Turkey Day

(that's mckenely, and those are the rolls she's sneakily stealing)

gobble gobble.

Arizona

home sweet home (feat. Mckenley).

This Thanksgiving...

this is important.

and this is incredible.

A Sunday Thought For You

"With any major decision there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing.  If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now.  Don't give up when the pressure mounts.  Certainly don't go to that being who is bent on your destruction of your happiness.  Face your doubts.  Master your fears.  'Cast not away therefore your confidence.'  Stay on the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you."

-Jeffrey R. Holland

{1. and life has been unfolding pretty beautifully

2. been missing these park city adventures

3. my camera should be rejoining me by the end of the month

4. so better blogging soon!}

This

in lieu of an actual post, i give you this.

{p.s. i do have so many good things to blog about:  happiness! jason bourne! sleeping! snow! prayer! thanksgiving! grateful lists! double rainbows and how there is hope for me after all!  alas, the internet here is a total flake as of late.  maybe one day i will be un-lazy enough to fix it?  one can only hope...}

The Thanksgiving Photo Album of Sorts

I feel like I should write a general account of all that happened over the course of the break, but I kind of like leaving it this way.  It was so blissful, why complicate it with words?  Though I should add this, my brother Clark busted his knees afer going off an icy jump at the Canyons.  He just underwent surgery, and more operations are in the future.  He is in sooo much pain.  But he's making sure that everyone knows it's because he's "young and reckless" not because he's old.  Le sigh...

And on that note, I hope you appreciate your knees today!

I Love My Family

<3

so much love.

Give it Here Malfoy

Thanksgiving break was just wonderful!  I spent the entire 4 days in my leggings and let all thoughts of school go out the window.  What essay?  Wednesday night I went bowling for my online class with my pawdra to burn off some of those calories for the coming feast {yeah right}.  Thanksgiving consisted of waking up to sweet smells around noon, family coming over, a yummy stuffing for dinner, watching funny youtube videos, singing the trolololo song all day, finishing Harry Potter 3 while the family played Settlers of Catan, and then getting stood up.  Haha but not really.  

We skyped Clark, Mo, and Vi again.  Vi was in her bear suit and was Little Lettie Bear!  She even growled for us.  She is still so tiny and adorably cute!  Miss them.  Breck and Steve stayed throughout the weekend, so we were able to go to bowling again with them.  Guess what?  I am terrible at bowling.  No really though, my first game I bowled a 47.  That is reeeallly bad!  Quite funny actually.  I've also decided that bowling is the most awkward sport there is.  If I could watch myself bowl, I bet I would die of laughter from how funny I look.  Pure hilarity.  After bowling I went to Matt P's for a bonfire which was sooo fun!!!  Except we burned his to be sister-in-laws branches that were supposed to be decorations for her wedding the next weekend...  Woopsies.  I met a cool guy named Todd, who kept kicking my foot... {kidding Todd} and we both like awkward turtles and saying "give it here Malfoy" in british accents.  

 My beautiful pie.  Well, my leaves on the pie.  Humble pie it is.

 Dinner party

The next morning I woke up early and Leah, Erin, Marlee, Haleigh and I headed over to iHop in our pj's for Haleigh's birthday!  We ate our pancakes, had a funny waitress, talked about Todd {okay okay, I talked about Todd} and even saw Jeffy.  Afterwards I burned off that meal with a long walk with Breck and madre.  Then I took a nap.  Because let's face it, it had been a tiring weekend!  I also got really gutsy {or so I though} and sent a 7 page text to Nate about how "i just can't do this anymore" {so tough, right?} and on and on.  And then we talked and were all good and dandy, and then I was like, wait, how'd he get off the hook again?  Why does he have to be so freaking charming.  Fo real.  Anyway, I'm happy that I've finally figured it out.  I know we're not trying to be serious at all, but don't I at least deserve to be treated better?  Not that I'm being treated bad, but just disposable I guess.  Like I'll always be there, but I won't.  Whew I'm being confusing.  Sowwwyy.  Good thing I can tell jokes with Todd! Ha kidding.  If only Erin could read all of this, she would be laughing so hard.  Okay, enough with this secretive boy nonsense!  That night I stopped by Em Cliff's for her birthday, and then had an awkward boy conversation with my mom.  Which I never want to have again.  Sorry mom.  Let's just not.

Today was beautiful and rainy outside!  Which made me happy, because I absolutely love the rain, and I pulled out my tights!  Then I went to church.  And then, just when I thought everything was normal in sacrament meeting, I got called up to bear my testimony.  SAY WHAT?!  I literally threw my head back in dismay.  Just so you know, it seems as if every time people are randomly called up after a youth event or what not, I am called up to bear my testimony.  Every.  Single.  Time.  And now that I am graduating early and a "single adult", my sporadic callings have transferred to that too.  I thought that because I've gotten a new bishop and stake president it would be different.  Nope.  And it was Zach Z's homecoming, hence the packed-ness.  But I am grateful for the opportunity.  Because of these random callings I've never felt the need to bear my testimony on fast Sunday.  I guess it makes me talk when I otherwise wouldn't have.  Maybe my testimony just needs growing or something, who knows.  Then during our third hour we went into the other half of our old ward to listen to Matt G's farewell.

Now I'm off to our annual Christmas Carol Fireside!

And then I have to write an essay.

P.S.  I need a camera, my mom is starting to get suspicious, hence barely any pictures of the weekend.  No picture of bonfire, birthday breakfast, or bowling.  Boo.  Wow, great alliteration, right?

Fly like a G6

This weekend was a pretty good one.  Friday night Erin, Walker and I decided to drive out to Mountain Ridge High for the first MVT football game.  It was soooo farrrr.  I made a fool out of myself rapping to songs and just being all out weird the drive there.  When we did get there, both of the parking lots were packed so we ended up parking on this random dirt road with houses on one side.  There were so many cars parked already that we just lined up behind the next.  Before we knew it three of the drunkest guys came up screaming at us to move our effin car, yadda yadda yadda, and to take off our effin red shirts cause we weren't crips. hahahaha the "crips" part gets me every time.  I was just confused, Erin was scared, and Walker said he was just mad at them, but to me it looked like he was freaked out haha. We left, found another spot, and then proceeded to watch the game in hot, bug infested weather.  Max and I teamed up to let Erin know where her beau Beau (good one ay?) was on the field at all times.  For example, "oh hey Beau's walking toward us!  Nice block on the 30 yard line Beau!  That block was for Erin!" Max joined us for the ride home, which was such a joy.  Then we went back to Max/Beau's house and watched Mean Girls which was, always is, and always will be fun.

awhhh Beauuu. why yes, i did creepily take a picture of this picture on the fridge...

on Saturday morning i woke up to meet with a 'math tutor' for my pre-calc class.  I basically did not understand one thing he taught me and am dropping the class and taking online bowling & health/wellness instead.  HALLELUJAH.  After that whole situation Mom and I ran out to try on the pink, rosette dress i loved.  Too bad it looked HORRIBLE on me :(.  I seriously almost started crying.  I had my whole look planned out and now I'm going to look bad with the dress we did get at Dillards.  This means I'm still on the hunt for a better dress and I'm kinda freaking out that I won't find it in time.  After rushing home and failing to get ready at all :( walker showed up to go to the first ASU football game of the season.  It was me, walker, jaren, and emzally.  We stopped at in n' out before the game, where walker got something in his teeth for the entire night.  And yes i just said that.  We killed Portland at the game, saw some people from school (especially tyler and brent in their nylon, body suits), went to yogurtland, stopped by Lyons house, and then came home.  Good night.

me attempting to take a picture of tyler and brent.  tyler's the maroon speck directly underneath the goalpost.

Today is Sunday, and the first day with the new ward!  Wow it's been awhile, so last sunday our stake got all these crazy boundary changes.  ***last week was a bad week for me, and then sunday was just an amazing day to make me calm and peaceful, and then we heard all the changes, so that was essentially last week.  oh and i got asked to homecoming by CJ, anthony was going to ask me too, and then jordan did ask me and i'd already been asked, so i'm asking jordan to winter! which i'm excited for.  i didn't want to go to homecoming at all though cause i'm gonna look so huge in a dress.  gah.  i just want to get married and have babies so i can just think about them and not be so conceited.  i'm just over it.***  Anywayyyy, the new ward is 2/3rds of my old ward, and 1/3 of a new ward with lots of kids my age from mountain view: michael, scottie, breanne, trevor.  So i'm actually really happy.  Later tonight i heard the doorbell, went downstairs, and Lauren handed me these cookies with a note:

only problem is, I have no idea who ma-ma-g is!  I love them anyway though! thank you thank you thank you.  so kind.