freakin weekend.

me and brad babysat saturday night and loved it. those kids melt me.

cooper while crying because he doesn't want to go to bed- "issa can you blow my nose?"
me while holding kleenex up to his nose- "ok, blow into the kleenex bud.."
cooper-"i can't go to sleep 'cause i have so much boogers in my brain."
i couldn't stop lauging.



last night me and brad went out on a hot date to celebrate his birthday.
ok, so it was anything but hot.
we got dinner, came right home, then finished the night watching angels and demons.
i actually don't even think we cuddled once.
actually......i think we watched the movie on separate couches even.
hopefully he still knows i love him even though i suck at birthdays.



me and stace went for a scooter ride with jax and her new, cute bodigity.
we drove for 2 hours back by copperton.
i love that open space so much.
we were in love with that ride.
the sun was just going down, and the wind was warm with a hint of breeze, and the open land was soothing to us.
it was just what we needed.

p.s. russ had his homecoming on sunday as well.
one of the most sincere talks i've ever heard.
he's single ladies..........jump on that.

happy birthday bradley allen!

happy 25th brad-
you're still just as handsome as ever to me.
i love the crap out of ya.

test test 1, 2, 3..

kind of a creepy picture of me eh?

it's kind of dark...

not black and white dark, but like...creepy dark.

anyways, just a shout out to all of you

who came to the aerobics class-i got the job!!

i sound like a broken record, but i really can't thank you enough for coming!

i can say that moment at the end of the class was one of my top ten best moments in my life.

i start officially teaching in september at the daybreak fitness center.

(starting late because of the europe trip next month)

and i'm going to start teaching

one day a week and see how my class goes from there..

i'll keep you posted on the day and time i'll be teaching when it gets closer,

for those of you who are interested in coming:)

and of course, i still teach wednesday nights @ 8:00pm for

free at our stake center just in case!

i hope you guys have a wonderful weekend!

gosh i love the weekends.

p.s. here's a few songs i've been obsessing over the last little bit if your looking for some new tunes:

josh ritter-girl in the war
sia-my love (yes, it's from eclipse-but i honestly can't get enough)
xx-heart skipped a beat (leslie gibb nish, once again you have introduced me to another favorite band, thank you!)
dan black-symphonies
sufjan stevens-sister winter

been takin it easy.

this past weekend me and brad were able to both go to youth conference.
i really do love the youth in our ward,
but whenever i do an overnighter with them,
i feel like i've not only had zilch sleep-
but i feel like for some reason i need to be in a wheel chair from being so tired.
maybe it's a diabetic thing.

that night while brad was sleeping peacefully with the guys all farting in their sleep,
the girls were up till 4:30 talking about boys and periods all while
putting makeup on my face and each others and doing hair.
(i actually do love getting pampered like that.
going to the salon is like a holiday for me)
but i feel like i'm still trying to catch up on my sleep.
and i feel like my eyes are still swollen.

so as for now, me and brad have just been keepin it easy.
which i love more than anything on this earth.
not having plans. nothing to blog about. nothing to think about.

me reading my eclipse after work,
brad reading his europe books,
then finishing the night with a redbox hit.

i love takin it easy.

this was a good day.

we begged liz and ryan when they were down here to try out settebello's.
they finally gave in....and we also begged them to leave their kids and go just them two so me and brad could have the kids all to ourselves for an afternoon.
just thinking of her clinching onto my neck on that swing is
making me ache for them.

we had a picnic over at liberty park and just played with them for a couple of hours.
it's a day i know i'll remember for the rest of my life.
we loved it so much.
they were all ours and we were all theirs.
and also because i can't get enough of brad playing the role of uncle when
his nieces and nephews are around.

eclipse

i finally saw eclipse.

i got home and immediately started reading breaking dawn,

i actually haven't read it yet.

i've entered my "twilight coma" and i hate it.

it's not only embarrassing to admit i'm one of the

billions of teens who can't get enough of it,

but it takes over my life and consumes my thoughts.

goodbye reality.

and brad, i really am genuinely sorry.

twilight is porn.

we don't want to grow up part II

after the south jordan carnival we stayed and hung out for a bit after the
fireworks ended and just talked on the blanket.

we got hyper, which of course always ends up
happening when we hang out with kelley and candice and
thought it was a brilliant idea for us to get rides in the blanket.

poor kelley and brad....they were completely sweating after swinging
us back and forth over and over again.