we push and pull, and i fall down sometimes

hey guys (:

i have found myself with much more time to write and with far less things to write about

what a dilemma

mmmk

so cross country started on monday

i loooooooooooove it

gah. so much

its really strange being a senior and leading the stretches and STILL being slow

its okay i suppose, im just meant for long distances instead of being fast (hahahahahah)

lets see

on tuesday i hit the scera with my brothers

i managed to stay the whole time without getting wet

i did get reaaally sunburned though 

wednesday was loong

after cross country, my family went to burger supreme, then to the provo mall

i hit up jcp (my favorite store now that nords is gone), and got a bib necklace at dillards 

it kind of looks like this 

but with gold insteead of silver and the ovals are circles that look like snow men

dont worry, its beautiful 

uhmm anyways

that night the young women headed up to manti for the manti pageant

ive never been, and i loved it! 

we stayed over night at my leaders brothers house

their house was BEAUTIFUL

everything was pink and vintagey and gorgeous

this was one of their bathrooms 

yeah. holy crap.

do you guys want to know a secret or two?

first, i kind of like my natural hair

i might never go back to straightening it

second, i hate wearing pants

if i could walk around in my underwear everywhere i would 

im sure my husband wont mind

hahaha

anyways

im going to bed.

its only 9:37

but im exhausted

keep calm and carry on 

 

oh p.s. 

this is from the last day of school dance

cuuuuute

buckets and hair

hey kids

during my trip i finished like, a ton of stuff on my bucketlist! 

looook

[] get a sick tan
[] drive down a hill without using my brakes
[X] go running on the beach
[X] beat a video game
[] sleep outside
[] go to trafalga
[X] go to a summer party
[X] have a photoshoot
[] make a milkshake
[] hike timp
[] run a 5k
[] run in the rain 
[] go to jdawgs
[] read a lot
[X] ride a horse
[] win the spirit of shalom award at camp
[] write a song
[] go to all the froyo places in orem
[X] swim at night
[X] go to 7 peaks
[] eat at the spaghetti factory
[X] meditate
[] go to a yoga class
[X] get a henna tatoo
[X] get a bikini tanline
[] go to a midnight movie
[] run up the Y
[] see the sunrise and set
[] muddie buddies!
[] eat some delicious sushi (LANDEN)
[] go thrifting
[] make an asymmetrical skirt out of a maxi skirt
[] do baptisms for the dead
[] swing
[] recycle all of my papers from junior year
[] get a slushie
[] wash my car
[] go to city creek
[] go school shopping
[] shop at the rack
[] do ten pushups
[] watch old disney movies
[X] run somewhere ive never ran before
[X] drink a soda
[] sing a song to someone
[X] sleep for more than 12 hours

SO. im adding more stuff! 

[] do a 1000 piece puzzle
[] read "the host" by stephanie meyer (its WAAYYY better than twilight)
[] bbq 
[] buy and eat fresh fruit from a farmers market
[] make lemonaide 
[] carve my initials into a tree
[] dance in the rain 
[] learn a new braid
[] make a cake
[] go somewhere quiet and free write
[] see a shooting star
[] send off a letter in a balloon
[] hang out with someone i havent hung out with for a long time
[] hike up bridal veil falls
[] make an earring holder for my wall 
[] have a photoshoot with megan
[] make another crayon poster 
[] write a letter to my future self 
[] tie string into my hair
[] start a new t.v. show
[] read a nicholas sparks 
[] ride bikes
[] work on my paper doll 
[] be a vegetarian for a week  
[] make something off of pinterest 
[] fill up a whole coloring book 
[] make a quotes page
[] go through my clothes and room 


well there you have it! my 2012 bucket list! 


okay. so one more thing

at the end of the summer (after my super healthy hair cleanse)

im going to re dye my hair at the salon

i can re dye it this color



or i can change it up and dye it




 (without the creepy pink tips)

or this color!



i neeeeed opinions

like really badly!

go comment right now!!!

mmmkkk

keep calm and carry on

goodbye!

if you thought this post wasnt going to have any pictures, youre going to have a bad time

hey friends (:

so. now i feel like writing!

my trip was perfect

honestly.

my junior year has been so stressful, with my hard classes and busy schedule and the constant ache in my heart through out all of that

so, what was more perfect than to get away?

let me tell you, getting away has a lot of thinking time

i thought about EVERYthing that has happened to me for like, my whole life

intense right?

how is it possible to learn about yourself just by thinking about your past?

anyways

so trip time!

the first day we drove to las vegas
bleh it was boring

but we went to this amazing place called N.Y. pizza and pasta
seriously, if any of you are in las vegas and want to go somewhere other than mickey d's, then go to this place. it was amazing

the next day was spent in airports slash airplanes
















i kind of hate flying

finally, we made it to mexico

it felt surreal.

it is so beautiful there.

the first whole day we spent chilling by the pool and drinking pinatas

the next morning i went running on the beach

everything was going great until i spotted a tiny baby pufferfish in the sand
i thought it was going to die
so i ripped my running shoes off and ran into the water, because i refused to throw it into the water
i dont even know if it lived or not
but i did spend a good 5 minutes bawling about it
who knows why

after that wonderful scene, we went to another beach

the beach by our hotel had waves that were too big to swim in

so we swam in this ocean!

i cut my foot on a rock and my brother got stung by a jelly fish (dont worry, he peed on it)

that night we went to this delicious place called the hangman

it was ghetto and kind of scary, but the food was amazing

the next day was the last day of running on the beach

after that, we went to san jose to go shopping! 

its so much fun to barter and getting prices down low

i got this reeaally gorgeous green necklace

my brother thought he was super funny because he kept calling me brave all day

you know, like this

(cause my hair was poofy and red)

ha.ha. 

the next day was ziplining!

i was sooo excited to go

i got up at 5 in the morning

and threw up

because i had food poisoning

yeah. 

i slept from 11 p.m. to 4 p.m.

thats a LOT of sleep

i finally made my way down for the bbq, where i feasted on roasted veggies

i also talked down a bracelet from 90$ to 2 for 60$

skills

the next day we went horse back riding on la playa

we passed this house out in the middle of nowhere

there were actually people living in it

i would never be able to do that

orem is almost too sleepy for me

one day i will move to a huge, bustling city with a million people in it

anyways

the dog was a teenager

his feet were wayy to big for his body

it was muy divertido 

that night we had a photo shoot on the beach!

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

okay

monday was our last full day

sadness

in the morning we painted ceramic figurines

mine was a fish!

we went to medano beach 

it was my favorite

the beach is filled with people and vendors and all kinds of activity

i also went parasailing 

it was really fun! 

and not scary at all (:

after the beach, i got a henna! 

thenn we went to dinner for the final time

it was a place called las guacamayas

or the parrots 

mmmm

they have the most delicious lemonade of all time

and it was huge!

at the restaurant there was this dude playing music on his guitar

he played this song that adam always used to play me

i had some intense deja vu 

crazy stuff man

the next day we hit the beach one last time

thats me going AWWW

we found this guy on the beach

that right there is a look of pure happiness

then, we had our last drinks

(miami vices)

then we packed up and headed home :(

in the airport we got amazing fries

YUM

it was real weird to be home! 

p.s.

look at how different i look three years later! 

the past 3 days i have been at youth conference

blehh

i hate dress codes

oh! on thursday night i went night swimming with megan at jesses house

it was super fun (:

i love going there! 

also, i ran twice this week

and cross country starts tomorrow

im super nervous!

but, i am in WAY better shape than i was at this time last year

anyways

keep calm and carry on  (:

love you all! 

im off to church

hola!

hola amigos!

ive been in mexico for the past week

it was AMAZING

buuuut i dont want to write, so here are pictures!

the end (:

keep calm and carry on (: