clearest thoughts...

I've been missing so many lovely people lately.

The good news is I will be reunited with most of them in just a matter of weeks!

(p.s. I'm thrilled to be be living with one of my favorite people.)

So I love music-everyone does. There is a song for every friend that I have- whether that song is a favorite of ours or whether the song just reminds me of them-sometimes even an entire album can remind me of an old love or lost friend.

Today one song kept coming to mind which then led me to miss an old friend. In an eerie way it describes our relationship to a tee.

(well in my mind that is.)

The following is a video someone made of this song that is still stuck in my brain.

(Now I like the idea of the video, I just don't think it was executed very well?)

welp, that's what was on my mind at 1:38 in the morning. oh the joys of insomnia...

george's 278th

On this President's Day I thought I'd reflect on some of our greatest commercials.

Some are funny, some are adorable and some are just really creative and put a smile on my face.

._.enjoy._.

On a more serious note I will leave you with a couple of my favorite quotes by Mr. Abraham Lincoln himself...

"Perhaps a man's character was like a tree, and his reputation like its shadow; the shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing."

"I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal."

the greatest love

This year Valentine's day had a completely different meaning for me.

I didn't think once about not having a boyfriend or dreaded on being single, instead I was reminded of the wonderful love that I DO have in my life and am blessed to have forever.

I just read a talk titled "The Great Commandment" by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin and it was the best thing I could've come across on Valentines day because it reminded me of a different kind of love that you can't find on Hallmark cards.

Here is a quote from Elder Wirthlin's talk that I especially found powerful...

"True love lasts forever. It is eternally patient and forgiving. It believes, hopes, and endures all things. That is the love our Heavenly Father bears for us.

We all yearn to experience love like this. Even when we make mistakes, we hope others will love us in spite of our shortcomings—even if we don’t deserve it.

Oh, it is wonderful to know that our Heavenly Father loves us—even with all our flaws! His love is such that even should we give up on ourselves, He never will.

We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever. Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won’t, for He sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming."

wow.

oh thomas

meet trevor.

He makes me laugh all the time.

He is an incredible example to not only me, but everyone around him.

He's the most unselfish person I know.

He is always willing to lend out a helping hand to anyone and everyone.

He is the best brother a girl could have.

I thank my lucky stars every night for him.

"I've got blisters on my fingers!"

So I've been trying to keep busy before I move so I decided to start making some kind of headband that I can sell or just give to friends. I finally have made enough materials that I can start mass producing these darling little braided headbands-nothing fancy of course. I've seriously been sewing my fingers away the last two weeks! The first 3 I've made have gone to the little girls I watch- they boosted my ego a bit by wearing them to disneyland the other day...

I'll post my etsy shop as soon as I'm finished with all of them so if any of you would like one just stay tuned!

adam

I just recently watched this film and I couldn't help but love it.

I really like how they built up Adam's character and I didn't want the movie to end-I just wanted to keep watching him forever.

One of my favorite things about this film were the opening lines...

"My favorite children’s book is about a little prince who came to Earth from a distant astroid. He meets a pilot who's plane has crashed in the desert. The little prince teaches the pilot many things, but mainly about love. My father always told me I was like the little prince but after I met Adam, I realized I was the pilot all along."

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(P.S. I secretly wanted Adam and Beth to end up together forever-is that so wrong?)

shake n' bake

This week I had the great pleasure of visiting my newlywed friend Lindsay. I haven't seen her since the wedding so we had a lot of catching up to do! As of lately poor Lindsay has been on a gluten free diet so we decided to try and make some gluten free sugar cookies. It definitely was an experience baking with gluten free flour but the cookies actually turned out really really good-that is after we added the frosting and sprinkles! Lindsay also just got the new game Just Dance for the Wii so we played that while the cookies were in the oven and it's probably my new favorite form of exercise!

Here are some pics of our baking adventure...

I also stayed up last night making valentine sugar cookies for the two families I babysit and adore. The recipe I used made so much more dough then I expected so after 3 dozen I got tired of cutting out all of those little hearts so I made 4 huge butterflies-one for each little girl-worked out perfect!

I would absolutely LOVE to have my own bakery one day...