Desperate times call for.....

Our last attempt to get our roommates to do the dishes......

Lydia= Amazing for making this.

Ooooh what a good week this has been! Wow, I don't even know where to start. Okay, I'll just go day by day.

Monday we carved pumpkins for FHE, it was pretty sweet. Kaitlin and I carved ours together, it turned out nice. Wednesday I went over to the Hazards and carved pumpkins with all of them. That was so much fun!

My pumpkin was rotten in the middle but I was tough and dug out all the guts and carved it anyway (I paid 5 bucks for that thing!). Everyone finished their pumpkings pretty quick, mine took forever to finish. I think I took about 2 hours, but in my opinion it turned out amazing! The day after I carved it my pumpkin caved in on itself and never even got to see Halloween. Oh well.

Thursday night I had another soccer game, the first game of the Tournament. It was against the Knights and it was a good game! We won, I honestly can't remember what the score was but it was a good competition. It brought us one step closer to the championship game!! It was perfect soccer weather and I love playing with my team! They are so awesome. My friend Scott came to watch me play and so did Kaitlin, so they hung out on the sidelines and I joined them when I wasn't playing.

Me going after the ball. That girl got owned!

Scott and me after my game

So Thursday was fantastic....Friday came and of course that was Halloween!!! It was kind of an up in the air kind of night, we just skipped from party to party. But we started out the evening with eating pumpkin stew at the Hazards. I was a little nervous but it was actually really good! Nancy dug out the insides of a pumpkin and cooked the stew in the oven IN the pumpkin. It was really fancy and the pieces of pumpkin were delicious! We ate on the floor in the kitchen by the light of two candles, it was very spooky. And of course the occasional trick-or-treater would come and Colby would get a mask on and scare the bejeezes out of them. Poor kids!

After dinner we all got together and played a little Nintendo 64 Mario Kart. That was fun, I'm a little rusty though. Then we got all dressed up in our costumes. Kaitlin was a "dare devil" and wore the devil horns with bandaids and stuff. Very creative. Colby wore a wig and he was a "reject BYU-I student". Good one haha. And for my costume I decided to be a polygamist. I found the best dress for it and my hair was poofed sky high (the higher the hair the closer to Heaven). In my mind I knew that I should've been wearing running shoes with my dress but I just couldn't get myself to do it. So I just stuck with wearing normal shoes. Here are some pics!

After we partied it up we went back to my apartment and watched Mothman Prophesies. Scary movie! I wasn't really scared after but it made me have horrible dreams all night so I didn't really sleep very well. But I guess it shook Colby up a bit, haha! Kaitlin said that when I dropped them off after the movie the front door was locked and Colby freaked out and then slept on the floor in Kaitlin and Court's room. Funny. It's alright, it was a scary movie! I watched I am Legend for the first time on Saturday night, that one was way good but kind of creepy and scary too. I really liked it though.

Saturday morning my team had our second soccer game of the tournament against the Hawks. I guess you could say that the Hawks were our rivalry, they were the number one ranked team until we beat them last week (shut them out at 3-0). They were undefeated before we played them. It was a really, really intense and competitive game. The atmosphere was just filled with anger, you could tell that we all wanted to beat eachother. I think the Hawks just weren't used to having a lot of competition, and we definitely gave them a run for their money. My old roommate Mary was on the Hawks team so it was good to see her again.

But anyway, they were our first game. If we lost that game then our season would be over, and we didn't want that! So we played our guts out and played with real heart and in the end the game was tied 3-3! We had to go into overtime and that was so nerve racking. The refs told us that we would just play until the first goal scored, so when our team scored first we all ran together and dog piled on the field. Turned out that it was a miscommunication and that we had to play two complete 10 minute halves. So we regathered ourselves and beat them fair and square.

Me playing keep away with the Hawks

My team getting pumped for the second half

So after we won our first game we had about two hours to recover and play our next game, the game for the championship!! We were so excited to have made it so far, because looking back on our season we actually lost a lot of games. But we're a good team so we were happy to show that and to show our skills. We were all so exhausted from the first game; the other team had a game that morning too but they didn't go into overtime so they had a slight advantage because they weren't as worn out and they had more time to rest.

The game was so slow moving. Everyone was so tired, but in the end we won again and became the champion team of all BYU-I women's soccer!! When the whistle for the end of the game blew we didn't even have enough energy to run together and be excited, we all sort of walked off the field with smiles on our faces, high-fived eachother, took pictures, and pretty much collapsed. It was a very well deserved victory! Go Vikings!

We are the Champions!!!

Jennasigety.com

It's hard to believe that about a year ago we lost our dear cousin, sister, neice, daughter, and friend. One year ago Jenna and her twin sister Tessa got in a deadly accident that put Jenna in a coma and took her life one week later. But thankfully we know that families are forever and that this separation won't be forever.

What Is This Thing That Men Call Death?
What is this thing that men call death,
This quiet passing in the night?
‘Tis not the end but genesis
Of better worlds and greater light.
O God, touch Thou my aching heart,
And calm my troubled, haunting fears.
Let hope and faith, transcendent, pure,
Give strength and peace beyond my tears.
There is no death, but only change,
With recompense for victory won.
The gift of Him who loved all men,
The Son of God, the Holy One.

-Gordon Bitner Hinckley

I'm grateful for the knowledge and testimony I have of eternal families and for the opportunity to have known Jenna even for her short 17 years. But what I love most is just remembering the good times!

Each life that touches ours for good
Reflects thine own great mercy, Lord.
Thou sendest blessings from above
Through words and deeds of those who love.
What greater gift dost thou bestow,
What greater goodness can we know
Than Christ-like friends, whose gentle ways
Strengthen our faith, enrich our days.
When such a friend from us departs
We hold forever in our hearts
A sweet and hallowed memory,
Bringing us nearer, Lord, to thee.
For worthy friends whose lives proclaim
Devotion to the Savior's name,
Who bless our days with peace and love,
We praise thy goodness Lord above.

-Karen Lynn Davidson
''Each Life That Touches Ours for Good''

In Loving Memory of Jenna Rowe Sigety

May 26 1990-October 28,2007

Check it out

I cannot even believe this! Go and listen!

http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3

First off I need to give my mother some happy news and show everyone this:

The Bishopric is pleased to declare Sadie Hawkins in 13th Ward until November 1st! That means Sisters, this is your chance to ask a Brother in the ward on a date.
Sisters -- Show the brethren how it ought to be done--fun and inexpensive! We challenge EVERY sister in the ward to go on a date with a brother in the ward by November 1st.
Brethren -- Show the sisters how to say "yes" and how to be a fun date.
We hope you'll have lots of fun with this! Paying for these dates is negotiable, but brethren, we encourage you to step up. And everybody please remember -- going on a date is NOT a long-term commitment, it's just a chance to spend a few hours having fun.
One last reminder: A date means 1) planned, 2) paid for, and 3) paired-off. Double and triple dates are perfectly fine. Informal group hanging-out does not count.

Yes, that's right, our Bishopric has asked all of the girls to ask our ward boys out this month. When the 2nd counselor of the bishopric announced it in Relief Society we all seriously thought it was a joke. But yeah....it so isn't. Don't worry, I've already got my date lined up (High School Musical on Friday night, oooh yeah!). Just thought I'd share that....here's to BYU-Idaho!

Anyway...this weekend was pretty fun!!

Friday night Lydia and I went and rented Singing in the Rain and drank hot chocolate while we watched it. We're just living the life......Then on Saturday night I had a date and we went to Guitars Unplugged and it was a way good show, and a fun date. We'll see what happens with that....

Saturday morning I had a soccer game and we totally lost. Oh man it was a rough game, four of our best players weren't there and then two of our other best players got taken out of the game, one with a concussion and the other with a sprained ankle. My roommate tried to get some pictures, but here's what came out...

So...I know it's not that great of a picture but it shows off my soccer legs :) haha

Yes, look at me go!

Sweet action shot here

So in other news........

Colby's here!!!!!! It's so good to see him home and healthy and just the same old colby. Today we gathered around him and sang primary songs as he played the guitar. And even more exciting is that Kaitlin's coming up this week! We're going to have a lot of cousins up here and it's gonna be the BOMB!

It's midterms this week! Wish me luck on all of my exams! Have a good one!!!

It's about time this gets updated....

So, life has been really great lately. I got to go home for conference and help my parents out a little so that they could go out of town. Man what a weekend. I got to Draper on Friday, Kaitlin and I spent our Friday night picking Cubby up at football. When we picked him up the weather was somewhat stormy so we got our entertainment from acting all rushed and panicked and telling Caleb that there was a tornado watch and we had to hurry home and get into our cellar. He was a little doubtful but I think for the most part he trusted his older sisters and was concerned. We even "called" dad to make sure we had enough food storage to last us a two weeks. Haha! It was all ruined when Cub called dad to ask if it was true and of course it wasn't. But we had our fun. Poor little Cubby....

Saturday morning I went to Cub's football game where I sat in the rain and pretty much froze my butt off. But it was still fun and it is always a crack up watching Caleb play. He is so dang cute!!

Cubby playing football on a better day

Hunter was a crazy one that weekend! (Crazy in a good way...ish). He did allll kinds of projects. Something I love about Hunter is that he is sooo smart, and once he gets started on a project there is NOTHING that will get in his way and stop him. A very good quality, I think. He started off by making a dress completely out of recyclable items, such as garbage bags, ziplock bags, ribbon, etc. I was actually really impressed! He used a punching bag as his dummy when Anna Sophia wouldn't cooperate. But it actually turned out really well. All throughout the weekend I would always see Hunt walking around with strange objects...and I found myself saying things like "Where are you going with that ligher?" or "What are you planning on doing with that bar of soap?" One time I even walked in on him making a "hot air balloon" in our entry way using 4 tea candles and a grocery bag. Ummmm that's a little questionable. But yeah, he's a smart kid!!

My roommate and I made quite a creation the other day. We made our friend who gave us the huge poop cake a huge slab of jello with a little surprise in the middle. It ended up falling apart and falling in to my roommate's lap on the way to his apartment. Oh well...he loved it and it was quite delicious.

Remember the poop cake??? New...Jello Blob

Tonight we had our annual 50 lap spirit relay! It was wayyyy fun. Pretty much what it is is every ward is a "team" and we chose a theme and dress up and make noise and have a ton of fun. And while the people in the stands cheer there are people who are "runners" for your ward and ideally each person would run one lap, but in the beginning we only had like seven runners! We recruited more people (me being one of them) so in the end everyone ran about 2 laps (some ran 4 laps, a full mile). We came in 3rd place which is really great considering our circumstances. It was freezing! I guess it snowed today (I didn't witness it) and it's definintely supposed to snow tomorrow and saturday. Ewwww

All of the runners! Go team!

Our faithful supporters!

Cool, well that's what I've got for you. It has been a very eventful week! Tomorrow my mom and Anna Sophia are coming up to see me for Mother's Weekend so that will be a blast. Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Check it out....

So today I had a fun wild goose chase through campus...with a special little friend.

I ran into my friend Hans at the Library today. Hans is in a wheelchair and has a service dog and I noticed that she wasn't with him today. When I asked him where Ryce (his dog) was today he explained to me, in a very stressed way, that she was at the vet and that he didn't have anyone to go and pick her up. So I offered to go. Hans said that he'd be in the library and to bring her there after I picked her up.

So I get to the vet and it took like 45 minutes for them to bring Ryce out (apparently there was nothing wrong with her but Hans is SO protective of her...I overheard the vet talking to Hans on the phone saying "ummm...I didn't notice anything unusual in her stool") and then we were on our way!!

So I get to campus and I'm walking around with Ryce in tail (keep in mind that she is not wearing her service dog vest so it looks like I'm just taking my pet on a walk), going through the library with Ryce and everyone is starring at me. Turns out Hans LEFT the library. Haha! So then I walked across campus to his dorm and he wasn't there. So...here I am just chillin' with Ryce, I had NO idea what to do with her. I just ended up taking her home with me and we took a nap together and it was sooo cutie and fun. Hans finally got her back but it was fun/funny day!

My roommate snapped this photo of me and Ryce napping