Saturday, April 23, 2011
Egg-shaped Rice Crispy Treats
Have you seen the cute commercials for making egg shaped Easter Eggs? I have really wanted to do it and it was so easy. You make rice crispies and then put them into plastic eggs to make a shape.
I had different colors of marshmellows and so we separated the colors and made different batches separately. (these are not the actual eggs we made, this was found on a blog)
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Confident People Wave
So I don't get it, when there is no one around and you walk by someone what do you do?... You wave or say a quick hi. I've always been a waver so I really don't understand why ppl see someone they know our know of, and they don't say hi back and just don't know what to do when someone does say hi.
My answer its that confident ppl say hello. At work and church theres a long hallway that I'll occasionally walk down and someone usually passes me. Its not just me I swear bc ppl will be in front of me and give a hello to a person coming down and they'll put their head down like they didn't hear it or something. Whether I know the person or not I'll always give a quick hi bc you never know what's going on or how it can brighten their day. I'm just generalizing but the ppl who say hi to me when they pass are usually more confident than those who do not do anything and might be afraid of rejection and not getting a response back if they do say hello.
Eh anyways, just something I've observed the last few weeks. No matter what for me though I'll still wave.
My answer its that confident ppl say hello. At work and church theres a long hallway that I'll occasionally walk down and someone usually passes me. Its not just me I swear bc ppl will be in front of me and give a hello to a person coming down and they'll put their head down like they didn't hear it or something. Whether I know the person or not I'll always give a quick hi bc you never know what's going on or how it can brighten their day. I'm just generalizing but the ppl who say hi to me when they pass are usually more confident than those who do not do anything and might be afraid of rejection and not getting a response back if they do say hello.
Eh anyways, just something I've observed the last few weeks. No matter what for me though I'll still wave.
Monday, April 18, 2011
History of the BYU "Y"
So my dad and Emma came in over the weekend from a long 25 hr drive from Michigan. They got in from doing the drive STRAIGHT and they wanted to hike the Y. I asked if they wanted to lau down, ready or sleep but no they wanted to do it and it was fun. The next is info from wiki:
Early 1906 -When the junior class of Brigham Young University High School wanted to paint '07 on the side of the mountain, the BYHS senior class became upset. To settle this conflict BYU President George H. Brimhall and BYHS Principal that year, Edwin S. Hinckley, proposed that they paint the letters BYU on the mountain instead.
April 1906 -The plans to construct the BYU on the mountain were begun. Professor Ernest D. Partridge was assigned to conduct a survey and designed the emblem. When this was complete, a line of high school and university students, and some faculty, passed buckets of lime, sand, and rocks up the mountain in order to fill up the letters. After six hours of hard labor, only the Y had been completed, so the filling in of the remaining two letters was postponed and later abandoned.
1907 -The BYU Y Day tradition began. This consisted of thousands of students hauling, by bucket brigade, gallons of whitewash up the mountain to paint the giant Y. This tradition lasted until 1973. It was abandoned due to erosion of the mountain.
1908 -A 3-foot-high (0.91 m) wall was erected around the letter to keep it together. This required an additional 20,000 pounds of concrete.
1911 -Serifs were added to the top and bottom of the Y, giving it its current look. 1924 -The tradition of "lighting the Y" began. Each year during special evenings (such as homecoming), mattress batting was placed in buckets and soaked in kerosene. The buckets were then set around the edges of the Y and lit with torches. Eventually, this process evolved into using mattress batting soaked in used vehicle oil whick was carried up the mountainside. Once at the Y the mixture was formed into "gook" balls (a little bigger than softballs) with a thumb size hole poked into the top. These were placed around the Y and just before lighting a bit of gasoline was poured into the holes to allow the torches to quickly light the entire Y. Using this method the Y would remain lit for about 20 minutes.
1975 -BYU began to use a helicopter to carry thousands of pounds of whitewash to repaint the Y. This is now redone about every 5 years.
1985 -As the previously used method of lighting the Y was long considered hazardous (due to the potential wildland fire risk) and because of the short duration of the time the Y would actually remain lit, it was discontinued after the lighting in the spring of 1985. A generator and strands of lights were purchased for exclusive use on the Y, with up to 14 strands of the 25-watt lights bulbs being needed to outline the Y. These lights were first used for homecoming in 1985 and provided several hours of much brighter light and lit for several consecutive nights per event rather than just a single evening. Intitially, the lights and generator were dropped off and picked up by helicopter, but after a few years a old military ammunition bunker was installed on the mountainside near the Y to securely store the equipment when not in use.
May 20, 2006 -The 100th anniversary of the Y was celebrated. Many people hiked the Y that day to commemorate the occasion.
Early 1906 -When the junior class of Brigham Young University High School wanted to paint '07 on the side of the mountain, the BYHS senior class became upset. To settle this conflict BYU President George H. Brimhall and BYHS Principal that year, Edwin S. Hinckley, proposed that they paint the letters BYU on the mountain instead.
April 1906 -The plans to construct the BYU on the mountain were begun. Professor Ernest D. Partridge was assigned to conduct a survey and designed the emblem. When this was complete, a line of high school and university students, and some faculty, passed buckets of lime, sand, and rocks up the mountain in order to fill up the letters. After six hours of hard labor, only the Y had been completed, so the filling in of the remaining two letters was postponed and later abandoned.
1907 -The BYU Y Day tradition began. This consisted of thousands of students hauling, by bucket brigade, gallons of whitewash up the mountain to paint the giant Y. This tradition lasted until 1973. It was abandoned due to erosion of the mountain.
1908 -A 3-foot-high (0.91 m) wall was erected around the letter to keep it together. This required an additional 20,000 pounds of concrete.
1911 -Serifs were added to the top and bottom of the Y, giving it its current look. 1924 -The tradition of "lighting the Y" began. Each year during special evenings (such as homecoming), mattress batting was placed in buckets and soaked in kerosene. The buckets were then set around the edges of the Y and lit with torches. Eventually, this process evolved into using mattress batting soaked in used vehicle oil whick was carried up the mountainside. Once at the Y the mixture was formed into "gook" balls (a little bigger than softballs) with a thumb size hole poked into the top. These were placed around the Y and just before lighting a bit of gasoline was poured into the holes to allow the torches to quickly light the entire Y. Using this method the Y would remain lit for about 20 minutes.
1975 -BYU began to use a helicopter to carry thousands of pounds of whitewash to repaint the Y. This is now redone about every 5 years.
1985 -As the previously used method of lighting the Y was long considered hazardous (due to the potential wildland fire risk) and because of the short duration of the time the Y would actually remain lit, it was discontinued after the lighting in the spring of 1985. A generator and strands of lights were purchased for exclusive use on the Y, with up to 14 strands of the 25-watt lights bulbs being needed to outline the Y. These lights were first used for homecoming in 1985 and provided several hours of much brighter light and lit for several consecutive nights per event rather than just a single evening. Intitially, the lights and generator were dropped off and picked up by helicopter, but after a few years a old military ammunition bunker was installed on the mountainside near the Y to securely store the equipment when not in use.
May 20, 2006 -The 100th anniversary of the Y was celebrated. Many people hiked the Y that day to commemorate the occasion.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
A successful baby boy shower
We helped throw a baby shower for Chris' cousin. Here is the food table where we had all kinds of blue treats. Another table in the kitchen we had salads and chicken salad sandwiches.
Here is another angle where you can see the treats and decor all of us sister-in-laws helped arrange. I didn't help with everything, but all of us had a huge part in throwing this shower!
Here is from the front. The blue balls up top looked so good over the table. These are made from tissue paper that you put into an accordion and staple in the middle and peal all of the pieces out into a ball. We hung it up with fishing wire.
Cute cupcakes! The little pacifiers are made from two white lifesavers and a blue jelly bean. 
We made marshmallow pops and we stuck a stick into the mallow, then would dip it in chocolate and this other stuff. They were yummy. 
Here is another picture of the marshmallow pops
Here is a close up of the lolipops that were burp clothes wrapped up.
This sign was made by the Cricut and it was connected and hung up with cute ribbon and balloons.
These are so cute. Little cookie cutters and then Lynsi used white icing to go around the edges.
Diaper cake with a cute baby sign cut by a cricut. Next to it you can see a jar for advice from guest and some of the mallow pops. We also had burp clothes wrapped up to look like lolipops. So cute!
Here is another angle where you can see the treats and decor all of us sister-in-laws helped arrange. I didn't help with everything, but all of us had a huge part in throwing this shower!
Here is from the front. The blue balls up top looked so good over the table. These are made from tissue paper that you put into an accordion and staple in the middle and peal all of the pieces out into a ball. We hung it up with fishing wire.
Cute cupcakes! The little pacifiers are made from two white lifesavers and a blue jelly bean. 
We made marshmallow pops and we stuck a stick into the mallow, then would dip it in chocolate and this other stuff. They were yummy. 
Here is another picture of the marshmallow popsThis sign was made by the Cricut and it was connected and hung up with cute ribbon and balloons.
Diaper cake with a cute baby sign cut by a cricut. Next to it you can see a jar for advice from guest and some of the mallow pops. We also had burp clothes wrapped up to look like lolipops. So cute!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Scoring at the DownEast Tent Sale again
I was supposed to get an email about the DownEast tent sale but I didn't hear anything. Inbetween conference sessions I was driving and all of the sudden I saw a huge tent and the signs for the sale and I did a mad turn around.
Needless to say, I made it to the sale and it was wonderful, everything was $5 and $2.50 for plain shirts! Here are some of my finds from this year:
American Eagle dress. Originally $44.50. Got it for $5.
Pink Juicy capris. Originally $100. Got it for $5.
American Eagle dress. Originally $44.50. Got it for $5. 
Also found some cute things for my sisters like Lucky shorts and Downeast basic shirts. YOU SHOULD GO TO THE SALE NEXT TIME, they usually have it in Provo/Orem twice a year.
American Eagle dress. Originally $44.50. Got it for $5. Also found some cute things for my sisters like Lucky shorts and Downeast basic shirts. YOU SHOULD GO TO THE SALE NEXT TIME, they usually have it in Provo/Orem twice a year. Thursday, April 7, 2011
Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today
So this phrase is so good that we can't just be putting things off or nothing gets done. We can't always be postponing what we can do today BUT....
I NEED THE WEEKEND!!! I'm glad it's coming so soon because I need a little time to get things done. I just need a few hours and I'll be good!!!!
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