Wow....it's been a while...

Well....it's been a while. And I really don't have an excuse. But I will play catch-up.

Let's see...since that last time that I wrote, I left for college! That's probably the biggest change in my life. College is....well, college. Haha. It's everything and a bag of chips! Really though, I do love it. I went to a college in Utah, which is far away from my home. But I do have family here, which makes it all better.

I also went to a Carrie Underwood concert!! I had 5th row seats, so it was AMAZING! Might have been one of the best concerts ever. That is, next to Taylor Swift. That was a pretty amazing concert too!

A couple days before I came down here to college, my friend and I took a little road trip to Seattle. We went to the Gum Wall for the first time, which was cool, but yet really disgusting. Then we went to the Seattle Aquarium, Pike's Place, and the waterfront. We finished the day by getting lost trying to find our car! We had a great day, though!

I'll update some more in other posts with pictures!

Updated Numero 2...Utah!

Emmalyn

Emmalyn just waiting for her food.

Brooklyn

Me and Brooklyn

Oliver

Me and Bella

So, this update is an older one. Over Christmas break, I went down to visit my cousins in Utah, might as well be my home-away-from-home. I was only able to be there for a week, which my cousin, Matti, and I agreed wasn't long enough. So, when I go down there this summer, I'll be there for 3 weeks. =] Anyways, here are some pictures that I got. I wasn't able to get a whole lot of pictures because I left my camera battery charger at hoome (now I just can't find my camera) so we went through a huge event just trying to get a new charger.

When I was there, I got to meet my new twin cousins, Emmalyn and Brooklyn for the first time, and my cousin, Oliver, had just turned one. Anywhoo, here are the pictures. =]

Multi-culteral girl....

Little A's grandma went to Korea and got her a Korean Princess dress. While she was over at my house, I took her outside and took some pictures of her. Here's only a handful. I have LOTS of them!! Enjoy!! =]

Senior pics...

My mom and I went out and got some Senior Pictures taken. Here are a few...I ended up not like quite a few of them, but here is a little taste at what I got. =]

Pictures, pictures, and more pictures....

During the month of February, Aleecya turned 3. Wow....just wow. I can't believe she's already 3. Boy does time sure fly. For her actual birthday, she was with her dad. So, for the day after her birthday, we had a little "family" party. Her stepdad, mom, 2 brothers, and I met at her mom's house, unwrapped presents, and had cake and ice cream.

A couple weeks later, we had a small party. Here are some pictures from her birthday, party, and some 3 yr pics. =] The two at the bottom are from her actual birthday. The other's are from her party, and the first few are some of her 3 year pictures that I took. =]

So....update numero 1....

Ok, beware for an onslot of updates. =] I have a lot to go through. So, I'll start with college.
I found out, starting from Christmas break, that I got into 3 colleges, Southern Utah University, University of Utah, and Grand Canyon University. Which one am I going to?? I have no idea. I honestly cant decide. It's just such a hard desicion...but, here's a "YAHOO!!!!!" to me! =]

Wow....

I feel like an official blog looser. I FINALLY come visit my blog, come to realize that my last post was from November, and my background was still Christmas. Yes, it is now the middle of March. Hmmm...now what? I don't really have that much to update one. Oh heck, what am I talking about? I have tons to update on! Those updates will come eventually, maybe tonight. Maybe tomorrow after school. But, I promise I haven't completely dropped this blog yet!! =] I'll be back later! Now, off to change my background. =]
Amanda

Halloween '09

This last Saturday was Halloween as you may know. I had Aleecya from Friday night to Saturday night. For over 24 hours. So, while I had her, we went Trick-or-treating and celebrated Halloween!!

We started the weekend out Friday night by carving pumpkins! Mine is a ghost coming out of a window. (see pic below). I don't recall the insides being that gross, but I guess my memorie fades me!

Then, Saturday morning Aleecya woke up, and immediatly wanted her Dorothy costume on. So, that was the only outfit she was in! We started out by making cookies! First, we made Mummie cookies. Simply made roll-out cookies, iced them, then drizzle white chocolate over them. Then, put red hots on for the eyes! Easy cheesy, and oh-so-yummy!! Then, we made oozy finger cookies. Just take the same dough from the Mummie cookies, and shaped them like fingers. Then just put a dot of red "icing", then stick an almond on top. So cute!

Then, after Aleecya woke up from her nap at around 4, we left to go trunk-or-treating for my church. From there, we went to our local mall where they had games, face paintings, balloon animals, and of course candy!! I tried convincing Aleecya to get her face painted like a cat, but she wouldn't have any of it. As you can kind of see in a pic below, she was very excited about getting a balloon doggy! We, (yes, I say we because we both got the candy), got quite a bit of candy. Aleecya "played" some of the games they had here, and at about 7, we headed back out to our car. And yes, that is 3 hours of trick-or-treating. Quite a big haul for a 2 1/2 year old!! But, she stuck it out, and loved every single minute of it!!

As always, here are some pictures!! Sorry some of them are blurry, my camera battery was dead, so they were taken with my phone!

The wonderful cookies we made!!

The finger with oozing blood and fingernail

The MUMMIE!!!!

A bunch of fingers!!

A tray full of MUMMIES!!!!

Aleecya in her wonderful Dorothy costume!

Too cute!! My favorite.

Smiling sweet!

Sweet and sassy!

MY PUMPKIN!!! Yes, it's a ghost coming out of a window

Aleecya. Excuse the blurry. It's from my phone.

Aleecya and her green Totto. (Again, from my phone)

Me and Ms. Dorothy (yes, from my phone. Sorry)

Aleecya Halloween morning. So excited!!

Aleecya, all ready and set to go, and it's not even 10:00 am!

The big 1-8!!!!!!!

So, last week was my birthday. Yes, I turned 18. Wow, I'm getting old. Anyways, on my actual birthday, I went to school like usual, came home, and drove ALL over the place, and eventually come home. We did presents, and that was about it. Mom wasn't feeling very good, so we didn't go out to dinner. For my birthday, I got a brand new camera, a new shirt, a skirt, and some really cute shoes that I can't wait to wear to church.

As for my party, I finally figured out what I was going to do. I had 4 friends and we went to a nearby hotel and stayed Friday night there. We got there around 4-ish, and immediately went swimming. We then went back to our room, got all dried off and changed, and watched a movie while eating pizza and drinking pop. Then, we did presents, and popped in the movie that I got as a present (The Proposal) and ate cake. At this point in time, it's around 10:30. We attempted another movie, but I fell asleep, and two of my friends fell asleep, so my one little lonely friend left just turned it off and went asleep, (and yes, that is three friends. Don't worry, you can still count. One of my friends left early). The next morning, we got up, ate breakfast, and two of my friends and I went to wonder the mall. All-in-all, it was a great party!

Friday night. Yes, that is Maddie's head on the foot of the bed,

and her feet by Alyx's head

Alyx savoring the delicious popcorn.

Annie messing around.

My amazing cake made by an amazing friend.

She even spelt my name on the bottom layer.

And 18 on the top layer

Alyx enjoying very delicious pizza

Maddie must take two pieces at a time, it's just that good.

Alyx, the master water drinker

Annie, being the goob she is

Alyx showing some leg

"I kelllll them"

Maddie and her lovely running make-up