another din-din with the dowds

dear blog,

last night at dinner we were talking about Castle and what the new episode was about.

nickie is all, "tom bergeron is in it and he dies!"
rochelle: "what the? who on earth is tom bergeron?"
nickie: "that's the guy who hosts dancing with the stars. duh"
dad: "and america's funniest home videos and..."
rochelle: "i get the point. how the heck do you guys know his name?!"
nickie: "he says it like every week."
dad: "do you know what the name of the other host on dancing with the stars is?"
rochelle: "are you being serious?"
mom: "several random names"
dad: "actual name"
nickie: "melissa rycroft did it the other week"
mom: "didn't posh spice do it once?"
rochelle: "she was on dancing with the stars?"
maddie: "no, it was the black one."
carly: "baby spice?"
rochelle: "no way!"
mom: "sporty spice."
rochelle: "sporty spice? or was it scary? no, it's definitely sporty."

richie and a completely serious tone "it's scary spice. you guys are idiots."

bahahahahha!

i sure love this silly silly family of mine.

love,
rochelle

easter lovin'

dear blog,

conference was so beyond perfect. i don't think i have ever gotten so much out of gc before. i really have a renewed desire to be better.

also, easter sunday was simply lovely. we had a guest called harriet faith jewson- what a delight! here are some pictures of our crazy/beautiful afternoon!

cuuute girlies:

i'm silly:

dog pile!:

nice beret?

love,
rochelle

p.s. it was april fools last week... i tied a rubberband around the kitchen sprayer and when nickie turned on the sink she got sprayed!! bahahahahha, gotcha!
p.p.s. the easter bunny brought me pony-holders and TWO rip-rolls! i guess i've been good this year!

colorado school of mines

dear blog,

my sister nickie is a junior in high school. i guess she is signed up for some college mailing lists because sometimes she gets acceptance letters from the most random colleges. we always tease her about it, but my favorite school she gets letters from is the colorado school of mines.

seriously? why would any teenage girl want to go to that school? oh yeah, i forgot about my childhood dream of marrying a miner.

but she'll always tell us "i got a letter from the colorado school of mines"
i always think she says "colorado school of MIMES."
maddie always thinks she says "colorado school of MINDS."

now THAT is a school i might consider going to.

love,
rochelle

a colourful saturday

dear blog,

this weekend along with jessica, harriet, lauren, jared and kelsi, i visited the hare krishna temple in spanish fork to participate in their pagan celebration of spring. i guess there was this witch that burned babies and she represents winter, and so at the beginning of spring they burn a witchdoll and throw around colors (the colors are essentially refined corn starch with die and fragrance) to represent the colors of the flowers of spring.
its pretty fun.

the temple:

we parked kinda far, but don't worry, we took a short cut down this hill.

us before:

us after:

jared with a mustache:

me and lauren:

jessica, me, jared. i think that jessica had more fun than anyone there.

me and harry:

love,
rochelle

looooooonggeeeessstttt daaaaayyyyy evvveerrrrrrr

dear blog,

today was the longest day EVER. i woke up and i have been going all day.

(btdubs this post will probably be boring)

i woke up and went to class. then i had lunch with nicole. then i studied for statistics for forever while listening to people play the guitar in the wilk. chatted with colson for a bit (he's ENGAGED!) took statistics. studied for president's of the church. took that test. (p.s. that is two tests right in a row.... it kind of sucked). then i walked to my car and stopped and visited with becca and natalie at work. then i ran into seth-- which was weird. and i told him i was engaged and he believed me... bahahah! then i went to jessicas and scarfed down some angel hair pasta and then went to this stand-up thing she did at the branbury. made some weird new friends. then we went and visited levi, just like old times. then i met up with lanae and we made a special cake and visited harriet and now i am here at harriet's. i just finished my stats hw (which isn't due till friday, yay me!) and now i am writing in my blog.

honestly though? even though today was crazy, i LOVE days like this. because i feel like i was using my time for good every minute. honestly, i didn't waste hardly ANY time. and now i am thoroughly exhausted, but i love that feeling. the feeling of having accomplished so much in one day that you are physically drained. it feels so good.

love,

rochelle

p.s. when lanae and i were at smith's there was a cart full of flowers with a sign on it that said "MARKDOWD" haha. i think it meant "mark dowN"

commercial break

dear blog,

so my family likes to watch tv together (go ahead and judge us if you want) but when stupid commercials are on my parents like to put the tv on mute. and lately nickie and i make up our own dialogues. sometimes they are stupid, but sometimes they are HILARIOUS.

tonight i was watching american idol with my mommy and dad and it changed to a commercial and mom is all "rochelle! do that funny thing where you make it up!" bahahah i think that the fact that SHE thought it was that great is even greater than the commercials themselves.

so, mom, dad and i all took turns voicing over the commercials and it was basically the funniest thing that happened to me all day.

love,
rochelle

p.s. you should try it-- let me know how it goes.

happy thursday

dear blog,

things on my mind today:

i want a shamrock shake.
i bought the shirt i'm wearing for $2.50.
erik comes home in ONE WEEK from TODAY.
it's thursday.
thursday is my favorite day.
the man scraping the wallpaper off at work is named Rodger.
Rodger is my computer's name.
byu just won.
BOO YAW.
i have a basketball game tonight.
harriet is such a good friend.
i had a really nice time at walmart last night.
yesterday i spent the evening with my grandparents and carl.
it was lovely.
also, it's sunny and beautiful and i'm wearing a skirt and sandals.

love,
rochelle

p.s. this picture is my desktop at work and i am quite in love with it.


order of dog-pile: brian, me, liv, nickie, rich