and im back...

happy new year!!

:)

so. a few weeks ago i finished up my finals and got ready to leave for arizona.

i was on the same flight as jen and devin... and apparently las vegas was having issues with snow and it was throwing the whole airport system out of whack... we were supposed to get in around 11 pm... we didnt get home until like 2:30 in the morning... it was a delightful trip. haha.

the next day we drove straight to mesa for danielle's endowments [my parents went, while me and kels and devin babysat the townsend babies.] the next day was the wedding and reception. i should apologize now... i seriously didnt take any pictures the whole entire break. i feel so lame... but everyone and there dog had cameras... so- im sorry. i stole this one from kristens blog [thanks! :) ] everything turned out absolutely beautiful. it was perfect! i loved it!
and congrats to danielle and jared!!
oh and that was my boquet... very pretty!



we spent that weekend sleeping in... it was awesome. nicole spent the night with us... what? every night except one... i think. it was a blast! she even got to spend christmas with us! it was so fun having her around! everybody absolutely loves her! christmas was great! i got a cell phone... the one that i bought a few weeks ago... mom stole it from me christmas eve and stuck a bow on it so i could "open it" in the morning haha... 3 seasons of the office, the x-men trilogy, a mirror, paint, sweaters, a hat and scarf, some jewelry, and all sorts of fun stuff... including an 8 ball lol. it was the only thing that didnt make it back to provo... it weighed too much! haha... austin got the wii fit... oh man is that a fun one! kelsey better be posting the video of dustin hula-hooping. oh my freaking hilarious! it was an exceptional christmas.... although dustin didnt get to come until christmas night... he had to work, but he was there for christmas eve dinner... which was, as always, delicious!

our christmas tree!! yay!! :)

me and tino.... putting up christmas lights... this was actually over thanksgiving... but still christmas-y...

scary picture... lol- one of our many nights of sleeping over...


austin made this nativity scene... i thought it was pooping hilarious. hes always been super talented and creative like this... ever since he was a little toddler. isnt this just too cool? man i love it... good job tino!

oh and he made his elk head into rudolph... hahaha.... :)

there is this little mexican restaurant that i love love love! they have the best chicken chimichangas... and grandpa took us there for lunch one day... and there is this painting of a desert scene that he loves... so i painted a little version of it.... i think its fun. i havent really done landscapes before... so this was fun for me to try. and grandpa loves it so thats all that matters...

and for adrians baby shower present i promised her that i would do some paintings for baby hayley's room... this is how it turned out!! i love it... and it matches perfectly! :)

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it was so much fun being home! it was so nice and warm!! i wore flip flops the whole entire time! :) it was the best! i love my family... i miss them. it was so fun... grandpa is the best, adrian is about to pop... it was so fun feeling hayley move more! im bummed that i cant be there longer... i love arizona... its my favorite. oh and this is the picture that austin made for me the night i was leaving... :(


i miss my family, but this semester will go by fast im sure... i didnt get lost today... i was in the right classes at the right times... and i didnt fall on my bum... so high five for me! its gotta be a sign that its gonna be a good semester right? right...

although im still not sure about all this snow... it scares me...

sad day...

so danielle left this morning.

its kind of a little sad for me. we [me dan and jared] went to kneaders for breakfast... and had their amazing french toast. it was delicious. and then jared took her to the airport. ill see her next week, but for some reason it just feels so much more final today. sheesh. shes only getting married... shes going to be living just down the road, shes not dying or anything. but this past week weve been doing a lot of "do you remember that one time..." and we would both start laughing... its funny how we rarely have to finish that phrase for us both to remember the same exact event.... like that one time my mom invited her to my 16th birthday and she shared french fries with natalie evans... or that one time that stephanie got scared of a frog and fell and dented the dishwasher with her elbow... or that other time... hahahah!! :) weve been through a lot together, me and dan. a lot. its an exciting time for her though, starting her life with jared (who i love... hes awesome for danielle)... i know its going to change our friendship a little, but i cant help be excited for them! they will be all types of married next friday. i cant believe its time already. i moved up here in june, feeling like i had forever to be with my best friend. now my time is up and its jareds turn. i do love you like crazy dan! :)

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on a happier note, since she left i switched sides of the room and moved my stuff over to danielles side... you know just to mix it up a little. lol. and i just finished up... she left her posters for me, so i still have a little piece of her. it feels a little more like home having so much stuff on my walls! i love it!



and! its snowing like crazy! we are supposed to get a few inches from this storm... we almost made it a full semester without it really snowing. oh well... its still fun! :)

new things....

alrighty... so first of all, it is merely hours away that my family will be here and the fun will begin!! hours!! but i wont get to see them till i am done with work... but its just a few hours away, like four and a half... anyway... im sure i wont be able to blog again till monday... at least, ill just be too busy having fun! :)

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so danielle and i went shopping last weekend... we actually had a little "girls night" which was super fun! we saw

the women... it was a really fun movie to see with her. it was interesting. ive been feeling a little danielle-deprived lately, even though we live in the same room. so this little girls night made it all better! oh and we went and picked up her wedding dress yesterday. and it is absolutely gorgeous!! absolutely!! okay yeah so last weekend we were shopping and we found these beads that were on mega super sale, so i bought them. and they match absolutely perfectly with our apartment.... they are black and purple and couldnt be more perfect!!

oh this is our apartment if you have forgotten what it looked like. oh actually i think you may not have seen the coffee table... thats fairly new too. stinking cute eh? we got that piece of fabric for like 2 bucks... and then i just used that sewless hem stuff to make it look nice... its just like glue but its so cool!! ...and the flowers are danielle's, from jared. beautiful arent they?

and... i went to macey's the other day and i saw these

little tiny mini gummy bears!!

ive seen them a couple times.... and i finally just had to get them!! they are so cute!! i just couldnt resist! and i had to take a picture to show you just how stinking cute they really are!! :) oh they make me smile!

batman....

so a few weeks ago spencer (spencer from canoeing) was getting a group of people together to go see the midnight viewing of batman, the dark knight... the brand new one that just came out... and danielle and i decided that we wanted to go too... so we got online and bought our tickets... (one for jared too, naturally) and we have been totally psyched to go ever since. we even bought tshirts and masks... haha it was amazing! so last night we got all dressed up and went to applebees and met the rest of the group that spencer had gotten together... i think pretty much all of them except me and jared and maybe one other dude all worked at platinum (where danielle and spencer work)... but it was still really fun... after that we drove to thanksgiving point to the imax theater. i really thought, considering how much this batman movie has been anticipated that more people would have dressed up (you know, like they do for harry potter and pirates and stuff) but hardly anyone dressed up... lame utah people. lol... but me and danielle were wearing our matching outfits... lol literally matching... same shirts same masks same shoes... it was hilarious... (jared would have been wearing his mask too, but he "lost" it at applebees...) and it was awesome! the movie was awesome... everything was awesome! we had such a fun night! and i fell asleep on the ride home... haha, i haven't stayed up that late in quite awhile... i know, i'm lame, whatever... :)

so here are a few pics from our eventful evening!!

*jared danielle and me already to go! do you see how cool these shirts are? and that masks? holy awesomeness!*

*jared danielle and me at applebees... with our dacqueries.... thanks jared!*

*danielle and me at the theater! seriously... we are too cool... :)