...simply stacia...

wow its been forever.....

2011-02-08T11:52:00.000-08:00

So yes I'm going to have to do some catching up, well first up I'm married!!! I married Jake Edmonds on November 23 2010 in the St. George temple! After a year of being engaged we finally got married and I couldn't be happier! We are now living in Taylorsville UT and we are both working and Jake is going to school at BYU Salt Lake Center. Life is great... Even on the hard days I'm so glad to have him by my side at the end of the day :)

wow

2009-09-16T21:10:00.000-07:00

so its only been a long time :) Thats ok though! Good News! I started school again! YAY! I miss the social life that comes from school... school is needed to keep me busy as well... which I can't say I miss the homework, because I don't but I missed the atmosphere...nothing much else is new though... BYU FOOTBALL has begun :) the first home game is this weekend!!! I CANT WAIT!!!!

the american idol journey part one

2009-07-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

well I have officially started the American idol journey! My mom and I drove to Grand Junction on Friday, the finished the drive to Denver Saturday... DENVER IS HUGE!!! I've been to some big cities but its seems endless! Its so weird cause you look to the east and you see flat terrains with lots of buildings... nothing else. Then you look to the west and you see crazy amounts of mountains... total opposite but incredible at the same time. So today at 4 am we woke up and went over to Invesco field at mile high and got in line to get registered. It was 4:30 am and there were at least 3000 people already there. So we got in line sat down and waited... and did some more waiting. I talked to some people, the girl behind me auditioned last year at SLC and made it to the third round of producers so it was good to hear what she had to say... to kind of understand the process a bit more. So after 4 hours of waiting we finally got registered. I got my sweet orange wristband and seat tickets and my mom got her blue wristband ( orange=contestant and blue=guest). So I don't have to go in line again till Tuesday, the actual audition day. So tomorrow we are just going to go play in Denver and sight see, shop, the usual. So this is part one of the journey. I'm so excited!!! and scared to death at the same time but it should be good... its a fun experience and I least I can go till I'm 28... but I'm hoping that I only have to do this year :) So I'll update this Tuesday or Wednesday depending on what time i get finished with the auditions. Wish me Luck!!!

probably the most random blog ever

2009-06-18T17:48:00.000-07:00

why is this blog random? well its cause im currently sitting on top of my washer in the little closet in the hall of my apartment typing this up :) Why am i sitting on my washer in the little closet with the doors shut? cause im doing my friends laundry and she has A TON of laundry so im thinking i can squeeze in all the light colors in one load... well you see its a small washing machine so im having to sit on it to keep it from ripping out of the wall while it spins the clothes inside :) its a nice little massage thats for sure :) but yes i thought i would just share this little thought with all who care to know :)

state results

2009-06-07T13:08:00.000-07:00

well i didnt win the overall title but i won talent... again... not that i mind its just that i would like to be known as the girl who can win more than talent lol... the last 3 years whenive competed in state pageant i have won tal ent which makes me happy but now i'd like to step it up to the next level.... anyways state was a lot of fun i did the best i could ( well that i felt i could do ) and thats what counts :) next on the to do list is american idol auditions :)

almost state!!

2009-06-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

AHH! State is tomorrow!! well technically i dont compete till saturday but I am going to the 80's party tomorrow and the pj party and just going to watch the other girls compete! Im so excited!!!! For me its not about winning... although that is an added bonus :) Its about having fun, performing, and meeting new friends... Its not about the crown... It about feeling confident in your own skin and showing others that you can do anything you set your mind to! SO WONDERFUL!!!
So lately Ive had this obession with looking at photography... I love looking at pictures by amazing photographers.. for instance I love Zena Holloway... she does amaxing underwater shoots and its so cool!! i wish i could be this amazing photographer cause I love to take picures but im totally one of those girls who just snaps the camera whenever without trying to actually capture something... There are some girls who are my age who are wonderful photographers... Sammi Jeppson (well beardall ) is really good... not going to lie i look at her blog site all the time to see what kind of new projects she is up to.. so sammi if you are reading this i think you are incredible at what you do :)
well thats all for now!! I'll post what happens on saturday!!

Utah State Cinderella Scholarship Program :)

2009-05-31T17:41:00.000-07:00

So my state pageant is in exactly 6 days :) Im so excited but super nervous at the same time. At least this year I have everything together early and I'm totally ready for everything. I have my formal dress (stunning ivory and silver dress ) my talent dress ( dark blue piano singer dress :) )my interview suit ( purple ) and my casual wear outfit ( grey with a blue cami and blue heels ) SO EXCITED!!! I even took it up a step this year and wrote and drew out how my hair and makeup is going to be for each event... yes I got that detailed :) All thats left is for me to get there and compete! YAY!!! Im in a different category this year.. last year i was in teen and this year Im in the woman category :) The only difference besides the way you present your self ( dress/ appearance of a woman vs teen ) is i have an on stage question... ugh. Im not sure how that all goes down but It shouldnt be to hard and Im not worried to much about it.. They'll probably ask about college, my future career or somthing along those lines. The last time I did an onstage question was in the 5th grade and it was AWFUL! I totally bombed it lol They had asked me tell us about your district science fair project.... well I stood there and rolled my eyes dreading what I knew had to be my answer.. cause the judges already knew it so there was no way that I could change it. I got very red and said my science fair project was on what causes people to throw up.... could there be any more embarassment at a pageant?? i think not... So i had to tell a quick version of how I did it and then walked off stage... needless to say I didnt get into the royalty but I won talent :) Ive never been disappointed with the fact I havent won as long as I win talent.. talent is my forte its my element... I feel so comfortable up on a stage with a spotlight on and a mic in front of me... I love the sound I love knowing that people are hearing my voice and hearing the passion in the song... Thats one thing Ive always had a nitch for... I can send a message through my singing... I dont have to have impowering words... I just have to feel it... attach it to an emotion and it all falls into place. Im so excited for my talent this year.. techinically its the same song I did last year, but this year I have an emotion to attach to it I have the look of a sad but passionate piano singer and the emotion Im putting into it is real and fresh.... Im attaching it to a kid named Drue.. who I pretty much dated for 4 years even though 3 years of that was a distance relationship.. he finally said he needed to move on at the beginning of this month and I was heartbroken... I literally felt emptiness inside and the love was stripped away without me being able to do anything about it... The song is called " someone to watch over me" its about a girl wanting to find that special someone to hold her love her and care for her... my favorite part in the song goes " although he may not be the man some girls think of as handsome to my heart he carries the key".... SO TRUE... Drue wasn't every girls cup of tea, he was about my exact heigth , and he was just your average joe to most people... but to me he is so much more.. he was incredibly compassionate and loving.. he had emotions and he wasnt afraid to show them to me.. he was by no means emotional but if something really got to him he would never hide it from me... he was talented, smart, funny, and just kinda quirky which i love. He had strong values and good morales and never let anyone sway him or his decisions... he stuck to it no matter what... he was so perfect and I had true deep feelings for him... and I still do its just hard to forget someone like that after 4 years of waiting and rocky roads... i just dont think that road is over yet... i think he just needs some space to get him all sorted out..
anyways I'll post what happens in 6 days... hopefully I'll be writing as the new Utah State Cinderella Woman :) that would be great cause I have been working my butt off for the last 5 months making sure I have everything down flawlessly.. until next time!

ALPHA PHI!!!!

2009-01-11T22:54:00.000-08:00

So i get to go visit my alpha phi sisters on thursday and I'm so excited!!! I can't wait!! I miss them so much!!! Alpha Phi is one of the best parts of my life... seriously I'm dieing without it here in Provo!! I LOVE ALPHA PHI!!!!!!!!!

Me and Summer at Big Sis reveal

This is my family... Cassidy my twin Summer is my big and me after A- Phi elections!!

snow... lots of it

2009-01-06T22:06:00.001-08:00

So pretty much I've been snowed in at mi casa in Lindon and not that I don't love snow or anything (cause I do) it's just I can't get to work in Salt Lake and now I'm thinking maybe I should have just stuck with a job in Orem or Provo... ya well I guess I'm just going to have to wait and see how my little car handles all this snow...As of today there is a foot and a half of snow on the ground... It snowed all yesterday, all night and pretty much all of today. So I've just been working for my best friends dad selling stuff on the internet and getting mortgage papers signed and what not... so it could be worse, I could be making zero bucks but instead I've made 300 in 2 days... which quite frankly I don't mind :)
Heather goes out of town tomorrow for three weeks so I get to "babysit" Cami... HAHAHA! She's almost 15 but I don't care she's a good kid, as long as she gets her phone to me by 10 pm I really don't mind what she does! She has tons of friends I'm sure she'll keep herself entertained.
As for me, hopefully I can start working in Salt Lake, and if not I AM SCREWED! But hey look at the brightside, theres lots of snow :)

2009!!! new year... new fun!!!

2009-01-03T11:40:00.000-08:00

Well first off.... IM 19!!!!!!!!!!! yepee!!! I had the best birthday ever... I live at my best friends house in Lindon Utah and she is home for the break so we had a sleepover and then we woke up and her little sister made me birthday breakfast! She is quite the little chef! Home made waffles with vanilla and nutmeg! YUM!!! They were amazing! After breakfast we just kinda goofed around for awhile. Then me and Megan went out to dinner at Zupa's, which is my favorite place to eat EVER! After that.. I went out to the Xango building (my uncle is one of the night security gaurds) and my family and I got to play on the fun floor... it was huge! There were 3 big screens, wii, ddr, pool, ping pong, air hockey, it was pretty much just like a arcade all to ourselves! We had my ice cream bday cake and then I went to go on a blind date with Megan and her boyfriend Chandler and I went with Chandlers best friend Reagan. We had a blast! We went to Salt Lake and watched Bedtime Stories then we were planning on going to watch the ball drop at the Galavin Center but we kinda locked ourselves out of the car so we just celebrated in the parking lot! Which turned out to be just as much fun! So all and all my start to a new year has been great and I can't wait to see how the year turns out!!

christmas in a nutshell... <3

2008-12-30T21:10:00.000-08:00

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!

ok so even though there was a 18 hour drive to Corvallis oregon there and back and sickness (somehow i always manage to get sick on christmas... in fact i haven't eaten a christmas dinner on christmas in at least 4 years) and uncomfortable beds.... i loved every second of it. First of me and my mom and pops drove out to grandma and grandpa withrows house! I havent been there in quite some time and I really missed it... but the only downer was when i went there when I was little.... it was acre upon acre of christmas trees cause my grandpa owned a christmas tree farm... but not any more. grandpa is getting to old to deal with all the hassle so he started getting rid of it a couple years ago and now its just a hay field which was really weird to see but still beautiful!

I sawed down my OWN CHRISTMAS TREE!!! yes i did manual labour! :) it was alot harder than I thought but I managed to finish it off in about 10 minutes :) I wanted to use an axe but since i would probably chop a limb off i stuck with the saw..

best part about grandmas.... fireplace :) awww i love the fire place... REAL FIRE REAL WOOD!!! and i got to sleep by it at night on a big queen size airbed :) and the food is always amazing.. the anaual christmas cookies that is a secret family recipe that are SOOO YUMMY and tamale pie my personal fav and ice cream and coco.

we went shopping alot in albany and somewhat in corvallis... the big mall is in albany... i spent well over 200 bucks during the break :) 3 pairs of jeans 9 sweaters 7 purses 3 pairs of shoes a new camera and i caved... one wonderful pair of sweats ( oregon beaver sweats might i add ) but it was so much fun!

THE BEST PART OF CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Morgans phone call- or should i says calls :) yes we got two... be jealous. Morg called in the morning where we got to talk to her for about an hour and she sounded so good.. shes getting a little southern accent but she loves her mission and she loves everything about it! she is teaching amazing people and growing so much! THEN she called again that night where we got to talk to her again for about 45 minutes and she told us about her day what she did... her christmas presents and ya... we said good bye and of course i started crying... i cant help it! i miss her so much and i hate her being gone and not being able to talk to her.... but i know she is blessing me by her service so i guess im ok with it.

So yes that is christmas in a nutshell :) and tomorrow is my 19th birthday and its my last year to be a teen... shucks lol but i am excited to spend the day with my friends and family! and my roomie lisa is coming back to good old utah on the 2nd and im stoked cause i miss her like crazy! but yes.... well until next time!

road tripping to oregon!

2008-12-20T19:13:00.000-08:00

well im on the road again! but first.. big news! I moved back to my hometown lindon! I love it there and I'm there for good (for awhile at least). Its the best there! I love it so much and the snow is incredible! I love it!
K so now im back on the road... me and my parents are on our way to corvallis oregon to go spend christmas with my grandparents! Im really excited but i cant wait to get there because I havent been out to their house in a long time and it will be fabulous! Right now we are in Burns Oregon which is about 5 hours away in good weather but its supposed to have severe weather warnings all day tomorrow the whole route so who knows how bad the roads will be.
MORE EXCITING NEWS!!!! I get to talk to my sissy in 5 DAYS!!!! YAY!!!! I cant wait to talk to her again!!!!! She sends a weekly email and its usually and epistle but its always good, I get letters usually cause she doesnt have time to email me and my parents but i dont have time to snail mail her so I email!
Well thats it for now! Until later!

life on the couch...

2008-11-28T15:27:00.000-08:00

well my friends i have officially sat for the longest amount of time ever... i think :) I had surgery tuesday and i havent been able to move much and im just so flippin bored!! All i can so is watch TV, eat, sleep and thats it.... ugh

so i move up to provo in about 2 weeks...crazy stuff!! I am so excited though it should be a blast! Lets see what else.... I got the lead in the forgotten carols at SUU and the show is December 5 at eight and Dec 6 at 4 and I think that everyone should come watch :) I am beyond excited for that... I have never really had a lead in a play and I really wanted this one and I got it so I am very proud of myself!

if ANYONE :) feels like visiting me today, tomorrow, the next day you know sometime over this break I would like it very very much! Thats all for now!!

when it rains it pours

2008-10-06T18:36:00.000-07:00

Well you know that saying when people are having rough times it comes in threes? I was hoping mine was just three days but such is not the case... at this point I wouldnt be suprised if it was 3 months long....its for surely going to be three weeks long...super unfortunate but I have to keep moving on..

So pretty much Im not enjoying Cedar any more. There have been several issues with the room mates and then other issues with teachers and retards who also go here. I think I let things get to me too easily but I care so much about my friends and I just dont want them to screw up their lives and if certain patterns are continued... they're going to form some pretty nasty habbits and life will get harder and harder for them. Why is it that we make life harder for ourselves? When things are tough we do something stupid to take our mind off it which end up being regreted in the end...therefore life gets tougher. Its like we punish ourselves for the one stupid thing we did over and over again.

Besides Cedar, things with the person I care deeply for really are on a roller coaster ride right now. We talked last night for quite some time and I was really upset about everything. The person wasn't making any sense, almost lifting my hopes and then put me back on planet earth again. Its hard because it doesnt just involve me...It involves me, the person, my family and my thoughts. I dont bring the issue up around my family because it usually brings up some bad feelings and is not really welcomed.... but if they only knew how I feel inside... how its tearing me apart... how I know that things are supposed to work...like i said earlier....SOOO Frustrating!!!!

Almost happy thought for the day, Im almost officially a member of Alpha Phi, one thing I can count on with girls I can count on 24/7. Downside to this, I need money for member fees. Is due in a week and I am still jobless...which sucks...

Ok finally the happy moment of the day, I got another letter from my best friend Jarod today :) He doesn't write a ton but what he writes makes my day and lifts my spirits alot... I miss that kid to death but Im so glad he finally got his butt out on his mission :) He loves it there which is so comforting to hear!!! His birthday is friday :) I think I'll send him a picture and some starburts :) Funny enough at the end of his letter he put "Keep being happy! Thats why we are here...That we may have joy!"
what an amzing yet simple phrase.....Shocking that he sends it to me when I needed to hear it most... it sounds so easy but its so hard to accomplish.

I went to logan and orem this past weekend! Which was a total blast!! I went to the BYU USU game with megan and fam and chandler! I stayed the night at her place and got to see my couz Kaity who I havent seen in about 6 years which was so much fun! I was worried things would be awkward and what not but it was amazing! We talked for hours!! We drove down to Megs house saturday morning and I drove through salt lake for the first time (on the freeway but thats still a first) it was rainging super hard but I survived! I saw Zach too that night in salt lake( which i drove in for the first time :) ) It was good seeing him again :) Sunday we watched conference at megs house and I went to the afternoon session with steve, who got his mission call to the canada halifax mission :)

Weekend good, sunday night bad, today....numb...what next...Im just trying to cling on to the few happy things right now... Morgan ships off in a week from tomorrow...crazy...

Until next time.....

this is complicated stuff man!!

2008-10-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

So pretty much I really struggle with this whole blog thing... I have zero idea of how to work and and add cute back grounds and fun stuff so sorry everythings so boring but thats life :)

ANY WHOO.... I got my first letter from my sissy :) its so exciting!! I was all upset at first cause my parents said they had gotten a letter from her and I hadnt yet so i wrote one, come to find out that when I went and checked my mailbox lo and behold there was a letter in it :) She told me about her MTC experience and what not and who her companions and are where they are from and where they're going.. which is cool. She told me how much she loved me :) So naturally (of course) I started bawling and what not, but I pulled it together.

So me and my life..... well its pretty simple :) I go to school, do homework, coach CVHS swimming, and eat and sleep. :) ya.... Im taking math 1010, pysch 1010, nutrition 1020, University 1000, and Insitute Choir... I love Institute choir the most though :) Its only once a week which is a total bummer but its so much fun! I am the soprano section leader... which honestly was a shocker cause there are girls in that choir who have been in it for 4 or 5 years and have taken voice lessons and are voice majors and what not.... and then theres me :) Little me who has never taken a voice lesson and whose range is pretty average and voice is good.. not amzing like these other girls.... So yes, shocker, but obviously the teacher heard or saw something he liked...So im not complaining :)

Well... not much more to say.... Im going up to Logan this weekend and Im so excited cause that means I get to see my best friend in the whole world Megan :) I miss her dearly!!! I've thought about breaking into the MTC, no one said anything about breaking in :) Just kidding!! i cant wait till I see Morgan again! Only 1 year 5 months and 21 days :) Until next time friends!!!

my first blog :)

2008-09-25T10:27:00.000-07:00

I officially have a blog now... not sure why but I figured since I would be updating my sisters for the next 18 months I might as well get one so I did :) A little about me, my names Stacia and I live in Cedar City Ut where I got to school at SUU. I love it up here! I love my classes, I love alhpa phi, and I love my roomates. I am a freshy but its all good :) I'll post more later but thats that for now!!