baby talk.

because of these mini hooligans

i, along with the rest of my grown friends and family,

can't stop saying things like...

"wutdiheek" 

{translation:  what the heck!...where do they learn these things?}

trendsetters.

i like them.  a lot.

hug a toddler for me today.

summer '11: hard core.

school started yesterday.  it was good.  there was an angry woman in my class who complained about the teacher being late for the first 10 minutes of class...but that angry woman turned out to be my teacher.  she's crazy.  i am betting that i may be having a series of hilarity about her throughout the semester.  plus she teaches interventional grammar so that's good.
but before i start up those crazy uvu posts, let's reminisce, shall we?

top 10 summer '11 moments.

10.  jay-z comforting me while the east coast plane trip got bumpy.

9.  discovering my passion for hard core-ness in the form of bike gang.

8.  taylorsville dayzz never disappoints.  

and those m&m cookies added to the mix took it to a new level.

7.  deciding to participate in a triathalon {someday} and swim to my heart's content.  plus grandma's senior water aerobics really got my artheritis cleared up...wait what?

6.  peaches and creme fraiche quickly replaced "breathing" in my top 3 necessities for living.

5.  stumbling upon a yellow bike after months of searching.  she is now mine.  and she is my best friend.

4.  getting this awesome bruise while boating with my uncle mark that i tried to irritate for weeks so it would stay hard core forever.

3.  having audrey ask for my number.  actually, wait, i forced that upon her.  CALL ME GF!  too far.

2. molding young minds while picking up some new vocab. WHAT DI HICK!?!

1.  riding down a hill on antelope island during the moonlight ride.  every steep hill, mosquito bite, intense fear that i was going to be kidnapped buy humans or aliens, and the near dehydration scare was worth it for that giant hill that made my bike go 80 mph for realsies.

they call me mojo.

gangs are hard core.

22 mile moonlight bike rides with real live biting hair bugs are hard core.

red hair is hard core.

tie those things together and you get my bike gang.

we're hard core.

if you or someone you know would like to be hard core

get off the computer, go into your garage, get your bike, dust it off, and train with these guidelines.

MUSTs

• be able to ride with sass.  meaning ride with your hands on your hips because that is the definition of sass.
• do a wheelie.  because someone in the gang should know how in order to be legit.
• watch this video and adopt this attitude.
• despise cars.  the antibike.  bike everywhere. 
• pass hazing initiation rituals that will be left up to the founders.

MUSTN'Ts

• insist on wearing helmets.  even if your dad tricks you into it.
• cry when the gang gets too hard core.  in fact you should never cry because gangsters don't cry.  unless they see a bike get destroyed on purpose.  that is messed up.
• refuse a nickname.  i am mojo.  rightfully so.  
• diss the theme song of the gang.
• fall off of your bike unless you are a) telling a story or b)adding dramatic effect to a situation.

when you are man enough to run it

call me.

another sun soaked season fades away.

{me and summer--the season, not a person.}

i cannot believe i am writing another "good times in the sun" list.  but with summer over, it just brings me one more season closer to the return of sister wightman!!  so here we go...

• discovering strawberries/sour cream/brown sugar.
• spontaneous trips to st. george.
• planned trips to st. george.
• realizing that "beer can" in jamaican is the same as "bacon" in english.
• many farewells {someday those will be homecomings and i love those even more.}
• getting over the "hump".
• loving so you think you can dance.
• going to the king's english with mama and all of our other little adventures.
• digging through d.i. and finding goodies.
• spending lots of time with my sweet grandparents and being able to serve them.
• the weekend of taylorsville dayzz and the art's festival almost made me overdose on love.
• toy story 3.  and despicable me.  and inception. 
• my little nuggets at the daycare.  i wish it wasn't illegal so show pictures of them.  you'd die from their cute-ness.
• scavenger hunting with my creative little friends.
• pretending to not be afraid of celebrity ghost stories with dad.

summer.  good times.  but next summer, when sister wightman gets to be called courtney again, that will be even better times.  can't wait.  uvu...here i come, again.

my life in the sand box.

{me and my little friends.}

the number one thing that i have learned this summer is how crazy fun sandboxes are. true, they are easily the most unsanitary place on the planet and you get sand in places you'd rather be sand-free, but still.  i have spent a majority of my summer in this very sandbox,

building towers,

digging holes,

and i even taught my little 2 year old babies big kids how to make and decorate sand cupcakes.  

talented little monsters. 

and they have taught me some new lessons.

for example:

i can't remember the last time i said a sentence without adding an "ie" on the end of at least one word{ie}.

also i have caught myself using day care methods at home.

i tell my mom that if she "puts her pee pee in the potty" then she can get a sticker.

i tell my friends that our "feet are for the floor not for kicking."

i tell my family that "it's fun to share with our friends."

i caught myself signing my name "miss paige" once or maybe twice.

and i have a new appreciation for dr. suess.

i like my job.

and i think i might buy myself a sandbox.

p.s. happy 200th post!

the living is easy.

{sorry about the bare feet, n.}

i love my tramp{oline}

even though

my feet turn black

summer is back...

back in black.

suddenly, everything has changed.

last summer was odd.  it was the last summer to spend with my sister and the majority of my friends, before they left on their missions.  courtney and i never found jobs.  and to top it all off, our neighbor was feeding a raccoon family from their back porch.  if it were last summer i would say that my favorite things included:  raccoon hunting, sitting on lawn chairs in the front yard with courtney waiting for the mail, and walking to einstein bagels to remember what it felt like to be a little kid without a driver's license.  this summer is different. my only source of social interaction is with my mom and dad {not that there is anything wrong with that}, my neighbor switched her focus from raccoons to ducks, and i have learned that the mail comes faster when you aren't waiting for it.  plus, me and my mom and my dad {besties for life}have discovered some real gems this summer.  so far i love 2 things about the summer of 2010...

1.

{sev...wait i have always loved that...}

and 2.

 

{the king's english bookstore.}

and i am anxiously waiting more summer '10 legends.

bring it on.

any suggestions? 

here it comes.

{bucket list}

saturday:  moved out.  it was sad.  it was dirty.  it is clean now.  home is good.

sunday:  baby blessed.  possibly the cutest little nugget of all time.  check her out. met a second gavin {meaning not thee gavin} that loved strawberries more than anyone else could.  worried about finals for a riduculous amount of time and maybe wasted a ridiculous amount of moisture.

monday: took finals.  rocked 'em. cleaned that sad, empty place i called home this time last week.

tomorrow:  summer.  bucket list shall begin.  don't worry lovelies...great posts, coming your way.  my mind is sleepy.  she went through a lot of square root properties and other useless things that will do absolutely nothing for me as an elementary school teacher. oh and glee is tomorrow.  yay!

p.s. i'd like to try this.  danielle/marie/natalie/self, please add this to the bucket list.  on second thought...maybe you shouldn't.

just greenery and humid air.

summer is so close.  i can feel the sun burn already.  and, oh boy, am i i excited.  i have been preparing like mad for it.  marie and i, as well as dani and i have created quite the to do list(s) that has potential to keep me bust every blasted hour of summer vacation.  here they are...

paige and marie's summer 2010 to do list extrodinair...

• take at least one picture everyday.
• scrapbook each day so bfsp and sister wightman will not feel left out of our adventures.
• visit colorado.  for our newest replacement colton, sean babbs.  {you know names that must be said with the first AND last name?  sean babbs is one one of those names.  so is eddie brown.}
• go through with everything we say we are going to do.  that will be a challenge since i am about 89% sure i dream way too big sometimes.

paige and dani's summer bucket list...

• take a "how to wear my TOMS" picture.
• paint a picture.
• attend as many outdoor activities as possible {i.e. outdoor movies, concerts, ect.}
• cook a five course meal.
• make someone cry. {we mean happy tears of course}
• white water raft.
• jump on the tramp as much as we did in elementary school.
• go camping.
• go on a picnic.
• ride bikes.
• solve world hunger {of course}.

paige's personal "must accomplish" this summer goodie bag...

• send a care package to the missionaries...even the ones in far off lands.
• learn to play a song on the piano.
• obtain a "green thumb."
• run race for the cure {in honor of sister wightman.}
• watch all the best picture winners.
• bake a cake from scratch.
• read a classic novel.
• use vinny to document all events.
• go to the art's festival, avenue's fair, sidewalk chalk fair, and farmer's market.
• cook dinner for mom and dad once a week.
• make lots of jewelry with gwood.
• work on this.
• find some replacement sister wightmans and bfsps in the single's ward {...}.
• steal fashion from her and her.  
• steal qualities from her and her.  
• have fun!

{summer 2010...i have high hopes for you.}

so i leave you with this:

{oh} what do you do in the summertime?

join us...

 p.s.

n- you better believe

i didn't forget about our

summer musties.  that theater

of yours and yoga

are going to wish it was

winter all year long

because of the two of us.

and i love you.

and miss you.

and there is a special

post planned for you

coming soon.

{to a blog near you}

love p.

ah.

 {i love this fort we built last summer.}

i love it when i am doing my homework and i can't pay attention to it because i love the song that is playing too much. 
i love it when me and natalie check the mail in our socks.
i love having the windows open.  {it makes me feel like my mama, who loves having the windows open all day long in the summer.}
i love it when we have to change the clocks and it turns into spring.
i love not wearing a coat.
i love jerry seinfeld.
i love thinking about spring break and all the fun we are going to have.
i love packing up my clothes to go home and pretending i am packing up to move home for the summer.
i love adding to my summer to do list {coming soon} and reading hers.
i love that i have been charging my camera all weekend to prepare her for this week's festivities.
i love this song so much.
i love when i look at all my favorite blogs and they have all done a new post.  i love it!
i love calling home and both of my parents get on the phone.
i love planning our new york city/washington dc/philly trip, even though it's a year away.
i LOVE when people are happy in their facebook status/blog posts.  it inspires me.
i love that this kid's going on a mission.  even though i miss him already.

i love this picture.  and i bet my sister would too.

and i love it when people look at my blog.

summer has come and past.

the summer has only been over officially for a few hours, but i miss it already. here's what i loved most about my summer:

• graduating from the greatest high school ever
• 500 days of summer and up
• midnight movie premieres (even the ones that were TERRIBLE)
• gallivan movies
• sitting on lawn chairs in the afternoon
• crepe night was the tops
• spying on raccoons and other little creatures inhabiting the neighborhood
• taylorsville dayzz is always a good laugh
• walking to einstein's with mama and sister
• forts
• ticket to ride
• courtney's mission call and the sismishmall
  
• playing with little kids
• design star
• gossip girl changed my life
• st.george and vegas
• french connection
• weddings
• dvr movies
• i fell in love with my quote book all over again
  
• oquirrh mountain temple
• blog stalking
• the bachelorette
• singing wicked everyday
• the day my car's air conditioning started working
• 7-11 runs
• the 7 day diet (wait...i hated that actually)
• park city
• marriot beds
• drag me to hell
• swiss days
• my new chalkboard
• courtney sleeping over at my apartment once
• sub zero
• BYU vs. oklahoma game
  

all of this was great, but i loved being with my sister every day.  she has reinvented the word fun.  return with honor sister wightman, so we can have another great summer! 

oh, and fall is going to be the bomb.