I don't like it. At all. Not one bit.
Tonight, my usual (and already long) 45 min commute home took me TWO HOURS!
For real. Now I am home, stressed, frustrated, and sick of driving. Oh it makes me so much fun to be around...
Perfect, especially since I have a date coming to my door at any minute.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Thanksgiving Day
I love today. The fourth Thursday of every November is my favorite day of the fall. The older I have gotten, the more I have come to appreciate this day of thanks.
Today has been perfect and many times I have just sat and watched so that I can soak in everything happening around me. I love doing that.
Other things I have loved today:
- Driving to Ogden to join the Larsens in a food drive walk/run. They are my second family and it was so much fun to spend my morning with them and catching up with Kelly.
- Raiding my sister's closet and finding my clothes that I thought had been lost!
- Thanksgiving feasting. Delicious turkey, stuffing, potatoes, salad, cranberry sauce, bread, sweet potatoes - everything made from scratch. My family knows how to do it right!
- Dance parties in the car with the siblings!
- My car. I love my car. I love driving it. I love how pretty it is. I love how it goes real fast! I love how I can blast my music in it. Yes, it was a good buy.
- Thanksgiving naps (which are near impossible with how loud we are...)
- Spending time with both my Thorkelson and Wilson family.
- Making flowers for headbands and fun things.
- Watching football with my dad, brother, grandpa, and uncle.
- Feeling like a ballerina because of my tights and dancing on the wooden floor (I haven't done ballet since I was probably 5...it was beautiful).
- Getting the following text from my dad: "K. We're going to byu/utah. Be here Sat by 10am." This then caused a series of squeals, jumping, football runs, more jumping, inability to speak, finished by me sitting on the floor while my siblings are trying to figure out what my problem is. Yes, it was the best part of my day.
Today has been perfect and many times I have just sat and watched so that I can soak in everything happening around me. I love doing that.
Other things I have loved today:
- Driving to Ogden to join the Larsens in a food drive walk/run. They are my second family and it was so much fun to spend my morning with them and catching up with Kelly.
- Raiding my sister's closet and finding my clothes that I thought had been lost!
- Thanksgiving feasting. Delicious turkey, stuffing, potatoes, salad, cranberry sauce, bread, sweet potatoes - everything made from scratch. My family knows how to do it right!
- Dance parties in the car with the siblings!
- My car. I love my car. I love driving it. I love how pretty it is. I love how it goes real fast! I love how I can blast my music in it. Yes, it was a good buy.
- Thanksgiving naps (which are near impossible with how loud we are...)
- Spending time with both my Thorkelson and Wilson family.
- Making flowers for headbands and fun things.
- Watching football with my dad, brother, grandpa, and uncle.
- Feeling like a ballerina because of my tights and dancing on the wooden floor (I haven't done ballet since I was probably 5...it was beautiful).
- Getting the following text from my dad: "K. We're going to byu/utah. Be here Sat by 10am." This then caused a series of squeals, jumping, football runs, more jumping, inability to speak, finished by me sitting on the floor while my siblings are trying to figure out what my problem is. Yes, it was the best part of my day.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
phone photos
these were all taken recently while on the go...
Oh and this is what I found when I went down to my car to head to the gym this morning. I got doughnut-ed? This has never happened to me. A few even have bites missing. I am not sure if it was just a random act of a few bored pranksters or if someone sought me out, in love or dislike? haha No idea, but it has left me wondering!
Blue skies and clouds at the last home football game. I love LaVell Edwards stadium. I cannot believe this season is already close to the end. It breaks my heart, but it is nice to end on a high note!
I got this gem sent to me while I was at work and it made my day. That is the boy I love more than anything in the middle and those cute blondes are my favorite twins in the world. What a lucky boy!
This was what I saw on my way to work yesterday morning...
Pretty sure those are real antlers! I was grossed out, but I hear they are worth real big money
This is my Kendrick who saved me from an evening alone. Sad it is all blurry, but if you can't tell, we make others around us feel very uncomfortable. We went to the basketball game with Claire and Amy (who I love sooo much! so fun!). Then we went to Magleby's for free cake (thank you BYU basketball for scoring 80+ points). Then it was back to Kendrick's house to watch Forever Strong followed by hours of late laaatteee night talking. OH and Amy gets her mission call today! YES!
Oh and this is what I found when I went down to my car to head to the gym this morning. I got doughnut-ed? This has never happened to me. A few even have bites missing. I am not sure if it was just a random act of a few bored pranksters or if someone sought me out, in love or dislike? haha No idea, but it has left me wondering!
Monday, November 22, 2010
good morning gill...
I said, GOOD MORNING GILL!
Yes, I watched What About Bob yesterday. Little secret - that was my favorite movie growing up. In fact, I loved Bill Murray so much that I called him Uncle Bob in every movie that I saw him in after that. That's right, he became a part of the family!
A little while back, I talked about faces, specifically the faces I make while watching basketball at the gym. Tonight, I watched the first half of the Chargers game. No joke, I almost fell off the elliptical three or four times. I clapped. I cheered. I threw a fist into the air a few times. I hope all around me enjoyed it.
Also - the pictures they showed of San Diego throughout the game. Beautiful. I lived there. I grew up there. Made me homesick. And the way the announcers talked about San Diego. "55 degrees here on a Monday night." (while I am stuck in Utah with 30 degree weather and a blizzard warning...) or "Every time we come down here and see how beautiful it is, I am amazed that we all don't just move here." I don't have many pictures of downtown San Diego, but I have plenty of my favorite places...
Yes, I watched What About Bob yesterday. Little secret - that was my favorite movie growing up. In fact, I loved Bill Murray so much that I called him Uncle Bob in every movie that I saw him in after that. That's right, he became a part of the family!
A little while back, I talked about faces, specifically the faces I make while watching basketball at the gym. Tonight, I watched the first half of the Chargers game. No joke, I almost fell off the elliptical three or four times. I clapped. I cheered. I threw a fist into the air a few times. I hope all around me enjoyed it.
Also - the pictures they showed of San Diego throughout the game. Beautiful. I lived there. I grew up there. Made me homesick. And the way the announcers talked about San Diego. "55 degrees here on a Monday night." (while I am stuck in Utah with 30 degree weather and a blizzard warning...) or "Every time we come down here and see how beautiful it is, I am amazed that we all don't just move here." I don't have many pictures of downtown San Diego, but I have plenty of my favorite places...
Christmas 2008. Beautiful.
Christmas day 2009 with the Beans
Sunset from Oceanside Pier, taken on my phone and still beautiful!
Mom's roses from the front yard.
Mulberry and Cox. Beautiful.
These are the snowflakes I am used to (please notice how warm it looks outside). I love the way mom fixed up the house at Christmas time.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
returning to pooh corner
Return to Pooh Corner came out in 1994. I would like to call in a cd of lullaby like songs sung by Kenny Loggins. I was 6 years old when this amazing cd came out and I remember loving it, so I decided to start playing it in class while we are calming down, writing in journals, reading independently, etc...Well, to my surprise I remember every single word to every song on the cd and I LOVE IT. I have found myself listening to it outside of school, like right now for example.
It is amazing where smells and music can take you. I thank my mother for having such great taste in music as I was growing up :)
I looked through all old pictures on my computer and this is probably the only one where I am close to six years old. It is also a gem of a picture and I am positive it has never been posted for the internet to see (probably for good reason too)...
Big shirts or a vest and underwear...we were a well dressed bunch of girls. Can't you just hear, "Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do, got a honey jar stuck on his nose." or "Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?" or how about "Look and see her, how she sparkles, it's the last unicorn! I'm Alive!" and "to-ra-loo-ra".
I will close with:
Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight. Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight...
It is amazing where smells and music can take you. I thank my mother for having such great taste in music as I was growing up :)
I looked through all old pictures on my computer and this is probably the only one where I am close to six years old. It is also a gem of a picture and I am positive it has never been posted for the internet to see (probably for good reason too)...
Big shirts or a vest and underwear...we were a well dressed bunch of girls. Can't you just hear, "Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do, got a honey jar stuck on his nose." or "Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?" or how about "Look and see her, how she sparkles, it's the last unicorn! I'm Alive!" and "to-ra-loo-ra".
I will close with:
Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight. Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight...
Sunday, November 14, 2010
weekend
Friday was BYU's Season Home Opener! We played Fresno State and won 83-56! I sure do love this time of year, it even makes the snow almost ok. The way my heart pounds as the lights go down and the amazing basketball for the new season starts playing. The thrill from the crowd screaming "Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh GO COUGARS!" over and over again. The player introduction now followed with the players circling around a dancing Davies. The way we say, "You got Jimmered!" Being surrounded by fans all in white. The way that we have gotten cake because the boys have scored over 80 points EVERY game! The way I get to walk down to row three and sit behind my favorite couple at mid court, surrounded by my favorite fellow BYU fanatics. The jumping up and down. The winning! Oh it feels so good. I love BYU basketball, can you blame me?
Saturday I went to Porter's championship football game! They were playing to keep their perfect record and they did it! It was a long freezing game. The score was 0-0 up to the very end. After the Bingham team fumbled, Alta took it and ran for a touchdown. Seeing my brother so excited, running into a huddle of teammates and jumping up and down with them, almost made me cry. Mom said that men only cry over sports...uh oh. It was a tender moment. I sure love that brother of mine. Grandpa came to the came too and since it was in Bountiful, a few of my cousins were able to join us.
After the game, mom and I went winter shopping at TJ Maxx. I wanted tights and boots. I bought some bright and colorful tights and two pretty cute boots (Side note: I wore the bright pink tights today. I am not quite sure if I am used to them yet. I have always been so bleh about tights, never wanted to wear them. But I am determined to fit them into my wardrobe the winter!). Then we walked through a cute boutique closer to Michelle's house. It was darling and mom might have bought me a Christmas present that I am currently trying to forget about. This little boutique was a part of three separate houses that provided various shopping. Example, one little house was full of cute antique like furniture, the other with darling anthropologie style clothes, and the last with something else cute I am sure. It was fun to have some one on one with the mom. I love her.
Later that night, everyone came down to Provo. Porter and Dad to eat at Golden Corral with Grandpa in celebration of Porter's win. Mom and Hannah to go eat at Rumbi with me to visit Kelsey. Then we all had hopes of visiting the dollar theater to see Inception (since mom STILL has not seen it!). Well, the movie was sold out, but Andy Larsen AND Jess McMaster ended up joining us at Rumbi and so did Porter and Dad after their fill at the Corral and we sat in Rumbi and talked for forever. I went home happy and ready to write a Sunday School lesson.
Then today we had family dinner. Everyone was there. Empanadas were devoured. Old family videos were watched. It was very happy.
Now onto a new week!
A compilation of the last three season's photos.
Isn't he the best looking football player there ever was? I loveeee this photo.
After the game, mom and I went winter shopping at TJ Maxx. I wanted tights and boots. I bought some bright and colorful tights and two pretty cute boots (Side note: I wore the bright pink tights today. I am not quite sure if I am used to them yet. I have always been so bleh about tights, never wanted to wear them. But I am determined to fit them into my wardrobe the winter!). Then we walked through a cute boutique closer to Michelle's house. It was darling and mom might have bought me a Christmas present that I am currently trying to forget about. This little boutique was a part of three separate houses that provided various shopping. Example, one little house was full of cute antique like furniture, the other with darling anthropologie style clothes, and the last with something else cute I am sure. It was fun to have some one on one with the mom. I love her.
Later that night, everyone came down to Provo. Porter and Dad to eat at Golden Corral with Grandpa in celebration of Porter's win. Mom and Hannah to go eat at Rumbi with me to visit Kelsey. Then we all had hopes of visiting the dollar theater to see Inception (since mom STILL has not seen it!). Well, the movie was sold out, but Andy Larsen AND Jess McMaster ended up joining us at Rumbi and so did Porter and Dad after their fill at the Corral and we sat in Rumbi and talked for forever. I went home happy and ready to write a Sunday School lesson.
Then today we had family dinner. Everyone was there. Empanadas were devoured. Old family videos were watched. It was very happy.
Now onto a new week!
My BFF Roommate's Big Day!
Alison got married on Friday! I wish I could have been there with her. She has been one of the greatest friends that I have made out here and living with her for two years was always so much fun. We partied together all of the time and once someones said, "It is so cute that you two are like BFF roommates." It has stuck. That's what she is to me. Since I could not make it to the wedding, I made her a hairpiece. I think it turned out pretty good.
Anyways, I love Mrs. Alison Cundiff (ahh! So crazy to say!) She has grown so much while we have lived together and it has been so neat to watch. She has helped me to grow so much too. The self control she was continually practicing, goodness, this girl can do anything. I am so happy for her and I love seeing her so happy.
We have made so many memories together...we wen't everywhere together. She even got me to run for an entire summer, a huge feat considering how much I dislike running. We were always supporting our then DJing friends in all of their dance extravaganzas!
Oh and football. She was so much fun to have at games! She went through a whole year at BYU without football - I fixed that our second year together.
Road trips! It was so convenient that she lived off the 15, on the way home and even came down to good old San Diego for Halloween festivities.
Anyways, I love Mrs. Alison Cundiff (ahh! So crazy to say!) She has grown so much while we have lived together and it has been so neat to watch. She has helped me to grow so much too. The self control she was continually practicing, goodness, this girl can do anything. I am so happy for her and I love seeing her so happy.
We have made so many memories together...we wen't everywhere together. She even got me to run for an entire summer, a huge feat considering how much I dislike running. We were always supporting our then DJing friends in all of their dance extravaganzas!
Oh and football. She was so much fun to have at games! She went through a whole year at BYU without football - I fixed that our second year together.
Road trips! It was so convenient that she lived off the 15, on the way home and even came down to good old San Diego for Halloween festivities.
She is strong and beautiful. I am so proud of her and I love her with all of my heart. I have been so blessed with such a fabulous influence in my life and the greatest BFF roommate a girl could ask for.
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