Funnest game of follow the leader I've ever played

Wow, I really didn't mean to take this long to post again, had a crazy week at school this week. The good news is there's only 2 weeks left this semester, the bad news is that's two weeks to get everything done that's been assigned-eesh!

Anyways, to get a little break from everything last Sunday my family and I went riding on the ATVs they recently got. We drove out to Delle (a little city on the way to Wendover) and just rode around for hours and hours. It was such a fun day! I got a little sunburnt but it was all worth it! I took some pictures and short videos just so I could share what we saw:

All loaded up ready to go :)

Just liked the mountains we saw on the way out there

Once we arrived this was what we saw, all flat with some fun bumps to try out!

We were doing donuts and I tried to get a pic of the tracks, but this is what I got.

grandma really liked the puddles :)

This was after the first drive

Following mom and Will throughout the whole thing

This was after the whole day, showing how muddy we got

I'm pretty sure I was the only one THIS dirty!

My helmet after riding around

After the first drive I cleaned off my sunglasses and after a few more hours this was what you could see out of them





The mud in the bottom of our vehicle

Like I said Grandma REALLY liked the puddles, and I was the only one THIS dirty

The video is sidewards because my phone recorded it like that, so sorry about that part, but it was really fun!

We probably rode around for 6 hours and didn't even make it to 3/4 a tank of gas! It was amazing and so much fun. We talked about going out for a weekend, bringing out their campers, and making a whole weekend of it. That'll be exciting. This is the new start to my best year :)

Larry and I have been making plans for what we'd do this summer and have talked about how the weekends I don't work we want to make plans outside of the house, I'm so excited. The warm weather has finally started to stay for longer than a day so hopefully this really is the beginning of the Spring/Summer :)

*~*Day 30*~*

Well I've finally reached Day 30, the last day of the challenge. Kind of bittersweet, on one hand I'm excited to have reached the end and kept up with it (even if I did miss a few days) but on the other hand I also really liked having something to post about every time I signed in. And let's be honest you really can't keep doing blog challenges, eventually you have to put your normal day-to-day stuff in it.

So onto today, something I could never get tired of doing. I was talking with Larry about this and was telling him how there's a few things I think I could never get tired of doing and realized there's too much to choose from, so instead of just picking one I figured I'd make a list (maybe making lists should really be the thing to put here since I seemed to have done that with all of the posts ha ha). So here's the list of things I truly believe I could never get tired of doing:

• This may make me sound like a crazy cat lady, but I could never, ever get tired of watching my kitties. They make me laugh so hard when they play around. And they make me just want to pet and annoy them when they sleep. They find the craziest poses to sleep in, the best moments to be sweet, and they make any bad day so much better when I come home and they rush to my feet to say hi.

• I could never get tired of seeing or being around my family. My mom, step dad, dad, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandma, and Larry are literally everything I need in my life to help me succeed. They mean the world to me and they give me the best advice and never make me feel judged. If it weren't for them I could've never became who I am today. They help me feel good when I feel I'm not my best, they help me in times of need, they make me laugh when I really need to be cheered up, they are just amazing. They've shown me how to love and what kind of people I deserve to have in my life. So to all my family out there, thank you for helping me with everything and being there when I really need you, you have NO idea how much it's meant to me.
• I could NEVER, absolutely never, get sick of going on a roller coaster. I'm sure (given my family history) I'll eventually need to take a break from them, and I fear for when that day arrives, but until then I love being on roller coasters. I love the rush, I love the feeling of falling but then being pulled back up, I love trying new ones when they put new twists and turns in them, I love love love when they go upside down. I just love the limits they push and the adrenaline rush they bring. That's why I'm so excited for our vacation this Summer/Fall because I can't wait to try out new ones that I've never been on before.
• I could never get sick of having lazy days with Larry or coming home to him after work and watching a TV show or just being in the room with him. Some days we may bug each other, but I could never get sick of being around him. He's my rock, I understand so many corny cliches because he's in my life. And I really like that he's shown me so many things I never would've known had it not been for him coming into my life.

• I could never get sick of road trips or traveling. I love seeing new places and being able to say I've been there or done that. I like taking pictures of those places even if I'm being goofy in just asking for one. I like having new stories to tell and new memories to make. I always joke that when I retire we'll be living out of an RV and just seeing the country.

• And lastly, make fun all you want, but I could never get tired of planning anything. I love having the control, I love seeing the choices, and I love knowing I brought it all together. I get a thrill from being able to look at something and say go ahead and plan it. I don't even get sick of having to reschedule because of other's plans, I love being able to say I pulled it off.

And that's it, that's my 30 day challenge. It was fun to do and I'm glad I did it. I don't care that I missed a few days, I figure I was either doing homework or spending quality time with loved ones so it's no great loss. Thanks for reading, if you did, and until next time I have something to blog about (which may not be too long)...

:)

*~*Day 29*~*

My biggest pet peeve..what a good one for today!

So I have to say right now I have a zillion pet peeves, but I can guess all but one will go away in time. My biggest pet peeve is Utah Drivers! Oh my gosh these people have no idea what a freaking blinker is or how to use it. Has anyone seen Shoot 'Em Up? If not, there's a scene in that movie where he complains about people not using their blinker and while he's doing that he's following a guy who won't use his and ends up making the guy run into a parked car. I laugh so hard at this because in all reality if I could get away with it I'd do that to everyone I encountered on the road who didn't use one. Drives me UP. THE. WALL! It's a simple concept and it's just nice to use one and let people know you're cutting them off at the very least.

On a lighter note, this is my 50th post and though that may not be a huge deal to some, I'm really excited I made it to 50 before a years time. I plan on keeping this up and hopefully reaching 100 before I reach 1 year from today :)

Until Day 30 AKA The end of my challenge (and only a few days late ha ha)...

*~*Day 28*~*

The dreaded favorite movie post...

Well actually with me having so many movies you'd think this would be an easy post, but it's so hard to pick an absolute favorite movie, maybe it's one of those I like movies a little too much, hmm...

Okay well I'm going to have to do this by genre-

Action/Adventure:

Die Hard! I love all 4 of these movies, I don't care how cheesy, fake, stupid, whatever they may be I'll never get over the action and memorable lines ( "Yippee-ki-yay, motherf****r" anyone?!). Larry got me on these movies, I thought they would be stupid, but I love them, could watch them over and over and over again!

Comedy:



The Hangover! Oh my gosh, if you haven't seen it, go see it! It's rated R, but it is amazing and so hilarious. I'm so excited for the 2nd one to come out. I don't think I've ever laughed harder at a movie, honestly.

Crime:

From Paris With Love, another one I didn't think I'd like when I saw the preview and everything, but it turned out to be a pretty good one. It's a way different role for John Travolta, but he did really well with it.

Drama:

This is a very sad movie, I don't know anyone that has seen this and hasn't cried, well unless they were a guy or made of stone. It's a pretty harsh one to watch with a lot of controversial topics in it, but it's worth watching.

Family:

I could honestly watch The Incredibles every week. It's funny and clever and well done as far as teaching how getting along with a different family not to mention the animation.

Fantasy/Sci Fi:

This is technically the very last episode of "Firefly" which is a show that was around for one season. It's sad that it stopped because it was a really good show, but I guess since it was cancelled they still wanted to finish the story and made this movie. This one made me want to learn martial arts because that skinny girl on the cover kicks so pretty serious arse.

Horror:

Okay I know a ton of people who didn't like the Saw series and I'll admit it got a bit gory, but I love it. I thought it was such a different story and they made it so well, I get chills watching these movies. I loved that it kept going even if it did get a bit out of control, but I'd go see and buy any of these anytime they cam out.

Mystery:

Come on, you know this one is a GREAT movie! Haven't seen it? Do it! I don't even need to explain it, it's amazing!

Romance:

I don't care what genre this movie is in-I could watch this movie (or ones like this like Valentine's Day or a new one coming out called New Years Eve which seems like the same type of movie). I like that it's a different A-List actors and it intertwines their stories different ways. Plus this one has the cutest story line and I LOVE Gigi in this one, she's adorable!

Thriller:

Oh my gosh, this movie is a trip. I saw it and felt like I was on one side of the central argument in it then once I finished it I watched it again I was on the other side. It's a crazy movie, check it out as well!

So those are my movies, for today at least. Until Day 29...

*~*Day 27*~*

Sorry, got caught up in a school project that took up 1000% of my time for a bit there...back to the blog challenge :)

A picture of me from a year ago and how I've changed...Well I wasn't taking a whole lot of pictures of me from this time last year so the closest I can come is from February when Larry and I went to Vegas for V-Day

The ONLY picture I happen to get of us from that whole trip :P

So since then I have to say I think I've grown up quite a bit. At least I like to think so. Back then I still had no idea what I was going to do with my life, I knew I was going to school and was studying Psychology but I had no real plan other than to finish SLCC and see from there. I also had no idea what was going to happen once Larry got back, when this picture was taken he was still in his training in Arizona and happened to have a weekend to come home so we went to Vegas for it.

Back then I used to think "Well I would like to do this/get this done but..." I didn't really have goals-well I think I thought I had goals, but they weren't goals I kept in my mind everyday, not something I was actively working towards or anything they were just somewhere off in the future.

Now, however, I have REAL, attainable goals. I know I'm going to take those Medical Coding and Billing classes, I know once I finish I'll be searching for a job and working on my interview skills so I can get a decent job with a decent company, I know I want to do what it takes to make myself happy, to give myself a future. I also know I don't want to rush things. One example: I get asked pretty much on a daily basis why I'm not married yet and you know what? It's because I am 23! That is SO young! Some people out there might be able to get married that young and be okay with it, but me, I'm liking how things are with Larry and I. We're still figuring each other out, finding out how each other ticks. I hear so much about people who got divorced and just have to say "we were so young! We changed so much. We didn't know who we even were let alone how to be with another person" so that's not going to be me. I usually don't like to make decisions without really thinking them through (save the times I made a dumb decision-most of those I didn't think through and it bit me in the rear!) and I think marriage is a pretty big decision to make and I don't intend on doing it more than once.

*Side note: It's funny, every day I really can feel myself becoming a bit more adult, it's weird, like a shift in the universe. I don't even know how to really explain the feeling, all I know is I used to think it would never happen, that I'd be a big kid my whole life (get me around the right people and I still am however ha ha).

This is also probably the first year, in my whole entire life, that I've actually worked hard for my grades, that I'm aiming for better than just average, some days it sucks, some days it's the best feeling in the world to know I'm achieving it, I know either way it's worth it.

I also know I want to have more friends, or at least not let the important ones fall by the sidelines. I'm very weird when it comes to friends and who I deem a friend and how I know if they are a friend, I'm working on not getting caught up in little details and just be a real friend, someone I'd want to be friends with.

And one last thing, I am making things happen for myself. Last year I knew I wanted to do certain things over the summer, this year I'm putting them into action. Places I haven't been before? I'm going to! Vacations I wanted to take? I'm taking them! Finding ways to have my own little adventures and seeing/going someplace new? Check that off as well! Why not? Life is so short, might as well have fun with it!

All in all I'm keeping my promise to myself that this will be the best year yet! And if I can find ways to keep it my best year then I'll know how to keep it going for years to come! I think that's what's important to me right now.

So until Day 28...