South Dakota

Well, I'm back from South Dakota!

I had such a marvelous time. It was so fun to be with Mama and Dad.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of me... because I hate taking pictures of me!

Well, what's in South Dakota?

Of course there's the usual monuments: Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and Devils's tower. (I sent a cool puzzle postcard of Devil's tower to Foster)

But, I also went to a few local places that should be credited as well.

The national museum of woodcarving, (I got a cute wooden music box that plays 'Waltz of the flowers' here) The Cosmos, (I got lots of postcards here) the town of Deadwood/Deadwood museum, Crystal caverns, (I got a porcelain indian doll here) Ft. Hays' "Dancing with wolves" movie set, (I got a black hills jacket here) and Reptile Gardens. (I got a cool reptile necklace here)

The breathtaking Mt. Rushmore

Crazy horse (Still not completed, even after 60 years)

This was unbelievable! Devil's tower first made it's debut in "Close encounters of the third kind"

I guess water, wind, lava, and other stuff made it into a huge mountain.
The Cosmos mystery area. (Highly recommended) If you'll notice this guy is sitting in a chair... on the wall! Everything was completely backwards! It was mind-boggling.

Black Hills, Reptile Gardens. This was really cool! Those darn amphibians.

I'm so glad I got to go!

100 things about me!

1. I'm the youngest of 7 children

2. I love to write stories

3. I've gotten in 2 accidents... before I even had my permit.

4. My best friend used to live in my neighborhood, until we both moved. Now she lives a half an hour away.

5. I've been an aunt since I was 3.

6. My family's names go in the order of the alphabet. A-G

7. I lived in the same house for 13 years.

8. I love Japanese culture!

9. My favorite color is teal.

10. I had a love/hate relationship with someone in 8th grade. (More like, I hated him at first and loved him later.)

11. I hate people taking pictures of me now. (I used to love it!)
*sigh* When I lose weight...

12. I love to read/collect books. My favorite genre is Historical Fiction.

13. I LOVE to play video games.

14. I get headaches a lot. Mostly when I don't get enough sleep.

15. I love the theater and I love to act.

16. Spongebob is my favorite cartoon character.

17. I used to collect posters until we moved. (I still have a few.)

18. My dream vacations are Italy and Egypt.

19. I love to draw! (If only I was good at it...)

20. I have 8 nieces, 1 nephew, 2 half-nieces, and 3 half nephews. A lot to keep track of.

21. I love going to movies.

22. I love to sing. I was in Ladies choir this year.

23. My whole family is musically talented.

24. My hair is naturally curly.

25. I love to read manga (Japanese comics) and watch anime (Japanese cartoons)

26. My favorite restaurants are Spaghetti Mama's, European Connection, and... Wendy's!

27. I finally got a cell phone for my 15th birthday.

28. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

29. My Mama is my favorite person to make fun of. Ha ha!

30. My favorite radio station is 106.5

31. I hate working out. (Maybe that's why I'm so big?)

32. I love everything about History, you name it!

33. I like to Scrapbook. Granted, my Mom and Sister's are much, much better than me, but I like to make things cute!

34. I'm a hopeless romantic! I love books/manga/movies that make me go "AWWWWW!"

35. I'm still afraid of the dark.

36. I love being in charge.

37. I love getting attention, and hate when people are mad at me.

38. I HATE shopping!

39. I like to make people laugh.

40. I've gone to 5 schools in my lifetime: Oquirrh, Westland, West Jordan, South Jordan, and Bingham.

41. My dog Hershey was the only pet I've ever had.

Hershey
R.I.P
1991-2008

42. I love to travel!

43. One of the best vacations was going to California with JUST my Mama, 2 sisters, and 2 nieces. (and baby Elli)

44. My favorite "movie musical" is Sound of Music.

45. My favorite book of the Twilight series is "New Moon" because my favorite character is Jacob.

46. There's been TONS of parties at my house, but I'VE only had 2 birthday parties. When I was 4 and 8. I don't like large groups of people.

47. I love to cook~mostly pasta.

48. I used to be a huge neat freak, but now I can hardly clean my room once a week.

49. I hate sports.

50. I love BYU!

51. I wore the same hairband for 6 years!

52. I'm addicted to Dr. Pepper.

53. I love Reality shows.

54. I love to look at all photos. (except mine)

55. The Back to the Future trilogy is my favorite 80's movie(s). You don't want to know how many times I've seen them...

56. My ears are so sensitive that I can't even pierce my ears.

57. I can pick out the time signature of almost any song.

58. I love to get scared.

59. My favorite flower is "Birds of Paradise."

60. I love paintings.

61. I love famous quotes, and inspirational 'sayings.'

62. I was born with black hair, and it turned blond. (It's getting darker as the years go on.)

63. I am now a member of Gold's gym.

64. I like to get up early and go back to bed.

65. I've had the same piano teacher for 8 years, and cello teacher for 4 years.

66. Just like both my sisters, I always wanted a middle name, so I gave myself one. "Jean"

67. I love Jazz

68. I don't get cold easily. I used to stand in the snow barefoot for like 10 minutes when I was younger, I never wear a coat, and I put the A/C on full blast in the middle of Winter.

69. I sucked my thumb until I was 9.

70. My favorite TV shows are... Well, there's too many to count, but here's a few: "The Office," "Arrested Development," and "What not to Wear."

71. I love Facebook!

72. I hate natural light. I usually make everything dark in the house... only for it to be made light again by the rest of the household.

73. I love all accessories.

74. Foster bought me a necklace before he left, and I've worn it ever since.

75. I listen to music when I'm alone. (Which is very often.)

76. I'm disgusted with Split pea soup- due to an incident when I had my braces on.

77. I cut my own hair when I was 11 for Halloween. My Mom wasn't happy. I think I learned my lesson...

78. I wore hats for 2 years just for kicks. I still have my collection.

79. I like to tell stories.

80. I have A.D.D. and have a compulsive need to chew.

81. I got up at 4:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays for early morning symphony.

82. I like to wear pajamas more than clothes. When I'm at home, I just wear pajama pants all day.

83. I used to be a "hoarder" and couldn't get rid of anything! I finally learned to keep only what was important.

84. I like spending time with my WHOLE family.

85. If I like it a lot, I'll watch movies/TV shows/clips over and over and over again.

86. Same with songs, I listen to them until I have it memorized.

87. I was paid $250 for helping campaign FOR Referendum 1, a few months ago.

88. I had a 6 pack before I gained weight. *sigh* (I know, it's hard to believe.)

89. I've never had a zit in my life.

90. I want to be a tour guide when I grow up.

91. I love people's eye colors. I always notice eyes before anything else.

92. I love Disney! My birth year movie is Aladdin, so it's very dear to me.

93. I'm a huge Grammar freak, and I love to edit.

94. My nicknames are Genellie, Genellie bean, Genellie fish, and Gel. I also love to give others nicknames as well.

95. My parents offered to take me to Europe in 8th grade, but I didn't want to go, so I asked to go to Disneyland instead. LOL!

96. I've only worn my retainer once. I think it's still around here somewhere...

97. I absolutely, positively, HATE people touching my hair.

98. I used to take clogging when Iwas little.

99. I didn't know how to tell time until 7th grade.

100. Growing up, I was the biggest tomboy (having 4 older brothers before me, and my sister's never stepped in.) until I was 13.

Hot Guy Monday (On Tuesday)

The Jive

I love his face!

Chris and Comfort "Krump" in the top 20

This is my favorite dance!

Cute lil' Chris

So, Carissa introduced me to a new show... "So you think you can dance" It's now my favorite show! And there's a real sweetie on there named Chris Jarosz. He totally looks like Donny Osmond! We (Me and Carissa) call him Donny Osmond Jr.
He's such a great dancer, and I feel so bad that he got such a lame partner.
If you're interested in seeing him, it's on Wednesdays. He is such a cute, humble, talented, friendly guy! We love you Chris!
(You wouldn't believe how unbelievably impossible it is to find pictures of him! I have my ways...)

Salvation Army

I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to post... I'm still at my sister's babysitting, and haven't really had time to post anything.

I had the opportunity to work at The Salvation Army, up here in Pocatello, yesterday, and it was a really neat experience.

I went to my neice, Akayla's church and met the YW president and counselors, and since their YW is so sparse, they were really glad to see a new face! I also went to Mutual and helped them prepare food for The Salvation Army, and they were so excited to see me there. I felt like I was a part of their ward, and was really sad I had to leave them. (But that doesn't mean I'm not excited to see my REAL ward again!!!) Anyway, I was so surprised they asked ME to work at the Salvation Army and not Akayla, (she was apparently too young.) but I still agreed to go, because no other Young women could. The YW president was so sweet and kept making jokes like "It's pretty sad that we can't even get girls from our own ward here, we have to recruit to Utah!" It was so fun to work with them (The president and counselors) though, and I was really glad I went. I met some very nice people at The Salvation Army. They were all very grateful for the food we prepared for them and left with full stomachs. I felt bad for a few of them, with kids and people who seemed REALLY out of it, but it was such a great service project, and now I can check "Give food to the Homeless" off my Bucket list.

Hot Guy Monday

Well... I just saw Indiana Jones tonight, and I thought it was Magnificent! I fell in love with cute lil' Shia Labeouf...again! (I first fell in love with him in Holes, then fell out of love. Then, I fell for him again in Disturbia... then got over him again. Then again, in Transformers, and so on and so forth...) Anyway, I'm back in love with him. Isn't he HOT?!!!

OW! OW! Love you, Shia!

He has such a hot smile! I would seriously TAP that!

Cute Photoshoot pics

In Disturbia. (I just thought his face was hilarious!)

Flahsback Friday

Well, mine isn't nearly as efficient as Ang's, but here it is... MY Flashback Friday! (I'm not as cute as Ang either, so there's no competition or anything, I'm just gonna tell you the show. GOT IT?) Here goes....
1. Magic School Bus. I really liked this show, I always enjoyed those witty 3rd graders who knew EVERYTHING! I was always jealous that we didn't get to go on feildtrips like that, but all in all, it was a very clever show. I would rate this an 8.5.

2. Pokemon It seems like my WHOLE second grade year, everyone was in to this show. I can't blame them, this is one of the most ingenius shows of all time. (I mean the stuff back then, not the crap they show now...you'd think they'd get the hint after the 10th season!) My brother, Foster collected all the cards, and I've tried to steal them plenty of times. Now I don't even know where they went! Anyway, classic show. I told you that this is my favorite theme song, and it still is. If you're interested, it's down on my playlist. 3. Tale Spin To tell you the truth, I didn't like this show all that much... I only watched it because Foster watched it. (And he watched it all the time!) In fact, it ruined Jungle Book for the rest of my life... aside from Jungle Book '2' which was, in all honesty, the lamest thing I think I've ever seen in my life.
4. Saved by the Bell This was a very good show. I loved Mario Lopez, even if he had that ridiculous mullet! This was one of the few non-animated shows that I watched, because I was only like 5, for heavens sake!

I still watch re-runs every once in a while, and giggle like a mad girl whenever Mario is on screen.

5. Clarissa Explains it All I liked this show. Not nearly as much as I liked "Sabrina, the teenage witch," but I didn't watch Sabrina in the 90's. I would proably rate this one a 6.


6. Boy meets world Who DOESN'T like this show? Carissa got me into it. She was really in love with it, and I just watched with her. I still watch it every once in a while, if it's a good one.

7. Blues Clues I admit, I LOVED this show, when I was little. (Even though I make fun of kids who watch it now) I guess I make fun of them, because I try to supress the awful memories of me when I watched it. Me and my neighbor would always act like Blue and Majenta and run around, licking water out of bowls, and howling at nothing....

WHAT?!? Didn't YOU do stuff like that when you were little?

8. Duck Tales I loved Duck Tales. It was a very funny show, and I especially loved Huey, Duey and Luey. Who doens't love those hyperactive little ducks?

9. Are you afraid of the Dark I was really scared of this show when I was young. But... I still watched it. It was too addicting.10. Gullah Gullah Island You gotta love those Black people. I'd always watch this with Fozz, before we went to our swimming lesson. It was kind of a disturbing show, what with a 6'5 frog running around, and those little kids missing 8 teeth. Still a great show, and I think I'm gonna start crying in a second because I'm thinking of Fozz.... so....



11. Hey Arnold! One of the most popular shows of the 90's. Evan was actually the one who introduced this show to me. He LOVED it. I guess I learned to love it too, because you kind of Grew with the characters... like family. It's funny how memories come rushing to you when you do these flashbacks. There is lotsa memories in this show...
12. Arthur Very cute, Very clever show. A show about animals that go to school and ride horses, and cook! Although, I never realized they were animals till I was like 10.
My neighbor and I would watch this show all the time, and read the books.

13. Legends of the Hidden Temple *Sigh* So many memories. It was a weird game show, but the host was really good. The statue behind him scared the crap outta me! 14. Chip and Dale I liked this show... Sort of. I vaguely remember it. All I really remember is the theme song. (Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip and Dale---Rescue Rangers!) I guess I would rate this a 4.5?
15. Alvin and The Chipmunks This was such a cute show. And I had a little crush on Alvin... (Is it embarassing to crush on a chipmunk?) The theme song is great, and that's why I have it on my playlist down there. There was this really cool epsiode where all the 'munks were visiting kids in the hospital and they sang "For the Longest time" It was so cute!

16. Muppet Babies I hardly remember this one either... all I remember is, you never saw the nanny's face! I think they stopped showing reruns when I was like 7.

17. Rugrats. This was another GREAT show of the 90's. I liked Angelica because she always got what she wanted. Remind you of anyone you know? *puts finger to lips*
HA HA! Just kidding. But, this was a good show. I think they still show it on Nick.




Anyway, I watched a lot of TV back then, (Well....I still do.) and I still have a lot more shows that I could list, but for lack of space, I think I'm gonna leave it at that. Thanks for looking at My Flashback Friday, and seeing all the great shows that I wasted hours on....
I love you all!

A few of my favorite things

Favorite easy listening song: "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetara

Favorite Love song: "Don't Know Much" by Aaron Neville
Favorite Disney Song: "Eye to Eye" Goofy Movie Favorite Jazz song: "Ill be seeing you" by Billie Holliday

Favorite 80's song: "Alone" by Heart

Favorite Theme song: "Pokemon theme" Pokemon

(still a classic in my book)

Favorite Food: Pasta of ANY kind, and Dr. Pepper. That's it. I wish I could have them for every meal.

Favorite book: I have so many, I can't think of just one. However, the last book I read (that wasn't Manga) was "Dracula."

Amazing! Especially late at night.

Favorite Tv show(s): "Arrested Development" (Carissa got me hooked) and "The Office." Both are classics. Hilarious. Great acting. Great scripts. Need I go on?
Favorite Movie: It's kind of embarassing, but I really don't have a favorite movie, I like them all! But, Carissa took me to "Iron Man" on Friday, and I've been thinking about it Nonstop. One of the best I've ever seen.

Favorite color: My favorite color is Teal, because it's so strange... not blue, not green. It's gorgeous.