these are a couple of pictures that vicki (my aunt for any of you who don't know her) took at our easter brunch on saturday...

of course it was a little change from 40 little kids running around at the farm to 4 people (most of whom are no longer kids) searching for easter eggs. it was fun though. it's been fun while i'm here to get to be a part of all the traditions that this side of the family has that i've never been to before.

as for spring break...it's been fairly eventful.

monday i just slept in and didn't have too busy of a day (i don't think. i can't really remember that far back) then tuesday i had mutual and me and one of the girls in my ward, Alison, slept over at a girl in my stake's house, Keala. it was really fun, and it was relieving for me to get to be around normal people. then wednesday the shoe escapade started.

so i've been looking for a pair of shoes to wear to prom. well i'm not really a high heel short of person, and i have a feeling that this prom is gonna be a little nicer than the ones in the multipurpose room at st. david high school. in fact on the permission slip it says "formal shoes are to be worn. No flipflops" of course that's a major bummer. i think that kinda means i can't wear my converse like i did to last year's prom. yea if i had pictures of that here, i would have put them on cuz they're funny. so i've been looking for nice shoes. it didn't help that i had gone to bed at 6:30 that morning and wasn't really all the way there if you know what i mean. so me and aunt lynn looked for like 3 hours at shoes. all sorts of shoes. but seeing as big heels are in style right now especially for teens, that's all we could find. well that wouldn't have been a problem, but numero uno, i couldn't walk 10 feet in the mall in heels, let alone for 5 hours while wearing a dress that touches the floor. and numero dos, i'm paranoid and don't want to be taller than my date and seeing as i have a fad for big hair, shoes pretty much have to have no heel. poor michael wasn't exactly blessed with great stature, but that's okay cuz he's still cute, and it gives me a good reason to prevent my feet from hurting.

so finally i bought a pair of black heels from macy's that were satin instead of like leather or fake crap. but i wasn't in love with them, they had a 2 or 2 1/2 inch heel, and uh most importantly i paid $80 for them. i know i'm a psycho. so then i wasn't happy, but at least i had a secure pair of shoes that could be used if i didn't find anything else. then the next day me and grama and grampa went to a different mall and looked at shoes and accessories and easter dresses. well i found pretty much exactly what i wanted at claires and we found a dress that i actually have on right now that is really comfy, but shoes were still annoying. finally we went to JC Penny's and i looked at shoes and guess what?? i spent another $50 and bought 2 more pairs of shoes. well then that evening lindsay and vicki swung by on the way home from the hospital where vicki's mom is, (she just got her gall bladder taken out) and they invited me to spend the night in simi. well so i went with them and watched a million movies and went to the mall and spent more money on clothes and then i ended up staying another night and just came back with them yesterday morning for the easter brunch.

well i think i've decided that i'm going to return the $80 shoes and a $20 pair of heels i bought and keep the cheapest looking ones. they're flats, and are shiny black snake skin. no worries they're not as weird as they sound, but they aren't very fancy. i feel bad, but at leats they'll be comfortable and hopefully will keep me shorter than mr. michael. anyways... that was a lot of long pointless babble, but whateves....