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As of Monday I am no longer 'the intern'. I will be employed at Zions Bank, a fact that I couldn’t be happier about!

The job combines my background in communications, a little PR, some production and acting/broadcast journalism, and cause marketing which means working with nonprofits in my favorite way possible – finding ways to give people money!

Could there be a better fit for me? I argue, there could not! 

I miss these boys!

 I must admit that I’m a pretty lucky girl.  Not everyone has 6 fantastic brothers like I do.  Sometimes I miss the ones I don’t see on a regular basis, and so I must resort to watching random videos of them to get my fix…

If you’re missing Sky you can watch him in this latest Mormon Message – great message from a wonderful talk and there just happens to be a handsome redhead in it too:

Mormon Message

Or you can watch this trailer for a movie coming this Christmas:

12 Dogs of Christmas 

If you’re missing Landen check out this cute commercial for USANA that we just got from TMG:

Old USANA commercial 

Or you can watch them both in this clip, one of my favorites:

UVU Commercial 

Ahh, I just love technology and the ability to see my brothers even when they’re far away. :) 

Summer Adventures

It's been a little while since I updated the blog...Not because of a shortage of adventures, but in fact just the opposite.

I would like to start with a little adventure called craw fishing... Yes, I did that. Let me just walk you through this adventure, it begins at some lake up behind Heber where we get out in the pouring rain, tie raw chicken legs to a piece of string, walk out onto the doc where we then toss the chicken in and wait for about 30 seconds.  You then pull the chicken leg up just above the water and collect the craw fish off the chicken with a net, then dump them in a bucket (if you miss the bucket you have to pick the little buggers up behind the pincher's and toss them in with the others).  Repeat... a lot!

I know many of you are in a bit of disbelief right now.  I unfortunately don't have any pictures of this, and if you don't believe me I understand. Chance will vouch for me though.  I was very brave throughout the whole process.  I even {drum roll please} ate the little shrimp-like things.  I will admit that I could not de-shell (or whatever you call ripping the body apart to get to the meat) the little guys, but I ate quite a few of them after Chance prepared them for me.

To round out the adventure I slept in a tent in the woods - 'real camping' as Chance refers to it. All in all it was a great time.  I hear this is an annual event. I'll be sure to get pictures next time so you can all re-live this particular adventure with me... or you can just come, there was plenty of craw fish for everyone! :)

Somewhat less dramatic but just as fun was our recent trip to the Rodeo.  Ahhh the fond memories of the Days of '47 Rodeo.  Even though it's in a different arena, it's just as fun, and the cowboys are just as cute (for my friends to look at of course)! ;)

Chance was a good sport to spend a night out with the girls.

 Next was my recent introduction to soccer. Now, i'm pretty sure i've been to a few soccer games in my life.  Obviously there have been a few amateur games with my brothers and maybe a professional game, though I don't remember ever really getting that into it.  

Sitting next to an old pro was so much fun! I got a play-by-play description of what was going on, why it happened, what rule was important to the play and what to look for.  It reminded me of my introductory days to football, however I can see myself enjoying soccer way more than football. 

(Jessica, please don't hate me.)  

Another reason i've decided Real Soccer might be THE team for Chance and I to cheer for is their obvious determination to join Utes and Cougars alike in their team color choice. ;)

Other than that, I work... a whole new adventure that i'm loving! Couldn't be happier.

I just LOVE  summer!

PS - This wasn't my adventure, but my dad was in Argentina to work on the temple, and just guess who he ran into/tracked down.

 Loven' me some Elder Holman time vicariously through my daddy dearest.

Lake Powell and Birthday Celebrations

A few weeks ago my lovely family went on a little adventure known as Lake Powell.  On this trip there was much boating, burning, and bonding. 

And after all, isn't that what a successful family vacation consists of?

Me {being flag girl as usual}, Brock {trying to stand up on the knee board because chance said he'd give him $20 if he could do it}, Chance {asking why my family takes so many pictures}, and Coleson{being the adorable boy he is and waiting ever so patiently for his turn}. 

Look at all those smiles and freckles!

Dear Daddy informed us that he used to be quite a pro on the ski's and is now ready to try out the wake board and show us all how it's really done. 

Vacationing can be exhausting...

My man, being hot... in every sense of the word. Turns out that he really really likes cool weather, of which we saw none of!

Brock and Chance on the infamous tube... sorry your ride was so dang long boys. 

Jaden out for an afternoon stroll - turns out he's quite the fish {as long as he has his life jacket on}.

Enjoying an evening swim! 

Now, my birthday was actually on the Monday before Lake Powell, but in true Holman fashion we celebrated the Sunday after.

I had star shaped sugar cookies with fresh fruit - my latest summer obsession. 

And of course, a Holly-Cake with lots of frosting and candles. :) 

{I would like to mention that  I actually celebrated my birthday on the day of my supposed birth with my very thoughtful boyfriend.  Among all the things he did for me that day, he made it possible for me to see one of my best friends one last time before she starts her job in Chile.  What a thoughtful man I have, and what a wonderful way to start out my 25th year! :)}

Change your perspective

“It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree helping each other to one or the other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all of our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - These are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.” 

― C.S. Lewis, Weight of Glory

Manti and GNO

This weekend was rather eventful with lots and lots of pictures, so I thought I beter do a quick update.

On Friday night I went to the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti with Chance. I love going to the pageant. Even though there are some sort of cheesy parts, I still get excited to go. Chance was a good sport to go sit on a cold hard chair for 3 hours just so I could watch the show.... he was less of a good sport about having his picture taken, and therefore there are no visuals for this part of my weekend.

But don't you worry - the next part of my weekend was full of pictures!

Every other month, a few of my sorority sisters get together for a dinner group which usually results in us sitting around and talking long into the night and wondering why we don't meet every month because we obviously need to see each other more often! 

Last night it was Jessicas turn to host, and as she is living at Brighton Girls Camp for the summer {her and Doug are the maintenance couple} we had the lovely privilege to have our GNO at Camp. 

Mary, Rachel and I decided to head up early for a little hiking...

 We had no idea where we were going, so we made up a trail and went exploring.  Though Rachel was a little nervous about bears, we were extremely loud (as Upsilon girls often are) and I don't think any creatures wanted to get in our way.

After hiking we then got to play on the zip-line.  So Much Fun! {Thanks Pixel and Paisley for being such awesome camp staff!}

Pixel was in charge of getting us on the zip line...

Paisley was in charge of getting us off... with a little help from Rachel.

Rachels hardest part was climbing the ladder, but I was there to belay her. 

Erin was a little nervous to jump, but she had fun too! 

Doug was our honorary member of Dinner group for the night - he stood in for Kamille, although he may think twice before ever doing that again - we can get a little crazy!  

Thanks for the lovely evening in the woods ladys (and Doug) it was so much fun! Can't wait for our next dinner! :) 

Cry baby

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Well folks, i've been reading a lot lately, and it's been simply delightful. 

I finally read The Hunger Games, and by read I mean devoured. 

It took me a little while to get into the first one because I had to try to recreate characters in my head after already seeing the movie, but once I got the characters just perfect I couldn't be stopped. I read the second and third book in the space of 5 days. 

But on to the real point of this post... I cry over books. 

I'm actually really embarrassed by this because I kind of hate to cry. Mostly I hate to cry in public, which means that I cry more when I read a book than when I go to a movie.

{I'm not going to sit there and cry in front of all those strangers.}

I tend to get really attached to my characters. I feel like I know everything about them because I've put so much of me into them!

I thought this was normal, but after being caught crying over a few different books (Harry Potter, Hunger Games, The Help...) and having those individuals think i'm totally crazy ~ I'm starting to wonder.

Regardless of how normal / crazy this is, I think i'll continue to put my heart and soul into my characters so that I can feel what they feel... and read in private where I can cry freely. ;)

Right now i'm reading an old favorite, Pride and Prejudice, while I decide what new adventure to go on next. Any suggestions?