Suit up!!!

So I was going to Smith's in the Aves today to get boxes so I could start packing, and I was thinking. It wasn't too long ago that I was at that very Smith's getting ready to move from the house on F street with Jalene. Oh how things change. I am going to miss Salt Lake so much! So many great, wonderful, and not so great and wonderful things have happened here! It's been a great ride! I know the city so well and I love that! I had never moved until I moved out here for school, and since then I've moved about 5 times. Let's recap. Move #1: From Klamath Falls to Plaza Hotel. 122 w. South Temple Room 508. Great times great times! Oh the life of the dorms! Never having to drive anywhere, walking and taking trax. Living next door to the temple and in the middle of downtown! It was great! Fun school activities, dorm parties and cleaning checks. Although it was horrible because of all the rules, and guidelines, it was still something that I will never forget and would never take back. :) One of those such memories was meeting my first roommate Ashlee Hansen. Then meeting Kathryn, Jalene, and Rob, The Dan's...Some great times!!!!
Move #2: From the Plaza to Jalene's apartment with Jackie. The place was TINY! Jackie and I shared the livingroom, and this started the saga of me sleeping on the lovesac Rob gave me. Let's see this was the address of 3300 S. and 1100 E. :) Sugarhouse. The great adventure in Hobbitville with Matty!! Oh boy that was great! Then there was the time my car overheated, and our great neighbor fixed it for free! That was so great! Even though we only lived there for like a month it was great! Move # 3: From Sugarhouse to the Avenues. F'n 4th street. Oh good times good times. It was really a great apartment. It smelt like smoke, and that really sucked, but Ja and I shared a room while Jackie had her own. I loved how we just parked and walked 2 feet to get inside. This was such a great time! At Little America I had met Osi! Oh I loved my Turkish boy! He was so great! I remember bringing him to the house, and introducing him to Ja and Jaqu. Oh he was so great. He called me his English teacher. And then we hung out all day on the 24th of July (pioneer day). So great! I miss him! Then the last place that Winsor was hanging out with us. I remember when he gave me his bedspread before he headed to the MTC. :) He was so great! I miss texting him 24/7! I remember sneeking texts in the bathroom of LA trying to hide. haha good times!!! Move # 4: From Aves to Rosepark. 600 n. 300 w. Things started to go sour with Jackie. It sucked. Then Jalene and I made the biggest mistake of my life to Move in with Mar. Some people are better if you only see them once in a while as aquaintances. But eh well, you live you learn. That apartment was short lived. I think I lived there a month, then started to get alientated. But that was a great time! Lucas and I went to OR to visit my fam. That was fun!!! Crater Lake! Good times! :) I also remember the great friends I have because that was the hardest time of my life, and they were all there for me so much, for a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen to. :) Move #5: From Rosepark to Ghetto Downtown. 4oo e. 1475 s. Emerson Ave. :) Awe this was the best apartment ever!!! THE BEST! First of all the location is great! Central to everything! So great! And Liz and Kelly were the best roommates I'd ever had! Minus a few things like not cleaning or doing dishes. It was wonderful! Then they both got married, and I have 2 new roommates now April and Sabrina! These girls are also so wonderful!!!! It has been quite an adventure I've been in Utah 2 years now. I am getting ready to make another move. This time from SLC, to Provo! I will miss SLC soooo freaking much!!! All of the LH parties, all of my great friends, best friends, great memories. Road trips, jobs. Wow! Life has been so great! I really love my life, and my friends! Thanks to everyone who made my life wonderful in Salt Lake!!!! :)

Happiness is not that difficult

Ok so talk about a tramatic week! So first we get robbed, then I get my wisdom teeth taken out on Thursday! Yeah that's right folks! And I've had to miss 2 days of work because of it! I went in thinking I was just going to have this one on the bottom right taken out, because it was growing in horizontal. And I get there, and they hygenist was asking if I had any other wisdom teeth, and I told her I had no idea. I was somehow under the impression that they never grew in.

So we took xrays, and turns out I had 3. The crooked one, and 2 on the top. So they suggested i just get them all taken out. So I did. I am happy that it's done, and all in one shot, but holy flip! it hurts!!! I am so parinoid that it is not going to heal correctly, and just random little things that I get parinoid about. So here I sit, watching How I Met Your Mother (GREATEST SHOW OF LIFE!!!!!) and tryiing not to talk!!! UGH!
The worst part was sitting in walmart trying to get my perscription, not being able to talk, and watching my mouth bleed while I looked like a retard! Seriously you don't even know how much you miss something like talking until it hurts to do it! OUCH! And I'm hungry, but I don't want to chew! :( So yeah welcome to my life! AND I am moving next week so I need to start packing, but I am so tired from the medication! haha.

Burried in a shallow grave

Ok guys...ready for a story. Another tramatic life event...are you ready? Are you? Are you?

So long story short, some guys broke into our house, and stole my laptop on Monday morning!!!

Ok long story:

I was in my car changing my CD before I pulled out, and it was about 7:12 Am. I was carpooling with Rob, so I left a few minutes early. Then I saw these guys riding bicyles, and I had this horrible feeling to lock my door in my car. So I did, and I watched the guys ride by. They kept riding, so I thought oh ok. That's all. Then in the time it took me to get to Rob's house (which is like 4 blocks away) April called me freaking out that we had been robbed!!!

It was all like a dream. Rob hopped in the car trying to talk to me, but I could not focus on anything but April. Once Rob heard key words like robbed, and cops, and computer, he stopped trying to find out what was going on. I called 911 as soon as I hung up with April. The police were at the house before too long dusting for prints, and questioning April. Then they called me to question me as well. It was sooo hard to focus on work that day! I kept getting calls from the police and April all day.

So what had happened is we figure they had been stalking us for a while because as soon as I left they figured the coast was clear because Sabrina had left, and April's car was on the other side of the street so it looked like I was the last one to leave. (at 7:12 AM! I know right! Who breaks in that early!!!) We leave the bathroom window which is ground level open a crack, and they ripped the screen, and slid the window open, threw all of our bathroom stuff outside and in the tub, and hopped down into the tub.April says she heard rustling around, but just figured it was me, or Sabrina. So then the guy start looking in the bedrooms, and luckily hers is the first bedroom, so the guys open her door, and she sees this guy standing in her room, and she moved a bit, and hears him go oh crap! Then he runs off and she saw this guy starting to open Sabrina's door too, and they both ran off. I figure they saw my computer sitting on the lovesac right by the door, so just grabbed it on their way out.

So then April wakes up a bit, searches for her phone, but can't find it, then she runs after them! haha, yeah! She ran after them! She gets to the street and sees these 2 guys on bikes and one has my lap top in his had, and she yells "what are you doing??" and one yells back "we're taking your lap top! What does it look like?" and they keep riding off. April is so funny, she tried to follow them in Jake's truck, but they were gone.

What a horrible thing! Someone BROKE into our house! And STOLE my laptop!!! First of all it sucks!! All of my pictures, all of my music, everything! And I had things online to sign in automatically so I had to change my passwords to everything online just to be safe.

More than just getting my lap top stolen I felt violated! I mean, not only did someone steal my things, which is enough to feel violated, but they broke into my house! I could not believe it. I have never once felt unsafe since I moved away from home and the protection of my parents until then. Tuesday night was so hard to sleep! April and I kept freaking ourselves out! Then in the morning I heard this bang and immediately thought the girls upstairs were getting robbed.

Hopefully the thiefs would not be stupid enough to try to rob us again, but I cannot help but be parinoid. I am glad I'm moving! But at the same time, seriously what kind of person breaks into someone's house and steals things! I just cannot believe it still. Who does that?!?!

This actually brought us as roommates together closer. I mean of course it would, but it's funny how tradegies bring people together. Ok for real! I have no hopes of ever getting my computer back, but it really sucks! All of my memories, and treasured songs are gone. :( Gone forever. I have absolutely NO money to buy a computer, so I have to just wait.

One thing that makes me laugh is the stupid criminals didn't take the new wireless mouse I bought. The mouse on the comp. itself is really crappy, and doesn't work. So haha suckas!!! ;)

Food for thought inspirational style!

"What I know for sure is that no matter where you stand right now -
On a hill top, in a gutter, at a crossroads, in a rut -
You need to give yourself the best you have to offer in this moment.
This is it.
Rather than depleting yourself with judgments about...
What you haven't done,
Who you could have become,
Why you haven't moved faster,
Or what you should have changed,
Redirect that energy toward the next big push -
The one that takes you from good enough to better,
The one that takes you from adequate to extraordinary.
The one that helps you rise up from a low moment and reach for your personal best."
-OPRAH WINFREY

Ode to swings!!!

Sarah and I swung tonight! We chatted, swung and it was simply amazing!!!! I LOVE swings!! So thus, ode to swings through photography!!! :)

Freedom is knowing who you are

I had the coolest lesson today in Sunday school! It really hit me in a new light! We talked about the Holy Ghost, and it was presented that the Holy Ghost is a man who gave up his chance to ever get a physical body to dwell within us. That is the coolest thing I've ever heard! It really made me think that we cannot ever take the Holy Ghost for granted! He gave his life, and made a great sacrifice to help us get through this tough life. Another thing we talked about was how sometimes we just don't know how the lord uses the Holy Ghost to work through us to help his children, or even ourselves. Sometimes we get promptings that make NO sense, then we follow and see why. Or we don't follow, and see why.

The teacher told this story from her mission where they were guided to this house in the middle of no where. They knocked and no one answered. They were so discouraged, and then felt that they should go through this forest. They wandered aimlessly for about 20 minutes, wondering why they felt they should go that way, there was obviously nothing. So they went back, just about the time they reached the house they had earlier knocked, a woman came out and asked if they had knocked on her door earlier. They said yes, and she said she was in the shower, which is why she didn't answer. Them wandering aimlessly in the forest was just the amount of time the woman needed to get dressed and meet them!

Isn't that the best example of blind faith? They followed the spirit, and had no idea why, but then they found out. The Lord has a bird's eye view of everything, so something that seems silly to us can just turn out just the way we'd hoped if we follow the spirit. I love that little "coincidences" that happen turn out to be so meaningful and important in our progression.

Failure is a blessing in disguise

So I heard this song when my ipod was on shuffle the other day and I was like oh snap! That is the theme song for my current situation, and feelings! Isn't it so funny how you can hear song so many times, and they don't really speak to you, then one day it all just hits you and you are like yes!!! Why didn't I see this when I heard it before? So enjoy! I love Reliant K! :)

"Devastation And Reform"
Fear can drive stick
And it's taking me down this road
A road down which
I swore I'd never go
And here I sit
Thinking of God knows what I'm
Afraid to admit
I might self-destruct

So lock the windows
And bolt the door
Cuz I've got enough problems
Without creating more

I feel like I was born
To devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
The shell of what I had when I first started

Usually I'll cause my own first hit
It seems to me to be slightly masochistic
But there'd be no story
Without all this descension
So I inflict the conflict
With the utmost of contemption

So lock the windows
And bolt the door
Cuz I've got enough problems

Without creating more

I feel like I was born
To devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
The shell of what I had when I first started

Thank you God
For giving me the insight
So I might make
These wrongs right
If and when
There ever is a next time
Cuz failure is a blessing in disguise

Pull my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
The shell of what I had when I first started
The shell of what I had when I first started

I feel like I was born
To devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
The shell of what I had when I first started
(When I first started)
(The shell of what I had when I first started)

Not every night has a happy ending, but all nights are important, and lead somewhere

You are probably really sick of my pathetic stories! haha I get really frustrated easily! So basically this friend was a total jerk on Friday, it all started when he called me and was like I'm here. I was like ok...well come? And he's like oh well our other friend told me to stay in my car and don't move until she got home. That is when I started to get annoyed! I was like um...you can come hang out with me until she gets here. That's ridiculous that you are waiting by yourself in your car alone just because she told you to. Are you going to jump off a cliff because she tells you to too? UGH! So anyway...I was like well whatev.

So then the night went on things were fine, I realized that it was because she was excited to open her call and wanted us to be there. So it was fine. Then he was leaving, and I went over to tell him goodbye, and he was in the middle of a conversation, so I just waited...talked to another friend next to him, and waited. Then he started to leave, and I was like Um, hello I came to give you a hug. And he's like oh, and started to come back, then started talking again, and basically long story short, he ended up just walking away and leaving without even saying goodbye!

I was sooo annoyed! I was like I came over here to tell him goodbye! What a jerk! (haha I know this sounds sooooo silly! Sorry..It really is but it annoyed me so much!) Then like 10 minutes later a was like hey he just texted me and asked if you were mad at him. And I was like YEAH! and I was expecting him to like text me or something, but he never did!!! And he STILL hasn't! I haven't talked to him since that night!

I am NOT going to text him or call him till he tries to talk to me. Like I'm not really mad or anything, but I just want him to acknowledge that he hurt my feelings. But knowing him he won't. He likes to ignore his problems away. All I wanted that night was for him to say sorry, and then we could talk about it and get over it, but he refuses to talk about anything! It is so annoying!!!! Sometimes he just makes me feel so disposable! Like oh if Jessica won't text me I have other friends who will! So who cares!

It feels like I care about him, but he doesn't care about me. Something like a one sided friendship. I have no idea if that's true or not, but it sucks! I really want to say something, but I feel like such a baby making such a big deal about stupid stuff like this, but I do think about it, and it's the way I feel.

Seriously all I want is to feel important and special to people. All of my friends are irreplaceable, and special. Everyone has a special role, and something they individually bring to the table. That is what I like about people. :) I just want someone who makes me feel like that, because that is what everyone deserves to feel.

Every girl wants to feel like she is the reason you wake up in the morning, and I am no different! I mean it's not like I am even romantically involved with this friend, or even want anything, but it's just what I want in friends in general. Everyone needs to feel needed. And if I don't feel that, well then what's the point?

Hold on to your words because talk is cheap!

Ok so I know that we are all different. Don't get me wrong I am all for individualism, but come on! WHY do we have to be different?!?! It makes it so hard to understand each other! I just want everyone to be happy and get along. Somehow life just doesn't work like that. I don't understand why some people just try to ignore problems until they go away. Don't they know that doesn't work?

We learned in communications that everyone has different love languages, and not only that, but different ways of communicating. It sucks! I mean I want things one way, and others want things another, but they can't be both which is where compromising comes in. I feel like I am constantly the one compromising to make everyone else happy. What about me? What about my feelings? What about the way I want things? UGH! I am so frustrated!

I was told never to go to bed angry, but how can I not be upset when we can't even talk about things because he won't talk about things, or even ask me personally if I'm mad? How can he think things will just go away on their own without him taking any ownership in the situation, or acknowledging any wrong on his part. How? HOW!?

Seriously I wish I were a kid again! Skinned knees are a lot easier to fix than relationship problems. I mean no wonder relationships are so much work! You have to cater to someone else's needs at the sake of your own happiness and your desires. It sucks! I want everyone to be happy, but I also want to remain happy.

OH MY HECK!!! I had all of these ideas for blogs and I totally just deleted the whole folder from my phone!!! I am soooo annoyed right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AH! What a great way to top my horrific night! UGHUGH UGH! Now I am going to bed SUPER pissed! UGH! I cannot even think right now!

Everyone has a head upon thier shoulders

So I usually don't get into the political mubo jumbo, but I just could not resist this! Enjoy! I really need to register to vote!!! ah! Hope it's not too late!
Subject: I'm voting Democrat

I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a
better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as
nobody is offended by it.

I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that
the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're
good people.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us
if it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice caps will
melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.

I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter
of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.


I'm voting Democrat because I believe that business should not
be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and
give the rest away to the government for redistribution as THEY see fit.


I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four pointy
headed elitist liberals need to rewrite the Constitution every few
days to suit some fringe kooks who would NEVER get their agendas past
the voters.


I'm voting Democrat because I believe that when the terrorists
don' have to hide from us over there, when they come over here I
don't want to have any guns in the house to fight them off with.


I'm voting Democrat because I love the fact that I can now
marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my dog.


I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4%
on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same
gallon of gas at 15% isn't.

Makes ya wonder why anyone would EVER vote Republican, now doesn't
it?

They slept on the beach until they see the morning come, life was over before it'd begun

Ok so I was contemplating the song by Kelly Clarkson that goes "because of you, I never strayed too far from the sidewalk.." and I was thinking, is that a good thing, or a bad thing? I mean good because if you stay close to the sidewalk, I imagine it as staying on the straight and narrow path, and keeping close to following the right. But on the other hand seriously how are you ever going to learn anything new if you don't take risks and stray a little from the sidewalk. Like personally I think turned out pretty good, but I definitly strayed a little away from my parents shelter. But not too far...hum just some food for thought!

And that has made all the difference

Many are called, but few are chosen, as the famous scripture mastery goes. But why is that? Why can't all who are called be chosen? Why can only a few be chosen. Why is it when things get rough do people give up, and loose hope? I suppose it is part of human nature to give up. I mean it is easy. And it reminds me of my favorite poem.

ROAD LESS TRAVELED Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth Then took the other as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet, knowing how way leads onto way I doubted if I should ever come back I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in a wood And I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference Robert Frost

Anyway back to the point. Wouldn't it be so amazing if everyone that was called was chosen? I mean think of all of the wonderful people in your life. Think of the silent leaders sitting behind you in class, rooming with you, or even the girl who you don't know that always smiles at you. I can just imagine and army rising of people who are so great, and good leaders rising from the dust. :) I just love feelings like that!

Or the breath at the end of a kiss...

I love the power of a great example. I love seeing the different things people do, and show for the greater good. I mean if you think about it everyone has different trials, and experiences in this life. No one is perfect by far, but there is so much we can learn from each other! That is one of the great things about life. No matter how smart you are, your social status, or even marital status there is ALWAYS something to learn!

One of the simple pleasures I love in this life is learning from other people. I love just sitting around in a group around the kitchen table and hearing/telling stories. Some of my favorite memories from my childhood were when all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins would get together at my grandparents house on fun occasions like Mother's Day. Not only would I get to play with all of my great cousins, but there was always some great stories being told! Fun stories of childhoods, children's lives, and just random things that happen. I LOVE that! I would rather sit around and talk for hours, then play hide and seek with the other kids! It drove my cousins crazy! haha.

I just think there is so much we can learn from each other. We were all put here on this earth together, might as well make the most of it, and learn from each other as well as enjoy each other's experiences. I am so grateful for the great examples in my life, as well as the opportunities we all have to learn so much from each other.

How could you like someone so perfect? There's no potential for long range likability...

Just a short blirp on texting v. calling. Alright any of you who know me know that I am addicted to texting. Yes tis true. But I am utterly connected to communication in general! I just love it! I love people! I love hearing stories of daily adventures, I love juicy gossip, I love love love people, and especially my friends! As much as I like texting I am never opposed to a good phone call. But It thoroughly drives me bonkers when someone calls me, then just sits there in silence on the other end! I am like ok...YOU called ME! You speak your peace! And if they have nothing to say...quit wasting my time. I mean I want to talk to you, but talk. I am always busy and always have something going on, odds are if I'm talking to you or even texting you I am also doing 10 other things. Just deal. haha. But it just bugs me to no end when someone calls me and doesn't have anything to say, that my friend is why God invented texting! :) One thing you must know about me, is that if there is a silence, I feel like I must fill it. I hate it, but it's just how it goes. That's life. So...don't make boring silences on the phone with me...or I won't want to talk to you!

*Whistle *Whistle *Sarah fingers!!!!

Alright people confession time! Ok so I know this about myself. I get really mad and irritated really easily. It's true I do. BUT on that same token I also get over things really easily. Usually all I want is a simple apology or some kind of recognition. As soon as I have that I am totally over it. But sometimes I feel like people think I am constantly mad at them! It drives me crazy! I mean I don't want people to think Oh can't do this, or Jessica will get mad, but at the same time, I kind of just want what I want. Haha I guess that's just part of being a complicated girl, and I'm sorry. But anyway, morale of the story, if you make me mad just acknowledge it!

She's got the whole world in her hands!

I was thinking, and I am so grateful for how much I have been praised, and encouraged in my life! I am so thankful for my parents, church leaders, school teachers and friends throughout my entire life who have constantly told me how wonderful, beautiful, and amazing I am. It has really made me who I am today! Because of the wonderful people in my life I've never had to wonder if I was beautiful, or if I was fun, or if I was a cool person. I've always just known it. This may sound really conceited, and sorry if it does, but the point is I am grateful! I have never had self esteem issues and it is because of all the constant encouragement I've received throughout my life. I really do appreciate it! And never let a kind word remain unspoken! Tell people how great you think they are! I truly believe that is the difference between people with good and people with crappy self esteem! I will always tell my children how wonderful they are!

I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare!

Ok so why is it that whenever I get really excited about something and tell everyone I know it never works out! I hate that! I mean it only happens in situations in which I don't have full control of course, but it inevitably happens and it drives me crazy! I was supposed to go on this date with this guy that I was totally excited to go out with. I told everyone how amazing it was, and how excited I was. But then the day of he canceled! WHY oh why does stuff like this happen! I don't get it! If I had kept my yap shut, and not told anyone would it have still happened? Probably, but you never do know. And that sucks! Why can't great things just happen even though they don't want to happen? UGH! I just hate being disappointed! It is the WORST feeling in the world!

The things that we're afraid of, are going to show us what we're made of in the end

So world, answer me this! What good is it to be on time if you are the only one? I HATE HATE HATE being late! HATE IT! BUT on that same token, being the first one to arrive, or being the first one there period sucks. I like to be somewhere in the first half. That way I'm there when the fun starts, and don't miss anything, but I have people to talk to when I get there. I was first to a little gathering this week and it sucked! I do not like it. You feel so awkward! I don't like how everything in our society is late. We have to set times earlier than we actually want people to come, so that they will actually be there when we want them to! It's absolutely ridiculous! ah!
I really think you just need to pick your battles of when to be on time.

I woke up it was 7 I waited till 11 just to figure out that no one would call

So random thought! I was thinking about curse words. So who is to decide what words are bad! I mean words are words, we made up their meanings, but who says that certain words are bad. I think it is all the context that we use them in. I mean if I am being a jerk, and trying to offend you, then yeah...you'll be offended whether or not I use profanity or not, but then all of a sudden a drop a certain word, and it is shockingly horrific! I mean not that I do that. This all came to me when I was driving, and this really good Linkin Park song came on, and it has a choice word in it. But I LOVE the song! Whatado!?

I'm in a hurry to get things done, I rush and rush until life's no fun

Compliments are such a funny thing. I feel like whenever I receive a compliment I have to live up to it from then on. Like if someone likes my hair, I always have to have cute hair around them. It is so great! I love the cycle of compliments! Sarah always says to never hold back making someone feel good. So often we are afraid to tell someone we like their shoes, hair, or even make up. But seriously how good does it feel when someone tells you how much they like something you are wearing?

I remember one time, someone told me that they liked my necklace, then Steve told me that he liked it too, but was scared to tell me that. And I was like what?! Are you for real? Seriously when you have a compliment tell me! Then I was like Steve, I love your CTR ring! Now didn't that feel good? And he was like yes, it did. And that was my little lesson for him to compliment people. :)

So if we all keep complementing people when they look amazing hopefully they will keep trying harder and harder until we are all gloriously beautiful! :) Oh I just love positive cycles!

The sky can't be the limit when there are footprints on the moon

WHAT IN THE WORLD?!!? I have the sudden urge to go sky diving. It is so weird! I told my self my whole life that I would NEVER go sky diving! That it was a stupid thing, and so risky. Tim and I even made life goals and he tried to get me to put sky diving on it, but I wouldn't! Then suddenly one day I was at the gym, and I had the weirdest, subtle desire to go sky diving. I just stopped, looked around, and was like what? Where in the world did that come from?! And I was like I need to actually commit before I think too much about it! So That is what I did! I told everyone that I told I would never go!


I am so excited though I never do anything risky! I play it safe all the time! I am so excited to actually step out of my comfort zone! I Jessica Marie Hobbs will take a risk! A HUGE risk! Elyse was like "dude, your mom is gonna freak!" and I was like I know I guess I should tell her, just in case I do die, then she won't wonder where I went. So sometime next month a big group of us are supposed to go! I'm so excited, scared, and thrilled all at the same time!! AHHH!!!! Life is way too short to be scared of dying!!! I just can't wait!

And we're gonna fall in love tonight, underneath the Orange County sky...

I just love my ward!!! Oh my heck! Tonight was one of the funnest nights of my life! I just have to document it!!! :) First of all Cynthia and I created the best bday gift ever for our dear Michelley! We got her a present for every letter in her name, then made little sentences for each one! Oh it was grand! I love it! Then for FHE we had a huge pool party at Mark H's house! It is so awesome! It overlooks the entire valley! It is amazing! It happens to be right under the U. Literally...it is in his back yard! Annette had the idea that we should scale the weed filled mountain to go sit on the U and take pics of our glorious adventure!!! So being the brave pioneers we are we set off in flip flops, shorts and tee shirts with swimsuits underneath!!!

It was seriously hard! but the hardest part was getting down without sliding down the entire way!!! Flip flops weren't the best idea! haha. But it was so fun, and we had some major bonding time! Poor Greg slid the entire way down!! ahhh!!!! We made it with a few splinters, and quite dirty feet, legs and hands! But it was so amazing! AND now I can proudly say that I have hiked to the U! YAY!

So then pool party time!!! Somehow a playful game of keep the ball away from Spencer turned into full on girls vs boys full contact keep away!!! It was the most intense game ever, but also the best thing that has ever happened!!! Imagine 6'something Greg and me trying to take the ball away from him! That is basically how it was the entire night!! The girls literally climbed up the boys to try to get the ball. I cannot tell you how many times we were dunked, flipped, hit, stepped on, kicked, ect. But it was the best time ever!!! So exciting that I have to document it before I slumber!

I am still so pumped from it!!! I love everyone in my ward that makes events like these so fun!!! Seriously! I have the best ward, and I am going to miss it so much in a month!!! :(