skype dates with my boys

for some reason i haven't been able to sleep much lately. i'm thinking it's a mix of stress (about what i don't know), excitement (going home in three weeks, going on a mission!), and lack of routine (all i do is work and watch one tree hill). lucky for me, weston and david don't ever sleep either. which means skype lovin' for meeee.

weston makes fun of me a lot

david and kendrew introduced me to fiona (david's freaky snake that he's too into)

now, i'm off to take advantage of my heavy eyes and excessive yawning. goodnight!

goodnight moon

tonight i get to fall asleep to a sweet summery symphony of rain tapping at my window, thunder booming in the distance, and lightning cracking somewhere in between. i looooooove thunderstorms. especially in the summertime when it's a warm rain that you can play in without being miserably cold afterwards.

i like goodnight conversations with amy. tonight's went something like this...

amy: don't laugh that i'm going to bed at 10:30

me: well i'm going to bed at 11:30 so it's whatever

amy: let's go to bed together

me: k come tuck me in

amy: give me a kiss

me: forehead or cheek?

amy: lips

me: okay goodnight fagatron

amy: what does that even mean?

me: it's what hadley wants to name one of her children

amy: love it

me: love you

amy: sweet dreams lovergirl

me: backatcha sugarbottom

i like her in my life. 

oh and also, i recommend skyping before bed. 

it puts you in a good mood and sets you up for sweet sleep. 

guys, i'm happy. 

and i like life a lot right now.

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!

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!

awkward and awesome thursday

i think this is the first "awkward and awesome" i've done since being home. hooray!

awkward...

• my sister and i having the same color toothbrush, and not knowing which is which
• walking/driving around overland park in my black pants and tuxedo shirt because i forgot to bring clothes to change into after work
• a man offering me $20 to date his son because i "look cute and fun" (or is this awesome?)
• walking to dillon's (the grocery store) to go to the bathroom because my boyfriend's toilet is broken
• bearing my testimony in sacrament meeting, weeping like a small child, and having two streams of mascara flowing down my face, and no one telling me about it

awesome...

• rick telling me he noticed that i was losing weight
• weighing what i did my freshman year of high school
• getting letters from missionaries (especially kyle!)
• getting called to teach ctr 7
• making mix cd's
• it being warm enough to drive with my windows down and sunroof open
• getting a text from kayla because shes finally back IN AMERICA
• little sam being a sick and him telling me a paige hug should make him feel better
• driving two and a half hours to springfield for the night with my best friend 
• skype dates with cassie first thing when we wake up

storytime

i love my madi

and i love my adrianna

and i love storytime with them

via skype

la la la storytime

i like adrianna

i like skype