as of late

I just uploaded some pictures from my camera and realized I have been up to some fun stuff lately that needs to be blogged about.

The birthday boy himself!
[with his presents from muah]

At Chili's for Sean's birthday dinner

This is the road trip crew all gathered at the Mesa temple. Me and Sean decided to go check it out while we were there and as we were walking around we spotted none other than our fellow road tripee's. We followed right behind them for a good five minutes before they discovered us. I am pretty sure Marci called us creeps, but it was funny regardless.

This is the "after jenny craig saved my life" picture.
Nah, me and Sean were at Target and I saw these babies, I just couldn't resist. It's quite possible Sean was embarrassed of me...

One day we were at Sean's parents house and his sister, Hayley, decided she wanted some chocolate but no one would take her to the store. I told her me and Sean would love to take her. She ended up with three bars of hershey chocolate and this ice cream...cone. [if you can call it that!] It's called the kong, and I was impressed!

The very same day as the chocolate run we were sitting in the family room and I picked up this huge book in there all about Samoa. Me and Sean flipped through it looking at pictures and such and I said, "I'm pretty sure Brother Bott server his mission in Samoa forever ago" Little did I know, I got to the end of the book and they had listed all the missionaries that have served in Samoa, and there Brother Bott was! I got really excited and had to take a picture.

One of those presents Sean was holding just happened to be tickets to the Suns game last Saturday night. Okay so it was technically the Jazz game since it was up here, but I'm from Arizona and therefore it was the Suns game. So this is us at the Suns game :)

The view from our SUPER good seats...haha, can you tell I'm poor??


This is a picture of the second time the Suns finally pulled ahead. I tried really hard to get a picture when the score was 77-78, but I didn't get my camera out fast enough and Sean was thoroughly amused when I missed it.

Peas in a Pod

Well, as soon to be co-author of this blog, I thought I'd make a sneak attack while Jaimie is in class and write the top 3 things about the girl I love!
1. I don't think anyone has ever been more excited to hang out with me before. I'm often surprised to find her on facebook or gmail chat while I'm at work to keep me company and provide a real-time countdown of when she gets to see me again. It's a wonderful thing knowing somebody is always that excited to see you.
2. Jaimie and I go together like peas in a pod. Whether it's grocery shopping, dropping my hooligan brothers off at random sporting events or friends' houses, Jaimie is always willing to come with me. It's fun to have somebody like her around all the time to talk to and chat about life with. Plus it's come to my attention that she is one smart cookie and is full of lifesaving wisdom. :)
3. Last but not least, I love Jaimie because she's somebody who makes me want to be a better person. It might surprise many of you, but even I need a little encouraging sometimes. In fact the perfect example just popped into my mind. During a very intense series of basketball games, Jaimie told me she would buy me ice cream if I kept my mouth shut and didn't yelling things at the refs. While this might seem like a simple thing to do, you'll soon find out that the Tanner family is often the most vocal on the court. (I hope Marci is nodding her head and laughing in agreement with this right now) Sure it's simple and might seem dumb, but Jaimie is always helping me become a better person!

Truth be told Jaimie is the best thing that's happened to me and I'm one lucky duck to have her in my life.

XOXO.. Gossip Girl
oops I mean Sean haha

One of those days

Have you ever had one of those days when you wake up totally happy to be alive, ready to conquer the world? That's how I felt when I woke up this morning. It was such a good feeling! I am used to waking up and getting ready, dreading class, and thinking about the next time I can get in bed and go back to sleep. I feel like that is how this entire semester has gone for me, so it was a pleasant surprise to actually feel ready for the day today. I woke up to a good four inches of snow, ice, and a freezing cold temperature, but I was so happy about it for some reason. Anyone who knows me knows that is a miracle, unheard of. I hate the cold and the snow! Anyway, I just thought this was a noteworthy event in my life and just thought I would share! :)

Who even likes surprises?

I have a problem. My birthday is in exactly 11 days from now. The big 2-0! It should be fun, but here is the problem...Sean has been telling me for a month now that he already has my birthday festivities planned. That sneaky little devil, it's not fair! I remember the week before his birthday a couple weeks ago I was SOO stressed trying to figure out what I was going to do for his birthday. It was his first one back after the mish and I wanted to make it fun and exciting for him. It was while I was trying to get it all planned that he broke the news to me that he already had mine all planned out. LAME. Well not lame, but not only does that make me look bad, more annoyingly it got me all excited and really had my interest peaked. I don't like secrets especially when they are about me! I just can't stand not knowing and having to wait. I'm a little impatient, what are you going to do about it?

Flash forward to yesterday afternoon. Location: the wilk, terrace to be more specific. Me and Sean were talking and somehow my birthday came up. Then I had a bright idea, I was going to trick Sean into telling me his plans for my birthday. I said, "Sean, I think you need to tell me what you have planned for my birthday because I have some plans of my own and I don't want to mess up what you already have planned" He looked at me like, really?, and thought I was just messing with him. I assured him that I really did have some plans up my sleeve and I think he started to believe me. Only problem: he said that was fine and our plans wouldn't get in the way of each other's. Blast! He got me, so I admitted defeat and told him I really didn't have plans. He then proceeded to get a smug grin on his face and laugh at my feeble attempt to get it out of him.

Now jump to this morning. Location: my lovely apartment. Ginger texts me and asks what I want to eat for my special birthday dinner. Sean was standing right there and said, "Ugh she texts you back and not me?" I got a little confused because I hadn't been texting Ginger before, so I asked if Ginger had asked him what he wanted for dinner. He said no and I asked what they had been texting about and that is when Sean got all sketchy again. He told me they were all plotting against me and had secret plans that I can't know about. According to Sean, everyone is in on these secret plans now. LAME! I don't think I can wait 11 days to finally be let in on all the fun.

best.week.ever

It has recently come to my attention that this could very possibly be the best week of my life. As of yesterday I only have three more classes for the rest of the week. How fantastic is that?!

Well folks, I'M ENGAGED!

After a crazy five months, Sean and I decided to get married! It finally became official last Wednesday on the 18th and I couldn't be more excited. The story behind the whole proposal is pretty great...let me start from the beginning.

A few weeks ago me and Sean started talking about getting married for real and we both got really excited about it. Before I knew it we were telling our parents, going ring shopping and making plans to take a trip down to Arizona so Sean could meet my family. We had an awesome time down there even though we weren't there for long. We checked out the Mesa temple because that's where we are getting married! I am so happy about that, I love that temple! There is also the fact the Grandpa Chambers is a sealer and will be sealing me and Sean.

So flash forward to Wednesday night. I went to Sean's basketball game, which he did amazing and his team won of course. As we were driving back to his apartment he was asking me what we should do and we decided we were going to watch Hercules. That's right, Disney's Hercules. So I am sitting on the couch waiting for Sean to shower real quick and get dressed so we can watch the movie. When he finally came out he asked, "what do you want to do?" I'm thinking to myself, "we already decided to watch Hercules, crazy!" So I told him I thought we were going to watch the movie. Then he says that he just didn't think he wanted to watch it anymore, and suggested we should go swing. I immediately got suspicious. So I cheated. I looked at his pocket. And I saw the outline of a box. A box that most likely was holding my future ring! Oh glory, I was excited.

We got in the car and went to our special little park. We swung and played on the playground and had a fun time. Then we were walking around and I could tell Sean was trying to find a good place to plop down on the old knee and ask the question. We ran into the most ridiculous things like such as...a guy and girl having...a good time in the grass, longboarder chicks flying kites and boarding at the same time, a weird guy spelling 'GO HOME' with the bark that was on the side of this pond and more. So Sean was sweating it out a little trying to find a good spot and then decided he just wasn't going to find that perfect spot and just went for it. He pulled out the box and got down on his knee and asked me to marry him. I said YES, of course! And it's been pure bliss since!

The best part of the story has to do with me not having a phone. I accidently left my charger in Arizona when we went down, so after a few days it totally died. So of course Sean proposes to me when it's dead and I had no way of spreading the good news! [you have no idea how many threats I got concerning the alerting of certain people that I was engaged, so you can imagine my concern] In the end it all worked out and we are happy as can be!

There it is!

Oh and there I am looking reeeeeal cute. I promise it's on my left hand, for some reason the camera on my computer made it look opposite. Yeah, I'm just as confused.

Let's talk about research papers...

BANE OF MY EXISTENCE! Whoever thought 12-15 page research papers were a good idea? I am currently trying to put together some solid research for my paper, but this is not going so well.

#1 reason why this is lame.
My professor had us write up proposals for our research papers. The basic idea behind this was to see what exactly we were going to write about and make sure we were on the right track. [by the way, this class is for the elementary education major, so our papers have to do with education in some aspect] So, I waited until the very last minute to write mine up and was pretty proud of what I came up with. I chose to research the impacts of recess on classroom learning and I actually really like my topic. I guess I should say I was pretty proud of what I came up with.

A couple days after I turned in my proposal, he handed them back to us graded and what not. I flip through and see lots and lots of mark ups all over my paper, then I turn to the last page and see a big 80 staring me in the face with some other comments from my professor. Here is a part of what he said, "As a proposal-there's a good general idea and feeling, but not any real solid details, quotes, data that gives the reader a sense the promise of the proposal will be fulfilled. That said, I'm sure you'll do fine on the paper. Good luck" Are you serious?? I get shut down and then he wishes me luck. Oh dear...I'm in trouble...

#2 reason why this is lame.
The BYU online library thing is ridiculous. All of the good articles can't even be found online, which makes me unhappy because I am lazy and would just like to be able to do this research from the comfort of my own apartment. Sit on the couch in my pj's and slippers and just relax, but no! Instead, I have to go to the actual library and try to find the article I want somewhere in the abyss which is the Harold B. Lee Library. I figure that if I really have to do this lame reserach paper I should at least be able to be as comfortable as possible throughout the experience. The library is just not comfortable.

Alright, I am done complaining. It's really not that bad, I really do like my topic and it's interesting to me. I just need to suck it up and get to work! Okay, back to work...wish me luck!

Happy Birthday to Sean!

So I am going to risk being super cheesy, deal with it! When I posted about some of my favorite things, Sean asked me why he was not on the list. I said, "Sean, that is super cheesy. That is why I did not mention you on the list". [apparently that was an offensive post, I apologize to any and all that took offense]

Needless to say, it's Sean's 22nd birthday today! I have been super excited about this day for about a week now. I would love to gush about all the plans I have, but I haven't revealed them to Sean yet. I can say that once that boy gets done with work the party is getting started! We are going to dinner and then heading over to his parents house for cake and ice cream. Woohoo! I'm just lucky he's been in Ukraine for his past two birthdays so anything I do for him will be super cool and fun comparatively. [not the serving a mission is not fun...]

Anyway, I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday, Sean. I love you!

I love a new discovery

I have a talent. A newly discovered talent. [ginger] may consider it a sinister one, but it's still a talent. Actually now that I think of it, I have always had this talent, just never realized how blessed I truly am.

Here's the deal...I know how to trick people. Sneakiness is my forte!!! I love to plan wild, crazy things and watch them play out.

This all started back in high school with me and Kylie Jensen. I had this freaky, obsessive crush on this boy and we came up with the most ridiculous plots in order to get him to notice me. It worker EVERY time, I kid you not. I would not endorse a few of the things we did [save yourself some dignity]

Well, I have been dating Sean for a while now and we love to do sneaky things to each other and judge who is sneakiest. [i always win at this game, that's what I like to tell myself anyway] For example, last semester I was in serious need of some chapstick. So Sean gets some chapstick and somehow gets it in my coat pocket without me ever noticing. It was nuts, it blew my mind! He finally had to tell me because I had no clue. That started my renewed love for plotting and sneaking around. I even have my sneaky laugh, it goes a little something like, "heh heh heh". It's fantastic.

Ginger turned the big 2-0 February 24th. Me and Sean wanted to do something nice for her, but she's pretty stubborn. So we plotted this huge scheme in order to get her in the car and take her to Applebee's for dinner. This involed me practically suffocating myself in the back seat of Sean's car while he picked up Ginger and told her they were going ring shopping. For more details visit gingeraliceinwonderland.blogspot.com.

Anyway, just the other day I posted about how I am a brat and only like my chocolate chip cookie recipe. Ginger took some serious offense to this and threatened to NEVER make cookies for me ever again. Within ten minutes after this threat I had her making some no-bake cookies of her own free will and didn't remind her of the threat until she had already made them. She was pretty angry at herself and I said, "heh heh heh". It was pretty funny!

There I am hiding, and hating life!

Tears of joy

Today I experienced a first:
Crying tears of joy!
I always thought that was a silly thing for people to say or do.
Who cries when they are ridiculously happy?
I have to admit, it makes no sense.

blah.

I'm a bit of a grumpy pants today. It happens, alright? I believe we all have the right to be a grumpy pants every now and then. Sooooo to get in a better mood, I am going to list some of my most favoritest things.

1. I love naps
2. I love coming home from school and changing into comfy clothes
3. My slippers--I constantly find myself looking forward to the next time I can put them on
4. I love fall, spring, and summer--winter can just disappear, thanks.
5. Mi familia--greatest people in the entire world
6. Arizona--that's a given
7. Chips and salsa--best snack ever
8. Mexican food--I think I really am a Mexican deep down (just don't pay attention to my pasty white skin...)
9. Music--I wish I could pick my favorite, but it really depends. I'm a moody listener. Talyor Swift always hits the spot though.
10. Friends--I really have the best friends in the world who take such good care of me all the time
11. Coming home from class on Monday and Wednesdays and having lunch with Ali. Our favorite meals--grilled cheese sandwich's with tomato soup or tuna fish sandwich's with mac and cheese.
12. Chocolate chip cookies--but my recipe only. I'm a brat like that.
13. Laughing--I am pretty much always laughing. Some people think it's because I am making fun of them, that might be true...but really I just find most things to be really funny.
14. Grandpa's oranges--my grandparents have a ton of orange trees in Arizona and these are the best oranges you will ever eat, superb!
15. Shoes--The only semi fashionable part of my wardrobe, ever. Shoes are my most favorite
16. Holidays and traditions--I love all of my family traditions for holidays and get pretty upset if my mom tries to skimp on anything!
17. Photography--By far my most favorite class in high school. I totally want my own dark room someday.

Well I think that is a pretty good list for now, I'm not so grumpy anymore! :)