The Bachelor AND Relocation

Okay first off... the Bachelor.

Okay, I love her, but hate her all at the same time. I think some of the things she says are Sooooo funny. Like the above quote. But also, I think she's just a little brat. She's definitely a man hog and then thinks no one else likes Ben because he's always with her. But really, Ben's not that great. I don't know why they are all getting upset over him. First off, he's not that cute. And also, since we shouldn't judge just based on looks, he doesn't have that great of a personality! Also, again with the looks:

HE LOOKS LIKE FRANCINE FROM ARTHUR!! (Also, for those of you who don't know what a doppleganger is, it's basically just another form of yourself. Paranormal investigators believe ghosts and demons can even be dopplegangers and take the form of the person they are haunting... I know. I watch too much Ghost Hunters/Adventures). Also, I am very mad he sent Kacey B. home. They were good together. And (***Spoiler Alert****) He picks Courtney! I can't believe it. Oh well. Enough of the bachelor.

Kay, moving on. This is the last thing, I promise. This is our wall of awesome. It's grown very large. We are very proud of our creation:

But, the wall will have to be taken down and relocated because Alli and I are relocating apartments. We are moving upstairs with Lindsay because two of her roommates left. It's going to be a freakin party EVERYDAY!

Okay... That's all.

For reals.

Another Weekend Home

Yes, I came home again. Yes, I was just home two weeks ago. But there's no school tomorrow so I get to stay longer:)

One of the reasons I came home was because it was little brother's 16th birthday! He'll be 16 tomorrow. It's so weird. I remember turning 16, it wasn't that long ago. He shouldn't be 16 yet! Gosh, I feel like I just graduated from high school, but it's almost been a year! So crazy...

Anyway, we threw little brother a surprise party on Thursday and there were so many kids there! Ha ha, he is a very popular kid!

Ha ha, he was super confused! He had no idea! He's going on his first date on Saturday and I think he's kinda nervous for that!

Alright, now for the really important stuff.... so my Mom and I are huge fans of the show Parenthood. If you don't watch it, you should. It's very good. So on this week's episode one girl was being considered for a Paralegal job. So my mom texts me the next day and says "What about being a Paralegal?" I looked it up and read some stuff about it and it sounds really interesting. So (this isn't set in stone or anything... it's still a possibility) I will most likely not being returning to Dixie in the fall. I am going to live at home and either go to the U or SLCC to finish up school. Dixie is really cheap, it's just the living there that gets expensive. I had my year of being on my own, I know what it's like now. And, if I stay at Dixie, Mitch is coming home a few days before I'd start school, so I would hardly have any time with him! And I need to be here to help him transition from that awkward missionary stage! Plus, I just miss being home. But, only like 2 1/2 more months of school and then I'm done. Plus, there's spring break and a Disneyland trip with my girls to look forward to!

Alright. I'm done now. :)

My Car is so Awesome.

This is Toby. Toby is my car. This was when I first bought Toby over a year ago. When you start going really fast he makes a noise that Kira describes as "Star Wars". You'll understand if you've been in the car. Well, I brought Toby down to school with me, and my mom had never let me drive Toby back up. She didn't think he'd make it. Well, I had more faith in my man, so, without telling my mom, I drove home with Alli and Dylan this weekend. Don't worry though, we made sure everything was good in the car before we left. And Toby made it like a champ! Not a single problem there or back! And my mom didn't believe he could do it!

The reason I went up this weekend was to watch Thomas swim at the High School State Championship meet at BYU. He didn't have a great meet, but he was also having some troubles with his coach and I just don't think he was very happy during the meet. So, to cheer him up, on Saturday night I took him to see The Woman in Black, with Daniel Radcliffe. IT WAS SO GOOD! I'm still scared from it. Here's the trailer for it if you haven't seen it already:

If you like scary movies, you'll love it. Even if you don't like scary movies, I still think it's a good one to see.

Anyway... that was my weekend! Hopfully I'll go home again soon!

It's Time For Another Brother Post...

What do Alli and I do at 12:00 at night? That's right. We look up missionary videos. Yep. My mom showed me this one a while back, but we re-watched it last night and I started crying again:

6 months and 15 days until my brother gets done! I can't wait! Yeah, yeah, I know before he left I said I wouldn't miss him, but I was TOTALLY lying! I miss him so much! He is doing such an awesome job in Peru! He's had more baptisms then we had stickers for on his missionary calender. He's close to being done, but he keeps going. He has grown up so much, I can tell, but he's still the same funny Mitch he was before. He's balding though, if you've seen some of his pictures, you can tell!

This is us when we were really little:

Me and Mitch in Disneyland... We really love the Muppets:)

Yes, there was a point in my life (It lasted for like a month) where I was a little taller than Mitchell.

This is the last picture taken of us all before he went into the MTC. Worst day EVER!

This was when Mitch took me to a Real Salt Lake game before he left on his mission! It was SOO fun!!!

This was my favorite day with Mitchell. We were on vacation to Disneyland/Universal Studios and the morning we were supposed to go to Universal Studios, Thomas got sick. So, my dad, Mitch, Jacob and I went without them. We got there and did the tour, and then my dad got a call from my mom saying Thomas felt better. So my dad left me and Mitch and took Jacob and they left to go get my mom and Thomas. We were in the park by ourselves for like 2 1/2 hours. It was SO fun! We wandered around, went into the haunted house, looked in the costume museum and went on all the rides! Oh, and got cinnabons too:) It was such a fun day with him!

He just makes me laugh:)

This was us at my cousin Drue's wedding.

Mema's house!

Next: Thomas. REGION CHAMPION in swimming! 2 events!!!! He is swimming in the state meet this weekend and he is going to be awesome!!! He is such a stud, he's not even 16 yet, but he's got a line of girls waiting to ask him to the sweetheart's dance in February!

Who wouldn't want to go with that^^^^^

And finally, Jacob: I was Skyping with my family on Sunday and Jacob comes on and just says "Maddi! Come home! Please come home!" Ha ha! He misses me! I miss my bud! Alli and I were talking the other day about why we just laugh at the weirdest things and she said it's because she hangs out with her little siblings a lot, and I realized that was my problem too! My best friend is a 9 year old!!!

Andy Grammer Videos

Here is a link to my YouTube page where you can watch some of my videos from the concert.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Maddisher18/videos

ANDY GRAMMER

Holy smokes. That was a good concert. Now, I'm not saying it was better than Josh Groban, because it wasn't. But, it was a close 2nd. IT WAS SO AWESOME!

So, Alli and I spent most of the day getting ready (We had to look good for Andy). Then, we met Matt at Arctic Circle and had dinner. Then we drove over to the school. We went into the building and went downstairs to this little room where a few other people were sitting and waiting. They handed us these cool little badges:

We waited down in the room for about half an hour and in walks Andy Grammer. I mean, I knew he was coming but it still was like, "OH MY GOSH! There's Andy Grammer!" It was so cool! So we all lined up to get pictures with him. It was our turn and he was SOOOO nice! He just kept saying thanks for coming, and it's nice to meet you! AND he said that Alli and I were sweet:) We blushed and giggled a lot.

Me and Andy:)

All of us and Andy:)

So he signed some posters for us and then he left to get ready for the concert. We went and put our posters in my car and walked back inside and waited for the doors to open so we could sit down. They finally let us in and it was still like a half an hour before the show started.

Andy had two opening acts: some girl named Rachel Patton and Ryan Star. We had heard of Ryan before but not Rachel. So she went first and Dylan was in love. She had this really awesome drummer that got really into it. It was soooo funny!

Then she finished and it took a while for Ryan to get onstage, and when he finally did Alli and I were sooooooo excited! If you dont know who he is, you might recognize this song:

Oh, he was so funny. He sang a few of his own songs, but he also sang Rolling in the Deep and Don't Stop Believing. It was AWESOME! Then, he said he was going to the hall to sign autographs so Alli and I ran up there and we got a picture with him! We had him sign our passes and I told him he was awesome and then he looks at me and says, "You're awesome!" It made me happy! The picture is at a weird angle because he was leaning over a table and we were leaning back on it.

We ran back to our seats, but Andy didn't come on for about another 15 minutes. When he came onstage everyone went crazy! He was soo awesome! He made me so happy. I don't think we stopped smiling all night. We screamed so loud our throats are sore! He sang some of our favorites of his and he also sang Sunday Morning by Maroon 5 and my personal favorite Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol! It was so fun! Here's some more pictures and I'll post some of the videos to YouTube later:

So.... yeah... it was a pretty good concert! All 3 performers had SERIOUS talent. They sound the same live as they do on their cd! They're not like Rihanna, or Taylor Swift, or any of those crap singers who have to have their voice edited like none other to sound good. These guys had real talent and it was so awesome!

Ha ha, but anytime anyone wants to take me to a concert, feel free... I get pretty lucky at them:)

I am a Lucky Girl

MMM. Just take a look at that face. Now look again. AND one more time. Isn't it a beautiful face? Yes. yes it is. I like it, a lot. That face has a name and it is Andy Grammer. If you still don't know who he is this should help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmrOB_q3tjo&ob=av2e

If you still don't know who he is, well I'm sorry. You should probably listen to the radio more.

Anyway, he has a concert here in St. George tomorrow and my friends and I weren't going to go. The tickets were only 8 bucks, but we still didn't go buy tickets. Well, there was this radio contest where you could win 3 tickets to the concert AND to meet him! SO, with our phones in hand, and with a little help from our favorite Matt, our call got through and we answered the question right and WON TICKETS TO MEET ANDY GRAMMER! Yes. We were screaming. Yelling. Jumping up and down. It was a good moment. This is the recording of our win:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2I2ExmSYRU&feature=plcp&context=C382ed39UDOEgsToPDskIWH0C3PTw7vV1XN_zqdquQ

I'll have to admit that between this, Keith Urban and Josh Groban... I'm a pretty lucky girl! :)