P.O.T.Y.

I am proud to announce to you the official

PICTURE OF THE YEAR.

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH.

This seriously cracked me up this week. I could do nothing but share.

Chronicles.

Today was a take the elevator kind of day

On my way out of the Tanner Building ( where I spent most of my time on campus), I simply couldn't get myself to walk up those atrium stairs one more time. Thank you elevator.

I got to thinking today...what have I been up to these days anyways? My view lately has often been this screen and workbook...

...as I have patiently been trying to learn the ways of Microsoft Excel. It is interesting...sometimes I do find my self surfing the net in the middle of one of my self taught lessons often proving there is a titch of boredom there . :)

Also, another exciting news announcement: as of today I am an official NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT MINOR at Brigham Young University. Tonight was also the opening social for the nonprofit club. I am beyond excited about this program and feel right where i am supposed to be. Tonight, I entered into a drawing for a gift card at the social and left early....guess who's name got called after she left? YEP. IT'S REAL. Haha My friend shot me a text after and told me I had won... But hadn't at the same time.. They gave my/notmy certificate to someone else. :)

And last but not least for today: the Nonprofit Club T-shirts... Behold them. They contain 2 of my current favorites right now: mustaches, and nonprofit work. Therefore I will be wearing it daily. Maybe....

Anyway,these Are my daily chronicles . Here's to a great week. Almost the weekend :) ummmhmmmmm

Stranger Danger.

Well geezeee. It has been so long since I have blogged that I am practically a stranger around these parts. Life has just kind of been a whirlwind. But a great kind of whirldwind.

People always ask me how school is... I always say it is the "BEST", but hard. And that is followed by, but hard is what I signed up for. AND I LOVE IT.

I think/hope I am back to blogging now. I have some adventures of good old Provo to share ya know?

Wait'a Minute...

Finding look-a-likes is one of my favorite things. i tend to be able to find someone anywhere, that reminds me of someone I know. It must drive people crazy (including myself), that I exclaim 20,308,430,999 times a day, "They remind me of/look like someone." Its the worst when I can't pin point it. Usually when I do figure who they look like, no one else agrees anyways. I get so excited when I find a good look-a-like.

Today in my waste-two-hours-of-my-day research, I found a slide show someone had put together of athlete to actor look-a-likes. Boy. Oh Boy, was I excited. I was going to put this one to the test. It was pretty darn awesome...and i thought to myself, I really wouldn't mind that job. :] Finding Pictures of Celebrities all day and comparing them with others, having success, and therefore creating a sweet slideshow on MSN, to suck in look-a-like suckers like me and waste their time to. MAN. Livin' the Dream 101 that would be. But..... I think I will keep my job :]

Anywaazzzz, here is one of my favorite pictures from that slideshow.
(Simply because it made me bust a gut!)


"Heyyyyy." & "CHEESE."

Oh, and don't forget our Honorary Dignitary of the day.

HANDSOME? YES, quite.
Okay, Okay...I know everyone knows of his shockingly new and attractive digs. But I just can't seem to get over it. Therefore Mr. Neville Longbottom, takes the WIN.

The Hur.

There comes a point with hair when ya just get bored. I am at this stage right now...But at the same time I can't decide what to do different with it! Dang it. Stuck in a hair rut again. Then again, as I have done some research I found this little beauty of a Haircut.....

Honestly it is not much different than what i have had before...but I'm diggin it! maybe with little more of an A-Line. And then there is the option of growing it out more or the fun option of adding color.... WE SHALL SEE.

Have a Rockin' Monday. I survived, hope you do too :]

What LOVE looks like.

And there you have it people. You better Believe it. Believe it GOOD.

date night.

JACOBS.

Parents go on date night. So do we.

When a friday night gave us this. I put on this.
(Been Waiting to wear this ALL Summer. YES)

...And we went and Got this.

...And WON this. Instantly.

Oh, and don't forget This!

Thanks to the best brother in [Sky]America[ler], we went and got some Raising Canes in the rain, Watched some classic movies, and participated in SUGAR FREE rootbeer floats, Making for an all together successful friday night. :]

FOURTH and FAITH

LET FREEDOM RING. Meet twin, bub-roosk// our own personal holiday cheer-mister.

JULY 4, Easily one of my favorite days of the year. Although I am one to say, that every holiday is my favorite...the fourth really is top ranked. Growing up, I spent all of my "Fourth's" in Provo. I think that Fourth of July in Provo, is a major reason why I have such fond feelings for it(both the holiday and the place). :] There is just such a patriotic aura about Provo during the week of the fourth- everything that happens, and every hour of that week are spent comemorating our beautiful and unique country. Preparations in Provo begin early, and the finished product really is magic. Since we couldn't be in Provo this year for the fourth, we decided to make a just as magical Fourth of July, VEGAS STYLE!

We started our holiday off the night before, with a sleepover at auntie's house. We ate, swam, and watched a movie until...too late. We met parents at the Summerlin parade the next morning, and boy was I stoked. PARADES ARE MY FAVORITE. Yes. Lucky for me, my family sat right behind the little old lady with my same EXACT outift on. Yes, It made me die of laughter. Yes, i deserved it. My mom said to me before I bought it that it kind of looked like a grandma shirt...MORAL OF THE STORY:

1. Listen to Momma.
2. That's What you get for shoppin at Walmarto.
She went by the name of TWIN for the rest of the parade.


After the Parade we headed home for some breaky/lunch-ish. I guess we call that brunch. Anyhow, it was awesome. Grandma's secret recipie buttermilk waffles, ( with red, white, and blue toppings ;]) and we were all happy campers. We went shopping and swimming, and ate. and cooked. And ate. Later in the afternoon, my family had the opportunity to go and see the movie 17 MIRACLES, that is showing here in Vegas for a limited time. I had heard awesome things about it, and was so beyond excited. It was the perfect thing to do on Independence day. Never have I watched a movie that taught me so much, and made me feel so much. It depicted the stories of incredible faith in the Lord, and the miracles wrought by the Lord. I think the theatre cleaners wondered what in the world was going on, as they walked into a quiet theatre, filled with the spirit, as teary LDS families exited the room. It is a must see.

We finished our night off with watching fireworks,up at CHS. It was the most awesome view of the valley, as you could see fireworks exploding up all over the city.

Jen's Homemade Fro-Yo.

Greek Yogurt
Lime Zest
Lime Juice

& Sweet and Condensed milk
All topped off with toasted (& blue :]) coconut, and raspberries.

& white choclate dipped strawberries, with blue sprinkles were on the menu too ;]

Time. Time. Time.

{the little cheetah beauts are my little fabric cutting pride and joys, courtesy of Momma J.}

Being home, I have had ALOT of time on my hands. For me, Productive and effective use of my time/accomplishing and crossing off tasks on my to do lists is the most satisfying feeling. I have the great ability of wasting time, and this summer I am DETERMINED to fix that! I decided to take advantage of the carefree time I have in my favorite place. I mean, extensive naps every day after work, and finishing an entire television series in one day is AWESOME...but my goal is to take advantage of the time I have available to improve myself, and serve. I get so excited just thinking about all the things I can/will do during the day while I am at work. I have missed being creative, and taking on fun projects, and learning new things! These feelings have been inspired by two of my favorite Mormon Messages, (Create and Choose This Day) that I have watched quite a bit recently, and strangely enough by two websites that can be quite the time wasters some days...Pininterst and Food Gawker.

They have really got me stoked to get creative again...cooking and crafty-shtuff. They reminded me how much I love and enjoy CREATING. These websites both allow you to save any ideas you like that others put on the website or that you find, so yo ucan refer back and remember them! I have plans this summer, to use many of the fun ideas I find! They also make me so excited for school in the fall- to make things for my new apartment, for my friends, and fun recipe and party ideas to use in the future!

Speaking of Projects...here is the SNEAK PEEK to my latest.

{very small sneak peek. ;]}

In trying to use the best of my time, I am seeking for more service opportunities, Trying to use more time to study the gospel, and strengthen myself and those around me, and to avoid the phrase "Someday I will." I have found procrastination to be one of Satan's greatest tools...and I am guilty of it! I will "Choose to Serve The Lord This Day." This video Below, is one that I mentioned above. The music, and the message inspire to live better every day. Enjoy :]

Choose This Day.

Nike.

Meet the NIKE FREE 2's. I don't know why I fall in love with shoes so easily...probably becuase I can really on my shoe size never to change. :] I LOVE THESE. Quite the beaut's, eh? At the end of Winter Semester at BYU, I started excercising regularly again, and really fell in love with it. It was a nice break from worrying about things, or racking my brain with homework... and I started to feel a whole lot better! Since I have been home I started running again and never before have I been the one to say I really enjoy it but... I really enjoy running!! It is hard...but worth it! Calee, my family, and I try and go out every night to get our run/walk/ do something on! Nike has a couple of iPhone Apps. for exercising that got me so stoked! my current favorite is the Nike + GPS, where you can track how far you run, your time, calories burnt, and compare all of that information between runs...now thats what I'm talkin about! And besides that...I love all their gear! All of the fun stuff makes me look forward to exercising even more! I hope to invest in one of their sweet t-shirts too...they all make me laugh.

"You said tomorow, YESTERDAY."
JUST DO IT.
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