Recent Quotes

Maecy: Mama don't fall in the water.
Sara: If I did, would you jump in after me?
Maecy: NO! My dress would get wet!
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Me: What do you want to drink? There's soda, water, orange juice...
Brad: Mayonnaise...
Julia: Mayonnaise? You can't drink that...that's more like dessert, right?
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Jason: You're going to help me put this coffee table together and we're going to fight the entire time, because that's what couples do!
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Math instructor from India: When you get to a problem you don't understand I don't want you freezing. This is Arizona afterall.
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Maecy (talking to herself while playing): How many balloons do you need? 6? Let me see... 1,2,3,4,5...OH I'M SORRY...we're all out of six.

The Song Stuck in my Head

♫So this is how the story went; I met someone by accident that blew me away. It was in the darkest of my days when you took my sorrow and you took my pain and you buried them away.♫

Hello, I live here!

While cleaning today I realized I had yet to post pictures of my current apartment! Here goes!

Recently

I've been majorly slacking on actual updates, so here goes! I was really sick for about two weeks and didn't do much of anything. I was sick on Valentine's day...my FAVORITE day of the WHOLE year and so that really bummed me out. To make up for it Jason got me new PJs (since that's what I was living in) and tickets to Disneyland! About two days after I got better Jason and I headed to California to watch his karate kids compete at Nationals. He now has one national champion under his belt and a few others rated 2nd-5th best in the country. After competition we went to Disneyland one of the nights with his sister and her two kids. We had an absolute blast! Spring Break starts next Friday and I couldn't be more ready for it. I have to go to Yuma for two of the days, but then I plan on just doing a ton of job applications and having my amazing sister-in-law take my pictures for my graduation announcements! Uhh...sorry if this post is super scattered...that's just how my brain is operating lately.

Recent quotes:
Larry: You know, the more you are exposed to as a child, the less you are likely to become sick with as an adult.
Jason: I know, I'm going to expose my kids to everything...exept for aids...not going to expose them to that!
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Jason: Ebola is my favorite virus!
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Michael: You are like my second mom, but I think of you as a sister...you're like my mister...
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Sarah: Why are all the girls who like the song 'Pretty Girl Rock' extremelly unnattractive?
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Guys, Men, Boys

Well, I made an update about the wonderful women in my life and now it's only fair that I do it for the men.

My daddy instantly comes to mind. The first word that comes to my mind when I think of my father is provider. My dad works hard, putting his family first to make sure they have everything they need before he thinks of himself. My dad made sure none of us had to go without, we always had what we needed and a fair amount of what we wanted. My father has to be one of the hardest working men. He is always up working before he heads into actual work and spends hours on the weekend working on stuff he brought home with him. Even with all the work my dad does, he was still a major figure in my life, never missing an event that was important to me and continuously showing his love. Growing up I was always excited for my dad to get home from work because he would put on Alan Jackson and dance with my mom and I in the kitchen. On the weekends my dad would take me "cruising" in his truck and often let me drive. Dad has helped me with countless homework assignments, given me great advice, and been an excellent role model.

Next would be my amazing boyfriend, Jason. Aside from being a extraordinary boyfriend Jason amazes me with his ambition. Jason started his own business at nineteen years old while everyone told him he was too young and it would fail. This year his business celebrated five years and I can see the impact he has had on many young people's lives. Jason is extremelly entreprenial and always impresses me with his business ideas. I love that while Jason is very business wise his main goal still remains helping regular kids become black belts with remarkable mindsets.

My brothers are also two amazing guys. I have admired Graham since I can remember. Growing up Graham was always funny and popular, but he was also an AMAZING big brother. I will always remember one afternoon when Graham was helping me try to ride my bike in the front yard and a group of his friends came by wanting him to go play basketball. He stayed and helped me despite his friends teasing him about it. When Graham was in high school he had to get up before I did, so when it was time for me to wake up he would come in and use a pillow that was shaped like an elephant to wake me up. The elephant would start off nice, but by the end "the elephant" was tossing me around. I used to love waking up that way. Bradley has been an amazing role model. For one thing, Bradley is always HAPPY, he is capable of not letting things get to him and remaining positive. Bradley has also always chased his dreams. I know others thought he should have stayed in school, but I know he would not trade those memories. Bradley has been my confidant in recent years and has always had an open ear. I love both my brothers and am beyond thankful for both of them.

Jason's dad, Larry, is also a positive person in my life. On News Years Day of this year Larry gave us a scare when he became very sick with Meningitis and had to be taken to the hospital. The disease moved into his blood and he went into kidney failure. We were all scared for the worse. However, a few days later they were able to wake him from his comma and a few days later. Larry was soooo positive...he even gave himself the nickname Meningitis Man! Larry always has something funny to say, "I'm not pro fossil fuel, I'm just anti dinosaur," or "Whenever I use a pencil the eraser goes untouched, I use an ink pen to do a crossword puzzle...I CORRECT SPELL CHECK!" I am so lucky to have such a positive and funny person for my boyfriend's dad.

Lastly comes one of my best friends from high school, Derek Velaski. I knew Derek for a long time from mutual friends and we finally decided to hang out one day during my junior year. After that I think we hung out everyday until I left for college. Because of that Derek and I went through a lot together and he slowly became like a brother. Whenever I need advice I text Derek and whenever he needs it he texts me. I have so many great memories with this kid and couldn't ask for a better guy bestie!