an apple a day brings justin beiber to play... what?

this was my halloween. i made carmel apples. and justin beiber crashed the party. no big.

you may be wondering if i really like editing photos on my iphone. 

the answer is yes.

and i like putting them in little collages, and looking at them more than necessary.

and then i like putting them on my blog, so when i look at my blog it is pleasing to me.

this is really a selfish thing. you can stop reading if you're offended.

what i'm trying to say is...

i really love carmel apples. LOVE THEM. i have been waiting to make these babies all the fall season. so finally i wrangled some people up and convinced them it would be the best use of their time to come to my house, and enjoy the treat. 

i don't think they were disappointed.

(maybe they were? but justin beiber made up for it? i mean, he was there. wearing my shoes...)

anyway. i hope you all had a spooky halloween. 

one that you can tell everyone about for years to come and they'll all be impressed.

you know... "back in my day, we celebrated halloween like it was nobody's business! we ate carmel apples and listened to music, and danced in the kitchen and it was wonderful! haven't had a halloween like it since... those were the days."

well. now i'm rambling. 

catch ya later alligator.

p.s. thanks for the jacket, Jaron.

the difference between serious and joking

I love my friends.

I cannot wait to spend all weekend with them.

It has been far too long since we've all be in the same place!

And today is the day.

Today I get to see them all again. 

You guys, seriously. Have you ever had a group of people you just wanted to be with all the time? I'm telling you. I have the best friends ever. Don't believe me? Feel free to join us. I'll show you how it is. 

Tonight we're having a camp-out for Jenna's "Graduation Party" - She graduated last year... don't ask me.

And on Saturday we're having a birthday party for Haley at Utah's pride and joy theme park, Lagoon! (It really was her birthday quite recently...)

And I could be really excited because one of these people in the pictures above will be sitting next to me on all the rides - scary or otherwise - but... who wants to know? ;)

p.s. what are your weekend plans?

words i could put on the back of a postcard

All right, it is now April 5, 2011. Do you know what that means? It's Rachel Hill's birthday.

Everyone please regard this as a shout out to the beautiful, hilarious, smart, and sweet Rachel. 

I almost put a really funny picture of you up here, Rachel.. but then I thought it wouldn't be a very good birthday present. I'll show it to you later.

Now, back to my birthday, which is really the most important. I really don't know why I am sharing two past birthday's with you. That's kind of lame and boring right? Oh well. If you are bored out of your mind, stop reading and find someone else's blog to stalk. 

Last year I was very excited for my birthday. I thought it was going to be awesome. It was pretty good. I went home the weekend before for conference, and then that Monday I decided I wanted to miss school because of a snow storm, so I stayed at home. And then on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, I stayed home again. Because, hello! It was my birthday. My family took me to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Then we went to this amazing Italian restaurant in Salt Lake. I remember feeling happy, especially when they gave me a huge funfetti birthday cupcake. And when I say huge, I mean huge.

they love italian food

so do we

I'm 20! And that's my mom in the background!

When I finally decided that it was ok to go back to school, my friends threw me and my cute Roommate Heidi a birthday party too! Which was fun, because we both have the same birthday.

BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to us!

a smattering of friends.

And that weekend I almost got my face smashed into a cake... but no one cares about that part.

don't worry, I fought him off.

Can't wait to see how my 2011 birthday goes!! 

p.s. Rachel Hill is the coolest.