.melon.wars.

so one night my sister(adopted), sarah waldron, and i visited our brothers(also adopted) taylor and brady. walking into their apartment we took notice of a BIG knife in bradys hand and a watermelon on the table..knowing full well that fun was included upon walking into any area containing tay and brady we knew we were in for a treat. after slicing the said watermelon into four equal parts we decided merely eating the watermelon in a civil manner would be against everything we believed in. a watermelon eating contest was pronounced and as we hovered over the sink we waited for the starting signal. smashing our faces in, after the signal was given, we began to laugh at the horrible substance that filled our mouths. the watermelon was soggy.."like a soggy sock" said taylor. as i'm attempting to eat this thing as fast as i can i ask myself why i am eating something that tastes so foul? as the thought continues i hear a squeal and look over to taylor shoving his watermelon in sarahs face.

it was on.

juice.chunks.dribblage.slipping,falling.smashing.

it was all inclusive in this full-on melon war. after a good while things settled down. whether we have our endurance to thank for this or the disappearing watermelon, i do not know. looking at each other we couldn't help but just crack up all over again. so if you would but take your attention to the 3 pictures above you will see the initial picture of us getting pumped up for the "eating competition" following that is the post-war picture and then sarah and i just...being sarah and i :) these are the things that make my life great. love my friends and the crazy things they get me in to. ps. notice the glasses are off in the second picture and my hair is literally soaking wet. p.p.s. brady had just cleaned the whole kitchen that day..needless to say we had to do it all over again after this :))

because i am blessed.

my friend the sun.

sun. mister golden sun. he is coming back to me! these last couple of months the schizophrenic skies have been driving me crazy. wake up in the morning to a beautiful day but don't let it fool you, for but hours later it will be snowing!! ug. please, throw an arizona girl a bone. this being my very first winter semester away from arizona it has been rough to say the least. now, it's not that i don't enjoy the snow! i find it beautiful with is glimmering of light and pure nature. but thats basically where it ends. the issue with me and snow is that well, i am an arizona girl; i don't know what to do with it! you can only kick around and make so many snow angels before your bum goes numb and your hair is soaking wet. so you can imagine my absolute joy as i came out of my 4-5:30 bio lecture to find the sun still in the sky! this hasn't happened for..i can't even remember how long ago. i'm not sure i've seen the sun at all after this class the entire semester to be honest. it was the most blissful moment of the week. a little piece of heaven saved an extra half hour for me to behold. since then, this was monday, i have experienced this once more and it had the same effect on me. it works out quiet nicely, monday and wednesdays are my longest more grueling days. so, having this little bit of literal sunshine is exactly what i need. i realize i have not written a blog lately and feel terrible about it. i vow to be better and not let the excuse of "my life is just not that great right now" get in the way of me not finding something to be grateful for. because, lets face it, my life is beautiful and even on the poopiest days (yes, i just said poopiest) i have so much to be grateful for. as i end this post i just want to reminisce a bit of the glory days. back when i had a summer and the sun was my friend. how exceedingly excited i am to have the opportunity to bask in the arizona sun soon. it will be my first summer break since the summer before 8th grade. though i will technically be back in provo for summer term for school i will live up the spring term in the wonderful states of washington, arizona and california where the sun will be my very best friend. one last thing. BRING ON THE SUN. because i am blessed.

p.s. this picture is via my blackberry pearl more than one year ago. i was in lehi and couldn't help myself. oh arizona sunsets, i am coming for you!