i may...

i may or may not have just indulged in this ice cream!! 

breyer's makes phenom ice cream anyway... so to add waffle cone AND hershey's semi-sweet baby chips is just crazy. try it, i tell you. 

to go along with my "healthy" eating, i had this oven-cooked rosemary chicken today for lunch. 

very tasty, and easy might i add! try that too. 

last week, i hiked the Y with my parents (and the byu athletic department, me and shar were the only ones NOT a.d. oh well). it was a little chilly, then it was a lotta chilly and snowy at the top. not pleasant, but fun nonetheless. 

loving this app on my phone that takes "polaroids".

taylor (yes THIS taylor) and i decided to run to gold's gym, then work out at gold's gym, then bum a ride home from willie cause we would be tired to run back, he he he. the run was approximately 2.6 miles. it was a good little run. then we worked our butts off while we were there. 

side note: i am loving zumba and pilates at gold's. and we recently tried out the dirty dancing class. it wasn't really that dirty so don't judge us! 

i have been trying really hard the past few months to get in shape and stay there.. it's been a challenge, but i am pleased and i feel great! dedication is hard, in all aspects of life! some days, i am tired or whatever the excuse may be, but i think of the outcome and i go to the gym anyway. i understand that my body won't be petite and tiny, but i am proud of the hard work i've put in and what has come of it! like my friend, whitney, i would love to run a half marathon. but that won't be happening this summer because i will be eating away my hard work of the past few months. just kidding, i will stay on track! you all can live vicariously through me and my travels ;)

enough posts for now. i just can't believe how fast the time is going! san diego next week, then 3 more weeks before i am on to the land of the irish. i am excited, nervous, scared, and feeling adventurous. it will be amazing to say the least. 

rainy day.

i am sitting here thinking of the total downpour that just occurred outside. how great was that sound? i love love love listening to the rain come down. 
it reminds me of a time a few years ago, i don't even know how many, that it was just coming down outside! i couldn't believe it. i went downstairs to get a better view, rather than outside my blind-covered top-floor window. it was a summer night. little did i know, my mom was doing the same thing. we were both in the kitchen and we decided to go sit outside on our porch swing and watch the rain. how calm it was. how beautiful! it makes me think of my ideal setting - outside on a wrap-around porch that i will have eventually, sitting on a porch bench, and listening to the calm rain come down on the ground. i won't have to think about anything except that beautiful rain and life! i cannot wait for the summer rain showers and to do that very thing. i will be sitting out there by myself, and i will be loving it. 
here's a few pics from the one and only L-A-S V-E-G-A-S. it was a much needed break. 

yogurtland, so good! 

curt chilled with us. 

oh, and it was papa law's 81st birthday! family dinner at la dolce vita. yumm.

oh yes.

i failed to mention that taylor and i got some sweet, semi-matching packpacks a little bit ago. 

can you tell which one is mine? (my favorite color is purple.) 

this was my amazingly healthy dinner last night. i am a little bit heartbroken it didn't help my cougars get a win. i still believe cougar basketball! yes, that would be cheetos puffs and spaghetti. 

in other news, i received a gorgeous bouquet of greatly appreciated roses from a good friend. 

KFP.

i went to kentucky fried chicken today (KFC). i decided that it should be KFP for kentucky fried processed. because it's most likely processed chicken!

over the past few weeks, i have become even better friends with my best friend! (is that even possible? i think so.)

we have had so many fun memories together. all because i decided to try out for cheer my senior year. best decision i have ever made. we have basically been best friends ever since, i love her to death. she is amazing. she loves ice cream as much as i do. she will eat as much as i do so i don't feel stupid. she listens, she is dang gorgeous, she can jump higher than i am tall, and she is so genuine and loves to hang out with me even if i choose to wear leggings and ugg boots. i'm so glad to have her in my life. she makes me better that's for sure. 

tay.. i love you girl!