Jennifer Anne

Proposal Pictures :)

2011-10-06T21:30:00.000-07:00

here they are :) we're pretty darn Happy if you ask me :)

I'm Engaged!!

2011-09-29T19:32:00.000-07:00

So.. First of all, The Boy is Home!! Tyson flew in September 14th and it was the best day ever! I don't think I've ever been so nervous and excited in my life. I'm not kidding. I could have thrown up from the massive amount of butterflies I had in my tummy. But he's home and it is amazing!! Almost like he never left :) And yes, yes he did Hug me when he got off the plane. But guess what? I'm SO glad he did.

Ok, now time for the Real big Story... How He Proposed!! Let me do a little background story first though... Tyson and I have been together for 3 years. And yes, we are counting the time he was on his mission because we were in constant contact. A letter or more a week for two years..yup, I totally consider that constant contact. Anyway when we decided to officially date, we were out star gazing... on his last night with me before leaving for the Mission we went star gazing... I think you can see where this is going but I'll continue anyway. Here we are 3 years later, to the day and what are we doing? Yup. Star Gazing. It's just our thing. Normally we just go right outside his house or somewhere close because of where he lives, you can see them that well. But tonight he wanted to show me one of his favorite spots. This whole time I have been thinking there is no way he would propose tonight, it's just way too expected. I totally made myself not get my hopes up at all and just enjoy our Anniversary. with it being officially fall now, its starting to get really cold out after dark so we had to get all bundled up, especially because we would be taking the four-wheeler most of the way. It was going to be a Freezing ride. I suited up in three pairs of socks, two pairs of pants, two shirts, a hoodie, and a Coat, along with boots a beanie and mittens. I was all ready to go! or in other words...I was looking really good. I had the blankets, flashlight and everything just waiting at the door. We were about to walk out when suddenly Tyson remembered that he had to call his boss. One phone call turned to two, and then that turned to helping his mom with the vacuum... all while I'm still suited up sitting on the kitchen floor with the biggest, thickest blanket known to man. I.was. melting! We were going to go but then, oh wait! You can't forget to check the Four-wheeler and make sure it has enough gas and oh yes, make sure you call your cousin about a skateboard...what was this boy doing?! Finally he asked if we should just stick around here and go another time. Are you kidding me? Heck no. I was determined to go. There was No way in Heck that I was going to get all dressed up and not go to where we had planned to go. We were finally ready to go and about to leave when his mom yelled out to watch out for Bears, Cougars and other Animals that have been spotted just last week. What? Excuse me? You've got to be kidding me...You're taking me to where I could be eaten alive?! I was now in a panic. I was trying to hide it the best I could, but I think he could tell. He didn't seem too worried so I tried to forget it and just have fun. We finally left and because I had sat inside roasting for so long, let me tell you, a 9pm four-wheeler ride has never felt so good! We rode for what seemed liked for...ev...er and got deeper and deeper into the woods. This is when I decided that I watch WAY too many episodes of Criminal Minds and CIS:NY, because my imagination was going crazy with possibilities of things that could happen to us out in the middle of no where! After “getting lost” and trying to turn around, we spotted a car that was driving up there, Tyson looked back to me and told me that he Hated it when people were up in this area this time of night because it always freaked him out. I have never known Tyson to be scared of something so hearing this, yeah I was shaking in my boots. Literally. We sped off in the other direction from the car and finally made it to the Spot we had been looking for. As we walked down the hill hand in hand, I started to feel better about being out there. It was such an open area and the view was breath taking that I didn’t even think of something attacking us... all until I saw the “Glowing eyes” in the brush. I froze, pulling Tyson back to stand right in front of me, pointing to where I saw the "eyes" I told him to go check it out. He said he couldn't see anything and started walking away. I was still freaking out because those "Eyes" were following my every move! I finally got him to walk over there and see what it was or to see if this creature was going to attack... And yes, I sent him to look at it. He's the man, he'd protect me and fight the beast off...right? Anyway, to our luck it wasn't anything. And of course that made me feel a little like an idiot. We walked a bit further until I realized what I had seen glowing in the brush. It wasn't eyes...it was a Broken Glow stick! And it was Everywhere!! There was yellow glowing brush everywhere around us. For a second I thought it was really cool because it was still glowing...but then it dawned on me. There was NO way this would still be glowing this bright if this wasn't JUST done. Which only meant one thing. We weren't alone on this mountain...in the middle of no where...in the pitch black...with nothing but a flashlight and blanket. I had that thought and BAM! I fell to the ground. Now, if you've ever seen a scary movie this is the perfect time for the girl to be taken away being drug by her ankles or something creepy like that. Good thing I had Tyson there to help me back up though, embarrassing moment of the night? Check. Tyson got me up and made me keep walking, but of course I made him follow the trail of the glowing brush with me because I was curious. Scared out of my mind that I was still going to get attacked...but curious. We followed the trail right to the side of a cliff. Well, honestly I don't even know if it was a cliff but from what I saw, it most defiantly was. It was pretty dark out so who knows how far down the ground was. Anyway, On this side of the cliff I saw out of the corner of my eye that there was something written on it. I moved closer to get the full look and to my Surprise, there written in Glow Stick was "Jenn Will you Marry Me" I spun around and there Tyson was getting down on one knee to ask me…It was beautiful and mushy and great just like I always thought it would be :) And then I felt so incredibly stupid for freaking out about the “Glowing eyes” and the car that we saw earlier and thinking at all that I could get attacked with Tyson right there with me.… that car we saw was in fact his Sister and Cousin who had just left from writing the message out, which he had actually carved into the rock earlier that day. It will have that message forever :) It was perfect! Now to answer all your questions about the Ring, Two and a half years ago Tyson gave me my Ring when he asked me to wait for him while he went on his Mission. So since I already had my ring he gave me a Beautiful necklace from Wales, where he served his Mission. It's a 'Love Spoon' which is a Welch tradition and it's actually really cool! You can learn more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovespoon. So that is our story. I waited two years, he got home and 2 weeks later, We're Engaged!! Sounds perfect to me :) I don't have the pictures from that night yet, but here is the Most Recent one of us and you can see my ring if you haven't already!

T.

2011-07-30T23:22:00.000-07:00

Today, like everyday in my life for the past two years, I miss him.... I miss him a Whole freaking lot. 6 Weeks, will you by go fast? Please and thank you :)

Isn't he just So handsome?

He wrote this for me on the Beach in Wales :)

Laundry Day=Everyday

2011-06-27T18:26:00.000-07:00

As a Nanny of four boys and a little 4 year old girl, my Laundry load is well... HUGE. All the time. Everyday. It sometimes amazes me how many outfits they can go through just in one day. I can understand Addie (the four year old) going through a lot because she's a girl and lets face it, girls change their clothes at least 4 times a day. But the Boys? I never thought I would do so much of their Laundry and not to mention their Ironing. But I actually don't mind it, most of the time. I have my two Laundry buddies who make it bearable to stand in that room about 50% of my time there. The other 50% I'm in the Kitchen. But whenever I am doing the Laundry or Ironing Addie and Trey (12 years old) come and join me. They like to sit on top of the Washer and Dryer and just talk with me or sometimes I'll help Trey with his math (yeah, it's true, I do.) When I'm done with the Dryer they like to "surprise" me

Doing Laundry will Never be the same :)

97 :)

2011-06-08T19:01:00.000-07:00

Ok Judge all you want, I don't care. But I just have to let it be known that we are now in double digits! Only 97 more DAYS until My Tyson Comes home!! I am more thrilled than ever and I give the next 97 days full permission to go by super fast! I am so excited to see him again! :)

Summer Sunshine

2011-05-20T18:26:00.000-07:00

Today was such a beautiful day out that! I Love how much the Sun has been shining and how warm it is! I finally feel like summer is actually starting. Little Addie and I decided to take full advantage of this sunshine and play outside. I Love spending my time with her. She's adorable and always brings a smile to my face. She LOVES drawing on anything so we spent hours playing with the chalk. We raced in the grass and of course she would always yell "I winning! I so faster than you!" This girl is just too cute. I Love my job!

I Love that she loves to hold my hand everywhere we go

4 Months!

2011-05-03T18:44:00.000-07:00

I know I just recently said Tyson comes home in 5 Months but it is now down to 4 and I guess you could say I'm just a little excited...Ok, I'm A LOT excited! I miss this Boy a TON and yes, I'm counting the days until I get to see him. Lucky for me I do get to talk to him this weekend! Yay for Mothers day and Calls Home :)

Isn't he just the best?

To My Mother

2011-04-30T00:57:00.000-07:00

All that I am or ever dream to be, I owe to my Angel Mother.

After my High School Graduation in 2008

New Years...probably 1994-ish

Happy Birthday to the Best Mother in the world!! I wish I could be spending this day with her but sadly we are hundreds of miles apart. Tomorrow we will Celebrate together. I Love this Woman and I am so Grateful that I was blessed to have such a wonderful Mother in my life. She has been there for me in all things and has shown me what a True Best Friend is. Thanks Mom :) I Love You and I hope to be half the woman you are one day.

Spring?

2011-04-22T10:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a crazy day for Weather in Spokane. It went from Rain to Snow to Sun to Hail to Rain back to Sun all in about an hour. My Emotions and hopes for Summer have never been so mixed up in one day! But in the middle of all that Rain and Snow I thought back to last summer, Man I miss the things summer brings

Mom's Flowers in our yard

Warm enough for tiki lamps and no jacket

Beautiful Flowers everywhere

Finding Doves nesting in our trees

Friendly visitors that invade our garden

I'm ready for you Summer... Come soon please.

Little Miss Addie

2011-04-21T19:31:00.000-07:00

Meet Addie. This little girl is pretty much my new best friend. I spend about 9 hours with her each day. I Love every minute of it. I am now the nanny for the family of this sweet girl. For the time being it is just us two, but once summer hits I gain four boys. The family is awesome though. I have a feeling I'm going to learn a lot while I am working for them, but I'm totally ready for everything! Bring it on.

Our Last Hurrah!

2011-04-09T21:08:00.000-07:00

Finals are over and we're all leaving for our break. Some of us will only be gone a week, others longer... like 9 months :( But either way, the sad thought of us all not rooming together has finally come true, So we decided to have one last hurrah together before we all go our different ways.

It started with a Huge feast at Applebee's (courtesy of our friend Jason) We got every dessert on the menu along with a bit of every appetizer. It was delicious, and yes we ate every last bit of it.

After Applebee's it was games at our friend Mike's place. We have the tendency to wear the same sure a lot... we call it the Apartment Uniform

We got home, finished our clean check and decided to go for a Scooter Ride one last time... at 3:30am. It was epic.


It's blurry, Sorry :(

Then, for our final night we had a huge sleep over in the living room. Man I'm going to miss these girls. They are truly the Greatest friends I could ask for.

Thanks for the Memories Girls!

Well Hi there!

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

My Next door Neighbor got me back into wanting to blog and all that Jazz so here I am again, blogging. It's been almost a full year since my last post so I guess you could say there have been new things happening.

We all moved into a New Complex


This is all I could find of inside our place that really shows it

I Turned 21!!

Something Strange went down with my Eye

I got another cute Nephew

Drake Scott Mecham- March 24th 2011

And my Handsome Man only has 5 more Months!!

YAY!! :)

Finals are now over and I couldn't be more relieved! It was a fun and exciting semester with the girls, never a dull moment with them, I'm sure going to miss living with all of them! But now it's time to head home and Start my new Nanny Job! Good bye for now Rexburg, see you next winter!

Yes, I'm Still alive.

2010-10-10T09:59:00.001-07:00

It's been like a billion years since my last post, or more like 5 months so I figured I should probably fix that and fill you all in on "The Life of Jenn" I am currently back at BYU-Idaho and I absolutely Love it. I have the best roommates anyone could ask for, they aren't just my roommates but my best friends and pretty much my sisters (without taking the place of my amazing sister that I do have) We have a ton of fun together whether we are staying at our apartment for the night or if we are going out somewhere. We always create wonderful adventures and memories. My classes are going well too. I have a Photography class for my minor which I am really enjoying, my teacher is awesome and is always willing to help you do more than your best and even though she piles on the projects like none other, I still like the class. I'm taking a Child Development class too which is going pretty well. I like the class and the simplicity of it. Child Development is my Major and instead of me learning a ton about what I should be learning I feel like I go back to preschool, but who's complaining? My Eternal Marriage Prep class is actually pretty awesome. We have read a lot of things by the Prophets and Apostles which is my favorite part. But when you get to class its a whole different subject. When we're in class its more like "How can I get a girl to say yes to a date" or "Should I give this guy another chance" I'm not kidding those are exactly word for word things students have said in class. I am taking only 12 credits right now because I was suppose to find a job. Have you ever tried looking for a job in Rexburg Idaho? It's not an easy task. You have to get these job lined up like 5 years before you even come to school here, that's if you just want a chance. Jobs fill up super quick here. But I'm still always on the look out for something I could do. It's my Goal to get my Bachelors here in Child Development, Minor in Photography and a new idea that I have is I would like to get my Masters in Social Work. It's just a thought right now but I think I would really enjoy that. Now that I've filled you in on all the school stuff Here are some of the Highlights from this Semester So far

1. Tyson Hit his One year Mark!! Ok that is mostly a Highlight for me. I think its a Pretty big deal.

2. Good Bye Carriage House, Hello Spacious Amazing Apartment. We all Sold our Winter Contracts for Carriage house. Yup, after 5 semesters Here are are ALL Moving to a New Apartment. It's called North Gate. It's Pretty legit and we are all Totally Excited. It will be hard to leave the Ward after so long but I think it will be a fun experience. This place has two fridges and 3 bathrooms...how can you pass that place up? I mean really.

3. Horse Back Riding over Conference Weekend. Me, Karlee, Arianne, Jill, Holland and our roommate who is off track all went to Utah and spent the Weekend with Karlee's family. This weekend was...interesting to say the least. There was never a dull moment. It went from forgetting the conference tickets in Rexburg to locking the keys in the car, getting lost finding a party, Long chit chat with a Cop, waiting an hour for the locksmith in the middle of the night, and then finally coming across a man in an all blue spandex suit Who really liked to dance. But it was wrapped up by doing my favorite thing ever, Horse Back Riding. It was a ton of fun and I even jumped a Creek! Ok it was a tiny one but still I jumped it, you gotta give me some credit.

4. By chance we made new friends. Ok, turns out it wasn't by chance, but we made some awesome new friends. They came knocking on our door one night asking for a girl who lived down the hall, thinking they had the right place. Little did we know they just wanted to meet us and didn't have the guts to do it any other way. They are pretty cool guys though. (I don't have a picture of the guys but this is all us on their scooter)

5. Have you been to Taco Bell lately? They have a Party pack. Its full of like a million tacos.. Good thing I work out with Emily every morning or else I'd be one Huge girl rolling around campus. Party packs are kind of a huge deal to our apartment and we all like going to get them and when I say all I mean 12 of us...in a 5 person car.I'm sure there will be plenty more highlights and adventures to share, after all it is Halloween Weekend...it's going to be Legendary, I can just feel it.

My trip to Colorado Part I

2010-05-05T11:49:00.000-07:00

I have been looking forward to this trip since March and now I am finally here in Colorado and I am loving it. Ryan, Maria and I have done a lot of fun things. I have loved spending time with them too. The first thing on our List of Awesome things to do while I am here was go to the Zoo. I have never been to a Zoo before.. well that I know of or can remember. I have always Loved, loved, loved Giraffes and I was so excited to go and see them and to feed them! I was like a 5 year old in a Candy Shop! It was so exciting and I loved ever second of it. Feeding the Giraffes was so much fun too! They have seriously the longest tongues ever! I'm pretty sure I heard the animal keeper say their tongues are 18 inches long. That is ridiculous! Not only did I get to feed them but I was so lucky to be slobbered on and Licked by them. Thanks to my Oh so kind older brother Ryan. He decided he was going to hold his Cracker over my head, making the Giraffe reach and eat over my head which he just so happened to lick and drooled on! I was videoing during this whole thing so my little freak out was caught on tape. We got to see a lot of other Awesome animals that I have never seen before in person as well.
We are now going to play a little game. It is called Find the Gnome. Ryan and Maria bought this little Gnome the other day and we decided he should also be involved in our little adventures. It is your job to find him though. Enjoy.

Here is just a Taste of the Zoo along with the Video I was talking about.

Very Fierce Mountain Lion

Up Close and Personal (No Zoom)

ZEBRAS!

David the Gnome. Can you find him anywhere else?

Update

2010-03-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

So I thought that many of you would like to see and know how Tyson is doing in the Far off land of England, and even if you weren't really wondering, you now get the pleasure to know anyway :) Tyson is currently in Wales England. His Companion is Elder Wang and they seem to have some fun adventures together. Here are just some pictures of his past and Current adventures since arriving in England

Robin Hood in Nottingham

Lost?

Caerphilly Castle

What a Cute Missionary :)

Peter Pan!

2010-03-04T12:28:00.000-08:00

Modeling as Peter Pan

My Job

2010-02-28T15:00:00.000-08:00

So for the past month or so I have been working as a Model for the Art Department here at BYU-I and I just thought I would share with you some of the sketches that have been done or the pictures that have been taken. I'd have to say I have a pretty fun job. It may hurt sometimes because of how long I have to hold the pose. I have to hold each one for 30-35 min and then switch and do another. But I get paid to dress up. Its fun :)

Me as Peter Pan

I was told to look this bored.

Happy Birthday to Me!

2010-02-28T14:48:00.000-08:00

I know this is a little Late. But better late than never I guess. The 14th of Feb was my Birthday and to Celebrate my Roommates took me to Red Robin earlier in the week since all my roommates were going to be out of town for my actual birthday. It was a lot of fun though. Then Saturday Mom, Dad, Jared and Ellie came to Rexburg and we were able to just relax Saturday and Sunday. Then Monday we all went to Applebee's for Lunch and then the girls went to the Mall. It was a lot of fun. Thanks for a Great Birthday Mom and Dad! :)

What a kind Loving Roommate

Birthday Raspberries

Roommate Picures

2010-01-23T13:26:00.000-08:00

Ice Skating

2010-01-21T21:16:00.000-08:00

A New Semester

2010-01-21T20:45:00.000-08:00

Ok I've decided I am terrible at writing for this Blog so... I've decided that I am going to work on that. It is a New Semester at BYUI and I am lovin it. My Roommates are way fun. Last night was Lynnea's 21st Birthday so to properly celebrate we took her to AppleBee's to get Virgin Daiquiri's.

The Birthday Girl

Karlee , Lynnea and Marie

Liz, Emily and Me

After Dinner and Daiquiri's We got her a Pinata filled with tons of her favorite Candy

It was over all a Very Fun Night!

Home

2009-09-21T21:48:00.000-07:00

I Miss This...

Photography Blog

2009-09-04T12:33:00.001-07:00

I have a new Blog.. Check it out! http://jennmechamphotography.blogspot.com/

The New Journey Begins...

2009-09-04T10:53:00.000-07:00

Well its that time of Year again, When I realize I have Way too many clothes and not enough boxes. Packing up clothes for school is probably the worst ever. You always pack up everything you think you're going to wear but then when it actually comes down to it you will still always wear your favorite 5 outfits. Well with that part out of the way I'm ready for the Adventure that awaits with in the 7 hour car trip. I'm so excited for the Fall Semester. Oh Rexburg, Lame little town in all its boring Glory. I actually missed it. But I've mostly missed my Roomies. I'm very excited to live with those girls again! They are the Greatest! I'm especially excited for my new Roomie, I'm living with Tyson's Sister Whitley. Its going to be so much fun! But of Course I'm also excited to start my classes, my 3 art classes, math class, religion class and family class. It's going to be a work load but I'm ready for it! I'm also going to be looking forward to my Monday Mornings! Most people might think Mondays are the worst but I have a new reason to Love them! I get to babysit my Nephew Carter every Monday morning! I can't wait! He is the cutest little boy. Here are some Highlights of Last year

Tyson Playing with Carter

Me and Karlee Dressed up For FHE party

All the Girls, Dying our Hair!

Drum Roll Please...

2009-08-20T22:36:00.000-07:00

The Post You've All been Waiting For..... Tyson Got his Mission Call Today!! He'll be Serving in the Birmingham England Mission, Wait for it... Mandarin Speaking!! Isn't that Crazy! He's So excited! We are all So Happy for him and can't wait for him to get started! He reports the the MTC September 30th, Super fast huh!?

Adamson Family

2009-08-20T21:39:00.000-07:00

Finally an Update! So I spent the Month of July in Ithaca New York with my Sister and her Family, Helping her as much as I could with the Kids while Gary studied for the Bar Exam. I really don't know how much of a help I was...But I tried. Four kids is a lot to handle, well for a 19 year old any way, All moms must be Wonder Women! But I really did Enjoy my time with the Kids. They are the cutest kids! I'm going to miss having them around all the time. I'm really gonna miss Drinking "Blood" (Fruit Punch) with the Kids, Watching Gilmore Girls and eating Popcorn all night with Mel, Mel dancing and Singing in the Kitchen, Tyler wanting to always "Battle" Owen Yelling for Aunt Jenny Jenn..The List could go on and on. I Sure Love those Kids! While I was there Mel let me take their Family Pictures. I Know many of you have already seen these pictures but.... I just want you to enjoy them again anyway :) I had so much fun taking Mel's family pictures. I can't wait to actually get started on taking pictures for school and learning more.

My Weekend :)

2009-06-01T12:51:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was a Blast. Tyson was finally able to get work off and came to visit for a few days. We had a ton of fun! We started by going to our ward No Talent Show which was really funny. Dad and another High Priest Did a Magic Show which I think was a big hit. After the Talent show I took Tyson to Couer D' Alene. I love it there it is always so pretty. I showed him around a bit and then we went to Dockside and had the most amazing Desert ever! Dockside is Famous for their Gooey's which are Huge! Ours had Vanilla Ice Cream with Huckleberries and Strawberries with Huckleberry Sherbet and Strawberry sause and then Two HUGE Chocolate covered Strawberries and Whip Cream on top. Mm Mm Good! Then we walked on the Boardwalk. It was Beautiful. We had So much fun! After Dockside we met up with Ryan and Maria and went to see Angels and Demands. It was actually a pretty good movie. I think I liked it better than the First. But that was my fun filled Weekend.

The Huge Strawberries

Mmm..It was So Good!

On the Boardwalk

Tyson being my Model

And Again..What a Good Boyfriend :)

Sunday Afternoon

Tyson Howling at the Moon

My Visit to Utah

2009-05-20T18:07:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa, They are Adorable! I love them so much!

Kadey and Cooper

Tree in Grandma's Front Yard- Beautiful but Smell Awful!

2009-03-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

This past weekend one of my roommates got married. She got really lucky with the weather! The sun was shinning and it was probably the warmest it has been out all semester. It was a beautiful day for a wedding. I was asked to be in charge of the Bridesmaids Camera... Too bad I was only able to get one of the pictures I took from her camera. But oh well I hope you enjoy it. I'd really like to do photography for weddings so hopefully this could be a good start.

Pictures

2009-03-04T08:22:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures I took for a photography assignment....enjoy

On the way to Logan Utah(there is a nasty glare on this one sorry..I took it from the car)

Mom with Carter

Coming home from Snowboarding

Tyson's little Sister Malia

One Eyed One Horned Flyin Purple People Eater

2009-02-09T08:22:00.001-08:00

Here are some Pictures of My Purple Hair!! Once this color washes out my Roommates want to do Aqua!

A whole New World

2009-01-26T15:02:00.000-08:00

Well I'm in my Second Semester at BYU-Idaho and I'm totally Loving it! I have moved out of the Dorms and into Apartments with 5 other girls. They are So much fun and I couldn't have asked for a better change! My Classes are going great too! I have been actually really enjoying going to class...surprisingly. I have Book of Mormon, American Foundations, Heroic Journey, Social Problems and Child Development. I'm learning a lot from all of them! This past weekend I was able to go with Tyson to visit his family and to celebrate the Chinese New Year. It was a lot of fun and a very new experience. They have all the kids who aren't married get in a line and then they give each of them a Red Envelope. In each evelope is money. I was very surprised when they had planned to include me in this tradition. I got 25$ from that, then they play a game and you get the chance to get more money. By the end of the night I had 60$...I think I like Chinese New Year better. Haha. That weekend Tyson and I also got to take his younger cousin snowboarding. I hadn't been in a very long time. It was a lot of fun but I still had a lot to learn, lets just say I couldn't really move the next day. I'm really Loving this semester so far and I'm hoping it Continues to go this well!

Me and Tyson on the Lift

Tyson's Cousin, Tyson and I Snowboarding

The Girls and I dying our hair Purple!

Pictures!!

2008-11-03T15:10:00.001-08:00

So I've been playing with a few pictures lately just kinda seeing what cool things could be done...Let me know what you think. I took two pictures from Melaines blog...Hope you don't mind Mel :) Congrats on the New Baby Girl! We love and Miss you guys!

Halle in the Park

Mel with Katie and Kristi

Halle and her Bug

This one is from when I was getting dropped off at School

Owen playing in the Park when we visited Mel and Gary in New York

A Musician in New York

Just a little Update...

2008-10-13T13:27:00.000-07:00

Rexburg...or should I say Iceburg has been great! It has been snowing all week so its been pretty chilly! Nothing is sticking but it snows a lot! I'm kind of excited for the snow though. I don't know why but it makes me feel closer to home. I love Spokane in the Snow. But here is what has been happening. This past week I was really sick. It was no fun at all. I woke up in a cold sweat with a terrible head ache and sore throat....After going to see the doctors all they could tell me is my body is trying to fight off an infection that they think is coming from my throat and that my White blood Cell Count was 8000 over normal. So after some blood test and an IV I get some medication and was sent home to sleep.. I started feeling a little better but then Friday Night I started to get really bad pains in my right side. So I went to the hospital because my roomies were afraid it was my appendix. After more blood tests and IV's and some X-rays.... it turns out it wasn't that. So I was sent home with some more medicine which tasted totally gross and I hated it. But I'm all better now so its all good! So besides all of that there has never been a dull moment with my roomies. We have way too much fun I think. I love it! They are great! Oh...yes. How could I forget to tell the story of the boy who wrote me a song. It was so cute. It was right before Jill, Lauren and I were going to go work out. I open our front door and right then I hear someone singing. So I look off the balcony and there He was with is two friends singing a song to me... Can I Keep him please? He's just so Adorable! Here are the Lyrics:

In the Kitchen I saw her there
Should I say Hi or would she Care?
Wait in the windows' a Hersey Kiss
This is a chance I could not miss

She's so Sweet like the Chocolate in Hand
This is going much better than Planned
Eat the Candy and right where I stood
I just say, "Wow this kiss is so Good!"

Chours: Hey there Pretty Lady
Can I come in?
Cuz I really think I love you-Since
I saw you stadin there

She then tells me her name is Jenn
think to myself I bet she's 4'10''
I had to leave, so we parted ways
Don't see each other for a couple of Days

But when we hang out Everythings Grand
I see her Cute face and she touches my hand
For some unknown reason I call her a Square
I was just teasin, Didn't think she would care

Chours: Hey there Pretty Lady
Can I come In?
Cuz I really think I Love you- Since
I saw you standin there.

Yup, I'm keeping him :)

Then here are some pics of Just things....

My IV-The First one

Me and the Girls with our Matching Thermals

REXBURG!

2008-09-08T13:28:00.000-07:00

I'm Fianlly here!! And so far it has been really fun! My roomies are great! I have Loved hanging out with them! They are totally fun and crazy. My classes so far... I think they should be pretty good. It was definently a change going from the Community College to a College that starts off class with an opening Prayer. But its for sure something that I think helps in the class. I think it will make the class a lot better for everyone when we start it off like that. My roommates and I had our first sunday meal toegher too. And yes we cooked it all by ouresleves and nothing burned! Unlike the other girls here...I'm pretty sure about 5 fire alarms went off on Sunday. It was kind of funny to hear them all screaming. Before the weekend was over they had this huge party thing called i-night and its like a mini carnival. It was so much fun. Me and some kids that I met went and played Human Battleship. You get into canoes in the pool and everyone has a bucket and you try to sink the other canoe. It was so much fun. My group won. We were pretty much amazing! I'm loving it here But of course I still miss home. I've gotten my roommates to fall in love with Ritz and Salsa on sundays though! I was pretty happy about that. The Tradition will live on :) Here are some pictures of Me and my roomies.

Our First Sunday together

Kate and the Broken Window...She's a little stronger than we thought

Me and Kate

We went and saw the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Summer is coming to a Close

2008-08-29T19:44:00.000-07:00

Yes I'm Finally updating my Blog...Shocking I know! But I thought it would probably be a good idea to fill everyone in on what has been happening with my life! This summer has been a very exciting one! It started off with the YW High Adventure! that was such a blast! We went on the Hiawatha Bike Trail and then Repelling! I was a little scared to do that but ended up loving every minute of it. Then after that I went to New York City to visit my Sister and her family! that was so much fun. We were able to see Wicked on Broadway too! That is such an amazing show, I loved it! Then right after I came home from New York I was off to Girls Camp for my Seventh and Last year there. I was a 4th Level YCL so I was able to go on the canoe trip again which was tons of fun! Sadly Camp was cut a little short, The Noro Virus hit 26 of our girls! It ended up actually getting to 50 some people! Luckily I was not included in that number but it was scary to think of how close it could have been because of all the close contact at camp. The Virus wasn't bad, but it was like having a nasty 48 hour flu. Gross. But after camp I was back to work which was a great experience. I loved working at Aeropostale this summer. But now as you all know I will be attending BYU-Idaho in the Fall. I move in the Fourth! That is so soon! Its kind of exciting but nerve racking at the same time! I won't even get to know who my roommates are until I'm checked into my Dorm so I'm a little nervous for that. I hope that all goes well with that. I have actually contacted a few of the girls living in the same building and so far I think it should be pretty fun! They seem like really neat girls! But I'm all packed up and ready to go! I'm actually in Utah visiting family until my Parents have to officially Ship me off. I already miss Spokane though. As much as I thought I was ready to leave that place I still miss it. It's so crazy to see how fast everything has been going since high school started! Me and most my friends off to College. The boys already getting their Mission calls and even one engaged! Its so crazy how time flies! But here are a few pictures of my last day in Spokane with one of my Greatest friends Madison. Thanks to Jared and his Artistic ability :)

Me and Madison Playing on the Slide

We went to the Playground a lot this summer

It was our Tradition to come and swing on the swings with ice cream every time we hung out. I'm really going to miss doing that with her!

Madison basically became like a Sister to me! And her family was like my second family! I'm going to miss them so much!

I'm A Big Kid Now!!

2008-06-11T12:36:00.000-07:00

Well its official! The Youngest of the Mecham Family has Finally Graduated! I am totally done with High School. I never have to enter that Building again! It was a very crazy day, Exciting but crazy. I still don't feel like I have actually graduated. It is really weird to think that I have spent four years at that High School and now I'm off to College in just less than three months. I don't even know how to feel about that yet. After graduation we had our Senior All-Nighter which wasn't so bad I guess. I won 30 bucks and a Scanner/Printer so I guess thats pretty cool. We did have Magicians come and let me tell you... they were terrible. I felt so bad for them! If you are ever asked to entertain a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds at 3 in the morning I advise you to decline that offer. We are not so easily entertained and happy haha. But besides that I would say it was pretty fun and the Free Food was Amazing! I also Graduated from Seminary! That was a neat experience as well. Yes, sleeping in is an Amazing feeling but I'll have to admit I'm really sad that those early mornings are over. I already miss my alarm going off at the crack of dawn and trying so hard to get myself out of my warm bed. Seminary has been such a great thing to have in my life and I'm really going to miss it. Thanks to all my Wonderful Seminary Teachers!

My Exciting News! well... for me anyway!

2008-05-12T17:01:00.000-07:00

So I've had some pretty exciting things happen to me. Let me start off with I am officially finished with Personal Progress! I received my Young Woman Medallion last Sunday and will have the Recognition night next Sunday! Let me tell you it felt so good to complete that. My next news is that I have just got a Job! Finally, I know! I filled out the Application for Aeropostle last week and they called me an hour later with an interview time. I went to my interview on Friday which was an very weird experience. But they called me this Afternoon and said they would love to have me on their staff! I am so excited! I start next week with an Orientation. After that they said they already have a couple shifts for me. I'm totally Stoked to be working there! And I can't wait to use the amazing discounts! :)

The Moment You've all been Waiting For....

2008-04-28T13:25:00.000-07:00

SENIOR PROM

Yes..It's true. I have finally updated my Blog. This weekend was Senior Prom. It was a lot of fun! I went with a good friend of mine Tyson Orndorff and we doubled with one of my best friends Ashley Henderson and Tysons friend Jake Schnibbe. Jenna Osborn did my hair. Thanks Jenna! She's so amazing! So...the story of my night. If you didn't notice..my dress was quite large..but no worries. It wasn't hard to get in and out of the car at all...All I had to do was get a running start and Jump...Ok maybe it was a little hard. I think my dress took up two seats. Oops :) After running about 45 minutes late to pictures we finally got there and took some really quick ones. Luckily the line wasn't long at all. Then we went to Clinkerdaggers for dinner. MMM So good! I got Salmon and I loved it! I felt kind of bad because my dress couldn't fit in the booth it was kind of in the aisle but oh well.... After dinner we had some time to spare so we just took a little walk in River Front Park. It was such a nice day. Along the way I got to play photographer for another group. That was kinda fun taking their pictures. After a while of walking we decided that it was time to put our feet to better use and go dance! You know how only the weird people show up to dances on time? Well...We were defiantly the weird ones that night. Ok not really. But we thought we were going to be. To my surprise it was already packed with pretty much everyone we knew right at 8 o'clock. We ended up staying almost the whole time, it was a blast! After the dance we all headed to Dockside for dessert. They have the best cheesecake ever if you wanted to know. After almost everyone falling asleep on the car ride home we decided to call it a night. It was a ton of fun. Then at church the next morning it has always been tradition for the girls to wear their dresses to church. Camille Osborn was in Yellow I was in Blue and another girl was in Pink...we got called Belle, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty by all the little girls. It was actually kind of fun being considered as a Disney Princess for a Day :) But now for your own enjoyment...The Many, many Pictures...mostly courtesy of Jared...He went a little over board. But I'm glad he did or I wouldn't have many pictures at all!

Me and Tyson

The Group

Jared getting all Artsy...

Tyson and me again

More of Jared getting Artsy

Probably one of the most artsy ones Jared Took.

Some photo Fun

2008-03-09T13:41:00.000-07:00

I was asked to Senior prom a couple weeks ago and I just recently got my dress! I love it! Its pretty much my dream dress! My mom had me try it on and we took some pictures so we could show Jared. Matt got a little crazy with the camera and made me promise I would post the pictures up for all to see and pretty much give you a play by play on the pictures...so enjoy his creations...

Thumbs up! We like the Dress

Showing how poofy this thing actually is

I love it!

He captured me talking to Emily...

Side shot

Matt is standing on the top of the couch for this one

He then jumped down rolled and got on his back to take this one...He's also laying on my dress

The Mystery of the Box

2008-03-09T13:20:00.000-07:00

As most of you all know last month I turned the big 1-8. It was a really good day! It started with Seminary where my really good friend brought me my favorite drink:Carmel Apple Cider. Then off to school where on the way home we stopped and took some way cool pictures in a phone booth. I don't know why but I've always wanted a picture in one. When I got home and went to my room to put my things away I saw a small box on my pillow. It was a box of chocolates and on the clear wrapper in Silver sharpie was written "Love you" I figured it was from my mom or one of my friends from Cheer. So I opened the box and started to eat them. When I went to ask my mom who they were from she had no idea what I was talking about. So I went and asked my dad. He also had no clue. I thought that was strange..so I asked Matt and Emily if they had given it to me..another no. Things were getting pretty weird. I called all my friends and none of them had any idea what I was talking about. I finally asked Ryan and Maria. One again I was turned down. No one in my family had any idea who the box was from of how it got there. That means someone just walked into our house knowing where my room was and put the box on my pillow and left....Thats probably the freakiest thing ever...We still don't have any idea who the box was from..It will forever be an unsolved mystery.

BYU IDAHO

2008-01-20T15:15:00.000-08:00

I have just been accepted to BYU Idaho! I'm really excited! I found out a while ago but I just got a letter in the mail with what Track I'm on. I will be on the Fall/Winter track. I'm really excited but of course I'm still scared and a little sad to know that I'll be leaving home soon. Its kinda hard to believe that I will be 18 years old on Thursday! I know that scares mom and dad...But sorry you can't stop it! :) No matter how much you think you can..My birthday is still coming

STINKY SNEAKER

2008-01-13T15:47:00.000-08:00

The Stinky Sneaker is our huge Basketball game against our rivals, The Central Valley Bears. Its pretty much a huge spirit contest to see who can be the loudest from half time of the first game to half time of the second game. We did amazing this year. Better than we have ever done in a really long time. But sadly we still lost. But thats ok. This was my last time ever performing with the cheer squad. It was really sad but we hit one of the hardest stunts, a Scorpion. And I must say it was pretty dang cool! There are only 3 in the GSL and we have 2 of them! Its pretty exciting. Our theme this Year was Shoeper heroes.(you have to tie in the word shoe with your theme) It was a lot of fun. We had Batman masks, peter parker glasses, capes which we had newspapers to cover us as we switched props like Superman did

Cheering..kinda Me and My Stunt Buddy Travis BATMAN!! My Scorp!

Cheer Competition

2007-12-14T08:35:00.000-08:00

This weekend my Cheerleading squad went to Auburn Washington to compete in the UCA Regional Cheer Competition. It was a lot of fun! We placed 2nd after having to change our routine 30min before preforming. Apparently our stunts were illegal. Oops. We still did Ok I guess but I think we would have done a whole lot better if we were able to keep the original performance.

Only in seattle would you see this...Feed the birds Tuppence a Bag

The Squad right before we went on

Just goofin off

Second Place!

me with the Trophy (I think I look like a mouse or something)

HAWK NELSON!

2007-11-18T21:58:00.000-08:00

So on Thursday a few of my friends and I were able to go see one of our Favorite bands play. It was at a Christian Revival thing but still..It was free! how could you pass up that?! When we first got there it was totally cool and we thought it would be fine to go. But before the band started to play they had a speaker come out and say a few things. We couldn't really tell what he was saying but the very few things we could pick out were kinda weird. After the band played I was lucky enough to escape before the other speakers came out. My friend that stayed longer said that it was actually kinda scary. They started praying and chanting and then showed clips of the Passion of Christ. I'd have to say I'm glad we don't do anything like that. I think I'd scare myself. But here are some pictures for your entertainment. :)

Here is Me and Ashley bored because they took SO long to introduce the band.

Here's me and Ashley totally excited because they started playing!
Here's the Band!

Me and my Friend Andy

They just started playing our favorite song! I think Ashley got a little TOO excited!

Here's the base player. he totally stopped to pose for us.

The Base Player again. He started playing peek a boo around the pole after this. He was kinda funny.

Oops! Forgot the Zoom was on. Haha

Tagged

2007-11-10T11:33:00.000-08:00

I've been tagged. Here are six things that you might not know about me.

1. I have a pretty disgusting talent. I can do the wave with my tongue. its pretty gross.

2.I am a perfectionist when it comes to my closet. It is color coordinated and everything.

3.When I laugh really hard I hyperventilate and then it turns into more of a clicking sound than a laugh. which makes everyone laugh even harder.

4. Me and my friends still love watching the cheesy Disney channel shows like Hannah Montana. We love it!

5.I can Blow bubbles off my tongue too! I think that ones pretty cool.

6.I think I take after Mel on this one but I love playing with peoples hair.

Wow that took me so long! Ok now I would like to tag Matt& Em. Good luck!

SADIES

2007-11-01T20:55:00.001-07:00

Well I can see that some of you are ready for a new post so here it is! This past weekend I had Sadies. It was a lot of fun! We went in a group of six. It was Ashley Niccolls and Mckay Clarkston, Ashley Henderson and Brandtly Thorton. I asked one of my good friends that I actaully met at EFY this summer. His name is Zak Nelson. It was a blast. We went to Rocky Rococo's for dinner which was so good! then we went and just messed around downtown and went on the Big Red wagon. Then we went to the stake dance instead of going to the high school one which was really fun (surprisingly) Then after that we went to Ashley Niccolls's house and made Ice Cream sundae's and played Spoons and Guitar Hero.

I don't have the actual dance pictures yet but here are a few of what we took before the dance and of how I asked Zak.

Photographer

2007-10-04T20:56:00.000-07:00

So over this past weekend I was able to pretend I was a photographer! It was really fun! A friend of mine asked me if I'd like to take his senior pictures. So we went to a really pretty park and starting shooting. I think we got some really good shots But it took me some effort to get him to smile in some. But here are just a few of what we shot. Tell me what ya think!

SCC

2007-10-04T20:35:00.000-07:00

Sorry I'm a little behind in my blog but I started school at Spokane Community College and so far it has been really great. It is for sure a Huge change from the High school but a really good change. The Teachers are a bit strange...Take my history teacher for example. She has a lip ring which is totally distracting. Tattoos on her arms and all up her legs. And she dresses like she's stuck in the 70's It's really entertaining but at the same time you can't focus on what she is teaching because you have to wacht her lip ring move up and down. Also I've known there were a lot of smokers in the world, but dang! I didn't know over half of them happen to go to SCC with me! I about die every time I walk in and out of the school. There are always about 15 people out smokning before and after classes. If I die early Blame everyone at SCC. You could defiantly die from second hand smoke there. its terrible. But Other than all of that my classes are really good and its really fun going to SCC

Good-Bye Summer

2007-09-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

Well the summer is coming to a close and school is starting really soon so Camille Osborn, Kaite Conant and I decided to vist the lake just one more time before we can't go because we're too busy. We went to Post Falls and went to a park and had a picnic. It was way fun!!

Senior Pictures!

2007-09-03T09:48:00.000-07:00

Hey! I just got my senior pictures back, Tell me what you think. Oh and also my cheerleading picture. But keep in mind these ones haven't been fixed at the studio yet...

Especially For Youth

2007-08-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

On the first week of August me and some of my friends took a road trip down to Provo for EFY. It was the funnest time ever and we met some of the craziest people. This picture is us girls and a guy we met that actually lives here in spokane.

We also met some boys from England! Here is me with Tim and Luke.

During our free time we went to the bowling ally in the basement of the Wilk. Center I think we chose the wrong day to go..we had to wear dresses that day. But it was still fun!

This is me and my two counselors Steve and Carolyn.

GIRLS CAMP

2007-07-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

Girls Camp was the first thing I had in my busy Summer. It was the week right after school got out. It was just the 12 year old Girls but it was still a lot of fun. All of us YCL's put our hair into rag doll knots and then had huge Fros when we took them out This is Me and Camille Osborn. She was my YCL partner. This was our 2nd time being YCL's together. It was a lot of fun!

After Many hours of Brushing and washing we finally got our hair back to normal just in time for Bishops Night, where all the Bishops come and play games with us and we have dinner as Wards.This is our Bishop, Bishop Garner.

Hellooooo

2007-07-06T21:25:00.000-07:00

Well seeing that pretty much my whole family has a blog I thought I would get one too. Just so all of you could see whats going on in my life...even though its really not all that exciting