2012

 

Alice's Birthday party! 

My room roommate turned 21 and we have a superhero party! 

 

Christie runs in the dirty dash! 

She had such a great time and I had an even better time watching and photographing the whole ordeal

That was a lovely day in the mountains. 

 

My first concert! 

Jonathan Hardy accompanied me to a rooftop concert in downtown Provo, Peter Brienholt playing. 

Summer evenings are lovely round here

 

Midway, UT is our favorite place!

We got lost and found delicious tres leches and some crop circles, 

Adventure is out there! 

 

Marissa! 

She helps out with fund raisers and I help her out! Jon was running the photo booth and we were getting people for him to photograph, it was lovely

 

These folk were the highlights of my summer. 

I love how awkward the two of them look compared to the blissful smile on Braden's face. 

This sums up their relationships. 

And I love each of them incredibly so : ) 

These are photos of my life these past several months, the people that have impacted my life and why I am the person that I am this day.  

I want to send out a "thank you" to each of them as they have had a hand in shaping me 

I have laughed more this year with less tears than I can ever remember

I want to be happy and enjoy my life and I have been successful in the past several months. 

Goodnight, dear void and take care, there are those who love deeply

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Day 23: list your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.

1. building puzzles
They are mindless and lovely. It's so nice to sit and build a puzzle for hours on end while watching movies and having fun conversations. 

2. collecting spoons
I buy a spoon every time I go somewhere new and send friends to all corners of the globe in search of collectors spoons. Its a funny thing to collect, but I've acquired over 70 of them so far. 

3. photography
I love to capture moments that may not have been recognized. You can remember the exact color of  someones eyes and how your hair looked unfortunate cut a certain way. Or wonderful friends or family members who are no longer in your life. 

4.baking
I make good crap.

5. dancing
It's fun and carefree. When it's done correctly it can be an absolutely beautiful thing. I want a sign for my kitchen that says "this kitchen is for dancing"

If only I could decice this all right now.

Day 22: Where do you see yourself in 5 year? 10 years? 15 years?

5 Years: I will (hopefully) be married and living somewhere other than Provo. Maybe Seattle! Or somewhere I've never lived before. At this time of the year I will have been preparing our first home for Christmas and bursting at the seems with a pregnant belly awaiting eagerly our first child. I will have quit whatever job I had by this point being so close to having a baby so I can be a stay at home mom and making our home all cozy so my parents could come visit for the holidays from their home in Washington.

10 years: We'll have three children and be living in our third or fourth home which will be on the east coast. My husband will be even more in love with my than ever and will have just gotten a promotion at work so he can earn more wages and spend more time with our lovely children. His brother and sister-in-law will live one town over with their children of similar ages and we'll get together on Sundays for family time. Linnea will be married and expecting her first child after a few years of trying and they will be heading to our home for the holidays that year. Rebecca, Melissa and Christina will all have accepted the gospel into their lives. Bob and Adam will both be home from their missions and either dating seriously or married by that point.

15 years: Our family will be nearly complete with 5 lovely children with the 6th thought about almost every second, we'll still be living on the east coast and our oldest baptized and recently  gotten back from our ten year anniversary trip to Venice, Italy.  We will continue to love and nurture our children in the home as my husband cares for us by providing and laughing at the snarkiness of our children and their witty ways. We will love each other dearly and carry on having adventures and enjoying the humble existence that comes with having 5 wonderful children.

I'm up for any interpretation and if my life doesn't turn out exactly like this I'll be okay. My life will be lovely and I'm so excited to have a home and be loved and love my children someday. Now you know my deepest darkest desires.

Silly, but true.

Day 21: If you could have one super power what would it be and what would you do first?

I would have super strength, then I would never worry about having to get help with being a fragile silly girl. Also, then I could pick up cars and let's be honest, that would be freaking awesome! I would help people out from under large things and hulk smash so many things!