2012=year of adventures.

I'm starting to realize that 2012 is going to be bringing a lot of new adventures.

And they are all going to be awesome!

I have recently (as in yesterday) started coaching a new sport:

Softball.

I haven't played softball in so long (don't tell the girls that)

but suprisingly, tryouts was so fun and I'm super excited for the season!

Bullet point list of reasons this is going to be awesome:

1) My very own uncle is the head sophomore coach!

2) being an assistant sophomore coach is so much less stress, i get to just go out there and enjoy myself

3) I have a reason to stand in the sun and get a tan

4) Some of my very best friends are the varsity coaches.

  

Also another adventure coming up soon:

In June I will be visiting my fear: Going to New York!!

Yes, I'm a little nervous because I really don't want to get mugged/beat up/kidnapped.

But it's still going to be an awesome to check off my list of things to accomplish in my lifetime.

My new years resolutions are going well and I'm about to unveil another one.

Well I really shouldn't build it up because it's kind of lame but I'm loving it.

Life is pretty dang good.

I'm such a lucky girl to have the people I have in my life, to have the love of my Heavenly Father, and to have the opportunities I get to have.

Another season has come and gone.

And just like that the 2011-2012 basketball season is gone.

This year really drained me.

Not in a negative way though, in a i-love-these-girls-so-much-and-want-the-best-for-them stress.

Like a mother goose, i love my ducklings...uh that was awkward. Scratch that.

This is only part of them. 4 are missing from this picture.

This was probably my favorite picture of the year.

Probably yelling at incoherent referees.

I really love this one.

No, not because of my backside.

Because of the perspective of looking at my team from the sidelines.

So many laughs this season they are a bunch of goofballs.

Always kept me on my toes and really at the end of the year,

once again, my team made me so proud and really left it all out there.

They played against girls who ended up getting varsity minutes..

why they were playing sophomore beats me..

but my girls gave them a run for their money.

Boom.

Love them.



I really needed the break because I was so exhausted and my grades weren't looking so hot.

But regardless, I miss it.

I always do.

Basketball is more than a hobby or even a sport to me.

It's my passion and love.

In fact, I'm going to go play tonight.

Can't stop, won't stop.

Valentines Day.

I have a strong opinoin on Valentine's Day and I'm sure some of you have heard it before.

But every year I always come across the annoy-ers.

Annoy-ers: The people who call it 'single awareness day'

complain about being single and are just plain debbie-downers.

How selfish are you?

It's not about who gets the most chocolate and roses,

it's about love -- for everyone.

and if there happens to be chocolate and flowers involved it's just icing on the cake.

BUT THERE STILL IS CAKE!

Just enjoy it.

Watch that chick flick,

eat that chocolate,

and just be happy that you have people who love you and people you love.

Happy Valentines Day everyone :)

Oh and for the icing on the 'cake' for this post...

the sexiest thing I've ever heard.



New Me.

Today I feel like a whole new me just enveloped myself.

That didn't make sense.

I just had one of those days where you reaffirm your dreams, goals, and your sense of being.

I've always been one to second guess myself and be completely indecisive

and well let's face it, that is never going to go completely away.

But there was a time where I didn't know what I was going to do as a major, what college I wanted to go to, where/if I wanted to move, etc.

It was frustrating.

I hated being asked what my dreams and goals were because they were so blah and ordinary.

Some people were going to school out of state, getting awesome jobs, living life under the sun.

Or so it seemed.

It's not like I envied what they were doing necessarily but I envied the fact that they had direction.

But now it feels like the tables have turned.

I feel like I have a grasp on life {somewhat}

and just very happy with where I am.

Life is very hard sometimes.

It definitely knocks you on your butt but that's where character is made.

At the lowest of lows, at wit's end, when the mask is taken off, etc.

GOALS:

I have dreamt since I was a little girl that I would go to the University of Utah.

I've always wanted to be a teacher.

I LOVE history {nerd here}

I love my family and always want to be here for them.

I want to be that friend, sister, daughter, neighbor, etc. that people can count on.

I want to meet someone new and experience something different.

LIFE NOW:

I work for one of the greatest companies in Utah.

I get to go to school {I really do love school}

I get to teach my love for the greatest game to girls I come to love.

I have the greatest friends and family a girl could ask for.

I can support myself.

I have a strong testimony of the gospel

....AND it snowed. haha

I'm getting places and it may not be anywhere further than 50 miles.

But for me, that's not what a successful life is about.

It's not about the fancy things or even the medals.

It's about the people and memories.

I'm sorry that this was such a life cheerleader moment but I just felt like I needed to write down my feelings.

I am kind.

I am smart.

I am important.

Thank you Mae.

Lookey what I found..

 I found some pretty awesome moments captured on a camera phone.

Too bad my phone is broken and can't take pictures...moments like these are missed.

Like the morning when half of a house on a semi got stuck underneath a stop light.

When my brother fell asleep during General Conference...IN the the conference center.

When I may or may not have painted this...

(to my neighbors..this isn't outside my house. I honestly didn't do that one but fully support it)

On a shuttle bus at school. Don't worry about the fire..read the instructions first, then act accordingly hopefully before your charred.

hahaha the fact that he got traded made this picture that much better. and no, I didn't do this I just found it one morning on the counter.

this picture both scares me and makes me laugh. Blonde Egyptian.

can't wait for this next month!

Well since I found this more productive than going to math class I guess I should get to doing the homework at least.

buenos noches.

To Bang or not to Bang

First, get your mind out of the gutter.

Second, I need your opinoin.

I need to go get a hair trim soon but I'm keeping it long.

The question at hand is Bangs, or no bangs?

I've never had a problem with them in the past, I like bangs actually but I'm starting to like the no bangs too.

So I put together a timeline of different bangs that I've had for you to decide and give me your opinoin.

Left: bangs....................................Center: bangs but grown out a little...................Right: no bangs

Leave your opinoin below..

Merci beaucoup :)

I hypocrisized

and I got into Pintrest.

I told everyone I wasn't interested and that I wasn't going to do it BUT

then I did.

And I'm in love.

Having a desk job just got a whole lot more distracting.

I'm in trouble.

Recent pins:

GORGEOUS

HAHAHAHAHA

I want to do this for my brothers.

Follow me / let me follow you

#pinhappy