Small Things

The other day I had the best day ever! And nothing major happened, but there were just a bunch of wonderful little things that made me feel like the world was just poised for me to take it. So I thought I would share my day with the blogosphere and hopefully encourage you to notice the small perfections in your life

1. Ran into my "bus buddy" who I have been missing lately. Even though he didn't ride the bus it was so fun to see him!

2. Got a few tests back and did pretty well on them. Not a huge deal, but it was like someone saying, "hey i know this program is hard but you can do it!"

3. I walked out of the building and right away as I go through the doors there was the bus. No running for it hoping to catch it, no waiting 15 minutes, just RIGHT THERE! how beautiful

4. one of my wonderful friends in my program and I decided to celebrate surviving the first 3 weeks by stopping at an adorable little cupcake shop we always just ride by on the bus. Delicious!

5. While we were in the shop I was secretly kind of thinking that it would be unfortunate because we would need to sit and wait for the next bus to go by (still would have been worth it!) BUT much to my surprise, we walk out the door, look to our left and there is our bus again! wait to go #9

6. I went home and rather than jumping right into homework I decided to start of my weekend with relaxation and made popcorn and watched Singing in the Rain. If you haven't seen it you really need to because it just makes you feel good inside!

7. After watching that movie it was a struggle for me to sit still, so I didn't! Tannis and I sang and "tap danced" in the kitchen while Mallory thought we were a couple of crazy people, but it was so good!

So if you are having a tough time I know how you feel, but watch out because some day soon there will be a day when all the little things seem to work in your favor. Remember that day, write it down, and relish in it!

someone..

Do you ever get that feeling that you just want someone to talk to? Not just in a particular moment, but someone you can share every detail with all the time. Okay maybe not quite that extreme, but someone who knows you completely that you tell about your day and they make you feel better. Even if you weren't feeling bad before they just somehow improve whatever it was you were feeling. and it kinda helps if they are someone to cuddle with if you are sad.

Now please don't get me wrong! Girls are great! I have some of the best friends in the world who listen to me cry and whine (i apologize because i know this can be annoying), some wonderful roommates who get to hear about ultrasound far more than they would like to I'm sure, and I honestly am so so lucky because one of my best friends is my roommate and that has been such a great blessing to me right now! But with all the wonderful things about girls there is just something about a close boy. friend. not even necessarily romantically a boyfriend although that is nice haha but just having that male perspective. That someone you can feel comfortable texting randomly in the day just to see what they are doing. That person you look forward to talking to and seeing when he isn't around. that person that is the motivation for you to go out and to try and look pretty for just because it feels good. ( this is definitely optional depending on my mood ) 

Maybe I'm just a bit of a sap and silly, but that is what I love about relationships and dating, that close connection with one person. I'm not a big party-er I'm more of a one on one kinda gal and so I really love that close personal friendship. I mean having a lot of friends is great! and FUN and I have nothing against it. I just feel like nothing can really compare to feeling like there is always someone there for you who wants to hear from you just as much as you want to talk to them..

sorry no pictures with this one. but i think there are plenty to last a while hehe

What Me?

Introducing Ginger 

Obviously I have been a little off on my blogging over the summer, but I am back again and hopefully will maintain a much better posting routine.
 Rather than attempting to sum up my summer with words I tried to make an effort to take pictures in order to document some of the high lights of it. Oh and I have been moved up to Edmonton for about 3 weeks now so there are a few pictures of my house and adventures here so far :) I hope you enjoy...

On my way to work one morning I found THIS   which meant something else was soon to be part of our family..

Since she hadn't slept the night before we spent the day doing  THIS

Later on we went to the hospital and found THIS

Isn't my sister BEAUTIFUL!

Later on this summer we went to Thunder in the Valley 

It was so much fun. Minus the pouring rain that soaked everything
(including our blankets) all the way through 

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I spent A LOT of time HERE

(these are for my Nana)  

 I spent as much time as I could with my ADORABLE niece and nephew. Aren't they just the CUTEST?

We may have also had a Tea Party for Relief Society which was just a GRAND affair

We also went to the ZOO 

 AND THEN.... I MOVED.... again haha

new house

new lawn

new room 

and again 

new living room (in case your wondering it used to be a loverly coral color. many thanks to Kevin Dudley!)

My first attempt at fRencH ToasT 

unfortunately I forgot that I didn't have syrup... Nutella to the rescue! 

my massive stack of EXPENSIVE textbooks 

Our first road trip home 

Tanny Poo the trusty driver!

and a Happy Picture to BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY!!