Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and got to eat ALL the food they wanted without gaining a pound. :0!!!

I didn't have a chance to do this before Thanksgiving, so I wanted to say now everything that I am thankful for this year......

I am thankful for my family. They have always been there for me. I'm thankful that they are all righteous and worthy. I am also thankful for their friendship and laughter. I'm thankful for my parents and the example that they are to me. I'm thankful for the way they raised me and the guidance that they continue to give me now. I know they work very hard, and I am thankful for them and their love not only for me, but for one another. I'm thankful for Rannie. She is an awesome big sister, who has always looked out us. I'm also thankful for her husband Chris who always makes me laugh and cares. I will truly miss them when they leave. I'm thankful for Sammie. I know that I can go to her for anything and trust her with my life. I'm thankful for Adison and his example to me, and his desire to serve a mission. I'm thankful for Jennifer, Shannin, and Rob who always put a smile on my face, and I love seeing them often. I'm also thankful for Timmmy and love talking to him.

I'm thankful for my roommates. Jannette and Ashley who are kind hearted and caring.

I'm thankful for the gospel. I don't know what I would do without it. It is my whole life. I'm thankful for the power of the atonement and the HUGE blessing that it is in my life. I'm thankful for scriptures that help me gain knowledge and inspiration. I'm thankful for prayer. I'm thankful for the knowledge of knowing who I am and where I am going, and my purpose here on earth. I'm thankful for the Holy Ghost as a constant companion in my life, for temples, priesthoood, sacrament, baptism, living prophets and apostles, church leaders, and repentance.

I'm thankful for friends. Including my good friends back home! (no matter the age ;). Friends who really care about me, and I know they will be there for me ALWAYS.

I'm thankful for a BYU education and the opportunity I have to go to this great school.

I'm thankful for my health.

I'm thankful for food esp. mexican food (tex mex), and donuts.

I'm thankful for clothes, shoes, coats, bed, indoor plumbing, electricty, computers, movies, books, MP3, phone.

I'm thankful for my talents, virtue, intergrity, and a desire to learn and grow everyday.

I'm thankful to you for reading my blog and making me feel special.

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving break.
Now, unfortunately, it's back to life........

Yes, there are rules!

Table Time. Are there rules? Well yes, 10. If I write them down somewhere, then they become official.

1. There are only TWO things, TWO!!! *cough* Jennifer *cough* that you can bring to the table.
- Yourself.
- Your food.
There are NO electronics among these cell phones and lap tops.

2. You HAVE to bring something edible. If you can't consume it, don't bring it and don't sit down. :).

3. If you are not at the table enjoying table time, don't join in the conversation that is going on at the table. If you are in your room, then you can't bud into table time. Gets your foods and come on over. It defeats the purpose of "table" time.

4. There is no arguing at the table. It is a contention free zone.

5. There is no insulting the people sitting at the table. It only causes contention. Anyone else? Fair game.

6. If there is something already on the table that was there after table time started, you can play with it, eat it, and do as you please with it. i.e. a stick.

7. There is NO kicking people out of table time. If they are following the rules, they are allowed to stay, even if you don't like them.

8. It does not take a certain number of people to do table time. It can be 4, it can be 2. It can even be one. Yes, I have my own table time.

9. Try to control your behavior......................ummm.....yeah.

10. You HAVE to have fun.

Now that these are in writing its official!!!!! Rules you ask? Always.

Table Time

Table Time- spending time around the table.

Occasionally we have table time in our apartment, and I love it. I don't know why, but I love when people sit around a table, eat, talk, and laugh. When this happens in our apartment everyone brings whatever they can find to eat (you have to be eating something) even if it's just water, that counts, to the table and we talk. You can bring whatever you want to the table as long as its happy and fun, or you can eventually make it happy and fun. Whenever someone has a funny story, or needs to be cheered up because they are having a bad day, we all announce TABLE TIME!!! Grab your food! It always works!!! Its the best medicine. Our table time normally happens around 1:00 in morning when everything is funny, but isn't that the best? Oh, how I love table time. You should try it, it's fun!!!

Table time is a cherished time!!! lol.

I'm old enough for my Nucleus Pulposus to start to degenerate

Techinally....anyone 20 and older is old enough for their Nucleus Pulposus to degenerate, and I am two years after that so that means I'm REALLY old.....

22 feels the same as 21, but it is a year closer to 30 and I don't think I ever want to get there. My birthday was fantastic thanks to friends and family. Jennifer and I actually captured the whole day...

Jannette's beautiful chalk decorating!

First, Jennifer and Jannette filled my whole room with balloons. It was so inviting and awesome!

Then we had a healthy breakfast...donuts!!! There's no excuse not to eat donuts on your bday!
As we ate donuts and watched movies, we made turtle pecan cheesecake with an oreo crust. This is me crushing the oreos. I was getting annoyed because it was taking so long, so I started crunching with the remote. It worked really well. :)
This is our left over oreo filling after scraping it all out. It looked disgusting!!!
Stirring caramel which is a very boring job....btw!
Putting the cheesecake in the oven to bake. It was HUGE!!!
Utah also surprised me with snow. It was kinda exciting only because I was inside baking and watching it instead of freezing and walking to school in it!!! It was pretty.
Then everyone finally got home and we all went to Tucanos!! It was delicious!!! Although they did NOT give me my free meal. I would hate them and never eat there again, but how could you hate Tucanos?!!
Jannette and I were both celebrating our free (not mine) bdays there.
The whole crew!!
After Tucanos we were ALL so STUFFED, so we laid around and fooled around, and waited to eat MORE!!!And we did eat more!!! Delicious TRES LECHE!!!! YUMMM!!! and Turtle Pecan cheesecake.

And don't forget the Margarittas!!!! (Virgin of course) :)!!!
Eating cake!!!

Then after filming our Glee belting and dancing around the living room we went to Nightmare on 13th. It was scary and fun!!!

Overall it was a really good bday. Hailey got me a Jamba Juice gift card and athletic tape. Chris and Rannie got me a photo album. My mom got me money, who can say no to that. And everyone else gave me a GREAT day with balloons and cake!!! Thanks guys!!!

P.S. Nucleus Pulposus is the inside portion of your vertebral discs.