Stargirl

My cousin Cooper and I have a little competition going - to see who can read the most pages this summer. I am NOT about to loose to an 8 year old, however I have a little feeling this competition is his... He is a good little reader!

Point of this story? I decided to post all of the books I read this summer. Starting with this one.

It is such a goody. I've read it more than once, and I still love it. It is a good reminder to be who you are. No matter what other people think.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day, to the BEST Father in the WORLD!

LOVE YOU!

Sugar Cookies!

Last Saturday I felt like I wanted to be ambitious. How ambitious? I made sugar cookies from scratch, by myself. THAT ambitious.

(o.k. so Kacyann helped a lot)

Anyway - it was the day of the big game and so I thought I would whip some nice sun's jersey's out for Shawn, and I don't think I did too bad!

Maybe if I ever decide this math thing isn't for me (HA... like that will ever happen ;) ) ... I could open a bakery! Only problem? I probably should learn to bake before I do that!

Here they are in all of their glory though!

Proof that I did them (ok, so this doesn't prove anything, just trust me!)

Apple

As I'm getting back into the swing of things and re-creating a summer work out routine, I'm realizing how much I miss this place.

*Working out here is definitely something I am looking forward to when I have to leave Provo and head back up to Idaho.

Scooooooter...

So, since lately I've been trying to think of fun things to do. I ended up coming up with a long list. It's a great list too. 

One of the things on the list was sugar cookies - blog post to come on those when I have a minute to upload the pictures. 

As for now, I would like you to wrack your brain and think back to the good old days of RAZOR SCOOTERS! Remember how great these little babies were???

Well... I certainly do! 

And that is why I bought one tonight.

Speeding down 9th East at 12:30 a.m. ... YES please. 

Do yourself the favor, and go purchase one for old times sake. You won't regret it!

Because I Can't Get Over It...

I'm copying Melissa Bodily's post - and letting you all feast your eyes on THIS!




AMAZING, right!?

Botox

Time for a FACELIFT ... work in progress, check back soon to see what I come up with.

Hopefully the new look will inspire some new blogging.

Scripture Cookies!

Tonight - We are making scripture cookies. Sooooo, I decided to share the recipe (found in the good old 'Friend' magazine).

3/4 cup “The words of his mouth were smoother than ____” (Ps. 55:21)
1/3 cup “Come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy ____ and honey” (2 Ne. 26:25)
1 1/2 cups “To what purpose cometh there to me … the ____ ____ from a far country?” (Jer. 6:20)
2 “As one gathereth ____ that are left, have I gathered all the earth” (Isa. 10:14)
2 cups “And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine ____” (1 Kgs. 4:22)
1 teaspoon “Take thou also unto thee principal spices, … and of sweet ____ half so much” (Ex. 30:23)
1 teaspoon “Ye are the ____ of the earth” (Matt. 5:13)
1/2 teaspoon “The kingdom of heaven is like unto ____ (Matt. 13:33)
3 cups “Nevertheless, … ____ for the horse” (D&C 89:17)
1 cup “And they gave him … two clusters of ____” (1 Sam. 30:12)

1. Beat first four ingredients together.

2. Mix in remaining ingredients.

3. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.

4. Bake at 350° F (175° C) for 15 minutes.

Don't Mess Up!

Aunt Ali

Yes, you read that correctly. It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?!

I AM GOING TO BE AN AUNT!!! TO TWINS!!!

Due: 10:10:10..... and I can't wait!  

Window Day!!!

As Madison so kindly reminded me this afternoon - it was a WINDOW DAY! (meaning it was warm enough to drive with your window down!)

AND I LOVED IT! SPRING IS COMING! and if you can't tell I'M SO EXCITED!!! 

A few of the MANY things I'm looking forward to include...

STAR GAZING

Playing On the Water!

 

Snow Cones

And Late Night Pancakes and Vespie Rides!!!

.... Again, Just a few of the MANY THINGS I'M SO EXCITED FOR!!!

Roaring 20's!

So ... I haven't updated in a while ... but this is the past couple weeks in review - picture style. 

I got to go home a little while ago and celebrate mine and my Father's Birthday with the family!

Saturday Morning Saylor, Savannah, and I flew kites, then they took me out for Birthday Sundaes! 

We also went to Dinner with the whole extended family!

THEN .. A few days later was my actually Birthday - I got to go to dinner with the Roommates and my High School friends and Hilary! 

... and I also received these BEAUTIFUL flowers, easily the prettiest, and largest arrangement of flowers I've ever gotten in my life.

(Thank you SO much Shawn, Sean, Taylor and Jon)

The week just kept on getting better too! Melissa came down with her husband, and I got to see her!

We went shopping and had a Birthday dinner - it was SO fun!

The next day, we went to the Festival of Colors!

(Melissa and Me before the colors)

(Arriving at the Festival!)

(Right before the color throwing!)

(Bethany came down too, from Logan!)

(Jill, Meg, Me, and Mel ... seconds before the creepy cloud of darkness)

(Basically how we all felt about the situation!)

Well, there you have it! It has been a good past couple of weeks!

Sometimes ...

Sometimes while I'm studying ... I just feel like this. 

And since I accidently only got 5 hours of sleep last night (I require a good 8)

This is what happened today in the library. Oops.

CHACOS!

Today - was a Chaco day. The weather was beau-tee-ful. (until about 6 when it started raining) BUT I was able to break them out and wear them for the first time this season! YAY for warm weather! I can not wait until I can wear them every day!

Where ???

I have a test to be studying for. A paper to write. Hundreds of pages to read. Math problems to attend to. AND a test key to completely dissect. BUT the only thing on my mind is this lovely place ...

Where I can relax just like this cutie ...

And spend time with these beauties (Please feel free to appreciate the face I was able to make in this picture)

After a week like this all I can think is "There is no place like home" ... and it is just MONDAY. 

Dear Friday, 

Please come faster. 

Love, Ali

Friend

Shelby tweeted this yesterday and I loved it. 

"The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you." Elbert Hubbard

So, so true.

Drawing

So, Sometimes I get an idea of a drawing I want to do in my head. A few days ago, this happened. I haven't had time until now to do it though (I took a test Sat. Mon. Tue and Wed. ... sick). Anyway, since I finally had some free time, I decided to do it. First though, I needed to take a picture of what I wanted to draw... me. I wanted to do sort of an eery pic. too. So Jill helped me brainstorm, and we decided I would do one where I had fallen down the stairs. It is a little bit creepy... but I think it is SO COOL! Let me know what you think!

The Bee ...

Let me introduce you to one of my very favorite people... 

Her name is BETHANY - she also goes by The Bee. 

see her blogging skills here 

see her face here 

Reasons why I love her?

I can talk to her about ANYTHING.

She is a couple hours away, yet we are still so close. 

She knows how to have a great time!

Somehow she gets me to tag along on adventures that I would rather not be apart of :)

She is just the best.

LOVE HER.

Ouch

I hate falling, because no matter how much I pretend like it didn't hurt. It always does. Like today, when I pretended to be brave, but really I just wanted to cry.

Examples:

When I fell out of the car at girls choice. No one saw, and this was the smaller of the MULTIPLE bruises and scrapes that I got. I had to run into the dance and pretend like I hadn't just slid down the side of a car.

Or... This time, when I was practicing for my clogging test, and I chugged on the wrong texture of floor. (except I really did cry this time)

OR today, when I slipped on THIS puddle

and got THIS injury (it doesn't look that bad, but trust me, it hurts) and Katherine was right there, so I had to act tough. 

The point of this? A. I either need to stop falling. 

B. I need to learn to be able to cry when I fall, because I want to EVERY time!

Why, why, why??

WHY did I spend 30 minutes this morning ... Showering ... Applying Product ... Blow Drying ... Straightening ... AND ... Styling my hair JUST so it could SNOW this afternoon and get ruined on my SHORT walk from the Math Building to the LIBRARY! (For those of you unfamiliar with BYU's campus - that is approximately 100 ft or LESS!) Now my hair looks disgusting, and I basically wasted 30 minutes of precious studying time. (Not to mention the 10 more minutes I'm wasting on my blog :) ). 

All I have to say is - Thank You Utah.

OH (and Tegan, it probably wouldn't have snowed if you didn't ask me if I thought it would any more this morning. I guess to you I can say - I told you so - unfortunately)

Reasons...

I have been thinking lately... I have a LOT of things that I am grateful for, and they simply reasons to be happy. Here are just are 4 of them.

- I LOVE LOVE LOVE being at school right now. My classes are AWESOME! I'm obsessed with linear algebra. It is great.

- I have the most AMAZING friends. End of story.

- I bought a Kite yesterday. I flew my kite yesterday. AND it is beginning to feel like SPRING!

- I'm drinking Cranberry juice right now. YUM.

and this is just to name a FEW.

I find when I look for reasons to be happy, I notice there are hundreds. I've started thinking of these every morning - and continue thinking them throughout the day. I really am very blessed and it is good to remember why and be grateful for it. I dare you to think of 5 things in your life that you are grateful for. I can almost promise you, these 5 reasons will make you happy for the rest of the day.