Miss America

Tonight I am:
Eating one of these,


watching this,


(Wishing I had the body like all of the contestants... I guess the cinnamon roll doesn't helping me out in that category.)

and rooting for Miss Texas.
She was Miss Tri-Cities the year I tried out for Miss Teen Tri-Cities. I loved her then and love her now and hope she takes home the crown.

Cake Decorating

This semester I am in a cake decorating class, which is probably my favorite class. I have made two cakes so far. Here is the first one, which is extremely ugly but it was my first time so cut me some slack. My parents were going to Hawaii the day I made it so it was for them. (the icing was an ocean blue color but it came out green in the picture)



This next one I love, it is more of a mans cake.





I am no professional but I am having a fun time learning. Keep posted to see my improvement!

OOPS!

I guess I forgot a blog is something you are supposed to update frequently. Since my last post we have had many new adventures. Here is a month by month run down of what we've been up to (this is mostly for my own record, so go ahead and ignore this post if you don't care to much about what we've been doing): I hate long blog posts but I typed all this up before I realized how long it was so I am leaving it but I apologize for the long post ahead of time.
July 2009:

• We took another spontaneous trip on a four day weekend and saw many new things. Destination: Mt. Rushmore What we saw/did on the way: Church sites in Wyoming (Willies Site and Martins cove), one of the largest coal mines in N. America, Mt. Rushmore (AMAZING), ate the best meal at a restaurant called 'enigma' ,saw a lot of road, oil drills and ranches while driving through Wyoming. We also went through Yellowstone again on the way back because we love it so much. Overall rating of trip: A whole lot of fun.
• At the end of July ended the semester successfully, packed up all of our stuff and moved from Rexburg back to our farm house in Pasco to work for the fall.

August 2009:

• Lybbert Family trip to Priest Lake with a week full of family and fun, including the celebration of my 20th birthday.
  
• Devin and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary with a candle lit dinner prepared by myself.
  
• Came back to the real world and got to work. Devin worked for my Dad on the farm and I worked at Angus Square Dental Clinic for the Harkers.

September 2009:

• Devin and I were called to be Primary workers teaching the 6-7 year olds. I also was called to be an activity day assistant to my amazing aunt Wendy.
• I spent a good amount of my time canning grape juice and peaches.
  

October 2009:

• Devin had a good friend from work, Victor a.k.a Guatemala, get baptized into our church. We had a great time being involved in the discussions with the missionaries and the baptism.
• I agreed to fill in for Sis. Carroll as Choir director while she had heart surgery(yes, I had 3 callings). I doubted myself and was stressed going into it but came to greatly enjoy it and gained an experience that I will never forget.
• My younger sister Karalee got engaged. Which was quite the shocker.

November 2009:

• I took a trip with my mom and sisters to Utah to go wedding dress shopping for Karalee and for a weekend of fun
• Had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Chelsea and Kyle's along with Kyles family and Devins parents.
• I braved the crowds @ 3:30 am on black friday with my little sister Janae'. It was worth the early morning alarm once we got some good deals.

December 2009:

• Threw my sister a bridal shower where we enjoyed some good food, laughs, gifts and fun decorations.
• My sister got married on the 22nd in the Columbia River Temple, followed by a beautiful reception. Go here for pictures (password KJ).
• Enjoyed our 2nd Christmas morning together. We exchanged gifts and spoiled eachother. We then made a santa delivery to my mom from my dad and watched my mom peel out of the drive way in her new ride. The rest of the day was spent at the Woodwards where endless entertainment always takes place. I felt like a kid again while I helped Chander and Carson put together a 900 piece star wars lego set.
  
• Enjoyed a week at Priest Lake with my family, minus the newlyweds. We filled our week with games, movies, eating, sleeping, riding razors and SKIING. Yes, Skiing for the first time. I have never been and I had a blast, Devin says I was pretty good for my first time but I wouldn't know.
• New years was enjoyed at home while trying to keep our eyes open til midnight while watching Monsters Vs. Aliens, which was hillarious.

January 2010

• We packed up our house once again, said our goodbyes and moved back to Rexburg to get another year of school under our belts.
• Started the winter semester with motivated attitudes. ( We will see how long these attitudes last)
• Devin was called as the 1st counselor in the Elders Quorum Presidency.
• I accidentally gave Devin a bald looking spot while cutting his hair, whoops!
  

Well, that's what has been happening in this Lybbert house. Sorry I have no pictures, cause everyone loves pictures. I will try to do better with my blogging.

Spontaneous

We had a four day weekend a couple weeks ago so Devin and I decided we would pack up, get in the car and then decide which way to go and see where we ended up. Heres a few pictures from our journey.

West Yellowstone, MT
This is where we parked to camp out in our car for our first night

Devin did not fit so well in the back of the car.
The painted buffalo in West Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park
Hot springs in Yellowstone

We saw a lot of Bison in Yellowstone(this is not zoomed)

Old Faithful

Leaving Yellowstone day 1

We spent 2 days in this beautiful city

We didn't feel like we saw enough of Yellowstone so we went back for some more.

Mammoth Hot Springs

The Tetons

We spent a few hours in Jackson Hole, WY.

Leaving Jackson
Getting back into Idaho and ending our vacation

Hello Sunshine

The sun came out to play today...

And so did I! Even though I was freezing at our ward activity today, this lovely sunburn began to appear this afternoon. I guess it is time to bust out the sunscreen.

Speak to your kids about cooties....

I am taking a disease class this semester and my teacher is quite the character. Today she played this video for us and I thought it was darn cute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR42qGEWhWg
ENJOY!!!

Watch your step!!

WARNING! Beware of step stools.
Tonight I tripped over one of these bad boys in the library. I'm not sure how it got to the side of my chair when I stood up to walk away but I stumbled right over it and got a good bruise on my knee. As I laid there thinking whether I should laugh or cry I looked up to see a few people smiling and trying to hold back their laughs, including Devin. I limped away and once we got out of the 'quiet area' Devin exclaimed how hilarious it was and how fast I hit the ground. Well, all I have to say is 1.) my knee hurts 2.) that makes the top 5 of my most embarrassing moments and 3.) I'm going to walk around the library staring at the floor from now on.