ALEX IS ON A MISSION!!!!

ELDER ALEX C. SOLOMON
MTC Mailbox #209
ASL-MEL 1213
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 8406-1793

Write him PLEASE!

"I love him [MTC companion- Elder Putnam who is DL] so much! And I love Him so much. My testimony has grown so much and so powerfully. I know this is God's church. This is Christ's church. The Book of Mormon is the word of God. I have learned so much from it, and I have so much to learn from it! I thank our loving Heavenly Father for giving us such a wonderful and complete and full record of the gospel! He lives in this establishment. He walks with the best and most humble of us here at the MTC! He is my God, and He knows my plan, my heart, and my love for Him."

Improv

Improv nights are fun and we do them and we laugh. ^_^

Dark Knight midnight showing

So there was this one time where we decided to go to a midnight movie, namely Dark Knight. I don't even remember what day it was, but it was in the summer. Torrey, Christopher, and I went at about 4 in the afternoon (I think? My details are all fuzzy, lol) to save a spot in line because everyone knows how movie lines can get. I had my computer and we had a blanket and some pillows. And we sat there. Eventually some other peeps showed up, like Alex and Laura.( Edit by laura:My car totally exploded that night. I pulled up with Pizza and as I stopped the car, a pillar of smoke came out the front. The thermostat housing had blown off)    Christopher's mom brought the both of us food and everybody else got pizza. The Rhode Island Pillow Fight occurred with Christopher and Alex. I took some random pictures (tee hee) and then Christopher and I headed over to OUR line a few hours before the movie started. I don't know how we ended up with tickets in another theater... so I can only speak for the both of us. Everybody else, including Xander and Co. who I don't think I ever actually saw, were in the original line. I had saved a spot in OUR line so we could be ready. Christopher and I watched "Minority Report" before "Dark Knight". Let me tell you, it was a night full of suspense. "Dark Knight" had me so tense that I'm sure I made Christopher's right arm go numb, lol. It was pretty uneventful though. I remember hearing afterward about Xander walking in with Jessica Scribner and them holding hands and Laura getting jealous and getting some random guy's number. It was fun though. :) (Sorry for not having more pictures - maybe Laura has some.)

baha. :D I think he was trying to be a male model or something...

Torrey was a'sweeping; she did not hear you.

Being run over by Batman's awesome bike.

His head is being eaten by a mummy! :-O

The picture isn't the greatest, but the concept is funny. :D

Here's the "Race" video. :D (more like a series of compiled pictures)

And here's the Rhode Island Pillow Fight and Massacre (or something like that.)

April Fool's, 2009

So, I have to tell this story, now that it is a year later. :)

Yesterday was the year mark for Christopher going to the MTC. It was also April Fool's day. Perfect fodder, in my opinion. Some people thought I wouldn't try anything that had to do with Christopher, considering my love for him. I wrote Christopher about it and he totally approved.

ANYWAY! The story: I put this as my Facebook status:

Kristen Giles just got a call from Christopher's mom... they got in a car accident on the way to the MTC... :S

Torrey Fountain
is he ok?????????????

Kristen Giles
I think so... his mom said they all got a little banged up - stupid car turned left right in front of them. I think he might have gotten a concussion, possibly, but that's about all I know

Laura Crystal Wilkinson
someone really doesn't want him on a mission... ;)

Kristen Giles
Dang Satan... wish he could just leave the missionaries alone...

Ashley S. Harmon
That's really scary. Is he going to be able to stay at the MTC?

Kristen Giles
I don't know, his mom didn't tell me much... just that everyone was basically ok and that she didn't think anyone would need to go to the hospital for broken arms or anything

Ashley S. Harmon
:( I'll pray for them...

Ben Quilter
If this is an april fools joke . . .

Laura Crystal Wilkinson
oh my goodness, i didn't even think of that

Kristen Giles
LOL!! Alright, alright APRIL FOOLS! Christopher is probably fine, I didn't get any call from his mom. He's probably safely tucked in the MTC now. :) Please do pray for him though! He'll need them. Just... not to get over a car crash. :)

Oh yes. Christopher's name was put on the prayer roll and apparently people freaked out. It was awesome. I'm glad he WASN'T really in a car crash... but I'm glad I was able to get some people. ;)

Purpose of the Blog

This is to tell stories from your point of view... other people can add edits and add stories and extra details to things are posted.. You can be biased... just don't be angry.

For example...  In the previous post, kristen talked about Chris's party.. at the same time, I remember kristen and steph telling me that they were wary of who i was.. (which was a surprise to me at the time considering I had never met Christopher before. ) You can mention things... we just all need to remember that these are in the past...

Be careful what you say, but don't be afraid to say things, it helps to know how meaningful certain experiences are... plus, people kind of enjoy hearing the other side of a story.

Christopher's 18th

So far, this blog is FAILING at doing what it's supposed to be doing - telling a story. At least, I think that's what Laura wanted it for... and she hasn't even posted. So I'm going to conclude that nobody wants to tell stories. Maybe they're afraid of people seeing their point of view on a certain outing and that someone will get offended. Grain of salt, guys. We all have different stories and recollections. If we start writing them down... we won't forget them. :) Or maybe people just don't know what to say. That's part of MY problem. I don't know where to start. Do I start way back 2 years ago? Or share something that happened recently? I don't know. I'll share a beginning memory though - maybe the initial meeting of the people that would eventually become our little group. (I'll try to be as unbiased as possible, but I can't promise anything. Sorry.)

So, it was Christopher's 18th birthday...
(haha, do I even need to say anything else? Everybody's mind has now suddenly jumped to that instance and they'll probably remember it quite clearly.)

I remember it being a madhouse. There were so many people there! Computers were set up for people to play Halo and I epically failed at playing that game. We had heavily frosted birthday cake and I remember being slightly obsessed with the shishkabob sticks. I remember sword fighting in the church parking lot with Kris Pratt, Ben, Christopher, and Laura. The swords couldn't handle the heat and some of them broke. Alex attacked after we were all done.
I remember that was when Stephanie met Drew Mallory and she wanted his phone number. And I remember knowing almost everyone there.

I'll end there, for reasons people should already know. :) Care to share any other stories from way back when?


** edit from Laura **
(I've been trying to compose what I want to say... lol.) 

I  remember coming back in from the sword fight, and having Steph jump all over Kristen saying.. "you know how worried i get when you go off with that boy by yourself.."
 They were actually Xboxes...
I remember the comment that "kristen is one frustrated girl"
The only person I knew there when I went.... was Alex.  I had only been talking to Chris online for a week...  and even then sparsely... He invited me because I mentioned I played halo, and he wanted me to play. 

** end of edit from laura **

Introduction I guess. lol

ok this is me.
Torrey
ballroom dancer
singer
cook
worrier
game night master
movie lover
smiler :)

so yeah...