Spring Break!!

BYU doesn't have a spring break but the glory of living at home is that I practically get a spring break when everyone else comes home!! First one of my most favorite people miss Kellie-Ann Yamane came home and distracted me from studying for my physics test which I got a 71 on (thanks a lot Kellie! haha). Then on Friday I got to take her to her first Jazz game ever! I can't believe she'd never been before! We played Denver and while things weren't looking good the first half of the game, the Jazz turned it around and won in stunning fashion! I told Kellie it was one of the best games I'd ever been to and I think she had so much fun!
The next week or two...I forget haha my bff jill Tina came to see me! Unfortunately she was in Chicago for most of her break so I only got to see her for a little bit. She made me a late birthday cake! It was one of the most delicious things of my life and she's so awesome at decorating cakes! I love her! Later that night I went over to my friend JJ's who was in from New York. I got to see her and Saular and a bunch of other people I had never met before haha but it was fun just catching up!
Now for the part you all were waiting for...ok maybe you weren't but I certainly was...My Norman came home! I went to church on Sunday, taught my lesson and young womens then went home, changed, and waited anxiously. Then I got the text telling me to come over! Oh my gosh I was so excited! I got to his house and told him to come outside but when I was putting something away in my car he opened the door and scared the crap out of me haha I screamed so loud! We went outside and hung out and watched the Jazz game for a little bit. When I came over again later that night, we just hung out for a little bit and watched MI3 haha but sadly I'm still in school and had to get up early. The next day I got to his house after school and Norman was chatting with my friend Nate who is on a mission. I'm pretty sure he's not supposed to be doing that but when I called him out on it he basically just made me sad saying this is the first time you've talked to me in how long and your just gonna tell me to get off. Two years is a long time and I guess if he needed to talk to people to survive then that's what he's gotta do. Plus he sent us this picture which is pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen!

Later that night Norman came over to help me with homework and set up our webcams!! Way fun! I got him a webcame for Valentines day and unfortunately life got a little crazy and I never got around to sending it to him so we got to set them up together which was probably better. Tuesday, Norman came with me to school! Way fun for him...haha. But he got to meet my friends at BYU, Neil and Ryan (otherwise known as the dean's son!) and that was fun. But Norman chickened out and wouldn't ask this kid in front of us how old he was cuz I'm pretty sure he's only 12. After school we went to Yoasis and met up with our friend Alex and they both got to experience the greatness of Yoasis haha. Then we headed home and got ready for the Jazz game!! First we went to Cafe Rio and Norman the awesome person that he is was able to do the impossible and eat a whole cafe rio salad in one sitting!

Riding trax on our way up to the game! There were quite a few characters there haha


Us at the Jazz game! We played the Wizards and were total champs! Since we were awesome and totally winning everyone was leaving early and so I wanted to sneak down and go watch the last few minutes of the game in the lower bowl and take a picture. We started walking down but then a guy stopped us and asked for a tickets so we turned around defeated but then this guy gave us his tickets and we got to go watch the last two minutes of the game on like the 14th row! It was awesome! but then Norman was a baby and would not take a picture for me...oh well. It was so much fun going to the Jazz game with my fool! When we got home we made brownies!!!The next morning Norman and I got up relatively early to make breakfast! It wasn't the greatest thing in the world but it was fun cooking with my fool!So I went to school after breakfast and when I got back I picked up Norman and we headed to my house and picked up Mike's boys, Bill and my dad and went bowling! Here's the one picture I took haha! I also took a video of Trey bowling which is like the funniest thing of my life! But that's on Norman's computer...
After bowling we ate dinner and then Norman picked me up and we did homework haha it was great. Then the next day Norman went to Idaho with his parents and I was left alone...sniff...haha but it was ok because me and Bill had lots of fun hanging out! Friday morning I woke up and got on the bus and was heading down and I left my phone on the bus!! AAAHHHHH!!!!!! I thought my life was over! And poor Norman's driving home from Idaho and has no idea! 3 hours later I was able to borrow Neil's phone and get a hold of Norman but oh it was bad! I went to Norman's house after school and we got ready for a night of awesomeness! First we went to Asian Star and we had that same waitress we had around New Years that tells you her life story anytime you sat down. Haha but it was way good! And then we hurried and drove to the mall to pick up some cheesecake from the Cheesecake factory and take our traditional photobooth pic! Then we went and picked up JJ and drove down to Provo to watch our friend Mark play lacrosse for BYU! He won! It was awesome! After the game, we went back to Norman's and ate the cheesecake and started to watch Casino Royal but then I fell asleep...
Possibly the most attractive picture of us ever...

Right before I fell asleep during the movie.

The next morning Norman picked me up and we went to Mimi's Cafe for breakfast which was amazing! And then we went to the park by my house and walked around before Norman had to head to the airport. I hate saying goodbye but somehow we always get through it and by the time he gets back to school it's never a sad like he was just here sort of thing and whenever he comes home its like he never left. Pretty much it's perfect and I love being able to hang out with Norman when he's here and talk to him every night whenever he's not. He's an amazing guy and I can't wait for you guys to all see him again! He says hi to you all! Sorry for the play-by-play of everything we did, I just don't ever want to forget anything. And my unofficial spring break isn't quite over cuz next week my Missy is coming to see me! EEK! I'm so excited! I love you all! Thanks for bearing with me through this ridiculous post.

Bill's Concert

So Bill (otherwise known as Delaney) is a wonderful clarinet player! She definitely gives Squidward a run for his money. A few weeks ago she had a concert and here are some pictures from her outstanding performance!

My dad and I hitting up the gym before we go!




The most beautiful clarinet player in the world!!


Josh: "Dad...sniff...I'm not gonna be able to go to her concert...sniff..." (he was really broken up about it)

Delaney about to give the performance of her life!

Birthday Fun!

Uh...so yeah, I'm twenty. Weird...I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. My youth is pretty much over haha! Well hopefully not. For my last day as a teenager, my mom, my sister, and I went and got pedicures! I always have trouble picking a color because no matter what color I pick it always makes me look so white. But we all picked our colors, sat down, and then Anne (the lady doing Delaney's nails) gave us her life lessons. She begins by telling us about how her parenting strategy was always to let her kids do what they wanted to do and let them learn from their mistakes. Then she went on to tell us how her son was on parole. Delaney was telling us about how a girl in 8th grade got caught with two bottles of vodka (one empty) and then Anne told us of how she caught her daughter drinking at 13. Then she went on to tell us how she was shocked that she was drinking because of how tiny she was. She told her daughter that if she was going to drink she should limit herself to one beer or one shot (her daughter is 13!!!) and she's telling all this to my twelve-year-old sister! My mom was horrified! It was pretty funny!




After pedicures, we went and got ready for dinner: Macaroni Grill!! And one of my best friends Saular came with. Only problem was that Saular was deathly ill. Poor guy barely touched his dinner, but he assured us he would be ok for the Jazz game we were going to after. Well, that ended up being not necessarily true. He could barely watch the game and actually ended up throwing up twice at the game. I felt so bad...I didn't know what to do. It took us about 30 minutes just to walk to down the stairs after the game. But it really was a good game and even though Saular was sick it was still fun to have him there. Afterward, we dropped Saular off at his house and I got to go inside and see my buddies Alex and Mark who I hadn't seen in awhile so that was good. Then I went home and talked to Norman for a very, very long time.

The next morning when I woke up my dad created quite the feast for me. We had omelets and cinnamon rolls! I felt pretty fat, not gonna lie...Then it was time to get ready for church and teach my first lesson in Young Women's. It was on the importance of truth in a virtuous life. I was pretty concerned that my lesson would be too short, and turns out I had good reason to be. I finished 15 minutes early after the girls doodled and talked to each other the whole time. I asked questions and no one would answer them, not even Delaney. But it was fun and a good experience. I came home and took it easy playing guitar hero and such and then we went to Asian Star, my most favorite restaurant in the world! The egg drop soup warms my soul. We dragged Mike along and he seemed to really enjoy it. He told us about how funny Flight of the Conchords, so when we got home we all went and watched an episode. It was pretty funny! We then ate cake and Mike missed it by two seconds! He had Trey on the phone ready to sing to me too! Sorry you guys! We had to light the candles by the stove and the dogs really do not like fire haha but it was one of the best Oliver birthday cakes ever I must say! It was a great birthday and I just want to say how grateful I am and how much I love all of you!!!