kolob 13th branch

We always have so much fun. As you can see..

We may be adults, but we still know how to play old school.

Krista, Britney and me.

Becca, Megan, Blake, Krista, Lis, Ari, Britney, Miranda and Debra. (I'm laying on the grass taking the picture). haha

Me and my favoritist cousin that I live with, Liz.

Playing on the playground.

Everyone jump! No! Everyone jump with their legs bent!

We are the champions, my friend.

Jillian, Stacy and me.

Liz being herself. :D

hey deveny

I thought you might want to see this picture. I thought it was cute. =D

what's KaRynn so happy about??

I'm happy that...

1. I got to eat at Cafe Coyote in Old Town San Diego.
I love SD anyways. But I got to walk around the little Boutiques and eat yummy Mexican food! I wish I had bought more souvenirs....There were some fun stores.

The women at the front of the restaurant are making fresh tortillas. YUM!



Isn't it a fun restaurant?
A fun store in Old Town SD.

2. My Samantha graduated from UCSD!
Yay graduates! (AKA ME TOO--a month ago!!) It was quite an exhausting day for me. No energy, can't breathe, no sunscreen, and 6 hours of sun. But it was still awesome to see Sam walk!



3. The baby seals came out to play...
I love the beach! Especially when wildlife come out to play. And yay for being with the Harper family! We had fun watching the smelly seals!

Me and Heather.

4. the Body Exhibit happened to be in SD.
So.COOL. Didn't learn anything new, but totally appreciated the skill used in dissecting the cadavers and then presenting them. Definitely recommend it.



5. Swordfish is yummy...DUH!
Totally ate yummy food at the Fish Market Restaurant at the pier in San Diego. A.MAZE.ING.

This is the view from the balcony at the restaurant. Gorgeous!


6. My cold is slowly going away...finally!
I finally can breathe, although my nasty cough is being annoyingly persistent. And I finally have enough energy that I'm not falling asleep at restaurants anymore (Sorry swordfish, I didn't appreciate you as much as I could have).

This shows how I felt. And I really wanted my teddy. =D



7. My 2nd degree sunburn has officially turned into an awesome tan (albeit awful tanline).
Thank goodness I am no longer shedding skin. That is a disgusting stage of a sunburn. I hate it.

I look like a lobster.

8. Even though I had huge nasty blisters on my feet, getting a pedicure didn't hurt!
I treated Marie and myself to a pedicure while I was home. Speaking of which, funny story: While the woman was filing my pinky toe, the toenail completely ripped off. And I didn't notice until she said, "uh oh! are you all right?" I just laughed and was like, "I didn't even feel that!" And then she glued my toenail back on and painted it like the rest. You can't even tell! I wonder if my toenail will grow back normally......



9. Awesome view from Sam's apt in La Jolla! Check it out!
Just to clarify, this picture is not the actual view from her apt. That would have been awesome. No. She lives in the apartments you can see behind the temple.

10. I got to visit my favorite beaches ever! Go Zuma and Santa Monica Beach (south of the pier...of course).
Don't worry, I already had a 2nd degree sunburn and I wasn't about to sunburn the sunburn. I wore a shirt and a hat and brought a very large umbrella with me to the beach (which, by the way, broke. How does metal snap in half? I'm really not that strong!)

A beautiful day at Zuma Beach:


11. I took a shower in THIS house.
I know, pretty pathetic that this makes me happy. I just realized as I was in the shower, that I will probably NEVER shower in a bathroom that gorgeous ever again--not even on my honeymoon. (PS - just zoom in a few times and you'll see it--the house, not the bathroom).

12. I went to El Cholo's with Grandma, Steve and Shari.
"I lean like a Cholo...Elbows up, side to side...Elbows up, side to side." I had this song stuck in my head the whole time we were eating. Yum! Even got some flan.

13. Satisfied my craving for an outing with Lano and Austin.
I'm NOT so happy about the ridiculous movie prices in LA. Seriously? $16? Seriously? RIDICULOUS. Oh, and I accidentily didn't stay Green by recycling the awesome glasses you need for a 3D movie. Oops.

And sadly, there is no proof that we had the outing. No pictures were taken. This is pretty pathetically excuseless on our part.

But the movie was definitely enjoyable, even for a second time.

MAIL TIME!

Ok. I am completely owning up. I willingly and shamelessly stole this method of blogging from Jessica Schroath who stole it from the girl with the Pocket Edward blog (hilarious, by the way. Go here, if you're interested). But here goes: KaRynn's Mailbag. (By the way, I TOTALLY feel like singing the song from Blues Clues--YOU know the one).

Dear Melissa (the cousin, not the best friend),

I love you dearly! Thank you so much for a wonderful weekend in Logan. I needed it so much. You made me realize how much I don't do in my spare time. I could be meeting new people (Hi new friends!--aka Adam and Karen in particularly), trying new foods (desert sushi), freezing outside (go Stampedes!), or constantly moving out of my comfort zone (thank you, Britney Spears). ;D I had so much fun with you and enjoyed how I spent my time in Logan. Maybe you swayed me even more to become an Aggie!




<---Karen is my new friend on the right.





<---The Stampedes are kickin' the other team's trash. PS (They are just a semi-pro team....)









<---Try singing Oops, I Did it Again after 10 years. You WILL forget the words. I suck at Karaoke. Dear Disneyland, How I miss thee. It has been too long! I am hoping and wishing and praying and crossing my fingers that my dear Uncle Kent comes through for me with the usual free park-hopping passes!!! If not, thou art too expensive for me to afford and I will have to give up all my dreams of having the best time with my dear little sis and all of her 15 (oops, I mean 16 year old) friends at the happiest place on earth. I want to play James Bond in the tunnels of Indiana Jones. I want to eat a fat, greasy turkey leg while watching the fireworks, and I want to run around the park so much that only Splash Mountain will curb the unpleasantness of the heat. Please don't disappoint! Dear Lano, I have not seen you in forever. We need to rectify this situation. And please make Austin come. And Ralph. And everyone. Westwood reunion? Yes, please. PS - Remember when you lived in the house just north of the Veteran's Cemetary (sorry about the gruesome directions, but I can't remember your address) and your computer had this state-of-the-art-totally-awesome-screensaver? Like you put sentences in and it randomly put weird words and phrases together on the screen? I remember being totally entertained for hours by your screensaver. (Ok.. maybe not hours, but we sat in front of that computer reading those hilariously funny, incoherent, ungrammatical sentences for longer than should be considered normal). Not gonna lie. The memory came to me randomly. And I laughed out loud. Miss you! Dear Prosper, Thank you for not firing me. This recession sucks. So in a weird, roundabout way, I am grateful for the 8.6% paycut. Because although it sucks, I still have a job, which is more than I can say for most other people. So thank you for being economically aware and caring about the people who work here. You're awesome. PS - Thanks for the vacay. I need it after Monday's meeting! PPS - Just to clarify, I am not being sarcastic. One more (I know... but I just couldn't help it). Dear Jared, You're awesome. Not many people can claim that their cousin is a National Champion. Let alone that you were on the front page of the Sports section. Although you may have been underneath the article about Kobe Bryant, your article was longer, your picture was bigger and the heading was larger and bolder. YOU.ARE.AWESOME. PS - I don't care how many times I tell you. You do NOT look like you're 15. You look 20. Stop it!

why oh why

I just wanted opinions on these sunglasses. Why? What possible practical purpose could they have? These "sunglasses" don't have lenses, therefore give no protection whatsoever against the sun. They are lined, which makes seeing quite difficult, so its not like I would ever use them while I was driving. And the suntan you would get from them would definitely not be flattering, so you would never wear them to the beach.

Again? What is the point? Why do people buy them when they are so ridiculously ridiculous?