oops i forgot.

remember when it snowed on conference sunday? here's some photos i snapped. and some others that i want to throw in there. food that i eat and make too much of, and some randoms. 

favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookies thanks to lehi roller mills. 

 cauliflower soup.

mabel the money tree.

homemade wheat flour.

best chocolate brownies.

chocolate banana ice cream - what kept me alive during late night studying!

tasty rice krispies.

happy hoppy day.

easter sunday was just great! it was such a nice sacrament meeting in church and we had a yummy dinner at my grandma's house. it was a cluster, to say the least.. but it was fun as always! 


here's the fam, minus a few: 

after killing myself during finals week and staying up til the wee hours of the morning for many nights, i am completely relieved that everything is over! 2 for 3 on my finals, so not bad. now time to enjoy sleeping in, summertime, and a countdown until i begin my travels! 


i was looking at the time. and i realized that four months from yesterday, we will all be home from africa. adam will be home. and school will be just about started! isn't it crazy to think how time flies? 


what a cluster of thoughts going around in my head right now. should i, should i not? is it good, or bad? 


p.s. have you thought of a major for me yet? keep thinking. 

late.

well as of late.. 

i have been enjoying lots of farr's ice cream and yogurtland. (only farr's is pictured below)

i decided to rock these kicks at school last week. in honor of the last day of classes? good excuse. 

i am branching out lets say. 

over the weekend, vegas was calling our name so we went! cougar baseball played three games and we enjoyed watching them (even though the umps were completely ridiculous, and i'm not just making that up). the weather was so nice on friday and saturday! too bad i couldn't sit at the baseball game in my swimsuit and feel okay about it. 

on the way down. sweet app i got on my phone. love it. 

friday night's game. 

how beautiful is the moon? 

disclaimer: all these pictures are from my phone. 

after a great weekend away, now i'm back and getting ready for finals. but no classes so that's a plus. i need to study my little brain out and get it done! plain and simple. 

have you ever had something happen to you that's made you stop and rethink and reevaluate what you are doing and where you're at in your life? well that same occurrence has been part of my past few weeks. and as of now, i am done reevaluating and am moving forward. and i feel good about it. i need it. 

i don't feel good, however, about the fact that i am still trying to figure out my major and what i am going to do with my life! any tips are greatly appreciated. 

longest post ever? i think so. but it was much needed. 

what a cluster.

is it hectic right now? yes. a final project for my business communication class is killing me. i get what to do, but the instructions aren't very clear. don't you hate that? man, i know i do! 


after wednesday, however, i will be enjoying myself in vegas, yet again, to get a tan and watch some baseball! and only three finals in the dreaded testing center the following week! then.. the summer begins. lots of laying out, and relaxing, and enjoying no school. 
to summer and being this tan and blonde:

and after that, my traveling adventures for nearly eight weeks. eight! speaking of eight.. today is april 8, in exactly four months, on august 8, i will be in africa seeing my bro bro for the first time in two years! don't worry, i will take lots of pictures for those of you who are wishing you would be in africa too (not necessarily for adam, but still..)
to traveling and adam in africa:

one of my favorite pictures of all time right here. 

p.s. who even cares about choosing a major, right? i am stressing about that. that, and many many other things in life. goodness! is there thought management somehow? 

to me?

what a wonderful conference weekend!! i wish i would have paid better attention during the saturday sessions, and some on sunday. but at times, the thought of my never-ending school work this week wasn't escaping my mind. i did feel, however, that there were so many things to be taken from the amazing talks given. things that i can take into my future marriage, how i can be a supportive and comforting wife (thank you jeanine scott for your example and inspiration! ) and things that i have been wondering about for a few weeks now. and, lucky us, we get to have all of the talks printed in next month's ensign! i am looking forward to reading and re-reading those talks. how blessed we are to have these men on the earth today. 
a quote from one of my favorite songs right now,
colder weather -- zac brown band:


with your ghost again. 

its a shame about the weather. 

but i know soon we'll be together, and i can't wait til then. 

i can't wait til then. 

p.s. i am impatiently awaiting the end of the week of april 22. finals will be over and i am free to roam provo without needing to go to byu campus! let's all pray that we all (especially me) can get through finals and the demanding, crazy, end of semester projects! 

just in the country.

i wish i was a country girl. you all know how much i love keith urban, he is country, urban country i would say i guess. but country nonetheless. i just got jason aldean's album. love it. love it! 

he is country, but not too honky tonk. it is some good music, let me tell you. if you want to expand your horizons, listen. it makes me think of going to the east, well mainly the deep, country south. i have heard a lot about those places. i think of dirt roads, cowboy boots, t-shirts and jeans, a nice and chilly smoothie, and most of all, wrap around porches. 

like this one:

i picture summer nights, rocking chairs, and basking in the beautiful night with my dearest, talking about nothing and having no cares in the world. i dream of those days and i can't wait for that day to come. whoever you are, i hope you are okay with my country dreams and at least, the wrap around porch. it seems so relaxing, so laid back, and so calm. i am totally okay with that!