eye dee hoe

these boys came to visit me this weekend :)

don't they just look so excited?

i love them

basically...it was the best thing ever. sometimes i have a hard time with two different lives colliding...but not this time. it was super fun! we had a flour war, sang to billy and michael, ate things, played frisbee, had a bonfire and delicious hot shmoes, went to church, talked, took pictures....good things :)

hopefully they got to see a little bit of why i LOVE this place so much!




p.s. i only have a week left! what the? when did that happen?

Traffic School

so....remember how I got a ticket?
well, in order to keep that blasted ticket from going on my record, I am taking Idaho's online traffic school.

oh joy.

it is rather boring and time consuming but...I have to do it. Anyway, this is a direct quote from my current favorite past time. (don't be fooled. it is NOT my favorite.)

"To show you the magnitude of the highway death rate, here is a comparison. During a 10-year period when the United States was in Vietnam, about 58,000 of our servicemen were killed there. During that same period, 546,497 persons were killed here in the United States by the automobile, averaging 54,000 fatalities per year."

isn't that crazy? that kind of blew my mind.
i'm a big fan of being involved in the world and world peace and all of that crapola but sometimes i feel like we are so worried about what goes on internationally that we don't pay attention to problems that are happening in our own country. but maybe that's just me.

blog blog bloggy

here's the thing.

i've chosen a career. therefore, i have to actually take it seriously. :)


sooo...i'm announcing the launch of my brand spankin new photography and design blog.
it is still a work in progress...just a baby blog. so any constructive critism (or nonconstructive i suppose) is appreciated.

check it out - www.caseyjphoto.blogspot.com




p.s. i watched The Ring for the first time last night....BAD IDEA

Fulfill and Magnify

Remember that time when everyone gets a calling in college? Actually, that's a lie. I didn't have one last semester (which was a good thing)

But, this semester I totally got a calling! I got called by my stake to do indexing. Every week after church, I go to the family history lab and do 2 hours on the family search website thing. This week was my second official week and ya know what? I love it. Two of my other roommates got called too, so we just have a blast! And it's perfect because it doesn't stress me out during the week :)


I think the process is amazing! It is completely inspired...there have already been times when I felt there was no way I could read the crazy swirly handwriting and then, all of a sudden, the name just pops into my head. Then one of the cute old ladies reassures me that I was prompted by the Holy Ghost so I could figure out the name. Those women are the best. They can read anything.

One of my favorite things is to talk to my roommate Kelle about all of the funny names and families we come across.

Today was the craziest one yet.

Ollie Green was 28. Married to 59 year old Frank Green.
Married for 14 years.
8 children.

I'm sure you've already done the math, but that means that Ollie got married at 14 to a 45 year old! She had her first baby at 15 and then had 7 more within 12 years.

I couldn't believe it.


This just made me SO grateful that I was not living in 1910. I think the Lord knew that I wasn't made for that kind of life. Thank goodness. I'm totally fine with leaving marriage at 14 up to women like Ollie Green. More power to ya Ollie.

things as they really are....

With true perspective comes a sense of proportion about life.

Proportion would help us with our priorities.

For instance, clearly one would not forgo partaking of the sacrament because he is trying to lose weight, yet some neglect the scriptures because they are too busy minding the cares of the world.

-Neal A. Maxwell,

Things As They Really Are

It's amazing. Read it.

Adventures in Carriage House 313

ah college :)

it brings so many wonderful moments

like dying my hair for the first time at midnight...on the first day of school....black.
















i wouldn't trade this life for the world



also....it's going to be a great semester...i can feel it in my bones! :)

Back in The Burg

I had a lovely Christmas break of doing absolutely nothing to my heart's content. I read books...played with my family...and of course, played with The Boys. It was much appreciated after such a hard fall semester...

but now....i'm back!!

and it feels good :)

here is my class load this time around...

Photography
Piano (level 2)
Communications Practicum
Drawing
Family Foundations
Writing for Communications
Basic Auto



tomorrow's the first day! wish me luck!!

dangit.

I, Casey J. Ross, received my very first ticket on friday.

It was tragic.

So there I was, driving down a small Rexburg street after a party...talking to Liz...minding my own business...just trying to get home...when...lights. in my rearview mirror. police lights. awesome.

15 over.

75 dollars.

boom. roasted.

Boise Baby!!

so....last weekend....three of my bestest friends and roommates and I went to boise! It was so fun!!!
we went so my roommate, Liz, could take her family pictures. (I had tons of fun following them around and sort of being a second shooter)
THEN, we went boating with Liz's family!

first...i went wakeboarding! it took a lot of tries to get up but i finally did! i had like 40 seconds of fame. it was awesome. once i got up i was just screaming out of excitement so much that i fell down! haha oh well!














then...i went wakesurfing! i was WAY more successful at this one and loved it! it was cool. everyone should wake surf. all the time.














(i realize there is a rope in my face...haha)


at last...the four of us went tubing! holy googly moogly! i thought i was going to die a few times...haha but it was totally worth it :)



















all while...loving life on the boat with my roommates...and Liz's awesome family! we danced and laughed and all that good stuff...

















me and sarah
liz, kelle and me
i LOVE these girls!! :)










pretty much i put off everything to go on the trip and had to make up for the time this week but sometimes you just gotta live it up ya know?

welcome to failure

that's what my graphic design teacher said today.


awesome.