Family Reunions are the BEST!!!

Lots of Fun interesting/funny things have happened this weekend. It was quite interesting trying to make it up to Idaho for my family reunion. I've been pretty sleep deprived this week so I've been able to relax and catch up on so much needed sleep at the reunion! Luckly my Cousin and I drove up together and she was the one driving. i kind of had a hard time meeting up with her due to my own lack of sleep.

We were supposed to meet at my friend Desmond's house because he's fixing my naughty car. The first thing that delayed me was i was looking in my purse and couldn't find my stinkin orthodontic elastics and i knew my orthodontist would have killed me if i would have gone 5 days with out wearing them so i called my cousin and told her I needed to go back and get them. I go back and then find the dang things in my purse where they were supposed to be grr.. but it was good that i turned around because i was in charge of making breakfast on friday morning and i made belgian waffles but fogot my iron but i remembered it when i went back to "get my elastics". So then I start heading to layton then totally pass the exit i'm supposed to get off at and drive all the way to Odgen (what the heck is my problem?? oh ya NO SLEEP) so i finally met up with my cousin and Des they were busting a gut when i told them why i was so delayed. My cousin had been at des's house for about a hour.
We Finally made it to Idaho Falls where i met up with my parents and we drove straight to my Uncle Doyle's cabin in Island Park getting there at 130 am going to bed at 2pm(at this point i had been on about 12 hrs of sleep in the last 72 hours not a very good ratio.)

The next day we woke up at 615am :0\ dang ya talk about no sleep. It was worth it though we went to Yellowstone National park we were trying to beat all the traffic. we started out with a little hike to the Yellowstone Grand Canyon where we saw so breathtaking waterfalls! the upper and lower falls of the cayon were amazing!

Yellowstone Grand Canyon Upper FallsYellowstone Grand Canyon Lower Fall

After we got down hiking down then up the 328 Stairs, were able to see a buffalo and deer up close. That was pretty cool! We all piled in the car and noticed how diverse the licence plates were. In the parking lot that we were in alone there were about 25 of the 50 states represented. this was out of proabably about 70 cars. that is crazy! We decided to then play the licence plate game where you get all the 50 states. i was suprised some of the states we got. We got quite a few florida's, New Jersey, one ALASKA crazy!. who would be crazy enough to drive from alaska in a motor home none the less only if you were rich! dang gas prices are so expensive ($4.25 per gal). we ended up getting about 40 of the 50 states.

On our way out we were able to see some buffalo up close and personal. The Buffalo walked across the road and backed up traffic. This buffalo walked right up to the from of our car. As you can see the antenna is right in the way. Man you really have got to LOVE yellowstone. No wonder there is people from all the country and world coming to this park. we met 2 girls and a boy from Malaysia. They came out here for the summer to work at old faithful lodge how cool is that!The next day some of our cousins came up to the cabin. We went out on a little adventure in the polaris ranger. Jess was on her dirt bike. We took some dirt trails around Island Park and are final destination was finding Elk Creek gas station so we could fill the ranger and Jess's bike up. We have before and after pics i'll post them below they are pretty awesome! I look like a dirty hispanic/french man, because of all the dirt on my body. Jessica didn't get quite as us in the ranger We had alot of fun bumming up and down through the woods of Island park it was quite the little adventure! Such a blast!

Me, Lissa, and Ash PRE-RANGER AdventureIntra- Ranger Adventure POST Ranger Adventure

After we ended our little adventure my parents and little sisters were going to go to mesa falls. You know me and waterfalls we just go together so i cleans up so i didn't look like a homeless french man and we went to mesa falls. Can I just tell you how much i LOVE waterfalls. Any hike that has a waterfall at the end of it is SOOO worth it even if it's super hard and long!. I've have always wanted to be proposed to by a waterfall i think it would be romatic to take a hike and view the beautiful and amazing scenery nature provides for our enjoyment! So any boys out there there is one of the keys to my heart ;0)

Upper Mesa FallsLower Mesa Falls

Today (saturday June 28th) the rest of the aunts and uncles came up for the day and we had lunch together and we jumped into the COLD COLD water. My uncle's cabin where we stayed is lake front property. how awesome is that. this weekend has been a dream! i LOVE it! I love the outdoors.

Brace Face- How do you like them apples?

I don't know how many of you knew that i got braces but i got braces back in January and so far it hasn't been too painful. the most pain I had was when i got the actual braces on.

I went to the ortho yesterday and he put the chained elastics on does that bring back any horrible memories for you who had braces? i had no idea what to expect when he said he was going to put chains on. that sounds scary in and of it's self! he's also making me wear an elastic on the left side. that looks a little awkward when your talking with someone jeepers! would if that thing brakes and shoots your friend in the eye. lol that would acutally be funny to see.

So ever since i've had my braces on I have got the question is it awekward to kiss. ummm... don't really know for sure yet. but i found this funny thing online that is question answer write in thing here it is just incase any of you ever get into this situation:

Dear Alice,
When both of u have braces, and you do happen to get stuck together, is there any way to unhook without help from anyone other than you and him?

Dear Reader,
Although the number of teens writing in to magazines about being "absolutely mortified" of getting into this sticky situation could have you believing otherwise, relax and take a deep breath. It's not likely that you and your guy need to worry about an orthodontic lip lock. What does happen from time to time is that the projections and wires on braces can snag on the other smacker's lips, but even this is a rare event.

More of a concern when putting in some face time is brace breakage. To keep your gear intact, be sure to take it easy when kissing. Anyone who has worn braces has heard his/her orthodontist's warnings of the perils of hard fruits and vegetables. So, think of your partner's mouth ware and teeth as an apple. Much like what happens when your desire for a Red Delicious gets the better of you, run your braces too forcefully against the hard surface of his teeth and you could end up with a popped wire or unglued brace.

And though a break is far more likely than a binding, never say never. In case you and he become one of the unlucky few that make tangles "rare" rather than "impossible," the best strategy is a little backtracking and a lot of patience. Consider telling a funny joke or playing the staring game to ease tensions while trying to untangle and separate, slowly, gently, and carefully. If all else fails, a humble yell or phone call might be your only option; though embarrassing, it's certainly a better one than the monetary damage that a hefty tug could cause.
Alice

Wouldn't that be Awkward seriously! i better not find a man with braces eh? good thing i only have them on for a year. but dang it might be tempting if I had a man kiss me like this sailor! now that is a serious KISS!!!

So i've been thinking about getting glow in the dark elastics next time what do you think? that would be kind of fun! I was going to get them this time but the lady told me they turn yellow pretty fast and i have the elastics in chains so she just put the clear one's on with out my opinion oh well maybe next time tell me what you think

I can finally BLOG :0)

So my good friend Kristy came over and spent a good amount of time teaching me how to work this blog. So thanks to her you all can get a little update on my life :0)

I'm apparently a little technology challenged.I started one of these things because i think it's kind of cool to read what everyone is doing in their lives and their prospectives on life's many subjects. Anywho...

So a little bit about what's been going on these past few months. I've gone on a couple of camping trips all very fun adventures and just been working. Back in April I chopped my hair of 12 inches and donated to the lock of love. I love the new hair cut it's way hOt! i do sometimes miss the long hair though. i was in definate need for some type of change so this is what I ended up changing. what do you think do you like the new cut?

BEFORE

AFTER

My oldest sister just got married in may and my sister 4 years younger than me is about ready to have a baby (in August) this will be the first grandbaby on both sides shall we say SPOILED ya! not to metion this baby is going to have 7 Aunts and only 2 uncles(by marriage) crazy huh.