The Spoons Controversy

While I was staying at Chelsea's house in Utah, it came to my attention that the spoons she had for normal eating were the size of a large spoon. This bothered me, because I couldn't fit the whole spoon in my mouth when I ate! According to her, however, you eat putting only the tip of the spoon in your mouth.

I bugged her about it for a while, but now I am over it.

But I'm curious, what do other families use?

Chelsea and I had a tie: 3 agreeing with her, 3 agreeing with me.

Who do you agree with? Is the large spoon normal or is it large? Is the normal spoon normal or is it small?

Just for kicks =)

So below is a picture of spoons, and at the bottom of the page you can cast your vote.

(This is nothing against you Chelsea or your habits. I have learned to love your spoons)

                                         Baby    Small     Regular    Large   extra-large/serving

Observation

Hello friends.
It has been nearly two months since I have posted anything, and I apologize for anyone wanting to hear form me. I've been so busy doing nothing! Seriously. Like sitting around and walking around pacing the house kind of nothing. I just haven't been able to write and complete and post a blog.
Anyways, in basic words, life in Arizona is going well. I am completely not used to so many people! They are everywhere! I went for a drive last week in search of somewhere peaceful and away from the world with a pretty sight. And where did I end up? Back home. It was rush hour. Lane-to-lane traffic in both directions on a six-lane road and I would have had to drive forever to find what I wanted. 
Note to self and visitors: Southern Arizona (where I'm at) does not have easy get-aways; at least not yet.
As for the heat, it's hot. You get used to it though. It's really not as bad as I thought. Going running at 8:30PM after the sun went down for thirty minutes and coming home COMPLETELY dripping in sweat....OK, that is taking my getting used to. For the most part though, I love it. And I can't wait until the beautiful weather this winter! (You Utahns have no idea... muah haha) 
The kids:  are awesome! I am already loving the people I have and will be meeting. I had a welcoming get-together party this past weekend and I asked a friend I met right away if he could invite some people. He said he got it covered, and I was like OK, maybe 15 people tops will show up. Oh was I wrong! 50! No Joke! Some came and went, some stayed the entire time, some came just before everyone left, but in total I met at least 35 people that night, and don't ask me their names, 'cause I don't know. I do know that I was very happy to see and later on at school I will maybe recognize a few kids. Best part is, every single kid was a member! (Maybe a few weren't) And they were all seniors! This area is huge. There are so many kids and such a good balance of LDS members, it's nothing like Utah, it's the real stuff down here. 
As far as I have noticed, and I might be entirely wrong, it seems as if the teenagers in this area are real. They go on dates, group dates often, and they even have a brain! Shocker. It's so awesome!
I feel like I fit right in. It's a little hard though, for me. A lot of the kids say they're in choir or drama and other extra-curricular activities. Me-not so much. So that makes me want to get into to stuff, and with my parents and their lame attitudes, there's hardly any hope. 
Like guitar or piano, voice lessons and paying the fees for Xcountry and choir. 
And I haven't got a job yet! It's very discouraging. How am I supposed to save up for life?
Well I guess that's all. School starts in two weeks, TWO WEEKS! I don't even believe it. August 10th, it's insane. I am so NOT ready to be old but I am SO ready to be done with school! Mesa High school is going to be awesome. My dad graduated form there, so do the math how old it is and all the school spirit there is.
I shall be awesome this year.
TTFN! 
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Vacation at Home

Time to catch up! It's been two months. 

When it was time to move, my parents went without me while I stayed to enjoy half my summer in Utah, at home. That first week of June there were three days left of school, so I stayed at Chelsea's house for a week to spend some last days with friends and wrap things up. Then, I went to the home of my amazing sister Lisa and her husband and my almost-like-siblings three kids for the rest of the time. Somewhere in there I left for three days and stayed at a hotel in Salt Lake City with Chelsea and Layne for Chelsea's sweet sixteen. It was awesome! 

SO. I've been trying for nearly a month to post this blog but I can't seem to do it. I deleted everything I had previously written, and now I am going to give simply pictures and captions. All the details before were just too much. In a separate post sometime down the path of time, I'll share about camp. As for now:
Going to Earthfest (a concert with about 8 different smaller bands)

Daily Healing

While posting a blog from Chelsea's computer, this came up. We laughed! It says: "Chuck Norris broke the law of physics. He was left off with a warning." 

 

At the hotel for Chelsea's birthday. Aren't we fabulous? (You couldn't reach the toilet paper form the toilet, so I think that why we decided to be in the bathroom, to show that off. Only, you can't see it, so we modeled instead.)

I spent a least eight hours making these notebooks into journals as a gift for every girl and leader who went to camp. I had a hard time parting with them. They made me so happy :)

Brandon, Hayden, Alyssa

And lastly, 

My favorite person in the world. My sister and me.

So these aren't any exciting pictures. I wish I had spent a tad bit more time taking pictures of the things I did while in Utah, but this is what I got. I loved every bit of it. When I got off of the plane in Phoenix, I walked out to walk out the gate to get my baggage and I stopped when I saw my parents and wanted to turn back and pretend I got kidnapped or something. I didn't want to be home! I knew I would miss Utah a lot. And I am. However, I love that I have had the chance to meet new friends and hang out with them already. 

So far, so good.