oh haiiii

mozambique

2010-08-15T12:59:00.006-07:00

just a sneak peak of why i have never missed a place and its people so much in my life:

lovelovelovelovelovelove that place with all my heart.

terrible

2010-06-27T18:37:00.007-07:00

me. i am terrible at updating this thing. i finally feel it is necessary to update because so much is going on!

first of all, i have taken a saweeet job in utah! i will be coaching high school volleyball and working as a PTA doing home health until season is over. after that, i will be working full time as a PTA in an outpatient sports rehab clinic. SO EXCITED! and so exited to live with my bff buff!

and these are my cute girls i'm gonna coach!

second of all, i leave to mozambique in 17 days. i am absolutely thrilled! i want to leave right meow. i can't wait to go work in orphanages and villages for an entire month. i may or may not come home with a little black child. mmmmmmm yes please.

third of all, my brother kyle proposed to his gf falon at the diamondbacks game this past wednesday. both entire families were there and we all could not be happier for the two. we are so excited to have falon and her baby girl averie in the family! we love them both so much and can't imagine life without them. congrats you two!! kyle is gonna be the best dad ever and i am so happy to have another sister and a new niece!

last but not least, i love love love this boy. remember him? yes. this monster of a man is nate hartung and he is the best ever! long story short, we met through my old college vball coach. he's playing football at the same school i played at and my coach insisted i meet him. so i did, but i moved up to utah right after. almost 5 months later and lots of texting, phone calls, weekend trips down to see each other, and a week trip out to pennsylvania to meet his family, we are falling fast and we could not be happier! we are so excited for our future and can't wait to be able to continue to make great memories together. he is the funniest, kindest, hardest working guy i have ever met, not to mention lorna and him are instant bff's. it's kinda the cutest thing ever. sorry for being mushy, but this is pretty much the most exciting thing ever for me!

this is him and his cute sister elza, who i love and adore.

and this is us at my graduation (oh ya, i graduated).

anyways, this is the mini update you all get. and by you all, i mean like all two of you.

so glad to be done!

2010-05-24T00:19:00.000-07:00

feeling the love

2010-04-30T08:29:00.003-07:00

THESE kids are my absolute favorite kids in the entire world. can't wait to be back home in mesa and hang out with them. i feel some great photo booth coming on! thank you candland's for always making my day!

summer skin

2010-04-21T08:18:00.004-07:00

can't wait for it. just sayin...

2010-04-19T12:52:00.004-07:00

i know no one reads my blog anymore, because i have neglected it like crazy, but i just wanted to update one little thing. this boy (more like large man) is winning me over one day at a time. that is all!

the day has come

2010-04-09T00:39:00.002-07:00

nobody likes you when you're 23.

whyyyyyyyyyy

2010-03-11T12:01:00.001-07:00

do these make me laugh so hard?

i am still alive

2010-02-07T19:12:00.001-07:00

i just want everyone to know that i am leaving for Mozambique, Africa in 156 days!! woot woot. can not come soon enough!

just fyi

2009-09-19T15:36:00.001-07:00

there's only 96 days till christmas. rad!

82

2009-08-31T17:00:00.009-07:00

its been 82 days since my last blog post. i'm horrible at this thing called blogging. uhhh since june 10th, not that much has happened. i'll try to give you some kind of run down of the updates.

1. i still have the best friends in the entire universeeee. brooke moved to san diego to further her education at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law so we went to find her an apartment on a little two day road trip. ya, my bff is amazing!

2. me and whit went up to salt lake to visit our friend jesse. not gonna lie, completely fell in love with that city and those people. soooo much different than i thought it was. we went to antelope island where we saw huge buffalo. and we saw the cool SLC pepper wall! loved them both. and love me some jesse barrus!

3. while we were in salt lake we got to see my lover buff! we were bff's at eastern and played volleyball together there. we got to hang with her and her boy and his cutest little brother ever!! we went up to brighten one night and had a camp fire and it was so fun! and i almost died of frost bite.

buff and her lover logan. love them so much!

logan's little brother hayden is my new boyfriend!

4. while i was in salt lake, my friend kj went up to delta, utah to go to his friends homecoming because that's where he's from. well, he found a really good job up there so he just stayed there. for this reason alone, i hate utah. things i miss doing with kj: hummus and pitas, front porch chatting, hugs, the format, strange movies, quesadillas, heart to hearts, comparing teeth, whole food chocolate weatgrass shots, longboarding, tree hugging, etc. good thing he loves arizona and is coming back as soon as they sell their house. can't wait!

meet the gem that is kelly james doing what he does best (eating and wakeboarding):

5. i kinda made a bike riding club. we try to ride bikes every monday but so far in two months its only happened twice but both times it was sooo fun!

6. i've decided i'm going to further my education after i graduate from PTA school in May. I'm hoping to get into the Exercise and Sports Science program up and University of Utah. insane, i know. but all i want to do is train athletes and it's a perfect segway to do that along with my PTA background. i'm reallllllllllllly excited about it!

7. ummm i have to get hip surgery. ya, right? what 22 year old gets hip surgery? me, thats who. i tore my labrum and have something called Cam's Hip. aka my hip is jacked and extremely painful all the time. so we're looking at probably november for the surgery because i will have to be non-weight bearing for six weeks. aka i can not let my foot hit the ground for six weeks. booooo! i accept treats. lots of hip-healing treats. i heard ice cream is really good for that kind of thing. just sayin.....

8. i still tweet. follow me! (www.twitter.com/kimchiiii)

9. i cant stop listening to ray charles. he is absolutely incredible. if i only had lungs like that.

10. saw the movie "Away We Go". definately the best movie of the year, if not the century. seriously took my breath away. someone take me to montreal.

that's pretty much all. nothing more. i am lame. super super lame. oh, im really tan. not extreme like leather yet, but pretty close. hopefully i'll keep up with the posts but no promises. school is in and my life has been taken away.

xoxo!

worst.blogger.ever.

2009-06-10T23:59:00.002-07:00

equals me. but whatevs. this is all i have to say because this is all that is going on in my life atm. i have the bestest bff's in the entire universe. we went to cali over memorial day weekend to hit up 6 flags and the beach. a good time was had by all. i love them times ten. the end :)

i'll take one of each, thanks.

2009-05-11T01:34:00.002-07:00

best maji & best brother. ever.

ps www.twitter.com/iheardimkimri

i am addicted. don't hate. just follow.

seriously

2009-04-24T11:07:00.001-07:00

someone teach me how to not suck at blogging. the end.

APRIL 16TH!!!

2009-04-12T17:06:00.002-07:00

THIS gives me the chills everytime :)

and so does THIS. please please please watch and participate. you know i am!

On April 16th, TOMS Shoes is calling for individuals across the world to leave their shoes at the door for ONE DAY, in an effort to bring attention to the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on one's life. Walking is the primary mode of transportation in developing countries, and children often have to walk miles to get food, water, or medical help. Without shoes, they are subject to cuts, infection, and soil-transmitted diseases that can drastically impact their lives.

so far

2009-04-10T01:07:00.003-07:00

this is the oldest i've ever been.

(such a lame, worthless age)

and this is what i look like as a 22 year old:

i also would like to give a shout out to fellow april 9th birthdays:

jesse mccartney also turns 22 today. ya, we are twins.

hugh hefner turns 83 today. still going strong!

this twilight hottie kristen stewart is 19 today!

remember her?? yup, keshia knight pulliam is 30 today.

my chemical romance (barf) singer gerard way is 28.

sex and the city actress cynthia nixon is 43.

and finally dennis quaid still looking sexy at 55! sexy can i?

oh ps megstar got me these TOMS for my bday and i can't take them off! loveeee them :)

shout out to TOMS!

2009-04-05T16:27:00.002-07:00

I'm pretty much the worst blogger ever. but i realize that no one really looks at this thing anyways, so its no big deal. I'm just gonna take a second to promote this WONDERFUL shoe company called TOMS. their whole motto is "one for one" meaning, for every pair of shoes you purchase, they will donate a pair to a child in need. it's so legit! they just had a special about TOMS on CNN the other night and it was incredible to know how much difference a single pair of shoes make to someone who has never had them before. anyways, so i ordered these yesterday for my birthday, and my lovely brother ordered these for me as well. i know, I'm spoiled, but i figure its for a good cause so why not help 2 kids out?? exactly. so pretty much you should check these guys out and buy a pair and help a kid in need. they are super comfortable and chic. i love them :)

dear matt giraud,

2009-03-17T23:19:00.002-07:00

since i'm sure i'm the only girl that is in love with you, i suppose i'll take your hand in marriage. kalamazoo sounds like a tight place, we can live there. although arizona would be honored to have you. sound like a plan? wonderful! see you soon :)

ps you look way better than jt. dont let anyone tell you differently.

pss you can sing me to sleep every night. no big deal.

peace project

2009-02-23T15:07:00.004-07:00

alright, listen up friends. so im doing a little project of attempting to make a headboard for my new bed. as some of you might know, im kind of a big hippie at heart. im all about the peace and love. so, im basing my headboard/theme of my room off of that. i need to get as many pictures as i can that look a little something like this (thank you emily):

it doesnt need to be in black and white or anything. but just of yourself or friends or whoever holding up a peace sign, preferably against a solid background. that would be amazingggg. just email them to me at kimrik@hotmail.com with the subject of "peace project" so i dont think its anything bad. i seriously would appreciate it so so so much if you helped me out! even if you're just a lurker, send them my way! thank you much :)

peace & love!

ps is that not the most rad trash can ever? its the only good thing that came out of my trip to hawaii, which is a story for another day.

Dear Hawaii,

2009-02-09T11:55:00.006-07:00

I'll be seeing you in three days. It's been way too long. My white body needs the sun so don't let any storms come. Oh and if you see any cute boys don't let them leave either (unless they're tools). Thanks a million!

SYS!!

Love,

Kimri

P.S. Who needs a valentine when you got the beach anyways?

a surprise for la madre

2009-01-27T00:45:00.003-07:00

so a while back the girl i babysit for and i were talking and she had this great idea to take pictures of the kids and surprise my mom for a christmas present. little did we know this would be the best present ever. mom LOVED them and cried everytime she opened another pic! these are just a few of them. they turned out SO good! thanks to jill for her talent and patience!

which is your fav?

DONT WORRY!!

2009-01-15T01:06:00.002-07:00

i got two tickets to see these guys march 26th! i cant even wait. i wish it was tomorrow! i can die happy now. literally. mt you better be ready for this.

elton john and billy joel wont know what hit them.

a/na

2009-01-05T01:51:00.005-07:00

awesome: i just started my application for the Peace Corps so i can go overseas to teach people about health care

not awesome: i can't go until i graduate (may 2010) which is fine but i cant stop thinking about being in africa helping out kids!

awesome: i love these girls more than life

not awesome: break is almost over so i probably wont see them as much. sike. i'll probably still see them every single day.

awesome: tyler is anxiously awaiting his call (and so am i!)

not awesome: i've now decided to attend the singles ward because i dont have him to teach primary with me

awesome: i went snowboarding for the first time ever

not awesome: i sucked really bad

awesome: i havent shaved my legs since october 30th

not awesome: its gonna hurt like the dickens when i wax them

awesome: i leave for hawaii in less than 6 weeks

not awesome: i havent been working out as much as i need to

awesome: i stopped drinking soda for my new years resolution

not awesome: i had some for dinner

awesome: i also made this new years resolution...im not dating utill i've stepped on at least 5 continents (and i am so serious too)

not awesome: im dirt poor. i'll probably be 45 by the time that happens. oh well. single for life.

awesome: i love life

not awesome: not everyone loves their life.

awesome: i have the best brother EVER.

not awesome: he's buying his own house in feb and taking boston with him

awesome: 2009 is already looking good

not awesome: 2008 had the worst ending in history (good thing its over)

oh ps! jill candland took some pictures of me and the siblings for a surprise for my mom for christmas and they all turned out really well. ill post them soon!

12.11.08.

2008-12-15T14:21:00.005-07:00

Friday morning we all lost a remarkable human being that will be an active part of our souls forever and ever. Kotter touched so many lives in his short years here on earth and will be missed by so many people. He was the most selfless person and loved the people in his life ceaselessly.

This was way, way too soon. We will miss you buddy & we all love you forever :)

(photos thanks to kimmy)

2008-12-02T14:25:00.000-07:00

lately

2008-11-25T22:17:00.006-07:00

this is my favorite character in life...meet boston. my number one stunna. sike, he's not a stunna, but he is REAL good at spooning with me (picture #1). and pecking like a chicken with his arms (picture #2). mmm yes. i love him :)

he is my brothers dog. he's half rhodesian ridgeback/half lab. he is wonderful. i named him because kyle loves the bosox. so fitting. he is kinda wild but he really is such a good dog. and my new bff. thanks for letting me play with him kyle.

also, i just got done writing a 16, yes 16 page paper about how to ride a bicycle. talk about boring. YA RIGHT! it was actually pretty cool. i had to write about all the different muscle action and glides of joints and different types of muscle contractions and joint range of motions and blah blah blah. probably boring to the general population, but if youre super nerdy, like yours truly, you would enjoy it. straight A"s, here i come!

enough rambling, i must go study. boo.

oh wait, ps, im going to cali tomorrow for thanksgiving with my moms cousins' fam. i cant wait! hopefully we wont get caught in a mudslide or something. no, seriously, they happen.

this is disgusting

2008-11-14T20:37:00.002-07:00

Dear Unsortedmail,
Thank you for making me abandon my life responsibilities. Not only was I late to work today, I am still at home at 8:40 on a Friday night. The worst part is, I am in no way dissapointed.

Love,
Kimri

Dear Jayce-Rod!

2008-11-08T23:40:00.005-07:00

aka jacer, vajayce, lover, mexican, etc,

COME BACK TO ARIZONA RIGHT MEOW!!!! srsly, i miss your face. all of arizona misses your face. its true, me and chels talked about it tonight. remember this picture? me either, till just now i found it. i dont really think youre an idiot, except that you live in texas and NOT arizona. although, i must admit, i LOVE that state. orrr remember this picture? when we were hair models for jennstar? and how we both wore scarves because we both knew how fashionable they were (and still are)? that was a good time. im hoping to dig up some more pictures of our lovely friendship. remember that we had anatomy together and i NEVER went for the entire last semester because i thought that 9 am was WAY too early for human beings to be up and functioning? and how now i leave my house for school at 6 am and havent been late once yet? oh ya, remember that you love these guys: and agree with this picture? me too, which is great. also remember papa macs? i dont know why i asked you, because i know you do. and remember when you really came to visit and we went bowling and i sucked real real bad? oooh and remember the first time we had a real conversation outside on the dirty, shak(d)y table and you couldnt believe i knew who bear vs. shark was? yes, thats when we were instantly bff's. and we still are. and remember when we are in the midst of a phone tag game? its your turn to call me back. but dont call coach bagnall, he probably doesnt want to talk to you. false. im sure he would want to, but i do too. and since im selfish, i would rather you call me. so we can talk. about life. and you can make me in a better mood, even if im already in a good mood. you are the best at that. and you can make this face while you are talking! (yes, i did steal this pic from your blog. sue me) okay, thats all. ps WBS (write back soon) and SSS (sorry so sloppy). ruvvvv you.

your long lost 480 pal,

kimmers

ps leave this place

pps i hear this place has cool kids and good tunes

THIS!

2008-11-02T19:42:00.004-07:00

made me so happy. i never ever see my initials on license plates. untill friday...i found mine!
is it sad that such little things make me love life? i think not.

im not one for politics...

2008-10-24T11:09:00.002-07:00

but desperate times call for desperate measures...and this, my friends, is why i would LOVE to vote democrat.

I'm voting Democrat because English has no place being the official language in America .

I'm voting Democrat because I'd rather pay $5 for a gallon of gas than allow drilling for oil off the coasts of America.

I'm voting Democrat because I think the government will do a better job of spending my money than I could. Redistribution of the wealth is a good thing.

I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq , I know the Islamic terrorists will stop trying to kill us because they'll think we're a good and decent country. We'll just sit down and talk to them.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe people who can't tell us if it will rain in two or three days, can now tell us the polar ice caps will disappear in ten years if I don't start riding a bicycle, build a windmill and inflate my tires to proper levels.

I'm voting Democrat because it's alright to kill millions of babies as long as we keep violent, convicted murderers on death row alive for 20 years or commute their sentences to be rehabilitated into society.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe businesses in America should not be allowed to make profits. Businesses should just break even, that's all they need, and give the rest to the government so politicians and bureaucrats can redistribute the money the way they think it should be redistributed.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe guns, and not the people misusing them, are the cause of crimes and killings. Baseball bats and umbrellas may need to be outlawed too.

I'm voting Democrat because when someone with a weapon threatens my family or me, I know the government can respond faster through a call to 911 than I can with a gun in my hand. I can talk to them while waiting on the police.

I'm voting Democrat because oil companies' 10 cents profit on a gallon of gas are obscene, but government taxes of 27 cents on the same gallon of gas are just fine as a means for redistribution of the wealth.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four elitist liberals should rewrite the Constitution every few months to suit some fringe element that could never get their agenda past voters. Washington needs to consult Hollywood to determine the exact meaning of the Constitution.

I'm voting Democrat because illegal aliens are not criminals, are not sucking up resources through government aid, hospital services, education, or social services, but are just people trying to make a better life by coming to America illegally. We can't blame them for that, can we? We need to have more tolerance of those illegal aliens who are forced to commit crimes in this county too.

I'm voting Democrat because I can now marry whatever I want, so I've decided to marry my Prius Hybrid.

I'm voting Democrat because Obama's past association with Reverend Wright, Bill Ayers, ACORN, and Tony Resco are just incidents of his youth that require complete understanding by all people.

Makes ya wonder why anyone would ever vote Republican, doesn't it?

octoberrrr

2008-10-17T11:48:00.009-07:00

this is whats been going on as of late:

1. every year my mom, sister, and i do the Koman Race for the Cure in Phoenix. it was so packed with people and it was PINK everywhere you looked. this is the only day of the year i like pink. anyways, i got to meet up with my dear friend Jenna and her sister and walked with them. their mother, Jami, passed away last summer of breast cancer so we walked in honor of her. these girls are seriously so amazing and so strong! here we are after we finished:

2. i broke my hand playing softball last tuesday like the idiot i am. i was sliding into 2nd base and put my hand down. it didnt really hurt and i played the rest of that game and the next game on it. it was just sore but thats all. well, turns out i broke it. my left one of course. and since im left handed i have been so worthless lately! i cant do anything. haha. i cant write in school so ive become right handed and my writing looks like a little kids writing. pretty awesome. at first they put me in a huge splint (refer to picture above) but now i have upgraded to this thing. you know, the brace that grandmas wear when they get carpal tunnel. again, awesome.

thankfully they are not putting a cast on it like originally planned because it will heal just fine with this bad boy on it. i broke my triquetrum shown here (who knew such a little bone would hurt so bad?):

3. a few weeks ago i went to the desert with some friends. it was a pretty random group of people but it was way fun. ben was trying to feed me this nasty marshmallow but i wasnt having it so i just pretended to be happy. haha jk jk.

and this is me with ryan. we grew up together so we are pretty much brother/sister status. love this kid.

4. brooke and i helped serve/clean/photograph at this party one of my patients had. it was really fun! we pretty much just helped the party run a little smoother (not a word im pretty sure). my patient and her husband have a house party every year and invite loads of people. it ended up being pretty fun! they also have this MASSIVE knight outside by the front door. we had a photo shoot with it. (feel free to excuse my jay leno chin)

5. this weekend im going to see America's Best Dance Crew! so so random. this lady who teaches pilates at my work invited me to go with her and some friends. apparently one of her clients is the mom to one of the kids in this so we are in row 9 and have back stage passes! haha. i am actually really really excited to go! i will post more pictures of the show later :)

6. last but not least....CAM IS HOME!! its been so nice having him home. me and him have been really good friends since sophomore year. he is seriously one of my favorite kids in life. he served his mission in dublin, ireland and got back a few weeks ago. and thank goodness he is anit-BYU (just like yours truly) and will be staying in good ole mesa :)

this is the night before he left:

and this is now (we look so much older haha):

thats about it. i know i said my life would be over when school started but apparently i lied a little. okay, really these are like the only things ive done in forever. no worries, i still have no life.

this is funny

2008-10-09T11:05:00.001-07:00

craig vs wild

happiness

2008-10-05T15:53:00.006-07:00

here's just a short list of things that are making me happy lately:

so this weekend i went with some girlfriends to The National Comedy Theatre of Phoenix and it was seriously so so funny! they do improv games just like the ones you see on who's line is it anyways? i really havent laughed that hard in a while! and lucky for us, they gave us buy one get one free tickets for next time. dont you worry, i fully intend on using them all up :) here is us with some of the comedians and also the awesome bathroom full of these amazing red mirrors:

i also recently purchased this awesome coloring book at the one and only Barnes & Noble. i know, im really the worlds biggest nerd but i just love it so much! it even comes with tear away flash cards of all the muscles. perfect study tool if you ask me.

ive also discovered the greatest invention ever. the VOLCANO TACO from taco bell is sent down straight from heaven. i promise there is no better way to spend $.89. mmmm yummy.

PANDORA RADIO also has been making my life complete lately. its so wonderful. you can just enter any of your favorite artists or songs and they will make you a play list of other artists/songs you would like. i have discovered a lot of really good artists through it. i encourage all to check it! my favorite play list so far has been my rogue wave one. its amazing. check them as well :)

(this one didnt make me so happy. but hanging out with these kids always makes me happy)

last night we went out to the desert for a bonfire but we had a little mishap on the way. we were in a massive caravan of like 20 cars/trucks on the way out there but there our group was divided into one truck and one car. we got a phone call on the way out there from the other car that we needed to turn around because they slid off the road into an embankment. it was pretty scary but luckily no one was hurt. thank goodness they went to priesthood session a few hours earlier! we kinda got bored waiting for the tow truck so we took some pictures. here is me and kyle being ridic as always and here is just one pic of cliftons car. thankfully they are all safe!

other than that ive just been super busy with school and work. mostly just school though. i am studying by myself or with my awesome study group every single weekend. yep, im THAT cool. but its going well and i love love love learning all this physical therapy stuff. i cant wait to graduate and start really contributing to society :)

idk my bff jill

2008-09-26T12:08:00.003-07:00

GOOD NEWS!!!!! brooke finally gave in a got a blog. you can definitely stalk her! its worth it. click here too see "omg my bff brooke". enjoyyyyyyyyyy :)

august

2008-09-07T16:18:00.006-07:00

here are some random things that happened in the month of august. i decided im a really bad blogger and i dont post anything cool or funny. then i realized that no one ever reads my posts anyways so its no big deal. enjoy.

1. my favoritest cousin ever beau (blue shirt) came to visit from california. yes, we are the most awkward family in life.

2. lisa and i did a two day little road trip to the one and only thatcher, arizona to see some old friends. we got bored. go figure.

3. tori came home from ireland! we got to meet henry, her future husband! they are getting married in december and im so happy for them. he is rad!

4. jaaaaaaayceeeeeee came to town also. he is my mexican friend from ea. the only cool kid there. we went bowling with everyone. i sucked. like always.

5. jason and i wen to a diamondbacks game. we had lower lever seats but they werent together so we just went to the top level for some fine entertainment. i also become obsessed with the color accent feature on my awesome camera.

6. we went to california on a whim for labor day weekend. we stayed with my cousins in simi valley. so beautiful. and jason was STOKED to find sting's star. he LOVESSSS sting! but then again, who doesnt?

this is on mulholland drive. i was completely car sick the entire drive.

we went to zuma beach. jason braved the freezing cold water. i chickened out. but i did smell his armpits and checked his HUGE muscles.

go team pratt!

7. i was lucky enough to get to babysit the three cutest girls in the entire world! annabelle, josie, and kizzy. they are the most entertaining girls ever.

i painted their finger and toenails for them. they love me :)

and apparently i need to wash my jeans.

thats all. nothing too exciting. but something nonetheless.

ill say it again

2008-08-26T23:53:00.000-07:00

dear life,
it has been made known to me that i have to leave you for the next two and a half years. kirsten and peter said so. i must do lots of school work now. see you in europe in 2010.whos coming?

so long being social. hello pta school.

yours truly,
kimri

ps....wish me luck

ed sullivan

2008-08-04T12:18:00.001-07:00

ed sullivan....we're going to be on ed sullivan!

this thing is so rad!

www.photofunia.com

t-agged from megan

2008-07-24T00:42:00.005-07:00

3 joys

1. a good pair of jeans. sounds superficial or whatever, but its so true. theres nothing better than a good pair of jeans.
2. jason pratt is an incredible human being. im so thankful to have him. hes a good kid. not to mention he is extremely good looking.
3. my third joy is my mom. she just got back from hawaii on monday and i have never been so happy to have her back home. the woman is capable of anything and everything. home is not home without her. go lorna!

3 fears
1. i am absolutely terrified of getting in a car accident.
2. i also fear walking to my car in the dark. i always feel like there is a creep under my car with a knife about to slice open my achilles. every time i leave jasons house i run to my car because its scary and dark and theres no one around. im pretty much scared of the dark. a lot.
3. im really scared of being really crappy at school. im starting pta school in august and i cant wait but i keep thinking im gonna be really stupid and suck. im sure it will be fine because im studying things i actually care about. what a concept, right?

3 goals
1. get straight A's this next semester. i can do it! im sure i can. because im a big nerd and i love learning new things. so much for thinking im gonna do crappy.
2. read more. i started a book a while ago that is really good but i just hate reading so i stopped reading it. plus my eyes hate me. but i need to be reading more so my brain doesnt start hating me too. i did read the Ensign today though. it was about 8 great athletes who are members. one is from arizona. he is pretty much amazing.
3. i want to be a really good mom. but i dont want to have to try to be a good mom. i just hope that i get the good jeans from my mom to be a good one. wish me luck.

3 current obsessions
1. i love my new phone. i got the env2 for verizon. its pretty rad.
2. so you think you can dance. katee and twitch and will are so tight. im really sad kherington is gone now. boo :(
3. photobooth. i want to buy a mac for this feature alone. it makes me laugh harder than almost anything can.

3 Random, Surprising facts about me

1. the right side of my face is fake. i have a titanium plate in my head from when i almost died when i was five. yay! also my elbows were put on backwards. im not even joking. its retarded looking. my body just is weird. the end.
2. even though i pretend to not like to get ready, i actually LOVE to get dressed up cute. not that im super cute or anything, but i like to have my fash on. plus, it makes me feel good when jason thinks i have good fashion because he has really good fashion sense. (he isnt gay, i promise)
3. i want to learn how to be a glass blower. i think its one of the coolest things. if you go down to mesa arts center at night they have glass blowing class you can watch and its intense. i also want to learn to sew my own clothes and do woodworking.

i megs, holly, chaya, meesa and julie.

hawaii '08

2008-07-13T13:37:00.007-07:00

As you know, i went to hawaii for eight days about a week and a half ago and i havent updated yet....so here is long post about my adventures. since im far too lazy to write captions under every single picture, i will go ahead and just give you an idea of what we did and you can decide what picture goes to which fun thing we did. we went snorkeling at sharks cove, swam at the bathtubs, saw lots of transvestites, went parasailing in wakiiki, found my future child, hiked to the top of the world, went shopping in honolulu, kayaking in kailua, we swam with sharks in the middle of the ocean off of north shore, had a bonfire on the beach and cooked some hot dogs and smores, went to the pcc night show, went to the Pali look out, ate at the one and only yellow shrimp shack, visited the set of LOST, saw the Temple in Laie, went to the fourth of july bayfest in Kaneohe (which included performances by Little Big Town & Rodney Atkins who is now my boyfriend), got really dark, and did lots of laying out and shopping all over. It was such a fun trip and it was especially fun because Brooke had never been and she now understands why i want to move there. We stayed with my cousin Holly and her husband Ezra who live in Punaluu. They are probably my favorite people on earth and i want to go back tomorrow. If anyone wants to go with me...let me know, we will plan! hahaha! i wish. but seriously....lets go :)

ps my pictures wont upload so i will try again very soon. sorry!

brooke and i are awesome

2008-07-10T00:30:00.001-07:00

youtube hates me and wont let me post one on here....so please, feel free to click and laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1oc36e1gzY

SYTYCD

2008-06-27T10:14:00.006-07:00

in love with this show. im pretty convinced that this season is the best by far! everyone is so good. but here are my top 3 favorites:

Mark: i think mark has such an amazing style of dance that is very original and unique. and he has super good fashion, yet doesnt scream "im super gay and i super love it!"....although i think he might be : (

Kherington: i love that she is a tom boy and still has such beauty and grace when she dances. not to mention she has really cute hair.

Twitch: twitch! he is so rad. i cant believe how well he can adapt to other styles and look so good doing it. he surprisingly has really good technique. he also has good fashion and hes really easy on the eyes haha.

and i have no idea why kherington and twitch's pictures are smaller...but i guess i do love mark the best.

is it saturday yet?

2008-06-24T20:32:00.002-07:00

i want to be in hawaii RIGHT NOW! i dont even think i can wait 4 more days. i want to be mexican. and not have to babysit 4 year olds all morning everyday. and not have to work on creepy patients for a change. and not worry about stupid problems. only for ten days. thats all i ask. ONLY 4 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!! hopefully i will come back looking like this (minus the long blonde hair, of course) :

2008-06-12T16:22:00.004-07:00

dont mind the cheesy smile. its only there because i love this boy more than life itself :)

Jackaranda

2008-06-03T08:24:00.012-07:00

hello. this would be the jason pratt reporting. as of late, kimri and i have been pretty active cyclists. cycling is very enjoyable and healthy. our favorite place to ride right now is a two mile loop around some lakes, homes and a golf coarse in the ocotillo area of chandler. this loop is called jackaranda. and of coarse kimri brought the camera... to take sexy pics like this one.

so right before beginning the loop i had to make sure i could get some good skids in with the newly created bullhorns on my fixie. yup. they are ugly, but very fun to ride with.

and we're off! our bodies ache to ride... so lets ride. we begin the loop

only a quarter mile up jackaranda, i'm loving the bull horn bars too much to resist doing a few tricks. unfortunately, the first of these was a wheelie durring a pretty fast sprint. i almost crashed really hard.

so we just chill right there and start messing around a little. kimri busted this sweet no footer, and i pulled out a front tire grab track stand. we are pro.

ok now we're really riding. we make it clear to the other side of the loop. there is a HUGE party going on at the clubhouse of the golf coarse. we almost quit riding to party. after much contemplation, we decided that cycling was our forte. however, this got my blood pumping, and i crashed kinda hard riding down a gutter near by.

right away, kimri ditched her bike to make sure i wasn't hurt. ha jk. it was not that serious. but how my hand is bleeding a little, and i got some blood on my white bartape :( but we are both glad that i'm not seriously injured and proceed with the loop.

the rest of Jackaranda was a chill ride. we even stopped at starbucks and debated getting some latte's, but we remembered we were chilling and ditched the caffene idea. plus, we dont even drink coffee. so ya. we got back to my truck and loaded up the bikes.

cycling is very fun. after many miles aboard her cruiser, kimri has decided that a fixie would be optimal for the type of riding we do. she couldn't be more right. i love my fixie, and am exited to complete her build (its an old ten speed that her mom used to ride in college). sweet. if you ever want to ride with us, let us know. its fun, and we do it almost every weekend

Ms. Brooke Elizabeth Doane the III Esquire

2008-05-22T14:42:00.015-07:00

Just wanna give a shout out to my BFF brookie on her wonderful 21st!!! So, in honor of her, here are 21 reasons why I love her…although there are many, many more.

21. she is donna jo margaret tanner, I am kimmy gibler, and we LOVE danny tanner

20. she is wicked good at RUSSIAN serving! when we first met, we hated each other. It was at club volleyball tryouts in seventh grade. But then I saw her do her russian serve… and we have been inseparable ever since.

19. she is the best person to travel the world with. Seriously, its crazy. She is the only one of my friends who I can be with for more than like two days without wanting to shoot myself. Not that I don’t love my other friends, but me and brooke just don’t get sick of eachother. We have been to California more times than I can count, france, and soon we can add Hawaii to our list! Every trip was completed without fights and annoyances. Its amazing (this is us in Nice, France last summer)
18. I am 100% myself around her more than any other person im pretty sure. We are retards together. If you have ever hung out with us before, you know what im talking about. (this was on the train from paris to nice in france)

17. she has the prettiest red hair in the entire worldddddddddd. And she is left handed.

16. zhe zalks zike zhis zith ze zand zi zoves zit. hahaha france will never be the same

15. even though she is a gillion feet tall, which im SO jealous of, she still rocks heels. And I love it!

14. she is probably one of the nicest people I have ever known. Even though we make fun of everyone on tv…or in public (not to their faces of course), she is always so nice to everyone she knows. Even if they are weird or different or annoying, she is the first to invite them to do stuff.

13. she is the best at playing the freeze game on my tv. There is this funny button on my remote where you can freeze the tv and she always captures the people making the most hilarious faces.

12. if you have never sang at the top of your lungs in the car with her, you haven’t lived. Hannah Montana, dainty cane, Kenny chesney, Mariah carrey… it doesn’t matter who it is, it’s the best thing in life (this is her singing, in my car, if you couldnt tell)

11. she is hilarious. I have literally never hung out with her without laughing. Maybe the first time we met and that’s all. She also makes AMAZING faces. Although, I think mine are way way uglier. Haha. We are just ugly together, get over it. (this is a very VERY calm version of our ugly faces, i dont want brooke to kill me)

10. one time when I was living in thatcher, I was all bummed out that I couldn’t come home from conference, so brooke drove up to t-town to watch conference with me. It made my whole weekend! Even though we probably just goofed around the whole time, it still was appreciated. also, her and jason drove all the way up to see me graduate too. it was so presh.

9. she loves her family. Her and her sisters quote for life is “sisters by chance, friends by choice”. Mine and brookes is always “friends by chance, sexy by choice”. While making really ugly faces or poses. Haha

8. she is super fun to lay out with in the summertime while listening to boyz to men, singing at the top of our lungs while her neighbors are outside smoking.

7. she ALWAYS sends the best texts or picture messages in the entire world. The best are when im having a bad day and I get a haneous up close picture of brooke that just says HIYEEEE. Or the pictures of stupid people doing stupid things.

6. who else can I count on to watch our awesome shows? the hills, project runway, antm, real world, etc. they are out favorites! and we all know brooke IS americas next top model...i mean, just look at her.

5. she has more white shirts than anyone I know, and somehow she makes them all look cute no matter what.

4. she loves basset hounds more than anyone I know. She used to have two of the cutest dogs everrrrr…but unfortunately they are no longer with us. Moment of silence…………when im a thousandaire, or more, I am going to buy her one.
3. brooke is the number one best person to have photo shoots with. If that girl gets a camera in her hand, you know you are in for a fun time…haha for example, the other night we were out driving around and all the sudden she is hanging upside down out the window and flash is going off like crazy. Hahahaha its amazing (upside down, she doesnt mess around)2. she is going to school to become a lawyer. She is super super smart. She has a 4.0 at asu and is taking the LSAT in june. Im so excited for her but im sad that she is probably gonna end up moving away for school. Booooo : ( but hopefully this sexy guy will be there with open arms waiting for you
1. last but not least, she is my very very best friend in the entire world! She is always willing to listen when I have a bad day, make me laugh, eat ice cream with me, drive around, go on midnight food runs, have sleep overs like we are in seventh grade still, watch cops, act stupid, be a good example, rock out, travel, go shopping, dance awesome, I could go on and on and on. Brookie I hope you have the best birthday ever and I CANT WAIT TILL HAWAII!!! Loveeeeeeeee youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!

: )

2008-05-17T14:48:00.004-07:00

summer is my favorite time of year. there is nothing better than these two things put together. and no, that is not me laying out.........the day my body looks like that will be the day i die....or something...haha

we sure are cute for two ugly people

2008-04-26T12:58:00.007-07:00

im just going to bore you all with some pictures from our recent little road trip to the ugliest place on earth: tucson, arizona. now, you all know how much we dislike this place, but it just so happens that some of our favorite bands play shows there. so for my birthday, jason bought me tickets to see minus the bear. of course we will go to tucson to see them. they are amazing! it was a really really reallllllllly good show too. probably the best i have ever seen them. and i have seen them i think five times now. but this band opened for them named portugal the man. they are from alaska and so tight! they are eskimos, we are convinced. and this kid plays the bongo's and is so good at them. you should check them, you might dig. i mean, you WILL dig. anyways, here are some pointless pictures from our trip. dont mind our hainousness. we know we cant take a cute picture. and yes, im fully aware jason is acting like a wallrus, thank you. enjoy :)

there was only one baby pretzel left....i was not a successful wallrus :(

portugal the man = amazing.

minus the bear = amazing. always.

we survived tucson land. hoorah!

apparently

2008-04-18T12:23:00.001-07:00

Snoop Dog is LDS. seriously though.....

http://www.benderboyz.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/01/

thank you, Gladys Knight.

welp

2008-04-15T18:41:00.002-07:00

i found out i got into PTA school today and jason found out he got into agribusiness finance at asu yesterday. its time to celebrate! yay lifers :)

4.9.87.

2008-04-03T00:15:00.001-07:00

here is a birthday wish list:

1. ipod shuffle. mint colored.

2. digital camera. mine is M.I.A.

3. a post secrets book. barnes & noble.

4. cute swim suit. shade.

5. a baby turtle that i can name bleeker. any pet store. NOT from the homeless man that sells them on the corner of mesa drive and southern.

6. love. from everyone.

7. cash. in any form. to take to hawaii.

lorna dune

2008-03-23T23:17:00.003-07:00

i cant even believe how amazing my mom is sometimes. i am so blessed to be able to see her every single day. and i love love love her. and always have.

i have been tagged

2008-03-20T16:59:00.003-07:00

hahaha not really actually. i just really dont know what else to blog about. here goes nothing....

10 years ago...i was almost 11. so what is that? 6th grade? i was being a boy. riding my awesome harro bike. playing basketball and football. getting hurt. and dirty. and swimming 24/7.

5 things on my to-do list...
1. my needs analysis/battery for a project
2. laundry
3. get ready for the night before jason gets over here
4. anything that is more productive than this
5.get cash out for my tithing

5 snacks i enjoy...
1. apples with peanutbutter
2. chips & salsa
3. cheese. in any form. seriously.
4. cookies.
5. gum.

5 places i have lived...
1. ghetto mesa by the temple
2. less ghetto mesa
3. thatcher
4. mesa
5. mesa for life.

what would i do if i was suddenly made a billionaire...tithing. debts. mommy. house. car. invest. but i would make jason do all the investing. make him use his accounting abilities because you know im an idiot at that crap.

5 jobs i have had...
1. i used to work for the national science foundation teaching 7th graders about science. im a total dork. i realize this.
2. student trainer for ea.
3. continuum wellness physical therapy.
4. thats all.
5. oh ya we used to have to ref for womens league volleyball in thatcher. our coach made us do it. its soooo funny!!

5 things you don´t know about me...
1. i hate hate HATE cotton balls. like literally they make me gag and get the chills. ugh sick sick sickkkkk.
2. when i drive i dont ever stop. i dont run red lights or anything but i cant let my car hit zero mph. im wierd. but if the light turns red ahead i slow waaaay down and then just creep up till it turns green. its actually really fun!
3. i am absolutely terrified of the dark. i run to my car every time i leave jasons house. and when i get home i turn every light on.
4. i remember all of my dreams. every single night. and i can remember every little detail about them too. i thought everyone could do this...apparently not?
5. my biggest fear is getting in a car accident. when ever we go on day trips or anything like that im tense the entire time. im so scared of car accidents its not even funny....except that i always lurk when one already happened to see if i see any blood or broken bones. i just dont want that to be me. get it?

i tag anyone and everyone who reads this. so thats like two people. oh and seeeeestur you should do it too!!

there is a tranny mess up in here

2008-03-09T19:50:00.003-07:00

k so for whatever reason i cant upload this video from youtube. im so mad!!! someone teach me how? but seriously everyoneeeeeee should watch it. just giving a little shout out to my gay lover. enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u74A7iehaQY

jack of all trades, master of none

2008-02-28T21:52:00.013-07:00

okay, so maybe just some trades. ive been thinking a lot lately about how im really not SUPER good at anything. and im really not trying to throw a pitty party. i am so serious about this. i am half decent at a lot of things, but not realllllly good at any. here are some of the things im talking about:

1. SINGING: so i really enjoy singing. i have sang my whole life. if any of you have ever heard my sister sing, she has one of the most amazing voices i have ever heard. and im not just saying that because she is my sister and she might read this. she really is amazing. anyways, i really love to sing. i sing every single day without fail. it brings me peace when im down. gets me hyper(er) when im happy. yada yada yada. all my friends are very musical and in bands and what not. i recently recorded back up vocals for two tracks for one of my friends music projects. i didnt think i did THAT good but i guess some kids were stoked on it. so im not tone deaf. but i just wish i was AMAZING at singing. but im not. oh well.

2. DANCING: yes, dancing. i know, "but kimri, you are an athlete, NOT a dancer". you are wrong fools. i started dancing when i was three years old and danced 5 or 6 nights a week, 4 to 5 hours every night until i was a sophomore in high school. dancing is a huge part of my life. i ended up quiting at my studio because i didnt have enough time to be dancing, playing two year round sports, and be successful in school. i was so burnt out at the time from it that it felt right to drop it. but then i danced every year in high school but just at school so it wasnt too time consuming. when i moved away to school there was nowhere to dance in thatcher so i didnt dance for about 2 1/2 years and i missed it so so much. everytime i saw dancing either on tv or went to a concert i literaly would cry by myself because i missed it so much. there is something about dancing that relieves all my stress and worries and i truly have a deep passion for it. so i started dancing this semester. im just taking a modern jazz class at mcc and it turns out to be AMAZING! my teacher is an awesome dancer and has a really neat style. im really quiet in that class and dont talk to anyone. they all have really high pitched voices that hurt my ears so i stay quiet. ha! but my teacher pulled me aside the other day and told me that i had a lot of talent and wants me to be on the company there. that made me so so happy! i told her i hadnt danced in over two years and im just trying to get back into it and she said im doing just fine. so thats that. i secretly want to be a dance teacher for the rest of my life. but whatev.

3. SOFTBALL: ugh. this sport. i also grew up playing softball forever and ever. my grandpa played professional baseball and both my uncles were pretty decent ball players too. its in the blood. my cousin played 4 years at a D1 school and was bomb. so naturally, i played softball too. i love love love this sport. and no, im not lesbian. neither are most the girls that play. i played year round softball for about 4 years but again, got too busy and had to quit. i played from my freshman year to my junior year and then quit my senior year (long story). anyways, i really really loved playing. i always said i hated it but really i didnt. i was pretty decent. i have a few scholorship offers to play after high school but that was only if i played my senior year, and since i didnt, i didnt play in college. i even had an unofficial full ride to play at a D1 in hawaii......ya. im an idiot. but i do miss playing. i would like to coach maybe in the future but we will see.

4. VOLLEYBALL: so this is what most people know about me. i play volleyball. i was a gym rat growing up. my dad lived in the gym coaching volleyball so it was just second nature to me. i played club every year since 6th grade and have traveled all around the country to play. this is the funniest part though, i am not that good at volleyball. like not at all. i dont really get it? i love to play. i hate how frustrated and mean i get when i play but i do love it. i was decent in high school but i never made first team all region. i dont even think i made second team as a matter of fact. i played varsity my jr and sr years and some of my sophomore year. our team was always bomb and we finished in the top 5 every season. but i never got awards for my skills. mostly just my leadership. and my ability to be louder on the court than anyone else in the entire gym. literally. im a loud mouth. and im known for it. i played two years in college. sat the bench most of the time. and jacked my knee really bad my sophomore year so didnt play too much because of that. so its just funny to me that volleyball took me furthest in life yet im NOT good at it. im waaaaaaaay ten times better at softball than i am at volleyball. its confusing. i dont really get it. but oh well.

5. SCHOOL: this is frustrating to me. all my friends are straight genius. seriously. one of my best friends is moving to ireland this summer to study DNA through Berkeley. are you joking? no, im serious. its tori. she is freaking so smart. she has probably forgotten more than i know. i was always in ELP and AA classes but i called tori on every single assignment so she could help me on it so i could barely pass my classes. i graduated with honors and a pretty high GPA but i was by no means very smart. my sister is a genius. by brother kyle is a genius. my mom is one of the smartest people i know. me. not so much. but now that im in college and learning things i am actually interested in i have a 3.9 GPA. not too sure where that came from. probably helps that i went to EA and all the classes there are a complete joke. but whatev. i did learn some good things there. ill give it that much. but im taking a lot off kineseology and exercise science classes right now and i absolutely love it. but then i look around at other people and realize im really not that smart.

so that was a ridiculously long post. i havent posted in a while so i had to double it up i guess. point is, i wish i was just SUPER good at one thing and that be the end of it. but thats not the way it is. im mediocre at random stuff and i think im okay with that. im good at being a good friend i think and thats important. and people seem to laugh at me. its either because they think im funny or they think im an idiot. either way, i like to make people laugh. okay, this is too long. i promise to post more up its just i have been super super busy with work and school and life and its just been hard to keep up.

also i recently found this picture and i love it:

the diesel has arrived

2008-02-07T17:17:00.000-07:00

who would have ever thought?? not me. at first, i was livid!! i could not even believe it. but, after i cooled off, walked it out a little, and watched the press conference this morning im pretty stoked!! of course i will miss banks and marion (and his "its a slam dunk" commercials), but shaq is on a mission for ring #5 and the suns are his answer! ya buddy!!! so, welcome shaq.

"the sun will rise in phoenix" -shaq attack

seriously

2008-02-01T00:41:00.000-07:00

why do people even like to hang out with me? i dont get it.

:)

2008-01-27T16:36:00.000-07:00

i just realllllly really really like the company of my boyfriend. he is awesome. and adventurous and takes me with him. and i love it. we had a couch burning last weekend and it got kinda nuts. 14 couches. unfamiliar territory (i cant spell). we ended up getting lost/stuck in this tiny spot and everyone was getting a little nervous that we wouldnt be able to get out. we kept burning the couches to stay warm and i noticed jason dissapeared for a while (jason always organizes the bulk of these gatherings so its a little stressful). so the fire is dying down and about ten minutes after jason re-appeared this random guy came out of nowhere (totally looked like Al Borlin circa 1995) and asked if we had seen a helmet he lost from his quad. we told him we didnt but he could stay warm by the fire if he wanted. he just asked if we needed help getting the trailor and truck out of where it was parked and jason said we did. about 45 minutes later jason got his truck and the huge trailor backed out. he ended up having to drive backwards in the desert for about 3/4 of a mile. then jason said thanks and the guy kinda just dissappeared quickly. now, this might sound really dumb and meaningless but its not. after we dropped everyone off at their cars jason told me that he went into his truck and prayed that somehow we could find help to get out of where we were. he said not more than ten minutes later the guy showed up and helped us out. im soooo thankful he did this. he didnt tell anyone but me about praying to get help and thats why i love him. he keeps everything on the downlow. he doesnt boast about being so righteous that HE got the help. im just really glad that he is humble enough to pray for help in such a small situation as that. thats my random story. but i really just appreciate jason and everything he does for everyone around him. he is such a good guy and everyone just loves being around his happy spirit. thanks for being such a great example. i loveeeee you :)

here are some pictures from our eventful couch burning:

us getting stoked for the couch burning

and the crew being stoked about our couch burning haha

JUNO!

2008-01-22T16:46:00.000-07:00

okay, so i FINALLY got to see JUNO this past weekend with Jason and let me just say, it is by far the best movie i have ever seen. EVER. i actually cried. first time that has ever happened....i just had to make sure jason didnt notice. haha. just letting everyone know, if at all possible, go see this movie! you will fall in love with it, i promise! and perhaps it will be out on dvd by the time my birthday rolls around (april 9th, for those who care). hint hint. kidding...im so gay. wow. anyways, everyone should go see this. it is amazing. has a really good message. good actors. hilarious. touching. all of the above. yay!

now if i could only get jason in a pair of those running shorts.............

ps heath ledger overdosed on drugs? right on....

ps

2008-01-09T00:43:00.000-07:00

i love my friends. the end.

call me betty crocker

2008-01-06T19:51:00.000-07:00

okay so a few weeks ago my sister sent me this recipe to try. they are called "buckeye candies". like a buckeye nut from the ohio state tree (hence the name ohio state buckeyes). anyways, anyone who knows me knows i absolutely love chocolate and peanut butter more than life itself. here is the recipe. give it a try. they are easy and delicious! and trust me, if i can make them, anyone can.

Ingredients:
2 cups creamy peanut butter, (not all-natural)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, softened
3 3/4 cups (16-oz. box) powdered sugar
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) chocolate chips
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening

LINE baking sheets with wax paper.

BEAT peanut butter and butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in powdered sugar until mixture holds together and is moistened. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on prepared baking sheets. Freeze for 1 hour. (i suggest to put them in a little longer than an hour)

MELT morsels and shortening in medium, uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute;

STIR. Morsels may retain some of their shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, stirring just until melted.

DIP peanut butter centers into melted chocolate using a toothpick, leaving a small portion of the center uncovered. Shake off excess chocolate and scrape bottom of candy on side of bowl. Return to baking sheets; refrigerate until chocolate is set. Store in covered container in refrigerator.

also funny story. so jason always says he wants me to find someone to widdle his wedding ring out of a buckeye. i always thought it was the knotty part in a piece of wood. but, its not. its really a delicious candy. i better tell him its going to be difficult to widdle a wedding ring out of peanut butter. shoooooooot.

tribute to my lover

2008-01-04T12:31:00.000-07:00

i know how many people think steve nash is ugly, but you, my friends, are wrong. he is amazingly sexy. haha. k maybe not sexy persay, but he really is so attractive. have you ever seen him in street clothes? he's all scened out and looking sooo good. not to mention he is freaking amazing at basketball. suns are going to the finals this year and bringing home the championship trophy! yay!

steve and kevin garnet at the GQ shooteven when he is posing for GQ magazing he looks amazing. oh baby! haha

random happenings

2007-12-30T16:09:00.000-07:00

i havent posted in a while so here are some things that have happened in the past little bit:

somehow my dog ended up with his own rocking chair and no one else did. i have no clue where it came from but it just showed up in our kitchen and bubba just hangs out there. right on right?

brooke's dad got tickets to the suns game against the raptors and since she is my bfffff she took me to the game. we were in the 20th row and we killed them! of course we did, after all we are the phoenix suns.

i went to target to get a few christmas gifts and such and i found this and it changed my life. i have been meaning to look into M.I.A.'s music but never got around to it. this album (kala) was only $7 so i decided to give it a try. then sammy and i traded her two albums so we both have both now and i give them straight A's!

christmas turned out to be pretty alright. it was small and humbling but it was so fun. it was just myself, my mommy, and my two brothers. this is our cute little baby tree and our presents.

this was our dinner that my lovely mother cooked. she was trying to get a good picture of it but when you put me and kyle together....nothing cute happens. duh.

thursday morning my mom was reading the paper to see what was going on at canyon lake. they drained it down 50 feet to make some repairs on the dam. my family grew up on the lake so we wanted to go see what it looked like. we went on a fun little two hour adventure. we forgot how sick that bumpy/windy road makes me. bad news.

the water was SO low. and it was freeeeezing!

but luckily on the way back we found this sign....and if you know me, you know i love john denver. yay!

ugh

2007-12-24T21:53:00.000-07:00

i dont really know why, but this year im not really into the holidays. which is crazy because for those of you who know me know i LOVE christmas more than anything in the entire world. i guess its just wierd this year being the first where we are celbrating two seperate christmas'. one with dad. and one with mom. i dont really like it. its awkward and sooo uncomfortable. i think thats it. i feel like a scrooge but i really dont know what to do about it. we are going to watch elf tonight so perhaps that might cheer me up a little. and maybe tomorrow i will wake up and be fine. we shall see. but i really wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year! much love.

an armpit without axe.....

2007-12-13T17:36:00.000-07:00

ok so first, this is jason pratt. i am kimri's lover. this story begins with kimri buying me the coolest earliest christmas gift ever.... tickets to modest mouse in tucson. anybody who knows me knows that modest mouse is my favorite band.... they have been my favorite band probably longer than most people have actually known me. so i am stoked. only thing is its on the same night as my quantitative methods in business final.... f. but i got my final all switched around and we were good to go. so we got our fash on and started to head south. we hit up this applebees once we got into tucson. our waitress was way tight. she was nice, timely, and ya... just awesome. but everyone else in there was completely jacked. woof. puke. people have no manners and were just being loud and nasty. then some homeless people came in the take out door and seated themselves. once they realized no one was serving them, they got pissed. idiots.

back to modest mouse. so we cant even find the place because tucson has been under construction for years and no streets are labeled. once we get there this is what we see

hainous.

but its tight. the rialto was a perfect venue for modest mouse. the only problem is there is meth being passed around in line outside. awesome. kids smoking and shooting up. it was awesome. the girl in front of us looked like she was twelve, but she was smoking dope and talking about having sex. awesome. once we get inside i'm like "this is a tight venue." we find our seats in the balcony and just chill and wait for matt costa to open the show. matt costa was straight up amazing. those guys are awesome..... but more and more hainousness started piling up around us. the girl in front of us was drunk. straight drunk. she would not stop lauging, so i just started laughing and directing it all to her so she could see i was making fun of her and telling her to shut up. but kimri was not down because there was more of them than us. the very second modest mouse takes stage, the whole place blazes up. DANK. for reals. meth is being passed around, and the bathrooms had no less than ten people shooting up in them at a time. it was gross. nobody had any self control. so about 20 minutes into the set isaac brock just says "so hows the famous tucson az? i love az but i hate you guys. everyone in here is worthless. trust me. i've had alot of sh$% stolen from here before. you guys are all sh$# heads. plus, there's alot of f@$!ing meth in here right now." but a little more vulger and profane. i was so stoked. i officially hate tucson. but we had a great time, minus all the hainousness and the homeless guy that tried to steal kimri from me for reasons i cannot talk cleanly about. sick. tucson is the armpit of arizona..... and its an armpit that does not use axe.... at least we looked good.

"oh my gosh. im gonna die."

2007-12-13T00:29:00.000-07:00

i freaking love christian. he really is sooo funny! haha. i love his little one liners. "hell yes im the best!" he never gets old. the day he doesnt win at the fashion week is the day i will cry. a lot. i decided my new goal in life is to turn him straight and marry him. pathetic, i know. if you have nothing better to do on wednesday nights at 11, you should watch project runway. the end.

ps sorry all i blog about is the gay tv shows i watch religiously.

stoked!

2007-12-11T10:35:00.000-07:00

so last night i was all bummed out because it was the season finale of The Hills. its the best show ever!!! i dont care if you think im gay, maybe i am k? haha. but seriously, i was so sad it was all over. then they had the "after show" or whatever where lauren was gonna make a BIG announcement. we were all guessing what it would be. i was hoping she was gonna say her and brody are having a baby. haha. but she announced that the season isnt over yet!! i literally screamed i was soooo happy!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhh i cant even wait to see whitney and lauren in paris! yessssssss. k thats all. and brody and lauren seriously need to get married or something. they are both beautiful!

ps im glad heidi and faggot are not getting married. i HATE spencer! he looks like alvin the chipmunk. the end.

allow me to re-introduce myself

2007-12-06T14:44:00.000-07:00

(or just my boy)

I decided to make a blog about the boyfriend. I know, its lame, cheesey, stupid, gay, etc. but WHATEV. I dont care. This is Jason Ira Pratt. Also known as Jas, Jaso con Queso, J-town, Maddog, J, Bugger, or just Boy. Jason and I started dating in July of '05. Its been foreverrrrr. We met through a mutual friend Matt Halls who was then dating Jasons little sister Sammy. Haha. It kinda makes me laugh. Anyways, we hung out for about 3 months before anything happened. Jason was really cool and waited till exactly one week before I moved away to school to make us official. Right on! Since then we have had really good timing.........Anways, we dated while I was away at school for two years. Don't ask me how we did it, but we made it work. I came home basically every weekend to see him (and my other friends, too). Now I am back in Mesa for good and he is in Chandler. Jason is currently going to CGCC and we are hoping and praying he gets into WP Kerry business school at ASU for the fall. The kid is as smart as a whip so I'm not too worried about it. Some of Jason's favorite hobbies include riding bikes (fixie with reuben, bmx with kot, dirtbikes with his dad), playing bass for his band, playing with his dog Trisarahtops (ps i named her), listening to Modest Mouse, talking life with the parents, photography, the Suns!, teaching his little brother Tanner about music, driving to Cali for a day, being awesome, and snuggling. Oh, and he LOVES falling asleep on the couch while drueling on me :) To say the least, he is one of my favorite humans in life. He never ceases to amaze me. And that is why I absolutely love and adore him. We have had our ups and downs, but who doesnt? Well, thats enough about him for now. We are happy as can be and are very excited for the future <3

random weekend fun

2007-11-20T21:30:00.000-07:00

For whatever reason, this weekend was super fun! Jason went to the dunes on Friday morning till Saturday evening with his dad and brothers so I had a wonderful opportunity for a girls night. I hung out with Brooke, Emily, and Julie. They are sooo much fun! Maybe becuase I can act so stupid around them and not care (not that I care around anyone else, but its just more fun with them). So we ended up at some stupid dance party filled with 25-32 year old young single adults who were either A)standing around looking super awkward or 2) trying to dance REALLY sexy and it was horrifying! Haha. SO FUNNY! So me and the girls decide we are just gonna dance it up and not care who is watching. That turned out to be so fun. Wierd looks, uncontrolable laughter and just being ridiculous can be so entertaining! Then Saturday night Jason was home so we went to a show at Sweetcakes that was pretty tight. After, we went to Los (our favorite burrito place) with the boys and Brooke and Julie met up with us there. Somehow it broke out into a dance party in the parking lot to SouljaBoy with the music blaring out of Julie's dad's super nice BMW convertable. It was soo funny. We are ridiculous but we don't even care. A photo shoot also went down with this and Jason even stepped in and showed us how to crank it! Haha here are some results :

for starters

2007-11-04T20:35:00.000-07:00

I really have no reason to be doing this, other than I just finished all of my homework and studying for the rest of the week (and I have been inspired by a few friends to create one). So I guess I'll just put a few things into this one. I'm super busy taking 15 credits at the good ole MCC and working part time at Continuum Welness Physical Therapy, which I absolutley LOVE. This is a good thing seeing as how I start PT school in the fall and I can hardly wait :) Finally going to school for something I have wanted as my career since junior high. Right on! I also choreograph every once in a great while for Perry High School. Hooray! I am really wanting to get back into dance but I have time and I probably am HORRIBLE by now. It's been far too long. I am taking a modern jazz class at school next semester so maybe that will be an extra little inspiration to start back a little more. We shall see. Thats about it for now. I will try to keep this thing updated but no promises.