Spider Wars

Those of you who know me probably know that I do not get along with spiders.  Unfortunately this year I haven't got along with Omaha, since there have been giant spiderwebs and giant spiders all over the place!  Seriously, I saw a spiderweb stretch from a 6 foot branch down to the ground...  One night I was over at my friend Qi Qi's, and I nearly ran face-first into a giant spider that had built it's home right in the middle of the walk-way going to her front porch.  I told her I would not be visiting until that situation was taken care of!

Anyways, I've been battling the spiders who keep trying to take up residence on my porch.  There was a big web right above my porch light, and I kept knocking it down with a stick.  Unfortunately I never could find the spider, so it kept rebuilding it's web during the night.  Finally I caught it one night and me, being the chicken I am, sprayed it with killer instead of squishing it!  However, it freaked out, and started swinging around on it's spider thread.  I freaked out and I ran away actually afraid to go into my house since it was right over my front door!  I actually went over to my friend's house for a couple of hours...  The next morning I found it curled up and dead on my mail box.  Seriously, it was the size of a quarter!

Tonight I had yet another encounter with an eight-legged friend.  It was chillin' out in my basement, and luckily I had a guy at my house who was kind enough to kill it for me!  (It wasn't quite as big, but it was black and scary looking!)

So to say that I don't get along with spiders is quite the understatement.  They just plain freak me out!

Utah man am I!!

Saw this on a friend's Facebook.  I just had to share!



Seriously, living here in Omaha where a good share of my friends / neighbors / ward members went to BYU, I really have to stick up for myself.  Last week's slaughter just warmed my heart, and I found myself doubly proud of the giant red Utah flag hung in my front window!  Although, I'll be honest, I was a little bit scared of hate crimes...

GO UTES!!!

Bright colors, I'm intrigued!!

Okay, I have an obsession with bright colors.  Seriously, I've been called into question for the strange colors I paint my walls that apparently don't match.  They are blue, and they used to match my bedspread.  Too bad my winter bedspread is purple, so now it's just an unorganized plethora of colors.  Hmm, I guess it matches my colorful personality, or something!
I revamped my eyeshadow collection recently, and I'll be honest, this is what happens when I get bored!

Whatevs.  Also, I found these super sweet earrings at the Mall of America which I purchased precisely because they are about 7 different colors.  Apparently they are also totally in style, which was entirely by accident on my part!  Haha. 

Mall of America!

This phrase was totally overused this past weekend, because we drove all the way to Minneapolis just to go to the Mall of America!

We were pretty excited when we finally made it.  I went with my two good friends Zach and Mark, and we had a total blast.  Really, we decided to go because we just needed an excuse to get out of Omaha for Labor day weekend, and this seemed the best option!  We left early Friday morning, and came back Monday afternoon.  We managed to spend about 5 hours at the mall alone, and then we hit up a bunch of places that just aren't available in Omaha such as Chick-Fil-A, Jamba Juice, and IKEA!  

On the way there.  It was about a 5 1/2 hour drive.

 Minneapolis skyline.  A very pretty city.  I would totally live there, except for the winter...  No thanks!

 Of course we had to find the St. Paul temple.  This is me and my friend Zach.

 We went for a little walk around St. Paul, and found a bunch of bridges over the Mississippi.  I'm a big fan of bridges, and water, and taking pictures!

 

This was at our hotel.  My bed happened to be directly in front of the vent, so I was constantly freezing.  Anyway, I decided to snuggle up on the bed, and before I knew it Mark had taken a picture and posted it on Facebook...  Not sure why Zach didn't stop him.

Our last day we stopped at the St. Paul Cathedral.  It was beautiful!  We were hoping mass would be over by the time we got there, but we caught the end of it.  However, we were able to enjoy the beautiful acoustics!

Has anyone in this family even seen a chicken?

Of late I've become obsessed with Arrested Development.  This is probably my third time through the seasons, and I'm still bummed that they quit airing them after season 3.  Just for funsies, here is a little clip!



"Chicken's don't clap!"

Goodbye summer

I'm still in denial that summer is over.  I guess it's still August (oh wait...) and it's still ridiculously hot here.  Either way, I'm back in school, which equals game over for summer!  However, I'm still clinging to my bad habit of staying up way too late, and I don't even want to touch studying yet.  Haha.  Also I've become addicted to Icee's from Bucky's.  I'm like the worst dentist ever, because I'm pretty sure that crap is just straight sugar.  Luckily I have some awesome plans for Labor day weekend.  Maybe after that I'll feel more like getting back into school!

Adventures in California

Disneyland!!
Yeah, my family and I drove out to Aneheim and enjoyed the magical world of Disney for a couple of days. It was pretty sweet. Here's me and all the brothers waiting for Space Mountain. There were two cameras, and I was looking at the other one...

The teacups are one of my favorites. However, we only ride them late at night like right before the park is about to close when almost no one is there. That also means we go like three times in a row - yeah, I was about ready to puke!

No child got as excited to see Mickey as I did when I saw R2-D2! I made my brother come over and take a picture with me. It was like the real one - he was driving around and beeping all by himself. We were trying to figure out who was controlling him, and we decided that there must be a midget inside controlling him!

My very favorite ride - Space Mountain!! This is pretty typical behavoir for the brothers and I. We had way too much fun!

We took a break from Disneyland and spent the afternoon at Newport beach.

Lounging at the beach with Mitchell.

Blake at the beach.

We had tons of fun in California, but I was glad to get back home. We were all pretty tired, especially after eight hours in the car together!

Finally, as promised, more pictures of Lake Powell!

Honestly, I love an excuse to wear a swim suit and ride around in the boat for two days. It was awesome!

Rainbow Bridge. Pretty sure it was about 110 degrees out. I thought I might die...

Blake holdin' it up!