Junior Year- BYU-Idaho

Hey Yall! I'm still kickin it in good ole Idaho. It's been a pretty crappy winter out here. But not Horrible. I think that it's funny that it snowed in every state in the continental US last weekend. Global Warming? Where the crap is Gore now? He's full of it. Anyway, I don't really have much to say- but that I'm still here and trying to get out of this joint asap. I'm currently taking Sociology, Policing in America, New Testament, Public Administration, and Agronomy. WOW agronomy sucks. I'm 1 of 4 girls in that class. All the boys in there are in camo and john deer hats. I feel so out of place. I'm just the cute blonde in the back who has no clue what noxious weeds are. This one day in class... we were doing a group project and we were standing in front of the class. My teacher decided that he was going to completely grill me on the difference between the "researchers view and the farm owners view on plant sustainability and research" uhhhhh Whhaaaa?? Excuse me? So i answered him with some bull crap on organic foods and using non chemical fertilization like fish guts... hahahahah anyway.. i said.. "Is that good?" and he smiled and said.. "uh.. yeah" and so i kicked my leg in the air (like a true captain of the cheerleading squad would... ) I told him that I'm still learning and he said.." Okay now.. don't be a cheerleader.. go sit down."

Anyway, One more quick story. So on Saturday my roommate and I were going to Subway and I was driving down main street and a car was driving down the WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD! towards me! haha it was scary/funny. I would usually start yelling and go off on some road rage language but i started laughing because he legit thought he was doing the right thing. (Picture above)

I also met up with Kayleen and katilin White. Old friends from Bama. It was fun to talk about the good ole times in Roberstdale, AL :)

Last but not least...

I was in Utah for Valentines Day and I went with Austin and Megan to church. I was crossing my fingers that President Monson would be there and...... HE WAS! This was the second time that i got to see him at church and I'm always amazed. He is just so wonderful and I love him. After Sacrament meeting I really wanted to go shake his hand again- but i didn't want to bother him. He is always hurrying back to his wife. But I HAD to go see him. So, I went up to him and he said.. "Is it Valentines Day today?" I shook my head yes and he said. "Well, Then happy valentines day. " and he shook my hand. Ahhhh It was the best Valentines i've ever had. :)

Quick blog

For all my sibling who now think it's cool to have "private blogs"... I don't like it... B/c when i try to "stay connected" with my family I get this message....

"It doesn't look like you have been invited to read this blog. If you think this is a mistake, you might want to contact the blog author and request an invitation."

Which means in my language... "It doesn't look like anyone likes you enough to invite you to be a part of their lives. If you think this is a mistake, You are wrong.. this was done on purpose. If you want to contact the blog author, good luck, because they don't give a crap about your request to have an invitation."

Merry Christmas-

Lauren

I am Alive!

I wanted to start this post by dedicating these pictures to Josh T. King. Who accused me of looking at inappropriate new moon trailers at his house. hahahaha Jacob and Edward are hott! So this post will be up for another 6 months!

Don't be mad Josh.. Nickie thinks your hotter.

These are the Girls that I work with at the Store. :) Black Friday. P.S. we made Julie wear the crown and snowy scarf.

It was Freezing. But this was Thanksgiving day. I wore my AFI shirt. I was number 403 There were over 7,000 people running in the Drumstick Dash. This is the Rescue Mission behind me. I've served food to the homeless there a few times.

The National in Richmond, Va. AFI concert.

My Best- We were laughing while drinking our Favorite! Chocolate Mint Milkshake at Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea!

I got my Bike License. J/k but i do want it.

My LOVE! Davey. This was during the Opening Song.

Setting up stage.

After work. hahahaha j/k i jacked up moms hair and then took a picture. I love her.

My new wig. Ha We were in walmart and there were halloween wigs 90% off. I wore it until we saw a lady from church and then I was so embarrased that i took it off.

Hello- I am alive. I've been the biggest bum when it comes to updating my blog. Like I've always said... what do I have to blog about? I'm not that interesting. But I will at least update a tiny bit of life from the past 4 or so months. I turned 21 in October.. that's pretty cool. I woke up and went straight to the ABC store .. so that was pretty cool. I drove Dads rental car too.I honestly had the best birthday i've ever had in a LONG time. Daddy took me to see AFI- One of my favorite bands. I've wanted to see them for a LONG time. They were amazing Live. I got their brand new album about a month before the concert and so i rocked out at the concert. Dad looked a little scared during the mosh pit. hahahahah I love him. The opener for AFI were some weirdo europeans with ALOT of feelings. But it was worth it! i got a shirt with the tour dates on the back. It had 10/19 on the back. My BIRTHDAY! We also stood outside for 3 hours in the freezing while we waited for the band to come out. I got my shirt signed by all the members of the band. Dad even got his ticket signed by Davey the main singer. Ha Davey was surprised to see Dad as a Fan. Thanks Dad again for sacraficing a nights sleep so that you could get punched and pushed, while sweating. :) Novemeber brought another Birthday(s) Jinny and Gnickie. They are SO old. So I decided to not post their ages. I didn't buy anybody any presents. I'm sorry. Tuition went up at BYU-Idaho. It went up from $1.00 to now $2.00. So.. I'm a little screwed. Um... I did at least write a song for Gnickie for her birthday. I called her and sang it to her.. here it is-

CAUTION* Explicit lyrics

Yo My Girl Nickie...

This is your Birthday Rap.

If you don't like it....

Well tough Crap.

Yo my girl Nickie

It's your Big Day

I didn't get you a Gift

So i'm sorry, that's gay

At least you got Panda and my Crab AK

Remember that time- we grew up on the Mobile Bay.

All day long, Your the Motha Freakin Queen

You've got the hottest Bo-dy that I have ever Seen.

So enjoy your birthday, Your only 27

Wow, Having a sister like me must be like Heaven.

Also November was THANKSGIVING. It was fun. Mom and I had a HUGE feast. We just finished leftovers like 2 days ago. ha. My best friend Megan Turnmire flew in for the holiday and We got to run another 5k together. It was the Drumstick Dash-Move your Feet so Others can Eat! it was for a good cause and we KILLED IT! ha We ran all through the streets of Downtown Roanoke. Live music and lots of HILLS! hahah We had a blast. We want to maybe do a half marathon this summer.

Decemeber brings lots of hours at the store... work, work , and more Work. But soon i'll be in Idaho. I fly out of Roanoke on December 31st. moms bday. :( but anyway... that's my life.

Run Baby Run!!!

Lynchburg 5k and Half Marathon!

Megan and I ran the Lynchburg 5k this past saturday and it was So fun! We planned running this race together months in advance and we were very excited. Here are some pictures from the big Day! We also got a "super breathable" t-shirt. Ha Something to remember our fun day.

Dad drove all night from Alabama and then got up at 5am to meet me at the finish line. Love you Dad! Thanks for being there to high five me at the finish.

Number 275

Yay!! We did it!

Best Friend

Before our "night out"

Hibachi Japanese- We got to speak to the owner in Chinese.. I picked up a few phrases from my roommate who served in Taiwan. Ne How Ma!?

This is an attempt to take a picture of my home made clip in my hair.(I told you we were bored) It kinda blends in.

Craft time at Megans. I look like dump- but that's just because we just got home from running.

I dont know...

Aren't we cute?

It's been a while since I last posted anything. Finals at school were draining and well... who would want an update about my job?? So, these are the recent photos of my life. I've been spending lots of time in Lynchburg with my Best friend Megan. Since Mom and Dad were out of town for two weeks.. i got pretty bored. Here are some pictures from the many sleepovers in Lynchburg and Roanoke. :) She goes back to BYU-Idaho in the fall... sad

My Visit to the Davis House for 4th of July

Looks like Rexburg!

We ate 3 cookies at the end.

The Flippin BLM

At dinner- Aren't they cute?

The best idea BYU-Idaho ever had was to give us a 4 day weekend for the 4th of July Holiday. I was extremely happy when I got to travel down to Salt Lake on Wed and hang out with Megan and Austin. They both had to work while I was visiting but I got to spend every night with them. Austin took me shooting- scary- and I got yelled at bc I was too weak to throw those clay "birds"... Austin was using his new camo shotgun. He yelled "PULL!".. I yelled... "I can't!" so Austin had to not only throw his own target, but quickly aim to fire. It was kinda funny, but Austin kinda wanted to kill me. We also had to search everywhere to find the Bureau of Land Management. It took us about and hour and then found out that we could have just printed something offline that would have worked just as good. Oh well. We did get some free Tattoos!We had fun though. Megan took me to do what I do best.. that's shopping. We did some damage in one store and then decided for our own safety we better stop there. I got to go to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house on wed. It was so beautiful. It was different from the others that i've seen. But it was still unique and so gorgeous. (as usual). One of my favorite parts of the trip was that I got to listen to the Prophet speak in church and even Shook HIS HAND! He's so cute and I love him. We got to see lots of fireworks and Megan made some great dinners.. even Austin made Hamburgers! I had lots of fun and plan on heading back in a couple of weeks. Love You Austin and Megan!

The Big Day!-Not mine.

This past week was pretty exciting! Whitney Perdue from Roanoke got married June 26th in the Rexburg, Idaho Temple! The whole week leading up to the wedding on friday was pretty stressful. Tuesday morning at 4:45 am I got an emergency call from Whitney that she needed help getting on her dress. ( I was with her when she bought it.. I sorta picked it out) They were taking pictures up at the temple prior to their sealing on friday. Being up at the temple at 5 am seemed alittle crazy, but it was SO worth it. The sun rise was beautiful and the way it hit the temple- was well.. worth getting up for. You can see in one of the pictures below of a sample of a few pictures that were taken. I was just there helping to make sure she looked amazing and that her dress looked great. I hope to be able to post more of those photos as soon as I can get my hands on them. There were 6 bridesmaids and I was one of them. We all got our own flowers! Her colors were black, cream, and teal. It was a great night of Dancing, Toasts, Cake, and... did I say.. DANCING!


Whitney and Michael
The cake!
So cute!
Kenzie, Whitney, Me , and Whitney C
Beautiful pictures were displayed.
Being Silly
They were so happy.
The hottest of the bridesmaids
These are almost all of my roommates. Molly, Kenzie, Me, John (above me), Mary, And Whitney