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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Disney Mania!

Last weekend some of the girls in my ward and I had a Disney party! It was a lot of fun! We watched Disney movies and pigged out on some good stuff! : ) We made a few trips in the middle of the night to keep ourselves awake. We went to taco bell, QT, and a nearby park. It was awesome! Megann, Emily, and I spent half the night taking random pictures of ourselves and Chelsie and Rachel refused to come and join the fun as they were "quite comfortable on the couch" as they put it!

When Rachel got there later than everyone else we decided to welcome her with a little surprise! : )
Poor Lil' Megann.....she was standing right behind Emily when Rachel got there and since she is so short her little arm barely made it over Emily's head starting this little quarel! : ) haha so funny!






Thursday, April 10, 2008

The Big "2-0"



On the 4th of April I celebrated my 20th birthday! I didn't think that was that old until Jamie called me up to wish me a happy birthday and asked if I had woken up that morning with a sore back and aching joints. ...thanks a lot! ; ) So I had a really good birthday this year! On Friday (my actual birthday) Ashlee and some friends took me out to lunch to one of my favorite places, YC's, and that was a lot of fun! But then my favorite part was my date that night!

Jared and I had gone back and forth about what we were going to do and how it was going to work out and everything and things turned out a little different then were planned but it was still the best night! Our plan was to watch Testaments (it always makes him cry and i wanted to see : ) ), go out to dinner and then go star gazing. So he shows up and we are talking for a little while because i wasn't quite ready and then i ask him about the movie (he was supposed to bring it) and he realizes that he didn't even bring it! He felt so bad but it was fine. We ended up just talking and i even played one of my new songs for him on the guitar. So then we went to dinner at Charlestons with Jason and Drea. That was fun! So then we went back to my house and got a blanket and went to a nearby park and just watched the stars for awhile. ; ) It was awesome! So then we came back to my house and he gave me my AMAZING birthday present and then he went home. Sorry everyone, no birthday kiss. : ) It was just a really fun day and a birthday i will definitely be remembering!*

My "lil sis" : )

Ok i know it has been forever but i am going to get better at blogging more often! So these are just a few pictures of my step sister and I golfing and just hanging out! She is so much fun and we are always so crazy together and I love it! I am excited for the years to come, getting closer and taking trips to the happiest place on earth! : )

Jamie's crazy driving!


...so attractive.




"This is Why I'm Hot..." : )

Monday, January 14, 2008

On a mission...







Every week we try to do a ladies night with just the girls going out and having fun. This last week we went and got Sushi and then took a trip to Ikea in search of some mini spoons that they had at the restaurant. After making our way through the store participating in a lot of different activites and exploring many different types of furniture, like stefanie's little bear friend and Ashlee's round bed that she wants, we finally found them! That place is so huge and I already have some ideas of how i want my future house to be decorated! : ) It was a lot of fun and I am excited to see what other adventures us girls are going to get ourselves into in future nights!




Bowling with the kids

So all of the kids went bowling on New Years Eve and i totally dominated all! Yeah that's right, what now! : ) It was a lot of fun just going out with all of us because we don't get a chance to do that very often. Christian and Angela were trying to give Ashlee some pointers because everytime she would be done with her turn she would turn around and mumble "I hate this stupid game" or something like that! She ended up doing a lot better by just using her left hand though! It was fun!





Friday, January 11, 2008

*ashlee singing* "It's ChristmaAas!"




Christmas was so awesome this year! It was fun just having the whole family together this year since last year we were all in different states for Christmas. Hanging out with the Critchfield's is always a unique experience indeed but i wouldn't have it any other way! It is always so crazy and fun, especially when we are trying to figure clues out for a scavenger hunt at midnight, or riding in the bed of Jason's truck on our way home in the freezing cold screaming I'LLL GET THE DOG TURD and singing, "Baby it's cold outside" to cars passing by : ) ....ah good times. This will definitely be a Christmas that i remember for numerous reasons and I hope that there are a lot more like it! My family is so awesome and I just love them all so much! We all got some pretty good gifts this year but I have to say that my favorite gift is one that we all got. On Christmas Eve my mom gave us all a copy of the Book of Mormon and just told us that this year we should try and find someone that we can really help try and see the light of the gospel and be able to share that book with them with our testimony in it. I am excited to find someone to give it to and it was just good to get a gift like that. I'm sad that the season is over but excited for all the fun memories we will have as the years go on!