LACECASE

2011... So far a good year!

2011-05-13T22:00:00.001-07:00

JANUARY

Starting the new year off right by going to a Jazz game. GO JAZZ!

Living the dream from the 3rd row!

2011 Singles Crusie: Western or Easten Carribean. You take a guess...
Miami Beach, Flordia. Night before we dock the ship.

Nassau, Bahamas. Crystal clear water. So Pretty.

Formal dinner with the entire group. Yah, there was a lot of us.

Rockin out on the ship.

Rain Forest, Puerto Rico.

FEBRUARY

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, Right?!?

Max Brenner oh how I love you. Everyone should go there at least once in their lifetime if you love chocolate.

Serendipity 3, Las Vegas. Frozen hot choco. Delicious!

Red Cliffs. So pretty!

Zion National Park

APRIL

Happy Birthday to US! My 26th birthday, yikes.

Check out our awesome cakes designed by our friend Shayla. THANK YOU!!!!

A MAJOR update!

2010-03-18T22:05:00.000-07:00

Where has all the time gone? Sometimes I wish life would slow down just bit. Its been quite awhile since I have posted anything. Here are a few little activities I have done over the past few months.

I turned 25 this month (not sure how I feel about that). For my birthday, my boss gave me 3rd row seats to the Jazz vs Oklahoma City game. What a game to be sitting on the 3rd row. With 5-10 seconds left on the clock in overtime, Williams made a basket and won it for the Jazz. Wow! It was so much fun.

True Blue Jazz fans! Love these two! Go Jazz!!!!!

With all the craziness going on, I was able to make it down to Southern Utah a couple of times. A few friends and I went hiking in Zion. We tried to do the 1,2,3 jumping picture, lol. I guess there is always next time. ;)

For the 2nd year in a row, a few friends and I went to the Color Festival. It was insane and a little hard to breath.
Fun times with Caleb and Cher! It was even more fun when we threw chalk on the white lamas. I sure wish I had a picture of them.

20 Friends in New York with one big tropical storm. Yes, I finally made it to NYC. I LOVED IT! Such a fun city, with so much to do. Here are a few pictures of our adventure.

Went to church in jeans. I think we should do this EVERY Sunday. It was kind of liberating. One of the singles wards meets in the same builidng as the Temple. The Temple is so pretty.

All I have to say is if you go to NY, going to Wicked is a must. I had no clue what it was about, but I loved every second of the play. Broadway is amazing. I would pay $130.00 for my ticket again and again.

We could be super models, oh wait we already are. :) Some funky art outside of central park.

Ssshhh... Please don't tell my mom that I touched the bulls you know what.. haha..

The best frozen peanut butter hot chocolate ever! I crave it sometimes.

Times Square. My favorite place in the city.

The coolest girls ever! We had so much fun.

Max Brenner I heart you! The best hot chocolate ever, well lets just say you could order anything with chocolate. It was all heavenly. We visited this place a couple times, and I came home with 4 hug-a-mugs, ha.

Central Park. This was our first attempt of our 1,2,3 jump picture. We have so much personality.

Last but not least, the Brooklyn bridge. We walked across the entire bridge in the rain. Did I mention that it rained the entire time we were in NY? Hence the reason we all look like drowned rats in our pictures. Rain or shine I would go back to that city anytime.

Livin' the Dream from a Suite

2010-01-06T21:07:00.000-08:00

My boss gave me two tickets to the Jazz game last night against the Hornets! Alisha and I went and it was so much fun. While we were walking up to the MonaVie suite, Alisha ran into one of her students parents who gave us two seats on the 10th row. What a fun night for us! We watched the first half from the suite and moved down the 10th row the second half.

GO JAZZ!

Love this little girl!

2009-12-29T22:37:00.000-08:00

So its been awhile since I have posted. A lot has gone on with the holidays and everything. I am sure that is most cases with everyone. I even had a little bit of time to spend with my darling niece Bailey (who I call B).

About 3-4 weeks ago Bailey's mom had two heart attacks and a double bypass surgery. Scary stuff for someone who is so young. Monique we love you and we are so glad that you are doing better! After the surgery Bailey came up North to stay with my brothers families in SLC and Vernal. I had her a little bit too. This girl is so stinkin cute! I got to pick her up in Vernal and drive her back home to La Verkin for Christmas. She was away from home for about 2 weeks. Which is a very long time for a 3 year old. On our drive home, we sang songs and laughed. About 15 mins before we arrived in La Verkin her family called her. It was precious I have to repeat the conversation she had.

Peyton (Bailey's older brother): Hi Bailey

Bailey: Hi Payton! I am coming home and I am so excited to see you.

Bailey: I have a treat for you and it is going to be so yummy!

Bailey: When I get home I am going to give you a big LOVE.

I wanted to cry. This little girl is so darn cute and I just love her to death. Once we arrived her entire family was out front waiting for her. They even filmed it! Families are the best. I can not wait to my own family someday.

I was able to spend an entire week at home in La Verkin for Christmas. I sure do love that place. It was just me and the parents (who I love dearly). Most of the time we stayed at home and watched movies. It was great to home, relax, and not have to worry about anything for awhile.

Anywho... I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Halloween Weekend!

2009-11-02T18:17:00.000-08:00

We started the night off by dressing up in tinfoil to get free burritos at Chipotle. I wish I had a picture because it so funny. Later that night we made the rounds to several different parites. It was a great Halloween!

Caleb is our Sherpard. THANKS for being our protector!

Jail birds... Look out we are coming...
Jazz vs Clippers Opening night. GO JAZZ!

Guess who sang the National Anthem? You got it! The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. So Powerful!

Thanks to my boss, I had an AMAZING seat on the 4th row. Probably the closet I will ever get. Alisha came down durning half-time. This girl is the best!

I though Jerry was going to call me in a couple times... j/k....

Last but not least my niece Abbi had a birthday on Halloween! Happy Birthday Abbi. I hope you had the best day ever. Love ya!

Girls are Crazy.... and I'm one of them...

2009-10-23T17:20:00.000-07:00

A couple friends and I went to the Witch Festival at Gardner Village. It was my first time and my eyes were opened at how crazy people (women) can be. It was a riot... We danced and took lots of pictures.

Who knew witches would be so much fun ;)

Boston Trip

2009-09-23T22:07:00.000-07:00

Boston is one city I will go back to many times. We had 5 fun filled days, but it was not quite long eough to soak in all the history! Here are a few pictures from our super fun trip.

The Boston Crew... Minus Caleb our professional photographer...

LETS GO RED SOX!!!!

Our seats were 10th row. Seemed like we could touch the players on the field. So much fun!

Lextington and Concord:

This was my favorite place. It was so pretty and so much history happened here! I wish I could post all the pictures from our trip.

Oh and finally I had to post this man.... hehe....

Chicks dig him.... Enough said.....

Concerts in the SUMMER time!

2009-07-29T17:45:00.000-07:00

Rain or Shine concerts in the summer time! I love music, here are a few shows I have been too this Summer.

311

Incubus

The Fray (My Favorite!)

Jack's Maniquinn

Secondhand Serenade

Parachute

We shoot the Moon

Hopefully move shows to come in the future! Outdoor concerts are the best!

Back to school, well kind of.

2009-07-22T22:03:00.000-07:00

I'm going back to school next semester. I've been watching my roommate for the past few months while she has been taking some classes. I kept thinking that looks fun, I sure do miss school. Call me crazy! Starting in the fall, I will be taking a couple sewing classes. I have been wanting to learn how to sew forever and I am so excited. Ready or not...Here I go... :)

I'm going to Boston!

2009-07-12T21:40:00.000-07:00

It's been a very long time since i've posted anything. So I thought that I would post that I am going on a trip to Boston in September! Wahoo :) I have been wanting to go forever so a few friends and I decided now was the time to go. We found super cheap airfare (thanks to Delta for having promotion going on). Anywho, Boston Red Sox game here I come!!!!!!

I just love my home town :)

2009-05-27T17:52:00.000-07:00

Holidays and three day weekends are the best! :) This past memorial day weekend some friends and I went down the La Verkin/St. George and Zion National Park. Oh how I love Southern Utah. We went 4 wheeling, hiking, swimming, and just had a great time! Although I think my parents wanted to kill me for bringing so many people down..... haha.... gotta love it! My parents are the best.

Road trips are so much fun! I've gotten to know so many people over the past few years by taken a random trip here and there. I love it and I can't wait to start planning the next one.

Red Carpet Date Night!

2009-05-10T21:41:00.001-07:00

All dressed up and ready to have fun!

Sometimes you just have to be kid......

2009-05-10T19:28:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I took a roadtrip to Moab with some good friends. We found a big sand hill. When I say big I mean HUGE sanghill. It was super steap, but from the pictures it doesn't look like it. What a great day to end a long day of rock climbing and hiking :) Fun times and more hiking pictures to come soon!

Brandon got a little crazy doing back filps. I wish I was brave enough to do it :)

Road Trip to Washington DC

2009-04-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

This past weekend my roommate Emily and I took a roadtrip out to Washington DC to visit some friends. We had so much fun. The trip consisted of a LOT of walking and sight seeing. It was cherry blossom season and that means a lot of tourist. It was absolutely beautiful in DC. So much history and so much to see. Some of the places we went too were; the capital, smithsonians, georgetown, lincoln and jefferson memorial, the mall, white house, ford theatre, arlington, and the DC temple.

We took a tour of the capital building. Our tour guide ended up being a girl from Hurricane (Sara Last) my hometown. Such a small world. The capital is huge and so pretty. Below is a statue of Brigham Young that is in the capital building.

The Library of Congress was my favorite building in all of Washington DC. It is so pretty inside, and it is a place where I could spend hours learning :)

We did a lot of walking, and sight seeing. It was beautiful walking along the river with all the Cherry Blossoms. This is a great time of year of head back east. All in all we have a great trip. I love DC.

Happy 24 to Me....

2009-04-06T21:10:00.000-07:00

I turned 24 on April 2nd. Wow, I'm getting up there. Okay just kidding.... I'm still really young ;) Thanks for all my family and friends for the birthday wishes.

Julie Taylor (middle), Celestie Carruth (right) all have the same birthday... Happy Birthday to us!

Color Festival

2009-04-06T20:57:00.000-07:00

This year some friends and I decided to go down the the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork for the color festival. The purpose of the color festival is to announce the arrival of Spring. Everyone goes for the entertainment of throwing chalk on everyone. Be sure to try it out next year because it is so much fun.

Concealed Weapons Permit Anyone?!?!?

2009-03-13T22:26:00.000-07:00

Turns out, I really like shooting. I've been wanting to get my concealed weapons permit for the longest time. So i'm planning on taking the course within the next couple of months. Let me know if you are interested. :) I have so much to learn. Good thing I have 4 OLDER brothers to teach me! :)

Shot guns are so heavy. I was having a difficult time holding it up, haha! At least it looks like I know what i'm doing, well maybe....

A Few things I want to tackle this year!

2009-01-11T21:14:00.001-08:00

Become a good cook.

Learn how to....

Educate myself by reading lots of uplifting books.

Gotta LOVE Holidays

2008-12-12T21:16:00.000-08:00

Holidays are so much fun. I love this time of the year. There is always something going on whether it be going to see christmas lights, concerts, or having a UGLY SWEATER PARTY!!!! That's right an ugly sweater party. It was so much fun, even though I looked like a super old lady. We played piggy back twister, had eggnog shots (so gross by the way), and just had a good old time. Happy Holidays Everyone!!!!

Looks like somebody missed the memo of an Ugly Sweater party.

Grateful...

2008-12-06T09:31:00.000-08:00

I finally got to go home for the first time in like 3 months. That is a long time for me. I just love my family. It was so fun to spend Thanksgiving with everyone. I have the cutest nieces and nephews. We have so much fun together. Oh and I couldn't ask to better parents. They are amazing. If you have never meet them, I hope that someday you will.

Scary face.. She is so dang cute! Girls Just wanna have fun.

Coldplay Concert

2008-11-25T19:49:00.000-08:00

So this past weekend my roommates and I went to Coldplay. I've been to many concerts, and when I say many, I mean MANY! :) Coldplay was by far ontop of my list. It took us almost 3 months to decided if we were going to go or not. We ended up buying tickets two days before the concert. We had great seats. Oh my goodness, it was just so much fun. Here are a few pictures....

The roomies...

Amazingness! They played in the crowd right by us

These boys are HOTT!!!!

The stage....

Tram Ride up Little Cottonwood Canyon....

2008-10-18T17:23:00.000-07:00

Today I went with my friends Tiffany and Lisa up to SnowBird ski resort. They were running a special for the day. All we had to do was bring a can of food for the food bank to ride the tram for FREE! Oh how I love free stuff :) Note to self.... Make sure to ask for directions before heading out. We thought the tram ride was at Solitude ski resort. We drove half way up little cottonwood canyon and realized that Solitude was up big cottonwood canyon, whoops. So we turned around and headed down the mountain. Thank goodness for cell phones! We decided that we should text a couple of friends to find out exactly where it was... hehe... The tram is at SNOWBIRD. So we turned around and headed up Little Cottonwood Canyon for the second time. All in all the day was perfect. Here are a few pictures from our adventure.

Real Soccer Game!

2008-10-16T09:57:00.000-07:00

Last Thrusday, I went to the Real Soccer Stadium in Sandy with my friend Megan! Megan is friends with the guy who helped design the new stadium. He scored us some nice seats. It was so cold, but so worth it to go to the game on opening night. The stadium is amazing.

Love this girl!

Damon did a great job on the stadium.....

The group of boys we were with were so funny (we forgot to take a picture of the them). Thanks Ward for embarrassing Megan by your random comments. Thanks Kyle for jaywalking, making it easier for us to justify, and to Ward almost getting hit by a car. Haha (I shouldn't be laughing, but it was funny). Megan you are the best, thanks for inviting me.

Such a fun night!

Vote YES for Prop 8!

2008-10-14T22:18:00.000-07:00

Protect Marriage, Vote yes for Prop 8!

As for the Church and its neutrality, the most recent and incisive statement can be found here: http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/church-reemphasizes-political-neutrality.

How fast are you?

2008-10-10T17:45:00.000-07:00

80 words

Speed test

This was so much fun!

4 Wheeling Memories

2008-10-08T21:24:00.000-07:00

You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl!

2008-09-21T16:35:00.000-07:00

Oh how I love to go four-wheeling. Over the past few years I've been able to go on some many trips with my family and friends. I just thought I'd post a few pictures of my fondest memories four-wheeling.

Rain + Mud + 4 Wheelers = SO MUCH FUN!

Provo crew 4 wheeling in East Zion. The best roadtrip ever!

Time to Update......

2008-09-18T15:57:00.000-07:00

This past month, I've spent quite a bit of time at home. My Grandma Wilson was on her last whim, and I wanted to spend as much time with her as I could. Growing up I would spent almost every weekend cleaning, playing cards, or just visiting with my Grandma. She was so funny! Durning the last week of my grandma's life, she had many visitors, and all of her children were able to be at home with her. It was a great experience for me to be able spend time with my grandma during her last moments on earth. I love you Grandma, and I will always be greatful for advice you have given to assist me in my life.

A trip down....

2008-07-24T00:25:00.000-07:00

...Memory Lane! I've seen this on a bunch of other blogs and it looks so fun so I figured I would join in.
1. Add a comment on my blog. Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Seattle!

2008-07-23T23:36:00.000-07:00

So I just got back from a fun trip to Seattle. A couple of friends and I went up to Port Orchard, Washington (an hour away from Seattle) for our good friend Jana Shumaker Peterson's wedding. I've never been to Washington, and I loved it. So many trees and it's green every where. The girls and I left Wednesday at 4:30 in the morning. I don't recommend that to anyone :(. We spent most of the day in downtown Seattle. It was a fun city! My favorite part was the fish market, oh and all the flowers. The reason I went to Seattle was for Thursday.. Jana's wedding! It was so pretty. The reception by the lake was amazing. I've never seen her so happy. Congrats Jana, I love ya.

2008-07-03T16:16:00.000-07:00

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

--Marianne Williamson