birthdays!!!

it is my good friend lindsay's birthday today! she is so cute and I just want to wish her a happy birthday! she is 23 and an awesome mother of two!

and yesterday was my sister, Cami's birthday! happy birthday cami! she's 19! so crazy!

love you both!

star struck

so i had a celebrity sighting today! not just any celebrity sighting . . . these were big time celebrites!

there i was sitting at jazzy java eating my soup and sandwich on my lunch hour with shane and adam and this couple walks in . . . looking very incognito. at first i just thought that it was a silly st. george couple trying to be trendy, but they were being kind of funny, the girl never took her hand away from her face and when she did, she looked so familiar. i leaned into my fellow lunch eaters and said . . . that totally looks like scarlett johanson . . . then i took a better look at the guy and he looked like that guy on "just friends" . . . ryan reynolds. so needles to say i spotted scarlett and ryan grabbing a coffee at jazzy java in st. george on bluff street! totally crazy! we asked for their autograph and he calmly replied "sorry guys, i think we are just going to roll out of here" nice line, huh? i tried to get pics but none really worked seeing as at first i was trying to be discreet. so the couple rolled out in their volvo suv with california plates. so funny, what an unlikely thing to happen, especially in st. george!

these aren't the best pics and he didn't have a beard and she had a nose ring . . . the kind that bulls have between the middle of their nose . . . not sure what those are called. and they were a lot littler than i would have expected, i guess that's how it always is . . .

seeing them and getting the whole star struck feeling made me ponder about the obsession we have with celebrities . . . we totally worship them! it's sorta crazy and i sorta hate it but nonetheless i was still excited to see this newly formed hollywood couple!

i'm thankful

for family functions where at first you feel awkward because you are hugging these random family members that you haven't seen in forever . . . and by the end of the night you are talking, laughing, playing games and even crying with these fun relatives that really are dear friends that you just forgot about! hooray for family functions!

one fabulous year!

today is the one year mark of buying my first house! yea! me and scott bought our cute townhome one year ago. i still live in it with roommates. scott moved back into mom's house to save money so he could go to massage therapy school.

i love my house!

the fine art of bedhead

it is my belief that my mother has perfected the fine art of bedhead. (this is not just a one time occurence) i'm pretty sure the pics speak for themselves . . . too good!

my mom, jeff and sara slept over last night, this is the fun pancake breakfast in the morning!

fun day

hiking in snow canyon

this part was way narrow

ate at big ben burgers and went swimming afterward . . . it sort of felt like a saturday from high school.

being nerds in the pool with my fun digital underwater camera.
(yes it can totally go under water! very nice at the beach and at waterfalls and swimming, etc!)

ode to cami

To my little sis . . .

(explained in the post below)

. . . who can always make me laugh
(wisdom teeth out)

. . . who has an awesome ghetto bootie

. . . who is amazingly gorgeous

. . . who I love

unfortunately

the stars are not aligning . . . and I won't be going to visit Cami in Pittsburgh. :( Such a bummer. So I just wanted to dedicate a little post to my cute sister, who I love very much and I want her to know that! Love you Cam!

Please see above post . . . :)

the carving o' the pumpkins

quite the pumpkin carving weekend

my two pumpkins . . . so proud of them :) one on sunday night with the fam and the other on saturday night with friends

cute porch

dennis - the chef 0' the roasted pumpkins seeds

so fun!

half way through

So I was looking at my syllabus for my economics class and school is half way done for the semester! I didn't realize it! And because I didn't, the surprise made me that much happier! (maybe it's supposed to be "more happy" . . .?) I am only taking two classes (6 credits) but you would be surprised how much time that takes up, especially when you work full-time! Hooray for being half way through!

a splendid weekend

The boys went on the Deer Hunt this weekend, so we had a girls sleepover at Kendalls . . . I didn't take very many pics, but it was totally fun! We made homemade pizza, decorated halloween cupcakes, chit-chatted and finished the night off right with a little dose of Pride and Predjudice. It was me, my mom, Sara, Amy and Hana, Kendall and Kailyn and we did allow two young fellows to join us . . . Conrad and Landon.

Fun girls!

Kailyn was chillin'

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Earlier that Saturday . . . went with Cody to Zion and hiked Hidden Canyon. He works for the spa that I used to work for and so I sort of just came along since he was taking some guests anyway. We had to hang out from 9-3 for the guests, so we did a 2 hour hike then went to Oscar's Cafe in Springdale! If you ever are in Springdale, UT, just outside of Zion National Park, you should definitely go there, the food is amazing. And thanks to Ashley . . . gave us a gift certificate . . . it was almost free! Then we laid by the pool 'till 3! Awesome day!

Hidden Canyon ~ we caught the leaves at just the right time!

Sunday drive looking for leaves

Since St. George doesn't really get all four seasons, Cody and I decided to go looking for pretty leaves on Cedar Mountain. It was a good thing we went this weekend or we may have missed it!

One of the many overlooks on Cedar Mountain, you can see Zion in the distance.

Cedar Breaks! It was sooo sunny and I forgot my sunglasses in the car . . . nice squinting!
Gorgeous! There was already snow up there! Soooo cold!
We are still looking for some good leaves. . .
. . . and we finally found them! My attempt at being an artistic photographer with my little camera! It was so beautiful!

I love the Fall!