23 is the new 185

Well, i Just have a few things to say.
So you know how Blake's friend asked if I was his Grandma?\ Well to top that off when my family and I went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner, there was this down syndrome fella that was a greeter. which is awesome, and he was talking Jana's ear off. when I got there someone told him that it was my Birthday and he said, "What, are you a 185 years old?"  wow. really? I guess 23 is the new 185! And I tried to give him a high five and he faked me out and rub his hand on the right of his head so smoothly.

then on Sunday when I was at Savannah and Kyle's house, his family asked me how old I was turning. so I told them I was 23. and then his dad said it only goes downhill from here. you might as well kill yourself now before it gets any worse. I've got  gun in my garage.

yikes. i'm old.



Oh And another thing. if you see me anytime soon I'd really really appreciate it if you didn't ask me the following questions: WHEN are you getting married? and my personal favorite.WHEN are you going on your mission?
Let's get this straight. I WILL TELL YOU IF ANY OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN!

I was asked at least 5 times at my friends farewell. and everyone from my home ward came up to me asking When I was going on My mission. The answer is NO!

I promise I'm not against missions and I think it's great when people go. I really just don't have any desire to go. really.
When I was at The Fordham's on Sunday I was telling them that if one more person asks me WHEN I was going on my Mission I was gonna freak out. So of course not even like ten minutes later I get a text that was a a birthday poem and at the end it you should go on one too. then it said (on a mission)
I was ticked. and They LOVED it! and then a while later Kathy, My Grandpa's wife called and wished me a happy birthday. and I told her I went to Dayna's farewell. And yep, you guessed it! She asked me if I was going on a mission too! Don't get me wrong. I care about these people that asked me. but it gets a little annoying. actually A LOT annoying. I can't stand it!

So no mission. Sorry to disappoint everyone.
I may not be married nor serving a mission. but that doesn't mean that what I am doing is where I should be. I like my life. and what is mostly going on in it. But really I wouldn't change anything.
so yeah. that's all.

And PLEASE STOP!!! It is really appreciated!

Sincerely,
Laura Jean R

Post Birthday.

So lets be real my birthday week wasn't that great. No one could do anything because of finals. Which is really lame. And so the very few things I did were very fun. Who knew that having my birthday on the day it is would screw me over in my College years. Thanks Mom and Dad! jk


Highlights of my Birthday and Week:

1. Porters Place with Savannah and Kyle. On Monday, Day two of Birthday Week. We ate at our Favorite Place in Lehi. Its so good. everyone should try it. And we then went to Big Lots and got some stuff. and it really was a lot of fun! I was Drunk I swear because everything Kyle said was super funny to me. and I don't even know why. Half the time he would just say weird things or just make a noise and I laughed for hours.
2. Every night Lisa would Play Wackee Six with me. and that meant a lot. sometimes Jessica would Join in.
3. Tuesday: Day 3 I was supposed to have a Cereal Dinner party. but of course no one could come. And you were supposed to eat Cereal all day. But I went to Lunch with my dear friends Hailey and Dayna to Cafe Rio.  and they paid for me! It was awesome and so much fun. Then Dayna and I went to the mall because she needed Pants for her P-days on her Mission and she leaves on Wednesday. We went to this store called Utah Unique. it's a neat store. and we saw these rocking chairs that were for your cabins. I decided to try it out. and I fell in love. I couldn't speak. and after about 2 minutes of not yapping Dayna looks over and saw that I was sitting there so she decided to try it out too. She couldn't believe how her butt felt so good in that chair. and it was wooden with just a little cushion in it. and her chair was even better with a recliner. Then we went to see her friend Cailie.She is pretty fantastic and always has a story to tell. and you know how much I love stories. And Hung out with Celeste T for a little while. Hey Celeste- Party in the house! :)

4. Thursday Day 5: I spent it making fliers for my moms work. and got $100 from it. and Then I went to Celeste T's House and made a Chocolate Pie because I never got pie for Thanksgiving. My Uncle only bought Pumpkin Pie. and we watched Sleepless in Seattle. it was so much fun! I never knew that movie was so funny either. and the pie was delicious.

5. Friday Day 6: Erin P and I wrote Fan letters to Zac Efron. it was super fun. And I tried to make mine as creepy as Possible. And when I was done I read it. and was super creeped out. I think i succeeded. I am not even going to send it. I felt like a freaking creeper. Erins was pretty Creepy but definitely not as creepy as mine. I don't think it could get anymore creepier than that. Then My cousin Jessa took me Comedysportz! One of my favorite places EVER!! We went to Taco Bell for Dinner then to Spoon Me for Desert! My most favorite places EVER! My favorite person at comedysportz was there. He's usually always there! and I want to marry him. he is funny and good looking. and I got a picture with all of them! it was super fun. oh and that man is NOT married! so that is good. I have high hopes for us! :)


6. Saturday did a whole lot of nothing. in the evening I went to Erica's and Blake had his friends over because Erica was babysitting. And I was sitting by Erica and Blake's Friend said "Blake, is that your Grandma?" sooooooooooooo apparently I'm a grandma to 4 year old. this was new to me. Sometimes people do think that I am Blake's mom. but NEVER his grandma. I definitely was not expecting that. But it was Awesome! I am 23 and a grandma! that Night I wanted to have a sleepover with the roommates. but they refused to. it wasn't very nice.

7. Sunday, on my birthday Erin comes home about 1 or 2 and wanted Chinese food for some reason. So we went to Wal mart and took it home and she made some. and she bought me a Sobe. it was so good. she also gave me a really cool bracelet from Africa. and so we made her food and watched the office. Oh also my new roommate Sabrina made me Better than Sex cake. and. it. was. AWESOME! and had some of that while we watched the office and they would have a sleepover with me. and took a bunch of pictures and it was fun. then fell asleep about 3 or 4 in the am and woke up at 8 to my roommates getting ready for church.  At one I went to Dayna's farewell. It was really good. Sister Taylor also spoke and she was awesome. Sat by Sister Hall and Hailey and her parents. it was so good to see all my favorite people that I grew up by. and went to her lunch after. After that went to Savannah's and ate dinner with the Fordhams. we had hamburgers and fries. It's Conner's Birthday Wednesday so they were celebrating that. When they found out it was my birthday they decided that we both needed a cake. but we didn't want cake. we wanted brownies. and they sang happy birthday to us and we blew out a match. oh and at Dayna's party they sang happy birthday to me and her sister, Erika. Hers is tomorrow. When I went home Jessica gave me 5 coupons for Icee's. I was super happy about it.  Savannah gave me a dollar when I left to get an Icee. and I came home to that. I was one lucky gal! And Lindsay called me! it was good to talk to her too! :)

Oh and one of my most favorite things of that day was getting a call from Mike and Sarah!!!! I loved it soooo much! I'm so happy that they called all the way from Germany! That totally made my day! I was so good to hear their voices. and they are a sending me german gummies. which are MY VERY FAVORITE!! :) I love them!
Another personal favorite. which is not really that favorite. ..........my brothers forgot my birthday!! :(
sorry I left my camera at home so I couldn't put any photos on.
also On my birthday list was to go skinny dipping, drink Bacardi like it's my birthday, and to go see lights. and I never did any of that! I'm kinda ticked about it.

other than that. it was a decent week.

Tonight I'm going to Texas Roadhouse with the family. and Angie and I are having a sleepover I believe on Tuesday night! but not too set on that. it might change. I hope we do though! I love her.

8 Crazy Nights!!

Haven't even opened it and I was drunk!

Really just a great time! :)

So it's my birthday week! It is going to be AMAZING! I have every day planned for the next week. Sunday-Sunday! :) Last Year was super fun and I can't Wait for this year to make many many more memories. I will try and post everything that we do and hopefully be able to take a picture of each day also.

Today that has been:
1. Eat lunch with roommates. and other people in the apartment complex. made by Lisa! delectable.
2. Have a Wackee six competion.
3. Watch the office.
4 Drink Sparkling Cider and toast to me.
5. Take pictures of everyone there.

Now, everyday consists of The Office and Wackee Six. But today, Sunday, it's a competion.

We were all shocked about craplocker doing this ON PURPOSE!!

The sparkling Cider and Pictures are going to be post-poned  until midnight because Erin P.  gets home from work around that time.  I can't wait to see what this year will bring for us. but really. Let's be real. doing random things that are free are WAY better than actually doing something for that costs money. now i know this isn't spur of the moment stuff. but it's really random things we will do each day! I'm super excited!


These Photos are my favorites from last year. this was on the first night. definitely a fantastic time we had as you can tell.

Roommates=Family

Kelsey, Lisa, Erin and Jessica

For the last week or so I have been thinking about how great all of my roommates are. considering for like 2 months i pretty much want to kill them. but don't worry we worked it out. and we are having a ton of fun.
I forgot how much I truly Love each and everyone of them. And how the are a big part of my life. Each one plays a different role in how much i really need them.

We got Lisa, who really is a caring person that will do anything for you. i mean anything.  and you pretty much can tell her anything and she knows exactly what you mean.  Love her.

Kelsey: she is the 2nd comic relief in this apartment (besides me of course) and has the memory of an elephant and can quote pretty much an entire episode of the office and a movie. by watching it once or twice.

Erin: She is also a caring person and will listen to any stupid thing I have to say and will just listen. And is a ton of fun. and pretty much laughs at anything I say. and you can't go wrong with a gal like that. I tend to think I have funny things to say.

Last but not least we have the baby, Jessica: she just turned 18 a week ago. and so yes she is the baby of the apartment. but probably the most mature out of the rest of us. sadly. but she is still a ton of fun. and threatens to smother me with a pillow sometimes. which is actually quite funny considering she is pretty tame and quite person. and spent the first 2 months of living in our apartment in her room. and that was on the of the first things she said to me.

so pretty much my roommates are way better than anyone else has ever had. I don't know what i would do without them. I realized a week ago that these gals are like my family. and I truly appreciate each and everyone in my life. We care a great deal about each other and would do anything for each other.  But we have the BEST time. and I really don't know what I would do with out these gals of mine.

Saturday we are getting a new roommate. in my room, unfortunately. and we are NOT excited about this. But I do hope she brings some fun with her-where ever she is from. All we know about her is that her name is Sabrina, she served a mission in Indiana. and she's had roommates before. and that means she is either my age or older.....hahah poor baby Jessica. :)

about the picture. I am not in it obviously. I wasn't there. and we don't have a family picture yet. which we definitely work on this.

PS Celeste T and Lisday K you were the Greatest roommates also. so don't think that i don't like you or felt the same way! :)

Today

So today was my brother Jared's birthday! He's freaking 16 years old! This can't be real! He's still a 5 year old to me. But he's growing up so fast. He's got a little girlfriend and that's even weirder to me. He's an amazing young man! And a great example to me and a great uncle to my neices and nephews. I'm proud of this kid!
For his birthday we went to tucanos! Which is a pretty fantastic place to eat except that you get full pretty fast! But I love meat. We go there for his birthday lately and I'm so glad!

Tonight my roommate Erin serenaded me. And it was fantastic. It cheered me up a little. I love music! I can't even begin to extrapolate how much I love music and her.then one of our neighbors came over and he is is pretty funny and he smells pretty good. And right now at 3 in the morning I can't sleep and I'm watching wizards of waverly place. Don't judge. And I can still smell him. It's kind of intoxicatng. And I just watched an infomercial and it made all this delicious food. And I'm now starving at 3 in the am. And I really regret watching that cause i really want to eat something! Frick.

But the day I'm actually writing on is my families sealing anniversary. 14 years ago today my family and I went to the mount timpanogos temple! We were one if the first families to be sealed since it was brand new. I love the temple so much! It's probably my most favorite place in this world! As much as my family can drive me crazy I'm glad we got sealed this day 14 years to be with each other forever.

Things.

So I've had a few people tell me I need to write again. So yeah. Here's me trying. I haven't had much to report on. Cause let's face it. I'm not doing so good right now. And so I haven't done anything cool. It's been a hard hard year! And i seriously hope this next year will be a million times better. I don't know why but being 22 has been the worst thing EVER. And i really just want to stay in my bed all day and sleep! Well. There you have it!

On a positive note, one of my best friends, Nick Strong, is coming HOME Thursday! I can not wait! he's been serving his mission in Nicaragua. He's THE best! He's my courtesy Indian friend! Its just an inside joke. I'm not really racist. I can't wait. It is going to be so much fun to have him back. I've really missed having him around.

So things that I have been up to:

1. Nothing.
2. Thinking about going back to school to bEcome a dental hygienist. All I know is that this is going to be one of the most hardest things I have ever done. But it's not official yet. We'll see what happens.
3. At my internship they keep changing my hours. I am not sure what they are yet. I haven't been in 2 weeks. It's really getting annoying.
I can tell you about my dreams I've been having lately. They are fun!
A few weeks ago I had a dream that I dated Nate, Tyson,Bryson, And Jeff. Which is not uncommon in my dreams where I date multiple people. They were some boys from my neighborhood growing up.


I also keep having dreams about famous people. I had a dream I met Will Ferrell. He was apparently my yoga teacher in jr. High. And apparently in his 'clause' I am not sure why it was called that. But in his clause it said we couldn't get his autograph or take pictures with him. Even though I'm a huge fan of him. I was ticked. And always with my luck of dreaming about famous people that always happens. I once met Miley Cyrus and she refused to give me an autograph and picture. Why do famous people hate me in my dreams?

Another time I was on the office. And I dated Jim and Dwigt. Remember this is not uncommon. And my Parents LOVED them. Dwigt was a normal human. And Jim and I were about to get married. Then I unfortunately woke up.

Then my most recent crazy one that I was a detective. I had to solve a murder. Which apparently I dreamt about it in my dream earlier. So I already knew what I needed to do to solve it and get to the next clue. And by the time I got to know who it was, I was on my way to Darby, Montana. Which I'm not even sure if that place is real. I was with the murderer-my friends boyfriend- Josh. And we stopped at this town to get lunch and I saw him trying to cheat on my dear friend Rachel. And at that point he found out that I knew that he had killed someone. And I was going to tell rachel everything and then it was the end of the world. And so we had to run to this church. And Josh was mad at me for telling Rachel. And he announced to everyone that I was FLDS. And him and Rachel booed me from their group to die and they made me go die with the polygamists!

I really like that last one. :)


So yeah. Uuhh so Blake is starting to repeat everything you say. A little while ago he told his mom "when kids make a mess, it's called what the hell!". His exact words. :). I bet you thought I taught him that. But really it wasn't me. It was jana. Cause when him and my nieces make a mess she comes down stairs and says that. And when you say anything like that he say "we don't say what the hell" it is in quotation marks. It's okay.





So there you have it! That's all I gotta say!

You know when you are at the Evan's When...

The Amazing Family.

So you know my Best Friend Savannah. Well I am at her Parents house right now with Eliza Eating this rice krispie treat...i guess if you could call it that. it had cornflakes and honey nut cheerios and and get this....sunflower seeds. with rice krispies. i guess you could call it a treat. As i was chewing away I was thinking to Eliza " Hey Eliza you know when you are at the Evans when..." and we came up with a good list of things and decided to post these amazing things so you can get to know them like I do....so
You know when you are at the Evan's When...
1. You come to eat spaghetti and there are all the noodles you can think of because they were just trying to get rid of the noodles they had before.
2. You eat a hamburger with just one side of the bun.
3. You have homemade pizza (which is delicious by the way) and you put hot dogs on this.
4. You make a whole bunch of cookies or cinnamon rolls and you see a whole bunch of partial cookies or cinnamon rolls  because they don't know how to just finish one before they start on the next. It's a team effort here.
5. The phone rings.....and rings and rings. No one really notices until you say...uhhh you should probably get that. or you answer it yourself.
6. The Kids come in for like 5 minutes and Mom's already suggesting that they need to go "explore" "go to the mountains on an adventure" or  jump on the tramp.
7. When Mom says Family prayer we are there for at least 57 minutes. praying for everyone in the room. and the entire world. :) and you think your knees might give out. and you end up with everyone sitting instead of kneeling.  Bless her heart.
8. Gathering EVERYONE for Family prayer takes another 57 Minutes.
9. the cereal is always nuts and cheerios or shredded wheat all mixed together in one new creation! (thanks Camille)
10. Dad acts just like the kids. or do the kids act just like him?
11. The girls actually fight over who is Changing Rocky's Diaper or putting him in his car seat. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO!
and last but not least. and this was a new one to me..
12. you make Pizza with hamburger buns. and yes they put hot dogs on them.


Really it wasn't bad. and everything they make is really really good! I don't know how they do it. They really are amazing. It may seem I'm making fun of them. but I'm really not. these are the things that I love most about their family. I will probably think of funnier things. but that is all I got for now.

thanks guys. you're the best!