sisters, skiing & sun

Long time, no post, no?

It's been a busy month of March & I'm just barely breathing to catch up. Work has really been busy (I don't know why exactly?) I'm trying to push all the curriculum because tests come up in March, maybe that is why.

But outside of work, I've had a lot of fun. Around mid-March, I got a day off to go and visit Angela in Canyonlands -  my last visit to them there because they are moving! I have to admit, I love visiting them - it's so nice to get away from sound (it's deathly silent out there in the middle of nowhere) and stress and just be, for a little while at least. And I love their family, so that's a plus.

I had so much fun with them, I always do. Ang and I started out with a 20 mile hike on Saturday and then Liesel & Hannah were sick (but were still so fun!) so we stayed home the next day and just relaxed/played with chicks (which I brought from Moab!)

We also did our own personal photo shoot in her backyard. Major plus of having an awesome photographer as a sister...

Since coming back to the big bad SLC, apart from working my tail off, I've also had some time to go playing, biking, & skiing in SLC!

new things

Today at church there were a few people that bore their testimonies about how life doesn't turn out how you expect but how there are always opportunities to grow and learn. I thought back on my life and especially on the past two years and realized that life has not been how I expected but how I have learned a TON in my job (and continue to do so) and in all the other life experiences I have. 

Sure, I want a family and stuff, but life is good with whatever God gives me. There's always something to learn. 

Like skiing. 

Which I love!

And which is way better than in 2013!

 

happy valentine's day

Sometimes I wonder how I could make it another Valentine's Day without an actual Valentine. 

And then I stumble upon this series of pictures: 

 

 And I don't wonder so much anymore. 

Happy Valentine's Day, y'all, from my trouse to yours.

(Sarcasm aside, I do love this holiday! And you all.)

All the Things I haven't Posted About

1. How cool my parents are and about that one time we went to the movies together

2. That one time I went bowling with my two besties-since-birth & I looked like I was 12

 3. My love of snow when I am properly clothed and my hike up some cool trail somewhere

 4. That one half marathon I ran last month

5. My insane love of St George & sunshine & my two buddies Bethy & Nik

 6. The moments of quiet that happen on my Sunday strolls in nature up Big C Canyon

 7. How much I hate being sick & how much I love the feel of Kleenex on my eyeballs, apparently

 8. That one time I went on another hike and saw this awesome frozen waterfall with my buddie Sarah

 9. That one time I planned a Chinese New Yr Party

10. How much I miss my family.

新年快乐

I wanted to share with you all what I've been working with at work - these two songs that we performed this past week for parents and also for the school. I thought they turned out really good! It has been a lot of work to choreograph, teach lyrics, motivate, etc but watching them perform and excel sure is worth it. It's moments like these I remember why I like my job.

This first one is about the four seasons. 

And this one is about the 12 Chinese Zodiacs.

And of course I wouldn't be able to do my job without my awesome coworkers who will humor me in doing an Asian karate chop. BTH

 

goodbye virtual dating world

So...my online ldssingles subscription (the other day I said ldssingles "prescription" ha ha ha, embarrassing...gotta have my online dating drug?) is ending in one month.

It has been largely unfruitful and pretty depressing whenever I get on. And I find myself thinking everyone on there is some creepo...

But I figured I would make the most of my last month online and speed up the process. I decided to add this to the bottom of my "greeting" under my profile:

"Addendum: Listen, my subscription to this biz is running out in one month so let's just cut to the chase. If you're 1. normal 2. righteous, have a testimony 3. outdoorsy and 4. funny, then we might work out. Message me fast before this thang runs out. kthanks."

I was excited to see what would come of this new, frank addition to my profile. 

----HALT----

THEN

the ldssingles profile approver peoples decided to delete this from my profile, or not approve the addition. I thought it was a fluke, so I added it again. And again. And got refused two more times.  

I don't get what the big deal is. I don't see how this is any more offensive than 1/2 the things that people put on there. Lezbehonest, here!

Guess my true love will just be surprised when I disappear into the REAL world. 

Goodbye, ldssingles. Forever, if I have my choice. It was real.

sometimes

sometimes life is busy

and hard

and confusing

and you don't understand why things are the way they are

even when you try your hardest to make them different

but they aren't

and then you realize it's still beautiful

just the way things are.

utah's immersion is killer-cray these days. last weekend I planned a getaway with some friends to get up over the inversion. we hiked up Desolation Trail in Millcreek canyon and this is what we beheld at the top. it was breathtaking. i ran down the mountain elated and full of energy for life and all it's beauty.