"The sky isn't always blue,

 the sun doesn't always shine. 

It's alright to fall apart sometimes"

I'm missing people tonight.


Adrian, for being annoying.
Ethan, for being funny.
Carter, for making me warm.
Jessica, for letting me talk and talk and talk and talk.
Viktoria, for being pretty.
David, for being David.
My mom, for cooking.


Come home, please.

updaaaate.

- semester has started again.
BUT
halfway through this semester (aka, in less than 7 weeks [37 days]) I'M GETTING MARRIED!!

OH MY GOODNESS.
mom is picking up the invites today.

watch for em. :)

remembering. :)

2011 was a great year, no?
For example, I learned that you're not supposed to start a sentence with a number, and that you're not supposed to end a sentence with a question. Fail.


JANUARY
- I lost all my wisdom via my jaw.
Ok, so January was lame.


FEBRUARY
- Carter & I celebrated our 1st Valentine's Day together!
- Carter 'graduated(?)' from his Basic Military Qualifications course!
- Myself, Adrian, and Ethan got sucked in to being in the town play, "Annie, Get Your Gun!"
- As per above, we met Christine!


MARCH
- I got my stinkin' ugly braces off!
- And we performed the play! So fun.
- I got accepted to NAIT, in the Medical Transcription program!
- Carter decided the military wasn't for him at the time. (Thank goodness..)


APRIL
- Carter asked me to grad. I replied with fish.
- We discovered a love of tennis.
- I finished my job as a nanny to prepare for moving to Edmonton.


MAY
- I got a job selling knives. Now, I turned out to not be the best salesperson, but I did end up with a bunch of great fantastic knives!!
- The Slave Lake fire happened. This changed my family's life forever.
- I discovered the wonder that is Zumba.
- OMG Ethan got his mission call!! (He's been out for 100 days now!!)
- Me & Carter saw the Titanic. Sort of.
- I voted for the first time!


JUNE
- Carter turned 18.
- Carter graduated!
- Chopping my hair off.. :(
- Summer arrived, complete with sunburns and yard work.
- Carter broke his foot playing soccer. Poor thing.
- We celebrated our first 'anniversary'!


JULY
- I went to my first Broadway show (Wicked!) but it wasn't on Broadway... Whatever.
- My family basically moved to Slave Lake for the summer. (Remember when I said the fire changed our lives?) My dad is still there.
- Adrian got his mission call too!!!!!
- Thunder In The Valley. Love. Even in the rain.


AUGUST
- I got fired for the first time.
- I went to Slave Lake to be with my family!
- Carter got fired too, but he tells you he quit.
- Carter got a job in Slave Lake for my dad!, where he still is.
- I moved to Edmonton.
- And I turned 19.
- School started.


SEPTEMBER
- Ethan left on his mission.
- I got to become friends with Cylie & Meghan!


OCTOBER
- ME AND CARTER GOT ENGAGED!
- I bought a wedding dress.
- I fell in hate with the house I lived in.


NOVEMBER
- My favorite roommate moved out. AKA I hated the house even more.
- I decided it was time to move out. Actually, all our roommates decided it was time. So we did.


DECEMBER
- Adrian left on his mission!
- I moved into mine and Carter's first place all by myself!
- School finally finished the first semester.
- I passed!
- I had an amazing Christmas holiday with my family and Carter.
- We welcomed 2012 with music and kissing! :)

resolutions

it was christmas! and i got super spoiled! and i love christmas and family and carter and carter and carter and christmas!

and now it's new year's eve! and i am so excited to spend it with family and carter and carter and carter. :)

hopefully i'll get some more pictures taken. i'm a slacker. nbd. but when i get back home to edmonton i'll post pictures of how spoiled i got for real. eeek.

HAPPY 2012!

i've decided to do some resolutions this year. and some of them involve carter, so hopefully he'll be okay with that too.. haha.

no diet coke during the week. it's killing me. ick.
read the book of mormon. because that's what we're studying in church this year.
get married in the temple. well on my way. :)
learn to cook. i don't want to starve or spend money unnecessarily anymore. although this one will be more of a big deal after february 18.
spend less time criticizing myself because of other people's accomplishments.
graduate.
get a job. full time.
enjoy the remaining time i have being 'single' (not married) [47 dayyyys!!!] and enjoy MORE the benefits of being a wife.


i think these aren't too tough, right?
i'm going to get a chalkboard at my house (i love chalkboards!) and write all of these on them and put them in the kitchen so i see them every day.

:)

my love came home early. i'm elated. ahhhhhhhhhhh.