jeffie and i met in august of 2006. we were both freshman at snow college. we happened to live right next door to each other. one night as i was walking back to my apartment from dance practice i saw a boy sitting down on his porch against the door talking on the phone. being the flirty nosy 18 year old i was i interrupted him and asked him who he was talking to. and thus began our friendship. i couldn't imagine my time at snow without jeff. we were goof balls. he was my boy bff. the one i could complain to, cry to, laugh with, & became the younger brother i never had. after snow i moved back to my home town and moved back to washington dc. a few years later he came back to utah to finish up his bachelors. i was so happy! even though we didn't hang out all the time i am so glad that we have still kept in touch over the years and would occasionally hang out. i'll always remember all of our memories from playing sing star to building forts to going on adventures to staying up late playing games to birthdays to dennys runs at 2 am to hot tubbin. jeff just recently graduated and moved back to dc. these pics are from our little lunch date before he left. i am so proud of him and his big accomplishment! i was so sad to see him go back to dc but am so excited for his new chapter in life! i can't wait to some day go visit him in dc. thanks for being such a wonderful friend all of these years.i'm going to miss you. lots and lots.
a few months ago emilee, court, and i decided to have a little girls weekend. since em and i wanted to get away we decided to go up to idaho falls to courtneys two weekends ago. the three of us have been friends for years and always have a great time together! it's non stop talking, laughing, and deep conversations. these ladies will be my forever friends. nothing ever changes between us. emilee and i left utah on a friday morning and were jamming out to good old t. swift when i saw lovely flashing lights behind me. i had no idea i was 'speeding' because its always a 75 mph zone when you get clear up in northern utah.(and according to me i was going the speed limit!) apparently they had just changed a certain area to 65 a few months back. i was pretty mad because i had never got a ticket. the officer was really nice and he told me they had just recently changed it. gave me a ticket and then we were on our way. as the road curved not even a 1/4 of a mile ahead it changed back to 75 mph so i was pretty upset considering there was only a short span that was changed to 65 mph and i thought i was going the speed limit. what do ya do though? so it was a great start our little trip. when we were up there we were able to go to the potato museum, the idaho falls temple,bear world, went to the movies, & drove around. the potato museum was fun (i love me some history) it was cool to learn about how they produce them from start to finish. i learned about all sorts of potatoes and how they picked them in the olden days. we even saw the largest potato chip ever produced. i mean what better to do then learn about potatoes in idaho right? i had driven by the idaho falls temple before but never been inside. it was beautiful! it was so great to go. when i visited courtney last year we went to bear world and since it had just opened we decided we had to go! if you've never been to bear world it's like a drive thru zoo. you get to see bears, wolfs, deer, etc. and at the end you can go inside and see the bear cubs and other animals in a petting zoo. i love those baby bear cubs! they melt my heart. the rest of the weekend was nice and relaxing. i also snuck away for lunch with a friend that goes to byu-i and he took me to an awesome taco shop called morenitas. and boy i have been craving those tacos since that day! even though it was just a quick weekend trip to idaho it was nice to have a little breather from my usual hectic life and take two days off of work! i i love nothing more then spending time with these two. thanks for a wonderful weekend, girls! let' make this a tradition.
"people are going to judge you anyway. so forget everyone and be yourself."
today at work something reminded me of someone i used to date.which led me to thinking back on some of my past relationships. as i was trying to remember details of feelings, events, conversations, & activities we would do.. i couldn't. why is that? it all feels like a dream sometimes. yes, i do remember some things and memories but they are very vague. the color pixels are fading to black and white it seems. i just want to know why i can't remember all the pieces in between. am i just getting old and forgot that part of my life? did i block it out because i was hurt at times? did i not want to remember? did i make myself forget so i could move forward? i could kick myself sometimes for not keeping a more detailed & consistent of a journal the past few years. i do keep a journal but sometimes i purposely leave parts out :) i want to remember. not because i miss them terribly. but because it's a chapter in my life that i feel like got ripped out of the book. i hate that. do any of you get frustrated when trying to remember the past? i guess all i can do is learn and be more detailed in my current journal and be happy when the rare occasion does come when i remember something that i forgot happened. after all because of the different relationships i have been in they helped mold me into the person i am today. so, thanks boys.
for our girls night last month we decided to hit up the jazz game. it was actually the last game of the season. we all met up at the gateway before hand and enjoyed some costa vida outside and chatted before the game. the game was pretty intense during the third and fourth quarter we were neck and neck which made it that much better when the jazz pulled of a WIN. we had a good time chatting, eating cotton candy, and laughing. i love all these girls and am so glad we still get together.
i am going to join in on this.
i was born in the lovely year of 1988 in provo, utah.
baby of 7.
i grew up in the heart of orem- and my parents still live in the house i grew up in.
i secretly hope they never move. it will always be home.
i spent my childhood climbing trees, playing night games, building sand castles, going boating at utah lake, barbies, dolls, and wanting to be just like my 3 older sisters.
junior high came i quit piano and started dancing. (just like my mom said i would, i regret not being able to still play. but i sure can dance) i was on student council and that is when i stopped being shy.
the summer before high school i tried out for cheer and didn't make it. i was so mad. little did i know god had a better plan. i tried out for drill team and it would change my life and teach me some of the most valuable lessons.
high school was my favorite. i had the best group of friends. those are the memories i'll never forget.
after high school i randomly decided to go to snow college. still to this day i have no idea where that idea came from. but it was probably the best decision in my life thus far. i got a dance scholarship, danced on the drill team, learned more about myself then i ever have, dated some pretty awesome guys, met some of my best friends in life & fell in love with the small town life.
a few years later i moved back to orem. i started working at pmi, fell in love for the first time, found photography, became independent, & tried to figure out life.
a few more years later i am still trying to figure out life while building my photography business, enjoying the whole dating scene,obsessed with traveling, i have the cutest apartment, and i love trying new food. oh, and i do peoples makeup on the side. it's my passion.
and that my friends is the story of me.
this past weekend i learned that:
my perfect job would be a professional makeup artist/photographer/organizer/food critic/shopper.
saturdays are my absolute favorite because i get to sleep in.
i love cleaning on friday nights so i don't have to lift a finger on saturdays.
i am a shoe addict.
i haven't updated my ipod in over a year.
i love spring cleaning.
waffle love has won my heart over.
sometimes i have blacked things from my memory for a reason.
i have the best roommates.
ear infections are horrible.
buying people magazine makes me happy.
the older i get the more i don't care to have a wedding reception.
brie, strawberry, & chocolate grilled cheese are fabulous.
i get attached to clothes and have the hardest time giving them up when spring cleaning.
highlights from the past two weeks:
-red mango date with katie jaye
-date nights with my mama
-the host
-tortilla bar with friends
-conference center
-blueberries in my oatmeal
-blondie
-flowers from my roomies bf.
-girls night out at the riverwoods
-eyelash extensions
-green eyes
-blue bell ice cream
-the roomies
