*.*Christmas Vacation*.*

So Its been FOREVER since I updated! So here is some back dating blogs! Over the Holidays I went to Florida for Christmas! I spent about a week in the Orlando area working and catching up with friends at Disney, then I spent 11 more days in West Palm with dear old Mom and Dad! It was awesome to be home, sleep in my own bed, and eat my Moms amazing cooking! YAY! Here are some pictures from the trip! I <3>

This is Julius and I on Toy Story Mania! YAY NEW RIDES!

This is Julius and I with the Characters from BOLT! 

Beautiful lights in Studios! MY favorite display of lights in the world!

Anita and I before Toy Story Mania!

Thanksgiving

So for Thanksgiving John and I flew to Virginia to spend the Holiday with his family! The Dows are some of the nicest people you will ever meet! His parents are a lot of fun to talk to and his nieces and nephews are so cute and fun! We stayed with his parents and just spent time hanging out around the house and going out and enjoying the holiday crowds. The Dows house was a little under-construction due to some basement flooding and the remodeling was going on but it was fun to see the changes they were making! Here are some pictures from John and mines trip!

John and I at a Washington Capitals game. We won of course!

Anytime one of the kids come home they tie yellow ribbons on the trees!

John and I are rarely serious.

Funny Fall Days

So I live in the basement of a family from my ward in Florida in Alpine, and they have 3 of the most adorable kids in the world, Isac, Eliana, and Adaline! I love spending time with them! Here are some funny pictures we took on my computer after we built a giant fort!

FALL FUN

So this Fall has been so full of fun things to do! Gentri threw a dinner party for some friends and it was so awesome! I made Butternut Sqaush Soup and she made chicken baked and wrapped in bacon and we had breadsticks and bubbly apple cider! It was great to get a good group of friends together and have fun! Then a couple weeks later we went on a triple date to go see the Thriller dance concert up at the University of Utah! Talk about fun! We went to the Pie before hand and got the hugest pizza ever! YUM!

Also we took a trip up to Gardner village and got to see all the fun Halloween Decorations up there! Its so neat! We also went and saw a live play of The Legend of Sleepy Hallowe! So much fun! It was in an outside amphitheater and the moon was almost full!

Then recently we went to Cornbellys Corn maze at Thanksgiving Point and got lost inside the giant David Archiletta corn maze, Did a haunted corn maze and played lots of fun games and a huge Pumpkin Tower! My bestest Brandy was able to join us on that trip cause she was in town for a wedding!

A few days later John took me to Nightmare on 13th! Which was pretty scary, (sorry for the bruising on your hands baby!) I held on so tight! But it was fun! We also had a great October Enrichment! We had a soup bar and made some super fun crafts and breads! So far this has been one of the best falls ever! And on top of all the fun activities it has been so amazing watch all the green leaves turn to bright yellow and then orange and finally red! I love FALL!

Back to the Burg

So its official I am going to be moving to Rexburg Idaho in Jaunary. Jaunary 3 to be exact. I will be living up at Legacy Ridge right by the Rexburg Temple and will be going to school for my Bachelors of Science in Communications with an emphasis in Organizational Communication. I am so excited and blessed to be able to return to school! Its going to be a great time and I can't wait to finish my education and graduate!

Blast From the Past!

So today while I was at work, a conversation was started about old school toys and cartoons, and soon after I started remembering all the toys that are locked up in my parents attic, and I must say, that compared to toys that you see in stores now, mine were 100% more fun and better made! lol so enjoy and let me know if you had any of the same toys, here are a few of my favorites!

1) Rainbow Brite

2) Rose Petal

3) She-Ra Princess of Power

4) Smooshies!

5) Bubble Belles

6) Care Bears/ Care Bear Cousins

7) Glow Friends

8) My Little Ponies

9) Wish World Kids

10) Keepers

11) Puppy Surprise

If you hadn't guess by now I was super spoiled as a child! But I loved all my toys! Yay for child hood remembrance!

Just when you think life is impossible!

I have learned an important principle tonight. If we are faithful to the Lord he will keep his promises and uphold his side of the bargain. I always thought that this was true but had never had a specific experience that made me really have a testimony of it.

I have recently made some very serious promises with the Lord and have had to be very patient in receiving answers to my prayers, but they have finally been answered and I just want to cry with happiness and relief! I am so grateful for the gospel, its influence in my life and my many good and bad experiences in Utah this year, it truly is where I was supposed to be. 

Life is STRESSFULL!!

So i am just feeling really overwhelmed today. I am stressing about a lot of things, i'll name a few for you:
Getting back into BYU-I
Returning to school and being able to get good grades
Graduating in a timely manner
Leaving my friends in UT
Leaving John for Christmas Break
Working at Disney
Driving in the Snow from UT to ID
Getting housing in ID
Finding a place and a way to transport all the crap i'v accumulated in UT to ID
Not being in the RS presidency anymore
Leaving my Singles Ward
Money
Getting married

I just feel like i still don't have any answers and my life is rushing forward toward this future that i want but i'm not sure that i will get and i'm just so nervous and scared! ug! And people are needing answers and dates and times and stuff out of me and i just feel like i don't have any answers. I feel like a bad friend because i'm trying to balance planning future stuff, spending time with girlfriends, and a boyfriend, and doing my church calling, and still having time to do my laundry and babysit for the Fraziers. And its stressing me out because i like to plan stuff out in advance and i like to know what my future is bringing me. and i like to know every little detail, ug i'm too much like my mom! lol. I just wish i knew all the answers and what was going to happen. ug ug ug. Anyway i'm just venting on my blog and if anyone has any advice i'm open to it.
xoxo

Cleaning Surprises!

Today when I signed into my email account I noticed that my inbox was a little over 75% full and I decided to do a little clean up. I had messages in my account from the winter of 2005! Talk about old emails! But as I was reading and deleting and saving I stumbled across some pictures that I must have sent from my phone to my email at various times. They are some good pictures and reminded me of the good old times!

This is me back in the day when Epcot had the Disney Characters on Holiday Bus! Can you Guess who I am?

This is me at my College Program Graduation! I love my little EARS!

This is Me and One of the Best People I know, Mrs Brandy! We ate so much ice cream that night! Hungry Hungry Heffer!

This is the first picture John and I ever took together! End of Summer of 2005! Crazy Because neither of us knew it but we were madly in love with each other back than too! <3

So now my inbox is a bit smaller and I got to have the warm fuzzies for a bit! Man I love cleaning!

-xoxo-

Google Tag

Rules: Answer the questions and then google your result and pick an image off the first three pages to post that goes with the answer!

1. My First Name: Leslie, aparently there is a pile of volcanic ashes named Leslie's Guch in Washington state!

2. My Middle Name: Anne. As in Anne Boleyn, you know the Queen of England? At least until she was beheaded!

3. My Last Name: Bucklew, lots of my relatives and extended family are buried in Arlington National Cemetary in VA.

4. My Age: 21, apparently there is a movie called 21?

5. Favorite Place to Visit: London, England!

6. A Place you want to visit: Italy

7. Where I Grew up: Lake Worth Florida!

8. First Job: Teaching Piano Lessons.

9. College Degree: My A.S. from BYU-I

10. What I'm doing right now: I'm a Bank Teller at UCCU

11. Grandmas Name: Dorthy

12. A Nickname of a Good Friend: Bri VandeCamp... I mean TRAMP! lol

13. A Past Love: JTT man was he a hotty!

14. A Pet that I've Owned: I used to own two finches, one was Hedwig and the other one was Mr. Finch the Grinch.

15. My Favorite Color: Blue, any shade!

16. A Bad Habit: I rarely eat breakfast, and when I do its usually not very healthy!

My Mom is Amazing

So besides the fact that my mom is my best friend, she is also amazing at her second job. You know the one where she gets paid! LOL But anyways for those of you who may not know my Mom is a CRNA which means she drugs you so you don't feel anything when you have surgery. Today She was able to be the Anesthesiologist for Dara Torres who lives in FL with her Family. Dara Torres is an Olympic Swimmer(41) who recently returned home from Beijing with 3 silver medals! Anyway My mom was in the surgery the whole time and made sure she had a good surgery. If you want to watch the surgery its on CNN.com and you can follow the link below to see it. My mom is standing behind the Blue operator sheet and you can see her silhouette the whole time!
Way to go mom, your amazing!
Plus it was cool getting to see my mom from so far away! MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU MOM!

The Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/08/27/torres.surgery/index.html
The Video:
http://www.cnn.com/video/?iref=videoglobal