Life this Week!
Some events, random pictures and thoughts.
I have loved that we haven't had a really bad winter this year. I took these recently and you wouldn't know that those were taken in January!
I reorganized and cleaned up a little in my mom's laundry room and it turned out pretty good. (She's got a lot of stuff!)
Leg day was today, and this picture is absolutely true. It's almost comical how crippling it can be.
I love reading now! I ripped through the first Hunger Games book without stopping (only took me 14 hours.) And now I"m almost done with the second one!
Okay so I stumbled upon a blog a while back of an old roommate, and I was inspired by what she is promoting on there. She said that too often social media becomes about doctoring up your pictures, exaggerating the good in your life, and never saying anything about the bad. We all know that's unrealistic, and there's no point in making each other feel bad about our lives when none of it's real anyway. No one's life is perfect.
Here's her blog, www.readyornot-theblog.com . And people are using #sharetherealmovement to show what their lives are really like. The good and the bad. I'm on board, so here's my nail biting addiction which I've been told is disgusting, no makup, and the real fact that on Sunday I spent a good chunk of time in the back yard picking up dog crap. Nothing glamorous about that.
But that's my #sharetherealmovement and it's part of who I am and my real life.
#sharetherealmovement
This is my mom and tom at their thing at the church that we went to. They're officially missionaries now (although I don't understand why they have that title because nothing in their lives changes....kindof the same thing as a calling but whatever). Congrats to them on their new mish!
Shayle and I went to Rumbi to have dinner together before they move to Arkansas :( It was good sitting around and talking about life and catching up. It'll be weird when she's not here anymore.
The New Years Decor is down and the Valentine's Day stuff is up!! Love is in the air! I'm so excited for Valentines day because Dallin is planning a surprise! I can't believe how fast January flew by and it's already February.
This was kindof a cute moment that happened. Dal was petting her tummy and Jakey walked over and gave her a kiss on the cheek :)
(He was wearing his jersey for the superbowl of course!)
Sadly sometimes I don't really feel like I understand all of the work stuff that Dallin talks about, but he's now a boss, and he has his own office, so this is what always comes to mind in my head.
Lol I know it's not similar at all, but I've never worked in an office like he does and so this is what my brain thinks it's probably like haha
All I know is, he's excited about finally getting his own office and he wants to decorate it!
(and I'm gonna buy him that mug)
And the house hunt continues. I really liked this one, but Dallin's not so sure.
We celebrated the Superbowl with Kevin & Britnee and it was perfect. It was low-key, we had excellent food, and britnee and I saw the beginning, Katy Perry and Missy Elliot, took a nap, and then woke up for the dramatic end. (All while the guys enjoyed the riveting game)
So fun, relaxing, and rewarding! (We were rooting for the patriots)
I am officially a hostess with the most-est! I didn't know if I ever wanted to get into the other side of pageants, but if there was someone to pull me back into the swing of things, it's Emma Gutke. I'm so excited that she's putting herself out there and doing Miss PG and she asked me to be her hostess! She's such a sweetheart and of course I came running back to my pageantry addiction. It's been so fun mentoring her on her first pageant experience, and it really reminds me of how much pageants changed me and helped me to become who I am. It's a really valuable, life-changing experience, so it's really cool to be on the helping side and watch her figure out how she wants to make a change in the world. I think she's going to be a changed woman, regardless of a crown, and I'm gonna be so proud of all her hard work.
Our date on Saturday was a Mystery dinner with Dallin's family! It was so much fun. It was good to spend more time with them and get to know them more, and it was kindof funny to watch their first experiences with a mystery dinner. My mom & Tom (of course being the saints that they are) volunteered to host for us so that I could participate.
Never done a mystery dinner?
First everyone fills out a madlib with words from a word bank. You fill in the story with the words, and each word really means something else. Each paragraph in the story has all the blanks for what you'll recieve in that course of the meal. Since you don't know what the words mean, you end up with a jumble. Shanna got all 4 drinks in one, a lot of people had to figure out how to eat without a fork or spoon, or just really weird food items.
I was glad they were good sports about it, and I was thankful that my mom put in all the hard work that she did.
It was definitely a success!
Dallin's excited for tax season for some odd reason lol
and of course we're watching the bachelor again right now. I hope that the cute girl from the Cinderella date last week wins cuz she's my favorite.
Over & Out!
-Syd
