Natalie and Nathan Marden

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

{Memory Lane Pt. 1}

I was going through some old pictures and found these... they brought back some good memories:

Missy, Me, Wendy, Todd, Tiffani, Mark and Sam on Halloween

Stacey and I just being us

Missy, Me, Whitnee and Qyncee dressing up for fun

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Bold the items you have done:
1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
20. Slept on a train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing - (on a rock wall.)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Tied a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a Bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - (well. a fish.)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Fun for you, fun for me

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be.

The catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Sledding at the Sledding Hill

For Presidents day, we(me, cassie, kyndra, brittney, isaac, and roddy) went sledding! It was a lot of fun!! Here are a few videos of the funness we had :

Pay close attention to my sled in this one...it's awesome!

Just sliding by

The incredible sled train

i don't know how to rotate this...but watch me at the end... he he he

S.A.D. Day

Single Awareness Day, comes every year around this time... some find it an excuse to be depressed. I don't. If all those with a special someone have an excuse to have fun, why not us who are single? So we've been planning it for a while. Here is what we did:
We made tie dye t-shirts with hearts and on the back put "I'm just not that into you" We all wore those, went to the movie "He's just not that into you" and then came back and had "Love Stinks" cake that made our teeth black. While we were in our festivities, my amazing friend, Isaac came over and brought me flowers! He's such a good guy! Anyways, here are some pictures from the day of funness:

Kiley, Kyndra, Christy, Cassie, Krystal, Brittney, Nat, Alicia

Kiley and Me

Brittney, Nat, Cassie, Kyndra, Christy
Alicia, Krystal, Kiley

We were singing and getting really into it...

Our Love Stinks cake... tehe he

The pretty flowers Isaac got me

Me and Isaac

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Excitement

Well, in exactly 2 months from today, I will be a college graduate!!! I'm so excited, I just wish it was April already!! Here's an update on me:

School:
Graduate in 2 months :)
classes are going well
I'm learning a ton in my studio photography class. I've been talking to my professor and his wife and asking them all the questions I can possibly think of. I'm getting really excited to officially start my photo business. I've learned so much so far this semester about taking good photographs and everything... this class is going to improve my photography one million percent!!

Church:
The calling is going well. It's keeping me super busy but somehow I find the time. It amazes me how much I love these girls that I don't even know very well. I just sit in Relief Society and just feel so grateful that we have such wonderful girls!!
I'm also doing the student living program for the ward. I go to meetings once a week, learn what I can about the program and then try and teach it to all the girls. The program is a pattern of righteous living. Last week we talked about the principle of love. How it's important to communicate and not just stand back and watch people dive into sin. It's a really good program, and I'm learning a lot.

Life:
Life is good, and I'm sure it will keep getting better

Plans:
So, I plan to come home to Salt Lake the weekend of the 20th, the 27th, and then again in March for sure the weekend of the 20th, and then the first weekend in April.

Well, that's a brief run through of what's going on.... I'll try and post more stuff, but our internet is kind of off and on.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Super heroism

Last weekend was Krystal's and Tyler's birthday. We had a super hero themed party. everyone came dressed up as different super heroes... It was a lot of fun!! We did a photo scavenger hunt and then watched Iron Man and had cake. Here are some photos from all of the funness: