so i should be writing a paper, but i have a chronic, crippling illness called procrastination, so instead i will share my awesome Holi experience.
so i went with my friends Alison, Sammi, and Miles. We got in the car, and because of traffic we got to belt out some music and dance our hearts out in the car for quite awhile. we had planned on making it to the 4:00 throwing, but the traffic forbade us and instead we made it to the 6:00. which didn't really make any difference at all, except for the fact it was a little bit colder. so this place is crazy, and EVERYONE and their neighbor was there, so we had to walk really far from our parking spot. we even saw these people walking and when we asked them how far they had walked they said "a couple of miles". we laughed and thought they didn't really know their distances to well...actually they did. so as we were walking from our car, we weren't even a quarter of the way there yet, and some guy walks by, has a whole fistful of purple chalk and throws it right in my face.
my "before" picture
then someone speckled me with yellow, so they said i looked like an avatar, so here is my avatar face :]
this Hindu temple is gorgeous! its huge and has some amazing architecture. so we went and bought some chalk and just walked around throwing it on people and enjoying the atmosphere of the whole place.
i had to get yellow, of course.
this picture was taken right as Sammi threw chalk at us. of course im overreacting like always.
all of us, aren't we cute?! :]
i was kinda obsessed with this elephant and HAD to get a picture in front of it.
the finished look
all in all it was an amazing day! and minus a few hiccups (miles getting his finger slammed in a door, and Sammi loosing her key) everything was perfect. i love colors, and I'm super excited spring is here (even though it still doesn't quite feel like it yet here in Utah), so it was an awesome way to celebrate. i cant wait for next year!
also, me and Alison washed our chalky clothes, and now they are no longer white, but a pinkish purple. its awesome.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
page views
so i'm kinda obsessed with looked at how many people look at my blog. i don't know why, but its just fun. but since i haven't been on in the last few days, i haven't looked. i usually only get from about 3-10 page views on a good day. and i just looked, and i randomly had 51 pages views yesterday! crazy stuff in my mind. but i promise tomorrow or Wednesday i will post my pictures and stories from Holi, but as of tonight i have to read a whole book and write a short paper by 9 o clock tomorrow morning...so i predict a very long/nonexistent night ahead of me.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
update soon
so ive been kinda absent lately, alot has been going on and i havent found time when i actually wanted to blog. i have tons to write about, but not enough time right now. so ill tell you what me next post will be on...THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS!! it was so much fun :] but school is almost over, and my sister lauren will be here next week, so basically i cant wait :]
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
guy friends, not boy friends
so i've realized that i'm really going to miss some boys who are going to be leaving on missions next year. although i love having friends that are girls, some girls can kinda get be too much for me to handle. i'm just not the type that obsesses over how hot guys are and that kind of stuff, and after a while i go a little crazy. so onto the boys i will miss the most. of course my friend cameron. i will miss skyping him when its really late here and being told that its really late and i'm stupid for staying up. but in the last few weeks/months i've gotten close to miles and now david (they are both from virginia) i will miss sitting next to miles in Book of Mormon class every monday and wednesday and hearing his funny jokes, i wont really miss him writing on my book though haha :] and i will miss david and his funniness and alison trying to make him turn red. and together those 2 form the other sides of the triangle of intelligence, so its a pretty big deal hahah! also they are both left handed, so that is awesome. i love lefties in case you didn't know. there are alson random guys i've met just through classes and stuff that will be missed as well :[ hopefully next year i will meet some guys that are just as awesome! but i'm really proud of all the guys who are going on missions, they really are amazing and they will have the best next 2 years ever!!
Monday, March 21, 2011
the Sacrament and Book of Mormon class
so i have 2 little stories to share. actually one story is not so little. but this sunday i had a really awesome experience. i hadn't taken the Sacrament in 2 weeks, because the first week i accidentally slept through all my alarms, so i showed up to church about 20 minutes late, and the second time i went to a family party, and because my ward is so late i had to skip church. i had been having a rough last few days/weeks and i just didn't know why. then this sunday, i took the Sacrament, and i felt the spirit testify to me soooo stongly that when we partake of it worthily, it truly does give us so much strength and the spirit is with us making everyday decisions and trials 1000 times easier. then after that, the whole sacrament meeting was emotional for me. hahah im a really emotional person and i think my tear ducts are connected with the spirit becasue i was crying probably 50 percent of that whole sacrament meeting. it was something i really needed, and i love this gospel so much and i truly have a testimony that Christ atoned for our sins so that we could live with God again and have eternal life. i dont know how miserable i would be without the knowledge of the atonement and Christs deep love for me.
so now on to todays book of Mormon class story. so, i seriously love my BOM class. i feel like i learn alot, and much more about the doctrine and the things we are supposed to gain from the book, rather than the history and stuff. so today he shared a story, which im pretty sure i have heard before, but it never hit me with such force. i just feel like the last weeks i have been so inadiquate and no matter how hard i try, i can never make it. so this story came into my life at a perfect moment :] as he was reading it, the Holy Ghost truly testifeid to me that this is true. read it all, i hope you love it as much as i do :]
As my wife and I talked about her feeling of inadequacy and her feeling that she couldn't do it and that she couldn't make it, I had a hard time reaching her until finally I hit upon something that had happened in our family just a couple of months earlier. In our home it is now called the parable of the bicycle.
"After I had come home from school one day, I was sitting in a chair reading the newspaper. My daughter Sarah, who was seven years old, came in and said, "Dad, can I have a bike? I'm the only kid on the block who doesn't have a bike."
Well, I didn't have enough money to buy her a bike, so I stalled her and said, "Sure, Sarah."
She said, "How? When?"
I said, "You save all your pennies, and pretty soon you'll have enough for a bike." And she went away.
A couple of weeks later as I was sitting in the same chair, I was aware of Sarah doing something for her mother and getting paid. She went into the other room and I heard "clink, clink." I asked, "Sarah, what are you doing?"
She came out and she had a little jar all cleaned up with a slit cut in the lid and a bunch of pennies in the bottom. She looked at me and said, "You promised me that if I saved all my pennies, pretty soon I'd have enough for a bike. And, Daddy, I've saved every single one of them."
She's my daughter, and I love her. My heart melted. She was doing everything in her power to follow my instructions. I hadn't actually lied to her. If she saved all of her pennies she would eventually have enough for a bike, but by then she would want a car. But her needs weren't being met. Because I love her, I said, "Let's go downtown and look at bikes."
We went to every store in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Finally we found it--the perfect bicycle, the one she knew in the premortal existence. She got up on that bike; she was thrilled. She then saw the price tag, reached down, and turned it over. When she saw how much it cost, her face fell and she started to cry. She said, "Oh Dad, I'll never have enough for a bicycle."
So I said, "Sarah, how much do you have?"
She answered, "Sixty-one cents."
"I'll tell you what. You give me everything you've got and a hug and a kiss, and the bike is yours." Well, she's never been stupid. She gave me a hug and a kiss. She gave me the sixty-one cents. Then I had to drive home very slowly because she wouldn't get off the bike. She rode home on the sidewalk, and as I drove along slowly beside her it occurred to me that this was a parable for the Atonement of Christ.
We all want something desperately--it isn't a bicycle. We want the celestial kingdom. We want to be with our Father in Heaven. And no matter how hard we try, we come up short. At some point we realize, "I can't do this!" That was the point my wife had reached. It is at that point that the sweetness of the gospel covenant comes to our taste as the Savior proposes, "I'll tell you what. All right, you're not perfect. How much do you have? What can you do? Where are you now? Give me all you've got, and I'll pay the rest. Give me a hug and a kiss; enter into a personal relationship with me, and I will do what remains undone."
There is good news and bad news here. The bad news is that he still requires our best effort. We must try, we must work--we must do all that we can. But the good news is that having done all we can, it is enough--for now. Together we'll make progress in the eternities, and eventually we will become perfect--but in the meantime, we are perfect only in a partnership, in a covenant relationship with him. Only by tapping his perfection can we hope to qualify.
When I explained to Janet how it worked, finally I broke through and she understood. She bloomed. I remember her saying through her tears, "I've always believed he is the Son of God. I have always believed that he suffered and died for me. But now I know that he can save me from myself, from my sins, from my weakness, inadequacy, and lack of talent."
Oh, brothers and sisters, how many of us forget the words of 2 Nephi 2:8:
There is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah."
so now on to todays book of Mormon class story. so, i seriously love my BOM class. i feel like i learn alot, and much more about the doctrine and the things we are supposed to gain from the book, rather than the history and stuff. so today he shared a story, which im pretty sure i have heard before, but it never hit me with such force. i just feel like the last weeks i have been so inadiquate and no matter how hard i try, i can never make it. so this story came into my life at a perfect moment :] as he was reading it, the Holy Ghost truly testifeid to me that this is true. read it all, i hope you love it as much as i do :]
As my wife and I talked about her feeling of inadequacy and her feeling that she couldn't do it and that she couldn't make it, I had a hard time reaching her until finally I hit upon something that had happened in our family just a couple of months earlier. In our home it is now called the parable of the bicycle.
"After I had come home from school one day, I was sitting in a chair reading the newspaper. My daughter Sarah, who was seven years old, came in and said, "Dad, can I have a bike? I'm the only kid on the block who doesn't have a bike."
Well, I didn't have enough money to buy her a bike, so I stalled her and said, "Sure, Sarah."
She said, "How? When?"
I said, "You save all your pennies, and pretty soon you'll have enough for a bike." And she went away.
A couple of weeks later as I was sitting in the same chair, I was aware of Sarah doing something for her mother and getting paid. She went into the other room and I heard "clink, clink." I asked, "Sarah, what are you doing?"
She came out and she had a little jar all cleaned up with a slit cut in the lid and a bunch of pennies in the bottom. She looked at me and said, "You promised me that if I saved all my pennies, pretty soon I'd have enough for a bike. And, Daddy, I've saved every single one of them."
She's my daughter, and I love her. My heart melted. She was doing everything in her power to follow my instructions. I hadn't actually lied to her. If she saved all of her pennies she would eventually have enough for a bike, but by then she would want a car. But her needs weren't being met. Because I love her, I said, "Let's go downtown and look at bikes."
We went to every store in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Finally we found it--the perfect bicycle, the one she knew in the premortal existence. She got up on that bike; she was thrilled. She then saw the price tag, reached down, and turned it over. When she saw how much it cost, her face fell and she started to cry. She said, "Oh Dad, I'll never have enough for a bicycle."
So I said, "Sarah, how much do you have?"
She answered, "Sixty-one cents."
"I'll tell you what. You give me everything you've got and a hug and a kiss, and the bike is yours." Well, she's never been stupid. She gave me a hug and a kiss. She gave me the sixty-one cents. Then I had to drive home very slowly because she wouldn't get off the bike. She rode home on the sidewalk, and as I drove along slowly beside her it occurred to me that this was a parable for the Atonement of Christ.
We all want something desperately--it isn't a bicycle. We want the celestial kingdom. We want to be with our Father in Heaven. And no matter how hard we try, we come up short. At some point we realize, "I can't do this!" That was the point my wife had reached. It is at that point that the sweetness of the gospel covenant comes to our taste as the Savior proposes, "I'll tell you what. All right, you're not perfect. How much do you have? What can you do? Where are you now? Give me all you've got, and I'll pay the rest. Give me a hug and a kiss; enter into a personal relationship with me, and I will do what remains undone."
There is good news and bad news here. The bad news is that he still requires our best effort. We must try, we must work--we must do all that we can. But the good news is that having done all we can, it is enough--for now. Together we'll make progress in the eternities, and eventually we will become perfect--but in the meantime, we are perfect only in a partnership, in a covenant relationship with him. Only by tapping his perfection can we hope to qualify.
When I explained to Janet how it worked, finally I broke through and she understood. She bloomed. I remember her saying through her tears, "I've always believed he is the Son of God. I have always believed that he suffered and died for me. But now I know that he can save me from myself, from my sins, from my weakness, inadequacy, and lack of talent."
Oh, brothers and sisters, how many of us forget the words of 2 Nephi 2:8:
There is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah."
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Friday, March 18, 2011
cleaning checks
i suck at cleaning check. seriously i have failed so many, well mostly because i forget to defrost my freezer every time, but still. and today, just completely spaced we even had them. so i was taking a little nap (seriously i have become nocturnal these days, i get most of my sleep during the day) and i hear a little knock on the door. i was was to deep in sleep to wake up and get the door so i just put my head back on my nice soft pillow. then, i hear a key in the door and someone walks in my room! it really freaked me out until i remembered why they were coming. so they have to come back yet again sometime in the near future. i think i am the worst person with these darn check on my whole hall, and basically i just hate them.
pi day vs. st. patricks day
its clear which one is the winner.
this,
annnnnnndddddd.....
verses this
??? i mean is it really even a choice?!
((in case you still weren't sure, its obviously pi day, because its the coolest day ever))
p.s. for pi day, i pained my nails and put the digits of pi on each finger, it was perfect.
this,
annnnnnndddddd.....
verses this
??? i mean is it really even a choice?!
((in case you still weren't sure, its obviously pi day, because its the coolest day ever))
p.s. for pi day, i pained my nails and put the digits of pi on each finger, it was perfect.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
best job in the world
the job i'm talking about is being an aunt. seriously, it is the best thing in the whole world! i love my little niece and nephew more than anything in the whole wide world. little Matti is just about the cutest thing on the whole planet, and every time i think of her it warms my heart, i think i miss her more than anyone else from back home (shhh don't tell anyone else) i hear all these adorable stories about her and i just want to be right there, being her favorite like always ;] Lauren said that now when they say the alphabet in the morning, when they get to "j" Matti says "J for Jonni!" it may seem like a small thing, but that makes me very happy. out of all the J things, she choose me! now granted there isn't a lot of J things she knows, but still!!! haha :] and i can not wait for them to come up in April. they are coming for general conference and so i get to see them! and when they get here, i'm going to go take Matti out for a little date while Matt and Lauren do stuff with the family, and we will probably go to McDonald's or something like that. And Lauren said that she keeps mentioning it and says "i want to go on a McDonald's date with Jonni!" Basically she makes the happiest person alive. i cant believe she has only been on earth for a little over 2 years! i feel like i've loved her forever... so now let me brag about how cute she is with some pictures... heheh :]
i fully realize that was a lot of pictures, but come on, don't you love her?!
i fully realize that was a lot of pictures, but come on, don't you love her?!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
clean clothes, cursive, cheerios, children and charity
So now that my little 30 day challenge is over, i can blog about whatever i want! so ill just share some random happenings of the last few weeks.
so when i got my own room i promised myself it would stay clean. and for about a week it really did! and then i did laundry...
when i do laundry, i wait sooo long that i have to do like 3 loads all at once. and that is about a 2 hour process with our laudry room. so it takes so long, and so much effort (and i hate laundry anyways) that once it is actually clean, it stays in that basket forever. then i wear most of the clothes anyway so it goes straight to the clean clothes to the dirty clothes and usually skips the drawers all together! haha its a horrible habit.
so the other day, well a few weeks ago, i randomly wanted to start writing in cursive. so i did. now in my journal i only write in cursive. and my writing sucks, but its really fun :]
darn cheerios. i think they are the most addicting food ever invented. i dont know why, but now, if i buy a box of cheerios they are gone soo fast! for example, my last box: 3 days! we didnt even go through them that fast at home hahah.
on sunday, i went to my aunts house for my cousin Melissa's birthday. it was super fun and i loved hanging out with the family. then Jennae, Stacey, and i took the little kids to the park. they are so funny and adorable, i just love them!
and yesterday i donated blood! i was super nervous, and it was totally spur of the moment, but i decided to overcome my fear becasue people way less fortunae than me need it. so i sucked it up and did it. the last time, and only other time, i donated blood i did it at City of Hope, which a hospital really close to me that is only for cancer patients. When you donate there, it is soooo nice! its not scary at all, it was basically painless, and the doctors are super nice! also, the blood they get from donations is only used within thier hospital, so they dont sell it anywhere else and it helps people with cancer. so i thought my experience would be somewhat the same at this little setup at our school...it wasnt. i dont know why, but it hurt the whole time, my arm was stinging, i felt like i was going to barf and they used my right arm, even after i told them last time i got it out of left arm. My doctor guy said, and i quote "oh well, this arm will be fine" after he used the blood pressure thing and practically made me loose circulation. lets just say, it was not fine! but i still helped people, so i'm ok :] i've just come to realize i will never do it anywhere but city of hope from now on. they are awesome!
so when i got my own room i promised myself it would stay clean. and for about a week it really did! and then i did laundry...
when i do laundry, i wait sooo long that i have to do like 3 loads all at once. and that is about a 2 hour process with our laudry room. so it takes so long, and so much effort (and i hate laundry anyways) that once it is actually clean, it stays in that basket forever. then i wear most of the clothes anyway so it goes straight to the clean clothes to the dirty clothes and usually skips the drawers all together! haha its a horrible habit.
so the other day, well a few weeks ago, i randomly wanted to start writing in cursive. so i did. now in my journal i only write in cursive. and my writing sucks, but its really fun :]
darn cheerios. i think they are the most addicting food ever invented. i dont know why, but now, if i buy a box of cheerios they are gone soo fast! for example, my last box: 3 days! we didnt even go through them that fast at home hahah.
on sunday, i went to my aunts house for my cousin Melissa's birthday. it was super fun and i loved hanging out with the family. then Jennae, Stacey, and i took the little kids to the park. they are so funny and adorable, i just love them!
and yesterday i donated blood! i was super nervous, and it was totally spur of the moment, but i decided to overcome my fear becasue people way less fortunae than me need it. so i sucked it up and did it. the last time, and only other time, i donated blood i did it at City of Hope, which a hospital really close to me that is only for cancer patients. When you donate there, it is soooo nice! its not scary at all, it was basically painless, and the doctors are super nice! also, the blood they get from donations is only used within thier hospital, so they dont sell it anywhere else and it helps people with cancer. so i thought my experience would be somewhat the same at this little setup at our school...it wasnt. i dont know why, but it hurt the whole time, my arm was stinging, i felt like i was going to barf and they used my right arm, even after i told them last time i got it out of left arm. My doctor guy said, and i quote "oh well, this arm will be fine" after he used the blood pressure thing and practically made me loose circulation. lets just say, it was not fine! but i still helped people, so i'm ok :] i've just come to realize i will never do it anywhere but city of hope from now on. they are awesome!
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Day 30!!!!!!!!!!
"Who are you?"
i'm Jonni Nichole Clark. i am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the youngest of 4 girls and a student at BYU. i love life and love laughing. i have lots of things that make up who i am, but this is it for now.
i'm Jonni Nichole Clark. i am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the youngest of 4 girls and a student at BYU. i love life and love laughing. i have lots of things that make up who i am, but this is it for now.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Day 29.
"In this past month what have you learned?"
i have learned that blogging is super fun and i love it a lot! i haven't learned anything special about myself from these posts, which i'm sure they were getting at, but sorry 30 day challenge, you just don't have that soul searching quality about you. some people probably learned some things about me that they didn't know, if so thats cool.
i have learned that blogging is super fun and i love it a lot! i haven't learned anything special about myself from these posts, which i'm sure they were getting at, but sorry 30 day challenge, you just don't have that soul searching quality about you. some people probably learned some things about me that they didn't know, if so thats cool.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Day 28.
"A picture of you in the last year and now, how have you changed since then?"
One year ago...
now...
i haven't really changed that much to tell you the truth. My testimony has grown tons, and so has my hair. but other than that, i'm boring hahah :] there are little things ive been working on, but nothing that really makes me changed. so yep, thats it :] oh this is my post from exactly a year ago.
One year ago...
now...
i haven't really changed that much to tell you the truth. My testimony has grown tons, and so has my hair. but other than that, i'm boring hahah :] there are little things ive been working on, but nothing that really makes me changed. so yep, thats it :] oh this is my post from exactly a year ago.
Day 27.
"Why are you doing this 30 day challenge?"
i started doing this challenge just so i would actually start blogging. i always wanted to have a blog that i consistently updated, i thought it would be fun, but i could never seem to actually do it. so my sister started it, and i do mean start, she only did it for 2 days haha, and so i thought, "what the heck! ill try it." at first it didn't go so well...i did 2 days(just like Taylor)then stopped for about a month or so. but then when i started up again, i couldn't get enough of blogging! now i love it :] so i'm glad i did it, it got me started and now i cant stop!
i started doing this challenge just so i would actually start blogging. i always wanted to have a blog that i consistently updated, i thought it would be fun, but i could never seem to actually do it. so my sister started it, and i do mean start, she only did it for 2 days haha, and so i thought, "what the heck! ill try it." at first it didn't go so well...i did 2 days(just like Taylor)then stopped for about a month or so. but then when i started up again, i couldn't get enough of blogging! now i love it :] so i'm glad i did it, it got me started and now i cant stop!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Day 26.
"What you think about your friends."
confession time: im getting sick of this 30 day buisness, so im doing another day alright??
soo...what do i think about my freinds? i love them. i really do. the few good friends i have make my life amazing, and im really gratefull for them. my best friend understands me so much, and we get along perfectly. i really miss her :[ definitely have not found any other friend like her, so i'm pretty she she is irreplaceable haha. to conclude, i would like to post our theme song...
hahah seriously though.
confession time: im getting sick of this 30 day buisness, so im doing another day alright??
soo...what do i think about my freinds? i love them. i really do. the few good friends i have make my life amazing, and im really gratefull for them. my best friend understands me so much, and we get along perfectly. i really miss her :[ definitely have not found any other friend like her, so i'm pretty she she is irreplaceable haha. to conclude, i would like to post our theme song...
hahah seriously though.
Day 25.
"What I would find in your purse."
well i don't really use a purse, but i used to carry my most favorite yellow leather shoulder bad to school. but then it started getting ruined, and i could just have that happen. so now, i use a backpack. so ill tell you what you will find in my backpack. school books, binder, spiral notebook, pens, pencils, the cardboard package thing the pencils come in, lip gloss, and an orange spoon from jamba juice. haha i really like their spoons, is that a crime? and thats it. before i transfered my stuff i had tons of junk in there, but now its pretty empty.
well i don't really use a purse, but i used to carry my most favorite yellow leather shoulder bad to school. but then it started getting ruined, and i could just have that happen. so now, i use a backpack. so ill tell you what you will find in my backpack. school books, binder, spiral notebook, pens, pencils, the cardboard package thing the pencils come in, lip gloss, and an orange spoon from jamba juice. haha i really like their spoons, is that a crime? and thats it. before i transfered my stuff i had tons of junk in there, but now its pretty empty.
Friday, March 11, 2011
COMMENTS!!!
can i just say i am just about the happiest person on Earth! i came onto my blog and i had about 10 comments to read!!! and if they dont comment on my actual blog, i got a few comments on my facebook about my posts. i was sooo excited :] of course, they were all from my family (Natalie included ;]) but still...they made me oh so happy! not only happy, but they made me crack up hysterically. ill give you and example by telling you a story a little story about my sister Taylor...
Once upon a time there was a girl named Taylor. she loved to eat snow, just like me. in fact, she is the one who inspired me to start eating it. so one day, she and my other sister Ally were driving along in the wonderful city of provo, and Tay got that unexplicable, yet undeniable craving for snow that i now completely understand. so she reached out her hand, grabbed a huge chunck of snow from off the car roof, and placed it in her mouth. Expecting the usually amazing taste of fresh snow, she was very much surprised when instead of pure, icey bliss she got a mouth full of windshield-wiper-fulid saturated snow!!!
haha that story always makes me laugh :] and speaking of my lovely sisters...i think they should start blogging more so i have lots to read, just sayin ;]
Once upon a time there was a girl named Taylor. she loved to eat snow, just like me. in fact, she is the one who inspired me to start eating it. so one day, she and my other sister Ally were driving along in the wonderful city of provo, and Tay got that unexplicable, yet undeniable craving for snow that i now completely understand. so she reached out her hand, grabbed a huge chunck of snow from off the car roof, and placed it in her mouth. Expecting the usually amazing taste of fresh snow, she was very much surprised when instead of pure, icey bliss she got a mouth full of windshield-wiper-fulid saturated snow!!!
haha that story always makes me laugh :] and speaking of my lovely sisters...i think they should start blogging more so i have lots to read, just sayin ;]
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Day 24.
"A letter to your parents."
heres an old picture i just love of them :] i don't know why, but i just really love it! oh and don't worry...my father no longer looks like Pedro.
well arent i ahead of the times?! i didnt read ahead on what the next days would be, and so the other day i wrote a whole post with a letter not only to my parents, but my whole family as well! my mom read it and said, and i quote,"Just read your blogspot about each family member. So sweet. I loved it and love you. Thank you for all the wonderful things you said about me. I truely feel blessed. When I look at other peoples kids, I always compare to my girls! I have the most wonderful girls in the world and burst with pide for each of you! I love you!" isn't she the cutest?!?! can i just say, there is a whole lot of lovin' in my family :] in my completely unbiased opinion, which yes i completely understand when ever someone says that phrase it means the complete opposite, i have the best family ever know to mankind!! seriously. end of discussion. my family, and of course my parents, are completely amazing and i love them with all my <3
heres an old picture i just love of them :] i don't know why, but i just really love it! oh and don't worry...my father no longer looks like Pedro.
well arent i ahead of the times?! i didnt read ahead on what the next days would be, and so the other day i wrote a whole post with a letter not only to my parents, but my whole family as well! my mom read it and said, and i quote,"Just read your blogspot about each family member. So sweet. I loved it and love you. Thank you for all the wonderful things you said about me. I truely feel blessed. When I look at other peoples kids, I always compare to my girls! I have the most wonderful girls in the world and burst with pide for each of you! I love you!" isn't she the cutest?!?! can i just say, there is a whole lot of lovin' in my family :] in my completely unbiased opinion, which yes i completely understand when ever someone says that phrase it means the complete opposite, i have the best family ever know to mankind!! seriously. end of discussion. my family, and of course my parents, are completely amazing and i love them with all my <3
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Day 23.
"Something you crave a lot."
oh man this one is way to easy haha! so first of all, ever since the last big snow i crave snow like no other! if you haven't eaten snow yet...well you are missing out. seriously i don't know what it is, but i honestly crave it! i would just walk by, and there would be huge mounds of snow on things like benches and walls, and tops of trash cans, and you just grab a chunk with your hand and make a little snow ball and eat it! divine. and darn BYU chocolate milk...its killer!!! it is honestly the most delicious thing you could ever imagine tasting, and i crave that practically every second of my existence. last week i probably drank about 100 gallons of that liquid happiness. also, i crave chipotle alll the time! and i haven't had it in forever :[ its very sad. those are my major cravings, but i swear, sometimes i will have the most random desire for certain things!
oh man this one is way to easy haha! so first of all, ever since the last big snow i crave snow like no other! if you haven't eaten snow yet...well you are missing out. seriously i don't know what it is, but i honestly crave it! i would just walk by, and there would be huge mounds of snow on things like benches and walls, and tops of trash cans, and you just grab a chunk with your hand and make a little snow ball and eat it! divine. and darn BYU chocolate milk...its killer!!! it is honestly the most delicious thing you could ever imagine tasting, and i crave that practically every second of my existence. last week i probably drank about 100 gallons of that liquid happiness. also, i crave chipotle alll the time! and i haven't had it in forever :[ its very sad. those are my major cravings, but i swear, sometimes i will have the most random desire for certain things!
Day 22.
"What makes you different from everyone else."
hmmm...what is different about me?? well sometimes when no one else is laughing, i will think something not very funny to other people is hilarious and i will burst out in laughter, really loud. its embarrassing sometimes when everyone looks at me haha. i have obsessions, like holga cameras, the color yellow, lee pace, jack johnson...and i'm constantly thinking about them. i'm very emotional, not just like i cry a lot, although i do cry easily, but i feel all emotions so deeply and so easily. i can turn angry, sad, happy, giddy, all in about 5 seconds, but feel them all so strongly. i love talking and telling stories, but i'm really shy at first and until someone talks to me i wont say a word. sometimes ill think in my head like a story, like i write a story in my mind of what is happening at the moment and think of myself as a character in a book. i get attached to people really easy, but honestly i don't like having more than a few close friends. i feel that bonds are stronger are more important when you don't have 15 "best friends". i'm so excited for the future, yet sometimes when i think about it i start freaking out and get really scared of it. i have a lot i need to work on, yet i love who i am and more importantly, i love who i know i can become. i don't know if these things make me different at all, but thats alright :] i don't necessarily care if i'm unique, as long as i am myself.
hmmm...what is different about me?? well sometimes when no one else is laughing, i will think something not very funny to other people is hilarious and i will burst out in laughter, really loud. its embarrassing sometimes when everyone looks at me haha. i have obsessions, like holga cameras, the color yellow, lee pace, jack johnson...and i'm constantly thinking about them. i'm very emotional, not just like i cry a lot, although i do cry easily, but i feel all emotions so deeply and so easily. i can turn angry, sad, happy, giddy, all in about 5 seconds, but feel them all so strongly. i love talking and telling stories, but i'm really shy at first and until someone talks to me i wont say a word. sometimes ill think in my head like a story, like i write a story in my mind of what is happening at the moment and think of myself as a character in a book. i get attached to people really easy, but honestly i don't like having more than a few close friends. i feel that bonds are stronger are more important when you don't have 15 "best friends". i'm so excited for the future, yet sometimes when i think about it i start freaking out and get really scared of it. i have a lot i need to work on, yet i love who i am and more importantly, i love who i know i can become. i don't know if these things make me different at all, but thats alright :] i don't necessarily care if i'm unique, as long as i am myself.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
"ya, there must be"
so in honor of loving my family way to much, i'm going to write a little letter to each, starting with the oldest, that way no one thinks i have favorites :]
Dear Parps,
i've always loved you. obviously you are my dad, and you have always given me everything i need and loved me and guided our family with the priesthood. i think i remember every single blessing you have given me, well not the exact words and stuff, but they are so special to me i keep them really close to my heart. i love how you are one of the most unintentional funniest people i know, its just built into your genes. you are so giving, to everyone around you and it really has taught me so much. but with all that, i never knew how much i would miss you until i moved up here to college. i really miss you dad!! love you tons!
Dearest Mother,
i think that back home, i was kinda in this bubble of our family. the only moms i really saw in action was you! but as i have been away, and have been surrounded by other people, i realize how special you are. i guess i thought all moms were as amazing as you, and that all mom teach their kids to be good people just like you. but now i can really say, you are the best mom i know :] i love you with all my heart and am so thankful for everything you have taught me. you make me laugh and make me feel loved. the most important things. thanks for reading to me every night when i was little, and encouraging me to be the best i can be. i miss you a lot, but i'm thankful for your random facebook messages and out chats, and our phone calls...even though i hate talking on the phone. i cant wait to give you a big hug! love you!
Dear Lauren,
you honestly are like another mother to me. i really look up to up to, even when you don't know it. i love you so much, even if sometimes i yell, haha i try not to i promise! i don't know how many times i've said up here "oh ya, well my sister did this" or "well my sister says this". i use you as reference more times than i can count, and in my mind that basically makes what ever i say after that correct :] you have so many qualities i admire and wish i could have, and your gorgeous. annnnnd...you brought my favorite person into this earth. i love Matti more than i could have ever though possible, and you are doing a fantastic job in raising her. i remember when you were pregnant and i told you about the colbie calliet song, and i remember trying to imagine her and imagine how much i would love her. and i remember that first day of school junior year when i went to the hospital. it all seems like forever ago, but i'm so glad you brought her into this family and giving her a life surrounded by the gospel. i love you Lauren!! p.s. thanks for choosing a husband we all love too :]
Dear Ally,
i remember back in the day when you and me would hate shopping with the rest of the family, so instead we would go into the shoe rack and you would pick out the most outrageous, sparkley, crazy, tall, shiny shoes you could find and make me try them on because you couldn't. your happiness is infectious and i just love you soooo much! i love that you are the one who understand certain things about me better than almost anyone, like my books i would like, my ideal style, and ambitions that i have. you have a unique personality that i cant get enough of, and no one else can copy! you are an amazing sister, and are one of the most giving and caring people i know. seriously. i always know i can count on you, no matter what it is. i miss you tons and cant wait for the summer!! love you ally!!!!
Dear Taylor,
a lot of the times i just feel like you are an extension of myself. you are everything i want to be. you are literally the funniest person ever, and i wish i could make others smile as much as you can. because you are only 4 years older and we shared a room for so long, i feel this gap in my heart when you aren't here. whenever i'm sad i just want to be sitting by you and i know that i would feel better right away. i have so many memories of you, but one i just thought of was when we would have tickle parties in our room and you would always try to make it where you wouldn't have to tickle me back. and we had a little schedule of who would turn of the lights at night and we would do it every other day, but i always seemed to get stuck doing way more. there is not one thing i don't love about you tay, and i cant wait for summer. love you.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Day 21.
"A picture of something that makes you happy."
this is difficult...sooo many things make me happy! so i'm just going to put the things that give me true happiness. tons of things make me happy at the moment, they make me smile and laugh and i love them. but these, these really make me happy.
p.s. as i'm writing this, i am putting off writing a paper due tomorrow on a book a read all today, 300 pagers in about 5 hours. i avoided using the word procrastination, because i like to pretend i'm just...uhhh thinking?...about what i'm going to write.
this is difficult...sooo many things make me happy! so i'm just going to put the things that give me true happiness. tons of things make me happy at the moment, they make me smile and laugh and i love them. but these, these really make me happy.
p.s. as i'm writing this, i am putting off writing a paper due tomorrow on a book a read all today, 300 pagers in about 5 hours. i avoided using the word procrastination, because i like to pretend i'm just...uhhh thinking?...about what i'm going to write.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Day 20.
"Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future"
well since i havent dated anyone, there is not a specific person i could see myself marrying, obviously, so ill give my 'list' of qualities i would love in a husband.
-well i have from a very good source, that i base my life off of, that i will marry my best friend. so no matter what, my husband truly has to be best friend. someone i can be with every second of every day and still want to be with.
-it also says someone who honors my womanhood. someone who respects my for who i am.
-i have to marry someone who makes me laugh all the time! and not only who can make me laugh, because many people can, but who understands my humor and gets why i laugh at things no one else thinks are funny.
-someone who has a really strong testimony in the Gospel, and wants nothings else but to continually work on spiritual matters and will read scriptures with me every night, and who will help me become the daughter of God i need to be.
-someone who likes reading. haha sounds lame, but i need someone who just needs those quite days where you take a break from life and read for a bit, no other distractions, some me time. or more like husband and wife and books time?? hahaha
-someone who gives the best hugs. and hugs me all the time! :]
-i will not, can not, no way in heck would ever marry someone who did not get along with my sisters and the rest of my family. they have to fit in like another part of the fam.
-a person who is smart and interested in learning, but not pompous about it, and realizes that other things also define your life, not just education and degrees and titles.
this whole husband business wont be happening for a while, i still got a few more years :] but ill admit, i'm looking forward to that far away day when ill have my best friend by my side for the rest of eternity, raising a family and loving life every moment along the way.
well since i havent dated anyone, there is not a specific person i could see myself marrying, obviously, so ill give my 'list' of qualities i would love in a husband.
-well i have from a very good source, that i base my life off of, that i will marry my best friend. so no matter what, my husband truly has to be best friend. someone i can be with every second of every day and still want to be with.
-it also says someone who honors my womanhood. someone who respects my for who i am.
-i have to marry someone who makes me laugh all the time! and not only who can make me laugh, because many people can, but who understands my humor and gets why i laugh at things no one else thinks are funny.
-someone who has a really strong testimony in the Gospel, and wants nothings else but to continually work on spiritual matters and will read scriptures with me every night, and who will help me become the daughter of God i need to be.
-someone who likes reading. haha sounds lame, but i need someone who just needs those quite days where you take a break from life and read for a bit, no other distractions, some me time. or more like husband and wife and books time?? hahaha
-someone who gives the best hugs. and hugs me all the time! :]
-i will not, can not, no way in heck would ever marry someone who did not get along with my sisters and the rest of my family. they have to fit in like another part of the fam.
-a person who is smart and interested in learning, but not pompous about it, and realizes that other things also define your life, not just education and degrees and titles.
this whole husband business wont be happening for a while, i still got a few more years :] but ill admit, i'm looking forward to that far away day when ill have my best friend by my side for the rest of eternity, raising a family and loving life every moment along the way.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Day 19.
"Nicknames you have; why do you have them?"
well let me just start out with saying... MY NAME IS NOT SHORT FOR ANYTHING AND YES, IT IS MY REAL NAME. i have been asked that questions more times than i can count, and i can count really high folks. so on to nicknames i actually have.
1. JJ -when i was little i was called this a lot, but now mostly just my mom and sometimes other people in my family call me that :] it came mostly because i'm named after my dad.
2. Jay -only my family calls me this. its pretty obvious, since its the first letter of my name. my sister Ally is the one who calls me this the most :]
3. Jon -it sounds weird that people would call me this, but only certain people are allowed to call me this, and from them it doesn't sound weird. only my family and like 2 other people are allowed.
and thats it. my name doesn't call for many nicknames, but its ok because i love my name
well let me just start out with saying... MY NAME IS NOT SHORT FOR ANYTHING AND YES, IT IS MY REAL NAME. i have been asked that questions more times than i can count, and i can count really high folks. so on to nicknames i actually have.
1. JJ -when i was little i was called this a lot, but now mostly just my mom and sometimes other people in my family call me that :] it came mostly because i'm named after my dad.
2. Jay -only my family calls me this. its pretty obvious, since its the first letter of my name. my sister Ally is the one who calls me this the most :]
3. Jon -it sounds weird that people would call me this, but only certain people are allowed to call me this, and from them it doesn't sound weird. only my family and like 2 other people are allowed.
and thats it. my name doesn't call for many nicknames, but its ok because i love my name
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Day 18.
"Plans/Dreams/Goals you have."
have a cute little family :] 4 kids seems like the perfect number, but who knows how many little cuties ill have! i would also love to adopt a kiddie.
graduate college! it will be a while...
be a full-time missionary! it will be awhile though since i'm only 18 and cant go till i'm 21 :[
study abroad. i wanted to do it in England for the LONGEST time, but now i'm not sure where i should go. i guess where ever the wind blows, right??
visit here. obviously here, not as in visit this child, but somewhere in South America. i just happen to like this image :]
marry, i mean meet, this man....ahhh i am obsessed with Lee Pace...<3
have a cute little family :] 4 kids seems like the perfect number, but who knows how many little cuties ill have! i would also love to adopt a kiddie.
graduate college! it will be a while...
be a full-time missionary! it will be awhile though since i'm only 18 and cant go till i'm 21 :[
study abroad. i wanted to do it in England for the LONGEST time, but now i'm not sure where i should go. i guess where ever the wind blows, right??
visit here. obviously here, not as in visit this child, but somewhere in South America. i just happen to like this image :]
marry, i mean meet, this man....ahhh i am obsessed with Lee Pace...<3
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