Tuesday, April 17, 2012

BiRTHDaY DiNNeRS & WaLKiN' THe HoMe WaRD

I don't remember where I was or who asked me, 
but sometime in the last week I got asked what my family's birthday traditions were. 

MY RESPONSE:
"We go out to dinner for our birthdays.."

HIS RESPONSE:
"Well everyone does that."

Ok it's true, maybe we aren't that original.
But we still go out to dinner! 
I LOVE IT, 
And today was the day we went out for 
MY BIRTHDAY :D

But here's the problem:
Every year without fail, 
for weeks before my actual birthday, 
 I always have this internal debate. 


It's a tough one!

Texas 
has been the prominent winner for the last couple years. 
+
Last month Taylor picked Texas for his birthday. 

So I decided to switch it up. 

CHILI'S
won the 2012 debate. 
  


Please enjoy this 
STORYBOARD.

It is about a boy named 
TANNER
who all of a sudden decided that 
MUSICAL PLATES
is how dinner should be done. 


I'm pretty sure he ate off of 
eVeRyoNeS PLaTeS.

I kind of love my family,
A LOT :)

Now, FAST FORWARD.
We are at my parents. 
In my purse are are TWO-HUNDRED & TEN flyers like this
THRILLIONAIRES: an IMPROV COMEDY group who also happens to have a piano player. Which means IMROV MUSICAL COMEDY. 

It's going to be epic :) 

So these awesome siblings of mine 
helped me put every last flyer out in our home ward,
 and then some.  


They are so great :) 

and maybe this is tacky, but I am super excited for this show! 
So if you want a good laugh, please come on Saturday! 
(click on the flyer for more info)
100% 
of the donations go to
PHiLiPPiNe IMPRoVeMeNT GRouP. 
Which means 100% of the donations are going to help better the people of the PHILIPPINES. 


Salamat Po :) 

Saturday, April 14, 2012

a DaY oF SuMMeR TRaiNiNG

Today was the day officially dedicated to 
SuMMeRTiMe PReP.
I didn't even have to plan it that way. It totally just happened!

SUMMERTIME PReP
EFY TRAINING + PIG RETREAT

You want to know what's odd?
I have worked 20 weeks of EFY,
11 of which were Health Counselor weeks, 
and I have NEVER been to a day of 
HEALTH COUNSELOR TRAINING 
in my life.

2009: Hired 9 days before my first session.
(aka: there were no more trainings)
2010: Had to turn down the position, 
but ended up working for 2 weeks anyways :)
**FOUND OUT ABOUT BOTH THE DAY OF**
(aka: no time to train)

So TODAY I attended my FIRST
HEALTH COUNSELOR TRAINING
and it was GREAT!


1. There are only 3 Health Counselors that have ever worked for EFY before.
2. Of those three, I am the only one that has ever been a Health Counselor before.


I'm so excited! 
My Co-Counselor 
SCOTT,
he ROCKS. 
And we are gonna  
ROCK EFY!


THEN...
it was time for 
THE PHILIPPINES RETREAT!

DoM and I went down to CoLe's PaReNTS down in LaKe SHoRe.


There we...

 met up with the rest of the
PIG Crew
(minus three girls).
Yes, you counted right.
RYaN + CoLe + 11 GiRLS.
They definitely picked the right job. haha
We ate some dinner,
witnessed a BoTTLe RoCKeT WaR,
got our ITINERARIES & PACKING LISTS,
talked about all the stuff we get to do, 
and even learned some
TAGALOG.


Then we had a BONFIRE @ CoLe's 
just like old times :) 

Thinking about this trip makes me so GIDDY :D

If I could,
I would just on a plane right now!
But since I can't, I'll just go study up on my
TAGALOG
instead :)

18 DAYS