New Major??

i'm deciding if i should change my major. i'd still graduate the same time i would now...but might have to take an extra semester. i would like to change it to Art Administration and then go to Columbia grad school in Chicago...i don't know what to do! and my advisor is a space cadet haha this is what happens when you're an art major. sweeetttt

Spring Break in California!.... winning?? YEP!

This past week was my spring break and John does online classes so it can go anywhere with him. Spring break kicked off with the Campus Rail Jam at the University of Utah and John competed. He ended up getting 2nd place and our buddy Giray Dadali got 1st and other friend Karl Fostvedt got 3rd.

Right after the rail jam was done we headed out to Big Bear, California probably around 5pm. We decided it was a good idea to crash in Vegas for the night since we didn't know the housing situation in Bear yet so we didn't want to arrive at 3am without somewhere to stay. We ended up getting a really good deal at the South Point hotel in Vegas. Right down the street from Dunkin Donuts :) We were going to get up really early and drive to Bear and ski, but when the alarm went off we definitely did not want to get up! And the weather wasn't the best at the mountain so we just took our time.


^^Bear Mountain.
When we got to Big Bear we headed straight to the mountain to find friends and get house directions. We ended up sharing a house with a bunch of people we didn't know, but it was awesome getting to know them. We all went out to dinner the first night and all went bowling the second night.


John competed in War of Rails on Sunday (was on Saturday but it snow 20 inches instead!) and got 7th! There was a lot of good competition, but I know next year will be better ;) A new friend, (for me, not John) Craig Coker put on the War of Rails last year and it was pretty small, more of like a "test" competition so this year it was bigger and next year Craig plans for it to be even bigger!
John and I decided to stay in Big Bear 2 extra nights. Monday we took it slow. Slept in and went to breakfast with Salt Lake friends and then went skiing for the rest of the day. At sunset John, Giray, and new friend Brendan and a local skier did a sunset shoot on the course they just competed on. We're pretty excited to see the pictures after they're edited!
We stayed Monday night then headed down to San Clemente to visit with Grandma & Grandpa Simmons

^^San Clemente Pier. (I didn't take this) In San Clemente we just hung out and relaxed because we had been skiing and not getting much sleep over the weekend. We went up to Seal Beach for some delicious lunch and then went down to Huntington Beach and did some shopping and took pictures with my plastic camera on the beach. I'm hoping for good pics!

Thursday we picked up Sean from Claremont McKenna College and headed back up to Big Bear and skied more. It was a lot of fun. Then we headed straight down to San Diego and met Aaron and Mom there.


^^San Diego harbor. We didn't stay downtown, but we were pretty close. Thursday night we went out to dinner with Aaron, Sean and Mom and Grandma Marie and then hit the sack. The 3 of us were beat from skiing and Aaron and Mom were tired from flying all day.

Friday we went down to the outlet mall which is literally on the border of Mexico, they have a gnarly looking fence and everything...so crazy! but got some good stuff! And then we went out to dinner with more family: Grandma Marie, Grandpa Anthony, Antoinette, Myles & Carissa.


^^Mission Beach, San Diego. Craig lives in Mission Beach so me, John, Sean, and Aaron all went and walked on the beach and then we sat on the beach for awhile. I wore my swimsuit so I got to get a little sun time in :) Craig found us and we went over to his apartment and hung out for a while and then we had to go get ready for family pictures.


^^La Jolla, San Diego. We did family pictures here at sunset. Then all of us went over to Grandpa Anthony's house and ate pizza and delicious pasta and the boys played video games for a little bit, but by the end we were just sitting around talking, enjoying each others company. We tried to head back over to Mission Beach, but it didn't work out and John, Sean and I got up early to go home and we had to drop Sean off at school on the way.
It's so nice to be back in my own bed! Not stoked for school or work, but I had an awesome time and definitely took advantage of my time off!

Just Dance

my roommate Brittany brought back a Wii from christmas and she got this game. it's very fun! our basement flooded last week and all of my roommates and i decided to take the day off and stay at home and play Just Dance and other Wii games all day.

Homemade meals

so lately i've been really into cooking and once a week i'll make myself and john a meal. i've been doing this for a month ish maybe longer. a few weeks ago i made chicken enchiladas, i got the recipe from the food network, but i spiced it up and made it my own! last week i made stew from an online recipe and unfortunately i didn't buy enough veggies and was kinda going off of what i already had so i didn't have to spend too much but i'm stoked to make it again to add more veggies. i like making stew and soup because i put half of it in a tupperware and in the freezer. yesterday i made fried rice. i started cooking the rice and i had frozen broccoli so i just put it in the microwave then cooked up a scrambled egg and once that was cooked i added left over bell peppers and added the broccoli and rice when they were both done and added soy sauce. i was pretty impressed! i also added crushed red peppers to give it a little kick and it was great! i usually add crushed red pepper to a lot of things because i love that kick that it gives. i'm starting to really like cooking. luckily i have a radio in my kitchen so i can listen to music while i'm cooking, its nice! i'll post pics of other meals that i make!

Finally a day off!

took a test this morning, no work, now relaxation!
This is what my day will consist of:




pride and prejudice the book, not the movie...yet haha


and whatever else i can scrounge up

Clive Owen

wow...what a sexy man :)

kind of disturbing...

today at work (we close at 6pm on sundays) a lady who is considered a "big jcrew spender" but really isn't, decided she was going to stay an extra 40 minutes past 6 in the store. great... so we comes in around 530 and picks out everything and gets to the dressing room at around 545 and spends a half hour in the dressing room. she then comes out to get employee opinions and asked how much time she had until close, the three of us were a little taken back by this question because we assumed that she knew what time it was (it was 615...) so we told her the time and she said she'd hurry but obviously didn't. but once she was out and at the registers she couldn't decide what to get and kept asking opinions of if something was cute or what color would look best on her. Now here's the disturbing part, she asked me to grab an XL cardigan, so i did, and she continued to tell us how it was for her daughter and how her daughter was petit but she "wouldn't dare to get her a small" <-- exact words! uhhhh.....seriously????! you are getting an XL for your "petit" daughter... no correction, you are getting an XL for your large daughter. this was very disturbing for me because i have seen her daughters and they are no where near petit. as for me, being a genuine petit person i was disturbed and offended. fat people get offended so why can't small people?
so here's to all you moms, please, for everyones sake, accept your daughters the way they are. everything will be better and everyone will be a lot happier and less confused