general conference weekend

so, it's general conference time, again.  i love it.  this general conference was really good.  a lot about family, marriage, and serving.  it was the church welfare's 75th anniversary, and it was neat to hear so many people address what the church does for the world.  my boy had tickets for the conference center for saturday afternoon and sunday morning sessions.  so, we went to those.  then, he dropped me off at katherine and joe's to watch sunday evening.  katherine made some delicious corn and leek filled peppers, with couscous and homemade cornbread [she's such a chef.]

you can read the entire conference here, and these are some of my personal favorites: elder cook, president eyring, president monson [saturday afternoon especially], elder scott [always], elder holland [always- and especially if you are a non-member trying to understand what general conference is exactly]

sunday evening we went to my grandparents house for a little family home evening [boy drove up to meet us for that.]  it was great talking about the importance of family while being surrounded by family.

this week's recap:
- i found what my internship is exactly.  i am a co-curator of a warhol and murakami exhibit coming out sometime in august.  i helped choose the pieces for that on friday. [so cool!]
- weather was awesome all week, until sunday [when it snowed]
- i am awesome at "just dance" [the wii dancing game]; i am only so-so at the kinnekt dancing game
- i made a quiche [so good] and chocolate and m&m cookies  [see pictures below]
- three more weeks of school [but only two more weeks of classes]

new travel destination

one day, i will go to LESLIEVILLE, TORONTO, CANADA.

i will take my picture in front of here:

party-filled weekend.

so, friday was sarah's birthday party.  it was awesome.  here are just a few pics to make you see how awesome it was:

saturday night was the stake luau activity.  i went as a tacky tourist, and my roomies [and ahlin] went as natives [and female jason mraz]. photo time:

happy friday folks.

image from here

this is the song of my day.

tonight is sarah's birthday party. it's "hipster" style themed.  we're dressing up, talking about existentialism, and listening to obscure music. it's going to be awesome. be prepared for pictures of cupcakes, finger mustaches, and boys in cardigans.

tomorrow night my stake is having a luau.  i'm dressing up as a tacky tourist.  it's going to be awesome.

hello again!

image from here

sorry i've been m.i.a the past few days... i don't think i'm doing anything fun blog worthy. jen and i are on track for our half-marathon.  we ran eight miles on saturday, and it felt great! i keep falling asleep with a smile on my face... [it could be thanks to a certain boy, or it could just be because life is awesome!]

here are some links that i am currently loving:

this outfit- minus the coffee, replaced with tea
these posters
this clothing line
this outfit
this shirt and sweater
these sweater boots (aka slippers)
this "visual life": i love what he says about the internet being the "virtual park bench". so true.
this blog companion to my future husband blog

the happenings

this semester is over! [cue hallelujah chorus]

to celebrate, you can read about our girl's night up to temple square from these two buddies of mine: ahlin & sarah.  here are some of fritz's shots.

i love sweet potato fries!

currently i am up in snowy midway.  it's magical, for lack of a better word. we're hanging out with family, including this lovely cousin of mine and her two adorable twins.  [emmerson really likes me]

dc: day 4

final day:
- 6. something run (i misjudged the distance, and ended up running a little more than a mile over what i was supposed to)
- 4-D ultra sound with laura and peter (i love babies!)
- grocery shopping at trader joes and whole foods (aka stocking up on joe-joes)
- making marshmellows and hot chocolate on sticks
- watching millionaire matchmaker (yes!)
- dinner at open kitchen (yummy lamb burger!)
- monopoly (again, i might've become addicted)
- drinking our hot chocolate with marshmellows while watching "locked up" (some prison reality show)
- packing
- looking at baby clothes (zara has some adorable baby stuff.  i want to start stocking up)

dc: day 3

- peter's "best oatmeal"
- National Museum of Women in the Arts (i'm applying for an internship there this summer)
- lunch at a fabulous italian place in george town
- harry potter (i liked it visually, but i thought it was a little too dark)
- catching up on my blogs
- catching up on tv shows
- playing games: hearts and monopoly, again
- early bedtime to prep for my 5 miler tomorrow

dc: day 1

day 1:
- jet lag = sleeping in instead of running 5 miles
- manis and pedis with the sister (pregnant people are fun)
- lebanesse for lunch
- a quick stop at the craft store for quilting supplies
- organizing and cleaning the kitchen
- falling in love with little details of laura and peter's house (like their travels map)
- dinner at a fantastic italian place (the owner would come out and sing opera.  i didn't know if i was supposed to laugh or look somber)
- watch st. ralph a pretty funny/ sweet movie
- bed time for bonzo

another week, another weekend

sorry guys.  i feel like i'm only blogging after the weekend... don't know why.  i guess college life is a lot more boring than when i lived at home.

this weekend wasn't too exciting.

friday: i walked around campus looking legit and taking pictures of autumn.  trammel, jen and i went up to sandy for chipotle.  (it was like my second time having it, but dang, it's good stuff).  then trammel's roommates bennett and tanner joined us at our apartment to make sugar cookies.  i showed them this and then this.  their other roommate alec came over with his bud jordan.  then kye joined us.  we just hung out and stuff.  it was a blast.  pictures below.

saturday:  the football game.  i'm not a huge "Y" fan, but i like going and hanging out with friends. oh, and we were on the front row.  right behind the end zone.  say what? afterwards, we stayed and volunteered to help a buddy clean up the stadium.  gross, gross, gross.  people are gross.  i will never leave anything (half eaten or not) behind at a stadium.  yuck.  then, i took a shower, ignored the two miler i was supposed to do, and went on to study german. (yuck) photos below.

sunday: a much needed extra hour of sleep thanks to the end of day lights savings. church.  a desire to bake resulting in a no-bake peanut butter/chocolate/oat bar.  watching chitty chitty bang bang with friends and eating all of said no-bake delight.

monday: (yea, i know it's not the weekend, but whatever)  rain, which made me miss home- rainy ol' london.  grocery shopping thanks to urges to bake all sorts of things (peanut brittle, pepermint bark, cinammon rolls).  i swear it was bring "attractive man shopping day".  i saw at least twenty VERY good looking men today.  dang.  if only i had put on make up.

best halloween costume

ok.  check us out.  we're bubbles. awesome huh?

we got an award.  sweet, no?