I've got it.

So now that we've got rid of our old slogan, I think I have a new one that fits very nicely and should always  be a guarantee!

Ready for this???

Utah! (almost) the most amazing and beautiful sunsets on earth!

I love Utah sunsets. They can be absolutely gorgeous.

Here's a couple random pictures of different sunsets from the porch of my abode.

okay, so this one isn't from my porch.

my favorite.

Christmas and such

This is what I got (if I don't seem excited about some of these, I really am. I just can't express myself well) :

A pair of brown boots - very cute

A scarf and shirt - also extremely cute!

Headband/clips - it's nice to have something to put in my hair to fix it up a bit

BYU hat/lanyard (spelling?) - finally! Took me long enough to get a hat. ANd the lanyard is really soft...I
   like it

Adobe Creative Suite (photoshop) - ST.OK.ED. I can't express how excited I am for this! Thank you Kevin!!!

A cardagen...gon... (spelling???) - from target. It's nice to have one of those too.

A camera necklace - perfect. A necklace I will actually wear besides my YW medallion.


I think that pretty much sums it up.....

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There is still no snow. I'm giving it one more chance to come down on New Year's Eve. Other than that, I no longer want it to visit. It would be nice to get something though.

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BYU game tonight. Which means we get to watch Matt Carlino play. From the first time I saw him on the court he reminded me of Jimmer his sophomore year, so that makes me extremely excited.

Come on Cougs! We can beat St. Mary's!

Then the bowl game is tomorrow! With Riley Nelson as the Quarterback ( I still think Heaps should have stayed...) we will beat Tulsa :) Too bad it's at 10 in the darn morning. Who does that? The only people watching will be BYU fans. Ohhh well, it will be a good one.

*those BYU leftys....they just make me happy*

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Game night anyone? Well...game afternoon and night I guess. Party starts this afternoon. 3 o'clock. Possibly 5? I don't even know.

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I have to read "The Age of Innocence" (or is it underlined?) by Tuesday. I'm about....3 pages in. I am the Duchess of Procrastination.  Wish me luck.

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Have a great day!

Utah!

The greatest snow on earth!

I think it's time we hand that slogan over to Colorado or something....we don't need it anymore.

Whoops. Forgot to post on the past Mormon Message Mondays...here's two :)

Merry Christmas!

David Archuleta. Stud. Handsome Man. Angel. Oh, and a missionary.

Last night, as a part of my Christmas presents, me and my mom went to David Archuleta's Chrimstmas concert. It was amazing and I very much enjoyed it. I felt like it was me, and then a bunch of old people (no offense mom, of course). They had their opera glasses and probably no ear plugs. I think they were thinking it was going to be the David and Tab Choir version :) As my mom said, "I'm sure some of them were in for a shock with some of his pop music and loud Christmas songs". Haha! Funny thought. David looked very handsome in his outfits :) I liked the first one a lot better, but the change for the 2nd half was nice also. I loved his awkward, but cute dancing on stage. It's an improvement from the American Idol times! ;) There were many screaming girls there, more in the front ( I was in the back, with the old people. Remember?). I did not scream. Until the end.... :D :D :D David had teamed up with a charity for the tour to help out children all around the world. And if you sponsored a child that night you got a David Archuleta ornament! Haha, when he announced that he slowly pulled it out of his pocket and said it kind of awkwardly. It was pretty funny :) So the concert was super overall! Especially the end....I would have paid the money just for the encore part of the performance. (If you don't know what i'm talking about, you will soon). 

I was planning on uploading videos that I recorded from the concert but it won't let me! I will figure it out hopefully...there are at least 2 or 3 that I want to share. One was where he starting crying when he was talking about his family (talk about a heart melter right there) and one where he sang with his mom and had 4 little kids come up on stage to dance with them. It was a really fun number. Yes...very enjoyable. 

In the mean time, would you like to see the pictures me and my mom attempted to take during intermission? I don't know if we got one decent one...

eh.

hey mom!

um...

not horrible...

um. Awkward. 

This is the best one. Hands down. 

lets try this angle over here!

Mom: "its good for me, but bad for you"

fine. We are going back to the front then. Still not super of either of us

"Okay, one more then we are done" and we were done. 

I can't believe I put those pictures up. Mom, don't kill me, it's embarrassing for me too. But the overall on these photographs...I give them a D. For me. Mom, you can choose your own grade :)

Okay, now THIS video is a MUST watch. It's great. And it was ever BETTER in person. If you can imagine that

Yeah...that's when I starting screaming uncontrollably. Did I cry? Yup, a little bit ( let me be emotional every once in a while). Is he going to be the best missionary ever!? Probably. :) Way to go David, I support you 100,000,000%! 

My heart beats like crazy just thinking about his moment. Cheeeesy. Oh well, it's true :D

Temple Square(d) times a lot

Temple temple temple temple temple temple....most of these are SFTC (straight from the camera) pictures. Only a couple have been played with a bit. They aren't super pictures, I just love the temple :) (this is the one i'm getting married in. Unless I somehow become rich and can fly my whole family to San Diego. Ha.) 

I don't know why Mary and Joseph are so white! I didn't realize until I saw the pictures on the computer....

 It might be hard to tell the difference between these two...but the bottom has a mosaic filter thing. If you click on the pictures and make it big you can tell

not the greatest angle/shot. 

I love this picture. I just wish it was more straight and in focus :(

This one again...I don't know if there is a difference. I didn't even realize I posted it twice.  But I'm keeping it

Who wants to come with me?

Spain, anyone?