return to provo

mom and i drove up to utah on tuesday. jason and laurel very graciously let us crash in their basement after and incredibly long day of driving. (thanks a ton!) wednesday i moved into my apartment, got all my paperwork done for my job, did a bit a shopping (i.e. bought mockingjay. awesome.) then went to paula's house to stay for a few nights (thank you paula!) today we did more shopping, moved more stuff in, bought my books, etc. along with our many adventures, today was my first time parallel parking EVER. (please don't make fun. i was very proud.) i kept getting excited and said i parallel parked and mom would say "no, you just pulled up to the curb." well this time was for real. there are cars in the front and cars in the back. i'm impressed with myself even if i am much farther from the curb than most people. :)

a day of jobs

yesterday started out as any other- dad at work, kendle at work, austin at school, mom and i tanning in the pool. but there was so much more about yesterday that made it such a great day. first, dad started his new job yesterday! yay! he said he had a great day and thought every one was really nice. he's really excited to start working hard for this new bank. thanks dad for all you do for our family :)

second, kendle had an interview for a new job yesterday. [i'll let her tell y'all about it, but let's just say it went "okay" ;)]

and last, i went straight from the pool to pick up austin from school. we headed off to the storage unit to pick up stuff i'll be needing for school. well as we walk in the door, mom is on the phone talking to our great friend paula. turns out, she needs a new secretary-type-person starting asap for the rmyl department [if that sounds familiar, it's because this is the exact same job kendle had when she was at byu]. anyway, i'm super excited for this! thanks a ton paula :)

quite the eventful day, wouldn't you say?

to my sisters

you two are my best friends! i love you both. happy birthdays :)

giggling

first, i just have to say that i love old spice commercials. they make me giggle.

second, i love this new BYU library commercial. it makes me giggle more.




ps- this guy (stephen) is a humor u guy. freaking funny. i had a little run in with him at a CES devotional. i was sitting right behind his girlfriend and he kept trying to put his arm around her. has anyone sat in the marriot center for an extened period of time? if so, you'll know it isn't exactly roomy. needless to say, his arm was basically on my leg all night long. it was a bit uncomfortable. this commercial redeemed him for me :)

HGTV and my future

i got a job- happy, i know. i nanny a 6-month old little girl and i know what you're thinking... "a 6-month old? can she even roll over?" she can, but that is all. she's really happy rolling around on the ground or bouncing in her... bouncy thing. and eating. holy crap, if you could all see all she eats you would be amazed too. i stop counting the ounces of formula she drinks each day at 36. she's one cute little chunk. but i digress... i spend my days watching HGTV while she's napping (which is typically 5 out of the 8 hours I am there). needless to say, i know exactly how i want to decorate my house when i grow up. and something else is happening to me. each time i walk into bed, bath, & beyond, i want one of those fancy little guns that lets me run around the store recording everything i want. i guess i'm getting old.

i needed a laugh

Utah moves to the Pac-10! from Semper Ute on Vimeo.

overwhelming craftiness

unlike kendle, i'm not used to having craftiness racing through my blood every day. mine comes in spurts (if it comes at all). this summer has been one of those spurts. mom, kendle and i started baby quilts very soon after i got home. it took a while, because my crafty tendencies come and go, but it's finally done! (mine is the only one done, i might add.)

also we've been having fun making hair bows/flowers. and they are awfully cute, huh? :)