Marketing Analytics - What are they?

So I recently got a job with Vault Analytics as the Public Relations Specialist. It's a lot of fun; I actually enjoy it. I never expected to have a job like this in my life, but when Curtis and Ryan asked me if I'd work for them, I was excited to do so.

I just created my first article page:

Winning with Marketing Analytics

Ryan wrote the content and Curtis posted it to Vault's blog. You should read it. Especially if you've ever wondered what exactly marketing analytics are.

My Best Friend's Wedding (one of them)

My friend Jordan Smith got married to the woman of his dreams last
Saturday, and I FINALLY got a picture with "my" boys. Right before we
all go our separate ways.

From left to right, we are: Troy, Curtis, Me, Jordan, and Nokes
(Ryan). Jordan and Curtis were my two awesome chemistry study
buddies :)

So then this one day I graduated...

They tell you that this one day will come... But it was kinda
unexpected somehow.

I was a bit excited to be graduating :)

You should notice the hot shoes I'm wearing... my sister Heather bought them in Spain (for herself, but they fit me!).

Me and my darling little brother. He's wearing a REAL tie! I bought it for him the day before.

He really wanted to be graduated too. And he's still adorable.

Look at him! Already graduated from college and only 11! I'm proud to be the sister of such a genius (or such a joker ;~P)

We're a cute bunch, I think. Natalie, Brian, Me, and Heather

We're making a Y, in honor of BYU. Notice their BYU T-shirts and the Y on the mountain in the background.

The Merrills and their surprises

So today we Merrills showed our true colors and our love of surprising each other. I bought plane tickets home about two months ago to surprise my entire family by showing up when they "knew" I couldn't be home. I asked my friend Kari's parents to drive me to my house.

Three hours later, my mom and sister caught an earlier flight to Wenatchee than the flight they were scheduled to be on. Ironically, they ran into Kari, and hitched a ride home with her parents too. The funniest reunion of them all was my mom and sister and I all looking at each other and asking, "What are you doing here?"

Making a movie

My ward made an AWESOME video spoof of the trailer for the movie Taken. Enjoy!

I did all the filming and editing. Scott Smoot did all the sound and wrote the initial script. Nick Andersen directed and told us what shots to get.

Photos from Football, Fall 2008

I'm running behind Rachel... to help her, somehow....


You can see my face just behind Sheredith's (the quaterback's). We're blocking for her so she has time to thow.


Rachel ran the ball for us a lot.


Ready...


...set...


HIKE!


I'm trying to run down a girl on the other team and pull her flags. (Notice the yellow flag on the field. It becomes important later.)


She was really fast.


I stopped running here because I thought I had her flag...


... but I'd just pulled a towel she had tucked into her pants. :(


The girl went on to score, but there was a flag on the play (see earlier photo) and it was called back.


Jaime sort of tackled the girl once. It was only a 5 yard penalty.


Me chasing down another girl.


Our offensive line :)

We ended up loosing this game, but we played this team again in the semi-finals where we destroyed them! It was awesome :)

Photos from Ultimate Frisbee, Fall 2008

I'm in the blue shirt and red shorts







Playing sports with my glasses MIGHT just be why they broke....

My life after graduation....

I found this comic (xkcd.com) and it pretty much sums up my future
plans...

... I'm the blonde girl.