The Video

I know you've all been anxiously awaiting the premier of Jodi's worm eating experience. WELL HERE IT IS! Just a warning- the screams are pretty loud so you may want to turn down your speakers. :) ENJOY!

Spoon Me...and Then Some

I think this picture pretty much sums it up. No explanation needed. :)

Okay, Okay, I will explain. There is a new frozen yogurt place that just opened in St. George. Normally, I wouldn't have been so excited to try it out, but this place is called SPOON ME. Are you KIDDING? That is the coolest name EVER! Naturally, I had to try it! The yogurt was okay, but I'd have to say I enjoyed the spooning portion of the night more. :)

A couple weeks ago I went boating with a group of friends here in St. George. I had a blast! We all went tubing, wake boarding, and some of us even braved the air chair! Sadly, I was NOT one of the brave souls who tried the air chair….nor was I one who actually got up on the wake board. Hey- I happen to like my limbs and don’t want to lose any. Besides, I am a dang good flag holder/tuber chick. :)
Here's a picture of the girls hangin out on the boat.

It was my friend Nakelle's birthday last week so she invited about twelve girls up to her cabin in Pine Valley for the weekend to celebrate! It was soooo much fun! I give the MVP of the night award to Jodi for a couple of reasons...
#1. She clearly won the bubble blowing Contest. As you can see, poor Bryttni was pretty upset about it.

#2. She ate a real live WORM. Yeah....I know. It was pretty gross but SO COOl! haha Lucky her, she got $100 out of it. My camera died so I didn't get a video but as soon as I can get pictures from other people I'll post them because it was amazing.
Here are some pictures of us that night along with some others. One is kinda blurry, but you get the idea.

All work and No Play….YEAH RIGHT!

Believe it or not, my summer wasn’t just constant days of waking up at 4 am and feeding fire fighters. I did get some play time. Here are my top four activities of the summer.

1. Hiking in the beautiful Zion National Park

Zion is about 40 minutes away from St. George, and about the same distance (or less) from Kanab. I’ve probably said it before, but Zion is definitely one of my favorite places on earth. Here are some hiking pictures.





2.Going to the midnight release of the new Stephanie Meyer Book,
“Breaking Dawn.”

Yes, I am a total nerd. I LOVE Edward Cullen and all of the twilight books. That is why my sisters Amanda, Savy and I all came to St. George to attend the midnight release of the new Stephanie Meyer book, “Breaking Dawn.” We partied with this crazy crowd until midnight when the book was FINALLY released.

It was soooo worth it. Above is a picture of all three of us in our awesome shirts. On the front they say…

and on the back they say …

We’re awesome, we know.
3. Going to the Secondhand Serenade Concert!!
If you don't know who they are, then you need to GET to know who they are because they're definitely one of my favorites. :)
Sadly, I don’t have any pictures of it, but it was AWESOME!!! Thanks to Ty for taking me!
4. Veyo Day
Every summer since before I was born (no joke) my family goes to the Veyo pool to swim, eat, and hang out. It is ALWAYS a good time and something I look forward to each summer. Here are some pictures of the fun event.

My Summer as a Traveling Caterer

I'm happy to inform you that after my long summer of feeding fire fighters, I am still alive!! I had a good summer but I was definitely ready to get back to the beautiful lands of Dixie. Most people have no idea what the life of a traveling caterer entails, so I will give you a little taste of my every day work life.
4:00 am: Roll out of bed. Aka: the foam pad and sleeping bag I liked to pretend was a real bed, put on glasses, hat, shoes, bra, and apron, and begin preparing breakfast.
No I did not serve breakfast wearing only those things, I just didn’t have the energy that early in the morning to put on anything other than what I slept in the night before.
4:30- 10:30 Serve breakfast to the hundreds of the ever so hungry fire fighters.
10:30- About 1:00 Clean up, make around 400 sandwiches, and sack lunches for the ever so hungry fire fighters.
1:00- 3:00 (The favorite part of my day) If we were lucky, we’d get to take a nap, and SHOWER. :D
3:30- 5:30 Prepare dinner.
5:30-10:30 Serve dinner to the ever so hungry fire fighters.
10:30- 12:00 Clean up.
12:01 Collapse into the foam mattress and sleeping bag
12:04 Fall asleep dreaming about serving food, counting plates, and asking, “Would you like oatmeal this morning?”
4:00 Roll out of the foam, and repeat. :)
Sadly, I didn't bring my camera with me, but here are some phone pictures...

Jenn and I in the serving wagon.

Beautiful lake near our camp site in Cali.

Clyde taping Jenn's mouth shut...
You’ll be happy to know that I did find some fire-fighting love this summer. That’s right, a fire fighter made me roses. Not just any roses, these roses were made out of toilet paper. It was magical.

Beautiful, aren't they?
My job really made me realize how lucky I am to have toilets that flush, air conditioning, a real bed, private showers, and a regular sleep agenda.
I would like to give a shout out and thanks to the caffeine association. Without it, I would not have been able to make it through the summer.
It was a great summer, but all in all, I am SO GLAD to be back at DIXIE STATE!!