New haircut!

This is before....
And after... I like it a lot. Especially now when I look at pictures with my long hair. I like it so much better short. Plus, its easier. But yeah, I don't have much else to say. I'm coming home in a little over a week and I'm super excited cuz I'm getting a little burned out here. Especially with O Chem. Its killing me - and will be the death of me. Oh well. Its all good. LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

I LOVE My FHE Family

I think that these pictures pretty much speak for themselves :D This was one of our FHE activities. High quality entertainment. I put a video at the end. Its pretty awesome. Basically what you do is stick your legs in the arm holes of a sweater and somehow fit your body in the rest. It was very amazing. This picture is Nate in the green and Mike in the gray.
This is most of us, minus me :( And then our friend John (in front middle and in gray) joined us.
Then a bunch of the guys raced down the street. Mike won! :D It was great. Cory tried to film it, but he switched night-vision off on accident. Whoops!
Then we all went to Burger Supreme and got dinner. This is Bryce, Courtney, and Laura.
Mandy, Nate (who is making a funny face) and me.


Here is the amazing video. I just love my FHE group. We have a lot of fun! Just wanted to show you all this! LOVE YOU!!!!

1/4 Of The Way Through The Semester!

Hard to believe that I'm already a quarter of the way through the semester. Exciting though, right? I just hope that I will be invited back to be a TA next semester so that every semester can be as great as this one. I really am loving school. Surprisingly enough, I am really loving Organic Chemistry. I don't know why, but I do love it. I took my first test and got a 93, which I am very excited about. But anyways, here come some more pictures. REMEMBER ME MY LITTLE NIECES AND NEPHEWS!!!! YOU ARE THE LOVES OF MY LIFE!!!!! Here is Laura (left), Courtney (right), and I at the UCLA game where we KILLED the stupid Bruins! That was really an awesome game though. Even though they just died, it was so fun to watch. Maybe just because it was UCLA. Or maybe just because BYU is amazing :D
Ok... so not the best picture of Jesse OR I, but the sun was so bright and I had to get a picture of us together at this game, and this was as good as it was going to get. I'm just glad I documented that we were together on that blessed day :D
Just love this picture. It makes me smile :D
Here is Laura, Courtney, and I at Sundance when we went when there was a full moon. They let you ride the chairlift for $8 at night when there's a full moon. It was so much fun. We all felt lame because every other chair had some cute couple on it, but we were ok with it. We love each other.
Ok, so here's my FHE family. We took family photos, and actually it was SO much fun. We really lucked out with the guys that we got in our group. They're all really really nice and really fun. Its funny because we got the apartment of guys in which contain the guys that all the girls in the ward have crushes on. And they like to hang out with us... so we like it.
We just had so much fun coming up with really lame poses and funny pictures that we could take. Alright, so left to right we have: Tyler (father), Courtney (mother), Jared, Mandi, Mike, Colleen, Cori, Laura, Bryce, Me, Nate, and Katy.
And I just LOVE this picture. I think it is so cool looking. We took this at the bottom of the spiraly stairs in the JFSB. Fortunately our friend John came along to take the pictures for us. But we all love this one and all (lame enough) put this as all of our profile pictures on facebook. Its awesome. We are amazing.
And this is just a cool picture of all the guys in the family (plus John) jumping off the stairs. Just thought it was a fun picture.
And here is just one of my favorite pictures that I took of Anthony and his wife Tierney. I really really like her. She is so cute and they are just so cute together. But we went up to Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon and took a whole ton of pictures for their announcement for their ceremony that they are having in October. Which, by they way, I will be taking their pictures. The only problem being that Tierney asked me to be a bridesmaid. So we'll see how that works out. I just might have somebody push the button. Or there's always and tripod and a timer. So we'll figure it all out.

But yeah, that's the update for now. I hope you're all showing these pictures of me to my little babes. I don't ever want to have a repeat of Davis and Jackson not remembering who I am. That was the worst thing of my life. So make sure they remember and love me :D I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOOOO MUCH!!!! I also miss you so much too! I love school and this is where I'm supposed to be or I wouldn't be able to handle being away from the people whom I love more than anything in this whole world. And I don't know if I used "whom" properly or whether or not it was supposed to be "who." But Mike, you'll probably know. Anyways, I love you all so much and I have to finish getting ready for church. Hope all is well! Talk to you all later!

Oh yeah! I have a blog. Whoops!

So... yeah... it's been like 5 months. Sorry guys. I guess I just didn't feel the need to update when I saw you guys all summer. But I'm doing it now that I'm back in the bubble, also known as Provo, UT. So here are a few shots from family vacation and then a few from my first week back.

I just love this shot of me and Savvy. We were just hanging out under the little easy-up (which wasn't so easy to keep-up) and we just decided that we would take a few pictures together. It was her idea, so I ran with it :D She looks a little scared/confused, but I still think it's cute. Plus, her cheeks look awesome. So yeah.
I just love this picture of Davis because it just illustrates that he loves the beach, but is just a little terrified of the water, so he just hangs out in the sand :D He's so dang cute! Also, I just love that his life jacket is basically bigger than he is.
I don't know if you can see the bucket on the right, but its there. This just goes to show you the genius of Owen Russell. He is so funny! I love how smart he is. I want to know if any of the adults there would have actually thought of that. He is just hilarious.
So this is Michelle and I at Tacano's BEFORE we ate. Tacano's is this awesome Brazilian grill that's only in about 3 locations is Utah. It's this place where you just sit at a table, and all the waiters and waitresses come by with huge plates of meat and you try all the different kinds. We asked the guy and he said that there are 18 different kinds of meat and then 2 seafood dishes. It's interesting because you get little tiny pieces, but by the time you're done, you are SO full...
Hence this picture AFTER we ate. (Well, Michelle didn't eat the meat, but she did eat a lot of salad and grilled pineapple.) But everybody else had faces like this. We took pictures of everybody that went and their "After Tacano's" faces. It was pretty classic. But it was way fun. Brother Miles was nice enough to treat us all to dinner. It was yummy! We as the meat-eating Dix Family would love that place.
This is Ilarene, Michelle, and I at the first game of the season. BYU vs. NO. Iowa. We won, of course. It was a pretty good game. But the real game was yesterday vs. UCLA (I will post pictures later - I already uploaded this photos yesterday morning and I don't like when they get out of order :D Yeah I know I'm weird)
This is Michelle and I utilizing my favorite feature on my camera. Pulling out the fact that we have Cougar spirit and were wearing white and blue. I just think this picture is funny. No real meaning to it :D

So school is great so far. I am really excited for this semester, I know its going to be great. Really challenging and I won't have a life this semester, but I'm going to enjoy it. I got to buy scrubs for my cadaver dissection lab and it was so fun. It's awesome because I put them on in the bathroom outside my classroom and I looked at myself and said "this is what you have to look forward to for the rest of your life... get used to it :D" But I felt really good about it. So I guess that's a good thing. But I've got to finish getting ready for church, I will update sooner or later. LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!

Robbed on a Sunday...

Hello My Beloved Family,

     So today was a bit interesting. I came home from church only to find a man in my suitemate's room. He was hiding in the corner and then bolted for the back door of my building and started walking down the stairs. I went to the stairwell and said "Can I help you?" and he answered "nope" and kept walking down the stairs. I didn't really know what to think because he could have been somebody's cousin/brother/whatever. So I didn't chase after him or anything. But then I went to the window, couldn't find him. So then I ran down the stairs and checked the parking lot and couldn't find him. Then when I came back up to my floor discovered that he had taken $420 from the apartment across the hall. So then I checked my wallet and discovered that he had taken $15 from mine. We called the police and I had to go ID some guy because I was the one who got the best look at him. It didn't end up being him, so a policeman came by our rooms and we all had to fill out statements saying what happened and what had been taken. I might have to go in later this week to look at photographs. How's that for a good sabbath day? So there's mine. Top that :D

Easter Dinner - Latina Style

Hello Family!

     So both of our bros ditched us, so we made our own Easter Dinner. One to be jealous of. It was super yummy! We made salsa, guacamole, bread, Fideo, and fruit salad. We were very domestic. And it also made us feel really old. Us making our own Easter Dinner - we're officially not little girls anymore... that's a bit scary.

     So this was the beginning of our journey. AKA the long process of making the dang meal. Mom, I just think you're a stud for doing this every day for as long as you have been. Props.
     This was the beginning of our salsa and guacamole. We decided to take a picture of the ingredients with us in it to prove that we made the amazing concoction.
     Mmm-mmm. That's all I have to say about that. Oh, except for how cute it was that Michelle had the idea of putting the guac back in the avocado shell. It actually kept it green, which was sweet.
     Best part of the evening - FIDEO!!!! Yum yum, let me just tell you. We were impressed with ourselves to be honest. And I was sure I was going to ruin the food, but it actually turned out really well if I do say so myself. 
     And I basically just thought that this picture was really cool because I used the color accent and it picked up the green in my eyes. I love that feature. I love my camera. Thanks again Mom and Dad, you're the best!

     So that was our easter. Jesse and David showed up later to eat some fruit salad, and some Fideo of course. But its good because basically Michelle is my extended family, so I still spent Easter with family. But we really did feel old though. It was kinda weird, and it didn't really feel like Easter because we weren't home with the fam. But I guess I should get used to that. Well I love you all and I CAN'T WAIT to see you all in a few days. LOVE YOU!!!!

Homesick!

Hey Everyone!!

     Not much has been happening here, just midterms and what not. Which P.S. I got a 97 on my last Anatomy Lecture midterm, which I'm SUPER excited about! Its nice to find something that you love that you excel at. I'm just really excited about the classes ahead of me in my major. And if I continue to do well in classes, maybe somebody will actually accept me into medical school. We'll see. Its far away, but I'm hoping.

     Well like I said. Not much going on here. I come home in less than a week and half and I can't wait!!!! I'm SO excited to see Savannah and to see all my little babes. I hear Tate should be walking by the time Bub and I arrive. I can't believe how fast they grow!

     Well I just thought I'd put up this really cute photo of Dad and I when he visited a few weeks ago. Daddy and Stanley took all of us out for dinner at Red Robin and this is where this was taken. I LOVED when they came, it was so much fun! It was also super funny when we figured out that one of Dad's mission buddies is my Chemistry professor. I still have to go see him. Maybe I gots the hook-ups :)

     Well I'll see you all soon! Can't wait! LOVE YOU!!!!

Ciao!

Ok, so I know I just left, but when I heard that Vanessa shows Jackson my blog to remember me, I decided to be more diligent so that my nephews and niece (soon to be nieces) will actually remember who I am. REMEMBER WHO I AM!!!!!

So this is Haley and I at the basketball game. This was the weekend where her boyfriend Drew came up to visit her and we were just hanging out. It was fun, he's a great guy.
This is Chelsea and I at my friend Jesse's house waiting for him to open his mission call. It was supposed to be a picture of our anticipation faces, but the pictures were just bad - so we decided to just take a happy one. But he got his mission call to Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He was so excited!
And this is Ness and I the other day. I just wanted to take a picture with her, so I did. Do we look alike? :D

Well, I just love you all and I can't wait to see you all in a month and I can't wait to see the new little babe that will be entering our lives soon! LOVE YOU!!!!

Sorry... This One Is Boring....

     Basically nothing new is going on here. Just going to school and working really hard. I'm getting really stressed out though because I have 4 midterms next week and I have to get A's on all of them. So basically I haven't had a life for a while, nor will I have one the next week or so. But then I come home with no stress!!! YAY!!! I await that day like you wouldn't believe. I'm SO excited to come home healthy and happy and stress free. It will be so good to hang out with everyone I miss you all so much! So there you have it. My itty bitty update. Can't wait to see you all. LOVE YOU!!!!!

My 19th Birthday!!!

Ciao Famiglia,

     Here are some pictures from my birthday this last friday. I had a wonderful day! It was a good birthday. It was a little weird because I wasn't home with my family, but it was still good. I'm really glad Bub is here, that made it easier and feel more like my birthday. I love him so much. He, David, and their friend Barrett (sp?) called me at 12:02 AM on my b-day and sang to me. It was super sweet! So here are the pictures. They are a little out of order, but that's ok.

     So here's me and Bub at Cafe Rio. This was the second picture attempt of us two. The first one was the typical Jesse face and I got mad and made him take another one. So I feel like I got a lot accomplished with this one because I think we both look super cute!
     Ok, so this isn't the picture of Michelle, Heather, and I that I meant to put in, but I don't feel like re-writing/re-arranging the whole blog to stick a cuter picture of us in. So you guys just get to see how goofy we are :D But this was also at Cafe Rio. It was so nice of Heather to come down to eat dinner with me. It was good to see her!
     So, BYU students don't have wild parties or anything like that, but that doesn't mean we don't have crazy fun! Haha, we have awesome Rubix's Cube Tournaments. This is Jason and Jenni racing (best 3 out of 5) for the Ultimate Rubix's Cube. This is in my lobby. After I had dinner with the BFF's from home, I came back and all my friends were waiting to play games. It was super fun. But once this crazy tournament started, everyone was working on figuring out the Rubix's Cube. That's BYU for you! Go Cougars!!!
     Ok, so this is the Skyroom in the Wilk. I had already gotten lunch with Haley and Chelsea, but they didn't know that Jason and Karen were planning on kidnapping me (which I didn't know either, obviously). Ok, so here's the story. I got a call from Jason the night before asking if I could go over Anatomy with him at Noon because we were going to open lab at 1. I said sure. So I was in the library, and then all of sudden, he blindfolds me and then he and Karen put a sign on me that says "Kiss me, its my birthday" and a crown that said "Birthday Princess." Then they walked me all over Brigham Square and all around the Wilk (meanwhile, Karen is being hit on while she's escorting a blindfolded Birthday Girl around - guys are weird) And then we ended up in the Skyroom with Jason, Karen, and Jason's sister and nephew Harrison (who is so adorable). But it was super fun, even though I wasn't hungry. That was a highlight!
     Here's me and Chelsea in the Wilk Terrace for our ward activity. We had Pizza (which I didn't eat because I was eating Cafe Rio later) and then we played games and went down to the Bowling Alley which our ward rented out. It was super fun!
     Here's Jason and I at the Bowling Alley. He got a hair cut and it looks way good. I just wanted to put this picture in :D
     Here's my girls and I (Haley and Chelsea) at the Bowling Alley. Basically I hadn't bowled since I think I was like 13, so that was interesting at first, but I progressed. Of course the one time I got a strike, nobody saw. I was so mad, I was all excited and cheering for myself, and then I turn around to get some support and cheering from the team... nothing, everybody was looking at something on the table. I got over it though, it was mainly just funny that nobody saw.
     Here's Jesse, David, Cody, and I at Cafe Rio (I told you the pictures were out of order) Umm... so Cody's trying to grow a mustache. "Trying to" being the key phrase in that sentence. I'm not feeling it. But I just like this picture and I think its fun!

     So thanks to everyone for calling and wishing me a Happy Birthday! I was sad that I couldn't be with you all on my day, but that's ok, you were with me in spirit :D But I will see you in less than a month for Vanessa's shower!!! Yay!!!! I'm super excited. Awesome invitation P.S. Ann, it looks so good. And I love that picture of you Ness, so cute! Well I love you all, and I promise I will be better about updating the blog. Peace Out!!!

Update... Sorry Its Been Forever

Ciao Famiglia!

I know its been a while since my last post, do I decided to put lots of pictures on this one. I'm sad to say that I'm writing this at 1 AM because I can't fall asleep. I went to bed at 9 because I was EXHAUSTED, but I woke up at midnight and haven't been able to sleep since. Its partly a good reason I guess. I've become obsessed with Anatomy and am reciting skull parts as I lay in bed. Its a little ridiculous, but maybe that will be good for me grade and knowledge wise. :D Alright, on to the pictures:

This is me and David at the Alumni Santa Bash on December 21st. This is basically making up for the first picture me and David had when he got home. On his way back to Cali, they stopped in Provo to see all of us and eat some Cafe Rio (which sounds SO good right now) and he was still a missionary. So Mariel had her camera out as usual and was snapping pictures of David with everybody. Well Cody and Jesse were boys and Michelle was his sister, so I was the only one who couldn't hug him. So we just awkwardly stood next to each other. I'm sure its one of the more awkward pictures I've taken. So this one is to make up for that.

I put this one on here because it just shows how Leanne basically is the love of my life :D She makes me laugh so much. This was on our little excursion and I was playing around with my new camera (Thanks Mom and Dad, I LOVE it!!!) But this picture just mainly rocks.

This is the 5 of us at Triangle Square (oxymoron) in Newport Beach on our outing in our attempt to find a Jamba Juice. We were successful and used Leanne's Jamba cards. Any opportunity for have free things, I take. But I just really liked this picture of us in an elevator. I just like us, I think we're cute.

This is part of Briana and I's first Photoshop experiment. Quite successful I believe. We made it Pop Art, so there are 3 others which look similar with different color variations which are now hanging on my closet doors. Its funny because people don't realize it's me and they just think its a cool poster. But the winner of the "Really You Think That?" Award goes to the Costco lady who thought that I painted my face and hair for every picture and just happened to get the same look and positioning. Ok, really? Who thinks that? Good job, Anairb. These pictures are amazing!

This is on our road trip back up to Provo with Cody, Michelle, David, and I. Cody had the brilliant idea of sticking his head out of the window while we were going 75. But that honestly doesn't surprise me. He's a goof like that. But this picture just makes me laugh.

Here's David driving. No real point in this picture other than showing you that he was on the trip with us.

This was Michelle and I at the Vegas In-N-Out. Our last opportunity for good burgers before we got to the bubble (AKA BYU). Mmm.... those shakes are pretty much one of the best things ever in life. They are a delicacy. I will miss them dearly.

This picture was added to give thanks to the other love of my life - Neosporin. That stuff saved my life that week. My stupid nose was SO jacked up, I wanted to cry. At one point, I thought my nose would be gigantic for the rest of my life. For those who did not see me when I played the holiday-appropriate part of Rudolph, be grateful. It was not a pretty sight. But I am glad to say that my nose has completely healed, is back to normal size, and doing just fine. I have a tif against Kleenex now, but other than that, everything is great. Neosporin came out on top this year though. Good stuff that Neosporin.

Alright, so there you have it. Probably the extent of decent pictures for this semester because I will officially have no life. Classes are taking over, and I have no problem with that. I LOVE them. I'm a nerd, and proud to say it. I'm going to bed earlier every night and waking up early and having really good days. I started reading my scriptures in the morning and it truly makes a difference. I like it so much better than reading them at night, because that's never predictable. And that way, when I'm exhausted (such as this evening) I can just say my prayers and jump into bed - after my homework is done of course. But my days just go smoother that way and I feel like Heavenly Father has been blessing me as I've been trying to do better about my spiritual self. I have a really good feeling about this semester and I am SO excited about my future schooling. I've officially declared Exercise Science as my major and it's going to stick. I'm SUPER excited about the classes that I'll be taking and the direction that I can go with my major. It is the major that most Pre-Med students take, so who knows? Maybe in 3 years, I'll be in medical school. Now I'm seriously considering it. I love my life, and I love you all SOOO much. You are all missed and in my prayers every morning and every night. Thank you for your love and support and for being an awesome family. I'm so lucky to be blessed with such an incredible set of people to be a part of my eternal family. I love you all so much, and hope that sometime soon I will have something else exciting to post. Until then!