Halloween Part 2

Halloween part 2 was not nearly as interesting at part 1

but it was still a fun night.

I am the ward activities co-chair & Monday night we had a little Trunk-or-Treat extravaganza!

I came as a sailor.

Cameron came as Mike "the situation" from Jersey Shore.

There was a chili cook off.

Costume contest (walk off).

Best decorated trunk contest.

Guessing games.

And some awesome Halloween music.

Cameron and I had a blast getting into character!

 "Nobody puts Snooki in a corna" *Jersey accent*

A lot of people have been asking me,

"How many costumes do you really have?"

Well my friends, the world may never know. 

Halloween Part 1

The first part of my Halloween extravaganza went down on Saturday.

Just another typical college party.

Except I almost died in a mosh pit when Gangnam Style came on.

I'm not even kidding.

Good thing I had a few good friends as body gaurds :) 

Who knew a Korean rap song could cause such chaos?

 Hilary and I in the middle of the chaos.

Hilary randomly found a fake gun on the ground

and had a great time scaring people with it.

Muh peeps!

I ♥ you guys for saving my life.

Much love.

Halloween part 2 coming soon...

Life As Of Late

There are only 6 weeks left in the semester.

6 weeks!

Time is flying by and winter has started to creep in.

I've been super busy, as always,

but I managed to snap a few pictures of my life as of late.

Last Saturday I ran the Undead 5k.

You could sign up as a human or a zombie.

I signed up as a human and my friends were zombies.

They let the humans start running at 9pm and 2 minutes later they let the zombies go.

It was such a fun race and I set a new personal record!

My finishing time was 26:48.

This picture is kind of blurry but it's the only one I got of the night.

The view outside of my window Thursday morning...

The first of many snow filled mornings.

I drove passed the Google Maps car on my way to school this week!

Pretty much made my week.

Allison and I got free cake pops at work.

Yep, we love them enough to take a picture with them.

The cutest niece in the whole world is turning 1 on November 4th!

I can't wait to kiss those cheeks next week!

Matt & Sarah

About a month ago I shot some engagement pictures for Matt & Sarah.

Sarah is the little sister of a good friend of mine.

It was so fun getting to know the two of them!

Matt was always complimenting Sarah and telling her how pretty she looked.

Here are some of my favorites: 

Morgan, Norman, & the Horse Whisperer

Friday evening I headed up North for a girls weekend with Erin & Melissa.

Boy, I've missed these girls!

We swapped our juicy stories,

made a pit stop at Nordstrom's Rack,

and went to my favorite diner Steph's.

If you haven't heard of Morgan, UT

it's quite alright because neither has 99.9% of the world.

It's a super small town that I just happened to find some wonderful

friends in during a church history tour in High School.

Anyways, we had a blast and Melissa's parents are so sweet.

Melissa's mom always makes sure we are nice and full before we leave.

On a drive Saturday afternoon we stopped by the Morgan cemetery to get some pictures.

There just happened to be two sweet horses in the field near by.

After a lot of persuasion and a lot of skill

(Me being a horse whisperer and all)

Mr. Norman came and joined our little group.

We instantly fell in love.

And here is the collage of our brief love affair.

(all good things come to an end, right?)

 Norman turned around right when Erin wanted a picture.

Classic.

One kiss for the road.

Farewell Norman,

Farewell Morgan,

it's been real. 

I'm loving on Ed Sheeran right now.

Red... Lipstick

This post is about two of my latest obsessions...

RED lipstick

and

T Swift's new album RED.

I already bought it.

Have you?

Oh Today...

Today has been a joke.

It's been slightly unlucky but in the funny way.

It all started when I couldn't go to sleep last night.

I tossed and turned all night long.

When my alarm finally went off,

I thought someone was playing a joke on me,

Since I was pretty sure I'd been awake for awhile and it was still dark outside.

(Apparently that is what happens now that the temperature is getting colder)

Nope, it truly was 7:30am.

After hitting the snooze button once, in a confused stupor,

I stumbled through my morning routine to get to my first class.

As I pull up to the gate of the Institute parking lot,

my parking pass isn't working.

I try and try again without any luck...

So I have to call the parking attendant

(and by that time there is a huge line of cars waiting to get into the parking lot)

*insert frantic, terrorized, guilty, and tired face here*

Finally they let me in and I park.

I have 10 minutes to run to my first class.

This may seem like a long time, but in College, it really isn't.

I'm running to class and climbing 2 rigorous flights of stairs in the LC building.

(Which kindly bestow upon you the knowledge of how out of shape you are)

when suddenly and I still don't know how...

I trip!

I trip up the stairs.

I trip so hard my hands have to catch me from face planting on the stairs.

I proceed to pick myself up and keep running to class.

But I trip again!

The very next step!

I don't even know what is happening at this point.

It's not even 9am yet.

I catch myself with my hands and yet again pull myself up to continue my hectic journey.

By this time I am just laughing like a lunatic all by myself because of this ridiculous morning

Receiving patronizing glances from other students in the hallway.

I finally make it to my class,

which by the way I am taking a midterm in,

I did alright.

That's right I didn't ace it but didn't fail it.

Talk about your overachiever right here!

Anyways, 

my day continued on as normal as possible.

The only other weird thing to happen to me thus far is the amount of birds I've seen.

It's really creepy

And I'm talking The Birds creepy.

(the movie which scarred me for life as a child)

First, there were a few hundred circling the sky at UVU and then finding a spot on the closest power line.

(I am not even exaggerating, there were hundreds)

Then I'm on the highway driving to work and there are MORE!

Hundreds more!

Circling the sky in flocks of creepy blackness!

Obviously this was a traumatic experience for me, haha.

So that was my day so far and it's only 3:30pm.

Here is to hoping there is no more weirdness!

Just Another Day In The Life

Wednesday Words of Wisdom

Nicely Played

I saw some pretty quality movies this last weekend.

I was so stoked to see these two movies and they didn't disappoint.

Numero Uno:

I don't think I stopped laughing this entire movie.

Also, there was this awesome man with an awesome cackle laugh that just made everything funnier... so there's that :)

Go see it... Now!

Number two:

This is one movie I have been dying to see for awhile.

It was everything I thought it would be and more.

I'm all about artsy/independent films so this might not be a movie for everyone.

It's a deep movie with a lot of deep emotions...

The friends I saw it with didn't love it,

but I sure did!

I'd go see it again and again.

Seriously, this has got to be the most amazing cast in all of movie history.

Now this Mister never does me wrong.

Mr. Laswell, I love your album Landline.

Also, you are married to the most talented lady (Ingrid Michaelson).

Nicely played.

Friday Favorites

You guys,

I'm obsessing over this song.

Well done Muse. Well done.

Favorite Song:

Favorite Laugh:

I miss Steve Carell's office days.

Favorite Girl Moment:

I want a pig so bad.

Favorite Quote:

"It's often in face of adversity where we meet our better selves. Look for solutions and you will find them. It's in that process of seeking solutions to some of our biggest challenges where we develop our character most, and discover the internal tools that empower us forever forward." -Mike Klingler

Favorite Mormon Message:

In honor of Conference weekend

I hope you all have a great Conference weekend!

I'm off to shoot some engagement pictures,

then going to see Pitch Perfect,

and making my mom's famous cinnamon pull aparts for Conference.

The Odd Uneven Time

This is exactly how I feel.

The odd uneven time.

Hurry up Fall!