friday night quote:

lauren:  "i wish there was an Armageddon 2."

mindy:  "me too!  wait...you can't end the world twice...."

thank you for the fun night everybody.....

Happy 21st Birthday Kimberly  !!!

tonight was so much fun!!!  for kim's birthday we went to CHUCK E CHEESE'S!!!  what a good idea, right?!?  i haven't been there or chimpy's in years!  and we were there tonight for like three hours (as college kids i know, hehe)!  this one wheel of fortune game was absolutely addicting!  bonnie, my twin , was a pro!  and of course krissy and i just had to go in the play tube jungle thing!  boy, did our knees hurt...until the slide!  it did feel a little shakey being up there though, i think that was built for true little kids, hehe.  then in the end with only two tokens left, krissy discovered the chuck e cheese picture maker...

so this was the "original:" me and krissy, my maybe future roomie .  we didn't quite know where to look!...but then, later on with lots and lots of practice...

...we fit all six of us!!! (well sord of , hehe): me, krissy, lor, bonsta, nikki, and b-day girl kim!!!  can you believe it only takes one token for each of these?!?  we were definitely obsessed!  lor and i saved our tickets so we can bring our little brothers there over thanksgiving break .  more pictures will be coming later, too...you could never have enough chuck e cheese ...!!!

hi guys...i am keeping my promise !  i don't even know where to start.  well, last week was an entertaining week.  there were many funny moments here at isu, including walking in a drivethrough line with lots of cars at McDonald's at 2 in the morning, when i went to shake my snapple bottle, forgetting i didn't tighten the cap, then having the pink lemonade go all over me and the floor , and the water bottle fight at chatters during bonnie's birthday celebration!  i guess these are all things you would have to be there for!!!  but they did all involve plenty of laughing .  right girls?!

but what definitely made last week a good week was going home.  i know that i probably should not be going home as much as i do, but that is what makes me happy.  home is where my heart is .  my family, my best friends, and my sweetie are what make me happy.  having been away from them for a couple of months now, makes me a billion times more grateful to have each of them in my life.  especially after what happened a little over a month ago, it is fearsome to think that we could go at any moment.  i try not to think about that though, because God doesn't want us to go through life worrying like that.  i just want to treasure every moment i get to spend with my loved ones. 

on friday, my dad, brothers kev and ty, and i went to see SCHOOL OF ROCK!!!  if you have not seen this movie, SEE IT  !  i know that after i see a movie for the first time i always say "this is my new favorite movie!" (right k, s, and c?), but HONESTLY....this movie has got to be my absolute favorite!!!  it is incredible!  jack black is the funniest (in the weirdest way, hehe) man alive and the kids in this movie are just adorable and each have their own little personality.  not only did this movie make my laugh so hard, but it is such a feel-good movie, too.....and it makes me even more excited to teach little kids!  oh, i cannot wait to be a teacher and have my own classroom.  but i don't think i can teach mr. scheebly style, which would be a blast (but illegal)!  i will try my best to have that kind of impact on my students though ...

saturday began as a sad day.  god bless serena and celeste's 'ghi' (grandma).  "A wedding, a war, a daughter, 3 more."  she has been in a better place for a couple of months now, and we know that she has been and will forever continue to watch over her loved ones.  i love you serena and celeste  ~ my sisters ~

speaking of serena and celeste, and of course my dearest kirsten...here are some pictures beginning 12 years ago till today.....

Mindy: "mom, are you going to stop taking pictures?.....ummm, now.....please!"

Serena: "hmmm, this gourd thing is a lot uglier inside...ewww."

Kevin: "i am going to have the best face on my gourd...yes i am."

Celeste: "hey, this knife is really fun to play with!"

Kirsten: "awww, i just love the fall and halloween time.....(wait, is celeste going to stab me with that knife?)"

in a backyard full of memories.....

at the 2000 World Gymnastics Champions Tour

(with my Blaine Wilson!...i was obsessed...till i met my own gymnast, hehe)

oh yes, i know, we are oh-so-cool .....

at the *NSYNC concert at Soldier Field

(we may seem pretty calm in this picture, but that definitely didn't last long.....JT!)

.....and here we are, all grown up .....

.....or maybe not!!!  i love you guys!  and i miss you so much.  i know i don't need to say this because you already know, but no matter what, we will be best friends for life.  love you to the sky and back again (as celeste would say !)

so back to my weekend.....saturday night i went to jeff's apartment in chicago.  we went to a show at loyola, got some thai food, and feel asleep watching movies (the usual ).  i love spending the night at his apartment.  it's the best feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and are able to hug and hold the one you love.  i can never have enough cuddling time.....being with him gives me true happiness and of course those tingles.  he makes me feel special in his own little ways.  and i know that there is absolutely no other guy out there like him.  i really really do love you, jeff.

i just love that smile too .....so, overall, it was a really good weekend.  and i am going home this weekend to spend halloween with my family.  my little sister is going to be Snowwhite and i will definitely take pictures!  okay, jen and lauren, i am coming over now...just wait till i put pictures of you up here.  just kidding!  bye everybody, have a good night!

hi everybody!  i am really really sorry about not updating my xanga page...but here is the plan: i am promising myself that i will work on xanga tomorrow after class, without worrying about homework.  i don't break promises, especially to myself because that would be bad.  i need to go to bed right now because i have to break this 2,3,4:00 in the morning bedtime thing.  i have been wanting to work on my xanga page soooooo incredibly bad this past week.  i have so many things that i want to write about, but school has just been taking up lots of time.  and i am so slow when it comes to studying and writing papers.  i also found out tonight that a lot of people from high school have xanga pages, too.  this really made me happy.  i liked to read everybody's pages and remember them and see how they are doing .  and if you guys are interested in my page, don't worry because i will get on track and be faithful to my xanga page soon...i promise.

for now, here is a quote i found for anybody who is stressing out or feeling down.  i really like it and surely do agree with it, too...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.  ~  Oliver Wendell Holmes

just believe in yourselves.  goodnight everybody, sleep well