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Matt showing off his freakishly large hands. Just kidding Matt, they're normal....

Awkward pics are our specialty.

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Two years ago Courtney and I worked at a place called Zions Securities Corporation. It was THE lamest job in the world. But we're so glad we worked there, because we made some pretty awesome buddies that we still hang out with 2 years later. And a lot of awkward stories that we get to re-live.

This is us at our usual hangout spot. Freaky Dee's. Good times, good times.

From left to right: Liz, Matt R, Me, Court, Allen

Hate is a strong word, but I really really really don't like spiders

Let me tell you a story:

Last night I had a pretty vivid dream about spiders. One of my guy friends was killing spiders (well, trying to). They kept leaping around-defying gravity (oh, you know, like spiders usually do). And I can't really remember the end of the story. Or which guy friend was doing the 'killing'. All I know is I wasn't the one doing the killing (which will come into play later) and that there were spiders.

Anywho. I woke up this morning and went into the bathroom to do my usual routine. AND guess what. There was this MONSTER spider crouching on the wall above the toilet. Apparently dreams do come true. So, I avoided the toilet. Which means, I waited to go to the bathroom until work. Yes, I go to extremes to avoid spiders.

I left the spider in peace and washed my face--when I opened my eyes the spider was ON THE COUNTER next to me!!! Why did it want to ruin my life?! I watched it, making sure it wouldn't pounce on me (it was moving one of its legs back and forth like it was wanting to jump on me). ugh. So I did the first thing that came to my mind. I grabbed a paper cup and trapped it! WOOT. Go Berk.

I got to work and texted Courtney warning her about the cup with the spider (secretly hoping she would take care of it while I was gone).

Nope. When I got home the cup was still there!! 9:00pm rolls around and Courtney finally gets home from visiting a friend in Provo. By this time, I'm kind of hoping the spider is dead (who can survive 15 hours being trapped in a cup?). There was NO way I was getting near the cup, so Courtney picked it up. It was gone! (gasp).

Just kidding. Apparently it was crouched at the top of the cup like the freak it was!!! Courtney screams, drops the cup and the spider lands in the sink. I was screaming in the hallway, cheering her on--at a safe distance--trying to get her to kill it.

She takes off her flip flop, but decides its too big of a spider for a flip flop to kill--so I run looking for a bigger weapon. I find a platform flip flop (eh, good enough) and give it to the Court. Woot! She accepts the weapon and decides she cant kill it yet. She grabs some air freshener and starts spraying the HECK out of the spider! I peek around the corner and see the spider flying around in the sink. Yup (later, after discussion, Courtney thought the spider was flying, but I think it was from the force of the spray).

Spraying done with, Courtney finally kills the spider with the platform flip flop. And I dont know what happened after that. I ran into the kitchen.

Now, here it is, 10:30pm and I still cant shower. The bathroom reeks like air freshener-and I like to breathe when I shower. That spider officially ruined my day.

And thank you to the Courtney for killing it.

The End.

p.s. sorry that this story bounces from present tense to past tense. When I get excited I accidentally start doing play-by-play present tense.

Finally-a real pic

I decided to post a real picture of my brother and Alyssa so you can see how freaking adorable they are (without crackers falling out of their mouth)...

oh-and if you want to see the rest of their engagement pictures, go to heartphotos.net

--dang photogenic couple.

I'm getting a new sister!

Woohoo! My brother Jordan and Alyssa Offill are getting married April 25th! I'm so excited... My family curse has been BROKEN (this is the first sibling getting married)! But anywho-i'm stoked, and I wish them the best in their new life together.

And please enjoy the pic... yes they are a crazy couple. haha