rock climbing pictures!!

these are my pictures that go along with my rock climbing story (see a couple posts below)! :)

oh and apparently this climb that we went on is called
"the appendage lead"
and it was rated a 5-7... pretty sweet!

its time...

alright. so. i am ready for a new haircut. apparently, thanksgiving time is always the time that i get the urge to cut my hair short. but i really am needing something fun and cute. im so tired of my hair right now. and i am definitely wanting bangs again. but i want some opinions. so help me out here? pleasey please?

which one do you like best?

rock climbing...

*this is from when i was waiting at the trail head....
(oh and that peak way up at the top is "squaw peak" ...
we didnt go there. hahaha)

so... i went rock climbing today. for serious!! i did!! and can i just say... it was so crazy fun! crazy fun!! heres the story:

a couple weeks ago, i was talking to one of the grad students from the rmyl (melissa)... you see there is a wall of pictures in our office of all the professors and secretaries doing fun looking recreational activities... and she was asking me where my picture was at. and i kinda giggled, cause im not a very outdoorsy-recreational person... and she said that she would take me rock climbing so that i could have a picture on the wall... and i think i said something like "umm.. like on real rocks?"... hahah... anyway this week she said that she and another of the grad students (rachel) were planning on going this weekend. im not gonna lie, i was a little bit unsure of going... im a sissy... and i hear rock climbing is kinda hard... especially like on actual rocks, but paula and rachel talked me into it.... but i was still a little bit nervous.

so this morning i drove to the trail head at rock canyon (its right up by the provo temple)... we were meeting at 11.... i got there at 11... and no one was there. and i said that i was only gonna wait a few minutes... i was pretty sure i was at the right spot. so 11:20 rolls around and i was like alright... 5 more minutes and im leaving. thats when melissa and rachel drove up. haha... so i was stuck... i was really going to do it!

okay so we went up the canyon a little ways... and got our ropes set up. apparently we were doing what they call "top rop climbing." pretty sweet. oh and our climb was rated a "5-7" apparently thats a little bit tougher than normal for a first climb... rachel went first, because... well im a chicken. so i watched her. than after she got done i went up. and holy poop! the rocks were cold. and it was hard.... and i shoulda cut my nails before i went. but it was amazing!! it took my awhile, but i did it! :) i probably looked like dork, but i did it! i got to the top and kissed the chains... hahaha... melissa said thats what she does when she reaches the top of hard climbs... and i thought it was appropriate for the situation! anyway... halfway up i seriously had to stop cause my hands were shaking. but i made it to the top!! and i really feel like i accomplished something!

i really had such a fun time!! i havent had that much fun in a long time...and my hands and forearms are really sore.... but it doesnt matter, cause i had a blast! :D

so...question (adrian) can i put this on my list of things to do? and check it off? i think its allowed... haha...

oh yes. pictures are coming on monday... so check back monday night for some freaking funny pictures!! :)

pumpkin carving...

so last night, friday night, me and jared and danielle carved our pumkins for halloween! i didnt get to carve pumpkins last year... freaking a&w had me working tons and tons... and so i was really excited to do it this year!! they all turned out really cute. and can i just say how much i love those little pumpkin carving kits? seriously... how did we ever do it without those handy dandy little saws? i just dont know...

lol. but anyway.... here are our fun pics! :)


*yay for yummy innards! haha....

*mine, danielles, and jared's... respectively. jared is called "happy hal" lol...that was the name of it in the pattern book...

*danielles is the cinderella... mine is the carriage... it was a killer... i shoulda picked an easier one.

...its almost time for halloween!! :)

its all good...

so apparently my life isnt very exciting... i haven't done anything really cool lately...

well...fall is here!! and leaves are falling!! thats fun.... i should take some pictures of that, its actually the only good thing about provo. its getting cold... again. the snow has melted... and we actually had a few days of warmth. now its cold again...
but whatev. its all good.


classes are still interesting... well, all of them except freaking statistics. i hardcore hate it. gah!!
but whatev. its all good.

i have this makeup that ive had since like april or something like that. its the best foundation...ever!! ...and it finally ran out.
but whatev. its all good.


im still very productive at work...(haha) today i redid our publications board. im pretty proud of it actually. (instead of just tacking up our professors recent publications, now the board has cute little pockets so you can whip the articles out and read them! im brilliant.)
that really is all good.


this weekend is cleaning checks. and my room's a mess. and its making me stressed. and im not really looking
forward to cleaning it.
but whatev. its all good.

holy 18...

so my favorite little sister kelsey turned 18 today.... and wow. that is really just wow. crazy to me.

but i am so excited for her! so hey kels...

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

and... in honor of her... here are some of my favorite pictures (that i have) of her...

love you tons and tons kelsey nini! :D

newest painting...

so i am working on my little 101 goal list thing-
and this is my painting for october...

tada...