Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! To get in the Halloween spirit, I thought it would be fun to post some old Halloween pictures, the ones that go wayyyy back and the ones just a few years ago. So many good memories...homemade costumes are seriously the best.

1995: bumble bee Katie/ 1998: Dorothy Katie with cousins/ 

1999: Mom & Katie 50s girls with rocking poodle skirts/ 2001: Farmer Katie and Ghost James

2008: Cami D, Katie, Madison's flower patch/ 2009: Crayons with my best friends/

2010: Hippie Katie, Emily, and Ashley/ 2011: Cowgirl Katie with roommates

BUT, my parents have taken the "most creative" costume award over the past couple years. Most of the costumes were purchased at  thrift stores.

Introducing...

Costume #1 (pictured below): 

A pregnant lady (dad) and his doctor (mom)

Costume #2: 

An old retired couple.

Costume #3:

Dad as a hunk-of-burning-love jock and mom as a disco 60s girl. What a hoot!

T. Swift got me through this week

Well done Taylor, you have done it again! 

This is what got me through this week and lifted my spirits.
It seemed like I had a million things to do,

and because of Taylor's help, I was able to be
motivated and check each thing off my to-do list. 

These songs just make me happy. In fact, I was stopped at a red light heading to my doctor's appointment this afternoon listening to "I Knew You Were Trouble." The guy in the car next to me looked over and saw me singing and jammin' out. He looked at my like I was crazy. 

But. I. Didn't. Care.

How she keeps writing hit songs, I don't know. 

But what I do know is that I, along with millions of other girls,

 can relate to every single one of her songs. 

Here's some of my favorites:

1 :: Stay stay stay

2 :: I Knew You Were Trouble

3 :: 22

Sexy Rexy

Dearest Rexburg,

After a long, hard week of taking tests and studying, I was able to come visit you in your fall glory. You hold a special place in my heart. As I drove into town, my heart swelled and was about to burst. You see, I had a flood of memories come to me. I saw the gorgeous temple that Em and I used to attend weekly. I saw my old apartment and my favorite hangout spot Kiwi Loco frozen yogurt. I saw the endless hills that I use to walk up everyday in the bitter wind. I saw the Hinckley building where I had my religion classes and the I-Center where we had devotionals every Tuesday. I saw the gym where Katie and I did our weekly cycling classes and where Emily and I babed out at boys pumping iron. Not to mention I saw the library where I spent endless hours studying for my Anatomy class. 

And Rexburg, you will always have my heart because you hold some of my favorite people who helped me create these memories. I will forever be grateful for the experiences that you gave me and for   the lessons that I learned. Thank you for all those good times. 

With Love,

Me

(We don't see leaves like these in our Arizona desert!)

(My beautiful Rexburg temple)

(First semester roommates, minus Sarah at Kiwi Loco!)

<---- You see this apartment? This is the apartment where we invited cute boys are for potlucks dinners, where we danced in the kitchen while making homemade pizza, where we stayed up late doing a Richard Simmon's workout. We played games, made movies, had girls nights in our footie pajamas, had cereal parties, and witness some awkward dates. 

(Second semester roommates minus Holly and Dani)

I love you Rexburg, even for your down right cold weather, your endless 80 mph wind, and for your small town feeling. Until we meet again...

memories

I was scrummaging through some old photos 

this weekend and it brought back some fun memories.

General Conference Tradition:

Every conference, my family makes "LORNA Crepes" for breakfast. We call them Lorna Crepes because my dad's fiance (before he met my mom of course) name was Lorna. She use to fix these special crepes for him. When we were little, we use to sit around the table, hold up our forks, and say, "Thank you, Lorna!" 

1:: grab a crepe

2:: add plenty of pudding onto the middle of the crepe.

3:: drizzle fruit onto the pudding

4:: fold up the crepe and add a spoonful of whip cream on the top

5:: DIG IN!

Thank you, Lorna!

I should be studying for anatomy...

Speaking of Anatomy, I got an "A" on my last test! :D 

....and speaking of "A's," since graduating from high school in 2011, I haven't met or dated a stellar "A++++" guy. I've gone on dates with "A" guys, just not "A++++." 

Pictured below: Tempe town lakes riding paddle boats & Diamondback's game

While we are on this particular subject, let me entertain you with 1 dating horror story. I'm excited to share because this story takes the cake: My date wanted to go rock climbing but, the rec center was closed, (darn :D) so we went to get some frozen yogurt instead. (YES! :D) I usually don't have problems with trying to keep the conversation going, but with this guy...I did. While we were eating our froyo, I was desperately trying to avoid that awkward silence. I asked him the common question of what he liked to do. He looked up from eating his froyo and said,

"If I told you, I'd have to kill you."

haha. very 'funny.' As we were driving home 20 minutes later, I asked him that same question because I was running out of things to ask. He took out a pen, held it in one hand, and with the other hand pointed to the tip of the pin. 

"You see this pen," he said, "last time I checked it was pretty sharp." 

Who says that on a first date? Now this wasn't 'funny' anymore. I had all these horror story thoughts run through my head. 

"This guy is going to hold me for ransom!" or "He's going to tie me up and stuff my body in the trunk of his car."

While this date wasn't looking, I texted my mom a quick text saying, "SAVE ME!" Needless to say, the date ended early in the night, and I guarantee there will not be a second date. ever.

I do like going on dates...only with my girls though! Emily and I went on a lunch date to Paradise Bakery before she left for Rexburg without me. We ate our favorite salad and sandwich and talked for 2 hours after finishing our meal.

Jessie, Carly, Amanda, and I went to a concert at the Marquee theatre.

No more pity dates & no more charity dates for the sake of my own LIFE and SANITY! 

(good thing none of these guys read my blog...hopefully!)