catch me if you can

Oh boy. I just realized that I haven't really posted on anything since the summer. What?

Okay, that is not entiiiirely true. But I haven't posted much since, well, Christmas. Alright. So here we go. Catch up on the last 4.5 months.

Jenny and I are living together! Have we taken pictures other than of our dogs? Nope. That is changing. We already made the goal last week. And have so far succeeded, as you will see in coming posts.

Anyway, so far this year...

Dogs:

We all know Blaze had a cone around his head for two weeks after he got the snip. Hegot a double eye infection (scratched both corneas...) about 2 months later and that resulted in this:

Ruby chewed and swallowed the entire soul of that shoe...

Ruby and Blaze like to play. (Fighting over the same stick)

The neighbor girls love Ruby.

And look out the window.

And sleep.

And seriously, they are two of the most beautiful dogs ever.

Katie and Sarah: love these girls.

I should also probably include James, my best friend.

We have lots of fun together.

Playing uno.

So focused. She is actually pretty good...

The siblings.

James wasn't having it though...

Carly came to visit!

Mmmm, In-n-Out. We are, and always will be, California girls.

At Best Buy: Carly and I got new phones!

Party at Kelly and Glen's: April 8, 2011

Carly, are you mad that you are holding James?

Glen stole my phone...

Jenny and Sarah

Carly and I went to Sonic on her way to the airport:

In other news:

Kjerstin, my best friend at work, no longer works with me. Sad, I know.

(Kjerstin, I would have posted the picture of Reagan but it turned out funny because she was moving. I guess we'll have to go to the park again I guess..)

I got flowers at work for Administrative Assistant's Day, even though I'm not technically an Admin Assistant

I got the flu :( but lost 6 pounds :)

There was a rainbow after the session I did the other day. Sooo cool, right over the temple!

Carly got engaged! To Bryce Mortensen. I got to meet him!

Silly sisters...

My future bro-in-law

Well that's about it for the past few months since Christmas. Expect many more blog posts to come. Because I'm taking more pictures. And writing posts and saving them until I can add pictures (cough cough, Rachel, cough, music swap, cough cough). Sorry for the length but four months is a lot...

i don't know no fi-fi

This is Christianne.

We've been friends for 25 years and however many days after my birthday it is. Not to mention we are cousins.

She is great. She cuts my hair. She tells me funny stories. She makes me laugh so hard I almost pee my pants.

And we can ignore everyone else to watch Mickey and the Beanstalk, our favorite movie when we were three.Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zfwku9OgEM

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxU4x7f-FG8&feature=related

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpgGawWZPM0&feature=related

Be a Solid Bunny

Happy Easter! Well, I guess I'm a couple days late...

I've been wanting to post about this for a while, just wanted to wait until Easter. Probably because of the pictures.

Anyway,which of the above bunnies would you rather eat? Which one would you, on first instinct, grab off the shelf and take home (they are the same price and size)?

Me too! I would grab the second one! It's so cute!

Ok, now what if I told you the first one, though not as attractive,was solid chocolate, and the other one was hollow? Yeah, I'd go for the first one, more chocolate!

We had a Relief Society... event? meeting? something... not sure, but it was on a Saturday and there were speakers, an opening and closing prayer, and then food. Good food. And a candy bar... mmm. As in, a table with bunch of different candies on it and you grab a bag and put as much as you want of whatever you want in the bag. So delish.

Anyway, one of the speakers made the following point about the bunnies. We often get so caught up on appearance and being what everyone else wants us to be, that we often neglect the important things we should be working on; our spirituality, sanity, health, self-esteem, things like that. If we are only focusing on the outward appearance but not the inside stuff too, that makes us hollow. We need to focus on all of it (because if we don't feel good about the outside too, come one, let's be honest, we still won't be that happy) and be a "solid bunny".

I mean, come on, now that you know that it is solid chocolate, isn't it way more attractive?

i do not like the cone of shame...

my poor dog.

he got fixed yesterday.

and what is worse than being tired yet energetic but not be allowed to release your wiggles?

having a cone around your head.

the saddest part is he won't even appreciate my Dug quotes from Up for the next two weeks.

i'm back baby!

I bought the Costco deal where it is a 2-year membership (including start-up fees, etc.) for $300 bucks, just $12.50 a month if you break it down.

And I feel wonderful! I can't believe how much I missed working out. But no more.

Although, I do miss the cardio cinema room.. maybe 24 will catch on on that awesome idea.

accomplishment

Now, most of you know that I can sometimes be a picky eater.* For example:

I really don't like this:

And I pretty much hate these with every fiber of my being:

Until this: http://stellfamily.blogspot.com/2010/12/yummy-potato-soup.html

I got this recipe from Jess Stell, my longtime friend from my freshman year at BYU.

I made it for ward break-the-fast today (for the first time, might I add) and it was a HUGE hit.

So, thanks Jess for helping me find something to eat that contains two of my least favorite foods ever, and I don't even have to pick them out!**

*I have improved immensely with my pickiness. A couple of examples: refried beans, peanut butter, enchiladas, zucchini, cooked tomatoes - these are all things I used to avoid but now love.

**This picture of Jess and me was taken at my house in February 2005. Love you Jess!