Life is Good.

Well school is out & summer is here!

Sort of... I mean it did snow yesterday/today

I am looking forward to relaxing...

Last night I saw Water For Elephants.

The trailer for this movie was so nicely done.

It felt so magical.

I went in with high expectations

Thinking I would leave with a new favorite movie

& it was great!

But very violent and intense.

It isn't my new ultimate fav but it was still

extremely entertaining

& I'm a sucker for a good romance :]

I thought the acting was great too!

Oh and now I want a pet elephant.

Tonight I went & saw Just Got With It in the dollar theatre

If you haven't seen it you need to!!

It was sooo cute & hilarious.

I would definitely go see it again.

Just our normal shenanigans.

Linzee is leaving us and moving to St. George

so there was a party where we all said our goodbyes!

I HATE goodbyes!

And now..

for my

new

obsession

Summertide

UVUSA 2011-2012

Sorry but this is all I got for this week.

It has been a long, incredibly stressful week!

I just want it to be over.

I had to move out/move in

finish all homework & tests

work

family is here

Banquets, dances, etc.

Last night was the first UVUSA 2011-2012 event that we worked

it was the end of the year dance called

Summertide

(see picture above)

As much as I hated everything about this week

I loved every minute of council events

Stop screaming & start listening.

I stumbled upon this video from someone else's blog.

I HAVE to share it because it is this key concept

I had forgotten.

The power of vulnerability.

"Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen. To let ourselves love with our whole hearts even though there is no guarantee & that’s really hard. To practice gratitude & joy in those moments of terror when we are wondering: can I love you this much? Can I believe in this as passionately as I do? Can I be this fierce about this? Just STOP & instead of catastrophize what might happen just be grateful because to feel this vulnerable mean you are alive. And last which is most important is to believe you are enough because when we work from a place that says i am enough we stop screaming and start listening. We are kinder and gentler to those around us. We are kinder and gentler to ourselves. "

Don't forget that being vulnerable is beautiful.

♥

My crazy weekend.

This past weekend was great.

With finals coming up & life getting so crazy before the end of the semester ...

it was fun to just relax.

Friday was my last day working at Honda

so once I was done working I came home & relaxed

I made some cookies

& Melissa and Erin came home

Then Matt, Brian , & Hannah came over

We stayed up till 3:30am talking/watching The Real World.

Saturday was even better.

I woke up late, went to the gym

& hung out with Alexandria all day

that night some friends went to SLC for dinner

& spent the night at Hannah's house in Bountiful

It was a blast!

This is a mannequin named Fletcher.

I found him in Hannah's closet when I was changing

(you can imagine how scared I was)

so we decided to pull a prank on the boys & scare them.

It worked.

It runs in the family.

Eating at the Red Iguana

(so yummy!)

It was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives

My favorite show on the food network

It is on my bucket list to eat at one of the places

that has been on the show.

Mission accomplished.

Just drivin' in the car, ready for a road trip.

"Things Work Out" By Edgar Guest

Because it rains when we wish it wouldn’t,

Because men do what they often shouldn’t,

Because crops fail, and plans go wrong-

Some of us grumble all day long.

But somehow, in spite of the care and doubt,

It seems at last that things work out.

Because we lose where we hoped to gain,

Because we suffer a little pain,

Because we must work when we’d like to play-

Some of us whimper along life’s way.

But somehow, as day always follows the night,

Most of our troubles work out all right.

Because we cannot forever smile,

Because we must trudge in the dust awhile,

Because we think that the way is long-

Some of us whimper that life’s all wrong.

But somehow we live and our sky grows bright,

And everything seems to work out all right.

So bend to your trouble and meet your care,

For the clouds must break, and the sky grow fair.

Let the rain come down, as it must and will,

But keep on working and hoping still.

For in spite of the grumblers who stand about,

Somehow, it seems, all things work out.

For all the Harry Potter fans out there.

You know who you are.

Reviews

So these are my thoughts...

First of all, my friends & I are going through a scary movie phase.

If you know of any good ones let me know!

Because there are a lot of stupid ones out there ...

like The Roommate.

The entire movie is a series of nothing happening

& then the last 5 minutes there is a fight.

So, unless it's in the dollar theatre DON'T see it!

Also, I have been quite deprived of good shows on Hulu.

I hate how there are always breaks in a TV series.

And right now ALL my favorite shows are taking a vacation.

Sooo I've just been watching random shows & came across this one....

Parenthood.

I LOVE Lauren Grahm because of her role in Gilmore Girls

So I gave it a shot... and I LOVE this show!

The characters & plot are all so real.

I highly recommend it.

Anyways, Have a great Thursday :]

Ya... so?

Wolverine Achievement Awards

The Wolverine Achievement awards is like the equivalent of the Oscars but for UVUSA. Haha, the new executive council is sworn in & a bunch of people get awards. It's pretty cool. I was presenting with a fellow Senator, Jared Roberts. It was a great time! I did not trip in my 5 in. heels & I didn't mess up my lines on the TelePrompTer so yes it was a pretty great night!

Cori was a finalist for the Wolverine Spirit award.

Happy Times.

Hello there,

It's 11:23pm... almost my bedtime. I felt like it has been past midnight since 8pm... These are happy times. I feel Spring in the air and what is better than knowing Summer is on its way? Minus the days where I wake up and its snowing. But I've decided to forgive Utah for its bipolar behavior.

Today I was informed that I will be returning as the Education Senator for the 2011-2012 school year. I AM STOKED! This was the best news until I found out that Cori Fox is also joining UVUSA as the Fine Arts chair. How does life get any better? I found a new job, made Student Council, got into the Fiji expedition, AND the semester is almost over! It's almost scary when so many things go right because I feel like it's only fair for the Universe to throw something bad my way. Hopefully I'm wrong!

Anyways, even though ALL of the time my brain consists of a random train of thought it gets even worse at night. Specifically past 10pm. (last year it was midnight but hey, i'm getting older now.) << Joke.

-Tomorrow is going to be awesome. The Wolverine Achievement Awards will be way fun.

-Will Ferrel's tweets make my day

-I miss my dogs

-Nobody says LOL anymore... good.

-I can hear every word my neighbors are saying.

-Like do blondes totally have more fun?? (HAHA, again just kidding)

Anyways, I find my randomness to be really funny sometimes.

And sometimes I'm the only one, haha :]

But that's ok.

Everyone should learn (if they haven't already) to love who they are. Everyone has something extraordinary about them. Embrace it.

p.s. I'm going to the Arcade Fire concert on Monday

Goodnight!!

Calling all Hunger Games fans..

I just think it should be common knowledge that A) Hunger Games the movie comes out next March B) Jennifer Lawrence is playing Katniss (perfect) & C) Josh Hutcherson and Liem Hemsworth were just cast in this movie.

Can't you just start picturing it??

:] :]

Beautiful...

... and stuck in my head.

Conference weekend

I LOVE conference weekend.

I love that we can hear from the Prophet & the words that come straight from the Lord

I'm so grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

I LOVE the temple & I am making a goal to go once a week this summer.

I can't wait to go to the temple to be sealed for all time & eternity to my best friend.

I'm so grateful for Jesus Christ & his Atonement

I am forever grateful for his sacrifice & unconditional love

even when I make mistakes He will NEVER stop loving me OR you.

No matter what you do, He'll never stop loving you.

Never.

I am grateful for the trials in my life

& that my Father in Heaven was not only walking by my side but carrying me through those times. I feel EXTREMELY blessed to alive & have so many blessings.

I am always indebted to my Father in Heaven.

I love Jesus Christ & my Father in Heaven.

I don't think I could ever show that enough.

Happy Sunday :]

C-C-C-Changes

I gotta update everybody!

I haven't even talked about my birthday...

Well, I turned 20 on March 25th.

It was great...

I woke up & went to Kneaders with Melissa and Erin for breakfast

I came home and went back to sleep haha.

It was overcast so I felt extra sleepy!

I woke up and went to lunch at Joe Vera's (the best Mexican restaurant on Center st.) with my Grandma Gayla (love her!)

Then I had to go to school to finish my UVUSA application

Hung out there for a bit.

Left the school

Got a call at 2:45pm

I got into the Fiji service expedition in June!

There was a mandatory meeting at 3pm

I go back to the school

Meeting gets over at 5pm.

Go home get ready for dinner at Olive Garden

We brought Martinelli's to OG for a toast

My brother got me Katy Perry tickets!! AND bought my dinner. So great.

My cute roomie Melissa decorated the apartment

They MADE me wear this crown & sash (but i loved it, shhh)

In all my birthday was great.

After OG we came back to my apartment and ate cake & ice cream

I probably gained 5 pounds that day.

Still workin' on losing it hahahaha.

Anyways, today is April 1st

which many know is April Fool's day

SOOO My best friend Cori really wanted to celebrate

& we decided to pull some pranks on people in the UVUSA office ...

Like my advisor Andrew

I saw this one prank where these boys filled some girl's apartment with cups of water so they can't move anywhere unless they knock down a cup of water. We decided that sounded awesome, but we wanted to add fish to the equation.

This is just a picture of the ground.

You can sort of see a couple vases where we put the fish in but we mainly put the fish in the vases on his desk around his office. It was sweeeeet. Tell me that is not a BEAUTIFUL picture. hahaha. He was pretty upset/loved it/laughed at this amazing job we did. I would be impressed. We even put a fish in a little shot glass on his book case.

I feel pretty accomplished.

OH, & not only was turning 20 a CHANGE (hence the title)

But I just got a job working on campus at UVU.

So I gave my 2 weeks at Honda today...

It is bitter sweet, I will miss some people.

It is Spring time and change is in the air.