So What Have I Been Up To?

This one's for you, Erin! ;)

Its been a BUSY summer full of lots of work, church, holidays, family events, weddings, and plain fun. Here's a brief photo update!

June - Bees game with our ward. (L to R) Cammie T, me, Ingrid B. Ingrid is from Brasil so it was really fun watching her enjoy her first time at America's favorite past-time - baseball!

More from the Hill Air Force Base air show. (L to R) Natalie T, Liz D, me, Ashley W

My friend Missy got married and we had fun at her reception. (L to R) Cammie T, Ingrid B, Liz D, me

Provo's Freedom Festival and the balloon festival. We headed down to P-Town at 6am and were just too late to see them rise. But we did see this one!

The crew... (L to R) Jason, Natalie, Brad, Ashley, Mike, Liz, Cammie, me
And who can pass up Kneader's breakfast after the balloon festival? Total Provo tradition.

Fireworks with friends

Boating. Thanks Dev!

My very first attempt to slalom... success! Although, my form has definite room for improvement.

Devin let me drive the boat! Wahoo! Then I got wasted on the tube while he drove. (L to R) Me, Cammie, Ryan

Oquirrh Mountain LDS Temple open house in South Jordan, UT. Sorry if you missed it. It was absolutely beautiful!

Celebrated my roommate's birthday at the Cheesecake Factory. Happy birthday Cammie!

With family doing fireworks.


Saying goodbye to Brittany. She was the 1st counselor in my Relief Society Presidency. The east coast was calling her name... I miss her.


My cousin Mary got married on July 29. Sarah and I, aka Keddington Weddings, planned it, but I'm still waiting on the awesome pictures from Liz Draper Photography so I can showcase it in the right light. It was amazing!
[Pictures should be here]


And most recently, YSA Summit at the U of U Institute. Met some cool people, learned a lot, ran a 5k for a fundraiser, danced, and was spiritually uplifted. What a great weekend! (L to R) me, Jon, Cammie

Facebook Communicado

So this is what happened of Facebook yesterday, for those of you who don't follow me religiously... which is probably most of you since my telecommunication time has dramatically decreased over the past year. So here is it. I had a thought that I've been mulling over for quite some time. It is just a general thought, no event in mind when I posted it as my "what are you thinking" comment. Read the responses. Amazing how people interpret!

Rachel Keddington I do believe that our generation is the worst with commitment. I mean, its just one night! Yes or No. Is it really that hard to make ANY choice?

Daniel Nelson

I couldnt agree more... arent we always looking for bigger or better. lol
By the way how are you?

Yesterday at 1:11pm ·

Jimmy A. Winskowski

Yeah, so I have NO idea what this is about, but I feel like our gen is super bad at commitment, many of us at least. Only want the good and unwilling to take the bad that comes with it.

Yesterday at 1:14pm ·

Liz Draper

I do believe this is your first time with a status update in months! Way to commit! ;-)
Ok teasing, I agree completely. I think technology has made it way too easy for people to get out of things and leave friends in the dust :-(

Yesterday at 1:17pm ·

Ashley Woodbury

Bahahahaha!

Yesterday at 1:30pm ·

Kimberlee Greenburg

Oh girl, I hear ya. I do get what you say and what this generation holds.

Yesterday at 1:40pm ·

[The following two are my favorites :) -Rachel]

Will Peterson

"Just one night"? Not sure what the context is, but be careful about those one nighters! .... BTW, I sure could go for a Twinkie right now ... but just one! I'm not going to commit to two! ... no way!

Yesterday at 4:56pm ·

Steve Jones

Isn't our generation just the smartest generation ever? Who needs anything more than one night. We have finally figured it out. We should hold our heads high and be proud of ourselves!

Yesterday at 11:32pm ·


So yes, our generation does not commit. Take it for what you will. But from now on, I'm going to work on saying yes or no. No more of this "maybe" stuff that Facebook has so quickly ingrained into our daily vocabulary. I'm ready.

Rainbows

Rainbow: The sign or token of God’s covenant with Noah (Gen. 9: 13-17). JST, Gen. 9: 21-25 explains that the covenant includes the promises that the earth will never again be covered with a flood of water, that the Zion of Enoch will return, and that the Lord will come again to dwell on the earth.

How cool it is that we can be reminded of that every so often. Friday night, I had the blessing of witnessing this awesome rainbow! I am ever so grateful to carry my camera all the time.

By the way, this photo is NOT touched up in anyway. It was seriously this bright!

Plumbing Issues

This is the ceiling in our basement bathroom. Not sure what is wrong, but regardless its a problem and its too late to call our landlord tonight. Thankfully, we have a plumber in our ward. He's on his way!
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Hill Air Force Base Air Show 2009

Yesterday, today, and probably for the next few days, I'm home sick with the SWINE FLU... yes, that's right. SWINE FLU.

While I'm home, what better to do with my time than catch up on things I'm behind on, like blogging? And, here ya go.

Last weekend, I went with a bunch of friends to Hill Air Force Base in Clearfield to watch the air show. On the drive up, we got stuck in the tail end traffic of a huge accident that closed both directions of I-15 for 3 hours. We thought about going up earlier, but I'm grateful we didn't. After being so late to the base, we only got to see about an hour of the show, but what an hour it was! The only souvenirs I took home with me are the pictures and videos below. The last one is my favorite!

Testing

If this works, then I can start posting from anywhere, which means much better blogging! Or, at least more up to date blogging!
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Penny Pinching

At some point in our lives, we will all struggle financially. I keep hoping to marry into money and then I won't have to worry about it... but lets be real. Probably not going to happen! Instead, I'll probably have to live off coupons while I put a husband through a graduate program or something. The truth is, it can't hurt to begin teaching myself how to be frugal and money smart.

First things first, its time to read some good books. A couple years ago, I read The Richest Man In Babylon and loved it. I should read that again, followed by Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace-Revisited. May I suggest to friends and family who may also be in need of some education to do the same. In the meantime, if you don't have either of these books accessible to you, just try learning to penny pinch. If you need a little nudge, or simply some suggestions of how to get started, visit this blog Penny Pincher Advice. Best of luck to you all! (And to me)