Insta-awesome Utah.

After a long weekend, we finally arrived home yesterday evening, just in time for Father's Day. I'm kinda sorta exhausted, and due to that exhaustion I just can't bring myself to edit any pictures from my trip (since that takes so much energy out of me). So, I'm opting out by using Instagram pictures of our trip!

 

 

 

 

 

1 & 2. Ten hour car rides are no bueno, but after a couple hours, Mr. Clark turns to me and says, "will you read Harry Potter to me?" "Umm, will you make out with me right now? Of course I will read Harry Potter to you!" You may commence with the barfing of how nerdy and cheesy we are.

3 & 4. I got to visit the beautiful Salt Lake City Temple! It was probably my favorite part of being in Utah. I wish I could have gone in for the ceremony, but just being there was amazing and so uplifting.

5 & 6. Selah made some best friends over the weekend, or as she liked to call them, her "sisters." She doesn't have sisters at home so we just let her have fun with them, and we were happy someone could keep her entertained while we were there. I don't know how mom's do it 24/7.. This weekend was one big birth control pill for me.

7 & 8. We went to this place in Utah called The Wood Connection that apparently is only in Utah and is amazazing. Michelle bought us a few things to do a craft so we can have a big "C" in our house, since I've been wanting one but haven't found one yet. I can't wait to get it done!

9. This picture was literally Kendall's cousin's backyard. Seriously, Utah?! Why you so gorgeous?!

10. And finally, the long drive home with my handsome husband. Ain't he cute?


Please excuse me while I try to find a house to buy in Utah so I never have to leave it again.

Butter, butter!

I don't know if you guys know, but Katie and I kind of love Harry Potter.

Just kind of.

So yesterday, when the movie came out, we got up early and headed our little tushes out to Wally World to buy ourselves some copies of it, and also some ingredients.

What kind of ingredients you ask?

Oh, just the ingredients for Butterbeer Cupcakes.

No big deal.

Oh my delicious!

They were the best things I've ever eaten.

And a wonderful tribute to our favorite wizard.

Get the recipe here!

And watch lots of HP for me.

Silly things.

I've been busy.

I've been doing a lot of things.

I've been doing a lot of serious things, actually.

So I'll start out with the silly, simple things.

Uno. Church activities sometimes result in making awesome delicious cakes and decorating them in awesome delicious ways. Yes, I like to use delicious to describe more than just food.

Dos. Working on fun crafts with my best friend. We've become obsessed with Pinterest and  finding cute crafty things to do.. if only we had time to do them all!

Tres. Sometimes your friends get sudden hulk-like strength and throw your guitar across the room in a fit of musical rage.. Or they just accidently bump into it during guitar class. I prefer telling people that the former happened, personally. It's more exciting.

Quatro. Harry Potter Puppy Pillow?

Cinco. I had my first Bahama Rama Mama. Oh my delicious. I'm so glad that Katie and I have nothing better to do than find sweet treats to eat on a Saturday night. If you've never had one, get off blogger and go get one. Now.

Ok, so that was just a bunch of random nonsense. Not only have I been bad at blogging, but I've been bad at picture taking as well!

But, October is my favorite month.

And therefore I'm making it a priority to be more creative and happy all month!

That includes taking pictures at every single activity I go to so that I can babble on about my boring life even more!

Aren't you excited?

After all this time?

"Always."

I was going to wait until tomorrow to post this.

I was going to talk about a different day, a different time, a different setting.

But I didn't think that would do.

I've grown up with these people.

I was 11 when the first movie came out.

17 when the last book came out.

They are a part of me, and in some small way, I'm a part of them.

I'm still waiting for my letter, Minerva.

I just watched my friends go through hell and back.

I was in hysterics, shaking from head to toe, knowing what was to come and what had to be done.

It's the end of an amazing, wonderful, beautiful era.

We'll miss you.

"How can we let go of the,
The ones who we call friends?
And I know it's only a story but
For so many it's more than that.
It's a world all on it's own where we
Want to put on that sorting hat.

And I will miss the train ride in
And the pranks pulled by the twins.
And though it's nowhere I have been,
I'll keep on smiling from the times I had with them."

*The End of an Era, Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls.

What entertains me when I'm sick.

♥ Big Boy is funny when he sleeps.

♥ I don't know why I waited so long to read this. It was tucked away in some corner, so when I found it today I sat right back down and read it.

♥ I practiced ukulele on Friday with my best friend, Katie!

♥ Watching movies with my dad.

♥ My puppy. Can't you tell he's tuckered out from entertaining me all day?

♥ Scriptures.

Hope you're all feeling well this fine weekend!

"Tis healthy to be sick sometimes."

*Henry David Thoreau.

{I hate} Mondays; seeing red.

Hate:

- That Arizona pretends to be California by blowing wind through my hair and the palm trees. Hey Arizona, get a beach!

- My flip flop breaking at school and walking around like a zombie, one leg dragging behind me.

- Having a photographer at the music building ask me to move from the spot I'm in, because he could see me dancing to my iPod in the back of his pictures.

- Not being able to watch Harry Potter 7 in every single class for every minute of my day.

- That Jake is so much better at dying hair than I am.

- I also hate that I make faces like that.

- And that I still don't have my camera back from Nikon {but thank you Eva for being the best phone ever!}

Wanna know how my hair turned out?

Stay tuned!

*Eva = my HTC Evo.

All's fair in love and war

...and this is a bit of both.

-Ronald Bilius Weasley

A weekend full of HP7, As You Wish, cupcakes, home-made pizzas, and Laurenface's birthday!
I'm honestly so grateful for weekends. Without them, I would surely die. I'm not exaggerating. Promise.
I'm never excited to go back to school after a wonderful weekend, but alas, I must!
So to cope with the pain, I'm watching HP, as I always do when I'm not feeling well or if I'm sad.
Especially when I imagine Ron talking to me about that tiny ball of light..
Swoon!

Go buy it. Then watch it.
You can thank me later. :)

Reflections of the weekend

My weekends as of late have all been so hectic. Fortunately, I like doing things with friends and family, because normally i hatehatehate being busy! Since I still don't have a camera, there's no pictures (sad face!), but I'll break down the weekend for you.

Friday:

We had dinner at my grandma's. I wish I had a picture, because it literally looked and tasted like we were eating at a five star restaurant. Crabs and shrimp and salmon, oh my!

Saturday:

My baby cousin, Sofia Graciela Lewis, was baptized! I love seeing families grow closer to Christ. I went to IHOP with my dad, which I wish was called IHOW, because waffles are so much better. Just sayin'. That afternoon we went to my aunt and uncles for presents and cake for the baptism.

That night I went out with some friends to celebrate my best friend Vincent's birthday! We had delicious food at Kabuki, and then we went and saw the not-so-scary movie, Insidious. It's supposed to be worse than Paranormal Activity, but don't believe that for a second! If you want to be scared out of your wits and possibly need to change your pants afterwards, stick to Paranormal Activity.

After that, we went back to Vincent's and watched A Very Potter Musical for some giggles. It is perfection.

Sunday:

I finally got to sleep in. I love sleeping 11 hours in one night. It's so refreshing after only sleeping 3 hours a night all the week long.

Church was amazing as usual.

And now I'm off to finish my homework that I thought would be fun to leave all for Sunday. Sometimes my brain deceives me by telling me things are good ideas when they're not!

Reflection:

Ok, I don't want to sound like a parent, but this is what I learned from the weekend. Do your homework! Don't procrastinate. I really have a bad habit of it! I really think that if there were a prize for it, I would win every year. Or every month. Or every millisecond.

Most importantly, I learned that in order to be a true follower of Christ, you must be Christ-like. Someone in church today said "Even if you may not understand what they are doing at the time, if you ask yourself how you can be Christ-like toward them, it will help you understand." People aren't always going to understand the choices we make. People aren't always going to understand the experiences you have. But if someone is truly Christ-like, they will love you and support you no matter what. They won't tell you you are wrong and to ask God to change your heart. They will embrace your for the decisions you make, despite the decisions they are making.

On that note, here's a little clip I'd love you to see.

Happy weekend!