charming

tonight i attended a lovely garden concert
at a darling old house studio.
the whole night was charming.
the flowers were gorgeous,
the band exceptionally great,
the company exquisite,
and the crowd rare.the outdoorsy-alternative-hippie typesthat know good music when they hear it. sometimes i think it would be fun to besomeone like that. and attend garden concerts every week.
the mollies are such a charming band!

http://www.myspace.com/themolliesmusic

then nicole took us to
lunaberry:
a quaint little yogurt place downtown.
i was captured with how unexpectedly charming it was,
not to mention the yogurt was delicious.



original peach swirl with strawberries on top.
"mmmm... lunaberry."i will definitely go there again, hopefully with similar quality of company.

what a charming evening.

the lovely annie

i miss this woman!so so so much! boo distance. boo.
21 days cannot come soon enough!

10

"i'm a 10
i walk like a 10
i talk like a 10
i look like a 10
i give 10 stuff out
i get 10 stuff back
i treat others like 10s
i'm healthy, wealthy, and happy
i get what i want cause i deserve it
i do what i oughta do
when i oughta do it
whether i want to or not
no debate
i really am a 10"


-- 23 days away!! can't wait!! --

like fence without the f

i have an enormous ence family.
and it all started many, many years ago when
charles carlton ence and mary mulder
{ fell in love }
they are old and frail now,
and i treasure the time we have with them.
we don't get together with ALL the cousins much
because it's too chaotic, drives us all mad.
but tonight we did:
rented out the whole lions club,
and surprisingly filled the whole thing up
with our 150 extended relatives.

i am the 32nd of 37 cousins,
so naturally all my older cousins are married
with 1 - 5 children each.
we're at totally different stages of life,
but i love watching them turn into sweethearts,
then mothers and fathers.
they gain the 30 pounds post-wedding weight
then go from driving audi's to suburbans.
i used to be so good at all the cousin's children's names,
but now i lose track. they get so big so fast, and there are sooo many.

but even though i maybe don't know all the next generation's faces
and we don't see everyone a lot during the year,
i love each of them for the way they make our family unique,
for the strong ence family bond we have.
all 150+ of us love being together no matter how chaotic it is.
and i've said it before, but it still rings true:
i could pick any one of my 150 relatives to look up to
for a role model or a hero, and i do. i look up to each of them individually, and all of them collectively.
my dad's 6 siblings and their spouses are one-of-a-kind
and they mean a lot to me, probably a lot more than they know.
my sweet grandparents probably won't make it much longer,
but because they fell in love those many years ago,
they have created something that will last long, long after they pass.
i'm in awe at the strong bond that can exist in family
and i know with all my heart that
the lord truly puts us in the families we are in for a great purpose.

i'm so grateful to be an ENCE.
i belong to the greatest family in the world.

love made perfect

"if we love one another,

God dwelleth in us,

and His love is perfected in us.

God is love.

and he that dwelleth in love

dwelleth in God,

and God in Him.

herein is our love made

perfect."

things fall apart

"things fall apart
little pieces break up and fall down on me.
good fortune fades, fades away,
but i won't.
things may fall apart
but you're a part of me...
don't you fall apart too."

--parker charles

tin foil

muah moment #7:
tin foil dinner
fire
marshmallows
mountains
sweatshirts
smelling like campfire
starrrrrs

she wants her nails painted black

p.s. yes my nails are black in those last pictures.
don't ask.

melissa k. condie

so i have this fantastic friend named melissa k. condie.

we are kind of cousins, but only because we share a
common crazy uncle.

melissa k. and i got to be good friends over a silly boy named jordan.

we swapped stories, hers better than mine, and soon i gave up on him

and loved just listening to her.

of course over time jordan became only half the conversations

and soon we were great friends.

melissa k. is one of a kind, i have never met anyone else like her.

her outfits rarely match and i love that about her

because she can pull off anything.

she is an expert violinist, i could listen to her for hours, mesmerized.

every day i see melissa k, she makes my day

with her funny comments and unique outlook on life,

not to mention she is an excellent writer that i look up to

and long to be like one day. one day.

i was afraid once summer came we would have a hard time

keeping in touch, she in logan and i in salt lake.

but when you have a friend like melissa k. even with distance

you stay close. melissa k. is the best.

if she didn't go to usu my life wouldn't be the same.

i just love the girl to death.

let go

"sometimes being a friend means

mastering the art of timing.

there is a time for silence,

a time to let go and allow people

to hurl themselves

into their own destiny.

and a time to prepare to pick up

the pieces when it's

all over."

he's in vegas

i'm falling.

hard.

didn't think it would happen.

but it is.

and surprisingly,

for the first time

i'm ok with it.

it's good.

realllllly good.

and almost relieving.

aaahhh!

looove this!

forever friend.

"Sometimes in life, you find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by being a part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop. Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is { forever friendship } When you're down and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows. If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. And if you find such a friend, you feel happy and complete because you need not worry. You have a forever friend, and forever has no end."