The Living Aquarium

Me and the fam (and Colton's friend Dalton) went and explored Salt Lake a little bit. We went to the living aquarium and saw some awesome sea creatures! The place was a little stinky, but still
pretty cool. I'll have to remember to take my kids there someday!

We touched some slimy sting rays! Its kinda scary to think about the fact that one of these seemingly peacful things killed dear old Steve Irwin. :(



I found Nemo!!


Just a bunch of cool creatures..starfish, tiny octopus thingy, coral, and eel that has cow spots, a spiky fish...



We also got to touch some other smaller little things.


A baby Seahorse!!!! CUTE!!!!!


This Lobster is over 100yrs old. Sick.


These guys were probably the coolest...they had 3 different types of jellyfish: the first ones glowed in the dark almost, the second ones are some pretty big orange ones, and the last ones are upside down ones! Weird!






Ugly fish that was seriously the side of my little sister...well almost haha


They had pumpkins and Halloween decorations in all of the aquariums. So festive!


Frogs are my favorite animal, I dont know why. They are kinda ugly. But this little guy was smiling at me so I had to get a picture.


This fish had the ugliest lips!


Colton and Dalton in the KIDS play area...

HaLlOwEeN PaRtY!

So last year, my roommates and I were KILLER party throwers. We decided that its been a while and that Halloween would be a fun time to have another one. Well...it was fun, just a little under-attended! Here are some of the highlights:
1) I am officially pretty darn good at fake scar making for a first timer!! I could have done a lot better if I'd ACTUALLY beaten her...but that would totally throw the party off I think.


2) We had the most incredible food ever. Seriously people you missed out. Kari and I slaved all day over these cute little treats...well mostly Kari but the Homemade Rootbeer and Homemade Oreo Cookies were all mine :)

3) I was 'Poison Ivy' from Batman! This party was a costume party but only from the neck up...but i totally had green tights on underneath!! Alex was a gangster and Kari was...i dont know but she was beautiful :D My eyelashes were freakin huge. I could barely hold my head up!



4) We had DJ Kurri in da house and all had so much fun dancing!


5) Some random guy from Kari and Alex's ward came and blew up balloon animals for us?? Yeah not sure about that one...


6) We had hot male dancers!! The highlight was probably watching them dance to "Lip Gloss" by Little Mama(?)..anyways they were hilarious. And total cheaters at "Murderer in the Dark."

Cutest Baby Ever!

My cousin, Alesha, has the CUTEST baby every!!
Kiyana is almost 1 and is more entertaining that and TV show. She makes a 'stuffy nose' face and does fake little sniffles, she makes horse hoof nosies, does a "boo woo" (dog) noise, sticks out her tongue, and even 'winks' at you. She even took her first step yesterday!!She made friends with all of our little plastic pumpkins :) she gave them hugs and kisses all night long!

Thriller!

My mom and I went to Thriller on Saturday at Kingsbury Hall. It was not what I expected, but SO AWESOME! They had amazing dancers and hilarious performers. Some of my favorites were a silent, "Romeo and Juliet" type love story between Frankenstein and his bride. There were also two performances tributed to Lorena Bobbit, the angry, man-hating woman who took things into her own hands... ;) HILARIOUS!! I definately recommend seeing it!

My mom and I killing time during the intermission :)


After the show, all of the zombies came outside and haunted the building and the front entrance. They really played their characters well, I wouldn't have been able to keep a strait face haha!


Me and one of the zombies... (I'm the one on the left, er... right, wait I cant tell?)

BYU Homecoming Game!

The game was SO COLD but SO FUN! And of course our cougars won! Could we expect anything less? I mean lets be honest..

Beth and I got CoUgAr tAiLs! (They are like 1 1/2 feet of maple donut basically.) We talked about sharing one...but we were a little hungry.

Apparently Cameron hates pictures haha

Um.. I dont really know how to explain this.

We're so cute!!

Beth gave Cam a DumDum sucker and it broke part of his tooth off. Memories! HaHa!

The First Pumpkin Carve of the Season

Cameron made me a wonderful dinner for my 'birthday eve' and while it was cooking, we carved Harold. He's probably the cutest pumpkin that you'll ever see. Except he looks a little possessed in these pictures?..

Cameron and Harold


Harold and I...I'm not sure why I'm petting him.


Safety First!! We even made sure that our little punkin was safe on the ride home.

Miss Utah Outstanding Teen Pageant

I went to the Miss Utah Outstanding Teen pageant last week to support American Fork's Outstanding Teen, Jessica Taylor. She is amazing. She is beautiful, confident, smart, sweet, and so genuine. She did so well at the pageant! Her talent was a dance to "Here I Am" from the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...so fun!! She had the perfect energy for it. She also ROCKED the onstage interview...(that is seriously one of the HaRdEsT areas of competition!) Congrats Jess! You're amazing!

Chloe Cox, Jessica Taylor, Kylie Cox

General Conference and Fall

I love General Conference! It continues to amaze me that we have a living prophet, the 1st presidency, and the twelve to guide us. They love us so much and I can feel it through the television! Thank goodness that each of us ALWAY has at least these 15 men of God that continually prays and worries for us. When we feel alone, tired, and unloved...we only have to look to these men, our Heavenly Father, and our older brother Jesus Christ. Who better to love and care for us?
I have met some incredible people. Many who sadden me by the lack of understanding they have of their own potential. We have been promised ALL that God has if we follow His commandments and just love Him. I cant understand not wanting ALL that God has. But still I am grateful for all of my friends and family and hope that I am doing all I can to serve them. My heart is full of love and I hate not being able to lift and help others. Lately I have had lots of new opportunities, I believe that I have been given these opportunities to share what I know of the Gospel and the love that God has for His children.


I also have to express my gratitude for fall. It is my favorite time of year. The leaves, the apple cider, the pumpkins, the sweaters...I look forward to it all year long. I can feel fall in the air and, contrary to its chilly presence, it warms me. I LOVE FALL!!!

Baby Shower!!!

This time it's raining 2 BABIES! We had a shower for Becca and had a blast! (I did, hopefully everyone else did too!) We tasted lots of yummy baby food...

okay Nick definately did not enjoy the baby food, but he was such a good sport! ...

(He actually took the other bottles home with him for dinner the next day :D okay no he didn't...)

Apparently Beth REALLY enjoyed the "Red Potatoes and Alaskan Salmon."

We even booked entertainment!


Becca's belly is so cute! I dont think she was very happy that we all liked to touch it tho...

She got some very cute things!

Including an adorable baby book!
We also had good times watching the Pride and Prejudice video we made in high school, good times!

The Rest of the Gala Pics

LaVell Edwards and his wife.










Ruth Todd from ABC.











Lindsey Brinton, Miss Outstanding Teen USA










Nathan Osmond and his wife, Sarah.
They are seriously the neatest people!!













Our dinner was so good!!

Love...

LOVE-I still believe in my fairy tale. I still believe that someday I will meet a man who will love me more than anything and who will want to raise our kids in the gospel. I know he's out there somewhere waiting for me and we both just still need time to prepare ourselves for each other. Why am I rambling about this? Because everyone is getting married and I just have to remind myself, sometimes publicly, that I am only 19 years old and don't really have to worry about meeting my future husband just yet. I am not in a rush but when I look at the row of wedding announcements across my shelf I am tempted to feel anxious. That's all I had to say. :)

A Taste of the Ascend Gala...

The Ascend Gala was so much fun!!
I have a million pictures that I will be posting but
here are a couple to start out with..









Here are all the VIP Hostesses from all over Utah, they
are all present or former city/county royalty.










Here is Emily giving us all of the instructions for the
night. She is absolutely incredible!!

This friday I get to be a VIP Hostess at the Ascend Alliance Humanitarian Gala and am so excited! Some of the guests that will be coming are; the Prince of Ethiopia, LaVell Edwards, Good Things Utah Girls, etc. I'm sure that it will be a fun filled night and I will try to post all my pics of this fun event!

These are some of the VIP Hostess' that will also be attending.

And Mrs. Utah Emily Neilsen, she is so cute!

Pageant Clip

Miss American Fork Pageant
... a day of MaDnEsS!! haha!
(Isn't my mom the greatest?!...)

Long time no see...

I'm going to start blogging again I swear.
So, update on life?
Graveyards kinda suck at the hospital, but I work with hilarious people and the patients are inspirational. I work on the Inpatient Rehab floor and see a lot of heroic people. I have a favorite, (am i allowed to have a favorite?) his name is Tony :D He laughs and jokes with all of us Nurses and PCA's and has absolutely the most incredible perspective on life.
Love ya Tony!!

So, anyone hear the talk from Elder Holland on Sunday? I really don't even have words to describe how much it touched me. It was somehow exactly what EVERYONE needed to hear. Isn't it incredible how one talk can be so universally applicable and life changing? I love the gospel and I love our prophet and apostles. I love my testimony and am slowly gaining the confidence to share it with others. When I face God in Heaven, I don't want Him to have to ask me why I didn't share the testimony I was given. I want Him to be proud of the efforts I put into building His kingdom. I'm gonna post it here as soon as its available on YouTube..it should be on there right?

Next subject, I am now the new Miss American Fork! I know I couldn't believe it either. This year will be full of so many wonderful opportunities and I am so excited! I was able to meet with Mayor Thompson a few days ago and already have so much respect for him. He is more of a grandfatherly figure and truly cares about people and our wonderful city. I also will be able to spread my platform to a larger group of people. My platform is basically to get people motivated into service and volunteer opportunities. I am working on a website for this and when its finished I'll post a link to it. It is a website that will require a lot of feedback and input so please contribute! I need people to post service opportunities, local heroes, etc. We also need to be more aware of global events and how we can serve our brothers and sisters in different countries. Little things do help and are greatly needed!

Dating life? I just signed my life away for at least a year so don't worry...I won't be sending out wedding invitations anytime soon. Unlike the rest of you.

I am going paragliding in a few weeks! I can't wait! I am slowly accomplishing things on my 'To do before I die' list and it makes life so much sweeter!
~Kaitlin