festival of colors.

This weekend some friends and I went to the festival of colors on Saturday. It is at the Hindu temple in Spanish Fork. I think the purpose is to celebrate the beginning of spring... good thing it snowed a ton the day before :) Everyone has colored power and you through it at one another. The color throwing happens at the same time with hundreds of kids. There is a real big cloud of colors and you cannot see a thing or breath. Pretty crazy, but fun!!!

college is winding down... kind of

I GRADUATE IN APRIL!!!!!

I am so freaking excited to be graduating in April. My cap and gown have been ordered and the reality is hitting me. I honestly am very blessed to attend BYU and I will be so proud when I earn my diploma from BYU. I am having really bad "senioritis" and I fight it every day. I had two midterms scheduled for next week. Today I received an email saying that my one midterm was cancelled. I was ecstatic because I was really stressed with all of my studying and assignments. I am going home this weekend for my brother's mission farewell so... I knew that my studying would be very limited. Now I only have one midterm to worry about and I am very grateful. Prayers are answered! My undergraduate program is coming to an end... but it is still very much alive because I have plenty of assignments to worry about.

Side note: My brother is leaving to the Idaho Boise mission. He reports to the MTC on March 30th! I am going to miss him VERY much! Love you Solly Boy xoxoxo

dreams are an interesting thing.

Last night I was at a friend's house hanging out. I got home at around midnight and the lights outside of our apartments and in the hallways of our apartments were not working. So... of course I started thinking about how some creepy guy is probably sitting under the stairwell just waiting to attack me. I unlocked my door and ran into my apartment as quick as I could. No worries, I got in safe and sound. I got ready for bed and went to sleep and here is my dream...

I was running into my apartment and all of a sudden this guy grabbed me. I started fighting him and kicking him. He let go of me but then the guy and his friend stood back and started laughing at me. I was crying and scared. They were threatening me then they shot me in the leg and told me not to call the police. They left me. I then got into my apartment and decided not to call the police. Then my leg magically healed, but you could still see the bullet in my leg. All of my family and friends were asking me how I got a bullet in my leg and I told them it wasn't a bullet just a bruise. Nobody believed me and the rest of my dream people were trying to convince me to get the bullet removed. The end.

SO crazy how dreams reflect things that happen in your life... Right?

Oh... another Monday

Wow... it has been a long time and a long day. Highlights of my day:

1) Went to school.

2) Had lunch with Holli. LOVE her!

3) Found out about more drama.

4) Had a group meeting about our investments project.

5) Went to Zumba. LOVE Zumba!!! (Zumba is what has been keeping me sane lately, it is my outlet)

6) Came home almost fell on my face, accidentally spilled granola all over the kitchen, and sat on my computer and almost broke it... awesome.

7) Trying to eat healthy but... I ended the day with Taco Bell... double awesome.

# 2 and 5 were FABULOUS but I CANNOT wait for tomorrow!!!

grateful for 2011.

2010 was full of learning. Last year was definitely the most difficult year in my almost 23 years but... it was also a year filled with blessings. With hard times come blessings. Trials are blessings because in an odd way trials remind us of all the wonderful things Heavenly Father has blessed us with. I have learned that if you do not look for the good then you will literally drive yourself crazy. When times are hard we have to try and find the good in the situation. Of course this is definitely easier said than done. I have been able to reflect on some of these hard times and recognize when my Savior's arms were wrapped around me and holding me up. I am grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord in my life. My goal for 2011 is to be better about recognizing the hand of the Lord in my every day life. Yes, life is not always sunshine and roses but we can try to focus on the sunshine and roses.

Day 4 of christmas crazy

Day 4

Monday, Dec. 20

The rain has not stopped since my last post. Streets are flooded here in southern California. We were saved from Christmas caroling because of the treacherous rain. Mom at Thanksgiving time that we would be caroling Monday AND Tuesday before Christmas. Today, my brothers refused to go out singing in the rain. I told them that we wouldn't have to really be out in the rain. We were gonna drive from house to house. duh. Still there was no getting these bums off of their bums. My mom and I said that we would carol in the rain. No problem! I guess we all know who the real girls in the family are... my three brothers. (Dad kinda has a real excuse... he is a little bit of a cold. oh... and he is old. love you dad)

P.S. - We had to sign another box of Christmas cards because mom decided we didn't have enough. There were a few too many groans for two more dozen cards. Merry Christmas!

holidays with the sagiao family... my family

Hello everyone!!! Yes... I am alive. I survived finals and am back home in beautiful sunny California... except wait... it has not stopped raining since I got home. Whatever. It still feels great to be home. So with my countdown to Christmas... I will be providing all of you with some fabulous entertainment. Each day til Christmas I will post some crazy holiday adventure we have had. Coming home is always a great adventure. I LOVE my family but we are one crazy family. We often joke that we could be an awesome reality tv show. So here it begins but... I must catch up on a few days.

Day 1 of being home (technically I was not quite here because I was driving but I cannot pass up the opportunity to tell this story)

Friday Dec. 17

My family attended our church Christmas party. They host a dinner for all the families then they have a nice Christmas program with music and Christmas readings. As they start to begin the program, a group of teens comes and sits directly behind my parents. The teenagers were taking and being rude during the program. My mom turned around a few times and asked that they please be quiet and listen. They ignored my mom each time. SO rude! My dad then turns around and said "Hey you all need to shut the HELL up. Did you hear what I said?" Yep. Merry Christmas dad told kids to shut the hell up during the Christmas program. Awesome. There was complete silence from those kids for the rest of the Christmas program and they all lived happily ever after.

Day 2

Saturday Dec. 18

I had officially been home for about one hour and my 16-year-old twin brothers were each suppose two chop two romaine hearts for a salad. I called them down to do their task and then they looked at me as if they had no idea what to do. I said "mom called and asked that you two cut the lettuce for the salad." Hunter was going to start first and then Cody would come and do his. The twins are adolescent teenager boys and can't do anything in the same place at the same time without a brawl. Here is the convo:

Hunter: How do you cut lettuce?

Danielle: With a knife.

H: Well.... I've never done this before. What knife?

D: Use your brain. You're 16.

H: Ok... I guess this green knife that mom uses for the lettuce.

D: Great idea.

H: How much do I throw away from the end?

D: Really... if you ask me one more question about the most simple task in the world I am going to scream. You are so much smarter than this.

H: (Grumble)... 3o seconds pass... What do I put the lettuce in?

D: Scream

It is now Cody's turn to cut his 2 heads of lettuce. Before he even begins I say:

"Please do not ask me any questions on how to cut lettuce, just get to it." He says that he has never cut lettuce before. I tell him that everything that he needs is on the counter and to look at Hunter's finished project for an example. Geez... video games are ruining the minds of America's youth. Yes I admit, I could have had a few more patience but... I had just driven 10 hours all by myself and had taken 6 finals. My patience were running on empty.

Day 3

Sunday, Dec. 19

Christmas cards. This year mom decided that she wanted everyone to sign their own name in the Christmas cards. Cool. No big deal, right? Wrong. Definitely a big deal for our family. I am pretty sure that my twin brothers asked about the following question about 10 times:

"Are we gonna sign all of the cards?"

Umm... no we just want your name on 10 of the cards. Duh. We are are gonna sign all of the cards. The one asked if we could just sign one of the cards and make copies of the signatures and place them on the cards. Really? Then we wanted the names in order from oldest to youngest BUT it became a little too complicated for some of our brains because we were not sitting in order from oldest to youngest as we were passing our cards through the assembly line. Yep. Small little bickering sessions broke out during the Christmas card signing because someone's name was in someone else's place. Oh... we are so joyous this Christmas season.

Merry Christmas.

P.S. my family REALLY does love each other. I promise.