Happy Thanksgiving!!

This year Thanksgiving, I was away from all of my family:( But I made the best of it! Me, Alba, Erika, and Alba's sister and husband had our own Thanksgiving feast. It was so delicious too! Ok, it was no Jackson's home cooking, but I guess it worked. No body can beat Mom's rolls and banana cream pie! By the pictures, you can tell that I ate enough for me and the rest of the apartments. I needed an eating partner, cause let me tell you, these guys are weak sauce! Ha ha, no more tellin me that I need to eat guys!!

The best surprise happened the other day. I was sitting at home wishing I was home with all my family for Thanksgiving when I heard a knock on the door. We never get people at our apartment so it was a little weird. But I opened up the door, and there was a delivery guy standing there with these flowers. I automatically thought they were for Erika, my roommate, but I opened up the card, and to my surprise they were from Mom and Dad! It definitely cheered up my day!! I have the best parent's in the world. How did I get to be so lucky (hence the shirt!!)?? I love you guys!!!

Money, money, money!! I only wish there were more. This is the cash that I had from Chili's. I guess it pays to work hu. This paid for my flight home! Yeah!!!

JAZZ GAME!

One of the best nights I have had here in DC is attending the Utah Jazz/Washington Wizards game! I am being serious when I say that too. I love the Utah Jazz. When I found out that they were coming here while I was still going to be here, I just had to get tickets. So, I got tickets and invited some friends to come along. The game was awesome, even though they lost! They only lost becuse they were feeling bad for Wizards since they haven't won a game yet! Such a generous team right! It was still a close game and will forever remember this night!

Otso, Spencer, Me, and Alba. The guy taking the picture kept giving me really mean glares because I was cheering so loud for the Jazz. Ha ha, he should have known!

Thanks Casey!

Well, here we go...
8 things I am passionate about:
1. Family 2. Ice Cream 3. Basketball 4. Utah Jazz 5. Christmas 6. Horses 7. Winning 8. Church
8 words or phrases that I use the most:
1. I have to pee 2. I have to pee, again! 3. Let's get ice cream 4. I'm freezing 5. I want ice cream! 6. Ice cream anyone? 7. I'm sorry (I screw up a lot!) 8. I'm hungry
8 things I want to do before I die:
1. Get floor seats to a Jazz game 2. Marry in the Temple 3. Have beautiful kids 4. Buy a house 5. Sky Dive 6. Have my own Classroom 7. Travel the world 8. Eat ice cream in Europe
8 things I need right now:
1. a nap 2. a massage 3. sweats 4. ice cream 5. family 6. money 7. eye surgery (my eyes are killing me) 8. a man
8 places I want to visit:
1. Home 2. Hawaii 3. Spain 4. Australia 5. White Clouds 6. New York 7. France 8. the bathroom
8 TV shows I watch:
1. Friends 2. Family Fued 3. American Idol 4. Wheel of Fortune 5. Jeopardy 6. The Price is Right (only with Bob) 7. Reality TV 8. So You Think You Can Dance
8 people I tag:
So, Casey already tagged everyone that looks at my blog, except Dr. Pepper Kris!!! But, anyone else that looks at my blog... You're It!!!

Capitol Building

Alright, so I have been giving tours of the Capitol Building and I realized that I haven't even taken any pictures of it yet! I tried to take a video of me giving a tour, but it didn't work out with my camera. I could say my whole memorized speech about everything in the Capitol, but I won't put you through the torture of reading it all. If you do want to know anything, call me and ask me questions, that way I get more phone calls!

These are the halls I walk through to get to the Capitol Building. I won't tell you how many times I got lost down here (even while giving tours). Every hall looks just like the other!

As soon as we get out of the ugly basement, you walk right into the Capitol and see the Cox Corridors. They are so beautiful! Sorry, my camera doesn't have the best quality, but you get the idea.

Ha ha, I look like such a tourist! Yep, this is the Crypt, the exact center of Washington D.C.

My favorite room, the Rotunda! It is...AWESOME! Words really can't explain how beautiful this building really is. The architecture is so amazing! This painting is called The Apotheosis of Washington and I'm going to stop there because I almost started going into my speech!

I finally made it up to the Washington Monument. It was amazing! You could see everything in Washington D.C. and beyond. If you can see in the picture below, the buildings on the left of the Capitol are the House Buildings. I work in the middle building, the Longworth Building.


This picture was actually taken by some random guy. He was trying to get a picture of himself and the Monument by laying the camera on the ground, but he was struggling. I decided to do my good dead, and I pulled out my tourist picture taking skills and got him an amazing picture. I couldn't pass up on his idea so he did the same for me! I think we started a new trend because everyone started doing the same thing.


I just love this picture! To bad the grass is all dead. And this is the group we went with. Brian, Andrew, Alba and me. This is at the top of the Monument.

We wanted to go into the Spy Museum, but it was too expensive, so created my own Spy Museum. We walked around China Town and saw everything there. Not as cool as New York's China Town, but still pretty fun to go walk around and see all the nasty little Chinese restaurants.

When I am the only one in the office, I get a little carried away with the picture taking! I decided to show everyone what I really do all day... If you can't tell, I am watching a movie! I believe I was watching Head Over Heels. I usually stick with Friends, but I decided to change it up.

Well, if you can't tell, I am just a little excited for this Holiday Season! Christmas is the best time of year and I can't wait to celebrate it with my family. Being away from them for this long definitely makes me realize how much they do for me and how important they are to me. I love you guys!! I really wouldn't make it in this world if it weren't for my family. This time spent in Washington D.C. has been amazing to say the least. I have had so many wonderful opportunities that I will never ever forget about. I am learning sooooo much about the way our government works and the crazy things that come with it. Being out in this big city has made me realize that I miss the mountains and the wide open spaces that Idaho has to offer. Whenever I ride the metro I feel like a herd of cows being pushed along onto the trains. I still can't believe that I am here experiencing these things. I have been trying to take everything in, see all that I can see, do all that I can do, but with the lack of money and time, it makes it a little difficult. So, that is why I am now working at Chili's! It is just a block away from my apartments and being able to transfer made it really easy to start working. Now I will be rollin in the dough right!! Ha ha, if only. Pictures will be coming soon though. I still have many things to show everybody, and many more to come! Y'all ready for this... (OK, stop singing now!)