home sweet home

first semester of college completed?
CHECK.
finals week over with?
CHECK.
home sweet home?
CHECK.

life is good :D

i am LOVING being home with nothing to worry about except fitting as much fun as possible into this week before i leave for HAWAII!
i just love having no homework and no huge responsibilities!
and it's great to just be with my family :)
i sure love them!

ahh but i have too many people i have to see during the break,

and only like 5 more days to do it!
so i gotta figure that out.

and since it is snowing profusely, i think i should make a snowman at some point.
since i've only ever made one in my entire life.

soo. yeah.
basically i'm just so happy with life and happy to be home!
and happy to be heading to sunshine and beaches in just 5 short days!

in case i don't blog again before,
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

peace&&love

*ashP*

nostalgia

so i went to the concert of my old dance company today.
it was AWESOME.
they danced so well and looked so beautiful :)
i love those girls :)

ahh but it made me so sad!

don't get me wrong.
i love college.

but i miss high school sometimes...
when school was easy
and i thought i had the rest of my life planned out...

but life changes.
and like i said a few posts ago, change is good.
you gotta embrace it.

but at the moment i'm just feeling highly nostalgic...


peace&&love

*ashP*

día de acción de gracias

that ^^ is how you say thanksgiving in spanish.
literally translated, it basically means 'day of action of giving thanks.'
and it wasn't until i learned that phrase in spanish that i really thought about the word 'thanksgiving' in english...

thanksgiving.

it's not about eating turkey or simply being thankful...
it's about giving thanks.


telling God what He does that you're thankful for.
telling other people what they do that you're thankful for.
telling your parents, friends, and just EVERYONE what they do that you're thankful for.

give them the thanks they deserve.
and then show your gratitude through your actions.

it's SO much deeper than just turkey and pie.
although those are definitely added bonuses, and indeed something to be thankful for :)

so on this day of thanksgiving
(we're on vacation schedule and therefore did things on the wrong day this year)
i want to give thanks for:

the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.
the atonement of Jesus Christ.
the book of mormon.
the temple.
the holy ghost.
my parents.
my siblings.
my siblings in-law.
my nieces and nephew.
my second family.
a fully functional body and mind.
this beautiful world and all the beautiful creations within it.
and
food.

just to name a few of the most important things :)

i am so blessed.
i am so grateful.

life is completely amazing when you learn to find the positive in everything :)

remember to always be thankful, even when it's not the 4th thursday of november.

peace&&love

*ashP*

a new leaf

change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc.,

[of something] different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.

yup.
it's definitely time for some change in my life.

new habits.
new friendships.
new goals.
new-found happiness.

life is so getting so much better.
guess change isn't so bad after all :)

thanks for teaching me that...you know who you are :)

peace&&love
*ashP*

if only life were easy

when i was little, i used to wish that i had an off switch.
this was because i was always afraid to go to sleep,
so i wished that i could just turn myself off at night in order to avoid the scary 'falling asleep' process.

as i get older, i still find myself wishing i had on/off switches for various things...
i wish for an off switch for noise when i'm trying to study.
i wish for an on switch for music when something cool happens because life should come with background music ;)
but most of all, i wish there was an off switch for loving someone.

it's hard when you've cared for someone for so long
and yet, it truly is over.
so i really just wish that there was an off switch for my heart.
but instead my heart is just jacked up.
ugh.

peace&&love

*ashP*

lies

so i've decided romantic movies are total lies.
all this music and all these movies and just all this stuff shows everything working out "happily ever after!"

my frickin eye.
i mean, i believe in happily ever afters, don't get me wrong.
they just NEVER happen like they do in movies.

like seriously it just bugs me.

people do NOT fall madly in love in like 4 days.
nobody ends up with their first love.
and after a few decades apart, you are NOT still crazy about that person.

boo.
i'm becoming a cynic.
guess that's what happens when love dies.

*ashP*

it starts

what is starting?

...you may ask
well let me just tell you.
COLLEGE! :D

it started with FOL [[foundations of leadership]] this past week...
FOL was seriously amazing.

i had an awesome group and we bonded super fast...
there were great lessons and activities...
and i'm basically super pumped up for school to start!

and it starts TOMORROW!
i'm so excited to start taking classes and meeting people!

but i think this is the end of my facebook/blogging/tv watching life...
because i'll be super busy writing papers and socializing and yeahh...i'm super excited! :)

anyways...tonight i had an awesome conversation
with my best friend mauricio eduardo laguan.
i love that kid.
i love having deep conversations like we had tonight :)
he's awesome haha :)

OH!
and elder andrew paul dalley is gonna be a great missionary!
i went to his farewell today and bascially bawled my eyes out?
idk why....but i love that boy haha he's such a great friend and i wish him the best :)

annddddd....
that's all :)

peace&&loveee

*ashP*

update on life

fact: it's been a while.
therefore i am here to update on my life!

so have you ever heard of vacationing in your own home?
no hotel.
no change of scenery.
just staying home...
well that's one thing i've done lately.
who thinks of these things? honestly...
but, it was actually fun because my wholeeee family was here except for my missionary brother, so it was nice to get to spend time together and play together :)
not to mention my nieces and nephew are so dang cute!!
except that naomi hates me, i'm pretty dang sure.
although.
i'm unsure as to why?
oh well.
:)

then yesterday...
i had a grand adventure!
i went on a cousins date :)
me and my cousins, kalynn and aaron,
each invited someone to go on a triple date with us :)
we first made some pizza which was
DELICIOUS.
and then we went to a drive-in movie!!

i had never been to a drive-in movie, but let me just tell you.
they're legit!
haha it was so fun :)

except.

scott pilgrim vs. the world
=
dumbest movie ever.

seriously.
who even thought of that gay plot line??

but moving on.
literally.
moving on-- well actually more like moving out :)
i've been moving some stuff into my new appartment this week...
and the appartment is sooo cute!!
i'm quite excited to move out!
i'll post pictures soon :)

but more about moving on...
it's weird.

thinking about leaving high school behind...
leaving old friends behind...
making new friends...
and i'm scared to lose dear friends who have meant so much to me throughout high school, all because of a little distance...

life truly is so strange.
but makes so much sense.
high school was a chapter in my life, and now it's over.
it's time to move on, and start a new chapter.

it's just a little scary, sometimes.
not knowing how things will change, or when.
but all things work together for your good...
so i guess i just need to trust and hope.

life will work itself out.
even if it doesn't happen today.
or tomorrow.
it will happen.
so i can trust until then
:)

peace&&loveee

*ashP*

can i PLEASE pet your moustache?? :D

so today started out quite normally...

went to work, got ready, and then went to pick up rachel and ash.

it was the dance company mini showcase thingy today.

the one that they do at the end of dance camp.

so rach, ash, and i wanted to go watch our cute dancer girlies that we miss :)

well.

it didn't quite go how we planned.

we got lost.

backtracked, retracked, but definitely did NOT take the fast track.

we actually got there about 10 hours late...

ok i'm exaggerating.

it was only 9 hours late.

therefore we only got to see one of their dances :'(

which was quite sad...

but they did very well :)

so then we went shopping! :D

and had lots of success...especially rachel ;)

and after that we headed home.

or tried to, at least...

we were actually headed for wyoming somehow??

and then denver...

and then i'm pretty sure we just appeared in texas or new york or something.

it was seriously ridiculous.

so we pulled over and we were all on the phone with

our parents trying to figure out how to get home...

when this nice man pulled up :)

he asked us where we were headed.

when we told him, i'm pretty sure he laughed at us...

because we were NOT headed in the right direction :)

but he helped us out and got us headed in the right direction :)

and oh yeah.

he had a BOMB moustache.

haha.

we considered asking him if we could pet it...

but obviously used our better judgement on that one ;)

but anyways...

the moral of the story?

i'm pretty sure THIS is why my parents don't want me going on a road trip.

but hey.

at least i know how to get to wyoming and denver now ;)

peace&&loveee

*ashP*

ps

semis look tooootally weird without their tails.

hahaha

:)

rawr :)

soooo...
sometimes, to entertain ourselves, my friends and i do random things :)

for instance....
when we're driving in a car, we look for unsuspecting pedestrians or bikers.
then, we roll down our windows, and
RAWR!
as loud as we can.
because people's reactions are so funny!
we love when they get scared out of their minds :)

this is why,

when our best buddy tyler burke had a birthday coming up,

mauricio and i knew exactly what to do for him...

:D

we made RAWR shirts!!! :)

and i don't know about you, but i think they're pretty dang legit :)

we edited a picture from the internet

and then went to get it printed at GenX

and they turned out

GREAT!

i absolutely love my 2 best friends :) :)

peace&&loveee

*ashP*

ps...
if you follow both my blog and mauricio's blog...
they could look similar sometimes.
like today.
but.
that's just because we hang out too much haha :)
and we're best friends :)
so...
deal with it :)
♥♥

alllllllll

better :)

and pumped for a fun night with the dance co girlies :D

*ashP*

ugh

afiajsd;klfjlkajg;ajs;lkjsa;dklfj.

ughhhhh.

i'm bugged.

and that's all i've got to say right now.

*ashP*

summer 2010 bucket list items #12 && #21---check.

#12: play in the rain.
#21: go to gateway mall.

today i got to spend some quality time with my best buddy, mauricio...but some of you might only know him as 'mo' since he is becoming more commonly known by that name in his new home at the university of utah :) seriously...i swear his new friends don't even know his real name haha :)

so i left work early to drive up to salt lake...i like it there. it's a cute city :)

but anyways, i picked him up and we went to the gateway for lunch and some window shopping :D i've never really been to the gateway, this being why it is on my bucket list. there are so many fun stores, my favorites being the HUGE versions of build-a-bear & forever 21, as well as anthropologie.

someday i'll buy something from that store.
promise.

oh!
and we took fun pictures!
collage: courtesy of mauricio :)


and of course it rained on the day we went to an outdoor mall...
we were slipping and sliding everywhere!
but we made the most of it and had fun :)

the downside?

you have to pay to go shopping.

i think that's silly.
but it was worth it :)

so then after shopping,
we went back to the dorms so i could meet some of his friends.
i like them.
they're nice :)

but the leader lady...she kicked me out of the building.
because apparently i could potentially "harm" the participants in the summer program or something.
which i guess "potentially" i could.
but still.
it's dumb.
haha i'm not a serial killer :)

so then mauricio and i just went for a drive and
ended up playing and laughing together :)
that boy is my best friend.
and today was fun :)

peace&&loveee

*ashP*

when i grow up

so i have this little paper thing i found yesterday...
it's in the shape of a star, has a picture of me in the middle,
and each point has a little tid bit of information about me.
oh yeah, and it's from 1996...
when i was 4 years old :)


the five points of the star say:

~pizza is her favorite food~

~"teach me to walk in the light" is her favorite primary song~

~her book of mormon hero is sariah (because she is a woman)~

~dressing up is what she loves to do~

and last.

~she wants to be a princess when she grows up~


well. i think i'll have to give up that occupation idea because i lack royal blood AND i don't know any princes...so i'm 0 for 2 in the prerequisites area.

HOWEVER.

it's okay because i have a new career path! or at least a path for the first semester of college! :D

i signed up for my classes promptly at midnight last night, as soon as i could :) and i got all the classes i want! they are:

.contemporary dance technique & theory 2.
.book of mormon.
.american heritage.
.intro to english language.
.spanish 206.
.student leadership development.

AH!
i'm seriously so excited.
only 47 more days til i start COLLEGE.
that is a beautiful thought :)

but for now, i'll continue to enjoy my summer...
hanging out with friends every night!
tonight i made new friends: cody and blake and nicole.
and then with them and josh and landon, we all sang while cody used his guitar skills :)
it was a fun night :)

but anyways, that's all for now :) ~~ peace&&loveee

*ashP*

hmmmm....

so to my recollection, i graduated not too long ago...less than 2 months ago actually.

see look: proof.

so why is there STILL drama?

i'm not entirely sure, but i just kinda wish it would stop :)

so far it has ranged from girls hating me for no reason, to me letting my mouth run wild with one special word that got me into a lot of trouble, some friendships ending, people fake dating for a night?, and then the usual, of people just talking behind other people's back. ugh. too much hate, too many rumors, too much craziness! let me just tell you. it's a blast!

ha... not really, but at the same time, i really don't care anymore. because like i said, i've graduated. i'm done with high school drama. so it may continue, and i may be around for it, but i just don't really care :)

but for the good points of my day... :)

~i saw missionaries talking to a lady on the sidewalk :) i hope they told her how families can be together forever, and i hope she gets baptized :) ...and i hope my brother found a golden contact today, too, cuz i like it when my brother is successful :)

~i went bowling with friends...my score the last 3 times i've gone has been 42. every time. yeah don't hate on me just cuz i suck :) but this time i broke the trend! ...i got 40. well at least the first round. but the second round i got 69, including one STRIKE! so that was pretty joyous :)

~and last, as i sat down to my computer to write this blog, i saw a love note by the computer :) ...not for me, but that's okay :) it is from my brother-in-law, to my sister [[they're living with us at the moment]] and it says, "i love you, my lovely bride :)" ......yeahhh. he's for sure a keeper :) i just love when love stays romantic :) seriously, it doesn't take much to be romantic. more boys should try it more often :)

well that is all for now...we'll see what the rest of the weekend has in store for me?

:) :/ :@

peace&&loveee

*ashP*

jumpin on that band wagon

so do you remember being young and getting in trouble and then your parents ask you, "why did you do it?"
and you sheepishly reply, "well everyone else was doing it..."
and then they give you the famous, "if everyone else was jumping off a bridge, would you?"

and it drives you crazy every single time they say it because obviously you wouldn't be THAT stupid.

but then you get older and realize that they're only trying to teach you that you don't always have to follow the crowd...

but even then you don't listen.

which is why i am following the crowd and getting a blog :)

so enjoy, or leave. just take your pick :)

*ashP*