pour some sugar on me!

happy valentines eve! (is that a thing?)

last night some friends came over for a little sweet party. 

all things, sugar, pink, and sweet. 

(not to mention some mad dancing skills)

And thanks to the knockoff Swig Sugar Cookie recipe, I currently am having a sugar hang over (headache included.) but oh they are worth it.

lovin life

today, i think i just love life and taking one day at a time. 

seedling

I have been loving this rainy weather, it's still a little chilly but i'll take rain over snow any day. how refreshing!

I guess I won't get my hopes up for Spring though, (it's utah.) or that my mini little strawberry plant will grow because there is currently NO sunny window to make it's home. But I see too many miracles every day and have too much to be grateful for to complain about anything. And it is Valentine's week which means it should be full of all things love!

today i love rain, mini things, and flowers. 

grow little seed and let there be spring!

be mine? v-day package

Yay for Target's dollar section… 

whipped up a simple valentine package full of sweet words and well, sweets. 

< sweets for my sweetie >

(even though he won't eat any of them, he just doesn't haha)

But whats Valentines Day without a treat?

 ...i told him he could donate to the "investigator children fund" and all that mattered is he knew I was thinking of him and that I got more pictures of those kiddos eating their treats!

oh and, 3 months from today until italy. 

happy loving!

xoxo

ps… miracle I squished all those treats into that skinny little box.

"7 days of Valentines"

&

last years Valentines Day package

custom valentines

custom, they speak for themselves.

C H E E S E Y is always a must in my books, seriously it must be embraced! The dorkier/cheesier/mushier the better. ohhh i love, love month.

ps we got some of julia too, but she didn't like them and forbade me to post :(

for a little laugh:

I attended my assigned elementary school for the semester for the first time today, i'm working with 5th graders. I was in the library, helping three students take a timed test. The timer was going, and all was well until the librarian looked over and asked if we were taking a test? I told her we were… and she continued to get quite angry and ask that we all work at separate tables, and that we should have known that, and a spill of other lectures… so awkwardly after being scolded I asked the students to all find a different table and I would start their time over. As I was giving instructions the librarian gasped… and realized I wasn't a fifth grade student.

She apologized and told me we were just fine and to continue on, and we both felt a little awkward after that. come on, FIFTH grader??? I found it a bit ridiculous but maybe I should take a few years off, until I at least look older than 12 years old apparently. 

skinny mexican casserole

every now and then i realize that i probably eventually want to be a wife one day… and then i remember how my cooking skills are minimal and I have a panic attack. 

i like easy.

& that's why i'm sharing… (if you haven't already snatched this one off pinterest)

recipe here for "skinny mexican tortilla casserole" 

yum  yum  in  my  tum

life lately

According to my iPhone pics.

^Madison Kramer finished 12 months, one year of her mission! Yikes. (And Jenni just hit her 6 months!)

^remember how I said I started doing yoga again? well i have officially become addicted now! yay! When I can't make it into a class, (or don't want to pay for it) I'll look up routines on youtube and dim my lights… you betcha.

^A mango mtn. dew can do the soul good. (i said soul, not heart) at first I was a little upset about Swig going into Provo… because I felt like that was such a special treat that should only be enjoyed in St. G! Ya know… the easier access the less appreciative we'd all be of it? haha but I took it back realizing those sugar cookies and fountain drinks were tasty in any part of the state.

 ^aching, craving, and longing for summer. and weddings. or even just some sunshine. (is it possible for wedding attending to be a hobby? cause…)

^i can say with confidence that i no longer wheeze after my dash up three flights of stairs in my mad rush to be on time for class every day. i'm no pro gym-er by any means. but i'm working at relieving stress (which seems to come in abundance lately) and just getting fitter. to be honest i'm kind of waiting for some magical hot trainer to come whip my butt into shape…i'm too easy on myself. (maybe one will happen to appear in approx. 4 months??)

>>fyi I just consumed half a bag of a Large theatre popcorn… and it's way past my bedtime.