It's so hard to choose! There are so many good causes. I think it might be easier to name some organizations that I love and support on a regular basis. Take a look at a few of them. You might really like what you see. Ok here it goes top ten (In random order):

1- Make a wish foundation: They make wishes come true for children with serious medical conditions. I support this because I feel like there is so much negativity in the world as it is, let alone being sick and in a hospital all the time. Anything that promotes dreams coming true, or adds a little magic to a childs life gets my full support.

 www.wish.org/

2-OA: OA Projects is a low-cost, high-impact grassroots organization using the power of soccer to help youth affected by war.

Not only do I support this movement but someday I want to actually go to one of these places and volunteer. Africa especially.

oaprojects.org/

3-Ronlad McDonald House: Helps families with children who are being treated at local medical facilities. The parents of these children are already going through the nightmare of having their child be sick. Pain and suffering breaks my heart. I feel like the families are often forgotten in these types of situations so I volunteer to try and help ease some of their stress and to give them more time to be with their children.

rmhc.org/

4-Locks of love- a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. I think a girls hair is a HUGE part of her self esteem. Most of us dont really think about it because we are happy with how our hair is for the most part. What about when you get a bad hair cut that you absolutely hate? How self concious does that make you feel? Now think if you had no hair at all. My hair is wild and can be difficult at times but I grow it out long anyway so that I can donate every year. I have a personal goal of donating enough for 2-3 wigs each time.

www.locksoflove.org/

5-Bake a wish- Through their Soldiers Angels partnership you can buy a cake from them and for every cake you buy they will send a cake to a deployed soldier for his birthday. It comes nicely packaged with a personalized card. I imagine all those people out there fighting for my freedom and how many are feeling lonely and forgotten. The ones that dont get a lot of letters..or worse dont get any. No one should ever feel lonely or forgotten especially on their birthday. I try to buy cakes as often as I can so that they know people still care and that we are thinking about them.

www.bakeawish.com

6-Jeans for teens- Aero Partners up with Do Something and you can donate your gently used jeans to be given to homeless teens throughout the U.S. I've been homeless before, and I've stayed in a shelter before. As a young teen girl that was very scary! Luckily I had clothes and a shelter to stay at. Not all teens have that. I cant track them all down and bring them into my home so instead I send my jeans along with other clothes and blankets that I donate to try and help them out.

www.dosomething.org/teensforjeans/take-action

7-Do Something- An amazing organization that helps kids get grants for their projects. They also have lots of ways you can help out for all kinds of causes anything from environmental, to homelessness, natural disaster relief, going green, aspca, and more. No matter what I am looking for or who I want to help Do Something always has a project for it. I love this site!

www.dosomething.org/

8- Local rescue missions: These are the local homeless shelters. Check yours out. You would be surprised at the life stories of the people there. They are not at all like they are being portrayed on tv etc. Like I said I have been homeless before. I often stop by and serve dinner. There are some people that volunteer but they are kind of mean or treat the people like they are dirty, dangerous, or beneath them. I try to go and have a good attitude and interact with them because I want them to know that I like spending time with them and that I'm not judging them. A lot of times I bring a basketball or a cd player and cds so we can do kareokee while serving dinner. Its a lot of fun and the people are all so nice. I really reccommend giving this a try once and see how it makes you feel and what kinds of amazing people you can meet.

9-Sheckler foundation: Unlike what people seem to believe Ryan is actually a really nice and down to earth guy. After meeting with him and his mom I got to hear a lot more about his foundation and I really support it. The money raised through the Sheckler Foundation will be used to fund medical research that focuses on curing childhood disease, spinal cord injuries and enrichment programs for children in underprivileged communities.

http://www.shecklerfoundation.org/

10-After school programs: Local schools are always looking for volunteers and helping those kids is really rewarding.... just saying. I do these because 1. education is important. I know you hear it a million times but these kids really are our future. Sometimes they just need someone to believe in them or to invest a little time into them.  2. You never know why they are there. They arent "the dumb" kids or "the bad" kids like people seem to think. Often times they are smart and want to learn more than they are getting in their normal classes or they have problems at home and dont want to go home or dont have parents to go home to.

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My cousin Landon is one of my heros. He lived life to the fullest every day and he wasnt scared of anything! He was in a band, and he rode dirt bikes, and went cliff diving and went sky diving all the time. He is the type of guy girls were rude to at first but then after 2 seconds of talking to him everyone would fall in love with him. He was a total charmer. Sometimes I wish I was as brave as he was to just go after things like he did. I still get nervous sometimes and let my insecurities get in the way but usually thinking of him makes me feel brave enough to get through it. I wish he was still here. I feel like I had so much I could have learned from him. He died in a plane crash. Landon and the crew who's lives were lost in that tragedy will never be forgotten.

                                                    ♥ you cousin,

                                                                            Andi

I love Betty White like kids love candy. I think she is hilarious. After all these years of Golden Girls she is starting to be more recognized. I'm happy to see her popping up in more things like the Snickers commercial, The Proposal, You Again, and Hot in Cleavland. I mean how can you not love this woman?! I find it adorable that her celebrity crush is Robert Redford (he's 14 years younger Betty, you cheeky minx lol)  I met her one time in my life but she was a doll. Just as cute in person as she is on tv. She likes crossword puzzles ANNNDD she's an insomniac (for a person as seasoned in life as she is) 1:30 am.  We also share a love for fries, vines red licorice,  and are both meat and potatos kind of gals. She's been on SNL with Jay-Z (another person I would like to meet) and even has a hot dog named after her called Betty naked in the city.  She's really sweet too She's chairwoman of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association and has volunteered for 40 years with the Morris Animal Foundation, a Denver-based group whose efforts have led to advances in the health and welfare of animals worldwide. Dont forget smart! She is a doctor of humane veterinary sciences. She names her cars just like I do. She has her own t-shirt line and I totally bought one  proceeds go to benefit Morris Animal foundation. Woot good shirt for a good cause! She still plays poker with her friends...oh and did I mention she kicked Jimmy Fallons butt at beer pong on SNL? Ok maybe thats not fully true. He won but she did sink the first shot which I can still respect. She is in her 80's afer all. Ahhh I just ♥ her to death. She is my adopted grandma (she really did say that she would be) and one of my heroes. I get made fun of for it constantly but who cares. Gotta love Betty

One of our favorite places to hike is up to the waterfall. We always make up silly games to play along the way. This time we were doing impersonations of movies the whole way up the mountain.

1- waking up and then laying in bed for a few extra min. to stretch and enjoy the warm covers for just a little longer.

ok maybe this sort of thing is also a big factor in keeping in bed in the morning

2- Running around barefoot whenever I can.

3- Golden girls

lol I think I may be the only person on the planet that finds these valentines endearing

4- Shopping at thrift stores and wearing crazy things anytime I can get away with it

5- hanging out at the park and playing on the toys

6- Regifting is something I think many people do but few will admit. It fits the true definition of guilty pleasure. It’s so fun to take that lame gift and pass it on. No need to feel guilty because the person you gave it to will probably pass it on too.

7- wearing ugg boots EVERYWHERE because they are comfortable. I love them regardless of how ugly they look.

8- Hitch hiking to get where I need/ spontaneous travel

9- Making things I'm too cheap to buy

10- Shamwow and Vaccuums

HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO: Never missing a good storm. I love to be out in the rain and to sit inside and watch the lightning.

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catchy title eh? Unfortunatly it's true. Now do you see why us girls are scared of those little beasts?

Because stupid people hurting themselves really makes my day, here's a story about some guy who blew himself up in the bathroom trying to kill a spider. Come on dude, haven't you ever heard of a shoe?!

The 28 year-old suffered severe burns after attacking the arachnid with an aerosol can at his home in Clacton in Essex.

The man was summoned by his wife to deal with a spider she had seen scuttling behind the lavatory on Bank Holiday Monday. Not being able to reach it, the man decided to kill it by spraying it with the can.

However he was unable to see whether it was dead because the bulb in the bathroom light had blown. At this point he turned to a cigarette lighter to illuminate the room, but in the process ignited the gas fumes and caused an explosion.

The blast was so strong it blew the man off his feet and lifted the loft door off its hinges.

He suffered flash burns to his head, legs and torso and was rushed by ambulance to hospital after dousing himself in cold water.

 Haven't you ever heard of masking the smell of a numero dos by lighting a match? And have you ever heard of someone dropping it between their legs before all the gas trapped in the bowl has dissipated? What happened? Exactly, they blasted off like a rocket and fought a towel bar with their face.

 Please people dont be stupid....but if you just cant help it make sure someone catches that moment on film so the rest of us can enjoy it while we are bored at work.

Ok this is the featured question of the day. Lets get to business. Which ex would I date? Hmmm.... most of these guys became my ex for a reason. Its not that I hate them or anything. I learned something about my self or something about what I am and am not looking for in life, but once that lesson is learned that guy has served his purpose and its time to get out of the picture. Maybe thats just me. Do any of you agree? Would you get back with an ex?

   

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*This is kind of graphic so dont read it if you are sensitive*

I REALLY hate killing things! I don't even kill bugs. When I find them in the house I catch them and take them outside so this list item was hard for me. You might be wondering why I chose it if I am so adverse to killing... Well my dad taught us growing up that we need to learn to fend for ourselves. I'm thankful that there are people out there that will do the job of prepping the meat that I eat so that I dont have to, but if something ever happened and I was on my own I wouldnt know what to do. So I decided this was something I needed to learn. I was nervous from the second I woke up that morning. The whole way to the farm I kept flip flopping between telling them to turn around and trying to talk myself into finishing this. When we got to the chicken house I was so sick to my stomach. Just looking at them made my eyes get all watery. We had to catch them and hang them upside down so that they are calm and disoriented. Then we had to cut off the head. They said that it happens so fast the chickens dont even feel it but I cried the whole time anyway. I was praying the whole time that it was quick for the poor bird. After all that you have to stick it in really hot water so that all the feathers come off easier. I felt like such a barbarian ripping them out. I couldnt stop crying and I wanted to stop but then the chicken would have died for nothing. Then you have to cut out everything. By then the chicken is starting to look more like normal food and less like a bird so its not as bad but I was still having a really hard time. Anyway when everything was all said and done we had chicken for dinner. Its not like I'm not aware that something died for me to eat my dinner every time I have meat but having killed it made everything really weird. IDK how to explain it so that it would make sense. Sorry all you PETA people out there. I'm not going to become a vegetarian because of this experience but I do have a very strong appreciation for those that do the jobs so I can eat meat and for the animals that give up their lives for us. I could do it again if I had to but not without shedding some tears. I maybe considered a wuss but I will always be like that. Every life is important. Even the lives of the animals we eat.

                                                        A request I recently got

"Since your going to be a famous model your going to need to put a list together of all the things you'll need in your dressing room. You might as well get your list together now so that your ready when you hit the big time. Please share."

                                   Well here it goes. My dressing room requirement list

-First of all I am going to need food. LOTS of food if I have to be there for a long time. Chips, sandwiches, gummy bears (no yellow or orange ones), Costa Vida sweet pork burritos, sesame chicken and white rice, plenty of french fries WITH fry sauce, steak and potatos, chicken strips, some ice cream, mom's chicken enchiladas, an assortment of sandwiches, Turkey ranch and swiss on toasted sesame seed bread is a must, tacos, a pizza maybe....  (I'm also going to need a lot of people to come help me eat it all, as wasting is not an option!)

-Lip gloss, lash glue, fake lashes, eyeliner, mascara, and bronzer for instant touch ups.

- A phone so I could keep in touch with my family. Especially my sisters!

- Indoor surfing, laser tag, and arcade games. Pac man better be there.

- A love sac, a blanket, crazy slippers, and a nightlight.

-mp3 player with lots of great beats for me to dance to

- a giant sling shot and water baloons (just in case)

- groupies because thats part of the fun

- a disguise or two for when I have to make my escape (ok I'll admit I would wear them just for fun too)

- Last of all a camera of course so I can keep everyone updated. My life isn't as fun if I have no one to share it with!

                                                 What would you put on your list?

  What a super busy day! I started out with an early morning parade then had to quickly leave so I could make it to try outs on time. I last minute decided to try out for the Grizz girls (cheerleaders for the Utah Grizz hockey team). Tryouts were pretty easy. Most girls recently tried out for Utah Jazz dancers, then Blaze dancers, so Grizz is like the back up for the back up type of thing. I also heard a lot of people ditched out because they thought we had to dance on skates (btw we dont). I picked this team because I have a crazy schedule as it is and dont really have time to be a cheerleader but its on the list. Hockey didnt have as demanding of a schedule as basketball or even arena football so there I was. After a very quick and easy audition I zipped out of there to get ready for my shoot. Our amazing photographer got us into a haunted house. It had all kinds of themed rooms. Running around in there was so spooky, even with everything turned off! There was a clown room, a vampire room, Freddy's house, and a bunch of others. We kept accidentally scaring each other because it was like a giant maze and we would end up getting seperated then running into each other again in random rooms. There was a party going on next door and a few people decided to wander in to the haunted house and see what was in there. We felt it was our job to scare them to death. Here are a few behind the scenes photos. I'll post pictures from the actual shoot when we get them back.

Blood, Guts, and Love from the shoot

I guess haunted houses bring out the cannibal in all of us?

oh she's got skills

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At Fredy's house, you know, my new halloween boyfriend

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Vampire slayers right before they killed me

<3 these girls

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