Elder and Sister Maldonado

My parents just got their mission call yesterday and are going to Washington DC!!! I love them so much. They are such a great example to me. I love you MOM and DAD :)

What We Do WIth Our Spare Time!

Amanda and I made this tonight for our roomate Tiffany...we are a little silly! WE edited it in like 10 minutes because neither of us used iMovie before. It was an experience and I had fun.

First Week of School

So I just started another semester at BYU Idaho and I have already been having a great time. I am ready for what the semester has to bring me and am waiting for the challenges that I know I will face this semester. I have already been super busy with homework and friends and it has only been a week, but at least I love what I am doing in school :) Here are some of the things that I have been up to...Yes I love to take pics!
Here is a pic that I had to take for an assignment, I thought it was cute so I posted it...also, I bought a manual camera 2 weeks ago while I was visiting with Selena. So I had to show all of you what it looks like. I still haven't developed the film in it yet Selena! I will soon when I am not as busy.

Attack of "the Mexican and Spanish Hat!!!" Okay so this week we have been having fun with my sombreros, pretty much wearing them around the apartment and goofing around. Well, I caught Amanda in the act...yes she is on what we call the "rape sac" eating pizza, on a break from trying on some clothes that I gave her. Funny thing is my friend Zack walked in a little after this pic was taken and lets just say he calls Amanda "Spanish Hat" now and I am sure he will continue to call her that forever. For those who don't know, Selena used to call me "the Mexican" in high school. I just felt it was appropriate to add that for this occasion. HAHAHAHA We are too much fun!




Okay now this pic was taken as we were decorating our apartment...My roomies Amanda and Lara were goofing off and decided to get into Lara's pajama pants...who would have thought that they both could fit in them?! Needless to say, I would have jumped in too, but no one was there to document it and plus I walked out of my room to find them like this, I ran back into my room and grabbed my camera. It was too funny to pass up without a pic.

So my other roomie Tiffany and I decided to mess with Amanda's hair one evening and this is what happened. Amanda turned into "evil raptor" Amanda. HAHAHA Let's just say we used a ton of hairspray to get her hair to stick up like that. I was laughing so hard while teasing her hair and taking pics.




For Monday night "FHE" we as a ward went to a place called the Rex here in town and bowled, ate pizza and had a ton of fun. We bowled with the funnest guys in our ward, Apt 603! I think that Daniel really liked all of us girls all over him...it looks like I am gropping his chest...I will let you all think that I am really doing it, but in reality I wansn't!

Daniel and Amanda...oh soooooo Cute!

Tiffany and Erick

I Heart Boobies...yes these bracelets are a hit up here at BYUI...everyone asks where we got them...for any of you that want one go to Zumies :) all the proceeds go to Breast Cancer research. Daniel really hearts boobies HAHAHA

We are so cute, look at all the different shades, you can tell who is out in the sun the most...Tiffany!


Bonfire!!! Okay so this night was kinda crazy...first of all we had to go search for wood and a spot to go have a bonfire, because our friend Kelsey supposidly had the whole night planed, but backed out when she had no wood, or place to go. Needless to say, we were all frustrated, but found some wood, had a great group to go out with, a place in mind (the bowl) and time to kill. I had a good time...Yeah Kelsey bailed and went to Craigo's Pizza and didnt't get to enjoy our company that night...she missed out on a ton of fun.









oh yeah I just remembered that we played this fun game that night where you all stand in a circle with one person in the middle spining with their eyes closed...who stops and tells who ever they are pointing at to make an animal noise...this was so much fun as long as we weren't asked to make a noise of a tarantula-Lara!!! I didn't get a pic of that, but it was super fun.

Other things that went on this past week include a scavenger hunt, which sadly I didn't take pics of...it was a ton of fun...all I have to say is Lara and I are both super creative. We had our group go find ingredients for an amazing ice cream sundae. My favorite clues and spots were..."this is where you go to study how to help all the Nutty people" yes it was the Phsycology department on campus and we had a jar of nuts waiting there, and "this is where you go to get fit and do cherry pickers" yeah you guessed it...the gym on campus and we had a jar of cherries waiting there. The hunt didn't last that long, but it was super fun and we ended the night playing ninja warrior at the parks jungle gym...I still have bruises from that night. I am glad that I never was it! I probably would have been even more injured then I am now.

I made this for Selena over a year and a half ago when she moved to Utah to be with Russ...Lets just say that I am bringing it out so all of you can see it. I had fun making it and it still to this day makes me laugh at how lame I was. Here is the link to the video:

http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=97260be2d048f0b5059f89&skin_id=601&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

This goes to the direct link to the video, so no worries about putting in a username or password...I fixed it where you don't need to insert that info. Have fun watching it!

Photo Time

Ok so we took a few days out of our busy schedule while in Tahoe (jk, it wasn't busy at all) to go take some photographs of one another. I had fun taking pictures in some random areas there and I think that they all turned out great. Amanda even did okay when she took my pictures. You will have to tell me what you think. This first one is my all time favorite...I love graffiti for some reason!

Oh yeah!!! Amanda was such a great sport...she had water go down her paints in this picture...thanks for being patiant with me.

A Week in Lake Tahoe

Here is the beautiful place that I was staying at with the Hallenbeck Family. They have had this cabin in their family for quite some time. Amanda's great grandpa built it back in the day...I can't remember really when, but it was when the area wasn't as touristy. It was fun sitting back and listening to all the family stories and to hear about the memories that they shared in the cabin over the years. I had a blast while I was there. I was able to do a lot, but at the same time relax a ton. We went swimming a few of the days, went touring some of the other on a kayak, went water skiing and then went to go shopping. All in all, it was a great week!

Here we are ready to get on the boat that we rented for the day...I had a ton of fun even though I still couldn't get up. All I have to say is that I suck at wakeboarding! I got close to staying up though. Amanda did very well on the skiis though. I have a funny video of her biffing it on her skiis, but I will spare the embarrasment by not posting that for her. Justin did very well on the wakeboard and so did this other random dude that was passing us by on another boat. We went with some of Amanda's cousins...Ashley, Austin, Cara with her friend Sophie and Audrey. Her brother Jake was there and Katie with Justin and lets not forget the driver...Mark Hallenbeck!






We went shopping in Nevada on the border and they had some fun shops...I bought a real cute bag from Quicksilver and I am just in love with it! Thankfully I didn't go into too many stores or I would be broke by now. Anyways, here we are with Amanda's sister Katie and her hubbie Justin. We rode over with them in their Mustang, yes it was a little cramned in the back but we looked super cute.

here we are posing with some of the random statues in town...


Oh and lets not forget the landmark spot for picture taking in Tahoe...it will become a new tradition to take a pic here every year, well atleast I hope so.

Us goofing off in our room after we finally got a room to sleep in...I loved our room...it got so dark, we wouldn't wake up until 1 some days cause it was so dark. Here we are playing around with our flash drives. We are a little silly somtimes.


I got rebuked by Grandma for painting my nails on her tables. I guess I was warned by Amanda though...I should've listened. Grandma gave me the evil eye the rest of the afternoon. I shouldn't look too happy, but I was cause I needed a pedicure real bad.

On our way to church, we are so hot!

Burger Lounge...I will have to say it was very good...the biggest burger I have ever eaten and one of the best shakes I have ever had too. Here we are at the Kid table, jk! We ate with Amanda's cousin Cara and her friend Sophie. We were lucky to have the umbrellas cause it started to rain while we were eating.

Mark- Amanda's Dad really likes to snorkel and scuba dive...I caught him in action. This is right outside the cabin...yes the water is that clear and beautiful.

Ali- Amanda's Mom...she really likes to kayak and I got her in the act too.

Last but not least the game of Scrabble...We played it a ton while we were here...we didn't know how well we could spell until we played like 10 rounds of this game. I don't think that I can ever get Amanda to play with me again though. If you look closely you can see some words we spelt...yes they are very weird, but fun! Yes you can see ZIT spelled twice on the board...31 points baby!