gettin' down on friday

friday night i babysat walker (not the little blondie i normally babysit... two walkers, one neighborhood). sometimes we play outside. sometimes we build forts in the basement. sometimes we play video games. sometimes we watch movies. sometimes we draw. and friday night, there was a lot of drawing. i wrote amy another birthday letter, while walker was silently working on this magic...

(that would be me and walker holding hands, i think we're cute)

and then we went outside, but walker discovered spiders and spiderwebs all over his play-set, so i sat on the back porch swing with buster. i happen to quite like buster. he's a funny dog. and he likes to give me kisses. so he's alright. 

after walker was sound asleep and his parents returned from their date night, i went to logan's to watch a movie, but ended up watching him and wil play call of duty for two hours. so that was just, awesome.

how was your weekend? 

disneyland, kc style

sometimes in kansas we have to get creative with things to do during the summertime. so a month or so ago, kate and sam helped me put together a list of "fieldtrips" we could go on this summer to have fun while they're out of school. high on the list was world's of fun... for those of you not familiar with kansas city, it's the only decent amusement park within i don't know how many miles of us. i'm pretty sure it's one of the lowest rated theme parks in the country (i feel like i saw that on the travel channel or something). but i happen to love world's of fun. it's got to be one of the happiest places on earth. 

so yesterday the three of us went. and i brought my brother along so sam would have some moral support and not have to be the only boy for the whole day. we had the absolute best time. the kids were well behaved, the weather was perfect, the lines were short, and it was a perfect day to scream our heads off on terrifying roller coasters.

insert creative blog title here

okay, first off...

my family is moving!!!!!

i've lived in kansas for 17 years. it's all i've really ever known because we moved here from california when i was about 3, and like most 3 year-olds, i don't have hardly any memories from before then. but basically kansas has been our home forever. and it's gonna be really weird leaving, but change is good. and though i'm not going to be in kentucky for very much of the year, i'm really excited about it.

the other day i told you i've been obsessing over this blog. and well, it's rainy today here too, so her post this morning was so poetic and perfect and i really enjoyed it. the sky is doing crazy things today. maybe it has something to do with the eclipse last night.

aaaaalso, i've recently fallen in love with the shine project. this week is "fitness week" and after i saw this post, i grabbed my brother and we decided we're going to be better about getting our daily exercise. so far we've gone running and played basketball. tonight we're planning going on a bike ride. and i find it all too exciting. i've lost 20 pounds since last summer, and i want to continue to be healthy and set more goals. betsy told me about livestrong.com and how you can track what you eat, your physical activity, and the progress you're making. it's nice to be able to have a visual of my progress.

i spent my yesterday with hank and hannah! we played on my old elementary school's playground (hello nostalgia), went to the library, ate pizza, went to the pool, had a kool-aid stand, and went to get peachwave with the money they earned from selling kool-aid. it was a blasty blast.

also i got to skype with cass and mads and that made me really happy. only 69 days til i'm in the pacific west!

cutie faces

i feel like maybe this is a little bit blurry, but it's a phone pic. and he was ready to speed away. but this is walker and his beautiful sister reese. isn't she pretty? i like when i get to play with them. they're cute, and fun, and stuff. and i just like this picture a whole lot. that's all really.

i hope everybody had the absolute best sunday!

recap

being home from college, i detest weekends. i don't have any friends in kansas right now. they're all in utah or idaho at school or working (like amy, cassie, juelaine, and betsy), or in california for summer selling (like calaigh), or living in kansas city doing music things cause their band is all big and cool (like sean). you catch my drift. basically i'm left friendless.

this weekend wasn't too terrible at all though. saturday i was with kate and sam, who i happen to really adore. i've never enjoyed two kids so much. we went to the pool, and then watched how to train your dragon and popped some popcorn. i honestly don't know how i've lived so long without seeing that movie. it was fantastic, and now i want a pet dragon. i wonder if my apartment manager will be cool with that. 

sunday i wore my new dress. have i ever mentioned how much i looove target dresses? they're my absolute favorite. and this dress has pockets! dresses with pockets are one of my favorite things. 

my primary class was a little roudy, but i'm going to assume that was just because they missed me when i was gone last sunday. and maybe the super nice weather. but mostly they missed me. because of my absence i got extra hugs from ruthy, which i love. and susie drew me a picture. i love 7 yearolds.

we had the missionaries over for our sunday meal, which consisted of spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread, corn, salad, and left over funfetti cake. we talked to the elders for about an hour or so after we finished eating, about everything. they both go home so soon (three weeks for one, and two months for the other)! my mom gave them advice about dating and marriage, hadley did a little show-n-tell (of basically all her belongings) in an effort to "show them who she is" ...i don't know, i wasn't sure where she was going with that.  and i promised to make them both a list of all the music and movies they've missed out on for the last two years. 

it was a quality sunday. oh! and i skyped with amy and betsy, and fell asleep talking to cassie. i miss my people. 80 days til i'm in utah, everybody. 80 days.

also, two more things. i'm obsessed with this blog and this song.

the end

how was your weekend?

the freshest

as i've mentioned before, i'm nannying this summer. and i've already figured out that i'm going to be spending a lot of time at the pool. i'm not really even mad about it though. i wake up, throw on a swimsuit and a tshirt, and head out the door. the last three days i've spent a total of ten hours at the pool. have i already gotten sunburned? yes. have i braved the cold water and jumped in yet? no. but that's okay, i have three more months for that...

hiiiiiiii nasty natural hair

meet dixie, betsy's kitty. it turns out, dixie is a boy. so now dixie is dix. betsy loves her (him, it, whatever) just the same. sometimes they have staring contests... betsy always wins.

and i may or may not have finally gotten david to play "tisbury lane" for me. i've only been trying for, oh, i don't know, six months? but it was unbelievably worth it. my future husband will play the guitar for me everyday. not that david and i have plans to get married. haha i'm just saying, whoever it may be.

happy (almost) summer!

walker texas ranger

meet walker

he isn't a texas ranger. although i think that'd be kind of neat. i believe i mentioned walker here. he's a funny little guy. he declared today a "jammies day" so he didn't put real clothes on. but that was fine. we sat in the basement for an hour during a tornado warning, we played ice age on nintendo move, we ate chicken nuggets for lunch, and then watched an episode each of batman and full house. it was a pretty productive day, i'd say. and while we were watching batman, and a glass of punch fell onto the floor (in the show), what did walker say? "they need to clean that up, somebody could slip" ...good lookin' out, walker john.

work = play

i'm not sure if i've ever mentioned just how much i love working. i've had a job pretty consistently ever since i was 15. even though i wish so terribly that i was at school with all my friends right now, i'm pretty happy that i'm working so much. during the week, i get to play with some of the cutest/funniest/smartest/funnest kids ever. and during the weekend, i get to go to wedding receptions, eat delicious food, and laugh at drunk people on the dance floor. it's pretty great actually. so most of the time, my job feels more like play than it does work. two of my favorites are sam and kate. we go on walks, play skipbo, watch disney movies, and plan fieldrips for the summer. and i love it a whole lot. i don't want to grow up and get a real job because i'm confident it's not going to be near as much fun as my job now. that is all.

the art of sportsmanship

yesterday while sam and i were playing phase 10, i was ahead of him 2 phases. this made him a little upset and he threw his cards down in rage and said he wanted to quit. this is the conversation that followed:

me: sam, you can't quit just because you're not winning

sam: but i get so angry!

me: i know, but think about it this way... when you have a soccer game and the other team scores a point, does your coach tell you all to quit and just end the game?

sam: well, nooooo

me: see, it's just like this then. don't quit.

sam: uh, that's not why though... the other team never scores.

me: okay fine. basketball then.

sam: nope, we're undefeated there too.

i guess i'll teach him about being a good sport another day.

i miss my brown babies...

...but these ones are pretty cute too

meet sophie, she's almost two and sooo blonde. have i tried to speak to her in spanish all day? why yes, yes i have. too bad she doesn't understand what i'm saying like my ecuador babies do.

and this is walker... i got to play with him earlier this week. he's 4 (and a half). he told me he didn't like my hair that day, because it was kind of "wacky." but i still really like him anyways. and he said it'd be fine if i came back to play.

all i really do lately is babysit. but i don't even mind it one bit. right now the kids are in bed and i'm watching say yes to the dress while i work on my talk tomorrow for church. i loooove speaking in church. sorry if that makes me weird. also my friends kat and skyler got married today! so hoooooray for that. 

happy weekend :)

barefooted child

let's talk about my tuesday. i woke up at 9 and cleaned my room whilst listening to the most fantastic playlist i have ever created which contains songs that remind me of ecuador. then at 1 i left for work. it was ridiculously nice outside so kate and i sat on her back patio for a good half hour. 

kate's really cute. and i really like her. also it's her birthday tomorrow and she'll be 12 whole years old!

sorry that it's hard to look attractive while staring directly into the sun

i ran around without shoes on today, and i really enjoyed it.

then i watched sam play soccer in the backyard before he went to practice. and then i went to target and bought kate her birthday present which i'm confident she'll enjoy. aaand saw a girl i knew in middle school.

and then i came home and saw this face. i happen to really like amy. just look at her.

and that, people, was my tuesday. it was a pretty fantastic tuesday actually. lame, but fantastic.

welcome to the city of sin

so its day five in las vegas. i met a boy on the plane here. his name is matt. i sort of am maybe attracted to matt. we made a bet. i won. we played a game. i won. i basically am just better at everything than matt.

in other news, vegas it hot. effing 110 degrees. but its not humid. yayyy for that. saturday night i went over to linda and troy's to have birthday cake for tj's birthday. he's so big! he's as tall as i was! i havent seen that guy for yearssss, like 9 maybe. and dereks hot. hes 7. im comfortable with that. then juelaine came over. and then she took me to her friend shelby's house. we played spoons with kyle and joel. then we went to in-n-out. i like that place. its delish.

monday night i went to singles ward fhe with juelaine and shelby and kyle and joel. i sort of feel a part of the group now. i like that. we played beach volleyball. that was enjoyable. except for i scratched my knee. ouch. then we went to juelaine's and ate; pizza, toy story 3 mac & cheese, peanut butter pretzels, the end. and then we went swimming. and hottubbing. and played truth or dare. i told a secret.

tuesday was sort of blahhhh. except i went to mimi's cafe with my grandma and her old lady friends. i got a sandwich and salad. yummmy. nada joy likes me a lot. she wants me to go see a movie with her and my grandma. thats funny i think.

yesterday and today ive been babysitting the foggs. they have four babies. well, two babies and two kids like 10ish maybe? the babies are madelyn and riley. yesterday maddie puked on me. today riley puked on me. i didnt know i had the effect on people. the puking effect. i made $108 though, so i suppose that maybe that makes up for the puke.

oh p.s. IM GOING TO ECUADOR :))) its official and im very happy about it.

fjdklaf; i like vegas, but i like kansas more