you be the judge.

dunkin' donuts

 

vs.

delicious homemade, fresh from the fryer, made with love and devotion

wightman donuts

?

conference was good.

in every meaning of the word.

how will you remember?

mad love to my city today.

read this to brighten your day!

"it should not require tragedy for us to remember god."

cadbury, christ, and cottontail.

happy easter.

or "easters" as courtney and nacho would say.

when i die.

so i know this thought is a tad morbid and maybe not "blog kosher" but i need to have it on record so my future spawn will know how i want to be remembered once i pass on. 

{thank you mr and mrs beesley for letting me borrow your headstone.}

this is what i want my headstone to look like.

it's just a slab of granite

{i like to pretend it is leftovers from the salt lake temple but i know i am mistaken}

with cool font

a great quote from my favorite man

and the best part is the emblem at the top.

for anyone familiar with the salt lake temple

and has enough super vision to see what it is

will recognize it.

it is the doorknob to the salt lake temple.

and it is so great.

so future mr. paige,

i ask you:

is it okay if our mortal bodies lay under this

once we pass on

and spend eternity together?

i hope so.

because i have already decided.

p.s. happy memorial day...yesterday.

the best i can be.

it's sunday.
i am working
while everyone else i know is at church.
they get blessings
while i get money.
but what do you get, my lovely little blogging buddies?
you get this beautiful quote i found in her book by this amazing man.

"all of us have problems.  we face them everyday. 

how grateful i am that we have difficult things to wrestle with. 

they keep us young, if that is possible. 

they keep us alive. 

they keep us going. 

they keep us humble. 

they pull us down to our knees to ask God of heaven for help in solving them. 

be grateful for your problems,

 and know that somehow there will come a solution. 

just do the best you can,

but be sure it is the very best. 

then leave it in the hands of the Lord."

so even though

i hate math

and i miss my sister

and i get homesick

and all i want to do is be sad sometimes

and i don't get straight a's

and i have to work on sundays sometimes

or late at night

i am grateful for these difficulties.

i am grateful that i can go to school.

i am grateful to receive the blessings

of having a missionary out.

i am grateful that i love my family so much

 and love to come home.

i am grateful for my health and the life i have.

i am grateful that i fail sometimes

because i've learned to get up and try again.

i am grateful to have a job

and be able to somewhat support myself.

i am grateful for my problems.

and i am grateful for you, my little lovelies.

i'll go where you want me to go.

i went to my friend's mission farewell today.  the first of many to come.  oh boy it was surreal.  i knew that this was an inevitable day, the day to say goodbye to the boys.
the boys who got me through high school.
the boys who laughed at my jokes that the girls didn't find funny.
the boys who didn't think it was weird to be just friends.
the boys i'd hang around when i couldn't handle hearing another dramatic high school girl story.
the boys who take me to the high school dances when nobody else would.
the boys who were always down for an adventure.
the boys who would ask me for the "girl's point of view".
the boys who are the greatest example to me.
the boys who are my boys.
even though i will miss them.
even though i will have zero friends this summer without them.
even though i will go broke because of all the care packages.
even though i will have to get a typewriter to write all the letters to them on. {true story, i want one!}
even though 2 years is a long time.
i am so proud of them and their decisions to serve our Lord and Savior.
there couldn't be better people to represent my church and my beliefs.
return with honor, boys.  and i'll be here waiting for you all when you get back!

sheri dew...you doll you.

i have one sister.  she has one hate.  that one hate is reading.  so you can understand why it took me by surprise when she suggested, long ago, before she left me here to rot, that i read no doubt about it by the one and only, sheri dew.  i decided last night that i would take my sister up on that offer.  and i am so happy that i did.  every sentence is quote book worthy.  she is so eloquent and talented.  she shares a quote that i just adore:

you are good.

but it is not enough just to be good.

you must be good for something.

you must contribute good to the world.

the world must be a better place for your presence.

and that good that is in you

must be spread to others

-gordon b. hinckley

i want to be good for something.  i want my good to rub off of me and onto my surroundings.  just like my sister wightman is doing in the district of columbia.

thanks sheri for this gem.

and thanks courtney for living her words.

the one and only.

i live for road trips. even the ones that last about 48 hours. also, i can't get enough of st. george utah. so i think it goes without saying that my quick little trip down south this weekend was the tops. here is what went down...

first stop: domination station. BYU vs. Utah State. yes BYU won and yes i am heartbroken that the love of my life is out for four to six weeks due to a pulled hamstring.

get better love.

next, bfsp, Colton and I drove straight to heaven on earth, st. george utah.  no, we didn't even have to stop once!  mom and dad took their time getting there so bfsp and i went on a spare key hunt.  no luck.  thankfully {well, i think this was a blessing} the back door was unlocked so we shimmied ourselves in and prepared to fight off any robbers who might've been inside.  thankfully {i know this was a blessing} no one had broken in and the condo looked and smelled just like it always does.

saturday morning arrived quickly so mom made the traditional conference cinnamon rolls, dad completed his daily crossword puzzle as bfsp and i enjoyed conference session.

next stop--the one and only snow canyon.  bfsp has never been {sinner} so as you can see we went a bit wild with the camera...

we are have a future in modeling and/or photography, right?

anyways, after getting that beautiful red dirt all over our clothes, we went out in public as if we were squeaky clean.  we swung by my favorite pizza joint, {well right up there with big nick's in the fabulous nyc} the pizza factory.

yeah.  yum!

and what meal is complete without a cupcake?

                                                  thank you twenty five main.  you made my life worth living.  if you are ever in st. george definitely check it out.  i recommend the chai latte cupcake.  you'll die!

sunday we were happy to watch the final day of conference.  in between the sessions we got to go to my favorite place of all time [and the future setting of my wedding day] the st. george temple.  isn't it beautiful?

now don't judge me, but we did swing by in-n-out before driving home, even though it was still sunday.  i was doing service to my fellow men who have never been exposed to the beauty of the classic (yeah you read it right, bfsp had never been to in-n-out).

we love it!

then the worst part of the trip arrived...the end.

a little ray of sunshine.

 {i'm going there someday}

my weekend was complete.

i absolutely loved hearing the words of

the leaders of

my church

for general conference.

i learned exactly what i needed.

i heard exactly what i wanted.

i felt exactly how i like to.

and i love that.

and i especially loved

this:

"what we love determines what we seek.

what we seek leads us to what we think.

what we think determines who we are

and what we will become. "
.president dieter f. uchtdorf.

isn't that perfect 

for miss "you are what you love"

i cannot wait for next conference!