Scott and Stacey

Marriage

2011-10-25T16:40:00.000-07:00

Well Scott and I have been married for almost two months now...man how time flies. A year ago if you would have asked me when I thought I would get married, I most definitely would not have ever guessed that it would be so soon. I thought I would get married when I was about 25 or maybe never. I have told a lot of people lately that I still wouldn't be married if I hadn't met someone as amazing as Scott.

I can't even put into words how amazing my husband is. No matter what I do I can never get over how lucky I am. Scott has made my life so much better. When we first started dating I don't think I realized what I had and every day I am so thankful that I didn't give him up. I almost went on a mission. I don't think I will ever forget the night that I told Scott. Up to that point I don't think I was very serious about him. I didn't ever seriously date anyone so for me our relationship was new, fun and exciting. When I told Scott I wanted to serve a mission that was the first time I realized how serious he was about me, how much he loved me, and how he saw potential in our relationship for marriage. Although I didn't feel ready for marriage I felt like I should give our relationship a chance and try to view Scott as a potential husband. After that everything changed. Scott has everything I have ever wanted and more. He treats me like I am his most precious possession. Even when we are upset with each other I am still happier then I have been in years. Mainly because I know that nothing will ever remain unsettled between us and that we will always find a way to make each other happy. People say that the first year of marriage is the hardest. I have to disagree. Yes it is different, and maybe a little bit hard... but it doesn't have to be the hardest year of a marriage. I know everything isn't always going to be unicorns, rainbows and sunshine but with how our relationship is I am excited for the good and the bad times that we will experience together. I am so thankful for my amazing husband and I am so excited for what lies ahead for us.

Our Free Crappy Portrait

2011-10-20T21:17:00.000-07:00

So a couple of weeks ago I was reading my pal Kendra's blog. One day she stumbled upon a website called freecrappyportraits.com where they do exactly what they say. They give people free crappy portraits. Haha. Anyways I thought Kendra's picture was pretty cool so I thought I would give it a try. All you do is send them a picture and information about yourself and anyone else you want in your picture. Then one of their many artists will draw a picture and email it back. Well I did this several weeks ago and totally forgot about it. Today I opened my email to find this...

I couldn't stop laughing...I would have to say it is absolutely crappy...but pretty flippin awesome!

The Big Day

2011-10-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

So the big day has come and gone and we are beginning to recieve some of our pictures. They are all absolutely beautiful!!! We thought we would give you a sneak peak before we post them all on facebook.

The morning of the wedding we woke up to grey skies, rain and wind. We were worried that our pictures would not turn out very well, but to our surprise when we walked out of the Temple it was all blue skies and sunshine! We are so thankful for how well everything went that day! And we are especially thankful for everyone who helped out and joined us at the temple for our special day!

Here is our lovely wedding party! Everyone looked wonderful! :)

Scott and I are so so happy to have amazing and loving parents!!!

One of the things that made our day so special was that Grandpa Prince was able to seal us in the temple. It was an amazing experience that we will never forget!

My mom arranged for us to take a carriage ride from the temple to the family dinner at the Cobblestone Manor. The ride was beautiful and it was honestly really nice to get a break from all the cameras and people. Not that we don't love you...but it can be a little overwhelming being surrounded right after being sealed. Haha.

Lunch at the Cobblestone Manor was wonderful! So delicious and a beautiful restaurant! The perfect location for heart warming speeches.

SISTERS!!! :)

Siblings!!! We were so lucky that everyone was able to make it for the wedding! It was so great to be surrounded by family! We can't wait to see everyone again.

Scott and I are so happy! We have decided that getting married is the best decision we have ever made! We love you all and are so thankful for the love, support and the presents...hehe.

RSVP

2011-07-07T18:05:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Scott and I have made a wedding website for everyone to RSVP to. So if you know you will be able to come to either reception please let us know at this website:

http://www.staceyandscott.wedsite.com/

Save the date!!! :)

2011-06-30T12:05:00.000-07:00

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Meet my twin!!!!

2011-05-21T17:46:00.000-07:00

So today I was at the mall with my pal Sydney and one of those annoying people that try and stop you and sell you random things asked us if we were sisters. Thats something we hear a lot...even our significant others think the resemblance is freaky. The incident today reminded me of a photo shoot that Syd and I had a long time ago to see just how alike we do look. I think the photos speak for themselves...

Easter

2011-04-29T18:56:00.000-07:00

Man is it FANTASTIC to have school done for the semester. (Well almost I have one more final tomorrow but that one doesn't really count...its music theory. Who needs to study for music theory?) All of my finals were jammed into one week and I thought I was going to go crazy! It was all worth it though when I got to go out to Victoria to visit my family with Sydni. (Thanks again Aunt DeeAnn, such a fun trip) We started it off by going on a boat tour around the harbor.

Next we went to fisherman's wharf to enjoy some lovely lunch and feed the seals that hang out there.

They are SO FAT!!!!

Easter Sunday we went to Butchart gardens (pronounced boo-shark not butt chart...haha). It was absolutely beautiful and the best possible way to forget the ugly brown winter land I live in.

There are about a bazillion photos of Syd, Bryson and I posing with statues. This one is my favorite.

Now to appreciate this next adventure you must have been to Maui and on the road to Hana. Absolutely beautiful drive but the road is so winding that after about 10 minutes you are ready to throw up your lunch. Totally worth it though. We eventually made it to the beautiful Botanical Beach. It was incredibly gorgeous and there were some cool tide pools.

After our beach adventure my camera died so I was unable to get pictures of our trip to Hatley Park and Craigdorroch Castle. Just picture this...peacocks, gardens, history and cool castles. Awesome.
Well I don't know how exciting my summer is going to be since my dear Scott left me! Don't worry I will eventually forgive you. :) But I will try to have some blog worthy adventures.

Reading Week

2011-03-23T18:16:00.000-07:00

I know, I know! I am a blogging slacker! I never did get around to posting pictures from Christmas or even writing about it! But I do have a good excuse. So I was waiting to do a post on Christmas till I got pictures from my daddy. Dad was kind of the unofficial photographer of the vacation so I didn't take many pics with my camera. So I decided to just wait till I went to Victoria so I could burn a disk instead of my parents sending them to me. I went to Victoria burned all of the photos onto a disk got back home and there was nothing on the cd. I give up! The Christmas post was just not supposed to happen! If you are incredibly curious and have to know exactly what happened on my vacation ask me about it or check out my siblings or parents blogs.

Alright on to reading week. What an adventure! I ended up being really sick the entire week AND there was a crazy snow storm the second day I was there... so I never really got to enjoy the beautiful Victoria weather I hear all about. But I was sick so its not like I would have really got a chance anyways. Bryson and I were not about to let a snow storm and illness dampen our spirits though. Bryson hadn't seen real snow since last winter so we decided to go sledding with his friends from school. They ended up taking FOREVER to meet up with us so we played at the park and took pictures while we waited.

Bryson got a little cold...so he decided to hide in the snow. One winter away and he is already a wimp. :)

When the storm finally passed and I was feeling a little better near the end of the week we decided to go on a hike. I can't remember the name of the mountain but it had a beautiful view of all of Victoria as well as Vancouver and Washington.

What a stud...

What does dad do when he finds a random piece of garbage on the way back? He tries to go sledding...naturally! Haha.

All in all I had a fantastic time! I love spending time with my family and loved the much needed break! It was wonderful to eat real food again and just relax! Can't wait to spend more time with you guys in the summer!

Listen to this!

2011-02-01T23:26:00.000-08:00

So before Christmas I decided that I would put my awesome keyboard and music programs to good use. This is the result. The sound quality isn't that great...but I hope by posting this I might be able to encourage my dearest Mumsie and Popsicle to get me a good mic for my computer for my birthday... :) (hint, hint)

Oh and by the way for those of you that don't know the song...it is from toy story 2. Don't get creeped out by the lyrics just go watch the movie and it will all make sense.

Oh life...

2011-01-23T16:48:00.000-08:00

So this past week has been a little hard for me. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I am in full blown family withdrawal. It is really hard to be on vacation with your family for practically a month and some how magically return to normal life...especially when you return during a blizzard. I miss hanging out with everyone and forgetting about all of my worries. I miss walking around in Disneyworld and feeling the tiny hand of one of my nephews creep into my own. I miss always having things planned all day everyday and never being bored. But most of all I miss my family and the feeling of absolute acceptance.
Lately I have been feeling like everyone is moving on and I am being left behind. There is little difference between my life now and my life while I was in high school. Yeah I have matured and grown up but other then that things are pretty much the same. So I have made it a goal of mine to try and do something new every day. Like on Saturday, I was sick of being the third wheel or going to bed at 10pm just because everyone else is! (Yeah ridiculous! I know) So I went to a party, by myself. It was pretty uncomfortable at first...but after a while I met some new people, talked to some old friends I hadn't seen in a while and genuinely had a good time. Way better then sitting at home and watching a movie by myself. So whats my new thing for today? Writing this. Normally I would never share my feelings like this, I like to keep things to myself. But rather then trying to go ahead with this week with this bottled below the surface I decided to get it out of the way! I'm not looking for a pity party, actually that is the last thing I am looking for. I am just ready to move on.

Victoria

2010-11-28T23:39:00.000-08:00

The weekend after Remembrance day I went to visit Mom, Dad and Bryson in their new house in Victoria. And man oh man is the house fantastic. As I was entering the house for the first time it felt like I was in one of the big reveals on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I can't even begin to explain how beautiful the house is... or Victoria in general. I will leave it up to Mom and Dad to explain/post pictures.

The weekend was jam packed with fun adventures but here are some of the highlights...
On the first day Mom and Bryson took me to the fisherman's wharf so we could feed Sammy the seal. Fattest seal ever! Haha. He just sits around all day waiting for people to feed him. The local shops sell fish to feed him and also provide a water gun to ward off unwanted seagulls.

Down at the wharf there were all these really cool tiny boat houses, it was a beautiful little water community.

On our way out Bryson just couldn't resist playing at the park.

The rest of the weekend was filled with exploring Victoria/sightseeing (Craigdarroch Castle was probably the highlight), shopping, delicious meals (and cinnamon buns) provided by Mom, and some fun nights filled with games, movies, lounging and cuddling up by the fire.

As we were exploring Victoria Mom and Dad took me to see the salmon run...sadly the run wasn't very good this year. So all that was left were the ones that didn't make it and seagulls munching on them. But still it was a beautiful drive and the trees were amazing!!!

A big shout out to Mom, Dad, and Bryson for inviting me out and making time to show me around! I had a blast and already miss all of your company! Love you and can't wait for Christmas! :)

Good-Things-to-Come

2010-10-10T22:38:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving! I know I sure did! I recently saw this video while browsing lds.org and was touched by Elder Hollands words. I thought I should send it on and shine some light on someones day.
Here is the link:

Good-Things-to-Come

Yet another school year...

2010-10-02T20:38:00.000-07:00

So it has almost been a month or so since school started...and I must say that I don't hate it so far. The rest of my college experience has kind of been a drag since I was just doing general studies but now that I am actually doing music I love it!!! I don't even hate theory... I am actually doing rather well in theory. Lethbridge has been good to me so far, I actually love living in Canada again. Even though everyone here thinks I am crazy for giving up Hawaii for this...yeah okay that is a little crazy...I love the people here and I have awesome roommates!!! I have been up to quite a bit but sadly I never bring my camera with me. So that will be my goal to start bringing my camera with me so that I can keep you all well informed. So yeah this is a lame update...but better then nothing right? Oh and p.s. I am excited beyond belief for CHRISTMAS!!!! I might even have to make a paper chain count down or something...haha.

EFY

2010-08-23T15:42:00.000-07:00

During the first two weeks of August I got to take a break from work to be an EFY counselor! Okay so it was not really a break, but it was probably the best two weeks of my summer so far. Not that I don't love being home and spending time with my family, because I do. It just kind of seems to be tainted by the smell of sandwiches and lotion (bath and body works and quiznos, my summer jobs). It was great just to set aside some time to reboot spiritually and meet some awesome people.

At first I was super overwhelmed with the whole idea. I have never really had to teach anything before so teaching two or more lessons a day was pretty terrifying. If you know me well you know that it is hard for me to try and express what I am thinking. But once I learned to be more humble and willing to listen to the spirit everything ran very smoothly. I was honestly surprised by how much I learned about myself during these two short weeks. It was almost a shock to come back to the "real world" and re-adjusting after such an amazing experience but I have come away with a new perspective that I can hopefully continue to keep.

My group first week

It was awesome having Bryson there during the first week! I think it has brought us closer together! :)

My group second week and our awesome group flag...yeah it totally has pokemon on it...

All in all it was a great experience, it is something that I hope to be able to do again in years to come if given the oppertunity.

Happy Tuesday

2010-07-06T15:46:00.000-07:00

Goodbye Hawaii

2010-05-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

Its been almost two months since school ended in Hawaii and since then I have been up to quite a bit.
As my last little adventure on Oahu me and my new roomies went on a hike to Maunawili Falls. Its a beautiful hike, but very muddy. So we decided to do it barefoot, yeah I know great idea! As we were walking back from the falls it began to rain like crazy, so we were slipping all over the place. Lets just say that I was completely covered in mud by the time we got out of there.

As school ended I packed my bags and headed to Maui with my roommate Lacey to meet up with Bryson and my parents. We had many adventures all over the island including deep sea fishing. After getting over a spell of sea sickness I was able to catch the fish of the day, an Ono. I think if it would have been any bigger I might have been pulled in. It was quite the battle but in the end we got to take home a ridiculous amount of fish and mom made use a delicious meal.

After a week of fun Lacey, Bryson and Dad went home leaving Mom and I to welcome Alicia. We had tons of fun in the little time we had together and mom even treated us to mani/pedis and hair cuts!

The two weeks in Maui were very relaxing, but it was time to come back home to real life. We were home for about a day when we decided to drive down to Brandon and Tamsin's graduation from BYU! Even though the ceremonies were rediculously long (especially Brandon's...), it was great to be there with both of them on their special day! Plus we also got to spend a couple of days with Cindy and her boys! (P.S. Cindy I will send you all of the photos from Utah when Mom stops going to Victoria and I can get to her computer, sorry it has taken so long)

So now I am just working aka saving up for school, watching Lord of the Rings with Bryson aka babysitting while Mom and Dad are in Victoria (I think we have watched each movie about 2 times already), and mourning the loss of great television. Not only are most of the shows over till the fall but Lost and 24 are over forever. How will we go on? I guess I will just have to make it through by watching mediocre summer television...maybe even the bachelorette.

Oh and last but not least...I bought my first car!!! How exciting is that! (Of course Mom and Dad helped out a bit so we could pay for it all up front...but I fully intened on paying them back)

I have yet to name him/her, but seriously isn't it cute!

Leprechauns, Prince Kuhio and Easter

2010-04-05T21:18:00.000-07:00

This year for Saint Patties Day sadly I did not eat only Lucky Charms like last year (ah dang), but Deej did make some delicious green cupcakes!!! I have got to say though...my poop the next day was literally florescent green! I jumped when I went to flush. Sadly I didn't think to take a picture...but after my last post I'm not so sure anyone wants to see that...

At this point you are probably wondering who the heck Prince Kuhio is. Well I don't even know... but what I do know is that I got a day off of school because of him AND he has an awesome mustache. Almost as cool as mine.

So since we had a long weekend we had a little adventure. A friend of a friend has a grandpa who has a beach house... so we had our own private beach for the day were we had oodles of fun.

All those years of Gymnastics didn't go to waste. (I thought I was tan until I saw this photo...)

The beginnings of my Mermaid fin...

After our afternoon at the beach we headed into town where we went to Walmart and out to dinner at Chiles. At Walmart Becca bought pink hair dye...Mom I know that you are probably hoping that I didn't dye my hair pink...well I did...sort of. Don't worry its very tasteful...haha. :)

You wouldn't think so but it turned out very, VERY bright. Hopefully honour code doesn't mind too much...

Now for Easter! Luckily the Easter Bunny saw my apartments floor and was able to hold his bowl movements. Which meant less chocolate for me...but also less nasty chunks made of who knows what from the floor. But don't worry I still got PLENTY of chocolate and a lovely roommate meal. My job for the meal was to make devilled eggs. So of course we had to dye them!!! What else are you going to do with boiled eggs on Easter?!? Well the eggs turned out lovely! Both colourful and delicious!

And just one more thing to cover, I moved...just to the front house...but still it involves a lot of heavy lifting. It appears that everyone is on spring break and that means lots of visitors. 3 people came to stay at my house for the entire week...in a 4 person teeny tiny house with one bathroom...yeah no thanks. That was the last straw for me (Funny you think the poop would have done it). Luckily one of the girls in the front house moved out early. So now I am in my own room in a house of wonderful girls! Thanks ladies for letting me move up. In this last week of school with the stress of finals its going to be nice to be in a quieter(we can pretend), friendly environment.

Soccer, Friends and Poop?

2010-03-26T00:48:00.000-07:00

This past weekend one of my friends convinced me to join his soccer team for the boys charity tournament. Yeah sounds like fun until you find out that everyone else you are going to be playing with are for real soccer players. Yes my whole team was from either the girls or guys soccer team. I was a little terrified at first to play, but it ended up being a blast! Yes I sucked but everyone was super nice about it and we ended up winning! I had absolutely nothing to do with that but we got free pizza which meant I could put off going to grocery store again. Here are some photos, notice my whiteness...

That brings me to this week. Yesterday after class some friends and I went to Kava Roots to get Acai bowls...the most wonderful thing ever created. Seriously, not even kidding. So imagine this... Acai berries, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and apple juice blended together to make a smoothie. But wait that is just the base. That is covered in granola, bananas, and honey...oh yeah. It is seriously fantastic, huge but fantastic. You can not really tell how huge the bowl is from the picture...just use your imagination.

Afterwards we headed to Freddies to watch some friends surf while we enjoyed the sunset.

So you must be wondering how poop fights into this post...so today I get home from campus and realize that I did not put my contacts in today. I put away my stuff then go to the bathroom, casually look at the floor and see something brown. Yeah, there was definitely poop on the floor. Don't know how it got there...don't think anyone will fess up either. Just 2 more weeks, just 2 more weeks, just 2 more weeks... Don't worry I'll make it...maybe.

I am sorry if the picture grosses you out, but Alicia requested it.

Mustaches and Shacks

2010-03-18T14:07:00.000-07:00

Although Foodland has ridiculously high prices and a horrible selection it does have one thing that other grocery stores can not offer. Mustache vending. Yes, you too can

buy your very own mustache for just 50 cents. What is so great about this you might ask. Well I will just let the pictures speak for themselves.

You can definitely see my Edward pillow case underneath the shirt. A guy next door thought that it looked like David Hasslehoff....yeah right, not even close.

Just imagine going outside with this baby... the wind in the tufts of hair... which find there way into your mouth... absolute heaven...

I would post more photos but I don't think you guys are ready to handle that much beauty. Instead you may admire my house and its beauty. This is not a joke... this is where I live. You know those houses where they look like crap on the outside and then you go inside and it is renovated and beautiful? Yeah this is not one of those houses.

But don't worry I will be moving to the front part of this house in the fall. How this is supposed to comfort you I do not know...

Tsunami Mayhem and Life in Hawaii

2010-03-02T01:24:00.000-08:00

So I am sure most of you by now have heard of the Tsunami warning here! It was pretty intense, but I'll get to that in a minute. First I shall update you guys on life here in paradise!

I have been making lots of great friends and having tons of fun here. A couple of weeks ago I went to the North shore for a beach day with some friends and it was absolutely beautiful! (By the way parents I absolutely love my new camera!!!)

Now to make you all jealous... this is the beach across the street from my house...

Okay so lots of other things have happened as well but I don't have any pictures and I have a horrible memory...so on to the Tsunami. Friday everyone was talking about the massive earthquake in Chile, didn't really think much about it. I wake up Saturday morning at 5 a.m. to the girls in the front house screaming "get the wii" confused I realize that it was Lacey's Mom who had woken me up. (Lacey's mom had come earlier in the week surprising her daughter. What a great week to come eh?) Anyway so I go up front to see what is going on. They have been up for an hour receive texts from Bishops telling everyone to get a small bag together with clothes and important documents. So I go back to my house tell everyone the dealio and start packing. Call home, Dad has no idea what I am talking about...haha. At 6 the Tsunami sirens start going off and then by around 7 we are off to go to higher ground. Lacey is on crutches because of a soccer injury so we decided to go to the place that required the least amount of hiking, the hill just above the Laie temple. The Tsunami was reported to arrive at Hilo around 11 o'clock so as the hours passed by more and more people arrived to the hill. By about 10 it was completely packed. It was a beautiful day but there was definitely tension as we drew closer and closer to 11. One family near us was really prepared. They had a radio, games for their kids, and spf 80 sunscreen... thank goodness. Never have I been so happy to see ginger children! :) So eventually we found out that the tsunami was not all it was cracked out to be but stayed for several more hours up on the hill until we were given the all clear. It was a very long day, but it reminded me how much I am loved and it was really a great missionary opportunity. We were surrounded by many foreigners on vacation and I hope that our example has changed their perception of our church. Although many were struggling to keep children close and entertained that didn't stop any one from offer what little they had or welcoming strangers to join in on games. Just minutes before the tsunami was set to arrive missionaries came from all over making sure that families had what they needed and they truly invited the spirit to that hill. Even though nothing happened I am so thankful for my family and their love. Their love and concern honestly kept me calm through out the whole day. I never once felt like I would lose anything if something were to happen. Really thinking about what was left in my house meant nothing to me and I knew that anything I did lose would be easily replaced. I was truly touched on Saturday in so many ways and I am so thankful that no one was harmed here. My prayers go out to all those who have been faced with tragedy this past weekend, and to the families that don't know what has happened to their sons and daughters. I am truly grateful for this experience and I will not soon forget it.

I just couldn't resist... this kid was adorable...

Gigantor Update!

2010-01-12T14:33:00.000-08:00

What up my peeps?!? I am afraid it has been so long since my last update that you all have missed the fact that I am now a gangster. Okay no...but really nothing exciting happens in my life...hence the lack of bloggage.

Alrighty lets start from where my last blog leaves off. So...Ootah was awesome and all and even though I miss Brandon and Tamsin like crazy, Canada is my true calling. So I returned home to work at mis padres veterinario clinica where I was able to save up money for school. I learned so much and am so thankful for the opportunity! Thank you so much Mom and Dad! You guys have really helped me out a lot in the last couple of months and I truly appreciate it! Another great part of being home was watching Bryson play basketball and continue to exceed me in height. Okay maybe not the height part. I could go on and on about how fantabulous Canada was and all the things I did there but I don't want to write a novel. So here are some photos.

Here is an adequately awkward photo from Halloween.

Skiing with Bryson and Papa

After oodles of fun in Canada it was time for Christmas as school began to draw closer. Begin more photos!!!

Don't be deceived...they are delicious!!!

So now here I am in Hawaii, going to school and having many adventures. Which include going to a haunted Hawaiian Temple, kind of breaking into WWII bunkers inside a mountain and climbing creepy ladders to the top as well as spear fishing at night. Oh yeah and I have a new boyfriend photographed below...

BYU! Woo Hoo!

2009-07-20T22:28:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I have been in Utah long enough now that it is probably time for an update. So when I first moved out her in May Brandon and Tamsin were nice enough to let me live with them for over a month! I was able to find a job, get into BYU and get settled. Thanks guys you really helped me out and still are! :) So now I have moved out and am living on my own...okay so I live across the street from Bramsin...haha. But still its been so much fun! My roommates (Abby and Camille) and I have hit it off really well and are having a blast! Last week it was Abby's birthday so first we hiked the Y earlier on in the day, then we went 80's dancing in Salt Lake! We got a big group of people together and had so much fun!!! There is a Michael Jackson night next week...I might be there. Haha.

Sorry about the quality of some of these photos my roommate took them on her phone.

So I'm pretty sure that this summer is going to be awesome! I am already enjoying Utah so much and I can't wait for more adventures! :)

Sports hate me!

2009-05-20T21:19:00.000-07:00

So I forgot that I told Bryson I would post pictures of my ankle when it got all nasty, and I haven't updated for a while so here it goes. So for the last month or so before I left Arizona I started playing sports a lot with some guys in my ward and it was SO FUN!!! I really miss it! This is what happened after playing soccer one night...

So above we have a pretty nastily bruised ankle with many, many popped blood vessels...umm yummy.

Next we have a swollen, bruised nasty.

This last photo was taken a week and a half after playing soccer. Yeah...

So even though I ended up getting bruised and beaten every week, I had such a fun time during my last couple of weeks in Arizona and I am hoping I can find friends that love sports just as much as I do.

Life is good

2009-03-31T09:19:00.000-07:00

The last couple of weeks have been a blast and they totally make up for the boringness of first semester! Cindy is finally here while Scott is in Atlanta for rotations and I even got to visit Brandon and Tamsin during spring break! It has been great being able to visit so much family this semester! For spring break I went up to Utah and had a blast. We went skiing, Tamsin took me to a play, we got to play with an adorable puppy all weekend, we got to go to supper and celebrate Brandon's birthday, but the best part of the week was being with good company! :) Thanks again guys for inviting me to your home and for letting me use your southwest credit! I miss you guys already!

The last couple of weekends I have been heading out to Scottsdale to hang out with Cindy, Landon, Parker, Kit and Len. Kit and Len have been very kind letting me crash at their place, I appreciate it very much! It has been great because since Cindy is only here for a little while she has been really wanting to experience the city. I have done so many things that I have wanted to do, but haven't been able to. We have gone to the Zoo, discovered some Canadian restaurants in the area, gone to the library, hung out with Scott's sisters family, Kit, Len and Whitney have been kind enough to babysit every once in a while so that Cindy and I can have some real sister bonding time. The other day we were able to go to the temple to do baptisms for the dead at the Mesa Temple. It was wonderful, I have never been able to go into the temple with Cindy! It was a fantastic experience.

I haven't taken any pictures this month so you guys will have to check out Cindy and Brandon's blogs to see them. If Brandon ever puts up the pictures that is! :)

The only sour part of this month has been that I lost my phone. Okay it was only for a couple of days but I was still freaking out! When I went out to see Cindy this past weekend I forgot my phone charger and it died the first night that I was there. So I just turned it off and chucked it on the floor (big mistake). Late Sunday night I realized that I should probably charge my phone, but I went through my bags it was no where to be found. I called Cindy (sorry again for waking you up by the way) and for the next couple of days she tore apart the house and her car looking for it. Last night I realized that I was not going to find it without a little help. This experience has just reminded me that prayers are answered! I got a call from Cindy this morning. When she woke up my phone was lying in the middle of the floor and neither of us have any idea how it got there. Thank you Mom and Dad for raising us in this gospel, it is such a blessing in my life. I don't know what I would do without it! I hope everyone is doing well and I can't wait to see the remainder of my family this summer! Have a good day! :)

This is how I roll...

2009-03-17T11:46:00.000-07:00

Yay for St. Patrick's Day!!! I am so glad its finally here! I am a big fan of holidays and this is one of my favourites! My family and I have been celebrating and setting traps for Leprechauns for years, and this year I decided to start some traditions of my own. First me and my friends started out the holiday by watching The Luck of the Irish, you know the good ole Disney Channel Original Movie. (And by old I mean it was made in 2001) Then we continued the celebration by watching Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Who knew Disney made a St. Patrick's Day movie? Apparently it is the best Patties day movie, so says the internet. I can't really give any input because I feel asleep in the first 30 minutes. But from what I saw it was awesome, in a wow I can't believe I just watched that way. In between movies we set up our trap. I wish Cindy would not have uploaded her pictures before mine because now I feel pretty lame. Haha! Anyways here is my lame attempt at a trap. Of course I only used my shiniest pennies!

Yeah, I know its awesome... Anyways I played Leprechaun this year since this was my friends first attempt. What is with these crazy Americans?

As you can see they are not very skilled at the whole catching it idea...

And the best part of this day... eating only lucky charms, or is that the worst part? I'm pretty sure that I can already feel my vital organs shutting down...

Okay so I'm cheap and I bought the store brand equivalent... but hey the marshmallow magic mascot kind of looks like Ash from Pokemon. But still not as magically delicious as them Lucky Charms.

To end off my St. Patties Day Blog here is a note to self:

Don't jump on bed when there is an unstable tray of cupcakes... I'll be bleaching my clothes for weeks...

Happy St. Patrick's Day, and happy trapping! :)

I now remember why I hate volleyball...

2009-02-04T22:26:00.000-08:00

So yesterday after going to the gym with Megan and Katie they convinced me to play beach volleyball with them. A whole bunch of people ended up coming over and playing with us and we played for 2 and half hours!!! I don't think I have ever played volleyball for that long and nor do I plan to do it EVER AGAIN!!! During the last game my arms seriously started to give out and I couldn't lower my arms past my waist or else I would be in excruciating pain! When I woke up this morning my wrists were swollen to the size of my fore arms (not even kidding) and I had bruises all over my hands and arms. So I took a freezing cold shower and it felt amazing! Haha! Anyways here is the photo proof of what happened, it doesn't look anywhere near how it feels. I always get random bruises when I don't even hurt myself, but when I am in pain no one ever believes me...I hate life. :)

Okay for Realz now :)

2009-01-28T22:19:00.000-08:00

Okay I hope you all know that I am super sick today and I almost didn't update my blog. If it weren't for my love of Chippy there would be no update. :) Okay so first Christmas Break. It was fantastic. First it was off to Berkeley to help Cindy and her kids fly. Not going to lie, I almost passed out in that airport with all the crap that Cindy and I had to carry. I don't know how you do it all the time. I seriously almost dropped Parker on his head because my arm gave out...not cool. Anyways next stop Canada.

Christmas was amazing, and it was really great to see family and friends again. Cindy blogged a lot about Christmas in Canada so I will skip ahead to Hawaii. Cindy and Scott didn't come with us :( but we still had a blast with them in Canada.

So we headed off to Hawaii a coupled days after Christmas. We went Zip lining, golfing, played tennis, went to the beach, went boogie boarding and so much more. Thanks parents for an awesome trip! :)

Okay so watch carefully in this video...I would like to point out that this was only my second time boogie boarding and also that we were at big beach.

Yeah, thats pretty much how boogie boarding went.

These next two videos were taken at the airport. * Bryson and Stacey have no control or explanation of what happened in these next two videos as they had just landed from an over night flight and were hyper from too much starbucks. *

So after Hawaii I was supposed to go back to Arizona and live with my roomie for a week, but I convinced Mom and Dad to bring me back to Canada. Thanks again by the way. You guys helped me out of a sticky situation! :) So basically my Christmas break was FANTASTIC!!! I can't believe I got a whole month off of school to have fun with the family. I already miss you guys! Here is one of the only photos I took after going back to Canada. Dad was nice enough to take me skiing on his day off! I forgot how much I love it!

So after a week back to school I was ready to see the family again. It just isn't the same without you guys! So me and Lisha decided that I should go to L.A. and visit her for the weekend. Thanks again for letting me hang out with you. On Saturday we went to the Getty Center, which I had never heard of, but it is amazing!!! Then on Sunday we went to Disneyland! I am loving Alicia's connections, we got in for FREE!!!!

Lisha and I at the Getty. It was beautiful!

Yeah, she's got skills.

Okay so not only can you get into Disneyland for free on your Birthday this year... but you can go inside the castle again! I almost had a heart attack when I found out! It is so cool! They have totally re-done it and it is amazing!

Okay this video is for mom...

And there you have it! My longest post to date! I hope all your hearts have been warmed a little by this...haha! :)

I'm finally updating my blog!!! YAY!

2009-01-27T20:47:00.000-08:00

.......... Okay so I don't have time right now... but I know that Alicia stalks my blog and plus she was really bugging me about how I never update it. So here you go. Haha! I promise I will do a few posts tomorrow when I am done class. If I don't you have my permission to light Chippy on fire, feed him to a very angry poodle, then stomp on him repeatedly until you are satisfied, then ripe him apart with your bare hands and feed the pieces to baby ducks. Seriously...

Life after American Thanksgiving

2008-12-10T18:28:00.000-08:00

So Thanksgiving was freaking amazing! I am so glad that everyone was able to make it! Since I already put up some Thanksgiving photos on facebook...and i am lazy, I am going to skip all of that and show you what I have been up to since then. Last weekend I went to a Christmas Institute Dance with some friends, I didn't get any pictures from that night. Mainly because I am too lazy to carry around a purse...but Megan and I were taking pictures while we were waiting to get picked up... Dress courtesy of Mama Prince! Thanks again! :)

After a weekend of fun it was time to lock myself in my room and study my brains out! Last night after staying up way too late studying and having way too much sugar this is what happened...

So after taking a few embarrassing videos we moved on to this...

Haha...nope thats not poop on my lip...I was trying to make it look like I had a mustache...it didn't work out too well...

Anyways thats about it. I can't wait to see everyone at Christmas! :)

I'm too lazy to update my blog regularly...

2008-11-15T13:53:00.000-08:00

So since Thanksgiving I have been up to tons of fun stuff. I have been to many midnight showings of movies including High School Musical Three, Quantum of Solace, and next week Twilight!!!! Lets just say its a lot better to go to High School Musical when all the little girls are screaming whenever Zac Efron comes on screen...oh wait, that was me! :) Anyways besides movies I have been to some church activities, haunted corn mazes, and also just doing stupid stuff. This first picture is from the haunted corn maze. We were bored waiting in line so we started taking pictures. When pictures were not enough we started stealing corn from the maze and eating it...its not very good raw... when we got bored with that we left Tina in line and went to see some other attractions. There were tons of other mazes, a petting zoo, and some mini bikes and cars that we stole from the children and rode around in...haha!

The week after that I went with Tina to help out with her family wards trunk or treat! Her and her friends all dressed up like characters from Peter Pan and decorated their car like never never land. I was the odd one out as a flapper...

I have been doing lots of fun stuff lately, but the best by far was jumping in one of the fountains on campus! What else is there to do on a friday night at 2 in the morning?

A wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving! :)

2008-10-13T21:20:00.000-07:00

So basically my friends ROCK!!!! I was complaining about how I wasn't going to be able to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving this year, so they went out and supplies. We had turkey sandwiches, mashed potatoes (homemade!), stuffing, corn bread, and delicious homemade apple pie with ice cream! So good! They even bought me finger paints so that I could make my famous hand turkeys! They did everything...they wouldn't even let me help them clean up! Thanks everyone for a very memorable Thanksgiving, and for being such good friends! I have a lot to be thankful for this year! :)

And just to finish it off...heres a video...haha!

Helium!

2008-10-13T21:18:00.000-07:00

Here is the promised video! :)

Update!!!

2008-10-06T01:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys I suck at life...and I am basically really lazy! So since my last post a lot has happened! Okay so from Alicia's blog you all probably know that my mumsie, popsicle, bubba and lisha all came to visit me after getting Alicia all settled for art school. So they came for the weekend, but unfortunately I was having so much fun that I didn't take any pictures with my camera so if you want to look at pictures from that adventure you are going to have to look at Alicia's facebook. So when the fam came to visit they brought me some freaking awesome canadian treats and goodies! :)

Umm, yum! Thanks again! Also along with the sweets they brought me a huge Canadian flag. It is wonderful...but securing it has been a problem....

Do not be alarmed...yes those are lint roller stickies on my Canadian flag, if that bothers you, you might as well quit reading this wonderful blog and fling yourself off a cliff! Okay don't do that...but maybe give yourself a nice knock on the head. Maybe two for good measure. Anyways so that isn't even the worst of it. We began by securing it with duct tape, but when we got sick of sticking the flags corners back up all the time we moved on to band-aids. My name is Stacey Prince and I am a poor pathetic suffering college student. Oh but wait that isn't the only thing we tried to fix with duct tape.... (Megan is the duct tape queen!!!)

If I am not kicked out of my dorm soon I know who I will have to thank. No seriously if I have not offended everyone on my floor at least once I will be truly amazed. If my poem about the 3rd floor wasn't enough to get me murdered I don't know what is. (Ask me about that one later...haha). Any who so dorm life is basically a snore fest except for when me and megan go one a helium balloon rampage and steal all of the balloon's from our floors party...video soon to be posted for the enjoyment of adults and children of all ages. This one will not disappoint. So basically school is...school... except for when I got to dissect a squid for my bio lab...that for rockin. If it were not for the stench that day could have possibily been the best day of my life to date. It was probably one of the raunchiest things I have ever smelt...not as bad as burning animal flesh, but a very close second. But that might be pushed down to third once I finally get around to doing the dishes...

My first ASU Football game!!!

2008-08-30T21:34:00.000-07:00

So today I went to my first ASU football game. They ran out of student season tickets so me and Katie had to by student overflow tickets...then we snuck into the student section....shhh! I didn't feel bad about it since I paid to get in. It was really fun besides the fact that it was 100 degrees out at 7:00 at night...and the fact that I was surrounded by hundreds of sweating enthusiastic university students. It was so hot that we ended up leaving at half time so that we didn't die from the heat. We will have to wait for it to cool down before we go to another game.

Me and Megan decked out in our ASU colors.

A perfectly good picture ruined by Katie...haha! Just kidding, I love you Katie! :)

It was insane when the student section came on screen the entire area was completely gold! It was awesome!

It might take me awhile to get my hearing back...but it was worth it!

Intense Arizona Storm!!!!

2008-08-29T09:42:00.000-07:00

It was pouring like crazy last night! So us college students thought it would be really cool to run out and play in the rain! We got completely soaked in seconds! It was fun until it started to hail! Then people started coming out and freaking out at us to go inside so that we wouldn't get injured. So mom didn't believe me...but the ASU 8 million dollar practice dome was destroyed! It just barely opened this year...but not going to lie whoever designed it was an idiot. It was basically a really big tent! Haha! I didn't get any good pictures while it was raining really hard unfortunately, but it was really cool this morning going to class and having to climb around stuff...everything was flooded! There were tree branches everywhere! Anyways here are some pictures of me and my friends soaked.

My University Dorm!!! :)

2008-08-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

I know that you all have been having sleepless nights hoping that I am okay and that I haven't been murdered at University...so here are somepictures to put your little hearts at rest! Check out Facebook for all of the photos.

What can I say?

Our tribute to Canada! Haha!

I built that table with my BARE HANDS! Now everyone on my floor thinks that Canadians are lumberjacks...

My beautiful desk! :)

Me and Megan's lovely door!

Lets just say that everyone calls me Canada!

This is what I do in the Summer....

2008-08-13T12:15:00.000-07:00

Setting: Jadyn's House

Time: 11:00 pm

Date: I try and block this one out...

Our Story begins on a dark, cold windy night. There must be something in the air, for no one is thinking straight. The giggling has not ceased for hours. Stacey gets an idea..." Jadyn do you have any make-up?" The giggling stops. All that can be heard is wolves howling from distant lands. The silence continues...Finally it is broken with Jadyn's reply "I think I have some old stuff under my bed." Stacey leaps into action! The sequence of events that was to follow would be so fast that Brittany would never know what hit her! An innocent bystander would have sworn that they were seeing a lion obliterating its prey! The final result was devastating! Brittany cried for hours. Stacey and Jadyn kept there distance so as not upset there victim. Stacey began to feel the guilt well up inside, but did not have a chance to act on this guilt because before she knew it she was being attacked! Stacey did not know what to act upon, her new found hatred for Jadyn or her knowledge that she deserved this crewel deed as much as Brittany did. By the time Stacey was done thinking through her options, her fate had been decided. Her only choice was to accept this new hideous creation, and call it her own.

Okay so that is not exactly what happened, you sort of have to read in between the lines! Haha! And don't worry guys I didn't really kiss a girl!

A little photoshop fun...

And yes I do look like a zombie...its not your imagination!

You know your cool when....

2008-07-16T20:19:00.000-07:00

...you often find your self wearing a bright blue vest with an ugly happy face on it, you say "thank-you, have a nice day" with a smile AT LEAST 100 times per day, your wardrobe starts to accumulate large amounts of black and white clothing, the customer is still right even when they are completely wrong, you find your self cleaning dirty kids finger prints off of glass cases at least 10 times per day, you must maintain the 3 meter rule and use aggressive hospitality, and you find your self staring at a computer screen with a very badly animated shopping cart talking to you about sexual harassment...

I guess I must be really cool?

Thats right I live the american dream working at Wal-Mart...be jealous...very jealous!

GRAD...finally!

2008-07-10T19:03:00.000-07:00

Its has been a while since graduation...but it has been pretty hectic! The day of Grad in the morning I had my Social diploma, then the graduation ceremony then the banquet! And who could forget the after grad! So I was basically exhausted after that! Right after the graduation excitement ended it was time to fly to San Fransico for ASU orientation. Which was basically a waste of time...but hey I got a free pen out of it! Or as my dad says a 10 000 dollar pen. So after getting home it was time to go to girls camp. Which turned out to be pretty fun, it is completely different being a tent mom! After girls camp it was time to find a job, which I eventually found! I am now a jewellery sales person at Walmart! Plus I have been delivering fliers all over Airdrie for the past few days for my parents. So anyways after some computer problems and a busy few weeks... here are some picture from my Graduation! Here is the fam and I after my graduation ceremony. Yes its true...Bryson doesn't love me enough to come! :( Haha!

Here is a pic of me with family long friend Ken Payne, who also happened to be me Grade 12 Math teacher! Good times!

Here is my date and I exchanging flowers. You might notice that this house does not look familiar! That is because I was kicked out my house for grad. Granny and Grandpa were staying in my room so I stayed in Brandon and Tamsin's spare room!

Here is dad and I doing the traditional Daddy daughter dance...awe! :)

Aren't I a freak...haha! So yeah this has been a short glimpse of my grad! It was basically a party and a half.

Piano Concert!!!

2008-06-25T14:31:00.000-07:00

We just had our year end piano concert, and I must say even though some students (who shall not be named) did get on my nerves, I am really going to miss them all! It has been so much fun working with all of them all year, and I am really sad that I am going to be here to teach them next year. So here is a picture of some of my students (most of them left before I could grab them for a picture) and a picture of almost everyone at the concert. Enjoy.

It's my party I can cry if I want to...

2008-06-25T12:01:00.001-07:00

I know this one is really late, but its better late then never! So I had my birthday a while ago and I was complaining to mom about how I didn't get a birthday cake last year. So she told me that she would make whatever I wanted to make up for the lack of cake. So I told here that I expected nothing less then a vanilla birthday cake with Ariel on the front made completely out of m&m's...kidding of course cause I didn't think that she would do it. Mom isn't one to disappoint!

So basically mom is my hero...haha! Here are some more pic's from the party with Bramsin and the Cousins.

This is what we do when our parents go to Hawaii, and leave us here to die!

2008-05-05T10:38:00.000-07:00

So we had a cousin camp out last night, and well we got in touch with our EMOtions....

We went full out. Including eye liner, lip stick, black nail polish, back combing our hair, and creepy emo shirts (which all came from Alicia's closet I might add...haha)

I think the award for the creepiest face goes to Addy...

This one is my favourite! Haha!

Don't judge us...we are just souls lost in a turbulent world of confusion....

GRAD TRIP!!! WOO HOO!

2008-03-28T16:31:00.001-07:00

So I just got back from my grad trip to Florida, and it was awesome!!!!! We went on a 3 day Disney Cruise, then went to Disneyland for 4 days! Here is a picture of us at the Atlantis Hotel in the Bahamas!

We spent a whole day at the resort swimming, going on water slides, tubbing down the amazing lazy river, and visiting the aquariums! The next day we visited Disney's Private Island Castaway Cay! After convincing the Disney Cast members to let us off the boat we visited the Fly Dutchman from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies!

After lunch and some sun tanning we went parasailing and snorkeling!

They were only supposed to drop you in the water for an emergency...but the driver thought it would be pretty funny to drop us in! Haha! I had the opportunity to try lots of new things on the cruise...including escargo! It is probably the sickest thing I have ever tasted!

Disneyworld was really fun! We went on tons of rides and got to see a whole bunch of new shows! I even got to go on the new ride Expedition Everest! It was pretty sweet!

For more photos and for some sweet videos check out my Facebook profile!

St. Patrick's Day in Style! :)

2008-03-17T10:16:00.000-07:00

So today is St. Patrick's Day and here is a picture of my awesome shirt. To update everyone on what is going on in Stacey Land...I spend most of my time working, doing homework, playing smash bros. with Brandon and Bryson, on Skype, and trying to find a grad date...haha! Anyways you guys always bug me to update this...so here you go. I leave for my grad trip in 2 days. There will be lots up after that! :)

Grad Photos

2008-03-07T13:57:00.000-08:00

So I just got my Grad proofs back...and I would like some feed back. I put them all in an album on facebook. So go check them out. Btw sorry about the quality, I had to take pictures of them because we don't have a scanner.

ASU!

2008-02-12T13:57:00.000-08:00

So for those of you that don't already know, I just got my acceptance letter from Arizona State! I am so excited, and can't wait to graduate! If your creeped out by the picture...don't worry so am I! Haha!

Photo Booth :)

2008-01-27T14:35:00.000-08:00

As many of you may know my mum and pop just bought a new mac...and its freaking huge...its the size of me cousins head...haha! Anyways you all have been bugging me to update my blog so below I have posted some pictures I took on photo booth! Enjoy :)

Stay tuned for my chemistry video I will be posting soon. Its worth the wait...I am a goth in it...haha!

Trek Fireside/Halo

2007-11-14T17:55:00.000-08:00

Cindy has been bugging me, telling me to update my blog...but really nothing exciting is happening in my life...but here is the latest. So first: Trek Fireside! After much anticipation they finally finished our Trek video. So they had a fireside to show it and give everyone a copy. And since I cried my eyes out on trek while baring my testimony, they decided to ask me to bare my testimony at the fireside. Bad...very bad idea! First of all I went first and when I got up there I couldn't remember anything that happened on trek. I panicked and started rambling about who knows what! I hope that I came to a decent conclusion in the end! Second people were making me laugh and I was turning very red and couldn't stop laughing! I really did try to prepare...I just lost my mind at the pulpit! Anyways thats my story on that...here are a few picks of most of my trek family!

Now on to Halo! I had no School on Monday, so I went to a friends house and I played Halo for the first time ever! I must say that I sucked really bad ...but it was really fun! And quite addicting! I started doing better near the end...but I think that is because they took pity on me and let me kill them a couple of times. Anyways, here are some pictures from that! Happy Cindy?

My first blog...yippie...I mean that as sarcastically as possible!

2007-10-30T06:56:00.000-07:00

So my family has decided that the only way that they are going to communicate is through their blogs! They say facebook has died...but I am sorry to say that they are all just getting old and boring and the last time I checked old fogies don't decide what is "hip" and "with it" with the kids these days! So really the only reason I am doing this is so that I can keep my brothers and sisters updated since they refuse to believe that facebook still has a pulse.

So to update everyone...my life sucks...haha...just kidding!
I am really busy right now with school, and teaching, and other odd jobs I am doing for people! I really don't have much time to hangout with friends and such with all of the homework I am getting, and the stress of diplomas! But I do my best! Here are the latest photos, from the Halloween dance last weekend!

Mom thinks that this is an inappropriate photo to share with everyone...but I like it!

There...you all better be happy that I have joined in on your stupid blogs!