junio.

The month of June came faster than what I had anticipated, and I had been dreading its arrival for quite some time. Probably about since December or so. But it came and is going, and it's almost gone. And you know what? I survived. I definitely shed too many tears to count leading up to it, but that's just how I roll. 


First order of business: Jeff. 
I love this guy, I do. He's my oldest brother. He just got married in March. June 4th was the day we said goodbye to him. He's currently at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. He leaves for Iraq/Afghanistan/We don't really know where in about a month. He's been gone a lot lately because he's been working in SLC. But when he's home I love spending time with him. I miss him so much and I can't wait to have him back here. Supposedly we won't have communication with him for the first three months he'll be over there. That will be hard, but I know he'll be safe. I love how much our family supports him. We all love him so so so much. I appreciate all that he has, is doing, and is going to do for our country. I really couldn't be blessed with better brothers. Jeff is the quiet one, but is always willing to help you with anything. He makes us all smile and we love him. I'm crying right now typing this.. because I just want him back home. I don't think you truly appreciate or realize how much you love somebody until the chance to show them your gratitude may be gone. I know he'll be home before we know it, and when that day arrives, I know I won't stop smiling. That day will be filled with happy tears. He's in our prayers, and I ask you to do the same. 

Second order of business: Scott.
Oh my, how much I miss this boy. Despite our dramatic fall out that should have never happened and lasted much longer than I think either of us had hoped for, all is well. He left June 15th. He's been gone for thirteen days. ..Can you tell that I'm waiting for the day he comes home? I cannot wait. I love this boy so much. He's one of my best friends. On my worst days he knows how to make me smile. He gives the best hugs, and is such a great listener. For how much talking I do, I believe we make a great pair. Given the complicated and dramatic story that I'm not going to delve into, we have fixed things and we're both happy. Our friendship was restored, and that's all we needed. That's what we're focusing on, and I couldn't be happier. 




June came, and June is going. I'm content with how things are, and I know everything is going to be fine. Everything happens for a reason, right? I'm just excited to see where my life ends up. These next few years I'm going to learn a lot about myself. I'll get these two back in my life around the same time. Jeff will be home, and then six months later Scott will be. And holy moly, I cannot wait for those two days. Love those around you. Life is too short to fight over petty things. 

Much love, Al.

oh, hai.

You eat your french toast in fourths.
I eat my poptarts in fourths.
We were basically meant to be besties.

And there's my cue to insert a cheesy song.

cooking spray in my eye.

Things like this seem to be recurring events in my life. Read here for a simple reminder.


Tonight in bread making I was trying to put the lid back on the bottle of pam cooking spray. And you know what? Those lids are gosh dang hard to put on. I was using all the force my upper body could produce, when I slipped and somehow managed to hit the sprayer, where it shot up into my eye. This caused a chain reaction of smacking my forehead on the cupboard, which reopened a nice little scab on my forehead. So I had a burning eye, a contact that was shriveling up, and blood on my forehead. Not to mention half the class was gawking at me.


Twas splendid.


Scott's reaction when I told him: "You are the epitome of elegance and poise." 


He definitely loves me.

welcome to terrgit.

I promise you that Maddi and I aren't completely childish.


Today after bread making we ventured over to Target to have ourselves some fun. Remember that lil' bombshell from VS I told you about? You can check it out here. Anywho. Maddi had seen a wannabe one at Target, so we just had to go compare. 


Speaking from experience, if I were to buy one of those ridiculously padded bras, I'd definitely have to go with the one from Vickie's. The one from Target just doesn't do justice. Although, Melski, the one at Target was purple leopard print. We thought it would make a nice friend for Zeebs. 


After the bras, we headed on over to the shoes where Mad broke the clearance sign. Then I told her that I was sick of hiding my secret: I was pregnant and we needed to go check out the car seats. That's when she told me her secret: "I thought you were getting fat." hahah. We scoured through all the baby stuff, and even tried out the breast pumps.


Then we went to the toys and played with every toy possible, especially the ones that made obnoxious noises. We found some JBiebs dolls and loved them immensely. We played the Wii, and checked out some face washes. We even ran into a fart that seemed more like a brick wall than a smell in the air.






Twas a swell day.






Also, 4 more days until this boy is home!!

I can't wait!!

Peace&blessings.

Mr. and Mrs.

Yesterday my wonderful brother Jeff married Val. I'm so happy for the two of them. It was an extremely fun filled day. Definitely one of the most fun weddings I've ever been to. Unfortunately I did a horrible job of taking pictures. So I'll share the few that I did.

This is Dylan. He's my older brother. Not the one that got married. But he's hilarious. And I love him mucho.

This is Jen. One of Val's bridesmaids. Dylan was her escort, and they were stinking hilarious together.

Schnid was making goofy faces.

This was their first dance. Doesn't she look so gorgeous? And he looks so handsome in his military stuff.

Somebody was cat-calling. ha!

While they were dancing I looked over and saw Dylan making creepy faces at me.

Then I went and got this little mister. We pretty much tore up the dance floor. ha! It was great. I wish I would have gotten some vids/pics of my brothers dancing... they were the greatest ever.

Anyway. That's it. I'm pretty bugged with myself that I didn't get more pictures. Oh well. Also, I totally could have caught the bouquet. But I refuse to be the next one married. So when it was like 5 inches from my open hands I took a step back and let somebody else catch it. Sometimes you just have to sacrifice those things.


It was a great wedding and I'm so happy for them. I cried a bit more than I should have. Jeff is leaving in just over a month for Iraq/Afghanistan. So seeing him in his military get up was a bit much for my little heart to handle. But I know that everything is going to be fine and swell, and I'm so excited to see where they go in life. (: I love them both very much!!




ps.. All the bridesmaids went and got their nails done on friday. I didn't realize that I would be getting acrlyic nails, and let me tell you. I'm about to go crazy. You see, I'm a nail biter, so this isn't working for me. I've had them for 3 days, and this is what they look like:

I've cut off both my thumbs because they make texting impossible. And 2 more fingers on my left hand. The rest are about to go, because I'm going insane. It's taken me about an hour longer than it should have to type this post, because I can't type worth carp with them on. So if you're a nail biter, I highly suggest not getting them.


that is all.

confidence: soaring

Last night I was told I looked like a man.


Tonight I was told I smelled like a dog.
Which was then quickly covered by "... like flowers in the mountain!" 
{I really didn't smell like a dog.. honestly.}






It's easy to see that my confidence has been boosted ten fold.

The day I cut off Scott's jedi braid.

Once upon a time I had a friend named Scott Alan Heinrich.


And he had a jedi braid. One that I hated with a passion. One day he called me up, and told me he was in town. And possibly getting a new hair style. I inquired what was to happen with the braid, and he said it was staying. I offered to cut it off. And somehow he agreed. So I did. And it was great feeling. 

Better, yeah?

I thought so.