the one with hopefully

hopefully

my future husband will look and be something like this

the one with family

i love chirstmas because of family

i get to be done with school

and spend time with the ones that matter

now a little off subject

i have spent time with my cousin sam today

who i call SJ because he is soooo

like SJ from the blindside

i have two really good quotes from him

he was doing some work for my gramie

and he said "how much am i gonna get paid?"

she said "$20"

he then said "i'm LDS, not payless"

he's such a trip

then as we were coming back from church

i had radio disney playing and justin beiber's baby came on

i said hey sam do you know who this is?

and he said "yeah, it's justin swearword"

oh sam, thank you for restoring my faith in your generation

your generation

that is in love with "justin swearword"

and a little skank named hannah montana

and all the crazies

you sam will be one of our hopes!

the one with the nativity puzzle

december is the only time that my favorite puzzle,

one i could do for ours and not get bored,

makes it's appearence

it's seriously the coolest and i wish i had a picture

[cue me googling it, and finding it]

so this one is kind of lame, but you get the picture. 

as far as i can remember mom made them

at an enrichment night, or something like that

for tons of people, cause my grama has one

but mom's are cooler, mom's are painted so you

see the faces of the wise men, shepherds, mary and joseph.

and you see jesus in the manger (the little yellow thing, in the corner)

and behind the animals it looks like a stable

i'll have to take a picture when i'm home

but i love it because my mom made it

and because it's a really cool way to remember

that christmas is all about Jesus

the one with pumpkin pie

i'm not really a fan of pie

and i don't love pumpkin pie either

but if i'm going to eat any pie

it's going to be pumpkin and homemade

but dad's pumpkin pie,

which i think is his grama's recipe,

is so stinking good!

i don't eat the crust,

just the filling

but it is heaven

dad only makes it this time of the year

and it makes me think of christmas

and family

and that's why i love it

the one with temple square at christmas

 

so this is a picture of my friend amy and i

at temple square sunday night after the devo

at the reflection pool by temple square

this is perhaps one of my best pictures EVER

the fog that night made everything beautiful

but everything is covered at temple square in lights!

it looks so beautiful

and it just makes me happy

the one with the first presidency christmas devotional

so each year the

first presidency of

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

gives a christmas devotional

i kind of feel like it's the kick off to the season

and it reminds me of the real meaning

of my favorite holiday

[besides my birthday]

but the reason i love it the most

is because my mom loves it

and it reminds me of her

and then i feel a little bit closer

like 1,750 miles closer

this year, like last year, i had tickets

to the conference center for it

which i tried to bribe my mom with,

she didn't take it :(

but it's okay cause she watched it at home

and it made me feel close

like in this song kenny loggins sang,

at least i think it was him,

a song that had this in it

"And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star"

it helped me to know that we were watching the

same devotional

the one with december's theme

so now that my blogging for a month is over

what am i to do?

i was thinking a picture a day

and why i took it

but i want it to be christmas-y

[so i'll have to save the picture idea for another month]

and i'm just not feeling

all christmas-y here in utah

i'm over the snow!

and i'm over the cold

i am dreaming of a warmer christmas

one on the other side of the country

which is almost 2,000 miles away

[yes i mapquested it]

so here it is

my theme for this month

a reason i love christmas

each day i'll list something new

and i'll probably expound on it!

ready, set, go!

day 31 - the one with a habit i wish i didn't have

i wish i didn't say mean things

when people bother me,

to someone i'm friends with

and i know i can trust,

i say things...sometimes really mean

sometimes stuff they totally deserve

but i still shouldn't say anything

i should just keep my mouth shut

which is why it will be part of my new years resolution

day 30 - the one with my favorite song

so if you couldn't tell yet

i'm indecisive

which is why one song is WAY to hard for me

so i've decided on a genre

which is...drum roll please

the 80's!

they are definitely my favorite

that was the good stuff

and it's all thanks to my dad

that i love the stuff

day 29 - the one with what i've learned in the last month

let me preface this by saying distinguishing

a month of me is too hard

so i'm gonna do this semester

i've learned that math can kick my butt

if i let it

but the tutoring lab is my best friend

i've learned that being friends with

everybody is not worth it

i've learned to stay no

when i just can't do things

i've learned that i'm most happy

when i'm with family

and i've learned that

one moment can make a difference

in someone's life

day 28 -the one with picture of me from last year and now and how i've changed

so this is as close to a year as i can get

which is like last october-ish

well let me re-phrase this

the only one that is blog worthy

i'm sure i have more on my laptop but 

my laptop is kind of out of commission

and facebook lost like three months of pictures

i've changed because now i'm out of the plaza

woo-hoo! 

i've had an AMAZING roommate!

and i would still be living with her

if she wasn't going on a mission to switzerland!

isn't that super cool?!?

i also work a lot harder

and manage my money better now

i'm more appreciative of what

people do to me

i have a better sense of humor

and am more comfortable with myself