I'm pretty sure that I've said this before, but....

I simply can not do homework on Saturdays. I've even tried getting up and doing homework first. My brain simply rebels. It will not focus or create prose of any sort.

So instead of homework this past Saturday, I went for some fun... check it out! (I'll show a picture of the finished product once I've taken one...)
(Yes, I did do more than just take off tape.)

It was SO fun. We didn't know entirely what we were doing... But we have an AWESOME living room now.

We also failed to tell our roommate, Maria, that we were going to paint the room... I think she might not have been totally happy that we didn't include her, but in all fairness... she is always with her fiance. Who does that? ;)

Okay, okay... and it was kind of spur of the moment. Michelle, Mollie, and Karalee just went to get the supplies Saturday morning. They found the design online and really liked it. I just popped into the living room as they were getting started and begged them to rescue me from my homework so that I could help paint and tape.

And look at how awesome our room looks!

Engagements!

So, while Tyler was in Texas, we took some engagement pictures. They turned out really well. I thought I would post a few to give you a taste of how cute we are.

Look!

(Okay, so I added a little bit of a glow to this one. But I think it still looks good.)

What do you think of this one?


Okay, so it is a little bit casual. (According to Dad-- Because our shirts are untucked, it isn't formal enough.)

But I do agree. The untucked shirted-ness isn't the most attractive.




Hm... let's find a really happy one...

(We were having a hard time smiling and keeping our eyes open... It was pretty windy out that day. And then the sun liked to shine in our eyes, too.)


Aww! I love this next one!







So cute!!

What a handsome devil that Tyler is.

And we really did have fun taking pictures.

Let me know what you guys think.

And remember... I do have more....

;)

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

What a trip!

When I began my trip to Texas, I thought, "Oh, I'll just document everything with pictures!"

But as the trip wore on... I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

It started with a blizzardy drive to the airport:
From here, the snow only got worse.

Thankfully, we weren't in white-out conditions, but traffic was awful.

For a while, we were traveling at about 5 mph. The fastest speed we got up to (on the highway) was 35 mph.

I was really grateful that we started out our trip with a prayer. At one point, the traffic ahead of us stopped completely and though we were only going a few miles an hour, Tyler had no control over the car, we slid to a stop... half in our lane and half in the other lane.

But I knew Tyler would get me to the airport safely. See? No worries.

My flight out of Salt Lake was delayed five hours, which caused me to miss my flight from Denver. So, I waited in line at Denver until two a.m. to get re-routed on a new flight to Dallas that left at six in the morning.

Now, I know the Lord was looking out for me, because even though I was all alone in the airport, I managed to make some friends who were headed to Dallas and LDS. I stuck with them, and felt totally safe.


I made it home in time to shower and change for our
Dallas Museum of Art "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibit. Though I was totally exhausted, it was so worth it. SO cool.
I love this picture-- it expresses perfectly how I felt.

Tired, hungry, and a little cranky. But still cute!

That night, I fell asleep around... eight, I think. And then slept until somewhere around nine or ten. I don't remember exactly... but I was super tired.

But oh-so-glad to be home! I knew that my break was going to go by really fast, but I had no idea that it was going to speed by! I wish we had a couple more weeks... or even just a few more days!