I love him SOOoOOooOo much.. .

Tyler and I drove home from Arizona yesterday, and just in case I wasn't sure (which I was).. I love him soo much. He's incredible, and I am the luckiest girl in the whole world. I find him madly attractive in every sense of the word. He's handsome inside and out, he treats me like a princess, he makes me smile and laugh ALL the time, he's good at everything, he's so smart, a musical genius, incredibly ambitious, hard working, and absolutely adorable. He's interested in the people and things I'm interested in. He takes time to ask questions and listen to my answers. I feel safe and completely comfortable with him. He'll pull over and country dance with me on the side of the highway. Who does that?! I'm in love, I'm in love, and I don't care who knows it!

Here's another official introduction to go along with Alicia's perfectly perfect story. Here's to 2008. I think it's going to be a romantic year..

PS.. I will post the video later, it's taking FOREVER to upload.

WELCOME HOME SISTER BLOOM!!!!

It's about time. I tell you what. I've sent a lot of missionaries out - boys, girls, you name it. But no one, has been gone longer than Crystal. Yes, it's true, she was in Argentina for a year and half, but it SEEMED like the longest mission ever.

Girl, here's what you missed (in no particular order-just thought you'd want to be all caught up):

• Shannon is married. We like him. We like her. We like them.
• Tiff came home from her mission!
• Tiff has a cute boy who likes her.
• Tiff is in Mexico and says hello.
  
• Jaime got engaged.
• Jaime got un-engaged.
• Jaime is now on a mission.
• Jenn left for grad school in Tennessee.
• Jenn got called on mission.
• Jenn found cute boy.
• Jenn still left on mission.
• Elisabeth learned how to be slightly "Loose Lipped" (if ya know what I mean)
• Elisabeth and Alicia lived together for 6 months in Salt Lake (good times)
• Elisabeth now lives in cute house in Salt Lake, conveniently close to the boyfriend
• Elisabeth worked at a hospital. She saw a naked man. He was old. Very old.
• Elisabeth quit her job.
• Elisabeth now works for a non-profit something or other (basically she's changing the world)
• Alicia got pneumonia. Twice.
• Alicia went on lots of awkward dates (oh wait, that's not new!)
• Alicia took a new job at a high school.
• Alicia lives in a cute house with mean across-the-street neighbors.
• Alicia might be dating a boy (he's still figuring it out)

That is all. We love you. We missed you like mad. And we can't wait for your trip to Utah so we can see you!!!!!

Wuv, Twoo, Wuv

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess named Princess Buttercup (some of you may know her as Elisabeth). She lived a wonderful life, and often dreamed of the man who would answer, "As you wish!" to her every request. She met quite a few Prince Humperdinks (also known as duck butts) who tried to woo her but merely ended up breaking her heart and making her roommates hate him (I know we're not supposed to hate, but I'm pretty sure roommates are around for the sole purpose of hating ex boyfriends, even if they're nice ex boyfriends).

One day, she met a boy named Wesley (some of you may know him as Tyler-see picture below)

Tyler likes to sing. (see picture above) He learned to make sweet music with Princess Buttercup. After slaying all the evil Prince Humperdinks in Buttercup's life, he took her through the Fire Swamp where they narrowly avoided a patch of treacherous quick sand, and had to disect an incredibly awkward ROUS. (see picture below)


Once they made it through the fire swamp alive, Buttercup knew Wesley was the one. He even wrote when he promised too. This made them very happy and they looked very good together. (see picture below)


Princess Buttercup and The Dread Pirate Westley now live happily ever after, at the institute. (see picture below)

Let it Snow . . .

Wouldn't it be grand to live in a cute house like this? Oh wait, I do!!!! I've been meaning to get a picture up for months, because it really is the cutest house ever, especially after it snows. The one bad thing about living in a house means you have to shovel your driveway. Too bad my driveway is super super long, and my roommates forgot how to shovel. At least it's a good workout!

I've been meaning to write and add a picture of elisabeth and boyfriend, but she's so busy with mono that she won't send me a picture. So until that happens you get to see me and Patrick. Yes, we're still going out, but he's taking his sweet time. Hooray for Christmas romances! This picture is from the byu-utah game, so it's not the best-sorry!

Patrick and Alicia, sitting in a tree.. .

I have the perfect picture to go along with this post, which I'll add later.. I'm at work at the moment, and don't have a way to resize in. Blogger hates lifesize pictures apparently. So bear with me and wait patiently by your computers.

I was able to meet the strapping young fellow this past Saturday, at another wonderful display of pure BYU athleticism. Tyler and I made the long journey over during half time because I just HAD to meet him!! Alicia and I had coordinated this effort, and Patrick played right into it. After a long time of actually standing four people away from one another, yelling into our phones we looked up and thus began..

The first thing I noticed about Patrick was the way he made Alicia smile. We all know that girl can smile. But my word.. Her face must hurt! She was (is) grinning ear to ear and, dare I say, glowing with love. I mean like. He was very assertive, but not too assertive. He walked over, made conversation with Tyler while Alicia and I giggled for two seconds. He was very good natured, and seemed to be a BYU fan. He has incredible dimples you could probably fill with water and swim a family of four in. On both sides. So dreamy! He was just very happy, easy going, super comfortable to be around.. and he's very aware of Alicia. I don't know, it was a difficult venue to assess much further. I was very impressed. He's adorable, and he's man enough to let Alicia know he's interested in her. He's ASKING HER OUT ON REAL DATES.

Basically? I've got a really, really good feeling about this one. Hope that satisfies the lovely ladies of the Sisterhood. That's all I've got for now!

The Tale of the 3 Loves

Once upon a time there were 3 classy ladies, Elisabeth, Tiffany, and Alicia. Although they lived apart, they remained close friends while their other three friends traveled the world for a year and half.
One day, Elisabeth decided it was time to get a man. And boy did she get some. After falling in and out of like (or maybe love?) she found one she really liked. His name was Tyler. Elisabeth and Tyler began to spend more and more time together, and eventually Elisabeth decided he was the one to date for a while. Their future is still undecided, but the happy couple travels the Salt Lake Valley, singing in gay merriment all the while.
Tiffany, who lived miles and miles from her 2 classy friends, also decided it was time to get a man. After her single's branch proved to be fruitless and manless, she decided to look elsewhere-her job. And lo and behold, she found exactly what she was looking for. Barrett and Tiffany talk to each other for hours on end. Tiff loves that Barrett is a teacher, and Barrett loves that Tiff is a girl. Thankfully, Barrett is manly enough for Tiff and she thinks she'll keep him around for a while.
That left poor, little Alicia to contemplate the meaning of life all by herself. She found ways to fill her time by feeding the homeless and planting daisies in her garden. After some time, the heavens decided to open their floodgates and after a couple of dates she decided Patrick was the one for her. While their young love has not yet blossomed into 2, all have high hopes (and all are praying hard) that Patrick will be the one to take Alicia to the gazebo and dance to Norah Jones under a starry sky.

Disclaimer: While this story is based on true facts, some of the details may have been slightly embellished.

The New Look

Hey Everyone -

The old blog was too technologically archaic for the nerd in me, so I've changed things up a bit. If you want to read posts from the old blog just go to http://thesisterhoodblog404thefirst.blogspot.com/

They're all there. I promise. I'll work on making this cuter, but for now, happy Sisterhood Blogging!

Oh, and I'm not being very grateful today (bad day) so I'm going to list three things I'm grateful for:
1 - That I'm not a student in high school anymore
2 - My missionaries
3 - The Sisterhood.

That is all.