Always Smile

Happy Valentines Day!

2012-02-16T17:14:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!
Our Valentines Tradition began a few years ago when Garrett and I were dating. Garrett surprised me with a romantic dinner in his basement with a beautifully decorated table, gorgeous bouquet of flowers, and a delicious dinner of Chicken Cordon Bleu. Every year since, we have enjoyed a wonderful dinner at home and just being together.

The day began with me heart-attacking the house for Garrett! It was fun to put hearts all over!

School was uneventful because we had our Valentines day party last Friday, but we did get to eat cake because the school was celebrating Thomas Edison's birthday.
I came home to a beautiful bouquet of yellow daisies! (My Favorite-Thanks Babe!)

Together, we made a delicious and may I add good looking dinner of Chicken Cordon Bleu, roasted red potatoes, asparagus, and soft rolls.

For desert, I made a delicious Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle. I got this recipe from my mother in law and we absolutely love it! YUM!

We had a wonderful Valentines Day! Thank you to all of our sweet family members who sent us Valentines!

Always Fun in Kindergarten!

2012-02-10T18:53:00.000-08:00

I have to say that I have the best job in the whole world. I never hate going to work, I get told that I'm the best teacher in the world everyday (along with many hugs), and I get to spend six hours a day with the best kids ever! Could a job get better than that? We have a lot of fun and still learn a lot. I am so amazed how much these kids are learning and how much more they want to.
It still is my first year so I am learning as I go, but we have done a lot of fun things these past few weeks.
It was the 100 day of school the other day and of course we had to celebrate. Everything we did that day had to do with 100. Each of the children brought a collection of 100 things and for math and we counted, sorted and compared all of their collections. We made 100 glasses,wrote our own stories, and had a lot of fun. Another great thing that I did was cut out 100 flowers (thanks mom and dad for the awesome Cricut) and put them all over my room. (I put them on the ceiling, walls, cupboards, chalkboard, doors)

The children really enjoyed finding and counting all of them. Happy 100th day of School!

As part of the state core curriculum, Kindergarteners are supposed to know different things about animals. We spent a whole day on animals reading stories, playing games, and doing fun crafts. Check out our Farm Mural we made to hang out in the hall. My kids are very creative thinkers and they love to do art projects. I think it turned out really cute!

Today we had our Valentines parties and they totally rocked. I have got some great Room Parents who plan and put on some great class parties. For my Valentine that I gave to my class, I cut out these really cute bags (I just love that Cricut!) and filled them full of candy.

At the end of school in December (before Christmas Break) I had all of the kids clean out their desks and get all new crayons. Well, I took all of the old broken crayons and made heart crayons for my kids for Valentines day. I think they turned out really cute and the kids loved them.

See, don't I just have the best job ever!

Christmas!

2012-01-04T16:19:00.000-08:00

I love Christmas and we really had a great one this year thanks to our amazing families.
The Mickelsen's gathered in SLC before Mom, Dad, Heidi, and Whit flew to New York for Christmas. The best part was opening gifts together as a family!

Garrett got the Angry Birds game from Cody.

Whitney gave me worms! (Seriously! She gave me a worm farm!)

We got a great 72 hour kit from my parents

and the best gift of all.........I got a Circuit!
Can you tell I was surprised!

I love it and I have already used it multiple times! Thanks Mom!

Then we went to Temple Square (which was packed!) and saw all of the lights.

I just love the temple and it makes it even better when you are there with your family!

Christmas Eve was at Grandma Velma's house for dinner and the Nativity.
We opened our new Christmas PJ's from Garrett's mom along with a Christmas storybook.

Christmas Morning we woke up and went to Grandma J's for breakfast which is always amazing! The year long wait is so worth it when you take that first bite of her Christmas Souffle'.
After breakfast, we went back over to Redmond for Christmas with his family.
I gave Garrett some new movies and a sound bar for our TV.

He gave me some new boots and we both gave each other new winter coats. Garrett's mom also gave us a beautiful quilt!

The Christmas Break was wonderful! We got to visit family and friends, spend some time at the family cabin in Beaver, relax, play some basketball, see a few movies, and create some great memories!

A Time to Relax!

2012-01-04T16:11:00.000-08:00

Christmas Break was so incredible! Two weeks of just relaxing and doing whatever we want! Garrett spent a lot of his time playing Madden Football on the XBox and I filled my time with reading and coming up with fun crafts with Garrett's mom. I found these ribbon trees in a magazine and I wanted to try them. They were so fun and way cute!

A promise of more to come!

2011-12-19T14:50:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I realize that most of my family and friends don't even look at my blog anymore since I haven't posted something since August. Well, since this is a great time of year to think about the things that you would like to change in your life, I've decided that blogging could be a simple change for the better. So here is my promise. I will start taking more pictures (another new year resolution) and keep my family and friends updated more on this blog. Like all resolutions, we'll see how long this lasts!
It's not like Garrett and I haven't been up to much because we are so busy and have so much going on. I am enjoying my first year teaching in Kindergarten (which everyday is an adventure and I come home exhausted) and I have just been called to be the Primary President in our ward. Garrett just finished another semester of school, switching his major, signing up for classes, and keeping his wife from going crazy! So we're pretty busy and just love life. We have a break for the next to weeks which will be full of being lazy, taking naps, reading books, and pretty much doing nothing beside being with our wonderful families. I have my camera and I promise to post some great things about our fabulous Christmas Break!

"I love you Teacher!"

2011-08-07T15:25:00.001-07:00

One of the things I love the most about working with children is that they are so eager to make things for you. Cards, pictures, stories-I absolutely love it and I keep everything they have ever given me. This endearing quality inspired me to create a place in my classroom where this precious work could be displayed and valued. Of course I asked the greatest dad in the world to help me accomplish my task. My request- A giant magnet board, Dad's reply- No Problem!

This past week Mom and Dad came to visit and Dad built me this amazing (and big!) magnet board. This board is about 3 feet wide and 4 feet high and it is absolutely perfect! Just think of how much I will be able to display on my board and how good the kids will feel.

I found some great paper to cover the sides and Mom encouraged me to make some really cute magnets.

Of course I had the perfect place for my board-right behind my desk!

I also thought I would show you a picture of my room. (I still have a little more work to do before school starts!)

I just want to say thanks to Mom and Dad for everything. In one day Garrett and I got a new (well new to us) freezer, an exercise machine, a fixed desk, a fixed dresser drawer, every door in the house fixed, an amazing magnet board for my classroom, and a great time with Mom and Dad! You're the best!
I'm so excited to be a teacher!

Slumber Party!!!

2011-07-30T17:07:00.000-07:00

This weekend the girls came over and we had a slumber party!!! It was so much fun and something we've been planning all summer.
Of course we had pizza for dinner!

After dinner we became painting princesses! I got a birdhouse for each of the girls and we spent a long time using our magic paintbrushes.

These girls are really great artists and the bird houses turned out beautiful!

We played Strawberry Shortcake games!

We watched The Swan Princess. (With popcorn of course!)

And at the end of the day, we were really good at the slumbering part!

In the morning, we had a great breakfast and the girls and I colored pictures. Then Jeniel came over and Garrett watched the kids while Jeniel and I went to a cooking class here in Logan. It was so great and we learned how to make some really good recipes! Thanks Garrett for being so wonderful!

We really had a great weekend and an awesome Slumber Party!

1st Anniversary!!!!

2011-06-14T17:39:00.001-07:00

Happy Anniversary!!!! Garrett and I celebrated our first Anniversary this past Saturday! WOW! It is hard to believe that it has been one year already!
Garrett (my wonderful husband!) surprised me with a getaway weekend in Salt Lake. I had no idea what we were doing or where we were going until we pulled into the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake. This beautiful Bed and Breakfast was so much fun and really cool. Each of their rooms are a different theme and we stayed in the Wild West Room. The scenery was all western including a Saloon bathroom, covered wagon bed, and even a bucket shower. It was so cool. (It actually reminded me a lot of the ranch)

That night Garrett took me to Temple Square where we walked around for a little while.

Then we went to the JS Building and had dinner at The Roof. It was AMAZING! The food was so good and it was so cool to listen to the beautiful piano music and watch the sun set behind the temple.
The next day we spent the day walking around the Gateway (we went into Barnes and Noble and Garrett bought me my favorite childhood book Mouse Soup-if you haven't read it, I highly suggest it!) We saw the new X-Men movie (awesome) and then had lunch!
That night at home Garrett and I had some of our wedding cake. (That cake has been sitting in the freezer for a year and every time I opened the freezer, I would see it and look forward to the day when we would have some again. Also, It kinda got a little smashed in all of our moves, but it still tasted yummy!)

Well, we had a few bites and then it kinda turned into a frosting war! I will admit-I started it, but Garrett sure finished it! (My eyes are watering in the pictures cause Garrett got frosting all over in my eye!)

It was a wonderful 1st Anniversary! It has been the best year and we look forward to many others!
One year down-Forever to go!

Bosshardt Family Trip to Vegas!

2011-06-11T18:07:00.000-07:00

For the Bosshardt Family Trip this summer, we went to VEGAS! It was a lot of fun and a great time to spend with the whole Bosshardt Family!
We stayed at Tahiti Village which was a really nice place. The pool was really nice and they even had a lazy river!
Garrett's cousins are pretty much all girls so of course...we had to go shopping! There was an outlet mall just across the street from our hotel so we devoted an entire day of the vacation to shop! I guess it wasn't a totally waste cause I finally bought me some new shoes!
For one of the nights, we went and saw a show. (you can't go to Vegas without seeing a show!)

We went and saw David Copperfield at the MGM. It was so awesome!!!! This was the first really magic show I have ever been too and it was pretty cool! I actually got to go up on stage! I caught a frisbee he threw into the audience and he made a car-an actual, working car-appear right in front of my eyes!!!! Don't ask me how because I am still blown away by it!
Also we went to the adventure dome at Circus Circus and rode the rides there. We ate some DELICIOUS food at the Cheesecake factory in Caesar's Palace, and walked around the the strip a little.

The thing I was looking forward to the most was going to see the tigers at the Mirage. Garrett and I wanted to go last year for our honeymoon, but we didn't have time so this was something we definitely had to do this time. There is Sigfried and Roy's Secret Garden at the Mirage and they have more then tigers. We saw dolphins, lions, panthers, and Leopards.

These tigers were SO beautiful! I could have sat there all day and watched them! They also had some one year old cubs there and they were fun to watch! That was the highlight of the trip!
Our last stop in Vegas was the Famous Pawn Shop!

For those who watch Pawn Stars on TV, you'll know what I'm talking about. The Pawn shop wasn't as big as I thought it was going to be, but it was so still really cool!
It was a really fun trip and we had a really great time!

DYNAMITE!

2011-05-24T07:54:00.001-07:00

This past weekend, Garrett and I drove to good ole' Redmond to celebrate Garrett's Grandpa Bosshardt's Birthday. The whole Bosshardt Family got together to shoot Dynamite! That's right! Dynamite!
Redmond Minerals does Dynamite Shoots as sort of a PR thing for all of their big clients and they have a pretty nice set up for their range behind the mine. There's a covered patio with tables and benches, a storage shed to store the BBQ's and heaters, shooting rests, and even a bathroom! It's pretty cool!

So Grandpa Ronny cooked us up some hamburgers and it was nice to talk with all the Bosshardt's.
Then after lunch, the fun began!
Garrett's uncle Kyle is in charge of the range for Redmond Minerals and does all the shoots out here so he is really careful about everything. He did let me hold a stick of dynamite though and that was pretty cool. Then Kyle goes out into the range and sets up a few sticks at 100, 200, 300, and 400 yrds. Then the shooting begins.

Garrett shot before me and he shot really well. It is so cool to see it and hear what it sounds like when you hit a stick of Dynamite. We all wore ear plugs because it is so loud! The farther distances had bigger sticks so they made a bigger BOOM! (This picture is just of the little 100 yard boom that Garrett hit, you should have seen the explosion at 400 yards!)

I shot after Garrett and I did really well if I do say so myself!

I didn't hit the 400 yard one though. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to go back again so I can get more practice!
This was so much fun and definitely something we'll have to do again!
BOOM!

Our New Home in Logan!

2011-05-14T16:06:00.000-07:00

We live in Logan Now! YAY! We moved to our new house in Logan this past week and it has been fun fixing it all up and making it our home.

Thanks to all of our wonderful family who helped us move. We really have the best family in the world! We've got a nice place here in Logan and a lot more space! We've got a nice spacious living room and kitchen/dining room downstairs.

Then upstairs there's the master bedroom, one bathroom, a spare bedroom, and one more bedroom we are going to turn into our office.

Also down stairs we have a space for our washer and dryer (which I am so glad we have now!) and also we have a small fenced backyard where Garrett can BBQ some great things for me!
We are really excited for our new place and we think it will be a great place for us for a few years!
Again thanks to all of our wonderful family who has helped us! We love you all!

I'm Going to Be a TEACHER!

2011-04-03T12:36:00.000-07:00

I am finally going to be a TEACHER! I was just hired as a Kindergarten teacher at Thomas Edison Charter School in Nibley. It is a small little town right next to Logan. I am so excited! From the first moment I walked into the school for my interview, it felt so great! I'll do some training over the summer on their curriculum and policies and then I'll get into my classroom on August 10th. The first day of school is the 24th of August. I am so excited to teach Kindergarten-it's my dream job!
This is such a great blessing for us. Garrett will begin attending Utah State University in the fall so now we are looking for a place to live in Cache Valley. I think we'll be around for a few years while Garrett is finishing school. What a great time in our life!

Trip to Memphis

2011-01-04T10:34:00.000-08:00

This past week Garrett and I took a Trip to Memphis Tennessee! Garrett's Greenie from his Mission was getting married and asked Garrett to be in his wedding so we decided to fly out to Memphis for his wedding. We flew out from Salt Lake on Wednesday to Nashville and then Levi (Garrett's Greenie) drove us to Memphis. It was great to finally meet Levi and his finance. They are great people!
Memphis was fun and our Hotel was right in Downtown Memphis right next to the Mississippi River.

We spent the next few days helping them get ready for the wedding and touring Memphis.
Because most of their family are not members of the church, they had a temple wedding, but also did a Wedding Ceremony for the rest of their family. I reminded me of all the weddings you watch in movies with the huge wedding parties-lunch buffets-Dj's-wedding rehearsals-toasts by the best man. It was a little different, but we had a really good time.
The Memphis Temple was so small, but still so beautiful!
Garrett and I were a little limited to what we could go see because we didn't have a car, but there were a few things we could go walk to. Memphis is called the birth place of Blues and Jazz so there is quite a famous street in Memphis called Beale Street. We walked down the street which was full of jazz clubs and tourist shops. We went to eat at the Hard Rock Cafe which had the second largest Elvis memorabilia in the world. We also got to see where they drop the guitar for New Year's Eve.

Tennessee wasn't very pretty (I guess I'm just bias to Utah) but it was really fun to spend time together and we had a really great New Year!

Christmas!!!

2011-01-04T10:11:00.000-08:00

Garrett and I add a wonderful First Christmas! It was really great to spend a little Christmas with both families and enjoy being home. We spent Christmas Eve at Grandma Velma's house eating some great food, talking with family, and acting out the Nativity (yes both Garret and I did have parts-he was a wise man and I was an angel) We also stopped by Mom and Dad's to see the kids right before they went to bed and we opened up some great pj pants from Heidi and Jeniel. (Thanks!)
Then Christmas morning at the Bosshardt's was a little different because all of the presents are wrapped-even the ones from Santa-so we did a lot of unwrapping!

Santa brought us a WII for Christmas this year and we are so super excited!

Garrett gave me a beautiful picture of the Manti temple and a Jewlery box. I gave Garrett a case for his Dutch oven and also....da da da da! Jazz ticketts! He kept saying all season that he wanted to go to a game to now we are! YAY!

After we were finished at Garrett's house, we drove to Aurora to open presents with my family. It was a lot of fun with all of the little kids! They just make Christmas so much fun! It was fun to give mom and dad their present this year. They have done so much for their children over the past thirty years and now they can take some time for themselves! (I love you MOM and DAD!)
Jeniel gave me some really great slippers and a gift card to Borders. Garrett got a great new blue ray movie from Tori!

After presents of course we headed to Grandma J's for breakfast and the rest of the Holiday was just wonderful! What a great Christmas!

Our First Christmas Tree

2010-11-29T19:25:00.000-08:00

This year is Me and Garrett's first Christmas together and we were so excited to get our tree. I love our family tradition of hunting for trees after Thanksgiving. We had such a fun time with all the kids. It was fun to watch Kyan walk around with his play saw ready to cut down a tree and Taylie getting stuck in the snow. Morgie wasn't feeling good so she didn't come, but we had fun playing in the snow with Makenzie and Mady!

It took me a little while to finally decide on the perfect tree, but we did find it!

Then on Sunday when we got home, we just had to stay up to put up the tree and decorate it. We had a lot of lights to put on it because Dad had a whole bunch of lights from a really important event this past summer and I even strung the ribbon I saved from our wedding cake on the tree too. Garrett had a lot of old ornaments from his Grandmother through the years and we enjoyed decorating our tree together. It is the perfect little tree for our perfect little apartment. I love Christmas!

Gingerbread Houses!

2010-11-29T19:15:00.001-08:00

So one of my favorite Thanksgiving Traditions was watching all of the "Old Ladies" make Gingerbread houses at the ranch. Well this year (because I am married now) got the special privilege of making a house too! I was so excited to make one-It was finally my turn! We spent several hours Thanksgiving Evening decorating our beautiful houses! It was so much fun and definitely Mine turned out the cutest!

(Grandma made some smaller house pieces of gingerbread so Heidi and Whit got to share the fun and made their own little house.)

The Latest

2010-11-04T19:07:00.000-07:00

So I've really been getting a lot of guff from certain members of the family (IRA!) about not updating our blog for a while. Time just goes by so fast here at the Bosshardt house. (Yes, Casey I am a Bosshardt now not a Mickelsen) And actually I guess I can't say "house" so apartment. Anyway Garrett and I are doing really well and loving life. I'm still not so sure about Ogden? But anyway I am loving school and can't believe that I am less then half a semester away from finally graduating and getting that wonderful piece of paper that says I can finally teach. I am absolutely loving my student teaching right now. My preschoolers are so awesome and I really can't wait to go to school everyday. This last week I planned so many fun activities to go along with my Theme Fall Harvest. We painted with corn, explored pumpkins and squash, raked leaves, made scarecrows, learned how things grow, ground corn and made muffins, made a classroom quilt, painted pumpkins, and even on Friday we went trick-or-treating around campus. It was such a blast! I also love my job. For those of you who don't know, I work at a child care center called Little Brigham Aggies. It is right on the BC campus for USU and we care for the professors' and students' children. Most of the students in Brigham City are parents who are coming back to school and they can bring their children to LBA while taking their classes. Most of the time I am in the infant area taking care of all of the babies ages 0-2. It is crazy taking care of 4 babies at once, but I do love it!
Garrett goes to school during the day and works in the evenings. He studies a lot and we don't get to see each other much, but it makes the weekends really great. We also have received callings in our ward. Garrett is the Secretary in the Elders Quorum and I was called as the Valiant 10 teacher in primary and an Activity Day Leader. So we are busy a lot.
Anyway that's the latest news about us. Sorry there are no pictures, but I will soon change that now that I found the camera. See ya later!

Goodbye Redmond.......Hello Ogden

2010-08-27T13:50:00.000-07:00

Well Goodbye Redmond! It's time to start school! Saturday we loaded up the trailer and waved goodbye as we headed up north. We are really going to miss our cute little house in Redmond and being so close to family, but we are really excited to start our new adventure up in the city!

Hello Ogden-our new Home! This is our new apartment in Ogden. We live in a complex called Sun Chase apartments just north of the Ogden temple. It is a great complex and perfect for me and Garrett. Our apartment is a little small, but we don't need much room.

This is our bedroom with the beautiful temple my wonderful siblings gave us right over our bed.

Our bathroom and our big walk-in closet is right off the bedroom. (and that closet is full because it is all the storage space we have!)

This is our living room equipped with a desk for Garrett's countless hours of studying and a brand new couch from Uncle Jim which by the way is extremely comfortable!

And last, but not least is my kitchen. It was tough finding a place for all of my stuff, but it is the perfect place for me to cook up extremely delicious meals for Garrett. (and yes Cody I am a better cook then you!)

So we're all set and cozy here in Ogden. Garrett is enjoying his classes at Weber and I am going to start my student teaching on Monday and I'm so excited! I guess we'll see what new adventures we run into up here!

Cabin Get-a-Way!

2010-08-27T13:22:00.000-07:00

As much as we don't like it, the summer has come to an end. Because we will soon be getting to school, homework, jobs, and responsibility Garrett and I decided to end the summer with some fun. Our final summer getaway was the Bosshardt Family Cabin on Beaver Mountain.
Garrett and I drove down for the weekend (and yes we did go to church at the ward in Beaver) to this beautiful cabin tucked away in the Mountains.

Of course we had to go on a four wheeler ride. We went on a trail that took us all around the mountain and we saw some great views. (no elk though)

We did a lot of this....relaxing! And may I say that I cooked up some really incredible meals!

And also we ended our trip with a Fishing Trip to Kent's lake! Of course I caught the most fish! What can I say...it's just in my blood. Actually we didn't catch any fish just a few snags and a really fun time!

It was a great way to finish out the summer! What a busy summer!

Bosshardt Family Trip to Durango

2010-07-21T13:33:00.001-07:00

This past week the whole Bosshardt Family went on a Trip to Durango, Colorado. It was a long drive there, but definitely worth it. We had so much fun! We rode the Railroad train up to Silverton, went river rafting down the Animas River, when to the Bar D Wranglers Chuck Wagon for dinner and a show, toured down town Durango, watched a Vaudeville Melodrama, went to a mountain resort with rock climbing, horseback riding, alpine slides, bungie tramps, scenic chair lift and on the way home we stopped at Mesa Verde National Park and toured all the cliff dwellings. WOW! What a trip!

Honey Moon!

2010-07-21T11:55:00.001-07:00

We went to San Diego California for our Honeymoon! It was such a fun time and we tried to go see as many things as we could.

We visited the San Diego Wild Animal Park. In this park they have all of the animals running around together. We took a tour ride through the park and got really close to many different animals. I was upset cause the tiger was taking a nap when we went to see him.

We also went to Sea World! It was way hot and both Garrett and I got sun burned, but it was fun. The best part were the sharks! Also during the dolphin show I ran into our cousin Amy with her two little girls! It was fun to see them.

We also went to Old Town San Diego and visited the Mormon Battalion Visitor Center. This was one of our favorite places! We took a tour and learned a lot of really neat things about these faithful and courageous saints.

Of course we couldn't go to San Diego without visiting the Zoo! We spent hours looking at all of the cool animals. This zoo was amazing! Garrett's favorite thing to do was look at all his "kitty kats" (jaguars, panthers, cougars, lions).

We visited the Harbor in Downtown San Diego and toured the USS Midway. This was a huge, famous battle ship and it was pretty cool to walk through. I never realized how big these battle ships were!

It's not a trip to Cali if you don't go to the beach. We went to Lahoia Shores in San Diego. It was kinda windy that day so we didn't go swimming, but we had fun wading in the ocean, playing in the sand, and enjoying the sunshine.

On the way back home we stopped in Las Vegas. This was my first time walking down the "Strip" and it was pretty cool. Also to end the Honeymoon with an enormous BANG, Garrett took me to see..... The Phantom of the Opera at the Venecian! It was so AMAZING!

Thanks Garrett for a great trip!

The Perfect Day June 11th, 2010

2010-07-21T11:36:00.001-07:00

Garrett and I were married in the Manti Temple for time and all eternity on June 11th 2010.

It was a perfect (rainy, windy) day. We had a lot of family there which was so great!

(p.s. My photographer isn't quite done editing all of my pictures from the wedding, but when she does I will get all of the family pictures and send them to anyone who would like them. I think they turned out really good!)

After we took pictures with the family, Garrett and I took some at the temple so here is just a few that I really liked.

It really was the perfect day and we want to thank everyone in our families for all you did to make our day so special! Thank you! We love you!

Update on Heather's Life

2010-03-24T16:13:00.001-07:00

Ok, so it has been a little while since I last posted anything on my blog and I'm getting my fair share of teasing from my family that it is no longer Homecoming so I thought I would take a break from life and give everyone an update. First of all I am finishing my student teaching back at my Alma Mater Salina Elementary. I finished a month and a half of Kindergarten and now I am teaching in a 5th grade class and I totally love it! I was absolutely and most definitely meant to be a teacher! I love being there and I love teaching! It feels so good to be getting closer to finally doing what I really want to do and what I have always wanted to do-TEACH! I have had many stressful nights full tears and frustration due to the wonderful Utah State University, but I think things are working out and I'm ready to graduate.
Also another big and Wonderful thing that has happened is........I'M GETTING MARRIED! YAY!
So here is the Story:
It was early Monday Morning February 15th, 2010. I got all of my warm clothes together because Garrett said that he wanted to take me snowmobiling before all the snow melts (little did he know we had a lot more coming) So I got all my stuff and he came to get me around 10:00. After we got everything ready in Redmond, we headed off toward Willow Creek just East of Redmond. His dad drove us part way up the canyon and dropped us off. So Garrett and I started heading up the canyon on his snowmobile.

(Ok, real fast-Garrett and I have actually been for rides up this canyon several times throughout our history together. Even back in High School we drove up here several times on his four wheeler and even carved our names in a tree (I know mussy stuff!) but it was that particular area that was our destination for this trip). We continued up the canyon I noticed that the snow was getting REALLY deep. Snowmobiling go really well in snow, but they can get stuck and when they do it is a beast to get them out. Well, sure enough, we were heading across this little meadow and our back end completely sunk into the snow. It was stuck and we weren't going anywhere. So let's just say that Garrett and I spent the next hour and a half praying and digging that snowmobile out. I would say that the snow was about four feet and we had to dig down to the ground in a radius about 10 away from the snowmobile. Finally after one great push from myself and one last prayer- we were able to get it out. Also another miracle-we did not have cell service the whole time we were riding around (Garrett's mom made us check every so often if we had service) and in that one spot where we got stuck-we were able to call Garrett's Dad and let him know so I know that it was also his families prayers that helped us. So anyway after we got out of the snow, I was sitting on the snowmobile trying to get the snow out of my helmet and then Garrett started to act a little funny. I could tell he was trying to smooth his way into something and then he said "I want to give you your Valentines present."
Then he got down on his knee and pulled out this Gorgeous box!

He opened it and inside was this Beautiful ring.

Then he asked, "Heather, Will you Marry Me?" Of course I was shocked that it took me a couple seconds to respond and well obviously I said "Yes!"
So there you have it the wonderful story. It is definitely one I will never forget!

So now my life is devoted to student teaching and making wedding plans. Oh also I help mom and dad with the basement when I can which is coming along really well.

I do have my wedding dress. Mom and I found it at Lilla Lee's in Gunnison and it is really my perfect dress!

So family there is an update and I promise I will do better to keep up on my blog! Love to all!

Homecoming!

2009-11-03T22:17:00.000-08:00

This year Garrett and I went to Snow College's homecoming. We were in a group with our friends Brandon and Kade along with their dates. Friday night we went to Kade's cabin up Salina Canyon and had dinner and played games. We had a way FUN group and spent most of the night laughing at each other.

Then on Saturday we went to the Homecoming game. Snow won of course, but it was fun to watch the team and also Garrett's sister dance. Then that night we had dinner with our group and went to the dance. It reminded me of a high school dance except a lot more people because no one ever went to our dances in high school. Anyway so in the student center they had refreshments and a DJ. Then in the Noise building they had a live band which the music was more like swing music so we had fun going to each dance. The dance was really fun and I have to say that I got good use out of my dress. It has made it through 3 Homecomings! (and actually it isn't even my dress, it is Heidi's) It was a fun night and my feet really really hurt after wards but well worth it!

Labor Day Fun!

2009-09-25T13:25:00.001-07:00

This past Labor Day was a lot of fun! I had to work on Saturday, but spent the evening with the fam. Then Sunday morning I drove to Fish Lake to go to church with Garrett's Torgerson family. They were camping up there for the weekend. That was the first time I have ever gone to church at Fish Lake. I have always wanted to. It as pretty cool and there were a ton of people there! Then we had lunch with his family and played the Candy Bar Game! (this game is totally awesome and we are so doing it at our next family party!) Then Garrett and I drove to the Oak Ranch to spend time with my family. Ira and his family were down for the weekend and Casey brought his family over from Ferron. It was so fun to see everyone and of course the ranch is always a BLAST! We rode horses and four wheelers, and even climbed on the moon! (horse thief mesa, we told the little kids it was the moon and we put a flag on top) I am so glad that I got Garrett on a horse again! He did so well!

Then we went for a ride on Grandpa's new four wheeler! AWESOME! It was a fun weekend!

Long Time No See!

2009-09-25T13:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, ok, ok, I Know! I haven't written anything in a long time but REALLY, I have a perfectly good excuse and I promise it is a good one! I am just so BUSY all of the time and when I am not busy I....well....let me think...actually to tell you the truth, there is never a moment that I'm not busy. Even now I am supposed to be working on my social studies project learning unit lesson plan and instead I am being a rebel and taking a break! School is going well though. I love all of my classes, well almost all of them but that is another story, and I love the girls in my classes. we have fun and always keep those long nights in class bearable! I have this semester of classes and then I will student teach in the spring, work in the child lab for all of May and then Graduate with a two degrees, one in Early Childhood Education and one in Elementary Education! YAY! I can't wait to be done and finally be in my own classroom which actually could be this time next year! CRAZY! Ephraim is a little different than Logan, but I like it! Now don't get me wrong, I still find a little time for fun because I'm in college and it's what you do! I love my roommates! They are sweet girls and we are always laughing at each other! So life is great and always moving forward! Love to all!

Back to School!

2009-08-20T09:18:00.000-07:00

Hello World! Sorry it's been awhile, but I don't really stay in touch too well during the summer? Now the summer is over (BUMMER!) and I have to start getting back into the swing of things! Now I am living in Ephraim attending Utah State University South campus and the end is almost in sight. I only have a year left until I can finally fulfill my life time dream of becoming a teacher. Ephraim is a little different than Logan. It's a lot smaller and I just have this feeling like I am older then everyone else. I am really going to miss Logan, all of the people I met, living with my sister, visiting Ira Jeniel and the girls, and the beautiful Cache valley. But I guess life goes on...so school here I come!

Bon Fire!

2009-04-08T14:17:00.001-07:00

Last night we decided that it would be fun to have a bon fire and roast some hot dogs and marshmallows. On our way we stopped at first dam and took some really fun pictures in the tunnel!

The place we wanted to go initially was closed so ended up going to the church's fire pit (not exactly the great outdoors, but close). We had a good time building a fire, roasting up some hot dogs and singing some fun songs completely off pitch! (I wasn't meant to be a singer) It was a great ole' time with the roomies and friends! P.S. smores can be really really REALLY messy!

Merry Christmas?

2009-04-08T13:56:00.000-07:00

Hey Fam! I just love living in Logan because it snows in March! YAY! Sunday morning we woke up to about 4-5 inches of beautifully fallen snow and it was still coming. Huge white flakes! So naturally we listened to Christmas music as we got ready for church. Josh Groban is amazing! Then during church we all came up with a brilliant plan! We wanted to celebrate Christmas together! So after ward prayer we invited a whole bunch of people over to listen to some music and make Christmas sugar cookies! It was a blast!

Look! I made cookie that looks just like Krista! What can I say? I'm Just awesome!

Happy Chinese New Year (well, a little while ago!)

2009-02-23T09:04:00.000-08:00

Of course because we are G4, we wanted to celebrate Chinese New Year this year so each of us dug deep within ourselves to bring out the Chinese in all of us. Kristen told us that it was good luck to wear red, so all of us wore our red shirts to school. (Don't we look so precious in our matching attire?) So then we did what we do best in our apartment, we ate! We made some delicious cream cheese won tons with sweet and sour sauce and then Kristen made some amazing fried rice! We had a pretty good time and the food was great too! Happy Chinese New year!

Sisters Forever!

2009-02-15T15:22:00.000-08:00

One of the biggest blessings I have in my life are the gift of two wonderful sisters. Of course like all sisters do, we fight and steal each others' clothes and get frustrated with each other. It's just part of being sisters, but I wouldn't trade them for anything in this whole wide world! These past years I have had the amazing opportunity to live with my big sister Heidi. Our time together has meant more to me than anything. We have grown so close together and have shared some memories that I will never forget. She is one of my bestest (yes this is a word) friends and I love her very much. She takes care of me and is always there when I need her. Every girl needs a big sister like mine! And then there is my little sister. Where do I start with her. Let's just say that a big sister couldn't be more proud than I am of her. She has so many dreams and hopes in life and instead of just thinking about them, she is out there doing what she can to accomplish them. No dream is out of reach for Whitney so watch out world. I miss the fun times we shared in High School playing sports and those big hugs in the hall. I miss being her furniture and trust me, I never thought I would say that! I love you Whit and I am so proud of you. In this last General Conference Elder Holland gave a talk on Angels in our lives. I believe that my Father in Heaven gave me two of them to help me and be there for me when I need it. I love you my sisters!

Teacher in Training

2009-01-18T09:02:00.002-08:00

Hey Family! I just wanted to let you know that I have created another blog. In my Technology for Teacher class, we learn about ways we can implement technology in our classrooms to enhance our student's learning and one of our assignments is to create a blog. I wanted to make this blog a good resource for myself as well as for my friends and family. On this blog I will post random classroom assignments, but also I will post some really great resources that could be beneficial at home and with your kids. I will post some great online resources that children and also parents can go online and use. Also I will put on some lesson plans and activities that could be fun to do at home with your kids. I hope that you find this blog helpful and fun! I know I will!

This is the address for my blog:
http://ttheather8.blogspot.com/

The Best Job in the World!

2009-01-16T07:50:00.000-08:00

I have the best job in the world and I didn't even have to fill out an application! Thank you brothers for finding some amazing girls who graciously agreed to marry you and have the cutest children in the world! I absolutely love being an Aunt!!!!! Being around my nieces and nephew is the the best thing in the world and makes me so incredibly happy! Sweet little phone calls that you can't understand what their saying, but so cute to hear their voice, dressing up like princesses and going to the ball, changing all the stinky diapers cause their dad's don't want to, reading stories at bed time, making cookies together (well, technically making a mess!) watching Kyan break dance, listening to them talk (Header, chiwakas, hey dude, i yuv you, thingers, etc.) getting spit kisses, always getting asked for treats cause they know their mom will say no, pretending to be ballerinas and leaping across the floor, seeing them for the first time and hugging them so tight, teaching them things only aunts get to teach them, and watching them grow. The only part I hate about being an aunt is saying goodbye to them when they have to leave. Thank you my brother's and my sister-in-laws for giving me the best job in the world!

#1 Family!

2009-01-12T13:23:00.000-08:00

I don't think many of you know this, but I am the mother for my family home evening group. I have 18 children (not all of them are pictured here) and we have so much fun together. We took this family picture to make Christmas cards for the Bishopric. For one activity we all made shirts that say, "#1 Family" because we're group #1 and then took a picture. We always have a lot of fun together no matter what we do. Also, it is kinda fun being a mom. I'll see my children all over campus and they all shout, "Hey mom!"

Work, work , and what was that? Oh yeah, WORK!

2008-11-13T13:40:00.000-08:00

Hey World! I've been having a few people nag on me a little that I need to update my blog a little so I guess here goes. As you can probably guess, I have been working a lot lately. Right now for my practicum in Early Childhood, I work mornings at the child lab on campus in the two-year old class. I teach about twelve two-year olds and let me must say that everyday is a new adventure! (Thank Heavens for washable paint!) I am really having lots of fun and if anyone has a question about two-year olds, I'm pretty much an expert! On top of that I have all my work for school. It is getting down to the end of the semester so that means everything is due. And of course Elementary Education professors don't believe in tests, so I have a ton of final projects, papers, and presentations! Then after school, I go to my real job and guess what I do there, Play some more! YAY! Mom the other day asked me if I was meeting any guys up here in my classes. I'm an Eled major, the only guys I meet are either Married (all guys in the Eled dept. are married) or five years old! Honestly, it is a good thing I love kids because I'm completely surrounded by them. Then my last and most important job is taking care of Heidi. Or maybe it's the other way around. Good thing I got her to look after me! Now I just need to figure out why my fish are so weird! Love to all!

No longer a teenager!

2008-10-06T10:18:00.000-07:00

Well, it's happened! I'm am no longer a teenager anymore. Today is my 20th birthday! YIKES! My teenage years are gone and are never coming back! I am finally twenty! YAY! Watch out world, the older and wiser 20 year old Heather is coming to take you on! Happy birthday to me! (oh, something not too happy about today is that I woke up this morning and my fish Squishy had died! SAD!)

I love School! (Good thing I'm going to be a teacher!)

2008-09-22T10:55:00.000-07:00

Hello World! Yes I am actually alive, contrary to what people may think! I'm sorry I have kinda fell off the face of the earth, but my life right now is just so busy! (story of my life!) So school is going really great and I absolutely love all of my classes! I am learning so much about how to be a good teacher and the best methods to teach my future students. I don't know why, but learning stuff like this gives me a rush! Anyway I am also doing my practicum in an elementary school in Smithfield. I work in a Kindergarten as the teacher's assistant three days a week. I am there from 7:00 to 4:00 learning how to be a teacher. I help the students, teach reading lessons, lead in daily routines, read to the students, and many other fun things that happen each day in Kindergarten! My favorite thing is when my students run up to me in the halls and and give me a hug and shout "Ms. Mickelsen!" It is the best feeling in the whole world! So along with working at a Kindergarten, full time student, part time job, socializing with friends, being the mom (oh I got a new calling in my ward, I am our Family Home Evening Mom. It is a busy calling, but one of the funnest I have ever had. I gained a husband and 20 kids all in the same day!) my life is going wonderful as ever! I have learned so much being out on my own and in school. I have learned who I am as a person and who I want to become. I have learned what matters most to me in my life and who matters most to me. I have grown so much closer to my Father in Heaven and I have gained an immense passion for gospel and a desire to spread it to the whole world. I am growing up and it is hard to accept that, but I am so grateful for opportunities and special people who have helped me grow up to someone I really want to be and someone I know my Heavenly Father knows I can be! Love to all!

Tagged?!?!?!

2008-09-04T13:21:00.001-07:00

So I guess I've been tagged? Whatever that means? So here goes...Heather in Pictures

My Name
Heather Mickelsen

Heather Locklear

Where I was Born
Gunnison Valley Hospital

Favorite Color
Blue

Favorite City
Good 'ole Aurora, Utah

Place I want to visit
Rome, Italy (I have an obsession with Pasta!)

Bad Habit

Playing with my Hair

Whenever I'm stressed, mad, or bored I play with my hair

Favorite Animal
Tigers (I love Them!!!!!!!!)

Past Love
Cheerleading
Some of my best Memories are with my cheer girls!

First Job

Babysitting (of course every girl's first job is babysitting, but I babysat A LOT!)

Another Place I want to visit

Disney World

(take all my nieces and have a princess tea party with all the Disney Princesses!)

My Current Job

I am a full time student at Utah State Univeristy

and I work in the Nurery at the Child and Family Support Center

BACK TO SCHOOL

2008-08-26T13:31:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! I hope life is going really well for everyone out there! As for me, it's GREAT! Although I was really sad to see the summer end and really hesitant to start school again, I am loving this new semester already! First I guess I'll just throw this in, but I actually had knee surgery last Thursday! I know, CRAZY uh? Well, I hurt it at the family reunion again and the doctor said we're going to fix it now, so we did! Now I'm trying to get around campus on crutches, but no worries--I've never had so many strange people open doors for me before. It's kinda fun! So anyway, school this semester is going to be extremely busy! I moving along in my program and hopefully will graduate with my degree by the end of next year! YAY! Also, I absolutely love my new roomies! Heidi and me, then Krista our roomie from last year, then Kim who is hillarious, Kristen just got off of her mission a month ago and she is so sweet, and then Sam the new freshman and very cute! We have already clicked so well and I can tell we'll have lots and lots of fun together! I really like our new ward and it seems like things are going well. So I'll keep everyone posted and sorry I will get pictures as soon as I can. Blogs are more fun with pictures!) Love to all!

It's Over!

2008-08-06T07:18:00.000-07:00

Hey World! It's me again! I Bet you missed me! Sorry it has been a while! I really hate not having the internet at home, so the only place I can blog is work and of course at work I am supposed to work, so my blogging time is...well, limited! So summer is over, well almost anyway! I am so SAD! This has been one of the funnest summers of my life and now it is almost over! Living with Ira and his family has been the funnest thing I have ever done and I will miss it more than anything! Good thing they will be just twenty minutes through the canyon! Oh yeah, quick Ira update: (I'll give you an update cause he can't because well, he doesn't have the internet) So things are going well with the purchasing of their new home. They close on August 13th and hopefully will move in on the 22nd. It is the perfect house for them. There is 5.3 acres, plently of room for Ira to start his little farm with his cows and ducks and goats (goats? yeah he really wants them? I can't imagine why?) The back yard is beautiful and big for the girls to play and the house is just about perfect! Jeniel is so excited to finally be able to decorate and put up her pictures and unpack all the boxes! Ira is doing well at his new job and they just love him at the clinic! The girls are growing so fast and Madyson is excited to start Kindergarten. I think her mom is a little sad to see her grow up so fast and start school! Jeniel and I are having so much fun reading Breaking Dawn and making cards. We found a new obession so we spend at least two hours a day in her craft room stampin' cards! I love it! I am so glad that things are turning out well for Ira and his family because they deserve so many blessings! I will miss them! So back to the sadness of my summer ending! School starts soon and I don't think I'm ready but ready or not-here it comes! I will be excited to live with Heidi again and see some of my new friends again! Well got to go! Love to all!

SUMMER!

2008-06-25T07:05:00.000-07:00

Hey world! It has been a while since I talked to ya so let me fill you in! Sorry it has taken so long, but Ira doesn't have the internet yet, well, technically he doesn't have a computer anymore either so after they get a new one (the old one finally kicked the bucket) we'll get the internet and you'll be so priveledge to hear from me more often. And I might throw in some picture now and again so beware! I'm still living with Ira and fam in Honeyville and I love it! (the living with Ira not the Honeyville thing!) The girls are so much fun! Some mornings I get the cutest wake up call! My room is right next to their's so I wake up to the sound of them talking. "Let's go wake up Heather!" "OKAY!" Then I watch three adorable little girls creep through my door. I close my eyes pretending to be asleep and then they run up to me and jump on me saying "Get up Header!" We love to go swimming out in the back yard while Jeniel and I work on our tans! (well, I mean sun burns! ha ha ha) Also I think Jeniel and I have a new addiction no thanks to Heidi and Miquelle! WE LOVE TWILIGHT! Jeniel and I read it together out loud like while we're making breakfast or lunch or sitting outside and we can't put it down! It is such a good book and it is really fun to read together! So this summer is going by really fast and I don't like it at all! I hope everyone else is having a good summer! Love to all!

Honeyville!

2008-05-21T22:01:00.000-07:00

Hey Fam! Finally I think I am settled for a while. These last two weeks I've been living at home, driving to California, spending time at the ranch, driving north, driving south, living with Jed and Nanci, staying overnight at work, and moving to Ira's house in Honeyville. Oh Boy! I'm really going to love not living out of a suit case. Gosh I've been bouncy around so much I feel like no one wants me! :( So anyway now I am moved in with Ira and his fam. The house they have is nice, but I don't think they want to be in it for very long. This last week I have been helping unpack things and entertaining the little girls. They are just so excited that this new house has a sand box in the back! Right now I am just working as much as I can and helping Jeniel organize all their stuff! Honeyville is a nice little town and the drive to Logan from Ira's house is really nice. Some of those house are GORGEOUS! Well that my life so far, just working and always having a good time! Love to all!

ROAD TRIP!!!!

2008-05-08T19:03:00.000-07:00

Hey Fam! Me, Heidi, and our roommate Justine did the coolest thing this past week! We went on a Road Trip to California! A couple months back we bought tickets to a broadway musical and planned a whole trip to go to Los Angeles. So we left early Tuesday morning. California or Bust! We had fun on the trip singing Disney and Newsies and of course the Wicked soundtrack. Sometimes I got a little bored so I made some funny videos! It was so fun and we had such a good time!

WICKED!!!!!

2008-05-08T18:56:00.000-07:00

So the whole reason we came on this road trip was to come and see the Broadway Musical Wicked at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. It was totally AWESOME! I loved it! I don't know how many of you know the story of Wicked but it is so good! The music is so amazing and of the stage special effects where really cool! We had such a good time and it is definitely a night I will remember forever! Oh and our Hotel was so close to the HOLLYWOOD sign! Sweet!

Santa Monica Beach

2008-05-08T18:38:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday Morning we woke up early and drove to Santa Monica Beach! I haven't seen the pacific ocean since our trip to Mexico with the Jackson family. It was so pretty except for the fact that it was over cast all day but still really fun! It was a nice HUGE beach and see had fun running around and getting in the water! I love the Beach!!!! Also we made our Wicked Shirts and wore them all day! They are pretty cool if I do say so myself!

Hollywood Wax Museum!

2008-05-08T18:31:00.000-07:00

We went to the Hollywood Wax Museum and the Guinness Book of World Records Museum on Hollywood Blvd. In the wax museum it is just full of wax models of all these different celebrities that look so real. We had fun taking funny pictures of all the celebrities. I enjoyed sailing off into the sunset with Orlando Bloom and chilling with Zoro!

Disney Soda Shop!

2008-05-08T18:14:00.000-07:00

Walking down Hollywood Blvd. was so fun to see all the cool buildings and attractions. We got to see Disney's El Capitan Theater where they only show Disney Movies. Also right next to it was this little Disney Soda Shop and we stopped and had dinner. I had spaghetti and it was Delicious! We also had ice cream and shopped around in the Disney Store for some souvenirs.
Heidi loved it!

Crazy Roommates!

2008-04-19T20:59:00.000-07:00

WOW! I love my roomies! We have so much fun together and we can get a little crazy sometimes! We went ice skating for family home evening and we had tons of fun! I think I spent more time on the ground then on my feet! We just have so much fun together!

Hamiltons!

2008-04-19T20:53:00.000-07:00

Also for Easter weekend, Heidi and I took each other out to dinner to a fancy place called Hamiltons! Heidi got a nice steak and I got delicious chicken cordon bleu! We really spoiled each other!

Easter!

2008-04-19T20:45:00.000-07:00

Since me and Heidi didn't go home for Easter, we had our own little celebration! We colored Easter eggs and rolled them down Old Main Hill! We also had the "Easter Bunny" come! Well, actually Dad gave us a package with kites and candy filled eggs. It wasn't as good as Easter at the ranch, but me and Heidi had lots of fun together!

Broken!

2008-04-18T08:35:00.000-07:00

Hey my fam! Guess What? I did it again!!! I broke my arm! This will be the third time for my right arm! Well, not really broken, I just fractured the bone a little bit. The story is really quite funny and leave it to me to hurt myself right before finals. I was roller blading with a bunch of friends (at about 10:30 PM Monday night) and well, I don't really like gravity. We don't get along very well. So I was kinda going down this hill really really (really) fast and I didn't survive the journey. My legs totally came out from under me, I flew in the air about five feet, landed on my behind and my phone in my back pocket (the phone came out worse then I did), and also landed on my right arm, slid another five feet on my behind, and finally stopped at the bottom of the hill in the gutter. It all happened so fast and the only thing I really can remember is all my friends yelling at me to stop. Believe me, I tried! So anyway to make a long and rather exciting story short, I have a nice and incredibly uncomfortable splint on my arm restricting my ability to perform simple every day tasks that I have previously taken for granted like brushing my hair and tying my shoes. But all is well! Finals are only two weeks away and I still can't write or type very well, but everything will work out! (Oh Thanks Heidi for helping me with my math last night, I had a hard time drawing my shapes!) As for my phone, it is in critical condition and I don't think it is going to make it! The doctors are doing all they can, but I think I'm going to have to put it down. So many memories! I'm really going to miss it! Also, I'm going back to the doctor in ten days to get this splint off (YAY!) and see if I need a cast so everyone pray that my arm will heal! Love you all!

Accepted!

2008-03-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

Hey Fam! Just some new news in my life, I have been accepted to the Elementary/Early Childhood Education program at Utah State! Yay, go me!

Spring Break!

2008-03-16T10:50:00.000-07:00

I just had a really fun spring break! Mom, Dad, Kyan, Whit, and I drove down to Zions National Park on Thursday and and spent some time hiking around. Whit and I fulfilled one of her life goals and hiked Angel's Landing. It took a little over three hours to hike and boy was it a hike! Whit and I had fun climbing through tunnels and skipping up the switchbacks (ok so we didn't skip more like trudged, but we did skip down them!) It was a long way to the top and towards the end the trail takes you on this narrow ridge where there is a cliff on one side and a cliff on the other! It was awesome! We finally made it to the top and we could see for miles and miles! Then we took so pictures of us chasing the squirrels and hanging out over the edge (don't freak out dad!) It was a fun time I got to spend with my lil sis!

College Life

2008-03-16T10:37:00.001-07:00

I love college! USU is a pretty fun school and I have even better roommates! The cool thing about our apartment (G-Unit!) is that there are three sets of sisters! Heidi and I-- Krista and Michelle-- Justine and Makenna. We have a lot of fun together! For each of our birthdays we went to Angies to "Clean the Sink!" Then just recently we had a competition between sisterhoods to see who could clean one the fastest, Heidi and I dominated cleaning the full sink between the two of us! We were pretty full afterwards! We have decided to stay together next year too, except Makenna is getting married soon and Michelle is going on a mission, but G4 will live on!