bring on the rain.

.fort sleepovers.
.no work.
.crepe breakfast.
.cemetery visits.
.potato bugs and flowers.
.grandparents.
.gremillion family.
.free hot dogs.
.lounging.
.long bike ride.
.backyard croquet.
.soccer game.
.chips and salsa.
.first real summer bbq.
.ron, tonya, karliann.
.papers mostly finished.
.warm blankets.
.facebook chattin'.
.happy news.
.butterflies.

.memorial day.

wednesday we'll be picnicing and croqueting in the park. 

it's supposed to rain wednesday.  can you say bliss. 

and that's how we do it in the ence family.

double mattress beds and cup death threats.

freeway runnin' through the yard

i'm takin' a leap of faith.
a really big leap of faith.



. . . f r e e   f a l l i n ' . . .

i hope we always feel this way

i've been reminded again this week how much the lord puts people into our lives that we need the most.  i am so blessed to be surrounded by amazing people that enrich and bless my life on a daily basis and truly make me who i am.  one of the reasons i love east millcreek, salt lake is because of the awesome neighborhood/ward i live in!  the other day i mentioned on here that i love being tied to my past... it's true  i love my community.  i love people knowing my family.  i love knowing the people around me and their family backgrounds.  i love walking down the road and stopping to talk to all the neighbors outside.  i love that everyone is one big happy ward family.  as my dad and i were on our morning walk this morning we were chatting about the outpouring of love towards coleman and our family this week.  phone call after text after e-mail after visit... cupcakes, shakes, ice cream, pies, bagels, cookies packing our fridge... jared mowing our lawn as i speak... i live in the best neighborhood ever!  i guess sometimes we need tragedy to remind us just how much everyone cares.  get well soon, buddy! 

out on the street corner

this is definitely going to be a summer of adventure.
it already has been, and it's only like the 3rd week!
tonight we played ultimate croquet in the dark at
sugarhouse park, followed by an excellent roller
blading escapade around the sugarhouse loop,
then with music in the parking lot.  (beats classic
skating any day!)  roller blading is the best.
and so are driveway talks.  <3 summer.  so happy.

excited for our date tomorrow:

mmm

nothin' beats
s u m m e r
r a i n !  

buffalo.

1. i always write reminders to myself in my phone text drafts. 

2. i LOVE it when people play with my hair. 

3. homemade ice cream and homemade oreos are my favorite!

4. i fall asleep in movies often.   

5. i could lay on the floor and listen to the rain for hours. 

6. i'm a really big sucker for guitar players. 

7. i always have to have music on.  

8. i adore going to concerts - esp when i know the performers. 

9. i do believe laughter is the best medicine. 

10. i love getting things done on time, or early. 

11. a night of ping pong and puzzles is adequate for me. 

12. favorite thing: when someone texts you after you were just barely with them :) 

13. if i don't read my scriptures in the morning it never gets done... 

14. my siblings are my best friends. 

15. my testimony is the most important thing i "own".  

16. i really like kitchen ware and office supplies. 

17. porch swing on the mountain = bliss. 

18. sometimes i don't like to make decisions, other times i do.

19. i really like being tied to the past.  

20. i adore salt lake city, esp. the east millcreek!  

21. rascal flatts and taylor swift describe my life, to a scary extend. 

22. i have a surprise for you, but i can't say it yet!  

heh heh heh.  

premium drinking water

yes, once again i am going to blog about google.
i really like google.  someday when i grow up
and get sick of teaching i want to be a designer
for the google home page.  check out today's:

how easy would it be to draw that.  love.
finally saw avatar for the first time last night.
though i wasn't completely paying attention
and i didn't understand the storyline completely,
what a beautiful land!  i wish to live there.
i'm sure heaven will be even more beautiful.

pray for coleman today - he cut part of his finger
off last night in the lawn mower  :(



"all we know is distance.  we'll cross it then
we'll run... kiss away the difference"  

isn't life miraculous?!

i am so happy today!  

everyday when i read my dear friend whitney's blog 

enjoy the journey today, i am inspired to 

find something everyday to be happy about.  

my mom's motto has always been 

"enjoy the journey" and she often talks about 

finding happiness in each moment - for 

everyday and even every moment, there is 

something to be grateful and happy for!  

reading whit's blog i am reminded it's the little 

things, the little simple things that make 

up a life full of happy moments.  

"the more you praise and celebrate your life, 

the more you have in life to celebrate!" 

turns out that's not very hard to do!  

this week i have been so happy.  

but happy doesn't seem like an adequate 

word to describe it, because i feel more 

than happy.  i feel peaceful, joyful, 

excited, selfless, content, blissful.  

i am mesmerized by fire.  i could watch fire 

for hours and never get bored.  it's the one time 

my mind can be completely blank yet so full 

of thoughts at the same time.  last night 

at our excellent bonfire i got lost in my thoughts. 

but as i sat there surrounded by amazing friends, 

i just couldn't help but smile about how happy 

my life is.  i have the truth.  i know that i am 

a daughter of a loving heavenly father.  i have 

a family that cares so deeply about me and 

wants the best for me.   i live within seconds of

canyon upon canyon of majestic beauty, which 

i plan to take better advantage this summer. 

things in my life seem to be falling into 

place this summer more than ever.  

there are so many proofs of the Lord's 

hand in my life everyday.  so many 

tender mercies daily.  i am so grateful 

for the simple truth that there is a plan for me 

while i am down here on earth.  it's a daily process

to figure that plan out, but i am glad to know 

where i came from and why i am here and 

where i am going - and that i have a purpose 

at all - those are things that most the 

world is searching for and some will not 

understand for a long time.  i'm really 

excited about my life this summer and the fall.  

it continues to take twists and turns everyday 

and some things coming up are a little

unexpected, but i know they are the right

 things to be doing right now and i

can't wait for the next couple years 

to keep unfolding!  isn't life miraculous?! 

if you need a lover and a friend, baby, i'm in.

summer bucket lists.
laaate nights with friends.
early summer mornings.
violent rain storms.
successful races.
winning raffles.
happy carnivals.
green trees!
croquet games.
free dinners.
handsome men.
missing whitneyyy.
making lists on this blog.
german pancakes.
board games.
naps with julia.
new friends.
guitar serenades.
boomwhacking.
1:00 church.
giggling.  lots.
seminary graduation.
being myself.
happy texts.
bravery.
reminiscing.
hard decisions.
not missing mg.
dance parties.
chats with hannah.
ice cream for breakfast.
laughing till we cry.
having time to play.

summer: the best season ever!  

why did i ever contemplate staying in logan this summer?  the 801 is where it's at.  i gotta feeling this summer is going to be one of the best yet!  it already is. . . :)

just so you know.  friday night it POURED all night and into the morning.  at 5:45 saturday morning when daddy and i left the house it was still coming down, but by a stroke of miracle after lots and lots of prayers, the rain stopped and held off the whole morning, allowing a cold, but very dry and extremely successful 5k!  i love the rain.  but i was grateful we didn't have to deal with it yesterday.  also saved chart meredith's party from closing down.  what a happy saturday.

ps. skyline ultimate frisbee took state yesterday!  so proud of coleman!  he he.


-- "the reason it's been raining is because we invited aimee..."  -- dad --

fill dat ark!

it's WAY too early
to be awake
on a saturday.

pray for the
rain to stop,
just for 3 hours!

it rains in your bedroom

this completely made my day

when i opened up google this morning!! 

and i think the best part is, you can totally PLAY the game!
i'm not going to get any work done today. . .

frozen blueberries in milk for breakfast today.  mmm.

excited to play with griffin tonight :)
no matter what happens there will
always be a little place in my heart
for that boy.  and i don't care who
reads that... ha ha.  i'm amazed that
after all we've been through we can
still be so close.  i know i've said that
before on here, but it makes me smile!
guess that's what happens with your
very first love.  and maybe not. but
seriously, who could resist this tender face:

downloaded colbie caillat's newish album last night.
although she stunk live, i still like her, and her new
songs have some good potential.  and i've taken a
new liking to boyce avenue.  look him up, i don't
have time to link him.

after 5 hours of driving aimlessly around salt lake yesterday
i'm really excited to just sit in the office again today.
errands are fun, but there's only so much i can take.....
except lacy isn't in today so it will be quiet.  hmmm

devin and i are making summer bucket lists.

first crown burger experience yesterday:  win.

just wrote a declaration for the governor to read
at a public service announcement next week.
i learn the most random things working here!

"... and then that word grew louder and louder
until it was a battle cry..."

just call me gopher.

this week's been full of adventures:

roller skating
sleeping in
talks with lacy
bundling millions of flyers
visiting all the elementary schools in granite
random venture work
marking race courses
sorting t-shirts
night hikes
top it and yogurt stop
playing with hs friends
meeting new friends
flirting, ha ha...
driving aimee's car
CIL mistakes :P
suicide rock party
finding new music
homemade ice cream
etc etc etc.

i've decided the reason i love my job so much is it's s different everyday.  i really like being aimee's gopher... just going wherever she needs me and doing whatever she needs me to do (and sometimes getting to drive her car!).  besides that, lacy is the best to work with!  she claims to get more done when i'm around... i don't get nearly as much when she's around... guess that's what you get when you're in the same office and are such good friends... hah!  but we have fun!  every year i'm reminded how much money and work venture outdoors is to pull off . . . but it's always worth it (well, when it doesn't rain).  and every year i'm reminded how much i love event planning.  maybe i'll do it on the side someday :)

love this girl.  

-- "maybe we should go on a diet this summer."  - julia.  "you don't need to go on a diet."  - me.  "fine, maybe you should go on a diet this summer."  - julia.  "oh.  thanks." - me. --

put away those cliches.

i threw away the picture frames
and all our memories too...
it was the hardest thing to do,
but i bet you did it too. . . 

belief is beautiful armor

things that make me happy today:

rainlove texts institute
tuesdaysutah state mom's lunchessleeping in lateworking on venture meeting new people good morning dreams
playing piano all morning
frozen yogurt with friends
john mayer's free fallin'

today is a happy day.  

life's better outside!

just one month until this:  

 

it's easy to say i'm stoked! 

majestic.

 i'm completely obsessed with the sky!!

 it's been a contemplative sort of weekend.
i think sky is appropriate for that. 

i'm over your games

a friend said to me today, "for someone that waited so long for something, you're sure quick to let it go so fast and so completely..."  desperate times call for desperate measures, i guess.  

i feel like this little guy today.  

she says stop all the world now

day twelve --> whatever tickles your fancy

lunaberry

and 

ari hest station on pandora

a light show up on your window

i feel like all the sudden i don't have any time
to blog or do anything anymore.  isn't summer
supposed to be lazy?  hah, pretty sure i've been
busier the past 2 days than i ever was last semester...
which is sayin' something.

favorite part about being home: julia hugs!

and that's how we do it.  

babushka

i don't care what anyone says about their moms, mine is the best in the world!  

happy mothers' day momma!  

i love you!  

inflatable cake

today i got new memory for my computer. 

my beautiful mac is running just like a brand 

spankin' new computer!  i don't think i 

realized how full it was getting... hah.  

it's been marvelous celebrating a

birthday all weekend long!  i've 

never celebrated for so spread out 

of a time, but i think i will make it 

a regular yearly practice.  everyone 

should celebrate for days at a time.

happy graduation to my lovely sister laci marie today! 

the ceremony was LoooooonG.  

but we cheered loud.    

a little weird being home, and def 

always takes some adjusting to... but 

i think it's going to be a pretty swell summer

(even if hannah's face says otherwise...) 

ps gotta love it when boren randomly shows up at your house. 

hairography

it's only been
4 days since i last blogged
and already i feel like
i am neglecting
the poor thing.
hahaah

21 tomorrow!

umm.  it's my birthday tomorrow.
and in case you didn't know, i
really, really, REALLY like birth-
days.  a lot.  like, probably one of
the top ten days of the year.  this
one will be a bit different - it's my
first birthday spent away from home,
but my mom is the best and already
doing a splendid job at making me
feel like i'm at home anyway.  she
sent me cards from the whole fam,
a sign to hang in my room, confetti,
cut out hearts, caramel apple, happy
birthday napkins and happy birthday
mints (my favorite kind from ck
cummings!) and a light up birthday
pen and more.  isn't she the best!
should be a good day though -
german pancakes, no final, only
1 hour of work, date with israel :)
then out to dinner with my lady
friends!  never been to texas road-
house, so i'm stoked!  and then of
course a little cupcake action and
some hannah montana movie!
yes, i'm turning 21 and yes, i enjoy
the hannah montana movie.  call me
juvenile but i don't care, i will never
grow up.  not even when i'm 21.
so, happy birthday to me!  wa ha ha.

laugh laugh laugh

we're cool enough to have the same profile picture.  

i love my girls! 

best month.

happy
may
day.