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Hi!!!!

I've been lucky enough to see you guys LOTS this summer so I feel like everybody pretty much knows what's going on with me. But I promise I'm going to be better about updating, and everybody else better promise too because once I leave for Korea I'm going to be so out of the loop!!! I miss you guys already.

This week Ian and I went on a BIG HUGE HIKE with his Mom, his brother Austin, and Austin's girlfriend Roxanne. We drove out into the forest by Mount Baker and then hiked up up UP towards the top. Of course we didn't get to the top of Mount Baker or anything, but we didddd make it all the way up to the snow level. Here are some picture of our little journey...

soooo pretty up close!

rox, me, ian, anne, austin

me and ian!

We were also lucky enough to go crabbing with the parents and Sam last week and lovvved it. Our camping spot was great, the weather was beautiful, and I ate SO MUCH CRAB!!!!!! Thanks to the parents for inviting us, we had a blast. Mom has all the pictures from that so I'll let her do the honors.

OK everybody else update too, I MISS YOU ALL.

Love love.

anuuuttthaaaaa one!

i'm sure you all remember this post from last december... well ladies and gents, this little lady will be starting a new school on monday- the university of utah! and quite honestly, i couldn't be more excited!

thanks to sheri for all of the lovely family pictures from the reunion. i posted A TON of pictures on facebook from it, so check out my facebook to see them.

not much new here... i hope the rest of you take a second to post a blog about what you are up to... remember how we all used to be really good at it? yeah, let's try that again!

k, love you all bunches!!
xoxo

p.s. hope you all like the new header :)

More Pics from Reunion!

You're all sooooo Beautiful!!!!!!!

Family Pics

Hi everyone! Thought you'd all like to see some of the pics we took. You all look so great!

I have copies for you! Thanks for all your cooperation getting this task accomplished. It was real

fun for us to have all of our kids together, even if for only a few hours. Love you All!!!

hello everyone,

well hey :)

so it's pretty awesome that we ALL got to see eachother at the reunion huh?

but uh...that doesn't mean that we should all stop talking on here! haha so....let's here it!

what's everyone up to now?

nothing new for me really...still making greasy pizzas, although i'll probably start working for dad soon (once he can find enough stuff for me to actually do over there...bahaha)

OH! (this is mostly for leesh, as she is the cosmetic designer of this little blogspace), i was thinking that you should get a hold of our new fam picture we just took, crop it up, spice it up, or whatver, and update our blog's headline title thingy! that way we can have the p-rents up there too ya know.

or i can do it, i just don't have the picture on my comp.

well that's all for now i guess,

i would lerrve to see more posts up here about all of everyone's lives,

i love you all verrry verrrrrry much,

eeeeeeeeeee-ROCK

Oklahoma!

murtle
i am the peacock.
Erik sucks at these. haha
k beanie monkey.
awkwardfamilyphotos.com ???


Sorry I heavn't gotten on Blog for ehh, a few months. I miss the crap out of all of you. Ang, Ken, Christina, Chrissy, Leesh, Izzy and Davien. And erik when he leaves tomorrow, haha. But for real. I love you all. Me and Erik got back from OKLAHOMA on friday. It was way hawt. No literally. HOT.. haha but I had a lot of fun and so did erik. I have Girls Camp this week and its my first week of being a YCL so I'm pretty pumped. We are going to Camp Zarahemla. Yes, you are all jealous. I can't wait to see you guys at the reunion in a couple weeks. Oh yeah. The Phillips reunion that just me and the parents went to was way FUN! I met all my long lost....step...1st cousins once removed, second cousins once and twice removed, great aunt and uncles were there. haha it was awesome, But yeah bruce's family was there so i wasn't allll alone. haha it was good. And i love you all. And i'm doing great! Here are some pikshures from Oklahoma above. Obviously you already looked at them. i sucks at life and forget how to make them go BELOW my writing....hmmm. You could also look on Facebook at them. haha

say 'ello to my little friend

hello darlings! since no one else is blogging lately, i figured i should liven up the party a little with some grand news about my life.

meet my new cannon rebel x SLR film camera:
yes yes, i still have, LOVE and use my glorious nikon DSLR that the parents got my for christmas, but i just took up a film photography class and i needed a good camera for it. i figured this would be a fun investment anyways and didn't feel too bad spending the money on it. plus, it's a cannon and cannons have always held a special place in my heart :) (okay, okay, i totally looked EVERYWHERE for a nikon SLR but i COULD NOT FIND ONE that was under 150 dollars... mehh..)

so anywho, the class i'm taking is a black and white film class and i'm learning how to develop my own film and print my own photographs- WITHOUT any use of the computer.. crazy, i know.

this picture above is an example of a contact sheet that you make everytime you shoot a roll of film. You basically just copy all of your negatives onto one sheet so you can get a better idea of the pictures that turned out. all of these are kinda crappy since it was just a test roll but next week i'm shooting landscapes so i am sure to have some pretty pretty pictures for all of you! and if any of you like any of the pictures that i post on here, just let me know and i can make a large copy of it for you!

k, time for ALL OF YOU to blog about something... the parents last cruise, sam's new go-kart, crabbing in seattle?! the possibilites are ENDLESSSSSSSS

xoxo, leesh

my beloved B

Dear Erik,
How did you get so cool? I realize that your birthday was like a gazillion days ago, but I'm way behind on the bloggin train. SO HERE I AM I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU. I just had to take some extra days to think about how awesome you are and what cool things I could say about you. The problem is that you are SO cool that it's past the point of words. So a few lame lines will have to do. I'm glad that we are always next to each other in family pictures and that we have so many of us together (below is just a fraction of a sampling). I am also glad that you are so much taller than me cuz I fit right under your shoulder. I'm also glad you are not be offended when I boss you around. I am also glad that you don't judge me and I can always tell you things and that you always give me good advice and encouragement. I am also glad that you dress so rad cuz it makes me proud to know you. I am also glad that you and Kari are so hot (sorry I had to throw that in). I'm also glad that you're going on a mission and are such a good example to the whole fam in everything you do- seriously, you rock. I'm glad that you are so funny and that when we are together we can just laugh and laugh. I'm glad that we are part of the misfits. I'm glad you have freckles too. I'm glad when you send me picture texts cuz they're always hilar. I'm glad when we talk about church stuff cuz you have such amazing insight. I'm glad when you talk about music cuz I wanna be you. I'm glad when you let me borrow your awesome beanies. I'm glad when we sleep in the same bed on every Christmas Eve (I mean that in the most non-pervy way possible). I'm glad when you send me awesome birthday presents. I'm glad when we laugh really hard at the same thing and everyone else thinks we're crazy. Mostly I'm just glad that you're my brother and I get to keep you forever! Happy late late birthday dude, I love the crap out of you.
Sincerely, Chrissy

Here is the perfect example from an email sent from Grandma Francie. For those who didn't get it or bother to read it...


An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.

The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that.

v for vendetta

this post is dedicated to you, precious prince.

you are a prince
and we think it's cool
that one time in mexico
you almost kissed a mule.

you are nineteen
or maybe you are not
but no matter your age
you are still hawt.

we have crazy laughs
that are sometimes our foe
but at least its not as crazy
as the mom from that 70's show.

one year older and wiser too
happy birthday to you.

k love you!!!!

* it's a shame you wear those glasses so often.. covering up those luscious brows of yours...

to save everyone the trouble:

i am going to be the first to wish MYSELF a very happy birthday from all of you guys....to me.

so here it goes:

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY ERIK!

happy MOMMA'S day!

Happy Mother's Day, Sheri!

Each and every one of us are so grateful for all of the hard work you put into keeping our family together and happy! We appreciate the thoughtfulness and kindness that you show to all of us through your example.
Thank you for being such a wonderful mother and grandmother!
WE LOVE YOU!

With love...

Angela and Christina

Chrissy

Leesh

Jacque

Erik

Taylor

Sarah

Sam

Kat

Izzy

and Davien

xoxo

calling planet earth

If any of you haven't seen this movie yet, then get your little tushes to the theater and watch it. Chrissy and I saw it last night and literally smiled and laughed the entire time. Don't wait for it to come out on DVD because I don't think it will have the same effect on a small screen. The images are absolutely stunning and the shots that they got of the animals and scenery are TO DIE FOR. Seriously you all should go as a fam bam and see this incredible movie! Oh oh! And for next year's Earth Day, watch out for Disney's next film called "Oceans." Sheri...Dad... I think it's going to be right up your alley.

GO SEE IT NOW!

So

I finished Harry Potter!
That's really the only happy I can think of right now,
But then it's still kinda sad because now I have nothing to waste my time with.
Blah.
Love you all. Rep it real.

gigity my birthday

it was awesome!!!! thank you everyone for making it a special day!!

SAMBO RAMBO!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAAAAAM!!!!!!!

i cant believe you're so old! ....well actually, i can. i guess i can't believe you are so young. haha you just seem alot older for some reason. anyways, i just wanted to let you know that i think you are turning out to be a pretty awesome guy, and that i love you ALOT. you have always been so much fun to be around. whenever i was feeling down, i knew that i could always talk to you to make me feel a little better, and you always listened. i realize that im probably not on the top of the list of older brothers to look up to, but i want you to know that i've always looked up to you, even if you are my "little" brother haha. thanks for being such a great bro, and an even better friend sam. i love you so much, and i'll miss you alot when i'm on my mish :) 

love erik 

the bunny

I put up a bunch of pictures from last week in San Francisco on my personal blog, so I'll direct you there rather than post them all all over again. Go to www.chrissyrenae.com, and check back regularly for updates.

I just got back from Easter weekend in St George and it was great! I went down with my roommate Whitney and stayed with her family. Yesterday it was rainy so we just hung out at her place, but today was beautiful and sunny. We went on a long family hike all morning and then went over to her Uncle's for dinner and festivities. Then we packed up and came home and now I am back in my lovely bed. Short, sweet, and simple, but we had a great time. Andddd I ate way too much sugar because the Easter Bunny found me even way down south. What a sneaky guy...

mobbing in moab

this past weekend aaron, andre, andre's friend from georgia, jake, and i traveled down to moab in southern utah. it's an amazing red rock desert with crazy rock formations and great hiking- sheri and dad, you guys should totally come camping here sometime- you would LOVE it. seriously, the pictures do not do the place justice- it's so incredibly beautiful there!
balanced rock.
the landscape around our camp site.
wall arch- i think? team picture- me, aaron, andre and jake.
on the night we got there we went on a hike up these crazy canyons- the views were spectacular and the dark skies made for amazing pictures.
there were these holes made by erosion all over the place- water would get trapped inside of them so they looked like little hot tubs.
hiking up even further...
we hiked up to the highest point all around us- it was pretty scary up there because it was SO windy and cold.
this is delicate arch! once again, pictures do not do this place justice. the hike up is amazing and we were so lucky to have blue skies on sunday morning!
lover face!
ah incredible!
this is called newspaper rock. it was like 40 miles south of where we were camping but we really wanted to see it- it's this crazy huge rock that has petroglyphs all over it. experts can't tell how old some of the pictures are but they guess that some of them date back to b.c. times. it was fun to make up stories about why the people had carved these pictures.

i had a really hard time choosing which pictures to put up because i have tons of them, so check out my facebook album for more! love you guys so much!