Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
-Brian Tracy

"if you are going through hell, keep going."
{winston churchill}

Character cannot be developed in peace and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
- Helen Keller

i've needed to hear a few good quotes lately


"we must not let our passions destroy our dreams"
Presiden Thomas S. Monson

i am obsessed

with oreos.

i love them so much.
but only regular oreos
i do not like double stuff
my favorite part is the cookie..
i could just use a tad bit of the filling and be just fine

I even found a magnet i need to get myself for our fridge.
Even my roommate mandy has jumped on the oreo-love-train

maybe i should be an oreo for halloween..
i'm still trying to find a good costume.

what should i be?

please. don't judge me..

please.

just don't say anything...

{that ute and i}

i will admit it was a lot of fun and definitely an experience in that muss.

in the mood

...for some awesome paintings.
I fell in love with this one, "when freckles collide" featured on Rockstar Diaries when she did a giveaway for the painting from the artist Casey O'Connell

"when freckles collide"

While i was on Casey's website I looked through her other work and i loved this one

"Pen Pal"

photo booths

lately i have been in a mood to go find a photo booth and take a few strips of pictures.
I don't care who i go with, i could go on my own if i stumbled on one :)
I have been looking and i finally found a website that supposedly claims to find original photo booths in utah. Occasionally i will run into the new-age photo booths but they aren't like the originals.
So now all i have to so is see if they still exist...

i promise..

..to take more pictures and blog about it...
So i realized that I never uploaded pictures of mandy's birthday way back in July

It is also sad because those were basically the only pictures on my camera from July-now.

the girls for mandys birthday dinner at pizza factory

we are so mature..

Mandy is my roommate and best friend. i love her--she's so awesome and beautiful!

Now lets fast forward 2months picture-less until this last weekend when we had to use the camera for a photo scavenger hunt.
It was Liz, myself and for security purposes i always make up little names and we will just call them Ute (yes. as in U of Utah. i know what am i thinking?) and Stanky-leg after that fabulous dance move.
They came down from Salt Lake went to dinner then had an hour to find all of the things on our list to beat the other team.
We were very competitive and might or might not have cheated depending on how you look at the situation and understand there were really no rules.
we are sorry that we are so creative.

(ute and i just hanging out.)

Then Liz and I both became brave and i allowed her to ride my scooter in the parking lot.
Scarier moment for me then her, but luckily stanky-leg helped her...

I will try my best to post more regularly. starting now.

i love..

a good quote.
Since the beginning of high school I have kept a leather notebook and wrote down favorite quotes or lift-me-up sayings about any topic.
I love it and still trying to fill the pages.
I also love coming across photography quotes because it gives me a message that i can see...