Finals Week AWAWAWAW!!!

Oh -My- Gosh!!!! It's freaking finals week and I'm about to pull out my splitended ( I now i spelt thids wrong, just go with it!), color fading hair!! ( see why I need your magical hair abilities Ann!!) I have 4-5 hours of studying for a chem final, 2 take home finals, one paper, a Child Development video to create... YIKES, and a partirge in cherry tree! ( we don't have pare trees here in rexburg...at least none that I've seen) So needless to say this is going to be a long week. Now I promise that I didn't write all of this to gain sympathy....trust sympathy is NOT going to help me!! But you prayers will, if you could spare 2 or 3 seconds to ask the Lord to keep me from jumping off the Top of the soon to be finished auditorim....it's huge! I would really appericiate it! :)

I sure can't wait to see all of you, LOVE YOU LOTS

Happy Birthday Loulou!!

Hi Loulou, I just wanted to wish you a very Happy 14th Birthday!

I love you sister and I can't wait to see you!!:)

But in the mean time here are 14 reasons why I Love You so stinking much!!

1. You always make me laugh

2. You have "genius" thumbs;)

3. Oh come on look at this face...... how could you NOT love you!4. You drop it like it's H-O-T!

5. You're 14 going on 24, but I still love you just the same

6. Your laugh

7. Your LOVE for A1 sauce.... it's actually kind of wierd!

8. The way you idolize Catelyn... strange and sometimes really creepy, but sweet very sweet

9.Bratz dolls, thats really all that needs to be said;)

10. Vanadlizer, Oprah, "shoulders on the table"....I think you get the point!!

11. You're helpful

12. Fun to be around

13. Chewing with your mouth open....it's nasty, but it's you!

and last but not least

14. You're MY little sister and I will ALWAYS love you...even if I don't always show it

Have a happy, happy, HAPPY Birthday

I LOVE YOU LOULOU!

We say Good Bye

Last night at 11:30 we lost Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin at the age of 91 years old.

He was the oldest of all the apostles.

You may remember his talk in the October 2008 Conference,

" Come What May, and Love It".

He spoke about having a good attitude in the face of adversity, depending on how we react to problems that arrive this will determine our happiness in this life.

And you know what...He is totally right!

Elder Wirthlin was definently inspired when he gave this talk, reacting in a pleasent way to soemthing terrible or sad, can really make a difference!

I have learned this princple and I am continuing to apply it to my every day life!

Don't you think you should try it too? :)

2 things...

Ok 2 things I would like to say...

First thing......

IT'S CHIRSTMAS TIME!!!!

Hurray Hurray for christmas time it's my absolute favorite time of year!!

there is just something so magical about this Holiday, especially when snow is involved:)BYU-I at christmas time is gorgeouse, the ligths, the activities, the people...

it's a Norman Rockwell painting come to life! And i just wanted to share my thought about this magnificant holiday with you:)

Now...for the second thing!

HELP!!!!!!

Annie, my most favorite person on the planet:)

I really need your help, you see I look awful...

My hair is gross, and because I have like NO money I haven't been able to get it done!

So i was wondering if you could please help me, and do me the biggest favor in the form of coloring, cutting, and styling my hair....it needs it....BADLY!

I pormise here and now that I will babysit, clean, or run as many errands as you see fit!

(sense you know I'm poor and can't pay you...sorry about that too)

You're the best please comment back

Happy Birthday Mama!!!

Hi mama!!! I thought I would take this oppprtunity to wish you the Happiest and Merriest of Birthdays! You are an incredable wife, mother, and friend....I love you with everything you have done, I don't know where I would be in this world without your constant love and compasion! I am sorry that your Brebutton ( um aka me...in case you forgot;)) couldn't be there to celebrate the BIG day with you!!!

I was thinking about past years adn I came up with 43 reasons why you are the worlds GREATEST Mom!

1. Becasue your mine...and I love you

2. You're a red head, and that fact in itself makes you AWSOME!!

3. You always try to make me laugh ( even if it means singing a ridiculouse song!)

4. Your faith

5. Your unflinching crewfew rules ( even as an adult I get in trouble for breaking crewfew :))

6. Sunday Roast....no explaination needed for this one!

7. And this moment in time was just funny...well at least to me! When you figure out why give me a call and we will remeness! (**hint....it took 2 weeks to get that pink cast!;)

8. Your love for avacodos....used to be strange, but your bad habits have rubbed off on your first born! Thanks a lot!

9.The way you eat the avacodos with nothing but salt and pepper ( this however is still VERY strange!)

10. Your smile

11. Your face...it's just B-E-A-utiful:)

12. They way you jam out in the car.... it's funny, but AWSOME!

13. The way you laughed SO hard when we saw "Juno" together!!! ( I think everyone in the theater new you liked the movie!)

14. Your motherly goodness

15. You gave up your addictions.....Diet Coke, Chai Teas, Wetting your pants every 20 minutes..

16. Your acrilic nails, when I think mom I think magnificanlty manicured fingers

17. And perfectly pedicured toes!

18. Your will power...at least someone in our family exercises!

19. The way we can share clothes...not many moms have that ability to share clothes with their daughters ( I think it's just a Champman thing)

20. Your crazy psychic ability to know when I'm sad or ticked!!! It's uncany;)

21. You and mangos, I have NO idea where or when this new obsession started... but hey, whatever floats your boat!

22. You taught me to cook....enough said

23. You introduced me to John Mayer!

24. You can make me laugh and cry at the same time...go figure!!

25. Your good example of what a mother should be

26. You passed on your love of children to me!

27. Your furry lip ( thats for you Zachy!!)

28. Taking us ( and when I say us I mean Elsie!) to school in your sweaty running close!

29. Have a Jeffery as your older brother automatically makes you awsome!

30. You love Christmas...Just like ME!!

31. Lovely singing voice, especially when you sing Mary's Lullaby

32. Pulling me out of school to eat lunch with me

33. You have excellent running form!!

34. You buy all of us seperate beds, and yet we all end up in the same one35. You made me a poodle skirt, that to this day I still LOVE!

36. You LOVE the Office.....that what she said!

37. Your nickname " Kelly-Belly- Button"...awsome, awsome

38. The Promise you made me when I was just a wee babe

39. The way you always give my hand a little sqeeze!

40. My promise ring!

41. Your 12 hour prayers, I love those, especially when I'm in a hurry or freakin tired!

42. Your incouraging words

and last but not least

43. The way you try every day to be better than you were yesturday!

I love you so very, very much!! Have a fabulous day and I'll be thinking about you!

Love always Bre

Life without a Phone!:(

If you know me at all you know that I Totally love my Phone!

Well with that being said, I have recently had bumber thing happen...... my phone was shut off, as in my service!! It all started on Tuesday of this past week, I kept trying to check Rexburg weather ( cause it was supposed to SNOW that day :)). But anywhoozer, when I went to check the weather, or get on the internet, or make a Phone Call

my just would not work. So need less to say I have been going coo coo banana's these last few days with no way to communicate with ouside world, that is AZ!!! So to anyone of you who have been trying to reach me....I am so incredably sorry, but I will not be reached until Monday (sometime)! And I would call all of you, but how "awsome" is this....the phone in my apartment does not let me call you guys long distance....oh but wait ..you can call me:)

Go give me a ring...I miss y'all

(208)486-1646

I am truly blessed! I know, I know that sounds so...well obviouse! But it is the unflinching truth, and let me explain why. This whole experence has taught me so many things, patients is a big one! For those that knew me prior to coming up here, you know that I was NOT in any way, shape, or form a patient person! And while I"m on the subject I want to apologize to all my siblings for every time I lost my temper when I was at home. I wasn't in a good place in high school and I know that that is NO excuse, but I really am very sorry. Especially to Zachary, I'm so sorry little brother, I love you so much and I regret so much every time I was short with you or hurt your feelings! I promise to be better, because I have learned patients, I have also learned not to pre-judge. I've learned that getting to know people and figuring out who they are and what they're all about is really what needs to happen. But the biggest thing I've learned is forgivness, the power that lies behind this principle is incredible. I resently had to write a paper for my religion class on this principle. Essentially we had to pick something that we wanted to learn more about, and forgivness was something I felt I needed to understand better. I did some research, read some articles, and foud for myslef what the treu meaning was. The paper became very easy to write after that, it was much like writting a talk! I would share it on my blog, but I can't add an attachment. But if anyone would like a copy ( don't feel like you HAVE to read it) just email me at breperkins@gmail.com or per08004@byui.edu! I am greatful for all that has happened in my life sense coming here, this place and the Spirit of Ricks will always a hold a very special place in my heart:)

Oh P.S. I know that some of you have been wanting my address, sorry it has taken so long to get it to you.
BYU-Idaho
Annie S. Kerr Hall #139
Rexburg, ID 83440

Wyoming...need I say more.....YES!

Hello and welcome to all who have come to read of the adventures of Stacia, Katie, Erica, and Bre! And their WILD trip to Beddford, Wyoming! It was full of fun, laughs, guns, horses, "Lisa's Cookies", and bruises!
Lets see it all started on the evening of Friday, October 10, 2008. We had all finished classes by 4:15 and were egarly awaiting the arrival of Derek Astle, Cole Suter, and Duston Turner [ Wyoming Boys, hence the trip:)]. Anyways we waited patiently for them to come we were so excited that we could hardly contain ourselves! Finally they came ( about 20 minutes late, but better late than never) and it was fabulous to see our favorite people ever!!! Oh I should probably add in as a side note that it was already freezing in Rexburg, so you can imagine how FREAKIN Cold it was going to be in Beddofrd! Any whoozer, the car we were going to ride in was a "little" tight....so we kind of had to squeeze;)

( don't worry, nobody was harmed, in the craming of this vehical....)! So moving on.....the scenary on the way up there was absolutly beautiful, me and my roommate Katie were in awe the entire ride up! Oh by the way, another little tidbit for you... it only take an hour in a half to get to Wyoming from Rexburg! So We finally got there, but only after one VERY IMPORTANT STOP!
Erica just HAD to take a picture at the "Dam Store"! So obviously a stop had to be made! Well we finally got there and let me tell you ...it was well worth the weight. We met Derek and Coles parents first! Both sets of parentals were AMAZING! Derek referrs to his parents as Mama "D" and Papa "J"!








Coles parents Lisa and Curtiss Suter were the epitome of hospetality and kindness! We ate dinner at Cole's then we headed to Duston's house to his mom and dad, and brother and sister! Bonnie and Corey ( Papa Corey, has Duston calls him) were absolutly wonderful also...they were just so sweet! So after meeting the folks we went over to Dustons neighbors house, which incidently was also his bishop's house, and his bishop is ALSO his uncle! ( yeah this town is kind of tiny!) And we had a ton of fun over there, lets just say there has never been a better Office party than this one! You're probably wondering where Stacia's head is....see feel asleep on the couch, so she wasn't "exactly" conscious for this part of the evening!:) Oh and did I metion that it started snowing! So that was pretty much Friday night except.... Katie's 19th Birthday was the next day..but the gift Stacia bought for her needed to be opened that night!
Matching PJ bottoms!!
Day 2: Ok so the second day we were there, things just got better!!! First of all it was Katie's Birthday, so that in it's self auotmatically makes it a GREAT DAY!!! Cole's mom made us breakfast really yummy pancakes and if you know me...you know that I will not normally eat pancakes UNLESS they are made by Terrance Oliver Chapman ( go Grandpa and his fantastic pancake ability!). But Lisa's pancakes were magnificent, oh and we also found out that it was Col'es little sisters Birthday as well. so good day! After breakfast it was time for the real fun to start..... we went and shot GUNS. Right on for the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms! There's your government lesson for today, anyway yeah true story, we went out to the middle of nowhere, in forest area, and went skeet shooting. Oh and on Saturday there was a 60% chance of a snow storm!!!( I dare anyone out there to tell em they had a better day than me!) yes that right I, Breann Nicole Perkins shot a 20 Gage Shot Gun!! And it was amazing..... these pictures are of









Erica, Cole and Stacia! But there is more where that came from, we had 8 people out there shooting guns and reeking havic!










Yeah I know that these pictures are SWEET! But to keep the ball rolling we were out there for about an hour in a half just enjoying the loud popping sound of the guns ad making fun of each other!
Oh and everyone hit a cly pigeon at leat once...expect for me:( But don't worry I did something that totally surpasses everyones clay pigeon slughtering! Oh and Cole wants everyone to know that He won the skeet shooting contest (even though we weren't even competing!) Ok so after all fun with the guns...we headed back to Cole's house, where his mom had pizza, pop, and HOMEMADE COOKIES! But we had a special surprise for Katie, Dustons mom had made her a yummy Texas Sheet cake and Duston had a gift for her for her big day! So we had to stop off at Duston's for just a second!












So after the festivities, we went on to the next part of our adventure...horse backing riding ...in the snow! It was amazing..oh and by the way thing that I that counter acted not hiting a clay pigeon was getting bucked off the horse I was riding!!! ( Don't worry mom and dad I am FINE, but I have a sweet bruise to prove it. Oh and Cole says sorry for me getting bucked off!) So that was pretty sweet and I didn't even cry...wow I sounded like I was 3 years old just then!









But sadley, the weekend had to come to an end:(! But are mama's taught us well, and we made sure leave a really sweet note thanking Lisa and Curtiss for their super kindness letting us girls sleep in their Fabulous trailer! We had such a great time and we were able to hang out with 3 of the greatest guys in the world! Well till we meet again Wyoming..so long!

Sheer Distraction!

Lately, as I have been just going through my day to day activities, I feel like my days have all been meshing into one big blob of nothingness! Classes have been sounding the same ( don't ask me how my chem class could ever in a million years make me think of my Book of Mormon class, but it does) and I feel more distracted than ever. I don't know if it's because I am bored or if Iam just suffering from sleep deprivation! But none the less I am so very distracted, and there seems to be nothing I can do about it.
I am even distracted while writing this entry, but that is only because I am watching an all time classic " Sleepless in Seattle". I know, I know i am such a girl, but when one feel the need to watch a gooshy, lovey, " I want my life to be like this movie" romatic film...well ONE just needs to go with it! So I did, or I am...anyways, some of you ( won't mention any names...) are probably going read WAY TOO MUCH into this and say things like " oh no Breann hates school, she's failing at life, and she's going to drop out, never fulfilling her dream of becoming a NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT NURSE!!!"....
Well let me just say..um FALSE! This is not going to happen, I love school, so much infact that I am moving here indefinently in January! And I am not failing, all of my classes are going swimmingly; Chemistry may be difficult, but I am not failing and further more the words dropping out will never ever go together in the same sentence ( for me) as long as I live! So people please don't freak out, I am fine, school is fine, LIFE is fine! I merly wrote this because it needed to be said and I have heard that a blog is a good place to get things off your chest. So I guess I am asking for you prayers and a kind thought....you know for moral support :)

Conference Weekend Thought!

Just a quick little thought I had reguarding conference weekend. Please, to all my friends and family out there, be sure to come to conference or come to watch conference with a question in your heart. I know what I just typed sounds really weird, most ( if not all) of you are probably thinking its supposed to be "come with a question in Mind". And while this has always been true, I have had the privilege sense being up here to read Elder Bednars talk " Seek Learning by Faith".

In this talk he speaks about our hearts and opening them up to the spirit in order to be up lifted and edified! And while having question in your mind is a wonderful idea, it's ineffective. Because the spirit doesn't touch the mind, it touches the heart. By having that question or problem that we need help answering in our hearts, the spirit will be able to more fully reach it. But we have to allow it to, because Elder Bednar also spoke of pride and not wanting to learn because of it.

So Brothers and Sisters, please remember to let go of your pride and let the Lord, our Savior, and the holy spirit answer your question or ease your troubled heart through the words of his prophet.

Because this my struggle every day, and this conference I have my question and I am ready to be up lifted and learn of my God...are you?

Long Time No Talk!

Hey folks!!!! Sorry I haven't been typing like a maniac, keeping you all informed on my Oh so intersting BYU-I Life. But believe it or not ( hopefully you believe it), I have be SWAMPED with all sorts of stuff to do. Things like homework, work, ROOMIES, more homework, more work, and boys!! ( don't get any ideas, I'm talking about dating them!) Anyways, life has been one big blurr so, bare with me while I try to inturrperet the sometimes crazy dream that is my life!

Well last week was incredibly OUT OF CONTROL! Me and my absoulty fabulous roomies started out our week as normal, with class...Blhaa, don't get me wrong, I LOVE school, but I was not looking forward to that particular week. For one I had 3, yes count'em 3, exams. 2 that were on the same days, and one on Friday....by the way what kind of sick person gives an exam on Friday, that also happens to lead into the weekedn!! UHH. UH I ask you this, but to credit my Professor, he was kind enough to also leave it open on Monday too. So I change my mind...Thanks Bro. Cameron!!! Anywhoozer, so that was the I had to look forward to, plus my life was going a little hairwire ( that my friends, is another story for another day...or never works too!;) ) But life got a little nicer when a) we met our FHE group had a fabulous FHE lesson and get to know you game. All of my FHE family members are pretty great, except for one that shall remain namless and will not be spoken of! Then life got even better after that...wait for it, wait for it....when me and my possy went to play softball with some very adorable RM's and 2 equally adorable premies! Which we so loveingly referr to as "Our Boys"!! Oh and p.s. they are all fluent in either spanish or porteugease!!!! That my firends is very SEXY!!

So needless to say, that was great and I even got a few hits in....not good hits, but hits! The week ran some what smoothly for the next couple of days, then came Thursday.....CHEM EXAM. In one word...YIKES! and we are just going to leave it at that!

So that was exciting, but after that Friday came...whoohoo! And Firday ment yet another exam, but it also ment hangign out with the Boys from 312, who, if you don't mind me saying, are AAAMAZZING! anyway, we enjoyed their always fun company and jokes! But once again fun for me was cut short because of Work...go 3:30 am!! But on the flip side my adoable roomie Katie was asked on a date by one of our 312 boys!!! So early morning came and went, and then came the real fun..... working on the ward news letter. I was called to be the BYU-Idaho 5th Ward newsletter Corrordinator!! So that was fun, and it turned out Awesome!!! ( If I do say so myself, but I'm biased!)

This ones for you...

Hey daddy this one is for you...I was hanging out today and the last couple days actually. And I realized that I miss very, very much! I want you to know how much I love and how incredibly improtant you are to me! Just cause I am in college doesn't mean I'm not your little girl..... I will always be your baby girl. Please never forget that....

Shout out to Ann!

So I just wanated to take a moment to send a little shout out to Ann for her AWSOME green chilly Burros!! The guys ( roomies) LOVED them!! So Ann thanks a million you are the best aunt a gilr could ask for! I love you, hope You, Steve, Beau, Gracie, and little Joshy are doing fabulous. I miss you a whole heck of alot! I'll see soon (and by soon I mean Christmas!:))

Love you guys

Laundry Room Madness!

Ok well a few days me and hooligan roomates did something a little goofy ( Oh jeeze like you've never heard that before!) Anyways...we could say that this whole ordeal started with Katie and her need to do a load of Laundry. This would be her first load of laundry done in college, so it was decided that this event needed to be documented....needless to say that this was going to be a memory that would stick with us forever! Look what happened...
Katie thought that flipping her hair like a model would only add to sheer excitment that laundry day brought to our lives! That was until we actually got into the laundry room...
but in the end it all worked out nicely because after we dances around like idiots ( and when i saw we, what I really mean is Erica...gosh I lover her!) annd sang till our vocal cords were sore. We finally settled down enough to take a normal group photo! And HOLY CRAP, are we just so cute!

Run Forest..Run!

Ok so here's the skinny...I know that this phrase in NO way applies here...but I've always just wanted to say it! So tonight I did something that I NEVER do... thats right follks I went running!!!:) I know what you must be thinking... " Bre must have been really bord" oh and " Why is she blogging about this?!" Well i'm telling you this because not only is it unbelievable that I exercised, but also because it was the first of many runs that I took with my roomies! It was so fun, even though I tought I was either going to pass out or die!!!

But being with my roommates and doing something together, just felt so good! I love my new buddies and I feel like this has to be one of the reasons the Lord wanted me up here... not only to become closer with the Jeff Chapman clan or to reconnect with Heidi!! Or even to find my eternal companion ( if that even ever happens), but He wanted me to come up here to meet these amazing girls. Girls, who on a daily baises are choosing the right and doing what they are supposed to. And just because they have to or because it's the right thing to do....but because they want to do as our Heavenly Father asks.

Sure we are al a bunch of goobers and we make dorks of ourselves on a DAILY baises, but just being around these wonderful ladies has strengthened my testimony ten fold!! I love the Lord and I'm glad he prompted me to come to this Temple of Learning and I am greatful that He brought me these friends to pick me up and dust me off when I fall!

( And believe you me, I fall on my face ALL the time!:)) I love this place and the things I have had the opportunity to learn adn the growing that I have done! This was ment to be:) and I am full of graditude!

New roommates!

Ok,ok sorry everyone, i have been so rediculously busy that I haven't had any time to tell you guys about my INCREDIBLE roommates! I just love them! Ok so first we have the lovely lady that I am rooming with, her name is Katie Riley. She is adorable, blonde, spunky, and stinking sweet. She is a hardcore Basketball player adn she hasn't failed yet to crack me up! Oh, oh and get this, we found out that we were actually in the same stake in AZ. Thats right the Chandler Heights Queen Creek, AZ Stake are our old stomping grounds! I just knew when we first met that I had seen her somewhere before, and guess what? I had... on the treck, and youth conference, etc! So that was way cool to find out! Alright...to keep thigns going let me tell you about one of my other roommates, Stacia Marshall! She is actually in the picture with Katie ( she's the brunett is case some of you reading this are a triffle slow!:) jkjk. Anyways, there aren't enought nice words in the dictionary to descirbe this cutie piie!! She's from Portland, OR and she is a soccor player! Yeah for sports:) She ( like little miss Katie) also has the crazy ability to crack me up, she is always in a great mood and Obviously it is very contagiouse! So needless to say that I totally love her!

Ok last but certainly not least is Erica Peacock...and her name by its self pretty much says it all!! She is a loud, fun loving, goffball acting, guitar playing, gegorouise girl! She is the one on the far left! She is an amazing singer and guitar player! This by the way, this is our first meal together!! SO fun, I love these girls, they have quickly become a great group of friends!! Go Fall Semester of '08!!!:)

Elder Chapman Comes Home!!!

I just thought that I would take a moment to give all who weren't able to see Elder Chapman come home... a little look! We went to the Idaho Falls airport and he graced us with his presence at about 10:15 pm!!! It was wonderful to see him again...he hasn't changed a bit, Jacob is still the same adorably goofy "Jacob" as when he left!

Being able to be apart of the wonderful expericne and share this incredibly emotional moment in the Chapman family was honoring. I have never had the priviledge of waiting at the airport for a missionary to return home. But let me just say that it was an amazingly spirital experience, one that I will charish for the remainder of my days! Watching Jacob step out the security check point and into the open room where we all stood and waited in anticipation was awesome adn brought tears to my eyes aswell as the rest of the family's.

We were all waiting to see who the first person was that young Elder Chapman would hug first! I ( like most of the family) said it was going to be his sweet mother....but grandpa chapman begged to differ. "I think he will give his old grandpa the first hug", Grandpa said this to us we walked into the airport! And sure enough, when Jacob walked out to greet us is was Terry Chapman that recieved the very first hug from our return missionary!!! But not to worry, aunt Kirsti got her hug....she was last, which makes me think that saved the best and most special hug for last:)!!!