If you take a floral design class..

If you take a floral design class, your friend will wonder if you can make a bridal bouquet...

and chances are, if you can, she'll ask for some boutonnieres to go with it.

And when you give her the boutonnieres, she'll remember she has no need for a bridal bouquet or boutonnieres, so she'll probably ask you for a centerpiece for her table.

Then she'll probably ask you for a few different centerpiece designs as well...

When you've given her the centerpiece, she'll want to look at your other designs to see just how good you really are.

When she sees how charming the designs are, she'll think of her grandmother and want to give her a gift. So she'll ask you for a basket with small gifts and a bud vase of flowers to go along with it.

Finally, when she leaves, she'll notice that you have a beautiful wreath hanging on your front door and, chances are, she'll want one too.

So, you'll have to make her a wreath, with fake flowers so it will last forever, because she doesn't want to take care of it.

And when she arrives home and hangs the wreath on her door, she'll sit down to enjoy her beautiful flowers. Then the doorbell will probably ring.

Chances are, a handsome young man will be standing there admiring her wreath. And when she opens the door, they'll probably fall in love. So she'll call you up and ask for a bridal bouquet.... and some boutonnieres to go with it.

(inspired by the book "if you give a mouse a cookie")

.weekend in washington.

Last weekend Brad & Marianne, Bryce & some of his friends, Josh, and I went to Washington, Utah (near St. George) for a relaxing vacation. It was wonderful. Josh & I got to St. George before everyone else, so we stopped and ate at this delightful place. I've only experienced the joy of In-n-out twice before this, so I was very excited. In-n-out did not disappoint me either. It was delicious. I do not know how a cheeseburger can taste so heavenly.

After that, Josh & I went to the St. George temple and took pictures of it. I've seen it before, but that night it was particularly beautiful. I've been to a temple before with Josh to take pictures, so I was ready for his "routine" this time. He starts at one side and slowly makes his way around taking pictures that have a lot of thought put into them and are pretty artistic. I think that's part of the reason why I found the temple so beautiful this time, its hard not to when you're looking at every little detail and going around it slowly. It amazes me that it was built so well and beautifully in the 1870's. I guess that's the "builder" in me. I loved the experience.

I tried to be artistic as well, some of my attempts turned out better than others as you can tell...

We went to the duplex/condo that we were staying in, and it was very nice. Waaaay nicer than I expected. Let's just say that I now want 8 foot beautiful wood doors in my future home. A few minutes later Bryce & friends showed up, and a while after that, Brad & Marianne arrived as well. We spent the rest of the night playing cards. I LOVE playing games! Brad & Marianne, Josh & I stayed up until about 4:30am playing and laughing. We all slept in the next day, played tennis for a long time- I almost beat Josh- and then ate at In-n-out, which was, once again, heavenly. We also got a free hamburger from a couple sitting next to us and all four of us had a small part of it.

The weekend was very relaxing and just what I needed to get through the tough two days of school this week. haha We left at 6am Monday morning to get back for our 10am classes. I hated to see it end, but my stomach is grateful... Unfortunately, In-n-out was our most nutritious meals (we went a total of 3 times) of the entire weekend..

addicted.

Today, I spent about an hour and a half on a girl named Sara's blog, reading all about her day, friends, boyfriend, and interests.  If I ran into her on BYU campus next week, I would probably have to stop myself before I told her that she should just buy the red heels she's been eyeing for weeks, break up with her lousy boyfriend, and I'd also ask for her recipe of taco soup she was raving about.  I had no idea who she was until an hour ago, and now we're best friends. Except that she has no idea who I am.  minor detail... 

My addiction to blogs started out rather innocent.  I would check up on my brothers, sisters-in-law, and my cute little nephews and niece.  I noticed their friends on the side of their blogs, and since I knew of them, I felt as though it was okay for me to read their blogs as well.  Reading their blogs made me want to know about their friends, and their friends, and now, Sara, whoever she really is... 

That is how I came to the conclusion to make up a blog for myself. I figured that if I spent quite a bit of time on blogs anyway, I might as well have one to call my own. Also, because I am currently sitting in my apartment alone (everyone else is already home) waiting for my brother to get done taking a test so we can go home for thanksgiving. 

hopefully if anyone is as bored as I am and finds my blog, they think my blog is as interesting enough as Sara's blog is. and they will spend hours reading about my awesome life...