happy birthday america!

i went hiking?

if you know me at all, you know that i am not the most athletic/outdoorsy person. the last time i went hiking was my freshman year of college (just over 2 years ago) and we hiked the y, how precious and lame all at the same time. anyway, on saturday i went hiking with a fun little group of people and it was actually pretty jazzy. it wasn't too incredibly difficult and though my entire body is sore now, it was an overall pleasant experience. we hiked up to stewart falls and it was gorgeous, it kind of made me want to spend more time outdoors. who knows, maybe it won't take me two years to go hiking again.

we actually took like 800 pictures, but i have this really rare talent of ruining pictures and this was the best one. just one of my many wonderful traits.

ugh

so last sunday my whole family (except my sister, eryn, who lives in ny) got together at my grandparents' house to celebrate father's day. my parents, little brother and sister's family all drove over from colorado. guess who deleted all the pictures...that's right, it was me. i had all these precious pictures of my family, the family i never get to see. how lame. i did however take some pictures with my 35mm and had them put onto a disc, but my piece of crap computer can't read it and now i can't post those either. this is just not my day. as stacy would say, "oh life."

croquet anyone?

last night we had a bbq for our ward family home evening activity and it was a lot of fun. we played croquet and volleyball, then ate burgers and hot dogs. i actually wasn't too hungry, so i just ate pickles-- surprise, surprise.

how embarrassing...jen and courtney wore the same outfit.

awkwardly posing, i mean playing, with the croquet set.

my babies

i go over to my sister's house every sunday for dinner and a couple of weeks ago i was playing outside with afton and grayson and we took some pretty precious pictures.

these two are some of the most hilarious kids you will ever meet.

"i'm king!"

i love it when she makes this face.

how can you not fall in love with this sweet little man?

this one's a gem. i hope she never loses the space in between her teeth, too cute.

afton just had so much fun with her aunt paigey that she passed out on the couch.

new obsession

last september, my sister shea told me that i needed to read the twilight series because she was obsessed with it and thinks it is amazing, etc. so last week i decided it was time to read it because one of my goals this summer is to read more books. i read twilight in 3 days, i have never in my life read a book in three days--i'm not a big reader, especially for leisure. i am now reading the second book and i can't stop, i am obsessed. is it awkward that i am entranced by a book about a 17 year old that is in love with a vampire? maybe. i just love that edward and i have found my self fantasizing about having a vampire for a boyfriend. all day when i'm at work i just want to go home so i can read, these books have consumed my life. oh my, this is so absurd.

also, i haven't had a chance to write anything about the office finale...so good! i was a little disappointed that andy ruined jim's litte plan, but at the same time i thought it would have been a little lame for jim to propose to pam at an office party. the whole episode was hilarious. this new holly character is probably the best thing to ever happen to michael since they are the same person. my favorite part was when holly was talking to kevin and he said "i do the numbers." genius. it really made up for the past few episodes which were good, but not quite as good as we are accustomed to.

it's official...

...i'm an adult. i turned 21 last week (on the 14th) and it was a really good birthday. i went home to colorado for the week to celebrate my birthday, and mother's day too. on the big day my lovely sister shea highlighted my hair and then my mama made a delicious dinner and dessert. my mom, dad, brother (nash), and my sister's (shea) family came over for the festivities.

chicken piccata is my all time favorite, i've had it for my birthday dinner the last three years.








blowin out the candles, so attractive. this pie will seriously change your life.

celebratin with my peeps

last night i was back in provo, so to celebrate my birthday we went to the pool, out to dinner at red robin (for the delicious chocolate cake they give you on your birthday) and to the drive-in. it was such a fun day and i want to say thank you to everyone for making this an awesome birthday!

M.I.A.

changing things up

spring is a time for change and since i am not taking classes right now and just working, i have had some time to do the things that i have been wanting to do but didn't have time to do during the semester. i was sick of all the pictures on the wall behind my desk, so i decided to get some cool paper and put it up on the wall for a nice, clean background. the pictures were just too overwhelming and i hate to admit it, but a little juvenile. i also moved my printer under my desk to create more space (my roommate lindsey suggested i move it). i am pretty pleased with the transformation.