Resolutions

I'm not one for resolutions. Mainly just because there is all this hype and more than likely no resolutions get fulfilled. Each year I try to keep my heart and mind open to all the possibilities it holds. 2011 was a year for the books. It is going to be hard to top this incredible year but I'm willing to let 2012 try. As far as resolutions go...

1. Live my best life

2. Be the best me

2011 highlights to come.

Happy New Year everyone :) Go enjoy your friends and family.

Movies and Such.

Well I've seen a handful of incredible movies and I must share.

Surprisingly I hadn't seen some of these yet.

Soul Surfer:

I happened to catch this movie on TV and got sucked in.

First off, Carrie Underwood is in this movie and her acting is so bad it hurts.

Poor Carrie.

Next, I want to live in Hawaii.

Finally, this movie gave me chills.

Who doesn't love an underdog overcoming all odds?

Overall, I liked this movie.

Super 8:

AMAZING.

This group of young actors/actresses was incredible.

I loved them all and of course Kyle Chandler

(Coach Taylor, for all you FNL fans) is in it.

I loved the little crushes between kids (of course, I'm a sucker).

I enjoyed the plot even though it's about an alien...

Which typically isn't my thing.

However, I would recommend this movie to anyone.

Les Miserables:

Classic

I grew up singing "On My Own" from the theatrical version

and this week my mom & I have been singing it a lot.

It was super weird when my family & I found it playing on TV.

I really love the movie version.

I think Liam Neeson is a perfect Jean Valjean.

This plot of morality, justice, and mercy makes me cry.

If you don't know the play or movie.

Watch it.

The Help:

Most likely you have heard of this one before!

This week I watched The Help for the second time.

My sister watched it for the first time and it was so fun to watch her fall in love with it.

This movie is so amazing and teaches us so much of the prejudice that did and still does exist today.

This is a tear jerker.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Sense and Sensibility:

Last but not least

A Jane Austen novel adapted to a movie.

If you love Pride & Prejudice as much as I do then you will love this.

Basically it is about two sisters...

One full of sense and the other full of sensibilty.

Kate Winslet plays the sister full of passion following her heart.

This scene was so beautiful.

Honestly, these kinds of movies are my favorite.

I know most people find them really boring but I just love them.

I definitely cried a few times.

Alan Rickman is in this movie...

Many of you know him as Professor Snape.

And of course he is the silent, adoring, unknown hero type of character.

I grow fonder of him every time I watch him act.

I just loved him in this movie.

Let's just say Professor Snape gets his happy ending in one way or another.

With all this extra time I have definitely enjoyed relaxing and catching up on the modern culture. I love love love coming home. It is so warm here I don't know how to go back to such freezing Utah weather.

Also, I have taken up sports. As in... I have decided to watch the NBA games. As in.. I have watched 2 games. I really love the Sacramento Kings clearly because Jimmer is on the team. I didn't start loving him till he left Provo because Jimmer Mania got so intense. Typically things that become really popular make me like it less. Ex: Justin Bieber. Anyways, I know the Kings sort of... suck. But I know most of their names now and I don't really feel like switching. I think what's done is done. My heart has already been won over. Please fill me in on any suggestions

or things I should know about being an NBA guru. Which clearly I will become (as if I didn't look like one already).

AND PLEASE don't tell me I should like the Lakers or Kobe Bryant or else we can't be friends anymore.

The House That Built Me

There is a place built out of stone.

Wooden floors, walls, and window sills

Tables and chairs worn by all the dust...

This is a place where I don't feel alone

This is a place where I feel at home.

If I could just come in I swear I'll leave.

I won't take nothing but a memory.

From the house that built me.

The Coolest Little Brother Ever

Meagan Mariah DalrympleJordan Dalrymple

Did you ever know that you're my hero?? You're everything I wish I could be. I could fly higher than an eagle. Cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

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    Meagan Mariah Dalrymple I hate that you are too young to know what song that is. Lame.

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    Jordan Dalrymple The wheels on the bus go round and round... I hate that your too old to know that song! Ahahah

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    Meagan Mariah Dalrymple HAHAHAHAHAHA

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Hunger Games

AHHH! I can't tell you how excited I am for the Hunger Games to come out in theaters. I will be there at midnight. The best part is that is comes out the weekend of my 21st birthday :)

The only questions is....

Gale or Peeta?

My Soul Mate

Hahahahaha

Awake My Soul

I went to Sara's 22nd bday party tonight.

She's so cute.

Hannah Cole leaves on her mission in almost a month!

1 more month!!

How the heck do I survive without her?

Melissa, Erin, and I :)

These boys are genius and their lyrics are incredible.

How fickle my heart & how woosy my eyes

I struggle to find any truth in your lies

Now my heart stumbles on thing I don't know

My weakness I feel I must finally show

Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all

Lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall.

In these bodies we will live

In these bodies we will die

Where you invest your love

You invest your life

I love this version :)

For the life of me

I cannot remember

What made us think that we were wise

and that we'd never compromise.

Last night included:

Eating at The Pie for the first time!

Ending up on the Channel 2 News

Walking around Temple Square

Playing games with some of my favorite people

I have a smile on my face :)

I can't tell you how badly I want a pig. I don't care what anyone says... when I'm older I will have a little baby pig that will grow humongous and dress it up in little rain boots :)

I miss Harry Potter.

Zumba

Zumba classes are hilarious.

If you've ever been to one then you know what I'm talking about.

I just got back from one and I wanted to laugh the whole time!

You got the super intense girls that are practicing before the class starts.

You got the latin girls that know exactly how to dance while you wiggle around like a fool.

You got the white girls that think they're latin and go ALL out.

You got the boys that seriously know how to move their hips better than any girl.

You got the girls that are really pretty who stare at themselves in the mirror the whole time.

And the old women who are super fit and come with their sweat bands around their foreheads all ready to sweat it out.

Half the time I just wiggle and move my feet around hoping I am turning the same way as everyone else.

Zumba is funny.

I like it.

I'm in the mood for some Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I'm in the mood for a road trip to California about now.

"You know that place between sleep and awake?

The place where you can still remember dreaming?

That's where I will always love you.

That's where I will be waiting."

-Peter Pan