23 years.

birthday weekend festivities:

• grasshopper shake from millies
• movie with friends
• park city outlet shopping
• lunch at davansas where i managed to get us a free taco!
• g washing my car for me!
• beautiful weather
• long boarding and playing outside with jon & meg
• gas station for treats
• jon, meg & g humoring my childish ways and taking me to the park to swing. so much fun! i was in heaven...swinging is one of my favorite things to do (and yes, apparently i am 3 and not 23).
• dinner with g at melting pot
• almost puking after 4 course dinner at melting pot
• g giving me a new ipod touch! (dreams really do come true!)
• late night chick flick in bed
• new anthro birthday dress to church
• surprise visit from holls, luke & briggs!
• grandma singing happy birthday on the phone
• afternoon nap
• dinner at ty & jennie's
• yummy mashed potatoes and sugar cookies
• lots of sweet emails, texts, comments and phone calls from all of you- thank you!

i had the greatest weekend and i am so excited for the new year ahead. i have a feeling that 23 is going to be my year! thanks to those of you who helped make my birthday so great, especially my sweet g, who took me to the park and happily participating in my swing acrobatics, even though it was so silly and immature. thank you, g, for loving me the way i am and for letting me be myself. i love you!

today i'm repeating an outfit!

my 30 day wardrobe challenge is officially over! i forgot to take a picture of my day 30 outfit yesterday which consisted of my new birthday dress from anthro, but oh well. thanks for playing along and giving me your feedback. i loved hearing your opinions about things and for that reason, i just might continue to post outfits every now & then. for now, i'm off to do some serious laundry!

death. part 2.

so remember when this happened last year and i honestly thought we wouldn't make it out alive? well, that doesn't even compare to this year's battle, seeing as all of those disgusting ants have returned for world war 2 armed with WINGS!

yes people, wings! they fly.

can you think of anything worse than huge, disgusting ants with wings flying around your home?
no?
me neither.

tonight i reached the end of my rope when i washed my face before bed and then saw a freaking ant crawl out of my nose after i finished drying off. yes! a huge flipping FLYING ANT crawled out of my nose! apparently it was chilling out on the hand towel (which it obviously flew to) and decided to crawl into my nose when i dried my face.

can someone please just kill me now, because a flying ant was in my nose and now i'd like to die.

twenty eight.

 wearing: anthro blouse, uo skinny jeans, red leather boots

here is my outfit for today. pretty simple. i had a massive test today and spent most of the day getting ready for it, so i wasn't too concerned about the way i looked. this picture made me realize that this shirt is not the most flattering in the world. i love it, but the rushing stems out from just below my chest and puffs out a bit around my belly. when you add that to the horizontal stripes, it makes me look a bit like i'm hiding a belly under there. it's relatively new, so i could still return it, but i don't know if that bothers me enough to try to find something else (it was purchased with a gift card from g)....thoughts?

twenty seven.

wearing: shade skirt, f21 belt, brown boots, banana republic blouse, f21 leather jacket

happy st. patrick's day! i have no idea why we celebrate this holiday, but i like it! if g didn't leave for work at 6:30 am, i would have died his milk and eggs green for him, just like my mother always did. anyone know of any cool irish pubs in slc? we are thinking we want an authentic irish dinner, wouldn't that be fun?

twenty five & twenty six.

wearing: downeast sweater, black leggings, target heels, striped blouse

 wearing: banana republic blouse, uo skinny jeans, payless flats

here are my outfits for yesterday and today. these 2 pics show what a difference heels make. unfortunately, i don't care enough about that difference to sport heels every single day. and i make no apologies for the fact that my outfits are losing creativity fast and do not include skirts or dresses. i might try to incorporate some this week, but truthfully we all know i am a jeans girl, so i'm just keeping it real!

spring has finally sprung! i am so excited! it was lovely walking around campus in the sunshine with just my light sweater. also, i love the addition of my pups in photo numero uno. what sweet little men.

cabin fever.

highlights:

• lots of time to chat 
• good girl time with heidi, jennie & kiersti
  
• cute annie crawling
• yummy french toast with fresh french bread and strawberries
• fresh avocado for lunch
• not drinking as much diet coke as usual...an improvement!
• down dog in the living room
• building a sweet princess castle with lo's blocks
• blowing bryan's lame princess castle out of the water
• dancing to katy perry in the basement
• recording the boys dancing to katy perry in the basement
• hysterically laughing with kiersti all of saturday night
• falling down in the kitchen due to laughing too hard
• wearing my pajamas for 2 straight days
• not a stitch of makeup
• staying up til midnight just talking
• baking brownies with kiersti and realizing we didn't have any vegtable oil
• substituting melted butter for vegetable oil
• eating pure butter brownies 
• dying of a heart attack immediately after

lowlights:

• g mooning me on camera while dancing to katy perry in the basement
• stomach cramps from hell

the good far outweighed the bad. we had an awesome weekend. thanks to those of you who joined in the fun. xo.

simple pleasures.

on fridays, i student-teach at the university preschool with a few other great girls. today, we took a field trip to wheeler farm and marveled over the pigs, chickens, roosters, rabbits, cows, goats, ducks and horses. i think i had more fun just as much fun as the preschoolers. i have inherited my mom's love of chickens and certainly, her appreciation for all things beautiful and silly. a couple of us chatted about how simple pleasures like these thrill children and how it's sad that we lose that fascination as we grow. but then i remembered my mom and i knew that not all adults lose it. she still calls me from every vacation she takes to tell me about the "funny little family of birds" or the "silly ducks" she is watching at the park while my dad is in a meeting. she always takes the time to enjoy those simple things. one of the many reasons i love her.

we are headed up the mountain this weekend for a little rest, relaxation and fresh air at the cabin. my man has been one big over-worked, under-appreciated ball of stress these past few weeks and i am hoping that some time out of cell-phone range will be just what the doctor ordered. we are bringing along fabulous people and great food, so i will certainly enjoy myself. i won't be posting any outfits while we are away. just imagine leggings, husband's over sized sweaters (yup), smart wool socks, and sorel duck boots and you have my outfit for the next 3 days.

and speaking of simple pleasures...helium balloons, right? bonus points for anyone who can figure out what ryan (sitting on the couch with g) is talking about.



happy weekend.

twenty one.

wearing: h&m blouse (underneath), anthro blouse (on top), black legging jeans, banana republic flats

tonight we attended an awesome birthday party for our good friend. the night ended with cinnamon chocolate sheet cake and sucking the helium from balloons. some awesome videos were made in the process. good times. hope you had a great day!

twenty.

wearing: uo blouse, downeast sweater, uo black legging jeans, black leather boots

i planned to wear this outfit with a pair of colorful flats, but quickly realized that spring isn't quite here yet and i just can't cope with cold feet. today was a good day. my parents are leaving for mexico this weekend and will be missing my birthday, so my mom took me shopping and to lunch today to celebrate. it was so much fun. i love being her only daughter.