Ever feel like you need a cupcake?

Me too. 

If I were a doctor, I would prescribe cupcakes too all my patients, for everything. Depression, skin rash, a long week of work/school/no husband time, you name it! A cupcake will fix it. Case study is currently being conducted.

I just felt like being a good babysitter, so I took little Ms. Selah to a cupcake shop that I had seen in passing once in Gilbert. OH MY GOSH. I seriously think that it is the best cupcake place, ever. Like, better than Sprinkles. I even had a dream about living there and eating all their cupcakes. They have the best flavors, you can choose different icings, and they even have a topping bar! Hence the name.

I'm making myself hungry now. Get in my belly, cupcake picture.

And get yourself down there to eat some local business goodness. Mm!

Update schmupdate.

For the lack of a better subject, and my energy to generate cute blog-worthy pictures, this is basically going to update you on all the crazy things that have been happening up in hurr (hurr = the Clark residence).

Kendall starts school tomorrow, and I start on Thursday. We just barely got our schedules worked out, but we also just barely were able to apply for financial aid...oops. It's really confusing when you're married, but hopefully all the hassle and extra paperwork will be worth it when we get that sweet cash money that pays for our torturous classes for the next few months.

On top of starting class tomorrow, Kendall also starts a new job...the night shift. Which means no more dinners together or anything. I'm pretty stressed out and sad about it, even though I'm so proud of him for taking responsibility to have a full time job, no matter what it takes. Any advise about how to keep sane during this would be much appreciated.

Also, the family that I work for is moving, and not just down the street. They're moving about 30 minutes away from where we are going to be living. I'm going to try to stay with them and still work with them everyday like I do now, but I don't know if it's going to take a toll on me and if I'll be able to keep up with it. But I also don't know if I could ever leave them. It's the best job I've ever had. I would work with them for the rest of my life if I could.

Oh, did I mention that Kendall and I are moving, too? In the midst of all this craziness, we're moving into my grandma's house because she's moving out and wants us to take it over. It's a beautiful house and way less for us to pay than our apartment, but it honestly came at the worst time ever. School, work, life, ward duties, etc. I'm a little overwhelmed, if you couldn't already tell. On top of that, I've been sick all week. Ha!

I guess I'm just sad that the best summer of my life is coming to an end.

Back on my old stomping ground..

And by stomping ground, of course I mean Big Surf Waterpark, where I worked like a billion years ago.

And I did not get one good picture the whole time! Kendall looking away, Selah's glasses all askew...I'm so disappointed in myself.

Moving on. About a week ago, the Clark family decided to have a family day at Big Surf! Since me and Kendall are the only ones without kids, we adopted Selah for the day and let her tag along with all the little nieces and nephews. It was so fun to watch those little fish while I worked on my tan in the pool.

I think it's safe to say, I'm going to be sad when you're gone, Summer.

The days of the week.

Hey hey hey!

So, we just got back from a huge adventure up in San Clemente, California. Ok, we didn't just get back.. We've been back like a week. But I'm a blog slacker and we all know that. And my camera wouldn't charge while we were there so all of my pictures are on my phone, and I honestly didn't feel like I had time in my busy schedule (ahem, watching 4 hours of Dateline yesterday) to send each picture one-by-one to my e-mail. Today is the lucky day that I finally got off my bloggin lazy butt and decided to write a post about it so I can get on with my life. Our adventure begins on a Sunday, when we left with the family we work with for a week long vacation in beautiful California.

Sunday - We left hot hot Mesa for beautiful, sunshiney San Clemente. We arrived and headed straight for the beach to watch the sunset and play a little bit, but the beach was sucky and rocky. We made a mental note not to go back there for our beach day.

Monday - We went to Legoland! Which was so awesome for the kiddos. Best part? Guessing how much time it took the Lego nerds to build those things out of Legos. Seriously, who has time to put together a structure out of 5 million Legos? I'd like to meet him.

Tuesday - This was my favorite day, because me and Kendall got the night off to do whatever we wanted. We headed down to Laguna Beach for a date night.

Wednesday - Happy Fourth! I'm definitely glad we decided not to go to San Diego. Even though the San Clemente pier did catch on fire, it was nothing compared to the excitement of the 5 second firework show there!

Thursday - The kids we work with are obsessed with science, so this day was dedicated to the Discovery Science Center. I'm not gonna lie, the science center was awfully close to Disneyland. And I mean awful. As much as I loved nerding out, my heart was romping through the temple of doom with Indy just a few miles away..

Friday - Beach day! Oh how I love thee, Oceanside!

And that was our week, well, last week! I adore the family I work for and I'm so glad we got to go with them on all these fun trips! Now, just to convince them to take us to Disneyland next time.. ;)

The thing about road trips.

One thing you should know about me and Kendall is that we love road trips. I'm pretty sure that if we could have driven to our honeymoon without having to stop every few hours for, ahem, marriage related things, we totally would have driven just for the fun of it. Unfortunately for Kendall, most of our road trips have been under 6 hours and bearable enough for me to say "this ain't so bad!" Being skilled in road trippy-ness, he was prepared for the inevitable. I was unprepared for the terror that was at hand.

TEN FREAKING HOURS.

Ten hours in a car is ridiculous, people. I learned some things about myself in those ten, dreadful hours.

1. All other drivers on the road become awful drivers, because in no way shape or form could it be my fault that they are in my way and driving the speed limit legally.

2. Bums can go numb.

3. Your body gets used to moving at 80 mph, and when you get out of the car your body still thinks you should be going 80 mph, causing extreme dizziness and grumpiness to all those involved.

4. After approximately 5 hours, all the blurry scenery still looks like blurry scenery.

5. Forget about sleeping, it's not going to happen.

There also happens to be a "fortunately" for this trip.

1. When you read Harry Potter outloud to your husband while driving, the usual carsickness does not ensue. I'd call that HP magic if there ever was.

2. If you bring a DVD player for children, they don't care if you're driving through a volcano during an earthquake in stop and go traffic, they will be completely content.

3. My husband is a wonderful, loving, kind man. And freaking awesome for driving, like, the whole time.

4. Driving ten hours means that you get to your destination, which is lovely.

I'll blog about the rest of the trip when the rest of the pictures are edited. Give me a break, 3 is better than none! Also, if you haven't seen on my Facebook or Instagram yet, you can go check out a preview of the wedding that our photographer posted here.

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.

Utah, Utah..

We are having such an amazing time here in Utah! I'm probably going to wait til we get home to post all our adventures, but I wanted to update and let everyone know we're alive. I thought about doing that whole "guest post" thing, but then my brain exploded a little because of all the things I already had to think about. I'll try to plan ahead next time. Emphasis on the try part.

Basically, I love Utah and I never want to leave. Here's to the start of my Utah adventures.

(ps, check out Selah's eyes behind Kendall's shoulder; she looks like those things from Pacman!)

Instascatterbrain.

I've been meaning to post this for the last few days, you know, to keep up on being a good blogger and whatnot. My husband seems to think being a good wife is a little more important though, so I spend most of the last few days watching movie and becoming obsessed with The Walking Dead.

Duuuuuuuuude! The Walking Dead is the next LOST. But more gory. And zombies are scarier than angry smoke. Why didn't I find out about this until this weekend? Seriously, if you haven't seen it, go on netflix and watch it, now.

Since this post is all over the place anyways, here are some random pictures!

 

 

 

 

1. Me and Selah have very similar, um, drinking contraptions, and Selah, the girl I work with everyday, likes to call them "Brittany's Sippy Cup" and "Selah's Sippy Cup."

2. I'm getting pretty good at doing baby hair, wink wink.

3. Probably my favorite part of our house. A set of candles and an old window my sister and law gave me for my bridal shower. I think me and Kendall like candles more than regular lighting.

4. Kendall has started liking dogs this week! Finally.

5. Lots and lots of swimming and swimming lessons this week! You would think I'd be tan by now..

6. Seriously, I can never eat those gross processed fast food fries again now that we perfected the homemade french fry. It's now my favorite side to all our meals. I find myself thinking of meals based on the assumption that we're going to have fries with it. Have I mentioned we're going to be fat very soon yet?

7.  If I ever find enough old wrenches, I'm making that glockenspiel.

8. My favorite chair, handmade Mexico blanket, and the amazing book I just finished.

To add to my scatterbrained-ness, we're packing up tonight and heading to Utah for Kendall's best friend's wedding! We're taking miss Selah with us, to give her mom a little bit of a break this weekend. I've never been to Utah before, so I'm SUPER excited. I don't feel like I can be a real Mormon until I've been to Utah.