how to be alone

i know it's been a while. i would imagine posts will be few and far between for a little while at least, but when i do post, it will be about something i really like or that is important to me.

this video fits under both categories:



i liked it.


in other news:

i started my hatha yoga teacher training. :) my 3rd intensive weekend is this weekend. am loving it.

and school starts next week for me. my last semester. and i will have my bachelor's degree in business/finance. excited to get it over with. :) i had to save the classes i don't care about for last.

camping on carlsbad state beach

snuck away for the weekend a couple weeks ago with cody, leah and alesha to go camping on the beach. what a perfect weekend. right on the beach. relaxing, roasting hot dogs and falling asleep to the sound of the waves.

pretty impressive photography skills.

i love this pic of leah. man i am good.

we also went to huntington beach and stayed with some new friends really close to the beach in a way sweet house. it was a blast!

raspberries and ice cream

one of my favorite things about visiting salt lake city in the summer :)

what are your favorite summer treats?

on fire

this was one of the many cactus flowers we saw while hiking in red cliffs. the center looks like it is on fire. a sparkler. love it.

happy spring

my first daffodil bloomed today! so pretty! hopefully there will be lots more to come. i planted a ton of bulbs in december. :)

pretty voice

so i just bought the sex and the city soundtrack. it's pretty good, but only has a few songs that i really loved. this song is one of them. "how deep is your love" by the bird and the bee. {a beegees remake} i love her voice. I also had a hard time finding a "not live" recording. so although this recording is a little cheesy, the point is how pretty her voice and the words are.

i'm home

and i am taking a vacation from my vacation . . . but not really because i've had to jump right back into school, so until i get around to posting about all the fun i had {hopefully will have time tonight} i will leave you with a picture that annika took while we were in puerta vallarta!

i couldn't believe how perfect this shot of the sunset turned out!

birthdays and aprons

happy birthday mom! just a few candles on the cake! :)

my mom turned 29 for the 22nd time . . . you do the math! :) she is still so young, fun and vibrant! this is the apron and matching hot pads i made her. {check that off the to do list}

isn't she funny!? She came up with the cute pose and the rose herself.

just some fun close ups! i had fun making this apron and i think it is darling! {yes, i am going to toot my own horn}

dear watermelon patch

little did I know

that you would grow to

almost the size of my entire

courtyard and beyond and give me

7 {and counting} beautiful baby watermelons

for me to enjoy every luscious, juicy, scrumptious bite

thank you my little, but huge, watermelon plant :)
it's fun to have you around.

p.s. we should definitely invite people over when your watermelons are ready to pick so they can share in the goodness too, huh!? who wants to come?

seattle

i went up to seattle this past weekend for aaron and sabrina's wedding! what a fun, busy and then relaxing weekend. it was so good to be up there with shane and his family! i have such a good time with them. thanks for letting me crash at your house terry and leanne!

{i borrowed some of the pics from liz's myspace page and i wasn't in the mood to do any collages so here are a whole lot of pics!}

aaron and sabrina's wedding . . .this is the outdoor venue! isn't it beautiful!? the sun came out just in time for the 5pm wedding

the bridesmaids. just about to walk down the isle. {i was a stand-in bridesmaid. kendall and brad couldn't make it last minute. love you k-dogg! so i wore kendall's dress in place of her} nothing better than being 2nd choice! haha! just kidding . . . anything for the bride in her hour of need :) doesn't sabrina look gorgeous!?!

the rehearsal of "where to stand" :) look at hailey and alexis! such cute flower girls!

and such handsome groomsmen . . .a little too sunny! :)

the beautiful cake!

candy bar. yum.

cute liz! she was the maid of honor and was so much fun!

it was fun being all dressed up with shane! don't mind my tan line . . . aaaahhh! i wasn't planning on wearing the dress . . . :)

cutting the cake . . . sexy sabrina!

such a good shot of their first dance! the classic dip! {and her veil fell off}

the bride is ready for some dancing!

we had sooo much fun dancing! the jasperson's are one, fun, dancing family! terry and leanne taught their kids well! they were totally gettin' down too! {you can see them in the back right}

just a silly picture of shane on the way to breakfast the next morning pulling his pants up way too high . . . he thinks he is funny! {secretly, so do i} :)

we did a surprise baby shower for alli, shane's little sister, the next day! here are all the jasperson girls and me!

garage sale finds

annika and i went garage sale-ing on saturday . . . i haven't been for awhile. it was pretty fun and i got some pretty good stuff. i also missed out on some good stuff, which reminded me that you have to go early if you want the good stuff!

check out these fun vintage tins . . . i will put them in my kitchen or something. got all of them for a total of $1.

this came in the $1 bag! lucy's tv commercial of "vitameatavegamin" haha! i thought it would look cute on a shelf or be a funny white elephant . . .

found some good books and movies {vhs} for a total of $4. ender's game and ender's shadow are a couple of my favs!

2 coolers for $7

the main reason we went was to find stuff for annika. she got a tv and dvd player for $5. it was old but still good! she also got some awesome computer speakers, shelf/drawer things, and a whole bunch of other stuff that i don't remember.

i forgot how many cool things you can find at garage sales!

how to: modge podge wall hanging

so i am done with at least one of my projects that i listed here. i think it turned out pretty cute! i was a little worried . . .

these are some of the supplies that i used. thanks to tara and michaels {see michaels for more perfect directions} i was able to do this cheaper and cuter than the original plan!

we used styrofoam instead of canvas. me an leah bought a big 8'x4' sheet of styrofoam from lowes and then just cut it down to size. it cost $12 for the huge sheet, instead of $20 a piece for canvas. :) but my knife pretty much got ruined. we heated it on my gas stove and then the styrofoam cute like butta . . . ;) but make sure to use a knife you don't care about.

so we modge-podged on the cute scrapbook paper {about $0.30ea. at roberts} being careful not to get any air bubbles.

then modge-podged over the top to seal it.

then used a blow-dryer to dry it. some of ours did get air bubbles, but we used a ruler to smooth while we blow-dried . . . it even got out the bubbles that we noticed after they had sort of dried, just make sure the paper and glue are hot. {oh and make sure all the air bubbles are out before you seal the top with modge podge. probably not a good idea to use the ruler when the glue is on top}

then we covered the sides with 1 1/2" ribbon and pinned and hot-glued it on. then added a little hanger so we could hang it on the wall. {i put some glue on the hanger thing just to make sure it would stay}

so here is the finished product! i think it looks pretty good!

i really like walking into the living room and seeing it now . . . it makes me smile. :)

and this is the cutie who measured the wall and marked the spots on the wall so they would all be perfectly straight and even . . . i am so glad he did this because i get really overwhelmed by hanging things on the wall for some reason. thanks babe! {can you tell he didn't want me to take his picture . . . ;)}