20 years ago: it was 1988. the year i was baptized. we were living in Roy, and i loved that house. i am not sure what grade you are in when you are 8, but i am guessing that i was in 3rd grade. my teacher was in
MOTAB, and i loved here...i also remember watching conference just to see if the
tv would show her. bonnie and
kristie spent a lot of time at out house... i am sure that
spencer was barely born... which means that
david caught our back yard on fire, it was crazy he wanted to call grandma, but i said we should call 911. dad was at work, and mom was shopping with
lis and
amy. i laugh now, but i remember being so scared. dad worked at
maverik and i remember singing with the guitar. i also remember the cherry tree and the apple tree in our back yard... so many good memories from that house. (i also remember aunt
kris coming over in the summer to lay out with my mom... maybe that is where i get my love for tanning... i always wanted to be like them)
10 years ago: 1998. i was about to graduate from high school with
andy and bonnie we were 17, man we were so young. i had been living in
idaho falls for just over 3 years, and i was still thinking that we would move. i was planning a trip to great b
ritain and am sure that i was a handful. i was working at a place called
transitions where i worked with handicapped children. i still get to see some of those kids, it is crazy how much of an impact they have on your life. i was excited to be done with high school, and i was not even thinking about college. i read a lot, and i moved out of my parents house this year. it was crazy, i lived with the
manwills, they are so good to our family... they have been a huge blessing in our lives.
5 years ago: 2003. i was 23 and just about to come home from my mission. wow! i cannot believe it has been that long. i loved Australia, and serving the Lord. i learned so much about myself while i was gone, my testimony grew in ways that i never imagined possible. that time in the Lord's service was so amazing...what a blessing. coming home was a crazy experience.... i got a job before i even came home, and started only 2 days after i got back into the states. i worked for The Learning Center and loved do much about it. it was nice to feel like i was still helping people,
even though they were so little!
3 years ago:2005. i was 25. i decided that i could not go to school in poky and live in
idaho falls, there was no way i was commuting... so i asked a friend where i should live, and by may 4 of us had an apartment. heather,
chantal,
mickaela, and myself. little did we know that we would live with a girl who had stayed there all summer and did not clean once in about 2+ months i am sure... YUCK! oh she sicked me out. she was my "room" roommate, and very dirty. her cat, lets just say it got lost one day... we kicked it out of the house a lot. the tub... it took me about 9+ times over with
CLR (my hero in that house) to get it bath-able. i was excited to move, new place, new friends, new experiences....probably one of the best things i have done since my mission... i met the greatest people. i wish that i would have taken pictures that year... so many fun stories, margarita (virgin of course) parties, and out quote board. the stairs, the sauna, the neighbors (not their dog)... i could go on and on... it was great!
last year: 2007. a good year. i finished my junior year of college in the
pre- speech and language pathology program. i decided to stay the summer in
pocatello. i worked the graveyard shift at the post office, and enjoyed it very much! it was hard hours, and boring work, but there was always someone to talk to, and it was a great experience. i also have to say that my 27
th birthday was a very memorable one.... my longest roommate decided to surprise me and took me to an Air Supply concert in
wendover! i am not good with not knowing what i am going to do, and it was really hard for my friend to keep this secret! she knew how excited i would be.... it was a great year!
yesterday: march 9, 2008. Sunday. it was daylight savings...and it was a good sabbath. church was amazing. the girl who spoke talked about hope, and i think that her talk was written just for me. i pondered a lot about this past weekend,
friday i went to a food and forum, basically lunch with a short fireside...and i heard this quote "Life is what you do when you are planning something else" it really hit me, and it was perfect to think about as we went to the temple on
saturday to do baptisms with our ward... it was amazing. also yesterday all we could talk about was a movie we just watched (sat night) "North and South" it is four hours long... and it was pretty much amazing! (: so
yesterday just turned into 'this weekend' but i think that it is okay!
today:
monday 3/10/08. it is my old
roomie jordan's 1 year
anniv! wow! she is expecting a baby any day! a cute little girl...it is so exciting. well, my day started too early, and it was off to have my teeth cleaned at 8am. then i had class at 11:30, 1:00, and i have class again at 4:00p. i think that
toinght FHE will be fun, and then i have to study for a midterm that i have in the morning. yeah (:
tomorrow: 3/11/08. i have a midterm and clinic... but we are going to Monte Carlo so it should end well!
this month: march 2008. i will be going to Colorado for spring break! i will be one month away from graduation! my sister will have a birthday, and i will be almost done with my bachelors!
this year: 2008. it will be a good year. there are so many things to look forward to. in a nutshell, i will graduate on may 10 with my bachelors! i will be going to
washington soon after that! i will find out if i have been accepted into grad school here at
ISU...i will be planning the next couple years of my life (depending on school), SPENCER IS COMING HOME FROM ARGENTINA! things are just going to be great! and i will turn 28.... i think i might be getting old.
i am tagging: heather, amy, lisa, becca.
well...it was way too much fun to have a break! and now i am back in the swing of things! i had a 10 page paper due today (fun i know) and i have a break for a bit! yipee! so my break was great! i spent the first weekend with my family, we strung and cleaned my guitar...oh it is beautiful (thanks am)....we hung out with most of the fam...all but dave's family and spence for easter. we have been working on a book for our fam with all of the songs that my father has written, and then some ones we love to sing all together, it was a lot of fun. it is crazy how much work that is. lisa is doing most of it... she is so good to us! don't you just love the picture of nate... everytime you get any kind of camera out he opens his eyes wide and just stares...one day i will catch a smile though! i left them on sunday, and cleaned my house monday (: tuesday i tried to get some homework done (i worked a bit on that paper that was due today) and then my roomie and i were off to colorado! 
it was so much fun. we had a long road trip, but we really had a blast! her family is way too much fun... one of her neices called me "peppermint" instead of jenn half of the time, and the other one just used me as the scapegoat...saying "i want jenn" this or that... it was funny! ... i laughed at the new nickname, the things kids come up with! (: anyway, the picture is of a park that we went to way up in the mountains. it reminded me a lot of West Yellowstone. i would love to go there again on a family trip or something... it was beautiful!
p.s. this weekend was our "womens week". we were able to hear from Sis. Allred first counselor in the general RS. and Elder Hammond our area 70 i think! i will post more about that later... so watch for another post today or tomorrow! (:
