Haven’t posted in a while. . .(and New York fun)

You know it’s been a long time to update your blog when even I get bored looking at it. I decided I should update it.

Graduated high school this past June, got my Pharmacy Technician license, don’t have a job in that field yet, and I’m waiting for my mission call to come any day now. I have been waiting for (coming up on) 4 weeks now. It has been tough but I am learning better patience because of this wait. We live in a world of instant communication and gratification, it’s almost a nice change to have to wait for something.

Last Monday, I got back from a two week vacation in New York visiting Amy and LaMar. It was really fun, Amy and LaMar were really good hosts :)  Some things that I did were walking on the Brooklyn bridge, visiting the South Street Seaport, the Met, and doing general sight seeing in the city which included (but weren’t limited to) Times Square, Central Park, and the Grand Central Terminal (it was kind of hard to miss the terminal with the train from White Plains going right to it.)

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Mother’s Large Loaves of Bread

  Today, mother thought she would lovingly bake some bread for us (the family) to enjoy. She tried out a new recipe (which by the way turned out very delicious). It said it yielded 4 large loaves of bread. Mother, not knowing what they meant by “large” decided to divide the dough into three, not four pans. The result is hilarious. See for yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a video haha:

Moab 2009!

I went to Moab this last May with the Justensen side of the family. It was really a lot of fun. We went to Dead Horse Point and Arches National Park as well as four-wheeling and games. Dad and I also went mtn biking on the Slickrock trail.

(Above) The family at Dead Horse Point

(above) Stephen, Emily, Dad (at Dead Horse Point)

(above) Delicate Arch at sunset

(above) Grandma J., Katrina, Emily taking a break while four-wheeling

(above) Grandma and Grandpa J. I won’t explain this one. . . haha

BRACES OFF! AHH! :)

Today, April 27, 2009, I got my braces off! Its great! I can eat again without taking at least half and hour to get everything out. Just look at the pictures: Before (above) After: just 13 months of treatment

I highly reccomend Coleman Orthodontics! You can visit his website at http://colemanortho.com/

PROM!

Prom was probably the best dance I have gone to so far. It was on April 18. I went with, who else, Laura King. We did the day activity the evening before. We went to Lagoon trail and had a picnic. Then we came back to my house for games. It was really fun! Laura wore a purple dress. I wore a black tux that had cufflinks (those were my favorite part for some odd reason.) Anyway, we went to Ligouri's for dinner. It turned out to be a nicer place than I thought which was good. The dance was held in Ogden at the Eccels Conference Center (its just across the street from where the movie theatre and the Solomon Center are, on Washington bvld.) The dance itself was very fun, however, a few for slow songs would have been appreciated ;) Our group didn't do anything after the dance. Overall, it was a really fun night.

Halloween Dance was amzingly FUN!

On Thrusday, October 30 was the Halloween Dance. I went with Laura King and it was amazingly FUN! Laura was Giselle and I was Prince Edward, both from Enchanted. For the day activity, we went to a corn maze in Syracuse, it was great. We ate at Applebee's even though the rest of the gourp apparently just wanted to get pizzas but Laura and a few others wanted to do something more so just a few of us ate out. After the dance, we went and walked around Dan's Grocery Store donning our costumes. We got weird looks but it was fun! After that, we went to Natalie's house (the eqyptian woman in the picture) and talked. It was a really fun night!!!

You may have noticed that I don't regularly update my blog. Well, I am on Facebook a lot now so if you want to know more about what is happening in my life, you can check my profile. (The word "profile" in the last sentence is a hyperlink to my page). I will still try to update this blog if I get a chance.