Oh MERCY!!! THE 2010 OLYMPICS HAVE BEGUN!

I had an Olympics party last friday! The opening ceremonies in Vancouver were reason to celebrate! I thought the ceremonies this year were a little weird and kind of crazy but still totally entertaining and still amazing.

The lighting and passing of the TORCH! so dramatic! It was rather stressful trying to pass it with out letting go of the button that kept the torch lit up! Our torch may or may not have been a light up princess toy from Wal-Mart...

We had our own Olympic games! The Nylon/Orange game - I don't know what its called but I remember doing it when I was little... You put an orange or apple in the leg of a nylon, tie the nylon around your waist, put an orange on the floor, and you have to try and knock the fruit from one point to another by swinging your hips. Looks a little awkward, provides for some good entertainment :)

You can barely see the gold medals hanging from the ceiling from the picture above, but the winners of each round were presented one of those medals. And of course the ultimate winner earned the Mexican Coconut juice, with pulp!

Mr. Marc blowing up the balloon as big as possible. Those things just keep stretching! I wish I had taken more pictures because the decorations were fabulous! I must say the Olympics inspire me to go all out. I made food and people brought stuff from all over the world... well kind of. A baguette and cheese from France! Bruschetta from Italy! Sopes from Mexico! Potstickers from Japan? all those Asian countries, and Pizza for the one and only USA!

Its been a while since I actually planned and hosted a party and I forgot how much I love it! It was a 3-day weekend so a lot of people were out of town, including all my roommates except Catherine. So i was worried nobody would come and I didn't know how it would turn out. but my Olympics party was all I ever dreamed of! :)

This semester is so much better than Fall! Oh man I moved out of that smelly hole I was in and now I'm with fun girls in Colonial House. I lucked out with roommates this semester.

We went to the Peking Acrobats show and it was INSANE! Afterward we attempted our own acrobatic skills!
Nancy - she's the craziest funniest thing! Rec Management major, knits hot pads, wears literally whatever she feels like, she is the one with her mouth wide open in the picture below, has an unforgettable laugh, Nancy and Beth provide daily entertainment Finger painting for FHE
I am FHE mom this semester.Catherine- she is new to all of us this semester, from Thousand Oaks California, I'm a big fan of her.

Bethany - from Texas, boy-crazy, planning on serving a mission, she is best friends with Nancy and also has a unique laugh,
Rebekah - I lived with her last semester, sings beautifully, I've never heard her say anything harsh or negative, interior design major, from Boise Liz's birthday dinner at Craigos

Happy Birthday Whizard!
Juuuust being domestic! I was making Liz's birthday cake. Airplane! With Liz's boy Colby

Liz aka Whizard- My third semester roomming with Liz, she takes good care of me! finds my keys, feeds me meals, my personal mapquest, and she makes divine guacamole! Can't compain, life is good!

I can't comprehend how much goes on in the world all at once. Friday night Lindsay Millett's husband Derek was killed in a car accident. They had been married just a year. He went to work and never came home. Her whole world is upside down and those of you reading this will think "oh how sad" and then continue on with your day. And there is nothing wrong with that but it just boggles my mind. Lindsay and I are 4 days apart, shared all the same friends and memories through middle school and high school. I remember at the end of one summer in high school, we went through the calendar and figured out there were only 4 days of the 3 month summer where we were both in town and didn't see each other. Anyway, its just weird when unexpected heartache hits so close to home.
The moment Derek's life ended, Lindsay became a widow at 21, a husband, son, brother, friend, home teacher, student, coworker was lost. And at the exact same moment in time, wherever it be in the world, I bet somebody got married, a baby was born, a hilarious memory made, a first kiss, a conversion to the gospel etc. I just can't comprehend it.