News from Crystal

Hello everyone. Quick update on my life.

I had a job interview today. Went okay. It's a small charter school in Hesperia. I would have only like 40 kids to keep track of who come in twice a week. Sounds nice huh Alicia? I should find out this week if I get a second interview.

My whole family is flying out to Oklahoma City tomorrow to watch the Mountain West Conference Swimming Championship. Jamie's last conference meet of all time, and our family's last one as well. It's the end of an era. My mom bought BYU pom poms and we are painting signs tonight. 

I am dating someone :) His name is Johnnie Haas and he is super cool. He plays baseball at Cal State San Bernardino. It's new and fun, but not without complications. Opposition in all things.

To sum up, life is so good! I'll try to repent of my ways and be better a better blogger.

Tag, I'm it?

This is a fun game, I guess.. Let's see, 6 things few people know about me?

When I was 6 my family took a trip to Washington DC, I remember sitting in the car and looking up to see the White House in all its glory. It was the most beautiful building (besides the temples) I'd ever seen! I sat in awe for a second, and then I started talking.. "Dad?" "Yes, Elisabeth?" "Dad. When I grow up, I'm going to.. " My dad, beaming with pride at his young daughter's aspirations for governmental superiority, listens on.. "I'm going to be the maid there." Father's dreams: dashed.

The night I met Tyler, he turned to the side to get a drink and the first thought that came into my head was, "Dang, his profile is perfect. We're going to have to work on our camera angles to really capture that in our wedding pictures.."

My favorite color is pink. Just kidding, you all should know that :) When I was in elementary school and junior high I thought it was the MOST hilarious thing to tell people my favorite color was neon clear. Thank goodness I've grown out of that.

My nickname in Kindergarten was the Love Monster. How embarrassing.

I've always, always, ALWAYS wanted to be in a movie. Preferrably a musical. Alicia? Hayley had the suggestion today that we just go ahead and film our own musical in your cute house, send it over to Disney and see how far it takes us. Your thoughts?

Last but not least.. I have this mild obsession with solving crime. It is one of my life GOALS to solve a crime. Preferrably a high profile case. And one where I discover the body. I love Law & Order, and really think I've got what it takes. Tyler thinks I'm crazy, and whenever I mention solving crime he just says something like, "I hope you get that done soon so you'll stop talking about it." Of course, there's a little twinkle in his eye as if to say.. "I get to marry you." Maybe I'm dreaming. Probably not :)

Tag!!!!

So I FINALLY read Julia's blog from last November and saw that I was tagged. So, in no particular order, here are 6 things most people don't know about me:

1. I never step on the shower drain. For some odd reason I watched the tv version of the movie "it" when I was little. It didn't make me afraid of clowns, however I was deathly afraid of the clown coming out of the shower drain, and to this day I have never set foot on a shower drain.
2. I used to be deathly shy. Up until I was 17ish, if an adult talked to me, I cried because I was so shy and so afraid. How embarrassing. I've definitely come out of my shell.
3. I love traveling. The embarrassing is that my first airplane ride didn't occur until I was 18 and went to NYC on a choir trip. It was also the first time I'd been east of Utah. Since then I've been to: DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Boston, Rhode Island, Albuquerque, Kansas, Missouri, Chicago, LA, Bermajillo (Mexico), Dallas, Oregon, (do I have to count Idaho and Wyoming?), Vegas, Casas Grandes (Mexico), Maine, and Canada (this weekend). Japan is coming this summer, however I still haven't hit Disneyland. I would have to say that one of the perks of being single is that I get to travel lots. :)
4. I remember in the 6th grade on the playground talking with my friends at recess. We were all secretly telling each other what we wanted to be when we grew up. My "secret" was I wanted to be a writer (I'm a nerd and I read all the time). Well, that desire has not entirely left me. Who knows, maybe one day all of you will star in my book?!
5. I don't know how to use a hammer. I taught shop for 2 years, but never learned how to use a hammer. We weren't allowed to use nails in my shop class in college, so I just never learned how. Don't tell my shop students - I learned to fake it.
6. I've had five surgeries in my life but never spent a night in the hospital. No, I've never had cancer, just a lot of random ailments. My family calls me Beth (from Little Women) and one time we were discussing who we thought would be the first to die and I won. The vote was unanimous. Please bless I don't die too soon.
   

Wow - that was hard! I think I talk too much. :) I tag Crystal, Tiff, and Elisabeth! (he he - yes, I'm manipulating you to post more)

My Best Friend's Wedding

Slowly but surely we are all being lost to this great thing called love. "Don't you just love love?" Well, I know someone who does . . . Elisabeth and Tyler! In case you haven't heard the great news, they're tying the knot (the eternal knot, that is) on April 11th in the Salt Lake Temple. (By the way, I am writing this with Pinky's permission).

I received a phone call late Saturday night, not from Elisabeth's phone mind you, but from Tyler's (something I'll probably have to start getting used to). After I stopped jumping on the bed and screaming at the top of my lungs (my natural reaction of course) I had a more subdued thought run through my mind. "We lost her!" (Thanks to Jamie Bloom for that quote.) Don't tell Pinky, but for a few moments, I was sad. I was losing one of my best friends, and it didn't feel very good on my insides.

But I guess that's what I love most about the Sisterhood. Now would probably be the time when I say something really cheesy like, "I'm not losing my best friend, I'm just gaining another one!" But let's not go there. K? K. Tyler is great. I'm more than pretty sure he's a better half for Elisabeth than I am (yes, that's possible - it only took me and Pinky about 4 years to realize we really aren't that much alike) and he treats her the way he should. (Trust me, if he didn't treat her like a queen I would box him up side the head and then kick him while he was down.) He even knows how to buy a cute ring! I keep getting off on tangents . . . where was I? Oh yeah, what I love about the Sisterhood. We all have each other. When one of us gets a little preoccupied with something (mission) or someone (boy) there is always someone there to step in and pick up the slack. That's how it's always been, and that's how it always will be. Together, we can hold up the world, sometimes we just have to rotate who gets the heavier part.

While my moment of sadness truly only lasted a moment, I am SSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited for our dear Pinky. Guess who I'm even more excited for? Tyler. He has NO idea that he just put a ring on the BEST and most amazing girl in the entire world. Maybe one day he'll know . . . but it might not be until the day you're all living in my basement. :) Tyler, welcome to the Brethren of the Sisterhood.

Oh, and enjoy the pics for your viewing pleasure - sorry if they're not rotated right, I'm not on my computer and have to rush off to guitar class. :)

Hello Technology

As Jon Howe would say, this is me getting my Mac on. I love her sooooo much! I think she needs a name. Something sleek and sexy because, well, she is. And thanks to there are more pictures where this one comes from. 

Check it out... gallery.mac.com/crystalbloom

I put a link in our list of blogs that are probably better than ours :)

Home Sweet Home

After two days of traveling, I finally made it... home from my mission in glory (Saturdays Warrior). It is different being back. I have been busy making a fool of my self trying to speak in sacrament meeting, catching up with the fam, applying for jobs, and having awkward run-ins with boys. Sigh...some things never change.

Shannon, you're married, what do you mean?


I always knew my brother wanted to be like me. Check out the curly hair and technology!



Weird, weird, weird.



The fam minus Jamie. But have no fear, I will see her on Saturday (tomorrow) when I come up to provo to meet here at the airport. I hope to see everyone because we have some serious catching up to do.

This just in..

Patrick has now become Pooptrick II.

He has also been named Woofer of the Year.

Woof.