I've been inspired...

Well sort of. I really like the new design of blogspot and it has inspired me to post more often... or at least think about posting more. We shall see. Wish us luck.

I also like this flower :)

Tomorrow!

Moe will be home tomorrow!! Woot Woot!!!

Ahh.. :)

As a woman, I have learned how to work a man. Not in a conniving way, but in a subtle, gentle way, and I have learned this from the many women in my life. For example: The other day some kitty litter spilt on the carpet, (don't worry, it was clean, there was just a hole in the bag) so knowing this was the perfect opportunity, I asked Greg to vacuum it up. After about 40 minutes of repeated vacuuming, dissembling all the parts and putting it back together again, he gave up, grabbed his keys, and told me we were leaving to buy a new vacuum. Yes! FINALLY!


So we purchased our first 'real' vacuum.

And it is amazing!

Oh my goodness! I have so much catch up to do!

I hope this post finds everyone well and that you all enjoyed the holidays. We sure did! Having a few weeks off from school makes all the difference in the world. We start again on Tuesday, and although I am not quite ready to go back to the endless homework and late nights, the break was incredibly rejuvenating.

I thought that I would do a quick update from the last couple of months. :)

Thanksgiving:

BSU thankfully gives its students an entire week break from school during the week of Thanksgiving. I call it 'fall break' and it is my most favorite part of the fall semester! :) I got to spend the whole week in Utah. Both our families were gathering there. I flew down early with my grandma and we helped my aunt get ready for the great feast. We also planned a surprise birthday party for my father... He turned 50!!!!! On Wednesday, Greg drove down with my dad, grandpa, and Tay. When all the aunts and uncles arrived we sent dad out to fetch some food we had 'forgotten.' Whil he was out we decked the house in old fart decor, dressed down in black, and pulled out the party favors. He walked in and was completely surprised.

Dad with his cake.

The cake I made. It started out fun but took too freaking long and I decided I will NEVER make a cake again. haha. I thought it turned out pretty good, and my dad loved it.

All the Clifford cousins except for Myles, plus grandma and grandpa.

Thursday was spent juggling both of our families. We were lucky that they did dinner at different times, but we were both sick by the end of the day. On Friday Greg and I did some shopping. We went for specific things, but came away with none of them and instead with about 10 movies. Saturday was spent at Temple Square with Greg's family. His aunt has a choir that performs at the old conference center every year so we went and watched them. We had a great trip. It was a lot of fun getting to spend time with both sides of the family, especially those that live far away and that we don't get to see very often.

Christmas:

I love Christmas! The spirit of the season is so exciting! I love the lights, the colors, the charity, the hussel and bussel! I love it all! But most of all, I love the family gatherings! We spent the night on Chirstmas Eve at my dads house. We were up by 6:30 thanks to Tay. She insists every year that we open gifts before dawn breaks because 'it's tradition.' We then headed over to Greg's parents, where we once again arrived before the kids woke up. We came away with some pretty great gifts, including a new grill! We are excited to bbq!! We also received, thanks to my well known love of Costa Vida, $60 in gift certificates! We will never starve! I also got a new I-pod... I have been dying without mine ever since I dropped it in a cup of water. (I have no idea how I managed that.) Myles called that afternoon and we had a nice long chat with him. We are all excited for him to come home in a few months. To top off the day we had a lovely Christmas dinner at the Jensens. Yum!

*****Above is a post that I have had sitting here forever, but never got around to posting. I'll get better...someday.*****

If only I ran the world...

It's that time of the year again and what a nightmare it has been! Registering for classes is one of the most aggravating, and most definitely, my least favorite thing to do!! Why do they have to make it so difficult to get the classes you need? For example. . I need to take Cell Biology. It is offered only during the spring and there is only one class which only allows 60 students. Now this class is the key that unlocks every single one of my upper division biology classes. But don't worry! I am only number 107 on the waiting list!!! To the apparently uneducated class schedulers, I thank you, because I just absolutely love college and want to stay here forever! And to those who are wondering, my graduation date will be pushed back... only a year.

Gross!

Why do dead things have to smell so bad? The other day my living room started to get this off smell. I brushed it off thinking that it was coming from upstairs, because let's face it, they stink. After a couple of days it started getting worse and worse. I began worrying that it was my housekeeping skills. I hadn't been that neglectful to my cute little living room, but I guessed it was possible. Then one night I came home, plopped down on my couch, pulled out my homework, took a breath in and started gagging! The smell was overwhelming and revolting. I tried thinking of what could be causing it, but a smell that awful could only come from something dead. That's when I thought of how we live in the middle of nowhere and how we have this cat who loves to bring field mice inside to chase around the house. Well, that is exactly what I found. A dead, stinky mouse under my couch! Ugh!

This is for my mom... Well, this is my house! I must say that I have been spoiled. Every place that we have settled in has been nice and comfy. It has been nice living in Meridian again. I get to see Tay and dad a lot more often . . . (well, in the summer I got to, school has been turning me into a home body with all the studying I've been doing.) Its also been a lot of fun having a yard. We had lots of BBQ's in the summer, I planted lots of pretty flowers, and my favorite part.. I played on my tramp. (Notice the double oven?... you'd think it would inspire me to cook, I think I got that from you.)

(K, so this isn't a very good picture of our bedroom, but i wanted you to see the ceiling. Oh my gosh..The only downside to this place is having to go to bed starring at a map of Ireland, its not really my thing.)
(My amazing bathroom. I pretty much have a hot tub next to my toilet... which by the way there is a real hot tub on the patio... )

Well there it is. I don't know how I will ever go back to an apartment after this. It will be hard giving up my massive walk in closet, beautiful backyard, lots of kitchen space, extra-large laundry room, and my adorable office. But I can do it, right?

NEVER FORGET

The Closing of Summer

Summer is quickly coming to an end. We are a little bummed and a little excited about it at the same time. We are all geared up and ready for a new semester to begin. Our books are bought, school supplies purchased, and schedules set. Some days I get so eager to start, I have to fight the urge of putting all my books and computer in my backpack. Other days I don't want the stress and busyness of school to start. But we have had such a fun packed summer, it is only fair to balance the fun with school. :) Here is a quick recap of our summer, it goes all the way back to May. Since I am such a slacker at keeping this up I think it will just be easier to sum up our adventures through pictures. Who doesn't like pictures, right?

The weekend school got out Tay and I hit up the Taylor Swift concert, she got tickets for her birthday. Neither one of us were huge fans of her before we went but we came out of her concert very much pleased. We couldn't get any good pictures at the concert but here is one in the parking lot, which happens to be in my rental car. The week school got out I was rear-ended at a stop light. Ghetto!The next day I headed down to Utah. A few girls that I went to China with had a little get together before one of them headed to the mission field. It was great to see them again! That night I met up with Greg, Janica, and Daniel and we started our trek down to California. One of my favorite things is driving and stopping at all the pull out thingys along the way. One stop was St. George. We were on the hunt for a Sonic. After about an hour of TellMe, Chacha, and other navigating crap we found it. Unfortunately it was boarded up and abondoned. With much dissapointment and growling tummies we decided to check out the temple and head off to Vegas in hopes of finding an open one, which thankfully we did after another hour search. Why go through so much trouble to find a freakin Sonic, you ask? Because it is the most delicious fast-food restraunt on the planet and when four hungry people crave it, there is no escaping it's grasp. But hey, we got to see many 'fantastic' sites along the way.
The next two days we spent at the highly anticipated Disneyland. If you can believe it, it was Greg's first time! I had a blast showing him around the park and taking him on all the 'good rides.' One of my favorite parts was
talking Melinda into going on the Tower of Terror. She was indeed terrorized. After two fun packed days with Mickey we had a relaxing day at the beach.


The next day we headed down to the L.A. Temple for cousin Katherine's wedding. It was beautiful and we are very excited for them and the exciting adventures that follow marriage.



On our way home we took a few more detours. Katie's reception was in Apple Valley and near by there is Route 66, which is something that I have always wanted to check out. So, we stopped by and toured a museum and took some pics by the sign.

We also spent the night in Vegas. Daniel and Janica came too. We went to a hypmatist show that night which was hilarious, and decided that the place would be a lot more fun if we were partiers.
So we strolled down the strip and checked out all the cool sites and Dan found the Go Pool. (Don't worry Melinda he didn't go in, he's not yet 21)

The next day we drove up Kolob Canyon, which was gorgeous!

For the Fourth of July we drove down to Utah to the weekend. We camped out in Midway againg this year and went boating with the family. I didn't really get any good pictures.

We were tanning on the tramp on the lake.

Hopefully I will eventually get the rest of our summer up and maybe, if lucky enough, some of our new place.

On May 17, my totally rad sister Whitney and I, went to the Taylor Swift concert. Yeah, neither one of us really liked her or wanted to be there. So the whole time we complained about it. But Taylor got the tickets for her birthday so we had to go. By the end of the night we both ended up liking her, and we're both glad we got to go. I mean how many people can say they went to a concert that sold out in literally twenty minutes.
-Writen by Taylor Rose Clifford.