EngAgEd!

 Well most of you already know, so it's not that biig of a suprise. But yes! I"M ENGAGED!!! Here's the story. I came to Rexburg early and I was planning on going back to utah for a while and Jared's family reeeeally was pressuring me on not going, but staying in Rexburg for Easter Sunday. But I was pretty set on going, so on the 6th of April we were at his grandmothers house and his mom told us that she made an early easter egg hunt in the backyard since I wouldn't be there for easter day! And it was in the snow! So, we run out and find all 35 eggs! And i got Jared with a few good snowballs too :) We brought them inside and started to open them all to find the goodies inside! Many of them had chocolate eggs inside! And some of them were filled with mnm's that said "I love you!!!" or "Sierra+Jared" or had a small printing of our faces on them! IT was so cute! And then, some of the eggs had a pice of paper inside that said "PRIZE" on it. Everytime we got one of these PRIZE papers then his mom would throw us something fun, like silly string or a small puzzle! So we opened all the eggs until we were to the last one which when we opened it said PRIZE! So Jared's mom (Bev) threw us a HUGE egg. I opened the egg and it was filled with mnm's! yummy! Jared told me to read what they said, I looked and they all said "Will you marry me?" I looked up and he was on his knee and he asked me himself, "Will you marry me?" AHHHHHH!!!! is right! I know, cutest boy ever!!! :) It was just perfect. I said yes :)

Easter Egg Hunt!

So that's the exciting news :) Here's some other news...I can't cook. Fine, i know that's not news. haha but the other day i decided i wanted to make Jared dinner!!! now heres the thing. I usually have Jared help me cook since he is really good at it, but if he isn't helping its usually something like Mac and Cheese or a good ham and cheese sandwich! But this time I was goin BIIIG! Ya, were talking garlic chicken with cooked mixed vegetables and rolls!!! :) ya, i know, impressive. So I start early and make a chart that tells me just when im suposed to start cooking certain things and all of that stuff. I wanted everything to be perfect! Well anyways...It turns out that Jared dosn't like cooked mixed vegatbles, the rolls were small rocks, and the chicken was darker than the darkest black you can imagine! ya, bad. Sooo...the thing about me being a bad cook is still true. Boo. I think ill learn eventually. :)

Were looking at the ring! He had just proposed!

Now its just wedding planning stuff all the time. But just for a heads up, the wedding looks like its going to be August 14th in the Salt Lake Temple. :) yay! tata!

Since December!

OK people, yes, it was a miracle. Krystalee updated! And it was in English! And it was good! So, I am in Weldon once again for another winter break off of school. I've been here since December and will be going back to BYUI in April. So what have I been doing in Weldon? Well...FUN THINGS! yes, its true. I had the wonderful opportunity to coach the JV girls basketball team at the High School this year. It was SO much fun! These girls are so fun and excited about life, i loved it. My girls are really talented when it comes to basketball too, they loved the game just like me! It was great fun coaching them and we ended up winning the league championship! So that was a highlight for the break.

Jared and I hiked up to packsaddle cave with Kayla and Debbie

RIGHT after basketball ended, literally the same week, the high school decided they needed to hire another aid for the severely handicapped room. Lucky for me I got the job! I work there every day helping out the kids in the room. I worked in there sometimes last winter also so i already knew all the kids. Everyday you are assigned to work with a new student and all the aids rotate between the children. They are all mentally disabled and three of them are in wheelchairs. Each one has different  needs and completely different personalities so you really have to get to know each of them individually. I like working here although sometimes it can be really exhausting.

During the break I have also been going over to the Kent's house to type for Nicole. Nicole has Friedreich's Ataxia, which is a disease that causes nervous system damage where the person looses their ability to use their limbs. Nicole is in a wheel chair and is also blind, hard of hearing and has diabetes. This disease does not affect you mentally though, so she isn't mentally disabled in any way. I have grown to really love Nicole, we have become good friends, I really enjoy typing for her. She talks to me and I type it all down, right now she is working on a book where she is writing her life story. She is just amazing!

This is us at Magic Mountain!

Jared is funny.

Alright, now I'll tell you about the real highlight of this break. Jared! :) heeee. :) I still get butterflies and all blubbly when i tell people about him, he's just so great! He came to Weldon for 3 weeks and visited! It was so much fun having  him here! The day he got here my mom and I picked him up at the airport, I was so excited and nervous to see him I just kept passing back in forth looking down the hall where i knew he would come out! When he FINALLY came out I ran with my arms out and just as I got to him I slipped right on my bum! ya! big slip, right to the floor, Jared kinda caught me...but not really. HAHA the lady who worked there was all asking me if I was OK and stuff. Jared would come with me to all my early morning basketball practices, my team loved him. While he was here I think he got to know about me a little better...one day we were out with my horse, Stella, and we were in her pin. I picked up a piece of poo and threw it at him. Wow, I've never thought people thought poo was so incredibly disgusting until now. He FREAKED out! haha, I mean, it's just a piece of poo, it's not that bad. All they eat is hay...what's so gross? It was funny. He has experienced the Weldon Hazard reputation for breaking down as well. It happened twice while he was here. First time was in the little motor boat we took out on the lake. Just as we got out there...it decided not to work! So Jared and Troy paddled back into shore. The other time was when we got the bug started up and made our way through the back dirt roads to the gas station, just as we rolled in, the car died. So we had to try jumping it and push starting it but nothing worked, so Kayla came and picked us up :) Jared is hyper all the time...I already knew it but this visit just reinforced the fact. I am the primary teacher for the 6-7 year olds and bringing him with me to class could have been a mistake. These kids are already overexcited about nothing anyways, but Jared gets in there and they just go BAZERK! I mean, whoa. And it was his fault too, I look over and catch him untying a boys shoe and poking a boy in the side, and sneaking candy to them under the table while I'm trying to give the lesson. man. One day I got Jared to dance. Yes I did. HE DANCED! Jared does not dance, but now that i've seen it, now I know it's possible! So, all you family, if he is present at one of the family dances in the future, don't let him stand the sideline! Jared is so sweet and kind and cute and just so wonderful to me. :) His visit was so much fun, I'm so happy he could come visit! And the most exciting this is that i get to go to Oregon to visit him in less than 2 weeks! I can't wait!

One last story. A few days ago I go out and find that one of our chickens has died while she was trying to lay an egg! :( poor chicker. So I come and tell Dad and he goes out there and gets her out of the nest and lays her next to a tree to bury her later that day. But he didn't. So yesterday morning i go out to feed the animals and something smells bad, i look over and the black bully neighborhood cat is sitting there eating the poor chicken! So I scare the cat away and run in to get Dad who is in the bathroom going putt. I look out the window and i see the cat running across the yard with the chicken in its mouth! Its going and try's to jump the fence! It couldn't get over with the chicken though but it keeps trying over and over :( It was a terrible scene. So now I'm yelling to Dad to get out there and telling him all that's happening and he starts yelling, "i;m gunna shoot that cat!" well he gets out there with his gun and the cat runs away, so he buries the chicken. It was all crazy.

Tralalalala La La lala

Okay so since Sierra says that I never do anything on this blog I decided that today was the day, I would make a post. Hopefully it will be entertaining.
So, the new year has begun! Welcome 2012! It's so weird to think about, I remember distinctly New Years 12 years ago and it most definitely does not seem that long. Christmas Day was great! (The real one, on the 25th of December). Ty, Cambria, and their family, Troy, Sierra, me and my parents were there. We went to church and enjoyed a lovely musical Christmas program. Our family decided to have the opening of presents and that type of celebration on the 26th rather so that Donny and Alyssa would be able to get to our house and enjoy it with us, they arrived home the evening of the 25th. That night I slept on the couch so that Jeffrey and Amri could sleep in my bed (I know, Best. Aunt. EVER. right?) and in the wee hours of the night I was awakened by the sound of Sierra vomiting. I kind of felt bad for her, she didn't get to open gifts with the rest of us because she was on her death bed.

"Christmas morning"

From that moment on I was fighting the sickness. I would just tell myself over and over, you can't get sick Taylor's coming, you can't get sick Taylor's coming. Tuesday night I picked up Taylor from the airport and it was so good to see him! I missed him so much. One after another a family member would get the flu. It was the ever-haunting sickness.
While Taylor was there we did a few fun things despite the illness lurking around the house. We went shooting, we played games, we raked leaves and went four-wheeling in the power truck, and we played HOCKEY! This was probably my favorite event. We originally went to the church to play volleyball but when we got there all the volleyballs were flat, so then our next idea was basketball but then all the balls (all 15 of them) were flat, so when we saw the hockey sticks we made it work. We played with a chalkboard eraser and it was a blast! The teams were me, Taylor, Sierra and Alyssa vs. Dad, Mom, Cambria, and Tyson. Of course our team whooped them. Sierra was the goalie and I'll let her give you details from her point of view.
Taylor was infected with the illness on Friday the 30th, what a great way to spend time with your girlfriends family! So on Saturday morning Taylor and I left and took the train up to San Jose. This was my first time on a train (I think both of ours) it was fun! We played cards for a bit and Taylor was kinda embarrassing because he kept yelling when he would lose to me :)