"

Further texting throughout the day revealed that I was, in fact, not the person they were trying to reach, and that in the end they decided not to fight. Phew! A little more peace in the world!

New Games:

My sweet roommate Stacey has introduced me to the game called Nerts.  The only problem is that you need a deck of cards for everyone playing! So.. I bought my first deck of Rook cards recently! I feel like I've just become even more of a Lewis! Another right of passage out of the way! :)

Divine Comedy:

I went with a friend to Divine Comedy (comedy group of BYU) last night! My first time EVER going, and let me just say! Good times. I always wondered how I'd react at a live comedy thing, because I never find comedy laugh out loud funny.  However this stuff was actually funny.  The show I went to was their best of show, so I believe I saw the best of the best and greatly enjoyed it.  They did the clip below, but also did spoofs on other movies (Breaking Dawn, and Phantom of the Opera), events, and BYU culture. Good times! 

Easter Egg Hunts:

This morning I volunteered at the Provo Easter Egg hunt. My job was face painting! The children were all so sweet after I ruined their faces with my subpar skills. So that was good. It was crazy to see all the people that could turn out at events like these, but I believe the event was wildly successful! So it was a good way to spend my morning I'd say! 

Sweet Lessons at Conference!

This weekend was General Conference!

I feel bad because I don't feel like I super prepared for conference,

so many of my amazing insights will have to come from the Ensign!

However, I did catch a couple of sweet things that I thought I'd share:

Sweet President Eyring!

WITH HIS OWN CANDY DISH!

Although I couldn't tell for sure, I'm pretty sure every apostle's got their own dish!

I just had never noticed this before and I thought it was interesting.

I'm sure you've already seen this, but here's a pop star turned choir boy for your viewing pleasure
 -- some sweet eye candy for those of us without a personal candy dish!! :)

Just in case you missed it -- it's Elder Archuleta now! 

Those are some of my conference highlights! But on a more spiritual note -- 

anybody have suggestions on a favorite talk that I should read first?

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!