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. :)