My Best Friends

Today we went to lunch for Bridget's birthday. We went to Asian Star, so good, but the company was the best. It didn't take long until we started talking about the funny things that have happened to us. It made me realize that almost anything fun or funny in the last couple of years was with these people. I have been so lucky to have these friends, we have had so much fun together over the years. We all have our corks, but I think that is the reason we all get along so well. We have all had our good times and our bad time, regaurdless of who it was, we always knew we would have each other. I have the BEST friends ever!!

A bitter sweet end.

I have been in SLC for the past week "working". I have a lot of time to spend with my best friends. Believe it or not it's been kind of hard being around them. It's so hard knowing that they will all be up here together, while I'm the only one away. Despite that, we had so much fun this past week together, my friends never cease to have fun doing literally ANYTHING!!! Tuesday night we played ultimate frisbee, I'm sorry no pictures from that, but it was a lot of fun. Wednesday we went to Jump on It. It's a warehouse that has a ton of tramps in it, it was so much fun, and a surpriselying good workout. Thursday night we went 80's dancing at Area 51, we all dressed up, it was so much fun!!! Friday night we had a BBQ pool party at Andy's house. I have been so lucky to have the amazing friends that I do! Good friends truly are a blessing. Although I know I have much learning to do this summer, I'm going to miss spending the summer with my best friends. It's hard knowing what I'm missing out on, but I wouldn't trade this past week for anything!! Thanks to all of my wonderful friends.

We barley met the weight limit!!
Socks and tramps are a bad idea!
We hope to be in the circus someday! Dream BIG!
Andy loved that I was representing Skyline, so he felt the need to document it.
80's night! We were lookin' fly!
Me and Andy, I know, I know, I look really cute.
The whole crew, we were quite the sight to behold.
Meagan, need I say more?!

The Many sides of Brooke

While Jill was constantly yelling at me to "be normal", think we captured many sides of Brooke on this vacation. Who knew there were so many, including myself!?

"The Religious Brooke"
"The I love a man in uniform, Brooke"
"Rock and Roll Brooke"
"Tarzan Brooke"
"American Gladiator Brooke"
"The always elegant Brooke"
"The VERY tired Brooke, after a week in New York"

"The talk show host Brooke"
"The Preferred Guest Brooke"
"Brooke and her identical twin"
"The Catty Brooke" MEOW!
And last but not least, "The always creative Brooke"

My men of NYC.

My men in uniform!
Jason Taylor
Ashley Angel Parker

Although there were many highlights of the Big Apple, I would have to say the men were up there. Anyone who knows my at all knows that I'm a total sucker for men in uniform, there is nothing more attractive then a man in uniform. As luck would have it, it just so happened to be fleet week in NYC. Meaning sailors and marines were legit ALL over New York, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Every where I looked I could find men in uniform!!! YAY!!! I did however find a few more love interests back there. Second being Jason Taylor, he was the NFL man of the year last year, he was also on Dancing With the Stars. I got the chance to meet him after Live with Regis and Kelly. He is cute!! Third was Ashley Angel Parker, he was Link in Hairspray. Oh man... he was too cute!!! Although I met all of these attractive men, they all had one thing in common, they forgot to ask me for my number!!!

New York... In a Nut Shell!

Were back.....

I know that I should have some fun New York post by now, but I ran into one minor problem.... I forgot my camera cord! DUH! So standby for pictures. New York was so much fun. I really don't even know where to being. I'm glad to be back however, and I promise a good New York post is on it's way!

If anyone needs me....

This is where to find me!!!!!!!

BEST FAMILY EVER!

Today as I have been at work reading everyones blogs, I have been so overwhelmed with the love that each sibling has for one another! From a Happy Birthday post, to funny comments, to giving someone a pat on the back, or being a voice of reason, all the way to consoling advice. We are so lucky to have each other! Even though I live 250 miles away from everyone, I feel so connected. I love that the siblings are always so excited to see each other's new posts, and the bond we have through the blogging world! I will be the first to admit that this is a little cheesy, but I just wanted everyone to know, I have the BEST FAMILY EVER!

Moving day

Today I move into my new apartments. I'm pretty excited but stressed as can be! I've got so much going on this week. I'll be glad when it's over so I will be able to mark one more thing off my to do list.

St. George and it's kooks!

OK, today I have officially had the kookiest people ever come in! Do they know I'm a loan officer not psychologist?!?! I should definitely be getting paid more!

Just to clarify...

The blog about family pictures is everyones feed back on what we should all wear. Not what we are going to wear, but what people are thinking, so we can make an executive decision.

Family Pictures

I heard through the Jensen Grape Vine that we are doing family pictures on the 31st of May. Mom was telling me that you all came up with a few ideas as to what to wear. I kind of need to know what we are going to wear, because I'm coming up on Friday and will need to know what to bring. Here are the ideas mom was telling me, and some we came up with.
-Jeans or Khaki with brown on the girls and white on guys.
-Jeans or Khaki, everyone in white shirts, with some sort of green accent color. (we need to decide on a green so were not all in different greens.)
-Jeans or Khaki, everyone in white shirts, with yellow as an accent color.
I don't really care what we do, I just need to get an idea of what to bring. Everyone can leave your ideas on my comments!

New York City, here we come....

4 Days left until my big adventure in New York City begins! I can't wait to experience everything that this city has to offer, from sight seeing, to famous food, to shopping, and Broadway, and all that falls in between! I've never even be to a big city like this one, and I can hardly wait! I'm traveling with the world's best travel partner, my mother! To everyone reading this.... THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG!!!!!

My Big Brother

I have the best big brother any girl could ever ask for! My brother Jake is the best! Jake has been living in New York for the past two school semesters. I cannot even begin to explain how much the family has missed having him around! Jake always brings so much to every family event, from his sense of humor, to his intelligence, to the funny things that make Jake, Jake! Me, my mom, and Jill get to go back to New York to visit him! I'm so excited to go see my brother's life in The Big Apple! Jake is so cute and thoughtful, here are a few of my favorite "Cute Jake" stories!
-My birthday is the day before Valentines, I always hated it! My birthday was always so much fun, and then the next day was always a downer! My brother had heard me say this one day, he had also heard me say that yellow roses are my favorite. I woke up on my birthday to find a dozen yellow roses and a note from Jake on my dresser. It made my day, and I still think it's probably the cutest thing anyone has ever done for me!
-As mentioned me, mom, and Jill are going to New York next week. We tried to get tickets to go see Live with Regis and Kelly, but couldn't get any. So cute Jake called my mom last week to tell her he got her tickets to the show! He was too excited to wait until Mother's day to tell her, which makes it even more cute!

-Going back to Valentines day, this past Valentines day I was at work when someone came in to deliver flowers. Knowing there was no way they were for me, but they were! I had no idea who would have sent me flowers, but I could not have been more excited to see they were from Jake! Not only did he send me flowers, but my other two sisters who aren't married. We were all so impressed with Jake!

These are just a few reasons why we love Jake so much! He really is the best big brother!

Salt Lake City

I finally got to come home and visit the family! It has been so much fun being at home with the people I love most! Brandt and I drove up Friday as soon as we were done with work. Brandt was pretty entertaining so the drive went by fast. Saturday morning Brooke and I went to Rich's Bagels and did a little shopping. It was so much fun to see her after 11 days of not only not seeing each other but not even talking! I went out to Jamie and Mike's house to become better friends with little Annie! I haven't seen much of her since her arrival, so it was so fun to get to spend some "best friend" time together. After Jamie and Mike's I spent the afternoon at Dodee's for her birthday party. It was so much fun to see cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, family friends, and siblings! Then the girls headed off to Training Table for dinner, so good, they really need to put one in St. George. (we missed Jenny and Heidi) After dinner I went to Andy's house and got to see all of my buds from SLC. It's so much fun to be able to see and spend time with my favorite people. Sunday was church, as shown in the pictures me, Jenny, and Jill got a lot out of it! I still get to go talk to Brad today, and have the whole family (except Jake) are coming out to dinner. So there is still way more fun to be had! Thanks so much to everyone who lets me come and vist them, and spends time with me while I'm here! I really couldn't miss any of you more then I already do! (I'm still up in SLC right now, I just needed to do this from my parent's computer because I don't have one) Anyways here are the few pictures I took from this weekend!

Brandt and I at the Arby's drive-up. Classy!
Me and Annie! Were going to be Best Friends.
Me and Jamie were taking a bunch of pictures of her. These were my favorites, but with how cute she is it was hard to narrow it down!

Me, Jill, and Jenny getting a LOT out of church today!