Rexburg Here I Come!

On thursday I leave colorful Colorado behind and travel to eagle mountain and then on to rexburg. Wahoo!! I am really excited for this semester. I get to room with one of my best friends plus meet lots of new and wonderful people! I get to start taking classes that have to do with my major. I feel like this is going to be a great semester!

Things I love

Thank you audiobooks for making my work day enjoyable! Thank you Tracie Peterson for writing a series of books that I absolutely love! These are some of the best books I have ever listened to. Everything I love in one series: romance, religion, and the wild west. I would highly recommend getting the brides of gallatin county.

Another thing that I am in love with is Mindy Gledhill. I love her music especially the songs from her new album Anchor. Every time I listen to her songs I can't help but smile.

Fun in the Sun

I have the spent the last couple of days in phoenix.
The first day I got there Emily, Adam, and I went to Arizona Mills. I found this really cute jacket there. After that we went back home and I played with Adam.
He is the cutest little boy ever.
He loves cars. He also loves to push around this kid lawn mower. It is the cutest thing ever. I taught his this new game called Crash. I push the lawn mower while he rides his bike and we crash into things. He loves it.

The next day I went to this awesome fabric store called SAS and bought some pink and white striped fabric. I made my first skirt with Emily. It was nerve wecking but thrilling.
Later on Casey and I picked fresh oranges and made orange juice. That was one of the highlights of the whole trip. It was fun using the juicer to make the orange juice. I loved smelling like oranges the rest of the night. It was a little bit tart but still it was the best orange juice I have ever had.

On friday, Emily, Adam, and I spent most of the day at home. So Adam and I spent most of the day playing outside. He loves playing outside. One of the first things he wanted to do each morning was to go outside.The weather was lovely the whole time I was there. Adam loves his swing. It was fun pushing him and watching him smile when I found try to tickle him while he was swinging.

On Saturday, Casey, Emily, Adam, and I went to the phoenix zoo. I saw my first koala bear. It was asleep though which kinda stunk. The monkey exhibit was the best thing. You go into this enclosed place where these squirrel monkeys are not in cages. They jump and swing on all these ropes and branches that are around you. They were so cute. I wish I had taken pictures. I have never been so close to a monkey in my life. Later on that day we went to Last Chance. This is where all the nordstrom and nordstrom rack items go when they can't be sold. It was great. Everything was really cheap. I found a cute new pair of shoes and a new pair of jeans. I was quite happy!
The rest of the weekend was great! Thank you Casey, Emily, and Adam for letting me come and stay with you. I really loved spending time with you guys.

Happenings from the Blais Home

A week ago my brother Tyson came to visit. I haven't seen him in 2 years so it was really great catching up with him. It is amazing to me that no matter how long I go without my family as soon as I see them it is like that we haven't been apart for so long. While he was here we mainly just hung around the house working on the puzzle. Dad and him went fishing two days in a row. I am glad that possibly Tyson and his family could be coming in the summer.
In a couple of days, I will be flying to the Phoenix to spend time with my other brother and his family. I am very excited!

Even though my life isn't very exciting. I do pretty much the same things every day. I wouldn't change my life one bit. I love going to work and getting to my audio books that get from the library. They are literally the best inventions ever. I have found a new author that I absolutely love. Beverly lewis writes books about amish people and their struggles. I love them! I would highly recommend the Courtship of Nellie Fisher series.
Also I love getting to work with Kaeli everyday. She is one of the nicest people I know. Plus she has some of the funniest stories to tell. We are always laughing about her and her friends stories.
Anyways this is what is happening in the life of Caroline Blais.

Valentine's Day 2011

This Valentine's day has to be the most interesting valentine's day ever. Prior to the big day my dad told me I had a special valentine's day card waiting for me. I was so excited. I kept hoping maybe a boy has finally sent me a valentine's day card. Well all month long I have been trying to figure out who the mysterious valentine was. Valentine's day came and who did I find was my secret valentine... My dead cat, Fester. I almost died of laughter, but at the same time I was kinda mad that my dad had made me all excited for what was the most anticipated valentine's day so far. That's what you get for hoping and wishing.



I hope everyone enjoyed their valentine's day! Isn't my dad hilarious to think of giving me this for my valentine's day card.

Dreams and Things I love!

This is kinda of a random post. I decided to make a list of some of the things that most people don't know about me.

I got home from work today and decided to get a glass of water and put some lemon in it. One thing very few people know about me is that I love lemons. Not just lemon flavored things, but I actually love the fruit. I love the sour taste of lemon juice. It reminds me of summer. I don't know why, but it just does.
One day I hope to be able to learn how to make hand blown. I think this dream started when I visited a local hand blown glass store in Maine. I remember going in and looking at all the creations and how beautiful each piece was. So hopefully someday I can save up enough money and take a class and live my dream.
My favorite place to visit is Keystone, Colorado. My family has rented a cabin twice up there. The cabin is right next to this path that goes through the forest and down to a horse ranch. That is my favorite to walk. It is so peaceful and beautiful. If I could choose any house in the world to have I would pick this cabin. It is homey and comfortable.
Another favorite place of mine is the coast of Maine. There are lighthouses of all different colors and sizes strewn across the coast. I love lighthouses. Maine also holds one of the most fun places to shop. The outlets in Freeport where the L.L. Bean store is. When I lived in Massachusetts my family and I would drive up to Maine to go these outlets.
I love doing the dishes! Whenever I am having a bad day I go and do the dishes and it helps me to de-stress and turns my frown upside down.
One of my dreams is to go to Jerusalem. Ever since I was about 10 I have wanted to go there and walk where the Savior walked.
I love oranges! I love peeling them and getting that orange smell on my hands.
I love velour pants and jackets. I have multiple colors of this fabric. Sometimes I feel like a old lady, but they are just so comfortable.
I love my whale slippers! My good friend Abby and I went to Target and found these kid slippers in the $2.50 section. She got ducks, while I bought the whales. They are so fun to wear and are very comfortable.
I love the snow! I think it makes everything beautiful. But I like every kind of weather. Rain, sunshine, hail, and snow never bring me down.

One Happy Girl!

While driving home from work on the snow packed road, I thought I am so happy to be me. I have been criticizing myself and feeling like crap, but today I realized that I have a wonderful life. I have some many blessings all around me. I am beautiful just the way I am.

Today I decided to list the things that I am grateful for.

I am grateful for my job. I love the place that I work. I get to work with amazing people.

I am grateful for the view I get to see every morning while I am eating my breakfast.



I am grateful for the warm house I live in, especially on a day like today where the high is a -5 degrees.
Yikes! Good thing I am used to this type of weather!

I am grateful for my family and friends! I have the greatest family and friends! They are always there willing to listen to me and offer their hand to help me in whatever way they can.

I am grateful for my testimony.

I am grateful for my new calling. I love my the CTR 6 class. They are great examples to me. They definitely teach me more than I teach them.

I am grateful to live so close to a library. I love reading!

I am grateful for a healthy body.

I am grateful that I have a car so that I don't have to walk to work.

I am truly blessed! From today on I am going to strive every day to be a happy girl!

Sewing Projects

I have completed another semester of BYU-Idaho. I still love it there! It is a great school. My major is Early Childhood/ Special Education. I want to be a preschool or kindergarten teacher. I am so excited to start taking major classes. Since I have been home I have found a job. I am working at Tamarac Medical Inc. I love the people I work with! I get great hours. The hard thing though is keeping myself productive after work. Our family has taken to spending the nights playing this new game Trek to Zion. Alisa, dad, and I could play on average about 3 games a night. It is extremely addicting. But I have decided to limit myself because I want to do other things with my free time. One thing I have always wanted to do is to learn how to sew better. Sewing is not my strong area in the field of domestic arts. Cooking is my favorite. I love making delicious meals especially the desserts.
Well, I have decided to spend this semester learning the art of sewing. So to start I decided to learn how to hem pants. Ever since I was about 12, my mom has had to hem every single pair of pants I have owned. It is time to do it on my own. These are pajama pants I bought at Old Navy on black friday.


Here is the pants after the completion of the project.



I had so much hemming these pants. I decided that same night I was going to make two fleece pillows for two of my nieces.
This is one of the pillows.