Parking at the Ridge

apparently they didn't teach people in Georgia how to Park!

Hence...The terrible Parking! Does that even look like the attempted to make it in the lines?

I don't think so.

What the..Really? thanks a ton for making me park so far away!

[This post if for Rick really]

I wanted to call Rick so he could come put an Orange Warning sticker on this girls vehicle. She sucks at parking EVERY NIGHT! It's so irritating. But I didn't see it till like 12:55 am when I got home, so I knew Rick would be sleeping. Being the kind friend I am, I decided to not wake him up, make him get out of bed. At least this car is NOT even close to being in 1 spot. crazy. Girls @ the ridge really suck at driving. Ok wait, most girls and most boys, they are all reckless...

David Cook - Permanent

I think this is my new favorite song.

Porter Park

I love the park! Can you tell by me going down the slide. I think when I came out of the slide Stephanie's old assistant mark and his wife were giving me funny looks. They're just jealous.

We went to the park on Sunday for a nap and studying. It was so much fun and productive. There's nothing like spending a Sunday in the warm sunny park on the swings and falling asleep:)

FHE

For FHE this past week we went out to the sand dunes in St. Anthony. Only one of our FHE brothers went, so it was up to the girls to get the fire wood, and everything ready to go. I hauled all the wood out from Scuba Steves! When we got there, I had to park on the only rock in sight of course. This was the conversation in my truck while i pulled up on it.

Deanna - " I just want to be like all the guys "
Ashley - " Are we going to get stuck? "
Deanna - " NO WAY! I Still have it in 2... "

Haha it was so funny! The fire was a pain to get going, especially since the guy who was building it didn't really know what he was doing. Finally me and this other girl from Rigby jumped in and took over. It was going in no time at all:) We roasted s'mores!

And of course, we had to put the fire out somehow. All I had was a bucket of water that wasn't really going to go too far, and an ax. So I got thrifty and used my "for sale" sign from my truck to throw sand on. It was out as fast as it was lit. Creative, I know.

Mothers Day

Since we couldn't go home to be with our mothers, we thought we'd celebrate and go all out on our dinner. We made Chicago dogs, with watermelon, potato salad, carrots and ranch, chips, and lemonade! Of course with it being such a gorgeous day out, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to grill outside, and have a picnic. We asked Rick to borrow his grill and he gladly said yes. To his surprise not all girls are the brightest crayons in the crayola box though. We'll come back to that later.

The only open spots in the parking lot are of course the handicap.

There's nothing like good roommates:)

The picnic

I love these two more than anything!

Ashley is a true sweetheart from Chicago. She's not my roommate but we adopted her!

This is how the picnic ended. Let me explain. I was over at Ashley's (my adopted roommate) and Rick called wanting to pick up his grill. We had left the coals to cool off in the grill and since it wasn't my sunday for cooking I called the roommates who were in charge of that afternoons meal. I told them Rick was coming in a half hour to pick up his grill, and asked them to dispose of the coals. Katie asked me what to do with them, I told her to find some rocks and dump them out. I asked her not to do it right in front of the apartment though. Rick got his grill, and I was home by then. The grill was cleaned and sure enough there were a few spots of coal along the rock wall in front of our apartment. Ashley, Chantal and I went for a Sunday drive and when we were on our way back, we got passed by a cop car. As it pulled into the ridge we were so curious as to what was going on...then we spotted it, the dumpster on fire. I didn't even wait for Ashley to stop the car and I jumped out to run inside my apartment and ask them where they put the coals > I wanted to double check to make sure the fire wasn't us. Everyone knew were grilling that afternoon. They assured me that they didn't put any in the dumpster and it must've been a prank. The firefighters put the fire out, and left. A few days later I conned my roommates into telling me the truth about dumpster. What they said is the had filled a white garbage sack with coals, and it burned through. So they put the ones that burned through along the rocks, and the ashes and few small pieces that remained they through in the dumpster. Of course it was an accident, but anyone whose ever been and enjoyed the great outdoors knows you don't put hot coals in a garbage can 3 hours after you grill? Hahahaha, well I guess it's safe to say not all chicks are country girls. Happy Mothers Day!:)

The Pines Dance Party

Welcome to the smelly Pines Dance Party. It was actually pretty cool. What the did was hand out fliers to most of the complexes. The hired a DJ with lights to sit in the common area. Above is one end of the hallway from where the DJ stood. The other side of the hallway was more crowded and too hard to get a picture of. They took the whole 3rd floor of the building, opened all windows and air passages and let everyone dance for a few hours. SO MUCH FUN! It was ridiculously boiling though. The minute we got in, we could feel the beads of sweat drip down our faces. It was crazy. I couldn't help but think: "what if Stephanie's boss let her throw parties at the ridge like this?" haha, I can't even imagine! But since this is a relatively new complex as far as new ownership, I'm sure the statement they were trying to send out was "Hey live at the pines for young men, we throw killer parties"

Here is all us roommates so sweaty. Mid way through the evening.

[gross]

This is Katie and Jay. Jay had her wisdom teeth out on the morning of thirsty thursday. The trooper went out every single night. I'm not sure how she did it, but her mouth seems to healing quite well. You can see she's a little bit of a chipmunk in these pictures. I'm sure she can't wait to get rid of the puffy face. Although, having 2 roommates have the wisdom teeth out in the same month has it's perks. The bishopric brought us each a milkshake:) So awesome.

Thirsty Thursday

Brianne and I before the party began!

Bri, Gina, Me, Katie, and Jay. So much fun! We think about 70 people or so showed up. We served root beer floats which cost us about $6 each roommate. Since our party we have had so many randomly stop by to visit. It's nice to have an open door, and meet so many new people.

As you can see we're having a blast:)

This is what our living room looks like. The floor is completely open for all our guests. Any other night of the week though we have two love sacks that occupy the space.

1) setting up root beer pong.
2) Estimating how many more cups to buy
3) Beginning to fill the cups with ice cream to meet the demand before people arrive.

It was so much fun to have a party at our house. Many were surprised that we didn't get shut down. There could be multiple reasons why we didn't. Either Erin was out of town, because her car was not at her house all evening...Or because the relief society president and our MA's Sister was here at our party. We were pretty respectful, the music was loud, but we were sure to double check what it sounded like all around our apartment to assure others we wouldn't disturb any studiers. Originally when the idea came up, we posted a facebook event and invited all our friends we wanted to come. Word traveled and our friends brought friends. From Thirsty Thursday we have met so many new acquantances, and hope they'll return to future parties. Stephanie today talked to me about the party pictures up on facebook. She was telling me that the "appearance of evil" has got a lot of people in trouble with the school. But technically the only rule we broke was that of having too many people in our apartment at once. As much as I would "LOVE" to follow all of the rules, I am careful about the ones we break. Stephanie being a manager is a risk I know, therefore i'm super cautious in anything we do/say/or have in our apartment. But at the same time, we're just having fun, and should I let my sister being a property manager for my residence get in the way of meeting people and having fun? I don't think so. I understand what she was saying about the appearance of evil, and yes maybe it isn't quite right to play "root"beer pong. & maybe it's definatly not right to be posting pictures of it on facebook. I can't help but think of all the parties and gatherings Adam, Curt...and Matt have all had. So really, I don't feel bad for throwing a huge innocent party. And I also don't feel bad for our temporary cardboard and duct tape stripper pole that our bishopric laughed at. It was all out of good innocent fun. Nothing was hurt, and I'm so happy the party had a good turn out. Now everyone knows the girls at 303 are fun and personable. Steph I'm not writing all of this to "un" justify what you said haha, I get your concern and i'll be more careful.