"there's nothing ironic about show choir."

glee!
oh its truly glee-full...is that a word?
hum...anyways, i found a new favorite show. it MAY even top grey's anatomy. i said MAY top...we will see where it leads.
but SERIOUSLY. this show is me in a nut shell.
its GREAT. its hilarious, plus full of music and cool choir nerd jokes that only the truly nerdy would understand.
i wish i could express how happy this show made me...maybe i can prove it to you by saying i immediately downloaded the single off of itunes?
yes.
i made me that happy. im so excited for the season to start in the fall!

im so happy...i could SCREAM

oh wait.
i totally did scream when they announced
KRIS ALLEN
as the winner of American Idol. Hallelujah!
Life is good.
And I love Kris!!

..
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happy

life is grand

this is just my little blurb before i jet off to go to bed...yes bed, i have a cold which seems ironic since its very warm here...but such is life. hopefully i can sleep it away.
so as for my blurb on life:

i hate season finales...they stress me out. first private practice and then greys anatomy? i dont know how much drama i can take. especially when they leave you with cliff hangers like that. good grief.

also, i love kris allen. he fills me with an indescribable joy. he will go far. i hope he wins, just so i can laugh at adam lambert.

i leave for my trip on saturday! hooray for a real vacation, and fun. im stoked. actually, im beyond stoked.

i was working in the yard yesterday and guess what i found back there? my happy flowers, from this post. yes. it was joyous

and one last little thing: im excited for summer movies like this one. as well the obvious one like Harry Potter.

life is good. no, life is grand.

fan-freaking-tastic

i had a swell weekend. i felt i should share

my dear roommate kym and i had been planning a trip to the hogle zoo all semester, so we figured that this past weekend would be perfect since i was still in logan. so the hogle zoo is what started this little adventure, but that was only the beginning...or middle...whichever

i drove down to our dear friend jennifer jones' house on friday for an evening of celebrating miss sara michelles 20th birthday. hooray! we laughed, we played, we watched the office, ate taco bell, and concluded the evening with the one and only hugh grant in notting hill

"im just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her..." classic.

the next morning we had breakfast with jen's awesome family, and then made our way from draper to holladay to the hogle zoo to meet kym and the giraffes. this day just so happened to be the day before mothers day, so the zoo was covered with moms and children of all ages. it was a huge deal actually, complete with "Mom and Me at the Zoo! Bring your child into the wild" t-shirts...yes i got one--partly because all proceeds go towards new exhibits, and partly because i wished my mom was there with me.

so we spent most of the morning/afternoon there, having fun and taking pictures. then sometime around 3 we all went our went our separate ways, except for me and katie...she was stuck with me for 2 more days.

we went mothers days shopping, drove up millcreek canyon, took a mini nap, and then went to a crazy bonfire! this was definitely a blast. the fire was HUGE and there were some really fun people too...not to mention a few cute boys ;) but they go to BYU...gross. So ya, this bonfire was like an hour away from katies, and lasted for a long time, but it was definitely worth it. :) So So fun!

(dont worry...thats just our delicious energy drinks)

sunday was mothers day, and i was sad all day long that i couldn't be with my mommy, but it definitely helped that i was with katie and her cute family, and not all alone in my apartment in logan. i also got to take katie over to meet my dotty! i was soooo happy i got to see dott and talk with her for a couple of hours and introduce her to katie. it definitely made the trip :)
then monday i had to leave by noon or so to make it back in time to get ready and go to work. but we didnt leave without first making a stop to MOLCASALSA. yummy! i then made the drive back...it was hot, i have no AC, my ipod was dead, and i was DREADING another week in logan, but i will survive, only a couple days left and i can go home! and then bring on the ROAD TRIP!!!

turn to stone...ingrid michaelson

let's take a better look
beyond a story book
and learn our souls are all we own
before we turn to stone

let's go to sleep with clearer heads
and hearts too big to fit out beds
and maybe we won't feel so alone
before we turn to stone

and if you wait for someone else's hand
you will surely fall down
if you wait for someone else's hand
you'll fall, you'll fall

i know that i am nothing new
my words might not seem much to you
but brother how we must atone
before we turn to stone

listen to the song here...
Turn to Stone

knowledge

"True learning
is learning something
you will never forget."

happy flower

I found a new favorite flower courtesy of my FAVORITE blog:
greenweddingshoes.blogspot.com
they are called anemones, and basically I love them...a lot. here are some pictures:

the end.

Well...the semester is FINALLY over. I survived finals week, barely passing some classes, but passing none-the-less. In college C's get degrees! haha I never thought I would become that kind of a student, where as in high school I think I actually started crying if I got a C. Oh well...college changes a person, for the better and the worse :) haha anyways, the main point of this post is just to say hallelujah! Bring on the summer fun! What a topsy-tirvy year it has been. Definitely some struggles, but definitely some fantastic times shared with basically the greatest people in the world. I cant believe my college career is flying by so fast, and that next year I will be a senior! Wow. I'm starting to feel old!
So as excited as I was for this semester to be over, it was the classes I just wanted to be done with. But along with classes ending, other things change too. I have been avoiding thinking about these things but now here they are staring my in the face. My Katie left me yesterday, and she isn't coming back..I mean she will visit me lots (she better) but shes not going to school here anymore. She has been such a blessing in my life, and it will be weird to not have her up here with me next year. But we truly are kindred spirits and just because she is going to the U, doesn't mean she can get rid of me that easy :P This semester is also the last one I get to be roommates with my dear Krenny-Poo. Mr. Dalen is taking her away from me to get married or something...haha I'm so excited for them and I know they will be eternally happy, its just weird for me I guess. I am also not going to be living in Old Farm anymore. 2 years here is plenty, seriously, plenty...but I'm moving to a foreign place, about 2 blocks down the street haha, but still, its kind of frightening. I will have 3 roommates that I have never met, and a whole new ward, everything. Its kind of a weird concept to me. But I just keep telling myself that adventures lie ahead. It will be grand, but frightening either way. Who knew the end of a semester could mark such change in my life?! Its both exciting and nerve-racking, but Bring it on I guess! Luckily I have the summer to prepare! :S

sunsets and photography

There is something inspiring and moving in a sunset. Its the end of a day. Whether it was a long day, and rough day, or the best day of your life, the sunset can always brighten it up right before it darkens everything.

Another thing I love is taking pictures. I often get made fun of because I always have my camera. Always. People think its funny...I think its smart. A couple weeks ago I felt very smart. Because on one glorious Friday afternoon, there was a sunset. A beautiful sunset. I was driving down 400 North, and I immediately whipped my car around and ran out to capture this painting in the sky. Of course a camera never does a whole lots of justice when the real life thing is of such magnitude, but it made me happy anyways.

Another thing I love is the 'A'. They say "Once and Aggie, Always an Aggie," and I believe that to be true. Logan is my home away from home. I always get excited driving back into Logan once I see the Temple and the 'A'. I don't think I will ever stop loving this place :)

so here are some pictures that capture all of these happy things that I love...

oh life

its finals week...yippee. NOT. this week is horrid. I hate taking tests, I enjoy going to the dentist more that taking tests. no joke. But here I am suffering through a week of torture like everyone else. On Sunday, I became very discouraged with the thought of this very disgusting week, so I needed some words of wisdom. I came across these two quotes by the leaders of our Church, and was instantly comforted. Its amazing how the Lord works and how he helps us feel of His comfort through words of reassurance. I thought someone might enjoy this too:


“You know what life is for, what it’s about, that you’re part of an eternal plan, that you lived with purpose before you came to this life, that this life is a mission and not just a career, and that we will step over the veil someday but keep on going and growing. I don’t know of anybody in the world who has the concept of the meaning of life that we have as a result of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ” (young adult fireside, San Diego, California, 24 Mar. 1996).

“I want to say to young women here today, do not ever have any inferiority complex about your place in this world in which you live. You are a daughter of God, and I am satisfied that our Father in Heaven loves His daughters as much as He loves His sons. You hold up your heads and stand tall and walk in righteousness and faith and virtue and truth, and do not let anybody put you down or sell you short. You are daughters of God. Live worthy of your divine inheritance, my beloved young women. You are not inferior in any sense. Under the gospel plan you are daughters of God. Each of us has our place in the great divine plan, and we ought to magnify the calling and the field and the assignment and the qualities of good which we have within us” (Ricks College regional conference, Rexburg, Idaho, 29 Oct. 1995).