It's Always Sunny in Ph..oenix

I've been in Arizona since Monday and, well.. I'm in love. Seriously 70's and sunshine in Mid-January feels like I've died and gone to Heaven. My sister has a pool in her backyard, and it's all I can do to keep from jumping in it! She says it's not warm enough to swim; but I beg to differ. This is definitely swimsuit appropriate weather for someone from Idaho.

Anyway, the reason I'm here... Babysitting! My sisters are definitely keeping me busy with over-night babysitting jobs. My sister and her husband went to Utah, (where it's cold) while I stay here, (where it's warm) and watch their kids for three days. It's only the first day, but I've been having such a fun time!

Little Brody (2) and I went out to lunch and shopping while Miss Avery and Jace were at school. I should really take Brody out shopping with me more often. He was such a sweet boy! I would walk down the aisles and pick out a shirt to see if he approved and everytime he would respond, "I don't wike dat." So I didn't buy it, or anything else that he didn't approve of. haha.

I'm actually pretty good at navigating here too, which is pretty shocking actually. It was just last year when I overcame my fear of driving on the Salt Lake freeways.. Now I'm driving all over in Phoenix and soon to be Houston! :o

Back to babysitting: So, as I was reading to the kids out of the Book of Mormon story book, we left off at the story of the 3 Nephites. Jace's eyes got huge when he realized that people from that long ago are still living today and until the Second Coming. So during his prayers he said, "Bless that I won't die until the Second Coming. And Bless that my family won't die until the Second Coming." haha he's so sweet. I also remember my sister telling him about the three levels in the Celestial Kingdom, so now he says, "Bless that I can be a good boy so that I can make it to the highest level of the Celestial Kingdom." Seriously, a 7 year old praying about this! He's definitely going to make it, he's the sweetest boy ever and is so conscientious of everything he does and makes sure that he's a good boy so that he can live in the Celestial Kingdom with his family. It was a humbling experience for me too, he's made me want to better myself.

I have pictures to come, but for now; something AWESOME!

Disney Princess Classics.

Avery and I watched Beauty and the Beast today and it totally brought me back to my childhood. Aladdin is probably my favorite though with Beauty and the Beast following close behind. These movies are pure genius and awesome.

In Need of a Pick-me-Up?

This should do..

..and I'm blogger challanged and don't know how to put all the videos in one post, oh well.

Closet Door Falls On Little Girl On The Channing Show Fail.mp4

Ellen and the Vacuum Kid

Josh Groban Sings Kanye West Tweets

Kanye's tweets are ridiculous, so this whole video is genuis.

Miss Teen USA South Carolina 2007 with Subtitles

Feliz Año Nuevo!

"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy and your joy shall form an invincible host against difficulties"
...just one of my many resolutions.

Happy New Year!

A Few Thoughts:

• Don't waste your money going to see How Do You Know. I haven't seen a movie that terrible in a long time. So boring.
• Tangled on the other hand was one of the best movies I've ever seen. SO cute. In fact, I'll probably go again tomorrow, even if it's by myself.
• Christmas was amazing. I got to talk to my brother in Romania and I finally got a camera! Touchscreen and everything. It'll be perfect to have when I leave for my mission.. in two months! My whole family was able to come home and it's been so fun hanging out with them.
• My family does the best all-nighters, and my sisters make the best treats. We stayed up until 5am playing board games, that dance game for x-box kinect, watching movies, eating homemade french fries, muddy buddies, and chocolate-mint popcorn. Might have gained back the 15 lbs that I lost, but it was all worth it. :)
• Favorite song as of late. Wedding song worthy, for sure.
• I talked with the Bishop this week and have an interview with the Stake President this Sunday for my Temple Recommend. I'll be going through the Temple for the first time next week. I'm excited. nervous. humbled. and anxious for what awaits me.

I thought of something super awesome this week too-

Advancements in Technology.

[More specifically, skype. It's so mind-boggling to me how our whole family could see and talk with my brother who's thousands of miles away through the computer.. for free! That was the best gift I received on Christmas, was being able to skype with Layne.]





Miss my bestie..

Bad Day.. Good Books.

As awful as this day was, I managed to find something totally awesome.

Finding a good book/series.

I've heard about how great the Hunger Games series were, but it took me until just this week to start reading them. I seriously couldn't put them down. There's going to be a movie based on these books (shocker!) and here's my casting call:

for Katniss- Kaya Scodelario

Almost exactly how I pictured Katniss

For Peeta- Chord Overstreet

You might recognize him as Sam in Glee. He's the only one I could think of who has blonde swoopy hair.

For Effie Trinket- Kristin Chenoweth (only with pink Hair)

Her voice would be perfect for the part.

For Haymitch- Hugh Laurie (House)

I could see him acting like a drunkard.

*Most of these come from Entertainment Weekly where they had a poll to see who they would like to see play the characters from the book. I couldn't think of anyone for Gale though. But to be honest, I haven't really pictured Gale. I'm team Peeta all the way. But I've only made it half way through the second book, so my opinion could change...

AWESOME.

http://www.1000awesomethings.com/

I love this website so much. It reminds me that life is pretty awesome, even the little things. Even though my 30 day blog challenge failed miserably, I'm going to try to post a few awesome things each week.

Today:

When nobody is sitting in front of you at the movie theater.

movies to check out: unstoppable. the tourist. the next three days. all of which are fantastic!

for the western folk; true grit was also really good.