sunday cookin'

today was my cousin kenzie's mission farewell.

i cant believe this day has already come and almost gone.

time sure does pass by quickly.

 {click on picture to make larger}
 aside from the farewell, land and i made some sugar cookies.

they actually ended up tasting pretty good!

i got the cookie recipe from here

and the icing recipe from here

i actually just googled icing and sugar cookie recipes and those looked like the best ones.

google does us wonders.

thank you.

and for the icing colors: blue & yellow.

creative huh? 

they turned out great though.

heres a larger picture for you guys.

i decided that cooking is a good way of easy, fun entertainment.

i might start doing it more often.

i hope everyone's sunday was grand!

fest

 today was orem cities winter summer fest.

there was lots of parade-ing.

carnival-ing. 

& firework-ing.

maybe i would've enjoyed it more if the weather would've let me.

rain and wind do not do me good.

but thanks to landons enticing voice, we got lots of candy.

 

and speaking of his enticing voice..

i hope you enjoy this little tune that landon made up on the way home.

it was about 3 minutes long but, by the time i got to recording it he was almost finished.
okay, now go ahead and turn up your volume.

and that's why i love him.

change

i dont really enjoy change.

unless its for the better.

but in about 40 days it will all be different.

my life will flip around completely.

for better and for worse.

i cant decide which one.

the more i think about it, the more it freaks me out.

and the more i realize how much these last 40 days actually matter to me.

i cant take any day for granted.

i never realized how golden 40 days could actually be.

i've known about this day for atleast 3 months now.

but didnt realize how fast it would go by.

i know 40 days is still a good month.

it may sound like a long time to you.

but to me, its too short.

i'm pretty sure i can face it.

i will be strong and fight through it.

and i know that in the end, it will all be worth it.

july 21, 2010..

the day my best friend,

the person that means the world to me.

will leave for 2 years.

{i think i can, i think i can}

pink

i have pink hands.

and i dont even think this picture does them justice.

think electric pink.

yep, they are that pink.

i guess thats what dying a t-shirt pink does.

and i guess thats what i get for not wearing gloves.

its okay though.

me having pink hands is better than landon having pink hands..

right?

after all, the pink shirt is for him.

the more i say pink, the more i think of how weird that word really is.

and now i think i'm done saying the word..can you guess?

pink

and.

if you havent signed up for urban outfitters e-mail alerts, you should.

they send great things.

like free shipping.

all of the time. 

and its made me realize how much i love online shopping.

thats all for now.

 

one day i will..

have my own home.

and with that home i will..

have a room painted head to toe in stripes.

have an all white kitchen

 

have this bedroom for my little girly

and this one for my little man

have this closet

have this dining room

 or

have a stairwell like this

 

have a hen house

have a sitting room like this

have this backyard

with this

and thats all..

i will continue to dream big :)

what's finally here?

..summer!!!

i cannot express the happiness that i feel right now.

we can finally count on the sun every day.

we can wear shorts.

flip flops.

sun dresses.

and best of all..

we can go swimming!

i've gone swimming 3 days straight and am planning on continuing the tradition ;)

i need to soak up the sun as much as possible. 

my doctor even says i'm lacking in vitamin D..i dont know how that possible because i think i'm in the sun more than anyone but, its fine. 

i can handle being in the sun for the rest of my life.

heres to a great summer everyone! 

just remembered

the other day my nieces had a photo shoot.

there were about 5 photographers.

and with my niece bebe, attention is her pride and joy.

she loves when its all about her.

once she got in front of those camera's she couldnt get enough.

poses after poses.

never a dull moment.

then theres my niece ophelia.

recently a new walker and was as squirmy as ever.

they could not get her to stay in one spot.

she was in a photo shoot with one of the photographers back when she was around 7 months old.

it was the perfect time because she didnt know how to walk yet so once we placed her where she needed to be, she stayed there.

we had to change things up a bit this time.

loud clapping, noises, anything to get her attention.

it was still very cute though.

in the end, they did great!