the CT Forseys have arrived.

Chad, KT, and baby Kami are finally here! this baby is so cute i could steal her and run for the border. good thing i'm not ready for something like that. it sucks that as a family we were only together for a couple of hours but it is better than the alternative. we are going to be together for eternity anyway, right? we took a complete family picture. it is by far the best we have ever taken. i think i could be ok with this one hanging on the wall. good work photographer Lynard.

a true christmas vacation.

being home in Tennessee has been so great. new traditions. good food. old friends. there is nothing better.

Our tacky Christmas photo

This year we decided to take our inspiration from the Griswolds. Jamboo and James made this fabulous suggestion. Quinford definitely wins the award for best dressed, but I'll let you decided.
More details and pics to come later.

PS i think Santa is on his way. let's hope we were good this year.

deuces for lynard.

happy birthday lynard. judith. nett. ho. netter. these are all synonymous for my best friend in the entire world. my sister. my soul mate. you have been my friend since the third grade (minus freshman year of high school. thanks a lot paul)we have laughed more than anyone will ever know. we have shed both tears of happiness and tears of sadness.

we have been on almost every family vaca together since i can remember. someday i know we will take vacas together with our own little families. we have shared everything. clothes. boys. (thanks to j mills). toothbrushes. yes we are this close. what's mine is yours. here's to the memories we have had and all those to come. loves you.

A season of thanksgiving.

I LOVE Thanksgiving. it is my holiday. last year i stayed in utah because it was way too expensive to go home. this year i am headed back south for a good time with the fam. neither zac or chad will be able to make it this year but it will still be better than the last. i have so much to be thankful for this year. i have my health and so does the rest of my family. we welcomed a new member to the family this year and she is perfect! i have a roof over my head, parents that would sacrifice to give me anything, friends that are there at the drop of a hat or ring of the phone. i have the knowledge in my head, the gospel in my life, and a constant Companion that gave his life for me. i am one lucky girl. i saw this video on a blog and i love it. hope you do too.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuwid8_O8dk

Happy Birthday Camillionaire.

22 years ago today, Paula Gardner gave birth to one of my most favorite people. why is she one of my favorites you might ask? i shall tell you.

her laugh...it is undeniable and you can hear it from a mile away.

she is one of the best double dutch-ers i know.

we bonded over usher's nice and slow.

she was the first person i met when i came to college and i know we will be lovers for forever.

she is married to my brother on facebook. did i mention he is only 16?

i have more pictures with this little lady than anyone i know. and they all are classics...if you hadn't noticed.

don't even get me started on her dance moves.

I could go on forever but really, she has been an amazing friend and i don't know what i'd do without her. so here's to you lover--happy birthday!

Where did October go?

This month has flown by. School has been hard--trying to stay caught up with my groups in the core. Golf has been crazy. We most recently went to Las Vegas and now we are in Hawaii! Please try not to be jealous. I was a little bummed that i didn't really get to celebrate Halloween this year. Although, it really is just a holiday used as an excuse for girls to get dressed up really slutty. welcome to provo! i am going to be so happy when this Hawaii trip is over and i can refocus on school and try and find some sort of a social life!! Pictures to come later!

question: what is a quail bunny?

answer: it is my sweet little, but not so little, 16 year old brother--as of today. Quinford is probably one of the coolest kids i know. i shall give you half of his age reasons why.

1. he is extremely funny. (he totally gets that from me.)

2. he can carry on a movie quoting war longer than anyone else i know.

3. he doesn't eat bread. offer him any amount of money and he won't budge. i like that he sticks to his guns.

4. he is a total stud and the ladies can't keep their hands off him.

5. he is kind of a neat freak. i am way jealous.

6. he is wise above his years in so many ways but still our little baby in others.

7. he loves to sing and can often be caught in his room jamming out by his lonesome. i like when people aren't afraid to be alone--and belt it out.

8. he is a talented baller, golfer, wake surfer, guitar hero player, and lawn mower. all admirable qualities if you ask me.

so here's to my one and only baby brother Q, on your 16th birthday--may your driving skills improve fast and the girls come in flocks. you deserve it you stud, you.

Oink Oink.

It has been confirmed. I have been infected with the swine flu. I blame Sue for making us stay with host families. I have felt like death for the past 3 days. Luckily i have nothing better to do than laying in bed...school is for fools. We did have golf pictures yesterday and Jeff made Camille and I promise to wear masks if we were going to be around the girls. I am a woman of my word.

Getting lucky in Kentucky?

I definitely was not experiencing any sort of luck this week. The past 5 days were spent golfing in Louisville. The only nice thing about it was being able to see mom and dad. I played like crap and i am pretty sure i am getting sick. I am going back to Provo to try and play catch up. Hopefully i will have more luck in this.

living the good life.

i have decided that provo summers are unbeatable. why have i never stayed and played here for a summer? the weather is Ah-mazing and people are always out to play. we just moved into our new house in arlington last week and it is sooo nice. it has been really fun having a place this big. the downfall is sharing a room, of course. but i think that it will be a great learning experience for me. someday i am going to have to share everything i have with someone so i might as well start now. :) so let me break it down to you why i am living the good life. golf in the morning. pool in the afternoon. exercise when it cools. play all night. repeat. there is nothing better. i think i shall protest the start of school.

we will all float on.

Ash, me, Al, Britt, and Lynard before we floated the Provo River

the entire group. (girls and baseball boys)

thank you kevo for wearing that awesome man-kini. this image will be forever burnt in my brain. even though the water was freezing it was so much fun! i was one of the few to make it without flipping out of my tube-thankgoodness! a definite must do in provolone!

On the road again.

2 days ago lynard and i departed eastern Tennessee with the honda packed full to the brim. tonight we arrived in the utah valley after countless diet cokes and only being pulled over once. we escaped without a ticket and arrived in one piece; i'd say it was a successful journey.

it feels like independence day.

happy fourth of july! i wish i could agree with my title..and the wallflowers...but it just doesn't feel like it. we did the traditional out on the lake and picked our fair share of fireworks. even so, something just feels off about the holiday this year. hope the feeling fades. more to come later.

COMINAYAAHAA.

in the words of jack black in saving silverman, "COMINAYAAHAA!" i say this but only because it is a dedication to an amazing person. James Zachary Forsey was born 27 years ago today. happy birthday brother. i hate to pick a favorite sibling but without a doubt today he wins the best brother award. why you may ask? a few reasons i shall share with you.

1. he is probably the funniest person i know.

2. together we invented the laugh party. best invention ever.

3. he comes up with the greatest nicknames ever.

4. he says whatever he thinks. honesty is the best policy.

5. he loves and respects our parents, whether he agrees with them or not.

6. he is a friggin doctor now. aka dedication and work ethic is undeniable.

7. he laughs at my jokes.

8. his love for his wife is evident. i hope to find someone that will treat me like he treats jamie.

9. we love him because he brought jamie to our family and without her something wouldn't be right.

10. even though we didn't always get along, now i consider him one of my greatest friends. and he is a pretty great friend to have.

so here's to zachy, james, zenus, z on his special day. i love you brother.

always gonna be another mountain.

so i might have watched the hannah montanna movie today...and loved it. don't hate. but it totally got me to thinking. as gay as the song "the climb" is, i love it. it is just so true. and there is nothing i love more than a song i feel like i can relate to. lately i feel like life has thrown me a lot of stuff. but the worst part is that it hasn't been just me. my family has gone through a lot just since Christmas. i know everyone has their own trials but the difference is now i am old enough to be asked to deal with them. this song says it all. the journey is the destination.

another one bites the dust.

Another week down. Week 2 and 3 of camp were a complete success. i know i complain but on the whole i can say it was really fun. Below is a picture of me and a couple of the girls.

Girls from Intermediate Camp

They weren’t very good during week 2 but they tried so hard and so I was really proud of them. Week 3 was a little bit better and twenty times funnier. I am going to post some pictures when the girls e-mail them to me. it was fun because I totally remember a few of the kids from last year. I give all the boys a hard time for the week but they are so cute. I had like at least a dozen of them come and ask me to sign their t-shirt or their golf balls. Definitely a confidence booster. :D not to mention that will probably be the only time in my life that someone will ask for my autograph. these girls were so fun though. Kind of bums me out that I probably won’t be doing camps anymore. I just need to come to the realization that it will be time for me to get a grown up job next summer. Anyways…I can’t believe I am leaving to go home for the rest of the summer. I don’t think I am ready yet…for the golf extravaganza or for the saying bye to my people part. The rest of the summer could be crazy. I can't wait to see what it holds!

I do not hook up.

camp is finally over. thank goodness. it was a very long week which i am finishing off by blogging on a friday night. love my life. so you might be wondering how this post relates to the title. yesterday jordan asked me to accompany him to the kelly clarkson concert at UVU. it was really fun. the concert was pretty short though. it rained for the first couple songs and after there was the prettiest rainbow i have ever seen! jordan and i were with his cousin and her finance'...they were so cute and so nice! it has been such a long time since i have been on a date so it was really nice. i love when boys treat you like they should. the fact that i have known jordan for a year and a half makes everything so easy when we are together. after the concert we went to jordan's to finish watching the Magic/Lakers game. the night was really so fun. we laughed and cuddled and that was enough for me. just like Kelly says "i do not hook up, i go slow."

jordan, me, libby (his cousin), and her finance' sitting at the concert

life can be a tricky thing.

today i think the title speaks for itself. life has been very funny lately...funny probably isn't the right word but today Brady and i decided that sometimes all you can do is laugh. she has definitely shown me that you have to be an optimist and look for the positive in every situation. within the past week both Nik and B have lost their jobs due to circumstances that were out of their control. kind of sucky situations if you ask me. since, Nik and Ava packed everything up and moved to CA to live with Nik's g-ma in hopes to find jobs. B actually only lost her job today but has had such a great attitude about it. it always seems to be that things happen for a reason. we shall cling to this logic in hopes of its truth.

on a different/happier note i am so happy for my bestest friend in the whole wide world, Lyn Lyn. it seems to be that she has found "like" in Paris while studying abroad. i have seen a few pics and to say the least i was slightly jealous. i really hope that things work out for her because she deserves it more than anyone i know.

speaking of boys i feel like i should be honest with the current lack of love in my life. within the past week i have rekindled two relationships. in that same week, both have once again fizzled. to make this horribly long story short i have realized that i really do deserve more. i deserve to be someones priority. their first choice. i shouldn't have to play back up to anyone. i will not settle. this is a promise i am making to myself. i recently found this quote and i fell in love with it. of course it was given by none other than the prophet, Gordan B. Hinckley.

"Girls, Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor you, that he will be absolutely true to you, that he will give you the freedom of expression and let you fly in the development of your own talents. He is not going to be perfect, but if he is kind and thoughtful, if he knows how to work and earn a living, if he is honest and full of faith, the chances are you will not go wrong, that you will be immensely happy...True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion."

i know things will happen for me. i too know that i do have to be somewhat more proactive than i am now. this is my goal. i have high hopes for the future.

I hate to say this but...

i have always said i will never be "one of those". i have fallen victim. you know what i mean? let me explain. in the beginning it was aim. everyone had a screen name and it was the thing to do. then myspace came along. i said i would never be one of those. i fell victim. then facebook came out and was way less creepy. again i feel victim. i have always said i would never be a blogger but it seems again i have fallen victim. i thought the reason i wouldn't blog is because i have nothing to blog about. well i have recently reevaluated my life and realized that it has reality tv show capability. the drama in college is unreal. it is a love/hate relationship. and i don't want to forget a beat. i have always wanted to be someone that was really good at writing in their journal but i have never been able to master the task. this is my alternative. i have no one to impress. we have always been told that these are the best years of our lives. well i have never agreed with anything more. so here's to the journey. this is me, like it or not.