Greatest Moments from October.

General Conference
I learned so much.
I love this gospel.

Being Princess Ariel

A little boy gave me fake roses

just because he loves Ariel.

 

Making new friends from my ward

 and eating at a Middle Eastern Restraunt.

And then being very awkwardly checked out

by an Indian man.

 

 

Watching Pitch Perfect twice..

I just thought it was acamazing.

 

Girls Night Out.

Love my girlies.

Carving Punkin's with my ward.
Breaking the knifes sooo I turned
Them into Braces on the Punkin
 

Being put into the Relief Society Presidency

Bring on Secretary work!

 

 

Singing at Stake Conference..

Making new friends because of

Bravery/Courage

 

 

Painting Punkin's with my little sisters

With lots and lots of glitter

 

 

Creating a Xena Costume with my Mom.

And having Shawn make a wicked awesome

breast plate for me, even though it

was extremely awkward to make... because its..

a... well... breast plate..

Having a shirtless fireman in my apartment.

Gotta love Halloween.  Cant say that happens

everyday.

 

Painting muscles on a t-shirt

having a lot of it end up on my face

due to a wrestling match

 

Getting the lead in a musical

I didn't audition for.

Kissing a total hunk.

Then kissing him again when he

surprised me with vampire teeth

died. laughing. hahaha

Playing some amazing volleyball games

and totally blocking one of the guys' killer spikes

OOOOH!

 

Going to The Haunted Mill

and FREAKING out with my friends

The stupid spooks knew they couldn't scare

the boys so they picked on us poor girls

 

 

Being able to wear jeans to work

on Halloween.

Little things in life make me happy.

 

Spending Halloween alone.

In my apartment watching movies

and eating papa murphy's pizza

Dodging a bullet early on...

Proud for a moment. :) 

But alas, its me and I fell back

and had to dodge again.







XENA- The Warrior Princess DIY

 Shawn decided to make this for me.. since I was struggling.. really, REALLY bad.  He used 2 wire coat hangers, floral wire, and masking tape and created this,         MASTERPIECE! 
He used the coat hangers for the cups and the base, so basically the outline.  Then he filled in the rest with floral wire creating the shapes for the holes, and making the cups for the top.  Then he covered the whole thing in masking tape.  Rolling it to create the cool shapes, then taping over it and pinching around it!  I wish I had a picture
with just the wire.

After he did that, I finished the designs on it since it was like 10:45 pm and we both had to work this morning.  Then after that I spray painted it gold.  I tackled the spray paint portion at 12:45 am outside in my stairwell after we had a good inch or so of snow.  Fun filled. :)  Now will be the task of attaching it all to me...  



We ended up one strip of thick black elastic to the back of this to make it sit well on me.

We made the skirt of with 3x17" pieces of fabric cut to points, and then I sewed a stud to the end of each.  We put it on a 3 inch waist band, and darted the back (since I have a tiny waist and big hips)  Then it just velcroed together.  The top was the hardes part.  I bought a bustier thingy from walmart and we sewed the fake leather to the top of it.  The back was still the black mesh, because if we covered it, it would not stretch enough to be wearable by any normal sized human being.  We made straps and shoulder guards with the scrap fabric.  I cut out pieces and put velcro on them for armbands.  I made a stencil for the patterns on them, and used gold spray paint to make the designs.

















Next was makeup!  My favorite part.  I did my hair like I do everyday, because I just so happen to have a Xena haircut, and then did bronzer under the cheek bones, a black smokey eye, and toffee colored lipstick.

And what fun would a church dance be without a sexy fireman?!  We were the talk of the dance!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOURS AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED MINE!



HALLOWEEEN!!!!!

Halloween is a UBER big deal in my family. 

 

And this year... my costume will be epic.

Say hello to this years costume. :) 

I'm currently in the process of making the costume with the help of my mom.

I'm VERY excited.

 

When I was little, my Grandma was borderline obsessed with Xena. 

So, when she moved we got a ton of her old stuff.

Don't even worry about it we got XENA BOOTS!!!

And thus the inspiration for my costume!

She shoots and she scores!

Just want to say that I decided to NOT be shy. 
And it paid off.

BOO YA!

This girls back in the game.

Courage.

Welp.  Changes again!  YAHOO!!!

I am humbled and so excited.

Can't wait to serve the sisters in my ward:)

 

But, on a different note I have decided I'm done being shy.

That's right, I'M DONE!!!

There is really no sense in it.

Why be nervous to talk to someone, for fear of striking out?

When in reality if you try and they think you're crazy, they don't deserve you.

 

I'm excited that in a month I'm going to hit the ripe old age of 23!

I have a few goals.

 

I want to be to my goal weight... 10 more I got this.

Or at least goal "size" weight doesn't matter.

 

I want to talk to guys and start the conversation.

No more shy.

If they don't like you they don't like you.

SUCKS to be them, cuz I rock

 

I want to strengthen my testimony A LOT.

It needs some work.

 

I want to go on a vacation :)

NYC - June is too far away

I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!

 

I want to be less judgemental.

I need to see people through spiritual eyes.

Not worldy.

 

I''m sure I'll have more later. 

But bring on 23 and single.

:):):):):):):):):):)

 



Changing Seasons. Changing Life.

The seasons in Pocatello are well, kind of a joke. 

One week it's 80 and sunny

and the next day the top of my car is covered in frost

and the heater in my apartment is out.   

Well, that is exactly what happened this last week.  

 I love fall. 

I'm so excited for boots

and sweaters,

and hot chocolate,

and snuggling in blankets watching movies! 

But that cold weather is just like BAM I'm here! 

 

Just like the seasons in Pocatello, things in my life seem to change just as fast.

I don't get it really.

Why in life do things seem to be perfect...

and then you've gone engagement ring shopping with your man,

picked the one you want.. and then your single.

Hmmm.

Things change fast.  And it really does suck.

They say when life throws you lemons make lemonade.

Well I was thrown shi* and I'm making me a pie!

 

It hurts, but I can't apologize. 

I gave my all in a relationship i was so excited about.

I thought for sure it would last forever (obviously I picked a ring)

and i thought he felt the same too.

But you can't regret giving your all.

It hasn't exactly helped my take on how I feel about relationships at the moment.

But not much does.

I'm the queen of bad luck.

I guess I just fall for the same type of people over and over.

 

i. have. to. stop.

 

Onward and upward. 

 

That's all you can do.