Dont worry, be happy.

He's goin on a mission leavin you wishin

that you had a man someone to hold your hand.

so teachers, what. deacons, what.

ok ill stop now

I feel like i associate this song with Girls Camp.

We sang this tons, but back then the word missionary didnt mean as much to me as it does now.

I have wanted to do a post on missionarys for a long time, i have so many thoughts/feelings on them.

Let me start off by saying...

I love missionarys, i love absolutely everything about them. Who doesnt love a spiritual and unattainable(at the time) guy who wears a shirt and tie basically 24/7? I'll be honest i have had my fair share of crushing on missionarys. But really lets focus on what theyre doing here. It has always been a priority for me to marry a return missionary, not because of the title. I want someone who loved the people they served, who grew spiritually and someone who will be a worthy priesthood holder in my home. I am so thankful to missionarys for all they have done in my life. Most people know my dad is a convert. Without those missionarys converting my dad i wouldnt be where i am today. My dad said a lot of the missionarys were too pushy with him, they kind of pushed him away actually so they stopped being allowed to really talk to my dad. Then one day my dad met Elder Mickel. He and my dad clicked right away about fishing, the outdoors and everything. My dad calls him his other brother. After befriending him and not bringing up the church my dad said he was ready to take the lessons. Dan (Elder Mickel) through tears,told me that he was sent to that mission to meet my dad and bring the gospel to him specifically. My dad took the lessons and then got baptized. Cool thing about this story is they are still friends to this day. I actually stayed with their family over Thanksgiving.

To sum it up i feel like i have the most respect for these boys. Giving up two years of their life to God and going somewhere that in most cases they have never been. To me, they are selfless. I cant say enough how grateful I am to them, to me it hits home. Without these guys going out and serving, people like my dad and our family might not be where we are today. When talking about missionarys and how its not really a choice to serve, its a priesthood duty i get very passionate and into it but for a very good reason. Its affected my life and i know there are other kids out there that need the Gospel in their families. And its definitely not something i have ruled out for myself either. I know the importance of spreading the Gospel.

At the moment i am writing 10-12 missionarys. Some come home as some leave, its been a neverending cycle for a while now and ive gotten used to the whole goodbye thing. I used to pride myself on being the best freakin missionary writer but i am embarrassed to say i havent been doing the best job lately. Although I started back up today and i will be great at it again. I love that they are serving and feel the least i can do is write them. At the moment by best guy friend is in San Diego. The scary thing is you dont know whats gonna happen when they come home. Will he still be my best friend? Can i still really call him that when i dont get to bug him with most of my stories/problems because i dont want to distract him? Will he come home and get married right away? Will things go back to the way they were? Do i want them too? Can i call him my missionary if hes my best friend because honestly sometimes i do...? I have different questions like these about all my boys and how things are gonna go down when they all get home. You all are so amazing and what youre doing means so much to me. i hope everyone thinks twice about serving a mission or just being a missionary in their everyday lives. You boys [and girls] are great!

Lately im lovin on

the glow in the dark stars on my ceiling.

i love turning off the lights to go to bed and looking up to see the stars. They make me so happy. :) i thought it would be funny to write in glow in the dark paint i see you. for the next room mates who live here but then i figured that wouldnt be nice...

groupon & living social.

  JOIN. i love me some deals

LC.

love your style. loveee your new [to me] website. love you.

http://thebeautydepartment.com/

 Yogurtland.

Went there the other night with friends and yum-so fun to do it yourself! who doesnt love a place with cheesecake flavored yogurt?

FASHION w/ a dash of artsy. [not a new love]

umm hi, i would wear any of the above! Summer digs = bandeau tops, banded skirts and see through mesh tops.

Realbeauty.com

Makeup, hair, workout tips, clothing, etc. check it out

Something borrowed.

Saw it for the third time, this time last night at the dollar theatre. Also loved the free popcorn the boy in front of us kept sharing. The soundtracks way good too...

The "New" Mike.

Still lovin on the old one obv. however the new one isnt doing so bad. The other night he told Corinne and i if we sold 16 bacon wraps we'd get Little Caesers coupons and who doesnt love a good challenge. Now i'm $10 richer in Little Caesers coupons. He also is starting to be a little nicer? His sarcasm isnt seeming quite so harsh lately...
Money makin shifts.

Last Thursday night i made $91 because i had some awesome tables and didnt get stiffed once. The next morning i made $100. For summer weekday shifts this is pretty awesome.

 Cake decorating and creative cakes.

I would love to go to a cake decorating class. I love baking in general and a creative cake decorating class would be fun although it kinda runs in the family so i dont know if its necessary but it sounds fun! Meghan and Mom both make and decorate all the birthday cakes so i assume ill eventually join in the tradition when i have kids so i can be cool too ;)

Trips to Cocoa bean

Theres something about cupcakes that just makes me happy. The other day i got a snickerdoodle one, who needs diets anyway...

ETC:

the fan in my room, bc i need the noise to go to sleep.

blogs. reading them, and having time to do mine :)

my hot roomies bc hot roomies = hot boys around. love youus

Carrie Underwood. enough said.

cowgirl boots. i want real ones

what are you lovin on lately?

Moles er i mean beauty marks...

So i read this article at the dermotologist when i was at home and it seriously made me so happy! I have so many "beauty marks" and this article says that research shows they have been associated with beauty. I remember growing up my mom would always call them that and i always just assumed thats what they were until one time my sister told me they were just moles and ruined everything. Thank you Marilyn Monroe for making something so ugly, so attractive. Yet another reason i love you!

PONGIN IT ^

So Monday night Rach, Heather and i went to the Santa Barbara apartments to play pong. Not your typical pong however because I do live in Utah. For any of my Maryland friends reading this, you are probably visualizing drunken chaos and alcohol. But thats what I love about Utah, it was completely different. We got there and the party was being held in the courtyard area and there were 4 or so different tables that people were playing at (with soda) and huge speakers blasting music. I have gone to a few pong nights before because they are held like once a week so i knew they were fun. A boy from my soccer team, Jordan always invites us. We kinda stood there waiting to recognize people but that wasnt really happening...however boys just started approaching us. Now Heather and I have been eachothers "wing man" for a while now so were way good at making the other one look good. The boys would come and go and none were really catching our attention. So there was the comedian i guess you could call him, i cant remember his name...however he was like ill show you guys how it was awkward( in ref. to his story about end of date hugs). Then he looked at me and was like do you trust me? I said yes although i dont know why i said that because i dont trust random boys i just meet, especially ones who are wearing fedoras. Anyway he leaned in and put his arms around me and tried to put his face next to mine. He was kinda bursting my personal bubble and ive realized i dont like people getting to close and my room mate Rachel yells my name. She comes over and said what is going on here?! Hahaha at this point I feel as though everyone is watching because he just keeps on going. I'm sorry i think we get the story you can stop now. Thank you. Then there were the boys who insulted us....this one boy was trying to be funny and said something and one of my room mates and i looked at eachother and said were gonna walk away now. And just left him there haha.We did meet a couple of cool guys who i could see us being friends with, but no long term potential for anyone, at least on my end. On a positive note we all gave our numbers out and ultimately had a good time! I love pong night.

i came to dance dance dance dance

 I miss intense stretching to great music. I miss that feeling when youre about to hit the stage in front of tons of people. I miss dancing with some of my best friends. I miss slipping around in socks when i forgot my jazz shoes. I miss across the floors. I miss frequently hearing ballet terms. I miss showing off. I miss being able to do routines to songs i heard. I miss being so flexible. I miss performing. I  miss costumes. I miss dancing.

the lines

the flexibility 

Dance inspires me, Dance makes me happy, Dance keeps me in shape.

the strength

the beauty & the talent

Dance has been on my mind a lot since i went home in May and one of my best friends Lauren invited me to her dance recital. Its the first time in almost 2 years since I've been back to watch my old company perform because i knew it was something i missed in my life. Now dont get me wrong i absolutely love watching people dance-dance movies and even professional companies inspire and amaze me. I saw Philadanco with a couple friends a long time ago and loved it but this hit close to home. Ive been dancing since i was little and then in highschool it was an every day thing so i miss it.

I just need some dancing in my life-classes, clubs, concerts whatever.

i gotta make it happen

Reasons i am happy include:

1. i get to lay out by the pool every single day

which leads me to number 2...

2. I am starting to get pretty darn tan

this picture doesnt really do justice

3. Coundown to Florida/ seeing my family again = 6 weeks :)

4. i have tickets to the midnight showing of Harry Potter! cant wait

 

5. I found yet another reason to love Katy Perry-this video 

6. I am going to my first ever Rodeo on Friday! The Lehi Roundup :)
where i hope to meet a cowboy

pref. one that looks like him

7. Heather found some new music and then showed me, i love new music. Heres a sample :)

8.i am working my favorite shift at the sizz tomorrow with my favorite person!

9. i am currently watching the Office as i do this post, doesnt get much better than that

...because i kinda love jim