lets just love like it's friday night

2011-06-25T09:27:00.000-07:00

I'm getting married in exactly one week.... WOW. It doesn't seem real yet and that's probably
because I haven't seen Jarom in about 3 months. He has stayed in Utah to work while
I galavant around Oregon. I miss him.

So, instead of moping I've stayed busy... for the most part. My mother would probably
tell you I've been fairly lazy (and she's somewhat right) but I've been
working on a lot of wedding projects too! I'm trying to defend myself here, I guess.

I've been putting little name labels on chocolate kisses, folding a billion white
napkins, cutting ribbon, gluing, cutting out pictures, taping, etc. I officially have fallen
in love with double-sided tape. Seriously. Greatest invention ever. Oh, and
my sisters and I have been doing hours and hours of yard work at my grandparent's
house to get it ready for the reception. It's looking great :)

From what I've heard, marriage is fantastic. I can't wait!

2011-06-01T23:55:00.000-07:00

I'm getting married July 2. News? I hope
not. Wedding plans are taking over my
summer in Oregon but that's ok because
I am thoroughly enjoying (most of the time)
all of it. My inner "craft"iness is coming
out so that's fun.

On the left: a picture from my bridal
shower last week that a very dear
friend threw for me. I had so much
fun and am so blessed to have great friends!

On the right: my face for the majority of the
time because I was either overwhelmed
or surprised that someone my mother's
age was giving me something very, very
scandalous. Half kidding.

It was a fantastic evening and I had a
lot of fun. I'll try to update here more
often with cute wedding things we're doing
but for now, countdown is 30 something
days.

2011-04-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

Jarom (aka handsome fiance) keeps reminding me that I have a blog in dire need of some love so here I am :) It's about time! I know.

So first off, most of you know,
but I'm engaged! And he's amazing.

We will be married in the Portland
temple on July 2. Mark your calendars.

And of course, because I am to be
wed, my sister Lindsey and roommate
Amanda threw me a really great bridal
shower where I received a large amount
of lacey gifts :) haha. It was a fantastic
party and all my sisters were able to be there!

Busiest weekend ever! Bridal shower,
graduation and work all together.

I graduated last December but "officially"
graduated on April 22 when I walked
across the stage and received my diploma. And
when I say diploma, I mean an empty folder
that will one day hold my diploma.

Jarom didn't go to work much that weekend
because he wanted to be there to support me :)
Seriously amazing.

Twin pic with the "Y" in the background.

Another twin pic with Brigham.

After marriage, Jarom and I are going to be back in Provo for at least another year and maybe more if he gets the job we're hoping for. Life is good :)

2011-01-25T11:32:00.000-08:00

Remember that one time I had a blog? Here's a New Year's photo.

Christmas break

Halloween 2010

Christmas break

friend Taylor's birthday at Los Hermanos

Christmas break family photo

Christmas break - Lindsey sleeping

Christmas break - twins with grandma

Christmas break

2010-10-20T20:23:00.000-07:00

BIRTHDAY MONTH!!

Here's my party people :) I had a great birthday and love all my friends and family!

2010-10-10T18:17:00.000-07:00

This is a lovely photo
of a fun adventure we had
one night: longboarding. With
a stick.

Action shot. I definitely
did not know what I was
doing.

Morgan and I work together.
She also sings really well
so Amanda and I went to
one of her shows.

Another shot with Morgan.
The lighting was
really weird so we decided
to act accordingly. Of course.

Amanda and I's favorite
way to past the time
is to take photos of ourselves.

Post concert festivities
with the snuggie.

Post snuggie adventure
in the woods where we found
this underground
tunnel. Creepy and awesome.

2010-10-05T16:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of recent happenings. Life's good.

2010-09-12T15:15:00.000-07:00

Weekend update: My cousin got married! My cousin Rick married the love of his life, Emily, and it was epic. It was great to see a lot of my family again and share in such a fun experience together. I also got to spend a lot of time with my wonderful cousins who I don't get to see very often, even though we all live in Provo together. Life's hard.

Here's a few highlights:

2010-08-28T08:17:00.000-07:00

I have this strange feeling that summer is ending.... oh wait, it is. Life's hard.
Here's a few pictures to reminisce/show you what I've been up to in the last few weeks.

This photo is the EXACT reason I love Portland. Green man, anyone?

Here's a nice photo of Jarom and I's visit to Portland's twin city up north.
This is us on a ferry... it was a little windy that day.

This is my family. Brother Daniel graduated this month! Congrats!

The graduate. He's so grown up and we're all very proud.

And this is why we're all going to heaven together.

2010-08-03T08:04:00.000-07:00

(said in deep, booming voice with enthusiasm) TA DA!!!! We haven't quite filled the shelves yet but we are back in our living room!

2010-07-27T16:56:00.000-07:00

First, a housing update... we've started moving our furniture back in! It's really great. We're basically done with everyone, except a few odds and ends, so we decided to start moving back into our house.

Last week I was in Arizona for a freakin' sweet camping trip. Whilst in the AZ I, of course, absorbed all the Suns love I possibly could. I felt right at home with purple and orange surrounding me.

This is the boy I went to Arizona with and here we are at a Diamondbacks game. The game lasted 14 innings! And, yes, we stayed the whole time. When we left the park at 11:35 pm it was 113 degrees outside. Thank you, Arizona, for making me sweat... A LOT.

Here's a view of the game. Epic.

I can't believe this summer is almost over! It has been a really, really good one and I'm definitely not looking forward to starting school again.

2010-07-08T11:42:00.000-07:00

Last week was wonderful... definitely journal-worthy. Wonderfulness was due, in large part, to the people in the picture to the left. I love my family and all the fun we have together so much. We had a reunion down in Sunriver, Oregon, which proved to be quite entertaining. We biked, hiked, put together a puzle, swam, ate, slept, ate again, played video games, took pictures, played a few games, walked, did some more biking, watched movies, played frisbee and then probably ate again.

The following photos take place between June 27 and July 1.

(end-of-the-evening crowd surfing)

(hiking... check out the faces of the small children)(hiking on some sort of volcano... with snow... in july)

(cutest child you'll ever meet)

(we ventured into a cave with only two flashlights and four cell phones)

(my loving grandfather enjoys sleeping quite a bit)

(we're on a tandem bike)

(movie night!)

(dear kelsey, you are a dancer)

(my grandma did NOT want to be on that tandem bike)

(balloon game)

(muscles on top of the couch cushion fort)

2010-07-07T10:13:00.000-07:00

HELOOOOO SUMMER :)

2010-07-04T16:07:00.000-07:00

Check it out, check it out, check it out! The only thing missing in the kitchen is the tile on the walls, the nobs on the cupboards and the food that goes in the pantry. We're having the final seal on the floors done this weekend so now it's just time to focus on the living room where we're putting in some shelves and cupboards around the fireplace. It's still EXTREMELY crazy in our house but it's getting better.

Also, happy fourth of July :) I love fireworks more than anything else.

Look for pictures soon from our family reunion in Sunriver, trip around Portland and rodeo extravaganza....

2010-06-24T07:43:00.000-07:00

And now, ladies and gentlmen, a post NOT about the remodel! Hooray! I know, I know... you've all been waiting for this day to arrive.

I've discovered a talent for making homemade jam, with the help of everyone else in my family. Yesterday we spent the hours between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. making this delicious jam to last us for the next year, and I have never been happier. This jam makes me want to be a better person. Seriously.

2010-06-22T09:01:00.000-07:00

Shrek Forever. Check
A-team. Check.
Toy Story 3. Check

I love movies :)

2010-06-19T16:36:00.000-07:00

I only partially apologize for another post about the stairs but they are my FAVORITE part of our remodel, thus far. I love the wood! They're so pretty!!

2010-06-14T23:10:00.000-07:00

Today we finally got our appliances put in the kitchen... we even moved our food into the new fridge! How exciting. When Sears came to drop everything off they parked their big truck right in the middle of the road. Literally. Pam found this quite comical and urged me to take a few quick photos. We also had a full household of workers today.

That stove-oven combo we got there has been fondly named the stoven.... by me.

2010-06-12T13:59:00.000-07:00

Heloooooo kitchen!! The cabinets are mostly all in and they look gorgeous with the new floors and yellow walls. We're getting our new appliances on Monday so (hopefully) by Tuesday we can start moving things back into the kitchen! Hooray.

Also, a big congratulations to my lovely sister Stephanie on her recent graduation from high school!!!! I always knew she'd make it. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of her because I had to leave early with my grandparents but she looked outstanding. In honor of her decision to attend BYU-Hawaii in the fall, my mother got her a lei with fresh flowers to wear. Classy. And dven the weather cooperated with the event by displaying some beautiful, clear skies. Oregon loves the Craft family :)

2010-06-09T11:06:00.000-07:00

If you're looking for two GOOD books to read, I would suggest these. They're both a pretty quick read and extremely enjoyable! A quick "thank you" to my lovely Mother for putting them in my hands and saying, "Read these." Nice. Anyway, they're very good so check them out!

2010-06-06T20:44:00.000-07:00

Meet: my enormously-lovable best friend, Bo, whom I adore greatly and spend all day with. Some of you may be thinking, "No way that's a dog... he looks like a moose." You are correct, he doesn't look like a dog but I assure you he is. However, he DOES weigh about as much as I do and eats 10 times more!

So, this entry is devoted to him. I was thinking today about how funny it is that literally Bo eats what I eat throughout the day. As I was feeding him a rice krispy treat today (horrible, I know) I decided to make a list of all the weird things he loves to eat. So here they are:

As I type this we are sharing a can of salted peanuts. His life is so easy. And yes, I'm eating a can of salted peanuts.

2010-06-05T19:26:00.000-07:00

New floors! The last two days have been a little horrible since our house smells really bad but the floors are so, so, so lovely... I really like the color. So here it is. We've decided to keep the walls in the living room the same color and re-paint the entry a blueish color, which is gorgeous! Also today, amidst construction and such, Kelsey and I went with Rob on a sweet 14-mile bike ride. That's right... 14 miles. NBD on a bike but I was super tired. And yes, we wore helmets. The flowers below are in our backyard and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them. Oregon brings me much joy... and so do Rob's gardening skills.

2010-06-03T19:42:00.000-07:00

More stairs....

2010-06-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

And now.... the stairs. Pam and I were gone the majority of the day but as soon as we walked into the house she said, "Ooh, more pictures for the blog." Haha I love that woman. So yes, here are a few more pictures. As I said we were gone for most of the day. We left the house around noon to meet up with a friend in Lake Oswego for lunch, which was delicious. From there we went to Fred Myers and then Target, and possibly somewhere else but I can't remember. Oh yes, Deseret Book. Pam loves that store. It rained most of the day so we spent a good deal of time hurrying from the car to the store and trying to find a close parking spot, a task which we soon realized was useless and embraced the Oregonian inside of us :) Three cheers for walking in the rain without an umbrella!

2010-05-31T15:30:00.000-07:00

Happy/merry Memorial Day! My family and I spent the first half of our day visiting my great-grandparents' graves in Albany, Oregon. It was something we had never done before... I hadn't been back to that cemetery since we burried my great-grandmother there in 2001 but I'm really glad that we went. There were so many people there! What an amazing holiday that we can all take a day to honor those who have passed on and those who have served our country. The hour car ride there was filled with stories from my grandpa about his parents and about the Korean war that he served in. I sure love that man, and his stories were amazing.

2010-05-28T21:39:00.000-07:00

We are making progress here people! All the hardwood floors are in... notice the color of our floors compared to the new flooring they put in. It's all the same kind of wood. Our floors are just well loved :) Bo is loving having a floor to walk on again. The picture of the stairs cracks me up everytime. And the last picture is of the new laundry room with tile and a few cabinets that we moved from the kitchen into there. They'll eventually be painted white to match the cabinets in the kitchen. It's all going to be lovely! My uncle's doing a fantastic job. Hooray for talented family members!

In other news, I went up to Outdoor School for a day this week. For those of you not from Oregon, outdoor school is one week where all 6th graders get to have school outdoors and the juniors and seniors are their counselors. I made a tye-dye shirt and a few bracelets. Awesome.

2010-05-24T19:06:00.000-07:00

Day one is over and this is what we have to show for it. Wow. There is a serious echo in the house now... which, by the way, I am enjoying by myself since my family decided to go to outdoor school and leave me here. I suppose someone has to hold down the fort. I spent most of the day out at my grandparents house to stay out of the way and this is what I came home to. I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow!

2010-05-20T14:05:00.000-07:00

Meet: the Droid Eris from Verizon

Lindsey and I got this phone a few month ago and they're pretty great. All touch screen, lots of aps and other things. Mostly I just enjoyed the upgrade from the ancient flip phones we had before. But now, I've been having some trouble with my phone. It won't download picture texts for some reason and won't let me share videos. Everything else works just fine but it's bugging me. Technology is such a messy thing and definitely one I don't completely understand.

In other news, it's raining in Oregon. Of course :)

Oh, AND, the house prep continues. My uncle is the contractor doing the remodel so he promises to get everything done in a month but we'll see. He brought over a bunch of tile today for the countertops and floors. I'm just not very excited about the lack of a kitchen/living room for a whole month.

2010-05-18T12:22:00.000-07:00

Well, it seems my mother enjoys chaos because that is the state of our current home. And if any of you know my mother, you know it's actually quite the opposite. We are remodeling the entire downstairs. That's right. My mother has gone cray. The to-do list includes: all flooring, kitchen cabinents, new appliances, new laundry room, etc. I will periodically be posting photos of how things are coming but hopefully (fingers crossed) everything won't take more than about a month or so. Remember I said hopefully. In preparation, we are clearing out everything from the downstairs. All the cupboards have to be emptied, all the food has to be eaten, all the furniture has to be moved.... everything. It looks like we're moving.

Wow.

2010-05-13T20:38:00.000-07:00

Below are pictures instead of words for an epic beach trip with my epic family. Enjoy :)

My family!

Starfish :)

One time we found a bear on the beachA photo after a friendly game of beach football. It was kids vs. adults.... adults won, but only because they're old and we felt bad. Kidding. I'm a sore loser.

2010-05-12T12:01:00.000-07:00

One time I had a blog that I faithfully wrote on, used to update my life and I think we all enjoyed our time together. For a reason I'm not aware of, we had a small/large falling out. And I have missed it.

I'm still here.

It appears, now, I will be in and out of the blogsphere but mostly here :) And this is what I look like in case you forgot... minus the hood. That's not permanent.

2009-11-06T07:31:00.001-08:00

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2009-07-20T12:04:00.000-07:00

I should've already exclaimed my joy about the midnight premiere of
Harry Potter that I saw a few days ago but, alas, I have been busy....
Don't you worry though. Here is a lovely photo of me and some other
muggles getting excited for the show! Can you believe that right
after we took this picture a wand fight broke out? No sparks or
anything (broken wands I guess) but there were definitely some
curses being yelled out. I admit I was nervous but I was determined
to survive because I HAD to see Harry Potter.

All tickets for the midnight showing were sold out in Provo so we traveled

to American Fork for the movie. The theater we went to had a

showing at 11:59, 12:00, 12:04 (OUR SHOW!), 12:06 and 12:08. Wow.

Harry Potter love? I think yes. All-in-all, I would say it was a very

enjoyable experience. I most definitely want to see it again... in a quieter

theater probably. Everyone screamed every time Harry came on the

screen. I'm not saying their cheers aren't valid buuuut it got old. Not gonna lie.

In other news, I miss my dog.

2009-07-15T20:23:00.001-07:00

Tonight was the greatest night of my life.... all members of The Cage

were once again reunited :) Amazing people, amazing zupas. I can die

a happy woman now. Unfortunately, it's probably the last reunion for

a while because our dear Erica is headed to NYC. We miss her already!

Nevertheless, dinner was incredible and it was like we had never

been apart! Enjoy the pics :)

Notice the lack and/or appearance of a ring.. haha

We REALLY, REALLY love each other

My one true love from the South

Twins!

Nina 1 and Nina 2

2009-07-10T08:31:00.000-07:00

The 4th of July weekend was amazing! The whole family came into

town so we got to do a ton of fun things. First we went to a movie.

Here we are in age order...

Sissterssssss :)

For the fourth we went to my aunt's house and had a bbq and

some sweeeet fireworks! Good company, good food and a

good weekend.

2009 baby!

2009-07-04T14:18:00.000-07:00

AMERICA!!

2009-06-23T09:24:00.000-07:00

Dear Provo,

Welcome back to my presence. You're welcome.

Love,
Whitney

2009-06-19T11:39:00.000-07:00

This is me today. And yesterday. And tomorrow. It's going to be an adventure getting back to Utah with all my stuff. Oh joy. What's the maximum weight for bags? Cuz all my bags are going to be that weight. Frite.

2009-06-16T18:39:00.000-07:00

Since my last post there are a few things to update.

1. Kelsey had a combined birthday party with her friend Lacey out at my grandparent's

house. They had so many kids come and I think they both enjoyed themselves.

2. My last day of work! Finally. haha.

3. And I got some new clothes.

So, mainly there were only two updates :) Life has

been going well. Since work ended I've been packing,

cleaning and shopping to get ready to leave on Friday

and head back to Utah. And that's pretty much all.

The weather here has been weird... hot and muggy

but not sunny. Oregon :)

2009-06-03T22:26:00.000-07:00

Well, I don't really have any other pictures to put up because I haven't been doing a whole lot of exciting things. Pam and Rob just got back from being out of town for their anniversary. I've been hanging out with my friend Chelsea quite a bit while she's home. We went to the starlight parade on Saturday and I didn't take my camera :(

All is well though. I'm just working. I have a week and a half left of work and then I have a week break before I head back to Utah for summer term.

I have recently become obsessed with creating playlists on my itunes. I have about 10 right now. I have a playlist for everyday, one for going to sleep, one of my favorites, etc. I love it.

I've also taken up singing loudly in the car while sitting in traffic. Not only does it help me relax while making a 40-minute drive home... it should only take me 15 minutes... But also I am fully aware of the entertainment it provides to others and I'm happy to provide it. haha.

So that's the update for ya. I hope everyone's having a good summer :)

Also, the weather in Wilsonville has been incredible the last few days! I love Oregon!

2009-05-25T09:06:00.001-07:00

Also, I don't know why there are so many random large spaces in between the pictures below. haha. Apparently I'm still trying to get the hang of this? Oh well. Enjoy the pictures anyway :)

2009-05-25T08:52:00.000-07:00

Look out everyone cuz here come some
SUPER cute picture! Melissa got
married on May 22nd and we were all
there to witness the lovely event :) It was
so beautiful! She was married in the
Redlands temple. Also, it is extremely warm
in Palm Springs (her hometown). haha. WOW.

Anyway, here's Lindsey and I before going
over to the temple.

And me and Melissa at her family dinner the night
before the big day :) So cute.

Then we did a little site-seeing after the
wedding. Here we are at the Newport
temple.

My parents came down to California for the weekend too cuz my little sister's open house
was the same day as Melissa's wedding.
Here's the car they rented for the
weekend :) A gold mustang! haha. My
dad is so funny.

Then we went down to Newport beach for a
few hours and got some sweet pics.

And this is my three sisters, my brother-in-
law and my cousin Terrah (in red) with
her new baby and husband. We had a
lovely family picnic :)

And another picture at the beach with the
roommates :)

All in all, it was a really fun weekend a nice
getaway for the summer. My best friend's
married now and so is my sister :) Two weddings in a month! Record?

2009-05-17T00:30:00.000-07:00

Kelsey and I went to the Taylor Swift

concert this evening and LOVED it! We

tried to dress up in cowgirl attire but

we didn't really have that much. I'm

wearing my dad's cowboy boots for the

pictures but they're too big so I didn't wear

them to the concert.

It was super fun and Kelsey was extremely

entertaining the whole time. We dance and sang to every song! I lost my voice! But loved it.

2009-05-09T15:05:00.000-07:00

Today was the Dog Walk for the Oregon Humane
Society in Portland! Mom, Dad and I went down with Bo to walk the 2.5 bridge-to-bridge walk all around Portland.
It was so pretty! My dad had done it before but this
was my first year and I loved it. Bo loved it too :) He
was chasing dogs around, peeing on everything and
mounting all the great danes he could see. Seriously.
It happened. Anyway, we had a good time and the weather was perfect!

p.s. Bo looks a little crazed in this picture

but I promise I wasn't choking him or

anything. He spotted a great dane right as

we were going to take this picture.

My dog is out of control.

2009-05-03T16:41:00.000-07:00

WEDDING!!

It has been a long weekend but it's over and everyone's happy :) Casi and Dan are on their honeymoon and we are debating whether to open all their presents for them. Also, I have never seen so much cake in my life. Our kitchen is literally wall-to-wall with cake. We could probably feed a small country with all of it!

2009-04-19T11:13:00.000-07:00

I finished my finals! That's right. My last final was Saturday morning at 7 a.m. So early! It was only a presentation to the class though so I can't complain about that. Now, I have three days to relax before my parents come to Utah and we drive back to Oregon together. Now, my life will solely consist of my sister's wedding :) Joy. haha.

2009-04-10T13:36:00.000-07:00

Just a few more updates.
It was Melissa's birthday on the sixth so we went to dinner
all together :) Her last virgin birthday. Too far? Sorry. She's
getting married!

This year we got to go to General Conference

again! Thanks to my roommate Kristen and

her Dad who got us the tickets. It turned

out to be such a nice day in Salt Lake! And

conference was amazing. I probably say that

after each one but it really was good.

So here we are in Salt Lake with the temple

behind us :)

2009-04-09T10:59:00.000-07:00

These beautiful pictures need no words :) I am SO happy!
UNC 89 MSU 72
All is right in the world.

2009-03-24T09:00:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, I went home with my sisters, Casi's husband-to-be and Casi's roommate. Kelsey's dance team was going to be competing at state so we decided to make the drive back to see her perform. Since being at college, I desire more than ever to watch Kelsey dance and watch Stephanie play basketball. They are both so good! And I miss watching them. So we drove back on Thursday night and got home around 4 a.m. on Friday. Kelsey performed on Saturday and then we left Sunday around 3 and got to Provo again at about 4 a.m. on Monday. haha. SUCH a long weekend but it was worth it to see my family. Here's a few cute pics of Kelsey's super intense costume and the cool shirts we made for her!

2009-03-21T13:34:00.000-07:00

I went to Las Vegas again last weekend for the Mountain West conference tournament as a reporter. Paid vacation? YES. Thank you BYU. The girls team had a chance to go but didn't make it past the first round so they got out before I even got down there to watch. Fortunately, my editor said I could still come and do some sidebar writing for the men's team :) Literal heaven for me. I just wish our boys had made it farther. They beat Air Force but then couldn't get past San Diego. Still, it was SO nice to be in Vegas and relax in the sun. We went to the strip a few times even. This is Stephanie and I. She's the photographer that came down with us to get some sweet pics :)

2009-03-06T17:51:00.000-08:00

Little joys in life come in all shapes and forms. This week, for me, it has come in the form of a YouTube video. Go here: LOVE. I watch it almost once a day and laugh every time. Mostly because I miss my dog but also, simply, it's funny. No more explanation is needed. Watch it. Love it. BYEEE

2009-03-03T21:54:00.000-08:00

Ok, I've decided to blog about my obsession and the dream that accompanied it. Completely PG... don't worry.

Picture this: Me in Provo (easy enough) just finding out that UNC is coming to play in the Marriott Center (harder, because it will NEVER happen). Anyway, so I'm totally stoked and to top it off, Tyler somehow got my phone number and called me . It must've been an angel that gave it to me... lets be honest. So we hung out after the game and fell in love obviously. He then told me he'd get me tickets for all the games that UNC was playing in for the NCAA tournament so I was able to go to each one and see them win (again, obviously). Then, after they won the tournament, we hung out in Detroit and decided to get married. Of course I had to wake up before we did... stupid alarm clock... but we would have.

I hope he never reads this because then my chances for love would be COMPLETELY ruined. Also, if you don't appreciate this insight into my life then I apologize.

2009-03-02T23:05:00.001-08:00

Ok... if you have never participated in a flour fight, my friend, then you are missing out. Seriously. Just go buy a bag of flour, throw it on someone and you will understand the joy that comes from this sort of activity. Of course, it is more fun if the person you are attacking is wearing all black because then the white shows up more, but it is not necessary.

Anyway, this is a really fun activity and now that it's starting to get a little warmer (I hope I haven't spoken too soon) you can go play it outside! Do it.

Besides, who wouldn't want to look like this after an hour of unrestrained flour fighting? I don't even know.

2009-02-24T15:02:00.001-08:00

This second post is for Lindsey. For all of you who are unaware, Lindsey is a working woman. She supports me financially. haha. No, but seriously. So anyway, when she's a work and not busy doing all the work she does, she reads my blog. I told her I'd update it every fifteen minutes so she would have SO much to read tomorow but I decided... after further evaluation of my promise... that that'd be completely obsessive and I shouldn't do that. Not that I don't support her in all she does and try to live up to her every demand. I just don't know how weird that'd be. Right?

Aaaand while I'm posting something about Lindsey, I thought I'd put up a cute picture of us in Las Vegas! Dang, I know. Cutest twins in the world

2009-02-24T14:44:00.000-08:00

Well, it's been a long time since I posted anything. I'm not sure why but I just haven't. And now I'm back. It seems I'm drawn to this blogging world. haha. I love it. Besides, I have to keep up on all the new media outlets somehow, right?

So, here it goes: life since my last post.
1. vegas trip
2. school
3. family
4. roommates

1. Lindsey, Amanda and I went to Vegas for the Valentine's Day weekend with our FHE brothers. It was really fun and SUCH a good break from school. I didn't do any homework. Turns out that probably wasn't the best idea but it seemed right at the time. We visited the temple while we were there :) Pretty. Also, Amanda lost her phone while we were there but the temple said they found it so they're mailing it to her. How nice is that?

2. School is going a lot better than it was at the beginning of the semester. I'm still writing for the campus paper and I actually love it. I've been assigned to the girls basketball team and even though I thoroughly dislike women's sports, I do like our BYU team so that's good. Plus, they might get me another free trip to Vegas so we'll see :)

3. I miss my family. Lindsey and I are both thinking about staying Spring and Summer and I don't want to. If I find a job here that'd be good and I'd stay but I'll miss being home so much. Luckily, my sisters are coming to visit in a few weeks! Casi is happy with her fiance and all is well in the wedding world.

4. My roommates are truly amazing. I honestly feel like they fill up a part of my life that was missing. Cheesy? Maybe but it's ok. We have so much fun together and I love it. That's probably the number one reason none of us are married though... because we like to spend so much time together and not with boys. haha.

So that's life. It's stressful, but who's isn't?

2009-01-31T18:35:00.000-08:00

You know when something happens in your life that you never thought would happen? Ya, that's pretty hard to handle.

2009-01-16T08:45:00.000-08:00

School: Number 1 source of stress in my life by far but I'm learning to love it. I'm writing for the school newspaper so that brings a large amount of work and stress into my life but I like it. I'm not quite sure if I'm cut out for it though because I get so nervous all the time talking to so many people but I'm trying :) Does that count?
Life: I'm still alive.
Boys: hahahahah
Sisters: We're going shopping today for wedding stuff :)
Rommmates: They're pretty much the only reason I'm still alive even though two of them will probably get married and leave me this summer.
Family back in Oregon: I miss them SO bad. Sometimes I wish that our second house was here in Utah so that during the school year my family could be here with me but that won't happen.
Sports: A friend told me last night that the rankings don't count so much as the tournament does and I hope she's right because UNC is ranked down at #6. I know... lame. I'm enjoying all the craziness though and I can't wait until March! Selection Sunday is about 2 weeks away.
Friends: Well, mostly I don't have any but also most of them are married now. Thank you December 27th. Also, lots of engagements too. It's exciting stuff!

So that's the update for ya. Sorry I haven't been in any fights or received any exciting anonymous love note as of late. I've come to realize that the people that read my blog don't read it for the exciting, thrill factor but probably just because they love me :) Or they randomly came upon my blog and were intrigued by the lack of excitement in my life and decided to read further to try to pick out what's wrong with me. If you're that person, let me know what you figure out.

2008-12-26T17:10:00.000-08:00

I know what you're thinking. "Dang those girls are incredibly good looking". Well, you're right. That's the fam :) 5 girls. No boys. No worries. And, no, my dad is not unhappy about it. He's actually very, very happy about it. He's a stud.

Well, merry christmas everyone. I'm sure it was grand for all. I received a lovely UNC sweatshirt from my dear sister in honor of my love for the team. I also got one of those ipod nano things. So cute! It's really small though so I hope I don't lose it. We all ventured to the mall today in hopes of finding some good sales. Among the sales we also found hundreds of other people looking for the same thing. Our family has never really been big on shopping so about 3 hours of crowded shopping is all we can handle. Then we had to eat something :) Cheers to Burgerville for being close to the mall and having delicious cheeseburgers.

So that's the break so far. I'm so grateful for my family and their love for me. It has been so nice to be home and have a break from everything :) Lindsey and I head back to Utah on January 1st :(

2008-12-21T15:10:00.000-08:00

Kelsey found this lovely chunk of ice in our backyard!

Don't mind

the fact

that I have no

make up on

or that my

pants are

so awesome.

There is snow everywhere! The cute, furry create there on the left is my dog Bo :) I'm pretty much obsessed with him.

I can't believe all this snow! I thought I was getting out of it when I left Utah but here I am and it's still all around me. Lovely. At least it's a good excuse to just stay inside all day and watch movies. Wow, I'm lazy.

We've been writing letters all day to missionaries. A lot of my friends are coming home so soon! I can't believe two years has already gone by since they all left.

All in all, life is grand. I shoveled our sidewalk and driveway three times yesterday and I'm really sore today so I've been having Kelsey stand on my back for hours at at time. It feels really good.

2008-12-14T17:41:00.000-08:00

I'm going home in four days!

2008-12-04T15:31:00.000-08:00

1. North Carolina (72) 7-0 1,800

2. Connecticut 6-0 1,723

3. Pittsburgh 7-0 1,592

4. Duke 7-0 1,526

Just an update on my life. Sports. That's my life. UNC basketball is dominating college hoops. They are favored to be the national champs this year and I agree with that. They should've had it last year.

Also, finals are coming up. Only about one more week of school left! I can't WAIT to get home to Oregon. I miss it a lot. That's about all. I saw a puppy today that I wanted to buy but my apartment complex don't allow dogs or fun or anything. It's ok.

2008-11-30T10:41:00.000-08:00

Happy thanksgiving! What a lovely holiday. I got to see my family, eat some delicious food and hang out with my cool grandparents! Oh, also, I got a break from school! Here are a few pictures of our good time in Idaho.

Me and my sisters with both sets of grandparents. A crazy photo but it's who we are. Also, notice casi's left hand! Yes folks, my little sister is officially engaged :)

Here's the whole group. My dad is so proud that he figured out how to use the timer on his new camera.

And finally, this is how we sleep when we are at grandma's house: on the floor and spooning. Who wouldn't want to be a part of this family? I love it. Of course, Lindsey always gets the couch.

So that's thanksgiving with the Craft clan. Always noisy, always out of control but always fun.

2008-11-19T19:00:00.000-08:00

Casi and Daniel

The

twins

Sisters and that boy

On Sunday my friend Kayla agreed to take pictures of me and my sisters and a boy that my sisters loves. She is an angel for agreeing to put up with us for a few hours and for making us look good :) Seriously, she's amazing.

Tyler Hansbrough is making me very sad. He is still not able to play basketball and, as such, I have not been able to live. Technically, I'm alive but ask anyone and they will tell you that my life is incomplete... it's obvious. ESPN doesn't know when he'll be able to play again. Also, UNC lost another player Tyler Zeller to a broken wrist. He was a really good player too. UNC is hurting but I still love them. (Advice: Don't name your child Tyler if you plan on having them play some basketball)

School is normal. Boring but normal. My life is school and basketball right now so that's great. It doesn't get much better really. Unless, of course, I had a boyfriend or something. I'm not bitter.

2008-11-11T11:43:00.000-08:00

I haven't updated my blog in a while and I figured that since this prop 8 stuff is what's going on I should write about it. I don't really know what to write. I don't know everything about what's going on. I'm not from California, although this protesting is spreading to other states as well. I have a few strong opinions but they're not really based on fact. They're just what I feel. I just hate that this has turned into a massive anti-mormon campaign. Maybe a few adjectives could help define my feelings about it: scary, alarming, irritating, foreshadowing, troubling. You know, the usual ones. I just know that it's going to start getting harder to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and to stand up for what we believe in and I can't wait. I want to be strong and to tell people about what I believe. And when I have children one day I want them to be strong also. We can't sit on the fence anymore.

2008-10-27T16:19:00.000-07:00

It's official. The twins have voted! Yay for America :)

2008-10-24T12:38:00.001-07:00

I LOVE the office and this last Thursday's episode is definitely in my top 10 of favorite episodes! I laughed so hard and had to watch it again the next day so I could hear all the lines. It was JUST as funny the second time... for sure!

2008-10-17T08:47:00.000-07:00

BYU likely out of the BCS race

October 17, 2008 12:34 AM

Posted by ESPN.com's Graham Watson

FORT WORTH, Texas -- As chants of "overrated" rang out through the stands of Amon G. Carter Stadium, No. 9 BYU could only hang its head and quietly jog off the field in an overwhelming cloud of disappointment.

The Cougars had thoroughly been beaten, 32-7, by TCU, a team that admitted earlier in the week that defeating BYU had been on its mind since last January.

Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas -- BYU will need a small miracle to reach the BCS. And maybe even just to win the Mountain West Conference.With an ironic twist of revenge, and a smothering defense, TCU made sure of that.

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It was a sad day in Provo yesterday and, as you can see, everyone had something to say about it. I think it was especially hard to see the team lose so bad because we had been built up for so long! Freakin #9! Undefeated in the conference. BCS on the horizon..... And now it's all gone. I'm not defeated as an avid fan of my BYU cougars but I'm just sad.

On a MUCH happier note, the North Carolina Tar Heels' first home game is NOVEMBER 15th!!! Let the countdown begin. What's not to love about the face of the player of the year?

2008-10-14T12:53:00.000-07:00

www.dictionary.com

Public Relations:

1. the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, community, employees, customers, etc.

2. The art or science of establishing and promoting a favorable relationship with the public.

3. The methods and activities employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the public.

That's me. I have officially been accepted into the Communications: Public Relations major at BYU! I'm so excited! Mainly, it's just nice to not have to worry about it anymore. It's like a little piece of my future has finally decided to fall into place for me :)

Also, it's birthday week. I know someone who has a birthday everyday this week starting Monday with my friend Connor and ending on Sunday which is mine and Lindsey's! Happy birthday to all. Zac Efron's is on Saturday.

2008-10-07T10:36:00.001-07:00

Do you know what the hardest thing is about having this blog? Thinking of things to write. I LOVE to read everyone else's, comment on posts and such but then I realize I haven't updated mine in a few weeks so I probably should write something. But what?

Nothing major really ever happens in my life so I think about the smaller things and I think of something to write but then I remember this is public and I just don't want to share that much intimate information about myself.

So then I think, "Well I could write something about politics. Everyone else is." Then I remember that I don't like McCain, Obama, Palin or Biden... so what would I write?

You see the struggle that goes into a new post? Maybe it's not this hard for some people. Usually I'm realy good at talking non-stop about whatever pops into my head but when it comes to writing it down where it will forever be visible for others to read I freeze. If everyone's going to read it, it's gotta be good. haha. But really only like 2 people read this so it doesn't matter.
I will just put up some pictures. A picture is worth 1,000 words, right? Works for me.

My roommate, Melissa, is on the BYU volleyball team! I've learned to actually like the sport and I never thought I would.

Melissa and I before we went to Blade's birthday party

Me and Lindsey matched! Totally on accident, I swear.

2008-09-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

I've decided to dedicate this post to the amazing skills of my BYU football team. There's only been 3 home games so I don't have that many pictures but it's a good start. More to come!

My roommates and I at the UCLA game (59-0 cougars win)

My sister and my cousin at the wyoming game (44-0 cougars win)

My family :)

My cousin's baby: Spencer!

Cosmo the cougar cheering on the team

2008-09-14T10:08:00.000-07:00

13 reasons I'm happy

1. I found my keys after 3 days of searching

2. Last Monday, I got a 40-minute long voice recorded message from my friend in Germany

3. BYU beat UCLA 59-0... AMAZING

4. It's Sunday

5. I had a warm shower this morning

6. My cousin gets home from Denver, CO in one month

7. I was able to wear shoes again for the first time on Friday night after getting the worst blisters of my life

8. KC and Drew are coming tomorrow

9. Spencer is a little man running around like crazy

10. My sisters love me

11. Kendoll is trying to get me married

12. I got to dance all night on Friday

13. My Mom's name is Pam and my Dad's name is Rob

I don't have any good, juicy updates but I wanted to post something :) Have a lovely Sunday!

2008-09-03T17:27:00.000-07:00

AND IT BEGINS....

Well, day two of my Junior year at BYU is over and done with. I can't believe it's round three for me at this beautiful campus. Even though the school and homework part isn't so great, I'm happy to be here.

I've got a few interesting classes this year that are going to be pretty fun and some that will be down right boring. That's ok. I'm loving my roommates and it's good to be back with them again. This is our third year all together...we've known each other since freshman year! Wow. One of the six of us is new this year but she fits right in and it's SO fun.

I miss Oregon and my family tons but I think school's going to be fun this year.

2008-08-25T15:51:00.000-07:00

You can never get too many cute pictures of the Craft girls :)

Well, Lindsey and I were supposed to be in Idaho right now but our apartment complex seemed to have forgotten we were coming because there are still two girls living in our room :) Lovely, don't you think? So we won't be leaving until Wednesday now. It's really not that big of a deal... just a little frustrating since we packed up EVERYTHING and I am not living out of a duffle bag. Just another lovely day in the life of Whitney :)

I'm not really that excited to get back to school I've had such a good summer and i love hanging out with my sisters. I'm sure once I get back there I'll get used to it but right nw I'm not happy about leaving Oregon. I'll keep you updated on how I'm adjusting. You'd think that by my third year I'd be used to this :) haha.

2008-08-11T18:24:00.001-07:00

This blog is JUST like my journal, I swear. I remember I have one and then think to myself, "Hey I should update that." So, my summer after my sophomore year in college is about over. It's august. I can't believe it's gone by so fast. I've really loved being home and I'm not really excited to get back. I've never been a big fan of the school concept that our country loves so much. ha.

In other news, my cousin is returning from a 2-year mission for our church in a few weeks! I'm so excited to see him. I can't believe it's already been two years. Time sure does fly. Other than that, life is normal. I've been babysitting all summer to boost my bank account... I wish I could say it was working. I'm afraid I'll have to get a job at school. Oh well. Life goes on :)

In closing, three cheers for team USA in this summer's olympics! Wow.

2008-01-13T12:39:00.000-08:00

These are some of my cousins and my grandparents. Aaren't we all so cute? We had a family dinner for Christmas.

2008-01-13T12:28:00.000-08:00

i got a blog because lindsey got a blog. i used to really like doing these types of "online journal" things but then when i found out that no one really reads/cares what i write here i cancelled my old blog.
now that i'm more mature, however, i realize that happiness only depends on whether or not lindsey reads my blog so if she reads it we're golden... and by "we" i mean "me". anyway if there is anyone else reading this i hope you enjoy it. i'm not really an exciting person so i won't have much to write but i do love taking pictures so i'll put a bunch up hopefully.

bye.