25 Things I Love

Just going through my photo's today. I could have put up 100 things that I love but for now, I'll stick to 25.

1. Weddings

2. Rain

3. My Family

4. Being an Orem Tiger

5. Random days to cook Belgian Waffles

6. To Dance

7. Out of control, frizz-ball hair

8. No Braces!

9. Spending time with dear friends

10. Tie-dye shirts

11. Waffle parties

12. Belgium

13. Being a Cougarette

14. Plaid Day

15. Concerts

16. Being an Aunt

17. Riding Rollercoasters

18. BYU

19. Sleeping

20. Beautiful Days with FERRIS WHEELS!

21. Doing things impulsively. Like running the Dirty Dash.

22. When best friends get their fairy tale endings

23. Dressing up, even when it may not be cool

24. The temple, the gospel, my Savior

25. Matching shirts

Just a good Saturday night

Saturday night was awesome. I think it was well deserved and long awaited on everyone's part. Sam, Mel, Becky and I started out at Rumbi to have a nice dinner. We started talking about the broya's and how supportive and wonderful they are. So we decided to show them that love and bought them cookies, made a rap and spent the rest of the night with them. Going from playing some basketball game involving dares to Classic Skating (Which ran out of skates by the way) to Miracle Bowl. It was a wonderful night.

Cookies, we really do love these boys

This is the result of someone finally making a stupid basket. Sarah and Steve had to sit in spider for 4 minutes.

Then someone else made a shot and Ryan had to spend the rest of the time with us. It was comfy cozy.

How we felt about Classic Skating not having any skates for us

We enjoyed ourselves regardless

Vogue? I'm not sure, but we're great right?

Bowling Crew.

Bootylish

Ponytail

Chudawump

Melinator

Bunkbed

Tater tot

Zeus

Love these girls

I Won't Give Up- Jason Mraz

Today has been one of those days where I woke up at 10. It's becoming more and more frequent. Where the roommates and I did P90X... well they did but when Tony was asking us to "jab, cross, upper cut, hook" I couldn't take myself too seriously. Then again I shouldn't do that anyways when exercising. Where I got myself a Flashin' Fruit Punch from Wendy's and loved every sip. Where I was so happy for Melanie and how she's being treated so well by dear Jordan. Where I thought of how great Sam and Jesse's wedding is going to be. Where I danced with beautiful souls. Where Sam showed me a new song that I'm going to spend 1.29 on to buy. Where I felt lonely. Where I got super excited for a summer in Provo. Where I was once again reminded of how much I love the girls across and down the hall and one duplex away. Where I thought of this quote over and over again (Thanks Sam). 

YOUR JOURNEY HAS MOLDED

YOU FOR YOUR GREATER GOOD.

AND IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE.

DON'T THINK THAT YOU'VE LOST TIME. 

IT TOOK EACH AND EVERY 

SITUATION YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED

TO BRING YOU TO THE NOW. 

AND NOW IS RIGHT ON TIME. 

It's been one of those days, ya know? 

Welcome 2012

I'm a few days late in welcoming the New Year officially but hey, better late than never right? The last few days I've been busily running around Orem and Provo, staying off of BYU owned streets of course, trying to get things situated before the new semester starts. I love being organized, I love making resolutions, I love a fresh start. Before I get ahead of myself, here is what I did over Christmas break.

I spent Christmas Eve hanging with Kailey and my family

We can't wait for the festivities to begin

Grandma and Owen. This poor little guy did not feel good.

Missing Stephen, Alesha and the boys but here is the Russo clan

Then I went to Idaho to hang out with my crazy nephews, I love being Aunt Sarah

Tripp and I

The newest addition, Eli Louis Russo.

New Years Eve with Xandra and Emily

Em just looking really good

Ben and Xandra

We were each others dates

Welcome 2012

 It was a good holiday. I feel like I could have used at least one more week of bummin around doing nothing but now is as good a time as any to get life moving again. Too bad this is what this evening is consisting of:

putting my room back together. Always a joy.

Welcome 2012, here's to a brand new year with new goals and new memories to be made.

Resolutions

with the exception of a few, some are too personal to share

1. Keep my car clean

2. Help my mom finish my high school scrapbooks

3.  Pass Chemistry :)

4. Attend the temple at least twice a month, hopefully more

5. Find something to smile about everyday

The "Mr. Darcy" thing

I love to read. I especially love to read Pride and Prejudice. I read it for the first time in Mr. Downs English class for explications. For those of you who don't know what explications are, it is a most dreaded assignment consisting of the summary of ten scenes from a classic novel and the overall importance they have to the plot. It seems easy, unless you procrastinate. Lets just say that I didn't sleep a few nights out of the school year. Luckily, Pride and Prejudice was made into a movie and I had seen the six hour version. I felt like even if I didn't finish the entire book in time I could still get full credit on the assignment. Well, I didn't need the movie because I read the whole thing. I couldn't put it down. That is how it is for me every time I have read it since. At times the narrative gets long, stuffy and boring but it doesn't stop me from keeping my eyes riveted to the text, page after page. It didn't stop me from spending four hours one day during Christmas break in my bed trading off between reading and snoozing.

Those who haven't read the book but seen the movie most often ask me, what is so great about Mr. Darcy. "Isn't he a jerk" they say. "Why do girls always end up liking those guys". Okay so I'm talking mostly of males who ask these questions. His character is by nature proud and judgmental. He grew up in a wealthy family with connections and high social status. To have feelings for someone like Lizzy who has little money, no connections, and ridiculous relatives is not something he was going to entertain. When he first met her he was prejudiced against her because of these things, which hurt her pride. This put up some seriously high walls for the both of them. Call me a hopeless romantic, but sometimes you cannot help who your heart chooses. He fell in love with her because he came to know her. Not merely the surface of what she had to offer. In time they both realized they had the wrong impression of one another and faced the trials that came against them together.

That is the "Mr. Darcy" thing. He is humbled by Elizabeth Bennett's wit and honesty and wants to change and be better for her. To take care of her. In return she comes to find his true character and is changed herself. It is a wonderful love story.