Ode to Manda!

10 things I Love about Amanda Leigh Brown...my beloved roommate!!!
1. She is Funny!!! She always makes the most sarcastic remarks that lighten any mood and any moment!
2. She reads her scriptures and says her prayers every night! What devotion!
3. Being her roommate it is great to hear her everynight talk and talk about the weirdest things in her sleep.
4. She is learning to cook...and becoming quite skilled
5. So sweet and always worrying about my comfort and not wanting to have a messy room !
6. Her comments that cover the quote wall! always a good laugh!
7. She loves Kiwis. I got her hooked on fruit and she will never be the same
8. Sometimes a bit shy but once i got to know her she opened right up and we can have great bonding conversations
9. She is so loving with her family! She always calls her home and talks to the whole fam. She is such a good influence on her siblings.
10. She is just an all around great person to be around and i am so glad that we get to be Roomies!!!
Love you Manda!

CHRISTMAS is coming and i am so very excited! If anything i love the days before Christmas day because the whold atmosphere just lasts and lasts! This is one of the cute little trees in out apt...its great! Last night Lex and Manda and I were taking so many great holiday pics! ...funny story....they took mandas camera and filmed themselves whispering, "we are going to sneak into Kylies room and see if she is singing to her christmas music he he lets go!" so then they snuck in and filmed me singing at the top of my lungs Silent Night by sarah mclahlan! When i turned around i just saw a camera and somebody behind it and i have the most horrified twisted face, large collective gasp, and my right hand flew up by my head and cringed as if i was squeezing all the living juice out of a lemon! It was a true scare and i will have to figure out how to put in on my blog for all to see cause it is so incredibly great! just like a reality tv show!

My Love!

Oh I love Lydia SOOO much! Look at her how could you not! And after a nearly flawless perfomance! She is amazing! She was the Mechanical Doll in the Party Scene that was one of my favorite parts and she did is so awesome!!!! I really just love her so much i can hardly keep it inside or even try to express how much i LOVE LOVE LOVE LYDIA FINLNSON!!!!

We are back and it is so exciting! This is rachelle...small blonde, sarah cute brunette, and Me! We all went to Nutcracker together and it has officially been 3 years since we have performed in it! Wow! It is so fun to be with them...just like old times! random side note: I used to be 2 inches shorter that Rachelle! I have grown like more than 6 inches since I stopped Ballet! I dont know if that is good or bad!

Memory Lane 101

This is such a wonderful picture because it has the principle dancers from this Nutcracker at Thanksgiving Point as well as all of us from years past! What a great walk down memory lane! Just a shout out to the originals from years past...we are having a awesome reunion to remember all the wonderful ballet times at Brick Oven...of course.. Saterday December 22 at 7 PM. Be ready for some great sneaks on yes you guessed Connie...hehe

Thanksgiving Feast...

what's that you say? Today is the day, to have a turkey feast? A Feast! Oh my!... with Pumpkin pie?! It sounds good I shan't deny...But wait...a turkey? a turkey a beast? Ohh my... that taste i can't stand in the least... I cannot have a turkey feast. I will not eat that gobbling beast! If I said that I would, It would be a lie, I must be on my way...It;s time for my goodbye...but, before i go...I'll take a peice of warm pumpkin pie!
-Paige Magee

Happy Thanksgiving!

Paige Marie

I just love Paige Marie! Yesterday I was searching in the alilovescurtis blog and I found these pictures! Look how beautiful! I first found the picture of her shoes and thought...those are cute, wait those are the shoes i gave paige, those are her toes! It is for sure paige look at the pants! I was so excited and think these pictures are just so very cute!

marriage

So weird my roommate Leslie is officially married! This is at her reception with some of my other roommates. It was such a great time and yeah...it was fun...Oh yeah and funniest story ever! The Wedding cake at the Reception consisted of 5 beautiful cakes staked up very high. Well My Roommate Amanda tripped over me and we went for a straight dive to tumble right into the cakes...Ahh Lexie caught us both literally inches away from creating a huge disater with the massive cakes! We all were in a frumple on the floor totally caught in a serious surprise. Luckily the cakes got away untouched and we only experienced a few burns and bruises!

Ooh La La!

Your Inner European is French!

Smart and sophisticated. You have the best of everything - at least, *you* think so.

Who's Your Inner European?

Round Your Partner 123!

Amazing! If you have ever been to a western swing dance and seen the girls get flipped around in back flips, flying,more crazy flying..etc... it pretty much is awesome! Well last night i went with my friend Jordan Schnedicker...yes sweet last name!...anyway he is practically a pro western swing dancer so i was the girl that was flipped and flyed! people asked me where i took lessons! Oh my goodness! i have only been once to western swing at the begining of the year, i am clueless! But, however the girl is just led by the guy so i just was flung around and it was great! some of the moves i with i could find a picture of but we did ones where by some magical move i was tossled up to the hair so i was doing a handstand on jordans hands which were exteneded completely in the air! ...Like a straight up and down line or like balacing a pole on your finger type thing! It was incredible so if i ever get a sweet picture of us dancing of one of some of the tricks we did i am going to for sure post them!!!

Ps. Yes we did do the move in this picture it is crazy how you get up there cause everything happens so fast! To get down i swing around his head wrap my legs around his stomach then go around his body letting go of my hands from him so my head is close to the ground and then he swings me up into his arms like a baby! Wow!

Shake a Polaroid...not a BABY!

Oh what a fun night! actually what a fun day! My friends Mason, Gibby and J.D had a benefit concert to raise money for the prevention of Shaken baby Syndrome. During the day we sat around the bell tower and sold black shirts that you could paint to wear to the concert. It was great! my shirt said, "stop SBS, Love your BABY" Some other ones that mason made were awesome and so funny! "Babies: make them don't shake them!" It was a good time and some cash was raised. at the concert some local bands came to perform, which was also so awesome!

party hardy...check out the hair...

Amanda is 19! ..she is my roomates sitting next to me... Last night we had a little party for her even though her birthday is today. She got losts of Dr. pepper and a toy guitar. It was a good time but i didnt even make a cake! I got back from the testing center intime for a random party lexie decided to have. Later that night i went to Masons, Jd's, Gibby's and allen's for a good game of Apples to apples with junior mints. We talked politics and i was impressed that their are college students out there who think for themselves and have opinions on current events and things of the past. It was very refreshing!
Ps. I chopped the do! 5 1/2 inches! but it feels fresh and i think it is growing on me.

Halloween 80's style!

Girls just want to have fun! yeah yeah...and we did! My roommates were not going to dress up for halloween and of course that is not going to fly with me so i lent out my closet of goods to create a sweet 80's night out. We went to wal-mart for a bit...for sure thats were everyone is... and then we popped in a few parties. My favorite part was cruising in the car to ace of base I saw the sign. It was a good time and we had a sweet dance party!

TAKAYUKI

I LOVE TAKAYUKI! This is my tribute pumpkin to our exchange student over in Japan...We miss him!

Regina Spektor

So this was the worst night of my life. I went to the regina spektor concert up in salt lake at the venue .... She sang beautifully, i love hearing here because she uses her voice as an instrument so that was cool. But the rest was just out of control i dont think i ever want to go to a concert again! At the end i went to meet my friend brook at her car and the small, green, camry was gone! So we spent the next 2 hours.... not kidding...... to hunt it down at the towing garage in an impossible location up near lagoon. It was unbelievable and i was so excited to get home.

More Roomate Pictures...

So we finally took pictures all together...except Leslie wasnt there but its okay cause she gets married in like days...and she doesnt care about us cause Deric takes presidence...haha but we once again took lots and lots of pictures around campus at all the sites and arent we beautiful...and look how beautiful the leafs are! It is prime time fall here!

"Family" Pictures

I introduced my roomates to the wonderful program Photo booth on my laptop and they are obsessed! We literally sat around my laptop on sunday for 2 hours! We took so many pictures so i decided to just put one of the best ones on...We took individual pictures and "family" pictures framed on our walls...haha we laughed so hard !!!

Homecoming Results...

Homecoming was absolutely great! I went with a nice boy that i met named Ian who is such gentleman. We went to the Game with my friend Bridger and Tanner and their dates...whcih we totally beat the arizona gauchos...and then we went to Fat Jacks for cinna sticks and then drove up Fairview canyon to see the leaves. It really was a good time. Later that night Ian picked me up as you can see and we headed off for the 30 minute drive to Nephi to eat at the Salt Creek Steak House which actually wasnt too shabby. We then piled back in to Ians big black truck...Lydia if you are reading this it is like Narf's Big Black Truck...anyways we then went to the dance and danced out hearts out...but the real fun was over at the fine arts building where all the cool kids went to dance to the live band...a oldies band playing mostly 50's Swing! It was such a better atmosphere than the sick school dance with all the sicko's! So it was so fun epecially considering that i was wearing my grandma's dress straight from the 50's! it was such a great night!

Mountain Moment

These are the beautiful mountains up fairview canyon. On Saterday after the Homecoming game we drove up the canyon to look at the leaves...this picture was taken at the top of the mountain so there arent any leaves but on the way up we couldnt see any because we were in a cloud/fog/snow storm but it was so awesome and got me so excited for the fall and winter holidays! I will put a picture up tomorrow of the leaves around Ephraim they are so colorful and bright! they give me such a good feeling!

Founders Day Celebration

Last night was the founders day celebration where we celebrate the founding of Snow College. My dance Co. danced one number in a 2 hout performance and my mom, lydia, hayden and mckaye were kind enough to come watch! So kind! We performed a dance that we learned last week in two days by a guest choreographer Carley Conder. It is about sadly death and dealing with it...she shaped it after bach's death of his wife...and the song is the song that he wrote to cope with the pain. So its kind of solemn but it is beautiful and i think we can perform it better in the future when we actually have time to clean it an do spacing...but it was still great i just love the dance!
ps. these are some of my awesome friends Heidi, Bliss, Bealynn, Brittney and of course me!

Badger Homecoming

Saturday is my first official Snow College Homecoming Dance and I am so excited! I am going with a nice boy that i met named Ian and it is going to be a good time i believe. I am just excited to see how the dances work out here for example where are we going to go to dinner along with the other 2, 000 students at snow considering that there are about 4 restaurants that can hold approximately 10 people max. And these restaurants would be Subway, Fat Jacks Pizza Parlor, The Snow Dragon (famous Ephraim chinese food) and the Ewe Cafe. So it will be interesting...i am kind of hoping that it will be a homemade dinner but i dont know if that is asking too much...haha but i am very excited and it is going to awesome so i will definitely tell of my experiences coming tomorrow! Life is so great!

Classic Ephraim Entertaiment...

Last night i went to the Snow Badger Homecoming bonfire and it was awesome! the fire was huge and beautiful and a major plus was that the stars were excellent! The milky way was so incredibly clear! But these bonfires are for sure the classic thing to do when you live in Ephraim UT. We ended leaving early though because so boys were putting weird bombs in the fire that were crazy and we were afraid that if one of them was faulty that might be the end of my snow college career. !!!

LETS DO THIS GO!!

This is a quick picture that my freinds amber and brittney and i took before we performed out Stomp dance at the Homecoming Pep Rally! It was so awesome! funny though that we were dressed like gansters! haha black tank tops, army pants and black tennis shoes! but it was great! The dance was especially awesome because the sound was so loud so when we stomped it was like 5 times as loud as normal so it was amazing! I will post a full body picture of my dance co. so you can see our sweet outfitts...that i most likely will never attempt to wear again because when was the last time anyone saw kylie as a ganster? what a good time.

Stache??

This is K.J. Stratton my super brother in law...thats all i have to say...

Miss Snow

This is my friend Kelsey who i was suppose to do Miss Snow with but i couldnt and i was so sad! The times totally conflicted with my dance company schedule! frustrating cause i could have won some cash but oh well...But i am so happy for Kelsey because she got 2nd runner up so she gets half off tuition! wonderful! For her talent she danced and it was so pretty! it was just an awesom night!

123 Family Day...

Last Sunday...before conference...my ward had family day where all the students in the ward brought their families to come visit and see what everything is like. I just love my family!!! oh so much! I then went home with them so that i could go visit Liahona on monday...It was amazing to see my teachers again! I love that school with a passion!

First Day of Snow!!!

I am so so excited because today was the first day of snow in Ephraim!!! But its a good feeling because it still is going to be fall its not like my favorite month was skipped straight to Winter cause that would be terrible! Also random fact for today...I made the Sweater that i am wearing so that in kind of fun. I have been working on it ever since i came to school and it finally is finished! yippee!

Rollin in the dough...

Wonderful news...My teacher pulled me aside yesterday and asked me, "Kylie how would you like to get paid for your notes?" what ? are you serious? So now Snow College pays me to give them my notes from class to help students with learning disabilites to keep up in class! Isnt that just wonderful! I get paid to do my homework and go to school! Its just so great!

Sneaky Goose

We were caught in a huge tornado we were so scared slash worried slash completely nervous.

Pretty flowers that are just around the Corner!!!

These are some flowers that i just think are so pretty! Mckaye Strong and I couldnt help but take a picture of them! They are just so pretty and they are in the front yard of a house by the church! So so pretty. I love that Heavenly Father created so many pretty things that we can have right by us!

About Me

...So I got tagged so here are some random facts about Kylie...
1. No i dont have a middle name...but i like it?
2. Some of my favorite things to do...
a) I love to sew. It has become my new hobbie brought back from the past. I think that is what i do in most of my spare time.
b) I love to read. this is a good thing cause i have so so so many reading assignments!
c) I love to cook. But it is a rough road without the convienience of my kitchen back home and did i mention money?...
d) I love to go to the new savers...Sanpete Thrift...its got sweet finds
e) I love to ride my bike! i go on a ride almost everyday! it is so refreshing!
f) I also love to go running especially here in Ephraim cause the air is changing into crisp Autumn air.
g) I love fall! this includes everything from sweaters, scents, scenery, savory treats, colors and of course the leaves!
3. Some pet peeves that i have are when people have food stuck in the corners of their mouth... ugh i might throw up thinking about it. Oh yeah also when the person sitting behind you tap tap taps your chair over and over the WHOLE class!
4. My favorite movies...considering the movies i have seen which basically cover disney and ones made 10 years ago....
a) Braveheart is my top favorite and i think always will be
b) The Ringer....Classic movie to watch with Lydia
c) Beauty and the Beast
d) Last of the Mohicans, The Patriot...I think there is a pattern with Mel Gibbson?
5. My favorit books include
a) I love history books...real ones not the lame kind that some one wrote about someones analysis of the time period but the acutal first hand account!
b) Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse
c) Any C.S. Lewis...i loved the Screw tape letters and the great Divorce
6. If i had a million dollars...
a) a Scooter...a cute kind you would see in Europe
b) donation to find cure for diabetes
c) Savings
d) food, for going out to eat or cooking
e) pay for books for school
f) Tuition
g) to travel around Europe
Who knows? i guess i wont know until i have a million dollars...

oh yeah.....
h) world peace

Rocky Votolato

We went to the Rocky Votolato Concert at the Velour and it was so great! I think that i love Rocky even more after hearing him in real life. This was the only picture that i got...i wish i got more but just know that it was a good time!

OHS Homecoming

Homecoming!!! It was so fun it is just so nice that Ryan Graham aksed me to go! It was just so fun! For our day date we went to Bradon Roney's Rich Aunts House that had crazy nice things which included an indoor swiming pool. Annie, Madi, Abbie and I swam in wet suits and it was great cause the pool was freezing cold! But the whole weekend was just a blast of non-stop entertainment!

More Wedding Pictures

Macie and K.J.'s Wedding

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I absolutely love the photographer for macies wedding. I dont think the wedding could have been better. It was so so so perfect for Macie i am just so happy for her. I love her so so much!!!!!