My Favorite Day EVER!

May 29, 2010 was definitely my favorite day ever. Why you ask? Basically because that was the day my life changed! No I didn't lose a limb or something super crazy. But I finally was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My conversion story is probably one of the longest and randomest ones ever, but I wouldn't have it any other way. So here it goes!!
When I was in middle school I had a best friend named Jenni Winn, we really aren't that good of friends now (lets just say junior year of high school was interesting). So anyways, Jenni and I would hangout ALL the time, literally every day. She played piano and while she practiced playing I would read the Book of Mormon on her couch while she played, we watched General Conference together, we went to mutual together, I went to church with her, and I went to girls camp with her also! That year of girls camp was probably what did it the most. I was there with literally all of my friends (Jenni, Shaylee, Karly, Jessica, Holly, Jill, Bella, Megan, Macey, Jen, Jenna, Raquel, and that's all I can think of, if I left someone out I'll feel real bad) Anyways, so we are camping all week and there were soooo many times when the spirit was so strong and we were all in tears, definitely the best year of girls camp I have ever experienced. This was about 3 years ago, I think. I remember President Worthen asked me to say the prayer one morning for scripture study and I was like what the I'm not even a member, and I basically had to convince him that I wasn't but I still said the prayer anyway. There were just soo many amazing experiences that year at girls camp, that was probably the first time that I knew the church was true.
So after camp that year I continued going to church and mutual and reading the book of mormon, then another school year went by, and I went to girls camp again, this time less of my friends were there, but I was with the person who probably impacted my life the most. Megan Thorne, during junior year of high school me and Megan became way close. We hungout all the time, and we had amazing talks during sports medicine (I miss that class). Anyways, me and Megan basically did everything together. She is such an amazing example to me, if it wasn't for her my life would be so completely different. But one day while I was eating dinner at her house the missionaries were eating as well, and during dinner Elder Olsen asked me why I hadn't taken the lessons yet, and basically was like what the I thought you were a member already! So that is when it all began, I started taking the lessons around the end of August in 2009, not sure exactly when (Megan should def check her journal for the exact date). Anyways, so after going through all the lessons I realized that I had already gained a testimony of all of this! And I was basically ready to get baptized right away, but I wasn't able to because I was still 17, and I needed my mom's permission. This was the part that wasn't so easy, it took quite a while for that to happen and I went through quite a few missionaries. I wanted so bad to have Elder Olsen or Elder Redden baptize me, but they both went home before I got permission to get baptized. But thankfully Elder Williams came along, he is definitely my favorite missionary. Sister Ray, my good friend Shaylee's mom, who my family has known for years, went and talked to my mom one night about the church and everything. I was so thankful she did that, I honestly think that is what helped everything. I remember I was at mutual (even though I wasn't supposed to be at the time) and Sister Ray telling me she had talked to my mom, I was so scared to go home that night, I received a priesthood blessing, and went home. After talking well kind of arguing with my mom that night she finally just gave up and told me I could do what I wanted. I was soooo happy!!!! I remember calling Elder Williams and telling him and telling my friends that it was finally happening! Everyone was real happy! The wait was finally over. So we scheduled the baptism for about two weeks after that, and on May 29, 2010 I was baptized.
The funny part about this whole thing is that after my mom told me I could do what I wanted she never really heard much about it afterwards, and then the day of the baptism, literally about an hour and a half before I told her it was happening. whoops! I am so thankful that it finally did happen! I love the gospel! All of my friends and their families have been such amazing examples to me and have helped me get to where I am today. I was so happy that I was able to be there for my friends Bella Sleister and Amanda Bradshaw when they took the lessons and made their decision to get baptized. It is amazing to know how truly great this gospel is and how much it can change a person's life.

Holly, Karly, and Macey

Karly :) I would literally update her daily on what was going on with the whole process, she is amazing!

Macey! I love her, she is amazing! Her family is an amazing example to me, her dad confirmed me :)

Elders Redden, Williams, and Olsen. The trio, my favorites!

Megan's little sister Kaylee, I love her, probably the funniest person I know.

Megan.. My amazing best friend!!!! I absolutely LOVE her.

Madison, Megan, Elder Williams, and Elder Smith

MMK<3

Elder Smith and Elder Williams

MMK, my two amazing best friends!

 Elder Williams

yeppp. That explain us 

 haha oh gosh.. a lovely girls camp pic. sorry meg haha

the BROWN mike and ike meg ate off of the floor of our tent. NAST

 Amanda's Baptism, Bella and Amanda

 MMK<3

Elder Robison, Elder Crossett, Alyssa, Bella, and Amanda at Amanda's baptism

 Bella's baptism

just some studly elders we ran into... 

 Christy, Amanda, Elder Crossett, Bella at Bella's baptism

 Elder Robsion.. We randomly see each other way too often.

Madison and Kaylee 

My beautiful engaged best friend Madison! 

 Elders posing for GQ?

Shaylee, Karly, and Ari 

Elder Alcorn, Ari, and Elder Williams

Megan and Macey.. I LOVE THEM

Elder Wilson! 

Oh geez. Girls camp summer before junior year... hahah 

 Visiting Elder Smith in the hospital.. haha oh geez

 Saying bye to Elder Crossett

And yepp, that's Elder Wilson!

Enough is enough people.

Sometimes people are absolutely CRAZY!
And they don't even realize it, not the slightest clue.
But trust me.. Everyone else notices. Big time.


Anyways. Most randomest/best weekend in forever!
ANDDDDDDDDD
Last but definitely not least, it is officially my ONE year! Whoop whoop!! I will have to blog about that later on, when I am in the mood for typing out full sentences and complete thoughts with detail :)

Trying New Things

So today I get a text from my most favorite sister missionaries asking me if I could help teach English to Spanish speakers. My first thought: what the! I don't know any freaking Spanish. And trust me that statement is sooo true, although turns out I know a little more than I thought. So I immediately wanted to turn them down and be like you are on drugs there is no way I can teach someone English!
But I decided to go anyways, and turns out there were about 3 other girls there who like myself know very little Spanish, so I didn't feel as inadequate as I originally did. So we are sitting in a room and the Spanish speaking elders are telling us a little about some of the people that are coming and what their story is type of thing... This is making me sooo nervous! I am only 18 years old! There is no way I am knowledgeable enough to teach someone English! But they assure us that it will be fine and as long as we just keep conversing with them in English then everything will go smoothly and they won't be too confused and they will talk back to us. It was sooo true!
I got paired up with a girl named Damaris (spell check on that one) but she was also 18! Her English wasn't very good at all, but we didn't have very much trouble talking to each other! We did this worksheet together about clothing and what the people were wearing, it covered things like shirt, pants, jeans, jacket, hat, shoes, etc. And she knew for the most part what each one was! I just helped her with her spelling a little, but I asked her to tell me what each one was in Spanish. I took three years of Spanish and I had no idea what these things were! I was a little ashamed with myself, but once she told me it all immediately clicked back! We both learned alot! I am seriously soooo happy I went! I had so much fun! Plus I helped a sweet girl make a little bit of progress in learning English!
So I definitely encourage everyone to try new things, and even if you don't think you will be good at something to try anyways! Especially when you could help other people, just by going there and talking to this sweet girl, I helped her practice English! YAYYY!!!

The Closest Thing to Heaven

I have literally found the secret to happiness. Eternal happiness? Not quite. Temporal happiness? DEFINITELY! I have five words for you.. Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. BAM! It doesn't get much better than that!! The recipe can be found here. This is my second time making them and at first my cookies were GIANT. But the second time I perfected them and made them a little bit smaller, not quite so massive. I am sooo in love with these little babies. They can turn any frown upside down in no time. Do I sound obsessive? Well, that's only because I am in fact obsessed. Don't knock it til you try it.

Honestly, how does this not seem anything short of amazing?? I promise you will not be let down.

Best Weekend EVERRRRR

Okay well not really! It was rather average... But the thing that made this weekend soooo good was the fact that it was a Harry Potter marathon weekend!! Meaning ABC family played Harry Potter movies everyday! Honestly what is better than that? Just about nothing. So of course my mother and I watched all the movies all weekend long. Just this weekend we watched the first one 4 times! I realize there is no way that this could possibly be healthy for any type of human being, but oh well. I have accepted the fact that I, Katherine Marie Schreiber, am in love with Harry Potter. Do I like Daniel Radcliffe? No. Just Harry Potter.

This is on my list of things I MUST HAVE.

Honestly I am not so sure how I have ever lived without this thing. Probably the best invention ever. It is a wand that controls your tv.. who needs stupid remotes anymore when all you need is a wand?!?! GAAAHHH I am obsessed. If you want to check it out click here. Too bad my life feels significantly incomplete now that I know of the existence of this beauty. So if anyone wants to give me a birthday present or early christmas present or really just a random gift.. I would definitely recommend looking into this! I would love you forever!

Waiting to go to dinner with the fam.. how bout a survey? haha

1. Where were you 3 hours ago?

Schooool

2. Who are you in love with?

no one :) haha

3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?

I doubt it.. I wasn't the type of kid that just ate stuff.

4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

    my bed

5. When is the last time you went to the mall?

It has been way too long, I need money first 

6. Are you wearing socks right now?

Nope I hardly ever do

7. Do you have a car worth over $2,000?

yepppp. well technically it is my mother's 

8. When was the last time you drove out of town?

     Coming back home from reno?

9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?

nope, its been quite a while

10. Are you hot?

     of course hahah

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?

    milk :)

12. What are you wearing right now?

Jeans and shirt, pretty typical

13. Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it?

car wash.. although I need to save money and wash it myself!

14. Last food that you ate?

peanut butter and jelly!

15. Where were you last week at this time?

school probably sadly!

16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?

i dont think so...that needs to change

17. When is the last time you ran?

its been a while, that needs to change as well

18. What's the last sporting event you watched?

baseballlll :)

19. What is your favorite animal?

    cats and dogs.. i like em both!

20. Your dream vacation?

literally anywhere out of the country would be awesome! well heck anywhere other than here! 

21. Last person's house you were in?

Aunt Sandra's for a family bbq

22. Worst injury you've ever had?

broken arm or collarbone or my ankle that will never heal.

23. Have you been in love?

    nope

24. Do you miss anyone right now?

yessss. more than I ever imagined!!!

25. Last play you saw?

are you kidding?

26. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?

hahhaha oh gosh..

27. What are your plans for tonight?

dinner with the family, and then possibly midnight bowling.

28. Who is the last person you sent a MySpace message or comment?

    the real question is who the eff goes on myspace anymore

29. Next trip you are going to take?

haha oh man! thats a secret!

30. Ever go to camp?

yepp! and I am going again in a month!

31. Were you an honor roll student in school?

yep! i was definitely a nerd.

32. What do you want to know about the future?

EVERYTHING!!! haha

33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?

white citrus :)

34. Are you due sometime this year for a doctor's visit?

i dont believe so

35. Where is your best friend?

which one? haha I have quite a few!

36. How is your best friend?

     im assuming they are good

37. Do you have a tan?

gaahhh I WISH

38. What are you listening to right now?

edge of glory by lady gaga hahah

39. Do you collect anything?

i used to collect snowglobes and rocks. keywords USED TO

40. Who is the biggest gossiper you know?

haha i can not reveal that

41. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?

driving home from california last summer :( no bueno

42. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?

have you ever asked a stupid question?

43. What does your last text message say?

It was a 2 pager... therefore I am not typing it all out. plus its a secret ;)

44. Do you like hot sauce?

mild haha

45. Last time you took a shower?

last night

46. Do you need to do laundry?

   I will pretty soon here

47. What is your heritage?

italian german english.. idk what else!

48. Are you someone's best friend?

Yepp

49. Are you rich?

oh gosh. no hahah

50. What were you doing at 12AM last night?

   studying for my test today, and writing in my journal i think! 

what could be better??

Today I officially finished my freshman year of college. Those words sound oh so sweet! I have officially completed 32 credits! Now I just have to wait for grades to come in to make sure I didn't fail any of those classes.. the only one I am worried about is History, all of my other classes I have either gotten A's or B's! So basically I am overly ecstatic about this! I have learned alot this year.. I have learned that I actually like living at home, and although I really liked the classes in Reno, CSN is where its at for me, well for now that is. And I have learned how much people can change over a year! I have learned alot about some people! I am not so close with some really good friends and I have become WAY closer with alot of other friends.. everything happens for a reason right?? Well today I just paid for summer classes  and man all I can say is I can't wait to finally be done. So my goal now is to just push myself and take as many classes as I can possibly handle just to get school done with that much faster! But for now I have about 3 weeks off of school and I am going to try and live it up as much as possible!! Some of the things I will be doing are.... hanging out with this girl just about every chance I get!!

I love her!! She is the one person who I can ALWAYS count on to make me laugh. She is probably the best listener I know, our lives are jokes, we have tons of stories to tell! haha and we have telepathy. Summer with her is the greatest thing ever.  This movie is definitely in our future!

As well as tanning and swimming and canes and sonic and in n out. Another thing I will be doing is celebrating/remembering/reminiscing this day and all the things that come with it!

May 29th! such an amazing day!! By the way if you haven't seen this movie I highly suggest you do!!

On my list of summer things to do is to read this book! Man I am in love with this movie!! It is soooo good!!! So yep! As you can see I am really excited for summer! And not so excited for school to start again.

Studying for Finals< Blogging

1. what time did you get up this morning? just before 9
2. diamonds or pearls? umm diamonds! 

3. what was the last film you saw at the cinema? i have no idea, i kind of sort of steal my movies, so last movie i watched that is in the cinemas? something borrowed <3

4. what's your favorite tv show? criminal minds, glee, pretty little liars
5. what did you have for breakfast this morning? leftover macayos :) healthy right?

6. what's your favorite cuisine? ummm i like pretty much everything!! chinese, mexican, italian.

7. what foods do you dislike? im pretty easy going.. i hate sour cream and mustard haha
8. what is your favorite chip flavor? baked sour cream and onion or baked bbq.. yummmmm
9. what's your favorite cd at the moment? i am lovinnnggg lady antebellum and taylor swift, i know taylor swift is lame and stuff but whatever her songs are good! oh and glee is always a winner too!

10. what kind of car do you drive? 2009 Nissan Versa.. i love her <3

11. favorite sandwich? i loveee sandwiches!!!! cole turkey from capriottis.. HEAVEN

12. what characteristics do you despise? i hate when people always have to be right! one uppers.

13. what is your favorite type of clothing? im rather casual! but every once in a while i like getting dressed up.. so jeans and t shirt type of person? idk

14. if you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would it be? hmm soo many places! italy would be amazinngggg

15. what color is your bathroom? whiteee?

16. favorite brand of clothing? dont really have one! i dont shop by brands.. i just buy cheap cute stuff haha but target is always a winner. ross. marshalls. kohls

17. where would you retire to? gosh no idea!

18. favorite time of the day? i like the night time.. thats when i get EVERYTHING done haha

19. what was your most memorable birthday? probably 17th.. it was the first day of school! but it still rocked! 
20. how many siblings do you have? one sister

21. favorite sport to watch? baseball

24. what fabric detergent do you use? no idea!

25. were you named after anyone? i dont think soooo
26. do you wish on stars? nope!
27. when did you last cry? while watching something borrowed.. oh man! haha im obsessed with that movie

28. do you like your handwriting? i need to work on it.. haha

29. if you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? i would like to think so!

30. are you a daredevil? not particularly! i get into my adventurous moods though

31. do looks matter? not totally. but they do help! haha

32. how do you release anger? arguing! haha sometimes sitting in my room listening to music and writing in my journal 
34. what were your favorite toys as a child? me and my cousin played with hot wheels all the time! haha weird? maybe

35. what class in high school was totally useless? which class wasnt useless? hahah the most useless ones were generally due to the idiotic psycho teacher who tried teaching us.. so zoology with johnson, english with reiff, english with goodwin, biology with deyoung.. just to name a few hahah

37. favorite movies? last song, something borrowed, notebook, baby mama, mean girls, fired up, hangover, step brothers.. i like lots of movies!
38. what are your nicknames? kathy, kimmers, schreibs, sleepy, twitch, katdawg.. my nicknames are kinda lame. hahah

39. do you untie your shoes when you take them off? noooo. i hate that hahah

40. do you think that you are strong? physically? id like to think so.. stronger than some girls! emotionally? yeah.. i hold stuff in all the time

41. what's your favorite ice cream flavor? cherry chocolate chip

42. what are your favorite colors? i love purple! and i have found a new love for the color teal
43. what is your least favorite thing about yourself? umm probably that i hold stuff in all the time! and i always give in to people, i am way too nice sometimes
44. who do you miss the most? my grandma! i hate that she lives in california now..

No 45.. sad
46 what color pants are you wearing? im wearing shorts, and they are gray

47. last thing you ate? chicken salad

48. favorite song? oh man are you kidding me?? so many taylor swift songs from the speak now album, when you got a good thing by lady a, last friday night by katy perry, dancing queen when glee sings it

49. if you were a crayon what color would you be? teal? idk! haha

50. last person you talked to on the phone? my beautiful bff Bella
51. what is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? eyes and teeth! im a pretty big teeth person

52. favorite drink? dr pepper or strawberry ocean water

53. do you wear contacts? nope. my vision is sooo good

54. favorite day of the year? christmas of course. and im thinking may 29th is going to be a favorite

55. endings happy or sad? happy? what kind of question is this
56. winter/summer? LOVE summer duhhh

57. hugs or kisses? kisses.. these questions are getting dumber haha
58. what is your favorite dessert? pumpkin bread.. i like alot of desserts! cheesecake

59. what book(s) are you reading? i want to read something borrowed! im reading way too many textbooks right now. and scriptures

60. what is on your mouse pad? umm i dont

61. what did you watch last night on tv? i didnt haha i watched movies on my laptop?
62. favorite smells? cookies baking, this happiness lotion from bath and body works, and white citrus

63. stones or beatles? sadly neither

SUMMERTIMEEEEEE

I feel it approaching and man oh man it is the sweetest thing! For the past few weeks I have basically been in summer mode, but then every few days something hits me and is like oh crap you are still in school! Today is one of those days, I was sitting in class.. yes I still go to class. And I was thinking of all the crap I still have to do!! Four finals, read an entire book, one 5 page paper, one 3 page paper, and attend 5 more days of class=18 more hours of sitting there bored to death. I am fairly sure I got this, not quite sure how those grades will be looking but whatever. I just can not wait for summer to finally be here! So much has changed in the past few months, it seems like all of my friends are changing sooo much! It's insane. All I have to say is I am sooo happy my bff Bella is home for summer! We hungout basically all day/night yesterday and it was the best! I missed her A TON!!! We literally talked for hours on end about anything and everything! LOVEEEEEEEEE

Please excuse the terrible quality of this picture... But I am sooo excited for many many more random days with her!

The love of my life

Nothing makes my heart happier than when I turn on the tv and I see this lovely sight

 anyone who hasn't seen this show has not lived! and anyone who has seen it and doesn't love it, is not human! I am completely convinced that this is the greatest show in the world!!! My heart gets so warm and tingly every time I turn on the tv in the midst of a marathon! It is definitely my guilty pleasure. But the person who makes this show even better than it already is would definitely be this boy...

 

This would be Matthew Gray Gubler.. Better known as Spencer Reid.. 

 

How could you not love this face?! and his endless amounts of knowledge! gaahhh! He definitely makes this show a million times better!! So I highly suggest to anyone who hasn't indulged in the wonderful world of criminal minds, to take a step for the benefit of your life and watch a few episodes. I promise you will love it! 

May is FINALLY here

As fast as the month of April went, it seems like I have been waiting for May for FOREVER! Why I am so excited for the month of May you ask? Well... The one reason is that SCHOOL WILL BE OVER! I absolutely hate this semester. I am taking the world's stupidest classes with the world's hardest and craziest teachers and I am just oh so excited for all of that to finally be over with! Plus May is what basically embarks us on this lovely little adventure we like to call summer! ohhh how I love and adore summer! This summer will entail lots of swimming/tanning time! which of course brings great conversation with my wonderful friends but mostly super amazing tans! who doesn't love being tan?! So as I am sitting here kind of sort of not really writing my last stupid speech of the semester all I can do is think of summer and reminisce all the amazing times I had last summer! It really isn't the most productive thing to be thinking about at the moment, but what can you do?!