Well we are coming to the end of my first year away at BYUI. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.. 1st was worst of times, 2nd was best of times hahah. I figure I'll have probably just one more BYUI post, and from then on, posts will come as interesting or out of the ordinary things occur. Well we have a lot of catching up to do, so lets get started!1st off - Alexis had some friends - the Lamb family - from her home in Bako (Bakersfield, Cali) come to visit for a week. They actually make a trip to the dunes each year (with their quads and their sandrail among other things) as a family in the beginning of summer. The Lamb family is comprised of Bro & Sis Lamb + 10 children. I am familiar with the final 4 - Cameron, 19; Garrett, 17; Kimberly, 15; and Jennie, 13.
Garrett, Kim, Alexis, Alisha (FHE sister) and I went bowling.. And occasionally we did dogpile Alexis. It just seemed like the right thing to do.
Alexis is closest with Garrett in the family, but likes to chill with the others as well. Garrett is a ladies man hahah. Big time flirt, its funny. Alexis is so hilarious with him.
Honestly, Jennie would have to be my personal fave of the family; she's so fun!! The family was out on the dunes, and we went and played games there. Jennie & I wrestled, and of course, I did beat her!! Muhaha! But she was a worthy opponent. She's so silly though too, I love her to death. She's way stoked for my possible trip to Cali this November, for Alexis' birthday.
Of course, me and Alexis are always closer than ever..
Cameron took me out on the sandrail; I didn't trust Garrett to mind my motion sickness (though I did take some meds beforehand) ahaha but I'm pretty sure I made a wise decision. We still had a blast though, he got me just headachey enough haha. It was great. Me & Cameron are good friends, we keep in touch pretty often. He's a pretty chill dude.
The Fearsome Four :D
We're pretty awesome.
Unfortunately for 4th of July this year I wasnt able to make it back to the family blowout in Texas, but that didn't mean I was cut off from all Rippstein-ness. I went to visit Ali, Jake, Elli, and Will again in Logan, Utah. It was great, we went to parades, on hikes, on the motorcycle, saw WallE, went to restaurants.. it was a great weekend.
Again, I did the kid's makeup - this time Will was a '4th of July Dragon' haha
We make funny faces..
At the parade, waiting for people to throw taffy and stuff off the floats
Hike to the Wind Caves (pictured on the right, they were smaller than I'd thought, but I loved them!!)
Behind me you can see the China Wall rock formation
Jake carried the two on and off up the entire trail!! And that trail was steep, unprotected, long, and it was hot. Jake is one great daddy
We finally reached the top!
Aaaaaand he carried them BOTH all the way down, fashioning a harness sort of thing for Elli to ride. All the people we passed were pretty impressed. It was rather intense haha. Jake made fun of me cuz I didn't carry them long, but I couldnt! They're big kids!
Needless to say, after we went on that hike we took good, loooooong naps.Speaking of naps, we love to sleep here in Apartment 107, Rexburg, Idaho.
I like to sleep a lot. Here is a picture of me in a coma from the beginning of the semester that I just found out was taken (after a few days of no sleep, I just crashed):
Alexis likes to sleep.. in weird positions and weird places hahah
We like to take naps together, even. I don't like a bunch of people on my bed, but they forced it this one time. AND they got the bed.. how is it I get shoved to the end of MY bed?! Why do I get the gyp? What we decided this was, was Daddy (Steph) & Mommy (Lexi) were spooning.. suffocating their child (Inga) underneath.. with the dog at the foot of the bed (Me)
Arf.
Alexis doesn't like to be awakened....
..Especially by feet in the face.....
Quincephanie is doing well, though they don't know what they are going to do, being apart for the 7 week break. They did get webcams so that will help a bit I spose.
She laid an egg!! -- it's Quincy's... haha
Alexis and I were fighting Quincy the other day. It was a vicious struggle that soon became war.
..yes, I won.
Dinga is doing well too! As you can see, Dan made good use of KJ's extentions, mentioned in the last blog. These two are a good punk skater couple. ha.
Fave pic of Dinga, EVER
I'm sad. I'm going to miss Inga a lot. She told us that she won't be living with us next year.. she's gonna move to cheaper housing and be rid of us and maybe she'll be getting married so it's not like she'll be wherever she is for very long. Don't tell her we said that..
Me & Alexis really are closer than ever - I don't know what she's going to do without me. I don't know how she'll deal with the separation haha. She's been moved to tears a lot recently about the imminent departure. When we were playing our song - yes we have a song - she couldn't handle it and just bawled. And hated me because she felt I was making her cry on purpose. I have to admit though, I almost like that she gets so emotional about things cuz it means she really cares.
We have a lot of artistic ability in the apartment..
.. and to prove it, we busted out the sidewalk chalk for Chalkfest 2008!!
I dont know why it went sideways.. but there's the FFT (fnky frsh trio):
Aaand I drew my eye.. and Alexis's lips hahah
It's Business Time!! Come and get it, boys
hey look, one came!! hahah our FHE bro, Stefan, came by to visit us. We proceeded to take a lot of pictures with him hahah. Poor guy.
Speaking of FHE, last week was Dirty Twister
Played with yogurt (being thrown here), applesauce, whipped cream, jello, and, of course, pudding.
Alexis, Corndog, Em, Alisha, Laurel (who is the other one that reminds me of Madeline)
STOP THE VIOLENCE!!
Sicknasty, Alexis!! hahahah. Alexis didn't wash her clothes immediately so our room STANK. blech.
Though, in all honesty, they did try to wash up...
Part of the FHE group: Laurel, Corndog, Em, Austin, Inga, Alexis, Alisha, Steven, and Stefan
Other friends we chill with are of course shelbourne residents such as Talmage here. We went on another date last friday, an 8 hour date actually. We went on a walk, then to see Prince Caspian with Alexis & some girls from my ward, then we went and saw Get Smart, then we went to Wingers, then we finished off with Kung Fu Panda hahah.
One of Talmage's roommates is David. David is engaged to Olivia, my neighbor. They are soooo awesome! AND cute. haha. You would love em. I am actually in charge of food for Olivia's bachelorette party this Thursday. lol they are both gamers, so for the cake I'm going to include Halo somehow.. just you wait and see hahaha. It's gonna be awesome.
Other friends!! These are a few of the ppl I chill most with from our ward. From left: Dinga, Quincephanie, Alexis, Ali, Alisha, Laurel, Amanda, IN THE BACK, KJ, Nick, and Corndog!
Me & Alexis take grand pictures...
And apparently Alexis takes grand pictures with my camera when I don't know it hahah
I went on a bike date to Subway with Alexis and Inga
FUNKY FRESH TRIO DATE!!!
But then it turned into an "Alga" kind of thing, and Inga proposed and all. It turned into this huge deal and I just kind of left em to themselves... hahah. For anyone that is interested, the date is set to be August 8, 8/8/8. They wanted to be married under the eternal number, as 8 on its side is infinity and it continues to go round forever, like their love. They have registered at Target and Home Depot. We hope for everyone to join us in celebrating their eternal bliss!!
It's okay though, I'm not jealous. Cuz me & Alexis are having an affair on the side..
I think I ruin any picture that has any amount of potential haha
Funky Fresh.... hey try not to be jealous okay?
Man..
..I'm gonna miss them.