another week begins...

well.

ann got married.

and it was suchh a cute wedding.

laura and zackery and i went down to utah friday night.

my grandma fed us homemade bread.

it is honestly my absolute favorite.

someday i plan on being able to make bread like that.

saturday i got to see cristina for a little bit.

so that was fun. plus she gave me like eight new recipe ideas.

then we went to the temple.

ann's so pretty :)

and thenn we went on a walk.

it was way, way too cold.

that's what's happening right now:

it's getting cold.

i'm sure i'll get used to it.. i always do.

after all, i'm from minnesota, dontcha know?

but for now it's just cold and windy and cloudy and i don't like it one bit!!!

anyhow it was a pretty good weekend..

i like being home better.

but utah's alright.

ps i aced my ed241 midterm today. i'm really proud.

and i got an A on my science quiz.. which is quite unusual.

okay, to be honest, it's never really happened before.

and i'm sitting across from two people having a full-on picnic at the david o. mckay display.

it's weird. people don't do that.

particularly because of the rather large sign saying "no food or drink please."

and they have a whole basket of food.

whatever..

:)

things i love about my life:

rice lunchboxes from japan

doing art projects in class almost every day

wearing uggs because its finally getting cool enough

grilled pizza

roommates who make cheesecake

kylie

haircuts

finding a fantastic parking spot.. right away

budget binders

a boyfriend who will come unlock my car.. twice in ten minutes.. when i lock the keys in the car

tights!

home teachers

carmel apples

ann and jonny getting married in five days

the fact that someday i will get a new phone

my sisters

sunday postsecrets

the candy corn bowl at work (love those things)

general conference talks

leaves changing colors

science quizzes

oops just kidding about that last one..

wish me luck.

it's friday.

fridays are long.

as are mondays and wednesdays.

that is because, on these days, i have two two-hour classes.

it's wonderful.

actually that's not true at all.

there is only one thing that is getting me through today.

they are called nilla wafers.

i am 100% certain they are the most delicious food on this planet.

unfortunately there are only two more nilla wafers currently in my backpack.

bad news?

yes.

my teacher just told a joke.

we're talking about dew point.

and she feels compelled to say,

"i wonder if there was a manna point in the old testament.

i think it was probably just righteousness point though."

thank you for that brief distraction.

rancho mirage

so i went to palm springs with my family last weekend.

i definitely wasn't complaining about the 95 degree weather.

we stayed at the coolest resort.

the best part was some guy in knee-high argyle socks at 11:30 saturday night.

he decided the pond by the golf course would be a great place to go fishing.

umm.. hello?

i'm thinking not.

it wouldn't have been a family vacation without a family picture, of course.

so that was fun.

also dad turned i-don't-really-know-how-old

on 10/10/10!

cool, huh?

we went for a little hike, mostly through the desert.

but also through a palm tree forest.

it was awesome.

very swiss family robison-esque.

and the last wonderful part of my weekend?

finding my next craft :)

i'm going to make a heart like this, with skeleton keys inside.

i am so, so excited.

isn't it adorable?!?!

[insert some really clever title here]

it has been an excellent week.

we went rollerblading by the river in IF

i positively love rollerblading.

and i saw taylor!!

so that was fun. since it never really happens.

we watched the sunset on a mountain.

it was magnificent.

we went to the waterfall..

and had a picnic there!

could anything be better than that?!

probably not.

also we watched the sunset.

surprised? :)

we went kayaking.

and it was gorgeous.

seriously, i love this state.

it's raining right now.

it hasn't rained for a long, long time.

i'm not really used to it not raining.

unfortunately i left my umbrella at home..

..for the third day in a row.

bummer.

i have a science exam tomorrow.

eww.

but also tomorrow..

palm springs with my family!!!

cannnnnottt waaitt :)

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there's something about having school and work from nine to five that results in a permanent state of not enough hours in the day.

but, i guess that is life.

anyhow.

life's been good.

i love this place.

here is my life ahora:

we like picnics.

especially with picnic baskets, picnic dishes, and dinosaur sandwiches.

(okay, that's just me, actually)

we like picnics even if we're not the greatest at taking pictures of ourselves.

next.

this is the face zack gives me a lot.

i think it means "what in the heck are you thinking, amy?"

but it might not.

i mean, maybe it just means that he likes me.

but i don't really think so.

last weekend zackery and i went to provo.

we went to a safteysuit concert.

it was fantastic, i tell ya.

zack's a little selfish though..

he says i'm not allowed to be in love with them.

not even a little bit.

not even just as backup.

rude, huh?

also we saw cristina and dan.

which was just wonderful.

especially her new picture frames.

they're rather attractive.

and one more thing.

we got dinner at this place in chubbuck.

it was hands-down the best ham grilled cheese i've ever had.

and the fries were to die for.

so i just wanted to say that.

so tonight i'm just pretty darn happy.

tomorrow i get to see taylor, which is rather exciting.

and ann's getting married in less than one month.

and next weekend is general conference. :)

and then the weekend after that i'm going to palm springs for a sweet 48 hours with my family.

i cannot wait.

i'm loving my classes, especially early field experience.

today my cooperating teacher told me i have the best first grade teacher handwriting she's ever seen.

thank you.

also i love children's lit.

the teacher's all about a "zion class."

so we spend a lot of time doing unity-building activities.

and it's actually pretty cool.

as always i love my job.

enough said there.

well.

that's my life in a nutshell.

i'm pretty lucky :)

i'm only laughing because i can't hold my smiles in

well i'm back.

and i like it even more than before. :)

my sisters and i drove out last week. it was such fantastic fun. as usual, we took almost no pictures. maybe someday we'll learn.

we honestly thought this was the funniest sign in the world when we were little..

actually, we still do.

okay, fine. only i still do. whatever.

when i got to idaho, i had it all planned out what it would be like to see zack again. but as always, he had something else in mind.

i like scavenger hunts.

and then on monday zack and i went to bear world, thanks to my wonderful grandma, since i didn't get to see any at our cabin. it was such an adventure. especially the bear cubs. they were adorable!!

i finally got my room all set up just how i wanted it. today i'm going to make a bulletin board with my brand new hot glue gun from cristina. and i'm going to go buy a pet frog with kylie! and i am just sosososo happy to be back. and i adore ann and kylie. i missed them so much but i didn't even realize exactly how much until i saw them again.

classes start tomorrow, and so does work. which i was excited about, but the truth is that i'd rather just not go to school or work and hang out with zack all day. ohhh wellll. i have to get my educaaaationn. plus one of my classes is elementary early field experience which means i get to go to the schools and wear a nametag that says miss cragun. cool, huh? i think yes.

i am just on top of the freaking world.