the quiz

whenever me and brad go on a road trip or vacation we make a cd specifically for that trip. so most of our cd's are labeled as places instead of songs. i can't for the life of me rememeber who i owe the thanks to for introducing this song to me.  i want to say either scott elder, jordan smith, or brian mcclemet introduced this song to me.....about 4 years ago. i truly can't remember, i'm sorry. because i owe you a huge thanks.  it's on my top 10 favorite songs list.

but, i do know that this song was under our "san fransisco" cd and i do know we listened to it for about 10 hours straight. we love this song, and i'm even more obsessed with the lyrics. fantastic lyrics. the music video........not so much.

she was funny then, and she's funny now.

once upon a time my older sister thought she was being funny and 

dedicated this scripture to me.

song of solomon 8:8.

turns out, it was pretty funny.

the end.

back to the beginning

my obsession for rollerblading has been reborn. i literally want to rollerblade everywhere. and i have.

there have been times i've biffed it in the middle of the intersection while blading across the street in front of the cars.  there have been times my breaks didn't work so i had to roll on the grass and fall to stop myself.  there have been times my charlie-horses have been so bad in my feet that i've had to stop and rip them off.  and there has been a time i have tried to show off in front of brad and ended up going into the splits and ripping every muscle in my inner area.  that being said, im never going running again.  i will strictly rollerblade.

my beautiful young women.

our stake young women were asked to sing in the choir for the general young woman's broadcast.

i glanced around the enormous conference center and immediately couldn't pull myself together.  thousands and thousands of incredibly beautiful young women every square inch of temple square. i can't describe the spirit i felt.

i felt so lucky to be in the conference center and listen to the talks.  i felt lucky to sit and listen to my beautiful young women sing in the choir. i felt blessed to be their leader. and inadequate to help them find out who they are, and who Heavenly Father wants them to be.  this gospel is inspired, i know it. i feel like the luckiest person to have been born into it. i never had to live a single day without knowing He is here with me.

we took the girls out for ice-cream after and i felt cozy sitting in there with them, talking about their lives (boys) and past stories. i wouldn't have wanted to spend my saturday night any different.  

my favorite quote of the night was from pres. eyering:

"you are women of hope and our bright future, i am just simply here to remind you of that."

elizabeth's bakery

 when we were in london we ate the most insanely delicious spread called clotted cream.  

i have no idea what it's made out of, or how much cream is actually used to make this stuff. 

it's as dense as butter and as good as.................nope, can't think of anything to compare it to.  

it's unreal. we were hooked instantly.

after we got home from our trip one of the first things we did was walk over to 

elizabeth's bakery and tea shop where they serve food and tea from england.  

we thought we were the luckiest people on earth when we found out they serve clotted cream.

ever since we've been hooked. we had a picnic in the park yesterday 

for lunch and then walked on over to elizabeth's for some happiness.  

and it made us happy. undoubtedly happy.

good day

yesterday was a good day. 

i love spring break.

and a temple that's ridiculously close.

and a flower that reminds me that spring is really trying to happen.

and brazilian food.

ruth's diner

we owe a huge thanks to our good friends, caitlyn and james, 

for introducing us to ruth's diner up immigration awhile back. 

we went again this morning to get the week started good.  the food is out of this world.  

brad got biscuits and gravy and i ordered the best eggs benedict i've ever tasted.  

if you end up going, don't worry...feeling like your rolling out with an extra butt-cheek is normal. 

the food is quite heavy.

and don't forget to enjoy the nice drive up immigration canyon that sets the mood for an "in the mountains diner" sorta feel.