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This week has been slightly crazy to say the least.  And it's not over yet.  Here's a few things that have made my life great or at least interesting of late.

To begin with, Leah managed to fall through the entrance to the net around the trampoline and onto the cement.  This left a nice cut on the side of her head.  My parents had left on their cruise less than 48 hours before. Thus, Carrie and I got the privilege of accompanying Leah to the ER.  It was fun.  Quite the experience.  Four staples later and we're all good.  :)  We actually got to use the medical release note from our parents.  Definitely a first.  :)

The following conversation took place one day as Grant was leaving my room:
Grant: "See ya."
Bridget: "See ya."
Grant: "See ya Bridget."
Bridget: "See ya Grant."
Grant: "I love you."
Tell me he's not the most precious child on earth.  :)

Yet another Grant story:
Bridget: "Grant, how come you look so cute today?"
Grant: "Because I love you."
This kid is going to make an excellent husband.  :)

I was babysitting three little girls the other day who happen to moving to London tomorrow.  Lucky ducks.  Tangent:  Why are little kids so fascinated with stairs?  Especially when their in one's house.  These little girls were excited that their new house was going to have stairs and I also remember thinking as a little kid that having stairs in your house was super cool.  Now back to the point.  I brought two of my little sisters along to play with these little girls.  We decided to play a Toy Story Wii game (which is a great game by the way since it's super easy).  Anyway, it's comprised of a bunch of mini games in which you compete with people to see who can get the most points.  At the end of each game there is a screen that tells you who won the game.  The oldest little girl, who is 7, skipped past the score screen.  Wanting to see my score, I asked her why she skipped the screen.  She responded, "That will make someone cry."

While waiting to get staples in her head, Leah was talking up a storm.  She informed us that you can tell when she is sick because she doesn't feel like eating pizza.  Good to know.  No appetite for pizza is definitely the first way I know I'm sick.  :)

I was babysitting yet another family (can you tell I babysit too much?) and we were watching Sinbad (a DreamWorks animated movie).  The villain is this evil goddess woman.  At one part while she was being her evil self, the 5-year-old little boy said, "I wish I could call her the S-T word."  I'm pretty sure he meant the word "stupid".  Precious.  That's some good parenting right there.  :)

So obviously the majority of my time has been spent with small children lately and these occurrences is what makes it worth it.  Now on to the super good news:

My roommate from freshman year, Amelia Holt, is engaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Now for a bunch of pictures of us.  Yeah I should be posting ones of her and her fiancee, Seth, but I like these ones too much. :)

Fake contention I assure you.

I seriously am SO excited for Amelia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Her fiancee, Seth, is an incredibly lucky man.  

That's about it.  Have the best weekend ever.

The sibs.

Today my 12-year-old brother, Justin, asked me what "fax" meant.  Made me feel kinda old.

Grant (3) is the best dinner helper.  My mom even lets him cut things.  The other day I turned around and he was cutting lettuce with a knife.  My mom trusts him a whole lot.

On another evening Grant was helping in the kitchen again.  My mom told him to stop doing something (I can't remember what it was) that he wasn't supposed to doing.  He came back with, "Mom! You're not older than me!"  What a nut.

I hate oil stains.  A lot.  They ruin perfectly good shirts.  And half the time you don't even realize it until after you wash them.  In order to prevent such stains, I often steal my roommate's apron when cooking with oil.  My birthday's coming up though and you could purchase this for me so that I don't have to steal my roommate's apron.  Yes I know it's technically for men who barbecue but it would suffice for preventing my clothing from being stained with oil.

My 6-year-old sister, Leah, has her wedding colors picked out already.  She'd fit right in at BYU.  :)  She says she's going to marry a "hot one" when she gets to college.

One last Grant story.  The other day I was pitching to him so he could practice hitting.  During this activity he announced, "You know Bridget, this is fun!"  Precious.  Perhaps this means he might actually love me.  :) 

The fourth.

Happy Independence Day!!!!!!!!!  The Fourth of July is truly a GREAT holiday.  I love America a whole lot and am so thankful for those men and women who have made incredible sacrifices to make our country great.  Thomas Jefferson once said, "Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself."  I'm grateful for the men and women who truly put the needs of their country above their own.  

My Fourth of July was filled with swimming and BBQs and warm weather and our national pastime: baseball.  My family enjoyed a game of Dodger baseball and a SPECTACULAR fireworks show.  I've come to the conclusion that fireworks are 3,894,750,143,623 times better when accompanied by patriotic music.  A great day was had by all.  :)

It also just so happened that I managed to lose one of my retainers yesterday as well.  Let me tell you, no other small piece of plastic has ever caused me so much grief.  I'll preface this story by saying that I'm on my third set of retainers. The first set was ruined by boiling them.  I was carrying them around in my extra pair of tennis shoes.  Obviously, I wasn't about to put them in my mouth.  So I tried to come up with a way to sanitize them.  Our family commonly uses boiling water to sanitize toothbrushes (which are plastic) so why not retainers?  So I tried it and probably left them in the pot too long and they expanded.  The next set I almost left in a hotel in Ohio.  But we turned around and managed to find them.  However, I managed to leave them in another hotel in Santa Monica.  Lesson: Don't put your retainers in napkins.  Bad things happen.  So, yesterday I put my retainers on my bed when I woke up (bad choice #1).  Then I was cleaning my room and only found one of them.  I spent quite awhile looking everywhere around my bed.  I even had to go through the trash outside since I had just taken out the trash in my room that sits near my bed.  Disgusting.  My brother even helped me look.  After the Dodger game, the retainer was still lost.  I checked a few places and finally decided to re-look through the clothes I had hung up in my closet while cleaning my room.  And lo and behold, my retainer was inside one of my shirts in the closet.  Still not sure how it managed to get there.  Moral of the story: Never clean your room.  :)

Sports update:

Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw (my two favorites) were selected for the National League All-Star Team.  The All-Star game is great.  The three or four days without baseball that accompany it are not so great.

BYU Football became officially independent last Friday.  It should make for an interesting season.

Super old news:  Jimmer Fredette was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks.  He was promptly traded to the Sacramento Kings.  My feelings on this: I was hoping he'd go to the Pacers or the Knicks, but Sacramento was next on my list.  But really anywhere besides Utah was going to make me happy.  The best part about it all is that the Kings might be moving in the near future to Anaheim which is less than an hour away from me. 

That's it.  Have the best day ever!

SoCal

Today I went to the beach with my family, and I was reminded once again that Southern California is the best place in the world.  I mean there are plenty of awesome places to visit (ex: Spain, the rest of the United States, Dominican Republic, etc.), but I'm extremely glad I grew up in Sunny California and hope I end up here again in the future.  Anyway, here are a few bits of randomness for you all.  

First of all, a bug just attempted to fly up my nose.  Disgusting.  If there is one thing I dislike about summer, it is the fact that bugs are alive.  Especially little flies.  I don't like them at all.

Second, Target is the best.  Walmart doesn't even compare.  I'm sure I'd feel differently if I grew up going to a Walmart.  I just discovered that there is a Walmart 13 miles away from my zip code.  I'm finding this hard to believe.  Anyway, the point is I love Target.  It makes me want a house so I can buy all sorts of stuff from Target for it.  :)

Grant's birthday is on Sunday.  He's going to be a whole three years old.  I swear he's already four because he is way bigger than the other two-year-olds I know.  I can't believe he still has to wait two more school years before he goes to kindergarten.  He definitely seems old enough to me anyway to go this year.  Anyway, Grant has been looking forward to his birthday for a long time.  Especially because he knows he gets presents.  He actually thinks the word "birthday" is synonymous with "present" and uses them interchangeably.  He gets quite confused.

And what do you know?  It's July already.  I didn't even realize June ended.  Crazy how time flies.

Also, if you want something to do for the next 30 seconds or so, go ahead and vote for American Red Cross Utah Region.  My roommate interns for them and if they get the most votes they win a whole lot of money.  And who doesn't love the Red Cross?  You can vote once a day!  Do it!  I dare you!

Happy summer!

Breaking news: The Dodgers just beat the Angels 5-0 in Anaheim.  :)