More Little Letters

Dear General Conference: You were amazing! It was exactly what I needed to hear! Thank you to all of the inspired leaders of the church for giving such wonderful talks.

Dear Roommates: I love you! You are wonderful girls! I am sorry when I act like a brat, I swear it is nothing personal to you!

Dear girls at work: I would really appreciate it if you would all stop fighting with each other over sales in front of customers! So unprofessional! Also please work on showing up on time, not being on your cell phone constantly, and helping out around the store more, I am not the only person who knows how to fold a t-shirt!

Dear former managers: For all those times I gave you some major attitude (lets face it I am the queen of attitude!) I am sorry. I now know how annoying it is when employees wont do what you ask them to do! Sorry about that!

Dear Postal Service: My mom sent me a package over a week ago and it still has not arrived! I am not so happy about this! Please have it get here soon, or send it back to her so that I know it is not lost in the mail! I would cry if it becomes lost!

Dear St. Thomas: You have been wonderful to me so far, but really lets work on the price of food over here ok? Also lets not run out of water at our house again. I know I didn't have to pay to have it filled up but really that was just annoying!

Dear whoever is reading this: Obviously I am close to you or you wouldn't have this website. I love you and hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather that I am missing down here!

Livin it up!

I am having a blast down here! Just a few random photos of things I have done. Hope you all are enjoying the beautiful fall back in the States!

Missing...

So St. Thomas is fun, and I am really starting to love it here but there are some things that I am missing that I am so sad about!

• Tyler had his 1st birthday yesterday...I love this little boy so much and miss his big slobbery kisses! Amanda said he is walking all over now...how fast things change!
• Gwen turns 6 tomorrow! She is so dang cute, funny, smart, hilarious, etc...I wish I could be there to celebrate and attend the birthday party!
• Fall...It is summer here all year long which is nice in some ways, but I want the fall colors of the mountains right now!
• My family...I miss seeing everyone whenever I wanted to!
• Good food for a reasonable price...food over here is so expensive!

These are just a few things I am missing at the moment! But really I love it here and I am having a good time! I will try to post more pictures soon!

St. Thomas Pics!

Hopefully this will work because Facebook was not letting me upload pictures! Here are a few pictures of the island that I am living on for the next 4 months!

The view from our balcony.

The view at night, the mist is the rain...you can

kinda tell, I thought it was cool.

A view Kassidy and I found from the top of the island.

You can see the 3 houses in the middle, one yellow 2 white, ours is the bottom one that is half hidden!

This ship has a pirate flag on it and kinda looks like a pirate ship! I had to post it for Dylan and Braxton!

Island in the sun...

So I made it to St. Thomas! The island is beautiful and it has been great so far! I can post pictures yet, but as soon as I can I will do another update on here! Hope everything is going well for everyone else!

Little Letters

Dear Taza @ The Rockstar Diaries: You inspired me to do these little letters from your own little letters! Thanks for making a very fun and exciting blog to read daily that makes me feel inspired to do more!


Dear Weather: Kassidy was going to teach me how to kayak today. Then you decided to do a 180 a half hour before we were to go. Please make this up to me before I leave for St. Thomas where I will need to know how to kayak.


Dear Del Sole: Thank you for selecting me for an internship. I can't wait to start. But why is your information packet taking so long to get here?


Dear Maurices: I have loved working for you and will miss you and my discount terribly when I leave.


And finally Dear Mom and Dad: I love you, but stop leaving me so often at night. I know I am a big girl, but I get scared in the house all by myself and the couch is no fun to sleep on!

Love to you all, Laurie

Random happenings in July

Well other then the 4th we did have a few fun adventures.

The first was that Collin was blessed on July 5th. It is so

nice to have so many family members who hold the priesthood

and are worthy to use that blessing. A lot of family members were

able to be there since it was the holiday weekend so it was fun to

share that with them. We didn't get a picture of

him in his outfit but this is one at the lunch after, isn't he so cute!

I finally finished up with school for the semester!

Whoever had the idea of summer school should be hurt...

Whoever had the idea of online classes should be hurt...

and Whoever thought that we should combine the two should be hurt!

I have never been a big school girl, so why I decided to take so many classes in the summer I am still not sure about! Not only that, but I am a huge procrastinator. I only do things right before they are due, so when my online class said everything was due on 7-27 by 11:59 p.m. I figured I was fine to wait a little while. It only showed 4 assignments and 4 test so I thought I would be fine. I was so wrong! One of those assignments was a general assignment that had 15 assignments in one! I started the class a week before it was due, and I finished at 11:55 p.m. on 7-27. I am pretty sure that I will never do an online class again!

Also this month I decided I would apply for an internship with Kassidy.

It was very last minute and so when I called I was lucky to getan interview on the very last day they were holding 1st interviews. For the second interview Kassidy and I had to go up together, and on the way home we decided we would just have fun and do whatever we wanted. It was one of the best trips I have ever had to Salt Lake!

First we decided to go over to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house.

I had never been inside of a temple, except for the baptisimal font, and it was so BEAUTIFUL!!!

I really was so happy that we went, because it is something that I don't know if I will be able to go to another open house for years!

We also decided that we would stop at the lavender fields. I had always wanted to stop and so had Kassidy so we decided why not! It was just before sunset when we got there and the lighting was perfect! We had so much fun running, and jumping throughout the field and taking tons of pictures to go with it. After we were done there we decided to drive over to the lake right by it and walk around there as well. It was so fun to just relax and take the side roads. It also really made me want to do a road trip sometime. Having all the time to just stop and view anything you want sounds like so much fun!

Well back to the internship! After the 2nd interview they told us we would know in about 2 weeks if we had got it or not. And boy did they keep us waiting forever!!! But when they finally did call we found out....WE GOT IT!!!! We are being sent to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands! We have a week of training in Salt Lake starting on 8-17, then we fly out on 8-22 and will be there until the begining of January. I can't believe that something I was so last minute about turned out to be such a great opportunity! And the fact that I get to go with my best friend is amazing! Once I get over there I promise I will try to keep the blog updated on all of our adventures!

4th of July

So obviously I am very behind on my blog!

Today I just plan on doing a catch up on the month of July.

To start things out I will do a run down of the 4th.

Anyone who has been to Richfield for the 4th knows

that it is a big deal here! I love the small

town celebration and enjoy it every single year!

The morning started with the whole family going down to the parade.

The kids love all the candy that is thrown,

and it is always fun to just sit back and watch the parade go by.

After the parade I headed down to the park with Kassidy for a bit, then

headed over to North Sevier for the family reunion. This year

we all got together over at the Maple Grove Campground.

It is always fun to get caught up with everyone and see what

they are all up to in their lifes. While their we decided it was time

to take a new picture of the single girl cousins. I love these girls

and I am so happy that we could get caught up.

That night the family went down to the football field to enjoy
the Richfield city fireworks. I think it is the best place to

watch the show each year because there is plenty of room for

the kids to run around and play while waiting for everything

to start. One of the funniest parts to the night was Travis's wife Kara.

Kara is in law school and so obviously she obeys the laws.

Watching her observations to all of the illegal fireworks that

go off in Richfield was hillarious. She kept saying things like,

"I can't believe all of these. This is so illegal. Where are the police?"

ha ha it was so funny!

After the city fireworks Kassidy and I played with firecrackers at

her house. I love sitting on her bridge throwing them into the water.

It was such a fun day! I love the 4th of July!

Will school ever end?

So I haven't posted anything in a while....school is winding down and I have been doing homework non-stop! As soon as it is done I promise I will catch up on this blog! Untill then wish me luck that I will get done with everything!

The dirt bag is gone...

I am so happy that Jillian finally stopped being

fooled by this moron and let him go!

Really everyone else knew he was in it for his

music, why didn't she get this?

And his little speech in the car after the rose ceremony...

Can you say Douche Bag?

It was about time Jill...Now can I have one of

the final three boys for myself?

The Mormon Miracle

So this last week I was able to attend one of my favorite

events during the summer,

The Mormon Miracle Pagent!!!

I was able to go up two different nights and it was such a blast!

It really is such a great way to remember the history

or the church and to be so thankful for what the pioneers did for us.

If you have never gone, plan on attending next year because

it is completely worth it!

Big Spender

Watched this for the first time last night...

I LOVED IT!!!

If you have not seen it yet, I highly recommend it!

Should I be a little worried if there were parts

in the movie that reminded me of myself?

lol

I think it is time for a shopping spree....;)

We are family!

This past week my sister Mariann and her family came out to visit from Alabama. It was so fun having them here and I am so happy that they were able to come out and visit. Since they can only come out once a year my mom always makes sure that we take family pictures while they are here. This year we decided to take the pictures up at the cabin. Of course there was the usual chaos of trying to get all the kids to look at the camera, but it was pretty fun.

The Whole Family

All of my nieces and nephews

The Madsen Family

The Stubbs Family

The Stubbs Family

The Izatt Family

The Waters Family

Me!

Mom and Dad

Grandpa and Grandma Stubbs

My Blue Suede Shoes

So I believe that everyone should give themselves a birthday gift. This year I was trying to think about what I wanted to get for myself and I decided to get a new pair of shoes (really no surprise there! ha ha!).

So I was trying to decide which pair to get when I was reading the blog No Sex and the City. She did a post on Tom Shoes and I decided to check them out. They are a great organization that for each pair of shoes you purchase, they donate a pair of shoes to a child in need! I fell in love with a few pairs but ultimately decided on this pair. They are not suede but bright aqua blue and I love them!

Another reason I decided to get these is the fact that I don't have a lot of flat shoes. I need to work on walking in these without tripping over my own two feet. So far I have had good luck in these shoes so here's hoping I have finally learned to walk! ha ha!

Happy Birthday To Me!

Monday was my 21st birthday! Of course I had stayed up the night before to celebrate at 12:05 a.m. (the time I was born), then at just before 8 a.m. I had a wake up call from Mariann and her family singing happy birthday to me! I heard the same well wishes from everyone else in my family throughout the day (except for Keldon, the little punk was on a cruise in Alaska though so I guess I will forgive him this time!) I had such a good day. My mom took me for a pedicure and bought me a new game. Then I was able to go to lunch with my parents and Grandma and Grandpa Stubbs. That night I was able to go to dinner with my parents, Amanda's family, Shalane and her kids, and Angie and her kids.

After dinner we came back to my house for cake. This year I decided on punch bowl cake (also know as Better Then Sex Cake ha ha). The best part about the cake though is the candles. My mom always forgets to buy candles so this year I had 1 crayon candle and a number 1 candle! ha ha It looked like it said I was 11 instead of 21!

After cake I opened a few more gifts. Amanda gave me a pearl necklace that I love! Shalane gave me a scripture purse she had made full of treats and 2 movies. The funniest part to this was one of the movies was Edward Scissorhands. When I pulled them out to show them to everyone Kassidy saw the picture of him and freaked out! She is slightly scarred of him so when she is not expecting to see a picture of him it always makes her scream. It was pretty funny though.

After cake and presents we went outside and played with some sparklers. I know it is not the 4th yet, but I love sparklers so I wanted to have some on my birthday! The kids had fun, and so did I. It was a great day. Thanks everyone for helping make it a special day for me!