Spring 2010 roommate fun!

So this past year at school has been a blast here is i think our one and only picture with us not in our Pajamas that we are proud of.

Apparently Valene felt she wasn't getting enough privacy while on the phone in our room so she decided to try talking on he phone under the bed.

After realizing that I could still hear her, later that same week she tried just hidding behind the dresser and got the same result.

Here Kacee is mourning that her best friend Shane is heading off to the MTC to prepare to go to the Rome, Italy mission .

So these have been some of the memrable moments this past spring. thanks for the fun times!!

A Bunny Fun Time!

When I was a child I remember one of my most favorite things to play with was with my bunny family that lived inside of a carrot.

My Grandma Hock had made this for me and my siblings to play with. My mom and I got an idea at about Thanksgiving that we would make replicas of these to give two my nieces Ellen and Olivia to play with. We could not find the pattern that my grandma used when she made ours so we set out to use the bunny family we have and their carrot to draw out a pattern that we could use. After many hours of work on the bunnies we were very pleased with the results!

A million bucks!!!

Spring Break was this week and Monday found me at Joann's looking for material for a project I am thinking about starting. Well I didn't end up getting anything for that project but decided that I need to have a sewing project during the break and found a cute pattern and fabric and decided to make a dress. I spent Monday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon and evening sewing and finished the dress. It was the first piece of clothing that I have sewn for myself. I was really nervous but the pattern said it was easy. So I read the directions and began sewing. It was a fun project to work through. I wore the dress and I felt like a million bucks. I got alot of compliments at church and many were amazed that I made it for myself. Those compliments were great to get but honestly, it feels so great to be in something that I made for myself without help! It feels the same as when a child learns to tie their own shoe with help and they feel so great that they did it!!

MisconsinHere I Come!!!!

Okay so I know that its not Misconsin but Wisconsin. My niece Ellen Calls it Misconsin because my sister Melanie lives there and Ellen just joined the two together so Melanie+ Wisconsin= Misconsin! and that is what we call Wisconsin.

So Yesterday my mom called me and told me that she was sending me something. I natually piqued my curiosity and I thought about it all last night and looked out the window faithfully to see when the mail would get here.

Well the package finally came and I went and picked it up and opened it to find out that for my Birthday my parents are giving me a trip to Misconsin to visit my sister and her family and also to go to the sale at the American Girl Doll factory!! I am so excited and also so grateful for loving parents who have given me the best gift ever of being able to go and visit my sister's family!! Thanks Mom and Dad!!

So on my mission one of my companions had this song called Peace on a cd that a friend sent her. Well we both fell in love with this song but didn't know who sang it or what cd it was from because it was from a colection of cds. Since I got home a year ago I have been on a long search for this song. This past semester my roommates who sing with the instatute choir said that they sung this song last year and informed me of the title and that it was from a EFY cd but they didn't know which one. well today i got on YouTube and found it!! It really made me happy since today we had a womans conference in my stake and we talked about finding Joy in the temple. I thought instantly of this song because it reminds me of the temple. How nice that whoever created this video thought the same because it is acompanied with pictures of temples around the world. So I hope this link works!!

If it doesn't go to YouTube and type in: EFY 2007- Felicia Sorensen- Peace and it should be the first one with a picture of flowers. I hope you feel the peace that this song brings in thinking of the temple.

Name Change

Okay so I am not getting a name change but I have made the decision to change the title of my blog. Although I sometimes feel like I am living la vida loca my life really isn't all that crazy. Also I am not a huge fan of Ricky Martin. So I have decided to change it to something more meaningful for me. I have always loved the movie The Sound of Music. If I could only own and watch one movie that would have to be it. It was the first movie that my mom and dad owned after they got married and it is just a classic.

In the past few years I have come to love the song Climb every mountian. I think the message that is in that song is for everyone. No matter what the trials we are going through in this life we need to go through them at the best we can and keep the end goal in our sight.

The Olympic Spirit.

The Olympics what a wonderful experience it is. It is a time when a nation comes together to cheer on the athletes that represent their country.

To cheer on a pair of figure skaters who have dreamed for 15 + years for a gold succeed!!

To watch athletes perform to their best and achieve the goals they have set.

Although I love watching the events especially pairs figure skating and speed skating what i love most about the Olympics is the spirit of the Olympics. Maybe it is also remembering when the Olympics were here in Salt Lake City and the excitement in the air and the memories that were created that year!