#truth

you guys, general conference is so great!!! and the weather is perfect. gooood weekend. funny story, i was unrighteously browsing my twitter account when i realized the current talk was about not abusing social media. i am well on my way to becoming obsessed with social media, a "you-twit-face" as my husband calls it. lol.

well this week was a little crazy, and i disappointed myself multiple times. ever since i started caring about grades, my life has been stressful and my confidence in my future career has been a rollercoaster ride. BOO grades are so overrated. please come back, freshman and sophomore years. anyways, i went visiting teaching and ended up getting way more out of it than the chika i taught did. i love this quote by president gordon b. hinckley:

“I believe in myself. I do not mean to say this with egotism. But I believe in my capacity and in your capacity to do good, to make some contribution to the society of which we are a part, [and] to grow and develop. … I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world, be it ever so small.”

moral of the story: i don't need perfect grades or a perfect career to be good enough for my Heavenly Father. i am here to do follow HIS plan. no matter what happens, if i do my best (D&C 123:17), it's gonna be ok!
so if you find yourself asking, "what am i to the Lord?" here's your answer:

ENOUGH.

i am sick.

today has not been the best day ever, except for the gorgeous weather.

BUT

I popped some of these babies:

which helped. but even better than that, I found this inspiring little message:

Thank you Halls, for making my day. I will now recommend you to everyone I know.

i don't know what to blog about this week.

this is funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh0NLQJfAYU

look mom, i'm famous!

my dear friend jeff has a friend who blogged about me. SWEET!
ok ok, not directly. but he did reference my engagement video.

go watch it everyone, it will "make you want to fall in love".

while we're on the topic of my wedding, i received some pictures from my photographer's assistant who is FABULOUS and wow, i am impressed. here's a little sneak peek:

somebody needs to pimp my blog. any volunteers?

and the winner is...

PROFESSOR SHAYNE CLARKE

MCOM teacher, freelance writer, and falconer extraordinaire.

yes. i creeped on his linkedin profile to get this fuzzy picture.

after telling myself for quite some time that i would get into blogging and tweeting, i am FINALLY converting, as the afore-mentioned advanced writing teacher has made it a requirement. part of my GRADE. good job, shayne. will he like my terrible grammar, casual diction and inconsistent capitalization? probably not.

eh.

on another note, i am taking 18.5 credits this semester (kill me now). pity gifts will be accepted in the form of ice cream and massages.

last but not least, i love this man.

fine.

i give in. i have decided to become a blogger. most of me is disgusted with myself , but there's this little part of me that's anxious to prove myself.

the problem with blogging is that it wastes my time, which i am already exceptionally good at wasting. also, it's difficult to figure out how it all works. to me, blogging falls in the 'technology' category. and when it comes to technology, i fall in this category:

you've got mail anyone?

it's not that i'm ANTI technology...i just don't seek it out. i'd rather it just fall into my lap, and download the instruction manual into my brain. fortunately, i married the right guy for that :)

ps, it took significant time and brain power to get that picture on there.

my sudden interest is spiked because of my alone-during-the-day-ness here in Minneapolis, and also because i'm avoiding training for my scary triathlon (more to come on that) and studying for the gre (also scary). it's been tough because we don't know very many people, and the people we do know have lives of their own. and i'm still working on this 'be a self-starter' thing :)

and so, my blogging adventure begins. i can't promise this won't turn out like the last time i tried to get into blogging (feel free to browse my new zealand adventures below) but..i will try.

Summer love

Summer 2010 is fabulous. My only regret is that I can't be everywhere at once.

Basically my goal this summer is to see how many activities and places and people I can squish into my limited amount of time.


JUNE=EFY

loved it. most wonderful, spiritual, fun, and absolutely exhausting thing of my life.






JULY=SPORTS CAMPS

This job is bomb, seriously. I think it can be described by the following:

all the freshman year dreams i never realized are coming true.


After 3 months apart, we decided a little reunion was in order. Jeff (J. Richard), Jasmyn, the Gorings, and I roadtripped to Boise to visit Sarah. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.

...picture wouldn't download...what a shame.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150215095640707&set=a.10150190933615707.442810.698585706&type=1&theater

This past weekend, the Frederico's were so gracious as to let me tag along in Park City. You'd think they'd get sick of me eating all their food...but I guess not!