Trick or Treat Street!

As part of my HIST 170 class, I am required to participate in 10+ hours of community service. When I found that out, I thought, "Oh MAN, I don't have time for that kind of stuff right now!" But then I had the most brilliant idea ever.

As some (if not all) of you may know, our Young Men/ Young Women group participated in a Halloween service project last year. We volunteered at the Trick or Treat Street held in the South Towne Expo Center, and I had a blast. So this year I thought to myself, "Why not count THAT as community service?" I talked to my teacher and he gave it a thumbs-up. Woo hoo!

It didn't work out QUITE as I had hoped (I ended up having to miss a class on Friday so that I could be there at the right time, and I had to take TRAX there, which was not so fun, although I did have one of my friends with me so it wasn't so scary), but it was still a lot of fun. I ended up getting 12 hours in as opposed to just 10. (Although, to get that many hours, I had to work a 7.5 hour shift on Saturday, which I wouldn't recommend to anyone who wants to keep his/her sanity; they play the same songs over and over, and there are enough lights flashing to cause a minor seizure. But not like that bothered me. Heh.)

Seriously though, to anyone with little children, the Trick or Treat Street is a fun idea. It's supposed to be a safe alternative for Trick or Treating on Halloween Night, it lets you show off your cute children and their costumes (there were so many cute little princesses... it was adorable) and it gets you a lot of candy. "Candy out the wazoo," as I heard people saying. For those of you who DON'T have little children, but who are still children at heart (that's me right there), I recommend this as a great excuse to dress up in fun costumes and serve your community while you're at it.

Happy Halloween!

P.S. And no, I did not get any pictures. I left my camera home both days, and it's not like there was an abundance of time for taking pictures... you're pretty much on your feet for the entire time. I think that the longest sitting break I had was 5-10 minutes long. And during that time I was organizing boxes of candy so that I COULD sit, or at least think about sitting. *Whew!*

I await with great anticipation...

Oh man. I am so excited. Breaking Dawn is almost here, and my sisters and I are gonna have the most fun party EVER tonight! Everyone will tremble before the fury of our homemade T-Shirts and our deadly accurate trivia knowledge.

Team Edward all the way. Or at least Team Cullen. Hm... or maybe Team Carlisle. Oooh! So many options!

And then guess what we get to do the next day after zero hours of sleep because we were reading B.D. all night long! We get to go to Build-A-Bear for my number one Mom's birthday party! Doesn't that sound like just a jam-packed-fun weekend?
(I really have no idea why I even posted this post, seeing as how all -or most all- of the people who read this blog already know about the various parties. And I think that the majority of the people who read this blog are going to BE at the various parties.)

Fun in the Sun

This past weekend I had the opportunity to take some time off from work and go on a little vacation with my family and my sister's in-laws. Here's how it went:

After work on Wednesday I was picked up by my mother and little sister ("Steenie"). We got home, had a quick bite of dinner, and then hooked up the trailer and headed for one of our many Camperworld campgrounds which is located near Starvation Reservoir. (Oh! On the way there we saw the biggest elk I have ever seen. It looked almost like a moose, it was that big.) Anyway, we got to Starvation at about 8:00-ish and we set up camp. It was very windy and the mosquitoes were eating us alive, but we finally managed it. After we got set up we went down to the reservoir to skip rocks. That was fun. Then we went to bed.

The next morning we had a quick breakfast and then we broke up camp and headed to yet another of our Camperworld campgrounds, this time located near Flaming Gorge. That afternoon after lunch we went to a little beach (I think it was called "Sunny Cove") and went swimming. We had dinner, had a small campfire, and then watched "Enchanted" on our tiny little TV in the trailer.

On Friday it was rafting day!!!! Erachamay and her in-laws drove up to meet us at the raft rental place (which happened to be right next door to our campground), and then we headed down to the Green River for some rafting fun! We all went down the river the first time (there were eleven of us including my little one-year-old nephew). It took us about 2 hours to reach the bottom end. (Heh. My two sisters and I jumped out of the raft when we got in sight of the landing dock area. Boy, it was COLD! But I'd rather jump out than get thrown out.) Oh, it was so pretty! I recommend it to anyone who couldn't come. We had lunch at the bottom end of the river, and then we drove back up to the top to go it again (this time minus one nephew and his two grandmas). It took us about 1.5 hours the last time. And yes, I didn't put on nearly enough sunscreen. I was toasted by the end of the day. We had a fun hot dog roast after we took the raft back, and then it was time to call it a day.

Saturday was our "drive home and get everything unpacked" day. On Sunday I was a visitor in my own singles ward. And now it's Monday.

If you hadn't already noticed.... I had so much fun and I would so do it again although next time I have to put on more sunscreen!!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, so far it's been an interesting day. It hasn't felt like my birthday. That's still mostly because it's FREEZING outside. And I have to work.

You wanna know what I got? Yeah, didn't think so. But I'll tell you anyway. I got a special edition of Stephanie Meyer's "Eclipse." It's cool; it's got the first chapter of "Breaking Dawn" in the back, and it also came with some Team Jacob and Team Edward iron-on decals. (Or whatever they're called.) Fu-un. I also got some new bed sheets. They are striped-y cool. And then I bought myself a new shirt (it's way cute... and orange) and some Bath and Body Works stuff.

Oh, and guess what. My Certain Gentleman Friend came by my work today with flowers, a gigantic eclair (from Dick's, he said) and a balloon. Isn't that sweet? That guy is too nice to me.

Whoopee!! After work I get to go out to dinner! (With the family.) We're going to The Training Table (I think). Yay! I'm excited.

Thanks to everyone who called me today and/or gave me something. It was very much appreciated.