Showing posts with label millcreek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label millcreek. Show all posts

Monday, August 19, 2013

home again home again


This last weekend I moved back to Salt Lake. I'll be there for the next two and a half weeks before I board a plane to go adventure abroad for the rest of the year. As it gets closer and closer, I get more and more excited. There might be a hint of terror in there too, but that's what makes it even more exciting. You know, like when you're waiting in line to go on the scariest slide at the water park and you know it's going to be terrifying and your heart is going to hate you because you'll basically be free falling but you have to do it anyway because you just do. am i the only one that feels this way about that dang slide? fine. whatever. i'm a wimp.

But being home has been wonderful, and it's only been two days. The carpet in my home is so soft, I could just sleep on the floor and be fine but then I'd be missing out on the massive bed I have all to my own. The water in the shower is always warm, no matter how long I stay in there. There's always ice cream in the freezer and all the elderly people in the ward are nice to me. I can just go up one flight of stairs to tease my little sister, even if this means she only has to go down one flight of stairs to do the same to me. I get to pretend I can still play the piano anytime I want and my dad even thanks me for playing while my mom plans backpacking hiking trips for us to take next weekend. I also get to take the scoot-scoot on evening rides up the canyon, which is basically in our backyard. Caroline joins me and we laugh as we barely inch up the hill while having the gas on full throttle.

Oh that little scoot. It's my crush of the week for sure. fo sho.




she's in tune with nature.


So now I'm missing my real camera and am committing myself to taking it out with me on my next Millcreek visit. Just so you know.

peace and baseball games. 
totes going to one with my bff tonight. #yesssssss <------- oh, and feel free to say that in Parseltongue. I did.

rrw





Tuesday, February 19, 2013

and i was all like...



a week ago i was all like




now i'm just like




yeah.
especially that sparkly leaf kelly's rockin.
i kind of secretly want that.
ok.

in between those two soundtracks of my life a lot of good stuff happened.
stuff like....

the. thickest. cake/cookie. i. have. ever. eaten.
my family was down for valentines day.
i had other plans so couldn't meet up with them.
but my dad left me this wonder on my doorstep.
it was red velvet.
because he remembers how much i love that because caroline and i went on and on about how much we love that on our vacation to florida last summer.
he's a good dad.
hi dad.



campus reunions.
i was called a diamond in the rough.
DAY. MADE.
you know who you are.
thank you.

coldstone creamery.
imma...just going to stick to the ice cream from here on out.
funnel cake? not overly impressed.

shopping with el padre and hermana.
completely entertaining.
completely. 

a new ski jacket resembling a certain biblical article of clothing.
and it was red and yellow and green and blue...
i love it.

games. games. games.
forbidden island
zeus on the loose
pit
crazy eights
valentine matching game created by my dad
word on the street
rummikub
bananagrams

it's a new way to play


sometimes the games can get heated but in the end we're all family and get along just as well as you would expect a semi-normal happy family to.

birthday celebration!
rebecca is a quarter of a century old.
and she got some NICE dishes to help satisfy her "dish itch"
mmmm! for gluten free cake.
actually it's pretty good.

this is the "birthday picture."
youre welcome.


missionary farewell.
man.
catherine.
really?
yes.

lord of the rings on tv.
yes it went until the wee hours of the morning.
yes i stayed up to watch it all.
yes my behavior will ALWAYS be such.
and aren't i glad i stayed up because around 1:14am on monday i received...

an email.
one that i really probably shouldn't have gotten
and had a total of 14 words in it
and might be one of the best emails i've ever received
as i expressed in my prompt three word response.


millcreek canyon.
always a pleaser

we so ninja.
minus caroline.


wreck it ralph.
ok. 
this commentary isn't going in small type because i loved that movie so much.
it was hilarious.
and clever.
and cute.
and original.
and clean.
and everything good about a movie that you can think of.
as we were walking out of the theater a little 5 year old girl said to her dad,
"i have never seen something as good as that. this is the best day."
i hear ya child.
i hear ya.
really. 
go see it.
i'll come with you.
plus it's at the dollar......




peace and paninis.
had those over the weekend too.

rrw







Wednesday, May 16, 2012

millcreek in may


this is why i love weekends.
and family.
and friends.


birthday bonfires




 homecomings and happiness
these are my favorite twins
and i only really know 50% of the set


photos from Brit




canyon with catherine






food and family
especially mi madre



i gave her this hat for our beach bumming next week
i'll make a diva out of her yet, eh wendy?



i love my mom. and her fun hobbies.
looking forward to the Canyon Rim Academy Russian Art Festival this friday!
yep. my mom is in charge of that.

ps. our chicken count is up to 9