B and the B

There are 4 possible show times for me to see Beauty and the Beast this weekend. I WILL GO AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME. 

People do good things.

A few days ago I was just having "one of those days." I guess my roommates noticed I was having a hard time since I decided to go to bed early (which never happens). They came into my room while I was sleeping and left these sweet notes on my mirror. I live with some amazing girls!!

I got a nice little email today from the housing office here at good ol' Heritage Halls saying I had a package. Booyah. My mom sent me a bunch of Valentine's day decorations! Complete with conversation hearts, window heart stickers, AND inflatable lips. Yes. Inflatable lips.

Also, if you get a phone call in the next couple days from a girl named Chelsea or Jessica that works at Baskin Robbins....play along. You could win 3100 dollars....or just a really great friendship. Successful night in Penrose 80.

Bucket List

Why don't I have a bucket list? I'm 18 and in college! I NEED ONE!

THE BUCKET LIST OF CARLIE HANSEN THE FIRST:

(Don't make fun. A girl can dream big)

-Live in a foreign country.
-Ride a Beluga whale.
-OWN a Beluga whale.
-Stay overnight in the Disneyland Castle....or live there. Whichever.
-Kiss my husband in front of the Eiffel Tower...and Big Ben...and the Sydney Opera House...and the Great Wall of China...and the Pyramids in Egypt...and the Colosseum...and the Taj Mahal...and....you get the idea
-Oh. Get married. (That will probably have to come before the last one)
-Serve a mission. Or multiple missions :)
-Try Vegemite. In Australia. While holding a Koala.
-Scuba dive
-Go to Europe. EVERYWHERE in Europe. Twice.
-make a Youtube video that gets over a million hits
-make an appearance on the Ellen show because of my super star Youtube video
-go to Harry Potter World (which is happening this summer. BOOM.)
-Become Mary Poppins at Disneyland or Disney World...I'm not picky ;)
-Pick a freaking major
-Ride an elephant.
-Go Sky Diving....Hahahahhahahaha NOT. That was a good joke.
-go back to the Smithsonian museum and quote Night at the Museum 2 in its entirety
-visit all the places where Pride and Prejudice (2005 version) was filmed.
-participate in a flash mob
-go skiing
-go to a really cool concert (I've been to 3 concerts....and 2 of them were Clay Aiken. Cool? At the time)
-get a letter from Hogwarts... preferably delivered by an owl
-have a 24 hour dance marathon (Gilmore Girl style)
-visit every LDS temple in the WORLD! :) :) (hey a girl can dream, right?)
-go on Iron Chef America...but only if I can use a Crock Pot :)
-travel to every state in the U.S. (I've been to 16 or 17 I think)
-speak another language fluently...I should probably master English first
-get really REALLY good at playing the guitar
-storm the stage at some major event and have to get taken away by security
-go on a roller coaster road trip
-read the Work and the Glory series
-marry a guy with the last name of Banks and then name my kids Jane, Michael, Annie, and Matty (did you catch that? Mary Poppins AND Father of the Bride kids combined. Little mind bomb for you.)
-dress up as Gilly and go around to multiple classes on campus causing as much trouble as possible with a double chin
-be an extra in a movie
-graduate college
-swim with sharks....AHAHAHAHA another joke. I'd rather die. Actually I probably would die. Either by shark attack or heart attack
-own a cute little farmer's truck
-visit the 7 wonders of the world
-spend Christmas time in New York--New Years in Times Sqaure and ice skating at Rockefeller Center
-crowd surf
-go to the La Tomatina festival in Spain
-go my whole life WITHOUT reading the Twilight series
-build a tree house
-go to the Grand Canyon...yeah I've lived in AZ since I was in the 1st grade and still haven't gone!
-Go Running with the bulls....maybe.

Ok. That's all I can think of for now. Happy Bucket-listing kiddos.

Family.

Today I feel extremely grateful for my family. Last night my Aunt Jan and Uncle Steven had all the cousins that are up at BYU over for dinner. It was so fun to see everyone and catch up :) I especially loved getting to play with my little cousins. Sometimes I feel like a little kid trapped in a big kid body. I get along way better with them than I do adults. 

I'm also really grateful today for my mom. I may not always act like it but I am so grateful for her example in my life. She is always there to help me in whatever way she can and no matter what I know I can rely on her. 

I'm so glad that I get to spend eternity with the people I love most :) F.A.M.I.L.Y. Forget about me, I love you. 

 

What is this world coming to??

I'm a little scared for the world right now. Why, you ask?

A few reasons. Mainly the fact that I saw a commercial today for Kids Bop 21....21?!!? Seriously?! SERIOUSLY!!?! WHEN WILL IT END!???!!

That's mainly it, actually. Oh. And this. Really?



Also, Beauty and the Beast has been out in the theaters in 3d for a week now. Have I seen it yet? No. Is that a problem? YES. If anyone knows of any nice, cute boys that like to go on dates to go see Disney movies give them my number ;) wink wink. hint hint.

Typical Tuesday Night

When I woke up this morning I thought it would be a typical day...and I was right. I went to classes. Slaved over a paper. Went to class. Went to work. THEN I made Madi join the flexibilty class that I'm taking. Remember when I told you that this class was the best thing that ever happened to BYU? I lied. It's the best thing that has happened to the state of Utah, no. America. No, the World. Having Madi in there with me may be difficult. We had such a hard time keeping our laughter in. Everything about the class in funny. The teacher is super funny (although I don't think he is trying to be funny). My fingers have never felt more stretched.

After spending a good half hour in the RB watching basketball games and dancers, we decided we had nothing to do...so what happens? Madi and I throw on some wigs and make a music video to Aaron's Party and a Jo Bros medley. After April and Rose came home we all decided to hit the lobby in our best work-out gear to have a break dancing party. Here's one of the many videos. Ah yeeeah. Check it.

I love my roommates.

Stress tip: Never save stuff as you go while working on the computer. This way, when you accidentally delete the file, you'll have wasted a whole day's worth of effort.

F is for Friends

I have friends. Really great ones. Really Really Really REALLY great ones. Ode to Friends. La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.

I have had a pretty good past couple of weeks. Probably because school is just getting back in session so the homework is super easy. HA! Easy and school should never go in the same sentence. Actually I have a lot to do. Am I going to do it? You can answer that yourself. So....

My Christmas break was wonderful. As a Christmas gift my family is going to Disneyworld this summer. I have two words to say about that. Boo-Yah. Also...Harry Potter World. GAH!

I don't have the pictures from break. The Mama does. So you don't get to see them.

I was surprised at how much I missed my roommates over the break! It was so long that we skyped and had google plus "hangouts" on multiple occasions.

I got back to the P-town on Monday, the 2nd. I was welcomed by Rose and Megan who I had missed dearly.

The next day I worked....for HOURS. But Rose, April, and Madi came to visit. Reunited and it feels so good! That night Sir Jeffrey Griffiths came to our humble abode because he owed us stuff...if you know what I mean.

Wednesday classes started. Boo. No Yah. Just the Boo. They're fine. Eh. Let's not talk about school. That night we had a little "Meet And Greet" thing for the new kids in the ward. It was fun to see everyone again. It had been tooooo long. Then we had some fun with THE COCOA. Our new roommate.

I don't remember what I did on Thursday. Probably something really cool since my life is super exciting. Not.  

Friday! Oh where to start. Madi was on a hot date and April, Nadine, and Megan all made plans so that left Rose and I at home....We...uh...made a 22 minute video on what to do in relationships. Since we have SO much experience ;) wink. It was really funny but I was dumb and accidentally clicked the delete button. Now it's gone. Forever. Then we decided to go to the Wilk to people watch. We probably did that for a good hour or so. We just watched people interact and gave our own commentary. We even filmed parts of it but then people started to notice. THEN we went to the dance at the Wilk and met up with some friends from the ward there and the Mad dog joined us. THENN we went back to the apartment and spent more time with friends and then Madi, Nadine, Cameron and I played in the snow that FINALLY came. phew. long night.

Saturday we had a girls night :) Complete with How to Lose a Guy in 10 days, ice cream, and cake (which I couldn't even eat because I'm doing no sugar for 6 months. Goin on 16 days, people! Woohoo!) My roommates are the best.

Sunday! Church now starts at 1. Sunday mornings are going to be the best :) We had ward prayer that night as usual and then "Break the Dessert." We went outside after that and saw tons of floating lanterns outside just like they do in Tangled. It was magical. Our friend even caught one for us and we hung it up in our apartment.

Monday. School. Then an FHE birthday party for April, Nadine, and Sascha.

Tuesday. We went out to dinner for April and Nadine's birthday. Yummm.

Sheesh. This is like a marathon blog post. Stretch or do what you need to do.

Wednesday. April and Nadine's actual birthday! Some friends came over that night for a partyyyyy.

Thursday. I started my Flexibility class on Thursday. It's probably the best thing that happened to BYU. We stretched for like 25 minutes and napped for the rest of the time. Half-credit success. Then the mad dog and I hit the gym and had a nice little surprise visit from C-Beech himself. I finally overcame my fear and got on Madi's shoulders.

 Friday! Friday night I went on a date with Tyler Crofts from my ward. It was so fun and I'm pretty sure I laughed more on that date than any other date I've been on. Seriously. I had a blast. We went to the Bean Museum here at the Y. I never knew I could spend so much time in a museum filled with taxidermied animals. Haha I had been there once before and was terrified but that place can actually be a lot of fun when you're trying to be sneaky about touching the animals, giving commentary for the animals, and calling mister Bean himself. Afterwards we played some games, including Farkle (I pretty much dominated), ate some Lucky Charms (to try and avoid bad luck because it was Friday the 13th), and watched a movie. So fun!

Saturdayy. I spent the day doing pretty much nothing. Just playing with April. Haha that night Dallin came over and he, Madi, Megan, and I spent some time jamming on the piano. Yes it's on Youtube. As you can tell I was dying laughing the whole time. Especially when he made up a song about Hedwig from Harry Potter. Too good.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrBp8e7lnwU&feature=youtu.be

Sunday! Aubrie, Aaron, and I drove up to Mountain Green to see my cousin Natalie who had just got home from her mission to Tuscon, Arizona. It was so good to see her and the rest of the extended Hansen Fam. She did such a great job on her homecoming talk. It's obvious by everything she said and the spirit she has with her that she was an incredible missionary. It will be fun having her home and so close now that I live in Utah. And I got to see my little cousins!

Today, Bryant and Tyler came over to watch Newsies. Classic. We did everything necessary while watching that movie. Replayed the dancing scenes, quoted when possible, and played the kissing scene in slow-motion. Haha Then we took turns watching each other's "moment's of fame" on Youtube. Then for FHE we wrote down possible ideas for FHE activities on note cards and ate carrots. Short and sweet. Just the way I like it. We have some big plans for these upcoming FHE activities. Just you wait! And now I'm blogging even though I should be writing a paper. You're welcome ;)

I ALMOST FORGOT! Today, my cousin Emily Johnson made my day. I got a phone call from her asking if I wanted to be one of her bridesmaids!!! :) :) I'm so happy for her and I can't wait for her wedding!!

I just realized that a few posts ago I promised to give tips to people on how to create stress in their lives and in the lives of others. I have been slacking so this time I'll give two tips:

1. If someone is telling you a joke and you know the punch line, wait until they've nearly finished, then tell them you've heard it before.

2. Record the sound of a dentist's drill. Play it at bedtime.

THAT'S A RAP!

Hansen Family: The Journey from average humans to YouTube Superstars

SO over the break my family decided to make a music video. Scratch that. Each family member got to choose a different activity to do during the week and I forced them to participate in making a music video for my activity :)  So we went around to various places, put ipod headphones on and danced around in public. It made for a super fun day. Also I put it on facebook and it has 52 "likes" and 30 comments. Just sayin. Well enjoy :) Let's make this video go viral so maybe Ellen will invite us on her show and give us free trips to Disneyland or something.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2nZGpowQdQ