College Once More

Yes I am back at UVU and loving it! It feels so good to be learning again and I simply adore all my professors here! They have helped me love every subject (yes even math, though still less than the others. ;) ) My spanish profesora is enchanting with her lovely accent, humorous outlook of Americans and the way she is always quoting Gloria from my favorite TV show, Modern Family! Yeah she is awesome! I would love to become fluent in this beautiful language and plan on keeping my classes going until I really understand it and can carry on a conversation. :) Geology is also interesting and Mrs. Lamas is very good at engaging you and making the material less complex. Overall school is awesome and i'm loving being back! Even if it is nerdy to say that. ;)

Swensen Sisters!

Yes I know that we all have different last names now, Taylor, Beddes and Bean, but we will forever be the Swensen sisters! So I have created a post about my amazing sisters and how much I love them! Why the sudden urge to express this on my blog you may ask? Well it all started with a little dream I had last night. In this dream I was a little girl, an only child. I was spoiled beyond belief with ponies, vacations, and sugary sweets gallor! However, I felt sad the entire time and eventually woke up crying. Strange? I didn't think so. Even in a dream full of so many exciting and fun things, I felt lost and alone without my big sisters with me. It was with relief I woke up and remembered that I did indeed have sisters and they are the greatest any girl could ask for!

So here I am sending a shout out to my sisters that I LOVE YOU! I am so grateful for all the laughter you have blessed my life with, the strength you have always given me and the wonderful, if not more than a little embarrassing, memories. :) I will forever be your seasome cracker sister and you two will always be my scalded milk and desert tortoise sisters! (Sorry to those of you not in our family and have no idea what these mean,  you are all wonderful to always be putting up with our inside jokes! :)) It has been really hard not living close to Katie, but I am grateful we have stayed close and get to visit often! I am also super grateful that I love around the corner from Abbie and get to work with her! You were my rocks growing up and continue to be my support now that we are grown. I LURVE YOU!!! Now for a trip down memory lane. . . .

Hiking all day and then sticking our bare ans smelly feet out the windows on the way home.

                                          Disneyland sword fights and Buzz Lightyear rides.

Matching pajamas!

Tube rides. Wait, where are we? Oh that's right, we're in the water because our father is CRAZY!

Getting me ready for Prom in half an hour and in a tiny bathroom. Go team! :D

"You know what is really funny?. . .or will be in about two seconds?"

All the Girl Nights at Olive Garden!

Shooting with the family and not being princesses, but mean, rough shooters!

Golden Coral! With "high calorie" rolls. You guys SURE you wanna eat that? ;)

My wedding. Which you both were a rock through for me and helped me so much in many different ways!

Abbie

and Katrina

The bestest sisters in the ole wide world!



A little catch up. . .

Like my sister Katie, I am slacking in the blogging department. I apologize to you all and to make it up to you, here is a little update. :)

So about two weeks ago our basement was flooded. :( Jeff and I woke up around 5am to our windowsill letting in a steady stream of water that had quickly soaked our bedroom floor. We hurriedly grabbed some towls and laid them out along the window seal, then maneuvered them so that all the water would go down one and into a bucket. We then checked all of the other rooms. They had minimal leaking, our bedroom got the worst of it. Our bedroom floor is finally dry and the smell has left. Jeff tore up the carpet along the wall and we were very happy to see that there was hardly any mold and that only in the padding.Which surprised me because the smell was awful! :P We hope to have our bedroom back soon, but in the meantime, we are camping out in the family room. Which is actually quite fun. :)

I can't find the camera with all the flood pictures on it, but I thought this comic was rather funny and that I'd share it. :) 

We also took off in the mountains with our good friends Jake and Rachel. As all of you know, Utah has been having some rotten weather lately, so we took advantage of the first nice weekend we've had for a while.

The gang.

I love this man! :) 

Jeff had a lot of fun throwing rocks at bears (aka Trees) and seeing how far he could through large ones across the river. I love how he turns into a little boy everytime we get outdoors. :)

Last, but definitely not least, was our fabulous trip to St. George for memorial weekend. The Steadmans, Katie and Brandon were also there and we all had a fabulous time hanging out at the river, playing ultimate frisbee and steal the flag in the sanddoons.

The dam the dam crew. 

Daddy had a lot of fun watching the kids build and destroy their cities.  

So he and Jim joined in. :) 

Madre and Jodie!

Jim and dad got REALLY into the game! haha 

We bought a skim board! Jeff had so much fun on it and was getting really good at riding it. :) 

Trying to get Isaac surfing on the skim board. 

Next up, Dax. Sadly, it seems that skim boards simply were not made to be surfed on. :P haha