GNI (GIRLS' NIGHT IN)

our saturday night consisted of:

• homemade pizza and breadsticks
• orange julius
• chick flicks:  something borrowed and dear john
• staying up WAY too late
• talking about boys
• laughing WAY too hard

the weekends are the best days of the week! 

i'm not even sure if this video will amuse anyone else the way it amused us last night. . . but i think it's sooo funny, so i decided to put it on here. 

some background:  morgan was talking about how she hates when people walk so slow on campus, because even she (with her gimp foot from her bunion surgery) can pass people on the sidewalk.  that discussion turned into this:

the gimp shall pass the athlete.  sounds kinda like a beattitude to me :) 

WE'RE WEIRD

one saturday my parents paid me a visit.  they were nice enough to bring groceries i needed, candy for me to hand out in sunday school (yes, i bribe people to come to my class), and some other necessities.

one of these other "necessities" was a GIANT carrot.

now, i'm talking giant.  it was so huge and weird looking and crazy -- i had absolutely no idea what i would use it for.  apparently my mom had gotten a bunch of these abnormally gigantic carrots from bountiful baskets, a food co-op.  she thought it'd be funny to bring one to me.

my roommates and i thought it'd be funny to pass it along to someone else.

so, we made a sign.  and gave it to these boys in our ward who will remain nameless.  we're not sure if they'll pass it on.  but we thought it was hilarious and clever.

i guess when you're in college, studying your guts out until late at night, anything is funny.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

http://vimeo.com/27292499

i want this wedding.  these colors.  this dress.  this ring.  this venue.  this reception.  this dancing.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"imagine yourself as a living house.  God comes in to rebuild that house.  at first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing.  He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised.  but presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense.  what on earth is He up to?  the explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards.  you thought you were being made into a decent little cottage:  but He is building a palace."

-- C.S. Lewis

where did i get this quote?  human development, of course.  my absolute favorite class of all time.

it really made me stop and think.  so many times i question the things that i go through.  why did this happen?  why did i have to go through this, only to feel pain and confusion?  why did these people come into my life, only to leave?  why did i have to suffer through something so hard?

the answer is clear now:  the Lord's plan for me is so different than my plan for myself.

and so why should i question Him?

i would much rather be made into a palace than a cottage.

wouldn't you?

THANKS

shout out to everyone who made my birthday spectacular for so many reasons!!

jewels:  my #1 lady and my very best friend.  i love you so much!  thanks for the cute shirt, the awesome card (that i still laugh at when i look at it), for calling me at midnight, for taking me to school so i didn't have to ride the bus, and for everything through the years. and for posting this blog post.  you are such a wonderful friend.  i love you!

dad:  thanks so much for lunch!  i love having some daddy/daughter time and yesterday was so good to chat and catch up.  thanks for buying me conditioner and taking me to the bank.  thanks for always looking out for me and caring for me and loving me.  i love you!

mom:  thanks for the texts and phone calls and little signs of love you showed me yesterday and every day.  you are an amazing woman with so many qualities that i want to develop.  i hope one day to be just like you.  i love you!

whit twit and abbs:  thanks for the... ahem... lovely birthday song.  i miss and love you both!

dana, melina, morgan, margarita, haley:  thank you SO MUCH for everything you did to make my day special!  living away from my family, i thought my birthday would kind of be a bummer but it turned out to be one of the best birthdays ever!  thank you for dinner, such nice cards, presents, kind words, and the love that i feel from you all constantly.  i couldn't have been blessed with better friends or roommates!  i love you all!

ben:  thanks so much for taking me to get ice cream!  you are a wonderful friend :)

taylor put-salt-on-your-toe:  you are one good friend!  this blog post made me almost cry.  i am so thankful for you as a friend through the years, and for all the great memories we have had together.  thanks for all the nice things you said about me.  i love you!

my centerville-ites:  thanks for the birthday song!  and kell bell, thanks for texting me.  it brightened my day so much!  kaden, thank you for the chinese birthday song!  you are awesome bud -- keep that up!  i love you guys!

the katz:  thanks for thinking of me and calling me!  you guys are awesome.  thank you thank you.  i love you!

grandma and grandpa wilcox:  thank you for the card!!  and the money.  i'm excited to spend it. thank you for everything you do for me.  i love you guys tons!

grandma and grandpa waddoups:  thank you for calling me as well!  you have never failed to think about me and call me on my birthday and i am very very thankful.  i love you guys!

for anyone i left out, thank you for the texts, phone calls, cards, thoughts, and well-wishes.  know how much i love and appreciate you.  i have been blessed by each of you in my life in some way, and i feel so loved to have been remembered by you on my birthday.  i couldn't express my thanks for everything that i have been blessed with. . . largely because of you.  thank you!  much love to all!

LAST DAY OF BEING 18 EVER

i will never, ever be 18 years old again.  ever.

i realized this when my mom texted me this morning:  "last day of 18... ever.  better make it your best!"

i have done a lot of things in my 18th year of life.  it's been a wonderful, hard, different year with so many monumental changes.

i graduated from high school.  

my family moved.  

i came to college. 

it seems crazy. 

here's to hoping my 19th year will be my best yet.  here's to many more amazing memories.  here's to everyone that made my 18th year spectacular. . .  i love you all so much! 

HIS WORKMANSHIP

today in my human development class, [side note:  i absolutely LOVE this class.  anyone planning on becoming a mother should take it.  it's amazing.] the topic was puberty.

a little awkward.

i was reminiscing back on this ridiculous stage in my life when everything on the outside was so important.  how i looked, what i wore, who i was friends with, what i did for fun, where i lived. . .

i look back and it all seems really dumb.  in this new world that i've begun to get the hang of, i have realized that image is not everything.  it's hardly anything!  basically the only thing that matters is what's inside.  if you are true to yourself and the things you know to be right and you rely on the Lord for everything, that is what really matters.

anyway, my teacher started talking about how all adolescents feel like they have to fit in.  friends and media and social life has such a big impact on them, and if they don't get it "right", then they're labeled as losers and doomed to be socially awkward throughout high school.  adolescence is when self esteem goes wayyyy down.

then, she said, "in ephesians 2:10, it says 'for we are His workmanship.'"

God created us.  He specifically made us different.  and He knew what He was doing!  don't offend Him by putting yourself down.  and don't offend him by doing things you know wouldn't make Him proud.  He watches us.  He loves us.  He wants us to be our best.

i know i'm not the most beautiful person.  i will never be the most skinny, or have the most flawless skin, or the most wonderful hair, or the cutest clothes.  but inside, i know who i am.  i am a daughter of my Heavenly Father.  and He created me exactly how He was supposed to.

and you know what?  He created you, too.  exactly the way you're supposed to be.

don't forget that.