back to school...

What a day! Its back to school time, which meant a hike to campus to my peppy new playlist. Five classes, 9 hours on campus, and 16 almost twin spottings later, I trekked home. Even though I'm exhausted and definitely not used to being in school again, I'm super excited for all of my classes this semester. Check back and see if I'm still saying that in two months around midterms, but for now they all seem really interesting with great professors.
At least I didn't get lost and look like a freshman.

home sweet home

This is our cute new apartment! Please note the oh so classy and sophisticated paper chain, happy birthday sign (the closest birthday is in a month) and the branches in the vase that we cut from a bush outside to bring in a "natural element". Watch out HGTV, I think this takes the cake for best college decorating!
But don't you worry, we have big plans to make this a classy, chic place. Expect big things.
But we'll probably leave the Christmas lights hanging up in the kitchen...

whitney the wed

The paper chain is done, and so is the most anticipated reunion of the summer! It was wonderful to have my favorite people come visit for Whitney's wedding. The wedding was a classy affair, but of course had a bad dance party involved.

I loved showing my friends around Seattle and hanging out in the days afterward as well. Plus, I'm a total expert at driving to the airport now. And in just a week, the party will keep on going
when we reunite for good in Provo.

RIP Single Whitney

nature at its finest

A few weeks ago, my parents found a bird nest in the hanging flowers off of our deck and within a day we had a baby bird. We loved to watch our baby and check his progress everyday. My mom even rigged up a McGuyver-esque cover to protect the bird from the rain. Its mother hated us, and we had some close divebomb attacks when we were checking on it.

Baby bird grew feathers and bigger, and then all of the sudden it was gone. Its actually quite tragic,and made worse by the fact that my grandma is convinced that our bird was eaten.

So farewell, baby bird, hopefully you will come visit us again. Your nest is always open.

apron frenzy

Because I am really a middle aged woman, I have been spending my summer sewing away, creating aprons for everyone I know. I finished the first batch of 8 (6 for the roommates, 1 for the betrothed, and 1 for the lady with the master key). So, behold the fruits of my labors. My mother insisted on taking the picture outside so everyone could behold the beauty of Washington.

Roomies and extras, you can start your fight over who gets which one!

out of the mouths of babes

I officially work with the cutest kids around. Here's proof:

"When I grow up, I'm going to be a superhero"
"When I grow up, I'm going to be Jar Jar Binks"
"I want to be 13 because then I can start a band and be a rockstar"
"I want to be 19 because thats the perfect age"
"We're not goalies. We're defense"
"Sneak attack! Sneak attack!" (during soccer week. They have no idea what a sneak attack is)
"Look at my beard. Its as soft as a rabbit." -a 5 year old girl
"That banging noise must be a chicken running into the door." (it was construction)

whoops...

Logging onto facebook and seeing that 7 people had updated their website info reminded me that I, too have a blog that I should probably update. So, here is a quick update of a summer that is halfway through, by the numbers.

2 trips to Idaho
20 peeling appendages
1 week in singles ward
5 weeks in a row spent avoiding singles ward
2 times peed on my small children
6.5 aprons sewn
2 times breaking the sewing machine
1 Jonas Brothers party
3 mission farewells
8 long goodbyes
4 wisdom teeth removed
2.1 seasons of the West Wing watched (thanks to wisdom teeth)
3 jobs held at once
5 bouts of sickness
3 trips to the doctor
1 fainting episode
341 hymns played (that would be all of them)
39 very strange dreams
7 lotion samples on my hands at one time
53 Mariners games lost
76 lists made
312 references made to things not understood by people in this state
39 rainy days
2 apostles seen
2 BYU basketball players lost (to engagement or the draft)
2 small children I've made cry
97 cravings for chicken coeur d'bleu, the MOA, or a banana brownie shake
255 replies to the facebook thread
11 days until Christian Bale returns to the big screen. RIP Heath
36 days til the mother of all reunions!