Are you a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" or a "Paper, Rock, Scissors" person?

Also.

Today is my 3-year mark of the day when I met Captain Jack Sparrow at Disneyland.

Autograph first.  In the time of this picture, that autograph book was 9 years old. I still have it. :)

 Picture time.

Me: "Can I get a picture with you?"

Jack Sparrow: "Sure, love *drapes arm around my shoulders ready to pose*- where are we looking?"

Me: *turning around to face my mom, who has my camera ready.* "Right there."

Picture one. :)

My mom didn't know if it had taken a picture or not, so we stood in this position for like 2 minutes.

Then he started to flip my ponytail around. Notice in this picture:

I was so happy.

You can tell when I'm seriously so happy in pictures because my eyes get all squinty.

Dreams do come true, guys. :)

ALSO.

I have yet another blog.

Also for a class.

Also, I'll probably keep it even when the class is over.

But it's a self-directed project for my New Testament class.

A blog about my study of faith in the first half of the New Testament.

So no, posts won't be random like they are on this blog and on f150 fRESH.
Click here to find it. Also, the link is on my sidebar of both of my blogs. :)

Right now, there's only a kind of "intro" post.

But feel free to take a gander.

It'll most likely be updated at least once a week.

guys,

even when life sucks,

it doesn't.

it never does. :)

life is so good. life is such a beautiful thing.

and family?

family is better. :)

please can you tell me what you love about life? I just want to know! It would make me so happy to hear about what makes YOU smile and fills YOUR heart with joy and makes YOUR eyes sparkle! I want to hear about the things that YOU love so much! just for fun. :)

My views of the environment are totally conflicting.

So Avril Lavigne.

Your opinion?

Here's mine: I love her.  I also don't love her.  I'd say it's a love/hate relationship, but I don't hate her.  Therefore, I don't refer to it as a love/hate relationship.

I currently have one of her songs stuck in my head.

Also:

life? life is good. family is better. :)

(READ THIS ONE!) So I like this kid. BUT... I'm kind of a wuss. ugh.

K.

So whenever I'm about to do something scary, I just stop thinking.

Remember how I'm kind of a wuss?  So jumping off of cliffs at Lake Powell does scare me a bit when I look down and see how high up I am.

So I stop thinking and jump.

And I love it.

Same thing with this rope swing that I just went on.

I was terrified.  I kept saying that I didn't want to get cold (the water was FREEZING!), which was true, but I was terrified.

So I stopped thinking and jumped.

And I loved it.  ...after I wasn't submerged in ice water anymore... ;)

Also loved some other things that happened... :)

So I was thinking today:

Why is it that I can just stop thinking in order to do something scary that is so rewarding after?  Aren't we told to think before we act?

Then I realized.

When I stop thinking, it's because I trust those around me, and I trust the situation.  If it was really something dangerous, don't you think that someone would stop me?  I put complete trust in these people and then I just go and then realize how much I love doing scary things.

Same concept:

When we trust in our Savior completely, and we do everything we're supposed to be doing, when something scary comes up, we can just jump.

So like when you're afraid to go sit by or talk to this boy that you really like (for example, of course), you can know that if you're doing everything you're supposed to, and you trust in the Savior, you can just go.  

Jarom 1:9

 9 And thus being prepared to meet the Lamanites, they did not prosper against us. But the word of the Lord was verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: ^aInasmuch as ye will keep my commandments ye shall ^bprosper in the land.

Just jump!

JUST DO IT.

Learn to put complete trust in your Savior.

Hebrews 12:1-2

1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the ^asin which doth so easily ^bbeset us, and let us run with ^cpatience the race that is set before us,

 2 Looking unto Jesus the ^aauthor and ^bfinisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him ^cendured the cross, despising the ^dshame, and is set down at the right hand of the ^ethrone of God.

Learn to lay aside those things in life that weigh you down, and the sin which just harasses you from all sides, and run the race with patience.  Look unto Jesus and trust in him.

Think about the person on this earth that you trust more than anyone else.

If you can trust them completely, you can trust your Savior and Redeemer completely.

Everything will work out once you do it.

1: Lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset you,

2: Run the race with patience,

3: Look unto Jesus and put all of your faith and trust in him,

4: Go. :)

I can promise it will be rewarding.

life? even when I want to say that I suck at life and even when things are a wee bit hard to figure out and deal with,

life is good. :)

I love this kid. :)

Pop It! :)

...

yes,

there is a cute one. :)

ps: the one in Rexburg is WAY better than the one in P-Town.

life is good. family is better. :)

Who am I?

At this current moment, my youngest brother has a black eye.

The neighbor kid threw a frisbee which hit him in the eye.

Thus, black eye.

I, being competitive in nature, tell him, "Mine was worse."

For pics + story, click here.

Cause it's true.

It was worse than his is.

He says: "You had a black eye?"

Me: "You don't remember?"

Brother: "Oh yeah- that one time when you ran into a fence?"

*snickers from youngest brother and other brothers in the room*

OKAY.  I didn't just run into a fence!  I was a champion.

can't ever win with these boys.

life is good. family is better. :)

My hometown has been in the New York Times Crossword puzzle. ...does that make me famous?

THOR.

go see it. :)

if life was like this all the time, I would be one happy soul. :) Also, isn't it funny how much tighter you are with your brothers and sisters after you get older? I LOVE THEM. :)

Summer is my favorite time of year!

Summary (read on- you're probably in there somewhere!):

St. George, Zion, and Nevada With My Family

Being With My Family In General!

Kai, Jimmer, and James

Hikes

Planking

Baseball Games

Hammock

Brothers

Buying A Camera For Elise

Visits From Jenny And Tom

Walking in the door and finding Jenny and Tom sitting on the couch! SURPRISE! :)

Fireworks

Stadium Of Fire

Brad Paisley!

Bike Rides

Movie Nights

Big Booty!

Summerfest

Fam Reunions - I WON A CANE THAT GRANDPA MADE! That's a feat. :)

Guitar Time! I've learned:

• Welcome to the Future (Brad Paisley)
• Online (Brad Paisley)
• Don't You Wanna Stay (Jason Aldean feat. Kelly Clarkson)
• a teensy bit of Dirt Road Anthem (Jason Aldean)
• Slide (Goo Goo Dolls)
• I'm Still A Guy (Brad Paisley) (Is that weird that I love this song? haha!)
• Oh... and a personalized version of Yeah 3X... haha :)

Crazy Times With Beautiful People, Including:

• Late Night Egyptian...whatever you call it... that card game! Everyone calls it Egyptian something or other. ;)
• Laying down on the road with JRound until a car came!
• Manti Pageant
• Temple Square
• 4th of July Pool Party
• Tangled/KSoh's Peacin' Out Party
• Late Night Convos on dA ST gRASS
• Walks everywhere- even on wet temple grass with white shorts.
• Z'TEJAS. :)
• COCONUT CHICKEN. OH MY HECK. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
• Convos in my car. :)
• Richard Simmons!
• Volleyball!

Walking Up And Down State Street Posing For Pictures By Flowers And Sitting In Ginormous Camp Chairs

Night Games With The Boys

Games With My Family

Harry Potter 7 Part II

Hanging Out At Michael And Elise's

The Fezzarri Shop. :)

Flip Flop Sale!

Surprise Visits To David and Jesi's

Google Chats!

Korean Dramas with Julianne (I think my favorite was the 9-Tailed Fox one)

Aviators (Thanks, Michael!) + Sweet Hat :)

Aussie Shampoo!

I AM NUMBER FOUR.

Free Concert!

Sun Roof Dances

Running with Sammie! ...or dragging her because she wouldn't run fast enough... haha! I always have been faster than dogs. :)

Meeting Beautiful People

Being With My Family. :)

life? life is indescribably amazing. :)

Tahiti.

guys,

there are times in life when you just. want. to scream.

specifically at a particular person.

You want to yell at them and accuse them and blow up at them and prove them wrong and put them in their place and (I'm sorry) make them feel AWFUL (only because you don't know of any others ways to get to them!) and just tell them EXACTLY how you feel because you feel like you're going to explode at any second.

but you can't.

This is a lesson in patience.

And though you want to freakin beat on this kid (for lack of a better word),

you just. have. to wait.

cause you know you don't hate this person,

they just drive you insane.

But be patient and everything is going to work out just fine.

Why do patience lessons seem to take the longest?

speaking of patience, these babies haven't seen a dance floor in MONTHS.  and there is one on FRIDAY. but I will NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE due to previous engagements.  If we don't have another one soon,

I think I'm gonna shrivel up like a raisin.

But don't get me wrong. Even though my body feels like it's going to burst into a thousand little pieces...

life? life is still good. I love life. :)

People say that God is serious. I am constantly reminded that yes, He does have a sense of humor. And yes, that DOES mean that I am speaking on Sunday. Never make fun of topics in other YSA wards.

So I must be a trustworthy person.

Yesterday, Daniel was chasing Kai around the house.  I heard them up in the kitchen, and Kai was making his way down the stairs.  I was at the bottom of the stairs, so I pop around the corner and growl at him to scare him back up towards Daniel.

You'd think that he would have turned around.

I thought he was going to turn around.

Instead, he opens his arms and JUMPS.

Not prepared at ALL to catch him, I freak out a little bit.  But don't worry, I catch him. :)

Good thing I'm not a weenie, kid. :)

I love this kid. :)

life? i love life. life is awesome. :)

The Lion King: Diamond Edition. it's gonna be big. :)

So we put the shower curtain in the laundry to be washed.  My little brother went to take a shower.  This is how it went:

Isaiah: I need a curtain!
Stephanie: It's in the dirty clothes!
Isaiah: I need a curtain!
Stephanie: TAKE A BATH, HIPPIE! (Daniel and I laugh- it was pretty funny. :) That line is from Up, just fyi.)
Mom (from upstairs): It's in the washer!
Stephanie: It's in the washer!
Isaiah: I need a curtain!

So I go to grab the curtain out of the washer for Isaiah, being the nice, sweet, loving, and hey- let's throw beautiful in there too (es verdad, no?) sister that I am.  I go back to the bathroom to hand it to Isaiah only to be greeted by his big. white. butt.

laughter from Daniel and Isaiah.

welcome to living with the boys.

life? life is still good. even when you've been blinded and scarred for life. :)

nnnnno I take that back. life? life is freakin good. :)

Does anyone else go through like 8 passwords before remembering the right one for blogger? yeah, I thought so.

guys,

sometimes,

life. just. hurts.

Like when your little brother sits on your hand because you tried to grab the Rubik's Cube off the couch so you could play with it but he decides he's not done with it yet.

ouch.

life? We're making our way through season 5 of Saved By the Bell. life is good. :)

Do you know how many beautiful people there are in this world??

I just want to play my guitar.

a lot.

at this place.

That's all, really.

life? life is good. :)

I. love. Saved By the Bell.

i like the other one.

and yes, I am number six. :)

ok, don't you just want to watch this movie RIGHT. NOW? yeah me too. :)

life? always room for improvement. but seriously, I'm watching Saved By The Bell right now. life is good. :)

Walt Disney

In the words of President Thomas S. Monson,

the future is as bright as your faith. :)

What's green and has wheels?

...grass. I lied about the wheels. ;)

SMILE!

life? D&C 10:69. D&C 6:34. Helaman 5:12. life is good. :)

Have you ever thought about the purpose of... DEATH?!

and ps, J-Rom: there is a car in my stake boundaries in O-Town that I pass every single day on the way to work that has a bike rack on top of it that says Yakima.  nope.  I guess I am never going to get away from that one. ;)

Journal #26. December 8, 2008

The kind of life I want at age 75... HMMM... I WANT a life at age 75! I'm not going to drive.  I'll ride my bike everywhere cause I HATE HATE HATE CARS! drr...

I'm not going to wear grandma clothes either. I'm sorry bust one can only stand so many flowers on a shirt EVERY DAY! Grandma Butterfield can keep those, and Grandma Fiso can keep her flower dresses cause I'm going to wear normal clothes. I'm always going to look good. People will see me and say, "Is she really, 75?" Haha, jk- I'll probably be locked up in some rest home waiting for people to come visit me, but they never will cause they'll all be cruising through life on their own... 

Drr...

needless to say... this was not the most joyous day of my life... ;)  Don't worry- it's much happier now. :)

funny journal entries yet to come. :)

life? I freakin love life. life is good. :)

I cut my hair! Not too short- it was mostly for a trim. But there were about 6 inches total taken off. :)

four.

No.

Fire and Ice, Baby. :)

sometimes in life,

things. just. suck.

But you know what?

we were given the ability to get back up again. :)

D&C 6:32-36.

life is still good. :)

I am my own person. (freak yes!)  And life is a beautiful thing. :)

sh-sh-sh-sHAKE iT uP. :)

So I've recently discovered a notebook.

This notebook is from my senior year of high school.

AP English Language.

We were required to write a journal entry at the beginning of every class.  We were given a list of prompts (oh my gosh, I love dancing.  I wish I could dance like Zendaya Coleman, Bella Thorne, Roshon Fegan, and Chris Brown.) to write about, which I did for a while, but then I just wrote about whatever was on my mind.  My teacher was never going to read it anyway, right?  right.  except once.

Some of these entries are pretty funny.

Some are... not so nice...

I would post an entry, but I don't actually have possession of said notebook at this hour.

So it'll have to be later.

But tonight I was re-acquainted with my high school self

and it was awesome. :)

me in high school:

me now:

it's crazy how much has changed over the past 2 years. (as witnessed in both pictures and journal entries.)

Mountains by Lonestar. :)

tell me...

what is the purpose for the letter Q?

Why not use c, k, ck, cw, or kw?

there is not one sound that the q can make that can't be made by another letter...

I don't understand English.

life is good. family is better. :)

I've got a dream too.

So sometimes,

we are tempted to say

that life freakin sucks.

but we don't.

Instead,

we climb.

Thank you, Greg Tucker, for this new life motto, and for one of my most FAVORITE quotes of all time:

"When the going gets tough, SUCK. IT. UP."

tragic story that never happened #2? please no...

life?  don't worry, life is still good.

I'm just learning.

Do you ever think about your family and say to yourself, "Dude- how. the heck. did I get to be put into THIS family?" Yes, they are THAT awesome. :)

Once upon a time,

we were playing night games.

Story:

I was playing night games with dA wARDIES. We were playing Capture the Flag, except for we had nothing to capture. We found some cones, so to win you had to kick the other team's cone. Toward the end of the game it was just my roommate and I on our team, and 4 people on the other team, so they all came to our side to get our cone. Chelsea and I were guarding our cone, and at one point, I decided that the 4 from the other team were far enough away from our cone and far enough apart from each other that I just took off running to go kick their cone. I had someone chasing me, so I was running for dear life (because you KNOW how night games are a matter of life and death), and I kicked their cone. Problem was... their cone was about 3 feet away from a fence. I tried to stop before I hit the fence, but instead, I fell to my knees and my face smacked straight into the fence! My thoughts: 1- I think I just broke my nose! 2- Is my nose inside my head? and 3- Shoot! My teeth are going to be crooked! My nose was swollen and there was a little bit of blood, but it was fine. That's actually the cause of my black eye. :) I got a fat lip, and when I got back to my apartment, I discovered that 1: the fence had rubbed off onto my left front tooth, which I couldn't scratch off with my finger, but came off easily with toothpaste, and 2: I no longer had a gap in between my two front teeth. :)

braces?  who needs 'em? Never had them, never will.  Not with fences around. :)

life? i. love. life. :)

Festival of Colors + Blonde Hair = this girl's hair is still pink in one spot. :)

So I'm sitting in my Facility and Property Management class.

(my reason for having two blogs)

And in a class where I'm one of two girls,

I get to hear some pretty frickin funny things.

Such as the type of things that my brother who works at a sprinkler store tells me about.

things that only happen when you're with a lot of guys.

life?  It's Thursday.  Life is good. :)

most definitely. a highlight. of my year. :)

Just Another Day in Paradise. (Phil Vassar) :)

So if you know anything about Greek Mythology,

there is a good chance that you agree with the many who say, "Disney's Hercules is WRONG!"

"Inaccurate."

"It didn't happen like that."

Well have you ever stopped to realize

that what you're calling inaccurate

is a made-up story

based on another made-up story?

life?  life is good. :)

Emily Bear. Rockford, Illinois. Was on Ellen. LOOK HER UP.

Read this word:

nuclear.

Say it out loud.

(haha! "SAY IT. OUT LOUD." Twilight moment! I'm sorry, but I frequently laugh at this movie.)

If you said... 

1. nook-you-ler: YOU ARE WRONG! Last time I checked, the word CLEAR was pronounced kleer, not cue-ler.
2. noo-klee-er: thank you for actually LOOKING at the word!

sorry.  es one of my pet peeves.

life is good! :)

"Think of the happiest things. It's the same as having wings!"

Why is it

that BYU

is obsessed

with The Princess Bride?

(after Jimmer, o'course.)

little. balls. of sunshine. :)

oh. my. Tahiti.

Dear Rachel:

I got a Jamba Juice the other day.

Peach Pleasure with raspberries.

mmm. :)

I was going to take a picture,

but neglected to do so.

so.

Just know that yes,

as requested,

it was dedicated to you.

feel special. :)

never. say. never.  yes, I have officially purchased a J-Biebs song.

laugh, scold, make fun.

cause I would have.

;)

life? life is good. family is better. :)