Linger longer

(Taras’ point of view) We got hooked up today in church with candy, cookies, and a linger longer. (munch and mingle) We just got our heating bill and now anything free I am going to take advantage of. I was first in line, got my food, and when my plate was empty they were saying we could have seconds. I ate another plate of delicious ham, potatoes, and salad. Said to my table, “Well have a good Sunday.” I threw away my plate and walked to the car. I sat there for a few minutes telling my bones that they wont be that cold forever. I waited a few more minutes thinking, well maybe kenni didn’t know I was ready to go. I didn’t care much, she would eventually figure it out, so I just listened to music and waited.

(kennis’ point of view) A munch and mingle!!! Alright! I was so excited to go to a linger longer I’d never been before. We walked into the gym and I found a boy who I wanted to sit by. I asked if I could sit down by him. He, with no emotion might I add, said, “ok sure.” Tara said “well don’t sound too excited.” He perked up a little and said “yeah I’d love for you ladies to sit here.” As soon as the prayer was over tara was up and to the food. Adam and I were talking, slowly got up and stood in line to get our plates. When we we’re finally all sitting down tara was half way done with her first plate and taking food from mine. Soon tara was finishing up her second plate. Apparently I missed it when she said “well have a good Sunday” Cause the next thing I knew she was no where to be found. I figured she had gone to the bathroom or was talking to some other friends, but after a few minutes, and a conversation with a bunch of dudes about drill team names and why they walk the way they do, tara was still gone. I started asking people if they’d seen her. one girl told me she saw her go outside, so I decided to check the car. Sure enough there she was… Just chillin’,

  

D. O. G.

I am pretty blonde sometimes. I have been working for PROBABLY A MONTH-ISH NOW. ONE EVENING I SAT ON THE FLOOR BRUSHING MY HAIR. I WAS JUST THINKING. AT THE HOUSE WHERE I WORK THEY HAVE A FEW PETS. A CAT AND TWO DOGS: DORA, TUCKER, DEOGIE. Deogie Is a girl dog and that seems like a boy name to me. Weird. So I kept thinking in my head deogie, deogie, then out loud, “oh my gosh d. o. g. that’s so funny!!! I had to tell someone at once just how silly I had been. So I called my dad. He recognized it right away, and so did kenni. Don’t worry; it will just take me a month to catch onto stuff.

Frankie!

Kenni and I went to kneaders one night to try some food. The line was huge and I noticed that they would ask, “what’s the name?” for every order. I looked at kenni and said, “I want to tell her my name is Frankie.” (I really want to name a girl that, so I’d like to see how people take it.) Finally it was our turn to order… I was getting real nervous cuz I was just about to tell a lie, so I had been pretty quiet. The girl looks at kenni and says, “and what was the name.” kenni looked at me like, go ahead. Ha ha so I blurt out, “Oh! It’s Frankie.” The girl stared at me for an awkward moment. “Is that really your name?” I couldn’t even get words out, I just nodded. She starts to say, “That’s different, I like it.” I could feel my face turning bright red tho, so I turned to go find a table, and let kenni finish that conversation. Kenni joined me a few seconds later, “Who says that, “Is that really your name?”. I just answered, “Yeah, I suck at lying,”

Orange we silly???

Soo… the other day we were at walmart and I asked tara if I could get some oranges, she said yes but I could tell she didn’t really want them. I grabbed the bag anyways and I told her “it’s Christmas time we have to have oranges.” We finished our shopping and tara was kinda pouting so I asked what was the matter. She said “I just don’t want to buy those, I don’t even like oranges.” So I took the bag back and grabbed just a couple for myself. The next day I was peeling one of the oranges and tara was staring at me like she wanted some. I didn’t even ask if she wanted any cause she didn’t let me get the bag cause she doesn’t even like them. But half way through my orange she says, “I thought I didn’t like those, but earlier today a boy at the Laundromat gave me a piece and it was really good.” I still didn’t share. The next day I noticed a couple more oranges on the counter. I laughed to myself but just left it alone. Today tara was peeling one and I could see her getting frustrated. She says “now I remember why I don’t like oranges they’re so hard to peel” like ten minutes later she holds up like 50 little orange peels and say, “look kenni, I did it in one try.”

Decorations!!

We love Christmas! We are kind of cheesy. But here are some pics of our house:)

We wanted to paint our windows.  It was literally freezing outside so we painted from the inside. Ha kenni wrote joy backwards!

                                                         Snowflakes!!

I kept calling him santa, but obviously this is a snowman.

                                                         The north pole!

                                                         Our fake Tree!

That’s called a boot…..

So WE were told that the po-lice in logan are very strict with parking. One night we went to a friends house and he told us it was okay to park in the guest parking, he just had to call it in. So we watched a movie and hung out a bit.  As we were heading out the door he said, “Well I hope you don’t have a boot on your car cause I couldn’t get a hold of the people.” We both looked at him like we better not have a boot cause we don’t have any extra money for that kind of thing! Sure enough we had a boot! And a big bright paper saying, “Caution! Do not move this vehicle! $75.00 parking fee, please call a phone # to take boot off.” I think we both were on the verge of tears, and didn’t really know what to do. We walked back to our friends house and let them know what was going on. The boot dude showed up at like two in the morning and luckily we were able to talk our way out of paying for it. Our friend had tried to leave a message but for some reason it didn’t go through. I was so happy we didn’t have to pay!!!

I just had a memory...

With it being the holidays and all i was thinking of Christmas two years ago. We were pulling a tube with the four-wheeler out in the field. Trace, kenni, and i were all riding. We started out taking it pretty easy and slow. Trace was loving it though, so we talked my dad into going faster. The next thing i know Trace slipped through the middle of the tube and was dragging under us. Kenni and I jumped off and the tube flew up in the air. Trace pulled his face out of the snow and was laughing so hard!!!! I love how tough that boy is:)

Latara ate it in the parking lot

We were running late for tithing settlement so I dropped kenni off by the front doors of the church. I couldn’t find a close place to park so I had a lot of parking lot to cover. I was doing pretty good walking in the snow so I picked up the pace a bit. Next thing I know my feet were level with my eye balls and I hit the ground so fast I couldn’t even put my hands down! I looked at myself and pulled my skirt back over my panties, I couldn’t help but bust up laughing. I looked around to see how many people saw and didn’t see one person, what a shame, because I’m sure it was super funny. When I got to the front doors of the church I ran into some hottie boys and let them brush the snow off my back. Oh yeah! When I got inside I found out that Our bishop couldn’t make it to the meeting, so we had to reschedule.

Shoot! I just locked the keys in my car!!!!!”

         

We finally found people who love to hot tub! Wahoo! In St G. we went tubing all the time, but when we got to Logan not so much. Well we went with a bunch of dudes, and this was pretty much the first time we hung out with these guys. So we got out of the hot tub and now I know why it’s not the best thing to do in Logan, BRR!!! I was like an insta ice cube :) The plan was to meet at Mc Donald’s for some ice cream. I was thinking more like hot chocolate. Anyways long story shorter, I locked the keys in my car while putting my sweats on. Shoot!! “Um dudes, I just locked my keys in my car. Can you help me?” Well I have a spare at my house, so they gave me a ride home. That’s when I realized I was also locked out of my house. It’s nice to know that my house is very hard to break into. However not impossible, and if anyone ever tried I would hear them. Just saying. So now we have been chilling in our swimming suits for over an hour and so ready for a warm shower. I was so happy that our new friends helped us out! I have loved living in Logan!

SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE!!!

So this is actually a post about something that happened a couple years ago at Steven and Jessica’s wedding reception in Idaho:) Erica, me, Latara and Jeremy were all sitting in the corner talking… We made up a game like we often do. I feel like small, medium, and large would be a good name for the game although it really doesn’t need a name.. We probably should never play it again. Anyways here is what we did. Someone would name a body part and we would determine out of us 3 girls who was small medium and large. It started off quiet and it seemed to be a good way to entertain ourselves. But with each body part we got louder and louder with our opinions on who was what size. I don’t remember the particular body part but I remember each of us had a different opinion and we were all determined to talk the others into what we thought was right. Someone would tell the others what they thought then another would follow after them a bit louder and that went on until we were yelling NO!!! I’M SMALL! YOU’RE MEDIUM! AND YOU’RE LARGE!!!! One of us finally noticed how loud we had gotten and quieted the rest down. We all looked over to see nearly everyone at the reception staring at us. We stood up and walked out of the reception laughing. I’m sure everyone was thinking poor Jessica. She has crazy in-laws. Ha 

Speaking of games...

Kenni and I were driving home one evening. It was one of those times where nothing is really going on, just living you know. Well I looked at kenni and she returned the look of, “now what?” I saw the speed limit sign and boom! Idea! “I thought of a game Kenni. Whenever you talk you have to use a word that you see outside the car. That’s the only LIMIT.” Kenni bounced right back, “oh I like this, we could say like 600 things” (600 east) “Yeah, We wont ever have to STOP.” “You think it will ever get OLD?” (old main)  Well one thing is for sure, it didn’t get old. We were crying and our tummies hurt from laughing by the time we pulled into our parking lot. We got really good at it too, like two words per sentence. Ha you should try it sometime:)   

I MADE UP A JINGLE

Kenni was in mid sentence while washing the cheese grater, and this song just came over me…

Kick your left foot! Right foot now…

Kenni immediately stopped talking. She didn’t even check her hands to see which leg was the left one and just chanced it.

A spastic kick with her left leg. The right one not far behind.

I found this so hilarious I had to make more up.

Shake your butt!

Kenni reacts :) We are both busting up now, But I just thought of one more line.

And MOO like a cow!!

I could see the attempt but all I heard was a rupture of laughing!

We were on the kitchen floor replaying what just happened in our heads. Awesome!

Kick your left foot

Right foot now

Shake your butt

And MOO like a cow

WHAT IF…

So we have this friend, his name is Colton Love and he is always playing the, WHAT IF game “WHAT IF grandpa smoothie didn’t cost any money?” WHAT IF the pork came to life and ate your face? Or “WHAT IF the head massager came to life and ate your brain?” Me and Latara decided to try the game ourselves. After a delicious pulled pork sandwich we we’re laying on the floor to digest a bit. Latara started with, “Maybe sometimes when you are on your top bunk you think, I’m pretty high up. When you think about it your extra high up, cuz you are on the second floor. WHAT IF you fell all the way to the ground. Like WHAT IF the cinderblocks just slid out and you accidentally rolled right outside? I bet you would be like WOAH! How did I get outside?” Then I started in. “No WHAT IF the cinder blocks just disintegrated and I rolled out? WHAT IF I didn’t even get hurt and I just kept rolling right down the hill and on to my car? Then I would wonder how did I get on my car?” Tara chimes in, “Then WHAT IF you looked at the steering wheel and you where like oh my steering wheel, I’m on my car? Then you looked down and you we’re like oh I fell asleep on the hood of my car?” HA yeah, WHAT IF that happened…

We done got some jobs!!!

Up in here, up in here! Yay yeah girl!! Woot woot!! We are so stoked:) We have been so blessed! We both have been hired and are excited to get to work! Kenni will be doing take out at Café Rio, and Tara gets to be a cook at Avalon Hills. Kenni starts training and Tara fills out paper work tomorrow! Thanks so much for praying and encouraging us. What a fun adventure we are having up here. Sunday we both get to speak in church and say all we a grateful for! Should be good:)

I’m gonna blog about this…

 Latara and I got invited to go shooting with some really fun boys in our ward!!! :) We all met at our friend Ian’s house and from there loaded up the trucks.. 4 guys, me, and Tara I liked the ratio we were working with;) After a quick trip to Wal-Mart and the gas station we were on our way up the canyon. When we got there Ian started pulling out so many guns, it was crazy. We plastered some pumpkins, and shot a few tree branches. We pulled out the clay pigeons, but didn’t have a thrower. We did the best we could tossing them in the air. Lucky for us I didn’t throw to many, I kinda have a record of hitting boys in the face. This was definitely one of the funnest things we have done since we got here.

So this one time…

After a lil visit to the library kenni and I decide its time for lunch! Lately we have been a bit obsessed with French dip. It’s fast, warm, easy, and quite delicious :) I pull into Smiths cause we needed some roast beef. Kenni tells me how she would rather sit in the car. She hadn’t got ready for the day yet. So I’m on a mission, get the meat and get out of the store. The lady cutting the roast had a name tag that said Tara. I figured it was Tera but had to ask anyways…I was right. Now I’m chatting with the lady about names. She has a daughter named Teaya, everyone calls Taya. I thanked her for the meat and got going! I was trying to find the softest of their French bread (all the loafs were like bricks). I grabbed one I hadn’t poked a hole in yet, paid for the food and walked to the car. I jump in the car thinking, not bad… I was pretty fast. Then kenni looks at me with a disgusted face, “what is that smell?” ha I start sniffing the air, my hair, and my armpits. Kenni was smelling the grocery bag, then looks at me. Now I am nervous, “am I stinky?” I lift my arm for her to smell. Ha just as she pulls her head back we both notice a lady in the car across from us watching the whole thing. We couldn’t help but bust out laughing. We never did find out what the smell was. I was telling kenni on the drive home how the bread was so hard, and watched as she poked a hole in it with her finger. Good times!      

Getting a package!!!

I’m not sure I’ve ever received a package other than something I myself have ordered, so when Latara and I got home one day and saw there was a package for Latara Awesome and Kenni Cool it was quite exciting!!!! We opened the door, dropped our things and started tearing in. After some real work with the packing tape we finally got it opened! Erica, Nixon and Nick had sent us popcorn, hot cocoa, candy bars, sugar cookies, a book (for a boring day,) some Thanksgiving and Christmas décor and just what we’d been looking for the day before while grocery shopping cheddar and broccoli soup!!! She also wrote us an encouraging letter telling us that we’re awesome and whoever hires us is going to be lucky, to keep our heads up and that she and many more people love us.

I really couldn’t even tell you how much love we’ve felt. Since we’ve been here in Logan I’ve felt so much support and love from our family. Last Sunday I know mom and dad were fasting for us, we fasted too! This week we each got 2 interviews and we feel like we’ve been very blessed. We know that what we’re doing here in Logan is right. We went to ward prayer on Sunday and the girl giving the devotional was explaining how sometimes when we pray we get an answer and we make decisions and maybe a couple months down the road you’re thinking what am I doing?! But when you find yourself asking …remember how you felt when you prayed. It was right then and it’s right now. My testimony has been strengthened a little more this past week and I think we’re really going to love Logan! So thanks for all of the phone calls, the prayers, your thoughts, and to the Locke’s, the package:) We love you all and hope everything is going well! :)

Thats whats up!

So Kenni and I kinda have a lot of time on our hands. However, not a lot of money:) We have been in Logan for 3 weeks now searching for jobs. It has been a bit difficult, but we are not giving up! It has been way fun living with Kenni. We always have fun making yummy dinners together, going for runs around the block, sleeping in our bunk beds, and exploring Logan together. My computer has a bunch of sample games on it. We played those for a while, but now all the free trials have been used up.  One evening when we got bored I told her to make up a dance and teach it to me. So she did! I thought I was catching on pretty well and felt as cute as her when I was dancing. Then Kenni filmed me… ha ha. We were laughing all night! This morning we were sitting by each other putting make-up on. I started singing. "In west Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground NA nA na na na… Shootin some b ball I thought I was cool. Bam boom beans… well a couple of guys they were up to no good. Wa wa na yeah boy!" Ha I wish I could show you the look on Kenni’s face. “Dude Tara, you are singing all the wrong words.” I just told her, “You don’t know what song I am singing.”    

We want to blog:)

Once upon a time there were two sisters who moved far away... One day while they were sitting in the laundromat they decided lets start a blog. Hahahaha, why not right??? Well so far we suck at it, because our laundry is done and we are still working on this post.