oh right, i blog...

so i just realized that july is almost over and i haven't posted anything this month. but basically all that's on my mind is wedding planning. with that being said, here are just a few of the photos taken during our engagement session. don't worry, you'll be getting your invitation in the mail soon. (the invitations are in print as we speak...)

our photos were done by yan photography (yanphotos.com) and she was great! just sayin...

i'm engaged!

Remember that boy Adam from a couple of posts ago that i referred to as my coworker? well, that's true, he is my coworker, but maybe i failed to mention that we were also dating... well actually, at that time i don't think we were. so yeah, Adam and I have known each other/worked together for a couple of years. we started dating last December and i may have broken up with him twice in that time. But alas, it eventually worked out and now we are getting married August 24th. And we're pretty excited.

oh. and i went to china the last 2 weeks in May with some of my family and it was AMAZING. if we're friends on facebook you should look through the pictures that have been posted thus far. some of them are pretty entertaining.

mother's day

dear mom,

happy mother's day. most all the people around me are calling their moms or celebrating this day with them. since i can't do either, i decided a blog post to celebrate you would be my mothers day tribute. just wanted to say thank you for bringing me into the world. and for being an amazing mother and being a wonderful example of how a mother should be. you've shaped my life and taught me well. i wish i had more time and opportunities to learn from you, to ask you questions i have. of course i do have dad and the other siblings who i've been able to go to and learn from. they've been really great but let's be honest, they aren't you. thank you for all your sacrifices, your kind and encouraging words, your simple acts of love, your cooking and baking skills that you've passed on, the knowledge that you've shared, and your love for Heavenly Father and the gospel that you demonstrated in all walks of your life. there's a whole lot more i could say but i don't want to bore the public world who may be reading this... anyway, today is a day to think about and honor mothers. well, i think about you daily and i miss you. happy mothers day!

God be with you till we meet again. i love you!
love, me

a lotta nuthin happening...

so i know it's been a while since you've heard a peep from me. that's because it's been a pretty boring time of the year.... so we did a core fitness class at rah. everyone in the class got an exercise ball and for several weeks we worked on strengthening their cores. it was really fun and they loved it too. we stored the balls in our craft room and every week we had to haul all 35 or so balls into the big room for class... we've got real good at efficiently getting those in there.

the first week we made a "play pen" using the couches as the walls to keep the balls together before class. it was hard to resist just jumping in the middle of it....

Yay for exercise!

the weather has been super nice lately. my coworker adam and i bumped into each other on campus and so we decided to document it.

i also made this delicious fruit pizza. isn't it so purdy?

see, not much to talk about. hopefully something better will happen soon...

Roommates

So the other day I was doing this fun questionnaire thingy and one of the questions, which turns out to not really be a question, was "List the people you have lived with". So I started making a list of my roommates. And the list never seemed to end. I have lived with WAY too many people over the last... 10... ish... years.

Me and Lexi. One of my first ever roommates. We were roommates for 4 years (minus the few summers that she went home).

Emily. Also one of my first roommates, also lived with her for 4 years (minus the summer that she went home).
Then there were a bunch of roommates from my first ones to my current ones but I just don't have readily accessible pictures of them all. Plus then you'd be looking at pictures for the next 12 hours. But these were the roommates I had at graduation. Alyssa, Kendra, and Lynn.
And my last year roommates, still Alyssa and Karen too. PS. that is a mini martinelli's bottle that I'm holding and Alyssa's drink is also martinelli's... just in case you were suspicious...
So the actual number of roommates I've had... drum roll please... 40. FORTY roommates. And that doesn't include the 31 different people I lived with when I was on my mission. I've lived with over 70 different people and it seems that that number will only continue to grow. Lucky for me, I've actually gotten along with most of my roommates. So, how many people have you lived with? (*update* - oh, i just thought of two more roommates, make that 42...)

christmas... months later

Ok. I know I'm really behind in this blogging biznis. But I'm catching up. Right now. With that said, let's go back a couple months to the Christmas season.

I haven't been to Temple Square at Christmas since being a missionary. I think I made up for all those years in between then and now because I think I ended up going up there about 3 or 4 times this year. This is the coolest tree when it's lit up, the Cedar of Lebanon (that's what the tree is called). They only light it every other year... so on the odd number years I guess.

This year I went to Oregon for Christmas to chill with Mic & Steve. Here's Mt Hood as I was flying in.

Mic & Steve's ginormous Christmas tree with its 2700 lights strung on. I know, that's a lot of lights but it looked pretty stellar, day and night. One of our activities involved going to the coast, to Lincoln City. The day we went to the beach was such a beautiful day. I love this picture because it looks so eerie. But don't worry, the beach wasn't haunted or anything. haha. Clarence wanted me to phone him from the beach so he could feel like he was taking part in our coastal activities. In reality, he was traveling to Utah and at the time, eating at Perkins Family restaurant... (and wishing he was at a beach) Mic found this float at the beach. No, I take it back. The float fairy informed us where she left a float and Michelle ran over to grab it. Then I sweetly asked her if I could see it, and when it was in my possession, I said, "oooo. MINE." hahaha. But like a very kind sister, she actually let me keep it. I offered it back to her a few times, mostly because I felt bad, but really I did want it and so i was really excited that she let me have it! Thanks sister! At the beach house we stayed at, there was this AWFUL puzzle. At first we thought it'd take no time to finish. Wrong. 6 or 7 hours later, we were only at this. Not your typical puzzle... 3d, all different shades of blue, all dolphins and fish, at different angles the images move or changed color... it was a bit of a headache and we never actually finished the puzzle. After those many hours, we started taking silly pics... which I know Mic will so appreciate me posting these... (please don't kill me). i find them to be quite hilarious. 'specially the 2nd one. When we got back home, we borrowed a real puzzle with twice as many pieces and finished it in twice as less time (well pretty much). We drove to Utah at the start of the new year because Clarence and family were coming out from Michigan. This made Jason and family decide to come up from California. This made Mic & Steve desirous to come down from Oregon. If only Andrew and family decided they could take the trip from Maine... Some of our activities included bowling, BYU, and Temple Square.
Oh, and corndogs.
That's right, we have matching coats. Classic Tang photo. Tree of Life at BYU. Ahhh, I love my little nieces and nephews!
Ok, I think I'm basically caught up through January. Yay!

a post long overdue....

Welp, happy 2010 world!

And now let's go way back to 2009. Halloween to be exact. Last year I was ketchup. I changed things up a little and became mustard and made my friend Britni be ketchup. She loved (meaning hated) dressing up. Best comment of the night "thanks for bringing the condiments." Which tells you how lame the other comments we got were.

Jason and Heather came to Utah the week before thanksgiving. A couple of weeks before that, they invited me to drive back to California with them for Thanksgiving. Why not? So i hopped online and got a one way ticket back... for free, through credit card reward points.

It was a splendid time. Thanks Kathy and Jason and Heather for the wonderful holiday! I didn't take any pictures at Thanksgiving... so in a nutshell, here are the other things we did... Huntington Beach, it was pretty cold, but still pretty.

Saw a pelican just hanging out... I didn't want to get too close...
On another day we visited Hollywood. What a ridiculous place. But kinda fun to see. They wouldn't even let their own kind into the Chinese Theatre! jk. But the doors were locked...
Um, I just think she is so stinkin adorable! No matter where she puts her fingers...
oh haaaaaaay!

And the walk of fame... um is that what it's called? i don't even know.

We also stopped by the LA temple... that temple is HUGE!

And headed out to Santa Monica. Lovely.

My first ferris wheel ride ever. And it was on the pier so there were some fantastic views of the ocean and beach. And these two ladies. And the little guy.
What a glorious day it was! Much warmer than when we went to Huntington. This boy is such a happy fun kid. Well that other guy too. But i'm focusing on the little guy :)
Anyway, all in all, it was a great Thanksgiving. Thanks again!