vacation: a time for learning.

i was in st. george for the last few days...not dead like it may have appeared through blog world.  whilst {my new favorite word} there i learned some important things.  all of which i will teach to you now...

 image 1:  palm grapes.

 image 2:   hair line head twins.

 image 3:  hiking.

 image 4:  it's a girl!

image 5:  stripes=speed.

• my sister sees herself as pee wee inside of her head, which is what makes her so charming.
• i have a talent for knowing what famous singer my peers would sound like if they sung.  my neighbor, for example, would sound like phil collins, if he ever tried singing.
• some new study states that if you have 302+ friends on facebook...you need to delete some because nobody thinks you can have 302 really really really great friends...and that's how we feel when you friend us on facebook.  that we are great friends.  cut it down to 300.  
• my new friend, her name is audrey, she can describe people perfectly.  my favorite descriptive word:  "goober"
• las vegas needs some manners.  
• "i spy a mormon" is a fun way to sight see in sin city.
• algae blossoms in a pool won't kill you.  but you might say your words all out of wack for a while.  
• my dad and my sister look identical if they lay day beside each other and you look at their heads.  it's spectacular. (see image 2)
• green grapes come from palm trees. (see image 1)
• it better appreciate hiking, lay down on a cliff, head first. (see image 3) 
• if everyone wears stripes, you will get home in record speed. (see image 5)
• everyone gets to choose a new name when you are a grand parent.  for example:  honey, bob bob, tootsie, eleanor, lorna, lowell, jack, ect.
• i've chosen the wrong career.  my calling was, in fact, being an obstetrician.  too late. (see image 4)

learning is fun.  have you had enough vacations this summer?

happy day, all is well.

my little cousin gabe is going to be a star.  a broadway one.  just you wait and see.  my guess is that he'll be in west side story {due to his impeccable snapping skill} billy elliot {because he is a little boy and he can dance--which is the extent of my knowledge of billy elliot}. so dad, court, and i {the 3 dancing amigos} took taylorsville dayzz as our opportunity to train him.  call this:  dancing 101 with the masters.

#1

the twist is always in style.

 #2

pointing your toes is always important...even when master paige is too interested in something else to remember this.  also, never let your outfit keep you from hitting your hardest dance move {see master courtney for a reference}.

 #3

just look as happy as could be while dancing.  like the 3 masters seen here.

#4

the cliche phrase "dance like nobody is watching" is wise.  so do it, like the masters seen above.

make us proud, gabe.

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.

women 101

{if only computers were scratch and smell.  

that way you could smell mama's scent:  

chanel no. 5.  very classy.}

every woman needs a signature scent like every man needs a suit.  don't consider yourself a true woman without one.  that being said, i am not a true woman yet.  i am in search for my signature scent.  i need to have a certain smell.  a smell my grandchildren can say "that smells like my grandma" about.  it has to be just right.  i am eighteen so i can't smell like a grandma and signature scents last forever so when i am a grandma i can't smell like a teenager.  it a very complicated process so my word to the wise, begin your search today.  smell like a real woman.