24 reasons i love my sis!

I know it is a few days late...but at least I actually got mine up...unlike some people...well HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS AMANDA JANE ALBRECHT RUSSELL!!! I know i didn't get you cotton candy for your birthday like the girlies thought but I did remember your birthday!
the top 24 reasons i love my big sis (not in order)
* she is my best friend
* she can make any bad day sound like the funniest day of your life
* she puts up with everyones crap (everyone goes to the oldest sister for advice)
* she is the cutest/best mommmy!
* she always had some new club that i was never invited in...but always wanted to join (club amanda)
* Amanda Albrecht and the Nasty Teddy Bears
* the magician phase
* the jazz bear phase
* the movie making phase
* the Kwin dented my shin story
* Pepperoni and Tanner
* Flip Flops always even in snow
* Best Wardrobe
* Getting in strangers pictures
* she is the only one i know who has licked the statue of liberty and in return been licked on the subway
* her willingness to always help with anyones homework or schooling in anyway possible
* her cooking!
* Her candy creations (the only bad one was valentines day about 3 years ago...poor gavin...)
* her amazing tolerance level!
* she is an amazing writer!
* she always is there to make anyone happy
* she always has the right advice
* she is my hero
* she is the coolest big sis anyone could ever ask for! and too bad for all of you cuz she is MINE!

strawberry days rodeo

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girls just wanna have fun...

so i had a lovely surprise this week...apparently steven wright needed to stop by my house to get some water to take some pills...well when he got to my house...he magically turned into Amanda, the girlies, and my momma! they made a trip down to cedar to see me! i was so happy to see them...unfortunantly my camera is still dead so i will post pictures soon...but ruby wanted to stay on her benture forever and kept saying how she was going to move into the hotel after they were done with their current house. The hotel was referred to as the benture and the rest of it was are we still on our vacation? and scarlie used her prince voice on more than one occation which just made my day! i loved hearing scarlie sing the umbrella song...and ruby kept telling me about things she did when she was a baby (like have a dog...and go on all sorts of bentures!!!) I love my family so much and i am so happy they got to come to cedar and see me for a couple of days! more will be coming soon!!

st george surprise! who is this mystery man?

so today i decided to make a trip to st george (45 miles south of cedar...it is a whole other land down there!) and i did some shopping...they actually have a mall and things to do in st george! well on my trip back traffic was slow and well we were passing people right and left! we came to a man on a motorcycle and a car...the man was in the fast lane...we ended up passing him and as we drove by i decided to look at the guy...why?! i have no idea why actually...he was driving a bitchin motorcycle i tell ya! well as we drove by i recognized the man...he recognized me as well and pointed at me as i accidentally gave him a crusty...ten bucks says all of you reading this know who he is too...wanna take a guess?!? recommend riders...temple riders anyone?

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change stealing crossing guard...

so work is not very eventful at times, we have people that come in on a daily basis and we know their names...or we have nick-names for them...

Tuna Travis- he comes in frequently and gets a tuna on white bread and no veggies- he seems like a cool kid and everyone at the bakery loves to tease me about him...

Dave- eww this man is GROSS! he is missing one leg and is so fat that he rides in his jazzy and well when he comes in i swear he is undressing you with his eyes...noone likes pervy Dave...

Brian- the nice guy with the lisp who gets sandwiches every once in a while...

The old lady aka tooties roll lady aka missionary lady aka smelly old lady- this is an old lady who comes in every friday to pick up day old bread for the missionaries, she smells horrible (wears WAY too much perfume) and always trys stealing bread from us- one week one of the employees saw her on the street corner giving out free bread to anyone who walked by- she always comes in and throws tootsie rolls at us...or if any guys are working she will walk up to them and try sticking them in their pockets- noone likes the old hag and I had the pleasure of last friday yelling at her! yes I did yell at her and it felt wonderful to yell at the old lady- everyone else runs to the back when she comes and they make me talk to her and i was sick and she kept touching the bread on the bread board and I was ticked! I didn't even get in trouble for yelling at her because noone likes her...

the creepy post office man- he used to only come in when the other Annie was working...and when he comes in all he does is get a bunch of pumpkin bread and stare at your chest...well once i started working at nights he switched the day that he comes in thursday nights sure enough is when he loads up on his freakin pumpkin bread and just stares away...

my new favorite person is this bigger old guy...we call him change stealing man aka the cross walk guy- he comes in all the time, he has these bushy bushy eyebrows, wears his stylish bright yellow crossing-guard vest, and all he does is comes in and gets a free slice of bread- and then he pretends to look around for a little while until we walk away from the breadboard...and then he walks over to our penny jar and steals all of the change out of it...he does it so obviously yet he won't do it right in front of us- today he waited until i had my back to the door i was standing not two feet away from it...seriously who steals the change from the penny jar of an establishment every single day?! I was the first one to notice it and we all get laughing every time he comes in...

sorry for the random-ness of this I just had to share about the weird-os learking around here...

The BIG 5-0...for the greatest daddy-o ever!

I know this is being written the night before the big day...but considering I have finals tomorrow and I have a spare min. I am going to write this right now!!! To my wonderful, amazing, daddy-o...Considering he says he is 21 and not 50...I am going to tell you all my top 21 (because that is his age) favorite things about this cool guy (these are not in order) 1. The songs he makes up about the silly things in life 2. The calls whenever "mom is out of town" 3. His sense of humor 4. His encouragement to try new things 5. His name is pretty rockin Roderick!!!! 6. His bear hugs 7. His patience (remember the motorcycle experience?) 8. His self-lessness 9. His example 10. His work ethic 11. His smarts 12. His smart alec remarks (the girl getting frisked by the female cop at joe's?) 13. When he comes down and tells me to have a good time at school and that he loves me before he goes to BYU on sunday mornings 14. His "Poppy"-ness 15. His Christmas letters 16. All the stories 17. His ability to talk to strangers (who else would talk to people fishing and find out they served in the same mission?) 18. His love for his family 19. His love for the church 20. His respect for women (it makes it hard for any guy I date or know to compare) 21. His love for LIFE! I love you dad so much! Thank you so much for all that you have done for me in my life, I hope you have a wonderful 21st birthday! Hey next year we will be the same age- how cool is that? Have a wonderful day old man!!! I love you!