let's all pretend...

can we all just pretend i'm actually related to chris stapleton?
okay. cool.

p.s. him and justin timberlake at the cma's. 
p.p.s. my dad got me hooked on him. so hip.

phone dump + some catch-up.

"you're the catch-up girl! not to be confused with 'ketchup girl' 'cause that's not you at all. you were strictly a mustard + relish girl from day one -- there's a little condiment humor for ya."

woof! hi! okay so you know how i took that giant break from blogging?
...probably not. who am i kidding? anyways, here's a bit of catch-up for you from the past couple months a la phone dumpage. or something. i definitely misuse 'a la' but i. don't. care. onwards! phone dump! hit it, guitar man :

// floated the provo river with my family...+ got caught in a total storm. it was pouring rain the whole time + even started to hail! i actually thought i was going to die. of course this happens to us.
// shot a sh'load of weddings at the prettiest places with the best people.
// had eyelash extensions. love myself.
// went on a little hike with my sissy-poo. we climbed all the way into the waterfall + froze our butts of. oh the mems.

// celebrated my brother chad's wedding at my favorite place, the lake! i was in town for a friend's wedding + it all worked out seamlessly. p.s. shooting high school friend's weddings? best ever. i got to catch up with all my old pals and see my friend get married? tops.

// celebrated avery's wedding 2.0 in california + spent most of the week sleeping on the beach
+ catching up on my real housewives. actually, i spent most of my time sleeping in the guest room at the stapleton's because i. was. so. tired. (...and so unknowingly pregnant. may or may not have gone to a sushi bar. i'm an idiot).

// went to idaho for an orthodontist appointment(?). it is as dumb as it sounds. ha. also chopped off my hair + took an indulgent selfie.
// baked a pineapple upside cake + had it for breakfast for the next two weeks.
// visited new mexico for a wedding! we went on a breaking bad tour + jeff posted a lot of photos of himself on his instagram, ha! he is a mega-fan of the series + l o v e d new mexico more than most people probably do. but look at that view! also they had a bahama bucks so i was happy.
// took this really awful picture.

// visited sundance with my grandma, mama, + sister. the views! the. views. it was soooo pretty. sure do love these women in my life.

// helped move by sister in at byu-idaho + took a little pit stop in stanley, idaho to visit redfish lake! so. so. so. pretty. it was practically empty there.

// my fam came down for general conference! ...now that i'm blogging this, i'm realizing that my family has visited a. lot. these past couple of months. ha. sorry jeffrey. just kidding ;).

// went to MOTHER FREAKING new york city! oh. my. gosh. it was the time of my life! i went to take my friend lily's engagement pictures which is like, the coolest thing ever + she was the best host + i had so much fun + i can't wait to go back in a few weeks + i'm so happy we are friends + the brooklyn bridge! + the top of the one world trade center at night!!!!! + i don't even care that this is the longest run-on sentence in the history of run-on sentences because I WENT TO NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!!!! all the exclamation points. okay i'm done now.

// celebrated this cutie's birthday.
// carved pumpkins. mine was...horrible.
// celebrated the first snowfall!
// obsessed over the leaves. all the leaves. so pretty.
(i'm losing steam here. are you still scrolling?!?!!!!!!)

// and now we're back. let's never do this again?

p.s. today i am flying back to idaho to shoot a wedding this weekend! pray i don't freeze!

'member when i said...

remember when i said the broncos got their butt whooped? 

he's not transparent or anything...

womp womp. 

denver, colo{rad}o

get it? colo{rad}o. ha. i try hard.

this weekend we went to denver for a broncos game with kenna + kevin.
they mentioned they were going to the game about a month ago + we instantly invited ourselves + then pretended like that was the plan the whole time. if there's one piece of advice i can offer : always invite yourself. also always carry gum + stop staring.

anyways! we arrived saturday night + headed to dinner followed by dessert at little man ice cream. so. so. so. good. i got vegan munchies + salted peanut butter cup + did not regret it despite the frigid temps outside. it was actually so good that we went back the following night + braved the line + weather.

we went to brunch the next morning at a place in the lohi neighborhood called linger. so, highly recommend. kenna + i split hangover ramen + breakfast dosa + everyone at the table was jealous of our ordering powers. did you know i am the most food jealous person ever? i hate not ordering the best.

then the game! go broncos! go football! ra-ra-ra! it was kind of a flop. peyton got hurt? or something? + sat out for most of the game + we sort of, definitely got our butts kicked. on the bright side, the concessions were top notch (we inhaled two hot dogs, a plate of nachos, a soft pretzel + a coke) + the national anthem made me cry because america! home of the brave! god bless it!

we made it back ALIVE this afternoon. i was white-knuckling the back seat for about two hours. driving on snow will always always scare me.

thanks for letting us be mooch-y, kenna + kevin! go broncos! go football! ra-ra-ra!

p.s. felt like this for most the game (click here).
sports!

p.p.s. please do not get used to these high quality photos. ;)

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i've learned that people will forget what you said, 

people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget how you made them feel.

- maya angelou 

ramblings from a thursday evening.

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please appreciate this super artsy picture from my photo booth.

i call it 'jeff! come over here + put your arm around me!' :

jeff + i are completely obsessed with the gilmore girls. right now we are watching the one with the rory + the dean + the opening of the dragonfly inn. have you seen it?! season four? i'm totally siding with lorelai on this one! like, rory! what? also dean! what? i'm equal parts angry + so, so sad that rory is so lost + confused.

anyways.

today was my day-off from the retail world (falalala!) + i went to the bookstore in search of a highly recommended parenting book then felt overwhelmed because inadequacy! sleep training! emotions! how to be like a parisian! + ended up in the kids' section with my large soda. of course i bought a hard copy of wonder + made an amazon order for where the wild things are. currently these are the only items i have for my child but what more do you need? (...crib, swaddles, carseat, burp rags...). oh! and my breasts! i have those too! books + breasts! i. am. set. 

also. i feel like these two things should be noted :

i saw the martian today alone. a movie by yourself in the afternoon is the best way to treat yo'self. you can arrive uncomfortably early to make sure you catch all the movie trivia questions + previews  (joy with j-law looks so good). it was so! good! + surprisingly so funny. also i cried like five times.

i had the craziest hankering for a roasted veggie burrito today which is weird because where did that come from? let it be known that it was the best burrito i've ever had. ever.

the end. 

wouldn't you know??!!!

wouldn't you know? these pictures are from this summer. we drove to
albion basin loaded up on swig cookies + drinks with nikki + paige +
i told everyone in the car, mark my words, "guys, i think i'm pregnant!"

...and then everyone laughed at me because i had taken three pregnancy
tests that came up negative already + there was just no way.
but guess what? I WAS PREGNANT. i knew it! dollar store tests, be darned!